Chapter 58 Asylum Seeking
The man's eyes widened: "Grandpa is ......" As soon as the words came out, he noticed that the little lang in front of him called himself Gongsheng, and he was busy talking, but the arrogance on his face was not hidden, and he only waved his hand, "No matter what your Zeng family is subtracting, give way to me, do you know whose family we are?" Get out of the way. ”
Although he said so, he was worried in his heart, the Zeng family was really not easy to mess with in this Nanfeng City. Although the Zeng family is poor, there are many officials in the clan, and they have an excellent reputation, not to mention their subordinates, even if they are their own sons and brothers, I am afraid that they will have to give a little thin noodles. So the tone softened.
"It doesn't matter whose family you are, that is, the emperor's relatives and relatives, if you hit someone, you must say sorry. And you are talking wildly, do you really think of yourself as a person? If you don't get to the bottom of it today, why don't you take a look at it? ”
Shiro, who has always been silent, Guan Jian is also a ruthless character, blocking the way of those people, and snorted coldly.
"You ......" Dudao Zeng's family is a scholar, and that person didn't expect to meet a hard horn today, and he was determined to chase the girl, otherwise it would be difficult to explain when he went back, and he didn't know what the identity of the person in front of him was, but the dress was average, but the momentum was extraordinary, so he didn't dare to be rude, so he had to say, "The villain is a person from Li Yuan's family, and he is chasing a fugitive slave, so it's better to give the villain a convenient line first, and wait for the villain to chase the fugitive slave, and then go back to accompany the brother, right?" ”
Hearing the three words "Li Yuanwai", thinking of the son of Li Yuanwai's family who did not learn and did not know, Nanfeng was a harm that no one in Nanfeng City did not know, Shilang Wulang frowned, and Banniang and Qiniang Liuniang had also heard of it, so they didn't want the two brothers to cause trouble, so Liuniang pulled Shilang's sleeve behind him: "Fourth brother, forget it." ”
Shiro gave Goro a look, after all, with his three younger sisters, if there was a real conflict, it would not be good to hurt them at that time. So Gorou snorted, flicked his sleeves, and turned to make way for the others.
After this trouble, they were not in the mood to eat anymore, and hurriedly ate the food in front of them, and then they were about to go home.
Because there are too many people in the night market, the nine days of stars are surrounded by a full moon that is about to be full, reflecting the lights of ten thousand homes, if it is not for what happened just now, I think this is the real splendid world, the three sisters held hands, while looking around, while closely following behind the two brothers, from time to time they arrived at the door of the house, and was about to knock on the door to ask the old Huang Bo to open the door, and saw a small figure behind the stone lion at the door: "Sister Zeng's ......"
The snorting voice was terrifying like a rebirth after a catastrophe.
The voice seemed somewhat familiar.
"Which girl are you, how can you be in front of my house?" Liuniang was afraid that she was a villain, so she stepped forward, hid Qi Niang and Banniang behind her, and asked sharply.
"I, I'm Ah Lan, Ah Lan of Qian Ji Oil and Salt Shop."
Banniang was a little familiar with the voice she heard, and she heard her say that it was Ah Lan, remembering that when she went back to buy salt, she heard her stepmother say that she was going to sell her, so she took a closer look at it in the moonlight, isn't it Ah Lan?
I couldn't help but step forward and ask, "Ah Lan, how could it be you?" Why are you here? ”
"I ...... I...... Sister Zeng, please save me. ”
Alan choked and knelt down towards the others.
"I was sold by my mother to Li Yuanwai's house, but the son of the Li family ...... I was scared, so I escaped, I just saw you in the night market, if you hadn't blocked the slaves of the Li family, I would have been caught by them, because of that opportunity, I hid, and then saw you return home, so I followed, Ah Lan really didn't know where to go, so I asked Sister Zeng to take Ah Lan in for a day or two, and after two days, the Li family will no longer look for me, and I will never affect my sisters when I go out of the city again. Please, if the Li family is looking for me now, Ah Lan can only die. ”
The sisters were a little unbearable to cry with her, and the reputation of the Li bastard was also heard of, bullying men and women, doing all kinds of evil, in the past two years because of Li Yuanwai, and the current Zhijun is extremely incorruptible, looking for something in front of him, and severely punished him for a bastard, which made him stop for a few days, but I didn't expect that the Zhijun Lord returned to Beijing to report on his work, and this bastard actually came out to make trouble.
The brothers and sisters all knew what would happen if Ah Lan really fell into the hands of the Wen tent, so they couldn't bear to drive her away, but in the end, Ah Lan was also bought by that guy, hiding other people's fugitive slaves, but the law was intolerable, and they all hesitated for a while.
