Chapter Twenty-Seven: Asking the Workshop and Escaping the Concubine (4)
Zhuo Lengping walked a short distance and went around to the front of her mother's room. She gently pushed open the window and saw that her mother was not asleep, but just clasped her hands on the side of the bed, muttering something.
She has been doing farm work since she was a child, and she is dexterous, holding the window with her left hand, and she jumps into it without making much noise.
"Cold screen!" Her mother was about to scream.
Leng Ping hurriedly walked to the bed and held his mother's hand: "I found the key, mother, without further ado, let's go now!" ”
"Wait," Mrs. Zhang hurriedly ran to the end of the bed and took out an old box from under the bed, "You have to bring the silver, otherwise you will be in trouble on the way." She reached out and grabbed a large handful of broken silver, put it in her coat, and followed her daughter in a panic.
"Master Lu, open the door!"
The magistrate led a team of people, holding a pine torch, and shouted loudly in front of the door.
This shout was also heard by the mother and daughter of the Zhuo family. Leng Ping inserted the key, but she couldn't twist it, so anxious that she was sweating all over her head, and her hands trembled. She pulled it off, changed the key, and inserted it again, and the garden door opened.
"Lord Zhixian, please!" Lu Zhengfu personally came to open the door of the mansion to welcome the arrival of the magistrate.
"Lu Gong is hard!" The magistrate hastily made a move, then turned his head and shouted to the officers: "Don't be idle, go to Lu Gongzi's room to arrest people now!" ”
Zhuo Lengping walked to the firewood room and vaguely heard the chaotic shouting outside. She didn't dare to hesitate any longer, picked a key at random, and twisted it in a hurry, and the door opened. She didn't have time to rejoice, so she flew in, and at a glance she saw the ladder leaning against the west wall. She couldn't lift it alone, so she turned around and called Mrs. Zhang: "Come over and help!" ”
"Lu Gongzi! Lu Gongzi! Zhixian knocked the door and said.
Lu Jishou was suddenly awakened, and said in a daze: "You guys are ......"
He reached for the quilt, but he didn't touch anyone.
Lu Jishou panicked, he stood up and lifted the quilt, but it was empty. He touched his face and glared at her: "I ran away for her!" ”
Zhuo Lengping put the ladder on the arch, and whispered to his mother, "I'll go up first." ”
Light as a swallow, she scrambled up the ladder, grabbed the wall, and climbed straight up. The tiles were a little slippery, as if it had just rained, and she couldn't stand up for a while, so she simply lay there, turned over, and looked down at her mother, "Come up!" ”
Mrs. Zhang stepped up the ladder with one foot, but because of her old age and frailty, she had to go up slowly; When he was touching the edge of the wall, he suddenly heard a violent noise at the gate of the garden, and a group of officers and soldiers slammed into the door panel, and a dozen or so torches swayed in the wind, and then shouted at the bottom.
Leng Ping hurriedly stretched out his hand and pulled his mother, almost using all the strength of his life, and pulled her up. She pushed down the ladder fiercely, stood up again, helped her mother, stepped on the top of the arch and climbed over the one-foot high wall, and looked out of the wall, and sure enough, it was an empty white ground, leading to the wild road.
Leng Ping's mind was a little confused at this time, but he didn't dare to jump down, so he walked forward quickly along the wall, intending to avoid the pursuit.
An officer came with his soldiers, walked into the archway, and saw a wooden ladder lying beside it, and when he looked up, there was no human figure, and he saw the sky as black as ink. He knew that he had run away from the criminal, gritted his steel teeth, and slammed his fist into the white wall, splashing some debris out.
"Grandma's, she was tricked by one of her girls......"
Zhuo Lengping saw that there was no one chasing behind him, so he slowed down under his feet and walked steadily with his mother. After walking for a while, he came to a place, and by the moonlight, he saw that there was a straw hut on the ground, and further down he could not see clearly, but he understood enough to jump down. Leng Ping was worried that the straw shed was unstable, so he said to his mother:
"The daughter goes down first, and the mother waits."
After speaking, she sat down slowly, supported the lower edge of the eaves with her hands, and slipped past, but just as she rolled on top of the shed, she was fine. Seeing that she was not far from the ground, she jumped straight and landed on both feet.
She hurriedly looked around, and saw that this place was originally a stable, built outside the house, but next to the courtyard wall. She went into the stable, and after a little rummaging, she found a hemp rope from the ground, about half a hand's thick, and half the height of the courtyard wall.
She had an idea, shook the rope, looked at her mother, and shouted:
"Mother! I'll throw this rope on it! You climb down! ”
Zhuo Lengping couldn't see his mother's face clearly, but he still threw the rope up.
Mrs. Zhang grabbed the rope, tied it to the corner of the eaves, and then went down the rope.
Leng Ping saw his mother's figure, and hurriedly walked under the rope to wait, just in case.
Mrs. Zhang climbed to the end of the rope, and Zhuo Lengping shouted again: "The rope is short, mother, you can't get down!" I just jumped down, and my daughter is here! ”
As soon as Mrs. Zhang's hands were loosened, Zhuo Lengping hurriedly grabbed her mother's flank and put her down. The mother and daughter didn't dare to say a word, so they rushed out in a hurry to run out at night.
"Master Lu, how can you tell Zhuo Lengping to run away?" Lord Zhixian sat in the hall and sighed.
"Call Shou'er!" Lu Zhengfu couldn't swallow this breath, his face turned red for a while, and he shouted loudly.
A few stewards came with Lu Jishou on his back, Jishou looked up and saw his father's eyes sparkling, and the officers and soldiers next to him were also solemn, looking at this battle, as if they were going to eat him alive, so it was not scary. His legs and feet were weak, and he knelt down in the face of the light.
"I asked you to arrange for the maid to watch them, and you are fine, and you can sleep with peace of mind! You...... It's really not enough to succeed, more than enough to lose! Lu Zhengfu slapped the table and shouted.
"Leng Ping said he wanted to ...... with me Round...... Round...... So I let the maid go...... Who would have thought she had so many thoughts in her heart? ”
"What a circle! Being surrounded by a peasant child who doesn't know anything, you've grown tall every year, right? ”
Lu Zhengfu rolled up his sleeves and glanced at Zhixian, although he usually felt sorry for his son, he must not lose face at this moment, and stepped forward to slap Lu Jishou's face.
The magistrate hurriedly pulled Lu Zhengfu back, and the steward next to him looked at him in horror, and also knelt down to beg for mercy for Lu Gongzi.
"Master Lu, forget it, forget it. It's not too late to find this female prisoner in the future......" the magistrate advised.
Lu Zhengfu's hands were still shaking, and when he saw that Zhixian gave him the steps, he took advantage of the situation and sat on the circle chair panting.
"Since the suspect was not caught, the county is going to leave...... But listen to my advice, and please take a break from your anger, and don't spill your anger on your son. The magistrate stood up and comforted.
"Good ......" Lu Zhengfu looked at the sky in disappointment.
"Let's send it off."