Chapter 453: Lets go on the road after the rain stops
The little girl who was calm at first was frightened when she heard this and hugged her father's leg tightly, "No, no, I want to follow dad."
Lin Chengyuan was originally happy to hear Qi Kang'an's words. He was already in the officialdom and knew more about the exile process than Qi Kang'an and the others. If he could get five out of ten, he would have met the standard.
What's more, it was never known that a child as young as his daughter could successfully reach Lingnan.
Some died of starvation and exhaustion on the way, and some were sold by government officials who had lost their conscience. Anyway, no one cared at all if there was one more or one less.
Lin Chengyuan was not afraid that he would die. What he was afraid of was that he would not be able to protect his daughter to Lingnan.
If my daughter could follow Qi Kang'an, she would at least have a greater chance of living with him than with him. Even if he couldn't help but close his eyes, he would feel more at ease when he left.
Just looking down at his daughter's frightened but already resolute eyes, Lin Chengyuan thought of his unyielding wife.
Forget it, if this is his fate, he will take his daughter to reunite with his wife.
"Thank you for praying, general. It is enough for the guilty people to have a full meal. The general also has a heavy responsibility. You must not break the rules for the sake of the guilty people."
The man was not happy, and Qi Kang'an was not willing to step forward to snatch someone's daughter. He just forced a smile and nodded, watching the father and daughter slowly walk away, holding their big and small hands tightly together.
"Oh, what's all this?"
Qi Baoer stared at him and reminded: "My dear father, don't even think about letting someone go halfway. If County Magistrate Lin is really wronged, running away halfway will only increase the punishment. This life will be really bad."
There is no hope at all... Ouch."
Qi Kang'an immediately gave his unreasonable daughter a look, "It's all nonsense, is dad that unreliable person?"
Qi Baoer covered her forehead and glared at him fiercely, "You can't believe it. My daughter let us go here, and we don't even think about whether it's theirs or ours that's in danger.
If you have the heart to protect people, we can just say a word. In fact, there is no need to say anything. Kang Shun is the deputy general. He personally brought the people up. Wasn't it just for the yamen and the prisoners to see?
It’s not appropriate to give them food. If we occasionally ask someone to give some to them when we eat in the future, who would dare to bully them?”
Prince Li rushed over when he saw Qi Bao'er being beaten by her father. This was the treasure of the emperor's grandfather and mother. He didn't dare to stop his own father, but it was okay to take the beating for others.
He rushed over just in time to hear the last words said by Qi Bao'er. He forgot about wanting to be beaten for a moment, and asked in confusion: "Sister Bao, why don't you just prepare some food for them and let them take it by themselves?"
With?"
Isn't this more convenient?
Qi Kang'an said that he could answer this, "Not to mention that County Magistrate Lin is still injured. He is just a weak scholar, and his daughter is only seven years old.
The county king also saw us walking along the way. The prisoners were only given one meal a day, which was two vegetable pancakes the size of a child's hand. It was okay if there were women and older children, because our food transport team was
The reason is that the convict team also moves slowly, so they can go into the mountains on the left and right to find some food.
For those like County Magistrate Lin who had no women or only children around them, they could only rely on the two pieces of cake to support themselves.
There are so many hungry people among the prisoners. It's okay for the father and daughter to have no food in their hands. We take care of them. At most, they will be jealous, but if they have food to satisfy their hunger..."
Prince Li had never seen this before and was not really stupid. He naturally knew what Qi Kangan did not say.
He made a "hiss" sound and felt a little cold all over his body. He rubbed his arms and asked in disbelief: "Isn't there still a Yamen here?"
After asking him, he immediately gave himself a slap in the face, "Bah, Uncle Qi, please stop talking, I already know it."
Those government officials don't care what the prisoners do to each other, as long as they don't go too far and don't delay the trip. Besides, how hard can it be to grab food from the hands of a weak scholar and a little girl!!
Qi Kang'an and his daughter no longer cared about this unworldly noble son. Qi Kang'an raised his head and looked at the Queen and said to his daughter: "The rain has stopped. This is not a place where we can stay for a long time. We should leave as soon as possible."
The drizzle had stopped just now when Magistrate Lin and his daughter were drinking porridge. However, the road ahead was downhill. Although the heavy rain just did not last for a long time, it lasted for about half an hour. The road conditions ahead required scouts to be sent first.
Go check it out.
Now the scout has left for a long time and has not returned, but precisely because he has not returned, it proves that at least a section of the road ahead is safe.
Prince Li also looked at the sky, "It's getting dark soon. It should be around four o'clock in the afternoon now. It's really inconvenient to station here. It sticks out so conspicuously and may become a target. Let's go further, even if it's late at night."
If we stop, the worst we can do is set off later tomorrow."
The people in the food transport team must not be tired. Not only must they eat and drink enough, they must also have sufficient rest time, so that they can maintain the physical strength to push the cart and have the energy to fight when danger comes.
Therefore, since ancient times, after hearing that the imperial court will provide disaster relief, various localities have organized self-rescue first, instead of waiting for the relief food to arrive, because the disaster relief food will be very slow on the way to the disaster-stricken area.
It's not that they can't rush, it's that they can't rush.
Once a place is hit by a disaster, there will be an increase in the number of bandits and other groups there, and there will only be more people eyeing the relief food. Once the soldiers delivering the relief food are low in energy, something will happen easily.
As a disaster relief envoy, Qi Baoer made a decisive decision: "Get ready to go."
"Yes." This is Prince Li.
"It's your order." This is her father.
When the team stopped, it was still a bit chaotic due to the sudden rain. When we started again, it was different. Although we were fire fighters, they were professionally trained and strictly disciplined. The person in charge of each vehicle was also marked and there would be no chaos.
, all the grain trucks were on the road in less than half an hour.
The exile team at the rear naturally followed suit.
Sitting on the bullock cart, Henglian Chatou glanced back from time to time. There were two bullock carts behind the bullock cart he was sitting on, and behind them were the prisoners.
The only difference this time was that the family behind the three ox carts, which was closest to the government officials, was the one who paid the most filial piety. This time, it was changed to Lin Chengyuan and his daughter.
both.
At this point, Chaotou is still a little worried.
This is the seventh time he has led a team to escort prisoners. He has plenty of experience. He has seen everything dirty and smelly on the road. Well, he himself is not very clean.
However, this was the first time he had seen someone as miserable as Lin Chengyuan and his daughter.
The prison information given to them by above was not very detailed.
For example, let's say that the Lin Zhifu clan member who committed the most serious crime this time, and his family have all been betrayed. The Lin family information given to him by the superiors only includes a few Lin clan members, and that's it.
Lin Chengyuan is among the many members of the Lin clan [because there is no evidence that he participated in the case of embezzling money and food for disaster relief, so he cannot be convicted].