latelenovela Chapter 228 The village leaders were a little relieved
Chapter 228 The village leaders were a little relieved
Seeing that the blade was already oozing blood, Wang Yuancheng said carefully: "Aunt Liu, don't be impulsive. Let my mother go. I promise to take you and my elder brother with me to the capital."
"Cheng'er?" Sun Peilian shook her head at her son. She couldn't bring so many people with her to hold him back. When he arrived in the capital, he would have the support of his mother's family. Even if he didn't have the prefect as his father, her son would have no worries about food and clothing with his maternal grandfather's family.
Sun Peilian looked at the dagger on her neck. Although she was afraid, she had not completely lost her mind. She said calmly, "What does Aunt Liu mean? How could I let you and your son die? Yuanqing is the eldest son of the master. He is the seedling that the master has carefully cultivated. All affairs outside the mansion are handled by Yuanqing, the eldest son. Didn't you want to be a housekeeper for a long time? Letting you and your son stay to manage the affairs, wouldn't it be what you want?"
"Sun Peilian, what you said sounds good. Everyone knows what's going on outside. Don't even think about leaving us mother and son to die. You had people plunder all the finances of our hospital. If you don't go with us, there's no way we can survive. You want us to die, right? Then let's die together!"
Wang Yuancheng looked at the knife on his mother's neck and it got deeper. He winked at his mother with a distressed look. He understood his mother's intention. Although his father had not favored his concubines and killed his wife for so many years, the women in the backyard had also made his mother feel upset. "Mom, I'm not saying anything bad about you. We are all family and should share honor and disgrace. You shouldn't have left my aunt and my elder brother behind. Aunt Liu, let my mother go. Go pack up some valuables and we'll leave quickly."
The pain in Sun Peilian's neck made her sober. He also knew that his son was trying to save her. "She sighed. Sister Liu, it's already this time, and you still don't understand your sister's painstaking efforts. Letting Yuanqing stay is also to let him help his father deal with the follow-up matters. I don't know if the court will accuse the master of desertion after we leave."
At this time, Wang Yuanqing also packed up his things and walked out of the room. When he saw his aunt holding a sharp knife against his wife's neck, he was shocked. He originally planned to escape from this place with his mother after his wife and others left. Over the years, he has been doing some dishonorable things for his father and accumulated a lot of wealth. He hid well, so his wife did not find him when she searched the yard.
When he heard what his wife said, he came to her aunt with a sincere face and took the knife away.
"Qing'er?"
"Aunt, don't be impulsive. How could mother abandon us? Right? Mother!"
After Sun Peilian was freed, the guards around her were about to come and restrain Aunt Liu. The two followers around Wang Yuanqing blocked their master. Sun Peilian knew that the two followers were skilled in martial arts, so she waved her hand to let the guards retreat. "It's all a misunderstanding. Since you all want to go together, go back and pack some clothes, carry the master to the car, and those of you who can keep up can keep up."
She also thought it through. She didn't know what might happen on the road, so she could just follow whoever wanted to.
Prefect Wang led his family out of the city gate. Together with the masters and servants, there were hundreds of people in the team. Because the prefect was injured and there was no backbone, and his wife did not want to take care of the concubines who followed them, the concubines quarreled with each other every day over trivial matters.
On this day, the Yunjia Village army had arrived at the foot of the Dongzhou City Tower. The gates of Dongzhou City were closed, and a large number of refugees had gathered outside the gates. Everyone was waiting anxiously, and some were even shouting and cursing.
The Yunjia Village set up camp in an orderly manner and found a piece of flat land not far from the city gate. Several villages surrounded the area so that outsiders could not break in.
In fact, Cheng Yuheng had received the news two days ago. The prefect of Dongzhou saw an increasing number of refugees and was worried about being blamed by the court, so he closed the city gates two days ago and did not allow anyone to enter or leave.
Without receiving official documents from the court, he did not dare to open the city gates to allow refugees fleeing from other places to pass through.
By doing so, he could avoid being blamed by the imperial court and also better control the residents in the city so that they would not leave easily.
He wanted to intercept the refugees outside Dongzhou Prefecture and did not want the Second Prince, who was about to arrive at Yanqi Pass, to see more refugees.
As for the inaction of the Northern Frontier Army, the guerrillas were looting recklessly. In fact, the Northern Frontier guerrillas had already occupied the territory north of Beizhou Prefecture in a short period of time with the tacit consent of Yu Chuan. He knew it, but so what? He was Concubine Yu's man and had to obey the arrangements of the Second Prince and the Concubine.
Yun Duo also used a drone to observe the conditions of the mountain road. The road here is steep and vehicles cannot pass. If it were all young people, they could still give it a try, but the elderly and weak in the village could not make it, not to mention that every family has to carry food and other supplies with them.
Since all the mountain roads are impassable, the only way is to find a way to cross the city through Zhongzhou Prefecture.
Seeing more and more refugees gathering under the city, their emotions became more and more anxious. Dongzhou Prefecture had to send soldiers to guard the city walls at night. If they saw refugees trying to force their way through, the soldiers at the city gate would shoot them without regard for life or death.
The villagers of Yunjia Village, Chujia Village and other places were not so anxious. They believed that with Mr. Cheng and Miss Yun there, they would be able to pass smoothly.
The villagers were busy setting up camp, and several village heads came to the Yun family spontaneously, wanting to discuss with Yun Hai and Yun He what to do next.
Yunhe gave everyone a reassuring look, "Don't worry, we can only wait for news. According to the information obtained by the Cheng family guards, the second prince will arrive at Yanqi Pass in the next two days. Once the two parties sign the agreement, they should be able to let us pass."
Village Chief Chu took a couple of puffs from his pipe, which was already empty, and blinked his cloudy eyes as he said, "We are also anxious. I heard that the Northern Army in the north of Beizhou Prefecture turned a blind eye, and the people who didn't escape were in great misery. Will the imperial court intercept us here and give us to their thugs as slaves?"
The head of Kaoshan Village looked at Head Chu nervously, "Old Chu, please don't scare us. If that happens, we ordinary people might as well die."
The village chief of Cuijiaao waved his hands to signal everyone not to think too much. He said firmly: "No, don't worry! If it really comes to that, we will go into the mountains and let Master Cheng and Miss Yun lead us to rule the mountains.
We have so many people, and with capable young people like Master Cheng and Miss Yun leading us, if the gang dares to come, we will fight them. Anyway, it's a dead end anyway, and we in Cuijiaao would rather be exterminated than be slaves to the gang!"
His eyes were full of determination and courage, as if he had already prepared for the worst.
After hearing what he said, the other village chiefs nodded in agreement, with determination gleaming in their eyes.
"Old Cui is right. We in Maoshan Village also listen to Master Cheng and Miss Yun."
"Yes, we all listen to Master Cheng and Miss Yun."
Several villages now regard Cheng Yuheng and his companions as their backbone.
"Everyone, don't get excited yet. It's not time for us to occupy the mountain and become the king. Let's wait and Master Cheng will come up with a solution."
With a sense of hope in their hearts, and given their recognition of Cheng Yuheng along the way, the village heads felt a little more relieved.