What to do if you have too many golden fingers? Walk sideways!

It turned out that they were very anxious after they found out that Gu Xi had disappeared in the middle of the night. The guest room had been tossed around by the officers and soldiers and was in a mess.

When it was dawn, Gu Xi still hadn't returned, so they decided to split up and go out to look for her.

Now that Gu Xi is back safely, they are finally relieved.

After returning to the inn, Gu Xi asked the waiter to prepare a sumptuous meal for them. After Nanny Yun and Gu Yuan came back, the family of five finally had a full meal.

"Sister, today's food is so delicious. I haven't eaten so full in a long time!" Gu Yuan said, touching his bulging belly.

Qi touched Gu Yuan's head and felt a pang of sadness in her heart. This young master, who used to be well-dressed and well-fed, had lost a lot of weight in the past few months.

Because in the modern world, Gu Xi has never felt any other family love except her grandmother. Now, her mother and brothers and sisters are worried about her and have been looking for her for most of the day while hungry.

Although their real relatives are the original owners, Gu Xi still feels warm in her heart. This feeling is very subtle.

At the same time, the sense of responsibility is greater.

Qi took Gu Xi to a room alone and asked her:

"Xi'er, we must have spent a lot of money on the hotel and meals. Mother never found a chance to ask you, where did you get the money?"

Although Qi has been fasting and chanting Buddhist scriptures most of the time due to poor health in recent years, it does not mean that she is stupid.

Gu Xi scratched her head. She knew this was a little hard to explain. After thinking for a while, she said:

"When I went to rescue you last night, a thief happened to break into the Sun Mansion, so I secretly stole a few silver ingots. I was just about to give the money to mother for safekeeping."

When Qi heard that it was the money from the Sun Mansion and thought about the search by the officers and soldiers last night, she became a little worried.

"Mother doesn't want your money, but you should be careful. The Sun family seems to be very powerful."

Gu Xi said, "It's okay, mother. I went there yesterday disguised as a man, so they couldn't find us for a while. Now they are busy catching thieves and don't care about the servants who ran away. I think you should carry some money with you, otherwise if I'm not around, you won't even have money to buy food and drink."

Qi stood up suddenly and grabbed Gu Xi's hand.

"What? You're leaving us again?"

"No, no, don't be nervous, mother. I mean, we are exiled prisoners after all. Maybe that tyrant will treat us as fugitives. What if he sends people to hunt us down again and we get separated again like before?" Gu Xi comforted Qi.

Qi was startled by her words and quickly covered her mouth.

"Don't say such things carelessly. Be careful of the harm that comes from your mouth."

Seeing that the doors and windows were closed and they were on the second floor, no one should hear them, Qi asked:

"Weren't the people we encountered bandits? Why do you say they were sent by that person? Do you know something?"

Of course Gu Xi saw it in the novel, but she couldn't say that, so she explained:

"Bandits usually rob people for money, why would they want to kill people right away? And those people are well-trained, they must be assassins in disguise. The one who wants us dead the most in the world, besides the enemy country, is that tyrant king."

Qi soon figured it out, patted Gu Xi's hand and said:

"Xi'er is really smart. This is all thanks to your grandfather's teaching in the past few years. He taught you very well."

Huh? There is such a thing? It is not written in the book.

Gu Xi also wanted to know about the original owner's past, so he said to Qi:

"Yes, my grandfather was very kind to me and taught me a lot. It's a pity that he died so tragically."

This is said to make it easier to explain some of her differences from ordinary people in the future, such as her fighting skills, which she can also explain as being taught by her grandfather.

Qi's eyes turned red, and she said to Gu Xi:

"Your grandfather and your father have been soldiers all their lives, but they never expected to end up like this. I only hate myself for being a woman in the backyard, and I don't even have the ability to protect you. Fortunately, Xier, you have been with grandfather for the past few years to gain experience, otherwise we mothers and I don't know what would have happened to us."

"Mom, I will do my best to protect you and your brothers and sisters. But you must not be weak anymore. Let's protect this family together."

Qi wiped away her tears and nodded solemnly.

Gu Xi also suggested that since the silver ingots were all ten taels each, they were inconvenient to carry and use, so she planned to exchange them for some loose silver and silver notes and distribute them to them.

Everyone carried some silver with them, so that if something happened and they got separated, they would not be left penniless.

Qi naturally agreed.

Gu Xi took a few silver ingots to Zheng's Money House not far from the inn to exchange them for some loose silver and banknotes.

But she didn't know that this change would bring about a disaster.

There were no marks on the silver ingots originally, but Gu Xi, a foreigner, took out so many silver ingots at once, which aroused the suspicion of Zheng Ji Money House owner, who was on good terms with the Sun family.

Boss Zheng knew that the Sun family’s warehouse was robbed last night, so he asked his clerk to calm Gu Xi down and exchange the money slowly, while he immediately went to the county government office.

Chengyang County Government Office.

County magistrate Zhen Wude was pacing back and forth anxiously.

The people sent out searched for a whole night and a whole morning, but still failed to find the stolen property of the Sun family.

That was almost half of his father-in-law's family's property, and the other half was houses and fields.

After the warehouse was robbed, his mother-in-law, who had just celebrated her birthday, became so angry that she vomited blood and fainted.

His uncle was too busy showing filial piety to care for him by his bedside. He just squatted in the county government office, staring at him and urging him to catch the thief as soon as possible.

His wife ordered him not to go to bed that night, and not to enter any room, not even the concubine's room, until the thief was caught and the property was recovered.

Naturally, he himself was also very concerned about the property.

Although he passed the imperial examination and became a Jinshi, he ranked last. The position of county magistrate was donated to him by the Sun family. He himself used to come from a poor family.

His elder and younger brothers-in-law are useless, so he feels that sooner or later he will be able to cheat the Sun family's property, or at least get half of it.

Unexpectedly, the warehouse was completely stolen by thieves one day!

The thief is more ruthless than him!

A bailiff ran in and shouted:

"Sir, sir! Boss Zheng is here. He said he has clues about the thief."

Upon hearing this, Zhen Wude hurriedly ordered the bailiff to let Boss Zheng in.

Boss Zheng was running out of breath.

"Master Zhen, a young man just came to the bank with a few ingots of silver. He looked unfamiliar and suspicious. I asked the clerk to calm him down. Master, please arrange for someone to go over and take a look."

Zhen Wude waved his hand:

"Bring along all the people who are left behind. I will go there myself!"

As soon as he walked out of the county government office, he was blocked by a pig-headed man. No, to be precise, it was a man who was beaten into a pig's head.