Globe Trekker

Chapter 22

Chen Jiyao and Wang Daohan rushed into the inner room, the second wife and all the maids had pulled the eldest wife who was out of control, the third wife was busy helping Wang Yuehan who was knocked down, and took out a handkerchief to wipe the blood from her mouth.

The sudden arrival of Chen Jiyao, who was full of anger, and the distinguished county magistrate Wang, frightened the servants to bow and back away. The ground was covered with broken tiles and water stains, and the pear wood coffee table fell in the middle.

Wang Yuehan lay on the third wife's shoulder and sobbed silently, her hair was disheveled and her left face was red and swollen, and she could vaguely see the handprints on her face and the bloodshot at the corner of her mouth.The eldest wife was pinned tightly on the bed by the second wife and Steward Wang's fat lady, still struggling and yelling.

Seeing Chen Jiyao and Wang Daohan stunned for a moment, the eldest lady stopped struggling, clutching her heart and crying heartbreakingly: "Second brother! You died so badly!"

Steward Wang's fat wife had already stood up, but when she heard such a cry, she felt sad again, leaned over and hugged the eldest wife, and started crying, making Chen Jiyao and Wang Daohan helpless.

The eldest lady stopped crying suddenly, stood up and pointed at Wang Yuehan and insulted sadly: "You loser! If you hadn't shown your face to attract bees and butterflies, how could my second brother have suffered such a disaster? You shameless bitch, You are not satisfied with seducing two Nanchang military officers and causing them to die in the wilderness. You even went to the Taoist temple on the mountain to seduce that scoundrel. Are you willing to ruin our family? You are a disaster, you will die!"

The second wife hurried up to stop the eldest wife who was rushing towards Wang Yuehan. Seeing this, Chen Jiyao trembled with anger, "You, you, you, shut your stinky mouth!"

"Sister, calm down, Yuehan is not only your daughter-in-law, but also your cousin, how could you hurt her like this?" Wang Daohan also hurriedly stepped forward to scold the eldest wife.

"I don't have such a niece, I don't have such a daughter-in-law, loser! Let her go, go!" The eldest wife struggled desperately and shouted.

Everyone comforted and continued to mediate in unison. The heartbroken Wang Yuehan slowly raised her head, and gently pushed away the third wife who couldn't help comforting herself. Under everyone's worried gaze, she took two steps forward and looked at the vicious first wife with a miserable smile. : "If you don't drive me away today, I will leave too. I know you have been blaming me for treating your son badly, for not being pregnant with your Chen family's son, for not smiling at you, right? There are some things I don't want I said it, but I didn't expect you to be so vicious, it seems that I can't say it today."

Wang Yuehan's smile was extremely desolate, and the tears in her eyes kept falling like broken threads. Everyone stared blankly at Wang Yuehan who was full of resentment, and no one dared to go up to persuade her.

Wang Yuehan turned to Wang Daohan and Chen Jiyao resolutely: "The marriage between me and Chen Zhongkang was arranged by your two elders. Although I didn't want to, I refused several times, but seeing my weak and sick father pleading hard, I finally gritted my teeth I agreed, I thought that the young talent Chen Zhongkang you talked about was a real hero, a young man who had stayed abroad and received a civilized education, but after getting married, I realized that he is a hypocrite with a good face!"

"Yuehan, what nonsense are you talking about? Shut up!" Wang Daohan quickly stopped, and ordered the two servant girls to take Wang Yuehan away.

Wang Yuehan smiled miserably again: "Uncle Wu, don't worry, listen to your niece, next time you have the opportunity to meet the so-called young, knowledgeable and suave Chen Zhongkang in your mind, you can ask him why he is in Japan. Infected with vexatious willow disease while studying abroad? Why did you spend thousands of dollars in Japan to cure it? Why did you quietly return to Shanghai for half a year? Ask him, why am I still a young girl? Ask him, who is newly married? Ye Ye knelt in front of me, crying and begging for my forgiveness, swore and swore to work for me for the rest of his life, only begging me to keep a secret for him?

