lucky star girl

Chapter 87 Questions
When the news of Xu Jie's accident was just received, Xu Shiqiu was doing morning exercises, and the person who came to report the news was a servant of the Xu family, one of the people who followed Xu Jie and the others to explore the way ahead of time.

He was riding a mule, and the moment Xu Shiqiu saw him, he finally couldn't hold on anymore and fell off the mule in embarrassment.

"Come here, go and see him." Because Dong Shu hadn't gotten up yet, Xu Shiqiu stood in the yard doing morning exercises alone, and no one dared to approach him.

After hearing his voice, the servants who were standing at the side ten steps away from Xu Shiqiu immediately ran towards the servant.

After checking that the servant was exhausted, Xu Shiqiu raised his voice and said: "Help him to drink some water and rest for a while, and then bring him here." After saying this, Xu Shiqiu turned around and went into the house. Find Dong Shu.

Dong Shu woke up when she heard Xu Shiqiu's voice just now, and when Xu Shiqiu entered the room, she was getting dressed.

"What's the matter?" While talking, Dong Shu put on the last piece of clothes, and then took two steps towards Xu Shiqiu, "Mr. Shi and the others sent the letter back?"

Dong Shu asked casually, but Xu Shiqiu shook his head at her and said, "It's not that simple. I think something happened to the servant just now."

Xu Shiqiu's guess was correct. After several other servants brought the servant just now in front of him, the servant who came to report the letter immediately panicked: "Third Young Master, Young Master Xu Jie and Mr. Shi have been arrested." After saying this, The servant hesitated, as if afraid to speak.

Xu Shiqiu didn't expect the servant to hesitate at this time, and frowned slightly angrily. Before he could speak, Dong Shu, who noticed his dissatisfied expression, immediately said, "Tell me if you have something to say, why are Mr. Shi and the others arrested?"

After hearing Dong Shu's words, the servant immediately returned to his senses, looked up at Xu Shiqiu, and then continued: "I heard that the town has disappeared in the past half a month after I arrived at the town yesterday morning. Girl, after hearing the news, Mr. Xu Jie planned to bring us back.

But before we left the town, we were surrounded by a group of people.The group of people said that we acted suspiciously, fearing that we had something to do with the missing girl, and refused to let us leave.

Mr. Shi came forward to negotiate with them, and after learning that Mr. Shi had fame, they restrained themselves a little.But in the end they left us and told us to stay overnight in the town.

After discussing with Mr. Xu Jie, Mr. Shi felt that we had a clear conscience, so he decided to spend the night in the small town before returning.Unexpectedly, the mayor of the town brought people to arrest us early this morning, saying that another girl disappeared in the town last night, and it must have something to do with us.

Mr. Xu Jie felt that we were being calculated and insisted on leaving, but ended up in a conflict with them.At the last moment, Mr. Shi asked me to sneak out from the backyard and come back to report to the third son. "

As he spoke, the servant took out an inkstone from his pocket and presented it to Xu Shiqiu.

Ling Xiang reached out to pick up the inkstone from the servant's hand, and brought it to Xu Shiqiu.

Xu Shiqiu only took one look, and knew that this inkstone was given to Shi Yuan by him years ago.

"Did Mr. Shi ask you to bring something else back?" Xu Shiqiu seemed to ask casually, but from his determined tone, he could tell that he was sure that Shi Yuan had asked this servant to bring something back.

The servant didn't expect the third son to guess this. After looking up at him, he lowered his head and said: "Mr. Shi said, if the third son guesses that he has something to bring back, let me say it directly." After saying this, The servant didn't wait for Xu Shiqiu to speak, and hurriedly continued: "Mr. Shi said, if the third young master goes, I'm afraid he will have to show his identity."

The servant might not understand what Shi Yuan meant, but Xu Shiqiu did.

Xu Shiqiu originally planned to go on the road in a low-key manner, and after arriving in the capital, he would reveal the news of the Xu family's return to the capital.

But if you reveal your identity here, those people in the capital will probably know the news in advance.

However, Xu Shiqiu also understood that although this matter might reveal his identity in advance, it might not be noticed by the people in the capital.

"You go down to rest first, and I'll tell them to pack their things. After breakfast, we'll go into town." Xu Shiqiu ordered, and the servants of the Xu family immediately got busy.

The village where Xu Shiqiu and the others lived was not far from the town, and it took less than half an hour to get there in a mule cart.

The town was much more prosperous than the town where Xu Shiqiu and the others stopped to rest before, but Dong Shu was sitting in the mule cart, but found that the people in the town seemed to be in a panic.

And faintly, they could still hear them whispering something.

"Another... ran away... what happened, I'm afraid it's... angry."

"...I don't want to, I didn't watch..."

Dong Shu couldn't hear these voices, but Xu Shiqiu, who had sharp eyes and ears, probably heard them.

"Sir, is there really someone missing in this small town?"

Dong Shu looked at Xu Shiqiu who had just finished speaking, and Xu Shiqiu returned to his senses and nodded at her, "I guess so." After saying this, Xu Shiqiu saw Dong Shu's brows slightly frowned, smiled and shook his head and said, "Young lady, don't worry. , there is a husband, nothing will happen."

Dong Shu didn't expect that her husband was not worried at all. Thinking of what the servant said just now, she put her arms around Xu Shiqiu's arm and said coquettishly, "Did you guess what happened?" After asking this, Dong Shu blinked at the new moon He stared at Xu Shiqiu.

