Chapter 9 To the Overseas Chinese Town
Mingyu returned to the villa, and Luo Bing was already waiting for him in the bamboo garden. The pen & fun & pavilion www.biquge.info told Mingyu that what Luo Bing said was actually connected with what the cattle butcher said.
It turned out that Luo Bing inquired in several villages and towns north of Lingshan, but unexpectedly learned the news that the two families sent their daughters to the palace.
Luo Bing knew that it was wrong as soon as he heard it, the palace rarely chose concubines from the people, and they were secret. I also heard that they left at dusk three days ago, saying that they were going to Lingyun Town to pick up another girl and then set off back to Wancheng.
When Mingyu heard this, his faint uneasiness in the restaurant was further confirmed, and it was very likely that Hanyue was taken away by those two people.
Luo Bing said again, they are two carriages, I have inquired clearly that they are going to the direction of Qiaocheng in the evening around Lingyun Town, Luo Bing was anxious and didn't want to show it in front of Mingyu, just stared at Mingyu, waiting for him to make a decision.
Mingyu looked at the prince and said, "Please ask the prince to send an urgent document to the defenders of Qiaocheng, and ask them to intercept those two carriages." ”
"I'm afraid it's too late!" Luo Bing said hurriedly.
"The prince will write first, I'll pack up and rush to Qiaocheng," Mingyu said ignoring Luo Bing's anxiety.
Luo Bing hurriedly said, "Then I'll go with you." ”
Mingyu looked at her, thought for a while and said, "Okay, I'll go and say goodbye to my father, and meet in front of the villa after a stick of incense." After speaking, let Xiao Jia pack up the clothes he used for travel, and he went to his father's courtyard to say goodbye.
Halfway through the road, he learned that his father was in the Glorious Garden where the emperor lived, so he turned around and went to the Glorious Garden.
At this time, Ming Cheng was talking with Xue Aoshan about the food problem in the snow country this year.
"This year's grain and grass should have been shipped back to China a long time ago, why hasn't it come back yet?" asked Xue Ao.
Ming Cheng said: "Baichangguo is going to increase tariffs this year, so he has been detained at the border for nearly half a month, and Mr. Mo has already rushed there, and the day before yesterday he wrote that he would be in Qiaocheng in the next few days." ”
As he was talking, Mingyu came in, saluted the two of them and said, "Father, Hanyue may be taken to Qiaocheng, I want to go to Qiaocheng," and then told Mingcheng the news of the inquiry.
"If the overseas Chinese city can't be intercepted, once it enters Baichang ......"
He closed his eyes and continued: "I have to go to Baichang Country, and I may stay longer." He didn't say how he couldn't find it, but he could read from his firm eyes that it would be difficult for him to come back if he couldn't find Hanyue.
Before Ming Cheng could answer, Xue Ao asked with a smile: "A little girl, if you lose it, you will lose it, is it worth your enthusiasm for such a teacher? This is really treating Han Yue as your little daughter-in-law!"
Seeing that everyone didn't react as he spoke, he stopped a little embarrassed, and saw that the prince behind Mingyu was giving him a look. Then he said angrily: "Look at everyone has a daughter-in-law, what about you, this time follow Mingyu to Baichangguo to see the princess, and if it's good, marry back." ”
Xue Wuxing saw that his kindness had been retributed, so he pouted: "I originally planned to go with Mingyu, and I must catch this group of traffickers!" As for the princess, I'm sorry, this prince is not interested, and the prince silently muttered in his heart.
Ming Cheng knew his son's temper and said: "You can go with confidence, by the way, check the domestic attitude of Baichang Kingdom, in recent years, they have frequently provoked trouble, and continue to increase tariffs, and there are also changes at the border, even more so this year, to see if there is any change in the Baichang Kingdom." ”
Mingyu replied: "Yes"
Xue Ao also wanted to tell the prince a few words, but before he could speak, Mingyu and the prince had already turned around and left. Seeing the prince following behind Mingyu step by step, Xue Ao sighed: "Why did the prince become Mingyu's follower?"
