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Chapter 147: Wei County Saves People (Part 2)

"It's me! Do the aunt still remember me?" Li Yanqing looked at her expectantly.

Aunt Hu became extremely sober, her face turned red as if she was drunk, and her eyes were bright. The prison guards outside shook their heads secretly. They had seen so much that the old woman began to look back.

"I remember, you are stupid! Your father is Li Daqi, and you are Yanqing."

Aunt Hu suddenly started to cry, "Qing'er, are you here to save us?"

Li Yanqing held her thin hand and said, "Don't worry, auntie, I will definitely find a way to rescue auntie and Qing'er."

"I... I can't do it anymore, and it doesn't matter if I can't go out, but Qing'er will definitely rescue Xiao Qing'er. She is still a little lady, and this is not the place she stays."

Qing'er hugged in her grandmother's arms and started crying, "I want to be with my grandmother."

At this time, the sound of the keys came from outside, and the prison was urging him. Li Yanqing handed the food box to Qing'er, "You eat something first, I'll find a way when I go back."

Li Yanqing got up and walked out of the cell. When he walked to the door, he looked back and saw Qing'er staring at him. Just like when he was a child, his eyes were particularly bright.













After walking out of the prison camp, Liu San said to him: "I just went to ask Guanchang. Their grandparents and grandchildren were not exiled, but were sentenced to be sold to Jiaofang. The old woman was no longer able to do it. Jiaofang had a fancy to Xiaoniang and would come to recruit people tomorrow or the next day."

Li Yanqing's heart moved. That would not be a serious crime. There should be a way. He might be able to buy people from the Jiaofang again.

Liu San understood his thoughts and hesitated: "Jiangying told me just now that if the little officials want to save them, it's not impossible. Don't go to the Jiaofang, they can solve the problem."

Li Yanqing did not want to go to the Jiaofang to redeem people. Once he entered the Jiaofang, Qing'er would settle down as a prostitute, which would affect his reputation for life, so he would be better off in the prison camp.

"Tell me the truth, is it OK?"

Liu San looked at both sides, pulled Li Yanqing to a corner, and whispered: "Someone above wanted to make money from the Lu family, so he sentenced the Lu family to a serious crime. This was not bad for his grandparents and grandchildren, so he was sentenced to the Jiaofang, which was a misdemeanor. Guanying said that if the small official was willing to pay the money, he would get the person out tonight."

"Money is not a problem, but how did he get the person out?" Li Yanqing continued to ask, he could not be a little vague.

"It's also the little officials who are lucky. Recently, an epidemic broke out in the prison camp. People died every day. They had to be sent away and burned overnight. If they can't wait for the autopsy, the group training in Yuancheng County will not go to Wei County to conduct a detailed investigation and just report them to death. But! In this way, the household registration will be closed. In the future, they will have no household registration and cannot return to their original home. The little officials must guarantee this."

Li Yanqing thought that Aunt Hu had already shown signs of returning to his original home, so he was anxious and said, "I promise they won't go back to their hometowns, tell me how much money they want?"

"One hundred taels of silver, no less than a penny. In addition, I will draw ten taels of gold, a total of one hundred and ten taels of silver."

Li Yanqing nodded, "Then we will make up for it!"

When Liu San saw Li Yanqing agreeing, he was overjoyed. When they saw Li Yanqing being generous, they knew it was profitable, so they were worried that Li Yanqing would go to the teaching house to redeem people and they would lose this opportunity to make money.

Liu San hurriedly said: "According to the rules of the prison camp, one update will be used to save the body, two updates will be sent to the third updates, and the small official can rent a ox cart to wait in Liupolin outside the north city. Guanchang will personally escort the body out of the city tonight, and bring the two grandparents and grandchildren out together. At that time, the small official will give me the money."













At the second update, a ox cart was quietly parked next to a willow forest outside the north city of Wei County. The rusher was wearing an old sheepskin coat and curled up in his seat to doze off. Li Yanqing immediately looked at the city gate next to the cart. It was less than two miles away from the city gate. There were several torches inserted above the city gate. The fire was fierce. Under the light of the fire, you could vaguely see the movement at the city gate.

At this time, the city gate slowly opened, and several large carts drove out of the city. Following several prisoners in soap clothes on both sides, there were two people sitting in the first large cart. One of them was Li Yanqing, who met Liu San during the day, and the other was a rude man, wearing a public uniform and a gauze hat. It was probably the manager of Wei County.

Guanying's surname is Wang, and he is a small military official at the bottom. He is equivalent to the captain of the discipline. In "Water Margin", Shi En's father is a Guanying. Because the prison camp in Wei County is small, Guanying can also be managed by one place. This is also his way to make money. He will never let him go when he encounters any opportunity to make money.

Like Lu Junyi's family is all fat sheep, but someone is watching him. Wang Guanying dares not make trouble. However, Hu Sheng's family is just an old woman and a young lady. No matter how much money he is, he can only get one or two cents of money when he sells it to the Jiaofang. It just so happens that a sucker comes to his house and is willing to pay 100 taels of silver to buy people. Why don't he do it?

The corpse transporting carriage stopped when passing by Liulin. Several prisoners carried the grandparents and grandchildren in a ox cart and skillfully and quickly stuffed them into the ox cart prepared by Li Yanqing in advance. It can be seen that they often do this and cooperate very well.

At this time, Liu San quickly walked forward and said, "Little official, that old woman is almost out of reach. Hurry up and go to Dapan Village, Ximian, where there is a doctor Ge. See if he can save his life."

