Crossing the Homeland

Chapter 21

They stayed on the mountain with Xiaoyu for three days, until Uncle An quietly came to the mountain to deliver a letter. Only then did the two know that the people from the gambling shop had been guarding Xia's house for a whole day but failed to find Xia Junyan. They were all smashed, and all the rice and grains were wiped out.Fortunately, Xia Junyan put all the money on her body, and she didn't lose much.

"People have dispersed, I watched them leave the village." Uncle An said.

Xia Junyan expressed her gratitude.Let Xiaoyu go home with Uncle An, and go to the town with five taels of silver.It just so happened that today was another market day, people were coming and going on the street, Xia Junyan lowered her head and concentrated on walking towards the casino.

When passing by the salt shop, shopkeeper Lu squinted his eyes, and asked the clerk beside him, "Is the girl who came to buy salt last time the one who passed by just now?"

The clerk has been busy with the business in the store and didn't pay much attention, so he quickly looked out: "It looks a bit similar, the clothes seem to be the same as those I wore last time."

Shopkeeper Lu stroked his beard casually.He is an official, and since he met this strange little girl in the shop last time, he immediately told his brother-in-law who was working in the yamen.

The little girl's details were quickly found out, she was just an ordinary village girl.It's just that my brother-in-law's attitude was a little strange when he came back. He even said that although the little girl is a village girl, she is also a law-abiding citizen.

For the rest, no matter how the shopkeeper Lu poured wine on his brother-in-law, the other party refused to say another word.In the end, he invited his own wife, and after the lion roared, the brother-in-law revealed aggrievedly: "Actually, I don't know too well, and our county magistrate is unwilling to say more. I just know that the world is peaceful now. It’s enough to live a good life. The village girl was indeed lucky to meet the nobleman, but that’s all. Our magistrate guessed that the village girl just helped the nobleman cook some food. The magistrate specially went to Shangfeng to inquire about it. , the nobleman just passed by here simply, and the nobleman did not want others to know that he had been here. So no one in the yamen knew about this matter except a few confidantes, and we were not allowed to publicize it everywhere. In this case, As usual, everyone, there is nothing to worry about."

Peaceful days, just go on like this.Shopkeeper Lu took another sip of tea leisurely, and sighed comfortably. After all, who would bother with a village girl in their spare time.

And Xia Junyan was standing outside the gate of the gambling house, doing the final defense in her heart.

Gambling shops are usually opened in the back street, quiet amidst the hustle and bustle, so there is naturally another world inside the gambling shop.Xia Junyan took a deep breath, and was about to walk in, when she saw two people walking out of the gambling house, she quickly dodged and hid aside.The two were talking and laughing, but they didn't notice that there were people behind the stone lion at the gate.

The clerk politely sent out the son beside him, and said with all his enthusiasm, "Mr. Cheng is too lucky today. We, Liu Tou, are your defeat at all."

"It's nothing, I'm just angry today. You don't need to send it off, you can go back." Cheng Yuan smiled redly, and walked away swaggeringly, waving his fan.

(End of this chapter)