I am a temporary worker in Jinyiwei, how did I become a powerful official?

Chapter 21 Wang Xiaochuan

The little girl cried like a tearful person. Even if Lin Shisan covered her eyes, he couldn't comfort her.

Fortunately, Chen Ju was a foodie. He had a sugar purse hanging on his body, which was filled with various kinds of sugar, such as cowhide candy, sorghum candy, and apricot candy.

Chen Ju put an apricot candy into the little girl's mouth, and the little girl stopped crying immediately.

Lin Shisan carried the little girl to the temple gate and asked, "What's your name, little girl?"

The little girl replied: "My name is Wang Xiaochuan."

Lin Shisan asked again, "How did you get into Lady Bangchui's belly?"

Wang Xiaochuan blinked his big eyes: "Sugar."

Sun Yue on the side stuck out his tongue at Wang Xiaochuan: "Lululu, you are so young and you don't want to do anything without benefits. You won't answer without candy, right?"

Chen Ju took out another sorghum candy from his purse and put it into Wang Xiaochuan's mouth.

Wang Xiaochuan chewed the food sweetly, wiped his mouth after finishing it and said, "Before lunch, the wolf trap outside rang. Grandfather said that some bad guys were going to enter the temple, so he took me into the belly of the goddess and told me not to make any noise."

Chen Ju asked: "What did you hear in the queen's belly?"

Wang Xiaochuan stretched out his little hands.

Chen Ju understood, took off the candy purse and put it in her little hand: "This purse of candy is all yours."

Wang Xiaochuan replied: "I heard those bad guys beat Taigong. They even asked him for a dragon."

Lin Shisan asked quickly: "Are they talking about Ye Wulong?"

Wang Xiaochuan nodded his head: "It seems so."

Lin Shisan was not responsible for the murder of Wang Laochuan. Lin Shisan's goal was clear - to find Ye Wulong and finish the dog-hunting mission.

He picked up Wang Xiaochuan and said, "My dear. Have you ever seen a short-haired black dog? It has very thin legs and a pointed mouth."

Wang Xiaochuan blurted out: "You are talking about Dahei, right?"

Chen Ju interrupted: "Did the Dahei you mentioned have a copper bell tied around his neck?"

Wang Xiaochuan rubbed the sugar purse in his hand: "That's right. Not only is there a copper bell, but there is also a bamboo tube for teeth grinding!"

In the old Beijing, people were very particular about raising dogs and would tie a chew stick around the dog's neck.

The material of the molar stick is mostly cattle tibia, sheep leg bone, etc. Very few are made of bamboo tubes.

Chen Ju's eyes lit up: "It can't be wrong. The Dahei she mentioned is Yan Qingci."

Lin Shisan glanced at Chen Ju and thought: Eunuch Chen still doesn't trust me. He only told me that there was a copper bell on Ye Wulong's neck, but he didn't say there was a tooth-grinding bamboo tube. In all likelihood, the evidence of saving Lu Tong is hidden in the tooth-grinding bamboo tube.

Then I thought: What does it have to do with me whether there is evidence or not? I just want to find the wrong person.

Thinking of this, Lin Shisan coaxed Wang Xiaochuan: "My dear, do you want a whole straw-shaped candied haws?"

Wang Xiaochuan widened his eyes: "I want it, I want it."

Lin Shisan said: "Then you have to tell me, where is the Dahei you mentioned?"

Wang Xiaochuan pointed to the Tiaoji Mountain behind the Bangchui Niangniang Temple and said, "It's in the mountain."

Lin Shisan asked: "Why did Dahei run into the mountains?"

Wang Xiaochuan stammered and explained, and Lin Shisan understood the general idea.

Wang Laochuan had a Ye Wulong yesterday. He was refused to sell it in Xiangxi Lane, so he took it back to the Niangniang Temple.

Somehow, granddaughter Xiaochuan likes Yewulong very much. Yewulong was frightened when he was "sat on". But he was not afraid of Wang Xiaochuan. At night, the two of them slept in each other's arms.

This morning, Wang Laochuan "seated" another yellow dog, ready to tie it around his waist and take it to Xiangxi Lane to sell.

Before leaving, Wang Laochuan told his granddaughter to wait for him in the temple. When he came back, he would roast the Ye Wulong for her to eat. Man is good by nature. Wang Xiaochuan was afraid that his grandfather would kill the Ye Wulong, so he took the Ye Wulong to the foot of Tiaoji Mountain while Wang Laochuan was out, untied the rope tied around its neck and released it.

