Early in the morning, after a simple breakfast, Zhou Xiaofu first took Lan's mother to say goodbye to her stepmother Ye Xinlan, and she still had to do it, after all, in ancient times, women had to tell their parents when they went out, but they didn't go to Zhou Xiaoyang to say goodbye, because Zhou Xiaoyang lived in the outer courtyard and was inconvenient, and she had already asked someone to bring a letter to Zhou Xiaoyang the day before. When I went in to say goodbye to my stepmother, I met my father Zhou Lanqing and my stepmother Ye Xinlan having breakfast together, thinking that I was staying here. Hearing that Zhou Xiaofu was going to his ex-wife Wang Qingyang's Zhuangzi, he asked the little girl to go back to the study and took a hundred taels to give to Zhou Xiaofu.

Zhou Xiaofu was very happy to get another hundred taels, this cheap father's conscience found out.

Stepmother Ye Xinlan secretly arranged two carriages and two horseback escorts for Zhou Xiaolan according to the usual travel specifications.

The biological mother's Zhuangzi is located on the west side of Kyoto in the suburbs of Tongzhou, and there is a carriage for three hours from Kyoto, that is, 6 hours, and it will be in the afternoon to catch up, so Zhou Xiaofu slept in the carriage for two hours, this carriage is still good, there is a fixed small machine in the middle, there is a cushion to lie on, Zhou Xiaofu and Lan's mother are in a carriage.

At noon, after a brief meal, everyone hurried back on the road, which had already walked three-quarters of the way, and would be there in another hour.

There was nothing to do, and Lan's mother was also a little motion sick, squinting and leaning against the wall of the carriage with an uncomfortable face. Zhou Xiaofu sat cross-legged on the soft couch of the carriage, her hands were interlocked, her shoulders were straight, her spine was naturally in a line, she slowly closed her eyes, and began to breathe slowly and long, practicing breathing.

Suddenly, the carriage braked suddenly, fortunately, she had recently practiced the breathing method, and her fat body was also a lot more dexterous, and her reaction was much faster, and she quickly supported the small machine fixed on the carriage with one hand, and grabbed Mother Lan who was about to pounce with the other hand.

Outside the carriage, the coachman Ma Gui's anxious voice came: "Fourth Miss, are you okay, two people ran over and almost hit the carriage." ”

Someone bumped into it? Touching porcelain?

Mother Lan glanced at the fourth young lady who was supporting her gratefully, stabilized her body, sat down, and said outside: "Fourth young lady is fine, you go and see what's wrong." ”

Ma Gui hummed and went down.

After a while, I listened to a hoarse voice crying but said firmly: "Please save me and my brother from the uncle and aunt who passed by, take us to the yamen, I swear to the sky, we have nothing to do with this Wu mother-in-law, we are not her grandchildren at all, we are just looking for relatives to pass by here, my brother is sick, we are staying at Mrs. Wu's house, please uncles and aunts save me and my brother." ”

Hearing this, Zhou Xiaofu was stunned, what's wrong, didn't she touch porcelain?

I continued to hear a crying voice: "little swallow, I am your own grandmother, how can you be so unfilial, how can you not recognize your own grandmother." ”

At this time, I heard a man next to me say: "That's right, this is obviously your own grandmother, but you don't want to recognize each other, such an unfilial granddaughter." "Let's go back with my grandmother, and don't disturb everyone's time."

At this time, I heard this girl named Zhang Qiaoxi say: "Uncles and aunts, we are not the granddaughters and grandchildren of this Wu Pozi, we came from Xishan Province to Beijing to find our father, and we have identity documents and official certificates. ”

This identity document and official guidance were quite important in ancient times.

The identity document is very easy to understand, just like the ID card we use in modern times, with the date of birth and place of birth, as well as the name of the parents, and the seal of the government.

The Kaiyuan Dynasty had such a stipulation: all people who are far away from their place of residence are required to be issued by the local government department to a kind of official document such as a letter of introduction, a pass, etc., called a "road guide", if there is no "road guide" or does not conform to it, it is to be punished according to the law. "Lu Yin" is actually proof of leaving home.

The official is based on the road citation: The Kaiyuan Dynasty is the Lijia system or the Baojia system, "with one hundred and ten households as a mile, ten households with more grain are long, and the remaining 100 households are ten Jia." Ten people. There is one person in the annual service, and one person is the first person". The law of the Kaiyuan Dynasty stipulates that "farmers do not go out of a mile, go in and out of the morning, and know each other the way of work and rest". It is also said that there must be this guide when you go out, otherwise you will be arrested legally. At this time, I heard the man shouting in a hurry: "What nonsense, hurry up and tie up this little swallow and send it back, what is the trouble!" ”

Zhou Xiaofu couldn't listen to it anymore, for the study of this country that she had read a lot of books recently, she knew that what this girl said was true. walked out with Lan's mother, wearing a scarf, and motioned for Lan's mother to come forward and ask.

