The little girl of the landlord's house

Chapter 93

Xie Yujiao woke up in the afternoon. Seeing Xu sitting on the bedside sad, the anger towards Xu last night also subsided a little.The most difficult thing in this world is to try to change others, especially people like Xu who have had a temper for decades.

Seeing Xie Yujiao woke up, Mrs. Xu carefully helped her sit up and asked, "Jiaojiao, do you have any discomfort, just say it."

Xie Yujiao only felt a little soft in her body, and nothing else. She didn't expect that she would faint, but when she thought about it now, she felt a little ridiculous.It's just two people who met by chance, so why bother?Even if he had ever pulled his own heartstrings, that was a thing of the past.Now that he's gone, he's actually relieved a bit, there's nothing wrong with it, so why should he be sad!
"I'm fine." Xie Yujiao lowered her head and returned, only to lift the quilt to get up.Mrs. Xu quickly took the clothes and put them on her, and said: "You lie down for a while, what are you doing now?"

Xie Yujiao just said: "Uncle said that the north may not be able to hold on. If the refugees with better footsteps, it may take three to five days at least, and seven or eight days at most, I am afraid they will come to the south. Now it is during the New Year's Day , can't let them not even have a full meal? I have to arrange these things myself."

After hearing this, Mrs. Xu hurriedly said: "Your uncle is already being resettled. Don't worry about it. It's better to have a good rest. I invited the second housekeeper Liu to invite Mrs. Zhou to come over. I don't know if I can invite you." Come back and take a good look for you."

Xie Yujiao didn't stop talking about Mrs. Xu at this moment. She knew her own body well. After taking medicines from the old doctor Zhou for half a year, her health was already much better than before. Even she herself was unexpected.

Xie Yujiao just said seriously: "Since this is the case, it's good for me to go and listen together. Usually, when uncle is undecided, he will send someone to ask me. This will save them from running back and forth."

Seeing that Xie Yujiao couldn't be persuaded, Mrs. Xu called her maid to come over and change her clothes. After Xie Yujiao put on her clothes, she still felt a little weak, but Xie Yujiao, who had a bit of arrogance in her bones, didn't want to fall down at this time. She wanted to live well , even better than before.She felt that some people's blood should not be shed in vain.What some people believe in is not necessarily stupid.

He was already dead, Xie Yujiao could do nothing for him anymore, the only thing she could do now was to spend a few coins to feed those common people whom he tried his best to protect.

"In that case, you can go." Mrs. Xu couldn't hold back Xie Yujiao, only sighed, and let the servant girl accompany her to the study outside.

In the outer study room, Xu Yuxing, Tao Laixi, and several tenant chiefs from the village and town were sitting in it. When they saw Xie Yujiao coming in, they all stood up and bowed their hands to her.

Xie Yujiao waved her hand to let everyone sit down, she only frowned and said: "The most urgent thing is, we must not mess up our own positions, and we must find a way out."

Tao Laixi just heard the news, and he was shocked. He remembered that when the Yellow River flooded one year, a large number of refugees came from the north. Everyone is panicked.So now that he heard that refugees were coming, Tao Laixi couldn't help becoming nervous.

"If this news is released, the common people will be afraid, and this year's festival will not be well spent."

"That's right, this year's harvest has finally increased a bit. If something like this happens, it won't be as good as in previous years." Everyone said worriedly.

Xie Yujiao frowned and thought about it. Everyone's fear is not a solution. If they are afraid, they will easily disperse, and once they disperse, they will easily become chaotic.

"Well, I remember last year when Shen Nuyuan was here, we had a security team patrolling the village. At that time, every household was quite safe. Later, the imperial court recruited soldiers, and many of these people followed Shen Nuyuan to join the military. The few who remained were also returning to farming because of the busy season in autumn. Why not take advantage of this time and get a group of people out of each village and town to take turns guarding the village, so that even if a large number of refugees flocked Come on, let's not be afraid for a while."

