Mercenaries and Adventurers

"First, does Mona usually have her own savings? If so, did you find those savings in the house when you searched before?" Zhao Ji stretched out a finger to ask.

Mona's mother was questioned, and she didn't know how to answer the question. It was true that she never gave her daughter any change. After all, everyone in the family was not rich, and so was theirs.

But other family members in the family may give it, so Mona's mother looked at her third son and asked with her eyes.

Mona's third brother replied: "Yes, although not much, but the two older brothers who are already working sometimes give her a little allowance so that she can buy some things she likes. There is no father, the money is all in mother There."

Mona's mother nodded, proving that she had never given money to her daughter. As for the other two married sons giving change to their younger sister, that was something she didn't know about.

The two younger children around the back also spoke. Zhao Ji is not very old, but these two young children are not afraid, so they also answered the question raised by Zhao Ji: "Sister Mona is working We saw that she was mending worn-out clothes, but we ate the fruits she gave us and we were not allowed to speak out. Now that my sister is not here, we only spoke out.”

It seems that this Mona is not very old, and she already knows that labor is paid. Zhao Ji thanked the two children. Mona's mother went on to say: "The head of the house didn't find anything valuable in Mona's room, and the adults in the government affairs office didn't find anything financially."

Mona's brother said: "The self-defense dagger that my elder brother gave Mona is also not in the house. It seems that Mona ran away from home by herself, but why did she run away? Where can she go?"

There may be several reasons for leaving, but it is still impossible to confirm, at least now he can confirm that this so-called disappearance is actually a girl running away.

In this way, the so-called danger of the whole matter was greatly reduced. The girl left home by herself. No matter what the reason was, it at least proved that the girl who ran away had thought about the problem.

So where has she gone? And how did she leave her house, this whole alley where the Snows lived?

"The second question." Zhao Ji pointed to the window of Mona's house: "This window is closed now, so I want to ask. I was missing at the time, no, the morning Mona left, I came into the house to look for Mo Na. Was this window open or closed when she was in Na?"

Mona's brother said, "It's closed."

"No, it's open." Mona's mother corrected her son's statement: "I didn't know that Mona was gone. I came to her room to look for her. When I entered the door, I saw that the window in her room was not closed. I I just closed it. You know, in such a cold day, every window in the house must be closed tightly to keep the room warm. "

After getting the answer, Zhao Ji bypassed the wooden bed in the house, walked to the window, pulled out the wooden latch that fixed the wooden window, and opened the window.

Outside the window is the backyard. Although this family is not rich, their family is indeed big. There are chicken coops and kennels in the backyard. It is cold, and all the poultry are huddled in the nests, and no one comes out to hang out. And a watch dog raised by the family was dozing off, but after seeing a stranger open the window of the little owner, it crawled out of the kennel and barked at Zhao Ji.

Zhao Ji just glared at the dog, and the watchdog flinched and crouched down, no longer daring to bark at Zhao Ji.

Zhao Ji put his head out of the wooden window to see, the roof was above his head, and the neatly sorted straw was spread on his head. Looking down, there is a large pile of twigs under the wooden window.

There is a clue.

Zhao Ji called Mona's mother over and asked her to see if the pile of twigs under the wooden window was originally in this place.

Mona's mother also noticed that her daughter should have jumped from here to escape.

Gritting his teeth, he pointed to another place in the yard, explaining that that was where the twigs that were originally used to light the fire should be.

Mona moved so many piles of twigs without being discovered by her family. It seems that she is also very careful. This also shows that her departure was premeditated.

Mona's mother hurried out and explained to other elders in the family what little Keir had discovered. Although the fact that Mona ran away by herself is not as serious as disappearance, it will make the family members who have been looking for her for several days feel cheated and busy for nothing, but this lady at least knows the seriousness of the matter.

So many people went out all day long to look for the missing daughter, and everyone delayed their own affairs. Now that they found out that their work was wasted, they would definitely be blamed by other families, but at least they could no longer waste their time and energy. Many people haven't had a good rest for several days, not to mention the head of their family. After a few days, he just closed his eyes and fell asleep not long ago.

Although Mona's mother went down and was not around for the time being, Zhao Ji still asked the third question: "The third question."

Mona's brother also realized that his sister ran away from home after preparing for a long time. She was not missing or killed. At this moment, she was complaining that her sister was causing trouble for everyone, but after hearing what Keir said, The problem is still to look up and listen.

Zhao Ji crossed his arms and leaned against the wall to ask Mona's brother, "What does Mona think of her engagement?"

Mona's brother was surprised, realizing that Kiel thought Mona ran away because of the marriage contract: "How could it be! Mona never said she didn't like the marriage contract her parents found for her! I never heard Mo Na Na has complained about it."

Zhao Ji snorted: "Of course she won't complain, because what's the use of complaining? Does she dare to say no? Then, you are Mona's brother, have you ever heard your sister complain about anything?" ?”

"That being said, I really haven't heard her complain." Mona's brother murmured.

"Okay, tell me about the man your parents prepared for her." Zhao Ji walked to the door, and the two young children couldn't wait to say that they knew.

There was a loud noise in the front yard of the house, and some people could faintly hear the sound of people slamming the door angrily and leaving, but more people entered the house and walked up.

soon. All the middle-aged elders of the Snow family walked into Mona's house. They inquired about Keir's previous discoveries and information, and asked Mona's family members about whether Mona had saved some money. .

Mona's two married brothers said they did occasionally give the eldest sister some coins, but rarely saw her buy anything. Some people also said that they saw Mona carrying the repaired clothes to a nearby tailor shop, which should be her means of earning change. Although mending clothes doesn't make much money, it's one of the best non-tiring jobs an unmarried girl can find.

