Chapter 120 On the Road
Spring is over and summer comes, the sky is bright and sunny, and above the official road, the loess is dusty, and a cart comes from south to north.
"My grandma, are you tired? If there is Zhendian in front of us, we can rest."
Chen Tong had brown and green shoes, had not yet left her head, her hair was on her chin, and at first glance she looked like a handsome little boy. She rode on the horse and said through the car window.
Huang said softly: "I'm not tired when I'm sitting in the car. Are you hot?"
"It's okay." Chen Tong said.
The woman sitting opposite Huang said enviously: "Oh, look at how filial your young master is. He knows that he feels sorry for his mother at such a young age. It's not like my family, but I know that he's tired of me."
Aside the woman was an eight- or nine-year-old boy, who was pulling his neck to look at Chen Tong riding on the horse, looking envious.
"My mother, I want to ride a horse, too." He acted coquettishly, and the riding child looked younger than him.
"You are still riding a horse, you are not even walking stably, and you fall down every few days." The woman called out, and the little boy was embarrassed by his mother's words, so he buried his head in his mother's arms.
There was also a small head in Huang's arms. At this time, Xinwu blinked her big eyes and looked at Chen Tong outside the car curiously.
Along the way, Chen Tong changed into men's clothing. She was young and had short hair so short that she could not tell the male or female. After wearing men's clothing, she became a young master with fine skin and tender flesh.
This is a mule cart hired from a cart shop. Chen Tong and Xu An discussed it and felt that this would not attract attention.
The cars in the big car shop are all short-distance. They have to get off when they arrive in Qingping Town in front. They also rest in Qingping Town for one night and hire a car the next day.
If only Chen Tong and Xu An would be the one who would sleep in the open like when they came, and they would change their horses and leave when they arrived at the post station.
But now that there are Huang and Xinwu, they can’t get up even faster. Fortunately, the northerly they go, the further they are from Wild Boar Ridge. They are very cautious along the way, and occasionally they feel sneaky, either avoid them or solve them easily.
Huang looked at the little boy snuggling in his mother's arms, and then looked at Xinwu in her arms. She sighed slightly in her heart. Is Tongtong too premature?
"This lady, are you from Qingping Town?" This cart came to Qingping Town.
"Yes, I am from the authentic Qingping Town. Are you visiting relatives when you come to Qingping Town?" Although she was dressed simply, the woman looked at Huang and guessed that she should be the wife of a wealthy family. She was carrying a guard when she went out, but for some reason she didn't hire a car alone.
"No, we passed by, stayed for one night and had to change the car." Huang said.
As for where the destination was, Chen Tong didn't say it, and Huang didn't ask. Their carriages and horses all the way north. Huang was originally from the northern family. She didn't get uncomfortable when she went to the south after the Shen family had an accident. Instead, Xinwu was not very energetic, as if she was not adapted to the local environment.
After walking for another cup of tea, Huang asked the woman: "Sister, how far is it from Qingping Town now?"
The woman leaned her head and looked out of the car, and said with a smile: "I'm at Xiaoshiqiao, and it's time to walk for another two hours. I can still catch up with the meal home."
After living in a relative's house for seven or eight days, she and her son are both homeless.
But as soon as she finished speaking, she exclaimed and said:
"Why are there so many people on the way... Isn't that Xiao Shunzi's parents? And Xiao Shunzi."
When the little boy who was dozing off immediately became energetic when he heard Ah Niang mention her friend's name, she squeezed her head out of the window and shouted loudly at the group of people walking not far away: "Xiao Shunzi, Xiao Shunzi!"
At this time, Chen Tong outside the car also saw many people walking here. These people supported the elderly and the young, some pushed carts, some carried loads, and groups of three or five, like moving and fleeing.
Judging from their direction, they should be from Qingping Town.
Chen Tong and Xu An Luyou visited Qingping Town when they came. Qingping Town is a big town. The prefecture and county yamen are both in Qingping Town, and it is a must-pass place to travel from south to north. Therefore, it is more prosperous and prosperous than nearby counties and towns.
Hearing the shouts of the children in the car, Chen Tong asked the coachman to stop.
The child's mother also asked a woman: "Mom Shunzi, where are you going?"
Shunzi's mother suddenly saw an acquaintance and waved her hand and said, "Sister-in-law Wu, are you coming back to visit relatives? Let's go quickly, don't go back. There is something wrong in the town. Your elder brother probably came out to find you now."
The Wu family's sister-in-law was startled and asked quickly: "What's the mess?"
Shunzi's mother said, "I rebelled and occupied all the yamen. The officials and men were tied up and knelt outside the yamen, which was scary."
rebel?
The Wu family's sister-in-law was stunned, and Chen Tong and Xu An Luyou were also stunned.
Qingping Town has always been peaceful in the Central Plains of Daqi. If someone rebelled here a few years ago, he would have thought it was related to King Yu. However, King Yu had been dead for many years, and his children were demoted to common people, and he had no power to rebel.
Xu An asked first: "Sister-in-law, we are also going to Qingping Town. What's going on with this rebellion?"
When Shunzi's mother saw that it was a man riding a tall horse, she was a little panicked. When Shunzi's father saw it, she said on her behalf: "Brother, don't go. There is a Bao family in Qingping Town, which is not a high-ranking family. However, among the relatives of the Bao family, there is a high-ranking official in the capital, named Bao Jing. Bao Jing returned to Qingping Town to worship his ancestors in his early years, and everyone in our town knew him. But a few days ago, the old man of the Bao family was called to scold him by the county magistrate. We then realized that Bao Jing petitioned for the people, advised the court to die, and asked the Empress Dowager to let the Emperor take charge of the rule. For this, the Empress Dowager angered the Empress Dowager. Bao Jing was also whipped the body when he died. His family was arrested by Feiyuwei, saying that the whole family was to be executed. The Bao family and him in Qingping Town had already given out five squads, so they would not be implicated, so they would be given a warning."
When Shunzi's father said this, he saw that all the people who came with them had left. He was a little panicked and was about to leave too. Sister-in-law of the Wu family got out of the car and said, "Uncle, tell me quickly, I'm going to be anxious."
Shunzi's father then continued, "The Bao family is not a troublemaker. They closed their doors when they returned. However, when the scholars in the town heard the news, they were all anxious. I don't know where they contacted so many people. Five days ago, more than a thousand people took blood letters to the yamen, saying that they were going to send blood letters to the capital, to argue for the injustice for Bao Jing, and to ask the emperor to take charge of the rule."
"To be honest, we ordinary people also hope that the emperor can take charge of the rule. Who doesn't know that the emperor will live a better life after taking charge of the rule? So, some people give money, food, and some people pull out mules and horses from their homes to send them to Beijing. But the officials were afraid, so they first asked someone to drive them away. If they didn't leave, they invited the military officers from the garrison. They originally wanted to scare them, but they didn't expect that those soldiers were like wolves and tigers, and they really killed people."
Chapter completed!