Chapter 656 Suspicion of Xiao Yi After she
finished speaking, Madam Zheng rushed into the house in a hurry. She had just seen villagers coming to report the news outside the gate.
When everyone heard this, their laughter stopped abruptly.
"What? How could this happen in broad daylight? How dare someone so bold!" Feng's eyes were shocked and she stood up.
Old Lady Xiao also frowned and asked hurriedly, "Has anyone reported it to the police now? What is the origin of the thief? Are the villagers seriously injured? Has anyone's life been harmed?"
Madam Zheng was anxious for a moment and didn't ask clearly. Now she was scratching her head and couldn't answer.
Xiao Nuobao was extremely worried, his chubby face wrinkled into a bun, and he pulled Feng and hurried out.
"There must be a panic over there right now, and I don't think anyone can handle it. Mother, Grandma Xiao, let's go to the manor and ask in detail."
"Madame Zheng, my second brother has gone to the old manor in the east. Go tell him and call my fifth brother from the department store." Although Xiao Nuobao was in a hurry, he still spoke in an organized manner.
So everyone packed up quickly, got on the carriage, and headed for Xiaoliu Village.
Madam Zheng also rode the little mule she had just bought, which was much more convenient than a carriage.
When they arrived at the manor, Xiao Nuobao had just gotten off the car when he saw several men sitting under a tree with blood stains on their clothes!
At this time, the village chief was comforting everyone, and when he saw the Jiang family coming, he waved and walked over here.
Xiao Nuobao's heart was pounding. He looked the village chief up and down. Seeing that he had no obvious injuries, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Feng followed closely and asked, "Village chief, what happened? As soon as we heard the news, we rushed over."
The village chief took a breath, and the wrinkles on his face deepened a little, showing that he was in a lot of trouble.
He waved his hands and said, "Don't mention it. Before dawn, a damn thief came to our village. He broke into our workshop directly and fought with our patrol men."
It turned out that before dawn, a man in black sneaked into Xiaoliu Village and climbed over the wall into the workshop.
Thanks to the fact that all the houses inside were locked, he didn't open the door in time.
In addition, the villagers who were patrolling soon heard the sound of the locks being broken, and they quickly rushed over and started fighting with the man.
Old Li changed his dirty clothes and ran over and said, "Don't mention it. Don't think he is alone, but I didn't expect him to be a martial artist. As soon as the patrolmen entered, he actually showed a knife and chopped at everyone, as if he had a grudge against anyone."
Fortunately, Old Li was there at the time.
He had been a soldier when he was young, and he took the risk to remove the thief's knife, which forced him to run away and prevented more people from being injured.
Moreover, Old Li was also good at fighting. After taking the knife, he swung it and happened to stab the thief's thigh.
"It's a pity that the thief ran too fast. Humph, I could have caught him just by a little bit." Old Li was so angry that his face turned red.
Little Nuobao looked at Old Li worriedly, wishing to see him from head to toe, for fear of being hurt by the thief.
Until Old Li bared his teeth, "Don't worry, baby, I'm tough. Apart from a few scratches, nothing is wrong."
Little Fatty was relieved. After all, Old Li was still as skilled as ever. This was recognized by everyone in Daliu Village.
At this time, Feng looked around again and asked nervously, "How are the people in our manor? How many were injured? Are they seriously injured?"
Da Wen came over and replied, "Madam, there are several people with scratches, and one was stabbed in the stomach. Fortunately
, we have Doctor Wu here. He has bandaged everyone and no one is in danger of life." "This time we are all shocked. I don't know what kind of thief is so fierce." Feng frowned and cursed.
If you want to steal money, there is no need to hurt people.
What's more, this is just a manor. Bullying some farmers is not a big deal.
Xiao Wu felt wronged, pointed at his face and said, "The old lady is right, that man is really bad, he wanted to chop my ear, but my ear was already gone, so I didn't let him succeed, otherwise it would have hurt so much, and it would have delayed several days of work."
Looking at the position of his right ear, the empty space.
Although everyone knew that this was a joke, they couldn't help but feel distressed.
Xiao Nuobao looked at the door of the workshop, and his heart was beating.
If that person was just stealing, who would carry a knife with him? Moreover, if he was just stealing
things, wouldn't it be the best policy to run away if he was discovered? Why did he have to hurt people? What
's more, he ran to the workshop as soon as he came, which shows that this person must have a purpose, most likely he was targeting the Jiang family workshop.
