Chapter 210: The Lookout
Tang Mengmeng was extremely happy to see them reborn, "We are all our own people in the house, and we don't need to call ourselves slaves, I feel inferior to them by always calling them like this." ”
None of these children dared to respond, no one in the world knew how solemn the Yi Wangfu was, but the master in front of him said that they were all his own people, how favored was he to say this in front of the prince, and then Duan Jingyi on the side was not displeased, as if what Tang Meng said was anything.
Seeing this, Huzi said smartly, "Yes, I will wait for everything to be ordered by Niangniang!" ”
"But then again, are you all homeless people without a father or mother?"
Speaking of this question, the eyes of several children immediately dimmed, and the young ones couldn't help but kneel behind and secretly wipe their tears, and Huzi couldn't help but speak in pain.
"My father was originally a mason in the management team, because of the hard work in his hands, so many big officials came to my father if they needed to repair anything, and even the river embankment repaired in the south of the city not long ago was also led by my father."
"The embankment south of the city?" Tang Meng's eyes lit up, wasn't that the embankment she used to subdue Dong Cheng, as soon as Dong Cheng and Tang Meng mentioned it, she had a little more affection for Huzi's father, because the team that could be selected by Dong Cheng as strictly as well must be serious and outstanding.
"Yes, after repairing the embankment, Lord Dong gave my father a lot of silver, and my father felt that it was more profitable to work for the official family, so he went around to find out if there was any new work, who knew that he happened to meet a team of officials who happened to find someone to repair the watchtower, and my father took a few uncles who worked weekdays to follow, that is, their father."
Huzi looked at the children behind him with their heads hanging down with guilt on their faces, "Who knew that the people who were originally scheduled to come back at the end of the year were gone, and they had not been heard from for less than two months." ”
"You're saying they're gone?" Tang Meng was shocked and glanced at Duan Jingyi, "Have you ever gone to the recruitment office to ask?" ”
"I asked, I asked everything I could, but those people said that they had never hired workers, let alone admitted that my father had gone to the watchtower, and that we were thieves who deliberately spread rumors, and those officials threw us out after we were injured, and then we didn't dare to ask again, so we could only inquire in private."
"And what about later? But what's the news? ”
Huzi shook his head sadly, "There is no news, my father and they disappeared as if they had never appeared, and there was not even a trace left, and then my mother was so worried about my father, so she packed her bags with a few aunts in the same situation and planned to go to the lookout to find my father, but they also went and never came back." ”
Tang Meng sighed in his heart when he heard this, I'm afraid that these people are already fierce.
Huzi glanced at the children who were wiping their tears in the back, and his tone was faintly resentful, "Some of their mothers didn't go with them, but I don't know who leaked the news of this matter, and within a few days, the group of people who beat us found an excuse to arrest all their mothers and relatives, and said that some traitors killed people directly in the backyard." ”
"How can they dare to kill people with torture for their own sake! Who gave them the right! ”
Duan Jingyi pulled back the angry Tang Meng and signaled her not to be impulsive, his eyes that had been indifferent for a long time were full of turbulent rolling dark clouds, "Do you remember what kind of mansion it was?" ”
"It's the Enlistment Office!" Huzi's face turned red and he clenched his two fists into a dead ball, "I will never forget that place in my life!" ”
"Enlistment?" Tang Meng was stunned, isn't this place a subordinate recruitment office under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Industry? And the Ministry of Industry Shangshu is Cheng Zhongnian, the father of Cheng, the eldest lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion.
This Cheng family really has a big article!
Tang Meng's whole body trembled, she calmed down for a moment and ordered Xing'er beside her, "Leave Huzi in the Dream Garden to serve, if you need to ask something in the future, it will be convenient." ”
"Yes, there is still a shortage of chores outside the courtyard, so the slave and maid will arrange for him to come over."
Tang Meng couldn't calm down for a long time, "In the future, this palace will be your home, if you have anything to do, just tell Steward Chen, and the prince will also help you avenge your father's affairs, and will never let you become orphans in vain!" ”
These children have suffered the cold eyes of countless people in the world in order to find their fathers and mothers, and they are already desperate to have a way out and survive, but they didn't expect their life-saving benefactor to give them such a big gift.
