"Tang Jieren, what's going on?" Su Sijin glared at Tang Peng with fiery eyes.
I thought I would be away for ten days or so, and when I returned to the camp I expected to see Lu Qiuling jumping around and Zheng Jie who always had a gentle smile on her face.
At the very least, you can still see Lu Changji's chuckle and Lu Changming's hearty and honest smile.
But... none of these things happened as I imagined.
What came into view was the dying Lu Qiuling and Zheng Jie.
Their lips were dry and chapped, and there were suspicious bloodstains at the corners of their mouths and on their collars, new and old overlapping.
Su Sijin picked up Lu Qiuling, pulled off the water bag from her waist, and dripped a few drops of spiritual spring water on her lips.
Lu Qiuling couldn't help licking her moist lips due to the sudden nectar. Su Sijin handed the water bag to her mouth, and Lu Qiuling began to drink it in big gulps.
The eager way he swallowed made Su Sijin's eyes moist. She had only been away for ten days, but Lu Qiuling had become skinny and with sunken eyes. She no longer had the lively look she had before.
She is no longer a child. She looks like an old person who is about to die. She clearly left enough water and food before leaving.
Looking at Zheng Jie again, she is even worse than her.
Could it be that they ran out of water and food as soon as they left?
But, how is that possible?
The only possibility is that their water and food were stolen as soon as they left.
Their carriage was also missing, and Lu Changming and Lu Changji were also missing.
They actually let the two of them stay here, even though they were guarded by Xu Wu, Jiang Guan and others, but they were nowhere to be seen.
At this time, Lu Qiuling opened her eyes faintly and smiled slightly, "Mother, I dreamed of my sister-in-law again."
Su Sijin held Lu Qiuling's skinny little hand and choked with sobs, saying, "Xiao Qiuling, this is not a dream. Sister-in-law is back. Sister-in-law is really back."
Lu Qiuling stared at Su Sijin in disbelief, grabbed Su Sijin's arm tightly, and cautiously asked for confirmation, "Sister-in-law?"
"Sister-in-law is back. Now that sister-in-law is back, no one dares to bully our little Qiu Ling."
"Wow! Woo woo..." Lu Qiuling immediately threw herself into Su Sijin's arms and began to cry bitterly in grievance.
The crying became louder and louder, and Zheng Jie also started to cry quietly.
Lu Changgong had a cold face and silently comforted Zheng Jie, with a cold light in his eyes drifting towards Tang Peng from time to time.
Tang Peng felt guilty and didn't dare to look him in the eye. Although it wasn't his fault, he... hadn't fulfilled his duties, so it was understandable that Lu Changgong took his anger out on him.
He felt guilty about the instructions of Su Sijin and Lu Changgong, and he did not do what he promised.
“Tingyun, Xiao Qiuling and her mother are hungry. I have some white rice in my backpack. Please help me cook some porridge with the water here.” Su Sijin handed the water bag to Shen Tingyun.
The water in the water bag is pure spiritual spring water. With the nourishment of the spiritual spring water, the body's functions can be repaired at the fastest speed.
After Xiao Qiuling and Zheng Jie finished their meal, they entrusted them to Xu Wushi, while she and Lu Changgong called Tang Peng aside to question him.
Su Sijin got straight to the point and asked angrily, "Tang Jieren, what happened to my sister and mother? Who stole their food and water?"
Tang Peng lowered his head in shame. Seeing that Su Sijin's patience was about to be exhausted, Tang Peng pursed his lips and looked to the other side.
I saw hundreds of servants gathered in a circle a few hundred meters away. The people inside must be rich or noble.
Su Sijin understood immediately, her beautiful eyes blazing with fire as she angrily demanded, "Did they steal it? What's going on?"
It turned out that the leader of this group was Hu Biao, the brother of the eldest daughter-in-law of the Minister of the Ministry of Rites.
When he learned that it was Lu Changgong's exile team, he robbed the Lu family's food and water without any explanation.
Hu Biao coveted Zheng Jie's remaining charm, so he acted lawlessly and used obscene and provocative words to tease her. In order to protect Zheng Jie from being bullied, Lu Changji and Lu Changming fought to the death and prevented Hu Biao from succeeding.
However, Lu Changji and Lu Changming were beaten half to death.
"So, Tang Jieren just watched him commit crimes, allowing him to rob supplies, molest decent women, and beat up civilians?"
Su Sijin was disgusted by Tang Peng's inaction and even more disgusted by his cowardice.
Tang Peng lowered his head in shame again. One of the people who understood this couldn't bear to watch and argued, "How could our boss allow him to do whatever he wanted? He took sides the moment the incident happened. If he hadn't intervened, Madam Lu would have been killed long ago."
"If our leader hadn't intervened, Lu Changji and Lu Changming would have been beaten to death by clubs."
"Our boss is still trying to please you and bribe you. First, he's trying to buy time for you to come back, and second, he's hoping to rescue the two Lu brothers on his own."
"However, Hu Biao is several levels higher than our superiors. We paid all our personal wealth to save the lives of the two Lu brothers."
The more Tang Peng's men spoke, the angrier they became, and the more they felt sorry for Tang Peng.
They are officials, they are fugitives. The boss has already done this, how can he still treat the Lu family as fugitives?
In his opinion, he already regarded the Lu family as friends, and such protection had gone beyond the scope of friendship.
Su Sijin's face was burning. It was wrong to convict someone based on her own subjective imagination.
Without waiting for Su Sijin to apologize, Lu Zhanggong took the lead, clasped his hands and bowed to apologize sincerely, "My wife is worried and confused, I hope Tang Jieren will understand. Also, I will never forget Tang Jieren's kindness, and I will repay him one day."
Su Sijin also apologized sincerely and expressed her gratitude. "Although my husband has apologized on my behalf, it was I who offended Tang Jieren. I apologize to you. In addition, thank you for your support for my younger siblings and mother."
The three of them exchanged pleasantries for a while before Tang Jie asked, "What should you two do next?"
Lu Changgong had unsheathed his sword, and the murderous intent in his eyes explained his intentions.
Su Sijin snorted coldly, "What do you want? Take that person back. If you bully someone I, Su Sijin, protect, you will have to endure my wrath ten times or a hundred times more."
"But... she's the brother of the eldest daughter-in-law of the Guanglu Temple Minister, and she works at the Ministry of Revenue. If you mess with her... it might be disadvantageous to you."
Su Sijin sneered, "We've already been exiled, and they still want to bully us. Don't they allow me to fight back? What about the officials in Beijing? They will be beaten as usual."
"Fight back? I still want Hu Hu Biao's life." Lu Changgong said murderously.
Lu Changgong held Su Sijin down and said, "My wife, you always rush ahead of me in everything, causing me to be laughed at by others. Why don't you give me a chance to show my abilities?"
However, before Su Sijin could react, Lu Changgong jumped with a sword in hand and broke Hu Biao's encirclement.
Lu Changgong killed anyone he met, and even Buddhas he met. Especially when he saw Lu Changji and Lu Changgong tied to a tree and exposed to the sun, his anger reached the critical point.
The long sword in his hand attacked with every move, and one sword could end the enemy's life.
Lu Changgong's eagle-like eyes were fixed on the carriage. Even if people kept rushing to block his way, he would raise his hand and swing his sword to cut through the obstacles.
Lu Changgong concentrated all his internal energy on the sword, raised his hand and brought it down, and the carriage was shattered into pieces, revealing three naked people piled on top of each other.
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