Xia Daohua stared at Doctor Xiao Hu for a long time, then looked around the two rooms in his house. Doctor Xiao Hu was always a careful person, so he naturally wouldn't have failed to notice.
However, although Xia Daohua is a curious child who wants to see everything and take control of everything, she is not likely to talk too much.
Although Doctor Hu felt that Xia Daohua looked a little strange today, he didn't find her annoying.
Xia Daohua looked around but still couldn't find a suitable place to put the camera - Dr. Xiao Hu was a doctor and was very familiar with flowers and plants.
If I come across one I don’t know, I will definitely explore it…It’s not convenient to put a camera on the bonsai.
If it was something else, it would be too abrupt.
It seems that we can only think of a solution from another angle.
When Xia Daohua was thinking about how to secretly investigate in the Hu Family Clinic, Wei Shiqi took the opportunity to tell Xia Daohua that Eunuch Wei had returned to Beijing with Wei Jizu.
Xia Daohua didn't pay attention at first, but after Wei Shiqi said this, he sighed three times in succession, and Xia Daohua's mind, which had already wandered away, was pulled back by him.
As soon as Xia Daohua saw Wei Shiqi's sad face, she knew that Wei Shiqi was very worried.
"What are you worried about? The old man comes home every now and then to visit, isn't that normal?"
"You don't know..." Wei Shiqi hesitated for a moment, but quickly explained - in the past, even if Eunuch Wei returned to Beijing to report on his work, or left Ping'an County for other reasons, he would always keep in touch with them.
I'll contact you every few days to let you know I'm safe.
But this time, Eunuch Wei had not contacted them for a long time.
Seeing Wei Shiqi's worried expression, Xia Daohua paused, swallowing the words of comfort that were about to come to her lips. Instead, she briefly explained to Wei Shiqi what had happened with the Puji Rescue.
Of course, she didn't say how she got the person back.
She only said that the people had been found, the biggest loss was the dogs, and that the Beggars' Sect was involved. Another thing was that there was a traitor within "Puji Rescue", but she had not yet confirmed who this person was.
Lihua saw that the two of them were talking in low voices, their brows furrowed more and more, so she deliberately walked closer and asked with a smile:
"What are you two talking about, just standing there whispering to each other?"
When they looked up and saw Lihua, their faces suddenly brightened.
Xia Daohua has always liked Lihua, but Wei Shiqi's feelings towards his future daughter-in-law are more than just liking. His handsome and gentle smiling face has unconsciously been stained with a blush.
Lihua saw the two smiling faces and felt happy too. But when she saw Wei Shiqi's shy expression, her face couldn't help but turn red.
Xia Daohua couldn't help laughing when she saw the two of them like this, and smiled like an aunt. For a moment, she even put all her worries behind her.
However, this warm and sweet atmosphere was soon broken by the noise from the street.
A team of yamen runners marched down the street, beating gongs and shouting, "Be careful of yourselves and take any suspicious strangers to the county yamen."
Neighbors flocked to the streets to watch the excitement, and some brave enough went to ask the yamen runners for details.
Xia Daohua listened carefully.
It turned out that those dandies who came to Ping'an County for sightseeing finally discovered that they had been robbed - everyone's purse, banknotes, and jade pendants were stolen by bold thieves who came from nowhere. The only valuable things left on their bodies were the clothes they were wearing, the hairpins on their heads, and the horses under their buttocks.
Didn’t this group of people go to “Daohuaxiang” and try out the “zero-yuan shopping” trick?
Seeing that Xia Daohua had been polite to them, they thought it was best not to hit someone who smiled at them. Moreover, they were in front of Gu Shanrou, a half-landlord, so they didn't feel comfortable to pick a fight with her directly. Therefore, after leaving "Daohuaxiang", they planned to find a place to get rid of Gu Shanrou, and then come back to "Daohuaxiang" to cause trouble - after all, most of the playboys were at odds with Li Gan, and at this time Li Gan had "lost his heart" and his whereabouts were unknown, so they just took the opportunity to bully his men and vent their anger.
Gu Shanrou was very popular among the royal family and had always been loved by the emperor and empress, so they didn't dare to go too far in front of Gu Shanrou.
The way these people thought of to get rid of Gu Shanrou was to gallop on horseback. However, even after crossing most of Jixiang County, they still couldn't get rid of Gu Shanrou. They never expected that Gu Shanrou was a hidden talent. She looked weak, ladylike and quiet on weekdays, but in fact her horsemanship was no less than theirs.
Then they looked for a place to drink, and Gu Shanrou remained calm and wanted to accompany them.
They then changed their minds and decided to go drink wine.
This time, Gu Shanrou naturally couldn't follow them anymore, but she sent a manager to accompany them, under the pretext of helping them settle the bill.
Gu Shanrou's face looked unhappy. After giving instructions to the steward, she rode away.
As soon as Gu Shanrou left, this group of playboys, under the respectful gaze of Gu Shanrou's manager, forced themselves to enter the most luxurious brothel in Jixiang County.
In fact, it’s not that they dislike brothels, but they originally planned to go directly to "Daohuaxiang" to cause trouble. However, at this time, Gu Shanrou's manager was accompanying them, so it was naturally not easy for them to run over directly.
After entering the brothel, the manager gave them money first, and the group didn't even notice that they had lost anything.
In fact, in the capital, this group of people often visited such red-light districts.
At this moment, he found that the red-light district in Jixiang County seemed to be as good as those in the capital, so he became interested and put off the matter of causing trouble for "Daohuaxiang".
The manager stayed with them for a while, but they eventually sent him away with an excuse.
Then, when they were halfway through drinking and wanted to pay for tips, these guys realized that their wallets were missing!
He felt around again, and found that apart from his wallet, even some of his personal belongings, such as banknotes and clothing accessories, were gone.
This is a thief!
The playboys thought they had entered a shady shop and could not help but make a big fuss in the brothel. A fight broke out and finally alarmed the patrolling yamen runners and they were taken to the county magistrate's hall.
Although County Magistrate Yang did not recognize this group of people, he could recognize them by their accent and the material of their clothes. When he heard them introduce themselves, he realized that something serious was going on.
Such a serious theft case actually happened under his rule!
How can this be!
County Magistrate Yang immediately sent out all the bailiffs and constables to catch the thief.
Anyone who can possess such skills must be a habitual criminal, perhaps a veteran thief who only recognizes clothes and not people. He committed the crime because he saw that these people were dressed in luxurious clothes and had accents from other places.
Of course, the yamen runners would not actually tell it in such detail, but the incident of these playboys causing trouble in the brothel, as a lively event at the beginning of the year, had already spread throughout the streets and alleys.
Xia Daohua looked at the hurried yamen runners and smiled slightly.
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