Chapter 62: The Road Raiders (1)
Besides, the brothers Mei Yunchen and Mei Yunkai left Mei Yixuan's sister and brother with their respective entourage, and the two went to the study. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Along the way, Mei Yunkai held back his doubts in the study, but when he saw the distracted eldest brother, he swallowed back the words he wanted to speak.
Yes, Mei Yunchen really thinks about things. He was now thinking about the reason for the change in his eldest daughter's temperament Mei Yixuan.
He still remembers what happened to his mother's birthday two days ago, and what made him wonder the most was the two little guys who were killed. Afterwards, he asked Mei Qun to conduct a thorough investigation in important places in the mansion, and did not find any traces of outsiders entering, nor did he lose any valuables.
Then there are only two explanations, one is that the outsiders are strong in martial arts and do not leave any clues. The other is that the eldest daughter suddenly has the ability to kill two young girls in a row as a thin and thin woman.
He naturally leaned towards the first one, and he didn't even think about the second, it was absolutely impossible! However, what puzzled him was that the eldest daughter had really changed, and she had become more daring to speak and braver than before. Although this is a good thing, there must be a reason for the change of a person's temperament, right? Could it be that the second daughter was drugged two days ago and provoked her to anger? It seems that this can only be the explanation for this.
Seeing that the eldest brother was only immersed in his own thoughts, Mei Yunkai asked, "Eldest brother, what happened just now? Shengjie is your youngest son, how can you ・・・・・・?"
Mei Yixuan was interrupted by his younger brother, his face returned to his former calm and calmness, and said lightly: "It's nothing, just because I am the youngest, I don't want him to be crooked." Okay, let's talk about you first. I didn't have time to talk about it in the past two days, so I made an excuse for not going to the court today, just to ask you, what happened on the way? Could it be that the Tong family really saved you?"
When Mei Yunchen was about to go to court today, he was told by his younger brother to let him come back early, saying that he wanted to meet Aunt Tong and tell her about her mother's family.
As soon as he heard that the Tong family was involved, Mei Yunchen simply didn't go to the court, so he accompanied his younger brother to Mochizukiju. On the way, the younger brother only gave a general idea, and he didn't know the details. Therefore, he lightly diverted the topic at this time and asked.
He only knew that Aunt Tong Hongying's father was a junior official of the Nine Grades of Han Zanlilang of Taichang Temple, and he didn't deliberately pay attention to where he went later. Anyway, at that time, because Tong Hongying insisted on following him, it was very unpleasant, and he didn't bother to pay attention to an aunt's family, could it be that there have been any changes in the past ten years?
When Mei Yunkai saw her brother asking, she told her family what happened to her family on the road.
It turned out that after receiving the news that his brother Mei Yunchen was going to celebrate his old mother's birthday a few years ago, Mei Yunkai decided to leave early. Originally, he also wanted to tell his brother whether he would recommend him this time and transfer him back to the capital.
Because he has served in Hebei Province for three years, he wants to hear his eldest brother's opinion on whether to stay in office or return to Beijing. Even if he needs to stay in office this time, he wants to leave his family in Kyoto. First, the children are all grown up, and they need to be systematically taught by a highly knowledgeable master in the capital family school. The second is that he found that the world was a little chaotic, and he was afraid that if something happened, it would be too late.
So, he explained the government affairs in the government to Tongzhi, and went on the road with his family. Because he was afraid that something would delay him on the road, he deliberately went on the road a month early, but he didn't expect to almost not come back on the road, and almost put the life of the whole family on the line.
Hebei Province has a large jurisdiction, and some places are not far from Kyoto, but Huaizhou, where Mei Yunkai worked, is not close. Returning to Kyoto is to pass through the Taihang Mountains, which are complex terrain, and there is indeed a great risk.
However, Mei Yunkai thought that it was a peaceful and prosperous world, although he also heard that it had not been peaceful recently, he didn't take it too seriously, and took a dozen guards on the road.
It was very calm a few days ago, and everyone relaxed their vigilance, including Mei Yunkai, who didn't take it to heart, thinking that the road would go smoothly.
I missed the night and had to spend the night in a wooded area in the valley. More than a dozen guards didn't dare to be careless, and took turns guarding a group of four carriages, but they didn't expect to be surrounded by a group of black-clothed people in the middle of the night, and half of the dozen guards fell as soon as they saw each other.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Mei Yunkai told his wife and children to stay in the carriage and not to come out, and he took the remaining guards to guard around the carriage. The two sides engaged in a life-and-death struggle in the dark of night, and in an instant, both sides suffered casualties on both sides. The guards were unprepared, did not know the details of the other party, and fought each other in the dark, so they were defeated and retreated. Just when it was extremely thrilling, a series of rapid horses' hooves came from the mountain road behind.
As soon as the man in black heard the sound of horses' hooves, he whistled and wanted to run, but was blocked by a group of people who arrived in a hurry. Although the previous man in black hastily beat Mei Yunkai's guards by surprise and gained the upper hand, he was far from being the opponent of the later gang, and he captured them all alive with three strikes and five divisions.
Mei Yunkai asked the guards to light the torches, only to find out that the person who saved their lives was a young man of about twenty-seven or eighteen years old. He was dressed in a strong suit, with a sword hanging from his waist, and he rode majestically on a horse, like a god. The sharp sword in his hand was pointed at a middle-aged man in his forties, and in shock, he scolded sharply: "Are you the eldest brother of ・・・・・・? You are really promising, and you have actually committed the act of robbery and murder, how can you do this? You really disappoint me!"
Mei Yunkai listened to the voice, and only then did he know that the two sides knew each other, so he stood aside and listened, and did not step forward.
The middle-aged man raised his head, his skinny face was covered with blood, and he couldn't see the expression on his face, only the despair and resentment in the somewhat cloudy and old eyes that were sunken in his eye sockets.
He laughed out loud, and his laughter carried the vicissitudes of life: "Brother Tong, you were born in a good family, so you don't have a backache when you stand and talk." Do you know that we can't live happily? Do you know that we sell our children and daughters just so that our children can live? Do you know what it's like to see your wife and children die? Hehehe・・・・・・ woo ・・・・・・."
In the end, the middle-aged man cried bitterly and couldn't say any more.
A fourteen or fifteen-year-old young man next to him said indignantly, "Uncle Tong, my nephew knows that you are disappointed in us. However, we don't rob everyone, but we specialize in robbing those dog officials. Those who are in power know that they are trampling our common people and not giving us a way to live, so why should we be polite to them? We are calling killing the rich and helping the poor, and doing the right thing for heaven!"
The young man surnamed Tong put away the long sword in his hand, walked up to the middle-aged man, stretched out his hand to wrap his arms around his thin and rickety body, and comforted him silently.
Mei Yunkai took a closer look at the black-clothed people who were caught by the light of the torches, only to find that they were all skinny and vegetable-looking, and they looked like people who had been hungry for a long time.
At the moment, I felt very uncomfortable, and I didn't know how to deal with this group of robbers.
As the parent official of a place, Mei Yunkai prides himself on being honest and honest, but he never knows what kind of life the people in his jurisdiction live. When he heard that they not only had no food and clothing, but also sold their children and daughters, he was speechless in shock, feeling like he had been slapped in the face, ashamed and self-blaming.