Chapter 116: Bandits
Mrs. Luo was so shocked that she almost couldn't sit still, but fortunately she was helped by Mother Lin.
Mother Lin comforted Mrs. Luo and shouted, "What's wrong?" Can't even drive a carriage? ”
The groom stammered, "Yes...... There's a bandit......"
There was still shouting outside, and the frightened voices of the maids and the servants were all in one.
At that moment, a bandit who surrounded them came out and shouted.
"This mountain is opened by me, this tree is planted by me, if you want to cross the road, leave it to buy road money!"
Mrs. Luo swallowed her saliva and didn't dare to move.
In the other carriage, Luo Ruyue hugged Luo Qing's arm tightly, and shrank even more because of the words of the thieves outside, obviously terrified.
Luo Rulan was also very scared, and held Luo Qing's hand tightly, "Fifth sister, you say, will we ......?"
"No......" Luo Qing held Luo Rulan's cold hand tightly and forced her composure, "We'll be fine, wait and see...... Wait and see what happens......"
I don't know who this sentence is comforting in vain.
They shouldn't, the bandits out there have run out of patience.
"Grandma's, believe it or not, Lao Tzu cut you directly?"
"Don't...... Don't......"
As soon as Luo Qing heard this voice, he knew that it was Luo Yangshu.
She gritted her teeth, and with a ruthless heart, she carefully lifted the corner of the carriage curtain.
But when he saw the thief who shouted, he smiled and said, "Yo hey, I finally have someone who understands, and I am so sorry that my brother has been with me for so long, you are really difficult." ”
Luo Yangshu trembled, held his head in his hands, stumbled and said, "You want to ...... Take what you want...... Put...... Just put it outside......"
Mrs. Luo finally calmed down, asked Mother Lin to lift the curtain, and also said, "Ladies and gentlemen, we are going back to mourn, and we are looking forward to accommodating one or two, and leave us some silver money to take home to pay homage." ”
What if they really let them all take them?
She had just figured it out, and the many families they brought with them were not in vain, even if those bandits had knives in their hands, they didn't have to endure the deception too much.
As soon as Luo Qing heard Mrs. Luo's words, she knew what she was planning, but she peeked at these individuals, and it was obvious that they were not easy to get along with, let alone negotiable.
Just talking about the man at the head, I saw that he was very burly, and there were scars on his face, he must be a vicious man, this person would really care about these?
Sure enough, I saw a rather thin man standing next to the burly man shouting loudly, "Don't leave here to bargain, you big families, eat fragrant and drink spicy food all day long, and our people will eat bran and eat vegetables, and suffer from sin, I look...... You still have a lot of female dependents, why don't you leave people to the gentlemen to be happy......"
As soon as he finished speaking, the crowd on the hill let out a string of lewd laughter, and they responded with each other.
"That is, there is a great drought in Rongzhou, we are displaced, no one cares, I see, the taxes and grain we pay are to feed these people! Lao Tzu is also enjoying today! ”
"We haven't tasted this young lady's taste yet, isn't it more fragrant?"
Luo Rulan's heart was on fire, and she didn't care about it, and before Luo Qing could react, she opened the carriage curtain and scolded, "You pickled goods, it's just a fool's dream!" The toad wants to eat swan meat! ”
The faces of the twenty or thirty people standing on the slope immediately changed.
"Big brother, this mother-in-law can't spit ivory out of her mouth! Let's talk nonsense with them, let's go straight to them! ”
"Yes, big brother, let's go straight on."
Seeing this, Luo Qing hurriedly pulled Luo Rulan back.
Luo Rulan's heart was still angry, and she wanted to break free from Luo Qing's arms, and she had to throw herself out.
"Don't stop me, I'm going to have to judge them today!"
"Are they reasonable?"
Luo Qing frowned and reprimanded.
She had seen it, except for the leader one, most of these people were yellow-skinned and thin, and they should have been starved and ruthless, and there was no way, so they turned from homeless people to mobs.
At this moment, the old lady Luo trembled in the carriage in front of her and began to beg for mercy.
"Heroes, heroes, if you have something to say, you have to work hard if you don't have it."
"Want to talk about it now? It's late! ”
After the thin man said this, he went to look at the scar man next to him, and the scar man opened his mouth.
"Do it!"
The scar man was finalized, and there was no room for negotiation.
Luo Qing saw that this scar man was not easy to persuade, but ......
Luo Qing took a hat from the carriage and put it on, then lifted the curtain and shouted, "Slow!" ”
The thin man said, "What else do you have to say?" ”
"If you just want money, then it's okay to say, if you hurt your life, will the court still let you go?" Luo Qing finished his words in one breath, "Don't you want to think about yourself, don't you want to think about your wife and children?" ”
As soon as Luo Qing said this, many people hesitated.
She continued to persuade, "Now that the imperial court has sent someone down, it is still the invincible Prince Yi, do you think you have a chance of winning, when the time comes, you will be caught, it is better to rob, if you hurt someone's life, you will lose your life!" ”
The people on this mountain are not young, and they are not all fools, and they dare not move easily at the moment.
