Font
Large
Medium
Small
Night
Prev Index    Favorite Next

Chapter 41 Digging the pits and destroying the traces

Fortunately, Qin Qin is clear-headed and speaks very clearly, otherwise a five-year-old girl might not be able to explain the truth when she was frightened like this.

The girl of this age naturally has no big defense for men and women. She doesn't take care of her family every day and is not strict with her family. She let her play with a group of children. On this day, a familiar friend asked her to see the fresh stuff. After so long together, Qin Qin would not doubt it. She followed her excitedly without thinking that she would turn two streets and get stuck in the secluded place. Before she was stuffed into the basket, she saw that the little friend who called her was stepped on the ground and froze, and then she was tied up and stuffed into the basket. She was in a low light and was drowsy. She didn't know how long it took until just now.

When talking about this, the girl couldn't help crying. After all, she was a five-year-old child. She was so frightened that day and saw so much blood, it was impossible not to be afraid.

"You really have the courage." Zhu Da praised, and then fell into deep thought. The kidnapping was to get a ransom or even to ruin it. However, the bandits worked too hard for this girl. Judging from the past few things, they must have observed it in advance before taking action, and then transported it to their nest.

From the perspective of the bandits, there are so many people in Zheng Jiaji, and they may be found very likely. The person caught a scholar with an identity. Afterwards, he was entangled and had to take it back to his nest. Seeing that Qin Qin was wearing patched clothes, the family might not have much money. With such great effort, how much money can she extort? Why?

At this moment, Zhou Qingyun came over with a pickaxe and a shovel, carrying a small bag on his back. These two tools were not easy. After he came to the river, he gasped for a little breath: "I borrowed it from the Li family, thanks to the two boys of the Li family who were busy with work, otherwise he would have to follow him."

After saying this, I took off my burden, there were two cakes inside, and handed the gourd containing water to the little girl. I guess I was caught and I was starved now.

The girl Qin Qin stared at the tools in Zhou Qingyun and Zhu Da's hands, her eyes were red and she was about to cry again. She did not dare to take food or drink water, and said desperately: "I can't say anything, don't bury me, don't bury me!"

"What does your father teach you?" Zhu Da said impatiently. What does this scholar's family usually teach his daughters what they usually teach them, and how can these five-year-old children understand everything.

However, after saying this, Zhu Da looked at the girl again. Although his face was calm, Qin Qin shrank and showed a pitiful look. Zhu Da did think just now that the most complete way is to silence the girl so that he would not be targeted by the thieves. But this thought flashed through, and he scolded himself for a beast, and actually had the intention of killing such a big child.

"I'll dig first, and then you come and go for me. You don't have to dig too deep holes. You have to wait for Xiang Bo to make an idea whether to burn or bury." Zhu Da swung his pickaxe to dig the ground, thinking while working, that this is indeed an era of personal cannibalism, but he cannot lose his humanity too much. He has not transcended anything, and he is also living in this era and in this place.

Although the weather became colder, it was not yet time to freeze. The soil by the river was soft and it was easier to dig it up. Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun took turns to work, and soon the shallow pit was made. Of course, the two of them were sweating profusely.

After putting the body in, burying it, and covering up the rough traces. Even if the simple disposal was done, the girl Qin Qin was so hungry that she quickly finished eating the mixed grain cakes. After eating, the girl also became silent and looked at Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun with a nervous expression, not knowing how to deal with him.

Zhu Da pondered for a moment, but grabbed the fishing rod again. Zhou Qingyun glared and said roughly: "Do you still have the intention to catch fish? Go back quickly!"

"If we don't eat fish, we can't keep up with our strength. Now there are so many trash things. God knows if we can still come fishing every day!" Zhu Da asked back without hesitation. His sense of urgency was getting bigger and bigger. Zhou Qingyun did not refute this. He just picked up the stick, picked it up and shook it off again, and washed the blood stains on it before he could get it.

Under Qin Qin's curious gaze, Zhu Da caught three big fish. This time, he didn't pack up by the river, so he stringed the reeds together. After getting these things done, Zhu Da looked around, but couldn't help but curse, "I can't lose anything!"

He had no choice but to wash the big basket of the bandits in the river, and signaled the girl to climb in, then threw the knife in, and then put the fish in, then covered it with a mask again, and started to carry it with difficulty.

Although this basket is eye-catching, there are also such baskets in the village. If someone sees it and takes the girl back, it will cause a lot of trouble when it is found out. Zhu Da feels a little headache. Even in his more than 20 years of life, he rarely considers it so comprehensively. As a result, he is so troublesome now.

