C87 (1/2)

When he had just received the news that something had happened to Xu Jie and the others, Xu Shiqiu was in the middle of his morning practice.

He rode a mule, and the moment Xu Shiqiu saw him, he could no longer hold on and fell off the mule in a sorry state.

”Someone, go see him.” Because Dong Shu had not gotten up yet, Xu Shiqiu stood alone in the courtyard and trained herself in the morning. It was obvious that no one dared to approach him.

After hearing his voice, the servants who were standing ten steps away from Xu Shiqiu immediately ran towards him.

After inspecting that the servant was only exhausted, Xu Shiqiu then ordered, ”Take him to get some water first, then bring him here.” After saying that, Xu Shiqiu immediately turned around to look for Dong Shu.

Dong Shu woke up when she heard Xu Shiqiu's voice just now. When Xu Shiqiu entered the room, she was already wearing her clothes.

”What's wrong?” As she spoke, Dong Shu put on the last piece of clothing and walked two steps towards Xu Shiqiu, ”Has Mister Shi and the others returned with a letter?”

Dong Shu casually asked, but Xu Shiqiu shook his head at her: ”It's not that simple. I think that something must have happened to the servant just now.”

Xu Shiqiu's guess was not wrong. When the other servants brought the servant over, the servant who came to report immediately panicked: ”Third Young Master, Sir Xu Jie and Mister Shi have been captured.” After saying this, the servant hesitated, not daring to speak.

Xu Shiqiu did not expect the servant to still be hesitant at this point. He frowned slightly in anger, and before he could say anything, Dong Shu who noticed his dissatisfaction immediately spoke up: ”If you have something to say, just say it, why did Mister Shi and the rest get arrested?”

After hearing what Dong Shu said, the servant immediately recovered his senses, and raised his head to look at Xu Shiqiu. Only then did he open his mouth to continue, ”Yesterday morning, I went to the town and heard that two ladies had already disappeared during this half a month. After hearing the news, Sir Xu Jie planned to bring us back.

But before we could get out of town, we were surrounded by a crowd. That group of people said we were suspicious and probably had something to do with the missing girl, so they wouldn't let us go.

Mister Shi stepped forward to negotiate with them. When they found out that Mister Shi had a name, they restrained themselves a bit. But in the end they kept us here and told us we had to spend the night in town.

After discussing it with Sir Xu Jie, Mr. Shi felt that we had a clear conscience and decided to stay the night in the small town before returning. Who knew that this morning the mayor of the town would bring people to capture us, saying that last night there was another girl missing from the town, she must be related to us.

Sir Xu Jie felt that we were being plotted against, and forcefully wanted to leave, but in the end we clashed with them. At the last moment, Mister Shi told me to leave the backyard secretly and return to report to Third Young Master. ”

While speaking, a servant took out an inkstone and brought it in front of Xu Shiqiu.

Ling Xiang reached out and picked up the inkstone in the servant's hands, passing it over to Xu Shiqiu.

Xu Shiqiu only needed a glance to know that this inkstone was given to Shi Yuan by him a year ago.

”Did Mister Shi tell you to bring back anything else?” Xu Shiqiu seemed to be asking casually, but from his assured tone, he could tell that Shi Yuan definitely asked this servant to bring a message back.

The servant did not expect Third Young Master to be able to guess all of these. He looked up and glanced at him, then lowered his head and said: ”Mister Shi said that if Third Young Master guessed that he had something to say, then let me speak directly.” After saying that, the servant did not wait for Xu Shiqiu to speak and immediately continued: ”Mister Shi, I'm afraid that if Third Young Master were to go, he would have to reveal his identity.”

Maybe the servant did not understand what Shi Yuan meant, but Xu Shiqiu did.

Xu Shiqiu had originally planned to keep a low profile on the road, wait until he reached the capital, then reveal the news of his Xu Family returning to the capital.

However, if they revealed their identities here, those people in the capital would likely find out in advance.

However, Xu Shiqiu understood that even though he might reveal his identity beforehand, he might not want to let the people in the capital find out.

”You go down and rest first. I'll tell them to pack up. After breakfast, we'll enter the town.” Xu Shiqiu ordered, and all the servants of Xu Family immediately got busy.

The village that Xu Shiqiu and the rest were staying at wasn't far from where they were. They would be there in less than an hour by the time they sat on the Mule Cart.

The little town was much more prosperous than the little town where Xu Shiqiu and the others had stopped to rest. It was just that when Dong Shu sat inside the Mule Cart, he realized that everyone in the little town seemed to be terrified.

In addition, one could faintly hear what they were saying.

”Another one …” It might be … ”Angry.”

”...” ”I didn't want to, I didn't see it …”

Dong Shu couldn't hear those voices, but the intelligent Xu Shiqiu could more or less hear them.

”Master, are there really people missing from this town?”

Just as Dong Shu finished speaking, Xu Shiqiu regained his senses and nodded towards her: ”I believe so.” After saying that, Xu Shiqiu saw that Dong Shu was frowning, and laughed as he shook his head: ”My wife, do not worry, with husband here, nothing will happen.”

Dong Shu did not expect his husband to not be worried at all. Thinking back to what the servant had said just now, she grabbed Xu Shiqiu's arm and said coquettishly: ”Hubby, have you guessed what happened?” After asking that, Dong Shu blinked her eyes as she stared at Xu Shiqiu.

Xu Shiqiu never thought that his own Young Girl would look at him in such a way. Seeing her staring at him waiting for an answer, he helplessly sighed, then spoke up: ”There were already two girls missing in this town before Xu Jie and the others arrived, which proves that there's something wrong with this town. The mayor directly captured Xu Jie and the others. Maybe Xu Jie and the others broke through something and didn't know it. ”