Xiao Nuobao was a little uneasy. He looked up at the frightened villagers and felt that he had to prevent this from happening again.
It seemed necessary to hire some martial artists to protect the workshop and the farm.
However, the most important thing at the moment was to comfort everyone.
The farmers in the farm were all ordinary people who lived a decent life. They had never seen such a fight before and were all scared.
At this time, Doctor Wu was very stable and had already bandaged the last injured person.
Feng took out her money bag and called Dawen, saying, "We have exhausted everyone this night. Go and inform everyone that the workshop will be closed for three days starting today, but everyone will be paid."
"Also, take some more silver to the street and buy a pig, and buy two pounds of salted meat for each person to supplement everyone. Don't let this blood flow in vain."
As she said this, she took out a large silver ingot and put it in Dawen's hand.
Not long after, the salted meat was bought back, and a whole fat pig was carried into the village.
Don't look at the moment, everyone in the village was still trembling with fear.
But when they saw the fragrant meat, everyone was eager to get up and start cooking. They talked and laughed as they boiled water and killed pigs, their faces full of innocence, as if they had just had a nightmare.
This is the benefit of being a farmer.
The world is big, but eating is the most important thing!
Seeing the atmosphere in the manor become lively, Feng and Old Lady Xiao also felt more excited and sat aside waiting for the soldiers to come so that they could deal with the aftermath and question them.
However, Xiao Nuobao touched his chin and had other ideas.
Judging from the speed of the government office, if all the things were handed over to them, I am afraid that they would probably treat it as robbery, and it would take a long time to catch the person.
So she ran to the villagers, with her hands behind her back, planning to ask about the thief's figure and appearance.
Everyone was holding copper basins and happily queuing up to share the pork.
When the princess asked, the patrol team members didn't care about the meat and ran over, wiped their hands and waited for a reply.
"Princess, we were the first to find him!"
"The thief is not tall, but not too short, and his eyes are quite fierce."
"Yes, yes, about the same height as Xiao Wu. As for his face, don't mention it. It was still dark at the time, and the man was wearing a black robe, so we didn't see it clearly."
Xiao Nuobao narrowed his eyes after hearing this. A person of medium height, covered with a black robe... Why does this sound so familiar?
At this moment, Xiao Wu came over with a piece of brine in his mouth and said incoherently, "Princess, after he escaped, I picked this up from the ground. It must have been dropped by him."
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and handed over a light green jade pendant.
The tassel under the jade pendant was swaying, and there were a few chalcedony beads tied to it. If you didn't look closely, you wouldn't notice that the word "Xiao" was engraved on it.
Xiao Nuobao took it in her hand and subconsciously sensed it.
Suddenly, a face appeared in her mind. She actually saw the beautiful face of Xiao Yi!
What!
How could it be!
Xiao Nuobao was so shocked that she blurted out, "This jade pendant belongs to Xiao Yi, but how could it be on the thief?"
"Who? Aunt? Who is aunt, princess?" Xiao Wu asked innocently.
Xiao Nuobao didn't have time to answer him. She just frowned and struggled to digest the matter.
One possibility is that the thief stole from the Han Mansion and got Xiao Yi's personal belongings.
However, there is another possibility.
There is some kind of relationship between the thief and Xiao Yi, but she can't speculate too much about this.
Although she didn't want to link Xiao Yi to the break-in of Xiaoliuzhuang.
But Xiao Nuobao still became suspicious, and she couldn't muster any energy for a long time.
When they got home in the afternoon, Li Qiqiao had already prepared the meal and was sitting on the porch with Mrs. Wu, eating fish skin and melon seeds.
"Mom, you're back. How's the situation on the farm?" Li Qiqiao got up and asked.
Mrs. Feng waved her hands and said, "It was a good surprise. No one was seriously injured. There was one who had his abdomen cut open. I gave him some extra money so that he could rest and recuperate. He was not allowed to work in the fields until he was well." After working hard
for a long time, Mrs. Feng and Mrs. Xiao didn't feel hungry at first.
But when they smelled the delicious food at home, their stomachs seemed to wake up from a long dream and they couldn't help but growl twice.
"Second son's wife, what are you having for lunch?" Feng licked her lips and looked at the table in the room.
