There was only one person in the vast winter wheat field, so Shen Lingjin naturally had to pay more attention.

She noticed that the other person's running posture was very similar to Mr. Chi, so she touched the dagger in her arms and wanted to run over to see what was going on.

But I heard some travelers pointing at the wheat field and saying, "Oh, that guy is stupid, chasing rabbits with his bare hands in the wheat field."

"Let's go and join in the fun."

"Wait, grab the stuff."

These people ran very fast, but Shen Lingzhu retracted her foot, turned around and ran back to the room to get her crossbow.

After several improvements by my senior sister and uncle, the crossbow now has a longer range.

She carried the basket containing the crossbow to the field outside, then took it out and ran towards the field surrounded by several people.

It was obvious that Mr. Chi was also in the increasingly smaller encirclement at this time, but with so many people coming, the rabbit should have run away long ago.

After Shen Lingzhu ran closer, he loaded his arrow without hesitation.

But when Mr. Chi bent down, one of the people surrounding him shouted, "Brother, I shot that rabbit with my slingshot."

"Hahaha, then, take a look." Shen Chi stood up holding the rabbit's ears. The dart stuck in the rabbit's neck was still dripping with blood.

He saw the little girl holding the crossbow and waved her to put it down, "Put it away."

Several people who were hunting together only then discovered that Shen Lingzhu was holding a crossbow towards them, and everyone suddenly felt a chill in their hearts.

One of them held a long stick in his hand and immediately held it in front of him: "It's just a hare, let's go."

Anyway, they didn't really hit it. Not wanting Shen Chi to leave their circle, he said, "Meeting is fate. Everyone, please help peel and roast it."

After saying that, he pressed Shen Lingzhu's crossbow, pulled out the dart and stuck it into the water to draw blood, and waited for the reaction of the three people gathered on the opposite side.

The three of them looked at each other and nodded in agreement. They walked towards the inn while talking.

Shen Lingzhu listened patiently to Master Chi bragging to them. He knew that these people were bulk traders who often went to Xuanfu to collect sheep, wild mushrooms, mountain products and the like.

When a few people borrowed the kitchen to prepare barbecue, she finally found an opportunity and pulled Mr. Chi aside and asked, "What's going on?"

From chasing Ishigoro to chasing a rabbit, "Did you recognize the wrong person?"

“Hush, I just chased him out the back door, and he was riding a donkey and walking too fast.

Later, I pretended to chase wild animals in the wheat field, but as soon as I accelerated, he immediately noticed me and deliberately changed his route and ran to the east of the inn.

I definitely can't chase it anymore. I just happened to see a real rabbit, so of course I have to make it real. Who knows if there are any of his people in this store." Shen Chi secretly congratulated himself on his dart skills.

Shen Lingzhu: "Are you sure I threw you away on purpose?"

Shen Chi was dissatisfied: "Your father has a very sharp eye. I can recognize him even with a beard."

Ever since he learned that Shi Wulang had escaped again, he would take out the portrait drawn by his little girl and look at it whenever he had nothing to do.

"Don't worry, let's stay one more day, Dad will definitely find out..." He had just started when Shen Lingzhu said, "He probably lives in the market three miles west, at the home of a man nicknamed Lu Ercuizi."

"Good job, girl, that's amazing." Shen Chi praised her generously. "That's perfect. I'll build some relationships with these people and go to the market with them tomorrow."

Shen Lingzhu sighed, "It would be useless if we don't go to the market tomorrow, and I don't even know if anyone has been there yet."

Shen Chi patted the dog-skin hat on her head and said with a smile, "Don't you understand? These guys are collecting things from the villagers and hunters, not just picking up bargains at the market.

Wait, even if they have been there before, I have a way to make them go there again."

He really did what he said. After a drink, the three of them asked him to go to a nearby village the next day.

But every time they arrived at a house, Shen Lingzhu was asked to stay in the car and not show up.

At the end of the morning, she finally heard the villagers who were sending Master Chi out say, "If you want to collect the best fist ginseng, you can find Lu Er.

He got some bad herbs in the mountains this year."

Shen Lingzhu quietly opened the car curtain so that she could hear more clearly.

"Is he Mr. Lu, the man who built the largest house in your market?" asked the bulk cargo merchant beside Shenchi.

The villagers nodded. "What's the big deal? Lu Er is easy to talk to. He also needs to sell the herbs he collects."

Shen Chi reached out and stuffed ten big coins into his hand: "Could you please introduce us to someone?"

After receiving the copper coins, the villagers were naturally willing to lead the way for them. Not long after, the group arrived at Lu Er's house.

Shen Lingzhu opened the window and looked through the gap. The house was not as big as she had imagined, but the walls were particularly high and made entirely of bricks and stones.

You can see from the outside that its second entrance has two floors, but it is higher than the average two-story building, and it is obvious that there is an attic.

Shen Lingzhu couldn't help but suspect that there might be someone there who was always watching the inside and outside of the house, so she listened to Mr. Chi and didn't show up.

I was also thankful that Mr. Chi was always there yesterday, and Shi Wulang had never seen him before.

On this side, after the villagers told the person who opened the door their purpose, the person asked them to wait a moment and asked the owner of the house what he thought.

Shen Chi stood behind the villager and observed that the hands and steps of the people who opened the door just now must have been practiced.

He quietly gestured behind him, and Shen Lingzhu immediately said, "Dad, how long will it take? I'm hungry."

"Hey kid, brothers, I'm going to buy some meat patties for my son. How many do you want?" Shen Chi didn't want to go into the Lu family, as it would be easy for Shi Wu to suspect him.

So he said, "Brother Jiang and I will stay and watch the truck for a while."

The other three did not suspect anything, and when the doorman came back and invited them in, only two of them went in.

After he closed the shop, Shen Chi took the opportunity to go to the street to buy some cakes to avoid meeting Shi Wu inside.

At the same time, in the second-floor attic behind the Lu family, Shi Wu and several others said, "We can't wait any longer. We must find a chance to go to the grassland."

A young man said, "Fifth Uncle, there's no definite news in Beijing yet. Maybe..."

"It's precisely because there has been no good news for such a long time that we have to leave quickly." Another young man who was much younger than him was playing with the dagger in his hand.

He added, "Once we have definite news, Lu Er might be the first to sell us out."

The young man became impatient: "When are we leaving? Going into the grassland in this freezing weather is courting death. A white-hair wind could kill us."

"We don't necessarily need to go to the grasslands. We can find a place to spend the winter." The young man looked at Shi Wu and said, "Uncle Wu, I remember you once had an outer house in Xuanfu."

"No, it will be more dangerous to go find her." Shi Wulang didn't want his only son to be known at this time.

But the young man said, "Uncle Wu, it's dark under the lamp.

We don't necessarily live at her place, but she can provide some conveniences for us.

You don’t want us to just sit around and eat up all the food, do you?”

The Duke's Mansion was suddenly surrounded, and they left Beijing in a hurry, not having enough silver and money with them.

Shi Wu stood at the window, thinking...

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