"Wait, the military master in front, please wait!" The Jiang family's nursing home shouted at a team in front of them while driving the carriage.

The group was numerous, more than two hundred men, escorted by soldiers in military uniforms and carrying bows and swords.

When the general banner leading the soldiers heard this, he hurriedly turned back, and when he saw several rushing carriages, he immediately shouted to the soldiers, drew his sword and pointed at the carriage, and shouted: "What people? Stop for Lao Tzu, this is the defenders of Fucheng escorting Zhuang Ding, dare to find trouble for Lao Tzu, and cut you! ”

"Huh~" The Jiang family's guardian was afraid of angering these soldiers, so he hurriedly stopped the carriage and stopped stepping forward.

Jiang Jiao jumped down from the carriage and shouted at the general flag: "Brother Ma, it's me, the second child of the Jiang family in Tianfu County." ”

When they were in the carriage, Mr. Qi had already told them about the general banner that was escorting this batch of strong men, and coincidentally, Jiang Jiao happened to know this general banner of the horse.

"Jiang Er?" Ma Zongqi squinted his eyes, looked at Jiang Jiao for a while, and finally recognized him: "Haha, it's really you, why are you here?" What kind of livelihood is this going to do outside Ha'an Mansion? ”

"No, my brother is here to find someone this time." Jiang Jiao hurriedly beckoned Gu Dashan and them, asked them to hurry down, and the group walked towards Ma Zongqi.

But when there was still a three zhang away from Ma Zongqi's side, Jiang Jiao asked Mr. Qi, Qin Sanlang, and Wang Yongfu to stay, and he took Gu Dashan to Ma Zongqi and said: "Brother Ma, we are here to find someone, you have two people here, it is my brother-in-law and nephew, they followed the main family from the northwest Daliang Mansion to He'an Mansion, but they were sold by the main family, and my brother immediately chased after him after learning the news." ”

When Ma Zongqi heard this, he looked at Gu Dashan: "Who are you?" Where? What is your name? Can I have a household registration as a witness? ”

Although Ma Zongqi knew Jiang Jiao, the matter of escorting Zhuang Ding to the Northwest Iron Mine was an official matter of the Yamen, and if something went wrong, he himself would have to eat and hang, and these things must be asked clearly.

"Yes, yes, yes." Gu Dashan hurriedly took out his household registration and handed it to Mr. Ma with both hands.

Ma Zongqi saw that he looked honest, and his hands trembled with fear when he handed over a household registration, so he felt a lot more relieved, took the household registration, opened the household registration and looked at it, and saw that the household registration was stamped with the official seal of the county government of Tianfu County, knowing that this household registration was true, he returned the household registration to Gu Dashan, and asked, "What are the names of your sister-in-law and nephew?" ”

Gu Dashan hurriedly said: "My sister-in-law is called Li Duofu, and my nephew is called Li Daxi, who is a descendant of the Li family in Daliang Mansion, and after escorting the main family to He'an Mansion, they were sold by the main family. ”

"Li Duofu and Li Daxi? This name sounds familiar. Ma Zongqi asked a soldier beside him: "Who are these two people?" ”

The soldier replied: "The general flag is the father and son who gave it to us for free, and the two who don't want money." ”

The work in the mine is tiring, and a good person who goes to work in the mine can be tired to the point of not being human in a few months, and he can exhaust people to death in less than half a year. Therefore, in order to punish the subordinates of the family, some wealthy families deliberately did not want money, and sent the subordinates who made mistakes to them, so that they could take them to work in the mines, and they could also get the money from these people in the government, which was considered to be earned, which was very cost-effective.

"It turned out to be the two of them." Ma Zongqi remembered and said to Gu Dashan: "You caught up to ransom them?" ”

Gu Dashan nodded: "That's right, Master Jun, please make it convenient and sell the two of them to me, my sister-in-law is still waiting for them at home, but I can't let them go to the northwest again." ”

The northwest is still in chaos, if Li Duofu and his son are allowed to go to the northwest, it will be to send them to death.

Jiang Jiao also interceded beside him: "Brother Ma, you help, the father and son were also harmed by the main family, and the family escorted the main family from Daliang Mansion to He'an Mansion, but it didn't work out, the main family is not a thing, and they will sell it as soon as they settle down." ”

"And my brother has been separated from his sister-in-law's family for more than 20 years, and just found his sister-in-law a few days ago, and heard about his sister-in-law and nephew, so he immediately chased after him. Brother Ma, you raise your hand and cross their names, let's take them away. ”

Jiang Jiao looked at Mr. Qi not far behind him and shouted at him, "Mr. Qi, come over and say it." ”

The matter started because of the Li family, Mr. Qi is a relative of the Li family, and he should have paid this money, otherwise why did he bring him here?

Mr. Qi understood what Jiang Jiao meant, and immediately walked over and waved at Ma Zongqi: "Below is the second master of the Qi family in Fucheng, a little careful, I bought wine for Ma Zongqi and the soldiers." ”

Mr. Qi took out a silver ticket and handed it to Mr. Ma.

Ma Zongqi saw the words one hundred taels on the silver ticket, and took the silver ticket with a smile: "It turned out to be the second master of Qi Mansion in Qi, and I am fortunate to have it." ”

He said to the soldiers around him: "Put away the guys, don't bump into Second Master Qi." ”

When the soldiers heard this, they sheathed their swords.

Jiang Jiao saw that they had collected the knife and knew that there was something to talk about it, so he laughed and asked Ma Zongqi: "Brother Ma, where are Li Duofu's father and son?" My brother was anxious to meet them. ”

"Zizi, bring Li Duofu and his son over."

"Huh." A soldier immediately ran to the group of strong men, and in a short time brought a father and son with him.

These two people are Li Duofu father and son, the two are barefoot, wearing tattered coarse linen clothes, both are skinny, and there are wounds on their faces and heads.

When Gu Dashan saw the two of them, especially when he saw Li Daxi, he immediately decided that this was Li Duofu's father and son, because Li Daxi didn't look like Li Duofu, but was a little similar to his uncle.

But......

Li Daxi's right hand was tied with a wooden plank, and there were blood stains on the burlap wrapped around his arm.

Gu Dashan hurriedly rushed over and asked in a choked voice, "Daxi, you, what's the matter with your hand?" ”

Zizi said: "It was beaten by the master's family, and the master's family who sent their father and son said that their family was a thief and stole the master's things, and after being discovered by the master's family, he dared to beat the fourth master of the master's family, so he broke his hand." ”

He also said: "Don't worry, this hand has already been shown by the bone-setting doctor when he was in the yamen, and he should be able to get better with some medicine." ”

They showed Li Daxi a hand injury, but they also wanted his hand to get better, otherwise they would not be able to work if they took such a cripple to the iron mine.

When Gu Dashan heard this, he was so distressed that he wanted to cry, and said to Li Daxi: "Daxi, don't worry, when you go back, your uncle will hire a good doctor for you, and you will definitely be cured of your hand." ”。

Li Daxi is not very old, only sixteen years old, but after several great difficulties, he is now very calm, and when he saw Gu Dashan, he did not get carried away with joy, but asked him: "What is your name?" Where? You said it was my uncle, what is my mother's name? Where is she now? What about my sister? ”