Li Qiqiao raised her hand and asked Madam Zheng to open the hood. On the table were bowls of cold wontons in red oil, with some seaweed on top.
So everyone sat down quickly and couldn't help but eat
heartily. But what was a little unusual was that the little fat girl didn't know why, holding the big wonton bowl, her little mouth didn't move for a long time, and she was a little uninterested in eating.
Feng was a little surprised, and she reached out to touch her little face, "What's wrong, my dear? You don't look energetic on the farm. Are you worried about something?"
Xiao Nuobao didn't say much, just quickly swallowed a big wonton, and said, "Mom, let's go to the human market in the afternoon. I want to hire some powerful martial artists to protect our farm!"
After that, she pushed away the bowl of rice and ran back to the house on her short legs.
After finishing lunch, Xiao Nuobao called Madam Zheng and asked her to go to Xiaojiuchongtian and call Jiayi over.
Regardless of whether her suspicion is true or false, Xiao Yi is still the only clue to catch the thief, so he can't be missed.
In addition, the little fat girl suddenly realized that she seemed to have not heard any news about the Han Mansion for a long time.
The once-prominent Han family seemed to have suddenly become silent, which was too unusual.
Not long after, Jia Zheng came out of the small ninth heaven.
Especially when he heard from Madam Zheng that there would be red oil wontons for lunch today, Jia Zheng rushed to the Jiang Mansion without stopping.
"Princess, what do you want?" Jia Zheng smelled the lingering smell of wontons in the air and couldn't help swallowing.
Xiao Nuobao jumped down from the chair and said seriously, "Jia Ju, I have a task for you. When you are done, I will give you ten bowls of wonton made by my second sister-in-law!"
"Go and find out about the Han Mansion for me to see what they have been doing recently, especially the little beauty Xiao who lives there. But remember, don't let them find out!"
Jia Ju's ears moved, and he knew that there must be something fishy going on.
He also took it seriously and nodded in a rough voice, "Don't worry, Princess, I'll be there right away!"
At the same time, there was a sound of broken cups and bowls from the Han Mansion.
A man in black was kneeling on the ground, biting his teeth in forbearance, with a blood-stained white cloth wrapped around his thigh.
Although Xiao Yi was still small, he stared at him coldly, revealing an attitude of superiority.
"How can you be so incompetent?"
"It's just a manor, full of farmers. You were once a guard of the Oirat royal family. Even if you have been a spy in Nanji for many years, you would not lose your skills and be stabbed by them?" Xiao Yi frowned and questioned.
A Quan took a deep breath.
In fact, he was also very surprised.
He deliberately chose the second half of the night to act, just to wait until everyone was asleep, but who would have thought that in a manor that couldn't be more ordinary, there would be people patrolling in the middle of the night?
Seeing that he didn't say anything, Xiao Yi said contemptuously, "Even if you failed, it doesn't matter. After being discovered, you should have run away quickly and pretended to be a thief. How could you show your knife and expose your skills? Doesn't this arouse suspicion?"
A Quan lowered his head and said, "Actually, I didn't want to take action at first. It was the people there who saw me break into the house, as if they were risking their lives. They insisted on catching me, so I had to take action." What
made him even more puzzled was that even if he showed his knife at that time, the people in Xiaoliu Village were not afraid.
It was as if they were guarding some treasure, each of them was brave and determined.
Xiao Yi's eyebrows moved when he heard it, and he suddenly laughed out loud.
"If you say so, it seems that we are in the right direction."
"There must be some unknown secret hidden in that manor, otherwise they would not send people to patrol it, let alone guard it at the risk of their lives." Xiao Yi narrowed his eyes and said.
Just before today, his subordinates reported to him that there were always carriages and horses coming in and out of Jiang's Xiaoliu Manor, constantly transporting turquoise, sandalwood and other objects.
Xiao Yi guessed that there was some business hidden in the manor.
So he sent Aquan to investigate.
Unexpectedly, it was discovered and the matter became so serious.
Xiao Yi pondered for a moment, then said, "You have already made a move today, so it is inconvenient for you to go there again in the short term. You go back first, and I will arrange for you when there is something."
Ah Quan nodded, and then dragged his injured right leg and climbed over the wall to leave the Han Mansion.
At this time, Jia Ji also changed into plain clothes and rushed to the alley where the Han Mansion was located.
He glanced out of the corner of his eye and saw a dark shadow limping down from the wall...
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