A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

Chapter 177 The mysterious man on the wanted list, Ji Zhongqing, was assassinated

Gui'er looked at the portrait and couldn't help laughing. She thought to herself, "With such an ordinary appearance, if it were a sketch, maybe it would be easier to identify. But who can recognize a detailed portrait like this?"

Suddenly, a face flashed in Guier's mind. The mysterious man who walked with Song Xichen that day was dressed like this, wearing a long gown and a top hat.

But Gui'er thought about it again and felt something was wrong. That man was walking with Song Xichen, and he was the chief of police. Wasn't he walking into a trap?

Impossible, it shouldn't be that person.

Guier smiled to herself and shook her head.

"What are you doing, little guy? Talking to yourself."

Gui'er looked up and saw that it was Sha Yanxiao. She said in surprise, "Brother Yanxiao, why are you back so early today?"

Sha Yanxiao plopped down on the sofa and said, "Because there's nothing left to do."

Guier asked curiously, "Is this done?"

Sha Yanxiao thought for a moment and said, "Yes, it's not over yet, but there's nothing we can do."

Guier smiled and said, "Why don't I understand what you are saying?"

Sha Yanxiao smiled and asked her, "Where is your sister-in-law?"

Gui'er quickly said, "She went to a friend's house to play and hasn't come back yet."

Sha Yanxiao frowned, as if he was in a bad mood.

Guier quickly took the newspaper, pointed to the reward notice printed on it and said to him, "Brother, look, there's a wanted poster here. It's really interesting."

Sha Yanxiao took a look, raised his eyebrows and asked Gui'er: "Where is the fun?"

Guier smiled and said, "This portrait looks just like something out of a comic book. Who could recognize it?"

Sha Yanxiao sighed upon hearing this and said, "This portrait was issued by the higher-ups, and this wanted order was issued by us. The person wanted is a revolutionary passing through Jiangcheng, and the higher-ups have ordered his capture."

Gui'er said awkwardly, "Oh, I didn't know. Are you guys busy with that lately? I went to Big Brother's yard to do my homework, but my mother told me not to go recently, saying Big Brother is very busy."

Sha Yanxiao pondered for a moment, then patted Gui'er's head and said, "Then let's do our homework in our own yard from now on."

Gui'er nodded. She was still very interested in this wanted criminal, so she asked Sha Yanxiao, "Has this wanted criminal been caught?"

Sha Yanxiao shook his head. "It's been so many days. We were planning to capture him secretly, but we couldn't catch him. So we had to put a reward in the newspaper."

Gui'er said, "If we had advertised the reward in the newspaper from the beginning, wouldn't it have been easier to catch him?"

Sha Yanxiao smiled and said, "You don't know this, but many people actually sympathize with the Revolutionary Party."

Gui'er's heart moved. Could this be the party that would change the fate of the country in the future? If so, she had to help this person.

So I asked, "Then why do you say you're done today?"

Sha Yanxiao sighed and said, "According to the clues Song Xichen found, this person has already boarded the train and left Jiangcheng and Fengcheng, most likely heading to Shanghai."

After hearing this, Gui'er couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

No, wait, the information Song Xichen seized?

Gui'er recalled the day she met Song Xichen and the mysterious man at Zhenxiufang. If that man was the wanted criminal, wouldn't Song Xichen be sheltering the revolutionaries?

Gui'er was not surprised at all when she thought of this, because Song Xichen always gave her the impression that he was very progressive and open-minded. However, she was not sure and it was not easy to ask Song Xichen directly.

After thinking it over, Gui'er decided to let the matter go for the time being. It was already very difficult for a child like her to survive in this chaotic world. If there was a chance in the future and she could help, she would do so.

In the blink of an eye, the weather gradually became warmer and the school uniforms were changed into thin summer styles. Tong Yujun was already discussing going to Shanghai for vacation during the summer vacation.

Guier told Sha Yanxiao about it, and Sha Yanxiao said, "It's still a long way to go before summer vacation, but you don't seem to have many summer clothes. I'll take you to make a couple someday."

Ji Yiru had just come back from outside. When she heard this, she said, "I'm going too. I haven't made any clothes this month."

Sha Yanxiao was about to say something, but Gui'er was afraid they would start arguing again, so she quickly said, "Then let's go together. It will be more lively with more people."

Sha Yanxiao didn't say anything.

Seeing that Sha Yanxiao hadn't refuted her today, Ji Yiru felt much better. She was about to say something when one of her servants stumbled in and cried, "Miss, something bad has happened. The master has been stabbed."

Everyone was shocked. Ji Yiru opened her mouth several times with trembling hands but could not speak.

Sha Yanxiao asked him, "How is the injury? Is it serious? When did it happen?"

The servant said, "I just received a letter from home, but it didn't say much. Miss, what should we do now?"

Ji Yiru looked at Sha Yanxiao in a daze.

Sha Yanxiao stood up and said to Ji Yiru, "I'll go tell my father to ask us in Shanghai to go visit your mother's family. Go give him a call first and ask him why he didn't just call you directly if something happened, but instead sent someone to deliver a letter."

After hearing this, Ji Yiru seemed to finally have a clue as to what was going on. She nodded, picked up the phone and called her mother's home in Shanghai. When the call was connected and she was about to speak, she looked up and saw Gui'er standing beside her in a daze.

Ji Yiru yelled, "What are you looking at? Get out!"

Gui'er was startled and quickly stood up and said, "Sister-in-law, you are busy." Then she went upstairs.

Sha Yanxiao had already walked to the door. When he heard it, he turned around and frowned. Guier quickly waved at him. She didn't want the two of them to quarrel at this time.

Sha Yanxiao glanced at Ji Yiru with dissatisfaction, then turned and left.

Gui'er returned to her room, feeling restless and restless. At this moment, Dingxiang knocked on the door and came in with a food box.

Dingxiang said, "The young marshal told the young lady to eat in the room." Then she took out some exquisite dishes from the food box.

Gui'er nodded and asked Dingxiang while eating, "How's the call going with sister-in-law downstairs?"

Ding Xiang stuck out her tongue and said, "The young lady is in a very bad mood. No one dares to approach her, and no one can hear what she says."

Gui'er knew that Ji Yiru was just like that, so she shook her head and said nothing more.

Gui'er didn't leave the room the whole night. The next morning, when Gui'er got up early and walked to the dining room to prepare for breakfast, Sha Yanxiao and Ji Yiru came down from the second floor, and the servants and maids were still carrying suitcases.

Sha Yanxiao walked up to Gui'er, touched her face and said, "Your sister-in-law and I are going to Shanghai. You should stay at home and behave yourself for the next few days."

Gui'er was very surprised and asked, "What happened? When will you be back?"

Sha Yanxiao was about to say something when Ji Yiru said impatiently, "Yanxiao, stop talking and go."

Sha Yanxiao said to Gui'er, "The situation is a bit confusing. I don't know what's going on right now. I have to go to Shanghai to find out." Then he lowered his voice and whispered in Gui'er's ear, "If you have any questions, go to Yunshang Tower and find the owner. Anything is fine. Just be careful."

Ji Yiru had already walked to the door and was urging impatiently.

Sha Yanxiao touched Gui'er's head and turned to leave.

Gui'er quickly got up and walked to the door. Sha Yanxiao was about to get in the car, but when he saw Gui'er, he turned around and smiled at her, then quickly got in the car, which drove out of the yard at a high speed.