Chapter 218 This Needle is Different
The faces of the Qin family and others were as pale as ghosts. They had heard that Huo Danian's wife and child were struck by lightning and turned into charcoal at the entrance of Jingwan Village.
Huo Axiang was so scared that she wet her pants.
Thinking of all the members of the Huo family who had died, her heart was filled with fear. She was also a member of the Huo family!
She regretted it. She shouldn't have had such thoughts. She really couldn't win against the Ye family!
"Master Xiaojiu, please forgive me! I really know my crime!" Huo Axiang knelt on the ground and knocked his head loudly.
The other three also knelt down and begged for mercy, "Master Xiaojiu, please forgive our mistakes. We were just confused for a moment. Please give us a chance to reform!"
Little Dumpling nestled in Yunniang's arms, his big black eyes looking so pure and innocent.
She stretched out her little fleshy hand and held it out to everyone, then pouted and said, "Oh my hand, it hurts!"
"Master Xiaojiu has suffered!" The villagers were heartbroken and glared at the Qin family. "You are so audacious! You set your sights on Master Xiaojiu! Aren't you afraid of divine punishment?"
The Qin family and the others kowtowed repeatedly, "We were confused for a moment, please forgive us this time, Master Xiaojiu!"
"As long as Master Xiaojiu spares our lives, we'll do anything!"
"Okay!" The little dumpling's voice was so soft and sweet that it made people feel soft inside.
The Qin family members all breathed a sigh of relief, "Thank you, Master Xiaojiu!"
Xiaotuanzi looked at Luo Qiuyue and said, "Anai, needle!"
"Xiao Jiu'er, do you want a needle?" Luo Qiuyue took down the embroidery needle stuck in her lapel. "Be careful not to prick yourself!"
"Yeah!" The little girl moved her little body in Yunniang's arms, "Anang, I want to get down!"
Yunniang put her on the ground.
Xiao Jiuer took the embroidery needle from Luo Qiuyue's hand and walked up to Qin in front of everyone's curious gaze.
Qin clasped her hands together and kept bowing, "Master Xiaojiu, please let us go back?"
"Here you go!" Little Dumpling put the needle to the tip of Qin's nose.
Qin's eyes became cross-eyed, "Why did Master Xiaojiu give me a needle?"
"It pricks my hand!" The little dumpling blinked his big, bright eyes.
"Prick, prick my hand? Prick my hand?"
Qin was stunned. She had not expected that such a young child could be so vengeful.
The little dumpling didn't say anything, but just tilted his little head and looked at her cutely.
"Okay, I'll stab you! I stabbed Master Xiaojiu once, and I'll give Master Xiaojiu ten stabs! Will you let me go?"
"Okay!" The little dumpling nodded his head obediently.
Qin secretly rejoiced and took the needle from the little girl's hand.
When I received it, I was dumbfounded.
No, how did the needle become so thick?
It was clearly an embroidery needle before, how come it suddenly became like this?
Where is the needle?
This is clearly a cone!
If this awl pricks your finger, will it still be usable?
"Matchmaker Qin, what are you hesitating about? You don't have any sincerity at all! Hurry up and get married!" The villagers became unhappy when they saw her hesitation.
"Master Xiaojiu, let me stab first! I am the most sincere!" Huo Axiang shouted.
She is a member of the Huo family, and she must show her attitude in order to survive.
"You little bitch, you wish!" Qin gritted her teeth, made up her mind, picked up a needle and stabbed her finger.
A sharp scream like a pig being slaughtered rang out without warning.
The headman, who was cleaning his ears with an ear pick, was so frightened that his hand shook and he almost deafened himself.
"Qin, are you crazy?" the village headman was furious. "Are you being decent? Why are you pretending? Did Lady Xiaojiu scream like that when you stabbed her?"
"No! This needle is different!" Qin broke out in a cold sweat from the pain.
"What excuse are you making?" The village head rushed over, rubbing his painful ear. "Why is this needle different? This needle..."
This needle...is indeed different.
The headman looked at the little girl with eyes full of sincere admiration.
My goodness, a needle this thick could be used to prick a cow.
When it comes to pranks, you're second to none.
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After pricking a few fingers, Qin fainted.
"It's your turn!"
The little dumpling walked up to Huo Axiang again.
Huo Axiang had just seen the awl and burst into tears, "Me?"
"Yeah!"
Aren’t you the one who’s always rushing to get an injection?
Huo Axiang slapped herself hard several times, "Master Xiaojiu, I'll slap myself a hundred times, I won't give myself acupuncture!"
“Crackle…”
The slapping sound was really loud.
The little dumpling shook his head. The Huo family really liked to slap him a few times!
"Qin Erzhu, I have a few questions for you. Please answer them truthfully!" Zhao Xingjian asked. "What did you add to the water?"
"Alum." Qin Erzhu drooped his neck.
"White alum?" Zhao Xingjian prided himself on his erudition and knowledge, having read ancient books all over the world, but he had never heard that white alum had such effects.
"How did you know that alum can make blood mix?"
"It's a long story."
Qin Erzhu said, "I used to work as a clerk in a pharmacy. One time, while preparing some herbs, I dropped some alum into the white porcelain jar used by the shopkeeper to keep fish. My companion and I fell while trying to lift the jar, and both of our hands were cut. I discovered that our blood had actually mixed! I tried it a few more times and discovered the secret."
I see.
Zhao Xingjian asked again: "Have you been to the capital before?"
“No.”
"Then why do you emphasize that your daughter was lost in the capital?"
"You should ask Huo Axiang. She told me to say that."
Huo Axiang's face was red and swollen like a pig's head, and she spoke incoherently, "My brother told me that Ye Yanlan later followed him...
Before Lord Xiaojiu was taken away from the carriage, I heard passers-by discussing how luxurious the carriage was. They could tell at a glance that it came from the capital.
I was worried that the Ye family would find out about this, so to make it perfect, I told Cousin Huo to insist that the child was lost in the capital."
The Ye family members looked at each other in surprise. So this is what was going on.
In other words, Ye Yanlan actually knew that Xiao Jiuer was from the capital!
"Can we go back now?" Qin Erzhu said anxiously.
"You guys pulled off this deceptive act, and you still think you can get away with it?" the village head ordered. "Tie them up and bring them to the county magistrate!"
I heard that the new county magistrate is an honest official, so it's a good opportunity to test the waters.
"Why don't we just forget it? Let them go back!" Luo Qiuyue said.
If they go to see the official, the Ye family must be present, and they will be asked questions by the county magistrate, which is very annoying.
And the most he could be sentenced to was a beating.
These people will eventually be killed by her, so why bother with so much trouble?
"Mother Yan Ping, why did you soften your heart at this critical moment?" The village head disagreed. "We can't just let this happen. We need to let everyone in the surrounding area watch us, lest anyone else plot against Master Xiao Jiu! We must bring this to justice!"
"What the village head said makes sense." The villagers agreed.
Luo Qiuyue didn't know what to say.
The villagers tied up several people and left the village. As soon as they opened the city gate, a luxurious carriage came galloping in.
A frivolous voice came from the carriage, "Heihe Village, I'm back again!"
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