Chapter 32: The Horse Thief
Qin Hanzhen said to Niu: "Grandmother, do you really want to let the second aunt go out?" I always feel that it is not good, what if she escapes?"
Niu smiled: "Where can she escape? It's not like we don't send someone to follow her." The Pen, Fun, and Pavilion www.biquge.info temple is not far from our village, and there is no one in that area who does not know about our family. She escaped alone, and it won't be long before she can be caught, what are you afraid of?"
Qin Hanzhen asked uneasily: "What if she is really allowed to escape? If she escapes back to Datong and sow discord in front of the second uncle, then it will be a big trouble." ”
Niu Shi said disapprehantly: "Where does she have that ability? Ming'er has at most a Qin Taisheng family waiting by her side, and no one else will follow her out, and she doesn't have any silver with her, she doesn't even have a change of clothes, she doesn't eat or drink, and there is no one to escort her, how far can she run? Back to Datong, it's a pipe dream that she can get out of Mizhi County!"
Qin Han really thought about it, and felt that Niu's words were also reasonable, but she always felt that He would not be so easy to lead. Look at the hideous look on her face yesterday, if it weren't for the conclusive evidence, which made her unable to deny it, and Mr. Qin and Wu Shaoying discussed sending her to see the official, she probably wouldn't be so easy to soften, right? She was crying and pretending to be pitiful, and she seemed to be sincerely repentant, and she was willing to back down on the matter of Brother Zi'er's succession, God knows if it was a lie to win time? Qin Han really felt that it was not a good idea to let her out.
She persuaded the Niu family again: "The second aunt still has an elder brother outside, although the maid and mother-in-law next to her are locked up, but her brother's yard rented in the county town, doesn't there still have people left? I'm afraid that the second aunt will escape from the house, and if we want to find her back, it won't be so easy. Grandmother was more wary and asked her to confess at home, in front of my father's tablet, and it was enough, so that she didn't have to go to their coffin. ”
Niu groaned, and Mama Hu smiled and persuaded: "Sister Sang'er's words also make sense. Horizontally and vertically is to make amends to the uncle and grandmother, and it is the same in front of the tablet. ”
Niu thought about it and nodded. Qin Hanzhen secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
After a while, Mr. Qin came over for dinner and inadvertently mentioned: "Fang Cai Shaoying sent someone to ask for peace and sent some dried dates and dried apricots to Sister Sang." I thought that Sister Sang was still taking medicine now, and it was not suitable to take these, so you put it away for her first, and then take it out in the first month. ”
Niu agreed, and talked about Qin Hanzhen's proposal: "I think Sister Sang'er's words are also reasonable, and it is the same to chant and pray for blessings at the tablet of Brother Ping and his wife at home." Qin Hanzhen sat next to him and nodded violently.
Old Mr. Qin paused: "I also had such an idea, but the person sent by Shaoying saw that the porter was setting up a car, and when he heard about it, he told me that the Wu family could borrow someone to come over, and they were all powerful and knew how to ride and shoot." With them following, it would be no big deal for Brother An's daughter-in-law to go out. I agreed at the time and asked him to go back and report to Shaoying. ”
Qin Hanzhen looked at him dumbfounded.
Niu Shi was also surprised: "Why don't you tell me? Even if you really want to send a few more people to follow Brother An's daughter-in-law out, you don't need to ask the Wu family to borrow people, right? ”
Old Mr. Qin smiled: "How did I know that you would change your mind? With so many people following, Brother An's daughter-in-law is not three-headed and six-armed, how can she escape? Her brother has not returned to Mizhi, and even if she escapes, there will be no one to support her, where can she go to Datong? Besides, what if she escapes, maybe she can suffer less sins and do not have to become a monk, but our Qin family can no longer recognize her as a daughter-in-law. What did she ask for come to naught?"
That's not what I said...... Qin Hanzhen wanted to speak again and again, and wanted to persuade his grandfather to change his mind, but seeing that Niu no longer mentioned it, the couple seemed to think that there would be no problem with He's trip, so what could she do?
Early in the morning of the second day, the people sent by the Wu family came to the door.
There were three men here, and they were all tall, strong and powerful. Uncle Hu invited them to the concierge to drink tea, had breakfast by the way, and inquired about their origins, only to know that among the three people, the oldest was in his early forties, and the youngest was in his twenties, a pair of uncles and nephews, and the other was in his thirties. The two of them have been escorting cars for 20 years, and they are experienced in the rivers and lakes, and they are also skilled. Just because the two of them are old and have wives and children, they don't want to live the days of licking blood from the knife edge, so they quit the dart game and went back to their hometown Wubao to live. coincided with Wu Shaoying's return to Wubao to seize the family property, and he urgently needed to find a few reliable and agile people to take care of the family, so he invited them here.
There are so two masters, and the young nephew happens to be a coachman for the He family, which must be foolproof. Uncle Hu secretly put his mind at ease and reported to Mr. Qin, who also felt that Wu Shaoying was thoughtful.
The carriage was soon ready in front of the gate, and the people who followed it were on standby. In addition to the three people from the Wu family, the Qin family also sent Uncle Hu and Hu Er out, and found two idlers in the village to follow the car, and there was a small car that carried two powerful village women to help take care of the female dependents in the temple. It's just a trip to a small temple a few miles away, and you can come back in half a day. Such arrangements are sufficient.
