urge Zhao to marry

Chapter 326 Chaos
Yu Wanniang, who was taken aback by the side, also hurriedly said: "Jiashu, you can't go out, who knows if there is someone hiding in the dark, be careful of stabbing people in the back."

On the other hand, Meng Yu glanced at his granddaughter, hesitated and said: "The world is in chaos now, Jiashu knows martial arts, if she is willing to be careful, it's okay to go out and have a look."

Now no one can predict what the world will be like in the future.

Qin Jiashu saw that he was well-informed, and cleverly added: "It's been a hundred days since I was injured, Dad should try not to do it now, my brother's martial arts is not as good as mine? I can protect them when I go out. "

There is trouble outside, even if Qin Mu can't use his internal strength now, as long as he takes his son to stand outside, the people below will feel that the master and the little master are advancing and retreating with them, and their spirit will be different.

Lest the masters see it and think that they are not working hard?
Everyone wants to make a good impression in front of the master, right?
So when Qin Jiashu went out, he found that it was almost over.

Or they are more powerful here.

Those who wanted to make a fortune also sensed that something was wrong, shouted loudly, greeted their partners and ran away.

But they ran, leaving behind several badly injured partners.

Qin Mu asked Ling Xiao to take people to interrogate them separately, and asked Qi Xiao to diagnose the pulse of the injured subordinate and prescribe a prescription, and then asked Zi Xiao to see everyone's situation.

Soon, Zixiao came back and replied: "Master, none of our people were seriously injured, but twelve people were slightly injured."

"It's thanks to the fact that we still have a lot of medicinal materials." Qin Jiashu smelled the smell of traditional Chinese medicine outside, and after hearing Zixiao's reply, he was also relieved: "It's good that people are fine."

Qin Mu also nodded: "Let them take a good rest after drinking the medicine, and arrange them to work in two days."

Zi Xiao responded, and before he backed down, Ling Xiao came in a hurry, and couldn't hide his anger: "Master, those people are all garrisons outside Yulin, and they accidentally saw that we have food along the way, and there are bodyguards." The nobles who escorted came to rob."

"What?" Even Qin Mu was shocked at this moment: "The duty of the garrison is to protect the people, how dare they act like robbers?"

Immediately, his face turned serious: "It's not far from the capital and it's already in such a mess, we have to be more careful on the road in the future."

"Yes," Zi Xiao replied: "Are those people going to be dealt with? Qi Xiao said that several of those people were seriously injured, and they may not be able to save their lives."

A serious injury means that a lot of precious medicinal materials are needed, Qin Mu is not so kind.

He sneered: "Don't worry about them, we'll leave early tomorrow morning."

Zi Xiao responded: "Yes, I will arrange a vigil first."

Qin Mu also took his children out for a walk, and saw Zi Xiao leading a few people to wipe the sword left by the other party.

Qin Mu also picked up a knife and shook it, nodded: "These are good, let the injured guards choose first."

Iron is now very strict and expensive.

Ordinary people can only have kitchen knives, and a kitchen knife costs one tael or more.

Even the guards brought out by Qin Mu this time, although they all brought out swords in private, compared with the swords left by those people now, it can be seen that the other party's weapons are better.

But yes, good swords have always been supplied to the garrisons or borders everywhere.

By the next day, before dawn, the maids and women had already started making breakfast.

The flour is the dough that was kneaded before going to bed last night. Now that the weather is cold and the fermentation is slow, it is just right for steaming steamed buns in the morning.

In addition, there is enough porridge, but there are no other side dishes.

After all, it’s on the road, and it’s impossible to be so meticulous in the morning. It would be nice to have white flour steamed buns and rice porridge.

As for Qin Mu and the others, they cook porridge with green rice, as well as boiled eggs, salted duck eggs, dried bamboo shoots with bacon, sauerkraut, and peanuts.

It's a pity that Qin Qiluo used to be fond of food and fine food, but now these things are too common for her, so she only ate an egg and drank a small bowl of green rice porridge before putting down the bowl and chopsticks.

Seeing that her elder sister was still drinking porridge, and her younger brother was also eating the third egg, she felt a little depressed: "Sister, I want to eat fish soup, steamed dumplings, chicken noodle soup, and some vegetables. Can we have dinner tonight?" Are you staying in an inn in town?"

Even though the weather is cold now, she still feels uncomfortable and wants to take a bath and change clothes.

"Should be able to?"

Qin Jiashu looked at his squeamish younger sister, thinking that she was only 13 years old this year, so she couldn't say those harsh words, so he could only comfort her: "Even if you can't go to the city, you will pass by a small village, and then buy a few chickens, so that the Will they make chicken soup for you?"

