285 Beggars
Although Hua Ronghua didn't think that the prefect and the county would dare to blatantly move his "Qin Errand", he had no objection to Fuxi's suggestion to set off as soon as possible, after all, he was bored staying in this place.
But with the Royal Forest Army and those guys of more than 100 people, how can they just leave, not to mention that they have just settled here, and they haven't rested enough! With this in mind, OSI decided to rest in Quzhou Mansion for three days and set off again after three days.
But the next day, there was a sudden chaos outside the post house, and the sound of commotion was getting closer and closer, and in a blink of an eye, it was close to the courtyard that Hua Ronghua and they had wrapped.
Hua Ronghua instructed Niu Ya to take good care of the child, raised his feet and walked outside the courtyard gate with Fuxi, just in case, Qin Shan also went out, and the Imperial Forest Army protected their silver boxes one after another, and some guys went out to watch the excitement when they were idle.
At this time, in the post house, twenty or thirty people gathered outside the courtyard where Hua Ronghua lived, and these people were all beggars dressed in tatters, some with bowls, some with sticks, and they were shouting indiscriminately, because there were too many people, and the shouting was not neat, so that people could not hear what they were shouting.
Hua Ronghua's brows furrowed, although these people looked pitiful, it was also a terrible thing to be surrounded by such a group of poor people. Qin Shan subconsciously stood beside Hua Ronghua and looked at the group of people in front of him vigilantly.
"Yicheng, what's going on? Why do these people come to our hospital? Fuxi was dissatisfied and pulled out the post man who was hiding on the side.
"Huh." Yi Cheng wiped the sweat on his forehead and smiled, "Ladies and gentlemen, these people have been making noise at the door of Yi Cheng for a while, saying that they asked to see Mrs. Hua, and the little one wanted to stop it, but I didn't stop it, so I let them rush into you." ”
"Looking for me?" Hua Ronghua took a step out from behind Qin Shan, and looked at these beggars in front of him with dirty faces a little strangely, "What are you looking for me to do?" I don't know you! Glancing at the crowd again, she was sure she hadn't seen them.
At this moment, a man came out of the beggars, although his face was not black and gray, but half of his hair was scattered to cover most of his face, and although his clothes were also relatively shabby, it could be seen that the material was still relatively good.
"You're Mrs. Hua, aren't you? I am a villager from Wutong Township, Quqi County, and the fields in my village have been flooded, and my family has no food to eat, so I can only beg here and there to live. I heard from people in the same village yesterday that Mrs. Hua sent a lot of rice, but there were more people and less rice, and there were many people who didn't share it. ”
Hearing this beggar's words, Hua Ronghua smiled and was angry, "Excuse me, who are you?" ”
The beggar was stunned, he thought that Hua Ronghua would get angry and drive himself away, but he didn't want people to ask his name in a good voice, he was stunned and subconsciously replied: "I'm Zhang Gen." ”
"Do I know you?" Hua Ronghua asked with a smile still on his face.
Zhang Gen was really stunned this time, why didn't this Mrs. Hua play her cards according to the routine? Didn't you say she had a very short temper? Subconsciously shook his head, grinned and said, "How can I know such a noble person as you?" Isn't it just that you can give some mercy to save the lives of us untouchables? ”
Although Hua Ronghua's words repeatedly surprised Zhang Gen, Zhang Gen still remembered his mission.
Hua Ronghua felt that even if she was really compassionate, she would not give alms to these people, although she was dressed shabby, she looked so angry.
Fuxi also frowned on the side, and complained about Hua Ronghua, "I knew that those people were so troublesome, Mrs. Hua shouldn't have been so kind in the first place!" ”
Hua Ronghua bit her lip and couldn't say anything to refute, at this time she also regretted it a little, but what should she do now? I wanted to say that these people had such big faces and ridiculed them, but then I saw more and more people gathered around me and pointed at my group, and I knew that those people were sympathetic to these weak people in front of them, and if I did anything else, I was afraid that it would be even more reprehensible.
Although she didn't want to, she still had to appease the beggars in front of her and plan to invite them away. Hua Ronghua cleared his throat and raised his voice: "I'm sorry, I don't have any extra rice in my hand now, if you are really seriously affected, I can send you to the Ya......"
Before Hua Ronghua finished speaking, Zhang Gen in front of him was no longer dry, and he pulled his neck and yelled: "What do you mean you don't have extra rice?" You've raised so many men, are you missing a few of us? ”
Hua Ronghua was interrupted before he finished speaking, he was already unhappy in his heart, and when he heard Zhang Gen's words again, his hair was about to explode, what do you mean by raising so many men? As if he was talking about how * he was, he blurted out, "You fart!" When did I get a man? ”
Zhang Gen raised his hand and slapped himself twice, and said while hitting back, "Yes, yes, I'm farting, I'm farting!" Mrs. Hua, you should let me fart, please have mercy on us, give some rice to save our lives! As he spoke, he knelt down and began to kowtow to Hua Ronghua, and the people behind him all knelt down like dumplings.
The people watching the excitement next to him couldn't stand it anymore, and shouted at Hua Ronghua, "Do you care about this when you are so rich?" A little leakage in the fingers is enough for these poor people to live! ”
Hua Ronghua raised her eyes, but found that there were too many people to find someone to speak, she sneered twice, "Who said that just now?" Since you are so kind, you should leak a little bit from your fingers to them! Don't pretend to be a saint and point to others to do good deeds! ”
It's a pity that no one responded to her words at all, but the beggars kneeling in front of the courtyard gate became louder and louder one by one.