The elders of the Xing Snow family searched the house again, but they did not find the money that Mona had saved. They looked at the pile of wood outside the window and confirmed with their own eyes that Mona ran away from home by herself. .

Although they didn't know why Mona had to run away from home, since she didn't disappear without reason, they didn't want to interfere with this thing that made them busy for nothing.

No one went to wake up Mona's father, who had been in a coma for a while. Although the elders of the Snow family didn't say anything bad, they whispered to Mona's mother, and after this incident, let their family Take care of yourself, it is certain that the little girl did not go out of the city. As for how to find Mona who ran away, that is their own business.

Mona's mother and Mona's three brothers have been apologizing to the elders non-stop, saying that after her daughter is found, she must go to each house to apologize one by one.

All the elders of the Snow family left. Mona's mother and her eldest son went to see the elders off, while the other two sons carried their father into the house. It got colder.

Soon, they returned to the living room of the house again. Zhao Ji waited here for a while, and he kept asking the two children what kind of person their sister was.

He hoped that this way he could know the character and detailed understanding of this Mona, so that he could roughly find out where Mona might be hiding in the subsequent analysis.

Zhao Ji preliminarily judged that this Mona probably wanted to wait for a while before going out from the city gate of Kendall, and he didn't know where she would go after that. But from the way she hid after she ran away, it should be so planned.

Everyone in Mona's family gathered in the living room. Mona's father was sleeping soundly on a mattress filled with straw. No one disturbed him when he woke up. He hadn't closed his eyes for three days before, and he finally fell asleep Next, his family is not good enough to wake him up.

Zhao Ji still asked his third question. For this question, Mona's three brothers gave the same answer, all of which were unclear but not important. And Mona's mother gave her answer after pondering for a while.

After Mona had a marriage contract arranged by her family, she smiled less than before.

Zhao Ji felt that this answer was within his expectations. He had looked at the house where Mona lived before, and others couldn't see anything, but through observation, he found that the little girl Mona who had run away was a serious and thoughtful girl.

She is the fourth child in the family, with a younger brother and a younger sister, and three older brothers. He is neither the main person who bears the responsibility of the family nor the most favored one in the family.

In addition, she will work by herself in exchange for extra money at her disposal, which is beyond many local women. Moreover, according to the two youngest children, the person who usually takes care of them is not the mother who has to work, but their sister.

All this showed from the side who this girl named Mona was.

Zhao Ji asked them about the family situation of Mona's fiancé and the young man who married her.

The Snow family is not rich, so the marriage contract families that can be found are similar to theirs, and they are all families that are not rich. As for the situation of the fiancée, what Mona's mother and Mona's three brothers said was completely different.

Mona's mother said the fiancé was a young man of twenty, strong and good at farming. Moreover, the daughter who marries her family will use a small piece of land as a dowry gift.

This sounds normal, Zhao Ji has no opinion, the vast majority of young men are like this, very common.

According to Mona's second brother, there was something between Mona's fiancé and that fiancé's girl next door. Zhao Ji felt that this was also very common.

Mona's third brother said that although Mona's fiancé was physically strong and seemed to be a good farmer, he had seen him lead people to fight with other people on the street. what to fight for. Zhao Ji thinks this is normal. In a backward agricultural society, in order not to suffer losses in agriculture and compete for the few resources, people often have conflicts, fights and so on. As long as nothing happens, rely on the gods of the church Surgical treatment, there is nothing that cannot be cured.

Mona's eldest brother was silent for a while before he said what he said. Mona's fiancé was married once before, but the woman she married died of illness before giving birth to a child. Some people said that he beat him. He died of an illness after being injured, but this is just what people say, and there is no evidence. Zhao Ji thinks this is normal. In a backward agricultural society, men who are the main labor force have a great status in the family. When conflicts arise between husband and wife, it is easy to resort to violence, because there is no punishment or restriction.

Generally speaking, Mona's fiancé has a lot of emotional experience. Not only has he been married once, but he has also lost his wife, but he still has affairs with the woman next door. family girl. They should be in good health, not only able to farm and work, but also lead other young people to fight and fight for agricultural resources.

These situations seemed normal to Zhao Ji, but after talking with Mona's family for a while, they felt that this fiancé was not appropriate, and they were afraid that Mona would be bullied by her husband after she married.

Is this why Mona ran away from home?

Zhao Ji thought about it for a while, and felt that if she was Mona, living in a peaceful family, she had been living a peaceful life, and only this kind of thing that would affect her future life would make her risky and run away from home.

Well, the next question is, how did Mona leave her house.

All the people from the Snow family who came to her couldn't figure this out, and neither could the people from the government affairs office. Zhao Ji felt that it was a bit interesting to unravel this matter, and it was no longer the kind of thing that could be figured out as long as everyone's information was gathered together.

However, before working, it is necessary for Zhao Ji to discuss the future expenses with this family.

Because if it wasn't for the disappearance, the reward of a silver coin from the government affairs office would be gone. The government office doesn't take care of things like girls running away from home, let alone provide rewards for it.

In any case, this remuneration has to be added to Mona's family.

Hearing this request from the Kiel warrior, Mona's mother had no choice but to wake up Mona's father who had fallen asleep. Their family was really not rich, and the reward of one silver coin was already quite a lot for them. times, I don't know if they are willing or not.

In fact, it is not a question of willingness, but a question of whether they can take it out. For many farmers, the cash of two silver coins is actually impossible to take out. They have the grain harvested in the fields, but Kendall City is rich in grain, and the grain has no price. For outsiders like Kiel warriors, there is no place to store it.