Chapter 197: Disaster Victims
I don't know the true face of Lushan, only because I am in this mountain.
Things in the world are like this, it seems complicated, but if you really do it, it's just a matter of raising your hands.
Xingyu went to find Jin Shun's daughter-in-law in Xiling Zhuangzi and got straight to the point: "Aunt Song in Xifu is disrespectful to the old lady, this child has been sent to Xianghe Zhuangzi, the Ge Zhu family in our Zhuangzi is Aunt Song's people, Miss Five, please help handle the person." ”
Jin Shun's daughter-in-law did not have a good impression of Song Xiuzhu, because Song Xiuzhu insulted Miss Wu in Zhuangzi last time. This is the Zhuangzi of the Gongzhong, Jin Shun's daughter-in-law used to be a person next to the Nie family, and Song Xiuzhu was beautiful in Xifu, but when she came here, Jin Shun's daughter-in-law didn't take her seriously at all.
It's just a pampered and arrogant aunt.
As for how Jin Shun's daughter-in-law dealt with Ge Zhu's family, Linglong didn't ask. People like Jin Shun's daughter-in-law all have their own means.
The acting mother-in-law no longer served the Feng family, Linglong thought about it, and called Agen's sister-in-law, Liuzhu and Qinfei, although Agen's sister-in-law was the oldest, she was honest and wooden, but she was not as good as Liuzhu and Qinbi. Linglong gave Liuzhu twenty taels of silver, and if there was a shortage of things in his mother's house, what was not in the Zhuangzi would be purchased in the town, and if he lived in the Zhuangzi, he would have to be taken care of everywhere.
She also asked Xingyu to seal ten taels of silver for Jin Shun's daughter-in-law, and five taels each for Wang Er's family and Gui's sister-in-law.
Take care of the things here, see that it is still early, Linglong takes Xingyu back to the capital.
They were in a carriage from Xifu, and in addition to the two masters and servants and the handlebar type, there were four guards.
There are Huangzhuang near Xiling, and there are also Zhuangzi with dignitaries, so this area has always been peaceful. But as soon as she was halfway today, Linglong felt that something was wrong, there were voices outside the car, and they were getting louder and louder. The carriage also stopped, and Linglong lifted the curtain and saw that there were many people, dressed in rags, rushing in the direction of the capital.
"Miss Five. There are a large number of victims outside, you wait a minute, let's go to the front to investigate. The guard urged the horse over. Linglong and Xingyu looked at each other, when they were in Jiangsu. Linglong once followed the housekeeper to collect rent from the tenant farmers, and the Anhui River flooded that year, and all the way were fleeing from the disaster, but they were all in twos and threes. There are not so many people.
After a while, the guard who had gone to inquire came back: "Fifth Miss, things are a little tricky. These people are all victims of the disaster in Henan, the Yellow River is overflowing, two or three months have passed, and they are still homeless, and now the city gate is closed, not only can the victims not go in, but we also can't go back. ”
Linglong's eyebrows furrowed, how could this be so coincidental. When I left Beijing in the morning, I was fine, but at this time, a large number of victims came in.
"You first took the official post of the third master, our young lady is an official dependent, see if you can be accommodating." Xingyu said.
The guard smiled bitterly: "Miss Xingyu, we used to go out often with the master, so we just went, but there are too many victims, if we are a few rough men, it is nothing, Miss is a noble woman, you understand." ”
Xingyu understands herself. Many of these victims were like wolves and tigers, and they didn't know what they would do when they saw the carriage with officials and dependents.
Linglong was not in a hurry, and said to Xingyu through the curtain: "Let the handlebar make a U-turn." Let's go back to Xiling first. Stay with my mother for one more day and go back tomorrow. ”
They had barely walked half a mile when they heard someone shouting, "Look, there's a carriage there!" ”
The carriage tripped over something, came to a creaking stop, and then there was a scream. Linglong could tell it was a handlebar-like sound.
She lifted the curtain and looked out, only to see dozens of ragged men with wooden sticks and long knives already surrounding the carriage in the middle, and the four guards were invincible with their fists and four hands, and they had no power to fight back at this time.
Linglong said to Xingyu: "These people can't be counted on, let's go first and go back to Zhuangzi to call someone to save them." ”
Xingyu stood up and was about to get out of the car: "I watch my brother catch the car all day long, I will." ”
Linglong smiled: "You just follow me." ”
As she spoke, she grabbed Xingyu, and the two of them jumped out of the carriage, and the front and rear of the carriage were blocked with stones and wood, and the handlebar face was covered with blood and fell there.
Linglong didn't hesitate, and rushed into the crowd with Xingyu. Suddenly, I saw two bright little girls get out of the carriage, and their eyes widened.
"The hairpin on the little girl's head is golden, golden!"
"What is this, just these two little girls are worth a hundred taels, take them quickly!"
Linglong frowned, she really has no vision, how can this girl's current net worth be worth 100,000 taels!
She took the apricot rain, flashing left and right, like loaches, and those men didn't even touch the corners of their clothes.
Xingyu was dizzy, her feet didn't touch the ground, she only felt that she was dragged by Miss and didn't know how she ran out, and when Miss finally threw her to the ground, she realized that they had left the avenue far away.
"Miss, did we escape?" Xingyu is still a little confused.
Linglong was panting, and when she saw her stupid appearance, she said angrily: "You are so heavy, my arm is about to be broken and my shoulder is sore." ”
Xingyu's face flew red, she was really useless, she couldn't protect Miss at the critical moment, and she almost dragged her back.
"I'll only eat one bowl of rice in the future, and I'll lose weight quickly, and next time Miss won't be tired."
Linglong was already very tired, so she laughed out loud at this time: "You still want to have a next time for such a thing, once is enough, let's go back to Zhuangzi quickly, and if you go late, those guards will be beaten into meatloaf." ”
Xingyu knew that she couldn't run fast, so she said to Linglong: "Miss, don't worry about me, you go back first, I'll follow behind." ”
Linglong was a little worried, although it was safer here than just now, but there was no guarantee that there would be a lonely victim, so let Xingyu go back alone, she couldn't rest assured.
She looked around and quickly made her way. When thieves are not only masters of escape, but also masters of finding their way.
"The front is Qingjue Villa, there is Huangzhuang, the security is strict, there is a bamboo forest outside the Huangzhuang, there is a path after the bamboo forest, leading to a jujube forest, you wait in the jujube forest, don't go anywhere."
Zao Shulinzi used to be the place where Shi Er and Linglong met, and it was absolutely safe there.
There are more than ten miles from here to the Jin family's Zhuangzi, but it is nothing to Linglong. When she ran back to Zhuangzi, she scared Jin Shun and Jin Shun's daughter-in-law half to death.
"Miss Five, what's wrong with you at this time?"
Only then did Linglong realize that her clothes were covered in dust and her hair was scattered.
"I'm fine, the victims can't enter the city, they are all gathered outside the city, and when they see an official's carriage, they are about to rob it, and the handlebar is injured, and the guards I brought don't know whether they are dead or alive, you guys quickly bring more people to look for it."
There was no shortage of manpower in the Zhuangzi, and after a while, Jin Shun gathered twenty or thirty stout offspring and took the guy out to find someone.
Liuzhu and Qinfei hurriedly served Linglong to freshen up, Linglong was not worried about Xingyu, so she asked several daughters-in-law to set up a donkey cart to go to the jujube forest to bring Xingyu back.
11111 (To be continued.) )