C90 (2/2)

”If Grandma hadn't asked, I would have forgotten.” Xu Xin looked at Old Madame Xu and laughed foolishly before scratching her head. Then, under the gaze of the crowd, he said: ”The employee of the inn found a man selling vegetables at the back door. I have been following the man selling vegetables and watched him enter the mayor's house. Originally, I planned to directly come back, but not long after, I saw the mayor's two sons bringing that vegetable seller out. ”

Saying that, Xu Xin looked up at Xu Shiqiu somewhat guiltily. Seeing that did not scold him, he continued: ”I have followed them all the way to an alley north of the town. This alley was very chaotic, there were all sorts of people here. I remember that Uncle Qiu said that you can't casually enter this sort of place, so he was always standing guard at the intersection.

They waited for an hour before they left. After listening closely for a while, I heard them say, 'Never let them get out' or 'Blame them for being nosy'. Hearing this, I guessed that Fourth Uncle and the rest were all being locked up here. Because I thought about that, I didn't continue to follow them and just came back. ”

After saying this, Xu Xin was a bit embarrassed. Uncle Qiu originally wanted him to keep an eye on the person who went to the inn to report, but after hearing this news, he hurriedly came back.

Xu Shiqiu did not blame Xu Xin, since he had heard about the news regarding Xu Jie. Xu Xin coming back excitedly to find him, so this matter was within reason.

”It's fine, I already have an idea of what's going on.”

After Xu Shiqiu consoled Xu Xin for a bit, he looked up towards the Old Madame Xu and said: ”Mother, I want to bring some people to the alley Big Brother Zhenbei is talking about.”

When Old Madame Xu heard Xu Shiqiu, she immediately understood what he meant. She did not allow Xu Shiqiu to do what he had done previously, but if he did not allow him to do it now, he would feel that he was useless.

After pondering for a moment, Old Madame Xu looked at Xu Shiqiu and said, ”You can go, but you have to protect yourself and Madame Dong well.”

Dong Shu had been obediently sitting at the side the entire time. Only when she heard Old Madame Xu's words did she raise her head to look at him and say: ”Mother, there is no need to worry. Maybe by the time we reach there, Fourth Brother and Mister Shi will have already thought of a way out.”

Dong Shu had only casually said that, but Old Madame Xu and Xu Shiqiu who heard her words quickly looked at each other.

They all had a bold guess that Xu Jie and Shi Yuan might really be able to escape with their servants when they reach the northern alley.

But even though they had this guess, Old Madame Xu and Xu Shiqiu didn't say it out loud.

Because Xu Shiqiu wanted to go to the north side of the town, the matters concerning the Mayor's house were still handled by the Old Madame Xu in the end.

In the evening, Xu Shiqiu and Dong Shu had a simple meal before changing into light and light clothes, waiting for the sky to darken.

The sky gradually darkened, and the busiest time of the inn began. Xu Shiqiu finally brought Dong Shu, Xu Xin, and a few of her family's most capable servants to head towards the north of the town.

Although Xu Xin had only come by once in the day, he was very familiar with this place.

He brought Xu Shiqiu and the others and just as they reached the intersection of the north side street, before he even had the chance to speak, he saw Xu Shiqiu staring with wide eyes.

”Uncle Qiu, what's wrong?”

Xu Xin saw that Xu Shiqiu had just finished asking this question, so he pointed at the black smoke that was rising from not too far away and said: ”Xin ge, maybe we don't need to go and save him anymore.”

Because he had already guessed it before, when Xu Shiqiu saw the black smoke, the first thing he thought of was that Xu Jie and the others might have ran out by themselves.

Xu Xin did not know why Xu Shiqiu would say such a thing. He opened his mouth, but in the end, he could only look at Xu Shiqiu and say: ”Uncle Qiu, how about I bring someone to take a look?”

The moment Xu Xin finished speaking, before Xu Shiqiu could even reply to his words, Dong Shu had already clearly seen the figure that appeared in front of him.

”Master, Brother Xin, quickly take a look.” Dong Shu pointed to the few figures that ran out and continued to ask in surprise, ”Are they Fourth Brother and Mister Shi?”

The moment Dong Shu's words fell, Xu Shiqiu and Xu Xin clearly saw the few figures that were running towards them.

”Autumn and Time!” Xu Jie first saw Xu Shiqiu, then he saw Xu Xin who was following behind Xu Shiqiu, ”Brother Xin, are you here too? ”Did you know we were going to set a fire tonight?”

”Did you set the fire?”

Xu Shiqiu said in shock. Before he could ask further, he heard Shi Yuan gasping for breath, ”Quick, go, don't get caught.”

Hearing Shi Yuan's words, how could Xu Shiqiu and Xu Jie dare to speak anymore. One of them grabbed Dong Shu's waist and the other quickly pulled on his nephew's arm, turning around and running away.

After running for a distance, the group slowly took advantage of the night sky and the fire in the north of the town to return to the inn.

Just as they returned to the inn, the Old Madame Xu received a message that the mayor's family had sent a few children out in the darkness of the night.

”Child, their family's child?”