Chapter 417 Are the masters back?
Mrs. Hong still has some prestige in front of the neighbors.
Hearing her say this, the neighbors were no longer as panicked as before.
Their emotions were calmed down and they all calmed down.
"You are all so stupid. Dayun governs the world so well, but these rebels suddenly rebelled and harmed so many people. You still dream that these rebels can let us live and work in peace!"
An old lady curled her lips: "You just stay here and wait for death. I want to follow Dayun's soldiers and leave together."
"Anyway, I am a Dayun man in life and a ghost of Dayun in death. It is absolutely impossible for me to surrender. I am not like you women with long hair and short knowledge. Whoever feeds me is my mother."
Another woman argued: "We are not people with backbone. We just want to live. We are in the capital, so we live comfortably. But as far as I know, the people here are living in misery."
"I heard that many places have already seen the phenomenon of exchanging children for food. The granaries are full of food, but the county magistrates refuse to open them. They even collude with grain merchants to drive up grain prices, trying to force the people to death."
"How can they not rebel against such a court?"
Hong said, "If you want to follow Dayun's soldiers, just chase them. Don't kill everyone at once."
"That's right, you have your own backbone. You don't want to surrender. We respect you, but don't take us with you. We don't care who is in office. We just want to live well."
Taking advantage of the chaos in the capital, many people fled.
Some people took this opportunity to secretly save money and ran into the wealthy families that they could not enter on weekdays to burn, kill and rob.
Li Zhi had just killed a small group of Dayun troops who were resisting, when he heard a burst of crying coming from the Xiangfu not far away.
"No, this is what my mother left for me, you can't take it away."
"If you want money, you can look carefully in this mansion. Not to mention far away, the statue in the main hall of the Xiangfu is made of the best white jade. Why do you want to take my jade pendant?"
A childish and familiar voice made Li Zhi stop.
Not to mention that the man's voice sounded very familiar, just such a villain who took advantage of the fire to rob, Li Zhi would definitely not let it go.
He led people into the Xiangfu and killed those villains.
When he saw the person in front of him, he couldn't help but lower his tone a lot.
"Tangtang, are you okay?"
Shen Chutang was wearing shabby clothes, and her face was covered with a thick layer of soot from the bottom of the pot, but her eyes were surprisingly bright, and her soft and round face had the baby fat that only children have. She looked at Li Zhi in disbelief.
"Master Li Zhi."
The call of master made Li Zhi's face red.
The redness on his face was completely inconsistent with his tall image, and it looked a bit funny.
"Master Li Zhi, come with me to save Madam Hong. A group of bad guys are bullying her."
"Tangtang, don't be afraid, Master will help you save people!"
Li Zhi was overwhelmed by Shen Chutang's call of master.
Nanxing has been teaching this child medical skills. This child calls himself master, which means he recognizes himself.
Li Zhi held the big knife in his hand and felt that he was now full of strength.
He rushed forward like a bull.
He had brought things to Shen Chutang several times before, so he had some impression of the location of Shen Chutang's room.
He carried Shen Chutang and rushed into Shen Chutang's residence.
The thugs were kicking Madam Hong, but before she could react, her head was chopped off and rolled on the ground like a ball. Madam
Hong was so scared that she couldn't help but let out a scream, and then there was no movement.
Shen Chutang was also scared and his face turned pale, but he still forced himself to calm down and rushed to the side of the madam, stretched out his finger, and felt the madam's breathing.
"Mammy is still alive, I think she just fainted from fright."
She breathed a sigh of relief, looking at Li Zhi with watery eyes: "Master, when did you return to the capital?"
"Where's Master?"
"Where's Brother Huaibi and the others?"
Li Zhi was a rough man, usually rough and clumsy, and it was difficult for him to pay attention to any details. Seeing the head on the ground frightened Mammy Hong to death.
Fearing that Shen Chutang, the little guy, would also faint from fright, he winked at his men, signaling them to clean up the place, while clumsily using his body to block Shen Chutang's sight.
"Master just arrived today. Your master and his family haven't entered the capital yet. I'm here to explore the way first."
"Where are the people in the Prime Minister's Mansion? Why are you and Nanny Hong the only ones left?"
Even a rough man like Li Zhi found something wrong with the Prime Minister's Mansion. This Prime Minister's Mansion is really very abnormal.
"Everyone said that the rebels are coming and they all evacuated the capital. My father asked the family to leave early."
When she said this, Shen Chutang's little face was a little lonely.
Even though she had been disappointed with her father for a long time, she still felt very uncomfortable when she was abandoned by her father.
"Why were you abandoned?"
Li Zhi couldn't help feeling a little distressed when he looked at Shen Chutang's appearance.
The people in the Prime Minister's Mansion were too unkind.
Even the servants left, couldn't they take care of one more child?
No matter what, Shen Chutang was also the legitimate daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion.
"I don't know. No one informed me. I just slept and there was no one in the Prime Minister's Mansion."
Maybe they didn't mean to leave her alone.
But they forgot about her.
Shen Chutang clutched her clothes tightly: "Originally, I was worried about how to live with the nanny, but now that I see Master, I am not worried anymore."
Li Zhi rubbed Shen Chutang's head: "It's okay, Master will support you in the future."
Li Zhi's salary is not small now. He also bought a house in the capital with his eldest brother before. It is not easy to raise one more child.
"Master promises that you will live a good life in the future, and you will live better than your sisters and brothers."
After all, he called himself Master, and he must take good care of this child.
The prime minister's residence was too big, and Shen Chutang, a child, certainly could not defend it.
The house he bought was not cleaned up, and he had to chase the enemy, so he had no time to clean up.
Li Zhi thought about it and took the kid back to Gan's house.
The guards of Gan's house were still there, and they were very cautious when Li Zhi knocked on the door.
When they saw who was outside the door, the guards were overjoyed and opened the door.
"Have the masters returned?"
Li Zhi nodded, "They will be back soon. I still have official duties to attend to. You should take good care of this child. Buy whatever he wants first, and I will pay him later."
Li Zhi handed Shen Chutang over to the guards, "You are familiar with this place. You can have a good rest here. Master will come to find you when he finishes his work." After
the Gan family left, Shen Chutang often came to the Gan residence to help dry the herbs and clean the house. To her, the Gan residence was her second home.
She was more familiar with the Gan residence than the prime minister's residence.