Several children immediately kowtowed, and a muffled sound smashed on the ground and smashed into Tang Meng's heart.
What Tang Meng said just now was exactly what Duan Jingyi wanted to say, he was going to deal with the old foxes of the six departments, but if he wanted to do it, he had to have a reason, and now that the ready-made reason was sent to him, how could Duan Jingyi not be reasonable.
Besides, he is accustomed to fighting on the battlefield with deep righteousness, and when he sees such a careless behavior of human life, he naturally can't tolerate it, and he immediately responds in a deep voice.
With the double assurance of the prince and princess, these children have more confidence in their hearts to find their father and mother, they keep kowtowing, even Xing'er and Xiaotao can't pull up, and Huzi even knocked out the blood stains on the wound that had just been bandaged.
Tang Meng looked at these children and felt distressed, their thin little bodies may have been caused by hunger, she wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, "Let's open a big pot of stew and eat today, you can only grow up well when you are strong and strong can you not make them sad when you see your father." ”
Xing'er was clever, and when she heard this, she ran directly to the kitchen.
Huzi and several people were crying even more, and their eyes were red.
"It's been a long time since we've eaten a full meal, let alone meat, Niangniang's kindness Huzi will remember it in this life and this life, you are my reborn parents, Huzi swears never to betray Niangniang!"
"I swear too!" "And me!"
Tang Meng resisted the urge to shed tears and helped them up one by one, "They are all good children, I will definitely do my best to find your father and mother for you!" ”
After Huzi and the others retreated, as soon as Tang Meng turned around, he fell into a warm and solid embrace.
Duan Jingyi gently rubbed her hair, knowing what she wanted to ask like a roundworm in her stomach, so she said directly, "The lookout tower is located in Xingdu, my father originally wanted to take advantage of the high mountain terrain of Xingdu to look thousands of miles to prevent thieves, this matter is the responsibility of the Ministry of Works, and Cheng Zhongnian is in charge, there are so many innocent orphans in the imperial city, it must be that there is a big problem in the lookout, and there must be many dead and injured people, otherwise the subordinates of the Ministry of Industry will not drive out the women and children, and there must be a big deal about this matter." ”
Tang Meng panicked in his heart, "Is this difficult to investigate?" ”
"Cheng Zhongnian concealed it very well, a few days ago, my father asked about the repair of the watchtower, and no one came out to perform abnormalities, so it seems that this matter must be very hidden, and it is not so easy to investigate."
Tang Meng couldn't hide his frustration, "I think so, Cheng Zhongnian has been low-key a lot over the years, and even with the Cheng family in the Prime Minister's Mansion, he is a smart person who knows that he is old and stable, so he intends to reduce his sense of existence among everyone, not to mention this kind of big thing, the fault of losing his head if he doesn't make a good trouble, the insider of this matter must be cautious again and again." ”
Duan Jingyi was pleased, "You can think of these kings are much more relieved, you have always been soft-hearted, as long as you believe in this king, I will definitely find out as soon as possible." ”
"Well," Tang Meng nodded vigorously, "I thank you for these children!" ”
Duan Jingyi dropped a warm kiss on her lips, and then took Ling Qing to the study to arrange the layout to investigate the matter thoroughly.
Tang Meng sighed, raised his eyes and saw Xiao Pei standing stiffly by the door.
She smiled softly, "Don't be afraid, come to me."
Xiao Pei knelt on the ground respectfully, "The slave is not afraid, the mother is a good person." ”
Tang Meng pulled her distressed and forced her to sit down beside her, "You just sit down, and let Sister Xiao Tao cook ginger soup for you later, you can drink a few bowls of sweat when you sleep at night," she said as she put a snack in her palm, and her soft movements were extremely kind, "You girl is too thin, if you don't want your brother Huzi to worry, hurry up and eat fatter, if you have anything in your heart that is inconvenient to talk to me, just talk to Xiao Tao and Xing'er, no matter how bad Huzi is also on an errand in this courtyard, It's the same if you tell him and then ask him to tell me, in short, don't wronged yourself. ”