In the afternoon, Lin Jue went to the farewell banquet for the officials of Yingtian Mansion. When he returned to his residence, Bai Bing had finished packing. A total of seven large trucks were slowly packed and covered with raincloths and lined up in front of the door. Lin Jue called Wei
Dakui explained some things. After Lin Jue left, Wei Dakui also wanted to take people to Huainan Road to borrow food. Lin Jue naturally had to explain something to him.
After all the hectic arrangements, Lin Jue ordered the horses to be mounted and set off. A group of more than a hundred carriages and horses slowly left the alley and entered the street, heading straight towards the west city. There were few pedestrians on the street, and the autumn wind carried yellow leaves flying in all directions.
. The people on the streets were walking in a hurry with their necks drawn up and their sleeves folded. Almost all of them looked sallow and thin. There was a serious shortage of supplies in the city and the livelihood of the people had been threatened. This made Lin Jue understand even more that this time
It was important for him to return to Beijing to urge relief supplies. If he did not rush to provide relief, many people would die in the city when the first snow fell in winter. That was a dereliction of duty on his part as a comfort envoy, and it was something Lin Jue absolutely did not want to see.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way, are you looking for death?" The cavalrymen leading the way shouted loudly.
Lin Jue and Bai Bing were riding in the middle of the team. When they heard the noise, they rode forward a few steps and happened to see a cavalryman waving a whip and threatening to beat someone. Looking in front of the horse's head, he saw only one cavalryman.
A thin man wearing a bamboo hat and covered with dirt was blocking the horse's head and holding on to its reins.
"You are so brave, you dare to block our way? Do you know who we are? We must be the remnants of a cult. Come on, arrest us and send us to the Yamen." The cavalrymen yelled and cursed loudly.
The commoner staggered and asked in a hoarse voice: "Master Jun... Master Jun... I just want to ask something. I... I want to know... is there... Mr. Lin Juelin, is he in Yingtian Mansion?"
?I want to see him."
"Mr. Lin? Are you allowed to see Mr. Lin whenever you want? Get out of the way, otherwise I won't blame you for whipping you." The cavalryman shouted loudly.
Lin Jue heard what he heard very clearly, so he rushed forward and asked in a deep voice: "What's going on?"
When the cavalryman saw Lin Jue coming, he hurriedly raised his hands and said: "Sir, these people suddenly rushed to stop our horse's head and grabbed the reins of my horse. His behavior was very suspicious. He was so humble that he was arrested and sent to Yingtianfu Yamen.
, please Huang Tong sentence them to be severely interrogated and dealt with..."
"Senior brother! Is that you?"
Lin Jue was listening to the cavalryman's words. Suddenly, he heard a sound that made Lin Jue tremble. This sentence was very familiar to his senior brother, but it was the cry of the man wearing a bamboo hat in front of the horse's head. His voice was hoarse.
It was so loud that it made Lin Jue feel a little confused.
"Brother, is it really you? I've found you, woo woo hoo. Senior brother, I've found you." The skinny commoner in front of the horse's head cried in a hoarse voice.
"Are you..." Lin Jue asked with a frown.
"Senior brother...it's me, it's me." The common man lifted up his bamboo hat and his long, messy hair fell down. The man straightened it up again and again, and pulled back his messy hair to reveal a dirty face full of tears.
Lin Jue's haggard face. Seeing only those eyes, Lin Jue suddenly screamed in surprise as if he had been struck by lightning. That commoner turned out to be junior sister Fang Huanqiu.
"Huanqiu? Why are you? Why are you here? Why do you look like this? What happened? What's wrong with you?"
Lin Jue was surprised and delighted as he asked questions. He had already jumped off his horse and rushed to Fang Huanqiu.
Fang Huanqiu was also extremely surprised. He opened his mouth and didn't know what to say. Suddenly, his mind became dizzy and his body went limp. He fell into Lin Jue's arms and passed out.