A single family is weak, but when a village gathers, its power cannot be underestimated.Tao Laixi nodded while listening, only to hear Xie Yujiao continue: "So many people come together, the court will not ignore it, let alone send it to the homes of us landlords and squires as before. Not good, it’s about rebellion, uncle will go to the yamen later to see what Master Kang has in mind.”

After Xie Yujiao finished speaking, she took a sip of tea. Seeing that Xie Yujiao was considerate of her tenants, everyone was very grateful, and they all said that they would start to make things up as soon as they returned to the village.

Xie Yujiao thought for a while, then ordered Tao Laixi to say: "Go and check later, have you prepared all the things that will be distributed to the clan this year? Now that it's the end of the year, things are not easy to buy for a while. It's really not possible. Take these things first." Come out and distribute them to porridge sheds everywhere, get through this difficulty first, and supply them with what is missing next year.”

Tao Laixi only nodded when he heard this. These foodstuffs were all at current prices. The news that the North could not be defended had not spread before, and they thanked the family early for preparations, so of course they were cheaper.Now if you want to prepare additionally, I don't know how many times those merchants will raise the price!
"What the girl said is, it's just that the clan's share is there every year. If it's gone this year, I don't know if they will..." Tao Laixi and the second old man have also dealt with each other for a long time. He is very greedy. If he knows that this year's quota is gone, he doesn't know if there will be trouble.

"Let him make trouble. If the country is in crisis, if he still only cares about these little things, I don't have time to talk to him. I won't see him at all."

With Xie Yujiao's words, Tao Laixi felt confident and bold to touch those things.

Because Liu Fugen didn't invite the old doctor Zhou, and it was dark at night, he slept at Xu's house all night. When he got up early the next morning, he heard the old couple chatting at the door of Xu's house, saying It was last night that the sound of carriages on the street never stopped until dawn.

Liu Fugen was in a hurry to go back to Xie's house, and he didn't have time to eat breakfast. When he opened the door, he saw two young people in their early twenties coming here. Because he didn't know Liu Fugen, he was stunned for a moment, and then asked: " May I ask if this is the Xu Mansion?"

Seeing their foreign accents, Liu Fugen couldn't figure out who they were for a moment, he looked at the dusty appearance, probably came from the north, and said: "This is the Xu Mansion, the residence of Uncle Xie and Master Xu. "

When the two heard this, their faces showed a bit of joy, and one of the young men in azure robes just poked his head and said to the people behind him: "This is great, this is Master Xu's residence, Eldest Young Master, Here we are."

When Liu Fugen saw that they called Xu Yuxing his aunt, he also guessed their identities. They should probably be the Ma family in the capital, which is also the Yue family that Xu Yuxing said.

When Liu Fugen heard the man call the young master behind him, he quickly reacted, and only said: "Since you are a guest of my uncle's family, please invite me inside."

The two followed Liu Fugen into the door and sat down.After Liu Fugen sat down, he could clearly see that both of them were in a hurry, with blue beards growing on their chins, and bloodshot eyes in their eyes, obviously they hadn't rested during the long journey.

The young master of the Ma family drank hot tea, and then he said: "The Tartars have been fighting outside the city for half a month, but they have not attacked yet. Later, they thought of a way and said that they should use fire. There are thousands of families in the capital. If the fire is really gone, I don't know how many people will die. The Holy One has no choice but to send his claws to the south, leaving only a group of soldiers to block the Tartars, and let the people flee first."

When the man said this, his brows twitched a little, and he just said: "It's a pity that none of the soldiers who guarded the city at the end will survive."

People who have never experienced war will never know how cruel war is, but Liu Fugen only saw the desperation of the two of them, and knew that the road to escape must be extremely difficult.

After the young master of the Ma family finished speaking, he put away his sadness again, and said, "Because we couldn't run fast with our family members, my father sent me to find my uncle first, and tidy up the house that had been placed before the old lady. When they come, they can live in right away."

