Jia Baoyu smiled and said, "Father, mother, in fact, I also want to relax when I go out this time, stay at home all day, I'm about to suffocate, I heard the master say that before the big exam, let the nerves relax and relax, otherwise the nerves will be tense, and the hospital exam will definitely be abnormal." ”

"That's what Lord Liu said?" Jia Zheng remained skeptical of Jia Baoyu's statement, "Why haven't I heard Mr. say it?" ”

Jia Baoyu muttered in his heart, nonsense, this is an educational concept from three hundred years later, where will you understand it.

"Okay, since Baoyu has decided to go, you can't blindly oppose it." Shi Lao Taijun finally set the tone, she beckoned to Jia Baoyu and said, "Baoyu, come here." ”

Jia Baoyu immediately walked over and squatted beside the old lady's lap, Shi Lao Taijun untied a golden sign from his neck and tied it to him intimately, "This is handed down by your great-ancestors, and your grandfather has also brought it, and it can be regarded as a family heirloom.

Now that you have grown up, take it with you, and your grandfather's spirit in heaven will bless you too. ”

When Jia Yu saw this brand, his eyes were red, and he tasted: "Mother, why did you even take out this thing?" This is the heirloom of our Jia family, isn't it all for the eldest son? ”

Old Taijun Shi glanced at him and said lightly: "What, this is something your father left me, I am willing to give it to Baoyu, do you have any opinions?" ”

Jia Yu's head shook like a rattle, how dare he talk back to Old Taijun Shi, but there was a little more resentment and jealousy in his eyes when he looked at Jia Baoyu.

Jia Zheng persuaded and said: "Mother, the eldest brother is right, this thing is too valuable, how can Baoyu have this blessing, and there are twenty family guards, even if you encounter hundreds of mountain bandits, you are not afraid." ”

Jia Zheng naturally didn't want Jia Yu to have an opinion about himself and Baoyu because of such a trivial matter, and more importantly, he didn't want this family to be dispersed when Shi Lao Taijun was still there.

Old Taijun Shi frowned and said, "It's okay if your eldest brother is not sensible, why are you not sensible?" Baoyu is the meat of my heart, for him, not to mention a small gold medal, even this huge Rongguo Mansion, I am willing to do it. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone dared not speak.

Jia Baoyu's heart was warm, he held Shi Lao Taijun's hand, and his nose was sour: "Grandma, grandchildren must fight for luck, so that you can live happily to the age of 100." ”

Mrs. Shi touched his head and said, "Grandma only hopes that you can be safe and have a few more great-grandchildren." ”

……

Jia Baoyu refused to be accompanied by Qingwen and Musk Yue, he went out of the city this time, the time was tight, the task was heavy, and it was purely cumbersome to bring two delicate maids.

What's more, there are people outside the city, and he doesn't want his woman to be in danger.

Jia Baoyu sat in the carriage, followed by Hua'an, Wuda and twenty Jiafu families.

They all carried swords and swords, rode tall horses, and had bows and quivers hanging from their saddles.

This is the grace of the emperor, all the families of martial arts can keep house slaves, in addition to not giving private armor, firearms, what swords, swords, halberds, axes, hooks and forks, the court does not prohibit it.

When Emperor Longqian first ascended the throne, he also issued a ban on this matter, but with the passage of time, this ban was in vain, and the reason for this was the corruption of officials, social turmoil, and the invasion of Jiannu several times, even if the rich landlords in the countryside would always have bows and arrows and spears at home.

This is called the weakness of the imperial court and the rise of the local government, which is also an important signal of the decline of the imperial court's binding force on the locality.

The group set off from Fuchengmen and went west along the official road.

"Why are there so many people?"

As soon as he walked out of the Fucheng Gate, Jia Baoyu was startled by the scene in front of him, and saw that a few hundred meters outside the city gate, it was densely packed with people.

In addition to people, there are also straw huts built indiscriminately, and there is no end in sight.

These people are all as black as Africans, and their faces are yellow and thin, and they are hungry and have only skin and bones.

Jia Baoyu looked out from the curtain of the car, and ninety-nine percent of the people were expressionless, numb, and their eyes were gloomy, as if they were waiting for an unknown fate.

