Offended the bandits?

Lu Qing's heart tightened. Could it be that Sister Hua's rescue of the young prince had been exposed? Did the people from Jingmen disguise themselves as bandits to avenge her?

"Where is the shop owner?" Lu Qing asked anxiously.

"Hey, don't worry, those bandits have been caught, and the shopkeeper was just beaten up." Sun Hongying said nonchalantly, even with a gloating smile on her face, "The two men were beaten badly."

When Sun Hongying described what happened to Zhao Yongqiang and his wife, her face was filled with excitement, but to Lu Qing, he thought that Qian Chunhua and Qian's mother had been attacked.

Lu Qing left Huangling in a depressed mood, planning to go see Sister Hua again at night, hoping to get to the bottom of this matter as soon as possible.

At night, Lu Qing dressed in night clothes and sneaked into Huangling Ridge.

He performed Qinggong skill lightly and passed through the village like a gust of wind, and even the village guards did not notice him.

However, when he arrived at the Qian family's yard, the scene before him made his heart sink.

The gate was closed, the yard was overgrown with weeds and looked desolate, and it was obvious that no one had lived there for a long time.

Lu Qing then turned to Qian Chunhua's house.

The wall in the courtyard no longer exists.

As a result, some people in the Zhao family died or left, and the house became Zhao Yongqiang's property.

Zhao Yongqiang wrote the IOU, but he never repaid it until his mother and Zhao Yongwen left.

However, Zhao Yongqiang's current life is not easy.

When Qian Chunhua left, he sold the shop to him, but took away the little silver they had left.

Zhao Yongqiang and his wife Cuihong were beaten black and blue by the boss of the shop. They didn't even have money to see a doctor. In the end, they could only use the remaining food at home to offset the medical expenses.

When stockpiling grain, Cuihong did not stockpile grain because she did not believe what Zhao Yongwen and the village chief said.

For example, a family of three could not even afford two meals a day, and even black-faced porridge became a luxury.

In addition, bandits frequently harassed the village. Their blue brick and tile house was the only good house in the village and was always the first to be attacked.

Zhao Yongqiang's family were all injured to varying degrees, but they no longer had enough food to hire a doctor.

This can be considered as retribution for Zhao Yongqiang's family.

Lu Qing quietly entered the yard, only to hear the sound of crying out loud from inside the house, but it was not the voices of Sister Hua and the others that he was familiar with.

His heart sank and he immediately became alert.

He sneaked into the room quietly, and the person in front of him made him immediately recognize that this was the eldest wife of the Zhao family.

Cuihong suddenly saw a stranger and tried to call for help in panic, but was knocked unconscious by Lu Qing's palm.

Zhao Yongqiang opened his eyes wide and stammered as he tried to shout for help, but when he saw the sword in Lu Qing's hand, he was so frightened that he became speechless.

"Good man, good man, spare my life... spare my life." Zhao Yongqiang pleaded in fear with a trembling voice.

He thought the bandits had come again and was filled with despair.

Lu Qing pointed his sword at Zhao Yongqiang coldly, "Tell me, where is the owner of this house?"

His voice was cold and majestic, making Zhao Yongqiang dare not hide anything.

Zhao Yongqiang widened his eyes, "Are you looking for Zhao Yongcai?" he asked doubtfully.

Lu Qing shook his head, "No."

"You are looking for his wife..." Zhao Yongqiang suddenly realized and thought that Lu Qing was the remnant of those captured bandits.

"Please spare my life... Please spare my life..." he begged, his voice full of fear.

There was a slight noise coming from the next room, and Lu Qing's heart tightened, and he was anxious to leave this place of trouble. He moved the sword in his hand three inches closer, "Tell me quickly, where is Yongcai's wife?"