Concubine's three acres of pastoral garden

Chapter 54 Deserters
This time she came on horseback, but no matter what, it was faster than horse painting.Depart in the morning and leave for Songning in the afternoon.

When she came to Songning City, she went directly to the pharmacy where the gentleman was invited last time, and after getting the medicine, she went shopping around the street.

Song Ningcheng said whether it was big or small, she came here in a hurry a few times before, and she didn't have time to go for a closer look, just happened to have time today to get acquainted with her, if she wants to practice her idea, the next goal is to be in the Stand still here, how to do it if you are not familiar with the terrain.

She walked back and forth to the center of the downtown area, but saw a large group of people in front of her, who didn't know what they were doing.

Driven by curiosity, she also led the horse and walked over, asking a person next to her, "Brother, what's going on, it's so lively?"

The man looked back at her.

Xiang Lai came out alone and was wearing men's clothes. The man didn't see anything unusual, so he replied casually, "You're a traitor!"

"Selling people?! Can selling people be brought to the market like selling vegetables?"

Xianglai was really surprised, she didn't expect Beiliao to be interested in this.

Seeing Xianglai, the man was surprised and said: "Hey, this is the first time I've seen it. How dare Ren Yazi be so blatant? This group of sellers is different from Ren Yazi. They seem to be troops transferred from the north to the south. Some people were afraid of the war and wanted to escape, and when they were caught, they sent mail to sell it, probably because the officials wanted to make some money, otherwise they would have been executed!"

"Oh..." Xianglai finally felt relieved, and said, "Is there anyone buying it?"

The man said: "Who dares to buy it? They are all people with their heads pinned to their waistbands. Who can give you peace of mind when you buy them back home? Don't lose your life if you don't get caught."

Xianglai thought about it too, she was holding the horse in her hand, and it was inconvenient to squeeze into the crowd, so she was not interested in looking again, turned around and walked to the side again.

But just two steps away, she heard a pleading voice from the center of the crowd: "Everyone, please buy us, or we will die! Our family has Gaotang's old mother who needs to be taken care of, and we don't want to let the gray hair People send black-haired people..."

Hearing the phrase "the white-haired man sends the black-haired man", Xiang Lai's feelings collapsed instantly, and he turned around and walked back while leading the horse.

Xiang Lai couldn't hear the begging from behind, turned around and walked back.

She died at a young age in her previous life, before she had time to show filial piety to her parents. Every time she thought of her parents working hard to raise her, but ended up feeling sad for her own death, she felt heartbroken, so she was easily moved by this sentence .

After she returned to the crowd, she squeezed hard, until she got to the center and saw a group of officers and soldiers guarding a few people chained up inside. clothes, and several people were covered with blood, it seemed that they were injured after being captured.

She looked at the leader of the officers and soldiers and asked, "How did this person sell?"

The leader of the officers and soldiers looked at the people who were sold with some pity, and said: "Five taels of silver apiece, after buying them, life and death are up to you. If they escape from the master's house, we will execute them for you!"

Xiang Lai said, "What if I buy it and release it?"

The leader of the officers and soldiers said: "It's up to you. Anyway, there is a contract of sale. If they can get the contract of sale after they leave, it will be released by the master. It has nothing to do with us. If they can't get it, they will be treated as deserters."

Xianglai lowered his head and turned around. He bought medicine just now and exchanged a 50 tael bank note. After buying the medicine, there were still more than 40 taels left, so he counted out 30 taels from it and handed it to the leader of the officers and soldiers, and said, "What about the deed of sale?" ?”

The officer and soldier took out six deeds of sale with a certain general's seal from his arms and handed them to Xianglai, who said, "Now the man is mine, please untie the chains."

The leader of the officers and soldiers glanced at those people, and said: "Little brother, I think it's better for me to hand over the keys to you, otherwise you buy six of them by yourself, and you may not be able to deal with the rebellion!"

Xiang Lai said: "You don't need to worry about this, let's untie it."

The leader of the officers and soldiers secretly thought that Xianglai didn't know what to do, he took out the key to unlock the chain, and then left with the officers and soldiers.

Xiang Lai looked at the people in front of him, and saw that the expressions of these people were different, some showed gratitude, but some also had fierce eyes hidden in their eyes, maybe they were really planning how to kill themselves.

But she wasn't worried that her life was in danger, because she didn't really want to keep these people behind.

She flipped through the contract of sale in her hand, and asked, "Who is Wang Xiang?"

The man who begged the crowd before replied: "I, I am."

Xianglai raised his hand and handed him the contract of sale, and Wang Xiang took it with a puzzled expression.

Xianglai read another name, and after finding the person, he returned the deed of prostitution.

When he got to the last one, he handed the deed to the remaining deserter with a cold face without even looking at it, and said, "Okay, you all go, go home and take care of your parents."

After speaking, he led the horse and was about to leave.

These people heard Xianglai ask if they could be released after buying them, but they didn't expect that she would really do this, and they were stunned for a while.

Wang Xiang reacted the fastest. Seeing that she was leading the horse to leave, he knelt on the ground with a plop, kowtowed and said, "Thank you benefactor!"

Xianglai had no choice but to turn around and help him up again, saying: "Don't be like this, I just can't bear your parents being sad, you go home and take care of them."

Although the other four people did not kowtow and bow like Wang Xiang, they also thanked them again and again. Only the last Xianglai, whose name was not known, stood there without moving, neither leaving nor thanking.

Xianglai just casually glanced at him and then passed by in a flash. Today, she spent this money just for her own peace of mind, and she may not see these people again in the rest of her life. It doesn't matter to her whether she thanks her or not.

After thinking about it, he didn't look at other people any more, turned around and walked out of the crowd again.

Those five people stood still, waiting to watch her leave and then go their separate ways, but the unknown person followed after hesitating for a moment.

Xianglai didn't notice it at first, and didn't look back until she heard the wrong footsteps after walking a long way away from the crowd.

This look startled her, she recognized this man as one of the six deserters, but her first reaction was to wonder if this man thought he had money and wanted to plot something wrong.

So she asked with a little horror: "You, what are you going to do?"

The man said with a gloomy face, "You just bought me."

Although he said so, his expression was more like he had put money on Xianglai, a face of a creditor.

Xianglai didn't believe this, she was still wary in her heart, and said: "But I have already returned the contract of sale to you!"

The man was silent for a while, took out the deed of sale from his arms, and said, "Here you are."

Xianglai was still in a daze, wondering what this person meant?Is it because you don't want to owe yourself a favor or something?So he said again: "Just take it, I never thought of making you appreciate it, and you don't have to feel indebted."

(End of this chapter)