Ye Wulong licked Wang Xiaochuan's little face, then rushed into the Tiaoji Mountain and disappeared without a trace.

Wang Laochuan came back from selling dogs. Wang Xiaochuan lied and said Ye Wulong had run away.

Then, the trap outside the Niangniang Temple went off. Wang Laochuan hid his granddaughter in the Niangniang statue.
Lin Shisan said: "It seems that Ye Wulong is in Tiaoji Mountain."

Sun Yue stretched his neck like a turtle in the Yongding River, and looked towards Tiaoji Mountain with his hands on his shoulders: "My God, this desolate mountain is five or six miles in radius. It's all tall grass and trees. It's going to take a lot of effort to find it."

Lin Shisan said: "The difficulty in finding the dog is not only because the mountain is too big. Ye Wulong is a spirit dog. If it gets frightened, it will definitely hide in a very secret place."

Sun Yue asked: "Can't we find more people to search the mountain?"

Chen Ju waved his hands repeatedly and interrupted, "No. My adoptive father repeatedly told us before he left that the search for the dog must be kept low-key. It would make too much noise to get a bunch of people to search for the dog in a big way."

When he said this, Chen Ju looked at Lin Shisan and said, "I think you must have a clever way to find Ye Wulong from Tiaoji Mountain."

Lin Shisan nodded: "Of course. The people of Laizhou Prefecture in Shandong have a clever way to catch Ye Wulong. It works every time. But you have to wait until dark."

Chen Ju asked: "What method?"

Lin Shisan did not answer, but instructed Sun Yue: "Here. Fat disciple, go back to the city and prepare these things. Half a pound of dried datura flowers, five liters of honey, a live hare, and an empty wine jar. Oh, and bring an axe. Remember?"

The powdered Datura flower is a top-grade knockout drug.

Sun Yue was a bit troubled: "Datura flower is harmful to people. The medicine shop sells it for a maximum of one penny at a time, and it has to be recorded in Shuntian Prefecture. It will never sell half a catty."

Lin Shisan sighed: "Alas, my good disciple. You eat so much food every day, it seems that you only grow your stomach but not your brain."

Sun Yue touched his big head and said, "When my father was alive, he often scolded me for having a small brain."

Lin Shisan was a little angry at him for not fighting back: "You are stupid! We are the captain of the elephant training station. Just say that there is an elephant in the station that needs to have its hooves repaired and needs half a pound of Datura flowers to knock the elephant over."

After saying that, Lin Shisan took out the last two taels of silver from his eggplant bag and handed it to Sun Yue: "Go and do it quickly."

Sun Yue took it and turned to leave.

Chen Ju pointed at Wang Xiaochuan and said, "What should we do with this girl? Should we give her to the people of Shuntian Prefecture for care?"

Wang Xiaochuan asked while chewing dried apricots: "When will Grandpa wake up?"

Lin Shisan asked: "Where are your parents?"

Wang Xiaochuan replied: "He died a long time ago!"

Lin Shisan asked again: "Where is your grandma?"

Wang Xiaochuan replied: "He died a long time ago!"

Lin Shisan asked, "Where are your relatives, uncles, aunts, and grandparents?"

Wang Xiaochuan smacked his lips and said, "They're all dead!"

Lin Shisan felt compassion for the dog rider Wang Laochuan. He was her only relative. When Wang Laochuan died, she became an orphan.

He coaxed Wang Xiaochuan: "Your grandfather will wake up tomorrow. You stay with us first."

Wang Xiaochuan said in a baby voice: "That's right. You just promised to buy a whole straw of candied haws for Chuanchuan."

Lin Shisan nodded: "Yes, I will definitely buy it for you. Let's make a pinky promise."

Wang Xiaochuan and Lin Shisan shook hands and said, "We'll make a pinky promise and stick to it for a hundred years."

Lin Shisan agreed: "Let's make a promise and stick to it for a hundred years."

Sun Yue returned to the city to prepare some supplies to trap Ye Wulong. Lin Shisan and Chen Ju coaxed Wang Xiaochuan in front of the temple gate while waiting for people from Shuntian Prefecture to come and investigate the murder scene.

(End of this chapter)