Chapter 253: Song Que Had Been Captured
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
Who would believe that five strong and muscular mountain bandits died at the hands of such a family?
The Li couple was still struggling inwardly when Doctor Li’s voice rang out from the door.
“Madam Qin…”
Qin Xiaoyao carried the child and walked to the door.
She was in time to see Doctor Li and Old Master Li rushing over.
“Doctor Li, Old Master Li, I’m sorry to have imposed you for the night.
“Now, the child’s fever has subsided. I didn’t return last night and didn’t send a message to my family. Now they must be worried sick.
“I’m going to help the child pack up and I’ll take my leave now,” Qin Xiaoyao said straightaway.
“I know! I’m here to send you off and bring you the medicine.” Doctor Li didn’t stop her, and even handed her two packets of medicine.
Qin Xiaoyao hurriedly accepted it.
“Thank you, Doctor Li.”
Then, she prepared to retrieve her money.
Doctor Li immediately refused when he saw Qin Xiaoyao take out the money pouch.
“Madam Qin, you saved my entire family yesterday. How can I charge Madam Qin consultation fee?”
“Madam Qin, take these two dosages of medicine back and instruct the child’s family to give the child half a bowl of medicine in the morning and evening. She can stop taking the medicine tomorrow,” Doctor Li said.
“Alright. I’ll remember it all,” Qin Xiaoyao quickly answered.
She no longer insisted on paying the consultation fee.
Next, with the help of the Li family’s eldest daughter-in-law, she wrapped little Chunhua up and put the child on her back.
Then, she bade the Li family farewell and leaped onto the roof.
Thereafter, she headed towards the west of the town.
The Li family watched as Qin Xiaoyao vanished into the distance. Once again, they were amazed by Qin Xiaoyao’s skills.
Qin Xiaoyao sprinted along the way and realized that the situation in the town today was even more chaotic than yesterday.
There were even more mountain bandits out and about in the town, and there were even more people who invaded houses and robbed people than yesterday.
Qin Xiaoyao quickened her pace with an uneasy heart.
Finally, she arrived at Yong An Lane.
When she saw that her own courtyard house was just ahead, Qin Xiaoyao’s face broke into a smile.
She quickly continued forward.
In the end, just as she approached her own courtyard house, she heard a clamor.
Judging from the sound, quite a number of people seemed to be present.
She could hear the voices of her father and her two brothers, as well as the voices of Wang Dashan and Liu Daniu.
Qin Xiaoyao’s expression changed at once, and she quickly dropped down from the roof.
Upon reaching home, she saw there was indeed a large number of people who had gathered in the courtyard.
When they saw that Qin Xiaoyao had returned, everyone quickly surrounded her.
“Sister Sanya!” Liu Daniu shouted out, but he looked like he was on the verge of tears.
“Sanya…”
“Mrs. Song…”
“Daughter…” Everyone cried out when they saw Qin Xiaoyao. All of them had expressions with conflicting emotions.
Qin Xiaoyao’s gaze swept across the crowd, but she didn’t see Song Que.
Her heart skipped a beat abruptly.
“Boo hoo hoo… Sanya, Que’er, Que’er, he…” Madam Liu came forward very quickly and almost threw herself into Qin Xiaoyao’s arms.
Qin Xiaoyao’s eyelids twitched.
“What happened to my husband?” she hurriedly asked.
“Boo hoo… Que’er… Que’er has been captured by the mountain bandits. He was taken away last night…”
Qin Xiaoyao’s face clouded over instantly.
“What on earth happened?” Her voice was trembling a little.
He was just staying at home. How could something have happened?
“The mountain bandits… mountain bandits came in to search the house and robbed everything they saw…”
“They even wanted to take Yun’er and Xiaomei away. Boo hoo… Que’er… Que’er came out to stop them. In the end… Boo hoo… in the end, the mountain bandits captured him instead. They said… they said… Boo hoo…”
Qin Xiaoyao frowned.
“They said what?” she asked ominously.
“They said that they wanted to offer Que’er to their great general. Sanya… Now… now, what do we do?” Madam Liu finally finished what she wanted to say.
