Chapter 3: Officer, do you have any sugar water?
"Look, the officers are back!"
"Huh? It seems there are only officials here, not a single female relative?"
"Oh no! It's over now. I guess there's no way to save one of them!"
"Oh my! Oh my God! My poor Xing'er..."
"Look at them, even the corners of their clothes aren't torn. Could it be that they just wandered around the edge of the woods and came back?!"
"That's right! You said you were going to chase the bandits, but how could you not catch any of them? You think we're fools!"
As the team of officials who had been chasing the bandits came back empty-handed, the exile group suddenly became noisy, and everyone was saying all sorts of things. Especially the families whose female members were abducted by the bandits, when they saw Lord Zhou getting angry at the yamen runner Song and the yamen runner didn't dare to say a word but kept smiling, calling them "old man" to comfort them, the women started crying and making a fuss even more boldly!
One of the men whose wife was abducted by the bandits angrily grabbed the collar of a yamen runner who had just walked up to Song to report to him, and started shouting,
"Madam! Where is my wife? How did you do it? Why didn't you save my wife..."
Song Yayi...
Since Song Yayi dared to lead a team to travel thousands of miles to escort a prisoner, he was a brave man and naturally had a bad temper.
He was willing to give face to Lord Zhou because he was concerned about Lord Zhou's status and had gained a lot of benefits from it, but this did not mean that he was willing to give face to anyone!
He was already irritated by the constant nagging of Zhou Ge Lao Zhihuzhe, and when he saw the prisoner being escorted crying and complaining in front of him, even tugging at his men, he thought, "What the hell! Is this just someone trying to pick on him?"
He couldn't bear it any longer, and immediately pulled out the whip hanging from his waist and whipped the man closest to him who was grabbing his subordinate.
He also beat and scolded his subordinates who were being grabbed by the man.
"Why don't you beat me? I'm waiting to be reincarnated! I'm not saying anything, do you really think I'm a sick cat? Damn!"
The yamen runners who escorted the prisoners were each holding a whip with barbs on it. If they saw a prisoner walking slowly or being disobedient on the road, they would whip him. Each whip would leave a bloody wound, which was very powerful.
The man screamed in pain after only one lash from Sergeant Song. After a few more lashes, he rolled on the ground in pain. He swallowed back the complaints he had just been about to make and wailed for mercy...
Zhou Ge Lao on the side...
Are you trying to show me your cock?
Because of Lord Zhou's disturbance, the yamen runners had to run under the scorching sun. Although it was just a pretense and there was no danger, they still walked for half a day in vain under the scorching sun and were very angry. However, because the yamen runner Song specifically instructed them not to treat this group of people too harshly before they set off, they endured it.
Now that their leader had spoken, there was nothing left to hesitate about. They all raised their whips and whipped the noisy crowd, not caring who they were. They whipped anyone who cried and made a noise. Immediately, the complaints in the exile team stopped, and screams rang out!
The cry of one of the little fat boys was particularly loud, comparable to the sound of a dolphin.
“Ah~~~~! Mother!… It hurts so much! Wuuwu… Why are you hitting me? Wuuwu,… Help me!!! Grandfather, please save me!!!”
This little fat boy is none other than Lord Zhou’s grandson Zhou Luo. He was very favored at home and was spoiled by his family. Although Lord Zhou’s mansion had met with disaster this time, he did not suffer much because he was young and his family members took good care of him.
Thanks to his family's protection, the little fat boy didn't feel the horror of exile and the confiscation of his home was truly terrifying; he only felt that the food tasted much worse. But today, when he saw bandits charging into the crowd to snatch people, even his mother, the little fat boy was terrified! And when he saw his father's arm being hacked and bleeding by the bandits while trying to protect him and his mother, the little fat boy finally burst into tears.
But at this time, everyone in the family was busy either comforting the women or bandaging his father's wounds. The little fat boy had no one to comfort him, so he grinned and wanted to go find his grandfather who loved him the most to hug him. As a result, on the way, he ran into Zhou Li and Zhou Ying, a brother and sister, who were hugging each other and crying because their mother had been kidnapped by bandits. Feeling that they had a common fate, they stopped and cried with the brother and sister. While they were crying, they were inexplicably whipped on the back. The pain was unbearable and the little fat boy opened his mouth and howled...