Some children, five or six years old, wearing only thin clothes, no, not clothes, just rags wrapped around the thin body, leaking everywhere, these children have a common characteristic, that is, slender limbs, but the belly is very large, and there is a big head, protruding eyes, very similar to those African hungry people in the history books of later generations.

Jia Baoyu knew that it was not that they were born with big heads, but that they were already hungry, and the fat and muscles on their bodies were consumed, and only a thin layer of belly wrapped the internal organs, so they would have a very big belly.

When these children saw Jia Baoyu's carriage, a glimmer of brilliance flashed in their gloomy eyes, they supported their bodies, staggered around, and stretched out their thin palms: "Uncle, it's okay, give me something to eat." ”

But before they could get closer, they were driven away by the fierce housekeeper, and one of them waved his horsewhip high and whipped it down with a snap.

A five- or six-year-old child, who couldn't tell the men and women, was directly whipped up and flew up, the cotton wool scattered in the air, the child's chest was bloody and blurred, lying on the ground and twitching a few times, and then not moving.

"My child!"

A man pounced on the child's body and cried, "Killed!" Killed! ”

As soon as the man shouted like this, the group of people around him who described it as withered suddenly moved and surrounded Jia Baoyu's convoy.

Hua An roared: "This is the car of Rongguo Mansion, who dares to stop it?" Don't you want to live? ”

A trace of fear flashed in the man's eyes, but it disappeared in a flash, he gritted his teeth and said, "I don't care what kind of duke you are, you want to leave if you kill someone?" It's not that easy! Sun your grandma's, lose money! ”

Jia Baoyu did not criticize his subordinates too harshly for their rough behavior.

He looked at this group of numb, doomsday zombie-like refugees, and his brows furrowed: "Hua'an, scatter money!" ”

Hua An glared at the man and took out a handful of copper coins from his pocket.

The man's eyes lit up, and he reached out to pick it up, who knew that the corner of Hua An's mouth hooked up a sneer, and then scattered the copper coin in his hand in a rain-filled manner.

Huang Chengcheng's copper coins really rained money, and the refugees who came around couldn't care about it, and they all bent down to pick up the copper coins that were rolling around.

Hua An shouted: "Full speed ahead!" ”

As soon as the whip of the Wu Da who was driving the carriage was raised, the carriage ran like an arrow from the string, and the family members behind the carriage also took the opportunity to speed up, they pulled out the long knife on the saddle, and when they saw the people who were around, they were stabbed!

The refugee camp stretched for five or six miles, and Wu Da shouted in front of him, and all those who stood in the way avoided it, and those who could not avoid it would be knocked away by the galloping horses, and they did not know whether they were alive or dead.

Their hearts were racing, and their whips were about to smoke, for fear of being left behind and surrounded by refugees.

The group ran out for more than ten miles before they could stop, not because they didn't want to run, but because the horses couldn't support it.

Jia Baoyu jumped down from the carriage and pointed to the family who was swinging the whip at the beginning and said, "What's your name?" ”

"Back to the second master, the youngest surname is Zhao, and his name is Zhao Dabao."

Jia Baoyu pointed at him and said to Hua An: "Give me five whips to whip him hard!" ”

When Hua An heard this, he didn't hesitate at all, the whip hit Zhao Dabao's back, and when he smoked it, the skin was open, and after the five whips, Zhao Dabao was already pale and sweaty, but he didn't dare to move.

Jia Baoyu looked at him coldly and said, "Do you know why you were sucked?" ”

"You know, I shouldn't have hit that kid." Zhao Dabao's tears came out in pain.

Jia Baoyu stepped forward and kicked Zhao Dabao's ass: "You know a fart!" Huaan, you come! ”

"I didn't kill that man in the first place." Hua An said coldly, "Zhao Dabao, think about it, if we were surrounded by refugees just now, it doesn't matter if we die, but in case they hurt the second master, can you bear the blame?" ”

Zhao Dabao couldn't care about the pain in his back, he fell to his knees, cold sweat flowed, if something happened to Jia Baoyu, I am afraid that his family in the city would also be implicated.