The mission departed from Shengjing and arrived at Jinglong Mansion ten days later, which coincided with the Qingming Festival.
The sound of horse-drawn carriages was buzzing on the road, and the willow trees in the suburbs were blowing in the greenery. Falling flowers were flying, the grass was luxuriant, orioles were flying here and there, and pairs of butterflies were playing among the flowers.
A drizzle suddenly fell one after another, and people couldn't help but feel sad and lovesick.
The delegation had to hide in a tea pavilion on the roadside to rest, recalling the past, drinking tea instead of wine, and talking to comfort themselves.
In the humid air, there was suddenly a faint sound of old and sad sobs.
Xia Yunqing put down his wine glass and asked to the left and right: "Did any of you hear the crying?"
The guards on the left and right listened carefully and said, "Replying to your lord, there is indeed crying!"
Xia Yunqing frowned and said in a deep voice, "Go and see if something happened!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Toto shouted: "Master Xia, don't panic, let Toto go and have a look!"
After saying that, without waiting for Xia Yunqing to speak, he immediately put down his tea bowl and hurried into the rain.
Lu Ning and Hu Qi were afraid that he would cause trouble because of his reckless character, so they quickly followed him out with umbrellas.
The three of them had not gone far when they saw a vegetable farmer sitting in the rice field on the roadside, holding a vegetable seedling and wiping his tears. His expression looked a little dull.
Toto strode over and asked loudly: "Old man, why are you sitting here crying?"
Lao Cai ignored Toto, but kept holding Cai Miao, muttering to himself as if no one else was around: "Dead...all dead. It's a pity that I don't have any coins to save you. Don't blame me..."
Lu Ning and Totuo looked at each other, confused by what the vegetable farmer said.
Toto didn't think much. He took out a money bag from his arms and put it into the farmer's hand: "This is all my money, and now it's all for you! Don't cry!"
The old vegetable farmer looked at the heavy bag of money in his hand and was stunned for a moment.
Just as Lu Ning and Totuo were about to leave, the vegetable farmer suddenly knelt on the ground, closed his hands and bowed to heaven:
"Thank God! Now, my eggplant seedlings are finally saved."
Although Toto was reckless, he had always been kind and charitable. The money he gave to the vegetable farmer was out of kindness and he did not expect to be repaid. But when he saw the vegetable farmer thanking God, he suddenly became angry.
He jumped in front of the vegetable farmer, pointed at him and shouted: "Hey, old man! It's me who gave you the money, so thank God!"
Lu Ning hurriedly walked over, grabbed Toto and advised: "Brother, forget it, look at how crazy he looks, don't argue with him!"
At this moment, the two saw the old vegetable farmer take out a copper plate from the bag and bury one under each eggplant seedling.
When the two saw this behavior, they immediately looked at each other and became even more puzzled.
Lu Ning finally couldn't help it. She walked forward and asked softly: "Old man, why did you bury the copper coins under the eggplant seedlings?"
The old vegetable farmer suddenly turned his head and looked at her, and said meaningfully: "You few noble people don't know something! In our place, those who have money will live, and those who have no money will die! Even this eggplant seedling, if you don't give it money, it will die.
It doesn’t dare to live either!”
Hearing these profound words, the three people were stunned and didn't know why. They just felt that the person in front of them had something weird all over their body...
After only a moment, the pouring rain stopped. The delegation continued to walk to the government office of Jinglong Mansion.
When the group of people passed by the rice field again, the crying vegetable farmer was nowhere to be seen. There was only a bag of coins scattered on the roadside, and a few dead eggplant seedlings lying on it...
——Little fella——
The envoy and his entourage stopped again at a place more than ten miles away from the government office.
Because Xia Yunqing saw a boy in his teens squatting by the river and crying, looking very sad.
The group of people were about to continue on their way without taking it seriously, but they found that the young man was swimming in the water, walking step by step towards the center of the river.
"No, he seems to be committing suicide!" Toto roared, and everyone stopped hearing the sound.
Xia Yunqing frowned and said angrily: "Go and see, why do you meet so many crying people along the way?"
Just as the golden armored guard responded and was about to walk over, Toto forced himself to step forward and shouted: "Don't move, I'll go take a look!"
"What are you going to do?" Toto grabbed the little boy, and the force was so strong that the man fell over and fell into the river, his whole body soaked.
The man was not frightened by Toto's face. He stood up suddenly and yelled at Toto: "I jumped into my river. What does it matter to you? Who asked you to save me!"
Toto widened his eyes, put his hands on his waist and roared angrily: "How can you be so ungrateful! I saved you, and you still scold me like this!"
Mu Qianqian also ran over, pointed at the man and cursed: "That's right, we in the world always love to fight against injustice. When we pass by here, we can't watch you die in vain. Why are you still cursing!"
The little boy also knew that he was in the wrong, so he sat down on the ground, folded his arms and cried until he was out of breath.
Lu Ning and Hu Qi looked at each other helplessly, jumped off their horses, and walked over to find out.
