Although robbery was inappropriate, Wu San protected the refugees with his own efforts, which can be called "high justice".
Cui Weizhen looked solemn: "Mingzhou has allocated funds for disaster relief and resettlement of refugees. Haven't you ever thought about returning home?"
At this time, not only Wu San, but also other bandits had angry expressions on their faces. Some people said angrily, "Everyone who can return to their hometowns has returned to their hometowns. It's just that our homes have been destroyed by floods. Without relief money, we can't build houses."
, and there is no food to eat. If you go back, you will have to wait for death. Who doesn’t want to live? Even if you fall into the trap, it is better than death."
"Yes, those corrupt officials only care about enriching their own pockets, but they don't care about the life and death of our people."
"Instead of going back to chewing on the roots of grass and trees, it is better to turn the grass into a bandit and do a life-saving business. At least it can support the whole family."
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Everyone was talking a lot, their expressions were indignant, their words were full of resentment, and they even made unreasonable remarks about the prince, which showed that they were extremely dissatisfied.
The section of the Mingzhou River burst its banks, and the area close to Mingzhou Prefecture was fine. Cui Weizhen kept a close eye on it. Those county magistrates did not dare to do anything, but there were also county magistrates like Lin Mi who made a lot of money from refugees and filled their own pockets.
Resulting in the displacement of countless refugees.
Cui Weizhen specifically asked about the place of birth of this group of bandits and found that most of them were from Shixian County. As for the refugees in other counties, Cui Weizhen also secretly kept it in mind and waited until he took office to liquidate them.
The mountain road is difficult to walk, and it is very difficult for a carriage to go up the mountain. The bones of Ye Zhenzhen, Aunt Cui and others were shaken to pieces. Cui Weizhen walked over and asked: "Mom, Zhen'er, do you want to come down? I'll have someone make a stretcher to carry you.
Go up."
"No, we can bear it."
Aunt Cui refused immediately. Although she felt very uncomfortable, she still endured the discomfort and said: "You are all injured, so there is no need to take care of us anymore."
Ye Zhenzhen also nodded, and while comforting her uncomfortable daughter, she said to the outside world: "We are fine, don't worry."
Cui Weizhen was silent for a while, but in the end he still didn't insist, because it wasn't necessarily comfortable for a sedan in this kind of terrain.
After several rounds, Uncle Jingning and others were finally brought to the village.
It is said to be a cottage, but in fact it is just a few simply built wooden houses, surrounded by high fences. A group of women and children gathered in the open space inside, looking at the visitors curiously, with expressions on their faces that were both wary and fearful.
Only when he saw the bandits led by Wu San did he feel relieved.
"Master, who are you?"
The strong men who stayed behind in the village came over to inquire about the situation. When they learned that the visitor was Uncle Jing Ning, they all put aside their vigilance and welcomed him warmly.
Ye Zhenzhen and Aunt Cui also got off the carriage. They didn't know the details before on the carriage. They only knew that there was a fight outside and the guards were seriously injured. When they saw the guards lying on the stretchers, they couldn't help but blush.
Blinded.
"Uncle Li, what's wrong with you? Are you injured? Dad, is Uncle Li going to die?"
Cui Zhiduan and Cui Zhiming were also frightened. They ran towards the stretcher as soon as they got off the carriage. When they saw the familiar guard uncles lying on the stretcher, they were so frightened that they burst into tears. When they saw the blood on Cui Weizhen's body, their eyes were filled with tears.
Hair straightened.
"Uncle Li is just injured, it's okay." Cui Weizhen patted their heads reassuringly: "I'm not injured, my body is covered with blood spattered by the enemy."
Cui Zhiduan and Cui Zhiming were slightly comforted, but their eyes were still frightened. They were frightened.
Aunt Cui was so distressed that she said to the maid beside her: "Let Yu Zhi prescribe a dose of calming soup. These two children were frightened today. They need to drink the medicine to calm down and rest."
Yuxiu immediately went down to make arrangements.
Wu San called a few women and asked them to take everyone from the Cui Mansion to settle down. Aunt Cui was placed in the best room, and Ye Zhenzhen and the children lived in the same courtyard as her.
The two children, Cui Zhiduan and Cui Zhiming, were frightened today and fell asleep deeply after drinking the soothing soup. Ye Zhenzhen watched them fall asleep before going to Aunt Cui's room to check on the situation.
Aunt Cui was also very tired today, but she still leaned on the bed without resting. When she saw Ye Zhenzhen coming in, she quickly asked: "How is it? Are the children asleep?"
"I'm tired of crying. I just went to bed."
Ye Zhenzhen brought the remaining bowl of soothing soup to Aunt Cui: "Mom, you can have a bowl too."
Aunt Cui is getting older and she really can't stand being frightened. Although she looks very calm today, only Ye Zhenzhen knows that her hands are shaking all the time. She is afraid of any accidents and the whole family has told her.
Aunt Cui did feel a little bad, so she drank the Ansheng soup very obediently, still thinking about her son: "Where is Wei Zhen? Are you still busy?"
The injured guards needed to be resettled. Although Zhou Wu made arrangements, Cui Weizhen was still worried and went with the doctors of the Yu family to see the situation.
"He is also tired today and needs to take a good rest." Aunt Cui said disapprovingly.
Ye Zhenzhen helped her lie down and coaxed her: "I understand, mother, please rest first, I will go find Wei Zhen and come back."
Already exhausted from running around all day, coupled with the worry and fear, Aunt Cui couldn't bear it for a long time. Now, coupled with the soothing effect of Ansheng Decoction, she fell asleep quickly.
When Aunt Cui fell asleep, Ye Zhenzhen said to the serving maids: "You are also tired today. Just leave one person to watch over you. The others can go down and have a rest."
The maids all thanked me, arranged their shifts, and went down.
Ye Zhenzhen went to see her daughter again. Xinning had already fallen asleep after drinking milk. She felt relieved and got up to look for Cui Weizhen. As soon as she walked out of the room, she saw Cui Weizhen coming back.
"Is everyone settled? How is the situation?"
Cui Weizhen looked solemn: "One person died, five people were seriously injured, and the others all had minor injuries."
Ye Zhenzhen's heart also sank.
People's hearts are made of flesh. This group of guards has been following Jingning's residence for many years. Ye Zhenzhen has long regarded them as family, but now someone has lost his life while protecting their whole family. It would be a lie to say that he is not sad.
We were still having breakfast together in the morning, but within half a day, the yin and yang were separated.
Ye Zhenzhen's eyes were red and she asked in a choked voice: "Who is it?"
Cui Weizhen was silent for a while and then said: "Zhang Ming."
It turned out to be Zhang Ming.
Zhang Ming's parents have passed away, but he still has his wife and daughter at home. His wife and daughter did not go with them this time, but went to Mingzhou Mansion to settle down in advance, waiting for them to return to Mingzhou to reunite.
but……
This time, they will never see the backbone of their family.
Ye Zhenzhen was extremely sad and didn't know how to tell her mother and daughter the unfortunate news.