flstandardbreds Chapter 252 Zhang Jiaoniang, you vicious woman, I, Lin Hao, have been deceived so badly by you!
Chapter 252 Zhang Jiaoniang, you vicious woman, I, Lin Hao, have been deceived so badly by you!
This route that bypassed Yanqi City was arranged by Li Jinhuai long before the Yun family arrived. He knew that once the Second Prince arrived in Yanqi City, he would not allow the people to pass until the magic stone was brought back.
When he received Cheng Yuheng's letter, he asked people to prepare a temporary road so that the people who had fled here in advance would not be stranded outside the pass.
Regarding those who entered the city early these days, Li Jinhuai also asked the officers and soldiers in charge of registration at the checkpoint to tell them that only those with Yanqi City household registration or someone with a guarantee from Yanqi City can enter the city, and the entry fee is ridiculously high, requiring ten taels of silver per person.
Most of the people were ordinary people who had fled from various places. Not to mention that there was no one to guarantee in Yanqi City. Even if there was someone to guarantee, they couldn't afford the ten taels of silver to enter the city.
The people followed Li Jinhuai's arrangements and one after another took a detour along the route told by the officers and soldiers.
Li Huaijin rode a horse to send the Cheng and Yun families to meet up with the villagers waiting on the roadside. Villagers from Yunjia Village, Chujia Village and other villages were already waiting there.
As soon as I arrived, I heard people talking and women crying. I looked in the direction of the crying and saw a man and a woman kneeling on the ground, wailing in pain, and they looked seriously injured.
"Help! Murder! Uncle, please have mercy, I am carrying your elder brother's flesh and blood in my belly! How can you come and rob me of my things just because your elder brother passed away? We have separated a long time ago, and these things are our future support! If you take them away again, it will be the death of us! Please, for the sake of your elder brother's friendship with you, give us a chance to live!"
"Please, sir, please save us! My husband and I fled all the way here, but he contracted a serious disease and passed away on the road. Thanks to the help of these two loyal servants, I am still alive today. But my uncle, seeing that his brother is gone, has set his sights on my two carriages and food, and wants to kill these two loyal servants without saying a word. I am still pregnant with a child! That is his eldest brother's own flesh and blood!"
A woman was standing behind two soldiers who were maintaining order, crying like a delicate flower in the rain.
If you don't know her character, you will definitely be deceived by her pitiful appearance.
"Second Master, please spare me! It's my fault for not taking good care of the First Master. It's right for you to punish me, but please don't take your anger out on Madam! If Madam wasn't pregnant with the First Master's child, she would have followed the First Master. The one who is most sad about the First Master's passing is Madam."
After saying this, Da Wang's mother knelt on the ground with her forehead pressed tightly against the cold ground. She didn't dare to look up at the man in front of her. Her whole body was trembling, which made the crowd around her feel sympathy.
Da Wang on the side also quickly echoed: "Yes! Second uncle, if my mother hadn't discovered it in time, Madam would..." When he said this, he was choked with sobs and couldn't speak. He wiped the corners of his eyes with his sleeves, as if they and their son had suffered a great injustice, and he portrayed the image of a loyal servant to the fullest.
People who know the inside story can't help but marvel at his superb acting skills.
The crowd watching the excitement nearby felt pity for Zhang Jiaoniang's frail appearance. They discussed loudly, "Weren't those people the ones who entered the city through the main gate yesterday? It seems that they have backers. We ordinary people can't afford to offend them. It's pitiful that this young lady encountered this."
"Keep your voice down. We can't afford to offend those people. Be careful of what you say."
Lin Hao's leg injury has not healed yet, and he has been recuperating in the carriage these days. Therefore, except for a few close people, no one knows that he has been brought back by Cheng Yuheng and Yun Duo.
Even the Mu family members who Lin Gao brought with him into the customs did not know that Lin Hao was lying in the carriage.
Lin Gao and Lin Dongzhi were afraid that the Mu family would be unhappy, so they did not mention it deliberately. Lin Hao felt ashamed to face his ex-wife and daughter, so he did not dare to show up.
Aunt Mu knew Lin Gao best. He would not harm others for some material things, let alone his nominal sister-in-law and nephew.
Seeing Zhang Jiaoniang's pitiful appearance, she felt sick and even more angry, so she said with a spit, "Pooh! What a thing! Don't be fooled by her pitiful appearance, this woman is not a good thing! It's ok for her to be a widow, but she even hooks up with a married woman. You better keep an eye on your men and don't let this little witch seduce you."
The people watching from the sidelines were immediately in an uproar when they heard this. The women who had just felt sorry for Zhang Jiaoniang turned around and saw their husbands looking bewitched, and they all pulled their husbands away.
"Hurry up and go. What are you looking at?" A woman glared at her man and urged him unhappily.
"Hurry up, the journey is important." Another woman echoed, pulling the man's sleeve and leaving quickly.
"What's going on?" Ji Jinhuai's personal guards looked at the gathered crowd and shouted.
Zhang Jiaoniang looked at the tall and handsome man who was riding a tall horse, and pretended to be weak and delicate, "Sir, help me! Please save me!" The tingling voice made Yun Duo get goose bumps when she heard it.
Li Jinhuai looked at the woman kneeling on the ground complaining about her grievances and the two people wailing on the ground, and asked Lin Gao, who was standing next to them with a stick, "Do you know that you are guilty of beating people in my jurisdiction?"
Lin Gao knelt on the ground and saluted, "Please understand, sir, these two are servants of the Lin family. It is only natural for the master to punish the servants when they make mistakes."
"Sir, we have already separated. These two people have nothing to do with Lin Gao anymore." Li Jiaoniang defended.
"Sir, if I were to sue them, I would be accusing them of collusion to commit fraud, intentional homicide, and murder for money." Lin Gao said in a loud voice.
"Uncle, even if you want to seize the little money your eldest brother left for us, you can't slander me, can't you? I'm a weak woman who can't even tie a chicken. Life is already difficult and I'm pregnant. If it weren't for the help of two servants, I would have followed your eldest brother long ago. Wuuuuu... please let me go for the sake of your dead eldest brother!" Zhang Jiaoniang cried, and her look was so pitiful, as if she had suffered a great injustice.
When the people around heard this, they all turned their eyes to this side, and many people showed sympathy and indignation on their faces. They began to discuss in a low voice:
"This woman is so pitiful. She is pregnant and still has to endure such bullying."
"That's right. How could that man be so cruel? He even spared his eldest brother's widow."
"Humph, this kind of person is simply intolerable!"
For a time, condemnations were heard one after another. Everyone was full of sympathy for Zhang Jiaoniang, but they were full of contempt for the so-called "uncle".
Seeing this, Zhang Jiaoniang cried even harder, which made people feel pity. She continued to cry, "I am a woman with no ability. I just want to give birth to this child safely and raise him well. But now I am being treated like this. I really don't know what to do. Woo woo woo woo..."
After hearing this, the people felt even more sorry for Zhang Jiaoniang, and some even couldn't help but come forward to comfort her. However, at this moment, a voice suddenly rang out: "Zhang Jiaoniang, you vicious woman, I, Lin Hao, have been deceived by you so much!"