peasant girl wedding

Chapter 202 Deterrence
Tong Zhi'er thought, maybe it's because of her different mood.

"Is everything done with you?"

He took a look at the relaxed look on her face, but Mrs. Qin still asked.

Tong Zhi'er nodded with a smile, and looked at her gratefully, "Madam, thank you for your help."

Mrs. Qin shook her head and said nothing more.

Half an hour later, the carriage stopped in front of Duke Qin's mansion.

Tong Zhi'er got off the carriage, watched Mrs. Qin enter the mansion before turning around and leaving.

Before taking two steps, she saw Fang Cuiwei and the others.

"Mother, Pearl..."

"Zhier, what's the matter?"

Zhou Yunniang asked eagerly.

Tong Zhi'er nodded, "The queen mother has already told the emperor, and the emperor will take action soon."

Zhou Yunniang breathed a sigh of relief.

However, Fang Cuiwei did not relax.

"Will the emperor's people go to save your father and the others?"

will not.

The road is long and difficult, and the only ones who can save them now are themselves.

However, Tong Zhi'er did not say this sentence to Fang Cuiwei.Originally, she was worried and frightened in her heart, Tong Zhi'er didn't want to use this matter to overwhelm her.

However, Tong Zhi'er didn't want to lie to her either.

"Mother, there is brother-in-law here, father and the others will be fine."

Fang Cui nodded slightly, and murmured: "Yes, with your brother-in-law here, with your brother-in-law here, the soldiers and horses of the imperial court will rush over quickly, and they will be fine..."

"Mom, let's go back and rest."

Tong Zhi'er supported Fang Cuiwei, and the group rushed to Zhou's house.

.........

Duke Qin's Mansion.

Mrs. Qin entered the inner courtyard, and after a while, Qin An came.

"I have seen the master."

Qin An waved his hand, "Sit down, madam, you've been tired all day today."

Mrs. Qin shook her head, "I'm not very tired, it's the Tong girl who is tired."

"Oh? Didn't she see the Queen Mother?"

Qin An suppressed the concerns in his heart, held up the teacup in his hands, and pretended to speak calmly.

"Yes, I saw it, but the twists and turns... These are all my guesses, and I don't know the details. I was talking to Princess Yun at the time, and this girl was also astute, so she found an excuse and left. When she comes back, it will be two hours later."

Qin An smiled, "Being proclaimed the title of country lord by the emperor, she naturally has something extraordinary. I don't know what excuse she used?"

Mrs. Qin blushed, "The Tong girl said she was going to the toilet."

"Haha..." Qin An chuckled, "It's her style."

Mrs. Qin looked at Qin An at this moment, her heart moved, and she blurted out, "Master seems to be very familiar with Tong girl."

She used an affirmative tone.

Qin An must have known Tong Zhi'er, otherwise, if Tong Zhi'er came to the capital to ask him for help, he wouldn't immediately agree.

Qin An nodded, "The restaurant I ran before, her house has fresh mushrooms, and she often comes here with her family to deliver."

Mrs. Qin's nervous heart calmed down.

It turned out that they met in the business field.

After finishing a cup of tea, Qin An, who had been sitting for a while, got up and left.

The serving nurse walked to Mrs. Qin's side and said in a low voice: "Madam, the master is very concerned about this girl, Madam has to guard against it."

"Didn't you hear just now that the master has business contacts with her family, but he is more familiar with other families. Besides, this girl is only 14 years old, two years old, and only twelve years old. She is still an immature Girl, what are you thinking about?"

Nanny was left speechless by Mrs. Qin's words, and her face was a little ugly.

"Nurse, I know you're doing it for my own good." After Mrs. Qin said it was her nurse, she lowered her voice and said warmly, "Master doesn't like women who are suspicious. , acted upright, did not avoid me, presumably the master must be very magnanimous in his heart. In this way, I will not doubt the master indiscriminately... Mammy, I just spoke a little loudly, please take care of me, mammy Be careful. I am very happy that Mammy can remind me, which shows that Mammy really cares about me. "

The nanny looked at Madam Qin with red eyes, and said with a choked voice, "Madam is becoming more and more like the mistress."