"Uncle Wu, Chen Bo'an, the elder brother of the Chen family, is the man worthy of everyone's admiration and respect. Although he pursued the Three People's Principles and died on the battlefield, he will always be admired by the people. He is an indomitable hero! His younger brother, Chen Zhongkang, is the opposite. Not only is he a hypocrite, but he is also an ignorant idiot. The Chen family of three generations of scholars seems to be ruined in his hands. What right does the Chen family have to scold me? Haha! Ridiculous, sad!"

After Wang Yuehan vented, she could no longer control her emotions, covered her face and burst into tears and rushed out of the room.

Wang Daohan turned to Chen Jiyao in extreme shock, and found that Chen Jiyao had fallen to the ground, his face was as white as a sheet of paper, and he bent over in fright, hugging him tightly and trying to comfort him.

Everyone in the room was stunned by the shocking news. The third wife who woke up first saw her husband Chen Jiyao's heartbroken look, she was so distressed that she burst into tears and knelt down and hugged him tightly.

"No! Impossible!" The eldest lady screamed, her eyes rolled and she fell backwards, and the room was filled with crying and crying.

Chen Jiyao was carried to the bed by everyone, and when he woke up, he felt all hopeless. He grabbed Wang Daohan's hand and cried bitterly: "My family is unlucky, I am ashamed of my ancestors, my dear brother, retribution! Retribution!"

"Brother, you must take care of yourself!" Wang Daohan held Chen Jiyao's cold hand and lamented in vain. The third wife took a hot towel and carefully wiped away the snot and tears from her husband's face.

The skinny second housekeeper suddenly rushed in and reported out of breath: "Master, the young mistress has gone out with the little pistol the master gave her, and no one dares to stop you!"

"Ah? How decent is it? Now that there's such a mess outside, she's going to die? Hurry up and get back!" Wang Daohan jumped up angrily.

The third wife hastily persuaded: "Master Wang, Yuehan has a stubborn temper and is angry at the moment. No one can persuade her to let the younger sister chase her back. You can ask the officers and soldiers to take care of her and don't make any more troubles." .”

The third wife ran out in a hurry, Wang Daohan shouted to the secretary standing at the door to give instructions, and then went back to Chen Jiyao's room and sat down weakly, looking at Chen Jiyao who was crying on the bed, he sighed helplessly: "Brother, what is this?" If the news gets out, you and my family will really become a laughingstock, and all the messy things will come together, and you will be burnt!"

Chen Jiyao grabbed Wang Daohan's hand and wept uncontrollably: "Brother Yu, at this moment, brother Yu has lost all hope, and you can decide everything for brother Yu!"

Wang Daohan sighed repeatedly, thought hard for a long time and said slowly: "How about this, I will send Yuehan girl back to Yingtan's hometown at dawn, and let her family watch her, and when she calms down, I will send her to Nanchang to hand over to her." Kang'er, as long as the matter is explained, I don't think Yuehan will go to extremes. How can she say that she married into the Chen family and is now a member of the Chen family? For the reputation of the Wang and Chen families, and for her own reputation, she endured It’s over as soon as you bear it, but it’s Kang’er’s place, it’s troublesome! After the younger brother’s urgent report is handed in tomorrow, Shangfeng will definitely call the younger brother to Nanchang to report on his work, and then we can see Kang’er and think about it.”

"I committed a crime! The eldest son pursued some kind of revolution. He died young and died in battle. He didn't even know where his bones were buried. The second son who was the only hope was so absurd and unfilial. God wants to kill my Chen family." Empress!" Chen Jiyao burst into tears after speaking.

