County government house

Mrs. Pei was afraid of the cold, so the charcoal basin in her room was always burning brightly. It was at the end of the year, when she had no time to spare, and all the housekeepers in each house handed in their accounts. She wanted them all one by one.

Check it carefully to avoid being fooled by the people below.

Just when the account books were halfway through, I saw my husband, Lin Zheyun, walking in hurriedly.

"You all go down." As soon as Lin Zheyun came in, he dismissed all the maids in the room.

"Husband, why are you not on duty at the Yamen at this hour? Why are you back in the backyard?" Mrs. Pei put down the account book in her hand, stepped forward, and personally served the head of the family, Lin Zheyun, as he took off his green cloak, which was embroidered with gold threads and a picture of leisurely clouds and wild cranes.

After all the maids in the house had retreated, Lin Zheyun ordered in a hurry: "Pack your luggage quickly. At dawn tomorrow, we will leave the city through the side door."

"Husband, what happened?" Pei asked in surprise: "You are a county magistrate appointed by the emperor. Now that you have left your post without permission from the emperor, won't the court hold you accountable?"

Lin Zheyun sneered: "The Emperor? The Emperor is now in name only! He himself has fallen into the hands of Wu thieves and has too much time to take care of himself. What can he do to me? King Lu has strong soldiers and horses, and many capable ministers and righteous men under his command. I have decided to defect to King Lu.

When the king wanted to attack Zhuozhou, He County was the first city he wanted to capture when he attacked Zhuozhou."

"Husband, this matter is dangerous, why do you have to take such a risk?"

"The troubled times are about to begin. I want to share the merits of being a dragon and achieve some hegemony!" Lin Zheyun said with great enthusiasm. He has been suppressed by his family for too long and has wasted fifteen years of his life. In these troubled times, it may not be possible

Not his chance.

As Lin Zheyun's wife, how could Pei not know what he was thinking about? He wanted to prove himself to the Lin family, what kind of eldest son they had given up.

"I have already been connected with King Lu's spies. I wanted to wait for King Lu's army to arrive and use Hexian County as a gift as a pledge of surrender. But now it seems that I am afraid it won't work!"

"Why not? You are the magistrate of Hexian County, and you are in charge of all matters in the city." Pei didn't want to leave Hexian County. There was a war and chaos outside, and it was really unsafe on the road after leaving the city.

"Madam, there is no need to say more. There will be chaos in Hexian County within ten days! We have to leave the city as soon as possible. If we are a step too late, we may not be able to leave!"

When Mrs. Pei heard this news, she panicked: "All our wealth is here, how can we pack it up in one day?"

Although Mrs. Pei is a good housekeeper, she is still a housewife. When big things happen, she loses her way.

"It's okay, let's give it up, pack lightly and travel lightly." Lin Zheyun sighed and patted Mr. Pei's hand reassuringly: "Just pack the important things and we'll leave tomorrow morning. Be careful and don't let any news leak.

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At this moment, there was a noise outside the house, and Mrs. Luo hurriedly ran in to report: "The madam is not good, the eldest lady fell off the horse!"

When Luo Po entered the house, she found that the owner of her family was also there, and she quickly bowed in fear.

"Stop saluting and speak clearly!" Lin Zheyun shouted angrily: "How is the injury? How could she go riding a horse?"

Pei and Lin Zheyun hurried to Lin Zhihuang's courtyard. Before they even entered the house, they saw a trembling horse slave kneeling on the ground outside the courtyard. The steward of the racecourse was being flogged by Lin Zhihui, who was red-eyed with anger.

The steward of the racecourse was beaten until he was covered in blood and cried out: "Da Langjun, please spare my life! I really don't know why that horse suddenly went crazy! Wuwuwu..."

"Then you are derelict in your duties! You dare to bring untrained horses for us masters to ride? What do you mean, you cheap slaves?" Seeing that he still dared to quibble, Lin Zhihui became even more angry, and raised his hands again and again.