Li Yanqing nodded, he lifted the curtain and looked at it, and happened to see Xiao Qing'er's bright and grateful gaze.

Li Yanqing then put down the curtain, took out a bag of silver and handed it to Liu San. Liu San looked carefully for a moment, then waved to the distant convoy, and the corpse transport convoy continued to move forward. Liu San clasped his fists and said, "Then I wish the little official a good journey."

"I would also like to ask Liu Yaren to bring a message to Guanying. If one day their family comes to find someone, they can tell the person that my surname is Li and he is his neighbor in Tangyin County, and he will not hurt Guanying."

"Thank you, I will tell you!"

Liu San turned around and left quickly, and soon disappeared into the heavy night fog with the convoy.

Li Yanqing's ox cart also started and quickly drove towards Dapan Village to the west.

............

Li Yanqing was unable to save Aunt Hu in the end. At dawn, Aunt Hu took Qing'er's hand and swallowed her last breath. Qing'er lost her beloved grandmother, was heartbroken and cried so hard that she almost fainted.

Li Yanqing was really sad, but he had no time to delay. He spent money to buy a coffin, another cemetery, buried Aunt Hu in Dapan Village, took out a few taels of silver, and asked Bao Zheng to carve a tombstone.

In front of a newly-standing tomb, Li Yanqing clasped his hands and said silently: "Yanqing will definitely protect Qing'er, give Qing'er to her father, and ask the aunt to rest in peace under the scent of the springs!"

He then helped Qing'er up who was kneeling on the ground, "Let's go!"

Qing'er wore filial piety on her head, kowtowed three times to her grandmother's new grave, turned around step by step, and followed Li Yanqing onto the ox cart sadly. Li Yanqing turned over and followed the ox cart towards Xiangzhou.

When they passed by Ligu Town, Qing'er suddenly pointed to a village in the distance and said, "Brother Qing, my grandmother's house is there, and my mother has remarried nearby."

Li Yanqing was quite surprised. This was the first thing Xiao Qing'er said to him. He actually called him so naturally without any deliberate traces. Li Yanqing had some realization, but Qing'er actually did not forget him.

Li Yanqing quickly smiled and said, "Do we want to go and take a look? Maybe we can find your mother!"

Although Qing'er was only eight years old, she had a decisiveness and perseverance in her eyes that was inconsistent with her age. She shook her head, "Dad once took me to find them, but they didn't even let the door in. My mother had already made it clear when she left, and told me and my father not to disturb her again."

'oh--'

Li Yanqing looked at her sympathetically, then stopped mentioning this matter, turned around and smiled: "Then go back to Liwen Village with me first! Qing'er, do you still remember Liwen Village?"

"I remember a little bit that I didn't take a rag doll, and my dad said he would help me get it back, but he forgot."

Li Yanqing scratched his head, "It seems that there is no one! I didn't see it."

"I'm not playing with ragdolls now."

Qing'er finally showed a smile on her face, the sun shining on her face, her eyes as bright as gemstones, and her long eyelashes flashed, making her look particularly pretty. She was only eight years old and her beauty had already come out.

The ox cart continued to travel westward and walked for about a dozen miles. Qing'er asked in a low voice again worriedly: "Brother Qing, do you think my father will be in trouble?"

Of course Li Yanqing knew that Lu Junyi and Hu Cheng would be fine. Since Song Jiang forced them to go desperate, how could he not save them?

Seeing Qing'er's face full of worry, he smiled and comforted her, "Mr. Lu has many friends who will save him. I believe your father will be rescued at the same time. Don't worry! I have left the clues to your father. He will come to find you. You can follow me with peace of mind and take care of your health."

"If Dad knew that Grandma had passed away, he would not know how uncomfortable it would be!" Thinking of Grandma, Qing'er's voice choked up again.

.........

Two days later, Li Yanqing returned to Liwen Village. As soon as he arrived at the door of his house, the magpie smiled and greeted him, "The little official came back so early?"

"When something happens, come back first. I'm not at home. Is anyone looking for me?"

"There are too many people looking for Xiaoguan people, but it doesn't matter. Uncle Zhong has blocked him back, huh--"

The magpie suddenly saw a pretty little lady walking out of the ox cart. She was stunned. Who is this? Did the little official buy another maid?

Qing'er stood in front of the door and looked at her for a long time. Although her former residence no longer existed, the jujube tree in front of the door was still vaguely left in her memory.

At this time, Da Hei walked forward swaying, sniffed, and rubbed her legs affectionately. Qing'er's eyes lit up, and she squatted down and hugged Da Hei tightly, putting her face on Da Hei. She finally remembered that this was the big black dog that helped their family catch the weasel!

"Little official, who is she?" Magpie asked curiously.

"Her name is Qing'er. She is a little sister from my past. My father was taken away by the government. She is now an orphan. You have to take good care of her for me in the future."

Unlimited sympathy surged in the magpie's eyes. She nodded obediently, stepped forward and held Qing'er's hand and smiled: "Go into the house and have a good rest. Let's light lanterns together tonight, there are swallow lamps, crab lamps, and beauty lamps, I guarantee you will like it."

When Qing'er saw a young lady who was about the same age as her, she felt happy, nodded quickly, and followed the magpie into the yard.

Finally brought Qing'er home, Li Yanqing felt relieved. At this time, he was a little worried about Wang Gui and the others, and he didn't know if they could pass the martial arts exam?

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