Chapter 49: Nightmares
It turns out that the nose of the Ou family is very good.
Before the situation deteriorated further, most of the children of the Ou family, under the care of their loyal family members and mothers, and some uncles who were not very old and could not easily attract attention, left Xijing City in batches and under various pretexts, with some property that was easy to hide and not easy to attract attention, and fled in all directions to relatives and friends.
Bai finally left Xijing step by step, and the night before leaving, Ou Qingying stayed in her room for the first time. In addition to returning the Bai family's dowry and silver to her, Ou Qingying also gave her a few hundred taels of gold. told her that in addition to raising her children well, she should remember to restrain her temper, take more care of the Ou Xinshe brothers, and make the relationship better.
In the end, they have been husband and wife for many years, no matter how many differences and contradictions, when they are separated from each other in life and death, both of them are somewhat related.
The Xue family and Er Shao were not so peaceful, because Er Shao transferred a considerable part of the cash he had received and sent it to his outer room and that son. When Xue's two youngest sons were about to go on the road, they were a little shrunken, just because the house deed and title deed she held in her hand could not be exchanged for cash at all.
The Xue family originally didn't go, but when they saw such a scene, they were completely cold. I cried to Xia Ruixi for a long time, and wanted to dismantle the things that I couldn't take away in my hand and the shops and fields I got to the four rooms, and fold them into cash and take them with my son to Uncle Xue.
Although he sympathized with the Xue family, Xia Ruixi hesitated for a long time and finally did not agree to her request. Now everyone wants cash, whether this shop and land can be kept in the future is a problem, if Xia Ruixi agrees, it is still a secondary matter. The key is that this shop and field are shared by the two rooms, and the two young people do not open their mouths, and the Xue family cannot be the master alone, and the hidden danger is very great. If people regret it in the future, she and Ou Qingjin will have a reputation for taking advantage of people's danger, and there will be no favor.
Xue cried mournfully: "I also know that I am not doing an authentic job and causing you a lot of trouble. But I can't do it, I don't know who to borrow money from, and I don't know how to pay it back when I borrow. If you want me to beg my father, I won't do anything, they will only scold me for being unproductive, but they won't take care of your second brother. The fourth brother and sister are tolerant of people, Bodhisattva heart, I can only be cheeky to beg you to suffer this loss. Your three nephews will never forget your great kindness in the future. ”
The son can't help his father, even if the second master and his wife want to take care of the second young, how can they manage it? What's more, here is the grandson, and the other side is also the grandson. The most hateful thing is still that man.
Xia Ruixi sighed: "The house, shop, and land are still up to the second uncle, if he doesn't agree, you can't do it." Well, you still have the title deed with you, and if the children come back in the future, they will have a place to stay. I'll lend you some silver, and the road will be more convenient. ”
Saying that, Chun'er took a silver ticket of 1,000 taels and handed it to Xue: "I am too heavy to redeem it, so my sister-in-law will redeem it at home." There is no more, this thousand taels of silver is used as a travel fee, saving a little, and it is enough to maintain the expenses for a period of time when it arrives at the land. Don't be too little. Since it was lent out, she didn't plan to ask Xue again. If the Xue family had a chance to survive and still have the silver to pay her back, she would continue, if not, she wouldn't care.
Xue left crying, Xia Ruixi was too tired to work, his legs have become more and more swollen recently, and his spirit has become more and more tired. When I moved slightly, I was so tired that I was out of breath, my stomach was big, and when I stood up, I couldn't see my toes.
Thinking of the upcoming due date and the uncertain situation, Xia Ruixi was so worried that this worry could only be relieved a little when he leaned on Ou Qingjin's arms at night.
She asked Chun'er to prepare a simple emergency production kit, which contained a bottle of spirits, a pair of sharp silver scissors, some clean cotton gauze bandages, and a few pieces of cotton cloth of various sizes that had been boiled in boiling water.
Some inducing inducing and anti-inflammatory medicines, as well as a small quilt and small clothes for the baby, and another pack of her own change of clothes. These things were in a small cupboard at the end of her bed, and they were within reach.
After all this preparation, she quietly waited for the birth. Ou Qingjin was always too busy to see the shadow, Xia Ruixi asked him anything, but he always looked light-hearted and light-hearted, smiled and comforted her, saying that she was careless.
But Xia Ruixi saw his mud-stained shoes, blistered and calloused hands, his increasingly dark face, and Hua Laohu's sneaky appearance, and vaguely guessed that he must be doing something behind her back. But after all, it was for her own good, so he pretended to be carefree and stopped asking.
In just half a month, there are only some old, weak, sick and disabled people left in the Ou family, as well as children born to family members and important adult men, or concubines with low status and nowhere to go, who are unwilling to leave, most of whom are women. Everyone barely maintained their calm, propped up the shelves, and continued to run those shops that did not dare to sell, Zhuangzi.
About another ten days passed, and bad news came one after another.
The year of Daqin is a year of change. As the old saying goes, a disaster from heaven is a great bad omen.
First, it has not been encountered in a hundred years, the time is too long, the scope is too wide, and the particles have not received a desperate drought raging, and then there is a large-scale epidemic, and the volunteers composed of hungry people everywhere have sprung up, and Daqin is in chaos......
The imperial court suppressed everywhere while not forgetting to fight in the nest, King Rui reported that the eldest son of the emperor during the emperor's serious illness, many things violated the system and conspired against the rebellion, and some people said that the eldest son of the emperor secretly hid weapons in the palace, and even the dragon robe and year name of the enthronement were available, the evidence was conclusive, the emperor was furious, and ordered someone to take the eldest son of the emperor to ask for the guilt.
But no one expected that the eldest son of the emperor would be so bold, and he would be the opposite.
The palace was tilted, the fire started, the concubine and the princes who were at odds with the emperor's eldest son accompanied the old emperor to die, and the king of Rui hurriedly took the jade seal of the country, left his wife and children, and only took dozens of iron-blooded guards to escape in embarrassment, and went westward - there was a group of hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers who were only loyal to orthodoxy and had guarded the frontier for many years.
As long as His Royal Highness King Rui has the life to escape there, he can command this army with the jade seal in his hand, wave his army to the north, and avenge the dead old emperor and his ally Guifei Niangniang, as well as the innocent princes who died, and by the way, he himself can get his hands on the throne of Huang Cancan. He is holding the jade seal of the country and the "edict of the first emperor", who is he afraid of?
The new emperor soon ascended the throne and declared King Rui a rebel, saying that everything in the palace was done by him, killing the king and killing his brother, and King Rui did not show weakness.
Then, King Rui successfully arrived in the Western Xinjiang and announced his ascension to the throne with the support of the Western Xinjiang army and some former ministers. Since then, Great Qin has had two emperors and two imperial courts, and the war of words between the two sides is as hot as the battle of real swords and guns.