Chapter 113 Robbery
South Street, Fuhui Building.

Liu Mingwu was checking the accounts when her maid Jinzan led Jinling, who was wearing a light pink dress, upstairs.

After hearing from Jin Ling that the Sixth Prince had left for Wu County a few days ago, Liu Mingwu's reaction was not as big as Liu Pianran's.

She had a premonition when she learned that Wu County Magistrate "Chen Bucai" was actually a woman.

As expected, the Sixth Prince was not worthy of his daughter's lifelong trust.

He is good at seizing any opportunity and knows how to respect others.

Even though something went wrong at the mine last time, he did not blame Pianran. Instead, he respected her even more. This time he went to Wu County in person. He is truly a qualified candidate to be the emperor.

Liu Pianran didn't want to be a "goddess" at first. She just wanted to be the Sixth Prince's woman. It was Liu Mingwu's strong persuasion that finally changed her mind.

Liu Mingwu arranged a completely different path for Liu Pianran, and would never let her be trapped in the Sixth Prince's backyard.

Taking a sip of the warm tea, Liu Mingwu raised her eyelids and said, "Jin Ling, the goddess is pure-minded and does not care about worldly matters. As a messenger of God, you must assist her well."

Jin Ling bowed and promised solemnly: "Madam, rest assured, I will not let you down."

Liu Mingwu smiled, picked up an account book from the bookshelf next to her, and asked her to take it back and give it to Liu Pianran.

This account book was to be shown to the Sixth Prince. As for the real account book, it was of course in her hands. This was one of the escape routes she left for herself and her daughter. As for the other one... she raised her eyes and looked towards the northwest through the window.

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In Wu County, Aunt Cui Miao carried a basket to deliver meals to the fields.

Yu Dabiao and his two sons had just finished hoeing a small piece of land and were sitting nearby drinking water and resting.

"His father, I made steamed buns and mixed wild vegetables today. Da Zhuang, Er Zhuang, wash your hands and come to eat. Don't be hungry."

Aunt Cuimiao put the basket under the shade of the tree and greeted her husband and son.

While eating, Aunt Cui Miao mentioned to Da Biao that a matchmaker had come to their house.

Dazhuang is now 16 years old, which is the age for him to get married. He had already met someone when he was in Taoyuan Village, but was delayed because of fleeing. Now that he has settled down, it is time to start looking for a wife for him. Anyway, the money in hand is enough for both brothers to get married.

Yu Dabiao took a big bite of the multi-grain steamed bun, glanced at his eldest son who was blushing all the way to his neck, smiled and nodded, "You can do whatever you want, but you must have good character and be diligent."

Aunt Cui Miao said, "I've seen the girl the matchmaker mentioned. She lives in the village of the clan leader. She looks pretty good."

After arriving in Wu County, this wave of refugees was divided into different villages. Yu Dabiao's family and the three families of Yu Shuanzhu and Cheng Dafu settled in Honglin Village. The neighboring Honghua Village was home to five families headed by Yu Cheng.

Yu Dabiao picked up a piece of mixed wild vegetables with chopsticks and put it on Dazhuang's half-eaten steamed bun. With a loving look in his eyes, he said in a gentle tone: "Dazhuang, it's time for you to get married."

He turned to Erzhuang and gave his 13-year-old son a piece of wild vegetables. "In two years, I'll ask your mother to come and see you."

The two honest children were so embarrassed that they didn't even dare to raise their heads. Yu Dabiao and Aunt Cui Miao looked at each other and laughed out loud.

As the days became more promising, Aunt Cui Miao couldn't help but think of Xiao Wang. She wondered where they were and how far they were from Yaocheng.

Xiao Wang is definitely not as well off as I am now, as she has more than 50 taels of silver in her hand!
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...Xiao Wang now has more than 50 taels of silver in her hand, which is the silver she just sold.

She and Liu Juhua didn't find the brothel, but accidentally found a brothel. Since they were already there, they might as well go in and give it a try. It turned out that the sales were better than those in the brothel, and most of the things they carried out were sold.

Liu Juhua couldn't stop smiling, while Xiao Wang felt a little uneasy carrying the money.

Just now when they were leaving, a ferocious-looking man looked over here several times. She felt that the man's eyes revealed an indescribable viciousness.

"Aunt Juhua, let's walk faster and go back to the inn first." Xiao Wang urged in a low voice, quickening her pace.

Seeing her bad expression, Liu Juhua also realized that they were too high-profile when selling the goods, and it was very likely that they had been targeted. She just didn't know if it was a customer in the brothel or the person behind it. After all, they sold more than one hundred taels at once, and several people noticed it.

Two women carrying backpacks were walking in a hurry. Just as they were about to turn the corner, a strong man with untidy beard suddenly appeared in front of them.

Xiao Wang paused, pulled Liu Juhua and turned around quickly, but they didn't expect that two more men were blocking their way from behind.

Liu Juhua instinctively protected the bag of silver coins in front of her chest.

Seeing this, three strong men surrounded her. Without saying anything about handing over the silver, the leader tried to snatch the silver from Liu Juhua.

Xiao Wang's heart was in her throat, her knees went weak, and she fell onto Liu Juhua.

The two people's eyes met, and they instantly understood each other's thoughts.

When the burly man in the lead grabbed the bag, Liu Juhua spoke hesitantly, "This gentleman..."

Unexpectedly, before she could finish her words, she was slapped in the face, which made her head buzz.

Liu Juhua's eyes turned red and she raised her hand and slapped back.

The sturdy man raised his hand to hit again, but a short arrow the length of a palm suddenly shot from the side and pierced his neck.

The other two were still laughing when their faces were splashed with warm blood.

Liu Juhua raised her hand and pulled the trigger of the hidden arrow without hesitation.

Xiao Wang also pulled the trigger.

Before they could react, they fell to the ground, dead beyond death.

Liu Juhua wiped the blood off her face, rubbed it to look like Guan Gong, sat down on the ground, and looked at Xiao Wang with tears streaming down her face.

"I killed someone...these people were not bandits..." she murmured.

Xiao Wang was not much better than her. Although they had killed people before, they were bandits and refugees who came to steal their life-saving food, while these three people just wanted to steal their silver.

She swayed a little, raised her hand to hold the wall to steady herself, "Let's go, go back and find Yingying and Chaosheng! They must have a way!"

Liu Juhua gritted her teeth and forced herself to calm down. She quickly took away all the belongings from the three people, stripped off the clothes of the man in front of her and wiped his face clean. Then she put the backpack on her chest and limped towards the inn with Xiao Wang's support.

Their legs were so weak that if they hadn't wanted to go back to find Pan Yingying and Yu Chaosheng, they might not even be able to walk.

When I returned to the inn, I happened to run into Pan Yingying and Yu Chaosheng ordering drinks from the owner at the counter. They wanted to buy some strong liquor and put it in the space in case of emergency.

(End of this chapter)