Chapter 72 :
以貌取人真是够了!
[Judging people by their appearance is really enough!]
Cold sweat broke out at the corners of Li Haitang’s forehead, as she listened, she felt more and more that her decision to run away from marriage and not go to the county so rashly was the right one.
If she didn’t marry and brought her little brother along with her, and she was in such a good position, there was no chance that she would really be targeted by that group of people.
Even if you live in seclusion (of one’s own home and rarely come out), but if the other party gets up an evil mind, puts down some knockout drug or something, and comes to the door to arrest her, therefore when she comes to her senses, and finds herself on her way to the Northwest, begging for the sky, begging for the earth, but no respond, that would be called miserable.
“I don’t want to go to the Northwest.”
Li Haitang remembered the incident of escaping slaves again, and was even more glad that she married the right person. Without the help of her savage husband, she definitely couldn’t manage on her own.
“This, what you say is not counted.”
Xiao Lingchuan spread the bedding, changed the hot water in the hot-water bottle, put it on the quilt to warm it up, and stood up again, carrying Li Haitang to the bed.
The last two conversations between the two happened to be heard by the fellow who came to the door to inquire about the news. The fellow knocked on the door, pretended to deliver hot water as he wiped a handful of cold sweat on his forehead.
The big man was too scary, he just wanted to enter the door to take a look at the little lady in the gauze tent. The other party’s eyes had a chill in them, he almost pissed his trousers in fear, it wasn’t that he as a fellow hadn’t seen the world, it was really that the other party’s body was full of bloody qi!
“What’s wrong with him?”
Li Haitang stretched her back, she was not refreshed when the easy days came, her brain was now chaotic and she had a sleepy feeling.
The mate stomped down the stairs with sharp footsteps. She asked,
“It’s fine.”
Xiao Lingchuan closed the door unconcernedly and sat on the bed, embracing Li Haitang in his arms, a pair of large hands resting on her underbelly.
“What kind of kung fu is this? There’s an automatic heating function, it’s even more useful than the hot-water bottle?!”
One side of the big hand, Li Haitang’s belly was getting hotter and hotter, the pain eased. Her head rubbed while inside his embrace like a kitten, changed to a comfortable position and drifted off to sleep.
Xiao LingChuan looked at her sleeping face, only felt it beautiful, it is best that this moment never stops, until the everlasting. The atmosphere in the room is warm, but the downstairs shopkeeper is tense, he listened to the mate’s words, so scared that he let him hurry to the Yamen to report this to the police. Abductors come to their inn to stay, after this, when they arrest the people, they will certainly have to fight. The lobby’s tables, chairs, and benches are newly built, the loss is big, the proprietor will certainly look for him to settle the score
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“Lai Fu, Lai Cai, hurry to the backyard storehouse to get a few broken tables and stools to set up, the ones with missing legs are better!”
The shopkeeper was so anxious that he spoke with a sobbing tune, “Lai Shun, put away all the vases, I remember there is one with a tear, let’s replace it with that one!”
The rest of the several fellows are unaware of the truth. The shopkeeper commanded round and round, and finished arranging. The fellows also came back, the difference is, followed by more than a dozen officials with a brightly shining big knife.
“A few officials, the abductor is in the first room on the first floor, if not the upper class room.”
When the shopkeeper finished, he wanted to cry again, the furnishings in the upper class room are also worth a lot of money ah, can we trick the person to go downstairs before arresting him?
“That’s not far off (just about right).”
The official leader and the rest of the people made a wink, they all wanted to take credit, and step by step, they approached the first floor.
Xiao Lingchuan heard the footsteps and frowned, he wanted to go out and take a look, but he couldn’t let go of his wife in his arms.
Li Haitang was sleeping soundly, her hand around his waist tightened, making the two bodies fit closely together.
“Bang” sound, the official kicked the door in, at the same time, Xiao Lingchuan quickly picked down the gauze net to cut off all line of sight.
“It’s this person, it’s the abductor!”
The mate held his head, squatting aside and shivering, full of blood, he wanted to run, but his legs were too weak to walk.
“Abductor?”
The officials held large swords in their hands, presenting an encircling situation, but did not make a move.
Xiao LingChuan drew the corners of his mouth, making a mess, but he didn’t know how to explain.
This is not the first time he was treated as a bad guy, in the past, when he had to go in and out of the city gates to work as bodyguard, the soldiers guarding the city questioned him very carefully, his hometown, his household registration, his parents and brothers, all of them had to ask for a clear answer.
Li Haitang was sleeping soundly, hearing the ringing, she opened her eyes, her eyes with water mist, unable to find focus, “Husband?”
“Little young lady, where is your home?”
The leading official made a gesture to the rest of the people and put his eyes on the gauze tent, it must be the abductor who took the little lady as a hostage to prevent her from talking nonsense.
Yes, that must be it.
“Is there something?”
Li Haitang rubbed her eyes and instantly woke up, she put all the weight of her entire body on her own savage husband and poked her head out of his arms, “I’m from the Border City’s Li Family Village.”
“What kind of person is he to you?”
When the official saw Li Haitang’s appearance, he was more and more sure that the beautiful young lady had been tricked.
The abductor was shrewd, and it was inconvenient to take a young lady on the road, so he would usually play the role of a husband and wife, and use it to disguise his identity.
“My husband.”
Li Haitang glanced at Xiao LingChuan with a confused look, could it be that there are also inspection rooms in this era to see if the two are illegally living together?
“That’s right!”
The official was almost certain that Li Haitang was the subject of the abduction, he said, “Little lady, you are so beautiful, how could you marry such a person?!”
“Are you sick?”
Li Haitang, grumpiness resulting from poor sleep; irritability in the morning and her amount of sleep was just right, a group of officials with machetes barged in, just like bandits since anyone has a temper, right!?
Her anger had already overcome her reason and she said angrily, “Who do I have to notify the Yamen and the government about who I’m marrying? What’s wrong with my husband? I just think that my husband is handsome and smart, I don’t even like a white boy with lack of strength to even to truss a chicken”
Being defended by his own wife, Xiao LingChuan suddenly felt that the group of fools in front of him, looked a little smoother than just now.
“You’re not having any problems here, are you?”
The official revealed a smile that was worse than crying, “Northwest barbaric land, you going there is equal to sending death!”
“Wait, who said I’m going to the Northwest?”
Li Haitang grasped the point, she was puzzled and said, “Did you guys misunderstand something?”
“Little young lady, you were forced upstairs by him, weren’t you abducted?”
The mate waited for half a day and didn’t see the two parties clash, so he stood up, leaned against the wall, and asked loudly,
“Abducted? Where does this come from?”
Now, Li Haitang understood, she found sth. Both funny and annoying, judging people by their appearance is really enough. Can you grow some brains, they are a couple in perfect harmony, so does she look like being abducted?
The other side repeatedly asked for proof, Li Haitang this side is close to swear, only to let the officials believe that she and Xiao Lingchuan are a husband and wife.
A mishap passed just like that, the shopkeeper and the mate were so embarrassed that they personally came to the door to make amends and sent a table of feast menu to express their apologies.
“Husband, it seems that I struggled and was misunderstood by them.”
After figuring it out, Li Haitang laughed out loud, after all was said and done, it was all her fault for being pretentious, in the future, in front of people, she didn’t mind acting a bit more intimate. With Savage Husband as a space heater in place, specialising in treating abdominal pain in the small days, Li Haitang instantly felt not that hard to bear.