"Chuan'er, go and see what's going on outside!" Huang Wenbai said. It's no use talking about those things now. If Hu Mingmei still considered them family and was still bound by filial piety, how could he have done such a thing? The fact that he did such a thing shows that he doesn't care about them at all.
Seeing that Huang Haichuan wanted to go see for himself, the old woman also got up and placed the silver in front of them. "Master, this is ten taels of silver for me. I'll go now!"
Once she gets out, she'll have to find a way to get out. Huang Haichuan and the others are trapped here by Hu Mingmei, waiting to die. They have a grudge against Hu Mingmei, but she, as a servant, has no grudge against Hu Mingmei. She's just here to work, and there's no need for her to stay here with Huang Wenbai and the others to wait to die.
After putting down the silver, the old woman got up and went inside without waiting for Huang Haichuan and the others' consent. Huang Haichuan was worried about the courtyard gate and didn't have time to pay attention to her. He followed the old woman and hurriedly went out as well.
Huang Haichuan moved with lightning speed. After leaving the hall, he felt that he was walking too slowly, so he ordered someone to bring a sedan chair and headed straight for the courtyard gate. As expected, the gate, which was usually open, was now tightly closed.
The courtyard gate had always been open, and they hadn't asked anyone to close it. So the fact that it was closed now meant there was only one possibility: Hu Mingmei and the others had closed it.
The old woman's words had come true. So their guesses might also have come true. Huang Haichuan was anxious. He quickly got out of the sedan chair, walked to the front gate, and patted it hard.
The gate was as if it were made of iron, and it did not budge an inch in front of him.
"Open the door for me!" Huang Haichuan pounded on the door angrily until his hands ached, but the door remained unmoved. It was as if there was no one outside. His hands were sore, but it was no use.
"You!" Huang Haichuan angrily pointed at the gate and ordered the four sedan chair bearers, "Come here and open this gate!"
The four people looked at each other in bewilderment. The gate was closed from the outside, not from the inside. How were they going to open the gate to the courtyard?
Seeing that the four people didn't move, Huang Haichuan became even angrier. "Aren't you coming over?" Huang Haichuan originally wanted to threaten them, but then he thought that there were only his parents and himself in the courtyard, but there were a lot of servants. If he forced them to come over, and they rebelled, wouldn't his whole family be the ones who would suffer?
So, although Huang Haichuan's tone was still arrogant, he spoke words of coaxing, "If you help me open this gate, I will reward you handsomely. In addition to the reward, I will also set you free. At that time, after you have the reward I give you, you can do whatever you want. You will no longer need to be sedan chair carriers!"
These words were indeed tempting! After exchanging glances, the four sedan chair bearers came up and started to work. Because Huang Haichuan had knocked on the door but couldn't open it, they had gone back and brought back four sticks as big as their arms.
They're going all out; after all, everyone wants a life that's both rich and free.
Seeing the four of them giving it their all, Huang Haichuan nodded in satisfaction and said encouragingly, "Go for it! It's up to you. Whether you can get out and receive my reward depends on you."
After finishing his sentence, Huang Haichuan stepped aside again.
The four men worked together to knock the four sticks together. Although the gate to the courtyard was closed, it was just an ordinary gate, much worse than the main gate outside. After knocking for an hour, the gate finally loosened.
Seeing the door teetering on the brink of collapse, Huang Haichuan shouted, "Use your strength and break this door down for me!"
He recorded that Hu Mingmei, who didn't believe in God's will, was really going to trap his whole family here to die!
The four men nodded in agreement, wiped the sweat from their brows, and worked even harder.
The weather was already getting warmer, and after all this, they were so hot they couldn't believe it.
They wanted to ram the door again, but the door suddenly opened by itself, and they were stunned.
Huang Haichuan also looked towards the gate. When he saw the gate open and Lu Ying standing at the door with more than a dozen people, coldly staring at him, he immediately forgot his fear.
"Lu Ying, how dare you treat human life like dirt!" Huang Haichuan strode forward, completely disregarding the dozen or so people. "There are over fifty people in this courtyard. Do you all want to starve us to death here?"
"How could that be?" Lu Ying looked at Huang Haichuan with a sneer. This Huang Haichuan was indeed a bit clever; he knew how to sow discord among the servants as soon as he opened his mouth.
You have to understand, even though they are all experts, it would be quite a challenge if dozens of them came up together. They are all servants, and if what happened here resonates with others, it would be very troublesome to deal with.
"You lot, go back and inform the people in the courtyard. Second Master said you can all come out and work in other courtyards. Second Master is only targeting them, not you!"
"Second Master, are you really not targeting us?" one of the sedan chair carriers asked incredulously.
“Second Master’s word is his bond!” Lu Ying said. “You should go quickly. If any of your family members are inside, bring them out as well.”
Upon hearing Lu Ying's words, the four men immediately threw down the sticks they were holding.
Seeing that they were about to leave, Huang Haichuan quickly grabbed one of them, "Hey, don't go! Get them! I'll reward you handsomely!" In his haste, Huang Haichuan even forgot to address himself as "Master".
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