I, a minor character, fell into the Shura field of the heroine and the villain

Of course, these words were meant to be a lesson, but Zhao Kangping felt that they were more like scaring a child.

Zhao Kangping said, "Give it to her. She doesn't usually eat this. Just two skewers won't rot her teeth. Just rinse your mouth well when you get home."

As he said that, he handed the candied haws to his silly sister.

"Thank you, brother." Lin Ruowei took the candied haws, smiled sweetly at him, and then licked it with her tongue.

Seeing this, the mother just smiled and said nothing.

If these two children can continue to stay close, it will be much easier to bring them together in the future.

The group continued walking and soon arrived at a place where a crowd of people gathered.

"It seems like they are guessing riddles. Let's go join in the fun." Zhao Kangping said, pointing at the crowd over there.

The Zhao couple smiled at each other, and Magistrate Zhao said, "Let's go and take a look."

How can a visit to the Lantern Festival be complete without guessing lantern riddles? The whole family is very interested in it.

At the lantern riddle guessing place, people have prepared various lantern riddles.

The person who makes the riddles patiently explains the rules to every newcomer.

To participate in the lantern riddle guessing, one must pay one penny for each riddle, and one penny is returned if the guess is correct. However, the maximum time to think about a riddle is ten breaths, after which the answer is considered a failure regardless of whether it is correct or not.

It's a somewhat challenging little game.

They found it interesting and signed up to participate.

After paying a penny, Lin Ruowei chose a riddle.

The riddle is: Spring breeze brings white flowers to bloom, after Mid-Autumn Festival, gourds come (guess a fruit)

The girl didn't know what it was, so she started looking for help from outside the field.

Magistrate Zhao was still lost in thought. Madam Jiang guessed the answer, but she only smiled and kept silent. Out of sight of the young woman, Madam Jiang wrote on her son's back.

Zhao Kangping had no intention of participating in this activity, but his mother seemed to be hinting at something.

He then spoke for his sister, "The answer is pear, the pear from rock sugar snow pear."

"Correct answer." The person who asked the question clapped his hands and congratulated, then he returned the coin.

In fact, this person set up a stall to sell riddles just for fun and did not really want to make money from it.

Zhao Kangping did not take the copper coin, but said: "Boss, another lantern riddle."

The person who had asked the riddle understood, paused, took back the coin, and then signaled them to choose another riddle.

The riddle this time is: No effort in front, no effort in back (guess an object)

This question stumped several people. They all frowned and pretended to be thinking.

Time passed slowly, and just when ten breaths were about to pass, a flash of inspiration came to Lin Ruowei's mind.

"Not exerting effort" should be written as "刀". Two knives put together form a pair of scissors.

However, just as she was about to answer, the questioner indicated that the thinking time was up and revealed the answer: scissors.

Xiao Ruowei felt very regretful and wondered why she didn't think of it earlier.

"Brother, actually I just thought of it." The girl felt a little aggrieved.

"It's okay, it's okay. We're out at the lantern festival today. The important thing is that everyone has fun." Zhao Kangping touched the little Loli's head and comforted her.

But after doing this, he felt a little regretful.

Why did he touch Lin Ruowei's head? Even though she was just a harmless little girl at that moment.

Damn bad woman, she was so damn sweet when she was a child.

He forced himself not to be fooled by the girl's cute appearance.

No one else knew what he was thinking and just thought he was a good brother who doted on his sister.

The family then continued to visit the Lantern Festival, chatting and laughing.

"Get out of the way!" At this time, a sloppy man came running from not far away, with several people chasing after him.

"Stop right there, you little thief!" the person chasing him shouted.

It looks like a thief is being chased.

The sloppy man's eyes lit up when he saw Prefect Zhao and his entourage, and he walked straight towards them.

The accompanying guards immediately thought someone was planning an assassination and drew their swords. Instantly, there was the sound of blades being unsheathed.

Zhao Haicheng stood in front of his family, while the guards with drawn swords surrounded the family.

The atmosphere suddenly became very tense. The pedestrians on the street were all frightened when they saw someone pulling out a knife, and many women screamed in fear.

The crowd soon became chaotic, and those who realized the danger wanted to escape, which made the streets crowded.

There was noise everywhere, including children crying, adults yelling, and gossiping.

The crowd came like a wave, and also affected the magistrate's family.

It was the first time for Xiao Ruowei to see such a scene, and her first reaction was to hide in her brother's arms.

As an older brother, he held her tightly in his arms, not wanting her to get hurt.

The slovenly man had a dark complexion and looked like a farmer from the countryside. Although he looked ungainly, he was actually very thin and his steps were unsteady, not like a martial artist.

How could such a person come to assassinate?

The guards saw that he was running towards the prefect, and one of them blocked his path with a knife.

"Stop, who are you? How dare you offend the prefect?" the guard shouted with full force.

As a result, the man knelt on the spot, his face flushed, his forehead covered with sweat, and he kowtowed repeatedly, saying, "Your Majesty, I am not a thief nor did I intend to assassinate you. I have a grievance to redress."

Although the man was nervous, he spoke clearly and articulated clearly, and expressed exactly what he wanted to express.

However, before the prefect could say anything, the people who were chasing him rushed over.

One of the young men in fine clothes gave a cursory salute to the prefect, then pointed at the slovenly man and said, "Sir, don't listen to his lies. He's a shameless scoundrel. Arrest him and put an end to his nonsense."

