The emperor will strictly deal with the officials from the five grades, roughly because Gao Zilan is Gao Ge's most cherished niece and nephew, and because of this, Gao Zilan almost became the emperor's concubine back then!

Xiao Er and Xiao Qi didn't know the key to this, but Bai Qingting knew, and when she told them about it, both of them were shocked.

Xiao Er twisted his eyebrows and said: "In this way, the fate of the five-grade officials will definitely not be easy." ”

Xiao Qi also said: "Not only will it not be easy, according to the slave maid, it will be difficult for him to achieve something in his career again, and it should be the creation of his ancestors who have accumulated virtue to keep him and his family safe!" ”

Bai Qingting looked at Xiao Qi in surprise: "This time you really got it right!" Yes, there is growth. ”

Xiao Qi's chin raised when he heard this, and he was so proud.

Xiao Er also smiled lightly at Xiao Qi's words, then turned to Bai Qingting and said:

"Young lady, this Gao Zilan's identity is amazing, but at the same time, it is also a hot potato, if it is used well, it is naturally good, and if it is not used well, I am afraid it will become a thorn in the side of His Majesty today."

Bai Qingting nodded: "That's right, just like the five-rank official back then, it became a thorn in His Majesty's flesh that had to be removed." ”

Xiao Qi asked: "Young lady, what happened to the officials from the fifth grade later?" ”

Bai Qingting laughed and said: "At that time, His Majesty didn't take his life, but not long after, I heard that the official from the fifth rank died in a dam construction and was smashed by a large stone on the spot!" ”

Xiao Qi shuddered.

Xiao Er's eyes also flashed.

Xiao Qi asked: "Young lady, do you think that Your Majesty is still interested in Gao Zilan?" This Gao Zilan seems to have ......"

She said and looked at Xiao Er.

Xiao Er said: "Gao Zilan and Wang Chao have a son and a daughter, Wang Chao has no concubines, the husband and wife raise their eyebrows, respect each other like guests, and have a good relationship." ”

Xiao Qi clapped his palms: "Yes!" Wang Chao and his wife are in love, and there is a pair of children around their knees, and their small lives are very nourishing and happy, so Your Majesty should not have any crooked thoughts, right? What's more, Gao Zilan is already a woman who is not too old! ”

Bai Qingting said: "You don't know the mind of a man in the world, but what you can't get is always the best, not to mention that you still saw it but couldn't eat it in your mouth, so you think about it all the time every night." ”

After saying that, she couldn't help but think of Long Langlai, thinking that the person in the reeds on the other side of the river in the day could be him?

When he fell asleep again, Bai Qingting was not sleeping soundly, and he was still a little unstable.

Somehow, she had a bad premonition.

I finally squinted for a while, but I had a nightmare, and I was suddenly awakened, sweating profusely.

She sat up and sat against the bed.

Looking out of the bed tent, you can see Xiao Qi lying on the table and falling asleep.

Xiao Er is not here, he should go to rest, and he will change Xiao Qi's vigil in the second half of the night.

Look at the leaky pot again, and it's the end of the day.

It turned out that she had only slept for about an hour.

The night is silent, and the house is remote, almost uninhabited.

Bai Qingting remembered what his uncle said about the bandits, and thought to himself, how could this bandit fall into the grass and become a bandit in this unpopulated place?

There should be oil and water here, but she doesn't know it yet.

She decided to let Xiao Er go out tomorrow to have a good look.

Just as he was about to lie down again and continue to sleep, the old man's shout came from outside the dormitory:

"Madame! Madam! Wake up, ma'am! ”

Xiao Qi stood up with a sigh, rubbed his loose eyes, and turned back to see Bai Qingting, who had already lifted the bed tent and wanted to get out of bed:

"Young lady, the slave maid will go out to see Daddy first, and see what he is doing in such a hurry at night!"

Bai Qingting nodded.

After Xiao Qi left the inner room, she continued to put on her shoes to stay, and then dressed neatly and went out of the inner room.

In the outer room, the old man said to Xiao Qi with an anxious expression:

"Quick! Wake up Madame! This bandit dares to break into the house now! We're going to have to get out of the house and get to the county......"

As soon as he raised his eyes, he saw that Bai Qingting had woken up and came to the outer room, and the old man walked to Bai Qingting and repeated the words again.

Bai Qingting motioned to his father-in-law not to be anxious: "Dad, what's wrong?" How can you say that the bandits are going to break into people's houses? Is something going on? ”

She thought that her husband must have something unexplained.

After all, the house is still calm now, and there are no bandits as my husband said.