“There’s a rumor that the leader of the mountain bandits likes men.” At this moment, Qin Dahu suddenly spoke up.
As soon as these words came out, various kinds of expressions flashed across everyone’s face.
Madam Liu’s face turned pale instantly.
Her eyelids fluttered, and her body went limp.
Qin Xiaoyao’s eyes were sharp and her hands were quick. She quickly stepped up to steady Madam Liu.
Then, she turned to the two little girls not far away and said, “Yun’er, Xiaomei! Help Mother back to her room.”
Song Yun and Wang Xiaomei quickly came forward to help Madam Liu.
“No. I have to go save Que’er. Boo hoo hoo… The mountain bandits are so vicious. What will happen to Que’er if he is captured?” Madam Liu said weakly, sobbing uncontrollably.
Qin Xiaoyao frowned and looked at Madam Liu.
“Leave the task of rescuing people to me. Mother, there’s nothing you can help with. The only thing you can do now is to go back and rest. Don’t make me and my husband worry.”
Madam Liu was caught off guard.
After a while, she finally nodded with tears in her eyes.
“Boo hoo hoo… Sanya, you must be careful.” Thereafter, she accepted Song Yun and Wang Xiaomei’s help and went off.
Qin Xiaoyao gave a sigh.
Only then did she put down the child on her back and hand her over to Liu Daniu and Big Girl Li.
Following that, she took out the two packets of medicine.
She briefed the parents on Doctor Li’s instructions.
Big Girl Li and her husband were extremely grateful.
At the same time, they also felt apologetic.
If they had not come to ask Sister Sanya for help, Sister Sanya would not have left home.
Perhaps, the current situation would be different then.
Qin Xiaoyao gestured with her hand in response to the couple’s apology and expression of regret.
“It’s too late to say these things now. The most important thing now is to solve the problem,” Qin Xiaoyao said in a low voice.
“The town is in complete chaos now. The mountain bandits are everywhere on the streets.”
“It’s not safe to go out at this time.”
“You and Daniu should stay at my house for now. I’ll take care of my husband’s matter.”
After she finished speaking, Qin Xiaoyao did not bother with the couple anymore and turned around.
When she saw her father and two brothers coming up to her, Qin Xiaoyao immediately made a gesture to stop them.
“Father, you and Big Brother and Second Brother should not interfere in this matter. Quickly go home.
“There’s no man at home. It’s not safe for Eldest Sister-in-law and Second Sister-in-law to take care of the two children all by themselves,” Qin Xiaoyao said in a low voice.
Qin Dazhuang’s expression changed slightly, and he was about to speak when Qin Xiaoyao spoke again.
“The mountain bandit leader is most likely staying in the residence inside the government office. There are too many checkpoints on the way from here. If I bring you guys along, I won’t be able to get across.”
Qin Dahu was also going to speak, but he was interrupted by Qin Xiaoyao.
“Don’t worry. I’ll look for someone to work with me. With him around, we’ll definitely be able to save my husband.” At this point, a trace of hidden meaning was reflected in Qin Xiaoyao’s eyes.
The Qin family’s father and sons were stupefied.
They quickly guessed who was that “someone” Qin Xiaoyao was talking about.
That was right. It was the same person Qin Xiaoyao had made up, the one who had helped her kill Zhang Ershui, the three mountain bandits, and the entire Zhang family.
The Qin family’s father and sons had already witnessed that person’s abilities. Upon hearing that Qin Xiaoyao was going to ask that person to help, they were naturally more at ease.
Yet they also found it odd, since Qin Xiaoyao said that this person had already left Mountain Spring Town.
After thinking for a while, they thought perhaps their daughter/younger sister had lied to them previously in order to better protect that person’s safety.
With that thought, they felt more at ease at last.
Since it involved the Zhang family’s murder case, the three of them couldn’t ask too much. For a while, neither of them spoke.
“You guys go back and take care of your family. I have to go now,” Qin Xiaoyao added.
Qin Dazhuang quickly said, “Let your big brother and second brother go back. I’ll stay..”