Yun Ling thought to herself, what's strange about seeing people.
But then I thought about it, this was by the Ghost River, and it was really strange to see people.
"Sister Yun, let's go quickly. This is Zhang Mao, Li Zheng's second son. If he finds us coming to the Ghost River, he will definitely tell his father!"
Abao grabbed her and turned to leave.
Yun Ling glanced at his feet and didn't move.
"Sister Yun, hurry up, they seemed to have seen me just now. If they come looking for me later, they will be in trouble!" A Bao looked very anxious.
Come to think of it, in the eyes of the villagers, Li Zheng was the biggest official and had great authority.
Yun Ling shook his head: "Abao, you take the big ox back first, I will follow in a moment."
Abao refused, "Sister Yun, let's go together. If Zhang Mao sees you, you will suffer too."
Zhang Mao was a well-known second-rate boy in the village. In the past, he would approach anyone he met, and even the ugly girl from the Wang family at the entrance of the village would avoid him when she saw him.
Yun Ling pointed at his feet with only one shoe left, and said helplessly: "A Bao, your shoe has fallen off. The monk can run away, but he can't run out of the temple. Your shoe can't be found. It's useless for us to leave. Maybe
It will also implicate your mother..."
The riverside was wet and soft. She and Abao were as light as swallows since they started practicing swordsmanship, and they didn't leave many footprints. However, there was no time to cover up the hooves of the cows that Rhubarb was making fun of around them.
Xixia Village is quite prosperous, and there are many families raising cattle in the village. As long as I find A Bao's shoes, I can still get away with it.
"You take the big ox back first, wash its hooves cleanly in the forest, and remember to cut off the traces of its footprints. When you get home, change into an old pair of shoes, and throw the hooves on your feet into the stove to burn
Got it, you know?" Yun Ling asked.
Hearing her mention Lin Xiuzhen, Abao was shaken.
"Don't worry, I'm so powerful. I'll come back as soon as I find your shoes. You wait for me at home. Dahuang's feet are slow. If you delay any longer, it will be too late."
"Okay then," Abao nodded: "Come back soon, I'll wait for you at home."
"Okay!" Yun Ling promised.
Watching Abao leave, Yun Ling turned around and walked up the road where he came from.
In half a cup of tea, she found Ah Bao's shoes.
She hid her shoes in a small cloth bag she carried with her. Mother Abao made it for her so that she could carry water hyacinths, cakes, etc. There was no way, the storage bracelet could not be opened, so this earthly thing could only be used.
The cloth bag is gone.
She was about to leave when she heard someone talking behind the giant tree in front of her.
She carefully hid behind the tree trunk and looked up.
There were three people in total, all of them were ordinary men wearing gray shorts. One was older and the other two were younger.
The forest behind them was completely bald, and now all the thick tree trunks had been knocked to the ground, and bundles were tied into rafts.
This is?
Yun Ling was very confused. Didn't Xixia Village prohibit villagers from entering the banyan forest? How could anyone come here?
This ban is simply in vain. Could it be that it is just used to frame children like A Bao?
She was a little curious and continued to watch.
I saw one of them complaining while building the raft: "Steward Lu, why do you think I sent the second young master to take care of the wood transfer this time? It's just that the eldest young master has something to do and is traveling far away. No one can be sent by the master to send the second young master."
Ling Yiren echoed: "That's right, in the past years when the young master was here, he would all get up at the same time as us. We would finish the counting before dawn. When the sun comes up and send away these logs, our work is over. This time
old
I don’t know what I thought, but I chose the second young master to supervise the work. For three days in a row, I didn’t get up before noon, and hid in the tent again before the sun set. In my opinion, this is not for work.
It’s better to say that I’m here for a spring outing!”
"Oh, it's a good thing that I still have a mature young master. If the second young master were in charge, everything would be ruined in just a few years. Look, the numbers counted in the past few days are not correct once. Let me tell you.
, Master shouldn’t have sent him to watch over us. With Butler Lu here, are you still worried that we won’t work well?”
"Hey, what do you know? No matter how good Butler Lu is, his surname is Lu, and no matter how good anyone else is, he is still his own son."
Among the three people, the oldest man was pulling the knotted hemp rope. When he heard this, his hands suddenly stopped.
He threw the hemp rope to the ground and said coldly: "Work hard, what are two grown men talking about? Since the second young master hasn't woken up yet, let's write down the number ourselves."
He looked up at the sky, then shook his head and said: "We can't wait any longer. We have already made an agreement with the people at the river fence to stop after noon to avoid being discovered by others. It's already this hour, please spread the word quickly! If it's because of us
If we delay, I will definitely take it out on us after making some money."
"yes!"
The two men responded, stood up, and the middle-aged man pushed a bundle of forest trees into the river.
The raft drifted slowly downstream along the river.
It turns out that these three people are servants of the Li Zheng family.
In the southernmost part of Xixia Village, close to the official road, there is a row of six large houses with white walls and black tiles. Abao once pointed to that row of houses and told her that they belonged to the Li Zheng family, with a rather envious tone.
She didn't take it seriously at the time. He was just a man from a fairly well-to-do family. He was just a mortal anyway, so there was nothing to envy.
Now it seems that here is still a rather bold and thieving mortal.
Taking advantage of the strangeness of the Ghost River, he used the banyan forest as a boundary to prevent villagers from entering. He also regarded the banyan forest as his own private property and secretly cut down it in exchange for money. He also took advantage of the convenience of the river to spread trees along the water, killing three birds with one stone.
If Abao hadn't brought her here today, this matter would have gone unnoticed, and the money earned would have been silent and no one would have known about it.
The main family here is like a landlord. It is definitely not the foundation of one generation. It cannot be said that it is a family fortune accumulated by several generations.
Thinking of this, Yun Ling quietly retreated.
Anyway, if Po's shoes are found, they won't be discovered, so it's better to leave as soon as possible.
Yun Ling left quickly.
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Lin Xiuzhen stood in front of the banyan forest quite uneasily, looking at the gloomy appearance inside, and her heart was agitated.
She was weaving just now, but Ah Bao ran home in a panic and went straight to the stove.
She hurriedly followed and saw Abao throwing a shoe in.
"Abao, what's wrong with you? Where is your sister Yun?" she asked.
Po shook his hands and couldn't light the fire.
Although she didn't understand his behavior, seeing how anxious he looked she didn't ask any more questions and took the flint.
After she lit her shoes on fire with straw, Abao's tense nerves relaxed and he told her the whole story while crying softly.
"You kid, I told you not to go to the Banyan Forest, let alone the Ghost River. Why didn't you listen?"
After yelling at the child, she began to worry about Yun Ling's safety again. She asked Abao to clean the big scalper again so as not to leave any traces.
I came to this banyan forest alone.
Unexpectedly, Miss Yun didn't meet her, but bumped into another person!
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