The tools and large baskets are not light. Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun took turns to return to the village. They were so tired when they entered the Xiang family yard. However, the girl was very sensible and quiet along the way. Some villagers saw this basket, which was similar to what Zhu Da thought. No one paid attention to it, and no one remembered that they didn't have such a basket when they left the village.

"It smells so bad." When the girl crawled out of the basket, she looked nauseous and nauseous. No one here could stand the heavy smell of fishy smell.

Now, the girl Qin Qin is no longer afraid and asks on her own initiative: "Two brothers, when will I take me home, my father must be anxious."

"Is your mother not in a hurry?" Zhu Da joked casually.

"My mother remarried a few years ago..." Qin Qin said with a bad look.

Zhu Da shook his head and said, "You should rest first. We are not old. I'm afraid we have to wait for the adults to come back and ask them to send you away. Don't leave this yard, maybe the bad guys are still looking for you."

Hearing this, the girl shrank so much that she didn't dare to speak immediately. Zhu Da smiled and began to get busy. He put the fish aside first, chopped the big basket with the seized knife, and then threw Zhou Qingyun into the stove and burned it. He then took off the cloth wrapped in the knife and burned it. He wiped it carefully and placed it on the weapon rack before he started to deal with the fish.

He wanted to use a dagger habitually, but he thought that the dagger was stained with human blood and washed it with boiling water. Then he continued to be busy. Zhu Da was busy all the time, and Zhou Qingyun followed suit and helped, and took out the bow and arrow and put it at hand. After passing by the river, neither of them dared to be careless.

The girl Qin Qin didn't sleep. She watched them busy in the yard curiously, and was always uncomfortable with the smell of the fish. She also asked: "Can this fish be eaten? I heard from my father that this fish is a rare delicacy, but no one here can make it."

"You will know if it's delicious after dinner!" He replied casually. In the afternoon, Zhu Da and the others were not attentive and had no energy to practice martial arts. After they were almost done, they saw the little girl sleeping against the wall. After being frightened, they had torn for a long time, and they should be exhausted.

Zhu Da rubbed his cheeks, walked up to pick up the girl. Qin Qin's portion was very light and it was not very laborious. However, the blood stains on Zhu Da's body were mixed with the fishy smell, and the smell was very bad. Qin Qin struggled in Zhu Da's arms and said in a muffled voice: "It smells really bad." Then she fell asleep again.

Just after putting Qin Qin on the kang, he heard the sound of the courtyard door outside. Zhu Da subconsciously became nervous and took out the dagger. Zhou Qingyun had already shot his bow and arrow in the yard. After experiencing the encounter at noon, the two of them subconsciously were very cautious.

"Open the door, it's me!" Both talents breathed a sigh of relief when they heard Xiang Bo's voice.

When Xiang Bo walked, he carried twenty kilograms of salt, but when he came back, he had more than this amount. The bag contained a lot of things, including food, eggs, and a few feet of cloth. He had little money in his hand these days, and most of them were bartering. It seemed that he had gained a lot this time.

"It's not a good luck this time. Everyone in the village wants to buy salt. This time I can get a little more price, but who would have thought that someone was sent from the big cabinet? Fortunately, I didn't bring too much salt this time, otherwise it would be strange to the top." Xiang Bo separated the things in the bag and said, "He was very happy to be able to make it happen."

"What is on the big cabinet?" Although this is not the most important thing now, Zhu Da's curiosity dominated.

"The salt goods from Huairen County and Datong Zuowei were allocated in the same place. On the other side, the salt bank was the name of Shengping Bank. The official salt was sold in private salt. There were large cabinets on the other side. There were merchants from all over the thousands of households and towns to get salt. We were just taking salt on the second cabinet..."

Speaking of this, Xiang Bo finally noticed something wrong. Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun were not as usual. After paying attention, they could see other details.

"You two are so dirty. What's going on with that knife? Our family doesn't have this knife. Why do you think you're so scared when you encounter something?"

"Master..." Zhu Da suddenly felt much more relaxed in these questions. He still had a support, and he had a master.

Xiang Bo did not go to see the girl sleeping in the inner room, and listened carefully to Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun's descriptions. Xiang Bo has become accustomed to listening to Zhu Da talk alone these days, but this time he asked Zhou Qingyun from time to time, trying to understand comprehensively. After listening to the question, he was silent for a long time. After a while, he said in a muffled voice: "Wait for another hour, we will go to the river to deal with the body. Do you know what this group of thieves is going to do? The reason why the big cabinet came down to investigate was because the group of thieves had washed four hundred salt vendors. I originally thought that this group of thieves were just to rob money. Now, it seems that the salt vendors were just going to do it, and the hundred households were all easy."

"Master, what does Qin Xiucai have to do with salt goods?"
Chapter completed!
Prev Index    Favorite Next