Lie down and eat melon in the protagonist group

Chapter 5

Before leaving Ganzhou City, Ling Qiong bought a carriage and a horse.

Ling Feng drove the carriage, while Ling Qiong and Ling Jing took the children in the carriage. Master Xu followed on horseback behind the carriage to escort them.

Along the way, Ling Jing seemed to have taken the wrong medicine, squeezing in every possible opportunity, and separated Ling Dang and Ling Huai without leaving a trace to prevent them from staying together.

For example, at this time, Ling Dang was forced by Ling Jing to sit beside her, while Ling Huai sat on the opposite side of the carriage, receiving cold looks from Ling Jing from time to time.

Ling Huai remained calm and turned a blind eye, as obedient as before.

But he frightened Ling Cen who was sitting next to him.

Ling Cen held Ling Qiong's arm tightly, hiding half of his body, and secretly glanced at Ling Jing across from him with a look of inquiry and vigilance.

"Sister." Ling Cen called Ling Qiong with a trembling voice.

"Huh? What's wrong?" Ling Qiong lowered her head to him and asked.

"Look at Third Sister,"

His deliberately lowered voice was not low in the narrow and quiet carriage, and it reached everyone's ears clearly.

Hearing this, Ling Jing glanced away, and the dagger aimed at Ling Huai was thrown onto his face.

Ling Cen was so frightened that he quickly picked up Ling Qiong's arm and held it in front of him. He dared to say the second half of the sentence in a tight tone.

"Is she possessed?"

"..." Ling Jing twitched the corner of her mouth, met Ling Qiong's appraising eyes, and immediately put on a peaceful smile that had passed the time. She immediately turned her gaze to Ling Cen, who was playing tricks, "When we return to the ancestral home, , I must ask a great scholar to teach my sixth brother the rules, so that he will not get into trouble."

Ling Qiong rubbed Ling Cen's head and said to Ling Jing, "There is definitely something wrong with you recently."

Ling Huai spoke weakly: "It's my fault. I said the wrong thing before and made Third Sister unhappy."

"What did you say?" Ling Dang asked quickly, "It has something to do with me, right?"

Ling Jing raised the corners of her mouth slightly, eyes full of gloating, lowered her head and patted her seventh brother in her arms, pretending to be angry, and waited for Ling Huai to round out his words.

Ling Huai's group said innocently: "I asked the third sister if I can marry the person of my choice if my parents order a matchmaker."

"Fifth Brother, whose good girl have you fallen in love with?" Ling Cen's eyes lit up.

"According to common sense, this is indeed the case." Ling Qiong nodded thoughtfully. Suddenly, she changed the topic, "However, our family situation is different. Regardless of whether our parents are here or not, I will be in charge of this family from now on. Ling Huai, if you really like someone else's girl, you must be in love with her, you must be in love with her, and you must get the girl's consent before you can marry her in a big sedan chair, and you must not have any second thoughts. Ugly words, our family can There are no small rules about keeping concubines, and whoever dares to break the rules should watch your skin carefully."

She stretched out her finger and tapped Ling Cen's forehead, then asked Ling Huai: "Is there someone you really like?"

But she kept muttering in her heart that such a small child, no matter how precocious it is, would never be able to understand what love between a man and a woman is, especially if he likes a girl and wants to play with her every day. I got sidetracked and wanted to marry someone else's girl.

Ling Dang was confused: "That's it? Does Third Sister deserve to be angry with you for this?"

"Yes." Ling Huai met Ling Jing's questioning eyes and nodded, "I like Ah Dang, and I have no second intention. Can I marry her?"

Lingdang: "..." It's over. The good baby was led astray by Azen's naughty kid.

Ling Qiong: "Huh? This..." The amount of information is a bit large.

Ling Jing: "Heh. No - you can!" Someone's coming! Get this evil-hearted piece of shit out of me!

Ling Cen: "I like Fourth Sister too! I want to marry her too!"

Ling Huai kept saying shocking things, but Ling Cen was just afraid that the world would not be in chaos, so it was not too big a deal to join in the fun.

