Eighty-four: Closing the door
At the end of the night, Qingtao pushed open the window, and the fresh air that belonged to the suburbs poured into the room, washing away the smell of sandalwood. Song Chuyi had already dressed under Hongyu's service, glanced at the green sycamore leaves outside, turned his head and asked Mother Xu, "Mom, hasn't Uncle Qin come back yet?" ”
With Qin Chuan's character and Song Chengwei's current attention to her, it should be possible to ask Qin Chuan to come back immediately.
Mother Xu shook her head with some concern while holding the tooth powder, and looked at Song Chuyi to stop talking.
Last night, Song Chuyi transferred her and Hongyu to pack up her luggage, and then something seemed to have happened, but Song Chuyi didn't reveal what she meant, she was a little flustered.
Seeing that Song Chuyi was going out again, she hurriedly caught up and hesitated a little: "Miss, there is something I don't know whether to ask or not."
Mama Xu has been by her side for nearly two months, and she can be regarded as diligent and dedicated.
"I also have one more thing to ask my mother." Song Chuyi stopped and turned around, his face was as usual, but he spit out words quickly: "Mom's master is me, or grandmother?" ”
Mother Xu was surprised to hold the tooth powder, and she didn't know what to do, and looked at Song Chuyi dumbfounded, unable to say a word.
Song Chuyi sighed lightly and still turned his back and walked out, but the words did not stop: "Mom doesn't have to answer me now, it's the same if she tells me after she understands it." When you answer my question, I will naturally answer your questions for Mom. ”
Qingtao chased Song Chuyi out, and glanced behind her with some concern: "Girl, Mother Xu has been following the old lady for decades after all"
Song Chuyi's footsteps didn't stop, but tears flashed in his eyes.
Yes, Mother Xu has been with Mrs. Song for decades, so Mrs. Song attaches so much importance to her and transfers her to her side to serve, so that she can provide for her in the future.
But what about the people around Cui's?
What about ripples? What about lotus seeds? What about these loyal servants who once followed Cui Shiyuan from Jinzhong to the capital? Who will save them?
Who can compensate them for the ruined lives they have ruined?!
Grandmother has always been good to her, even if she was arrogant and annoying, her grandmother still had some sincerity towards her, so in the end, she also completed her marriage with Shen Qingrang.
But as long as she thought of this goodness, it was forbearance and charity in exchange for Cui's life, and the wound in her heart expanded little by little.
Uncle Zhang and Mama Xu were already waiting in the hall, and when they saw her, they hurriedly greeted her.
"How was Miss sleeping last night?" Mama Xu's face was a little bad, but she still reluctantly smiled: "I just sent someone out to find out the news, and nothing happened here for the time being." ”
Song Chuyi was keenly aware of the other meanings in her words, frowned and asked, "Then something happened somewhere else?" ”
Uncle Zhang nodded hurriedly: "More than a dozen people died in a hot spring villa not far from us, and I heard that the villa is Chen Ge's hometown. ”
Not far away?
It means that there are still Tatars hiding in the town, Ye Jingchuan has been gone all night, why is there no movement at all? Didn't his doorman say that he would ask the county to transfer manpower?
She was in a daze, and Uncle Zhang rubbed his palms in embarrassment: "There is still something to report to Miss, there is a young lady and a young master living in the villa of Chen Ge's hometown, more than a dozen guards died in their villa last night, and there are not enough people left, they want to come to us."
Mama Xu also handed over a post, sighed and said: "Now that we have soldiers guarding here, I'm afraid that there will only be more people who come to the door in the future, and Miss should make plans early." ”
Song Chuyi nodded slightly, stretched out his hand to take the post and glanced at it, then turned his head to look at Mama Xu and said, "Mama, you and Uncle Zhang will take ten guards to take a trip together, and bring Miss Chen and Young Master Chen here." ”
Qingtao hesitated a little: "If you take the first one, it's hard to guarantee that there won't be a second or third." There are many people and it is difficult to know the roots, what if something happens? ”
People are unpredictable, who knows if someone will take the opportunity to make a fortune and mix in the crowd to plot misdeeds?
Song Chuyi waved his hand to stop Qingtao, and said softly: "Qingtao, you go and bring a message to the sergeants outside, and ask them to assign fifty people to guard the ancestral hall not far away." If there are still people who come to join after that, they all go to the ancestral hall. ”
Ye Jingchuan only left a hundred of them in total, and this time he will divide fifty, Qingtao was a little painful, but he knew that this was the most appropriate way, so he nodded indiscriminately and went out to arrange.
The few guards left by Qin Chuan were not at ease, and after discussing, they called Qingtao to come in and admonish Song Chuyi: "The girl is of course kind-hearted, but the Tatar rioters have no humanity, we have a lot of adults here, I am afraid that we have already provoked their eyes." If so many people are divided, I'm afraid that something bad will happen at that time. ”
Those who are waiting are the Tatar rioters.
"Don't be afraid." Song Chuyi raised the letter in his hand and handed it to Qingtao in a good time: "You go and find the previous hundred households again, and tell him to hand over this letter to Ye Jingchuan within two hours." ”
Song Chuyi has always had an idea, and rarely makes mistakes, Qingtao saw that she was calm and relaxed, and the uneasiness in her heart was half gone, she nodded with relief, and took the letter to find the sergeant.
Mama Xu happened to come in, with the happiness of the rest of her life on her face: "It's too scary, those riots are simply inhumane, if it weren't for the Chen family's desperate protection, I'm afraid that Miss Chen and Young Master Chen will suffer." ”
"Are you settled?" Song Chuyi asked, and beckoned Mama Xu to her side: "Mama, I have something for you to do, this matter can't go wrong, you have to do it." ”
Listening to Song Chuyi's solemn words, where did Mama Xu dare to relax, and listened with bated breath.
"It's broad daylight now, and no matter how bold those riots are, they don't dare to attack openly. You and Uncle Zhang bring more people, bring enough seventeen guards, and then bring twenty or thirty long-term helpers to go to Chen's house and the relatively large nearby villages together, and transport their valuable things back through the general cart. ”
Mama Xu was a little stunned when she heard this, scratched her head and was a little puzzled: "Transported by big board car?" Wouldn't it be too ostentatious? Wouldn't that make everyone know that we were going to help them transfer their property? ”
And people may not be willing to take out the gold, silver and jewelry accumulated in other villages, and besides, the harvest in other villages still has wheat, grain, sweet potatoes, chickens and ducks, how can these things be transported?
Mama Xu couldn't help but want to shake her head, now in such a critical situation, it would be good if she could save people with her own hands, and what did she care about their property? (To be continued.) )