Chapter 268 The Daughter of the Sinful Minister 16
Someone set off firecrackers. But this firecracker was different from usual. It went off three times in succession.
"Come down and have a look!" Zhang Zhong was about to leave when he was stopped.
"Sir!" In order to prevent him from being unlucky, no one ordered any more noodles. Xining kindly reminded him: "Be careful of fraud. The dead Jin Yiwei should also have something used for signaling."
Zhang Zhong glanced coldly and felt something after going out. Looking around... It's good that someone cares. No wonder Lord Xu Tongzhi Hong Luan is moved.
Xining walked to the table and sat down, putting his arms on the table and resting against it.
It's better to go to the firewood store and sit against the wall to recharge your batteries. But the walls are very rough, and a fine silk dress will be scratched. It's natural to be decent if you can be decent. You can't go into jail in a miserable state wearing lousy clothes.
Xu Mian was very quiet, leaning there with his eyes closed and concentrating. Sometimes he would open his eyes, look at her, then close his eyes and continue to squint.
With a "bang" sound, the door outside the yard was kicked open.
Xu Mian grabbed the Xiuchun knife placed beside him and grabbed the handle with one hand.
After seeing it, Xining stood up, walked to the bed and sat on the square stool.
Xu Mian looked at her with cold eyes. There are no unbroken eggs under the overturned nest. If the person who comes is not one of her own, she will be fulfilled.
When Zhang Zhong showed up with his people, one of them bowed to Xu Mian: "I am late, please forgive me."
Xu Mian loosened his grip on the handle of the knife.
Xining breathed a sigh of relief, stood up, walked to the side, and made room.
"Miss!" Gu Quan, the nephew of the housekeeper, was also brought. When he saw her, he knelt down with a lot of snot and tears. Partly excited, mostly scared.
He took a detour to report the news. When he arrived, Jin Yiwei asked him to lead the way. When we arrived at the place where we were attacked yesterday, Guaiguai, there were all corpses. Seeing the flies flying around and the strong smell of blood, he was so frightened that he vomited immediately. So scary, so scary!
All the government officials were dead, and three of the Jinyi Guards were dead, but there were no bodies of Xu Mian, Zhang Zhong, and Miss Gu.
Following the wheel marks, it was obvious that the other party was also chasing him. There were many horse hoof prints and footprints beside the tracks. But when they got to the village, they found it had been burned down and the ruins were filled with charred corpses. So we set off a flare and tried to contact him. Zhang Zhong came over soon after.
King An's old troops chased the carriage to the village. The farmer who parked the carriage was tortured and interrogated. When he couldn't find out anything, he killed him and went to his neighbor's house to continue questioning. In this way, seven or eight households were killed in one night, and everyone in the small village was killed and burned.
Jinyiwei Qianhu, who came with many people, analyzed: "It seems that he can't survive the punishment. The nonsense person has already changed to another car to escape to the northwest. The remnants of King An estimated that the adults took a detour back to the capital, believed it, burned the village and chased after him."< br>
They were killed anyway, and the whole village was massacred. From the octogenarians to the infants, they were all killed in the flames even if they were not hacked to death. It was cruel enough. Jin Yiwei is just like that!
Xu Mian was injured and should not move, so he was simply carried away with the bed board.
Xu Mian turned his head and glanced at Zhang Zhong. Zhang Zhong immediately understood. He walked aside and slightly arched his hands towards Miss Gu: "There is only one car, so I feel sorry for Miss Gu and Master Xu to ride together."
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Xining lowered his head slightly and saluted in response. What else can be said at this time?
Sorry, I am the eldest lady of the official gentry who has not yet left the cabinet, so I cannot ride with other men.
Okay, if you don't have a car, you can either go alone or share a horse with other men.
When he arrived at the yard, Xu Mian looked at the farmer who was still tied up next to the haystack: "Let him go and pay some money."
Zhang Zhong said softly: "I ate a chicken."
Just let him take out the money? Qianhu's eyes were very sharp. He glanced at Xu Mian and followed Miss Gu next to him.
Miss Gu's face was expressionless, but her face was very calm, without any panic.
So he took out a piece of silver from his purse and threw it to the untied farmer: "This is compensation for two days of trouble, is it enough?" A lot of fierce-looking people came, and the farmer originally thought that he was small. His life was in danger, but he didn't expect to return the money.
Seeing an ingot of five taels of official silver thrown in front of me, I immediately picked it up with a smile on my face, guarding it with both hands: "That's enough, that's enough!"
Great, a chicken and some flour, how can they be worth five taels of silver? Now that I have a wife, I will go to the little widow in Xidong Village today and give her five taels of silver as a wedding gift. It’s true that if you survive a catastrophe, you will be blessed later!
"Hmm~" Qianhu said in a deliberately long voice: "Jinyiwei only deals with corrupt officials, people who bend the law and seek rebellion, and will not disturb the people casually!"
Zhang Zhong looked at thousands of households, and he still didn't disturb the people? Staying at someone else's house, tying up the owner, and killing the chicken...
Well, saying this can make Miss Gu have a favorable impression of Xu Tongzhi. Even if he praises Jin Yiwei as a flower...he will do the same.
Jinyiwei...the farmer trembled and dropped the silver in his hand.
Xu Mian was carefully carried into the carriage, and the bed board was thrown aside. Miss Gu also got on the carriage.
Just as Gu Quan was about to sit next to the driver's seat of the carriage, he was frightened by Zhang Zhong's glare and stopped sitting on the ground.
"Go back the same way you came!" As soon as Zhang Zhong spoke, he sent Gu Quan aside and rode a horse with another Jin Yiwei.
Gu Quan had a bitter look on his face. He didn't want to sit with a bloody imperial guard. Why didn't he even sit outside the carriage?
The Jin Yiwei who was riding together was a little angry when he saw Gu Quan's unwillingness: I don't want to have more than one person.
There was an adulterous affair... Qianhu of Jinyiwei turned a blind eye and allowed Zhang Zhong to arrange it: Zhang Zhong and Xu Tongzhi were together this time. They were experienced in life and death, and they would definitely be promoted when they returned. Looking at the way he is doing things, this kid has a future.
Because Xu Mian was injured, the carriage moved very slowly, and there were slight vibrations from time to time, which made him frown slightly.
Xining sat next to him, not daring to ask if the wound hurt. What if she says "It hurts~" again? How should she respond?
But I had to express something, so I went to the door, opened the door curtain and said softly: "I'm afraid it's too bumpy, sir, please slow down. Let's go to town and take a sedan instead!"
Unexpectedly, Jin Yiwei, who was driving, stopped quickly. Zhang Zhong and Qian Hu immediately dismounted to check.
Xu Mian, who was leaning against the wall of the car with his eyes closed, said, "It doesn't matter, let's go back to Beijing as soon as possible!"
Xining could only put down the car curtain and return to the car.
Zhang Zhong rolled his eyes and shouted righteously: "My lord Tongzhi has an order to return to Beijing as soon as possible." After saying this, he pointed the whip in his hand at the horse pulling the cart and whipped it down.
"Hey~" The horse was in pain and started to run.
A violent jolt suddenly shook Xining's body, and another body swayed over, and she subconsciously held on to it.
Xu Mian's body, which was originally leaning on the car, rested on hers and his head was buried in her neck.
"Sir!" Xi Ning's scalp exploded, thinking about how to carefully "put Xu Mian back".
Xu Mian leaned against her in a very intimate and ambiguous posture, but his words were calm and cold: "Hold me carefully, don't let my wound burst."
Uh...
(End of chapter)