Jian Ning and the others visited Tian, ​​talked to her for a while, gave Dabao some advice, and then went home.

A green dragonfly flew in at some point and landed on the edge of the carriage roof. With the help of this dragonfly, Suo Wenzheng walked to Dingjia Village in less than half an hour after Jian Ning and the others arrived home.

The powerful wizards in Dayue Kingdom disdain to use witchcraft to track.

It is said that a long time ago, witchcraft and sorcery were inseparable in the Kingdom of Dayue, but later on, witches gradually became superior to sorcerers, and gradually looked down on sorcerers, thinking that the poisonous insects they made were not worthy of being presented, just like the famous and upright sects in the Central Plains looked down on evil ways.

Many wizards criticize sorcerers while continuing to use the technique of tracking insects, but they do not target people with the poison, as if this is not considered despicable and they are deceiving themselves.

Suo Wenzheng was one of these people. He followed Jian Ning all the way to the foot of the hillside wearing a bamboo hat. The butcher came out to herd the chickens home and saw a stranger wandering around the hillside. She glanced at him briefly, then approached him and asked unhappily, "Hey, what are you doing? What are you doing here?"

"I'm a passerby, I'm thirsty, and I want to ask for some water from a family." Suo Wenzhen pulled down his hat and said in a deep voice.

"Why are you being so secretive?" The butcher lowered her head, raised her eyelids and glanced at him, curling her lips. "You don't look like a good person at first glance. I have no water for you. If you want water, go to the river, there's plenty."

After saying that, she pointed toward the river, then waved her hands and drove the chickens that were raised outside back home with a "ho-ho-ho" sound.

Only Soven was left in a mess in the twilight.

After a long journey, he was really thirsty and wanted to ask for a drink of saliva. Who did he offend? It was given by his hook-nosed parents, so he should blame him?

After the butcher chased a few chickens into the yard, she turned back to look at Suo Wen Zheng, then looked towards Jian Ning's house, closed the gate, turned around and went towards Jian Ning's house.

She had to go and tell Jian Ning the news, telling her that a bad guy was sneaking around at her house at the foot of the hill. San Gouzi was now replacing Tian as an assistant in Jian Ning's winery. Jian Ning was helping her son, and she couldn't be ungrateful.

If the butcher's ideological awareness had been placed in the 1960s and 1970s, she would have been a red and expert neighborhood committee aunt. She came and described it to Jane Ning in vivid detail, but she only forgot to mention the hooked nose. If she had mentioned it, Jane Ning might have thought of Suo Wenzheng. When she and the butcher came out, Suo Wenzheng was gone.

"Hey, he was clearly here just now, but he disappeared in the blink of an eye."

"Anyway, it's not a good thing. Better safe than sorry. Just be alert."

Jian Ning agreed, thinking it was just another assassin sent by General Geng. She thanked the butcher and forced a pound of wine into her mouth. After sending the butcher away, Jian Ning immediately called Erniu and Sanniu and warned them not to leave the house. She also asked Qiaofeng to watch them and not even allow them to go to the clinic.

Then Jian Ning sent another message to Ma Fuquan, asking him if Dabao was still with him. If he had returned to the inn, she asked him to go and take Dabao and Ma Xiaomi back to the escort agency to stay for a few days, and also to pick them up from school.

[Also, tell Dabao about this so he can be more aware of the dangers.]

After thinking about it, Jian Ning still felt uneasy, so she specifically reminded Ma Fuquan.

[Okay, don't be too nervous, maybe it really is just a passerby.]

Ma Fuquan advised Jian Ning not to be nervous, but then he thought about his two little kids at home and he was worried about them staying alone at night.

[Let Xiaomai and Xiaodou rest at your place these few nights.]

[Okay, the east room is empty, I'll let them move in.]

Dabao had gone to school in the county, and Jian Ning had wanted Qiaofeng to move into the east room. However, Qiaofeng said that Dabao would come back to stay when he was on leave, and she and Da Niu were used to sleeping in the same bed, so she didn't want to move. Da Niu and the others didn't want her to move either, so she and the others continued to live in the west room, leaving the east room perfectly suitable for Ma Xiaomai and the other two brothers.

As a result, Ma Xiaomai was unwilling.

"My grandma said that we need people to live in our house. If no one lives there, mountain goblins and tree monsters will take over our house. Then my mother will get sick when she brings my little brother back to live with us."

Qiao Feng retorted, "The dilapidated temple has been empty for years, with no one living there. My grandfather and I moved in and never got any treatment. Your grandmother wasn't right. I think you don't know what's good for you. Master asked you to come live here, and you're still putting on airs, humph!"

"Well, alright then." Ma Xiaomai compromised without a second thought, "My brother and I will stay at Master's place tonight."

Jian Ning said, "Just stay here for a few days and see how things go. Once you're sure everything is fine, you can take your brother back to live with you."

As the sun sets, the surface of the river is dyed golden by the sunset glow, like a flowing silk cloth. Against the backdrop of the farmhouses and trees that are faintly visible in the distance, it forms a beautiful sunset picture.

Meixiang squatted on a large bluestone with her sleeves rolled up, washing clothes. She was eagerly waiting for letters from the capital, but no letter came, and she cursed General Geng in her heart.

She was cursing and complaining when she heard footsteps beside her. She turned her head and saw that it was Suo Wenzheng. He had actually followed the path pointed by the butcher woman and came to the river to drink water.

Meixiang spat secretly.

Thinking he was just passing by, Suo Wenzheng walked past her without even looking at her, walked upstream to find a place to stay, bent down, scooped up a handful of water and drank a few big gulps.

The weather was hot, and the river water was scorching. He wanted to take off his clothes and jump in to cool off, so he couldn't help but look towards Meixiang. He wanted to see how long it would take her to finish washing, but when he looked over, he saw a pendant made of what looked like a tooth hanging around Meixiang's neck. The tooth was wrapped with string and swayed with the movement of her arms.

Suo Wenzheng stared at it.

Feeling his gaze, Meixiang glanced sideways at him, hurriedly wrung out her clothes, put them in a wooden basin, picked up the basin, rested it against her waist, and prepared to leave.

The girl, who was about fourteen or fifteen years old and in her prime, had been tortured by the fool Chen Lei and had long lost her former spirit.

"Miss, please stay!" Suo Wenzheng caught up with her and blocked her way.

"You, what are you doing? There are people living nearby. I only need to shout and someone will come."

"Don't be afraid, young lady. I have no ill intentions. I just want to ask you something." He pointed at the pendant around her neck, "Young lady, where did you get this?"

Meixiang saw that he had a fierce look on his face and was staring at the pendant on her neck. She quickly stuffed the pendant back into her clothes and said, "What does this have to do with you? Get out of the way!"

Suo Wenzheng took a step back and said, "From your accent, I can tell you're not from this place. May I ask if you're from the capital?"

Hearing him mention Meixiang in the capital, she was immediately excited and said in a trembling voice, "My name is Meixiang, and I live in Maoerduo Lane in the capital. Someone asked you to bring me a letter from my parents, right?"

Father and mother? Suo Wenzheng frowned and continued, "Can you let me see your pendant first?"