After reuniting, Lu Songli and his party entered Liaoxi County directly.
The towns here have the unique scenery of northern border towns, but the atmosphere is clearly tense.
In fact, they had this feeling after entering Youbeiping County before. When the locals first saw the strangers in their group, they would be wary at first, but when they discovered their skin color and appearance, they would relax immediately.
Xu Zheng and the others went to inquire in their official uniforms, and only then did the old man tell them the reason tremblingly.
Last year, these cities and counties bordering Xianbei were ravaged.
Because Xianbei went south to plunder the supplies of the people of Dali as soon as winter came, which was a drama that happened almost every year. There is a war here every year, and Xianbei will fight until the snow almost melts before withdrawing its troops.
Therefore, every autumn, the people here are accustomed to staying behind closed doors.
They could see so many people coming out for activities at this time. It was because Xianbei withdrew its troops early last year and it was almost spring plowing, so people had the courage to come out for activities.
In fact, Xianbei withdrew his troops early and had some relationship with the Qin family.
Last year in the northern border, General Qin Yue directly crippled the Qiang and Hu tribes in a dying battle, which severely shocked the Xianbei tribe. Affected by the war situation in the north, Xianbei withdrew his troops early, which allowed the people in Youzhou, Liaoxi and Liaodong counties and other places to have a stable new year.
The Qin family has been guarding the northern border. After hearing the news, except Qin's mother and Lu Songli, no one else felt much. The children are newborn calves and are not afraid of tigers. Plus they know that there are other cousins living in the north, so they are a little curious about such a life.
Qin's mother has been living in Chang'an City due to physical reasons.
Lu Songli has always been in a peaceful era in later generations and has never personally experienced chaos or war. In later generations, China's murder rate per 10,000 people was 0.7, and its public security was better than that of the United States. Therefore, Lu Songli frowned when she heard these things. Living in such an environment, she really felt too insecure. Change, must change!
Xu Zheng also inquired about it and found that the prices of houses and fields here were half cheaper than those in Chang'an City.
As soon as they arrived at a village in Liucheng, they saw a dozen big men from the village chasing a young man in his twenties with kitchen knives, hoes, mallets and other objects.
The young man was seriously injured. His head may have been injured and blood was flowing down. His legs may have been injured as well, causing him to walk with a limp.
A young woman protected the semi-conscious man and shouted at the visitor, "Stop! He is my cousin, not an adulterer! Mother-in-law, husband, please speak!"
When Qin Sheng saw the injured man, his expression changed slightly and he was about to step forward, but Lu Songli quickly held him back.
"What's wrong?" she asked in a low voice.
"save him!"
"reason?"
"Dragon City." Qin Sheng whispered two words.
Lu Songli understood instantly that this man was related to the one hundred hectares of land in Longcheng!
She checked the geographical records and found that Liucheng was an important town in the northeast, and Longcheng was located to the north of Liucheng and west of Longshan. It was indeed not far from here.
Lu Songli looked at the man and woman who were being chased by everyone.
The villagers on the opposite side also discovered Lu Songli and his party.
An old woman with a mean look glanced at them and said, "Don't worry about these foreigners, catch the adulterer first!"
But the young woman asked Lu Songli and others for help, "Kind strangers, please save my cousin!"
Qi Zhenniang defended her cousin to the death. She did not dare to think that her only relative, her cousin, came to seek justice for her, but was beaten by her husband's family. Now her mother-in-law and the others are still refusing to let him go. If something happened to her cousin, she would be completely to blame.
The mean old woman's expression suddenly changed, "outsiders, I advise you to mind your own business!"
People from their village advised her, "Mrs. Ma, forget it, just teach her a lesson."
The person who said this was quickly scolded by Mrs. Ma, "Bah, you are standing and talking so as not to hurt your back. Is it easy for our old Ma family to get a wife? If you dare to steal my old Ma family's daughter-in-law, you must give him one You can’t teach me a lesson!”
People in the same village murmured that it is not easy for your old Ma family to find a wife, but they have not seen how kind you are to the wives you marry.
At this time, the young woman shouted to her husband, an honest-looking man, "Ma Zhongping, tell me, why do I, Qi Zhenniang, want to reconcile with you? My reconciliation with you has nothing to do with my cousin!"