Liu Niang said: "It's not that we don't take you in, but you are a fugitive now, if it is known, we can't afford it, since you escaped, it is better to go home, your home is only a few steps away from our house, go back to find your father and mother to get an idea." ”
"This sister doesn't know yet, my father has died, and I was forcibly sold by my black-hearted stepmother. My sister didn't go to the tooth shop, and she didn't go to the government to prepare, and before Ah Lan came out, she stole the deed of sale, so she was not considered a fugitive slave. And Ah Lan really just begged you to take in for a day or two, and after these two days, Ah Lan will definitely go out of the city, my maternal uncle is not far from this village in Guzhuang Liu, turn around and wait out of the city, to Guzhuang Liu, begged my uncle to give me food to eat. It really won't bother you. ”
The Great Song Kingdom strictly forbade the use of fraud to forcibly buy the population of the good family, according to this Ah Lan, the Li family bought her, and they didn't even have a tooth line, which was really bold. However, illegal human trafficking has always been prohibited, and it is even rumored that some officials have also colluded with that person's degraded son and engaged in that degrading thing to make huge profits.
But that's no one to investigate, such as Ah Lan's case, even if he can't escape from the slaves, even if Ah Lan is found by his family and hides in their house, he is not afraid, is the Zeng family still afraid of the Li family?
Gorou said: "If what you say is true, you don't have to be afraid that the Li family will find you." Stay in my house. ”
"Fifth brother?" Liuniang tugged at Goro's sleeve and said in a low voice, "If what this girl said is not true, wouldn't it be troublesome for her father?" ”
Banniang thought for a while, and said on the side: "When I went to Qian Ji to buy oil and salt a few days ago, I heard that my stepmother said that she was going to sell her to the Li family, and there was a scene for this. Let's leave her for a day or two. ”
Qi Niang was originally a soft-hearted person, and after listening to Banniang's words, she couldn't help nodding.
"That's what Eighth Sister said." Gorou said, because he is young, and he has a warm-hearted heart, and he has a bit of a ranger temperament, how can he let go when he sees injustice?
Seeing this, Liu Niang didn't say more, in the end, she felt pity for this girl in her heart.
Shiro was noncommittal, seeing that his younger brothers and sisters had decided, he stepped forward and knocked on the door, Uncle Huang came over and opened the door, and said with a smile: "Why did my brother and sister come back so early?" The sister-in-law just sent the old lady to the west cross courtyard. There is also hot water left for you in the kitchen......" As he was talking, he looked up and saw the embarrassed Ah Lan, and said strangely, "Ah Lan girl? Didn't you say that you were sold by your stepmother to the Li family? Why did you come back with our brothers and sisters? ”
Ah Lan held back her tears and blessed her body, and shouted: "Uncle Huang." ”
Silang said: "It's a long story, Huang Boxian don't ask, seeing Ah Lan's matter, Huang Bo must not say it." ”
When Uncle Huang heard this, he knew something was wrong, so he hurriedly led them into the courtyard and closed the door.
Because Ah Lan was there, if the old lady knew at this time, she was afraid that her old man would be worried, so Qi Niang took Ah Lan back to the backyard, and the rest of the brothers and sisters went to the Wei courtyard to greet the old lady.
The hour was not early, the old lady was also tired, seeing that the brothers and sisters returned safely, a few words were spoken, Liu Niang stayed to serve the old lady to sleep, and the sister-in-law Wu led a few people back to the main courtyard, and asked on the way: "Why don't you see the seventh sister?" ”
Banniang just put things down: "...... We saw that it was really pitiful, so we left her down, and the seventh sister led her to the backyard. ”
Wu pondered for a while, and then said: "You should be reckless, don't say anything else, if that Qian lady knows that the daughter she sold is hiding in our house now, it will be another trouble at that time." But the people have also brought it, and there is no reason to drive them out again, so you should be careful, and don't let anyone know. Let's talk about this to your eldest brother and mother tomorrow. ”
Shiro and Goro went to the kitchen to fetch water. The sister-in-law and Banniang went back to the backyard, went to the west chamber and took a look, and saw that it was Ah Lan's girl, and Qi Niang had asked her to wash her hands and face, because her body size was about the same as Banniang, and she took Banniang's old clothes and changed them with her, it looked okay, only a pair of eyes were a little swollen from crying. Wu gave a few more instructions, and then went.
Fujingoro sent some hot water to wash the two sisters. After finishing the work, Banniang let Ah Lan sleep in her bed, and she and Qi Niang squeezed in for a night: "Because you are in a hurry, my place is not big, so you can spend the night in my bed first." Wait for my grandmother tomorrow, and there will be an empty house in the west courtyard where my grandmother lives, and I will clean it up so that you can live well. ”
It was a blessing to have a place to live, and where did Alan dare to think so much, this room was better than the place she had lived in her life. Ah Lan hurriedly said: "It's me who disturbed Sister Zeng, and I don't need to help Ah Lan clean up any more houses, Sister Zeng should sleep in her own bed, find a mattress, Ah Lan just sleep in front of her sister's bed, just keep vigil for my sister." ”