Xu Shiqiu didn't expect his little lady to look at him with such eyes. Seeing her staring at him waiting for an answer, he sighed helplessly, and then said: "There were already two girls in the town before Xu Jie and the others came. The disappearance shows that there is something wrong with this small town. The mayor directly arrested Xu Jie and the others, maybe Xu Jie and the others smashed something without knowing it."

Dong Shu felt that she was really stupid. She could understand what Xianggong said, but she didn't understand why Xianggong said that.

Seeing Dong Shu's puzzled face, Xu Shiqiu didn't explain much, but ordered the servant who was driving the carriage to stay directly at the inn.

There were two inns in Yi Town, and Xu's servants chose a slightly larger inn. After the mule cart stopped, Xu Shiqiu got off the mule cart first, and directly helped Dong Shu down as well.

On Yuanxi, she was hugged by the nanny and followed behind Old Madam Xu, and when they got off the mule cart, the clerk in the inn had already stepped forward with a wink, greeting Xu Shiqiu and his party.

Dong Shu originally thought that her husband would go upstairs to rest as before, but unexpectedly, he invited her to sit down in the lobby.

As for Mrs. Xu, she led the nanny to take Yuan Xi upstairs to rest, and completely left the matter to Xu Shiqiu.

"Master?"

Dong Shu looked at Xu Shiqiu with some confusion, and before she could continue speaking, she saw Xu Shiqiu shaking her head at her, "Don't worry, lady, you just need to remember that we are officials and eunuchs, this time we are returning to Beijing and passing by here."

Dong Shu really couldn't figure out what her husband was going to do, so she could only sit aside obediently in the end.

After Xu Shiqiu sat down, he directly found a few clever servants at home, and then ordered in a low voice: "You guys will take the money and go to the town to buy things later. Don't ask too much, and pay attention to what the people in the town are saying." At these words, Xu Shiqiu nodded at the servants in front of him, and ordered more worriedly: "If anyone asks you, just say that we are returning to Beijing, and don't say too much."

After hearing Xu Shiqiu's order, several servants did not dare to delay, each took the money and left, and then discussed what each person wanted to buy, and finally the two of them left from the door of the inn together.

Seeing Xu Shiqiu's arrival, the clerk at the inn ordered the servants to leave, and hurried forward with the teapot, "Master, are you passing by our Yi Town?" As he spoke, the clerk was ready to pour tea.

"My son doesn't drink this tea." After Ling Xiang stopped the man from pouring the tea, seeing him staring at her in a daze, she snorted displeasedly: "What are you looking at, be careful to poach your dog's eyes!"

Dong Shu was surprised by Ling Xiang's actions, but she kept in mind what her husband said just now, and remembered that they were officials, so she didn't speak.

This guy didn't expect that he would provoke a little girl by being so dazed.

But after all, he also worked in this inn for two years, so he still had some winks.

Taking a careful look at Ling Xiang, and then taking a look at Xu Shiqiu and Dong Shu's clothing materials and attire from the corner of the eye, he guessed that these people in front of him probably had a lot of background.

"It's a little blind. Since the young master doesn't like these teas, I don't know if I can have snacks, candied fruit, etc.?" Although the clerk asked Xu Shiqiu, his eyes were on Ling Xiang.

He knew that in these big families, the master would not speak at this meeting, and the ones who spoke were the big maids around him.

Sure enough, after he had finished asking, the little girl who had just rushed at him just now rolled her eyes at him with disdain, and said with a look of disgust: "What good stuff can there be in this poor place, no need!"

Hearing Ling Xiang's words, the buddy became more and more sure that the group of people in front of him were just passing by officials and officials, and they would not meddle in other people's business.

Although Dong Shu looked at Xu Shiqiu, her eyes kept looking at Ling Xiang involuntarily.

She really didn't see that Ling Xiang, who was so well-behaved at home and even a little timid, would be so powerful today.

She thought that if she hadn't known Ling Xiang a long time ago, she was afraid that seeing her like this, she would definitely feel that their masters were of extraordinary status.

Otherwise, how could a servant dressed as a maid have the guts to say such words.

Thinking of this, Dong Shu suddenly became interested, looked at Ling Xiang and said, "Ling Xiang, go get some snacks." After saying this, Dong Shu was afraid that Ling Xiang would not understand what she meant, so she hurriedly ordered: "Let the cook Make some exquisite food and send it, I am afraid there is nothing here that I can appreciate."

Ling Xiang probably didn't expect Dong Shu to speak up suddenly, but she reacted quickly. After hearing Dong Shu's words, she did not hesitate, saluted Dong Shu in a smooth manner, and then responded: "I will arrange it now." After saying that, Ling Xiang bowed and took two steps back, then turned around and walked towards the cook outside the inn, who was still at the door.

Seeing Ling Xiang's salute to Dong Shu, the inn clerk confirmed that Xu Shiqiu and his group were officials passing by and returning to Beijing.

Thinking about spending two days in the town, the buddy looked at Xu Shiqiu boldly after thinking about it and said, "Master, will you stay in Yi Town for a few days? Can you recommend some nearby scenery?"

Xu Shiqiu had been listening to the conversation between Ling Xiang and the buddy just now, and he didn't intend to speak until Dong Shu spoke.

It wasn't until the buddy watched him ask this question that he finally said, "Leave tomorrow." After saying these words, Xu Shiqiu had no intention of speaking.

But after hearing his answer, the inn guy immediately relaxed.

Although the movements were not obvious, Xu Shiqiu could still see the momentary relaxation from his shoulders that suddenly relaxed.

Xu Shiqiu's expression remained unchanged, but he became more and more certain in his heart that there was really something wrong with Yi Town.

(End of this chapter)