The old man said, "Madam, isn't there a Zhuangzi not far from our house?" ”

Xiao Qi interjected: "What happened to Zhuangzi?" Why don't you let the bandits serve a pot? ”

The old man shook his head: "Although the Zhuangzi is also the Zhuangzi of the rich and noble families in the county, there are no people in the Zhuangzi at all, and there is not much money, where will their bandits break in in vain!" ”

Bai Qingting was a little confused when he heard it: "Where did the news that the bandits that the old man said are coming, so let's run for our lives quickly?" ”

Xiao Qi also had this question in her heart, and she nodded violently beside her.

The old man sighed: "Half of what Xiao Qifang just said is right!" ”

Xiao Qi sighed: "Really taken by the bandits?" ”

The old man said: "There is nothing valuable in the Zhuangzi, there is no money, and there is no expensive master for the bandits to kidnap and blackmail, so they burned the entire Zhuangzi with a fire!" ”

Xiao Qi's eyes widened: "These bastards! ”

He turned his head again and asked Bai Qingting: "Young lady, what should we do?" Do you want to withdraw or do you want to cut down those inhuman? ”

That's a simple and crude question.

The old man was so shocked by Xiao Qi's words that he couldn't even close his mouth.

Bai Qingting walked to the table and sat down, Xiao Qi quickly stepped forward and lifted the kettle and poured Bai Qingting a cup of warm tea.

This is still Xiao Er's special boiling bubble before going to rest, and told Xiao Qi that if his young lady wakes up and is thirsty, he can pour it for his young lady to drink.

Bai Qingting took a sip - well, it's Biluochun.

Raising his eyes and seeing that the old man was still standing in place, Bai Qingting said:

"Daddy don't panic, sit down and talk slowly about how Daddy got the news?"

Zhuangzi is not far from the house, but it is not close.

It was late at night, and the old man must have slept in the gatehouse early, how could he know that other people's Zhuangzi was burned by bandits?

After Bai Qingting finished speaking, Xiao Qi immediately stepped forward to help the old man to sit down at the table, and also diligently poured a cup of Biluochun for the old man:

"Dad, you drink a cup of tea first to suppress the shock!"

The old man subconsciously took it and took another sip, the Biluochun in the teacup was directly missing half a cup, and he felt delicious in his mouth, but he was not in the mood to ask what kind of tea this was, he said:

"Madame doesn't know, I have a distant nephew who works long in that village, and Fang will come to knock on the door of the house as if he had fled a moment ago, and when I got up and opened the door, he told me as it was, saying that when he escaped, the bandit leader also said that he wanted to come here, as if he had heard about it......"

Bai Qingting said: "Dad doesn't need to scruples, just say it." ”

With her words, the old man no longer cared about anything, and said bluntly:

"The bandit leader said that someone told him that there was a noble official wife living in this house, and if you can tie up this official lady, a large group of people under the bandit leader will not have to worry about eating, drinking, and having fun for at least a few years!"

Xiao Qiqi said: "Dad, didn't you say that there were only a few bandits before?" How did this suddenly become a large group of people? ”

The old man was full of sorrow: "I only heard about it earlier, and I don't know if it's true or not, I remind you during the day, and I also want to take a little precautions, but I never thought that such terrible news would come at night!" ”

Also, the old man stays at home.

Occasionally, I go to the county to buy some daily necessities, and I grow and eat everything by myself.

Probably I heard that there were bandits, and a kind person reminded him of the old man, and his old man also kindly reminded them of the three masters and servants, but he didn't expect that such a thing that sounded very far away, why did it suddenly come straight to the front?

It's normal for my husband to be a little panicked.

It is even more rare that the old man still remembers them, and did not run for his life with his distant nephew at the first time, but ran to the backyard to wake them up and let them flee to the county with them.

Seeing that Bai Qingting was unmoved, thinking that he didn't believe his words, the old man stood up anxiously:

"Madame! Take my word for it! Hurry up and pack some valuables, let's escape! ”

Bai Qingting asked calmly: "Does the old man think that the 'official lady' mentioned by the bandit leader is me?" ”

The old man said, "I don't know who he's talking about!" I only know that I am the only one in the house near this Zhuangzi! Madame, don't delay any longer, hurry up and flee with us to the county!" ”

Bai Qingting got up and said: "Daddy doesn't need to panic, even if the bandit leader is really me, then I'm not afraid, let them come, Dad can live in peace, they can't help me!" ”

She smiled lightly, but her expression was not pretentious.

The old man was a little stunned, and said in his heart, this lady is really bold!

