Su Qingluan saw that Liu Yunniang was anxious to rush out, as if she was going out to catch someone, and quickly pulled her back: "Hey, why are you in such a hurry?"
"Didn't you say he would escape on his own? I'll catch him for you!" Liu Yunniang tried to break free from Su Qingluan's hand anxiously, but she held it tighter with her other hand.
"Don't worry," Su Qingluan gently patted the back of Liu Yunniang's hand and comforted her, "It won't be long before that person comes back on his own. Tonight, he can be locked up in the woodshed to prevent him from yelling and disturbing your sleep."
"It's not a problem for me. My parents probably won't be back for a few days, but..." Liu Yunniang looked outside, "Can that liar really come back?"
"It doesn't matter if he can't come back," Su Qingluan slammed the reward order on the table. "Even if the fish gets away by some chance, we can provide clues and earn some reward, which is not a loss, right?" Su Qingluan pointed to the words "thirty taels".
On the other side, just as Su Qingluan expected, Huang Ergou had indeed taken the opportunity to escape by going to the toilet. In his opinion, although Su Qingluan and Liu Yunniang looked a bit ruthless, after going to the toilet, the anxiety subsided and his cleverness returned.
Then he carefully recalled the details after he met the two people, and found that although Su Qingluan and Liu Yunniang tied him up, they did not use torture, and they did not have the murderous aura of those vicious people - Huang Ergou has been wandering the world for half his life, and if nothing else, he does have some ability to judge people.
He felt that Su Qingluan and Liu Yunniang were not the kind of vicious people who would poison others casually, so he decided to take a gamble and bet that the pill was meant to scare him.
In fact, in a sense, Huang Ergou was not "misjudged", it was just that he and Su Qingluan had a slightly different definition of "intimidation".
Time passed slowly. Compared to Su Qingluan's confidence, Liu Yunniang kept spinning back and forth like a spinning top.
Su Qingluan watched her walk faster and faster, and couldn't help but wave at her: "I said, you've been walking for a quarter of an hour, aren't you tired?"
"Oh, I'm worried, aren't I? Are you so confident in your prescription?" Liu Yunniang was a little skeptical. "I don't think you know much about medicine, do you?"
Su Qingluan nodded: "I don't understand, but there are people who do understand!" Although she didn't know what the effect of the prescription prescribed by Mu Xingzhi was, she still trusted Mu Xingzhi's reliability.
"Oh, you're smiling like a flower," Liu Yunniang looked down at the smile that unconsciously appeared on Su Qingluan's face, "Why, is the other person a man?"
"What does this have to do with men and women?" Su Qingluan stopped smiling and looked up at Liu Yunniang.
"Because if the other person is a woman, you won't smile like you're thinking about love..."
"You're such a big-headed ghost!" Su Qingluan rolled her eyes at her, "Please put away that annoying smile of yours, okay?"
"So what if I don't accept it?" Liu Yunniang said proudly, pinching her waist. "You can't beat me."
"But starting tomorrow, you won't get any of the snacks." Su Qingluan had a blank expression on her face, and could be said to be extremely cold.
"Qingluan, I was wrong. I dare not laugh at you anymore." Liu Yunniang backed down immediately, which was very consistent with her position as a foodie.
While the two were joking with each other, there was a sound of banging on the door outside - it turned out that Huang Ergou had escaped by climbing over the wall through the shorter side door, but the main door was still locked from the inside. It happened that this person had entered through the main door before and didn't remember how to get to the side door, so he ran over to bang on the door in a panic.
Su Qingluan and Liu Yunniang exchanged a glance, their expressions clear: "What did I say? He ran back on his own, didn't he?" Then they quickly walked towards the door.
"Why, don't you leave him alone for a while?" Liu Yunniang asked curiously.
"It's already afternoon, and although there aren't many people around, if you continue to let this person cry outside the door, your family's reputation will become weird." Su Qingluan glanced at Liu Yunniang.
Liu Yunniang only then thought of this and hurriedly followed.
Fortunately, at this time of year, everyone is out working, and few are idle at home. Furthermore, the Liu family originally sought this small courtyard for its quiet location and affordability in order to save costs. Therefore, it is located in a relatively remote area, and even during the busiest times, few people pass by.
So even though Huang Ergou was crying outside, he didn't attract many people, and most of them were just passers-by. They were curious, but it didn't lead to a situation of "a lot of discussion".
The moment Huang Ergou was let in this time, he stopped struggling and didn't bother to talk about anything else. He simply crawled to Su Qingluan and knelt down in front of her with a plop: "Auntie, please spare me, Auntie, please spare me! I, your humble self, didn't recognize you! Ouch..."
Halfway through begging for mercy, Huang Ergou curled up like a shrimp, holding his stomach and groaning.
Su Qingluan walked to the side and locked the door again with Liu Yunniang. Then she kicked the curled up Huang Ergou with her toes and said, "Aren't you a good runner?"
"I won't dare to do it again, never again!"
"Behave yourself," Su Qingluan maintained this condescending attitude, looking down at Huang Ergou on the ground, "I will give you a temporary antidote later to keep you safe for the day. Of course, you can continue to run, but if it happens again, the antidote will not be so easy to get."
"I won't dare to do that again, ever again!"
Originally, Huang Ergou thought that the pill was just a scare tactic, but after he ran away for a while, he felt abnormally nervous.
He had originally thought that the panic he felt was due to him running too fast and that he would be fine after a short rest. However, as time went on, the panic didn't subside, and instead, a dull pain in his stomach began to form.
And just like the unrelieved heart palpitations, the abdominal pain became increasingly difficult to ignore!
Huang Ergou had seen the beggars who died of poisoning from eating the wrong things. They often felt anxious and short of breath, or had unbearable abdominal pain. After an hour or a day or half a day, they would bleed from all seven orifices, or their faces would turn blue, and they would die in pain!
And his reaction is exactly the initial symptom of poisoning!
It's over! He had misjudged them! Those two were truly murderous female demons!
Thinking of this, Huang Ergou regretted it deeply. He supported his increasingly painful body and ran in a panic in the direction he had escaped before. Finally, he crawled to the door of Liu Yun's mother's house.
"After taking this temporary antidote, do as we say!" Huang Ergou heard one of the female demons say.
He was so frightened at this moment that he dared not disobey and nodded hurriedly: "I agree, I agree to everything!"
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