Poor family mother and son

The Duke is here?
The wailing women stopped crying, and those who packed their bags to escape did not dare to run away, but they did not dare to come forward. They only knelt around the front and back of the house, with their heads lowered.

The two old men finally supported each other and strengthened their courage. When they heard about "assassination of the Duke", their legs went weak and they knelt down: "Young people don't dare! You don't dare!"

Just these two sentences, I didn't dare to say any more, I would just lie on the ground and tremble.

No one dared to come forward to see how the young man was injured.

But no matter what, I can finally talk properly now.

Chu Qing said: "Ah, yes, look at that child."

"No problem," Zhuo Yao replied, "I was confused for two days at most. Did I get kicked in the head? I vomited blood because I bit my tongue. I fainted because I was overly frightened."

Zhuo Yao simply rolled the boy's eyelids and mouth before coming to a conclusion.

Although he may not be a doctor, people who have practiced martial arts for many years are still very familiar with this kind of injury.

"Since it's okay," Xiaobao said, "then tie him up and send him to the government."

The prince spoke before the father-in-law opened his mouth, and the father-in-law wisely shut up.

Originally, Chu Qing wanted to help the child go home and lie down.

Lord Yong'an shut up, but the common people also kept their mouths shut tightly and did not dare to come forward to plead for mercy.

Only the woman who tripped over the threshold raised her head, lowered her head, lowered her head and raised it again, hesitating, and finally couldn't hold back her voice and said with a trembling voice: "Please have mercy, Lord!"

After all, she is still a mother, and when things happen, she can show that she is strong as a mother.

But it was okay that she didn't speak, but when she did, Qing Qing became angry: "Tie that guy up too!"

Chu Qing was talking about the man who peed his pants.

The nephew dared to rush forward to save his uncle, and the woman still wanted to plead for her child no matter how afraid of death, but the uncle didn't even dare to fart, which was really disgusting.

The man waited until the rope was tied to his body, and then he cried out as if he had suddenly come to his senses: "I know my crime, please forgive me!"

As soon as he shouted, the silent people seemed to have received a signal and began to plead: "Please forgive me, Lord!", "Please show me your noble hand!"

Hey!This is strange!

A young boy who was unconscious on the ground had no one to intercede for him. Instead, he interceded for the adult man who was so frightened that he peed his pants.

Chu Qing didn't understand, but Xiaobao seemed to understand: "Mother, that young man took action, but this timid one didn't take action. They probably thought it was more likely to keep him from doing so."

Xiaobao only guessed a small part correctly.

The real reason is that the coward is the one who can feed them.

The Duke couldn't just bask in the sun and be blown by the autumn wind like this. One of the two old men was more discerning and suggested: "Dear gentlemen, please come in for a drink of water and have a rest."

This is a kind of temptation. If the nobles are willing to agree, then there will be room for relaxation. If you ask more, you may be able to spare them from death.

Chu Qing naturally agreed and had no intention of dealing with them.

But Zhuo Yao said: "You three come in, and the rest are kneeling outside!"

It means that only the two old men and the young man are allowed into the house.

Chu Yuan carried the fainted young man on his back and entered the house first. He had to check if there was any danger inside. Xiangzi and others also followed.

A row of houses is actually several connected together. Judging from the people kneeling on the ground outside, there are about ten families.There were still some women and children in the house who had not had time to run out. When they saw the Chu family entering, they were so frightened that they slipped away and knelt down, not daring to say a word.

Gan Lai came in and kicked them out so that they could always be calmer with their families.

Chu Qing entered the middle room, where the man who wet his pants and the boy ran out. When he entered, he found a man lying on the floor in the back room.

The man looked anxious and was pressing his elbows on the ground, trying to drag his body outside to see what happened.

"He seems to be paralyzed," Zhuo Yao said, lifting the man up and putting him back on the kang. "He should be unable to move from the waist down."

The two old men who followed said: "This is Da Binzi, and the one outside is Er Binzi, two brothers. During the Chinese New Year, Da Binzi had his spine broken by a bandit and became paralyzed. Alas."

