The adults wanted to watch the acrobatics and join in the fun, but the children were so excited about the roadside food stalls that they couldn't move.

Shen Rong bought a candy figure for each of her nephews and nieces. When she turned around and saw Changsheng looking at her eagerly, her heart softened and she also bought a pig candy figure for Changsheng.

When Changsheng saw Shen Rong handing him a sugar man, his eyes suddenly brightened.

"For me?"

"For Changsheng."

Changsheng happily took the candy man, then looked at Shen Rong's empty hand, then looked at the candy man in his hand, thought for a moment, and put the candy man in front of Shen Rong, "Sanniang, eat it."

"Thank you, Changsheng." Shen Rong took a bite of Changsheng's hand.

After buying sugar figures for the little ones, everyone squeezed into the crowd of acrobats.

Changsheng stared at the performers. Unlike the others, he did not clap and cheer. He just stood quietly in the crowd.

He held the sugar man in one hand and held Shen Rong in the other, and he never let go of the big hand holding hers.

After the performance, a clever boy took a plate and walked towards the people watching the show nearby.

Everyone threw handfuls of copper coins into the basin. Only then did Changsheng let go of Shen Rong's hand and took out money from the cloth bag on his chest.

As soon as Changsheng let go of her hand, Shen Rong felt someone pressing towards her. The man was very strong and pushed Shen Rong away in no time.

Shen Rong staggered due to the squeeze, and before she could stand firmly, a big hand covered her mouth and nose. Then her eyes went dark and she immediately lost consciousness.

Changsheng took out two cents from his pocket and waited for the boy to turn to him. He threw the money into the pocket and when he turned around, his wife was gone.

"Sanniang!" Changsheng suddenly panicked.

His voice was drowned out by the noisy crowd.

"Sanniang! Where are you?" Changsheng raised his leg to look for someone, but suddenly remembered what his grandfather had told him before, and he retracted his foot.

Shen Chunsheng, who was not far from him, felt that he heard Changsheng calling Sanniang. When he looked up, he saw Changsheng standing there alone.

He glanced around and didn't see his sister. He was startled and handed his daughter to Shen Dongting and ran over quickly.

"Changsheng, where is my sister?"

"Sanniang, where have you been? Changsheng is here." Changsheng did not answer his brother-in-law, but just shouted at the top of his voice.

Shen Chunsheng pulled Changsheng away from the acrobatics area, "Changsheng, where did Sanniang go? Take me to find her!"

Changsheng shook his head and stood there stubbornly, "Wait for Sanniang!"

In the past, his grandfather told him that if he got separated from his family, he should stand still and wait for people, and not run around.

Shen Chunsheng couldn't pull Changsheng and was sweating profusely in anxiety. At this time, other people from the Shen family gathered around.

When everyone heard that Shen Rong was missing, they started looking for her nearby. Only Changsheng stood in the crowd, looking around.

"Brother Bao, this woman is so pretty, she must be worth at least ten taels of silver!"

"Hmph! The one inside is married. Five taels at most. Take it or not!" the man called Brother Leopard said coldly.

"No! Although this girl is married, she is still a virgin. It's worth buying her for ten taels of silver!" The person who said this was a little anxious, and his voice was much higher.

Shen Rong slowly regained consciousness as she listened to the quarrel outside.

She opened her eyes and saw a dark room with a closed door. There were no windows in the room, only two small ventilation holes about ten feet high on the wall.

Shen Rong figured out her current situation through the conversation between the two people outside the room.

She was kidnapped!

Shen Rong moved her hands and feet, but perhaps the people outside thought she couldn't escape from the house, so they didn't tie her hands and feet.

Shen Rong sat up from the ground covered with hay.

At this time, the impatient voice of the man called Brother Leopard was heard from outside.

"Alright, alright! Stop talking nonsense. Eight taels of silver. If you still think it's too little, take that little girl away from home!"

"No! Eight taels is eight taels!" The owner of the other voice nodded and bowed.

Unexpectedly, Brother Bao changed the subject and said, "Forget it, don't say that Brother Bao doesn't take care of you. If you can do something for me, I will give you another five taels of silver."

The second-rate guy was immediately delighted, "Brother Bao, what's the matter? Just tell me, I'm willing to go through fire and water for you, even to the point of dying for you!"

That’s right, this man was the second-rate guy that Changsheng had beaten up. Shen Rong would never forget that person’s voice. As soon as the second-rate guy opened his mouth just now, she knew who the owner of the voice was.

Shen Rong clenched her hands into fists. Damn it! I thought that this second-rate guy had been behaving himself for so long after being beaten up by Changsheng, and he would not dare to make plans against her again. I didn't expect him to be waiting for her here!

At this time, Brother Leopard's voice came in again.

"You don't have to go through fire and water, but what I'm asking you to do is really related to fire."

"Brother Bao, you said that as long as I can do it, there will be no mistakes." The second-rate guy patted his chest.

"There is a Tongfu Inn in this town. Do you know where it is?"

Erliuzi was not very familiar with Qingliu Town, and he really couldn't remember it for a moment. "I don't know much."

"It's the inn at the center of the main road in town. Go to the backyard after midnight tonight and light a fire. You will get what you want then."

"Ah?" The second-rate guy was a little scared. Murder and arson are serious crimes!

"What? Are you scared? It's such a simple thing, don't say you can't do it!" Brother Leopard said disdainfully.

"But...what if we get discovered?" The second-rate guy hesitated.

Arson is easy, but if you are caught, you may end up in jail or get beaten with a stick at best, or lose your head at worst.

"Are you stupid? There are so many people coming and going in this town. If you set the fire and go into the crowd, who would know it was you who set the fire?"

"Yes!" The second-rate guy touched his head. "The silver..."

Brother Bao threw him a silver ingot and said, "Here are ten taels. I'll give you five more taels after the job is done."

"Hey! Thank you, Brother Leopard, thank you, Brother Leopard!" The second-rate guy thanked him repeatedly, and soon a burst of brisk footsteps was heard from outside.

Then there was silence outside the house.

After Shen Rong heard what was said, she was stunned for a long time. Could it be that the place where the scoundrel set fire was the inn that Shen Yuan mentioned?

If that was really the case, then in the previous life, although the fire was put out in time, the arsonist was not discovered.

Just then, the door of the next room opened and the man who had just spoken outside the door came in.

Then, there were footsteps coming from inside, and then a strange man's voice was heard, "Boss, can you trust this kid? If something goes wrong, it will be hard to explain to the other side!"

Brother Bao sneered, "What do you know? If it were normal times, any of us brothers could set the fire, but what time is it now? If it really starts burning, whether we can escape is another matter. If a large area is burned, if the county magistrate investigates, will the arsonist still be alive?"

"But... that second-rate guy is not you, the boss... you gave him money, and then he will help us out..."

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