Chapter 67 Officials Come to Home

Xu Xinger went home for dinner and was cleaning up in the kitchen. Brother Cheng came in and asked, "Xinger, where is your mother?"

"Aunuch, have you eaten yet? My mother is in the house." Xu Xinger said while greeting.

"I've eaten. I have something to do with your mother." As Cheng's mother said, she picked up the curtain and entered the room, sat directly on the edge of the kang, and said to Ye Shi, "Sister, the Hongxiang's house at the east end of the village is gone. Tonight, I'll come to you to go there with me."

Ye was shocked when she heard this. The needle in her hand that was doing work almost stuck in her hand. She quickly put the thing aside and asked, "I didn't say that I was just sick two days ago. Why did it suddenly disappeared?"

"It's not that I didn't go out for a day yesterday, and I didn't know until I went out to pick up the vegetable garden today. After I heard that she was gone, her man was crazy. Later, he didn't know where he went. He hasn't come back yet. Now the old couple in the family are leading a child to do the funeral, and there are no people everywhere to report the funeral. Yes, it's pitiful." Brother Cheng sighed, "I'm thinking about at least a village. I can't see anyone looking up. Since I know it, it's not good to go. Let's go there together."

"Of course I should go. I don't go out at home every day, and I don't know anything about these things." Ye said that he had put on his shoes, grabbed the gink on the table, squeezed his hair, and prepared to go out with Cheng's mother.

Brother Cheng has always been a warm-hearted person. There is something difficult for the villagers in the front and back of the courtyard and the villagers. No matter how much she helps or how little she helps, she will always help her up. Ye is also a soft-hearted person. The two families live door to door, so she always goes with her together for something.

Xu Xinger listened to the two people's words in the kitchen, and her heart was inexplicably uneasy. Seeing that they had gone out, she quickly scooped their hands, pulled off their aprons and wiped them randomly, raised their feet and chased them and said, "Mother, aunt, I'll go with you."

She caught up with the two and turned her head to ask Brother Cheng, "Aunta, what's wrong with you? Didn't the family invite the doctor to see it?"

"I don't know what's wrong with it. There are all kinds of sayings in the village now, and it's a mess." Brother Cheng shook her head and said in a puzzled tone, "As for the doctor, it is naturally invited. Although the Hong family is thin and life is a little tight, Hong Xiang is a person who knows how to love people. He has nothing to say to his parents, daughter-in-law and children. It's strange to say that the doctor didn't say anything serious it is when he came to see. As a result, I only took the medicine for two days, and the person was gone.

Xu Xinger's heart beat harder. She was almost sure that the man she met in the mountain today should be Hong Xiang.

At this time, her mind was in chaos. She followed Ye to the village and couldn't help thinking nonsense. She didn't know whether Hong Xiang was still on the mountain or had she had opened the rope and left by herself? If he really loves his daughter-in-law as much as Brother Cheng said, he should definitely come back tomorrow, right?

Although the Hong family did not go everywhere to report the funeral, many villagers spontaneously gathered at the entrance of the village. Paper-tied houses, sedan chairs, cattle, stacked ingots and perforated paper money were piled in the middle of the intersection. A child who looked like about ten years old knelt on the roadside with filial piety.

Brother Cheng muttered in a low voice, "It's a crime, there is only such a daughter who doesn't even fall into a basin."

Zhang Luo read the road guide at the intersection and led the child forward to light the pile of paper money. Next to him stood two young people, each with a stick in his hand. Looking at the fire burning, he pushed all the paper-tied items away, and then stirred up the lit paper money with a stick so that it could be burned cleanly. .

A gust of night wind swirled around the crowd, rolling up the sparks and black paper ash, and spinning on the fire. The flame suddenly rose high, and many people subconsciously stepped back a few steps.

"This is the unwillingness to die..."

I don't know who it was in the crowd. Suddenly, he said this gloomily. Ye shrank his neck, stretched out his hand around Xu Xinger and touched the top of her head, as if to comfort her not to be afraid.

Xu Xinger thought more about Hong Xiang. She didn't know how it would develop after this matter, and it was difficult to sleep overnight.

The next day, when she met Shanzi in the old place, Xu Xinger had two big dark circles, and her eyes were full of blood, looking haggard.

Shanzi frowned and just wanted to speak.

Xu Xinger has asked first, "Brother Shanzi, when did the Rong family come last night? Did you say anything?"

"When I got home, they just arrived and didn't say anything. They carried Rong Haoxuan to the carriage, said politely to my father and my third uncle, and said that they would visit again in the future, so they picked him up." Shanzi said while looking at Xu Xing'er's expression, "Why do you care so much about him?"