Lord Zhou was just lowering his head to find an angle to bump into the brutal yamen runner Song who was beating people nearby, when he heard his grandson's miserable cry for help. He hurriedly looked in the direction of the voice and saw a yamen runner not far away whipping his grandson with a whip!
Damn it! Get out of the way! Stop crying!
Seeing his silly grandson crying without even being able to dodge, and about to be whipped again, Lord Zhou stamped his feet anxiously, and rushed over with unprecedented speed on his old legs, holding his grandson in his arms, and glared at the official who was about to beat his grandson, shouting:
"Hit me if you dare! What's the point of hitting my grandson?"
When the yamen runner saw that it was him, he thought to himself, "I don't have the ability to hit you," and turned around to look for his next target.
Zhou Li, who was hugging his little sister and crying, saw this and was afraid that he would be whipped like the fat boy, so he quickly pulled his little sister to hide behind Lord Zhou.
Lord Zhou...
It was in this chaotic situation that Zhou Jin and his sister carried Zheng into the exile group. Because the group was in chaos, the two were not discovered until they approached the crowd. When everyone reacted, no matter whether they were beating others or being beaten, or those who did not beat anyone or were not beaten, they were all shocked!
No one expected that the three of them could come back alive and well!
Song, the yamen runner, was whipping people vigorously when he heard the crowd, which had been screaming, suddenly quiet down. He looked up and saw that Zhou Jin had returned with his sister, carrying her mother on her back. He could not help but stop whipping and looked at Zhou Jin in surprise.
Song, the yamen runner, happened to see Zhou Jin and his sister chasing their mother. He felt a pity in his heart, thinking that Zhou Jin and his sister were young and had not thought carefully in their haste. The adults in the family did not even know how to stop them and let the two children chase after their mother without any care. Weren't they just going to die in vain?
I didn't expect that this guy actually managed to get his mother and sister back! Although I don't know how he did it, Song Yayi couldn't help but praise him.
"Good boy! You actually rescued your mother and your sister!"
Zhou Jin was just thinking about how to ask his clansmen or the officials to lend him some sweet soup for Zheng. Seeing that the yamen runner Song took the initiative to talk to him, he couldn't help but seize the opportunity. He hurriedly took a few steps forward with Zheng on his back and bowed to the yamen runner Song who was holding the whip. As if he didn't notice that he was just whipping someone, he grinned and said:
"Brother officer, do you have any sugar water? Can you lend me some? My mother urgently needs it to save her life!"
Song Yayi...
Everyone...
After a while, perhaps Zhou Jin's words "Big Brother Official" pleased the yamen runner Song, or perhaps he was simply tired of beating people, but after hearing this, the yamen runner Song thought about it and actually had someone fetch a piece of brown sugar from the baggage cart, dissolved it in water, and brought it to Zhou Jin...
Everyone...
After Zhou Jin and his sister received the sweet soup, they thanked the servant Song before placing Zheng on the grass nearby. One of them half-knelt and held Zheng in his arms while the other fed her the sweet soup.
Fortunately, Zheng woke up soon after drinking the sugar water. Zhou Yu secretly took her pulse and found that her heartbeat was much slower than when she was unconscious. The brother and sister finally felt relieved.
It was then that the brother and sister realized that everyone in the exile team was staring at them, and a strange atmosphere was spreading in the exile team...
Eh? ... Zhou Jin was about to say something when he was interrupted by a burst of suppressed sobbing. Then, a little person, leading an even smaller person, sobbing, emerged from the crowd and rushed towards them!
"Wuwuwu... Mother! Wuwuwu... Big Brother... Big Sister! They all said you wouldn't come back!... Wuwuwu... A'li is so scared..."
Zhou Li, who had been suppressing his fear and taking care of his sister, could no longer hold back and threw himself into Zheng's arms and burst into tears. Seeing him crying, his younger sister Zhou Ying beside him also started crying.
As soon as Zheng woke up, she saw her eldest son and daughter squatting in front of her. She also saw that the two little children in her arms were safe and sound. She was so surprised that she almost fainted again. It was Zhou Yu who noticed that her face looked wrong and pinched her tiger's mouth to help her breathe.
Zheng burst into tears of joy, reaching out to embrace Zhou Jin and Zhou Yu, and burst into tears while hugging the four children...
The cry was heartfelt, expressing both the joy of regaining what was lost and the fear of surviving a disaster...
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