He was whipped several times.

Mrs. Pei was worried about her daughter's condition and rushed straight into the side room without even looking at the chaos outside the house.

Mrs. Pei rushed into the side room and saw her daughter sitting consciously, stretching out her hand to check the doctor's pulse. Then she breathed a sigh of relief. The fact that she could still sit still meant that it was nothing serious. Mrs. Pei patted her chest and waited for a while before letting herself go.

The mood calmed down.

The doctor happened to have taken her pulse and immediately responded respectfully: "Madam, I just asked my maid Huhong to feel the bones of the lady, and no fractures were found. Just after checking the pulse, the lady's internal organs were all intact, and there were no fractures.

For broken and internal injuries. There should be some bruises on the outside of the skin. Just apply some injury ointment."

"Have you checked carefully?" Ms. Pei was still worried.

"Mom, I'm fine. The racecourse is full of soft sand. I just fell off the horse and wasn't trampled by the horse. It's nothing serious."

This daughter was her first child. How could Mrs. Pei not feel pain? Forced by circumstances, she was separated from her right after birth. It was her mother who failed to fulfill her responsibilities to her, and she was already ashamed of herself. Now she is finally able to

When she returned to herself, if something unexpected happened, wouldn't it be like ripping out her heart? Pei hugged Lin Zhihuang tightly and began to cry.

Lin Zheyun also heard the doctor's report outside the door, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Although he had many children, he only had this one legitimate daughter, and he was also concerned about it.

Seeing that Lin Zhihuang was fine, Lin Zheyun didn't come in again and turned around to leave.

He will leave the city tomorrow, and Lin Zheyun still has many things to deal with. Hui'er can handle the situation outside the house more than enough.

"Aniang, go and persuade my brother. I can't stop him. This is all an accident. Let the horse slaves and the stewards go."

Lin Zhihuang feels very uncomfortable now, not physically, but mentally..

This discomfort must be overcome by herself.

After all, she is a person who has lived in a human rights society for thirty-one years. In this society without human rights, she once again faced the distinction between "fate" and "fate". The person with the higher "fate" can do whatever he wants.

Control the life and death of those with low fate.

Listening to the cries outside, Lin Zhihuang closed his eyes in discomfort and leaned into Pei's arms.

Now she is the one with the most precious life, but what if one day she becomes the one with the lowest life?

The facts are hard to predict, so who can say for sure?

The night is getting late. The back house of the county government office is now brightly lit, and servants can be seen hurriedly everywhere.

Lin Zheyun's beauties blocked the door of Pei's courtyard with their children, asking for an explanation.

"What are you doing, madam? Why are you asking us to pack our bags in such a hurry?"

"Yes, we are living a good life here, why do we have to leave suddenly?"

"Yes, the child is still so young, and there is war and chaos outside!"

"Bandits are rampant outside, why should we leave He County?"

Mrs. Pei raised her hand to stop the beautiful girl's questioning words and said coldly: "We are leaving at about nine o'clock. Go and pack up and prepare for the ceremony. Don't wait until it is too late."

The beauties didn't get the answer they wanted, and they were so disappointed that they didn't dare to speak any more. After saying no, they took the children and turned back to their own courtyard. They hurriedly packed up and saluted, although they didn't want to leave Hexian County.

This is a comfortable place, but I am more afraid of being abandoned by the owner of the family.

As people who are close to the family head, they know very well that in the family head's heart, except for the pair of legitimate children, other children are nothing in his eyes. They are just despicable children. If they interfere with his affairs, they can be discarded at will.

, let alone these lowly beauties? Being abandoned is just a common thing.

"Mother!" Pei turned around and saw Lin Zhihuang walking over with Hu Hong.

Mrs. Pei softened her expression and asked, "Why don't you stop? Is your body still hurting?"

"The noise of moving things outside was too loud. My daughter couldn't sleep because of the noise. What are you doing?" Lin Zhihuang asked in confusion.

