Chapter 40 Return to Exile

Pei Shaoling curled his lips when he heard that. "Okay, you guys find a place to wait for us first, we'll be back soon."

"Okay, I'll leave a mark for you where I pass by, so you can go early and come back early."

An Lei also nodded slightly and said.

"Then my lady, let's go."

Pei Shaoling took Qiao Qiqi's sleeve and took her back the way they came.

A quarter of an hour later, the two returned from the cave to where they had lived before.

It was a mess everywhere.

The ground was covered with traces of the giant python's sliding.

The house they lived in before also became a ruin.

The ruins were filled with the remains of Xu's family.

Just as Qiao Qiqi said before, the two giant pythons crushed the house into pieces and killed the Xu family.

Fortunately, they did not hide back in the house like the Xu family.

Qiao Qiqi sighed softly, unable to bear to look, "It seems the giant python has left. Shall we go?"

The two returned to the foot of the mountain.

Qiao Qiqi took out the donkey, wooden wheelchair, wheelbarrow, and pots and pans.

"My lady, you sit on the donkey and I will lead it."

Pei Shaoling found a straw rope and tied the wheelbarrow to the back of the wheelchair, intending to drag them down the mountain together.

"No, this donkey is too small. I'm afraid it can't handle it. Should I hold the wheelbarrow from behind?"

Qiao Qiqi shook her head.

The way down the mountain is too steep. If you don't hold on to it, the unicycle will easily fall down the mountain.

"Okay, then be careful."

Hearing Qiao Qiqi say this, Pei Shaoling no longer insisted.

He drove the donkey cart towards the foot of the mountain.

Fortunately, they were not moving very fast because they were carrying people.

A quarter of an hour later, Pei Shaoling followed the marks and found the Pei family and An Lei again.

The place that An Lei found was only a few dozen steps away from where they had just separated.

It's a small cave.

At this moment, everyone was lighting a bonfire in the cave and warming themselves by the fire.

"Brother, you guys are back? So soon?"

Seeing the two men stopped at the entrance of the cave, everyone hurried out.

"Well, let's go. It's not safe here. We need to leave as soon as possible."

Pei Shaoling looked at An Lei and said, "Let's go to the exile team."

"Okay, by the way, what about the Xu family? Are they still alive?"

An Lei asked in a low voice.

"They're all dead. They were entangled in the house by a giant python and were squeezed to death."

Qiao Qiqi shook her head and said.

"Buddha protected us, luckily we escaped!"

Mother Pei clasped her hands together with a look of relief.

Afterwards, everyone went to another farmer's house halfway up the mountain where the group of officials were.

When An Lei and his men arrived at the gate of the farmer's courtyard, several policemen came out with swords slung across their waists.

"Old Eight, is that you?"

One of them saw who was coming and said happily.

"Yeah, I finally found you guys, great!"

Although An Lei's face was expressionless, there was a smile in his eyes.

"Boss, Boss, the Eighth Brother is back with the Pei family's eldest wife, come out quickly!"

Another officer rushed into the courtyard.

At this time, the second officer looked at the two Pei brothers and asked, "Where are the eighth and fourth brothers? And where are the bracelets and shackles on their hands?"

"Oh, it's hard to put it into words!"

An Lei said that he had taken the eldest daughter of the Pei family away first, but unexpectedly it started to rain heavily, so he found a place to stay temporarily.

"Later, I met the Xu family. When I was about to take them to look for you, two giant pythons suddenly appeared."

An Lei recounted their previous encounter with the giant python. "The fourth brother removed their handcuffs and shackles, and then asked me to take the eldest wife of the Pei family away first, while he went to bring the Xu family over. As a result..."

All the officials were silent.

"I later went back to look for the fourth brother, and found that he had been swallowed by the giant python, and the rest of the Xu family also died there."

After An Lei finished speaking, he sighed softly.

The chief constable looked at the wound on his arm and it didn't look fake.

"Let's go. You lead the way and we'll take a look. If the Xu family is indeed gone, I can only report it back."

The chief officer said to An Lei.

Then, he turned around and said, "Second Brother, Thirteenth Brother, you stay here and guard. I'll take the other brothers to check it out."

"Yes, Boss."

The two of them responded quickly.

"Well, take them back and settle them down first. It doesn't matter if they don't have shackles. Since they can come back honestly, they won't run away."

The chief officer glanced at Qiao Qiqi and said, "Young lady from the Pei family, please make something to eat for us when we come back!"

"good!"

Qiao Qiqi nodded slightly.

The chief officer took another look at Pei Shaoling who was sitting in the wooden wheelchair.

He said nothing, but to the officer behind him, "Let's go and take a look!"

An Lei then took the officials back to where they had lived before.

The second officer glanced at the Pei family and said, "Come in!"

Qiao Qiqi supported Pei's mother and held Pei Shu'er's hand as they walked towards the farmer's yard.

The two brothers of the Pei family followed behind, one leading the donkey and the other pushing a wheelbarrow.

The second officer led them to a room and said, "Come in!"

The second and third wives of the Pei family in the room all looked up at the same time, "It's you! You were actually caught and brought back! Haha, God has eyes!"

Pei's second uncle sneered, "Officer, they should all be beaten with sticks for running away!"

"Shut up! It's none of your business to tell us what to do!"

The second constable glared at him coldly.

When the two brothers of the Pei family came over with their pots, pans, and utensils, the second officer said, "Young lady of the Pei family, the boss asked you to cook. What do you think?"

"Okay, sir, wait for me, I'll come over as soon as I put my things down!"

Qiao Qiqi smiled at him faintly, then helped Pei's mother take off her straw raincoat and helped her sit down on the big bunk bed in the room.

"What are you doing? There's no room here, just sit on the ground!"

Aunt Pei glared and said, "Are you planning to crush the old lady?"

The official, Old Thirteen, stepped forward and loudly scolded Aunt Pei, "What are you arguing about? Give them half of the space. If you keep arguing, you'll sleep in the cowshed tonight!"

Aunt Pei was so frightened that she trembled and slowly made some space.

"Mom, you guys take a rest. I'm going to cook for the adults."

Only then did Qiao Qiqi put down the package in her hand, took off her straw raincoat, and followed the officials to the farmer's kitchen.

When we arrived at the kitchen, we found that the officials had put a lot of rice and flour there, as well as some bloody mountain products and some peeled bamboo shoots.

"These past few days, Madam Pei has been away, so we can only barely eat what we can, and it's really too bad to eat."

The second constable said to the thirteenth constable, "Help the Pei family's wife for a while. I'll go guard the prisoners."

"good."

The constable, Old Thirteen, nodded, squatted down skillfully and began to process the mountain products.

"Ma'am, why are you back?"

After the second constable left, the thirteenth constable asked in a low voice.