Ling Qiong hurriedly coughed a few times, put all the messy plots out of her mind, and acted like an elder sister and a mother.

She deliberately emphasized her tone and said: "Ling Dang is your sister, it's not surprising that you like her. But if you marry her, it will be against human ethics, moral misconduct, and unacceptable. It is not allowed. And you, Ling Cen , you can go cool down somewhere for me, and don’t make any trouble."

Ling Huai said without asking for a deeper explanation: "But A Dang and I are not biological children, so can't we do that?"

"Ah?!" Not biological siblings?

Ling Qiong's jaw almost dropped in shock. She looked at Ling Dang, who was dark and thin with only a pair of dark eyes. Then she turned back and looked around at Ling Huai, who had red lips and white teeth. I secretly cursed myself for being confused. With such completely different looks, if I thought about it carefully, I knew they were not born to the same parents.

She always thought the siblings were fraternal twins.

Ling Qiong was dazed for a moment, and subconsciously said what she was thinking: "It's not that..."

"Big sister!" Ling Jing interrupted her quickly.

"No!" Ling Qiong came back to her senses when she heard the words, immediately turned serious, and answered Ling Huai righteously, "Ling Dang is your sister after all, even if she is not your biological child! You will get the title of a high official in the future, how can you Do something that makes someone poke your spine?"

She continued to speak earnestly: "Besides, you are still young. What do you, a child, know? You mistook a whim for a moment of joy and had to play with your good friends according to your temper. Didn't Ling Cen just say that? Do you want to marry Ling Dang? You are still young, and the little tricks of treating you as father and me as mother are irrelevant. If I tell you this now, you won’t understand. When you grow up, you will understand naturally. ”

"I still like Ah Dang when I grow up. Can I marry her then?" Ling Huai, who had always been obedient and sensible, was unusually aggressive today.

"This..." Ling Qiong didn't want to dampen a child's sincere and innocent love. She was at a loss for words and had no choice but to glance at Ling Jing out of the corner of her eye. After all, she was not the original owner and had no memory. She could not remember many details. Ling Jing has a delicate mind and understands the temperament of the family members. She cares about the family, arranges the schedule along the way, and takes good care of everyone. She is the one who has the most say in trivial household matters.

Invisibly, Ling Jing took on the responsibility of a mother, and she was more of a father, the backbone of the family.

"You're still young, what's the point of asking such nonsense right now?" Ling Jing smiled and said, "Who can say for sure what will happen in the future. Then again, you keep saying you want to marry, Ah Dang Are you willing to marry? Ah Dang, what do you think?"

Ling Dang was about to speak, but Ling Feng, who was driving the carriage, stopped the carriage suddenly.

The people in the car staggered and were in a panic.

Ling Qiong held Ling Cen in her arms to steady herself, and just as she was about to lift the curtain, the voices of Ling Feng and Master Xu rang out from outside the carriage.

Ling Feng said sharply: "There is someone blocking the road ahead."

Xu Wen rode his horse and stopped by the carriage curtain, and immediately stopped Ling Qiong's movements: "It's gangsters who are blocking the road to collect money. Girl, don't show your face, and don't make a sound. I'll go ask, Ling Feng, please protect the carriage where you are." .”

The sound of horse hooves sounded outside, getting farther away step by step, almost no longer heard, and then stopped.

Ling Feng tightened the reins in his hands and acted as a real-time announcer: "Master has dismounted and is negotiating with the bandits. It's too far away. My ears are weak and I can't hear clearly."

As soon as they heard that they were far away, everyone in the car immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Ling Jing turned around while holding her seventh brother, and at a glance she saw Ling Huai squatting in the corner of the carriage with Ling Dang protected. She stepped forward in anger and kicked Ling Huai's calf.

Ling Huai was in pain, but he didn't let go. He frowned slightly and looked at her with stern eyes.

In their previous lives, they were both respected and respected masters. The other party knew their respective temperaments and thoughts in their hearts.

