Rebirth of the poor elder sister-in-law

Chapter 240 Finding Someone (Part [-])

As soon as they arrived at the door, Liu Man'er ran into Ye Feng who was coming on horseback. The two met at the door. Ye Feng saw Liu Man'er, saw her eyes were red and tight, panicked for no reason, and said, "Sister-in-law, what's wrong with you?" Could it be that traces of carriages and horses were found outside the city gate? Could it be that Xiao He and the others have been sent out of the city?"

"No." Liu Man'er shook her head, got off her horse, but couldn't help but look back, Ye Feng followed Liu Man'er's gaze, but saw nothing.

The doorkeeper servant came over to take the reins, and the two walked into the door side by side. Seeing their figures disappear, Ye Yuan poked his head out from the alley, took a look, leaned against the wall, and let out a long sigh. tone.

When Liu Man'er returned home, seeing the distraught Fang Shi, she felt a sense of guilt in her heart. She wanted to talk to Fang Shi several times, but when she thought of Ye Yuan's warning and touched the bulging letter in her bosom, she still felt guilty again. He swallowed the words back.

"How's it going, Man'er?" Fang grabbed Liu Man'er's hand anxiously, looking at her expectantly.

"No news, but they haven't left the city yet." Liu Man'er said, "I reported to the official, and the official has come to help guard the city gate. Later, I will send two servants who recognize Cao'er and Xiao He to go outside the city gate to recognize them." People, and then portraits, let people find them.”

"No news..." Fang did not hear all that Liu Man'er said later on. The words "no news" were enough to paralyze her. She held her hand and said: "Don't worry, I will definitely find the two of them. You have been tired all night, go to rest first, okay?"

"How could I be able to sleep." Fang cried out in self-blame, and the tears were scattered again.

"Then you have to be strong, you know, Ye Feng, you persuade my mother, Aunt Han, help my mother to rest." Liu Man'er didn't have much thought to persuade Fang, her heart seemed to be put on her. In the ice cellar, shivering from the cold.

Taking off the cloak covered in ice and snow, Liu Man'er sat down by the stove, feeling warmer, rubbed her hands, and put them on the fire to roast, but after a while, she still couldn't recover her blood .

"Ye Feng, don't stand outside, just enjoy the fire, we have to paint portraits of Xiao He and Cao'er later." Liu Man'er reminded.

"I'm going now." Ye Feng said and went to the study room. Although the study room was already lit, he also came back from the outside, and he was trembling even holding the pen.

Liu Man'er warmed up the fire, and asked someone to prepare hot water for a bath. After the blood returned from her whole body, she came to the study.

Sitting on the table, the appearance of Cao'er came to mind. She was wearing pink clothes and a water-red cloak that day. The white fur collar on the cloak was sewn on for her by herself. She said that the fur is very warm. , she especially likes it.

Before setting off, she was wearing a double bun, with scarlet silk flowers on her head, a thin chin, a little baby fat face, a small Qiong nose, a small cherry mouth, always with a shy smile, big eyes, Long eyelashes, a shy and soft appearance, very similar to herself.

While thinking about it, her appearance appeared on the paper. The drawing was not very good, but it was barely recognizable. After thinking about it, Liu Man'er wrote a line beside her: 12 years old, named Cao'er.

Over there, Ye Feng has also drawn Ye He's appearance, Liu Man'er looked at it, the drawing is not bad, the pretty girl can be recognized at a glance.

Give the portrait to Han Shixin and ask him to take it to the county guard's mansion. On the other hand, he calls all the servants in the family who have seen Ye He and Cao'er over, and asks them to cooperate with the government to find the portrait in the county. people.

Things that sound simple are not so easy to do. This county is so big, if you just hide someone in a corner, who can find it.

The people from the government moved quickly. After getting the portrait, they first searched for some brothels, kilns, and then went to places where the prostitutes and other human traffickers were. After a whole day's work, they almost turned over all these places in the county. I searched all over, but I didn't see any trace of Ye He and Cao'er.

All day long, Liu Man'er waited for good news, but there was no news. The two of them seemed to be like the sea evaporated, which made people afraid.

