22. Chapter 022
As soon as Ru Niang came in, she hurriedly explained, "The old slave saw that there were several big bamboos cut down in the house, so he asked the master to help make a few bamboo tubes and fill them with water, so that they can be used on the road." β
Zhang Hanqiu nodded slightly, "Let's go." β
The carriage stopped at an old pavilion on the side of the road for people to rest, and it was not known how many years it had existed.
Helping Ah Jiu's men get out of the car, Zhang Hanqiu saw that the three people were not kneeling as humbly as the slaves she had seen, but bowed down and stood aside.
It's like ...... When you can't keep anything, you still want to keep the dignity of Zuihou!
Through the three of them, Zhang Hanqiu thought of himself.
Wasn't she also forced to keep nothing?
What's worse than them is that even her dignity has been trampled under the feet of those people, if she doesn't rise up to resist the extreme and get her dignity back, she will be trampled by them for the rest of her life.
If she wants to employ people, why does she have to be groveling? It's a bit dignified, and it's good.
Ru Niang watched her young lady's eyes settle down after a trance, her eyes were full of relief, her young lady adapted very well.
After leaving the Zhang family, Miss is no longer a nobleman, she has been worried all the way that Miss will not be able to put down the shelf, and she cares about those faces, fortunately, her Miss is smarter than she imagined.
"Ah Jiu, divide the things into one point, eat some of them, and it doesn't matter if you're done eating, you can make up for it on the way."
"Yes."
The three people standing looked at each other and smiled a little bitterly, they seemed to be following a good master.
Although this master is a little smaller, he is still a woman.
Compared with those nobles who don't treat slaves as human beings, the hostess is also very good.
Ah Jiu took out the two cakes that were close to him, and the taste of the cakes with body temperature was only a little different, and Zhang Hanqiu tried to swallow them in one gulp.
The Zhang family has never deducted her in terms of food, and she really hasn't suffered anything in this regard. But since she made her decision, she was ready to endure hardships.
Compared to psychological suffering, this is nothing.
After eating, Zhang Hanqiu looked at the three of them, "I have only one requirement for you, that is loyalty, if you think you can't do it, when you leave after you arrive in Huiting City, I promise that I will never report to the official to arrest you, so I will spend money to hire you to escort us all the way." β
The three of them glanced at each other, only to feel that their throats were tight, and they couldn't help but be moved by such an opportunity......
But thinking of the slave mark on their foreheads, the three of them could only smile bitterly, touch their foreheads and say, "With this thing, where can we go?" Miss admitted frankly, the three of us are also willing to confess, we are willing to offer our loyalty to Miss, but the three of us still have unfulfilled wishes, when it is needed, I hope Miss can allow us to leave for a while, Miss rest assured, we will definitely come back. β
Zhang Hanqiu looked at the swaying woods outside the pavilion with a leisurely gaze, "When it really comes, maybe I don't need you anymore, what if I can't come back?" People's hearts are the most forceful, this is the experience I ...... in two lifetimes.
Lowering his gaze and being silent for a while, Zhang Hanqiu got up, "Let's go." β
"Yes."
This side is walking happily, but the Zhang family is in chaos at this time.
Zhang Zetian, who has always been graceful, loosened his head, and a few strands of hair fell out without knowing it, smashing all the things that could be smashed in the hall, his eyes were red, and he roared out of breath, "Zhang Hanqiu, Zhang Hanqiu!" β
It was rare for Wu not to step forward to say soft words.
She was dying of rage.
Not to mention that the dowry in the room was all burned, and the Zhang family was also burned by a third, if it was just like this, she could still swallow this evil breath.
But through her burning, the rumors outside have become more and more ugly, what sister and sister's fiancΓ© colluded to commit adultery and forced her sister to back down, what fire Zhang Hanqiu wanted to burn herself, but was rescued by a master, what is her stepmother who is good to her stepdaughter on the surface, but she is actually a femme fatale......
She endured it for more than ten years, and it burned all the fires.
No, you can't just leave it at that!
Glancing at her husband, Wu's eyes blinked, and her eyes immediately filled with tears, "Master, when does the concubine treat her badly, do you listen to what the concubine body says outside, even if she is angry and resentful in her heart, isn't it okay to spread it at home?" She was so happy that she set the fire on fire, but did she think about the consequences? Now the Zhang family has become a joke in Wuyang City. β
Speaking of zuihou, tears rolled down, lining his pale face, looking particularly pitiful.
Zhang Zetian has always eaten Wu's set, and he hates Zhang Hanqiu even more.
But thinking that I haven't been able to find anyone since the incident, I have more admiration for the eldest daughter who has always been less than even out of the door.
Since he found out that she was missing last night, he scattered all the people in the house to look for it, and asked the night patrol to ask all over again, that is, the corner called Hanako woke up and asked, but he didn't get any news.
It's like the man had vanished into thin air.
As soon as the morning dawned, he went outside to set up, and last night the gate of Chencheng had already been closed, and she couldn't run out, thinking that as long as people were still in the city, she wouldn't be able to run.
But until now, there is still no news.
He Zhang Zetian has been competitive all his life, but in the end, he planted a big heel in the hands of his daughter who has never looked down on him, which is really good!
