Chapter 446: It’s Time to Abuse Child Labor (Xiao Li)

Even if Xi'er is dead, this is still related to the Qian family's foundation. Wouldn't this directly ruin the Qian family's face?

Shopkeeper Qian still wanted to shake his head and refuse, but when he thought of the stolen gold and silver treasures, he hesitated to speak.

The Qian family only has one bookstore.

Shopkeeper Qian and his wife have been struggling for most of their lives. They only have one daughter, Qian Xier, so they move all the good things into their daughter's house.

It can be said that he is putting all his efforts into cultivating this daughter.

The old couple are willing to do anything for their daughter, but now their daughter is gone. If the gold and silver are also lost, the Qian family may not even be able to pay the rent for the bookstore next month.

The old couple was heartbroken when their daughter died, but their days were not over.

Just like when Mrs. Qian heard that all the gold and silver were gone, she couldn't breathe and fainted.

As for Shopkeeper Qian, he was also confused. Those things together accounted for 80% of their Qian family's wealth.

In the end, Shopkeeper Qian was afraid that he was unwilling to do anything, and he gritted his teeth, but he still nodded generously: "I think Xi'er also wants to redress the injustice and die in peace."

Liu Wei concealed the sarcasm at the corner of her mouth, and then said: "Excuse me, shopkeeper Qian, please gather everyone at the door of the Yamen tomorrow morning. Don't worry, we will keep your daughter's affairs a secret, and we will only let them leave blood." , stamp your fingerprints, sign your name, wait until your identity is confirmed, and arrest the person directly without letting them have access to your daughter."

If so, it's better.

Just thinking that his precious daughter would not be able to escape being disemboweled, shopkeeper Qian's mood sank again.

After explaining shopkeeper Qian's job, Liu Wei went directly to the morgue.

There, in addition to Ye Yuanliang's mutilated body that had been patched up countless times, there was another Qian Xi'er at this moment.

It only took a while to dig out the fetal flesh.

There was basically no difficulty in the operation. After the wound was sutured, Liu Wei put a very small piece of meat in his hand into a separate porcelain bottle, his eyes a little dark.

A child was killed before he was born, without even a chance to see the world.

Rong Leng hugged Liu Wei's shoulders. Even though Liu Wei didn't say a word, Rong Leng seemed to know what she was thinking.

A case happened in the middle of the night, and when we returned to the inn, it was almost dawn.

Rong Leng forced Liu Wei to sleep a little longer. Liu Wei fell on the bed, but habitually turned over and hugged Rong Ling's waist tightly: "Sleep together."

Rong Leng hummed softly, pulled the quilt up and covered her.

Liu Wei lay lazily in his arms, thinking a lot in her mind. In the end, she sat up suddenly, looked at the man in front of her, and asked, "Rong Leng, are you hiding something from me?"

Not knowing why she mentioned this, Rong Leng was stunned for a moment, then slowly sat up, stretched out his fingers, and gathered her slightly messy hair: "Why do you ask like that?"

"Yesterday morning..." She pursed her lips and said, "I felt that you were hiding something from me."

Rong Leng frowned and suddenly fell silent.

"Sure enough, there is." Even if there was only a moment of silence, Liu Wei saw it very quickly.

Rong Leng breathed out, went back to bed, stretched out his hand, pulled her down, wrapped her in his arms, put his lips against her ear, closed his eyes and said, "Yes, I hid it from you."

Liu Wei pressed her face against his chest and said nothing.

"I have a reason." This is his explanation.

Liu Wei paused for a long time, then nodded slowly, grabbed his clothes with her fingertips, and said, "You can hide it from me, but don't carry it behind my back."

You can have secrets and privacy, but at least let me know that you have a secret and privacy instead of completely keeping me in the dark.

Everybody hates being fooled.

Rong Leng's heart touched, and he hugged her tighter, leaning against her ear and saying, "Get some sleep."

Liu Wei closed her eyes. At this moment, the white fish belly was exposed outside the window.

A new day is about to begin.

…

Yamen, noon.

Liu Wei and Rong Leng arrived a little late. As soon as they entered the lobby, they saw a room full of people sitting there.

Liu Wei didn't sleep well. For several hours, her eyes were sore and painful.

Shopkeeper Qian is the shopkeeper of a bookstore. Although he is a scholar, he is still a businessman. As the daughter of a businessman, Qian Xier does not have the temperament of many ladies who stay close to home.

There are three clerks in the bookstore.

But as a bookshop lady, Qian Xier also likes to sit in the shop, occasionally collecting cash, and occasionally exchanging couplets with some literati. Her life is quite interesting.

Shopkeeper Qian acquiesced that his daughter would have more contact with scholars. After all, he had only passed the examination to be a scholar, but he was not sure that his future son-in-law would be the number one scholar.

As for Qian Xier, who came to the bookstore to write poems and couplets whenever he had free time, he knew a lot of men.

Just looking at the people sitting and standing in the hall, Liu Wei roughly counted more than thirty people.

It's really hard to tell.

Today, Liu Wei took Xiao Li with him. Liu Wei didn't have time to do things like draw blood, so naturally it was time to abuse child labor.

Xiao Li doesn't know anything.

My mother did whatever she asked, obediently carrying a bag of homemade test tubes, sitting in front of the small table that had been prepared, and laying out everything in an orderly manner.

The people who were called all looked puzzled!

Some of them heard this morning that Qian Xi'er had an accident and fell into the water and died. After all, they were acquaintances, and something happened so violently that no one would care.

But more people have no idea and look confused.

Sun Qi listened to Liu Wei's instructions last night and knew how to speak.

So, Sun Qi coughed and said: "There was a plague in Shopkeeper Qian's house before, which almost killed people. Although the epidemic has been contained now, I am afraid that others will be harmed. I am entrusted by Shopkeeper Qian." , please come here, we have doctors here who will examine you on the spot. Those who are not sick can be released naturally, and those who are sick can be treated."

Is there anyone who sees a doctor in the Yamen?

But it is the plague after all. It seems that the government will pay attention to such a large-scale epidemic, which makes sense.

The people below began to whisper, but no one was suspicious. They were just curious. Could Qian Xier's death be related to the plague?

If that's the case, then you really have to take a look and don't look back, they also lost their lives.

Scholars do not believe in ghosts and gods. For them, they would rather believe that Qian Xi'er was harmed by the plague than believe the nonsense that Qian Xi'er was found a substitute by a water ghost.

A group of scholars all responded politely.

Liu Wei sat next to Xiao Li, felt his pulse casually, and then asked Xiao Li to draw blood.

The first person saw the child pricking him with a needle and immediately screamed! Somewhat angry!

But I heard Mr. Sun say: "People in Kyoto do medical tests like this."

Everyone suddenly felt that they were very ignorant and could not keep up with the trend of Qingyun Dynasty's first-tier cities. They did not dare to be angry anymore, so they drew blood honestly and stood aside.

The blood drawing process went smoothly, but halfway through, a chuckle sounded outside the door.

"Am I late?"

The man's laughter was light and ringing, the tone was crisp, and it sounded clean and clear. Liu Wei was curious for a moment and raised his eyes.

At this sight, he was stunned.