Liu Fugen heard them finished talking about their visit, and only said: "My uncle is not in the city right now, but I know where your house is, it's only two lanes away from here, Young Master Ma will have some breakfast first, and I'll see you soon." I took you there."

At this very moment, Zhou Tianhao was lying in a gorgeous brocade-paved carriage among the large troops moving south, surrounded by several imperial physicians waiting in turn. He occasionally opened his eyes to glance at the vermilion carved lacquer roof, convinced that he was still alive. ...living in this world that originally did not belong to him.If that kid from the Yang family hadn't blocked the deadliest knife for him, Zhou Tianhao would have already met Hades by this time.

Yun Song took care of Zhou Tianhao for two days and two nights, and at the moment he was dozing off sleepily, when the carriage shook suddenly, he opened his eyes in fright, and saw Zhou Tianhao staring at the roof of the carriage without blinking.

"The Imperial Physician...the Imperial Physician...His Highness is awake."

Yun Song hurriedly grabbed the imperial physician who was dozing on the carriage, and asked Zhou Tianhao anxiously, "Your Highness, do you have any discomfort? Does your chest still hurt?"

Zhou Tianhao reluctantly shook his head, and smiled wryly: "If I had known earlier, I shouldn't have taken out that mirror, maybe I could have escaped this arrow."

Yun Song couldn't laugh or cry when he heard the words: "Your Highness, you are still joking at this time, you scared the slaves to death."

Zhou Tianhao breathed a sigh of relief, seeing that the carriage was shaking violently, he asked, "Where are you?"

"His Royal Highness has been in a coma for three days and three nights. He has already passed Pengzhou and will arrive in Jinling in two days."

It was two or three days before Xie Yujiao rested.As Xie Yujiao expected, the refugees who traveled fast these days had already arrived.Fortunately, the Xie family had discussed with Kang Guangshou early in the morning. This time, Jiangning County was only responsible for five or six hundred refugees, so if they were shared equally among the Xie family, it would only look like three to four hundred people.Because the Xie family built a village at the foot of the Qinglong Mountain in order to settle the Qinglong Village earlier, and now there is still more than half of the vacant land there, which can just be used to resettle refugees.

The people in Qinglongzhai escaped like these refugees, but there were not too many conflicts.The Xie family set up a porridge shed there to provide three meals a day. Although they were not full, they would not starve to death, and they could have a tile to cover their heads so they would not freeze to death on the road.

Seeing that Xie Yujiao was busy again, and she didn't seem to care about the previous things, Xu was somewhat relieved.This day Xu Yuxing came back from the city, went to Xu's upper room, and talked about the current situation in the city.

Although the capital was lost, the Tatars also suffered heavy casualties. They did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, but stationed in the capital, as if they were also waiting for the opportunity.Dayong's army retreated eighty miles south of the capital and guarded Langfang strictly to prevent future troubles.

"In the past two days, the city has been much better than two days earlier. Some people are still fleeing to the south, and some people have already settled down and are staying in Jinling. The vanguard of the imperial court has arrived. We are coming in two days, because His Highness Prince Rui is seriously injured, so the trip was delayed on the way."

Although Mrs. Xu didn't go out of Xie's house, but in the past two days, when people came in and talked about the refugees outside, she felt a little scared in her heart. She just frowned and said, "After fighting for so many years, I still haven't won. Why is it so hard to fight?"

Xu Yuxing also only sighed, shook his head and said: "Yes, after fighting for so many years, Dayong lost so many soldiers, but in the end the capital still couldn't be defended, it's really..."

Xie Yujiao also felt a little heavy when she heard this topic. Zhou Tianhao kept flashing in her mind that day when Zhou Tianhao was riding a tall horse in silver armor at the gate of the county government office. At once……

Xie Yujiao still felt a little uncomfortable thinking about this, so she deliberately exposed this sentence and asked Xu Yuxing, "Uncle, how many houses do we still have?"