Having just experienced the drunkard's obsession with drinking, Ling Jing's iron face shattered Ling Huai's good calculations. Now, neither of them obeys the other, and neither wants to see the other.

Ling Huai's eyes were like an ice knife piercing Ling Jing's face. She was not afraid of him and directly reached out to grab Ling Dang in his arms. Ling Dang felt someone pinching her, she raised her face blankly, met Ling Jing's angry eyes, and quickly pushed away Ling Huai who was protecting her.

She didn't take what Ling Huai said just now seriously at all, she just treated it like a child's dependence. The moment she made the emergency stop, she couldn't sit still and fell to the ground along with the inertia. Unexpectedly, Ling Huai moved quickly. He caught her with both hands, protected her head and rolled straight to the corner of the car.

Ling Dang obediently stood up following Ling Jing's tugging force, and was forcefully pulled in front of him by her, blocking him tightly in an instant.

Ling Jing snatched the person away and did not forget to throw a warning to Ling Huai behind her.

After a while, Master Xu returned safely on his horse.

Ling Feng asked hurriedly: "What did the other party say?"

"You only need fifty taels to buy the road. The mountains and forests here are dense, and there are many fierce bandits in the green forests along the way. The people blocking the road here have obviously gathered together, and there are no less than a hundred people hiding around. It is better to take the official road and spend money to eliminate disasters by taking a detour." Wen turned to look at the car curtain, "Do you still have enough money to pay?"

"Yes." Ling Qiong unpacked the bag, counted out fifty taels of silver and handed it over.

"What about the open fight?!" Ling Feng glared.

"Yes, let's rob in the open." Xu Wen took the money bag, turned his horse's head and looked at the crowds of heads in front of him, nodding sincerely, "The secret robberies lasted until night. This group of people are obviously abiding by the rules. They dare to block the official road in broad daylight, for fear of following Get some fresh air from the top and say hello to the people on the mountain. Remember, robbery in the open will cost you money, robbery in secret will cost your life, don't waste your own life for petty gains."

"What kind of stupid world is this..." Ling Feng couldn't believe it, "Doesn't anyone care about it?"

"Control? The sky is high and the emperor is far away." Xu Wen shook his head, "Don't forget how the current emperor started. Why should we care? They were bandits in the peaceful years, and they were soldiers in the war. If everyone has land, and Who is willing to fall into the trap and become a bandit? Everyone has his own way, everything is fate, and no one can control it at all."

When the carriage arrived at the roadblock, Xu Wen dismounted and handed over the silver. He waited patiently for the other party to finish counting and said a few good words before the bandit finally nodded and let him go.

After walking a long distance, Ling Cen dared to ask Ling Qiong, "Sister, did you give me too much?"

Ling Qiong patted his head and explained: "If a poor family is rich, give them more money to buy the road, which will save them some trouble. Everything that can be solved with money is a small matter."

Ling Jing said: "Money moves people's hearts, but anyone who can be bought with money is a real person."

Ling Cen seemed to understand. He puffed up his cheeks and muttered: "I just feel so bad. Aren't those who are greedy for money and profit all villains? How come you become a real person in your mouth, Third Sister?"

"Are those people just villains?" Ling Jing asked him warmly.

"Of course!" He replied without thinking.

"Would you believe them?"

"Certainly not."

"Then, if there is a person who is full of knowledge, has a good appearance, is well-dressed, has polite manners, and behaves righteously, he helps you everywhere and solves your urgent needs. He also listens to your heartfelt talk and is inseparable from you, would you trust such a person?"

"Such a good person must be a gentleman, must be a good person, of course I will believe it!"

"Oh, a good person." Ling Jing's smile deepened, "Why do you conclude that he is a good person? Is it just because he is good to you? Rather than having any agenda? Or did he tell you personally, or write the word "good person" on his face? Up?"

"Which good person would say that he is a good person and then write that good person on his face?!"