As he spoke, he waved his hand, and several tall men dressed as servants rushed forward and pinned the man to the ground.

"Sir, I'm innocent... Mmmm~" Before he could finish his words, his mouth was blocked with a cloth by the person who pinned him down.

Zhao Haicheng had been an official for so many years that he keenly sensed something fishy going on. He raised his hand and said, "Wait a minute, who are you, and why are you so sure this person is talking nonsense?"

The man dressed as a young master showed nervousness when he asked this question. His eyes were wandering and he couldn't answer for a while.

But he quickly remembered his prepared words and said, "Sir, this man has a mental problem. Please don't listen to him. I will deal with him."

He quickly gestured to his men to take the man away quickly.

However, Magistrate Zhao was not easily fooled. He asked, "My nephew is the second son of the Liu family?"

Zhao Haicheng recognized the man dressed as a young master as a young master from a prominent family in Beicang City. His family was just a small family in the city. The Liu family had produced some successful candidates and also had some assets in Beicang City.

Although the Liu family has some power, they are still not taken seriously by the prefect.

When Master Liu heard this, he became even more panicked, knowing that his secrets had been exposed, and that the prefect seemed to be interested in the person who had filed the complaint.

The prefect then said, "My dear nephew, please hand this man over to me first."

Hearing this, Master Liu opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a word. He was sweating profusely, knowing that the prefect had noticed him and that he was in big trouble.

Although the Liu family was somewhat wealthy, they did not dare to fight the official openly. He had to give up in disappointment and let his men let go of the sloppy man and let the prefect's guards take over.

Then Master Liu hurried away with his men.

After being interrupted by this little incident, the whole family lost interest in visiting the Lantern Festival. They could only hastily end their trip and hurried home.

After bidding farewell to his family, Magistrate Zhao took the sloppy farmer with him to investigate the injustice.

Mrs. Jiang returned to the house with her children.

At this time, bunches of fireworks bloomed in the sky, and the gorgeous fireworks rang out.

"Brother, look at the fireworks." The little girl pointed at the night sky excitedly.

The girl's bright and clear eyes reflected the twinkling lights in the sky, and the smile on her face made her look even more youthful and energetic.

Zhao Kangping didn't know for a moment whether the fireworks were more beautiful or the girl in front of him was more dazzling.

"Very beautiful." He said with a double meaning.

Madam Jiang smiled happily and said, "Today is the Lantern Festival. I'll ask the servants to make some glutinous rice balls. You can come over and eat them later."

After saying this, he left without disturbing the young boy and girl.

Watching the fireworks flickering in the sky, two blushes gradually appeared on the girl's cheeks.

Now they were alone.

My mother said that they were not biological siblings, so they could get married in the future.

Her mother also told her to get along better with her brother.

Thinking of this, the girl's heart began to beat fast.

Then she moved closer to him without making a sound.

The two girls' hands were so close together that if only one of them was brave enough, they could hold hands. But the girl didn't dare, and he hadn't thought of that either.

At night, with fireworks, and young men and women spending every day together, it seemed like everything could only develop in an ambiguous direction.

"Look, does that firework look like a flower?" the girl tried to find a topic.

But the boy was a little absent-minded. He seemed to be in a daze and did not respond to her words in time.

The girl felt a little resentful, so she stepped on her brother's shoe.

"It hurts, what are you doing?"

"What are you thinking about, brother?"

"No, nothing?"

"Liar, brother, are you thinking about some girl?"

"No, I haven't been out much in the last few years, and I've only met a few girls. I can't even say I know them."

At this point, the girl pursed her lips and smiled. This meant he probably didn't know any other girls besides her. She actually felt a small sense of joy in her heart.

Lin Ruowei remembered her mother's words again, and her ears became even hotter.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, she mustered up her courage and said, "Brother, when I reach marriage age, will you marry me?"

Without any warning, she made her confession.

"Bang! Bang!"

A bunch of fireworks exploded from a house near the Zhao residence.

"What?" Zhao Kangping didn't hear clearly what she said because he had just focused his attention on the fireworks.

However, the courage that the girl had accumulated with great difficulty disappeared without a trace after the fireworks bloomed.

"No, nothing." The girl lowered her head shyly.

After a while, a servant came to inform them that the dumplings were cooked.

At the table were Mrs. Jiang, Zhao Kangping and Lin Ruowei.

"After eating these dumplings, you will be one year older. What are your plans for the new year?" Jiang whispered softly.

Zhao Kangping said in a very formal way: "Strive for academic studies."

After Lin Ruowei came to the Zhao Mansion, his mother became much stricter with him and no longer indulged him like she did when he was a child.

The direct change brought about by this is that he is no longer as naughty as before. He has really become a good child who loves to study.

But the girl didn't know how to answer the same question. She lowered her head, her little face flushed, and ate the dumplings by herself.

After waiting for a long time for no answer from her adopted daughter, Jiang did not make things difficult for her.

Instead, he changed the subject and said, "The people who stopped us on the street just now were from Xiawan Village, one of the twelve towns and thirty-five villages under Beicang. The human traffickers there are very rampant, kidnapping women and children in broad daylight."

"The farmer's eight-year-old daughter was abducted right in front of him. He had gathered a few villagers to file a complaint, but unfortunately, the others fled for fear of trouble. Only this man persisted until here."

When this was mentioned, Zhao Kangping became slightly interested and continued the conversation with his mother.

He also put forward his own thoughts: "Could it be that the Liu family is the mastermind behind the human trafficking organization?"