Xu Xinger didn't answer, and her thoughts still circled in her own thoughts and asked, "Can they bring their servants here?" Did you go back directly?"

"I brought several guys and the servants of the county government office to follow." Shanzi felt more and more strange, but he still had questions to answer. He was not sure about the last answer and said, "If you find someone, you should go back directly, right?"

"What can the servant ask?" Xu Xinger asked again.

Shanzi shook his head and said, "I don't know. The Rong family went in and talked to Rong Haoxuan for a few words, and then carried him to the carriage without asking anything else."

Xu Xinger felt more and more strange when she heard this. It is reasonable that since all the people in the government have come, at least it should be regarded as a kidnapping case, and it is also the young master of a rich family in the city. How can he only pick up the people without asking a word?

"How do you ask these questions?" Seeing that she didn't say anything for a long time, Shanzi could only take the initiative to ask.

"I didn't know until I went back yesterday that the woman in our village was gone. I heard from my brother and mother that she was sick before, and then the person who took the medicine for two days disappeared. Her man disappeared after that, and he hasn't gone home yet..."

"You mean..." Shanzi was also a little suspicious when he heard this, but still comforted Xu Xinger, "Whether it's from that family or not, it's all about the government. It has nothing to do with us. Just don't go there these days."

Xu Xinger nodded with her heart and walked deep into the forest behind Shanzi.

Today's places are relatively difficult to walk, and some places are difficult to find. They must be 120 points of spiritually. Shanzi taught her several new medicinal herbs along the way, and gradually forgot the previous events.

After walking down for more than half a day, both of them gained a lot, and their back baskets were filled with most of them. Seeing that it was not early, they changed their way and walked down the mountain.

When passing by the stream, Xu Xinger put down her back basket and washed her face. She raised her head and said with a smile, "In addition to today's medicinal herbs, the money sold at the market may be left in addition to selling seasonings and stalls."

"The mountain road here is difficult to walk. In some places, it is difficult for both of us to climb there, and it is more difficult for adults to get there, so few people come to collect medicine, and there are more good things." Shanzi filled the water bag with water upstream, took a few sips, and wiped his face. "I'm a little greedy today, and the way down the mountain is not so easy to walk. I'm afraid it's going to be dark when I get home."

Xu Xinger wanted to take a break, but after hearing this, she picked up the basket and said, "Then let's continue to go."

When they walked back to the flat mountain road, both of them were a little out of breath. Before turning to the path into the village, they saw Cheng Geer running quickly to the mountain.

"Brother Cheng? What are you doing up the mountain at this time? Xu Xinger raised her voice far away from her.

As soon as Brother Cheng saw them, he quickly accelerated his pace, with a silent gesture on his hand, which made people more and more strange.

He ran up breathlessly, and then said breathlessly, "Xing, Xing'er, there are officials in the city at your house... Say, say yes, take you back to ask questions..."

Xu Xinger and Shanzi were shocked when they heard this.

"Where are you in my house?" Xu Xinger hurriedly asked, "Is my mother scared?"

"Aunmother and aunt are fine, and my mother is with them." Brother Cheng gasped a little, "But those officials refused to say what was going on. They waited at your house for a long time."

Shanzi naturally knew that it should be for the sake of the Rong family. Although Xu Xing'er belongs to saving people, she must be scared if she was taken to the government office, so she immediately said, "Xing'er, don't go home yet. Go to my house to avoid it today. My third uncle and I will accompany you into the city to the government office tomorrow. What happened? At least there is a care."

Brother Cheng was still a little confused. He looked at Shanzi and Xu Xing'er, and asked repeatedly, "Xing'er, what's the matter? Why do you have anything to do with the government? He looked at Shanzi with untrustful eyes, "Did you cause something to involve Xing'er?"

Xu Xinger was also a little panicked just now. After listening to Shanzi's words, she gradually calmed down. After thinking about it, she felt that only this idea was the safest now. Wu Laosan was his master, who said that he was late in the mountains and it was normal to stay at his master's house for one night. Moreover, the Wu family has some connections in the city, and they have seen the world. They also know the Rong family, which is much better than being taken away with black eyes.

"Well, Brother Shanzi is right." Xu Xinger nodded and said to Brother Cheng, "This matter is a little troublesome and I can't explain it clearly for a while, but I swear it's not a bad thing. I'll go to my master's house for one night. When you go back, tell my father or my mother when there is no one. Don't let them worry about it, and say that my master will accompany me to the city. Let them rest assured."

"But..." Brother Cheng still wanted to say something, but Shanzi and Xu Xinger had quickly walked back, so he had to swallow his worries and turn back to the village.