Chapter 313 Escape from Sucheng
Escorted by a team of tens of thousands of people, Jiang Yuzhu's trip was very grand.
When there are a lot of people, there will be some inconveniences in food, accommodation and transportation, but compared with safety, these minor shortcomings are nothing.
The Huo family selected twenty or so brothers who were the best in martial arts and righteous in character, and had them take turns on night duty in groups of several. Any disturbance would not escape their eyes.
When he was free, Jiang Yuzhu chatted with his brothers and learned that these people were not bad people by nature, but they had no other choice but to seek refuge with Zhou Pingjiang and the Huo couple.
"Madam, you are so lucky. Cui Ji is the best in martial arts, even better than me."
Hong Jin had just fought with Cui Ji and was still unsatisfied. Upon learning of his experience, Hong Jin could not help but sigh, "It's true that a hemp rope only breaks at the thinnest part..."
Cui Ji was in his early thirties and was originally a martial artist. Because of his upright and honest character, he offended some government officials. His son, who was only a few years old, was instigated to jump into the lake to catch fish. He was washed away by the fast current and was found a few days later, swollen from swelling.
In great grief, Cui Ji's daughter-in-law lost her mind and was raped by her enemies. After she woke up, she realized she had lost her innocence and missed her son too much, so she hanged herself with a rope.
Cui Ji's parents were already in poor health, and the two elders became so angry that they vomited blood and died one after another.
Relatives blamed Cui Ji for making enemies and offending government officials, but they were also worried about being implicated and cut off all contact with him.
"Twiggy killed his enemy in a rage, but he was merciful and spared his enemy's son who was only a few years old."
Hong Jin smacked her lips, and chatted with Cui Ji about the past, and said angrily, "He is even more ruthless than me. The brat was instigated by his own father to trick Cui Ji's son into going down the river. His original intention was to harm people. It's fair to exchange one life for another!"
"After Twiggy escaped, the boy told the officer where he was hiding, causing him to be shot with an arrow and left with only one breath left."
He risked his life to climb up the mountain and hide, but the smell of blood attracted wild beasts. If he had not been met by Zhou Pingjiang who was hunting, Cui Ji would have had no chance of survival!
"Is that why Twiggy stayed on the mountain?"
Jiang Yuzhu sighed. Instead of believing that human nature is inherently good, it is better to believe that birds of a feather flock together.
Instigating their own flesh and blood to harm others shows how cruel and ruthless parents are.
Such a scumbag doesn't deserve to have offspring. It would be better to send his entire family on their way.
Hong Jin continued, "No, after Cui Ji recovered from his injury, he occupied a mountain and took in his brothers and poor people who could not afford to eat. Later, he led several thousand people to Zhou Pingjiang."
As if remembering something, Hong Jin asked worriedly, "Madam, among the tens of thousands of people, what if there is someone hiding behind and keeping watch on you, and it does something bad to you?"
"Do you think there are few people who want to harm us?"
Jiang Yuzhu's lips suddenly showed a cold smile, "There are more in the dark places that we can't see."
"Hongjin, you worry too much. There are some things we can't control, so we just need to control most of them."
Take Zhou Pingjiang and Huo for example. Although they both surrendered to Jiang Yuzhu, they were not completely loyal to her. Instead, the escape route they had chosen had been blocked by Jiang Yuzhu.
As long as there are temporary benefits, it can be done.
"Yuanhe looks three steps ahead, but I can't see that far. We'll talk about the future later."
Jiang Yuzhu covered the teacup and said to Hong Jin, "These brothers are quite skilled, strong, and have their own skills. Let's see who is willing to teach Dali and Xiaomei and help them find some masters."
Huang Dali and Huang Xiaomei are born with supernatural powers. If they can learn a few tricks, they will make greater progress.
The styles of Hongxiu and Hongxiu are too light and not suitable for the brother and sister.
Hong Jin thought it was feasible and said with a smile, "That would be great."
After all, the Huang brothers and sisters are family.
Along the way, Jiang Yuzhu fulfilled her promise and provided wine and meat, and had a big dinner every day.
As the fifth month of the lunar calendar approaches, the weather in the south becomes increasingly hotter.
The sun was scorching during the day and the carriage was like a big steamer, making people feel uncomfortable.
Hongli and local farmers bought sheepskin and sewed a water mat.
Get up early and fill it with cold spring water and spread it on the car bench.
Her body was cold, and several maids took turns fanning her. Even though the wind was still hot, Jiang Yuzhu felt much more comfortable than before.
When the sun sets, the water on the cushion has already warmed up and can be poured out and used directly for washing.
It was a hot day and Jiang Yuzhu was suffering from the summer heat. She retched at the sight of the greasy fat and felt extremely miserable.
At this time, Aunt Lanhua played her full role.
To ensure that Jiang Yuzhu is nutritionally balanced, jelly, cold noodles with shredded chicken, and cold wontons with sesame sauce are served. They are not greasy at all and contain both vegetables and meat.
Aunt Lanhua was generous and taught several chefs in Zhou Pingjiang's team that if they bought a lot of ingredients from the village when passing by, the brothers could occasionally have an extra meal of red bean cakes and mung bean cakes. Even these rough men were fed with care.
The further south they went, the more they noticed something unusual.
"Madam Xie, I often go to Jiangnan to buy goods. There are many caravans traveling on the official road. Since we entered the territory of several southern cities, why haven't we seen any caravans returning from Jiangnan?"
Zhou Pingjiang and Huo were in charge on the mountain, and many brothers came with Cui Ji.
"It's fine that we didn't see the caravan, but there are still many scattered refugees along the official road."
Last year, when there was a flood in the south of the Yangtze River, the court distributed rice and silver as disaster relief, which helped the affected people tide over the difficulties.
There hasn't been much rain this year, so I haven't heard of the bridge being washed away.
"How about we stop and find out?"
The sun was scorching at noon, and there was a river not far down the official road. Cui Ji suggested that it would be a good place to replenish water.
Jiang Yuzhu agreed readily, took out a roasted chicken leg and stuffed it into Cui Ji's pocket, saying, "Brother Cui, go ask around, and be careful."
Aunt Lanhua brushed a layer of honey on the skin of the roasted chicken legs, and baked them to have tiger skin patterns.
Jiang Yuzhu still had no appetite, so she gave it to Cui Ji.
Jiang Yuzhu often gave special treatment to the twenty or so guards just to cultivate their relationship.
When Cui Ji heard this, he nodded heavily and felt warm in his heart.
After wandering around for these years, he learned that he was involved in a murder case and few people treated him as a human being.
Jiang Yuzhu is different. She can understand how difficult it is for him. Just for this rare understanding, Cui Ji is willing to risk his life.
He walked away humming a little tune, biting a chicken leg.
Seeing this scene, Hongli tutted his tongue twice: "Others use a lot of money to buy people's hearts, but Madam only needs a roasted chicken leg."
Jiang Yuzhu glared at Hongli and said angrily, "I can still use the beauty trap to marry you, a girl!"
People are different, so you have to treat them differently.
For someone like Cui Ji, whose family has suffered a great change and been destroyed, what he values is no longer money.
After half an hour, Cui Ji finally came back, followed by a man with the same face. The three of them looked like brothers.
Cui Ji's face was not very good. He pushed the three brothers forward and said, "Madam, they escaped from Su City."
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