The carriage bumped along, and Baili Wanwan felt uncomfortable all over, losing all interest in the snacks laid out inside.
"Grandpa Wan, Wanwan has a headache and feels nauseous, she feels terrible!"
Baili Wanwan huddled in a small corner, her face deathly pale, clearly enduring immense pain.
Wan Suizhou was extremely anxious, but they were already on their way to the village. There was a local doctor in the village, and although the place was small, the doctor was very skilled.
When encountering difficult or complicated illnesses, these folk healers are much more effective than the doctors in towns. After returning home, you only need one dose of medicine, and the illness will be cured.
"How have I taught you in school? Even as a girl, you must have backbone, so when you encounter problems like this, don't cry and complain about feeling unwell."
Wan Suizhou highly valued Baili Wanwan.
"Then Wanwan is not feeling unwell anymore."
Baili Wanwan frowned, her face contorted. She was usually in excellent health, but she was reacting strangely to the horse's wild gallop today.
She felt unwell all over, her stomach was churning, and she almost vomited.
Suddenly, the horse stumbled, and the carriage lurched violently. Baili Wanwan was nearly thrown off, but she managed to hold on tightly to the side of the carriage and escape unharmed.
"The people inside, hurry up and come out!"
Wan Suizhou's heart tightened. He lifted the carriage curtain and saw a large group of people guarding the opposite side of the carriage.
These men were very strong; each one was tall and muscular, clearly skilled in martial arts.
Baili Wanwan wasn't afraid of them, after all, she had inexhaustible strength, and if she wanted to, she would roll up her sleeves and get to work!
These people are no match for her.
However, with Wan Suizhou present, Baili Wanwan dared not make any rash moves.
After all, she has to maintain her good image, otherwise it would be terrible if Grandpa Wan and her family didn't like her.
The lead assassin reached behind him, and someone presented him with a portrait with both hands.
The leader opened the portrait directly. He didn't know what was depicted on the illusion, but he compared it to Baili Wanwan.
"Damn it, is this guy deliberately messing with me? It's just a little baby? Nobody would believe it." The assassin leader spat on the ground.
It's clear that the higher-ups have found the wrong person, but if they can't find him, then it means they've failed in their duties.
He gets away with all the good things, but all the bad things happen to him.
"They actually lied to me! If this doesn't work, we're quitting!" The assassin leader threw the portrait on the ground, intending to give up.
The person in the portrait happened to be in the Bailiwanwan area, but it wouldn't be entirely accurate to say that it was a portrait of Bailiwanwan.
After all, the person in the portrait must be at least fifteen or sixteen years old, with Baili Wanwan's features magnified.
"Little girl, let me ask you, do you have any older sisters?" The assassin leader, who was originally fierce and menacing, surprisingly softened his demeanor when facing a cute little girl like Baili Wanwan.
He tried to be gentle, afraid that a single word would make Baili Wanwan burst into tears.
Who would dare to frighten such a cute little girl?
“Wanwan is an orphan, she has no older sister.”
Baili Wanwan shook her head.
The assassin leader was also somewhat helpless.
Seeing this, Wan Suizhou simply took out a small cloth bag of silver from his waist and gave it to the assassin leader.
"We were just curious, and today we were indeed blocked by two groups of people. But we are just ordinary villagers and we are really innocent. We should know who we have offended and why we are being targeted like this."
Having received the money, the assassin leader naturally agreed to tell the truth.
After all, you take someone's money to solve their problems.
There's a rule in their line of work.
Once you've accepted the money, you must answer truthfully no matter what the other party asks; otherwise, you're violating the rules.
"I only heard that the treasure trove that was retrieved was a luminous pearl, supposedly on a little girl, and the portrait obtained was just like that. It's said that the little girl was on this carriage. Now it seems that I was tricked."
The assassin leader sensed something was wrong and, unwilling to linger, turned and left with his men.
Baili Wanwan stared at the bandit leader's back and suddenly said, "Grandpa Wan, those people just now might not be so bad."
Every bad guy has some dark aura about him, but those guys only had a faint light gray aura, which is enough to prove that they weren't really bad guys.
“I noticed that too. You’re quite perceptive in that respect; we should focus on developing that in the future,” Wan Suizhou muttered.
Wan Suizhou had long since stopped regarding Baili Wanwan as an innocent child. After all, although Baili Wanwan sometimes appeared naive, she actually knew more than anyone else.
"However, that luminous pearl should be one of the things we are looking for, but these people don't seem to know about it." Perhaps it's a smokescreen deliberately used by their employers. As for the luminous pearl, it has probably already fallen into someone else's hands.
Following that group of assassins might lead us to the real treasure.
Moreover, judging from that group of people, they must have also learned that the treasures of the previous dynasty were located in this vicinity.
Of course, Wan Suizhou did not voice his thoughts.
They made their way back to the village, but as they passed the sea, they heard a commotion outside.
Opening the carriage curtain and peeking out, I saw the villagers gathered together, discussing something among themselves.
Wan Suizhou led Baili Wanwan off the carriage.
"Auntie." Baili Wanwan spotted Zhang Xiu in the crowd with her sharp eyes. She ran over excitedly and hugged Zhang Xiu's leg.
"Wanwan, I miss you so much."
Zhang Xiu picked Baili Wanwan up in her arms and then stroked her head, saying, "Auntie missed you very much too."
"What happened?" Wan Suizhou asked.
"Someone said there was treasure at the bottom of the sea, and everyone wanted to go to the bottom of the sea to retrieve the treasure, so that everyone could get a share."
Sure enough, looking towards the crowd, one could see Zhao Damei leading the group.
Zhao Damei is not only lazy and gluttonous, but also a shrew and greedy. She is always thinking about windfalls and how to reap the benefits without sowing.
This has led to their family achieving nothing so far.
"Listen to me, everyone. Since we're certain there's treasure at the bottom of the sea, we can't let people from other villages get there first. Whoever finds the treasure keeps it. So I propose that we all prepare ourselves properly today and set off tomorrow to search for the treasure."
Of course, Zhao Damei also began to worry at this time. Since the treasure was located at the bottom of the sea, those who were good at swimming would definitely have an advantage and be able to take the biggest advantage.
None of them were good swimmers.
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