A gentle breeze was blowing.

Wildflowers bloom in profusion.

But her mother's face was ashen.

"Mom, I was wrong. I'll never run around like that again." Jiang Miaomiao wondered how she had become such a typical example.

The little girl stood obediently in front of her mother with her hands behind her back, looking like she was admitting her mistake.

Princess Rong'an and Jiang Qiao'er exchanged a glance.

Logically, as the eldest sisters, they should be the ones who should be scolded the most, but instead, the younger ones took the blame for them.

I felt a little guilty.

Just as she was about to step forward, Jiang Zifeng beat her to it, "Mother, my sister knows she was wrong, she won't do it again..."

But his mother rolled her eyes at him.

He also slapped Xiao Miaomiao's bottom twice with a crisp sound.

"Jiang Miaomiao, you're all girls. If you run out like this, you'll be kidnapped by bad guys and robbed. Do you know that?"

The little girl pouted, her eyes filled with tears, looking pitifully at her mother.

"Okay, Mom, I won't run away next time."

"And there'll be a next time. Where are your ears? Let your brother tell you how you were swindled when you were little..."

Jiang Miaomiao looked at her older brother with a pitiful expression, "Big brother, help!"

Seeing her like this, Lu Qingyao's heart melted, and she couldn't bear to hit her hard.

Jiang Zifeng's face immediately turned red.

The step that had just been taken out was retracted.

Why did his mother bring this up again? It's so embarrassing.

And it happened in front of Princess Rong'an.

Princess Rong'an and Jiang Qiao'er also stood to the side with their heads down, their faces filled with shame and solemnity.

The aunt was afraid that the girls were too shy to scold them directly, but she hinted at it in her words.

Jiang Ziyan and Sun Yanshu walked far away, quietly starting a fire, roasting meat, and stewing soup...

It's best not to offer advice on this kind of thing; it's easy to get yourself into trouble.

Furthermore, the girls are shy, and they would feel very awkward there.

Xiuxiu, who had been carrying the rabbit and walking briskly over, suddenly stopped in her tracks as she got closer. "The rabbit meat isn't clean enough. I'll go wash it again."

He turned around and took the rabbit, which he had just washed, back to the stream.

Wash it again.

Lu Qingyao found it amusing; this little guy was quick to admit his mistakes, but he would never change them.

Seeing her mother pull up a small stool and sit down, with a slight smile on her lips, Jiang Miaomiao felt that her mother's anger had subsided.

It's time to get down to business.

With red eyes, she ran over and dumped everything out of her little cloth bag.

There are dried meat, preserved fruit, dried milk, bamboo tubes...

and also……

A pile of loose silver.

Lu Qingyao glanced at it, then suddenly sat up straight. "Where did the money come from?"

Before leaving, she checked her little girl's cloth bag and found no money.

Xiuxiu went over after her older sister finished scolding the child.

"Hey, who gave Miaomiao so much money? Children shouldn't carry money around, it'll get stolen or robbed, it's very dangerous."

Jiang Miaomiao shook her head vigorously, "No, no one gave me any money, I found it..."

She pointed in the direction of the woods.

"There's a cave in the woods, and there are people inside. I found it in the woods outside the cave."

Cave!

Lu Qingyao and Xiuxiu exchanged a glance, their expressions suddenly turning serious.

"Does Miaomiao still remember the location of the cave?"

Jiang Miaomiao nodded, "In the cave behind the bamboo forest, there are bamboo trees all around the cave."

Lu Qingyao felt a little scared, but luckily the little guy was clever and didn't go in.

He kissed his daughter's head and said, "You can't tell anyone you found the silver, not a single person, understand?"

Jiang Miaomiao nodded like a chick pecking at rice.

Anyone who dares to tell anyone would be asking for trouble.

The little white wolf led her to the cave, which was pitch black and bottomless.

Chirp went inside and said there were people in the cave, a stove, and it was very hot.

It didn't dare to go too deep.

So Jiang Miaomiao picked up the silver and rushed back.

Xiuxiu leaned closer and lowered her voice, "Sister, I wanted to tell you about this too. This horse farm is really strange. There's a cave behind the woods, and there are traces of people walking and cart tracks outside the cave. I heard that there should be many people in the cave. If there's silver hidden in the cave, could it be related to that estate?"

“That’s possible.” Lu Qingyao had been here before, but had not gone deep into the woods and had not found anything unusual.

This spring outing wasn't just about enjoying the spring scenery, and Xiuxiu's hunting trip wasn't just about hunting either.

I just wanted to find out.

Looking back now, this horse farm was a gift from Judge Qin to the King of Liang, and it must have been more than just a gift of a few horses.

Although the fine steeds were valuable, the King of Liang had always lived far away in the capital, so the horse farm was of no use to him.

Giving this gift is already quite strange.

Perhaps this gift was given along with other farms and estates, and even King Liang himself was unaware of it.

Princess Liang had already interrogated his confidants, and all she knew was that Judge Qin had given him a considerable amount of gifts.

Xiuxiu felt it was necessary to explore further; she had been so focused on what was ahead that she hadn't noticed the silver on the ground.

"Sister, should I go and investigate again?"

"Go ahead, but don't act rashly if you find anything. Don't alert them. Go quickly and come back quickly, and be careful!" Lu Qingyao nodded.

Then, carrying his little daughter, he returned to the campfire and casually roasted meat and made soup.

Aunt Xiuxiu leaped onto her horse, slung her bow and arrows over her shoulder, and spurred it on as she rode away.

Chiu Chiu glanced at her young master and, with great tact, followed him.

Jiang Miaomiao discovered that the stable boys who used to be tending the horses at the edge of the horse farm were also gone.

However, she wasn't worried.

With Aunt Xiuxiu's skill and speed, she would have already returned by the time that person caught up.

There was a reason why her mother made her go.

as predicted.

When Aunt Xiuxiu returned, the stable boy had not yet come back.

She rode up, holding the reins in one hand and carrying a large, fat rabbit in the other.

Jiang Miaomiao felt that if she came a few more times, the rabbits in the forest would become extinct.

However, Aunt Xiuxiu didn't seem to be in a good mood, perhaps she had discovered something terrible.

After roasting a rabbit and drinking bamboo shoot soup, the spring outing quickly came to an end.

They weren't completely satisfied, but no one dared to say anything.

On the way back, my mother's face was somewhat serious, and she seemed absent-minded.

Everyone assumed that the little cub had caused trouble again.

They were all too afraid to make a sound.

Jiang Miaomiao held Qiujiu in her arms, listening to its incessant chatter.

Suddenly I realized that the little red bird was actually quite talkative.

There were people inside the cave, many people, many stoves, it was so hot... and so many shiny things...

[Someone was beaten, gagged... a pair of fire tongs was placed on his back... and smoke was coming out...]

The little red bird started trembling as it spoke.

Jiang Miaomiao thought it was frightened because the little bird flew away and came back hiding in Aunt Xiuxiu's arms.

The little girl looked somewhat serious.

In everyone's eyes, Miaomiao was both naughty and getting scolded.

Clever little kids are always a bit mischievous.

However, the little girl's worries came and went quickly. Before long, she was shaking her head and looking around.

The carriage stopped at Yipinju.

After getting off the bus, Jiang Miaomiao discovered that her mother was gone.

Restaurants and taverns are places where people gather, and also places where rumors and gossip spread.

Aunt Xiuxiu said we're having a special treat tonight...

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