"I'm telling you, I've had enough over the years."
"Lian'er is our only daughter. The doctor obviously said that her ear disease can be cured. As long as we save enough money to treat her before she is three years old."
"My daughter wants medical treatment, but my father-in-law and mother-in-law are not supportive at all, so I can't stand it."
"I work exhaustingly every year, from the beginning of the year to the end of the year, and I am reluctant to eat or wear anything. I am willing to do it for my daughter."
"Every time you save a little money, your mother comes and takes it away. Now Lian'er is eight years old and she hasn't been cured yet!"
"Your mother said that she took away the money we earned together. She should be filial to our elders. Okay, I admit it. But, why did she still take away the thirty taels that my cousin and I borrowed?"
"Since you can't protect your wife or your daughter, what's wrong with me and your divorce?"
After ten years, Qi Zhenniang has clearly seen that this man is unreliable. As long as she is still in this family, her daughter will never be cured.
Mrs. Ma: "Bah, that's nice to say. You clearly dislike the poor and love the rich, dislike the loyal son, and then you have an affair with your cousin. You want to divorce her and remarry your cousin, don't even think about it!"
The youngest daughter-in-law of the Ma family: "Sister-in-law, you misunderstood. It's true that my mother took some money from you, but she also did it for your own good. With that money, she gave you medicine, and she wanted you to recuperate and then have another baby. "
"Yes, they are giving us medicine. Take our five taels of silver and give us five cents of cheap medicine."
Ma Zhongping said honestly, "Zhen Niang, don't listen to that doctor's deception. Lian'er's disease cannot be cured at all."
Qi Zhenniang: "Even if it can't be cured, I am still willing to spend my money on my daughter! Instead of wasting it on you, a big family!"
Mrs. Ma started to scream, "My son, it's terrible, it's terrible, your wife has gone crazy because of an adulterer. She really wants to abandon you and this family for the adulterer." Damn! Everything you say about treating your daughter’s illness is just an excuse!”
"My mother is right, you just hate being poor and love being rich!" Ma Zhongping said with red eyes. He thought that it was indeed after his wife's cousin became rich that his wife frequently thought about divorce.
Now that everyone heard it, things were very clear.
Lu Songli looked at Ma Zhong with cold eyes, his face flushed and his breasts exposed, and his expression crazy. The mother kept talking to stimulate him.
Just now Qin Sheng told Lu Songli that the injured man was named Meng Yun. He was once a soldier under his command. He was disarmed and returned home because of his injury. The one hundred hectares of land were entrusted to his care.
There is no one in Meng Yun's family except a cousin.
The other party may know Meng Yun's situation very well, and may have the intention of exterminating the family.
She has never been afraid to speculate on human nature with the greatest malice.
Ma Mu, who is greedy for money, sees the rich Meng Yun coming to negotiate a divorce with her daughter-in-law. Shouldn't the first thing she does is ask for money, and then hold on to her granddaughter so that she can slowly bleed out in the future? ?
Even if Zhenniang insists on taking her daughter away, but her plan fails in the end, she will still ask for another sum of money. This is her normal reaction.
Instead of what it is like now, it seems that the name of the adulterer must be pinned on Meng Yun's head, and then every sentence is used to stimulate the eldest son, as if he is trying to induce him to kill the adulterer.
"Sixth Young Madam, do you want to save someone?" Xue Xu squeezed in beside Lu Songli at some point.
"Um."
"Let me do it. Why do you need to take action on such a trivial matter?"
"Okay, please excuse me, Mr. Xue."
The two of them had only spoken a few words, and Ma Zhongping was already so instigated by his mother.
"I tell you Qi Zhenniang, you are my Ma Zhongping's wife in life, and I am Ma Zhongping's ghost in death! No man can ever take you away from me!" Ma Zhongping said harsh words while holding a mallet. As he came to the two of them, he raised his mallet and hit Meng Yun on the head.
Meng Yun was already half-conscious. Qi Zhenniang was protecting her cousin, but was forcefully pulled away by Mrs. Ma. Mrs. Ma held her daughter-in-law's hand tightly and watched this scene excitedly.
However, Ma Zhongping's mallet was stopped by Hu Guangcong.
"What, you want to take this opportunity to kill people?" Xue Xu, a little old man, walked out of the crowd.
