Zhurou

Chapter 90
Zhao Mingzhi moved forward here, and the Chen family's grandparents and grandchildren heard the movement, and they all looked pale.

Especially Chen Zhihui, who was fighting with her jaw up and down, and couldn't help but grab her grandmother's arm.

Mrs. Chen grabbed her granddaughter and hid in the backyard.

Zhao Mingzhi entered the front hall, so he wanted to turn around and tell him that when he saw the two people's whereabouts, there was no need to repeat, because there was no curtain there, so he covered the small door leading to the back yard from the front hall with his backhand, blocking the situation behind him. .

She looked up and saw that the front door of the hall was wide open, she hadn't seen Li Xun for a long time, she hurriedly searched around on the ground, she picked up a long knife left by some robber, but she just weighed it and felt that she couldn't hold it firmly. He quickly changed his spear again, and then hurried out the door.

The northwest wind was already blowing outside, and the fine snow particles became denser and denser.

Li Xun stood in the middle of the way, watched her come out, and explained: "It's nothing, the people from the escort agency have arrived."

After finishing speaking, he pointed to the spear in her hand: "It's very heavy, just throw it away first."

Zhao Mingzhi immediately leaned the gun against the brick wall, and then turned his head to look. Sure enough, a group of people not far away came in front of him in a blink of an eye, and the one in front was Ming Feng.

The other party got off the horse, quickly ran to Li Xun to salute, and called out "Li Er is the master".

When he turned around and saw Zhao Mingzhi standing by the door, he hurriedly greeted again: "Miss Zhao, is everything okay?"

After a group of people greeted each other, when they arrived at the door, Li Xun asked about the situation behind them.

Na Mingfeng first explained the whereabouts of the bodyguards of Li's Bodyguard Bureau, and only said that he was assisting in the arrest of the bandits.

He said again: "I think the rest of the bandits have been caught, but those soldiers in Junzhou city are really not very useful, they run slowly and don't know how to form a formation. Those bandits will not hesitate to die when they are about to die." , how many ran away?"

He said again: "The village is called Wenjiazhai. It originally belonged to Dengzhou. This time, I fell in love with a family named Chen. They were originally from the capital. I heard that the family was very rich and even married to the emperor. I want to go there. Going to Fengxiang to join relatives, he bribed his family's guards and followed them all the way."

"According to the original plan, I was going to ambush in Dengzhou to be a robbing bodyguard. Because I suddenly received the news that Di thief was going south, I didn't dare to take the lead. I honestly hid in the mountains for a few days. Later, when I saw that there was no sign of Di Bing, he left. So, the head of Wenzhai led dozens of thieves to be bandits."

"It was snowing a while ago, and the Chen family rested for a long time in the counties and towns on the way. Just in time, they asked the Wen family village to hide secretly in the city of Junzhou. Go ahead and rob it."

"I thought I would go away after being robbed, but I didn't know that I met the surname Fu... Zhao Yasi and Na Wen's village have been passing information secretly for several years, and I don't know how much collusion there is. , Wen Jiazhai saw that the second leader of Li's family was walking like Miss Zhao, so he thought of doing one thing at two ends, first robbing the Chen family's wealth, and then doing two robberies..."

"Who would have thought that it would hit the hands of Li Erdang's family, but it would hit an iron plate."

"The one who escaped just now is the Wenzhai master, and there are two other people around him."

After Ming Feng finished speaking, he advised again: "If the second head of Li's family and Miss Zhao want to go on the road, it's better to bring a few more brothers, I'm afraid that the dog surnamed Wen will jump over the wall in a hurry, his head will be flooded, and he will want to vent his anger."

Li Xun frowned and said: "Following all the way, can this also make people run away?"

Ming Feng said: "After all, we are not in official uniforms, and it is not good to follow too closely. Look at those chasing soldiers in the yamen, all of them have thick hands and feet, and the thieves are cunning, like rabbits. In fact, they startled the snake halfway. The thief saw that the situation was not good, so he pretended to be a horse and stumbled, and found a forest and fell into it."

"Wait until the top detours and chases down, and there is no one down the slope—they have already run away."

Hearing this, Li Xun didn't ask any further questions, he just said: "You have worked hard all the way, there are still some trivial things here, you can arrange someone to take care of them."

As he spoke, he led him to look at the group of thieves who had been tied up earlier, pointed to the corpses in the corner, and told about the old lady of the Chen family and Chen Zhihui.

Ming Feng agreed immediately, and said: "I will listen to what the old lady has to say later, if she agrees, I will order a few brothers and send them to the front Li's bodyguard."

Zhao Mingzhi felt uncomfortable while listening.

With such wealth, the Chen family is already worthy of being a rich man, but in this troubled world, they are still as helpless as floating weeds and catkins.

So what about ordinary people, even refugees?

