I played as an assistant in ancient times

With the money paving the way, Shen Shanyou soon met Captain Lu who was on duty at night. From him, he learned that Captain Qian was fine, but had suffered from heatstroke in the afternoon and was temporarily placed in a guest house to rest.

He was relieved at this moment. When he shook the other's hand, a warm jade button was delivered to the other's hand smoothly. "Brother Lu, what happened to my Sui Ge'er? He actually said that he was taken away with the money house."

In the blink of an eye, Captain Lu stuffed the jade button into his sleeve and poured him a cup of tea: "Brother Shen, to be honest, I am also confused.

You see, the money shop was brought back at noon and sent to the second hall. At that time, only the legal advisor and the county magistrate were left to inquire, and we retreated far away.

Not long after, a group of people came with a serious criminal, and the criminal loudly pointed out that it was the person who was ordered by the money house to contact so-and-so.

The money house certainly wouldn't admit it, and the two sides started shouting and cursing at each other, and one was beaten with a stick. Soon they were both taken to see someone.

On the way back to the second hall, he met Sui Ge'er. The criminal seemed to be crazy for some reason. He suddenly claimed that Sui Ge'er also had a map on him, and then he was knocked unconscious by the escort.

Then, Sui Ge'er and Qian Lichang were rounded up and taken to the Second Hall, and all of us were driven further away and not allowed to get close. "

"Was Sui'er beaten when he was interrogated in court?" Shen Shanyou was very concerned about this. After all, his youngest son was young and he was most afraid that he would be hurt somewhere.

Captain Lu shook his head repeatedly. "They couldn't defeat County Magistrate Tan. I secretly took a few glances and it seemed that the team didn't trust the County Magistrate either. Not long after, except for Captain Qian who had a heat stroke, everyone else was stuffed into a carriage and taken away."

"How many vehicles and horses do they have? Do you know the direction?" Shen Shanyou couldn't figure out what the map was.

Captain Lu reported a number and pointed to the east gate, and at the same time wrote the word "拱" on the table with his finger dipped in tea.

He was surprised to see Zhao Xiaoqi dressed as an ordinary soldier again today. What's more, the other party still remembered him and looked at him a few more times.

Upon seeing these words, Shen Shanyou's heart suddenly trembled. He clasped his fists to thank him and immediately said goodbye. He left Yahou Street and hesitated whether he should look for Mr. Pan.

Seeing that the curfew was approaching, he gritted his teeth and sped up, crossing East Street, and after going around various storefronts, he crossed an alley and headed towards the county school which faced north and south.

Mr. Pan’s Wubenzhai was just diagonally opposite the school, but unfortunately when Shen Shanyou knocked on the door, the doorman said that the master had been taken away before dawn yesterday.

After running around for a long time, he still didn't know where his youngest son was, so he climbed up the city wall again and went out of the city before the curfew drum sounded.

Shen Shanyou took his eldest son around to the east gate. This time it was dark. When he looked for the inspection office in the direction of the ferry, none of the family members in Jiuli Village had gone to bed.

Shen Xiaoye calmed himself down and put the cloth, which had been lightly dyed with sumac water and allowed to dry half-dried, back into the boiled lotus seed shell water.

Grandma and the others also pretended to observe carefully with great interest, and said: "Flowers and plants are all treasures. It's true that Geng brother picked a lot of lotus pods last year, so we have to buy some more lotus shells to make dyes today."

"My mother wouldn't let me go into the water. Look, I've done something great!!" Shen Cungeng was a little proud, and Huang was too lazy to pay attention to him.

Instead, he said excitedly, "Mom, we're out of dried fish at home. Why don't I get some in a couple of days? The kitten likes it very much."

After saying that, he meowed twice to call the little black cat to come and wave the flag for him, but the cat was nowhere to be seen after he called several times, "Did it go to catch mice?"

"Probably." Actually, Shen Xiaoye sent it to greet his grandfather because it wanted to take a stroll. He was not sure whether the two would return home tonight.

Little did she know that the little fellow ran as fast as light and had already flown to the vicinity of Tangjiaji.

Lin suddenly spoke up at this time: "Xiaoye, take out the indigo mud tomorrow and dye some cloth in the village first."

"We were supposed to dye them first. Grandma, why don't we use the sumac to dye the quilt cover for Aunt Cui's family?

I always feel that if I dye it with safflower, one day she will wash it off with wood ash and it won’t be pretty.” Shen Xiaoye thought it was a good idea to be cautious. They were not from the same village, and if they dyed it again even if the color faded, they would be dissatisfied with the running back and forth.

She could tell from her aunt that after two contacts, she found that the family was generous in words.

After dyeing with safflower, it is better to dye some delicate work.

Lin recalled the day when Cui's family came over with their relatives and kept complaining about Erniu charging an extra penny. She nodded and said, "If you don't mention it, I will. I will dye her quilt cover tomorrow."

"I'll go get it to apply the paste and print the shapes." Huang was willing to be busy, otherwise she would be upset.

Shen Xiaoye signaled her cousin to mix the ash medicine, while she turned the cloth over to make it more thoroughly soaked.

When the time was up, he called his cousin to help. After squeezing out the water, they immersed the cloth in alum water again. After the mordanting was sufficient, they squeezed out the water again before hanging it up.

A two-pound piece of cloth will more than double in weight after entering water. Apart from the initial preparation of dyes, the rest of the process of dyeing the cloth requires a lot of physical effort.

Seeing the color getting darker, Shen Xiaoye shook her arms. She had wrung the cloth and squeezed out the water a lot today. She had dyed dozens of pieces. Her uncle and his family kept carrying water back home. It was too hard for them.

I don’t know whether he and his grandfather are staying in the county town now, or have other plans.

On this side, old man Shen Shanyou finally found out the approximate whereabouts of the team through his connections in the Inspection Office. They did not change the water route, but went straight east on the official road.

"Well, you go home first and report your safety. I will stay outside the city tonight, and tomorrow morning we will continue our pursuit along the official road." On this side of the ferry, there is a row of simple teahouses and wine shops, as well as guest rooms with shared beds for people to stay overnight.

Shen Changshou nodded in agreement. He would not let the old man drive away in the middle of the night. He also booked a room for him and ordered two bowls of fish noodles. He insisted on eating with him before leaving.

There was a lantern hanging on the car, and he was walking quite fast as he was used to walking at night. Not long after, he reached the vicinity of Wuli Village. Suddenly, he heard a cat's meow, and a pair of emerald green eyes swooped over him.

The moment Shen Changshou clapped his hands, the hatchet he pulled out almost hit the little black cat, and it meowed in grievance behind the car.

"Little cat?" The nervous Shen Changshou finally recognized its voice and stopped by pulling the reins.

When he shone the light, he found that the cat that jumped onto the car was his own little black cat. "You little cat, you actually chased me here."

When they returned home, half an hour had passed and the house was still brightly lit.

Shen Xiaoye and his friends, who were working on printing, rushed out of the room when they heard the sound of a mule cart. When they saw that only one person came back, their hearts, which had pretended to be calm, began beating wildly again.

Lin held his chest and asked, "What happened?"

"Mom, come inside and talk." Shen Changshou handed the car to his son, went into the main room and carefully told him the news that the old man had heard.

After hearing this, Shen Xiaoye looked towards Wuzhong Mountain thoughtfully. After everyone returned to their rooms, she took out the four boxes from the space and said to Little Black Cat, "Can you find your way back to Wuzhong Mountain? I suspect my uncle was taken there."