I traveled through time and space and found a mute boy: That’s enough, I feel sorry for him

Chapter 114 The surname Qiao

Xiao Ran naturally knew that he was joking, so he smiled faintly and ordered his men: "Go search."

Then he came in front of Xu Shu and looked at Mu Jinghua: "Brother Mu is really fast. I just returned to the mansion and... I didn't stop Brother Mu. Brother Xu won't blame me, right?"

Xu Shu's eyelids jumped violently. He felt that there was something wrong with what Xiao Ran said, but he couldn't hear anything after listening carefully. He could only sigh and turned to pull Mu Jinghua aside: "Xiao Mujin, Xiaocao is a little injured, do you want to go see him?"

Upon hearing that Du Xiaocao was injured, Mu Jinghua's eyes suddenly widened, then he nodded repeatedly and pulled Xu Shu to urge him to leave quickly.

Xu Shu took him to the place where the fight had just taken place. When they arrived, Du Xiaocao had already woken up and was sitting beside the unconscious Aunt Du in a daze with a groggy look in her eyes, like a dead person.

Mu Jinghua understood at a glance what had happened to Du Xiaocao. He clenched the knife in his hand tightly with hatred, then walked behind Du Xiaocao and hugged him gently.

Du Xiaocao's body froze for a moment, then she came to her senses and asked in a hoarse voice, "Little brother, you're back?"

Mu Jinghua nodded silently, and Du Xiaocao burst into tears: "Little brother, I, I am in so much pain, my father, my father is gone, and my mother, she..."

Mu Jinghua patted him on the shoulder and just stayed with him.

Xu Shu glanced at them and felt sorry for them. He didn't dare to think about what would happen to Mu Jinghua if she encountered such a thing. Their little Mu Jin was dumb and couldn't even cry...

Xu Shu sighed: "Xiao Cao, your mother is fine. It's not safe here. Let's leave here and go home first, okay?"

Xiao Cao heard Xu Shu's voice and looked at him with red eyes: "Then...where is my father..."

Xu Shu could only lower his head in silence. It was too cruel to say such words to a child who was only fourteen or fifteen years old. Mu Jinghua patted Du Xiaocao gently and gestured to him in comfort: "You still have your mother, don't be afraid."

Du Xiaocao understood quickly, nodded repeatedly, and then said: "I want to carry my mother home on my back."

Xu Shu sighed, "No need, Xiaocao, I'll carry your mother back. Xiaomujin, you hold on to Xiaocao."

Mu Jinghua nodded, but took out a white handkerchief from his arms, handed it to Du Xiaocao, pointed at his face, and motioned him to wipe it.

Then he took out another piece of cloth and gently wiped the blood off Du Xiaocao's legs. Then he took off his outer robe and put it on Du Xiaocao. Then he looked at Du Xiaocao and gestured, "Stand up?"

Du Xiaocao's eyes turned red again. She just nodded repeatedly and then struggled to stand up.

It was inconvenient for Xu Shu to look at it, so he kept avoiding it. He searched through the bodies of the dead bandits and found only five taels of silver in total.

Being a bandit and still so poor? Xu Shu was speechless.

When he carried Aunt Du on his back and Mu Jinghua supported Du Xiaocao back home, Xu Shu suddenly remembered that he had just done it in the house and didn't know if the smell had dissipated...

And he himself, when he went out to fetch water, he happened to meet bandits coming out, and he didn't wash himself, so he didn't know the smell on his body...

He didn't know what others were like, but Xiao Mujin had always had a sensitive nose, so he didn't know if he could smell it.

Xu Shu pushed the door open with some trepidation. He was the first to go in and sniffed it secretly to make sure the smell was very light. Only then did he feel relieved and said to Mu Jinghua, "It's not convenient for me to be here. You and Xiaocao stay. I'll go see how Xiaoran is doing."

Mu Jinghua nodded, and did not try to keep him. Instead, he walked to the window first and pushed it open.

It was obvious that she wanted to get rid of the smell. Although Xiao Mujin didn't say anything, Xu Shu still felt his toes digging into the ground. He walked away awkwardly without staying any longer.

Mu Jinghua didn't know what the smell in the room was, but he just smelled a faint scent and subconsciously opened the window. However, he didn't expect Xu Shu to leave so quickly, and he couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.

When Xu Shu went to find Xiao Ran, Xiao Ran was interrogating the group of bandits. The bandit leader was stubborn and refused to tell him where his base was no matter what. The other bandits standing by also didn't dare to say anything.

Xu Shu shook his head when he saw this scene and patted Xiao Ran on the shoulder: "Brother Xiao, are you really not good at interrogating people, or are you deliberately keeping them hanging for fun?"

When Xiao Ran heard this, he smiled bitterly: "Brother Xu, please stop teasing me. If you have any tricks, just tell me directly."

Xu Shu shook his head: "What does this county magistrate's investigation have to do with me? First, I am not a counselor, and second, I don't receive your monthly salary..."

Xiao Ran interrupted hurriedly: "I see, I see. What do you like now? Tell me first."

"Give me all the knives of these bandits, and I will help you interrogate them and find out their stronghold."

Xiao Ran said "oh", but he was not very interested: "It's just a bandit's base. I don't need to exchange such a good thing with you. No matter how hard the bones are, they will become soft after a few deaths."

Xu Shu knew that he would not let go of this batch of iron easily, but was speechless about the person behind the scenes who told Xiao Ran the news.

But Xiao Ran refused to give in, so he had a solution: "Forget it, since Master Xiao is reluctant to part with these things, there must be someone who can."

After that, he planned to go find the village chief, but Xiao Ran was obviously interested in what he said, and hurriedly pulled him back: "Brother Xu, Brother Xu, what do you mean by this? Is there anyone who is willing to give it up?"

Xu Shu was not going to compromise so quickly. He just smiled and said, "Do you really think my family is ruined and you don't even have any backup plan for yourself?"

Xiao Ran smiled awkwardly: "Of course not... Brother Xu is such a resourceful person, so naturally he wouldn't..."

"So, Xiao Ran," Xu Shu looked at him, "I treated you as a friend, so I offered to help you, but you kept plotting against me and guarding against me..."

Xu Shu shook his head, looking unwilling to say more, and took a step forward to leave.

Xiao Ran grabbed him and said, "Brother Xu, we are all smart people, there is no need to do this."

Xu Shu couldn't help but sneer in his heart, thinking to himself that Xiao Ran was really not as easy to fool as Wu Yong, and he really wouldn't fall for the moral blackmail at all.

However, Xu Shu admired Xiao Ran for this. After all, there were not many people who could be a henpecked husband and yet be rational enough not to be easily kidnapped by morality.

There was really no point in doing all this nonsense, so Xu Shu got straight to the point and said, "The news that the bandits had come to Shiqiao Village was given to you by someone named Qiao, right?"