Chapter 1161: Upholding Justice
Protect? Ma Yuling was also a little confused when she heard this. She was just thinking about how to escape from the military camp smoothly, but she never thought about seeking shelter from the other party. She didn't know whether the other party was kind-hearted or had other intentions, and she didn't know how to respond.
Chen Yixin saw Ma Yuling looking weird and silent, so he thought she was really in trouble, and then said: "Miss Lin, you don't have to have any scruples, just say it and I will find a way to help you. I don't dare to do it in a big place Said, but there is nothing our Haihan Army can’t do around Fushan County!”
Ma Yuling almost exclaimed. Although she vaguely guessed that the military camp was stationed with the Haihan Army, which had recently become popular in Fushan County, she still couldn't help but feel shocked when she heard the young officer say it in person. A huge shock.
During the Denglai Rebellion, Ma Yuling and her family moved into Fushan County to escape the war. It was not until Haihan came here later that he drove the Wanjiajun out of the area around the county, cleared up the slums outside the city, and allowed Fushan County to After the security situation in the country improved, Ma Yuling moved back to Majiazhuang with her family. During this period, she had not seen the true face of the Haihan Army with her own eyes. All relevant information came from hearsay, and her impression of the Haihan Army was only at the level of a "foreign army."
The elders in the family wanted to arrange for Ma Yuling to marry a high-ranking official in this "foreign army" so as to establish a marriage relationship between the Ma family and Haihan in exchange for the protection and business resources provided by Haihan. Naturally, she was unwilling to do so. Surrender to this kind of political marriage where profit comes first. Although her family said that the other person was "young and promising, not yet married", Ma Yuling did not believe this statement. She thought that the person had already occupied a position like a general in the Haihan Army, and no matter how young he was, he was only in his thirties or forties. How could he not have a family yet? Maybe his children would be as old as himself. Besides, she would have to marry out of the country. Legend has it that Haihan Kingdom was on an island thousands of miles away in the south, and she didn't want to marry so far away from her hometown.
But Ma Yuling also knew that this kind of family arrangement was difficult to break. Her personal verbal opposition would not make her parents change their minds, and it was impossible for her to directly refuse the marriage. In addition to running away from home, it seemed that she There is no other better way to escape marriage. But he never imagined that he had just left the "tiger's den" and entered the "wolf's den", and unexpectedly entered Haihan's military camp by mistake, and met this young officer from Haihan who wanted to rectify the injustice for him with a righteous look on his face. I really don’t know how to describe this magical experience.
But as the day went on, things didn't seem to be moving in a better direction. Instead of escaping Fushan County, she made the situation more complicated. When Ma Yuling thought of this, she felt bitter and aggrieved, and her eyes turned red.
Seeing that she was about to cry again, Chen Yixin quickly tried to persuade her: "Everything has a solution. You tell me first what kind of trouble you are encountering, and then we can work together to solve it!"
Ma Yuling responded: "Since the military master was so kind, the little girl told the truth. In fact, it was the elders in the family who wanted to force the little girl to marry the military general. The little girl was unwilling to accept this arrangement, so she packed up her things and ran away from home. Out!”
"Huh?" Chen Yixin was a little dumbfounded after hearing this explanation. He really didn't expect that the "trouble" the other party mentioned was this kind of thing. However, this can also be a good explanation for why the other party's personal belongings were obviously at the level of a wealthy lady, but the way he traveled was quite embarrassing, which even caused his previous misunderstanding.
However, Chen Yixin did not associate this matter with the Haihan Army and himself in his consciousness, but naturally thought of the Ming Army, which had a poor reputation in Dengzhou. Since most of the Ming troops currently stationed in Dengzhou are reinforcements transferred from other prefectures during the Denglai Rebellion, these people rarely have any scruples when acting in Dengzhou, expropriating money and rice from the people in the name of military supplies. In the name of suppressing bandits, they oppressed and persecuted good people, and even raped civilian girls. This was not a rare thing in Dengzhou in the past two years.
Chen Yixin thought that this little girl's family background seemed to be pretty good, and what she encountered might not be the worst situation. The family probably hoped to use her as a "sacrifice" in exchange for the protection of the garrison. Of course, he was determined to think that the person to be sacrificed was not someone else, but himself.
