Who else would dare to appear in this room in the middle of the night except Leng Qianrou's husband He Zhichu! ?
"Husband!"
As expected, even though Chaoge didn't stand up, Leng Qianrou was shocked when she saw the man who suddenly appeared. She stood up in surprise and looked at He Zhichu in disbelief, her eyes full of surprise.
The appearance of He Zhichu also made everyone present feel nervous!
Especially Chaoge!
She wasn't afraid that He Zhichu would blame her for sending the three fugitives to her wife. She was afraid...
It was she who just paralyzed the old mother!
It's over. Those maids have fainted before. They will definitely be suspicious when they wake up.
If He Zhichu had not appeared before, she would have had the opportunity to make things clear with Leng Qianrou and let her deal with those maids first, and no one would have the opportunity to say anything suspicious in front of He Zhichu.
But now...
Where are the opportunities?
How could she convey the message to Leng Qianrou quietly?
Although He Zhichu was only a small county magistrate, he was admitted through the imperial examination. He usually sat in court to try cases. Which of these tasks did not require intelligence and strong logical thinking?
Such people cannot be fooled at all, and it is not easy to fool them!
Chaoge clenched his fists silently, he was extremely speechless.
He Zhichu suddenly appeared here in the middle of the night. Wasn't this ruining her plans?
Sure enough, life is not always smooth sailing, such as He Zhichu who suddenly came to disrupt the situation!
After the shock, Chaoge quickly calmed himself down.
Forget it. Now Leng Qianrou is also in the same boat with me. If she doesn't help me, she will be disliked by He Zhichu.
Now it can be said that He Zhichu is Leng Qianrou's only support, and she will not be so stupid as to tell the truth about this matter.
After all, any man with a little conscience would not tolerate his wife harming his mother and turning her into a half-dead paraplegic.
Leng Qianrou is not a fool, so she naturally knows that she cannot bear the consequences.
Even if she didn't do it, it was all because she wanted to protect her younger brothers and sisters, so she has nothing to do with it.
"Husband, why are you here?"
Leng Qianrou's eyes were full of affection, with a flash of surprise and panic in them. She quickly showed a happy expression, stood up and went to greet him.
He Zhichu ignored Leng Qianrou who walked up to her, but looked around at the three little ones in the room, and finally set his eyes on Chaoge's face with a veil.
"Is it her?"
Even though it was just two words, based on the understanding between Leng Qianrou and he and his wife, she instantly understood what he meant.
"What is she?"
Leng Qianrou reacted quickly, her facial expression changing easily. She immediately blinked her confused eyes, stared at her husband with misty eyes and asked back.
Leng Qianrou's performance was simply amazing, and Chaoge was really impressed by her!
Sure enough, even Leng Qianrou, the eldest daughter of a legitimate family, had been taught a lot of ways to be versatile in the backyard of the mansion.
Chaoge felt that Leng Qianrou was asking the question even though she already knew the answer, but she didn't know if He Zhichu had noticed it.
Or maybe as long as a man is a man, he will never realize that the person he loves deeply has the attribute of a white lotus?
He Zhichu retracted his gaze from Chaoge's face, and his eyes fell softly on Leng Qianrou's little face who was looking at him. He stretched out his hand to gently tidy up the hair around her ears, and then he spoke again: "Did she send my eldest brother and the others here?
I said, my eldest brother and his family have never been far away, and in such a famine year, with refugees wandering around and bandits rampant, how could they find Xilin County and come here? "
"No, sir, you misunderstood!
I had originally sent people to take my eldest brother and his companions to a place where there was no famine, but they encountered bandits on the way. Fortunately, the girl and her companions came to the rescue.
What’s even more coincidental is that we both checked into the same inn at the same time, which is how we recognized each other.
Look at my third brother, he is still asleep and hasn’t woken up yet…”
Since He Zhichu was not going to turn a blind eye and expose Leng Liecheng's identity in person, Leng Qianrou had nothing to pretend and blurted out the truth immediately.
"You two recognize each other in the middle of the night?"
"No, that's right! Why are you here, sir?
Isn't the county in a mess right now? Since you're coming here, why don't you come with us when you leave?"
After talking for a while, Leng Qianrou did not dare to tell He Zhichu about his old lady's paralysis immediately, but asked him instead.
"I'm here to pick you up. It's raining over there. Although the drought can't be controlled for the time being, there's almost no problem with survival.
The imperial court has also sent an imperial envoy to personally escort the disaster relief food and assist the local government in rebuilding the city and settling the refugees, so you don’t have to go to Taichuan Prefecture.”
The news was too sudden. Even though Chaoge, a time traveler, had not suffered much from drought since he traveled through time, he couldn't help but feel happy for the people at this moment.
"real?!
That's great, the people are suffering so much..."
At this point, the joy in Leng Qianrou's eyes suddenly disappeared, and tears wet her eyelashes: "Husband, there is just one thing you have to be mentally prepared for."
Chaoge held his breath and concentrated, having a feeling that Leng Qianrou was about to tell everyone what happened to the old witch.
"Why are you crying again?
Don't worry, no matter what happens, your husband will share the burden with you.
You don't have to worry about the three of them. As long as they keep their identities secret, I will settle them down and won't let them leave you too far. I'll just send them to the same farm as last time, okay?"
Leng Qianrou was really touched by He Zhichu's love and even his tolerance for the criminal status of her family members.
There is absolutely no problem with their relationship, but now it involves his mother.
No one knew better than Leng Qianrou how high Madam He's status was in her son's mind.
Even though He Zhichu loves, cares for and pampers herself, if it really comes to a choice between him and his mother, He Zhichu will definitely choose his mother without hesitation, even if it means ignoring the child in her belly.
"Thank you, husband, but we can talk about this later. It's mother's business."
"Mother? What happened to mother?"
A hint of doubt flashed across He Zhichu's eyes, and his first reaction was to guess that his wife had been alone with his mother these days, and something unpleasant must have happened without him.
"My mother passed out last night after taking a bath and was about to lie down. When she woke up, she was paralyzed and unable to move.
There was only one doctor in this town, and I asked someone to invite him to see the patient, but he said there was nothing he could do.
I was thinking of heading to Taichuan Prefecture early tomorrow morning to find a famous doctor for my mother..."
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