On the Difficulties of Escape in Ancient Times

At this moment, someone ran in from outside, clasped his fist at the tall and thin man and said, "Sir Jiang, a mule cart is coming from the city and they found medicinal materials in the carriage. Should we put this person on trial?"

When the tall and lanky man heard this, he stood up and said, "Go and have a look."

After walking out of the door, he gave a few words to a young man, and the young man came into the drug store to guard him.

Xiao Xiao was just carrying the medicine and was about to leave. When he heard what they said, he felt a little panicked. He was worried that his eldest brother had been stopped. After hesitating for a moment, he still followed.

Apart from people shoveling snow, there were not many pedestrians on the road.

Xiao Xiao followed them smoothly to the intersection ahead. When she saw the stopped mule cart and the nervous middle-aged man beside her, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Coincidentally, several ladies shoveling snow also saw the commotion here and immediately came over to listen to the excitement.

"My family lives in the back house. My father is seriously ill and the doctor doesn't have enough medicine, so I have to go to the city to get the medicine."

After the man finished speaking tremblingly, he couldn't help but burst into tears and said, "Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu isn't there any justice? How can you just rob the medicinal materials that I spent more than three taels of silver on? "

A woman beside him who knew him helped to speak: "Yes, you are not from the Yamen, how can you block the road and steal things?"

"Hurry up and return the things to Li Laowu. His father is still waiting for the medicinal materials to save his life?"

"We have already gone to call Li Zheng, please stop messing around?"

"Shut your stinky mouth!" Jiang Baihu frowned when he heard this. Their Shangguan Yao Qianhu was still dealing with Sheng Qianhu.

After all, they didn't dare to be too arrogant when they came to someone else's territory. Sheng Qianhu had to nod before he could put on his soldier's leather armor and search.

Therefore, they are now wearing normal clothes. Needless to say, the deterrent effect is not enough. If they are regarded as robbers, it is unbearable.

In the end, he didn't want to offend the public, so he simply 'sent' him home himself to see if it was really his father who was sick.

Xiao Xiao huddled behind the aunties, watched them leave, then glanced at the two men still on the roadside, and prepared to go back.

Now she would rather her eldest brother hadn't come over. Is the investigation so strict because their interception and killing incident was exposed? Or are you here for the one lying at home?

Hey, no matter who caused it, it would be a disaster for the Xiao family?

Just as she was about to go home, she saw another mule cart coming slowly from a distance.

Xiao Xiao felt in his heart that this must be his eldest brother coming over.

She carried the basket on her back, squatted on the roadside and started making snowballs.

It's not that she likes playing in the snow, it's just that at her age, such behavior is not conspicuous.

The most important thing is that she has a dagger on her feet, which makes it easier to pull out the dagger.

By the way, I took this opportunity to take a look around. It was good. The ladies who had been watching the excitement had all followed the hundred households. Now there were only two people watching.

If they find out anything about the eldest brother, she and the eldest brother will be caught off guard, so they won't be able to escape.

Thinking of this, she touched the paper bag in her sleeve pocket again, which contained lime powder and chili powder.

But this thing needs to be at close range to be effective.

When Xiao Dalang was stopped while driving a mule cart, he greeted him very warmly: "Brothers, do you want to give me a ride? It's just that the road is slippery in the snow, the mule cart moves slowly, and the money charged is a bit expensive. .”

He was not stupid. When he saw Xiao Xiao squatting not far away and not looking at him, he knew that these two people were not good friends.

But he couldn't let them find out that he knew their origins, so he simply pretended to be a coachman soliciting customers. When the two men guarding here heard what he said, they became less suspicious of him, but they still said: "We from the Fourth Government are looking for fugitives. Please lift up the car curtain and let us take a look."

Traditional Chinese medicine and wound medicine, even if they are wrapped in mulberry paper, you can still smell the medicine.

Xiao Laolang was shocked and cooperated to lift the curtain, with a frightened look on his face: "Oh, why are there so many bad guys now? The city has also tightened the investigation. It is said that there are robbers on the run. Thank you for your hard work, adults. It's so cold. God, I don’t have time to rest at home..."

Xiao Xiao, who was squatting not far away, had particularly sensitive ears and eyes. He did not pause when he heard his series of good words. The expressions of the two men who were inspecting him became much gentler.

Think again, a few months ago, the taciturn Xiao Dalang in my memory.

Look again, the handsome Xiao Dalang not far away.

People's potential is really forced out, and they are really different.

Hearing this, she felt relieved, picked up two snowballs and left first.

After a while, Xiao Dalang caught up with her on a mule cart: "Xiao Xiao, come up quickly."

Xiao Xiao climbed onto the mule cart and got into the carriage before asking him through the curtain: "Is everyone in the family okay?"

Xiao Xiao was not a girl who couldn't bear trouble, and Xiao Dalang didn't hide it from her: "Both my uncle and my father were slightly injured. Mr. Jiang gave them medicine and told them to lie down for at least five days before they could get up and walk around slowly."

"Originally, the eldest sister wanted to come with her, but Lian'er also had a fever, so the eldest sister had to stay at home."

Then he told her what he had encountered at the city gate: "Now that the investigation is so strict, why are you still coming outside? How dangerous is it?"

"I hope the family is okay." Xiao Xiao sighed: "I don't want to come out either, but the person inside had a high fever last night. I couldn't wait for you. I thought you wouldn't be able to come over, so I had to come out to get some medicine."

By the way, he also told me about meeting Jiang Baihu at the drug store: "Let's stay at home for a few days. It's too unsafe outside."

She still cherishes her life. Under such circumstances, it would be better to go out less often.

Xiao Dalang also responded: "With such a heavy snowfall, it will take at least a day or two to melt the snow. My family also told us not to go back in a hurry."

As for Li Yan, who was lying in the Xiao family's old house with a splitting headache and severe pain in his wounds, he had been waiting for Xiao Xiao to come back.

Ever since she went out, he had been very uneasy, fearing that she would be caught buying medicine and be targeted by suspicious people.

Those people were quick to kill, and if she fell into their hands...he really couldn't even imagine the consequences.

He waited nervously until there was movement outside. When he saw the Xiao brothers and sisters coming in, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I hope you're all right."

Xiao Xiao looked at him with fear: "There are already people at the back house looking for you..."

In order to let him know how much risk she was taking to save him, of course she had to make the matter more serious.

He also told him the news about his love for horses, and finally said: "Fortunately, I bought the medicine back. I'm going to boil the medicine right now."

"Thank you for your hard work." Li Yan looked at her with a complicated expression, and his tone was much gentler: "Thank you."

Xiao Xiao was not happy at all.

Haha, I still didn't hear him promise to recognize me as his sister, nor did he promise to give me a lot of money.