Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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During the Yongyou period, in winter, floods in Guannan Road caused a total crop failure.
Starving people from Qizhou, Qingzhou and other places travelled thousands of miles to the north, and countless people died of starvation and freezing along the way.
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This year’s winter may have come especially early. After a night of light snow, the leaves of the grass and trees were covered with crystal white frost, and a thin layer of frost also covered the ground.
The sky was slightly bright.
A group of villagers gathered at the entrance of Xiaofu Village, holding wooden sticks and hoes, staring at the ragged refugees across the street with alert faces.
The two sides pushed each other and made loud noises.
On the dirt slope not far from the village entrance, several carriages were quietly parked on one side, and five or six women were sitting around a fire, drinking tea and chatting happily.
“If you ask me, we shouldn’t go out to pick up Miss Yu on such a cold day.” Hong Wei glanced at the noisy village entrance, pouted in disdain, turned around and put on another smile, looking flatteringly at a middle-aged woman with a long face.
“Madam, you have been really tired on this journey.”
Madam Hu raised her eyelids to look at her, picked up the tea and drank it slowly, “Don’t forget that Miss Yu you mentioned is a legitimate daughter of the governor’s mansion.”
“Oh, everyone knows this.” Hong Wei smiled contemptuously, “She is said to be a legitimate daughter of the governor’s mansion, but her fate is too strong. She offended the princess and her mother and was thrown on the farm to fend for herself for more than ten years. If it weren’t for the old lady’s 60th birthday this time, and her occasionally mentioning her, who knows if she would be taken back in this life.”
“That’s right.” Another old nanny surnamed Fang said with contempt, “She is what the old saying says: a lady with a maid’s fate. She is born with a lowly fate and is born to be abused!”
Hong Wei smiled and added some hot water for nanny Hu and nanny Fang, “The girl has been abandoned on the farm since she was three years old. Who doesn’t know that there has been no place for her in the mansion for so many years.”
She turned and pointed to the village entrance below where torches were shining, “Mamas, do you think she can handle this?”
Mama Hu said lightly, “Whether she can do it or not, we will know when we go over and take a look. Go, call the guards in the mansion, and let’s go down to watch the excitement together.”
Several maids laughed and helped nanny Hu and nanny Fang to get up and walk towards the village entrance where the noise was getting more and more fierce.
At that time, many refugees who were blocking the entrance of Xiaofu Village broke through the temporary fences set up by the villagers and rushed into the village like crazy.
“Let’s go into the village and rob together! We have nothing left, so what are we afraid of! As long as we can get through, why should we be afraid of not having a full meal?”
“Big Head Brother is right! Let’s charge!”
Village chief Chen Funong led all the able-bodied men in the village, chasing with sweat all over their heads, shouting, “Everyone calm down, calm down! Don’t make a fool of yourself in the moment!”
“Everyone, everyone!” He shouted at the top of his lungs, but who could care about him at this juncture.
The refugees who rushed into the village all had red eyes and followed Big Head Brother to run towards the largest house in the village.
“Everyone, look! This manor looks the most spacious and prosperous, it must belong to a rich family! Don’t be polite to them, take it!!”
Big Head Brother shouted “take it” with a powerful momentum, and all the refugees who followed him felt their blood boiling.
Just as they were about to kick the main door open with their feet, they heard a slight “creak” sound, and the door opened by itself.
In the dim morning light.
A girl in plain clothes stood quietly with a light expression.
Her black hair was tied up with a thin green bamboo.
A faint light flashed in her dark eyes, and a cool glance instantly made the refugees, whose blood was boiling, inexplicably feel a sense of crisis, and they involuntarily took a half step back.
She was obviously just a plain-looking girl, but she only stood there and stared, giving people a feeling of mist and flowing springs.
It seemed that taking even half a step forward would be an endless blasphemy.
Seeing that no one was moving, Big Head Brother couldn’t help but raise his arms and shout, “What are you waiting for? Charge!”
“Think it over before charging, don’t mistake ignorance for fearlessness.” The girl’s tone was cold, and she raised her eyebrows slightly, her eyes then fell on Big Head Brother’s face and slowly moved down.
Seeing this, Big Head Brother shrank his neck and hurriedly covered his face with his messy hair on both sides, avoiding her gaze and not daring to meet her eyes.
Yu Linlang took a small step away and turned her gaze to the refugees again. She said lightly, “Your rushing, breaking, stealing and robbing are completely different in nature.”
“You were displaced refugees before, but now you want to become bandits and join the despicable bandit registration. Are you trying to challenge the laws of Daqi and make the entire Daqi an enemy?”
The voice was neither high nor low, neither fast nor slow, but it was like a basin of ice water, poured on everyone, cooling the trembling blood in their bones a little.
Big Head Brother saw that the situation seemed to be very unfavorable to his side, and he hurriedly encouraged, “Fools, what are you waiting for? Mountains of gold and silver are in front of you, and delicious fish and meat are waiting for you to enjoy! Just show a little courage, as long as you want, everything is yours!”
“Everyone listen to Big Head Brother! We are almost starving to death, why do we care so much!”
“The law does not punish the masses! Why waste time talking to this little bitch, let’s go together and take her down first.”
Several reckless people followed Big Head Brother to squeeze forward, with flashing eyes, pretending to pounce on the girl standing in front of the door.
Yu Linlang curled the corners of her lips and called softly, “Jiu Jin, beat them! Those who lead the barking, break their legs first and then talk about other things.”
Suddenly, a round-faced, pink-cheeked little girl jumped down from the roof, holding a red fire stick, and smashed at Big Head Brother and his men without saying a word.
The red-hot sticks seemed to have eyes, and they only hit the legs of Big Head Brother and the others who were leading the shouting.
The hot fire stick “sizzled” on the people’s bodies, and the brothers felt so painful that they all ran away.
In a few hits, Big Head Brother and his men were knocked to the ground by the little girl, and several of their legs were broken with “bang bang bang”.
Jiu Jin swung the fire stick and spun it in a circle, and finally kicked Big Head Brother in the chest, causing him to spit out blood.
Seeing this, the onlookers were so scared that they quickly scattered and retreated, their expressions were extremely terrified.
“The law does not punish the masses, but it has never been an excuse for breaking the law and discipline.” Yu Linlang said lightly, her eyes sweeping over the people in front of her.
“I know that most of you were deceived and used by villains, so you rushed into the village to rob.”
“Identify the ringleader now, and hand over the troublemakers once the county officials arrive.” Yu Linlang stared at the refugees in front of her with a deep gaze, “This matter has nothing to do with you.”
“Don’t listen to her nonsense, this woman is trying to sow discord!” Big Head Brother was stepped on by Jiu Jin and couldn’t get up, so he could only howl with his face turned sideways.
“Take off his clothes! Let everyone present see clearly.”
Big Head was shocked and shouted madly, “Let me go, let me go, you dare, you!”
“Swish.” The originally tattered outer shirt was torn into pieces by someone, revealing a fine cotton inner shirt with silk edges inside.
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