Could it be that Wen's village, and many other Zhao Qiansun and Li's villages, only rob rich households?
Naturally impossible.

This kind of banditry is actually different from the enemy in the north, but if the local government and the garrison troops are willing to do something, it is not impossible to solve it.

However, the imperial court is out of reach, and all localities have their own plans, and they shirk and slack everywhere.

She suddenly remembered Li Xun talking about bandits with her earlier, she sighed in her heart, wishing she could not get to Jingzhao Mansion as soon as possible, no matter whether the boulder hit the ground or shot up to the sky, there must be a result after all.

After a short while, Li Xun and Ming Feng finished handing over all the matters, turned around and asked, "Where is your luggage? But what else do you need to pack? We are leaving now."

Zhao Mingzhi stood up in response and opened the door.

Before she had time to walk a few steps, she saw Mrs. Chen and Chen Zhihui standing behind the door. She thought that she hadn't heard much, so she wanted to find out and leaned against the wall to listen.

She was stunned for a moment, but she also felt that she had saved her strength. She pointed to the back and said: "This is the head of the Ming bodyguard in Junzhou City. He is generous and trustworthy. If Mrs. Chen wants to go north, she can also hire His team."

He asked again: "I don't know what he said just now, did the old lady hear about it?"

Mrs. Chen smiled wryly, and said: "Thank you Miss Zhao for the introduction, I just said something, I already know everything."

Zhao Mingzhi looked at Chen Zhihui again, and asked, "I just asked, how would Miss Chen answer?"

Chen Zhihui subconsciously took half a step back and hid behind her grandmother.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Mingzhi couldn't help sighing secretly.

What happened today was a catastrophe for the Chen family, especially for Chen Zhihui.

She is walking halfway at the moment, and she can still hide behind her grandmother. Presumably she has a pure personality, and she still doesn't know what she will face in the future.

She hesitated for a moment, but still couldn't help but said: "Let me say one more word. When I get home, the old lady should cheer up and clean up the atmosphere. Otherwise, today's matter is probably just the beginning. It’s just that you don’t care about your head.”

Mrs. Chen heard this, supported the wall, and reluctantly asked: "Although I have a guess or two, but now I am old and frail, and after this incident, I really can't clear my mind. Please ask Miss Zhao to clarify."

Zhao Mingzhi looked at the old and the young in front of him, and said: "Wen's house is in Dengzhou, and the old lady's house is in the capital. How can you easily buy off the guards at your house? You have to make so many preparations in advance? I have always heard only 'seeing the money'" , I haven’t seen any money, how can I make a plan?”

Such a statement is really suspicious.

Rather than saying that it was robbery, which was more likely, it was better to say that there was a ghost in the house.

It is still unknown what the inner ghost is planning, but judging from such a handwriting, it is definitely not something that can be satisfied by a simple robbery. Mrs. Chen's original hopes and hopes of protecting her granddaughter are probably all in vain.

In the troubled times, the Supreme Emperor was in Xiazhou, and the rest of the royal family were generally in trouble, unable to deal with it. Needless to say, ordinary people, as for Zhao Mingzhi himself, he was ready when he set off from Caizhou. If he met the thief halfway Bandits, once they can't escape, they can only die.

Although she has much sympathy for Chen Zhihui and Mrs. Chen, she also knows that this disaster will happen. Although there are robbers who are hateful and hateful, and the local government has nothing to do, in the final analysis, it is Xiazhou who does not do anything, and is also the current Caizhou. The imperial court was unable to control the situation, and even though the younger brother was only eight years old, as the emperor, he could usually blame him.

And as a member of the imperial family, if she has spare energy, if someone is in danger, it's really nothing to be a leader, but she has to rely on the power of others to protect herself right now, and there are more important things in her body, so naturally it is impossible to stop for her .

To save lives, let me remind you that I have done my best.

Seeing that Mrs. Chen's complexion became even uglier, Zhao Mingzhi stopped talking nonsense, and was about to go forward to carry his luggage, but he heard the footsteps of someone behind him, and turned his head to see that it was Li Xun.

He stopped behind Zhao Mingzhi, stood still after a few steps, and asked, "Does the old lady have any letters to send?"

Mrs. Chen's complexion was ashen, she opened her mouth for a long time, and still said: "This strong man, can't we send them off together?"

Li Xun shook his head and said: "I have something important to do, besides, I'm no more than an ordinary bodyguard. The people who came here today are brothers who were born and died. If the old lady can trust me, she should trust them too."

He said again: "If you don't want to, don't force it. I have just sent someone to report to the official. In a few hours at most, the official will arrive. At that time..."

Mrs. Chen immediately shook her head, and hurriedly said: "You don't have to wait for the government anymore, I will come back later to discuss with the bodyguards!"

