Chapter 81: A Few Joys and a Few Sorrows (1)
Chapter 81: A Few Joys and a Few Sorrows (1)
There was silence in the room.
Liu Dongxing lowered his eyes and checked Wen An's pulse, as if he didn't see Wen Hui fainting. Since her voice was so neutral, it was obvious that there was no big deal, and he didn't have to pay much attention to it.
Zhu Jingcheng was a little annoyed. He looked at the bright red palm prints on Wen Hui's white and tender face, and couldn't help but glance at Liu Dongxing. It's a pity! If there wasn't an outsider here, this slap would have been on the thief's head, but now he had to find a way to appease the Gu family afterwards. Although the head of the Gu family is not very high, he has an excellent relationship with the uncle of the Liu family, and it is better not to offend.
However, after thinking about it again, he felt that this Gu Wenhui was really troublesome! If it weren't for her sister and brother who didn't know how to cause trouble, how could they cause such a mess?!
Thinking about it, his face was already impatient, and as soon as he flicked his sleeves, he ordered: "Find someone to take the head of the bandit!" Let's go over and meet General Fu! "I just heard that there are still hundreds of bandits in Gu Zhuang, and the five hundred officers and soldiers moved by Liu Dongxing may not be enough, if their own people can catch a few bandits-preferably bandit leaders or small leaders-not only can show their faces for the palace, but also make friends with Fu Chengyuan, the guerrilla general who leads the army! This kind of character only nests in the station on weekdays, and does not go out, not casually can be encountered, as the prince of the vassal king, in order to avoid suspicion on weekdays, it is not good to take the initiative to visit, it is rare to meet today, but you can't miss a good opportunity!
As for this Gu Wenhui, just leave it to Liu Dongxing, they are relatives!
He was about to speak, but he saw Liu Dongxing struggling to help Gu Wenan stand up, panting and puffing: "Lord Shizi, Brother An is seriously injured, I need to send him back for treatment immediately, Miss Six will ask you!" ”
Zhu Jingcheng was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly stopped him: "Hey? But I'm going to exterminate the bandits......"
Liu Dongxing looked at him with a puzzled expression: "The prince of the world, the son of a daughter, don't sit in the hall, just leave the matter of suppressing bandits to General Fu, why should you take the risk?" Besides, Miss Six's daughter is frightened again, and she can't be left here alone, in case there is another good thing, not only will the Gu family be sad, but I'm afraid that my second aunt will not feel good in her heart! If you are really embarrassed, just wait a little longer, I will help An Di go back, and immediately send the servant woman of the Gu family to pick up people! Andi is not in a good situation, I have to send him back as soon as possible, I will be out of company first. After that, he simply picked up Wen An, turned around and left, and left a sentence at the end: "Miss Six described herself as a little embarrassed, so she went back like this, just afraid that she would cause gossip, and asked the prince to help cover it up!" ”
Zhu Jingcheng couldn't interject, so he could only watch him walk away with Gu Wen'an in his arms, and when he looked back at Gu Wenhui, he was a little angry. Only then did he notice that Wen Hui's clothes were stained with a lot of dust, bloodstains, and a few small damages, which was quite embarrassing, plus her hair was messy and her face was swollen. Sending people back home like this, although her reputation is damaged, she will also be stained with fish! The aunt of the Liu family loves to be a matchmaker with wishful thinking, and she always keeps an eye on her backyard, wanting to say goodbye to herself, in case she sees that she will send Gu Wenhui back with an embarrassed description, so she finds an excuse to force herself to marry her niece, how should she live? ! Although he can see clearly that Gu Wenhui is still innocent, outsiders don't know?! Even if there is a little rumor that spreads, he will lose face!
He glared at Wen Hui hatefully, only feeling that Fang Cai himself shouldn't have come in! Otherwise, there wouldn't be such a hot potato! If he had followed Fu Chengyuan to suppress the bandits, the thieves would have been arrested by now! How can you be trapped here?!
No matter how unhappy I am, things still have to be done. They are now in the Gu family's seven-room house, and when he came in, he saw that many servants had died in the front yard, and the Bogu shelf in the house was also a lot empty, and there were even two bulging ** bags in the corner of the house, which showed that they had been patronized by bandits. Zhu Jingcheng asked the soldiers to tie the young bandit firmly to the pillar, and then asked one of the soldiers to go to the back house to find some women's clothes, and if there were any surviving maids, they would also bring them with them. If someone takes care of Gu Wenhui, he doesn't have to work hard, as for what Gu Wenhui will encounter when he goes home, what does it have to do with him? !