No news is good news, Liu Man'er comforted herself, but the comfort was not convincing, she was still worried, after much deliberation, she and Ye Feng drew two portraits of the two of them and pasted them on the gate of the city.

Letter: If you are looking for someone, give ten taels of silver to those who have clues, and offer a reward of 200 taels of silver to those who find the person.

This was not enough, that night, Liu Man'er invited a team of dragon and lion dancers to attract the attention of the people, and opened several teahouses, and asked the storyteller to help spread the news.

If the traffickers captured Cao'er and Ye He, she hoped that they could return them. After all, if they sold them, it would only be 20 taels of silver at most. Now she raised the reward to 200 taels. Two, fully ten times the price.

Moreover, in order to prevent these gangsters from becoming angry, she only said that the two girls, Ye He and Cao'er, were lost in the city, but did not dare to say that they were taken captive.

If they get lost, whoever finds them can come to collect the money without fear of taking responsibility. For this, Liu Man'er has worked hard.

While Liu Man'er and the others were anxious, at this moment, Ye He and Cao'er were tied up in a dark and damp firewood room with their hands bound. Hungry and scared.

In addition to them, there were several children and girls in the firewood room. They were helpless and frightened, all crying softly.

"Xiao He, I'm so cold, I'm a little scared." Cao'er approached Ye He, and when she spoke, even her teeth were chattering.

"Don't be afraid, my sister-in-law will definitely come to us." Ye He said in a low voice, and the grass was getting closer, and she was also terribly afraid. The room was dark, and the place where her body was tied up felt almost Stiff, hands and feet have long been numb, the two of them leaned tightly together, only using each other's body for warmth.

In the room not far from the firewood house, a fire was blazing. There were two people sitting in it, a man and a woman. .

"Master, have you heard?" The woman finished nibbling a handful of melon seeds, wiped her hands, and said, "I heard that the two girls we got last night are worth 200 taels."

"It's worth it. The question is, do you dare to get the money?" The man snorted coldly and said, "I'm afraid they will arrest us before we get the money."

"But it's 200 taels." The woman said, "If we sell them, it will cost more than a dozen taels at most. Now that everyone knows their identities, maybe no one will dare to buy them. To drop the price."

"You wait and see." The man was careless, took a puff of dry tobacco, and said: "When the wind blows, we can still sell for a good price, but it's just a portrait, who can recognize it? At that time, we will say that it is ourselves daughters, just change their names."

"But my boss, this is 200 taels of silver? I was thinking about how I can't bear it." The woman's eyes lit up a little when she thought of the 200 taels that were so easy to get, "It's almost equivalent to finding thirty or forty people."

"A woman's opinion, I'd rather shoot another [-] to [-] people than this hot money. Who knows if this is the government's fishing method. When the time comes, you and I will be killing ourselves. You still don't want to use the government's methods. Don't you know? Say one thing and do another, if you and I were not cautious, we would be able to live to this day?"

The man was quite cautious, and he seemed to be quite familiar with the government's methods in his words.

"Then we're going to keep them like this?" The woman was a little unwilling, "Isn't this a waste of food?"

"Why are you reluctant to just have some leftovers?" The man snorted, and said, "Don't worry, these two little girls look good, and I will sell them for a good price, not to mention, if they are caught It was an unexpected joy, who would have thought that if you planned to have a good New Year and go to the streets to join in the fun, you would be able to photograph people? In comparison, spending a little food is nothing."

"That's true." The woman couldn't help laughing when she heard the man's words and thought of Ye He and Cao'er who were so easy to fool.

Speaking of which, Ye He and Cao'er were not deeply involved in the world, and they were well protected by Liu Man'er on weekdays, and they had never seen many dirty things in this world.

Yesterday, Ye He and Cao'er were anxiously looking for Ye Tianchen, when this woman suddenly walked up to Ye He and Cao'er, and asked, "You two girls, are you looking for a child named Ye Tianchen? "

"Yes." The two of them glanced at the woman and nodded. This woman has a round face, and she smiles like a Bodhisattva, but she is also friendly, making one not to be malicious.

