At the beginning of April, many days of rainy weather ended, and willows and swallows returned, creating a lively scene. During the Qingming Festival, many people, in family units, went out of the city carrying a large number of sacrifices on their shoulders to visit their ancestors' graves. From time to time, you could still hear bursts of gusts.
The sound of firecrackers came from outside the city.
In fact, at the beginning of the new year, Shuntian Prefecture issued a number of new decrees, one of which stipulated that schools and government agencies would have holidays on every tenth day of every month, in addition to important holidays such as the Spring Festival, Shangyuan Festival, Qingming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and Double Ninth Festival.
, there are at least six days of vacation per month. And students also have one month of vacation in summer and winter. In short, they need to combine work and rest.
Today is the Qingming Festival, and the government is naturally on holiday. Tie Xuan's ancestors were Semu people, and their ancestral graves are not in Shuntian Prefecture, so there is no need to make a big deal. I happened to hear that Jing Zhongwei had rescued Liu Jing, and brought a few
A colleague also rushed to greet him immediately, but Liu Jing didn't treat him well, which made him very embarrassed.
Wan Lei must have expected this outcome. Ancient scholars and officials valued loyalty and honor more than their lives. The original attempt to kidnap him was to trap him in disloyalty and injustice. This was worse than killing him.
It's scary, so Wan Lei doesn't blame the other party for having resentment and misunderstanding.
Of course, to resolve this kind of resentment and misunderstanding, you cannot use force. If the other party's heart is not here, it is useless to force him to stay. You can only use soft moves. Tie Xuan saw Wan Lei looking absent-minded, but he became anxious and said:
"My dear nephew, we can't just let him go."
"Don't worry, I have already made arrangements, he can't leave." Wan Lei looked confident, because the five members of the Liu family had arrived in Beiping City a few days ago, and he had already made all arrangements.
Seeing that Wan Lei had already made a plan, Tie Xuan said no more and left as soon as he handed over his hands. After Tie Xuan led the people away, Wan Lei stood up and said to Jing Zhong Wei, who was responsible for carrying out the rescue mission: "How about it?
Did the trip go well? Are there any casualties among the brothers?"
"It went very smoothly. The commander is planning the strategy. We just acted according to the plan and there were no omissions at all." The leader of the Jingzhong Guard said seriously. However, it was full of flattery. As the commander, Zhao Xueer blushed for a while and said hurriedly: "
It’s Sister Zhang who is responsible for coming up with ideas, I’m just parroting what she says.”
Zhang Yan, who was standing aside, waved her hands repeatedly, pointed to the mask on her face, took out a small blackboard and started writing quickly. The mask on her face was given to her by Wan Lei and was made of many high-end chemical materials.
Soft plastics, especially raw materials such as camphor and rosin, were obtained by Wan Lei at a high cost.
It didn’t matter that the materials were precious, but the craftsmanship required was very high. Wan Lei worked on it for several days and failed countless times before he came up with a few rubber-like flesh-colored masks. Of course, he sent them to Zhang Yan as soon as possible. And she wore them.
Wearing this kind of mask not only hides the scars on the face, but if you don't look closely, you really can't tell it's a fake mask.
Zhang Yan handed over the small blackboard filled with words. Wan Lei took a look and saw that it was the arrangement of the entire rescue plan. He couldn't help but smile and said: "It's amazing, you can actually make a diving mask. Why didn't I think of that?"
Zhang Yan shrugged and said no more.
"Well, you are still attentive. I will be relieved to have you in charge of the Jing Zhong Guard in the future." Wan Lei nodded with satisfaction, then scanned the Jing Zhong Guards and said: "Very good, everyone is working hard, let's make a note of it first.
I will give you a reward at the end of the month. Work hard in the future and I won’t treat you badly.”
Wan Lei was commending the loyal guards. Liu Jing had been taken to a courtyard by several government officials. This courtyard was not too big and looked very shabby. However, Liu Jing had no time to care about this because he saw it right in front of him.
His wife came out of the kitchen, holding a plate of refreshments in her hand, as if she had regarded this place as her own home.