There was a faint shout of killing in the distance, he frowned, and went to see Lin Zimo. The latter said very brightly: "Xiaguan is going to investigate!" Then he ran out and came back in a circle, and said: "Lord Shizi, it is General Fu who has surrounded the house where the bandits are hiding, and is gathering troops to besiege it!" There were a few strong bandits with martial arts who escorted their leader to break out, so they were entangled with General Fu! After a pause, he said: "The prince of the world should stay away for a while, those are outlaws, and any murderous means can be used!" ”
Zhu Jingcheng kicked up a chair and sat down boringly, and accidentally caught a glimpse of the young bandit, so he smiled maliciously, and was about to speak, but suddenly heard Wen Hui muttering on the ground and woke up.
Wen Hui was still a little stunned at first, and when she looked down and saw Liu Chongba's head in the corner, she was so frightened that she woke up, and when she saw Zhu Jingcheng beside her, she immediately pounced on her with rain: "Cousin Jingcheng, that bad guy...... He, he ......"
Zhu Jingcheng impatiently pushed her away and said, "Okay, everyone is dead, why are you crying?!" I screamed so loudly, and now I'm scared! ”
Wen Hui was stunned, her mouth flattened, and she remembered the slap he had just made, and when she touched her face, it was painful and swollen, and she couldn't help but feel aggrieved: "You...... How can you hit me?! No one has ever beaten me! "She was almost killed by a thief, and he didn't comfort her, but beat her like this, and I don't know if it will leave a scar!
"Why can't I hit you?!" Zhu Jingcheng sneered, "You don't want to look at what you've done?!" Do you still have a little bit of a lady look?! I really don't know ...... in your family" After a pause, his mind changed in a flash, "You run out alone like this, you think too highly of yourself, right?!" You are all paper paste when those bandits?! Or do you think that as soon as those outlaws see you, they will be smitten and at your mercy?! Right now, it's you who are at the mercy of others! ”
Wen Hui blushed, ashamed and angry, and choked up: "I saw that they didn't move all night, only when they were gone, and I was worried about Xiao Qi, I ran out...... When I was in the capital, I also learned to ride and shoot kung fu, and I was stronger than other girls...... How did I expect to meet a thief?! Speaking of this, her face changed again: "What about Xiao Qi?!" She looked around in a panic, looking for her brother's traces.
"I've been sent home!" Zhu Jingcheng smiled disdainfully, "I just found out today that you turned out to be a stupid girl!" Your little skill is not even a fist embroidery leg, thinking that if others praise you a few words, you will really become a master?! Don't laugh off other people's big teeth! I think your reputation for both talent and beauty is also blown, right?! I don't understand, why are you so proud?! Isn't it just that there is a father who is not a low official, and an aunt who married into a high-ranking family, and barely has a relationship with the royal relatives and relatives? ! What else do you have?! There are more girls with better backgrounds than you, and there are countless girls with better temperaments and higher talents than you! What's the use of just being pretty?! A man with vision will not be fascinated by beauty! You were praised twice, and you thought you were sorry, and it was so funny to take Joe in front of me! Hurry up and get aside! Don't me off! ”
Wen Hui trembled with anger, never imagined that the other party would say such a thing! I was really blind in the past, how could I think this person was heroic?!
The soldier who had just entered the inner house brought out two women, one was a **-year-old girl, and the other was an ugly-looking and obese mother-in-law, both of whom were pale.
The soldier said: "Lord Shizi, there are more than a dozen mothers-in-law in this house who are locked up in the backyard house, and the younger one has already released all the people, and these two can still walk, so the little one brought them over." ”
Zhu Jingcheng waved his hand casually, pointed at Wen Hui casually, and said to the mother-in-law and the little girl: "This is your Gu family's young lady, clean up for her, and her family will come to pick her up when she returns!" Then he motioned to his men to detain the young bandit: "Let's go!" Then he walked away.
Wen Hui couldn't react a little, until Zhu Jingcheng and his party left, and heard the mother-in-law whisper to herself: "Sixth Miss, please go to the back first, the old clothes that our young lady wore when she was not married are still there, and the little one is waiting for you to change into them, and then make a basin of water to freshen you up?" She looked down at her embarrassed appearance, as if she understood something, and then looked up at Zhu Jingcheng's back, her face suddenly turned red, and she couldn't help but have a strange feeling in her heart.
Zhu Jingcheng went out of the seven-room house, and he didn't go far when he met someone from the long house who came to pick up Wenhui. He pointed the way, said a few words of comfort, and hurried to the east of Zhuangzi without looking back.
Thick black smoke rose from the nine-room house, the high exterior wall had been ruined, and the corpses were scattered all over the ground. Zhu Jingcheng looked at the clothes on the corpses, and knew that most of them were bandits, and there were occasionally a few people wearing household clothes mixed in, and the cry of children was faintly heard in the direction of the inner house.
Fu Chengyuan was wearing armor, stood in the front yard and ordered loudly: "Hurry up and search for me!" There must still be fish that slipped through the net! Don't let one go! Tell a team to search the woods! I don't nod my head, and I don't let anyone out! It doesn't matter who it is! Then he called a deputy: "Tell the master of the house to send a butler, so that he can see the head!" The deputy replied loudly and turned to leave.