Mrs. Pei thought about it for a long time, thinking that she would leave tomorrow morning, so she no longer hid it from her daughter: "We will leave He County at 4 o'clock tomorrow morning."

"Why?" Lin Zhihuang's eyes widened in surprise, and his brain started to freeze under the impact of the idea of ​​human life being valuable. He left in such a hurry. Was it like he was trying to escape for his life?

Mrs. Pei took her daughter and whispered in her ear: "Your father said that there will be chaos in the city. We have to leave as soon as possible. If it is later, we may not be able to leave, so we are in such a hurry."

Lin Zhihuang felt paralyzed after hearing this. As the head of a county, her father actually abandoned the city and fled? How serious was the situation outside? She thought about what Aunt Wang said that day about the food price problem in the city.

It can be seen from this that the food situation outside is very serious. If we abandon the city and flee, there will be a large number of people fleeing outside, and the food situation will only get worse.

Lin Zhihuang thought of this, walked a few steps quickly, and opened a wooden box that he had packed recently. As a result, he was stung by a box of gold and silver jewelry.

"Mom? You won't clean up all these, right?" Lin Zhihuang turned around and asked Pei in shock.

Mrs. Pei nodded: "Your father said to travel lightly, so I had to bring all the most valuable things with me."

Fortunately, her outlook on life was affected today and she didn't sleep, so she came to Pei's place in a daze.

Otherwise, she would have to wait until tomorrow and find herself on the road in a daze, with no village in front of her or any store behind her. Then she would have to stare at these gold and silver jewelry that should not be eaten or drank, and her stomach would grow hungry.

Lin Zhihuang took a deep breath and sincerely suggested: "Mom, there is a shortage of food outside now. We are running for our lives. These gold and silver jewelry are of little use and heavy on our hands. On the contrary, there cannot be a shortage of food, and gold and silver are not in short supply."

Just keep one box of silver jewelry as a spare, and replace the rest with food and take it with you on the road. By the way, it’s cold now, so I’d better prepare more winter clothes to keep out the cold.”

Mrs. Pei looked embarrassed and whispered, "Huan'er, you don't know, our family's savings are all here. There is going to be chaos in Hexian County. If you leave these behind, you will be able to benefit the rebellious people and lose everything."

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"Mom, go prepare more food. We can't take these jewels with you on the road. I'll help you find a way to preserve them." Lin Zhihuang assured Mr. Pei very seriously, with a serious look on his face.

When Mrs. Pei saw that her daughter was really not kidding, she thought for a long time, finally put down the treasure boxes, and took Luo Po to prepare food and winter clothes. Food is the most important thing for people, and for a group of them to go on the road, food is indeed the most important thing.

Supplies. Having made up her mind, Mrs. Pei was also very quick with her hands and feet. Time was tight and she ordered her servants to act quickly.

Although Lin Zhihuang had given Pei a guarantee, she was actually at a loss as to where to hide the jewels. Once the refugees entered the city, they would first rush into the homes of wealthy households in the city and rob them, bearing the brunt of the attack.

I'm afraid it's the county government's back house. With so many people visiting this house, even if the land is scraped off three feet, these things will probably be dug out wherever they are hidden.

Where should they be placed? Lin Zhihuang knocked on these wooden boxes and squatted on the ground with his chin in his hands, thinking hard.

Hu Hong just stood aside quietly, guarding her eldest wife.

At dawn, Lin Zhihuang, who had been squatting for half a night, suddenly stood up, clapped his hands happily and said with a smile: "I thought of it!"

"Hu Hong, pass the order from the eldest lady to clear out the people in each courtyard, and ask Billy to come with Qu's troops and surround the county government's back house. No one is allowed to enter at this moment without my order!"

"Here!" Hu Hong took the order and left.

When Lin Zhihuang saw Hu Hong gone, he shook his stiff and sore neck and moved his sore and numb limbs.

After half a stick of incense, Hu Hong came back and said: "Madam, everyone has been cleared!"
To be continued...