Chapter 18: I'm going to read tonight
Even if the three of them had knives, how could they fight against the wooden sticks of dozens of people around them.
"Misunderstanding, this is a misunderstanding..." the young man quickly explained.
The guard on the side had a look of fear on his face.
"You pointed the knife at us, what kind of misunderstanding could it be?" Guan Baoquan said with a cold face.
Yun Huachun looked at the young man from a distance.
Although the brocade clothes he wore were luxurious, they were not like those of ordinary merchants. Even the guards were dressed neatly.
The young man looked cowardly and polite, not like the person who made such an idea.
On the contrary, he has the aura of an evil master oppressing his slaves.
"Young master, don't you have something to say? Why did you let your guard draw a knife?" Yun Huachun came forward to smooth things over.
He Zeyu saw a thin man suddenly emerging from the crowd, his slender eyes shining with a light that was completely different from those around him.
Simple clothes could not hide his own brilliance, and everyone seemed to take him as the leader. He Zeyu immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
He Zeyu raised his hands and saluted, "Sir, Zeyu has no intention of offending you."
"My mother is seriously ill and is resting in the inn. Your husband's place is particularly lively. Zeyu wanted to come and persuade her, but he failed to discipline the guards at home and disturbed your husband."
"It's Zeyu's fault..."
"I'm just a vulgar villager in the mountains and fields. I can't bear the title of sir."
"Everyone is fleeing. It's not easy."
"Since I've disturbed you, just talk nicely. There's no need to take out your sword and threaten people," Yun Huachun said.
Looking at the guards around He Zeyu who looked unconcerned, he couldn't help but feel a little confused.
After a friendly exchange, Yun Huachun sent He Zeyu away.
"There are so many of us, and the slightest movement by one person makes us very noisy. We should keep our voices down, lest the nobles in this station come to trouble us. Escape is not easy..." Yun Huachun sighed.
The villagers nodded after hearing this and taught their noisy boy to keep his voice down.
They have been ordinary people all their lives and cannot compete head-on with the nobles.
The Hu people's spies were different; they were enemies who destroyed their homeland.
After He Zeyu returned to the inn, he just walked up the old wooden stairs.
Then he saw the girl and boy standing in front of him, as well as the maid and woman behind him.
"Brother, Xue'er said you were surrounded by those refugees!" the young man said with a mocking look on his face.
The girl simply laughed out loud.
"I will definitely tell my father and grandpa when I get back!" The young man dropped these words and left with disdain.
He Zeyu returned to the room at the end of the corridor with a calm expression.
After the door slammed shut, a person crawled out from under the bed.
"Aze, are the Hu family's children bullying you again?" said the tall, gray-faced young man who came out from under the bed.
The young sword star has an eyebrow, a tall and powerful figure, a look of anger on his face, and a look of pity for the person in front of him.
"It's okay, they're just some clowns." He Zeyu said with a faint smile. Different from the cowardice in front of others just now, he showed a gentle and gentle aura like a gentleman.
"Cousin, I found an interesting man among that group of refugees."
"This man fled from Yongxing Pass. Yongxing Pass is far away from here, and it would take several days to run with a good horse. But he took a whole village to cover such a long distance in such a short time."
He Zeyu led the young man to the window and gently opened the wooden window. Below was the tea shop.
Their eyes immediately caught the Yun Huachun family in the crowd.
"That person?" Su Huai pointed at Yun Huachun and asked.
"This person's surname is Yun, and there are two families named Yun in the court." He Zeyu commented in detail.
"But I see, no one in the Yun family can raise such a child. He should be a hermit in the mountains."
"The Yongxing Pass has been broken, and people in both the government and the public are in panic. It's much safer for you to go with them now than to follow me. You don't have to hide in such an embarrassing situation." He Zeyu smiled bitterly.
"It's just that the people in their village are too vigilant. I'm afraid it will be a bit difficult for you to join rashly."
"What's the use of going back to the north?" Su Huai shook his head and looked away.
"There is no one in the north who can avenge the Su family!"
"Now that the Hu people have broken through the border, the imperial court will definitely send troops to guard them, and the people will also recruit troops."
"Cousin, do you want to join the army?" He Zeyu grabbed Su Huai's shoulders, his face full of worry.
"The Cai Party has been dealt with, and there is no one in the army. My father said that I have extraordinary talents. He taught me the art of military marching since I was a child and took me to the military camp. Marching and fighting is nothing more than eating and drinking tea for me."
"But if someone recognizes it..."
"No one will recognize me. I am Jiang Yuan. Su Huai died when he was eight years old." Su Huai said with a serious look, and the corners of his mouth slightly curved to comfort the relatives in front of him.
He Zeyu sighed helplessly, "I can't protect my cousin, so I can only let you go."
"Ayu, you have done enough things for me, but it's me, the cousin, who can't do anything to help you, seeing you being bullied by the Hu family."
"Cousin, I don't pay attention to these back-house tricks."
The two brothers are inseparable.
Yuntao held the bowl and saw something wrong with her father's face.
Then she took the lunch and put it in front of her father.
"Dad, it's time to eat."
Today I had chestnut porridge and multigrain pancakes.
The cake is baked close to the edge of the pan, and one side is crispy.
A lot of green onions are added to the pancake, which are picked freshly on the roadside. The pancake is particularly fragrant.
"Thank you, girl, you can eat too." Yun Huachun said, the sad look on his face did not change.
"Dad, we are all like this, what are you worried about?" Yuntao asked.
"I'm worried about our identity."
"Scholar farmers, industry and commerce, although farmers are inferior to scholars, the life of industry and commerce is better than ours. It would be better if we can farm at home. But along the way, let alone the high officials we meet, even if they have some status, we are afraid
Kneel down."
"You can still hold a group outside the city, but what if you get inside the city?" Yun Huachun said sadly.
This is no longer their law-based society. The police on the street serve the people.
It would be fine if he just knelt down and worshiped an official, but what if he encountered a powerful person who robbed her? How could he protect his wife and daughter?
"Dad, aren't you a scholar?" Yuntao said optimistically.
"I'm not the one who took the exam. If someone does some research, I won't be able to do anything." Yun Huachun said in a low voice.
There are some complicated and obscure ancient texts in his memory, but when he was studying, he was a person who could hardly squeeze out an 800-word composition.
Not to mention this classical Chinese.
No matter how highly educated he was before, he is still illiterate here.
"What should we do?"
"You have to read! You also have to practice calligraphy!" Yun Huachun gritted his teeth.
For the sake of his wife and children, he has to read a book.
He must practice his handwriting, otherwise his handwriting will be revealed if he writes casually.
"Dad, don't we have books at home?" Yuntao said happily.
"There are also copybooks!"
The original owner had the book at home, and his father would take it out and read it from time to time every day.
"Then let's do it! I'm going to study tonight?" Yun Huachun said in high spirits.
I used to have two or three books at home. Books are expensive in this era, and one book costs several taels of silver.
The original owner tricked his wife and father-in-law into buying it, but he actually took a look at it.
Chapter completed!