Chapter 263: Yes!! Let’s go quickly.

"That's what I did, but I couldn't get into Ruan's house because Yun Xiu and Miss Gui were guarding it. They were very skilled and perceptive, so I was almost discovered several times."

Yuan Lao Si snorted, "They're not that easy to steal. It's good enough to get these. It's enough for us brothers to live for a while."

"I didn't expect Chen Bozong to be so rude. He asked us to find an excuse to live here, and he kept us informed of Ruan's whereabouts. He even said he would give us money. Damn it, now he's burned to death. We won't get any money living here. Sooner or later, we'll starve to death!"

"I wanted to find some work, but Old Xue is so stingy. What good can a few strings of silver do for me?"

"Right! Let's leave quickly so they don't find us. And these farmlands are making me sick just looking at them. Why don't we..."

Those people made sly gestures to each other. The originally good farmland became a mess after they left.

The radishes were pulled out by the roots and crushed into pieces. The cabbage field next to it was also a mess, with the leaves scattered all over the ground.

The next morning, Ruan Mian and Zhang planned to take Chen to visit the Ladies' House in Guancheng.

Since the checkpoint was set up these days, my aunt has been running the shop. Not many goods have been sold, and I don’t know how the shop is doing now.

However, after she and Zhang arrived at Chen's house, they found that little Jing'er was crawling on the ground. When Zhang saw the cold ground, she quickly picked up Jing'er.

"Jing'er? Tell Grandma if you're cold?"

Jing'er is very smart and can now learn to speak by babbling.

Ruan Mian frowned and looked towards the inner room, and found Chen lying there motionless. He hurried to the bed and found that Chen had a high fever and was now delirious.

He didn't forget to mention his brother's name even in his sleep.

Seeing this, Ruan Mian asked Zhang to watch over her first, and he went to boil some hot water. He also exchanged some western medicine for fever reduction from the space, and fed it to her after mixing it with spiritual spring water. Only then did she gradually regain consciousness.

Zhang was extremely worried. She held her hand tightly and asked, "How do you feel now?"

"My daughter-in-law...my daughter-in-law has made my mother and sister worried."

Seeing her struggling to get up, Ruan Mian quickly held her shoulders and said, "Sister-in-law, the weather is changing so fast these days. You should pay more attention to your health."

"I know my sister-in-law must have been worried about my brother, so she collapsed. I've already made arrangements for my brother's matter. Lord Xie also has secret guards stationed in Xingjia. As soon as there is any news, they will tell us immediately."

"What we have to do now is to take good care of ourselves and Jing'er at home. That way, when brother comes back, he won't have to worry about us."

Her heartfelt words made Chen feel more at ease.

Just then, Cuizhu came over with some hot buns and mentioned it to Ruan Mian.

"Girl, I heard from the villagers this morning that many villagers' crops were vandalized. All the newly grown cabbages and radishes were pulled out and crushed. I don't know who is so brazen!"

"Also, we'd better go back to our house and check our belongings. A lot of silver and jewelry were lost from Aunt Zhang and Hunter Wang next door. Aunt Zhang is crying loudly right now. It's said that it's not just these two families; other families have lost things as well."

Ruan Mian frowned slightly: "There are still thieves in our village?"

The people in their village had all suffered together in the past. Except for those short-lived ghosts from the Qi family who harbored sinful hearts, no one else was like this kind of evil person.

Could it be that there is a new feud between neighbors?

Before the two of them finished their conversation, Aunt Zhang came running over crying, "Madam Ruan, Madam Ruan!"

"You are a great benefactor to our village. Now you should also take a quick look at your Ruan family's house to see if anything is missing."

"There's a thief in our village. He's stolen a lot of money and destroyed the crops we worked so hard to cultivate. He's completely heartless and inhumane! I don't know who this bastard is. He has the guts to do it but won't admit it!"

She yelled at the top of her lungs, and other neighbors also came out. Some of them went home to look for their belongings and found that they had also lost some of their belongings. They were so angry that they started yelling with Aunt Zhang.

Seeing more and more people losing their belongings, Ruan Mian felt that there might not be just one or two people behind this.

At this moment, Mr. Xue also hurried over. He glanced at Ruan Mian and told her in a low voice after hesitation.

"Madam Ruan, I just went to each family to inquire about the situation and found that Yuan Laosi and his companions, whom I had taken in before, have disappeared. Could it be..."

At this moment, Mr. Xue looked guilty and anxious.

Ruan Mian looked around and had a plan in mind.

"Don't worry, old man. I'll go talk to General Huo about the situation. If those people really escaped with the money, I will definitely not let them off."

After saying this, he rode his horse into the woods.

In a deserted place, Ruan Mian touched the jade bracelet and summoned birds and beasts.

He then went to the military camp and found Huo Zong to tell him about this.

She just needed Huo Zong to send out a few soldiers.

Those people couldn't run far in Longchang Mountain, and it wouldn't take long for birds and beasts to track them down.

Sure enough, the birds and beasts soon found the traces of the group of people.

Ruan Mian, along with a dozen soldiers sent by Huo Zong, rode on horseback and found the group of people in a cave in Longchang Mountain.

Ruan Mian went in first. When Yuan Laosi saw that she was the only one who came here, he even bowed pretentiously: "Madam Ruan, why are you here?"

"Hand over all the stolen property you have."

Yuan Laosi sneered, "Stealing? Madam Ruan, what gives you the right to accuse us of stealing? Do you have any evidence?"

Ruan Mian's eyes sank. He was too lazy to talk nonsense with them and directly ordered the soldiers to rush in.

The soldiers drew their swords one after another, and amid the flashes of swords and sabers, the clothes of Yuan Laosi and his group were torn apart, and the valuables hanging on their bodies or hidden in their lapels and sleeves fell to the ground.

Suddenly, Yuan Laosi and the others turned pale with fright and knelt on the ground begging for mercy one after another.

"Madam Ruan, Madam Ruan, please spare my life!"

"We...we have no other choice but to do this."

Ruan Mian sneered, "You're forced to do this? Old Xue was kind enough to take you in because he saw you had nowhere else to go. Now you're targeting the villagers, persecuting them, and want to get away with it?"

"Back then! We weren't the ones who wanted to come here! Madam Ruan, it was Master Chen, the deceased Chen Bozong! He threatened us to come here and told us to report any movements of you and the village at any time. If we didn't, he would kill us!"