Wang Yu stared at the two people in amazement. They started arguing as if no one was around. Judging from their voices, they were probably not very old. They would not report their parents if they did something wrong. He was afraid that they were two young children who had no experience of the world and had no idea what they had done to run here to hide.
Seeing that the two people's quarrel was getting louder and louder, Erbao whimpered on the bed. Cheng Chen quickly picked him up and coaxed him to sleep again.
Wang Yu saw that the two of them didn't seem to be about to stop, so he could only speak out to stop them, "Stop arguing, people will come here soon."
After hearing Wang Yu's words, the two men fell silent, snorted, turned their heads and ignored each other.
...Wang Yu looked at the two of them speechlessly, wondering what was going on in the middle of the night.
But the situation still needed to be clarified, so he asked, "What did you two do? Why are you hiding here?"
The two of them might be too young, or they might think that the other family of three didn't look like bad people. Ling Xiao thought for a moment and said, "We were originally going to the corrupt official's house to rob the rich and give to the poor, but she exposed our whereabouts. Otherwise, we wouldn't be hunted down and have to hide here."
Ling Xiao pointed at Ling Shuang and didn't forget to criticize her while speaking. Ling Shuang glared at him.
Wang Yu's mouth twitched when he heard this. He looked at the two young children, who seemed to be in no danger. He put on his clothes and walked downstairs, sat down at the table, poured himself a cup of tea, and asked, "Why rob the rich to help the poor?"
Ling Xiao glanced at Wang Yu. He looked gentle and powerless, not like a bad guy. Since he couldn't get out anyway, he told him his experience.
Wang Yu then understood the reason for the incident. It was the first time for these two children to go out for training. When they arrived in Wuzhou, they stayed at a farmer's house. At night, they heard the farmer couple crying in the middle of the night.
Later, after asking around, the two men learned that officials forced innocent people to sell themselves into slavery and imposed all kinds of heavy taxes. If they couldn't pay the taxes, they could only borrow money and wait to repay the debt after selling grain in the autumn harvest. However, there were many taxes and the interest on the loans was high. When they couldn't repay the debt on time, the moneylenders forced them to sell their children.
Ling Xiao and Ling Shuang were very angry after hearing this. They didn't expect to encounter such a thing just after going out for training. There are such unscrupulous businessmen in the world. They also thought at first that it was a money house lending money at high interest rates, so they planned to rob the money house to help the couple.
Unexpectedly, they accidentally found out that the owner behind the money house was actually an official. Knowing that it was the official who was causing the trouble, the two of them turned around and tried to rob the official, but accidentally exposed their whereabouts.
Wang Yu frowned as he listened. In the Dali period, there were no other taxes for the people except for the grain tax of 20%. Even the head tax was abolished, not to mention other exorbitant taxes. If what the two said was true, then there was indeed a problem. Before Wang Yu could say anything, he heard a noisy sound coming from downstairs of the inn.
Ling Xiao Ling Shuang also heard the noise, stood up and said, "Oh no, they're chasing us."
The two men prepared to escape through the window. Although they had martial arts skills, they could not withstand the other side's large numbers.
Wang Yu stopped them and said, "We are surrounded by soldiers outside. It will be difficult for you to escape. Stay here."
Then he looked around the room and saw that the only place he could hide was under the bed. He said to the two of them, "Go hide under the bed. I'll figure out the rest."
Ling Xiao said, "That won't work. They are here to arrest us. We can't implicate you."
Wang Yu thought these two kids were pretty good, chivalrous, but a little reckless due to their youth. "Don't worry, I have a solution."
Ling Shuang and Ling Xiao looked at each other and believed Wang Yu. They thought that if they were discovered, they would protect this family at all costs, and then hid under the bed.
Wang Yu waited for them to hide inside, then took off his coat and got on the bed with Cheng Chen. He hugged Cheng Chen, patted his back, and said, "Don't be afraid."
Cheng Chen nodded in his arms, and moved his body to let the second baby in his arms sleep more comfortably. Although he was still very scared, he was much calmer now.
Soon there was a knock on the door. Wang Yu told Cheng Chen not to move. He got up, dressed, and stood at the doorway, asking, "Who is it here in the middle of the night?"
Three guards stood at the door and said through the door, "We are here by order of the prefect to search for the imperial criminal. Open the door."
Wang Yu opened the door this time, but stopped anyone from entering, saying, "I don't have any prisoners here."
The leader was not polite when he heard him say that: "You said there is no such thing? Get out of the way! You are delaying the governor's business, you deserve to have your heads chopped off!"
As he was about to push Wang Yu in, Wang Yu held out his hand to stop him and said, "My wife is in there, it's not convenient for you to search. Just wait."
After saying that, he turned around to get his documents. The three guards didn't know what he was going to do and were about to go in directly, when they saw Wang Yu coming out with something.
Wang Yu handed the document to the guard and said, "If you want to come in and search, let your prefect come in person."
Seeing Wang Yu so determined, the man took it and looked at it carefully. It was an appointment letter from the court, with the emperor's seal on it. It said that he was going to Dingzhou to serve as the prefect, the same official position as his master. He looked up at Wang Yu and saw that the document was real and did not look fake.
After thinking for a while, he realized that he couldn't just barge in. He returned the appointment letter to Wang Yu and apologized, "My humble servant, I'm sorry. It's really those two thieves who were so bold as to try to assassinate the prefect. We must catch them."
Wang Yu nodded and said, "There are no thieves here. There are only me and my wife in the room."
As soon as Wang Yu finished speaking, the sound of Erbao crying and Cheng Chen coaxing the baby could be heard.
He glanced at the three people at the door with a chilly look and whispered, "Are you still going in to search?"
The three of them looked at each other. It didn't sound like there was anyone else inside, so they could only step back and lower their heads and say, "I dare not. Sorry to bother you tonight."
As he spoke, he led a group of people to the next room. The door of the room just opened and Zheng Shu came out. Seeing this, he quickly said, "Is the master okay?"
Wang Yu shook his head and motioned him to come in. The three guards saw that they were also Wang Yu's people in the room, so they just poked their heads out to take a look, and left when they saw nothing unusual.
Everyone waiting for the search went downstairs. Wang Yu called out the two people hiding under the bed and lit the oil lamp. Only then could he see clearly what the two men looked like. They were about sixteen or seventeen years old. The two young men looked very similar and were wearing night clothes. If it weren't for the slight difference in height, it would be difficult to tell them apart.
Zheng Shu opened his mouth in shock as he watched the two people crawl out from under the bed.
Wang Yu sat back at the table and said, "They're gone."
When the two heard that the searchers had left, they breathed a sigh of relief and bowed to Wang Yu, saying, "Thank you for rescuing us today. My name is Ling Xiao, and she is my sister, Ling Shuang. We, brother and sister, would like to express our gratitude. If you need anything in the future, we will definitely be happy to help you."
When Wang Yu heard their last name was Ling, he wondered if they were related to Ling Chufeng. No wonder he thought they looked like someone else when he saw them clearly. So he asked, "Are you from Feixue Villa?"
The two were also surprised and asked, "You know Feixue Villa?"
Seeing that he was indeed from Feixue Mountain Villa, Wang Yu nodded and said, "I know Ling Chufeng."
Ling Shuang was surprised: "You know big brother?"
Wang Yu nodded, and after chatting for a while, he found out that they were Ling Chufeng's younger brother and sister. The eldest brother they had been arguing about before was Ling Chufeng. This was simply fate.
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