Qin Yichen sighed at the second sister when he heard the words: "Second sister, you are still picky, and it is good to eat something hot."

Although he said so, but he was only 11 years old, and he was also half-grown when he was eating a poor old man. The grilled chicken is delicious, and the spicy diced chicken and steamed ginseng chicken are also good.”

Qin Qiluo said angrily: "You still say that I am picky, aren't you also greedy?"

"Hey, I heard that there are pheasants on the mountain. Let's rest at the foot of the mountain later. Let's go to the mountain and see if it's okay?" Qin Yichen was full of confidence: "We will eat enough when the time comes."

Qin Jiashu listened to the bickering between his younger siblings, but smiled: "The trees on the mountain are lush, and the pheasants are also very flexible. We are not hunters, so I'm afraid it's not easy to hunt wild game."

In the past, they also went hunting in the outskirts of Beijing, but the harvest was very little and it took time. She didn't want her brother to rush into the mountains.

Seeing his gloomy face, he comforted him: "When we settle down, we can go hunting more often, so that the accuracy of archery will get better and better, and it will kill two birds with one stone."

Qin Yichen also listened to the elder sister's words, and nodded quickly: "Elder sister is right, we will go hunting in the mountains more then."

Generally, there are very few villages outside the official roads, so they can only cook for themselves at noon, which is bacon, cabbage and rice.

Salt is expensive now, so bacon is not cheap, and there are more than two generations of fresh pork. Even in the mansion, you can't often eat bacon and fish.

So everyone still eats to their heart's content.

At night, I finally saw the small village. Zixiao was ordered to buy a lot of chickens and ducks, as well as eggs, radishes and cabbage, etc., which finally improved the food for everyone.

It wasn't until the next afternoon that they finally arrived at Luoshui Mansion before the city gate was closed.

After they found an inn with a small yard and settled down, Meng Yu and the others went to the pier the next day to inquire about news.

Meng Yu and the others left separately.

The waterway is farther than the official road, but it is more secure on the boat, and the Meng family's own boat is very clean and comfortable.

Therefore, Mrs. Meng and the others chose to take a boat.

According to the plan discussed by Meng Yu and Qin Mu, they planned to rest for a day or two after meeting in Luoshui City, and then everyone left by boat.

As a result, the Meng family's boats were not enough, so he planned to ask about the market of the boats here.

When he came over to take a look, he found that there were many small boats with cabins, not many big boats, and they were all owned by wealthy families.

When the people nearby heard that they wanted to hire a boat to go north, they all shook their heads in shock: "My lord, I can't go to the north now. There is a White Dragon King there. He used to be a water bandit, and now he has gathered many fleeing people. Just robbing the big cargo ships that pass by from time to time..."

Following Meng Yu, Qin Yichen, who came to gain experience, was stunned and couldn't help asking: "There are water bandits making trouble here, so the court navy doesn't care?"

Everyone was smiling.

Meng San took out a few silver peanuts and stuffed them with them.

Only then did someone say: "Hey, young master, now that the emperor has passed away, everything is in chaos. Haven't you heard that soldiers and bandits belong to the same family?"

When someone heard what his companion said, his face turned pale with fright, and he hurriedly dragged him away, fearing that someone would overhear him.

They spent some more money asking around, only to find out that water bandits have been rampant recently.

There are many rivers near Luoshui City, and the water transportation is well developed. When businessmen traveling from south to north by boat, they are willing to stop in Luoshui to replenish some supplies and take a rest.

But the flames of war seemed to start a prairie fire overnight, and water bandits sprang up everywhere like mushrooms after a spring rain. Some people secretly speculated that there might not be shadows of the original water army among them.

But fortunately, as long as you are willing to part with your belongings, most of them will be safe for life.

Of course, there was also a massacre of family exterminations that were all killed by water bandits, so that now the pier in Luoshui is very deserted.

After returning home, Meng Yu said to Qin Mu with a worried face, "I never thought that going by water would be very dangerous now, and our previous plan might not come to fruition."

Most of them are not good at swimming, and besides, there are female relatives in the same company, and the river is very icy now, if they encounter water bandits and are chiseled to the bottom of the boat, they will have nowhere to go.

Qin Mu also nodded: "Uncle said yes, it seems that it is safer to walk this way."

Thinking of his grandfather and grandmother, and many Meng family members on board, he couldn't hide his worry: "According to the schedule, my grandfather and the others should arrive today, right?"

