Chapter 268 Arresting People
Although I don't understand what Zhiyu's beads have to do with whether my sister-in-law is awake or not, but since they have found her, there must be some connection.
After calling a few government officials to follow him, he led Lin Yicheng and others to arrest the person.
There are only two groups of petty thieves in Yancheng, and their positions are quite different. On weekdays, they just commit petty thefts, so not many people take care of them.
There were a few people gathered in the small broken building on the west side of the city. Except for a man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks and another honest man with thick eyebrows and small eyes, they were just a white-haired old beggar with a lame leg and two dolls.
The two dolls were thin and small, huddled aside and did not dare to speak.
"That girl is clumsy. If she doesn't work, we'll sell her to a brothel." The man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks spat, looked at the little girl in the corner and snorted coldly.
This little girl never manages to steal anything in the movie, and she always gets caught.
It’s really useless!
"With her appearance, can she be sold?" The old beggar on the side poked the little girl with a wooden stick and sneered.
The little girl was poked by him with a wooden stick. She wanted to shout out the pain but didn't dare. She could only bite her lips and shrink into a ball to prevent herself from making a sound.
She knew where the brothel was. The old beggar said that her mother-in-law was from the brothel.
It was A Niang who didn't want her and was picked up by an old beggar, so she survived.
"This girl is not bad looking. Even if she is a little thinner, she can still be sold for four taels of silver. It is better than staying here with us and eating idle food." The man with thick eyebrows and small eyes squinted for a while before touching his chin and said.
"It's too young, keep it up." The old beggar didn't say anything, but knocked on the stick and said.
Seeing that he didn't agree, the other two men looked at each other and closed their mouths.
The man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks took out a small purse from his arms.
Opening the purse, a bead was revealed inside.
The bead is all white and very round. Just by looking at it, you can guess that it is worth a lot of money.
"This is what Xiaomi brought back today." The man's eyes were full of pride, and he was very satisfied with the person he brought out.
"This bead is pretty good." The old beggar looked at the bead and then at Xiaomi who looked a little uncomfortable.
"This baby has gone to the Yamen. I'm afraid I won't be able to keep him."
"Why, just don't let him steal in the north of the city tomorrow. If there are no familiar faces then, nothing will happen." The man with the sharp mouth and monkey cheeks waved his hand.
Xiaomi is the most satisfying person he has ever led.
Not only is he nimble with his hands and feet, but he is also clever. Since he came with me last year, he has brought back a lot of things.
"Hmph, I don't think he wants to steal anything." The man with thick eyebrows and small eyes glanced at Xiaomi, who was a little stiff, and said coldly.
"How could this happen?" the man retorted.
"Have you forgotten how he came back yesterday?"
The white-haired old beggar drooped his head and said nothing, as if he was asleep.
The man with the pointed mouth and monkey cheeks shut his mouth.
Ever since Xiaomi was taken to the county government a few days ago, he was a little worried that he would betray him.
As a result, nothing happened for several days.
I originally thought of killing him and throwing him into the river after he came out, but I saw him on the street yesterday.
The clothes he was wearing were changed and he was clean. He had twenty copper coins in his hand.
If I hadn't called him, he might not have come back on his own.
Thinking of this, his face darkened.
The eyes he looked at Xiaomi became colder, as if he had been tempered with poison.
"Xiaomi, come here."
Xiaomi had already changed back to her original dirty clothes. When she heard him calling her over, she subconsciously shrank.
Thinking of the consequences of disobedience in the past, I could only let it go.
"Why are you grinding and whining!"
Xiaomi's body trembled, and then she quickly stood beside him.
"Why didn't you come back here quickly yesterday?" The man had a dark face and tightened his grip on the stick.
"I...I..." Xiaomi clenched her hands tightly, stammering and unable to speak.
He is looking for that woman.
He thought his life would be worse than death if he went to jail.
But the jailer not only didn't beat him, but also gave him food.
He took a shower, put on clean clothes, and felt like a human being for the first time.
The jailer said someone asked them to take care of themselves.
It must be that woman. She said that she was not much older than her child, and she couldn't bear it. But if she didn't want herself, why would she let someone take care of him, a thief?
He looked forward to being released from prison soon, always looking forward to seeing the woman at the door.
Otherwise, why else be so nice to him?
But there was no one at the gate of the county government office. The jailer gave him twenty copper coins before going out. This was the first time he appeared cleanly in the crowd.
No more being disliked.
But he couldn't be happy.
He wanted to find the woman, but was brought back in the end.
They took off the clothes and sold them for a hundred coins.
He became that dirty and smelly little beggar again.
"Speak!" The man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks spat, stretched out his leg and kicked him.
Xiaomi fell to the ground before she could react.
The kick hit him in the stomach, causing cold sweat to break out on his forehead.
"Damn it, I've raised you for so many years, and you went to jail, and you just want to run away with your clothes on?" The man added another word, and continued to curse: "You are really an immature wolf! I You should be strangled to death and thrown into the river!"
Xiaomi just curled up, with many tears falling on her dirty face.
He looked at that woman today.
That woman is the owner of the restaurant, and she doesn't remember herself at all.
He also saw the woman holding the little baby.
He thought, if he stole the doll, would he be able to remind her of him?
Gradually, Xiaomi's consciousness became a little blurry, and she could no longer hear clearly what the man was cursing, and her body seemed to become a little light.
He thought he might die.
When Lin Yicheng kicked the door open, he saw a man beating the doll on the ground.
Subconsciously covering Zhiyu's eyes.
"Don't move!" Liu Jie rushed into the house with his men and caught all three people before asking.
"Where's the stuff you stole today?"
Liu Jie asked coldly.
"We didn't steal anything!" The man said harshly as he was pressed to the ground.
"If you talk too hard, go to jail and get whipped!"
Xiaomi vaguely seemed to hear something and pointed to the man's arms.
Xiao Zhiyu saw Lin Yicheng's movements through his fingers and quickly whispered to Lin Yicheng.
Lin Yicheng was unambiguous. He only turned over the man's body and touched Zhiyu's small purse.
In addition to a few copper plates in the purse, it was the bead.
"Brother Liu, I found it." Lin Yicheng breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Zhuzi was okay.
"That's good." Liu Jie nodded and escorted the person away.
The old beggar coughed and said, "Why are you arresting me, an old beggar? I just settled here, what do their affairs have to do with me?"
Liu Jie looked at him, then at Xiaomi on the ground and the little girl beside him, but ignored him and just escorted the other two people to leave.
This old beggar is getting older. If he takes them away again, no one will look after the two dolls, and they might be sold somewhere.
"Uncle, that brother, let's take him away." Xiao Zhiyu looked at the millet on the ground and said with his eyebrows twisted.
Lin Yicheng glanced at his little nephew in surprise, then looked at the lifeless Xiaomi on the ground, then bent down and picked him up.
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