Chapter 44: Chongzhou Prefecture is ahead
When Lady Wang saw Meng Mingshu, she was stunned for a moment.
It’s nothing, Meng Mingshu is just too beautiful.
Especially in the dim moonlight, she looked like a fairy, completely different from farmers like them.
"Come in, come in."
Madam Wang asked about Meng Mingshu's situation.
Meng Mingshu picked up what she could say and said it.
After hearing this, Lady Wang held Meng Mingshu's hand lovingly:
"Good boy, that family of bullies are truly inhuman. How could they think of selling such a young child to that kind of place!"
"You can stay here with me without any worries. We are not far from Chongzhou Prefecture. Tomorrow I will ask my wife to go to the Xu family in Chongzhou to help you report the news."
Meng Mingshu nodded gratefully: "Thank you, auntie."
She took off the earrings on her ears and the jade bracelet in her hand:
"Uncle Wang and Xiao He saved us, mother and daughter, so you must accept it."
"I will repay you for saving my life with all my heart. When my husband and I are reunited, I will repay you handsomely."
Meng Mingshu knew that being kind was one thing, but eating for free was another.
After refusing twice, Madam Wang finally accepted the item.
"We have some cold medicine at home. I'll make two doses for you and the child."
"It's too late today, and the only food we have at home is hot porridge and coarse bread."
Meng Mingshu shook her head: "We eat everything."
Madam Wang breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good, I'll get it right away."
Meng Mingshu was tired and hungry. She had never been so hungry before.
Not to mention coarse bread, she can even eat spoiled food.
Seeing Meng Mingshu about to feed the child, Aunt Wang took the initiative to take Tuan'er: "Let me feed it."
Tuan'er was also very well-behaved. Even though he was extremely dependent on Meng Mingshu, he still went to his wife's arms.
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Perhaps they were finally no longer in the wilderness, and Meng Mingshu slept particularly peacefully.
When she woke up again, it was already noon.
Meng Mingshu found that neither she nor Tuan'er had fever anymore.
She hugged the still sleeping Tuaner tightly and breathed a sigh of relief.
It will be fine once the fever goes down.
"Mrs. Meng!"
Lady Wang's voice was filled with anxiety:
"You said yesterday that a group of bullies were targeting you and your daughter, right?"
Meng Mingshu had a bad feeling in her heart, and she nodded with a worried look on her face.
"Hurry up and hide in the cellar with Tuan'er. A group of people have come from outside the village. They look like soldiers and are searching every house."
Madam Wang was glad that she brought Meng Mingshu and her daughter back very late yesterday and no one in the village saw them.
Otherwise, someone in the village would have reported it by now.
"Hurry, hurry in."
Madam Wang opened the wooden board, revealing a small space underneath.
Meng Mingshu hesitated for a moment, but still hid inside.
But her heart was extremely uneasy.
Since Xie Yuan's men have searched the village, is it true that they won't find the cellar?
But if I leave the village now, I would be walking into a trap.
Meng Mingshu was glad that Tuan'er fell asleep, but she still covered Tuan'er's mouth and waited anxiously.
"Mother, mother!"
Meng Mingshu heard Xiaohe's voice.
The boards above the cellar were lifted:
"Sister, listen to me, I saw they searched very carefully, and opened every cellar."
"So you can't stay here anymore."
Upon hearing this, Lady Wang became visibly anxious: "What should we do then?"
Xiaohe held Meng Mingshu's hand:
"Those people are guarding the entrances and exits of the village. Sister, you can only go through the mountain behind our house."
"But that place is not far away and close to the village road, so there should be guards there too."
Xiao He lowered his head and spoke, obviously in a depressed tone.
Hunter Wang, who had been silent all this time, spoke:
"If you believe me, after you reach the back mountain, run straight ahead until you reach a cliff and jump off that crooked tree."
“The cliff was thick with fog, and I couldn’t see clearly what was below.
But I know there is a deep pool underneath, and it's quite large."
"I accidentally fell down before, but I didn't die, I just suffered minor injuries."
After listening to this, Meng Mingshu nodded without hesitation.
