That horrific scene made Ling Bao extremely frightened. He kept shouting "Daddy" loudly, and his face was filled with tears when he was woken up by the king.
"Lingbao, what's wrong with you?" The king asked worriedly, while gently stroking her hair with his cat's paw, "Don't be afraid, I will protect you."
Ling Bao kept sobbing and couldn't speak smoothly: "Your Majesty, I dreamed that dad... dad was beaten to death on the way... to the county seat for the exam...
... Wuwuwu, I don’t want daddy to die, that man is so bad, I hate him!”
Ling Bao wiped away his tears. He was crying so hard that he was out of breath. His body was twitching, and he clenched his fists and said, "I want to beat him, he is a bad person!"
The king rubbed her body, it seemed that Cheng Zhongqian was really in danger.
"Don't cry, Lingbao, we can ask your father not to go, then why don't we just avoid it?" The king gave an idea.
Ling Bao nodded, thinking that the king was right, so he immediately jumped out of bed and ran to the next door.
"Lingbao, you haven't put on your shoes yet!"
The king resignedly picked up his shoe and chased after him.
At this time, the father and son had not yet woken up. Cheng Zhongqian, Cheng Yun, and Cheng Yi were sleeping in a "big" shape with a very aggressive sleeping posture.
Ling Bao took a look at the sky. Soon his father would get up and rush to the county seat. Considering that it would be time-consuming for some people to go to the county seat, Magistrate Shang deliberately did not decide so early.
She was so anxious that she quickly called out: "Daddy, wake up, Ling Bao has something to say to you."
There was still a weeping sound when he spoke, which was pitiful.
Cheng Zhongqian didn't wake up, but Cheng Yun did.
Cheng Zhongqian's face was full of displeasure at being woken up. Cheng Yun rubbed his eyes, suspecting that he had seen it wrong: "Ling Bao?"
"Big brother......"
Hearing the sound of Ling Bao swallowing, Cheng Yun immediately woke up, lifted the quilt, and held Ling Bao in his arms. Seeing that she didn't even wear shoes, his expression changed a little: "Why are you crying? You have a nightmare.
?"
It's a nightmare. Ling Bao nodded and said with a smile on his face: "Brother, can Daddy not go out today? Just stay at home, okay?"
Cheng Yun asked in confusion: "Why?"
As soon as Ling Bao said the words "Your Majesty...", Cheng Yun interrupted her, glanced at Cheng Zhongqian and Cheng Yi who were sleeping, and carried her to the next door.
The king who just came over with shoes in his mouth: "..."
Lingbao didn't understand why she couldn't say it in her father's room. She just wanted to say, "The king said that if you don't let your father go, you can avoid disasters."
Then she thought again, was she afraid of waking her second brother?
"Okay, tell me, what happened?"
Cheng Yun put her on the bed and patted her dirty little feet, which made Ling Bao shrink back from being ticklish.
She said anxiously: "Brother, don't let dad go to the county town. If there are bad people, dad will die... wuwuwu, don't let dad die..."
Thinking of his father's face in the dream with blood all over his face and his eyes hanging open, Ling Bao trembled in fear.
Cheng Yun's flat brows furrowed and he asked, "Did the king tell you that?"
Lingbao was too anxious and afraid, so she didn't listen carefully to her elder brother's words. She just nodded and kept repeating the words: "Don't go, don't let daddy go!"
Cheng Yun's expression changed completely. The king said that his father would be in danger on the way to the county seat, and he had to take it seriously.
But the difficulty lies in the fact that, firstly, this matter is too fantasy, and dad may not, no, definitely won’t believe it; secondly, it is even more difficult to stop dad from going to the county town.
Cheng Yun was extremely upset. If he had known this, it would be better not to arouse his father's fighting spirit.
Now that there is a goal in front of me, Dad will not fail to go.
Cheng Yun's mind became a mess.
Especially after hearing the sound of Cheng Zhongqian getting up and washing up.
He immediately rushed out like an arrow.
"You are so busy that you have completely forgotten your manners?" Cheng Zhongqian asked dissatisfiedly.
Cheng Yun didn't care about this and only said tentatively: "Dad, why don't you go today? It won't be too late to take the children's examination in August."
Cheng Zhongqian said sternly: "What nonsense are you talking about! Why do you have to be late when you can do it early? If you are fine, just go to sleep for a while."
Failed as expected.
Cheng Yun sighed and spread his hands to Ling Bao who followed him out.
No, no, no, we can’t let daddy go!
"Daddy!"
Ling Bao wanted to go over, but was pulled back by Cheng Yun.
"Lingbao, we can only find another way."
You can't persuade his father with just your words.
"Then what should we do?" Ling Bao's eyes were red from crying.
Cheng Zhongqian had already packed his things and left with his bag without looking back. Don't think of him giving up.
Cheng Yun woke Cheng Yi up, and the three siblings brainstormed ideas.
Cheng Yi was stunned for a while and then asked in disbelief: "Brother, are you sure you are awake? How could you believe such an inexplicable thing?"
Ling Bao stamped his feet: "This is not an inexplicable thing, I really dreamed it!"
“It’s just that it’s weird when you dream about it!”
Ling Bao was so anxious that he didn't know what to say.
Cheng Yun helped the blushing little girl and said to Cheng Yi: "I once heard that there is a certain connection between relatives. If the relationship is deep, it is really possible to dream about something."
Cheng Yi hesitated for a long time and said: "Shouldn't we both dream about it?"
They are father's biological sons.
"..." Cheng Yun said, "Maybe something went wrong in the middle."
Cheng Yi scratched his head in confusion, still feeling this was strange.
But he is also used to obeying his elder brother's orders.
The three of them changed their clothes and hurried out. The three of them and the cat quickened their pace, trying to catch up with Cheng Zhongqian as soon as possible.
Seeing Cheng Zhongqian's back from a distance, he was the only one on the long, endless road, and I felt a sense of sadness and loneliness.
They followed closely behind.
"Ling Bao, are you almost there?"
Ling Bao thought about it carefully, his chubby face was very serious: "Come on, come on, it's not far in front of the big tree!"
It was indeed fast, Cheng Yun and Cheng Yi cheered up.
After passing the big tree, Lingbao pointed to a place not far ahead and said excitedly: "That's right there, that's where the bad guy came out!"
Cheng Yun looked over immediately.
"I saw him!" Cheng Yi suddenly exclaimed, "He was lying in the grass, and I saw his ears and a piece of his clothes!"
To be precise, he should be half lying down. He probably saw Cheng Zhongqian in advance, so he hid early.
Cheng Yun didn't think there would be anyone specifically ambushing him in this deserted place, then he would be too stupid.
Cheng Yun motioned to his younger siblings to be gentler and hide behind a big tree.
The king patted Ling Bao's leg and said, "Ling Bao, I'll go over first."
"OK!"
The king's body was small and his movements were light. The soft cushion made almost no sound when it fell on the ground, so he got close to the man easily.
Cheng Zhongqian was carrying his bag and still thinking about the test questions in previous years' examination papers.
Suddenly, a man jumped out from the grass, his eyes full of malice, and he pounced on him ferociously.