Chapter 267 The difference between cloud and mud
The miserable scene in front of him shocked Jia Xiang... A few days ago, he watched the Qin family daughter and Huang Yanglong rob Yan Er of hundreds of taels of silver, but it was only a few dollars. Days later, some victims sold their daughters for a bag of grain!
Such a difference made Jia Xiang shed tears uncontrollably: "Don't be like this, get up quickly... Manager Jia, give these banknotes to them and let them take care of them."
This As soon as the words came out, the victims went crazy and crowded towards his mule cart: "Thank you, the good man, for the reward!"
"Go away, this banknote is the money given to my daughter by the good man, you don't allow it. Grab it!”
"Ah, Xu Gui, you have sold your daughter so many times, and you still want to deceive the good person, go away!"
The victims said to Jia Xiang again: "Good person, don't listen to Xu Gui's nonsense, he The family is not a good person. She has deceived many people along the way, and her daughter has long been unclean!"
Xu Gui was furious and anxious! He hurriedly explained: "Good people, don't listen to their nonsense. They are just jealous that your family bought my daughter. My daughter is clean, please buy my daughter!"
Xu Gui's daughter also cried: " Wuwuwu, Master, please buy Fang Niang, otherwise Fang Niang will be sold to the building as a prostitute! "
This?
Jia Xiang was stunned.
But the victims took advantage of his confusion and climbed directly onto the mule cart to rob him.
Guanshi Jia tightly protected Jia Xiang. The martial arts master controlled the mule to prevent it from being frightened and went crazy, while trying desperately to stop the victims. However, they were outnumbered. Dozens of victims crowded together and almost made Jia Xiang sit down. The mule cart overturned.
Dang, Dang, Dang!
Jiang Dalang beat the gong, and Qin Xiaomi and the others shouted: "Master Jun, Master Jun, there are victims looting here, come and save them!"
A burst of shouting called the patrolling soldiers: "You bastards, they are making trouble again, and they are making trouble again. I have taken away your sign and made you go to a place where you can't be resettled. You can only work as slaves in the mines!"
The victims were shocked, dispersed, and hid in their huts, not daring to pester Jia Xiang anymore.
"Master Jia, are you okay?" Grandpa Qin and others rushed to see Jia Xiang.
Jia Xiang's face was pale and he couldn't accept all this. He shed tears and looked at Grandpa Qin: "Grandpa Qin..."
Grandpa Qin sighed: "It's okay, it's all over. .”
Manager Jia took out a small silver note of twenty taels and stuffed it into the leader Xiaoqi: "Thank you, Master Jun, for the rescue. This is our little thought, please accept it."
Yu Xiaoqi accepted it After placing the banknote and feeling better, it was Jia Xiang who said to the frightened Jia Xiang: "Young master, you don't have to pity them. The yamen is providing disaster relief and has assigned them a place to settle down. They will be there in a few days." They have a place to go, but there are always some who don't want to endure hardship and want to deceive the kind-hearted wealthy people in Fucheng so that they can find a backer in a foreign land. "
"What?" Jia Xiang was stunned. But even so, he still felt: "These victims have no choice but to do so."
If life goes on, who is willing to lie to others?
And...
Jia Xiang looked at the thatched shed: "They are indeed very pitiful."
Yu Xiaoqi frowned when he heard this: "There are many pitiful people in the world. If the young master looks pitiful to everyone, he will probably waste his family wealth." There’s no end to the rescue.”
After that, without saying anything more, he led his troops to beat up the victims and then went to patrol elsewhere.
Jia Xiang was very depressed. Grandpa Qin couldn't bear to see it and comforted him: "Master Jia, our Majesty and the Taizhou Mansion have been resettling the victims, and the number of victims has been reduced several times. They will not It will be too miserable."
Jia Xiang was shocked and looked at Grandpa Qin and Jiang Dalang: "When you were fleeing the famine, were there many more victims than now?"
He was surprised to realize that he had said the wrong thing, and said quickly: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to mention your fleeing from famine."
Grandpa Qin smiled: "Trees are moved to death, and people are moved to live. We are fleeing to survive. , there’s nothing we can’t say... Well, when we were fleeing the famine, there were many victims, Your Majesty We are still fighting against the capital, and everything is in chaos, so the situation of these victims is much better than what we were at that time, so don’t worry too much.”
When they fled, they were not allowed to approach the capital at all. After being driven away, these victims can now be stationed near the city gate. Huang Yanglong became impatient and came over to urge: "Mr. Qin, stop arguing with him and go to the city quickly. I am hungry."
Grandpa Qin nodded: "Hey , let’s go now.”
Xu Fangniang kept staring here. Seeing that Jia Xiang was about to leave, she rushed over and begged with her hands on the carriage: "Master, Master, please buy Fangniang. Fangniang is really going to die."
Crying very pitifully, but Jia Xiang did not buy her after all.
But Jia Xiang couldn't pass the test in his heart, so he took two twenty-tael silver notes and gave them to the martial arts master: "Master, help me take them to the girl. Give me a clear one." Her father, secretly give one to her... Whether it can save her life depends on her choice. "
This?
Master Master glanced at Guanshi Jia.
Manager Jia nodded: "Listen to the young master."
He praised Jia Xiang again: "Our young master has really improved, and we all know how to give separate banknotes."
Jia Xiang smiled bitterly: " This was all learned at the Qin family. The Qin family’s workshop often Tell some tragic stories that warn the world.”
He thought those were all fake stories made up by Brother Bai, but when he saw them today, he realized that the reality was much scarier than the stories... From what the victims said, that Xu Fangniang has been sold many times by her family.
Master Wu got out of the car quickly and came back more than a quarter of an hour later. He told Jia Xiang the matter: "Master, it's done... Then Xu Fangniang is smart and quietly collected the banknote. Let her family know that with this banknote, she will be able to save herself and not be sold into prostitution by her parents.”
Jia Xiang said: "What kind of life she will have in the future is all her own business. I have helped as much as I can."
Guanshi Jia and the master were very pleased... This trip was indeed the right one. Just a small thing made the young master grow so much.
Because there were victims outside the city, it took some time to enter the city for inspection. It took a full three-quarters of an hour before Qin Xiaomi and the others were able to enter the city.
Dongming Mansion is close to Tianmang Mansion and is considered an important border area. The city wall is ten feet high and made of huge stones poured with iron slurry. It is very strong.
There are many shops in the city, which looks quite prosperous. But now there are victims of the disaster outside the city, as well as a large number of sold slaves who ransacked their homes, and there are many more patrolling soldiers in the city.
"Let's go to the Xue Family Inn on Songbai Street. Eat and live for free!" Huang Yanglong was so excited that he led everyone straight to the Xue Family Inn.
As soon as he arrived at the inn, he slapped the counter with a bang and shouted: "Where is Xue Liu? Let him come to greet me as soon as possible!"
The guys knew him and were afraid of him He went crazy and hurried to find the shopkeeper.
Xue Liu's face turned green when he heard Huang Yanglong's arrival, but this was the young master's house of the Huang Family Trading Company, and there were Qin and Jiang families there, so he could only come out to greet him: "Are you from the Qin family? The guest rooms are already there. I’m ready for you, please come with me.”
Huang Yanglong was dissatisfied and shouted: “Xue Liu, are you blind?”
Xue Liu: "..."
I thought you were dead.
Xue Liu said with a smile: "I have met Mr. Huang. The guest house at Tianzi No. 1 has been reserved for you. I will ask the clerk to take you there."
Huang Yanglong: "I asked you to "Take him!"