“I’ll go!”
Meng Mingshu understands Xie Yuan.
This person is so vicious and cruel.
This time she escaped from Xie's house and made Xie Yuan lose face.
If he were to catch me, I'm afraid he would be even more brutal.
By then, I'm afraid that not only will Tuan'er be sent to the brothel, she might also be sent in.
Meng Mingshu would rather die than let Xie Yuan and others humiliate her like this.
Meng Mingshu knelt down directly.
"No, no, no..."
"Madam Wang, Brother Wang, I would like to entrust my daughter to you."
Meng Mingshu could jump off the cliff to try to survive, but Tuan'er was too small.
"I will carry the bag, disguised as a child, and lead the guards to the mountain.
If they saw me jumping off the cliff with the child in my arms, they would definitely not search the village anymore.
I know this is an extremely risky move for your family.
But I'm at my wit's end now, and I know you're all kindhearted people."
"I will only feel at ease if I entrust my daughter to you temporarily."
After a brief contact, Meng Mingshu had already understood that this family were all good people.
"Madam Wang, don't worry, I won't ask you to keep Tuan'er around forever.
In just a day or two, you can take her to the Xu family in the provincial capital, or the Lin family."
"Lord Lin in the provincial capital is my maternal grandfather's family. My mother and sister are in the Xu family. Tuan'er's father will definitely go to the Xu family as well."
Meng Mingshu believed that Xiao Yan should have received the news by now.
Even if he had not received any news at all, his destination from the capital to Chongzhou was the Xu family.
Madam Wang also had a daughter, and after hearing Meng Mingshu's humble plea, she finally softened her heart.
"Okay, I promise."
"Don't worry, Tuan'er, we will help send you to the Xu family in the state capital."
"If we find your husband, we will take him to the cliff to search for you."
Meng Mingshu held Madam Wang's hand tightly: "Thank you!"
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"Stop! No one is allowed to leave the village!"
The Xie family's guards noticed Meng Mingshu from afar.
Seeing her running desperately up the mountain without stopping at all, the Xie family guards realized that something was wrong.
"Sir...that person is not right!"
Xie Yuan also noticed it.
"It's her, chase her!"
I followed Meng Mingshu up the mountain and almost caught up with her.
Finally reaching a cliff, Xie Yuan smiled.
"Meng Mingshu, why don't you run away?"
Seeing Meng Mingshu's back stop, Xie Yuan opened his folding fan and said calmly:
"This is a cliff. If you jump down, you will definitely die. It's not as lucky as jumping into the river."
"Life or death, your choice."
Meng Mingshu didn't look back. She saw the crooked tree that Hunter Wang had mentioned.
But when her feet stepped on empty air, her whole body was still shaking.
Meng Mingshu took a deep breath, pretended to hold the child, and jumped down without hesitation.
Xie Yuan's expression suddenly changed, becoming extremely gloomy, and he cursed:
"Bitch!"
"You ungrateful bitch!"
"Master, what should we do now?"
Xie Yuan's eyes were cold. Meng Mingshu was the pet he had long had his eyes on.
From the day Meng Mingshu plotted against him, Xie Yuan had been keeping his eyes on Meng Mingshu.
Now that his pet was gone, Xie Yuan was angry, but he also regained his sanity.
"go back!"
The guards of the Xie family are different from ordinary guards. They cost countless silver to train.
She was nothing more than a lowly slave girl, not worth the risk for his guards.
He didn't believe that Meng Mingshu could survive by jumping off a cliff.
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"Your Highness, Chongzhou Prefecture is in front of you."
As Xiao Yan arrived at the city gate, Cui Zhe and others who had gone to scout the area in advance also returned.
When Cui Zhe received the news from the front, his face became extremely ugly.
I was also hesitant about how to tell His Highness.
"Cui Zhe..."
Cui Zhe couldn't hide the truth, and Xiao Yan noticed that his expression was not right.
"explain!"
Cui Zhe knelt down, lowered his head and said:
"Your Highness, the person we went to Chongzhou Prefecture to investigate has returned..."
"It is said that the nobleman and the young princess must have... met with an accident..."
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