After leaving that mansion, he secretly followed her to the beggar's den. However, what appeared to be a deserted mansion inhabited by a beggar actually had hidden sentries inside. In order to avoid causing any unnecessary trouble, he did not go in. After coming out, he discovered that the bundle at her waist was missing.
He had heard about the second branch of the Nie family when he came to the city, otherwise he wouldn't have let her run wild.
After all, throughout his life in the martial world, he had always been a champion of justice, helping the weak and punishing the strong; he had never done anything like picking locks or breaking into homes. Furthermore, he had watched helplessly as she used aphrodisiacs that righteous people would despise.
Thinking of this, he suddenly smiled. Some things in this world are just so interesting. Not long ago, when someone was following her and her children and trying to use that thing on her, it was he who intervened and dealt with the flower thief.
Unexpectedly, I am now watching her use that thing with my own eyes.
Most importantly, her lightness skill was actually no less than his own. Therefore, he couldn't help but wonder if he had been meddling in other people's business that day.
She could handle it herself if she didn't have to intervene!
But how come I couldn't sense even the slightest trace of martial arts aura from her when we were so close to her tonight? If her skill level wasn't high, how could she have so easily leaped over such a high city wall and landed without any disturbance in her breathing?
He considered himself to have seen all sorts of people, but he really couldn't understand this young woman with seven children.
It's impossible to tell how skilled she is, nor can we guess her background.
She's supposed to be pretty, but she actually uses things like sleeping potions!
You could say she's evil, but she doesn't quite seem that way.
Daylight broke quickly, and Hong Xiaoduo, who had gone to bed so late, woke up unusually early.
After washing up and having breakfast with the children, I took them back to the inn and told them that I was going out to run errands and to stay in the dormitory until I returned, and not to go anywhere else.
What made her feel gratified was that Tian Shu and the others seemed completely unconcerned about her leaving them behind. After she left, they practiced calligraphy in the dormitory.
As Hong Xiaoduo walked down the street, she listened intently but didn't hear any gossip about the Nie family's main branch. Relieved that what she had done last night hadn't been discovered, she asked a passerby for directions to the carriage shop.
She had already bought a donkey cart and a horse-drawn carriage, and now she was quite skilled at buying horse-drawn carriages.
After choosing the horses and carriages and paying the silver, he had them delivered to his inn for Tian Shu to sign for. He then went to the Beggars' Gang's residence.
As soon as they entered the courtyard, a beggar came over and said that the gang leader invited them, so Hong Xiaoduo went with him.
Hong Xiaoduo came over late at night the night before to give the Shen family money for their travel expenses, and she didn't try to hide it from the beggars' gang, so Uncle Zhou already knew about it.
"Has the young lady had breakfast yet?" Uncle Zhou asked, pointing to the food on the small table in front of him. Hong Xiaoduo smiled and nodded, then sat down on a chair and watched Uncle Zhou pick up a hot bun and start eating.
"Thanks to the young lady, we're able to eat so many meat buns," Uncle Zhou joked with a smile after eating one.
Hong Xiaoduo smiled and said, "Chief Zhou is joking. Looking at the brothers in the gang, they don't seem to be eating poorly."
"Oh? I didn't expect you to be so observant, young lady. I heard from them that you've already taken care of the mother and daughter's travel expenses, but there's still one problem I wonder if you've thought of?" Uncle Zhou asked.
"How do we get them out? The Nie family's eldest branch doesn't know they're still alive, so they're probably not on guard," Hong Xiaoduo said.
Uncle Zhou shook his head, thinking to himself that they were still young and their considerations were inevitably incomplete: "The mother and daughter are going to the capital to file a complaint, not to find a small place to hide and survive."
"To travel to the capital, one needs a travel permit issued by the Guan Yu government."
"Travel permit?" Hong Xiaoduo remembered this as soon as she was reminded; she had indeed forgotten about it.
Seeing her reaction, Zhou Bo smiled kindly but said nothing, wanting only to see how she would handle it.
If he is really troubled, he will ask to help find a solution.
"Please trouble the gang leader to have someone find me a radish, some cinnabar, a writing brush, ink, and paper. Also, please have someone call Miss Xue'er over." Hong Xiaoduo's face did not show any sign of worry.
At Zhou Bo's age, he understood what she planned to do as soon as he heard what she wanted.
He thought to himself that she was being too naive, but he didn't say it aloud. Instead, he ordered people to prepare things and went to the storeroom in the backyard to call for help.
Xue'er arrived first. After greeting Uncle Zhou respectfully, she walked over and stood next to Hong Xiaoduo. She didn't know how to address Hong Xiaoduo, but she knew that she was helping her mother and herself. Standing next to her made her feel very safe.
Hong Xiaoduo asked her and Shen's names. At this moment, a beggar brought radishes and cinnabar. Hong Xiaoduo immediately took out a dagger and started carving on the radish.
After carving it, he cut the paper he had found into the size of a travel permit, picked up a pen and wrote the names of the Shen mother and son, their place of residence, and their destination, the capital city, in the format of his own travel permit, because they were visiting relatives.
After writing it, I dipped the carved radish stamp in cinnabar, then stamped it on another piece of paper. I picked it up and was quite satisfied with it before stamping it onto the road sign I had just written.
Then, she gently picked up the road sign she had just made, blew on it, and handed it to Uncle Zhou: "Please take a look, Chief, is it still suitable? Is it usable?"
Zhou Bo and the beggar beside him were dumbfounded. This is possible? This is incredible! They can carve the Guan family seal out of a radish?
They've seen it before; it's exactly the same!
How could she obtain such an important document as a travel permit so easily and in such a short time?
Putting aside whether her move was skillful or not, she was incredibly bold to dare to make fake travel permits.
"Useful, very useful. Young lady, you are truly remarkable. I admire you." Zhou Bo was a man of considerable experience, but he still felt that he had learned something new today.
Seeing that even the old gang leader approved it and said it was usable, Hong Xiaoduo confidently handed the dried road pass to Xue'er.
“Ahem, young lady, the travel permit is no longer a problem, but it will be difficult for her and her daughter to go to the capital to file a complaint without connections to see a reliable official.” Uncle Zhou raised another crucial question.
Hong Xiaoduo smiled and said, "Don't worry, Chief. Since I suggested that the mother and daughter go to the capital to file a complaint, I am naturally confident. I know an official who will write a letter to him."
The matter shouldn't be delayed too long. I think her mother is in pretty good condition, so why don't we set off tomorrow morning?
I've already bought the carriage for them. I'll come pick them up first thing tomorrow morning. Has the leader arranged for someone to escort them to the capital?
Uncle Zhou nodded: "Don't worry about this young lady, everything has been arranged."
Hong Xiaoduo didn't go to see Madam Shen; she quickly left and returned to the inn, as she still needed to write a letter.
Who should she write to? Of course, it's Minister Wei, whom she met on the road. Hong Xiaoduo thinks that the old man will help with this matter…
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