Forced to marry, I picked up a young powerful official

Hehua blushed with shame, and was afraid of the people in front of her. She wiped her tears and said, "We eloped... The young master took me to live in Yongzhou and do some small business for a living. If you are here for money, please let us go. We are willing to give you all the silver!"

A thief went into the main room, looked around, came out, shook his head and said, "There really is no one there."

Among the four, one person had the calmest voice, and he seemed to be the leader. The three of them were looking at him at this moment, as if waiting for his decision.

The leader of the thieves pondered for a moment and whispered, "We have been fighting for such a long time today, but the man has not appeared. I think he is not here. This alley is too close to the government office. It would be bad if there is a big noise. Take the money and leave quickly!"

He patted Zhong Shan's face and said, "You are lucky. Tell me where the money is!"

Zhong Shan pointed to his room and said, "There is a wooden box under the pillow, which contains the proceeds from my business..."

Shen Nankui had entrusted him with the management of Yanxia Pavilion's revenue in the past few days, which came in handy at this moment.

The leader of the thieves frowned, "As the master, why don't you keep your money in the main room?"

Zhong Shan's heart trembled. He actually overlooked this point.

Although his face was pale, he still pretended to be calm and said, "Yongzhou City has been in turmoil recently. My two guards had a martial arts competition, so I gave the silver to them for safekeeping."

The bandit leader was skeptical and shook his head, "You have already deceived us once before. Your words cannot be relied upon."

He pointed at one of his men and said, "Go in and search."

Hehua said hurriedly: "Master, the young master did not lie to you. The money box is indeed placed in the wing room. There are only some valuable jewelry in the main room that I have kept. Those are the savings that the young master saved for me. I will give them all to you. I only ask you to be kind and let us go..."

A thief had already found a money box in Zhongshan's room, counted it and said, "There are more than two hundred taels of silver and banknotes in it!"

The bandit leader groaned and said, "It's not a small amount."

Searching the house was too slow, and he was sure that the maid would not dare to lie, so he pointed the knife at her and asked, "Where are the jewelry?"

Hehua trembled and said, "In... in the box under the bed in the main room."

Upon hearing this, a thief immediately went to search the house. Not long after, he came out with a wooden box. When he opened it, he found that it was indeed filled with half a box of jewelry. The thief leader's eyes lit up, but when he picked it up and took a look, he saw that although there were a lot of jewelry in it, they were not very valuable. They were not so-called precious jewelry at all.

Subconsciously, he thought that the maid was playing a trick on him, but then he thought it was not right. The family didn't know that someone would break in tonight, so how could she hide it from them?

Looking again, although the young master of this family was wearing brand new clothes, the material was not top-notch. In addition, the yard was not very big, so I was afraid that was the limit of their financial resources.

The bandit leader snorted coldly and was about to order a retreat.

The thief who came out with the jewelry box suddenly asked in confusion: "Hey, what is this?"

I saw that he was holding something in his hand and looking at the light under the eaves.

The bandit leader snatched it and took a look, only to find that it was a tiger-head shoe that was not even as big as a man's palm. It was probably for babies to wear.

His eyes turned cold, "Where did you find this?"

The thief said, "It was under the bed. I touched it when I was taking out the jewelry box. I didn't know what it was, so I took it out too."

The bandit leader's eyes shot towards Hehua's flat belly, and his tone gradually became colder.

"Since you are not pregnant, where did the tiger-head shoes that the baby is wearing come from?"

Hehua's heartbeat suddenly quickened, and he thought to himself that something was wrong.

A few days ago, Shen Nankui embroidered a pair of tiger-head shoes, originally prepared for her unborn baby. However, not long after she finished them, one of them was missing. Hehua searched the whole house but couldn't find it. Unexpectedly, it fell under the bed.

Her heart was beating like a drum, but she still smiled calmly, lowered her head and stroked her belly and said, "I made these tiger-head shoes. I am pregnant, but it is not visible because the month is still young."

The bandit leader stared at her and said, "It's still early for the baby to be born, why are you doing this in such a hurry?"

He Hua sighed, "My dear hero, I left my hometown and came here. I have no relatives or acquaintances. Every day, the young master goes out to do business, so I can only do some needlework at home to pass the time. That's why I prepared these things early..."

The bandit leader thought it made sense and nodded, preparing to order an evacuation once again, but another of his men hurried over from the wall, with something that looked like a piece of cloth on the tip of his knife.

"Boss, this is hung in the open space behind the main house, isn't it... that one?"

When Hehua saw clearly what was on the tip of the knife, she felt all the energy and blood rushing to her head, almost causing her to faint.

That thing turned out to be the menstrual pad she washed and hung in the backyard...

It’s over. I can’t hide it anymore.

She could only pray in her heart, hoping that these rough guys didn't understand the things about women's menstruation...

However, the opposite happened. The bandit leader was silent for a moment and then immediately recognized what the thing was.

"How dare you lie to me!"

He kicked He Hua to the ground and strode towards the main room. "Search for me. I want to see who they are hiding in the house!"

Shen Nankui hid in the closet and heard the footsteps approaching from far away. She held her breath and listened carefully.

The footsteps circled the room and suddenly stopped in front of her. The next moment, a crisp chopping sound was heard, and the iron chain on the wardrobe fell to the ground. Slowly, the door of the wardrobe was slowly opened from the outside.

When the bandit leader found her hiding in the closet, a fierce look flashed across his eyes.

"There really is someone hiding in this room!"

He was about to pull Shen Nankui out, but he saw the woman in the closet suddenly raised her sleeves to cover her mouth and nose, and raised her hand to sprinkle a handful of powder on his head. He was too close and inhaled a lot of it in a few breaths. His mouth and nose suddenly felt as painful as if they were burning with fire.

Shen Nankui took the opportunity to push him away and ran out of the house.

The Zheng brothers held back the remaining bandits, and Zheng Yue shouted at Zhong Shan, "Take your wife and leave!"

The plan failed and the few people could only fight hard. Fortunately, the bandit leader was poisoned by Shen Nankui's poison powder and could not take action for the time being. They were two against three brothers and could barely hold out for a while.

Zhong Shan and He Hua no longer hesitated. They protected Shen Nankui on the left and right and ran towards the door.

The bandit leader covered his face and ran out of the room, gritting his teeth and saying, "Stop them, dead or alive!"

Seeing him like this, the thieves in the yard also became ruthless and defeated the Zheng brothers in a few moves. The three of them chased after Shen Nankui.