Mama Tiger went to call He's, only to see that she was wearing a linen white dress, her head was bare, she didn't wear any jewelry and silk flowers, and she had a small yellow face, so she walked out of the West Chamber, with low eyebrows and pleasing eyes, as if she was truly repentant. Mama Hu sighed and said, "The master and the wife said that the second grandmother doesn't have to go to see them, just go out by car." ”
He bowed upright, responded softly, and took Taisheng's sister-in-law's hand and walked towards the courtyard gate. Taisheng's sister-in-law also changed into a gray and blue cloth dress today, bent over, and respectfully helped He Shi forward. Jinhuan was wearing a cloth dress similar to Taisheng's sister-in-law, holding a big burden in her hand, and she was about to follow with her head down, but she was stopped by Mama Hu.
Mama Tiger frowned and asked, "What are you holding in your hand?"
Jin Huan trembled and replied in a trembling voice: "Hui Mama, it is to take it to burn the sacrifice to the uncle and grandmother." ”
Mama Tiger asked, "Where did you get these things? You haven't been out these days." "The three men were shut up in the door, and they ate and drank and were brought in, but no one was asked to buy any sacrifices.
Jin Huan became even more nervous: "Yes...... It was the second grandmother who took us to do it. ...... used The clothes of the house. ”
Mama Tiger then understood, and said, "If the master knows, he will definitely say that you are a cheap ayaluo." Don't bring it, the temple will prepare its own offerings. Since the second grandmother went to worship the uncle and grandmother, the mind was the most important, and the sacrifice was not a sacrifice, but it was secondary. ”
Jin Huan looked at He Shi at a loss, and He Shi nodded with a gloomy face. Jin Huan reluctantly sent the burden back to the house.
Mama Hu said again: "Jinhuan escaped once, only to be caught by the people of the Yamen, don't go out today, save yourself another escape, God knows if you can get it back!" After speaking, Jinhuan was not allowed to struggle, so he directly locked the door of the west wing. Jin Huan was so frightened that he threw himself on the door and cried, shouting: "Second grandma, don't leave me!"
He raised his eyebrows and said softly: "I didn't leave you, but I didn't take you out today." Don't mess around, beware of alarming the lord and wife. ”
The golden ring in the door cried for a while, and then turned to a low cry, but it was no longer noisy.
He helped Taisheng's sister-in-law out of the door and got into the carriage. Before getting into the car, Taisheng's sister-in-law glanced in the direction of the west wing of the upper courtyard and sighed silently. She sat down in the carriage and asked He Shi in a low voice: "Grandma, Jinhuan ......" He Shi stopped her from continuing with a sharp gaze, and she had to shut up.
The Qin family's convoy soon arrived at the destination temple. After that, I will not repeat the burning of incense, worship and other things. Under the gaze of Hu Bo and others, He completed the entire procedure, crying and almost collapsed. When leaving, he must be supported by Taisheng's sister-in-law to stand. But because she was weak, when she was on the way back, Taisheng's sister-in-law repeatedly begged the young nurse of the Wu family, who was driving the car, to drive the car slower to avoid motion sickness.
When the convoy passed through a wooded area, something happened.
A group of men of unknown origin rushed up the high slope in front of them on horseback, condescendingly blocking the way of the convoy. Uncle Tiger and the former dart master in his forties rode in front, and when they saw this, they hurriedly ordered everyone to stop. I saw that the group of men and horses separated from it, and walked out from behind, and the person on the horse was He Ziyu, the elder brother of the He family. As soon as Uncle Hu saw him, he suddenly understood in his heart that today's trip was just a drama played by the He family in order to get out. Sure enough, as Sister Sang guessed, Jinhuan fled to report the news, but I don't know when He Ziyu returned to Mizhi, and he didn't even hear the slightest rumor.
He Ziyu rode on the horse, looked at Uncle Hu's solemn face, and couldn't help but show a triumphant expression.
He was about to open his mouth to say cruel words and force Uncle Tiger to let him go, but he heard the middle-aged man next to Uncle Tiger shouting: "Be careful, it's a horse thief!"
He Ziyu was stunned for a moment, and at this moment, there was a whistling sound in his ears, and an arrow had been hit on the wall of the carriage where He was sitting, and then countless arrows shot towards the carriage, and it turned out that they were all shot from the woods on the side, and the target was He's carriage. He was suddenly frightened, and thought to himself what was going on? Could it be that he was so unlucky that he had met a horse thief?
Uncle Hu and the others were also startled by the sharp arrows in the forest, and the dart master shouted again: "Be careful! Disperse and avoid!" He drew his saber from his waist with his backhand, opened and closed it widely, and with a few "dangdang" strokes, he split off a few arrows flying two feet away from him. Uncle Hu was also very nervous, but after listening to the words of the dart master, he hurriedly did so, and beckoned everyone to scatter on both sides of the road.
Even the descendants of the cart jumped off the wheels with a frightened face, dropped the carriage and ran, but before running, for some reason, he "unintentionally" inserted a knife into the butt of the horse pulling the cart. The horses were frightened, neighed, and ran headlessly and thoughtlessly.
The master and servant of He and Taisheng's sister-in-law sitting in the car were already frightened by the arrows shot for no reason, and now they were even more dizzy. To add insult to injury, the arrows in the woods continued to shoot at their carriage, and a few more angles were accurate, and they shot into the carriage through the window, and one hit Ho's shoulder, causing her to scream in pain, and Taisheng's sister-in-law lay down to the side to hide, and looked up at her when she heard the sound, and was also hit by an arrow in her arm. Before she could exhale in pain, the carriage seemed to have hit something, and there was chaos outside, and He Ziyu's painful screams came.
By the time Tiger Uncle and the Dart Master and others, who had escaped the disaster, regathered to see the situation, there were no more arrows shooting in the forest. The forty-year-old dart master at the head of the group was in high spirits and said loudly: "Those people are horse thieves, brothers, hurry up and arrest them and send them to the officials!
What he was referring to was He Ziyu and others who were knocked over by He's carriage......