Xiao Qi also said: "Yes, Dad, you just have to continue to sleep with peace of mind, let your distant nephew also live with peace of mind, we are not afraid of any bandits coming, don't panic, don't be afraid, they have us in their way, they can't hurt you and your distant nephew!" ”

At this time, Xiao Er walked in: "Young lady, I went outside to take a look, and sure enough, there was a group of people coming to the house, and those people were obviously the bandits that Dad said, and they should arrive at the house in less than a quarter of an hour." ”

When he heard that it was really coming, the old man was directly stunned, but he quickly reacted and said:

"Oh no, no, no! Now it's too late to escape! ”

Bai Qingting comforted the old man and said: "Dad, you believe me once, I will ask Xiao Qi to call your nephew here to stay with you, and if something happens in the house, none of you have to come out, just hide." ”

turned to Xiao Qi with a look.

Xiao Qi responded and ran out of the main courtyard to find his father-in-law's distant nephew.

The old man looked at Xiao Qi's quickly departing figure and muttered:

"How's that going to work? Anyway, my nephew and I are also men, although I am old and useless, but my nephew is in the prime of life, we can't hide......"

Bai Qingting smiled: "Then don't hide, you always rest, let your nephew accompany you, okay?" ”

The old man looked at Bai Qingting who had not only not panicked after hearing that the bandits were coming, but had been smiling and comforting his old man's Bai Qingting, he suddenly thought of something and asked:

"Madame can't really be the 'official lady' in the mouth of the bandit leader, right?"

Bai Qingting said: "Whether I am or not, anyway, I guarantee that you and your nephew will be fine, Daddy, settle down." ”

Xiao Er rarely helped: "Dad, my young lady has always said yes, don't worry!" ”

While speaking, Xiao Qi had already taken a middle-aged man with dark skin and a strong physique into the courtyard of the main courtyard.

The middle-aged man is a farmer, he has always been honest, and this time he can be regarded as an escape from death, and his heart is still beating violently and uneasily.

Xiao Qi and the middle-aged man entered the outer room of the dormitory, and the old man called "pillar", thinking that it was the name of the middle-aged man.

Seeing that the old man was also in the house, Zhu Zi couldn't help but let go of his heart, and quietly asked the old man who the three of Bai Qingting were?

The old man said that it was the lady and the two maids who rented this house.

The pillar sounded, and he didn't ask the other person again, but only asked the old man, when will he escape from the house quickly?

Bai Qingting said at this time: "You don't have to escape, you and Daddy will stay in the backyard yard until we get rid of those bandits, and we will come back, and you and Daddy will go wherever they want." ”

The pillar was shocked: "What, what? Not leaving? Second uncle! Shall we not run away? ”

The old man looked back and forth between Bai Qingting and Zhuzi worriedly, and finally sighed and said:

"Zhuzi, just now Xiao Er went to find out the news and came back, saying that those bandits were almost at the house, that is, in this quarter of an hour, the kung fu ......"

With a snap, the pillar fell to the ground, and his face was about to cry.

The old man hurriedly went to support the pillar: "Don't be afraid of the pillar!" Madame said, promise us that we are okay! ”

Zhuzi put away his sad face, looked at Bai Qingting in disbelief, turned back and asked the old man:

"Third uncle, you said that Madame would guarantee that we are okay?"

The old man nodded.

Xiao Qi also said on the side: "Really! Our young lady said it, and she won't break her promise, you and your father just rest assured that you will stay in this backyard, don't go anywhere, if you run around and really let the bandits catch you, don't blame us for not reminding you! ”

When the pillar heard Xiao Qi say, "If you run around, you will really let the bandits catch you", his whole body trembled, and Xiao Qi frowned:

"Why are you so timid? Aren't there just a few bandits, don't be afraid of being like this? ”

Xiao Qi looked at Bai Qingting and Xiao Er suspiciously.

Bai Qingting said: "I should have witnessed someone being burned alive......

Hearing what Bai Qingting said, the pillar burst into tears and cried:

"Third uncle! I'm useless! I escaped by patronizing myself, but let Yang Zi stay there...... Burned alive! ”

And so it was.

Xiao Qi couldn't help but cast a calculating gaze at Bai Qingting.

Bai Qingting ignored Xiao Qi and asked Zhuzi:

"How many of you in the village have escaped like you?"

The pillar cried: "Few ......"

Few ......

Suddenly, the three masters and servants of Bai Qingting felt a little cold in their hearts.

The old man was also wiping old tears on the side.

Bai Qingting pursed his lips and asked again, "Then how many people were there in your Zhuangzi?" ”

The pillar cried even louder: "Twenty-seven! (To be continued.) )