Lin Jue immediately ordered the motorcade to turn around and rush back to his residence to wait. He carried Fang Huanqiu and took Bai Bing back to his residence at high speed. Bai Bing quickly made a diagnosis and concluded that he was just weak and hungry and thirsty. To put it bluntly, it was hypoglycemia plus lack of food.
Water is held up by spiritual power. After seeing Lin Jue, his spirit relaxed and he could no longer hold on.
Everyone hurriedly boiled some soup and poured it in. Bai Bing brought hot water for Fang Huanqiu to scrub and change clothes. After struggling for a while, Fang Huanqiu woke up faintly. The first time he saw Lin Jue, he burst into tears and threw himself into Lin Jue's arms.
She sobbed and cried uncontrollably. Lin Jue held her in his arms and comforted her softly and asked. Bai Bing quietly left the room to let the two of them talk about themselves. All the women in the Lin family knew the relationship between this girl from the Fang family and Lin Jue. This was
Lin Jue was the first wife he recognized. Although there were some twists and misunderstandings that led to passing by each other, otherwise the housewife of the Lin family would be this Fang Huanqiu. A few years ago, even the little princess was afraid that she would not be able to compete with this Fang Huanqiu in Lin Jue's eyes.
position in mind.
"Junior sister, why did you come to Yingtian Mansion? How did you end up like this? What happened? Tell me quickly. Don't cry, I'm going to die of anxiety." Lin Jue wiped Fang Huanqiu and kept gushing.
Tears bursting from her eyes, she held her soft little body in her arms, comforted and asked.
Fang Huanqiu slowly stopped crying. She was not sad, but more aggrieved and happy. You must know that she had a hard journey to Yingtian Mansion and suffered a lot. When she met Ai Lang,
Naturally, I want to act coquettishly, cry, and vent my feelings.
So while sobbing, Fang Huanqiu began to describe the reasons why she appeared here.
It turned out that after the long showdown between Fang Dunru and Fang Huanqiu that night, Fang Dunru and his wife made the decision to let Fang Huanqiu leave the capital to escape the storm, while Mrs. Fang stayed in the capital to accompany her husband to tide over the difficulties. Fang Huanqiu also
She agreed, but she had already made up her mind to come find Lin Jue.
It was not because she was so lovesick that she couldn't bear to see Lin Jue. She felt that it would be difficult to get over the difficulties her father was facing now. Her father's words and deeds had made her feel this strongly. In Fang Huanqiu's view, this
At this moment, the only person in the world who can help her father is Lin Jue. Her father refuses to bow to Lin Jue, but she cannot sit idly by, so she will use this opportunity to come to see Lin Jue and beg him to help her father. Beg him.
Help her father get through this difficulty. Apart from this, she has no other way to help her father.
She had actually made her decision that night, so she got vaccinated in advance and told her parents that there was no need to send someone to escort her. She just didn't want her father to know that she came to beg Lin Jue. With his father's temper, he would definitely not
Agreed.
The next morning, Fang Huanqiu boarded the ship and left. After leaving the capital, he disembarked at the Liujiadu Pier. Fang Huanqiu knew that Lin Jue was with the army in the area of Beijing North and Beijing East and West Road to suppress the rebellion. He had recently been awarded the imperial envoy to pacify the state after the rebellion.
County. But she didn’t know the specific location of Lin Jue. According to the last news she learned, she knew that Lin Jue was the one who annihilated the religious bandits and quelled the rebellion during the great victory in Xingren Mansion, so she decided to go to Xingren Mansion to find Lin Jue.
Sleep.
Fang Huanqiu has never traveled far alone in her life. Although the Fang family is not a wealthy family, it can be regarded as a scholarly family. Although Fang Huanqiu is not a rich lady, she is a small family who has been cared for since she was a child. Traveling alone this time is really difficult.
It was beyond Fang Huanqiu's ability.
