Daughter's Portable Space

Chapter 348 There is news
"Shaotian, it's useless for you to be so impulsive. If something happened to Rui'er, it would be meaningless for you to rush in now."

After waiting for another day, Qin Shaotian finally planned to go to the city to search again in the evening, but was stopped by the second master of the Luo family.Qin Shaotian was helpless. In fact, he was really not impulsive, but a deliberate action: "Father-in-law, this matter is a bit unusual, I must make it clear."

"But inside..."

"Father-in-law, please don't worry, I will go to the city in disguise." Qin Shaotian never liked head-to-head confrontation, unless he was sure of winning, otherwise he would not do so.And now is obviously not the time to show off, Qin Shaotian has long since left his youthful and frivolous age.

Dressing up in disguise was Qin Shaotian's initial thought.

Refugees may not be as fierce as Jiangyang robbers, but because of their special circumstances, they sometimes become very arrogant and unreasonable, and even hate rich families.Qin Shaotian only wanted to find out about Luo Yunrui and Brother Hao, and then bring them back to Luzhou City. He didn't want to intervene too much in other matters.

Seeing that Qin Shaotian had made up his mind, the second master of the Luo family didn't say anything. In private, he also hoped that Luo Yunrui could return safely, after all, she was his eldest daughter.

Bringing a few entourages and cronies, Qin Shaotian quickly dressed up as a refugee. This kind of dress can integrate into the city to the greatest extent, which can not only ensure his own safety, but also make it easier to inquire about the whereabouts of Luo Yunrui's mother and son.

However, when Qin Shaotian entered the city again and observed carefully as a refugee, the weird feeling in the daytime resurfaced again.

Although Qin Shaotian had not personally experienced refugee riots before, he had heard of such cases.After all, as long as one embarks on an official career, one is likely to be dispatched as an official. Such incidents as refugee riots are not uncommon in times of famine.But generally, if such a thing really happened, it would be easy to deal with it just by opening the warehouse in a timely manner.

In the end, refugees are just a group of farmers who depend on the sky for their food. As long as they can live in peace and stability, they will be satisfied.

But obviously, the situation this time is a bit unusual.

The first is time.

Refugee riots usually occur after the autumn harvest. In a year of famine, if there is no harvest in the field and the imperial court does not reduce or exempt taxes, this situation is extremely easy to happen.At first, someone should go to the government to ask for orders. This is the best time to quell the riots. Once this time is missed, they will fall into passiveness later.

Then there is the means.

Refugees are farmers with no crops. They are not villains. Even if they rob shops, they usually choose grain stores or some shops that sell food.In a word, they just want to be able to survive, they are not so keen on property, let alone smash up shops at will, and it is even more ridiculous to hurt people!

Finally there is scale.

Refugees are sometimes called rioters, which means chaos in addition to committing chaos.These people are not soldiers on the march, nor do they understand any strategy, they are extremely easy to be scattered, and it is absolutely impossible for them to attack in vain.Here, it would be strange to say that there is no problem!

Carefully observing the surrounding environment, Qin Shaotian secretly wrote down all the useful information.Although from the beginning he entered the city with the intention of getting his wife and children back, he was still an official of the imperial court after all, and he didn't mind sharing the court's worries within his ability.

Perhaps it was because they were all dressed as refugees and did not attract the attention of others. Of course, it might also be because it was getting dark and the refugees were all looking for places to rest. There were not many people on the street.But the sharp-eyed Qin Shaotian still found problems in many places, such as the corners of alleys, and hidden places like inns and restaurants, there were some dark red bloodstains...

Here, it doesn't seem like looting happened, but it looks like someone is planning to take revenge.

They searched the inns one by one, Qin Shaotian and his group had a lot of people, even if civilians passed by occasionally, he didn't dare to provoke them at will, but left in a hurry, which made it easier for them to find someone.

However, after searching for a dozen or so inns in a row, they all looked deserted, and some were even taken over by refugees. Qin Shaotian could only look outside, but didn't go in directly.What annoyed Qin Shaotian the most was that he didn't even know which inn Luo Yunrui went to at that time. If he had known this earlier, he should have settled Luo Yunrui before leaving.However, if he had known earlier, perhaps he would not have left Luo Yunrui and her son behind, would he?

In the end, if the old lady of the Qin family hadn't given him a hand before she died, he wouldn't be in such a difficult situation now.I really don't know what his real grandmother was thinking!

Finding an unmanned inn to rest temporarily, Qin Shaotian rummaged through the counter and found the shopkeeper's account book and pen and ink.Hastily recording what he had seen and thought of before, Qin Shaotian ordered a follower to go out of the city overnight to find the second master of the Luo family, presumably the news he got would have a certain effect on pacifying the refugee riots.

