The lucky girl in the village has a good way of making money.

Chapter 375 Thief Village

After dinner at night, when getting ready for bed, Shi Liu sighed at the family's warm hospitality, but Fu Dong, who was standing next to her, had a strange look on his face.

"Girl, something is wrong with this village."

Pomegranate's eyebrows moved, "What did you hear?"

"The village chief's son went out and went to the neighbor's house to talk to him. He said that judging from our accent, we are from other places and are traveling merchants. We don't have any background, so we can take action. We asked him to quietly inform the villagers and wait for his signal at night. Girl, the village chief's son plans to wait until we fall asleep and then put smoke in our house!"

Upon hearing this, Shi Liu was also slightly surprised. It seemed that every household in this village was wealthy, and the village chief's family was so hospitable to guests, but it turned out to be a village of thieves who specifically targeted passers-by who wanted to stay overnight?

It's worth mentioning that this place is dozens of miles away from Wei County, and there are no other villages around. If you pass by here and it gets dark, staying here for the night is the best choice.

So the reason this village is so wealthy is because of ill-gotten gains?
Shi Liu hesitated for a while, and asked Fu Dong to go to the toilet to tell Hu Zhen to be more alert at night and not fall into his trap.

The reason why I couldn’t fall asleep because of Wu Gui’s snoring was just one of the reasons. I was also worried all the time, because who knew when the smoke would be set off?

But I was tired from the journey and fell asleep in a daze.

Fortunately, Fu Dong was alert. When he heard the village chief's son coming, he immediately covered the pomegranate and his own mouth and nose.

At this time, a muffled groan was heard outside.

Soon, there was a knock on the door, "Girls, are you okay?"

Fu Dong let go of his hand and went to open the door.

Hu Zhen stepped in, "Girl, I knocked the village chief's son unconscious. What should we do now?"

Shi Liu said, "Kill them and keep the village chief and his family under guard. We'll talk later in the morning."

No one got much sleep that night. Shi Liu divided them into several shifts and asked them to take a nap whenever they could. If they didn't get any sleep at all, they would not be able to survive the next day.

The village chief's family was quietly controlled, and the villagers were still ready, waiting for the signal from the village chief's son to rush into the village chief's house and kidnap people and rob them of their money.

There were many people in the group and one of them was a doctor, otherwise they would have put drugs in the food as they did in the past.

There were so many people in this group that they didn't dare to take action at first. However, these people were all from other places and were traveling merchants. Just by looking at the way the girl who was the host was dressed, they knew that this group of people had a lot of money. They also had so many horses, which were worth a lot of money.

Wealth makes cowards bold.

It’s just that it’s almost three o’clock in the morning, why hasn’t any signal been sent yet?
The villagers were getting impatient, but without any signal, they dared not move.

They waited like this until dawn, when the group got on the carriage and left the village chief's house. When they met the villagers, they greeted them with a smile just like they did yesterday.

What happened? Did the village chief change his mind last night? Why didn't he tell them before he started? They had to wait in vain until dawn. Fortunately, there were no mosquitoes, otherwise, they would have been fed to mosquitoes!

Seeing the group of people leaving the village, everyone went to the village chief's house to ask what was going on.

But when I walked in, I was dumbfounded.

The village chief and his family had their hands and feet tied and their mouths gagged!

"Girl, are we just going to let them go like this?"

In the carriage, Fu Dong was curious and puzzled.

Shi Liu lowered the carriage curtain and retracted his gaze. "Although this village is dozens of miles away from Wei County, it is not a remote village. I think they have targeted many passers-by who asked for shelter. But so many people disappeared along the way, and the government didn't notice them for so many years. Isn't this too strange?"

"Girl, are you saying that there is someone behind them?" "What else? Which ordinary village would be so bold?" She couldn't think of anything else except that there was someone behind them.

Now that I think about it, I feel there are many doubts. It is the busy spring farming season. When they entered the village yesterday, everyone in the village seemed to be very idle, and every household seemed to be living a well-off life. It was a bit too strange.

If the government was really behind them, it would be useless even if they reported to Wei County.

The reason why they only kidnapped the village chief's family last night and didn't alert the enemy was that they didn't know what the village had to rely on. If a fight really broke out, they might not end up well.

It would be better to get away with it unscathed.

Of course, Shi Liu didn't just leave it alone. A village like this, located next to the official road, was secretly engaged in robbery, and who knows how many innocent people had been harmed.

She couldn't do anything about it before, and couldn't report it to the authorities, so she let more people know about what was happening in the village so that they could be on guard. It would be great if no one would be harmed again in the future.

This is not a difficult thing to do. The Liu family's convoy travels back and forth a lot, so all you have to do is tell them about it. When they are bored on the road, they can tell others about some interesting things that happened on the road. After a while, the news will spread from one person to ten, and from ten to a hundred.

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Before noon, the group finally entered Wei County.

Everyone was tired and did not sleep well yesterday, so Shi Liu did not plan to continue traveling in the afternoon. He found a hotel to stay at, hoping to get a good rest and leave Wei County tomorrow.

Because it borders Yunzhou, Wei County is not big but it is still quite prosperous.

After lunch and a nap, Shi Liu planned to go out for a good walk.

We were in such a hurry on the journey that we seldom stayed in one place for long. To be honest, we barely even went shopping properly.

It happens that the weather is cool today, and the scenery of Wei County is also beautiful.

Wu Ping and the others were left at the inn to look after the luggage and Wu Gui. Apart from Fu Dong, Shi Liu only took Hu Zhen and Zuo Cheng out.

Wei County is not big. After asking around, I found out that there is only one busy street worth visiting in the east city, so I went straight there.

After shopping around, Shi Liu bought a lot of unique little gadgets. Since it was a rare occasion for her to go out, she also wanted to bring some unique gifts back to her family.

She heard that Yunzhou's specialties, flower cakes and ham, are very good, so she plans to buy some to bring back when she goes to Yunzhou.

The next morning, the group set out again, leaving Wei County and heading towards Yunzhou.

Doctor Wang was still traveling with us.

Doctor Wang was also planning to go to Yunzhou, so one more person wouldn't make a difference and would be helpful to have someone to look after him, so he simply invited Doctor Wang to go with him.

After all, what's wrong with having a doctor who knows medical skills to travel with you?
After leaving Wei County, after walking for dozens of miles, you will see the boundary stone of Yunzhou. After passing this place, you will enter the boundary of Yunzhou.

Two days later, the group arrived at Zhong County, which was under the jurisdiction of Huangping Prefecture.

Zhong County connects to more than one place. Going south is Wannan Prefecture, and going east is another prefecture.

Shi Liu and the others must be going to Wannan Prefecture, so Wu Jin asked Doctor Wang where they were going next to see if they were taking the same route.

Doctor Wang smiled and said, "I'm going to Wannan Prefecture. I heard that there is a doctor named Sun in a pharmacy in Wannan Prefecture. He is an excellent doctor and proficient in acupuncture. I want to go and meet him this time. Where are you going?"

Wu Jin said: "Oh, what a coincidence, we are also going to Wannan Prefecture! We can still go together!"

Shi Liu, who was standing by, listened and couldn't help but look up at Doctor Wang. Then he lowered his eyes and continued to eat the wontons in the bowl.