"Good people can't do it, villains can. So if eldest sister doesn't believe that those bandits only have fifty taels of silver, it's better to be generous and give them more to show your favor and make them look superior to others. If, I am using an analogy, if Xu Xu Master just had an evil idea during the conversation with the bandits. He wanted to come with them to steal the money from the eldest sister. He said that he would hand over all the valuable things before he gave way. If he didn't, he would kill them all immediately. Tell me, do you believe it or not? You If you were a big sister, what would you do if you encountered this situation? Is it for money? Or for your life."

With these words, Ling Cen was stunned.

Ling Qiong spoke to comfort Ling Cen: "We can still trust Master Xu. He is not that kind of person, let alone do that. There are still many good people in the world."

She turned to Ling Jing again, her eyes disapproving and said: "He is a half-knowledgeable child, please take it easy and don't teach him badly."

"I'm warning him, don't always rely on his little cleverness to say what he says. If he really encounters a black-hearted man who knows how to put on appearances, he will be in trouble." Ling Jing glanced at him as if unintentionally. Linghuai.

Ling Huai turned a deaf ear, lowered his head and remained silent.

Along the way, I heard a lot of noise outside the car, like a constant stream of pedestrians dragging their families with them, and there were also a few faint sounds of babies crying.

"Master..." Ling Feng, who was driving the car, said unbearably.

"Mind your own business, stop prying, and drive your car carefully." Xu Wen said in a stern tone.

It was completely dark, and the carriage stopped in front of the courtyard of a farmer's tavern.

Master Xu told Ling Feng how careful he was in guarding the carriage and how little he was kind-hearted. He dismounted and pushed open the door to ask about the hotel.

After a while, he led the horse out, followed closely by a waiter with lively eyes. He asked the people in the car to get out, asked Ling Feng to remember to unload the carriage, and ordered him to lead the horse and follow the waiter, followed closely behind him. Feed the horses in the backyard stables.

Master Xu led the children into the lobby.

There were only a few people sitting in the lobby, covering their mouths and whispering, looking at the Ling family members coming in from the corner of their eyes.

Ling Jing was rarely stingy, and she talked to the shopkeeper at the counter for a while before she lowered the price a little and asked for two guest rooms near the stables.

A group of people squeezed into a room, Ling Jing distributed dry food, Ling Huai placed the small stove in his hand under the window, and Ling Dang placed the small pottery pot flat on the stove.

Master Xu went out to borrow dry firewood from the store to heat goat milk for his seventh brother.

"Why is riding in a carriage more tiring than walking?" Ling Cen complained as he sat on a stool, dangling his legs.

Ling Dang deeply agreed. He was busy rushing along the way and took a break halfway. Master Xu would not let them get out of the car, let alone lift the curtains to take a look.

Ling Feng pushed open the door and walked in at this moment, with a look of urgency on his face.

"What's wrong?" Ling Qiong suddenly stopped beating her lower back and her eyes suddenly became sharp.

He gasped and said: "The state is at war. Half a month ago, the Northern Territory troops came to Cangyu City. The state pastor ordered the people in the city to defend the city and they were only allowed to enter but not to leave."

Ling Dang was so happy that he recalled the moving noises he heard along the way, and said, "Well, along the way..."

Ling Feng looked unbearable and said: "They are all refugees. Zhouzhou Mu is the current second prince, only eleven years old."

Suddenly, Master Xu opened the door with a bang from outside, frightening everyone in the room.

He said sharply to Ling Feng: "Didn't I tell you not to go out and inquire around?!"

This sentence made Ling Feng anxious: "Don't go and inquire?! How can a prince who is only eleven years old defend the state?! The war will soon reach Ganzhou City! If we hadn't made a mistake by mistake, One step out of the city, if I delay for a few more days, the city of Cangyu today will be the city of Ganzhou I will come to! Today, I will seek to usurp the throne! Martial arts! It will lead to endless wars and disturb the great Zhou Dynasty forever! I will not go to Yuzhou , I want to go to the battlefield!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a slap hit his face.

Ling Feng lost his mind and yelled at Master Xu. He was neither big nor small. He had lost his dignity and his previous taciturnity.

Everyone thought the slap was from Master Xu, but they never expected it to be from Ling Jing.

(End of this chapter)