Chapter 136: Cry for help
Zhang Xing took medicine, the fever subsided, and she still felt tired and weak. But seeing that the family is well, I am relieved.
Zhanghe Town is small, and there are only four prisons. The people of the Wei family occupied two rooms. Wei Yunhai was locked up in the prison opposite Zhang Xing and the others. Zhang Xing saw that he was embarrassed and had injuries on his face, so he knew that he had been tortured.
Wei Yunhai was taken down when he left Zhanghe Town, and it has been a day and a night since he was locked up, and he has never eaten water. Only then did Uncle Fu come and promised the cell bosses some benefits, so she filled her stomach.
Uncle Fu has already sent Hu Chunlai to Yuxian to find Uncle Fu, she has taken care of the whole prison here, although Liu Lizheng did not nod and let go, but also ordered the cell leaders not to be harsh.
Zhang Xing woke up from sleep, and at about noon, Uncle Fu rushed back to Zhanghe Town, and he didn't know how many benefits he promised, so he said that Liu Lizheng would be moved, and the little brother would be taken out of prison.
Liu Lizheng also revealed some secrets, although Wei Minwu's incident was in Zhanghe Town, he came to arrest people, but it was not the people of the patrol battalion in the town, but the people and horses of the Huainan General Army Battalion.
Uncle Fu was taken aback when he heard this. As far as he knew, the large battalion of the Huainan General Army was in charge of the defense of the cities around the Jianghuai River, and was directly under the jurisdiction of the imperial court.
Although Wei Minwu's matter is big, it won't alarm the Huainan army, right?
Uncle Fu accompanied Liu Lizheng for a long time again. Liu Lizheng refused to say more.
Uncle Fu came out of the Lizheng Mansion, and his heart was half cold.
He is just the shopkeeper of a small millet shop, how can he get people from the Huainan General Army Battalion?
Just when Uncle Fu was running around to fish for people, Li Dahe from Lizhuang Village came to Huaiyang City. He got out of the boat. went straight to the Huaiyang Palace, but was stopped by the door at the gate of Huaiyang.
He is also a sensible man. Knowing that the Gaomen Mansion had no money, it was difficult to move an inch, so he hurriedly took out a small piece of broken silver. But he hasn't opened his mouth yet. And the man pushed him away. Impatiently said, "Go, go, go far!"
Li Dahe was pushed away, and the baggage he was carrying was also thrown to the ground.
The man took a sip and said in a low voice: "Just this amount of money, it's not enough to send Huazi, and you still want to take it out and ask someone to do something?"
Li Dahe hurriedly packed his baggage. His family is poor, and he relies on Zhang Xing's help to make ends meet, so how can he come up with more money? Although his face was hot from what the man said, he still did not leave.
Menzi didn't let him come closer. He was circling around the Huaiyang Palace.
As a result, it turned to darkness, and I didn't see Zhang Tao's face.
He was in a hurry to go out, and he didn't have much money with him, and he was worried about the cost of the return trip, so he was reluctant to pay for the hotel, and wanted to find a sheltered alley to make do with curling up all night.
He wandered around for a long time, and then he fell in love with a small alley and curled up to sleep. Before he could close his eyes, he saw the door of a house not far away open. A tall and thin man in his thirties and forties came with a lamp and brought a bowl of food to his feet.
Li Dahe also begged for food, and he knew that he was lucky this night. When I met someone kind and kind, I quickly thanked him and picked up the bowl to eat.
The tall and thin man had turned to leave. Listening to his accent, his steps paused. Turning back, he crouched beside him with a lantern. Seeing that he was in a hurry, he said, "Use it slowly, don't choke." ”
Li Dahe smiled innocently.
The tall and thin man stroked his beard and asked, "Where are you from?"
Li Dahe said while eating: "I am from Yu'an. ”
The man stroked his beard and said, "Yu'an, but Yu'an County, where the dam burst and flooded a few years ago?"
"Exactly. Li Dahe replied.
The tall and thin man changed his posture, looked at Li Dahe and asked, "Where are you from Yu'an?" There is a Quantang Town under Yu'an, are you familiar with it?"
Li Dahe laughed, "Why are you not familiar? Don't hide it from my eldest brother, I am from Lizhuang Village, Yu'antang Town." ”
"Really, you are also from Lizhuang Village, Yu'antang Town?" the tall and thin man showed a hint of surprise on his face.
Li Dahe looked at him like that, and guessed that he must have someone he knew and was in the same village as him. He is the first time to come back to Huaiyang City, he is not familiar with life, and he is looking for a support. Seeing this person like this, I wanted to make friends. put down the bowl and said, "Big brother, have you been to Yu'antang Town?"
The tall and thin man shook his head and said, "No, I only have an acquaintance from the same village as you." ”
"Yes? I don't know which one? I must know. Li Dahe said.
The tall and thin man laughed and said, "His family is no longer in your village." ”
Li Dahe smiled and said, "If it's not in our village, I should know it." To tell you the truth, there are no people in our Lizhuang Village that I don't know. I wonder who my eldest brother's acquaintance is?"
The tall and thin man thought about it, but he still shook his head and said with a smile: "Forget it, don't talk about it." He is not in your village now. ”
Li Dahe saw that he was halfway through what he said, and he didn't say anything again. He has been begging for food for a long time, and he knows what people think of people like him. Although he has a heart to make friends, he is also a little hard, so he won't talk about it.