Just as the attendant left, there was a figure swaying furtively outside. Several attendants brought that person over, but unexpectedly found that it was a woman.

"Master, you are the young master, right? The slave is the maid next to brother Hao, and the slave is called Qin Yang'er."

Qin Shaotian's heart skipped a beat. Although he didn't know much about the maids around his brothers, he did know about Qin Yang'er.There is no other reason, this Qin Yang'er is the son of the Qin family, and her mother is Qin Shaotian's nanny.

"Qin Yang'er?" Qin Shaotian took a careful look at her, he was not very familiar with Qin Yang'er himself, he only knew that she was the nanny's youngest daughter.After all, there is a difference in age, so it's normal not to be familiar with, but for Qin Yang'er's older brothers, he is quite familiar: "Then tell me, who is your elder brother and second brother? What are their characteristics?"

"The eldest brother of the servant is Qin Dakui. He was originally your schoolboy, young master, but later went to work in the account room. The second elder brother is called Qin Erkui. He has been working with my father and is now the second steward of Linshanzhuang. Master, the servant is really Qin Yang My son, I have been with the young mistress since I was ten years old, and the young mistress felt that the servant girl was reliable, so she sent the slave girl to take care of Brother Hao after Brother Hao was born."

Seeing that although Qin Yang'er looked a little flustered, her words were still very orderly, and what she said was true, even if she wasn't Qin Yang'er, she must be someone very familiar with the Qin family. Qin Shaotian immediately believed it: "Qin Yang'er, where is Rui'er now? Where's Brother Hao?"

Originally, Qin Yang'er was very happy when Qin Shaotian believed his own words, but Qin Yang'er turned pale immediately after hearing Qin Shaotian's questioning: "Young mistress... I don't know about this servant! At that time, brother Hao had been ill all the time. , the young mistress said that she would take care of him personally, and although the servants are close to brother Hao, there is no reason for the young mistress not to listen to her words. But, of course, brother Hao's nanny should be there."

"That is to say, when the accident happened, Rui'er was with Brother Hao? Who else was around her at that time?"

"There is also Young Mistress's eldest maid, Elder Sister Wa, the servants next to her don't know about it."

Of course Qin Shaotian knew that the doll was always with Luo Yunrui, and also knew that the doll knew a little bit about fisting.However, after all, the doll is just a girl, with such a clever idea, it would be no problem to deal with aunts or other women in the past, but once they meet refugees, they cannot protect themselves at all.

"What was the situation at the time? Tell me everything you know!"

Qin Yang'er was still a little scared, but she saw that Qin Shaotian didn't punish her, and thought that she had lived in fear all day long, so she might as well wait until she got back and be punished!As long as the two masters can escape safely, they probably won't do anything to her.

Immediately, my heart settled down, and my tone of voice became more stable.

"Master, on the day you left, the young mistress took us to the inn. Of course, brother Hao was crying because of his body discomfort, and the young mistress hugged her herself. At that time, the baby sister was with the young mistress all the time. Never left. Later, Brother Hao’s nanny ordered us to go to the kitchen to cook some delicious food, and also ordered the servants to hurry to invite the doctor. As a result, we maids were separated from the masters.”

Qin Shaotian listened very carefully, and now he had no doubts about Qin Yang'er's identity. Although Qin Yang'er's words were not important, he didn't want to interrupt.

"The servant girl and the other two servant girls were arranged to go to the kitchen, and some people went to clean up the room. However, not long after entering the kitchen, there was noise outside. At first, we didn't pay attention, thinking it was other guests of the inn There was a conflict with the buddy, and unexpectedly, a group of people rushed in after making a fuss."

Thinking about it, for Qin Yang'er, a maid who lived in the back house since she was a child, this incident was probably the scariest thing she had ever encountered in her life. Even if she talked about it now, her whole body was still trembling.

"They looked very, very scary, and they yelled and killed them as soon as they came in. At that time, the fire on the stove happened to be a little low, and the servant went around to check. Fortunately, this was the case, so that the servant escaped. But Others are not so lucky..."

Speaking of this, Qin Yang'er began to wipe away tears. In fact, it was really difficult for her. Although she was a maid, her family was relatively respectable in the Qin family, and she was the youngest daughter in the family. She was very favored on weekdays.Even if she was allocated to Luo Yunrui as a maid, she was very respectable, and she never suffered any hardships.But this time, in addition to being frightened, she didn't eat or sleep well for several days in a row, and she was considered very strong if she didn't directly collapse.

Seeing this, Qin Shaotian finally opened his mouth: "Qin Yang'er, then you must remember your original inn, right? Take us there right now!"

(End of this chapter)