Chapter 483 484. Stolen
Although Jin Qianqian had prepared herself mentally, her heart still tightened when she saw the increasingly desolate land and the increasingly rugged road.
In order to continue their journey, they often stayed overnight in villages.
Today, when it was getting dark, they hurried and finally found a village.
The escort leader in front specially sent someone to remind them that because they were delayed on the road for some hours, it was too late to enter the city before the city gates closed, so they could only stay here tonight.
Since they had never been to this place before, I specifically said hello to them so that they could wake up and pay attention.
The convoy entered the village with torches, immediately attracting bursts of barking dogs.
After some negotiations, the village was willing to vacate a few houses, but unfortunately there were too many people and too few vacancies, so it was impossible to accommodate so many people and they had to live in a crowded place.
Jin Qianqian and her family were given special care and were allocated a small courtyard.
Although it is a separate courtyard, there are only three rooms.
Lichun and his friends replaced all the quilts left by the original owner with their own in a very short time.
Lin Dapeng and his friends heated up the kangs in several rooms. Everyone would stay here tonight. Even if they had to sleep on the floor, it was much better than being outside in the cold.
Jin Qianqian, her child and four maids squeezed into the main house, while the wet nurse and the old woman occupied another room.
All they had left for Lin Dapeng was the largest side room.
However, it was impossible for all of them to fall asleep tonight, and they had to arrange for people to take turns guarding, so they could just get by with it reluctantly.
The night was peaceful, but the next day, there were shouting and cursing sounds coming from other guests staying overnight. It turned out that some merchants had lost their goods.
Lichun and the others immediately counted their belongings and found that nothing was missing, and they breathed a sigh of relief.
"Guard Lin, can you take someone to check what's going on?"
Lin Dapeng asked all his men to be alert and left with only one guard.
Li Qiu boiled water for washing in the kitchen and said, "Madam, when you came in yesterday, didn't the escort leader ask everyone to be more alert?
What’s wrong with these people?”
Jin Qianqian took the handkerchief and first used it to wake up Luo Luo, who was sitting on the kang in a daze.
"We don't know what the situation is yet. Let's wait until Guard Lin and the others come back."
Just as we finished cleaning up here, Lin Dapeng came back with his men, "Now both sides are arguing, the people in the caravan said something was lost, but the people in the village feel very wronged, they clearly had good intentions to take everyone in for a night, but ended up in such trouble.
Now the villagers are gathered in front of us, saying that we can’t leave until this matter is clarified.”
Jin Qianqian, "Are there a lot of things missing? Are they valuable? Is it possible that they didn't notice them when they were sorting them out?"
Lin Dapeng: "They are also arguing about this issue now, and some have already said they will report it to the police."
Jin Qianqian frowned. If this had to go through the government, it would be delayed again.
"Go ahead and take a look. Tell the escort leader to try not to get into conflict with the locals."
Lin Dapeng naturally knew the seriousness of the matter. If a conflict really broke out between the two sides, as fellow travelers, they would inevitably be the target of anger from the locals.
It is said that a strong dragon cannot defeat a local snake. I hope these caravans don’t make mistakes.
Lin Dapeng left in a hurry, and Li Dong asked worriedly, "Are we going to pack our bags?"
Jin Qianqian, "Put your things in order first, so that you won't be in a rush if you can leave."
"Yes." Seeing Jin Qianqian so calm, the others gradually calmed down and started to busy themselves with their own tasks.
Obviously, they were too optimistic.
It wasn't long before the news came that even if they were relatively resigned to the loss and didn't care about the lost things, the villagers were still not happy.
They felt that this was an insult to them and would damage the reputation of their village, and they would not let it go until the matter was clarified.
Jin Qianqian naturally would not let her people get involved, and began to restrict her people to stay in the courtyard.
Anyway, they had enough supplies in the car, so they decided to rest here.
I thought I could leave after waiting for these people to reach an agreement, but I didn't expect to be dragged in anyway.
"The county magistrate of Ping County is here to visit?" Jin Qianqian was wondering if she had heard it wrong.
"Madam, the villagers here have reported to the police. It was those businessmen who exposed your identity." Lin Dapeng had been watching coldly from the side. It was too late for him to stop it.
Jin Qianqian shook her head and said, "I'm just a woman in the backyard. I can't judge a case. What's the point of dragging me in?
Guard Lin, go tell the county magistrate that I am just a woman and it is not convenient for me to show my face in public. Please forgive me."
If she stepped out at this moment, she would not please either side, and she always hated looking for trouble.
Fortunately, she was not the kind of person who would act rashly. She stayed quietly in the carriage with her two children throughout the journey. Many people in the caravan didn't even see her true face, so this excuse could cover her up.
Lin Dapeng relayed Jin Qianqian's words in front of the villagers and the caravan.
The local villagers breathed a sigh of relief. It was better not to show up, otherwise the county magistrate would definitely not protect them.
Some people in the caravan were annoyed. They were obviously traveling together, but they were not even given this little face.
Lin Dapeng had been paying attention to the expressions of these people. He secretly took note of those whose expressions changed suddenly. It would be better if these people did not move. If they really did something, he would teach them how to behave.
The magistrate of Ping County also knew that his previous behavior was inappropriate, and hurriedly said to Lin Dapeng with a smile, "Please tell Madam Gu again that I was mistaken before. Madam Gu, please rest here for a while. I will figure out the matter soon and will not delay Madam Gu's trip."
Lin Dapeng clasped his fists and said, "Thank you, sir."
"This is as it should be, as it should be..."
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The merchant counted all the goods again and found that there was indeed something missing.
In order to be fair, the county magistrate also ordered all villagers to cooperate in the search, but the result was the same: nothing was found.
"You guys lost your stuff on the road, and you want to put the blame on us. Look, you still can't find your stuff, so shouldn't you apologize to us?"
"Yes, we were just kind enough to take them in for one night, but we didn't expect to be bitten back. If we had known this would happen, we should have driven them out when they entered the village."
"These people are so outrageous. They delayed our farm work for a day and almost made us suffer an unjust accusation.
We can't let them go so easily, otherwise who knows if another caravan will do the same thing next time."
Those whose things were stolen are all in a state of confusion. They didn’t find their things here, but they definitely lost something.
(End of this chapter)
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