She hesitated for a moment, but said: "As for sending the letters, there is no need to bother anymore. Today, the lives of our grandparents and grandchildren were saved by the help of the two of you. I just don't know the name of the benefactor, and where are the two families?" , I will be able to thank you in the future.”

Li Xun shook his head and said: "Madam take care, as for the rest, don't worry too much."

As he spoke, he went to the backyard, picked up Zhao Mingzhi's luggage, and beckoned her to leave.

The two were already escorted by a team of bodyguards assigned by Mingfeng, and they walked forward for a cup of tea, but they saw a group of people coming towards them, and when they got closer, they turned out to be Li's bodyguards who came to pick them up in front.

The two sides met and went to stay in the front station together. In the evening, they talked about the matter during the wind banquet. Sure enough, everyone bumped into the ambush robbers on the way. It's just that Li's bodyguards have been making a living in the local area for many years, and they are familiar with everyone. He called his companions to come over, circled around the path and outflanked them. He had already wiped out all the people and sent them to the government.

As for the past and future, we have to wait until Xie Min's interrogation is over before we can know and make a verdict.

And the gone Wenzhai master and his subordinates, apart from the government, also arranged for their own bodyguards to follow up.

Although Zhao Mingzhi was tired, he slept tossing and turning that night.

There were too many things happening today, and they all happened very suddenly, especially when she saw the Chen family affairs, she couldn't help but think about it, so she couldn't show it in front of Li Xun, let alone in front of many outsiders.

In the early morning of the next day, the two took advantage of the wind and snow to take a break, and set off before dawn. They considered two runs as one run, and Li's escort agency duly picked them up, so there was no accident on the way.

After walking day and night and resting like this, after another two days, they finally entered the territory of Jingzhao Mansion.

This time, Zhao Mingzhi noticed the change without even using pawns to set up cards.

I don’t know if it’s her illusion. It’s the same field, but it only takes an extra cup of tea, and the rear ones are more carefully arranged, and even the boundaries are more regular. As for the houses, even the bricks and tiles in Jingzhao Mansion are bigger. It looks stronger and the pattern is more square.

When you see the market and the streets and lanes in the middle, the difference is even more obvious.

She traveled through many counties and towns in Jingzhao Prefecture, all of which had no sign of war at all. All of them had prosperous businesses and peaceful people. Occasionally, she met a few refugees on different streets asking where there was work to do, and the people who were asked took the initiative to be enthusiastic. Quite often, people from left and right would give pointers and even argue about which place is more suitable for work.

If you meet one or two, you can say that it just so happens that this person has a good heart.

If you meet ten or twenty, thirty or fifty, you can only say that the atmosphere here is good.

There is a saying that one knows etiquette when there is enough barn and granary, and one knows honor and disgrace when there is enough food and clothing.

When a person is hungry and there is no roof to stand on, and no ground to stand on, asking for a bite of food to save his life is the most important thing. How can it be possible and how can he be expected to always be kind to strangers?
The atmosphere in Jingzhao Mansion is such a proof that the local people are prosperous.

The people of Jingzhao Mansion are naturally also the people of Jin Dynasty.

Seeing too much pain along the way, now I see that there is finally a place where the people can live and work in peace and contentment. Although he knows that he has nothing to do with him or his younger brother, Zhao Mingzhi's heart is still much more relaxed, and even the sound of horseshoes when he is on the road is even more pleasing to the ear .

At noon that day, the two of them had been on the road for a long time, but when they saw that they were still in the middle of the official roads of the two counties, Li Xun stopped going and found a tea shop beside the road to rest for a while.

The shop was packed to the brim, but only a few hawkers left outside, leaving one empty table.

The two sat down here, and when the shopkeeper served tea, Li Xun ordered a few dishes, and while waiting for the dishes to be served, he suddenly asked, "Do you have an appetite for dinner today?"

Zhao Mingzhi was startled, then raised his head in surprise.

Li Xundao: "I lowered my head like that when I was on the road a few days ago, and I forced myself to say what I said, and I still forced myself to be fine. I don't know what it was. It made me feel a little worried."

He said again: "Did you see that the grandparents and grandchildren of the Chen family are pitiful, with dead lips and cold teeth?"

Zhao Mingzhi shook his head and said, "It's not that the lips are dead and the teeth are cold, it's just..."

She hesitated for a moment, and finally said calmly: "In this world, it is hard for many people to survive. Although the Chen family is poor, there are countless people who are even more pitiful. This sounds very vain, but I am really thinking, if I can Do something so that those who want to live can live..."

Speaking of this, I felt apologetic in my heart, and said: "I thought I was covering it well so that my face would not be exposed, but I didn't know... such a face, I'm afraid it will make the second brother feel embarrassed... "

But Li Xun stared at her, but slowly said: "How do you know that I am blocked, not other thoughts?"

(End of this chapter)