Meng Yu was more anxious than he was to get angry: "Yes, but there are also many guards on board, and they will definitely be safe."

Qin Yichen asked in a low voice: "Grandfather, are the guards good at swimming?"

"If you really meet water bandits, good martial arts alone are useless, you need good water skills and good martial arts to be safe..."

Seeing that his younger brother wanted to make a long speech, Qin Jiashu quickly covered his mouth and smiled awkwardly: "Great-grandfather and the others are sure to be safe and sound. Maybe it's the beautiful scenery on the water that delayed the time."

This little bastard, who didn't see his grandfather and father staring at him, dared to make a crow's mouth, really deserves a beating.

Like her, even in her heart, she was worried that her great-grandfather and the others would encounter water bandits, but she was a clever little ghost, how could she tell them to make them more worried?

She really didn't know before that her brother was so lacking in EQ, so she took him out to give him a little trouble.

But before the great-grandfather and the others arrived the next day, everyone began to worry, and Meng Yu couldn't wait to hire a boat to meet his family.

But was stopped by Qin Mu: "Uncle, I am also very worried about my grandfather and the others, but in the current situation, we can only wait."

Besides, even if they wanted to go, no boat would dare to take their business.

Before the Meng family could wait, they heard the bad news first. Many Japanese pirates in Dongyi began to make trouble in Linhai, killing, burning and looting #continuously.

There is also an emergency on the southwest border of Xirong, and the Xixia army is suppressing the border. When the news reached Luoshui City, it was heard that the opponent had defeated the general guarding the border and captured a county.

There is also bad news from the north, saying that the Turkic army is suppressing the border, and they also want to get a share.

However, when the news came, the general guarding the border also resisted the Turkic soldiers.

But the current Daqing Dynasty is full of internal and external troubles.

When Meng Yu and Qin Mu were about to take the risk of robbing the ship to welcome them, the guards who stayed on the pier finally received the Meng family.

The Meng family did encounter water bandits with about 500 people. The other party first chiseled one of their boats and gave them a warning.

For the lives of his subordinates, Meng Huichun had no choice but to catch him without a fight.

It is also because they are aware of current affairs, and they know that they have three boats that are urgently needed by the water bandits. The medicine and food, the other party did not kill them all, and gave them two small boats, so that more than 100 of them could escape unscathed.

But the small boat is not as fast as the big boat, so it delays time.

Seeing Yu Wanniang, Su burst into tears regardless of her appearance: "Sister-in-law, our gold and silver jewelry are gone, how will we live in the future?"

Seeing that her eyes were still swollen, Yu Wanniang knew that she had been sad for the past few days, so she quickly helped her sit down and comforted her: "It's good that people are fine, gold and silver are belongings outside the body, and having a husband and the others will definitely make us happy." Have a good time."

Thinking of the loss of food and medicinal materials from the five big ships, and more than a hundred boxes of gold and silver treasures, and her gold and silver treasures were also on board, Yu Wanniang was of course very distressed.

But she knew that the Meng family still had property in other places, so even if they were hurt this time, life would not be difficult.

Fortunately, because she went to Yulin City with her husband to meet her daughter, she also exchanged 15 taels of silver notes.

Now there are five boxes of gold and silver ingots, enough for their temporary expenses.

At this moment, Mu Zhaozhao also helped Meng Huichun and his wife to sit down, and served tea and water in person: "Grandfather and grandmother, as long as we are all fine, I have someone prepare the room and hot water. You go to take a shower and change clothes and have a good sleep. Let's discuss the itinerary tomorrow."

And Qin Jiashu also brought his younger siblings to take care of his little uncle, niece and niece.

Meng Yi has already married a wife, and his wife Li Shi gave birth to a son and a daughter. The eldest son is nine years old, and the daughter is six years old. Obviously frightened, she was hugged by her mother-in-law with a disgruntled expression.

Mrs. Li blamed the Qin family in her heart. She used to live well in the capital, but because of the Qin family's troubles, they couldn't stay in the capital any longer. They lost countless gold and silver, not to mention the soft ones, and almost lost them. life.

So when I came to the guest room and saw that they were all simple tables, chairs and beds, I couldn't help complaining to my nanny who served me: "They didn't take us seriously at all, otherwise they wouldn't be so careless, let us Living in such a place, how can I rest?"

"Young Mistress, please keep your voice down, it would be bad if you let the uncle hear." The nanny hurriedly advised her in a low voice: "If we don't come out, Qin Shizi and the others will disappear, we are afraid that we will be arrested and locked up for use. Threat Qin Shizi."

(End of this chapter)