Chapter 232: rescue

Chapter 232 Rescue

“Wait a minute, the military master in front, wait a minute!” The nurse from the Jiang family shouted to a team in front while driving a carriage.

That team is composed of soldiers wearing military uniforms, carrying quivers on their backs, carrying long bows, and hanging swords. They are escorting a group of strong men and are walking forward.

There were a large number of strong men being escorted, more than two hundred of them. They were all wearing tattered linen clothes, barefoot, and their hands were tied with a long rope to prevent them from escaping.

When the commander-in-chief who led the troops heard this, he turned around quickly and saw several carriages rushing over. He immediately shouted to the soldiers, drew his sword and pointed at the carriages, shouting: "Who are they? Stop for me, this is the Fucheng garrison. If you **** a strong man and dare to cause trouble for me, I will kill you!"

"Hush~" The Jiang family's nurse hurriedly stopped the carriage for fear of offending these soldiers and did not dare to go forward.

Jiang Jiao jumped down from the carriage and shouted at the general flag: "Brother Ma, it's me, the second son of the Jiang family in Tianfu County."

While on the carriage, Mr. Qi had already told them that the person escorting these strong men was Mr. Ma Qi. Coincidentally, Jiang Jiao happened to know this Mr. Ma.

"Jiang Er?" Ma Zongqi squinted his eyes, looked at Jiang Jiao for a while, and finally recognized him: "Haha, it's you, why are you here? Are you going to work outside He'an Mansion? "

"No, I'm here to find someone this time." Jiang Jiao hurriedly called to Gu Dashan and others, asking them to come down quickly, and the group walked towards Mr. Ma Banner.

When he was still three feet away from Mr. Ma Qi, Jiang Jiao asked Mr. Qi, Qin Sanlang, and Wang Yongfu to stay. He took Gu Dashan to Mr. Ma Qi and said, "Brother Ma, This is Brother Gu. Among the people you escorted, two of them are his sister-in-law and nephew. They fled from Daliang Prefecture in the northwest to He'an Prefecture with the master's family, but were sold by the master's family. Brother Gu knows this. After the incident, I immediately chased him."

Ma Zongqi looked at Gu Dashan: "Who are you? Where do you live? What is your name? Do you have household registration to prove it?"

Although Ma Zongqi knew Jiang Jiao, it was his first time meeting Gu Dashan. He did not trust a stranger just after meeting him. He had to ask questions clearly.

"Yes, yes, yes." Gu Dashan quickly took out his household registration and handed it to Mr. Ma Qi with both hands.

General Ma Qi felt relieved when he saw that he looked honest and his hands were trembling with fear when handing out household registration. After taking the household registration, he opened it and looked at it. He saw that the household registration was stamped with the official seal of the Tianfu County government. Knowing that the household registration was genuine, he returned the household registration to Gu Dashan and asked, "What are your sister-in-law and nephew's names?" "

Gu Dashan said: "My sister-in-law is called Li Duofu, and my nephew is called Li Daxi. They are servants of the Li family in Daliang Prefecture. After escorting the master's family to He'an Prefecture, they were sold by the master's family."

"Li Duofu and Li Daxi? These names sound familiar." Ma Zongqi asked a soldier beside him: "Who are these two people?"

The soldier replied: "The flag is from the father and son who gave it to us for free, and the two who didn't pay for it."

 The work in the mines is tiring. A good person working in the mines will be exhausted in a few months and will be exhausted in half a year.

Therefore, in order to punish the servants at home, some wealthy households deliberately gave away money to the servants who made mistakes and asked them to take them to work in the mines, and they could also get the money from these people's prostitution in the government office. It’s a cost-effective business.

“It turned out to be the two of them.” Ma Zongqi remembered it and said to Gu Dashan, “Did you catch up to redeem them?”

Gu Dashan nodded: "That's right, Master. Please do it for your convenience and sell them to me. My sister is still waiting for them at home, but we can't let them go to the northwest."

The northwest is still in chaos. If Li Duofu and his son go to the northwest, they will die.

Jiang Jiao also interceded beside him: "Brother Ma, help me. The father and son were harmed by the master's family. The family escorted the master's family from Daliang Mansion to He'an Mansion. Unexpectedly, the master's family was not a good person." Things are sold to people as soon as they become stable.”

"Brother Gu has been separated from his sister's family for more than twenty years. He just found his sister a few days ago. Hearing about his sister-in-law and nephew, he hurriedly chased her. Brother Ma is a kind man. Raise your hand and give their names to OK, let's take the people away." Jiang Jiao looked at Mr. Qi who was not far behind him, and shouted to him: "Mr. Qi, come over and express your gratitude."

The incident happened because of the Li family. Mr. Qi is a relative of the Li family. He should have paid for it. Otherwise, why would he be brought here?

Mr. Qi understood what Jiang Jiao meant, and immediately came over and bowed to Mr. Ma Qi: "I am the second master of the Qi family in Fucheng. As a precaution, I bought wine for Mr. Ma Qi."

Mr. Qi took out a banknote and handed it to Mr. Ma Qi.

General Ma Qi saw the word "one hundred taels" on the banknote and took it with a smile: "It turns out to be Mr. Qi. Thank you for meeting me."

He then said to the soldiers around him: "Put this guy away and don't hit Mr. Qi."

When the soldiers heard this, they sheathed their swords.

Jiang Jiao saw that they had put away their swords and knew that this matter could be discussed, so he laughed and asked Ma Zongqi: "Brother Ma, where are Li Duofu and his son? My brother is anxious to see them."

 “Shaozi, bring Li Duofu and his son over.”

"Hey." A soldier immediately ran to the group of strong men, and after a while, he brought a father and son over.

They are Li Duofu and Li Daxi. The two of them were barefoot and wearing tattered linen clothes. They were both skinny and skinny, with wounds on their faces and heads.

When Gu Dashan saw the two of them, especially Li Daxi, he immediately concluded that these were Li Duofu and his son, because Li Daxi did not look like Li Duofu, but more like his uncle.

But…

Li Daxi’s right hand was tied with a wooden board, and the burlap wrapping his arm was stained with black and red blood.

Gu Dashan rushed over and asked with a choked voice: "Daxi, what's wrong with your hand?"

Shaozi said: "They were beaten by the master's family. The servants of the Li family who sent the father and son here said that their family was thieves and stole the master's things. After being discovered by the master's family, they dared to beat the fourth master of the master's family. , and then his hand was broken."

He added: "Don't worry, this hand has been looked at by the orthopedic doctor when we were in the Yamen. He has given some medicine and it should be cured."

They looked at Li Daxi's hand injury not because they were kind-hearted, but because they wanted his hand to get better. Otherwise, the adults at the mine would scold him if he brought such a **** to the iron mine.

When Gu Dashan heard this, he was so distressed that he wanted to cry. He said to Li Daxi, "Don't worry, Daxi. When you get back, your uncle will hire a good doctor for you and he will definitely cure your hand."

Li Daxi is young, only sixteen years old, but after several catastrophes, he is now very calm. When he saw Gu Dashan, he was not carried away by joy, but asked him: "What is your name? Where do you come from? You said He's my uncle, what was my mother's previous name? Is Pan her mother?"

 (End of this chapter)