"Master, what do you say about this, the pretty girl will be passed on like that outside, if the Qi family is ......"
"The Qi family doesn't dare to go back." Zhang Zetian stroked his forehead, looking irritable, "Instead of thinking about this, you might as well think about what Xia Wei is going to do." β
Wu's face turned even paler, yes, without Zhang Hanqiu, how would they hold Xia Wei in their hands again?
If she is sad and insists on making things bigger so that everyone has no good life, how can it be good?
Her current identity is something they can't move, she also has a son by her side, she should only be two or three years younger than Jiabao, if she is embarrassed with Jiabao in the future, how can Jiabao be an opponent?
Speaking of which, "Where's Jiabao?" Didn't you say today that you wouldn't let him go to the academy? Why haven't you seen anyone all the time? β
Zhang Zetian was stunned for a moment, and looked at the people waiting in the room, "Have you seen the third son?" β
The people in the room looked at each other and shook their heads.
Seeing that Zhang Zetian was about to have a seizure, a maid walked in outside the house and replied tremblingly, "Master, the slave maid saw the third son sitting in the courtyard of the eldest lady earlier. β
Wu hurriedly got up, "There are broken walls and broken arms, what can you see......
"You zhanzhu." Zhang Zetian looked at his wife, who was distracted when he encountered a major event, "Jiabao has always had a good relationship with Qiu'er, if something like this happens, you don't let him go with his temperament, do you want him to hate you?" β
"How can he hate me, everything I do is for his good."
"Did you ask me if you did what I wanted?" Zhang Jiabao walked in from the outside, the childishness on his face seemed to fade overnight, his eyes were red and swollen and looked a little embarrassed, but his eyes were cold.
"Jiabao!"
"Did I say I'm going to force my eldest sister away? Did I ever say I wanted everything I wanted for my big sister? Did I say I didn't want my eldest sister to have a comfortable life? Did I say that it was not good for you to treat your eldest sister like this? β
The ten-year-old child couldn't say anything more ugly, but he was so sad, his family, his father, mother, and sister joined forces to force the eldest sister to the end of the scene, Zuihou forced people away, so many people in the Zhang family didn't find it, and he didn't even know if the eldest sister was okay now.
Wu clutched his chest, opened his mouth a few times, and couldn't say a word.
Who is she for? Who is she doing everything for?
"Jiabao, how do you talk to your mother?" Zhang Zetian helped his wife sit down, his expression ugly.
Zhang Jiabao's fists were so tight that he was about to squeeze out the water, Zuihou simply turned his head away from the two people in front of him, and said as he walked out: "From today onwards, I will live in the school, don't come to me if you have nothing to do." β
The school is indeed able to live in people, but how can it be compared with the family, Wu was so anxious that he burst into tears, grabbed his husband's shirt and begged, "Master, you quickly let Jiabao stay, let him stay......"
Zhang Zetian patted her on the shoulder, and watched her son leave until he was never seen again before lowering his head to comfort his wife, "Jiabao is ten years old, you can't raise him as a child anymore, it's okay to let him go out, if Qiu'er runs away and can make Jiabao grow, the Zhang family is not a toss in vain." β
"But ......"
"That's it, you send someone to send him some daily necessities when you go back, except for his personal servant, don't follow anyone else, if he can't stand it, he will naturally come back."
Wu bit his lip and brushed his head, and tears fell straight down like beads with broken threads.
Zhang Zetian's temper was a little uncontrollable, he shook his hand and sat back, and said in a deep voice: "Is it time to worry about such a trivial matter?" You don't want to think about how we should deal if Xia Wei really tried her best to investigate. β
Wu silently wiped his tears, not daring to play any more tricks, "This is Zhang Hanqiu who set fire to leave, and it wasn't us who set fire to force her to leave, if Xia Wei pursued her like this, her identity is different now, her son is her protection, and it is also her weakness, for the sake of her son, she will not die in the net, and the concubine is more worried that she will embarrass Jiabao in the future, after all, Jiabao will go on a career in the future, and it is impossible for her son to avoid ......"
Zhang Zetian nodded, "What you said makes sense, she just asks a few questions at most, then she has to be able to say that the city lord allowed her to go out, I was blindfolded, and I actually felt that she was a threat, once a woman is tied up, even if she hates me so much that she wants to eat me, she can't do anything, unless one day her son can take the throne, but there is more than one son of the city lord, and there is a righteous eldest son on it, what is she, for a long time, just walk and see." β
The Wu family nodded again and again, and secretly decided that the next time he saw Jiabao, he must make a good friend of the city lord's son-in-law.
"Where's Qiao'er? Messing with this mess, finally know how to converge? β
How dare Wu speak for his daughter, "I do embroidery work in the house, and I haven't been out today." β
"I guess I went out and was scared back by that gossip." Zhang Zetian snorted coldly, "Didn't you say that you made an appointment with the Qi family to discuss the marriage of the two families today?" Why didn't anyone come? β
"I pushed the time back by two days, the Zhang family is really not suitable for seeing guests, then you are mobilizing people to find the eldest sister, so I didn't come to disturb you."
"You can't push it back." Zhang Zetian objected without thinking about it, "It's easy to change after a long time, and change the time to tomorrow." β
"Yes, the concubine will go to the Qi family in person."