Hua Ronghua's head was as big as a fight, just when she didn't know what to do, Imperial Doctor Mei came back from outside, he stood aside and watched for a while, and after seeing what was going on, he stepped forward and said to Zhang Gen, who was screaming with all his might: "Don't ask for it, those Mrs. Mihua are not for charity, but for borrowing." ”
Zhang Gen was about to stop to rest his throat when he heard Imperial Doctor Mei's words, but he didn't believe it at all, "I beg you to save us, there are really no two carts of rice, one cart is fine, it's really not okay to give ten taels of silver per person!" ”
Imperial Doctor Mei's face couldn't help but darken, where are these people here to beg? It's clearly here to blackmail! couldn't help but raise her voice and said: "The rice that Mrs. Hua gave yesterday was lent to those villagers, and the IOU is here!" The villagers used their houses and fields as collateral to get food from Mrs. Hua. Since you also beg because your fields are flooded, you also have your own fields, and you can borrow food only by taking them as collateral! ”
As he spoke, Imperial Doctor Mei took out a piece of paper with an answer from his arms and unfolded it to everyone.
Zhang Gen is illiterate, but he also believes seven or eight points when he looks at the handprints pressed on it, but where do they have land to plant? If you can really farm, do you still need to do this kind of deception? What can I do? Do you say you don't have land? Isn't that suspicious?
"You don't bother people there, you say that you borrow rice, but it's just an excuse that you don't want to lend us rice! If there really is an IOU, why don't you take it out earlier? Zhang Gen gritted his teeth and continued to play tricks.
The beggars also shouted after him, "Yes, take it out!" ”
Imperial Doctor Mei's beard shook angrily, "I just got this IOU back, and it wasn't in Mrs. Hua's hand before." ”
Zhang Gen sneered, "Is there any difference between her hands and yours?" You're all wearing a pair of pants anyway, see you...... Ouch! ”
Hua Ronghua couldn't bear to come out from behind Imperial Doctor Mei, and after a few steps in front of Zhang Gen, he raised his foot and kicked him in the face.
Zhang Genzhi also thought that he might be beaten, but he was suddenly kicked by a woman but it was unexpected, and he fell backwards with a scream, and he didn't fall behind him.
"Kill people, kill people!" The beggars around screamed, and stood up and rushed towards Hua Ronghua, with a bit of a sense of revenge for Zhang Gen.
Hearing those beggars shouting, Hua Ronghua was stunned, no matter how powerful she was, she couldn't kick someone to death, right? Just as he was puzzled, he saw those beggars with a peculiar smell rushing towards him, and he couldn't help but be startled, and for a moment he froze his legs and feet and couldn't move.
Qin Shan didn't hesitate, he went around to Hua Ronghua and raised the sheathed sword and smashed it down, smashing it on the shoulder of the person who rushed in front, the person screamed and fell, and the person behind was unprepared and planted on him; raised another kick and kicked directly on the body of another person, directly kicking him backwards and flying out, knocking down two people in a row.
This hand directly frightened the beggars who were about to move behind them, and they couldn't help but feel a touch of fear in their hearts when they looked at Qin Shan, but after a moment, these people became restless again.
"Beat people, beat people, the powerful beat people at will!"
Although Qin Shan repelled those who wanted to take the opportunity to attack Hua Ronghua, it attracted more sympathy from the surrounding people who were beating and suffering beggars, and accused Hua Ronghua and others of bullying people and disregarding people's lives.
Hua Ronghua was a little shocked, she didn't understand that even if she refused to give these beggars rice, they wouldn't want to attack her, right?
Fuxi faintly sensed that something was wrong, stepped forward, looked at these beggars who were supporting each other and described themselves as embarrassed, and asked, "Are you really just here to beg?" Don't you have something else in mind? Are you planning to plunder the official money? Captain Sun, send someone to arrest them and interrogate them carefully, maybe they are the spies of the robbers!" ”
As soon as Fuxi's words came out, before the head of the guard Sun sent troops to arrest people, he saw those beggars fleeing in all directions like frightened ducks, and in the blink of an eye, only a few injured beggars were left at the gate of the courtyard.
Seeing the beggars running or crawling out, Fuxi and the people around them were all dumbfounded. Where is the speed of this escape like a beggar who goes to the street to beg because he has not enough to eat?
"Are you beggars so strong? Want to beat someone if you want to eat? Fuxi sneered and asked the pale-faced Yicheng on the side, "Also, who told those beggars that Mrs. Hua lives in this courtyard?" Or are they simply called by you? ”
Yicheng was taken aback, and knelt down, "Ladies and gentlemen, I don't know anything, I'm just a little Yicheng, I don't know anything!" ”
Everyone was stunned when he knelt, Fuxi just asked casually, this Yicheng's reaction was too big, right?
Hua Ronghua chased after and asked, "You don't know what's going on?" ”
"I ......" Yi Cheng bit the tip of his tongue, swallowed back the words that were almost out of his mouth, and slammed his head on the ground, "Please, old ladies and gentlemen, don't be embarrassed for me, I'm just a little Yi Cheng, and I can't do anything!" ”
The more Yi Cheng is like this, the greater the doubts in everyone's hearts, Hua Ronghua stopped Fuxi, who still wanted to ask in detail, "Go back to the courtyard and take a look, don't really rob people of that silver." ”