Under her deliberate performance, she was even more kind, she said: "I just saw a little boy who was lost, about five or six years old, he said his name was Ye Tianchen, he was white and fat, and he was wearing blue clothes. jacket."

"That's my nephew!" Hearing what the woman said, Ye He was so happy that she almost jumped up. Wasn't the woman talking about Ye Tianchen? ?”

"He was crying in the alley over there, saying that he was lost and couldn't find his home. I'll take you there." The woman said and led Ye He and the two of them there.

Cao'er was a little worried, she pulled La Yehe's arm, and said, "Xiao He, it's not appropriate for us to go there like this, what if she is a bad person?"

"How is it possible." Ye He pursed her lips and said, "This aunt looks just like our aunts, with kind eyebrows and good intentions, and she is not a bad person at first glance. Moreover, she has mentioned all the characteristics of Tianchen. If she I haven't seen it before, so how can I say it so clearly?"

Anxious Ye He forgot one thing. Just now they looked around for someone to ask Ye Tianchen, and they said this: "Hello, have you seen a five or six-year-old boy? He is white and fat, wearing a basket colored jacket."

Speaking unintentionally, the listener meant it, and the woman remembered what Ye He said in her heart. Just now when she heard Ye He calling Ye Tianchen's name, she almost repeated the message. Really believe it.

"What are the names of the two girls?" The woman asked Ye He and the two while walking.

"My name is Ye He, and her name is Cao'er." Ye He was happy to be able to find Ye Tianchen. At this moment, she already regarded this woman as a good person, so she immediately told her name.

"Ah, the little boy also said just now that he has two aunts named Ye He and Cao'er." The woman said while making friends with Ye He.

"I'm not her aunt." Cao'er heard the flaws in the woman's words, and felt a little suspicious.

"No, oh, maybe I got it wrong." The woman laughed.

The three of them arrived at the entrance of the alley, Cao'er stood outside, she felt that the entrance of the alley looked like a monster's mouth, trying to swallow people, she dared not go inside, so she yelled at the entrance of the alley: "Tianchen!"

No one answered, and Cao'er was even more suspicious. She pulled La Yehe's sleeve and said, "Xiao He, I'm a little afraid of the dark. Let's go back and ask mother and the others to come together later."

"It's here, the child is inside, maybe I didn't hear it." The woman said.

"Yes, Cao'er, don't be afraid, I'm here." Ye He acted like a heroine, she held Cao'er's hand tightly, and she didn't want to be timid with Cao'er. She, who has always been bold, recognized this A woman is a good person.

"I'm afraid, I don't want to go in." Cao'er became stubborn, and she said, "How about I wait for you here."

What she thought was that if something went wrong when Ye He went in, it would be good for someone to report it.

"That's it, then I won't go in." Ye He didn't know what Cao'er was thinking, she was actually afraid, the two of them could still be courageous, thinking that Cao'er wouldn't go into this dark alley, most of her courage was lost.

"Don't go in? That's up to you." At this moment, the woman suddenly showed a fierce look, she tightly covered Ye He's mouth with a handkerchief, and someone behind her hit Cao'er on the back of the head with a stick.

Seeing Cao'er falling softly, Ye He opened her eyes wide and wanted to scream, but in an instant she was also hit hard and fell to the ground unconscious.

When the two of them woke up, they were already in the dilapidated woodshed.

"Cao'er, it's all my fault. I'm self-righteous, and I've hurt you." In the dark woodshed, Ye He whispered.

"It's okay." Cao'er shook her head and said, "None of us are at fault, it's the fault of this pampering."

"Then where will they take us?" Ye He whispered.

"I don't know." Cao'er shook her head slightly again, and said, "Whatever, my sister will come to see us anyway, I'm so sleepy now, I need to sleep."

"How can you sleep?" Seeing Cao'er like this, Ye He's words became more anxious, but Cao'er really fell asleep beside her. As a last resort, she could only lie down against Cao'er. She was also very sleepy, maybe it was because of her companions by her side, after a while, she also fell asleep.

(End of this chapter)