Chapter 327 Marriage Bag
"Miss, please don't be angry. Don't get yourself sick." Luo Kui said comfortingly. The delicious food on the table could not eliminate her anger towards Bai Miaojun. She was such an ungrateful person. The master really loved her in vain.
"I'm not angry, but you guys, hurry up and eat." After Xiao Jiuyue had eaten and drunk her fill, she walked to the window and stood there. The streets outside, which were filled with surging crowds, suddenly became even more lively.
"The Qiqiao float?" Lianxin took a look and looked at the entrance of the street, and saw the high platform at a glance.
Lian Xin said excitedly, "Miss, that's the famous Qiqiao float from Donglin County. The flowers and melons on it are particularly beautiful, and there's a young lady sitting in the center of the float. People in Donglin County say that only women of good fortune can ride on it, and many people even pay money to ride on the float."
"Girl, how dare you sit on it?" Xiao Jiuyue looked at the float. Weren't the ancients very reserved?
"There's not only a girl, but also a man. They're usually engaged couples. The girl is sitting in a flower carriage with a gauze curtain, wearing a veil hat, and dressed like the Weaver Girl. Who can recognize who it is?"
When Lianxin heard about this before, she specifically inquired about it, thinking that if the young lady asked about it, she would not be clueless. She said, "People in Donglin County believe that this is a blessing and also means that young girls and young men in the county will find good marriages in the future."
"Miss, did you see what the man threw aside?"
Lianxin pointed to the crowd of people scrambling for things next to the float. Xiao Jiuyue nodded slightly and said, "Looks like a sachet or lucky bag?" Those people were really busy trying to grab this thing.
"That's called a marriage bag. Some unmarried men like to grab it the most. It means that they will find their marriage soon." Lianxin introduced it seriously.
Luo Kui, her mouth still full of vinegar chicken, poked her head out the window and asked, "Lian Xin, how do you know so much? Those people are really risking their lives to grab the marriage bag. If I fall, won't I be trampled into a meat pie?"
Luo Kui swallowed the vinegar chicken in his mouth, then rolled his eyes and said, "If you can get married just by grabbing a marriage bag, then how can there still be bachelors who can't find a wife?"
Lian Xin looked helplessly at Luo Kui, whose mouth was full of oil, and handed her a handkerchief: "This is nothing more than a wish for good luck."
"There are so many bandits here, I'm not really afraid of being robbed by them." Luo Kui leaned against the window, watching the crowd gathering. Luo Kui stretched her neck and said, "I wonder if the girl sitting in the float is pretty."
"Robbing people right in front of us is an insult to the government. These bandits definitely don't have the guts to do that." Lian Xin's words had barely escaped her lips when she clutched Xiao Jiuyue's clothes, covering her mouth. She trembled as she spoke, "It's over, it's over. These bandits are so audacious, they're actually robbing people in broad daylight."
"No, they are not bandits." Xiao Jiuyue shook her head. She saw the person who was sitting on the float suddenly lifted up his veil. It turned out that the person inside was not a woman, but a petite man.
A resounding voice came from the man sitting on the float, the most conspicuous one. He knelt down towards one of the buildings and shouted, "Please ask the government to send troops to suppress the bandits and give the people a chance to live!"
More and more voices rang out, and those who had just been scrambling for the marriage bags suddenly knelt down. From the first few voices to the last, from the street to the end, only one loud and uniform voice remained: "Please ask the government to send troops to suppress the bandits and give the people a chance to live!"
The deafening sound rang out, and Luo Kui couldn't help but cover her ears and asked in confusion, "Miss, they wanted to ask the government to intervene, not the county government, so why are they kneeling in the street?"
"Perhaps the government officials are on this street?" Xiao Jiuyue stared at the restaurant and asked, "Luo Kui, is there also a restaurant over there?"
"Let me see." Luo Kui stretched his neck to take a look. Luo Kui, who had previously tried every major restaurant in Donglin County, immediately said, "That Xiangyun Restaurant is the best restaurant in Donglin County. It looks quite impressive, but the food isn't as good as the Yuelai Restaurant we ate at today."
"Could it be that the prince is there?" Lianxin's eyes lit up and she immediately said that a big shot had come to the government office, and someone with ulterior motives happened to know that the other party was having dinner at Xiangyun Restaurant, and took advantage of the day of the Qiqiao Banquet to start planning today's scene.
"Maybe." Xiao Jiuyue looked back and looked at Donggui who was eating alone in the corner. Perhaps, this scene today was not an accident at all.
The people's shouts came one after another. For so many years, they had been suffering from the bandits. Now that someone stood up, everyone naturally echoed loudly.
At the Xiangyun Restaurant, County Magistrate Qiao knelt down tremblingly and said, "Your Highness, I truly had no idea what happened today."
County Magistrate Qiao was on the verge of tears. He had finally received the Crown Prince and the Third Prince, and had thought that immense wealth, promotion, and prosperity were just around the corner. But after what happened today, County Magistrate Qiao felt as if his official hat was about to fall off. His head was...
The prince said angrily, "County Magistrate Qiao, look at what these bandits have done to the people. Instead of petitioning the court to suppress the bandits, you're just busy taking me out for fun. You're only concerned with your own official hat and trying to curry favor with me, but why don't you look at these poor people?"
The prince raised his foot and kicked directly. He had been a prince since birth and had a bad temper. After the queen passed away, the prince listened to the words of his grandfather, the prime minister, and restrained himself a little. But now that he was out of Shengjing, the prince's nature could no longer be suppressed.
"Your Highness, please calm down. I've submitted a memorial. We've been suppressing bandits year after year, but we haven't been able to eradicate them." County Magistrate Qiao's face was filled with anguish. He knelt down and begged for mercy, "Your Highness, now you need to find a way to quell the people's resentment."
"Idiot." The prince glanced at him. Listening to the loud shouting outside, he asked, "Third brother, how do you think we should deal with this?"
"Brother, have County Magistrate Qiao come forward to appease the people. The court will soon send troops to suppress the bandits." Jun Lie stepped forward and said, "Brother, the situation outside is very powerful now. As the crown prince, you should be more careful. What if there are bandits hiding among these people..."
"Third brother, do I, the prince, have to be afraid of those bandits?" The prince had a cold face. He directly opened the door of the box and stood in the corridor outside. County Magistrate Qiao followed him tremblingly.
Jun Lie immediately followed with his men. At the same time, the guards around the prince stood to both sides. Even the guards downstairs were looking around with full vigilance, fearing that the prince might have any problems.
"Everyone, please be quiet. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will definitely make the decision for you!" County Magistrate Qiao shouted at the top of his voice.
When the words "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince" were uttered, all those who had been shouting loudly just now became as quiet as a chicken, followed by disbelief. Would His Royal Highness the Crown Prince come to their mountain village?
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