Although Lan's mother usually cries, after all, she is the housekeeper mother from a big family, and she stood up and said majestically: "Several, since this girl said that she has an identity, Wen Mu and the official will take it out to witness" After a pause, she looked at the two men and Mrs. Wu majestically and continued: "After all, the Kaiyuan Dynasty strictly prohibits the abduction and trafficking of women and children from good families, and once it is discovered, it will be severely punished." ”

Mother Lan's words frightened the faces of the two men and Mother Wu, and one of the men said angrily: "Is there any way for you to take it out, I'll take a look." "This yellow-faced manly, these two children only have some broken books, some clothes and a few taels of silver, where did they come from, he searched all over and didn't see them.

"You let me go first, what if you rob me of my guide." Zhang Qiao was angry, he was speechless for this kind of scoundrel, he and his younger brother came out to look for relatives, but they didn't find their relatives, so they were almost sold.

"You little slut, you little slut who was struck by lightning, what should I do if I let you go and run away" Wu Pozi scolded sharply.

Mother Lan was so angry that she didn't believe that Zhang Qiaoxi's two sisters and brothers were the grandchildren of this Wu mother-in-law, how could anyone scold her granddaughter for being a slut.

Looking at the little boy who was unconscious in Ma Gui's arms, Mother Lan said, "There are so many of us here, where can their sister and brother run." ”

The two maids stepped forward to help Zhang Qiaoxi over, and the two guards also stood in front of the two maids under the eyes of Mother Lan.

I saw Zhang Qiaoxi take out a bamboo kettle from the baggage, twist it from the support below, and open it, it was an invisible lid, and took out a pile of yellow paper folded together, and opened it tremblingly, Zhang Qiaoxi knew in her heart that this was saved, and then handed it to Mother Lan on the side, she saw that this Mother Lan could save herself.

Mrs. Wu and the two men behind him panicked, they never thought that there was a mystery hidden under the broken bamboo tube, and they were afraid for a while. Mrs. Wu regretted dying, she just listened to the words of her two nephews, thinking that she would sell these two children to make some money, but she didn't expect it to develop like this.

Lan's mother glanced at Lu Yin, and then handed it to Zhou Xiaofu, Zhou Xiaofu glanced at it and nodded back to Xiang Lan's mother.

Mother Lan hated people bullying honest people the most in her life, and immediately said loudly: "Zhang Huwei, you take this sister and brother to report to the official." ”

Before Escort Zhang stepped forward, he saw two yellow-faced men running away, what should I do if I don't run, I will go to prison.

Mrs. Wu watched her two nephews run away, her legs trembled with fright, and she knelt down in front of Zhang Qiaoxi crying and begged: "Miss Zhang, please spare the old woman, the old woman is also bewitched by the two nephews, and the lard blinded her heart for a while to do this thunder-struck thing, Miss Zhang, please beg you, for the sake of your sister and brother living in my house for a few days, I won't take your money anymore, you can forgive me" Mrs. Wu, who was kneeling on the ground, cried with snot and tears like a dead mother, hey, These ancient women were born to act.

Mother Lan asked Zhang Qiaoxi: "Miss Zhang, what do you think, do you need us to take you to report to the official?" ”

After thinking about it, Zhang Qiaoxi said: "This aunt, thank you so much for saving our sister and brother, we won't report to the official." Saying that, Zhang Qiaoxi knelt down and cried silently: "Auntie, this young lady, please save my brother, my brother has a fever and has been in a coma for two days, please save our brother and sister." “

Lan's mother looked unbearable, but looked at Zhou Xiaofu again. Zhou Xiaofu smiled, thinking that it was okay that Mother Lan still knew how to ask herself, since she was fated, she would save it, after all, she didn't have any good friends in ancient times.

Then he nodded and got into the car. Afterwards, Lan's mother asked the guards to let her go, and Mrs. Wu also warned her to stop doing evil in the future. Then he settled the two sisters and brothers into the two carriages behind them.

What Zhou Xiaofu didn't know was how much benefit this rescue had brought her, this feverish little boy was Sanyuan and Zhang Haotian six years later, but this is a later story.

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