"Husband, is it really you? Are you really back?" Mrs. Liu was stunned when she saw her husband coming in. The plate in her hand almost fell to the ground.
"Why are you here? Where is mother? Where is sister-in-law? Where is Zhi'er?..." Liu Jing asked anxiously.
It doesn't matter if you don't ask, Mrs. Liu's tears fell down when she asked, and she cried: "Mother, mother and sister-in-law, she, they couldn't bear the humiliation, they hit the wall, they committed suicide by hitting the wall, whining..."
"Who did it? Who dares to insult my Liu family?"
"It's an official. Half a month ago, a group of official came to our house and said that our family was a traitor and wanted to ransack the house to arrest people. My mother and sister-in-law threatened each other with death, but they couldn't stop them. They gave dad and eldest brother's magic cards to them.
It’s ruined, my mother and sister-in-law are so angry, just, just..."
"Don't cry, don't cry first. Are you sure it was the officials who did it?" Liu Jing still couldn't believe this was true. After all, the Liu family had contributed to the Ming Dynasty. No matter how ruthless the emperor was, he shouldn't be so unfeeling to the Liu family.
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"Why can't we conclude that those official duties were brought by County Magistrate Gao? That man surnamed Gao is usually polite to our Liu family, but when he saw that our Liu family was in trouble, he came to add insult to injury and even sent some evil thieves to escort us to Beijing. If it weren't for the Gao people,
Help us, we are just afraid..." Mrs. Liu cried even harder.
At this time, a boy and two girls rushed out of the room and hugged Mrs. Liu and cried together. There was also a girl standing by the door, crying secretly.
"These things have passed. Sister, don't be sad anymore." A few young women walked out of the main room, but it was Fu Wei who spoke. She bowed to Liu Jing, and then said to Mrs. Liu: "Today you two
The whole family is reunited, so I won’t disturb my little sister. The school will start tomorrow, so remember to take Xiaozhi and Liuer Yanger to register together."
"Definitely, definitely." Mrs. Liu quickly wiped away the tears on her face and said, "Whenever Mr. Wan is free, we will pay him a visit and thank him for his rescue and shelter."
"Why don't you thank me? It's just a trivial matter. Lei Zhi doesn't like people saying thank you to him the most. You have lived a good life, which is the best way to thank you."
"Well, how can this be done?" Mrs. Liu was a little anxious.
"Stop talking, let's go first. Remember to take the children to register tomorrow." Fu Wei said, bowing to Liu Jing who was standing there at a loss, and left with a few "teachers".
Mrs. Liu hurriedly sent the visitor to the door and exchanged pleasantries for a while before returning.
Hearing the sound of the door closing, Liu Jing finally replied. He hurried to the door and looked outside. The officials who had brought him over had disappeared. He breathed out softly and said to his wife.
: "Go pack your things and let's leave here right away."
"Leave? Why leave? Isn't it nice here?" Mrs. Liu was a little confused and looked at her husband blankly.
"This is a place of right and wrong. It is not advisable to stay for a long time." Liu Jing lowered her voice, as if she was afraid that the walls had ears.
"A place of right and wrong? Mrs. Wan is very kind to us. Not only did she give us a house, she also allowed our Zhi'er to go to school without charging tuition. Why should we leave?"
"I have to go to school too, I won't leave." A girl of thirteen or fourteen also said.
"Oh, you are confused. Shuntian Mansion is a den of thieves. They will rebel in the future. If we stay here, we are no different from rebels." Liu Jing became even more anxious because he found that his wife, daughter and two
My grandnephews and grandnephews have all been bribed, and they have no intention of leaving.
"You are so confused. We can't leave. The court regards us as rebels. If we leave here, where can we go? The world is so big, where else can we stay?" Mrs. Liu said.
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"Why don't you understand? They are treating you well now because they want me to sacrifice my life for them." Liu Jing became even more anxious.
"Husband, as a wife, you shouldn't say too much. You are too mean-spirited. No one has ever asked us to sacrifice our lives for them. Why are we running in such a hurry? Besides, a drop of kindness should be repaid by a spring.
If someone saves our family’s life, isn’t it right for us to sacrifice our lives for them?”