Jiang Xinyue showed this hand, but it was more effective than words, these men really stopped stepping forward, but just blocked the way to prevent the people of Yipinxiang from leaving, neither side moved, and the scene fell into a stalemate.

However, the stalemate did not last long, and soon some men dressed in gray shorts and guards came running around the corner, and a colorful six-person sedan chair stopped in front of the dilapidated orphanage.

A thin girl dressed as a young woman who followed the sedan chair lowered her head and opened the sedan curtain with her hands, and a middle-aged man with oily hair and fat face walked out.

He was dressed in a cotton suit made of satin, with a thick fur collar around his neck, a melon-skin hat on his head, and his fat big hands on the shoulders of the thin woman and walked out. As soon as he stood firm, he shuddered, and the little woman hurriedly straightened the fur collar around his neck, looking terrified of him.

The mother-in-law who was sitting on the ground saw this person, and hurriedly got up and went over to say hello: "Outside the horse, look at it, these people want to smash our jobs, and the old body detains them, so let the big cow and the second cow go to report the news, what do you think about it?" ”

The horseman raised his eyelids and glanced at the person with a pint of incense, a little disdainful: "It's just a group of hairy boys, who dare to come here and shout, don't see whose territory it is, detain them in the orphanage, don't leave without handing over the money, search their carriage too, take away all the valuable things, and don't give them food, starve until tomorrow..."

The fat-headed and big-eared horseman's eyes swept over, but he was suddenly stunned when he saw Ruan Mianmian, Ruan Mianmian is a typical delicate and cute, round face and big eyes, white and flawless skin, as well as thin eyebrows, tall and small nose, in the eyes of the horseman, it is simply a flawless ideal type like a fairy.

Just by looking at the little woman who was waiting beside him, he knew that it was this kind of weakness and loveliness that he liked.

An ambiguous smile immediately appeared on the face of the horse member, and he only felt a burst of greasy and disgusting in the eyes of everyone in Yipinxiang, Fang Cannon and Mu Ruqing even blocked Ruan Mianmian from letting his eyes touch, but the horse member opened his mouth: "Leave that little lady behind, be my aunt's wife, I will go to the prefect's mansion for a banquet tonight, tomorrow, I will set up a wedding wine tomorrow, and I can't delay for a moment." ”

After saying this, the horse clerk clapped his hands and took the little woman back to the sedan chair, and before leaving, he did not forget to tell the old woman: "Remember, don't hurt the little lady, she will be sent to my house intact tomorrow." The old woman bent over and said yes.

The horses went away in a sedan chair, but the gray-clad guards did not, they surrounded the whole orphanage, and the people were driven into an empty room, which was separated by a wall from the children's Datongpu, but there was not even a bed in this room, only a pile of hay piled up by the wall.

"Ahem" Ruan Mianmian has been choking on the dust on the ground since she entered this room, Jiang Xinyue and Liu Xin'er hurriedly took a handkerchief to cover their mouths and noses, and they couldn't help frowning: "What kind of broken place, why is there so much ash." ”

Fang Dacang used his cuffs to block Ruan Mianmian in front of her, and she looked a little better: "This is the place to punish the disobedient children in the orphanage, if there is a child who wants to sneak away, the mother-in-law will lock him in this room, and he will not be allowed to go out or eat for three days, only give him a sip of water to drink, and he will not die of hunger, but he will be beaten severely at every turn." ”

"Near the capital, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, there is such a hell on earth, it is really hateful." Liu Xin'er hugged a team of fluffy grass and spread it out, so that everyone had a place to sit.

"What should I do, I see that there are people guarding outside, but you also heard what the bullshit man said, you must leave as soon as possible, otherwise what should you do?" Fang Cannon was so anxious that he couldn't wait to give birth to a pair of wings and fly out with Ruan Mianmian.

The other people didn't look good, they were doing good deeds, but they were blackmailed, and they were locked up in this dark and damp dilapidated house, and they didn't even have anything to keep warm.

"Don't worry, we have to find a way to send the news out, whether it's the Marquis of Anyang or the King of England, who is good friends with us, if we get the news, we can still save us from the outside, I'm afraid it won't work to break through from the inside."

Mu Ruqing dusted off his robe and sat on the thatch, and glanced towards the closed door, the paper pasted on the door was already tattered, and a few figures could be faintly seen, which was the nursing home guarding outside.

Everyone sat down silently, no one spoke for a while, and the room was surprisingly quiet. After the sky was dark, she gradually felt cold, Fang Cannon took off her cotton jacket and put it on Ruan Mianmian, Ruan Mianmian's stomach growled twice, she covered her stomach and leaned on Fang Cannon's shoulder with a pale face, not knowing what she was thinking.

At this time, there was a cry from next door, this cry was a little harsh, like a child couldn't stand the cold, everyone was a little distressed when they heard it, but now they can't protect themselves, how to protect them.