Although Haihan is not afraid of the Ming army and just had a fight with the Dengzhou garrison a few days ago, it is undoubtedly an extremely irrational move to confront the Ming army over such civilian affairs. The seniors in the military knew that Chen Yixin would inevitably be scolded. But he felt a little unbearable to let him just let it go.
Chen Yixin thought about it and could only tactfully comfort him: "Perhaps after you meet the other party, it's hard to say whether the two of you can see each other... Why don't you go home first? After all, you are alone outside and your whereabouts are unknown. Your family will definitely Worried about you.”
Of course, Ma Yuling would not be persuaded to go back by him with just two words, but she did not dare to say clearly that the blind date arranged by her family was a Haihan soldier. Otherwise, if the young officer recognized the man, wouldn't he become a sheep in a tiger's mouth? She could also see that the young officer actually wanted to help her, but if there were loopholes in her words, it would very likely make the situation difficult to deal with.
Ma Yuling thought about her words and responded: "The military master doesn't know something. The man the family has arranged for the little girl to marry is a murderous martial artist with a bad temper and is not young anymore. The little girl will Even if you get married, it’s hard to live a good life! If not, how could this little girl take the risk of running away alone in this cold winter..."
Ma Yuling added a little more fuel to her story and told it vividly, making it difficult for Chen Yixin to doubt whether some of her ten sentences were true or false, and he would no longer associate the matter with himself.
After all, Chen Yixin was young and vigorous. After hearing this, the sense of justice in his heart had overcome his scruples, and he immediately responded: "Since you don't want to get married, then don't get married. No one can force you! You can live here first." , if anything happens, I will make the decision for you!”
Ma Yuling was overjoyed, but she still asked uneasily: "Then if the family arranged for someone to threaten the little girl with force and take the little girl away by force, wouldn't it involve the military master?"
Chen Yixin already regarded Ma Yuling's matter as his own. Hearing this, he patted his chest and said, "Didn't I say it before? As long as I protect you, no one can take you away by force. Who wants to If you are not convinced, you can come here and try it!”
Ma Yuling did not expect that the young officer Haihan, whom she met for the first time, would be so helpful. However, she could also imagine that in the future, when the truth of the matter was revealed, the young officer would probably be unlucky for intervening in her matter. She was moved at the moment. Feeling ashamed again, tears welled up in his eyes again.
"Oh, why are you crying again..." Chen Yixin saw Ma Yuling crying again. He was still a little at a loss at the moment. He didn't know if it was because he said something inappropriate again, which touched the little girl's fragile nerves.
"Little girl... I'm just grateful. I don't know how to repay the military master!" Ma Yuling's words are true. She rarely has the opportunity to interact with strangers, and her family has taught her that people's hearts are sinister. Don't meddle in other people's business at will.
Even when her parents talked about Haihan, they only mentioned the extraordinary combat power of the Haihan army, their use of force to promote business, and their brilliant methods, but they rarely talked about the daily behavior of the Haihan people. The last time someone from Haihan came to Majiazhuang as a guest, although she didn't see him in person, the family had been preparing for it for many days, and her parents even went out of the village to greet him. She saw the groveling attitude. Originally, Ma Yuling thought that all the Haihan people must have eyes on the top of their heads and would not care about the bad things that happened to her. However, she did not expect that this young officer was a sweetheart. He had not spoken much when they first met. I am willing to take on such a big thing for myself.
"It would be great if the person arranged in the family had such heroic spirit as him..." A strange thought suddenly flashed through Ma Yuling's mind, but she quickly nipped this unrealistic fantasy in the bud.
"This is a small matter. I will arrange for you to live here first, and we will figure out a way to solve the other problems later. In short, just stop crying. This is a military camp. You, a little girl, cry here all day long. It may cause misunderstanding." Chen Yixin stood up and said goodbye: "You have been crying for so long. Drink more hot water and rehydrate. I have other things to do. Let's go first."
"Master, stay!" Seeing him turning around to leave, Ma Yuling quickly stood up and called him.
"Is there anything else?" Chen Yixin stopped and asked. "You haven't asked the military master for his name yet?" Ma Yuling asked.
Chen Yixin said: "My surname is Chen. If you have any problems in life, you should first tell the female soldier who brought you here just now. If she can't solve it, ask her to come to me."