Xu Yuxing thought for a while, and then said: "Except for the original ancestral house of your Xie family, there are only two houses left, but these two houses are located on the edge of Mochou Lake, and now they are moving south from the imperial court. There are many dignitaries and dignitaries living in the area, if the house is sold cheaply, it will be a loss, so I haven't sold it yet."

Xie Yujiao just nodded when she heard the words. She also went to see those two houses during the Mid-Autumn Festival this year. A wealthy businessman bought it.Last year, Xu Yuxing collected real estate in the city according to Xie Yujiao's request, and bought it from the wealthy businessman.

"This house can stay for a while." There are so many Houmen mansions in the capital coming to the south, which one is not a person with a family and a few houses, and there must be many people who can spend a lot of money. It's so good The house had to be saved until last.

Seeing that they started business again, Mrs. Xu just shook her head and walked away. After a while, Xu Huiru came from Xiulou. You pack up with me and go to your grandma's house for a few days!"

After Liu Fugen took the young master of the Ma family away that day, two or three days later, the Ma family's brigade arrived. Xu Yuxing has been in the city for the past two days, just to help their family settle down.

Now that the whole family has finally settled down, the old lady misses her granddaughter, so she asked Xu Yuxing to pick her up at Xie's house.

Xu Huiru had known the news that Ma's family moved to Jinling a few days earlier. After hearing this, she said, "I prepared things early in the morning, but it will be the New Year's Day in a few days. If I In the past few days, my grandmother will definitely not let me go back, so I won't be able to spend the New Year with my aunt and cousin this year."

Mrs. Xu just smiled and said, "Silly girl, it's rare for your grandmother to celebrate the New Year here this year. Of course you want to accompany her. Besides, they came all the way from the capital, and they don't know how to bring their original ancestral property with you." You must feel unhappy if you get a few points, so you will naturally go to comfort her at this time."

Xu Huiru also understood this principle, so she nodded and said, "Then I'll go to my grandmother's house for a few days first, and come back to accompany my aunt and cousin after the Lantern Festival."

Xie Yujiao just waved her hands and said, "Let's live until after the Lantern Festival. Maybe there will be another meeting this year, so you can take them all to have fun." Although the capital has fallen, for the people here, the only thing that has changed The only ones are the influx of refugees and the ridiculously high prices. As for the others, it seems that it is not the time for everyone to feel in danger. Perhaps in order to stabilize the hearts of the people, the Lantern Festival will continue as usual.

Everyone had lunch together, Xie Yujiao sent Xu Huiru to the door, but from a distance they saw a carriage coming towards Xie's house.Xie Yujiao's eyes were sharp, and she could tell at a glance that it was Kang Guangshou's carriage. Just as she was thinking about what Kang Guangshou was looking for her at this time, the carriage stopped not far from the door.

Xie Yujiao took a closer look, but it was the boy who usually walked around in front of Kang Guangshou.Seeing Xie Yujiao, the young man just stepped forward to salute and said, "Miss Xie, my lord wants to discuss something with Miss Xie, and please ask Miss Xie to follow me."

When Xu Yuxing heard the words, he only opened his mouth and said, "Master Kang, what's the matter? I'll go with you."

The young man usually knew Xu Yuxing, so he said, "Uncle, my master only asked me to invite Miss Xie, and Miss Xie has to go in person for this matter."

At this moment, Xu Huiru had already got into the carriage and was waiting there. Xie Yujiao knew that Xu Yuxing would not be able to find time, so she said, "Uncle, you can go with your cousin first. Master Kang, I will take the second steward with me." It's good to go."

Xu Yuxing didn't have the skills to separate himself for a while, so he had no choice but to get into the carriage first, and went to the city with Xu Huiru.

