in2ebook Chapter 159 Barefoot
Chapter 159 Barefoot
"Haha, you really plan to send me to the capital!
It's not necessary. "Mr. Han saw their dedication along the way and kept it in mind.
Shen Lingzhu said seriously: "It is a good thing to do a good job after receiving a trust from others. Moreover, following the master has benefited us a lot."
After Mr. Han recovered from his illness, he saw his elder brother still reciting his lessons on the road. He asked his elder brother about his homework and kept giving him guidance.
The teacher and her uncle were both Jinshi (imperial examination candidates). They had different perspectives and perspectives. What he said was easy to understand and combined with examples. Not only her brother, but she herself benefited a lot from it.
"It's just a small favor. Since there are more of you, just send one person to follow.
I don't think I can make it to Baozhou. Xiaolin should have received a letter to pick me up." Xiaolin was his bodyguard, and he was probably rushing here from Beijing at this moment.
Shen Lingzhu thought about it, shook his head and said, "The county town here is too close to Jindi, so the price can't go up.
As for sales, more prosperous places like Weizhou, Dingzhou, and Qingdu are more suitable. "When they set out, they had little with them, so they took a shortcut and passed through fewer cities.
Now that we have returned with several truckloads of goods, the journey by official road is actually longer than when we left.
When Mr. Han heard her omit Zhending Prefecture, he knew they had no plans to stay there. After all, Shi Wu was in Zhending, and less trouble was better than more. "It's good that you have a plan."
The plan is a plan, but they are still ninety miles away from Wisconsin, so they will set off after lunch today to catch up.
Unexpectedly, when staying overnight in a country inn beside the official road, Shen Lingzhu discovered that someone was blowing smoke into his room.
Thanks to Seventh Aunt Ren who kept tossing and turning and worrying about Seventh Uncle's poor sleep, Shen Lingzhu was unable to fall asleep properly.
As soon as she smelled something strange, she covered her seventh aunt's mouth and nose, whispered a few words,
Get out of bed barefoot, soak a cloth with tea, and tie it around your face.
Although Ren's emotions fluctuated greatly over Shen He's matter, she was very concerned about her personal safety. She took the scissors placed beside her pillow, held them in her hands, and held her breath.
Don’t talk about colorless and odorless drugs. This thing only exists in vernacular novels. Any drug that can cause aphrodisiacs or knockout sweat has a smell.
When the two men covered their mouths and noses, bent down and walked behind the door, Shen Lingzhu was also holding a stool in his hand.
The bamboo crossbow she placed on the ground could not be moved and was prone to making noises.
Ren stared at the door nervously, and when she saw the flash of a knife picking at the door bolt, her hands began to tremble.
If she wasn't afraid of being poisoned by the smoke if she threw away the wet towel, she really wanted to shout for help. On her left and right were Uncle Huang and Xian Zhu, as well as her father-in-law and the old military household.
Shen Lingzhu on the opposite side did not want to call for help, but her uncle and Grandpa Li, who were always alert when they heard any noise, did not react at this moment. She suspected that they had been hit.
Uncle Dahuai and his friends slept in the car to guard the goods and did not live in the rooms.
Mr. Han and his family lived on the other side, so she wanted to take a risk. If she could fight, she would do so. If not, she would ask the other party to open the door and run out to call for help.
As for whether covering your face with a wet cloth is useful, it is definitely useful, otherwise the person blowing the smoke will
As my thoughts raced, the door bolt clicked open, but the person outside didn't seem to intend to come in right away.
After waiting for a few moments, a figure walked lightly into the door in the darkness.
Shen Lingzhu didn't hear any second footsteps behind the door, so when the other party moved towards the bed, he picked up the stool and swung it.
At the same time, he screamed: "Help! There's a fire!"
Her voice was muffled by the cloth and was a little unclear.
Ren, who was behind the other side door, tried to break free and ran out. She followed Xiao Zhuzi's instructions, grabbed the towel and shouted "fire!"
The figure who was hit by Shen Lingzhu had no idea that the smoke he blew out would be ineffective because he had stepped on the right spot.
His head hit a bench and he turned around dizzy and wanted to attack Shen Lingzhu.
It was just a coincidence that he misjudged that the person hitting him was an adult, and the center of gravity of his attack was wrong.
At this moment, Shen Lingzhu seized the opportunity and made another grab. Although the figure dodged it, his shoulder was hit again.
He cursed in pain and prepared to retreat quickly.
Unfortunately, Ren Bai's cry for help attracted many people, especially the Jinyi guards who were escorting Mr. Han. They rushed over as soon as they saw the cry for help.
And then there was nothing. A figure in gray clothes with his head and face covered was captured by the school guards before he left the room.
A lot of people gathered outside the door, some holding basins and some carrying water, and everyone was asking if the fire was out.
The school guards were all veterans. They had smelled the smell of medicine inside the door long ago and knew that putting out the fire was just a trick Shen Lingzhu used because he was afraid that he couldn't call anyone.
They looked at the crowd with the help of the lantern held by the waiter and said, “It’s out, but we’ve caught a thief.
Everyone, please go back to your room and see if anything is missing."
When everyone saw the man being pinned to the ground, with his head and face covered and knife wounds in his hands, they quickly dispersed and went back to check.
Ren, who was leaning against the wall, was glad that she was wearing socks and her feet were not exposed. She knocked hard on Xianzhu's door, but there was no movement from inside.
It's broken! Xiao Zhuzi was right.
Just as she was about to call Xiao Zhuzi, Shen Lingzhu came running over. The reason why she was so slow was that she was cold because she was walking barefoot in the middle of the night in October.
So when the masked man was caught by the school guards, she ran back to the bed to put on her shoes and got a bamboo crossbow just in case.
Now that she couldn't open the door, she knew that her family had been attacked.
As two servants passed by with lanterns and water, she said, "The people inside are poisoned. Can we break the door open?"
"Ah? How do you know she's poisoned when the door is closed?" A waiter didn't want her to destroy the door. He had just checked her room and found a broken teapot and a broken leg on a bench.
Shen Lingzhu pointed at the man being escorted over: "He did it. Your store let a thief break in. Shouldn't you cooperate with us to catch the thief and save him?"
When the other clerk was about to say something, the shopkeeper came running over in a panic, "Where's the fire?"
When he heard the waiter say that there was only thief and no fire, he breathed a sigh of relief and immediately said to the two men, "Since the guest has discovered that he has been poisoned, you two should quickly break down the door."
His words made Shen Lingzhu's expression relax a lot, and the school guards silently put away the knives that were about to penetrate the crack in the door.
The shopkeeper gave the order, and two waiters slammed the door open, and a smell of medicine instantly hit them in the face.
Shen Lingzhu grabbed the bucket on the ground and, amid the waiter's exclamations, poured water into the door.
When the smoke cleared a little, she rushed to the bedside to check the breath of her uncle and eldest brother. She immediately turned to Ren who was outside the door and said, "Seventh Aunt, bring me my bag. There are medicines in it."
As he said this, he asked the school guard to help take his brother and the others outside, as the smell of smoke in the room was too strong.
"Xiao Zhuzi, you have to break open the room where your second grandfather lives." Ren reminded her before leaving.
Shen Lingzhu just glanced at the shopkeeper, who then led his men inside to break down another door.
As expected, the second grandfather was hit and fell into a coma, but the old military officer Li who was supposed to be there was nowhere to be seen.