At this time, Uncle Hua seemed to notice something, stood up and wrapped his jacket tightly and walked towards the wall, the cry came from the other side of the wall, Uncle Hua lowered his voice and said: "Ruqing, listen, this cry... Isn't it too big? ”

Mu Ruqing also got up and leaned over, and everyone turned their heads to listen to the sound by the wall, yes, across a wall, no matter how loud this cry is, it shouldn't be so clear, how can this be? However, everyone didn't have time to think for too long, and the thatched pile in front of them moved, and there seemed to be something underneath that was going up all at once.

Mu Ruqing hurriedly protected everyone behind him, he was closest to this pile of thatch, so he could see it most clearly. Everyone held their breath, looked at the thatch arched a few times, and through the faint light outside, they could see clearly the shadow coming out of the thatch, which was the little six who should have been next door.

This kid is a monkey spirit, and after he came out, he first made a silent gesture to everyone, pointing to the nursing home guarding outside, and signaling everyone not to alarm the people outside.

slipped off the thatch again, tiptoed to the middle of a few girls, and took out three or four half-sized steamed buns from his arms, which were the ones brought by Yipinxiang: "Nineteenth sister, you are hungry, eat quickly, this is what our older children saved, they have been covered, and they are soft." ”

After whispering, he stuffed the steamed bun in his hand into Ruan Mianmian's hands, and his mouth was still called by Ruan Mianmian's former nickname.

Ruan Mianmian had already burst into tears, and Jiang Xinyue and Liu Xin'er were also very moved, holding the steamed buns and speechless. Ruan Mianmian asked, "Little Liu, how did you come from there?" People outside won't find out, right? ”

Xiao Liu's thumb pointed at himself: "You can rest assured about this, just now we let Xiao Shiyi deliberately cry loudly, covering up the sound of us digging the wall, do you remember, a piece of this wall has been hollowed out a long time ago, and it is covered with thatch and the soil bed over there It is impossible to see it, we dug the hole wide, I am small, just let them push me in and bring you some food." ”

How could Ruan Mianmian not know that in the past, there were always children who starved to death when they were punished in this room, so they thought of a way to dig a small hole in the hidden place at the base of the wall, and only one arm of the child passed through, and usually blocked it with soil, if someone was punished, the children would each secretly save a nest and send it out through the small hole, and no one was starved to death after that.

It's just such a small hole, if you want to dig it so that Xiao Liuzi can drill out, how much effort does it take, how do these children who are less than fifteen years old do it? Ruan Mianmian didn't care about tears, and hurriedly grabbed Xiao Liuzi's hand that was deliberately shrunk in his sleeve to look, only to see that the ten fingers and nails were already bloody and blurred, Xiao Liuzi was a little embarrassed and wanted to withdraw his hand, but Ruan Mianmian grabbed it.

Ruan Mianmian took out a handkerchief and wrapped one hand around him, and Liu Xin'er also handed her handkerchief over there, and Ruan Mianmian turned out to bandage his other hand with a handkerchief. Xiao Liuzi only felt a faint fragrance on the handkerchiefs of the two sisters, and lowered his head a little shyly.

"Okay, Xiaoliu, go back quickly, otherwise it's time to beat you when you find out outside." Ruan Mianmian wiped away her tears, patted Xiao Liu's shoulder, and then turned to the other cannon's cannon and said, "Cannon, you protect him, don't let him knock." ”

Fang Cannon responded, took the lead in climbing up the thatched stack, and picked up the thatch to find the hole where Xiao Liu entered. Although Ruan Mianmian is very good to this little six, and tears are shed for him and bandaged him, but Fang Cannon will not be a little jealous, although this little six is young, but he is really good to these people, how can he have other thoughts about such a clear heart?

Xiao Liuzi just wanted to climb up the thatched stack, but Mu Ruqing stretched out his hand to stop him: "Little brother, wait a minute, perhaps, I have found a way to deliver the news." ”

Everyone looked at Mu Ruqing puzzled, did he want to use Xiaoliu to deliver news?

Mu Ruqing glanced at the nursing home outside and lowered his voice: "Little Liu, is there a place in your house where I can go out?" ”

Xiao Liuzi looked at Ruan Mianmian and thought for a while: "I'll try, I should be able to go out, can I be busy with you?" ”

"You can save our lives." Mu Ruqing said solemnly: "Presumably you also heard what the horseman said today, tomorrow at dawn, we will all be killed by them, and the horseman will also want your nineteenth sister to be his aunt's wife." If only you could get the news out tonight, we would be saved. ”

Xiao Liu's dirty face also had a serious expression, and this time he didn't hesitate: "Say, what am I going to do, I will definitely go out as soon as possible to help you finish." ”

"But Xiaoliu, I remember that although the house is dilapidated, there is only one door leading to the courtyard, how do you get out?" Ruan Mianmian's expression was full of worry and doubt.

"Sister Nineteen, you have also been gone for half a year, and our house has been even more broken in the past half a year, the window frame of the window on the back wall has fallen, and the two of you will work together to carry me, and I will be able to get out, no problem." Xiaoliu's eyes are not age-appropriate and steady.

"I'll leave this matter to you, please." Mu Ruqing whispered a few words in his ear, and watched him re-enter the hole. Yipinxiang and everyone plugged the hole with thatch, and they huddled together in silence.