"Mother has never fought against others all her life. Daddy respects her, and the servants in the mansion also respect her very much. Compared with my mother, I am much luckier. I am the only one in the master's mansion, and there are no other concubines. .So, I have to be a good wife and not let the master down."

Mammy turned around, wiped away her tears, and looked at Madam Qin with a smile, "From now on, this old slave will listen to Madam."

.........

When Tong Zhi'er and others returned to Zhou's residence, there was only a dark and narrow orange streak left on the western horizon.

"Zhier, shall we go back now?"

Fang Cuiwei asked her.

Tong Zhi'er shook his head, "We'll go back when we have definite news."

Fang Cui nodded slightly.

After the family had eaten, they went to rest separately.

"Zhier..."

Hearing the sound, Tong Zhi'er who was lying on the bed got up quickly.

"Cousin."

Zhou Yunniang smiled at her and went into the house.

"Zhi'er, tell me how you met the Queen Mother today."

"Well," Tong Zhi'er pulled Zhou Yunniang to sit down at the table, "When my parents were selling tofu at the barbecue shop...today when I entered the palace, the girl named Su Yi saw me, she It is the person who served the Empress Dowager, who knew what I was here for, so he treated me to the Palace of Compassion and Ning."

"The kindness of the fourth uncle and the fourth aunt is always remembered by someone, who saved us at a critical moment."

Zhou Yunniang sighed.

Tong Zhi'er also felt a lot of emotion.

Buddhism emphasizes the cycle of cause and effect, and Tong Zhixin and Fang Cuiwei's good deeds are like this.

"...I don't know how Zhaoyin is doing now? Is he hungry? Has anyone bullied him?"

When Tong Zhi'er was in a trance, Zhou Yunniang talked about Tong Zhaoyin again.

Regarding this, Tong Zhi'er couldn't think of any words of comfort, so she simply remained silent.

.........

It was still a dark night, with a faint white mist spreading among the woodlands.

The night wind was a little cool, blowing on the person's face, whizzing cold.

"Boom boom boom——"

The earth-shattering beating of the gong awakened all the people who had fallen into a deep sleep, and all of them opened their foggy eyes and looked at the source of the sound suspiciously.

"Get up, get up, get up—"

The soldier's voice was monotonous and deep, which made people feel very depressed.

"Don't sleep, get up quickly, the general has something important to announce. Everyone go to gather..."

The loud sound of gongs dispelled the confusion in everyone's eyes, and they went one by one to the direction pointed by the soldiers.

There, the lit torches formed a circle with what appeared to be a black spot in the middle.

When they got closer, everyone realized that it was a man who was tied up.

"Everyone's here?"

The man's voice is irresistible.

"Yes, General, everyone is here."

"Very well, you step back."

The soldiers with torches stepped aside.

Li Wei looked at the gathered crowd expressionlessly, his cold eyes flicked over everyone's faces one by one, making people feel chills in their hearts.

Dong Ping looked at the sword slung around his waist, and his temples throbbed.

"You must be very confused. Why did the general summon you all in the middle of the night? The answer is this man kneeling on the ground. He dared to escape privately by going to the toilet."

Everyone was in an uproar, and their hearts were even more tense.

"Great general, spare your life, great general..."

The man knocked his head on the ground, crying and begging for mercy.

Li Wei snorted coldly, "I have only one principle when dealing with deserters."

The sword around his waist was pulled out of its sheath, the sound of "ding" and the cold light of the sword made Dong Ping's heart rise to his throat.

"Forgive..."

The man only had time to utter a word, and then disappeared.

The falling head slowly stopped at a person's feet.