Xie Yujiao greeted the boy waiting at the door, went back to her room and changed her clothes, and then invited a maid to find Liu Fugen. The doorman outside said that Liu Fugen had gone to the Qinglongshan Refugee Camp today. I'm afraid I won't be able to come back.

Xie Yujiao was afraid of delaying Kang Guangshou's affairs, so she had no choice but to tell Mrs. Xu, took the maid Ziyan with her, and hurried into the carriage.

After the carriage traveled for about ten miles, Xie Yujiao felt that something was wrong. When she reached out to lift the curtain, she realized that she was not on the way to the county government office.Xie Yujiao was startled, and hurriedly asked the boy outside, "My little brother, where are you taking me? This is not the way to the county government."

The young servant only frowned and said: "My lord is not in the county office, so let the little one take the girl directly to the place where the lord is."

If she didn't recognize this boy's face, Xie Yujiao would have thought she had met a kidnapper.But even so, Ziyan who was sitting in the carriage still said nervously: "Girl, are you sure he is Lord Kang's entourage? What if he is not?"

Xie Yujiao had no choice but to give Ziyan a blank look. Now that she was on a pirate ship, even if she wasn't, she could only accept her fate.

"What else can we do? Let's eat cold salad...Let's see where he takes us first."

The carriage traveled another ten miles before Xie Yujiao figured out that this was the way to the city, but it was a pity that they left a bit late and at a slower speed, so they did not meet Xu Yuxing and Xu Huiru's carriage, otherwise, they would have They accompanied her, and she still had some confidence in her heart.

About half an hour later, when the carriage entered the city gate, Ziyan suddenly realized: "Girl, they brought us to the city."

At this time, the young man outside heard the people talking inside, so he said: "Miss Xie, don't worry, I will be there in a while, my lord will be waiting for you over there."

Xie Yujiao breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "I have nothing to worry about. Anyway, everyone knows that I got into Mr. Kang's carriage. If there is a mistake, our family will definitely find someone from Mr. Kang."

The young man smiled and said: "The adults in our family know that the girl is careful, so he specially sent the young man to pick him up in person, saying that the young lady still recognizes the young man's face and this carriage, at least he can show some face."

After hearing this, Xie Yujiao became more at ease, but Mr. Kang is really true. If there is something to discuss, it is the same in the county government. In the past two days, refugees from the north are flocking to the south. There are dragons and snakes in Jinling City. , After all, it's not a safe place to go.

After another cup of tea, the carriage stopped, Xie Yujiao rolled up the curtain and took a look, and saw that it was the doorway in the back corner of a family.The young man knocked on the door, only to hear a squeak, and a twelve or thirteen-year-old young man stuck his head out and saw a carriage parked at the door. He took out a stool from the door and waited for Xie Yujiao. get off.

Kang Guangshou's servant came forward with a smile and said, "Miss Xie, we are here."

Xie Yujiao got down from the carriage and glanced around here. She rarely came to the city, so she didn't know where this place was at the moment. She just looked at the carved beams and paintings on the back corner door, so it must not be a small family.

Xie Yujiao followed the young man into the door, and there were two women in their forties waiting inside, with a small bamboo sedan chair next to her, seeing Xie Yujiao's curious expression on her face, she said immediately: " There is still a long way to go here, girl, go in a sedan chair."

Xie Yujiao was not used to sitting like this, so she just waved her hands and said, "No need, I'll just walk with you." Xie Yujiao guessed in her heart that if the capital fell, Lord Kang's family must also escape. The place should probably be where they stayed in Jinling.

The two women saw that Xie Yujiao refused to be a sedan chair, so they didn't insist. They led Xie Yujiao forward and said, "Miss, our side is big. Miss, follow closely, don't get lost."

Xie Yujiao felt a little funny in her heart. She didn't get lost when she visited the Forbidden City alone. How can she still get lost in such a small courtyard?
(End of this chapter)