Ming Cheng hurriedly lowered his head, unable to bear to look at Xue Ao's tangled face.
At this time, there is a scattered small village in a small col outside the border Qiaocheng. Several carriages stopped outside the village, and several cloaked men gathered to talk in whispers.
One of them walked away from the group to a carriage, lifted the curtain and looked inside, and the girls inside were startled.
The man frowned, lowered the curtain and walked back to the crowd. said to the two thin men with thief eyebrows and rat eyes: "Big Rat, Second Rat, what you brought this time is not good, how can there be a person who is about to die." ”
Rat Dan said: "Boss Hu, it's not that the brothers are not dedicated, it's that Lingyun Mountain is the territory of the Ming family, we don't dare to be too arrogant, we can only find a few small households." ”
"Fortunately, I picked one up when I came back, that is, I suffered a little cold, if it wasn't for the rush, I would have looked good to find a Lang Zhong along the way. ”
"Boss, don't look at this little girl who is sick, she will definitely be a little beauty when she grows up. "The two of you said a word, and I said flatteringly.
The Hu boss didn't want to talk nonsense with them, so he threw a bag of silver to the two of them, and said, "Get out!"
The two took the money and walked away one after another.
Seeing the two driving away, Boss Hu said to the others: "The border has not been very peaceful recently, and the investigation is also very strict, let's go separately, just hand over the people directly to them when we go to the place, don't look around, be curious and inquire." ”
He said to a fat man: "Fatty, you are more familiar with Qiaocheng, you set up that carriage." As he spoke, he threw away the bag of silver and pointed to the carriage where Han Yue was.
"Go to the city and ask the little girl for a husband, and then you can go when she is well." As he spoke, he walked over to the carriage and lifted the curtain to pull the two girls down.
"Liuzi, you take these two girls first. ”
The girl in the car trembled and asked, "Where are you taking us? We are going to serve the prince, but what about the two adults?"
Boss Hu smiled, "I'm going to take you to serve people," he said, and pushed them into the car named Liuzi.
The sixth son flicked his horsewhip and shouted: "Drive... He also turned back to the girl in the car and smiled: "Brother, I'll take you to eat and drink spicy food." "The two girls cried and said we were going home, and no one listened to them.
When everyone else was gone, there was only the fat man, Han Yue and the girl in the flower jacket in the carriage, the fat man touched Han Yue's forehead and said, "The burn is quite bad, sit tight, let's go into the city to find Langzhong." ”
Because the girl in the flower jacket often shows up with her father's cattle butcher and has seen a little of the world, she didn't cry like those two girls.
At this time, she also realized that she was afraid that she would encounter human traffickers, so she dared to ask the fat man where he was going, where was he going to sell them?
The fat man who was driving the car saw that this girl was a little interesting, so he asked, "What is your name and what do you do at home?"
The eldest girl gushed and said that his family slaughtered beasts, and the skins were sold to the fur merchants, and the meat was sold at the stalls. Sometimes you have to walk the streets.
She is the only girl in their family, so she often follows her father to set up a stall and help collect money. There is a tea stall next to them, and it is common to hear merchants from all over the world talking about all kinds of things, including those who abduct and sell young girls.
"Oh, so where do you want to be sold?" asked the fat man amusedly.
The eldest girl said heartily: "Although my family sells animal meat, but it is also the daughter of a pure white family, please ask the uncle to help us intercede, and we will be content to sell to a good family as a maid, don't sell us to that kind of unclean place." ”
"The little girl knows a lot, but it's not for me to decide, but I'll talk to the boss about it. ”
But when you enter the city, you have to be careful to speak, if it is noisy, you can only have your tongue cut, we are going to treat this little girl, and we need you to serve her, otherwise we will all be fed dumb medicine like those little girls," the fat man frightened. In my heart, I thought that this girl was not very outstanding, and it was estimated that it was the life of a maid.
The eldest girl said yes again and again, secretly relieved, she did a good job as a maid, and she begged her master in the future, maybe she could go home.
The car was moving slowly, and the city gate of Qiaocheng was already in sight.