"what----"

Someone screamed.

Everyone is pale.

If you say kill, you kill. How can this general be so cruel?
Li Wei glanced at the crowd coldly.

Almost instantly, the scene was dead silent.

"In the eyes of this general, there are only two kinds of people who can leave the battlefield, one is the victor, and the other is the dead."

Everyone bit their lower lip, trembling violently.

"I, I don't want to die, I don't want to die..."

Someone cried out.

"It's terrible, it's terrible, I'm going home, I'm going home..."

One after another, several people said loudly.

Soon, more and more people expressed their dissatisfaction and protest at the speed of starting a prairie fire.

"Humph!"

Li Wei snorted coldly, and pointed his blood-stained sword at everyone.

The blood-stained sword was still steaming, but Senhan's sword light made people shudder.

"Those who disturb the morale of the army will be dealt with by military law. Who dares to make any noise!"

"I don't want to die, I don't want to die..."

After a long silence, someone spoke loudly.

Before everyone had time to react to what was going on, Li Wei pulled the man out, raised his knife and dropped it, a fresh life disappeared before his eyes.

"You... Aren't you the court's teachers of justice? Why, why are you so cruel?"

A person who has studied for several years speaks with trepidation.

"Teacher of justice?" Li Wei hooked his lips mockingly, "The imperial court is bullshit. Listen, you are all soldiers of the King of Shu, and you will die for the King of Shu."

what?
King of Shu?
The successive blows pushed everyone's minds to the limit they could bear.

"What's going on here? How did we enter the barracks of the King of Shu?"

Tong Zhixin's body was on the verge of falling, and he muttered in disbelief.

Dong Ping and Tong Zhaoyin supported him, but they didn't make a sound.

"Brother-in-law——"

Fang Dalin looked at him worriedly.

Tong Zhixin's eyes flicked over the faces of the three of them one by one, they were not surprised by what Cai just said.

"You, you already knew?"

Tong Zhixin lowered his voice.

Dong Ping nodded, "Father, I knew it on the first day I came here."

Tong Zhixin remembered Dong Ping's abnormal behavior that day.

……

Suddenly, Dong Ping screamed.

Soon a soldier came over and shouted impatiently, "What are you yelling?"

Dong Ping held back his beating heart, and said to the soldier with a dejected expression: "Master Jun, the little one is a doctor, and he left the medicine box at home."

"If you fall, you fall. What's the name? Listen, don't do this again. If you do it again, you will be served with sticks."

"Yes, yes, Lord Jun, the little one knows, it's just a small medicine box..."

Dong Ping looked at the soldier eagerly.

The little soldier said disdainfully: "We have medicine boxes in our camp."

"Small..."

Xiao Bing interrupted Dong Ping impatiently, "If you talk too much, I won't be polite to you."

Seeing that there was anger in his eyes, Tong Zhixin and others submissively persuaded him: "Master, he is very dull, so don't be as knowledgeable as him."

"Hmph, kid, pay attention."

The soldier glared hard at Dong Ping, hummed coldly and strode away.

.........

It turned out that it turned out to be such a thing.

Tong Zhixin stared at Dong Ping, "Why didn't you tell me?"

"Father, even if I tell you, it will only increase my troubles. These days, I have been secretly looking for herbs. When I find the herbs, we will be able to escape from the army of the King of Shu."

Tong Zhixin shook his hand and nodded.

On the other side, the terrified crowd still looked dull.

But Li Wei still didn't let them go, and continued: "You are the army of the King of Shu, even the enemies of the court, and even the people from the court will not save you, but will only treat you as soldiers of the King of Shu, and kill you. No piece of armor left."

It's eerily quiet all around.

It was like falling into dead silence.

Dullness, depression, fear, panic...

Li Wei looked at everyone's expressions with satisfaction, and returned to the camp after missing a word.

"Tomorrow, everyone will capture Luzhou City."

(End of this chapter)