Wang Daohan hurriedly comforted: "Brother, don't think so. Today is just Yuehan girl's one-sided story. I can't believe it all. Maybe Kang'er's illness is not as serious as Yuehan said. We need to meet Kanger to know everything. If there is a glimmer of hope, we can't give up, if not, let Kang'er go abroad for treatment, and she will get better, brother, you have to hold on!"

"My dear brother, this is retribution, it's all retribution!"

"Brother, don't cry badly, take a good rest, little brother, go out and make some arrangements, and it will be dawn in a few hours. It is estimated that the evil species has fled to Dexing in the north or Yushan in the east, with a radius of hundreds of miles and thousands of mountains and ravines. Many horses can't catch him, so we can only withdraw our troops and return to the camp to deal with the aftermath as soon as possible."

"My dear brother, hurry up, everything depends on you."

Wang Daohan comforted the grief-stricken Chen Jiyao to lie down, and when he came to the front hall, he immediately summoned his Wenwu leader to give a series of instructions, and then he called for pens, ink and paper to start writing the report. He was so busy that even his niece Wang Yuehan was dragged back.

Half an hour later, all the officers and soldiers except the guard post at the intersection returned to the town, and three messengers mounted their horses and rushed to the ferry in the north of the town, Hufeng Town in the east, and the fork in the south, to inform the teams waiting at the main intersections Withdraw the troops and return to the county seat.

The sky was bright, and the garrison officers and soldiers who had been tossing all night were sorted out. Groups squatted in the courtyard of the town government to have breakfast. The gates were closed tightly, and there were no people on the two horizontal, two vertical and four small streets, only pieces of fallen leaves and clouds of dust swirled and danced in the wind.

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Three miles to the east of the town, under the big pine tree on the hillside of Wild Boar Ridge, Wu Ming was lazily lying on the grass basking in the sun, wiping his gun while looking across the river at the officers and soldiers and a string of carriages leaving the town, he couldn't help but smile for a moment : Bet right!
After the shooting was successful, Wu Ming escaped across the river from Zhenbei Ferry. This was an illusion made after careful consideration. The purpose was to form a wrong judgment for the officers and soldiers, thinking that he had fled towards the mountainous area to the north, just like thinking that he had escaped from Taijin Mountain. He would have the guts to go back again, and Wu Wei had already successfully shot his enemy Steward Wang, and even shot the head of the county security team. He didn't know if he was dead or not, but at least he got his revenge.

At the same time as taking revenge, Wu Ming knew that he had caused a catastrophe. Within three days, this matter would be known far and wide, and he might be wanted by the whole province soon. In the eyes of everyone, Wu Ming was running wildly for his life. It's too late, how dare you go back to do evil again?

Wu Ming, who was stimulated by the blood, was betting on this result. He could not go away with the resentment of being framed again and again. Since others wanted his life, he had reason and necessity to stand up and resist, not to mention the factor of revenge. Although such an adventure might cost him his life, but in the troubled times where the jungle preys on the jungle and has experienced many hardships of the two generations, Wu Ming's courage and mentality have undergone qualitative changes, and he is no longer the sad, indignant and desperate young man in the prison.

In addition, Wu Ming has another important reason to continue taking risks: lack of money!
With Wu Ming's skill and the gun on his body, it is not difficult to grab some money on the way to escape. In this chaotic world where the great powers look around and the warlords are rampant, murders, arson, and looting are happening all over the country. , Blocking the way and robbing the weak by the strong is nothing at all.

But Wu Ming would not do that. He has his own principles and a conscience. Although he is tortured and full of resentment, he will never impose his hatred on innocent people. On the contrary, he understands life better than anyone else. They have a stronger desire and pursuit for survival and equality.

At this moment, Wu Ming endured hunger and hid on the barren hill by the river, watching quietly, waiting quietly, like a hungry lone wolf, retracting its sharp claws and hiding its fangs before attacking its prey, repeatedly calculating gains and losses, and planning every day Take one step at a time and wait patiently for the moment to strike.

(End of this chapter)