The tall and thin man saw that he was not clingy, but he added a little favor. looked at Li Dahe carefully, and saw that although he planned to sleep in this alley, he didn't look like a beggar on his clothes. He asked, "There is not much water this year, isn't it harvest time now?" and why did you come out at this time?"
Seeing him ask about this, Li Dahe stopped, sighed, and said: "I can't hide it, although the year is not good, but my family's land harvest is still some, and if I pay taxes, I won't be short of food and drink." I didn't come to Huaiyang City to beg for food, but something happened at home, so I came to find someone. ”
The tall and thin man was a warm-hearted person, and hurriedly asked, "Since you are here to find someone, why do you sleep here?" Compassion grows in the heart.
Li Dahe said with a smile: "It's not cold at this time, and it's better to sleep in the chase shop of more than a dozen people, so it's better to make do with it all night in this alley." It's comfortable and it saves money. ”
When the tall and thin man heard him say this, he also laughed and said, "It's autumn at this time, and it's still a little cold at night. ”
"Out of the way. What's the point of this bit of jelly?" Li Dahe said with a smile.
The two talked about this conversation, and they felt a little closer again. The tall and thin man asked, "Have you found the person you're looking for?"
The smile on Li Dahe's face couldn't help but be accepted, shook his head, and said, "No." Although the place is a Zhilu Road, I can't get in. ”
The tall and thin man asked strangely, "How can this be?"
Li Dahe smiled bitterly, "My acquaintance is working in the Huaiyang Palace, and the gate of the Huaiyang Palace is not easy to enter." ”
The tall and thin man is a person from Huaiyang City, and he often goes in and out of the Huaiyang Palace, but he has a special identity, and he has always been led in and out by someone, and he has never suffered such treatment from Li Dahe.
"Huaiyang Palace, won't you?" he said with a frown, "Who are you looking for?"
Li Dahe guessed that he had been in and out of the Huaiyang Palace. Hurriedly said: "What I'm looking for is an eleven or twelve-year-old girl, named Zhang Tao, I heard that she works in Qiuhua Courtyard." ”
"Zhang Tao?" the tall and thin man's voice suddenly became louder, and he asked in a row, "Are you looking for Zhang Tao?" Who are you, and why are you looking for her?"
When Li Dahe heard him say this, he knew that he must have seen Zhang Tao, he was overjoyed, put down his rice bowl, held the hand of the thin man, and said: "Has the eldest brother seen my niece? If so, please ask the eldest brother to help me with this, her family, her sister has a big accident!"
The tall and thin man grabbed Li Dahe's hand, "Her sister, what happened to her?"
Seeing that he actually knew Zhang Xing, Li Dahe couldn't help but have astringent circles in his eyes, and said with a slight choked up: "Xing girl, she, her mother, her brother, they, they were all captured by the officers and soldiers!"
The tall and thin man is Wang Bingyi, who is sitting in the hall of Ci'an Pharmacy, he has always been kind-hearted, and he met the Zhang Xing sisters that year, and the two families have been in contact with each other for several years, and they are already very familiar with each other. He heard what Li Dahe said terrifyingly, and hurriedly asked the reason for the incident.
Li Dahe witnessed Zhang Xing's arrest that night, and the next day he inquired everywhere about the news, and learned that Zhang Xing was imprisoned because one of the Wei family's sons killed the overseer while serving in the conscription. The information from the inquiry will not be detailed. He also did not know the exact details.
Li Dahe's family relied on Zhang Xing's help to live a life of food and clothing, and Zhang Xingzhang Jinbao encountered such a major event, he couldn't bear to sit idly by. But he also knows his own roots, and there is nothing. As soon as I discussed with my daughter-in-law, I thought of Zhang Tao who was far away in Huaiyang City.
Although Zhang Tao is young, he works in the Huaiyang Palace. They have no choice, so can Zhang Tao help?
This Huaiyang Mansion is not another place, who in the entire Jianghuai area does not watch the Huaiyang Palace?
Li Dahe told Wang Bingyi what he saw and inquired about. Wang Bingyi was also anxious, thought for a while, and said, "Okay, I'll go into the palace tomorrow to see if I can meet Tao'er." Brother Li, this autumn dew is heavy, my house is nearby, let's go, you can go to my house for a night's rest. ”
Li Dahe saw that although Wang Bingyi was anxious about Zhang Xing's affairs, he didn't know that he had a deep friendship. If you are like this, you will even dislike your door, and if you live in someone else's house, it will not be good if you annoy others.
Li Dahe said with a sneer: "It's okay, it's okay, it's a good day and a good moon here, I'll make do with it all night here, so I won't chatter." ”
Wang Bingyi pulled him and insisted that Li Dahe come to live at his house, "Go, go, what's polite? Since you are Xing'er Tao'er's uncle, you are not an outsider." Let's go, to my house. If you are polite, you will be divided. ”
Li Dahe had no choice but to follow Wang Bingyi into the gate of the Wang family.
Wang Bingyi's mother-in-law saw that her man was carrying a bowl of leftovers and went out, and she didn't come back for a long time, and was about to go out to have a look. The three of them touched each other. Wang Bingyi was worried about Zhang Xing's affairs, and he didn't have time to pay attention to his mother-in-law's face, so he invited Li Dahe into the main house, and called his mother-in-law to bring tea.
The Wang family has always been Wang Bingyi's final say, and he is a bad and good-hearted person. Although Wang Bingyi's mother-in-law was surprised, he went out and brought a beggar in, but she didn't say anything, and went into the kitchen and brought in a pot of hot tea. (To be continued......)