Especially after the great chaos in the counties in northern Beijing, people's hearts were floating, and the remnants of religious bandits were causing trouble one after another. The messy social security situation made her journey even more difficult. She took five hundred taels of silver with her, which was supposed to be
The cost of living in Hangzhou was enough as a financial investment. But she didn’t know the sinister nature of people’s hearts, nor did she understand the principle of keeping wealth secret. She hired a big car from a small market town to go north, crossed the river and entered Fengqiu.
On her first day in the county, she ate in a restaurant and exposed the silver ingots in the package. Then, she became the target of some people.
That night, someone sneaked into the inn where she lived and robbed all her money. Fortunately, Fang Huanqiu was not in the inn at the time. The innkeeper accompanied her to a car dealership in the city to hire a car to Xingren Mansion, thus escaping the murder.
Otherwise, we don’t know what will happen. We may lose our wealth or even our lives.
After returning to the inn, Fang Huanqiu was dumbfounded when faced with the looted package. She had never thought that the world was so dangerous. This time she learned a lesson. But the lesson was too big. Everything
How should she continue her journey after her money was robbed? She wanted to report it to the government, but the innkeeper told her not to waste her energy. Things like this happen every day in the city, including murders, and the government can't control it at all.
.Thank God for being safe and sound.
The shopkeeper felt sorry for her and wanted to waive her rent. Fortunately, Fang Huanqiu was still wearing some jewelry. He pawned the gold hairpin on his head in the city and got more than ten taels of silver. After paying the rent, he still had ten taels left.
Two more. Fang Huanqiu was determined to continue her trip. Although she didn't have enough money to hire a car, she still had to walk to find Lin Jue. She couldn't give up.
The innkeeper kindly gave her some advice. First, she could no longer show herself in women's clothing. It was extremely dangerous for a single woman to walk on the road. Even if she had no money, she would encounter a strong man and regret her life. Second, this
You must not trust anyone on the road, not even a single person. You must take the main road when walking, even if it is a detour, you must not take the small road. Bandits are now rampant in the five counties in northern Beijing, and there are countless people who have become bandits in order to make a living, so you must not walk alone.
Every day after Chen time, you can't walk until it's bright, and as soon as it gets dark, you have to go to the store. The shopkeeper also told her that she should only speak three words to people when meeting people, and she should not tell the truth, but should keep an open mind and so on.
In short, the words of the old shopkeeper were of great help to Fang Huanqiu on his first journey through the rivers and lakes. Fang Huanqiu bought men's clothes, wore a bamboo hat, and hid all his silver in a few corners of his clothes. He used plaster to darken his fair face and palms.
, and finally bought a dagger to hide in her waist for self-defense. After that, she began her long and hard journey.
It took her two days to walk from Fengqiu to Changheng County. It took her four days to get from Changheng to Xingren Mansion. There were many blisters on her delicate feet, which caused excruciating pain. But she limped on.
Went to Xingren Mansion.
I thought I would see Lin Jue when I arrived at Xingren Mansion, but after asking around, I found out that Mr. Lin had already left Xingren Mansion and went to the various prefectures on Jingxi East Road to appease the people. Fang Huanqiu was about to cry but had no tears, so she could only
Continue to follow Lin Jue's footsteps. When we get to Chengwu County, others say that Master Lin and his party went to Shan County. When they go to Shan County, others say that Master Lin and his party went to Feng County. Halfway to Feng County,
I also heard that Master Lin had gone to Xiayi, so I hurriedly walked south. Then I learned halfway that Master Lin had gone to Yingtian Mansion.
For fifteen or sixteen days, Fang Huanqiu relied on a stubbornness and determination to spur himself on with the belief in saving his father, motivated himself with the joy of meeting Ai Lang, and followed Lin Jue's footsteps with a will beyond ordinary people.
As we moved forward, the blisters on our feet broke and popped up, and finally calluses appeared. I ran out of little money, so I only relied on two cooking cakes to satisfy my hunger. When I was thirsty, I drank water from the pond on the roadside, and took a step forward.