There really are bandits.

"Who are you?" Xiaobao asked.

The old man replied: "The common people are the tenants here..."

Zhuo Yao suddenly asked: "Are you from Donglun?"

The old man trembled: "Xiao...Xiaomin...yes."

Chu Qing glanced at Zhuo Yao appreciatively, he was indeed attentive enough.

The old man spoke with an accent that was very similar to that of Xinlunzhou.

Zhuo Yao restrained his tone again: "Go on!"

The old man had no trace of luck.

He originally thought that if he didn't say that these people were from the former Donglun Kingdom, he might get a lighter punishment. After all, he didn't really hurt the noble man, and the young man on his side was also seriously injured. He vomited blood even without looking at it. That’s it.

But now, there is no hope. Daxuan people have always been unkind to the Donglun people. For the same crime, the Donglun people are severely punished.

“Alas,” the old man let out a long sigh, “Since the war started that year, many of us have fled here, but those who escaped here are also undercover;
Finally, after the war was over, the imperial court registered our household registration, but they did not give us land. We could only be tenants of the Daxuan people;
But where is the master’s house so easy to find?
We all escaped from the same village and just wanted to live together as a group, but no one hired us.
We dare not separate, because once separated, if we are bullied, we will not be able to help each other;

Finally, a big family rented land to us for farming, but the rent was higher than others, but we had no choice in this situation, so we stayed;
Fortunately, some kind of cotton master came out later. Whether we planted corn, soybeans, cotton, or peanuts, there were people harvesting them. The master's family could make money, and we could have enough to eat.
However, there was a disaster at the end of last year and food was in short supply. We have many mountains here, so many horse thieves appeared, coming in groups here and there to steal food;

The master doesn’t care whether he robs us of food or not. He only cares if the price of food goes up so that we can sell it at a good price and urges us to pay for it;

We and the horse thieves fought hard, and Da Binzi had his back broken by them, so they didn't let them take away much. We managed to keep the food delivered to the master, but our food rations could not be saved;

Those horse thieves come every once in a while, especially at the beginning of spring this year, but we are no longer afraid at that time, because we don’t have anything to eat, so we go to the mountains to dig wild vegetables and scrape tree bark to satisfy our hunger;

But they let it slip, saying that we owed them everything and they would take it all back in autumn!
But later, when the corn was harvested, they didn't come. We heard that the government was tightening its grip on bandits everywhere, so we thought it was peaceful, so we dared to put the corn outside to dry;
I didn't miss you... The nobles are here. I guess Er Binzi thought you were horse thieves, so there was a misunderstanding... Grandpas, we really didn't mean it, we were scared too! "

As the old man spoke, he knelt down and begged for mercy: "Steamed Bun is still young, and his father is paralyzed. He was also anxious to protect his second uncle...that's why he offended the noble man. We people can't live without Er Binzi!"

The old man didn't know who the Duke was. He saw that Chu Qing was the object of protection by a group of people, but when he heard that the voice was a woman, he became unsure.

He simply shouted "noble grandpas" and circled around to kowtow to Chu Qing and others.

"Cough...cough...what happened to Er Binzi? What happened to the steamed buns? Huh?" Da Binzi, who was lying on the kang, coughed violently: "My lord, it's all my fault. Ahem, I want to beat or kill him." Come to me, let my second brother go, let my son go! Cough cough cough cough..."

The paralyzed man named Da Binzi was so anxious that he wanted to get up, but anyone who has been bedridden for a long time will develop lung disease. The more Da Binzi wanted to talk, the more he coughed. Coupled with the paralysis, the more he wanted to move, the more he could not move. .

"Mantou is fine, he just fainted from fright, and Er Binzi is fine too," Chu Qing said, and then held back the sentence "He was just frightened to the point of peeing".

Zhuo Yao: "This is the 'Lord Mian' you call him. He is now Duke Yong'an, and this is the eldest son of Duke Yong'an."