Ma Yuling slightly bent her knees and performed a blessing ceremony and said: "A civilian girl has seen Mr. Chen!"
"Don't shout like a military master and call people old. You can just call me Brother Chen from now on." Chen Yixin waved his hand and said: "That's it, I'll leave first."
Chen Yixin arrived at the door, called the female medical soldier to him and gave her a few words, asking her to take Ma Yuling to settle down first. There are currently about 700 to 800 people garrisoned in the mining area plus migrant workers. It is only a trivial matter to add two bowls and chopsticks to eat with this extra mouth.
As soon as he left the officers' mess, Chen Yixin ran into Tian Yeyou.
"I heard that you got a little girl back from outside?" Tian Yeyou said seductively: "Okay, Xiao Chen, a big landowner offered to propose marriage to you and you had to refuse in every possible way. It turns out that you like to play this bully's way of robbing civilian girls. ! ”
Chen Yixin couldn't laugh or cry and said: "You're robbing a girl! This little girl was forced to get married by her family. She ran away from home and came to our place just because she wanted to take shelter from the wind and snow. You said it's snowing heavily today, are you going to drive her away? Can’t go out?”
"Forced marriage? That's interesting." Tian Yeyou nodded thoughtfully and said, "I'm in the same boat as you. No wonder you have to come forward to help."
Chen Yixin smiled bitterly and said: "People are suffering more than me, okay? I still have the right to choose. Can this little girl say no to an arranged marriage? Fortunately, she was taken in by us. What if she was caught by her family on the way? , maybe you’ll have to suffer a little bit.”
Tian Yeyou said: "It's okay for you to take in people, but if their family hears about it and comes here to ask for someone, will you give it to them? If you don't give it to someone, then it's almost the same as robbing a girl. ! ”
Chen Yixin said: "I am helping people, not robbing them!"
"This is just your unilateral idea..." Tian Ye Youzheng said, and stopped talking when he saw the female soldier leading Ma Yuling out of the officers' mess.
After the two of them walked away, Tian Yeyou smiled and said: "Chen Yixin, Chen Yixin, no wonder you took the initiative to take over the matter. This little girl is as beautiful as a flower. You did it because of her beauty, right? ?”
Chen Yixin's face turned red and he said: "Brother Tian, please don't accuse good people unfairly. I don't have such dirty thoughts!"
Tian Yeyou waved his hand and said: "Okay, don't deny it. If the little girl were replaced by a fat sister-in-law in her forties who ran away from home after a fight with her husband, do you think you would care about this?"
"I..." Chen Yixin really couldn't bear to tell lies. If it were really the case as Tian Yeyou said, he would have probably kicked him away at Sun Zhen's level, so there would be no chance of him coming forward. And he couldn't deny that the beauty of this "Miss Lin" was indeed in line with his personal aesthetics.
"I helped her because I appreciated her courage to pursue happiness without fear of pressure!" Chen Yixin finally came up with a reasonable reason. Although it sounds a bit official, this is indeed his inner thought, and it may also have something to do with his own resistance to this old-style marriage.
Seeing that he was serious, Tian Yeyou stopped making fun of him and asked seriously: "Then what is this little girl's name, where is her home, and who is the marriage partner arranged for her by her family? You can ask them clearly. Have you figured out how to solve the problem? ”
Chen Yixin shook his head and said: "The little girl couldn't say a few words before she started crying. Apart from knowing her surname, Lin, she didn't find out any other valuable information for the time being. I'll arrange for her to stay here first, and I'll ask her questions later when her mood is more stable."
Tian Yeyou nodded slightly and said: "You have to know the specific situation before you can find a solution. But if Commander Qian and the heads of the Ministry of National Defense find out about this, I'm afraid you will be scolded."
Chen Yixin said: "If the matter doesn't happen, it has already happened. What else can we do? I just told the little girl that I would protect her. I can't go back on my promise. Anyway, I can't let her marry someone she doesn't want to marry."
"Interfering in civil affairs like this will be detrimental to public opinion!" Tian Yeyou had already thought of some bad situations and said to Chen Yixin: "You'd better resolve this matter as soon as possible. If you delay it for a long time, it won't matter to the little girl or you. It may still have a bad impact on us Haihan.”
Chen Yixin nodded and responded: "Brother Tian, I understand."
(End of chapter)