When Zhu Jingcheng saw this, he knew that the other party had already led people to exterminate the main force of the bandits, and at most there were a few who escaped, so he couldn't help but feel a secret pity.
Fu Chengyuan squinted and saw him enter the door, so he smiled and said, "Yo, the prince is here?" What do you think? Has that little boss been caught?! ”
Zhu Jingcheng gave Lin Zimo a look, and the latter threw the burden in his hand on the ground, and the burden rolled and spread out, revealing the human head inside.
The smile on Fu Chengyuan's face remained unchanged: "Sure enough, he is worthy of being the son of the world!" I'll just say, you took Captain Lin and several brothers, and you have the help of the Liu family, such a small person, naturally he was able to capture it! No, I just knocked the bandits down here, and you're here! That's fast! ”
Zhu Jingcheng was angry for a while, almost thinking that he was sarcastic about himself, but seeing him smiling, he suspected that he was too careful. Qiu Ba, who was born with this kind of mud legs, is mostly straight, so he shouldn't have so many eyes, right?
Thinking of this, he smiled reluctantly and asked, "General Fu must have decided the overall situation here, right?" I wonder if there is a place where we can help? I went out this time with the elite of the royal guards, but I was sent by the general! ”
Fu Chengyuan laughed and said: "The prince is high-minded, the last general has thanked you first!" But how to kill chickens with a knife? A few little thieves, my soldiers are enough to deal with! There is no need for the master of the labor palace! Besides, I've been inspecting various garrisons these days, and as soon as I heard about the bandits here, I brought people over, just in time for the brothers to practice! There aren't many opportunities like that! If the people of the world also join in, I am afraid it will not be enough. The prince of the world will raise his noble hand, right? Yes? Hahaha......"
Zhu Jingcheng answered dryly twice, secretly screaming in his heart!
Wen Yi heard early in the morning that Liu Dongxing had moved the rescue soldiers back, but she didn't know the details, and the people below talked about it, but she couldn't help but feel a little anxious, but she still had to take care of her grandmother, for fear that the old man would worry, so she kept her worries in her heart.
Old Madam Lu guessed a few points, beckoned Shi Nan casually, and ordered: "It's very chaotic outside, and I don't know the specific news, you send a message to your father and ask him to go outside to inquire." Also, just now I seem to have heard someone say that the thief is hiding in the nine-room house, and asked your father to inquire about the situation of the fifteenth master's family, and ask the fifteenth wife and a few young masters if they are okay! ”
Shi Nan took the order and left, Wen Yi lowered her head, a little embarrassed: "Grandmother......" Old Madam Lu smiled and patted her hand gently: "To grandmother, what can't you say?" Wen Yi blushed and lowered her head.
Old Madam Lu asked again, "You just said it...... Wen An and Wen Hui's siblings both ran out?! You had a fight with your third aunt's cousin? ”
Wen Yi pursed her lips secretly and said, "My granddaughter saw that he was unconscious, so I just taught him a few lessons." Don't worry, grandmother, even if you make trouble with the elders, your granddaughter is also justified! ”
Old Madam Lu sighed: "With your character, it is natural to act reasonably, grandmother is not worried about this, she is only worried about your third aunt's temperament, and she is the most protective of her shortcomings, I am afraid that she will ...... you because of this" paused and didn't continue.
Wen Yi understood. Liu Dongxing's marriage, there is a good chance that the third aunt has the final say, if she is prejudiced against herself because she contradicts the cousin of the Liu family, and thus changes her mind, it is not impossible. But Wen Yi was worried, but she didn't regret it: "That's right, the situation was ...... Hmph, grandmother didn't see with her own eyes, there are such eccentric and confused people in the world! In order for the sixth sister not to be punished by the elders, Liu Dongning didn't even care about the life or death of the seventh brother! If the third aunt annoys her granddaughter because of this, the granddaughter is not afraid! The granddaughter doesn't believe it, for the third aunt, the sixth sister is her own niece, isn't the seventh brother her own nephew?! "As for the rest...... The granddaughter is not afraid! The man...... That man is not at the mercy of others......"
A commotion came from the direction of the front yard, and someone was faintly shouting: "The Seventh Young Master is back!" The Seventh Young Master is back safe and sound! "The Seventh Young Master is injured!" "Seventh Young Master......" Occasionally, someone shouted: "Young Master Liu rescued the Seventh Young Master!" ”
There was a commotion in the main courtyard, and some people in the side courtyard went out to look. Wen Yi stood up abruptly and glanced at her grandmother at a loss, but she couldn't suppress the impulse anymore, lifted her skirt and ran out, all the way through the crowd, just in time to see Liu Dongxing put Wen An on the rattan bed from a distance, and asked people to carry him back to the inner house. He straightened up, just in time to meet her eyes.
Wen Yi paused, only to feel that his eyes were hot, and something warm gently swept across his face.