When Mu Qianqian saw the little boy crying, she softened her tone and said, "Brother, if you encounter any difficulties, you might as well tell us! Maybe we can help you. You can't solve the problem even if you are seeking life and death like this!"
The boy glanced at her and snorted disdainfully: "I've told you about this, but you can't do anything about it! It's all in vain!"
Mu Qianqian pointed at Tuotuo and said proudly: "Don't underestimate us. If my brother's martial arts is second in the world, no one dares to say that he is the first in the world! As long as you tell who is bullying
If you die, he will definitely fight for you!"
The young man raised his head and looked at Toto, his face even more angry: "What's the use of being strong with fists and kicks? No matter how powerful a person is, they won't dare to attack him!"
Totuo was furious, pointed at him and was about to curse, but Lu Ning immediately stopped him.
She immediately realized that the person who might be forcing the young man was either rich or noble, and that he came here to seek death and survival because he was desperate.
She walked up to the young man, pointed at the envoy behind her, and said with a gentle smile: "Have you seen the team behind me? They are all high-ranking officials from the capital. If you have any grievances, just tell us, and we will definitely
I can help you!"
When the young man heard this, he quickly looked behind her. Seeing that everyone in the team was also dressed in luxurious clothes and had extraordinary talents, he immediately believed Lu Ning's words and quickly told his grievances:
He is a clerk in a local gold and silver shop. This morning, the prefect Wang ordered someone to go to the gold and silver shop to buy two ingots of gold.
The young boy did not dare to neglect and delivered it to the government office in person. According to the order of the shopkeeper, he only charged half of the fee of the prefect Wang.
But he never expected that Magistrate Wang accepted a gold ingot, returned one gold ingot to him, and said with a smile: This gold ingot is the cost of another gold ingot!
But in fact, the prefect Wang didn't spend a penny.
The boy naturally refused, so he had to bravely ask the prefect to recover the fee.
The prefect Wang was furious and immediately ordered people to drive him out.
As a result, not only did he not get his wages, but he also lost a gold ingot.
The shopkeeper will definitely not let him go and will repay it himself. But his family is poor and he cannot afford to repay the money even if he sells himself.
He didn't dare to go back, but he had nowhere to go. He couldn't think about it for a moment, so he ran to the river to get it over with. It was better than hurting his family.
After hearing this, Lu Ning sighed, took out a gold ingot from his arms and gave it to him, comforting him: "You can take this and go back to your life first! As for the prefect, there will be someone to deal with him! But, you can
Remember, your life is given by me starting from today, and you are not allowed to commit suicide in the future!"
The boy wiped his eyes, looked at the golden ingot in his hand, and asked in disbelief: "Is this...is this really for me?"
Toto's eyes widened and he roared: "What's going on? Do we look like people who go back on our word?"
The young man cried with joy and rushed
Wiping away her tears, she bent down and thanked her again and again: "No! No! That's not what I meant! Thank you two kindhearted people! Thank you!"
After saying that, he held the gold and left happily.
Several people looked at each other angrily. What they had seen and heard since entering the city made them gnash their teeth and rage against the greedy prefect Wang.
"I can't bear it anymore!" Toto waved his mace and roared loudly: "I must teach that dog official a lesson to see if he still dares to bully the people!"
"I support you!" Mu Qianqian also said indignantly: "This Wang Zhifu is indeed hateful. He has done so many evil things that cannot be tolerated by God. If we don't let him suffer, we would be very sorry for the people!"
Lu Ning was also very angry and wanted to have Wang Zhifu skinned and cramped.
But she looked at the envoys behind Hu Qihe, and could only endure her anger and persuaded: "I can understand your mood, but we are not knights in the world now. If we really attack that Wang Zhifu, we will let people
It’s very difficult for the Crown Prince and the First Assistant to do..."
Upon hearing this, Totuo and Mu Qianqian immediately looked at Hu Qi, as if waiting for him to make a decision.
Unexpectedly, Hu Qi was completely on the side of the two of them: "I also fully agree with what Toto and Qianqian did! Such a corrupt official deserves to die. I just need to teach him a lesson. He is a little too easy."
Toto and Mu Qianqian looked at each other in surprise, and immediately burst into excited laughter.
"Justice is indeed on our side! With the support of Prince Annan, that greedy prefect will be in trouble!".
Hu Qi pushed aside Lu Ning's hair, leaned close to her ear, and said softly: "I don't care how much trouble they will cause me, because they are your friends..."
Lu Ning's pink cheeks turned red, she raised her head slightly, looked at Hu Qi, who had red lips, white teeth, and delicate features, and smiled lightly, but said nothing.
Today, he looks a little different: he is bathed in warm sunshine, with a smile that Zangya can't hide on his face, and a pair of peach blossom eyes shining with hope.
What a handsome young man with peerless looks! He is the kind of beauty that is unique and pleasing to the eye, with no flaws in his whole body.
Every time he smiled, even the sunshine was a little drunk.