Chaos on the temples: You can't escape if you provoke treacherous ministers

Chapter 925 Bandits
"Son, you feel so cold. It must be very cold. Mom, hold you tight."

"My dear, dear, we will be home soon."

"By the way, Mom made you buns stuffed with mutton. Didn't you say you like to eat them?"

The woman murmured, her face close to the face of the child in her arms, her voice was dry and hoarse, and her eyes were dead.A gust of cool breeze came over, and she was afraid that the child would be cold, so she quickly took off her outer clothes to cover the child.

"Baby, you can sleep a little longer. We'll be home soon."

Sanbao nestled in Liu Yunxiang's arms, looked over there, and asked in a low voice: "Mom, why is that brother so motionless?"

"Shhh." Liu Yunxiang shushed Sanbao.

Sanbao made a little ooh and said, "Mom, I'm hungry."

Liu Yunxiang flicked the little guy's nose. He had just eaten a snack in the car.Fortunately, Yan Mu knew that Sanbao had a lot to talk about, so he brought him a bag of snacks.

"No, you can only eat one more piece, otherwise you will lose your appetite for dinner at night."

"Then I want a big one."

"Average big."

"Let me compete."

Yan Mu and Liu Yunxiang were speechless and amused as they watched the little guy take out the square cake made of glutinous rice and honey from the bag, compare it carefully and laugh.

"My son is hungry too." The woman said suddenly.

Liu Yunxiang looked over and saw the woman staring at the bag of snacks in Yan Mu's hand.

"Can you give my son a piece?" she asked again.

Liu Yunxiang was a little afraid to look at the child in her arms, but hearing her say this now made her spine shiver even more.Yan Mu didn't know what to do for a moment, after all, the child in her arms was dead.

However, Sanbao didn't know that he had two pieces in his hand, so he jumped down from Liu Yunxiang's arms and handed one of them to the woman.

"This piece is big, I'll feed it to my brother."

The woman hurriedly took it, thanked her profusely, and then lowered her head to feed her son.

"Xiaojie, you must be hungry, take a quick bite."

"Be good, open your mouth."

"Don't stir up trouble, otherwise Mom will be angry."

The woman stuffed the child into her mouth and stuffed it so hard that the square cake broke into pieces.

"Why can't this brother wake up?"

Sanbao asked this question in confusion, and the woman suddenly raised her head and stared at him.

"My son is just asleep. He will wake up soon. If you talk nonsense again, I will tear your tongue out!"

The woman's eyes were bloodshot, and she looked so fierce. She was so frightened that Sambo burst into tears.

Liu Yunxiang hurriedly pulled Sanbao back and coaxed him not to cry.

At this time, a middle-aged man wearing a green cloth robe ran in and apologized to Liu Yunxiang and the others, "My wife is overly sad and confused. You two, please don't argue with her."

Liu Yunxiang hurriedly waved his hands and looked at the woman, who was carefully cleaning the pastry crumbs from the child.

"This doesn't taste good. Mom will steam buns for you when you get home."

"Don't you like mutton stuffing the most?"

"Are you sleepy? If you don't want to talk to mother, then sleep a little longer..."

Liu Yunxiang felt uncomfortable and asked the man, "What's going on?"

"Hey!" The man sighed heavily before he spoke, "During this period, a group of bandits came to our Liangshan County, specializing in kidnapping children and women, and then asking their families for money. When my son was playing on the street He was robbed, and the other party asked for 100 taels of silver. Our family still owns a noodle shop, and we lost everything to collect the 100 taels, but..."

At this point, the man's face was full of anger, and tears fell down at the same time. "These evil people got the money, but they... killed my son and only gave us his body."

Liu Yunxiang looked at this family and felt really pitiful.

"Why don't you report it to the official?" Yan Mu asked.

"We don't dare. They said that if we reported it to the police, they would kill our Xiaojie, but who knew... who knew that even if we paid the money honestly, they would still not let us go." The man couldn't bear it any longer and squatted down. burst into tears.

Jiang Yuan and a waiter from the man's family also ran into the pavilion at this time. The waiter gave the man a few words of advice and then wiped away tears in discomfort.

After about half an hour, the rain finally subsided.

Because their car was blocking the front, they had to go first.The man wiped away his tears and coaxed the woman that his son was hungry and should go home early.The woman then gave her son to the man, then walked out, and the family got into the carriage.

The guy thanked them and drove away.

Liu Yunxiang and the others were behind. After getting on the carriage, Sanbao put his arms around Liu Yunxiang's neck and squeezed his chubby little face into her shoulder.

"What's wrong?" Liu Yunxiang patted his son's butt.

"Mom, is that little brother... dead?" Sanbao asked in a muffled voice.

Liu Yunxiang sighed slightly, "Yeah."

Then she felt moisture in her neck, and the little guy cried, so she could only turn her head and kiss him.

After walking for half a day, when it was almost dark, the carriage in front stopped.Jiang Yuan went around and found that there was a group of officers in front of him, blocking the road.

Yan Mu got out of the car to take a look, and Liu Yunxiang opened the car curtain.

An officer stepped forward, cupped his fists and said, "The road ahead is difficult and there are bandits. You'd better go down here and stay in the town ahead."

Yan Mu looked forward and saw many officials there, "Did something happen?"

"There was a murder."

"What murder case?"

"Don't ask any more questions. Let's go find the inn while it's still dark."

The official waved his hand and didn't want to say more.

On the other side, the man who lost his son cried again, and a man in official uniform shook his head and sighed.

"You said, why don't you report it to the official!"

"We were afraid, afraid that they would hurt Xiaojie, but we never thought..."

"This group of bandits has no humanity. They will not let people go even after taking the money."

"Sir, you must catch them, catch these evil people!"

"Okay, I'll send a few officers to escort you through the woods. Take your children home as soon as possible."

The man in official uniform told his subordinates that several officials brought the horses and protected the carriage from the front.

After the carriage left, the man in official uniform saw Yan Mu, looked him up and down, walked forward and said: "Seeing that this young master is so noble and eye-catching, it is better to stay in the town ahead to avoid those bandits." Thinking about it."

Yan Mu cupped his fists and thanked him, "I wonder who you are, sir?"

"I am the governor of Pinghu County, and my surname is Hu."

"It turns out to be Sheriff Hu."

Yan Mu saluted, said goodbye to the county guard, and then got into the carriage.

"Jiang Yuan, go stay in the town."

The town ahead was not big, with only one inn, but many passers-by were persuaded to stay there.Originally, the inn had no rooms, so Yan Mu spent a lot of money to have the innkeeper free up the east wing of the backyard where he lived.

"A caravan on the official road ahead was robbed. Not only were all the valuable goods taken away, but a dozen people were also killed by the robbers. This case was so big that the government had to seal the road first." The innkeeper led them to the backyard. .

"Are ten people died?" Yan Mu asked.

"No, these bandits are very vicious. There have been six or seven murders in Pinghu County this month."

After sending them to the door, there was a commotion in the front yard, like the sound of tables, chairs and benches being smashed.A guy ran over, covering his forehead with a panic look on his face.

"Boss, a group of people have come and want us to vacate the inn so that their people can stay!"

(End of this chapter)