Red Chamber: Bring Xue Baochai home at the beginning

Chapter 5 Two News from Jinling

What Feng Yibo thought was.

The carriage cannot run in the city, and it is easy to be overtaken by the slaves.

So we had to figure out a way.

The best way is to hold Xue Pan as a hostage.

But Xue Pan fainted, and it was difficult to control when he woke up halfway.

So he shifted his gaze to Xue Baochai.

Just let her go out of the city with him as a hostage.

In full view, her reputation will not be damaged.

At that time, when they leave the city and go to the official road, it will not be so easy for these slaves to chase the carriage.

But for the same thing, Xue Baochai looked different.

The other party glanced at his brother first and then at himself.

Is this implying that disobedience will hurt brother?
Xue Baochai felt that for the safety of the only seedling of the eldest family of the Xue family.

You have no choice!
After several changes in her complexion, she finally sighed and waved to the side.

The servant girl Ying'er and the women walked over timidly, looking at Feng Yibo cautiously.

Seeing that he didn't intend to stop them, they whispered something.

With the support of the mother-in-law, Baochai stepped on the wooden steps brought down by the dog, and got into the carriage maintaining the last elegance.

Taking a last look at Xue Pan who was still lying on the ground, he couldn't help but sigh secretly:
I hope my brother can learn a little lesson in the future and be more sensible.

Even if you die, it's worth it!

The slaves were not far away, and Ying'er and a woman got into the carriage.

Feng Yibo looked at the slaves who rushed over, and he clasped his fist freely:

"Everyone has worked hard! You must have just seen that this is your eldest lady in the car, and she insists on sending us out of the city!"

Haonu looked at each other in blank dismay, and the remaining women went over to say a few words, but they didn't dare to move.

"I believe that your lady will get off the car when she leaves the city, so please wait a moment."

Feng Yibo maintained his smile, and seemed to remember something.

"Well, stand back! Otherwise..."

As soon as these words came out, no one knew that this was a threat.

"Hurry up! Go farther, don't come a hundred steps closer to me, or you ladies may send me farther away."

The mother-in-law was afraid that he would do something rude, so she turned her head and pushed the slaves back.

Seeing some effect, Feng Yibo smiled to comfort him.

"Don't worry, everyone, you also know my identity, and what you say must mean what you say."

It was only then that everyone remembered his identity as a scholar, let alone Ying Tianfu Jie Yuan.

Presumably he was just being forced to do nothing, and he must not be so stupid as to do something that would destroy his future.

Right?
At this time Feng Yibo took out a stack of money orders from Gouzi.

After thinking about it, he also took out the money order and silver on his body.

He pressed the bill of exchange with silver, and said loudly:

"Here is more than 600 taels of silver, of which 500 taels are from the buyer. You all know that the rest is the soup and medicine expenses of those two. You can collect it for them."

Seeing this, Hao Nu and the wives softened their expressions.

At the same time, I looked here from a distance, for fear that the banknotes would be taken away by others.

The carriage here is already full, and there are female relatives like Xue Baochai.

Feng Yibo is naturally not good at riding in the same car.

He sat down on the "copilot" in front and signaled Gouzi to start.

"drive!"

The carriage started slowly, and Gouzi took a look at the many slaves and wives adorning it.

He looked at Feng Yibo beside him again.

Hesitatingly said: "Little master... you said... we are not robbing civilian girls, are we?"

"This... um... how can this be counted?"

Feng Yibo was a little stuck, and after thinking about it, he explained:
"We just let Miss Xue's family drive us outside the city. Her maids and mother-in-law are all in the car, and the domestic servants follow behind. As soon as we get outside the city, she will get off the car and go home. You say, how can this be counted?" What about forcibly robbing women?"

After a moment of hesitation, he added:

"At most, it's an emergency escape!"

Turning around again, he explained to the carriage:
"It means to act in a hurry."

Before he knew it, the carriage had left the city gate.

Seeing it from the curtain of the car, Xue Baochai suddenly became nervous.

She only hoped that Feng Yibo would keep his word, and not make any further complications.

"I've already left the city, Miss Baochai can get out of the car."

Hearing Feng Yibo's words, Xue Baochai felt slightly relieved.

Gouzi also breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly put down the wooden step.

Ying'er and her mother-in-law got out of the car and stepped forward to help Xue Baochai get out of the car.

The slaves and wives at the back saw their young lady getting off the car from a distance, and their hearts fell to the ground, so they hurried over.

Just when everyone breathed a sigh of relief, a fast horse galloped from the city, almost catching the slaves and wives and jumped out.

The man was holding documents and tokens, and shouted "urgent order".

The defenders at the city gate fell into a brief chaos, and the team leaving the city also came to a standstill.

Then, an army with neat appearance but chaotic pace appeared.

Someone was in charge of opening the way in front, and pushed the people inside the city gate, including the noble slaves and wives of the Xue family, to the sides.

There were quite a number of people in this team, and they seemed to be marching in a hurry, trotting all the way out of the city.

Feng Yibo and Xue Baochai watched them pass by the carriage.

The last one to hold the line was an officer, who looked very majestic.

He was wearing armor and riding a war horse, and he didn't even look at the carriage.

Just as everyone regained their composure, the city gate began to "creak" and close.

People on both sides saw each other's surprise through the crack of the door.

"Master Bing, I'm leaving the city, I have to go home today!"

"We are the sons of Xiu Mu, can you let us in!"

"Hello, my family has an 80-year-old mother, and she is still waiting for me to deliver medicine outside the city!"

"..."

The people entering and leaving were a little confused, but unfortunately before they could make any more movements, they heard a "boom".

The city gate is completely closed.

In an instant, the line of sight was completely cut off.

The servants of the Xue family and the carriage of the Feng family were separated by the city gate.

It's like a moat.

Done!

Is this really a rape of a civilian girl?
The closing of the city gate was unexpected, and Feng Yibo was also dumbfounded at this time.

"I heard that the Japanese pirates are going to attack the city, but I didn't expect it to be a step too late!"

"That's right! I'm taking my whole family to the city to escape!"

"..."

Listening to the discussion, Feng Yibo roughly understood what happened.

That's right.

This is the second thing that has been circulated in Jinling City today.

Longlinwei caught two Japanese pirates in the city. Under interrogation, they learned that the Japanese pirates are going to attack Jinling soon!
The government that got the news immediately ordered that the 35th inside of Jinling and the [-]th outside of Jinling, a total of [-] gates, be closed immediately.

The Dragon Scale Guard was also ordered to start to search the entire city, so as not to omit any detailed work.

The Nanjing Ministry of War ordered the Nanjing Jingying to attack, and this group of Japanese pirates must be wiped out immediately.

And then.

It's the opening scene of the book.

Xue Baochai sighed secretly, had no choice again, and obediently got into the car again.

……

Just as Xue Baochai got into the car, a tragic incident happened fifty miles south of Jinling City.

From the houses on both sides of the village road, women screamed and cried from time to time, and the threshing ground in the middle of the village was full of corpses of men, women and children.

A few Japanese pirates set up a stove in a large house to cook, talking and laughing loudly.

Daqiao Goro, who was dressed in samurai armor and had two Japanese swords, one long and one short, was standing at the entrance of the village, looking in the direction of Jinling.

(End of this chapter)