Chapter 230: The Huang Residence Raided

Shen Que was feeding the rabbits in the backyard, taking over the work previously done by Chunya.

Because of the child abduction incident, Chunya had been living in fear. After Zhao Dasao returned, she simply let Chunya stay at home to rest for two days and not go out to cut grass alone until the child abduction matter was resolved.

Jiang Xiaoxiao walked over, and Shen Que had just sprinkled the chopped green grass into the rabbit feeding trough.

And as soon as she walked over, the rabbits that were eating fresh green grass swarmed over, rubbing against her feet and refusing to leave.

Even the chickens in the chicken coop nearby were restless, flapping their wings as if wanting to fly out.

Shen Que turned his gaze to her: "Your rabbits and chickens... are quite attached to you."

"Haha." Jiang Xiaoxiao gave a dry laugh.

They weren't attached to her, but wanted to drink her ability water.

Every time she entered the backyard, these livestock knew they were going to be fed the delicious and sweet ability water, so how could they not be happy and excited?

But this time... she wasn't here to feed them.

Jiang Xiaoxiao bent down and grabbed the ear of a fat rabbit, and the rabbits scattered in fear.

She struggled to lift the fat rabbit that was kicking wildly under her hand, and asked with a smile: "Lord Shen, is one enough to eat?"

"Naturally, it's not enough." Shen Que curled his lips into a smile. He reached out, his five fingers as fast as a residual image, and in the blink of an eye, he grabbed a bigger and fatter rabbit.

That rabbit was fat and strong, a full circle bigger than the one in Jiang Xiaoxiao's hand. Its powerful limbs were struggling and scurrying in Shen Que's hand, and it looked like it had more strength than the one in Jiang Xiaoxiao's hand, yet it couldn't break free from that slender, bony hand at all.

The two arrived at the well in the front yard, preparing to kill and wash the rabbits, but saw Jiang Wei already waiting there with a kitchen knife.

She took the rabbit from Shen Que's hand and ordered straightforwardly: "Go catch two more chickens."

Shen Que was silent and obediently went.

Sending Shen Que away, Jiang Wei quickly slaughtered the two rabbits, then reached into the rabbits' skulls and indeed dug out two crystal cores.

However, they were the lowest-tier first-tier crystal cores.

Jiang Wei threw the blood-stained crystal cores into Jiang Xiaoxiao's hand. "Hurry up and put them away, absorb them tonight."

Jiang Xiaoxiao: "..."

At least wash them before giving them to her...

Helplessly, Jiang Xiaoxiao could only bend down and squat, quickly rinsing the two crystal cores in the water in the basin, washing them hastily.

After washing, she immediately stuffed the crystal cores, which hadn't been wiped dry, into her bosom.

Just after finishing, Shen Que came over with two big fat hens.

Jiang Wei took the hens without a word and began to slaughter them.

Shen Que's gaze shifted and happened to fall on the large wet patch on Jiang Xiaoxiao's chest.

He narrowed his eyes slightly, and his gaze suddenly became interested.

Sensing the other party's scrutinizing gaze, Jiang Xiaoxiao subconsciously covered the place where she hid the crystal cores, and glared at him: "What are you looking at? Lord Shen, aren't you also hiding something you don't want us to know?"

After speaking, she also imitated his appearance, her gaze nailed straight to the slightly protruding place in the other party's bosom.

Seeing this, Shen Que smiled suddenly: "So you mother and daughter had this idea..."

As he spoke, he raised his hand and naturally took out the metallic hard object that had puzzled the mother and daughter from his bosom.

Jiang Xiaoxiao's eyes widened suddenly.

The thing in Shen Que's hand was only half the size of a palm, branded with gold patterns, with a groove on the back, the tail end curled, and the tiger in a running posture.

Even though it was her first time seeing this kind of thing, she could recognize at a glance that it was a special symbol of military power and used by the ancient imperial court to mobilize the army—a Tiger Tally!

The Tiger Tally, why it was chosen in the shape of a tiger, besides the tiger being the king of all beasts, was mainly because among the "Four Gods," the tiger followed the dragon, the tiger represented the west, belonged to metal, was white in color, and was also known as the White Tiger.

And the White Tiger was the God of War, the God of Slaughter. The holder of the Tiger Tally could mobilize hundreds of thousands of the imperial court's troops and officials.

Jiang Xiaoxiao smiled; she and her mother hadn't suspected wrongly.

Someone who carried a Tiger Tally with them and could mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops at any time, how could they end up being chased and killed to the point of being in critical condition?

When she saw Shen Que standing in the night last night, she was wondering what that thing Shen Que was tightly gripping in his hand was...

It turned out it really was a Tiger Tally.

He had already made a foolproof plan. If she and her mother hadn't successfully stolen that account book from the Huang family that night, he would have used the Tiger Tally to enter the Huang family...

She was really becoming more and more curious now. In the original work, was the real reason for Shen Que's death really to avenge his father?

At this moment, the Li family.

It was even more of a mess.

Li Family Old Man was holding a tobacco pipe, pacing back and forth in the courtyard anxiously, sweat breaking out on his forehead, and his lips were inflamed from anxiety.

It was already mealtime, and Zhu Shi had prepared the food and brought it out, but no one ate.

Li Family Old Woman was rarely without her usual arrogant and domineering air, but was sitting on the side wiping tears.

"My son, how could he be arrested by the county yamen... My son, all the mistakes are Sun Shi's fault. If it weren't for marrying that curse star back, you wouldn't have suffered such injustice..."

When things came to this, she still thought Li Shoude's accident was someone else's fault, and that her son had no fault at all.

Li Family Old Man was already annoyed, and was even more headache-stricken by Li Family Old Woman's wailing.

"So noisy! Can you shut your mouth? The son is gone, what's the use of you wailing here!"

Li Family Old Man was so angry he smashed the tobacco pipe in his hand to the ground.

"The son has been arrested, can't I wail twice!" Li Family Old Woman was also anxious and wailed back without showing weakness. "What's the use of you getting angry at me? The son being arrested isn't it your fault! If you had the ability to raise enough money, would the son have helped those beasts of the Huang family abduct children!"

"Huang family..." Li Family Old Woman's words seemed to wake up Li Family Old Man. He reacted, then strode out the door. "Yes, this is all the Huang family's fault! It was the Huang family who harmed my son! I want to find the Huang family and let them redeem my son!"

Moreover, the Huang family was so rich and powerful in Yong'an County, they must have a way to get his son out of the county yamen!

Li Family Old Man seemed to have grabbed the last straw and went out in a hurry.

But just as he stepped out, he saw the Li Zheng returning from town, happily announcing to the villagers in a loud voice:

"Everyone, gather around, I have something to say, the Huang family, who has done all kinds of evil, has already been imprisoned!"

"Really?"

Upon hearing this, the villagers gathered around one after another.

"That is naturally true! I saw it with my own eyes, it was the Cishi sent by the imperial court who personally led the soldiers to raid the Huang Residence!"

The Li Zheng's words were met with cheers from the crowd.

And Li Family Old Man, hearing this, was like being struck by lightning, frozen in place. ===== CHAPTER 231 =====