Dad, we are so stable, should we do something?

At about 15:00 in the afternoon, Li Er and his men had packed up their belongings, closed the gate, and drove their carriages out of the East City Gate. They didn't have much stuff, and outsiders couldn't tell they were moving away. There weren't many people at the city gate at that time, so they didn't wait in line for a while before checking out the gate and heading straight to the woods outside the city, where they were going to stay until dark.

Around the hour of You, Magistrate Tian and his entourage arrived at the East City Gate.

"Is there anything different here today?" County Magistrate Huang asked his subordinates.

"My Lord, there is nothing unusual. Most of the people coming in and out today are from the city. We have also specially questioned the outsiders and found nothing unusual."

"Okay, you continue to be on duty." After giving the order, County Magistrate Tian and County Magistrate Huang prepared to go up to the city wall together.

At this time, an old woman suddenly came over, carrying a basket in her hand. She ran straight towards Magistrate Tian and his men, knelt down in front of them and said, "Sir, I kowtow to you."

"Old man, please stand up quickly. What are you doing? Do you have any grievances? If so, I will help you."

The old woman immediately stood up, patted her knees, and continued, "No, no, no grievance, sir, I just want to thank you. Thanks to you, my family can now have enough food to eat every day. Today, I heard that you are here, sir, so I want to bring you some fruits from our home for you to eat. Please give it to me, sir."

"Old man, you can keep the food for yourself. I am only doing my duty."

"Sir, do you think my fruit is worthless? I don't have anything good to give you. This is just a small token of my appreciation."

"No, no, old man, don't say that."

"Then everyone, have one of my fruits. I grow them myself, and they are guaranteed to be sweet." The old woman handed the basket straight to County Magistrate Tian.

"Hiss" County Magistrate Tian's hand was scratched by the basket and it was bleeding.

"Oh, sir, I deserve to die. I didn't mean to hurt you."

"It's nothing, just a minor injury." County Magistrate Tian took a handkerchief and wiped the blood off his hands.

Finally, Magistrate Tian and Magistrate Huang tried to refuse again, but they were afraid of hurting the old woman, so they each took a fruit and ate it. After they finished eating, the old woman handed the fruit and the basket to Magistrate Tian, ​​"My lord, you must eat all of it. You can take the rest back to your family to eat."

"Old man, take this money and consider it as if you bought it from you." County Magistrate Tian didn't want to eat the old man's food for free, so he gave him some money.

"Hey, sir, how can you be so embarrassed? Don't you think this is appropriate?"

"Old man, please keep it. Our county officials cannot be greedy for the people's property. I am the county magistrate and I must set an example. You don't want me to do a bad job, right?"

"Then I would like to thank you, sir. You must eat all of them. The fruits in my house are delicious. Please remember to bring some back for your family to eat."

"Okay, I will."

After delivering the fruit, the old woman left quickly.

"Sir, this fruit tastes a bit strange, but it is very sweet and delicious." County Magistrate Huang had just finished eating the fruit.

"Well, it's delicious. Do you want more?"

"No, no, you can take it back to your family to eat."

"Well, it seems that there won't be any results today. Let's check here and then go back."

"Yes, sir. But that."

"There is no solution for now. We have no clue. We can only take it one step at a time. We will first send someone to check whether the city gate will be open tomorrow. Later, we can only fight back if the enemy comes."

“That’s all we can do.

Lord Tian and County Magistrate Huang stayed here for more than an hour but still found nothing, so they went back from their shift.

When Magistrate Tian came back, it was already late and everyone in the family had finished their meal, so he went to his study to work on his writing.

"By the way, Tian Rong, take a few of these fruits to Madam, and take the rest to the young masters and young ladies. They should still be studying in the study room now, so go over there."

"It's Master."

After Tian Rong replied, he first went to deliver some fruits to the lady, and then went to the study of the young masters and young ladies. Tian Yuheng did not have any other imperial examinations this year, so he usually stayed with Tian Xing'er and the others in the evening, teaching them their lessons and urging them to study.

"Master Yuheng, I'm here to bring you some fruits. These fruits are returned by the master. They are very sweet. I'll put them in the house for you right away." As Tian Rong walked into the courtyard, he heard Tian Yuyu sitting in the courtyard enjoying the cool air, and a few of the younger ones were teasing Master Jiu.

When Tian Rong was about to approach them with the basket in his hand, Jiu Ye suddenly turned around and shouted at Tian Rong.

"Woof woof woof"

"Master Jiu, don't shout. This is Uncle Rong, our family member. You have met him before. Why are you so timid today and even call him?" Tian Yuze hurriedly stopped Master Jiu.

"Master Jiu, please be good and don't make trouble." Tian Xing'er also spoke.

When Tian Rong saw several people stopping Jiu Ye, he wanted to continue walking inside. But after he had taken two steps, Jiu Ye became even more ferocious. He ran to Tian Rong and bit his pants, which scared Tian Rong.

"Young Master Yuheng, I think I will give you this basket directly. I won't go in. It seems that Master Jiu doesn't like much today. Baozhu, you take the fruit." Seeing that Master Jiu didn't like him today, Tian Rong didn't go in either. He directly handed the thing to Baozhu who was on his right.

"Well, young masters and ladies, I have to go back to serve the master. I will go back first." Baozhu took the basket and Tian Rong left.

After the basket was in Baozhu's hands, Jiu Ye began to smell the scent with his nose raised and circled around Baozhu.

"What kind of delicious food is this? It makes our Jiu Ye so greedy." Tian Yuze saw Jiu Ye's little look and teased him while reaching into the basket to take out the fruit. "It's just an ordinary fruit. It smells a bit strange but it's quite fragrant. Sister, you and Fu'er can try one first."

As he spoke, Tian Yuze handed the fruit to Tian Xing'er and the others. In a flash, Jiu Ye immediately took a big bite of Tian Yuze.

"Oh, it hurts, Master Jiu, what's wrong with you?" Tian Yuze was bitten by Master Jiu, and the fruit in his hand fell to the ground. Baozhu beside him was so scared that she hurried to support Tian Yuze.

At this time, Jiu Ye jumped up quickly and knocked the fruit from Baozhu's hand over. The fruits fell all over the ground. Jiu Ye immediately pushed the sand on the ground onto the fruits in a soil-digging manner. The fruits became dirty and broken in an instant and could not be eaten.

"Master Jiu, what's wrong with you?" Tian Yuze shouted angrily.

Everyone was confused by Jiu Ye's action. Now the fruit could not be eaten, so everyone had to ask the servants to throw away all the fruit. Seeing the fruit being swept away, Jiu Ye seemed relieved and returned to his usual way.

"Maybe Jiu Ye doesn't like this smell, maybe it irritates it." Tian Fuer thought of Jiu Ye's abnormality and said what he was thinking.

"That's possible." Tian Xing'er didn't understand for a moment, but she felt that maybe the smell scared Jiu Ye. The Xiaobai she raised before would cry when it encountered something disturbing, but she had never seen such a situation before.

So, none of them got to eat the fruit tonight. After they reviewed for a while in the evening, they went back to sleep.

At this time, in the small woods outside the East City Gate.

Mr. Xia and his companions waited in the woods until midnight.