The green smoke in the gauze cupboard woke me up, and I heard the screams and quickly went into the inner room.
The candle light came in, and I could clearly see Song Qiu standing by the window, the open window, and the bleeding dagger in Song Qiu's hand.
"What happened? Girl?" Lu Yan was startled and very upset. The girl was considerate, but she fell asleep while on duty all night.
Song Qiu didn't bother to answer, and hurriedly let the green smoke shine through the lamp and shined it towards the window.
There was no one under the window, only a few blood stains were left.
People have run away.
Song Qiu didn't have time to think too much, stepped on the embroidery stool, climbed out the window, took the lamp in Lu Yan's hand, asked Lu Yan to light the lamp again, and hurried to call someone.
She took a lamp to shine and chased out of the small courtyard, but saw no one. She hurried all the way to the third courtyard. When she arrived at the side room where old Yuan was sleeping, she heard no movement and breathed a sigh of relief.
Knock on the door and shout: "Grandma, Grandma."
Leaning a little, Old Yuan came out with her clothes on and opened the door, looking at Song Qiu outside, "What's wrong? In the middle of the night? What's going on? Someone came to ask me to deliver the baby?"
"Why did you come here to call me? Just ask Granny Shi to support me. While you can still grow taller, sleep more. You can't stay up late. Try to grow taller."
Seeing with his own eyes that his grandma was fine, Song Qiu breathed the last breath of relief.
At this moment, she couldn't find it funny to hear this. She was still panicking, "No, someone broke in. I don't know if he is a thief or a robber."
When Old Yuan heard this, she became panicked. She took Song Qiu to look at her, and when she saw that her granddaughter was fine, she breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Why did a robber come to such a good girl? I haven't heard of anything from ten miles away."
Which family in the village has had their property stolen? Could it be that our family is jealous? Oh, if I had known, we would never have built such a big house."
At this moment, the green smoke had already started shouting and alerted the people in the backyard. Mrs. Lin and the girls all chased her out and found Song Qiu.
"Girl, what happened?"
Seeing that her grandma was fine, Song Qiu didn't feel relieved to leave. He ordered everyone in a deep voice, "Go and light all the lanterns. Chunxi, run out and call for people. Tell your father and them all to come in. A thief has entered the house. He's been beaten by me."
One knife will definitely not make it far, so ask everyone to come in and search! Then look around to see if there is anyone else there, but something has been stolen!"
When everyone heard that there was a thief, they all became vigilant and quickly responded to Song Qiu's words, lighting lanterns and shouting for people to leave.
Soon, the whole house became busy and the lights were brightly lit.
Not long after, Wang Lai, Fu Tianping and others came into the inner courtyard. Du Chuanfu, who was supposed to be having a wedding night, was also awakened. Regardless of his tenderness, he led everyone carrying lanterns and sticks to search for the thief.
A few lamps were lit in the small hall, which was very bright. Song Qiu was sitting here, and Old Yuan and Grandma Song were also there. They told the maids not to run around, and they were all brought here, waiting for Du Chuanfu and others to find them.
Only when thieves come can you feel at ease.
Only then did Song Qiu think about what Old Yuan had just said, "At first, I thought about building a bigger and more imposing building. Anyway, I have enough money, but I can't think of it. We, who live in eight villages within ten miles, have not built anything for many years."
I heard that a certain household in a certain village suffered some kind of robber."
She pursed her lips and said, "I guess he's just a little thief."
If he were a robber who was used to what he did, a group of people would rush in, shouting and killing, and they might even be drugged or something, so how could they be so slow as to pry open the window?
He was stabbed by her with a dagger, turned around and ran away.
This is not like the behavior of a robber.
Song Qiu thought and felt a little relieved.
But it's okay if this didn't happen. But now that I think about it, this house is big and there are few people, which also has its disadvantages. One or two thieves came in, but no one noticed them. Everyone broke into the fourth door.
The courtyard embroidery building is here.
If a group of thieves really came back and the villagers heard the news and came over, they would all be dead.
You can't rely on Aling alone for everything. Although Aling has an ear for everything, there are times when he is not around.
When she took Aling out after the Mid-Autumn Festival, she couldn't rest assured at home.
Song Qiu thought that this aspect of protection still needed to be strengthened.
Fortunately, it was just petty thieves who came this time, so it was okay.
She had a good idea, but the house was too big, and it would take time to just rely on Du Chuanfu and five or six men to search around and search every corner.
And he was worried that girls like Lu Yan would follow him in the search, in case he was alone, or the thief had accomplices, so as not to be harmed.
It was destined to be sleepless in the middle of the night.
The chickens kept beside the vegetable garden in the west were all crowing, and the sky outside was gray and bright.
Wang Chunzhu ran in again to report, "Girl, I still haven't found it!"
It's also strange.
Just such a person, and he was injured. Could it be that he went into the kitchen hall and couldn't be found?
It couldn't be that fast. He had already run out, right?
His leg was injured, and she didn't believe this man could climb over the wall.
I guess there are too few people and they didn’t search carefully?
Song Qiu thought for a while, asked Wang Chunzhu to follow him, and went out to the village, intending to call the villagers to help.
At this time, the sky was slowly getting brighter, and the early risers in the village, like the old people who were less sleepy, had already gone out for a walk on the village road. When they saw Song Qiu coming to the village so early, they couldn't help but ask:
"Aqiu, what are you doing?"
Song Qiu didn't go back inside, and just shouted at Liu Laomeng's house.
Soon, all the young and strong laborers in the village took the hoes and axes from home, and a large group of people followed Song Qiu up the gentle slope.
It was already daybreak, and there was no need for lanterns for lighting. The villagers scattered into the inner courtyard and started searching. Du Chuanfu and the others did not take a break and continued to search.
All the young and old men in the village came, enthusiastically entering the big courtyard one by one, and there was no hiding place in every corner.
Not long after, I heard someone shouting, "Found it! It's here!"
Song Qiu couldn't sit still, so he stood up and ran away following the sound.
Before they arrived, Wang Orion and Zhang Dakui, one on the left and the other on the right, came over with a man in gray. After receiving the letter, the others came closer and surrounded the man.
The bloody hole in the man's leg was tied up with strips of clothing, but it was of little use as it was still soaked in blood.
Looking at this man again, his face was pale and pale, and his lips had lost all color.
Song Qiu turned his head and glanced, not recognizing him, so he pointed at the person and asked his uncles if they knew him.
All the young and old men in the village were here. They looked at each other and turned their heads at first, "I don't know you!"
Orion Wang is not afraid of trouble. He immediately slapped the thief on the back with his iron palm and said, "Hey! Who are you? How dare you come to our village to become a thief!"
This slap made the thief's back drop and he almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, Zhang Dakui was holding him up.
As soon as Orion Wang finished asking, Li Fawang, who was squeezing in the back, jumped forward and exclaimed, "This seems to be Ding San from my wife's natal village!"
As soon as Orion Wang heard this, he grabbed the thief by his collar and raised his head, "Take a closer look, isn't it?"
Li Fawang saw it clearly and slapped his thigh, "Oh! Isn't this just such a sneaky thing! How dare you sneak into our village!"