Chapter 226 Stable Kernel
After writing all the explanations and criminal records, it was already late at night. The two families were separated by a screen, and one family shared half of the bunk bed and went to bed to rest.
It took a long time for the Dalang brothers and sisters to fall asleep. They were very excited to have experienced such a thrilling thing on the first day of their departure.
Qin Yao originally thought that the children would be scared, but who would have thought that they were so bold that they even ran out of the door to see the nine gangsters tied up outside, and commented and pointed at their appearance.
Later, I listened to her recounting the testimonies of nine people. She listened so seriously that if you didn't know, you would think you were listening to a strange story.
But on second thought, isn't this more exciting than a strange story?
By the time the children fell asleep, it was already midnight.
Liu Ji hadn't gone to sleep yet. Da Zhuang next door was snoring so loudly that he couldn't fall asleep at all.
"Puff, puff!"
In the darkness, a strange sound came from someone not far away.
Qin Yao frowned slightly and was about to ignore it when a dark shadow sneaked up on her.
Qin Yao sat up instantly and grabbed the person's neck accurately. She let out a "huh" sound in the darkness, followed by a hoarse voice: "Madam, it's me."
The force on his neck loosened, Liu Ji took a deep breath, gently took her hand away, lay down on the empty bed beside her, and smiled.
Qin Yao was just about to scold him and ask if he was sick, when a hand appeared in her palm and several hard objects fell out.
It's silver!
Qin Yao's eyes lit up in the night, and she weighed it, thinking it was about four or five taels.
"Is everything here?" Qin Yao asked in a low voice.
Liu Ji said honestly, "Yes, this is all I found. It's all here. I didn't hide a penny."
After that, sensing her joy, he put his arms behind his head, turned sideways to face her, and asked tentatively, "Are you happy?"
"generally."
An unexpected answer.
Liu Ji's heart skipped a beat. Before the other party could make a move, he reached into his arms and pretended to be surprised, "Oh, I forgot, there's another piece here."
There was another small silver nugget weighing more than two taels. The total was exactly seven taels.
Qin Yao then sneered and said, "You are sensible."
Liu Ji looked at the dark ceiling, his heart shedding tears. He had no choice but to be sensible. Looking at the nine gangsters who were still unconscious at the door, he couldn't imagine what Qin Yao had done to them.
"Go to sleep." Qin Yao put the silver away and lay down again. There was less than half an arm's length between them, and she could hear him tossing and turning.
Liu Ji obviously had no intention of moving tonight and was going to sleep here.
Because he is scared!
Qin Yao didn't say anything while cooking, but after dinner, she told him the burial place of the postmaster.
Whenever Liu Ji thought about the fact that there was a dead person buried in the bamboo forest behind the door and that he had just cooked in the kitchen in front of that person's corpse, he couldn't help but feel his scalp tingling.
In this deep mountain forest, the shadows of the branches reflected on the window could scare him to death.
Therefore, he felt safer lying between the wall and Qin Yao.
Qin Yao, considering that she had just received the money, let him do whatever he wanted, as long as he didn't touch her.
However, someone seemed to be restless when sleeping and always wanted to roll towards her.
So, the next morning, when Dalang and his three siblings woke up, they saw a strange scene: their mother had one foot on their father's back, pressing their father against the wall, while their father was still sleeping soundly with his face against the wall.
After the two adults woke up, Sanlang followed his father to the kitchen. While watching him light a fire and boil water, he curiously glanced at his waist and asked:
"Dad, does your waist hurt?"
Liu Ji raised a bleak smile and said stubbornly, "It's OK."
Sanlang said, "Oh!" and ran to the stable, behind A Niang who was harnessing the carriage, and asked with concern, "A Niang, are your legs sore?"
Qin Yao smiled at him gently, "It's not sore." It's just right to stretch the ligament.
Sanlang said "oh" again,
scratched his head and walked back to the lobby. Seeing his elder and second brothers busy packing their luggage, he asked in confusion: "Brother, second brother, Dad and mom slept together yesterday, why didn't your waist or legs hurt?"
Dalang shook his head and said, "I don't know." He was not interested in this question.
Jiro shrugged, "Maybe Dad and Mom are in good health."
After saying that, he thought Sanlang was in the way by standing there, so he told him to go out and play with Si Niang and not to delay them from packing their luggage.
Sanlang was despised by his brothers. He pouted in grievance, turned around and trotted out the door to play with his sister.
As a result, I found that Si Niang was standing in the bamboo forest, holding a book and reading aloud in the morning.
Nine bandits who had already woken up but had their mouths stuffed tightly were leaning against the gate of the inn, looking hopeless.
Sanlang then remembered that he still had homework to do, and happily joined Si Niang's morning reading group.
Da Zhuang came out of the lobby with his luggage and saw Liu Li packing his bookcases beside the carriage. He whispered in his ear in a mysterious and ambiguous voice:
"Last night, Madam Qin and Liu Ji slept together. I didn't expect that they had such a good relationship. By the way, you are in good health too. Your waist and legs are not sore anymore."
Liu Li's eyes widened. What kind of lewd words are these?
Giving Liu Li a look that said "don't tell anyone I said that", Da Zhuang opened the rear door of the carriage, put all the luggage in, and turned back to the post station to work.
Qin Yao gave him a task, asking him to put up a warning sign on the roadside to prevent uninformed people from mistakenly entering the post station.
This is an easy matter. Just find a wooden sign, ask the second young master to write a warning on it, and stick it beside the official road.
Ordinary people would not come here. Court officials and candidates taking imperial examinations were all literate and would know at a glance that a murder had occurred here and would avoid it.
The two families ate some dry food they brought with them at the post station and then set off.
Before leaving, a warning sign was made, and the location of the postmaster's body was also marked.
The tools used to commit crimes were placed in a drawer under the counter of the post station to prevent them from being picked up by bad people and used to commit crimes.
The explanation document was placed on the table with a candlestick, and the nine bandits were gagged and tied up inside the post station. After doing all this, Qin Yao made a final check, closed the door of the post station, and fed the official horse in the stable with a handful of hay before setting off.
Walking forward thirty miles and passing through the local county town, Liu Ji spent ten cents to find someone to help deliver the letter of complaint to the government.
By the time the authorities learned of the situation, they had already walked a long way and arrived at the next town.
After finishing the dry food, we rested here for a while, found a small restaurant to have lunch, bought some long-lasting biscuits as dry food, and continued on our journey.
The sun was shining brightly in the morning and the sky was blue at noon. Unexpectedly, just after we left the town, dark clouds suddenly covered the sun and it started to rain.
The rain came suddenly and heavily, but fortunately there was a pavilion outside the town where passers-by could rest, which provided some shelter, so no one got wet.
After tying up his horse, Liu Ji rushed into the pavilion, pointing at the dark sky and cursing his father.
Just then a bolt of lightning struck, scaring Liu Li and Da Zhuang so much that they said that Liu Ji was disrespectful to heaven and was being punished by God.
The two of them couldn't get along and started quarreling again. Liu Jicai didn't believe in any punishment from God. If there was any punishment, it should be those evil bandits. Why didn't they die a good death?
The argument was over and he won, leaving Liu Li speechless. He turned back proudly at the mother and her five children behind him.
Unexpectedly, in such bad weather, Qin Yao stood in the pavilion, looking at the foggy villages and fields outside the rain, and laughed.
Influenced by her, Dalang and his sister did not get anxious because of the sudden rain. The four of them chattered about what poem would be best to describe the situation.
Seeing such a stable core, the furious Liu Ji was stunned for a moment - he looked stupid!
(End of this chapter)