But the scar man has run out of patience: "What? Scared? At least now you can still fight for your wife and children, if Prince Yi really comes, you go in, what do your wives and children live on? It's better to grab it now and leave some for them! ”
Saying that, he didn't wait for Luo Qing to speak again, and took the lead in running down and giving a knife to the family.
The man screamed and fell to the ground convulsively, foaming at the mouth.
This scene shocked Luo Qing in surprise, and subconsciously wanted to get out of the car to check on the person's situation, but was stopped by Luo Ruyue and Luo Rulan.
"Don't go, Fifth Sister......"
Luo Ruyue held Luo Qing's hand tightly and said.
Luo Qing glanced at the housekeeper, who had already lost his breath, and with the scar man making a move, the scene suddenly became chaotic, and the gang of thieves had no room to turn back, and they all came down with knives to cut people and grab things.
Qingxing and Hongmei also gathered by the carriage, they let Luo Qing's sisters hide in the carriage, and then called out and let the groom drive the carriage away.
But Mrs. Luo's carriage in front has been scrapped by these mobs, the road is narrow, and there are many people, where can the carriage pass?
Is it possible to get into the carriage and wait for death?
Although these people are mobs, they have never mentioned slashing people with knives before, but their strength is not as good as those farmers who do farm work all year round, not to mention that they still have knives in their hands, and they only have sticks on their side, and they are undoubtedly waiting for death by hiding in the carriage.
"No, you have to go to the front to move the rescuers, those officers don't have horses, they shouldn't go too far, go, go to them......"
After Luo Qing gave instructions to a family member on the side of the carriage, he turned to take Luo Rulan and Luo Ruyue's hands
"Run, we have to run, we can't hide in the carriage, we can only run out, hide in a hidden place, if we are caught by bandits, we don't want to live."
Luo Rulan's momentum of not being afraid of the sky and the earth was completely gone, and Luo Ruyue cried directly.
"Fifth sister, I'...... I'm afraid ......"
Luo Qing's eyebrows and eyes were full of condensation, "I'm afraid to run!" Run forward, can't find a place to hide, run to the official road, this should be not far from the official road, maybe you can meet people. ”
At this time, several family members had come forward to surround them, intending to escort them away.
Luo Rulan is a concubine, as soon as she got out of the carriage, several family members protected her tightly.
Luo Qing and they also have a family to protect them, but in the end there are still few, and at this time, Luo Rulan didn't forget to turn around and pull her at this time, she was moved, but she didn't hold Luo Rulan's hand, but stuffed Luo Ruyue's hand into her hand.
"Run."
It's just that in this way, there are fewer people protecting Luo Qing, and the scene is very chaotic, and when the mob sees that they are going to run, they want to come up to stop them, and they scatter her with Luo Rulan and Luo Ruyue with a knife.
Luo Qing couldn't, so she carried her skirt and was protected by Qingxing and Hongmei and ran away to the other end.
But those mobs had already let go of their words before, and they were going to be taken captive, but at this time, it seemed that they were not lying, and two of them chased Luo Qing with knives.
Luo Qing looked back, and saw that there were two people chasing after him, and he was even more scared, even if his legs were weak, he didn't dare to stop, and he shouted "Help, help......"
She is also in a mess now, she doesn't think about anything in her mind, so she rushes straight forward, and accidentally goes up the mountain, but the mountain road is rugged, and she is tripped by the wild grass, and she is about to rush forward, but fortunately she is quickly supported by Qingxing and Hongmei.
"Girl, watch out......"
"Let's run."
But her foot is broken, where can she still run?
She looked back at the person behind her, and reached out to push Qingxing and Hongmei, "You guys go first, leave me alone." ”
"No way!" Qingxing turned around and grabbed Luo Qing again, "We are the girl's slaves, there is no reason why the master should protect the slave and maid in distress." ”
"That's right." Hongmei refused to leave.
Luo Qing looked back at the two big men who were getting closer and closer to them with big knives, and pushed the two of them harder.
"Leave me alone, whose life is not life? Go find someone! Crossing this hillside should be the official road, go quickly! ”
Qingxing doesn't go, "Hongmei, you run fast, you go!" ”
After that, she turned around and helped Luo Qing.
Hongmei looked back and forth, stomped her feet, gritted her teeth, and ran forward for help.
Luo Qing couldn't resist Qingxing, so she had to help her run forward, but where could the two weak women outrun the two big men who used to do farm work?
She looked around, and at last she saw a stick on the ground, which was still thick, and immediately picked it up.
At this time, the two men with knives had already surrounded them one after the other.
Luo Qing clenched the stick in his hand, cold sweat broke out in his palm, swallowed his saliva, settled down, and said, "You guys...... If you let us go, we'll ...... We can give you lots and lots of silver...... My father is an official of the imperial court, and if something happens to me, they won't spare you! ”
One of the men was the one who threatened to take them back without tasting the taste of the young lady of the family.
He was originally a gangster in Rongzhou City before, but after listening to Luo Qing's words, he immediately laughed obscenely.
"Lao Tzu just wants to taste the taste of the official lady!"