Chapter 72: Turn

"You're welcome." Feng Liao asked Alan very gently. "What's your last name? Who is it? What other family members are there?"
"The female surname is Ma. She lives in Majia Village, Zaojiaopu, Wulin County. There are no other relatives in the family." Alan's voice was a little trembling, but the answer to the question was quite complete.
After answering, she began to wipe her tears again: "The daughter of the people is bitter. She has no father since she was a child. She only grew up with her mother and grandmother. The grandmother was gone two years ago, and now the mother is gone, and there is only one left in this world I am alone ... "
"Do you have any relatives?"
"Min Nu has a sister-in-law, who lives in Xiushan County. But ... my mother and my sister-in-law are not born to a mother, and I have never been close to each other since I was a child. I am so old that I have never been to my sister-in-law. Come to the season, I do not know if you will recognize me. "
When Alan spoke, he humbly claimed to be the "daughter of the people" for a while, and seemed to forget humility for a while, and professed to be "I" very smoothly.
This is very much like the ordinary civilian girl who is not trained in etiquette, and suddenly talks to the nobleman.
"You and your mother came out of the village, did you want to go to Xiushan County to find you?"
Alan nodded, his expression a little sullen and bewildered: "My mother said: If it wasn't possible, she wouldn't take me to find me. Now, my mother is gone, even where my grandmother's family is in Xiushan County I don't know anywhere. "
Feng Liao was silent, turned to look at Yong Ruo, and asked in mouth: what should I do?
Yong Ruo looked at him with a smile and replied with a mouth shape: you're ready.
Feng Liang thought for a while, then turned to ask Alan: "What are your plans for the future?"
"I ..." Alan hesitated, and tears fell again. "The daughter wants to take my mother home and bury her in the ancestor's grave ..."
She hesitated a few times and cried again, saying, "My mother often said: She and my dad are too close to each other, and they have been widows for a few years. Now my mother goes with my dad, and I am a daughter Yes, she must take her body home and bury her next to my father. Since their fate in the Yang world is shallow, let them continue to be husband and wife in the underworld! Wow ... "
She spoke in tears.
After speaking, she fell to the ground and wept again.
Alan's remarks deeply touched the softest part of Feng Liang's heart.
His face showed a very clear compassion, and patiently waited for Alan to stop crying before he asked softly, "How is the drought in your village?"
"It's a terrific job!" Alana wiped her tears off her dirty sleeves, and her voice was clear with a crying voice. "This year's summer crops have not had much harvest. At this time, many people's seedlings have died out Now, Qiu Liang has no hope at all.
"The well water in the village is also dry. If you want to drink water, you have to go back to the cave in a cave far away.
"Today, some people have gone out to flee. Others have no hope in the field, and have no patience and courage to escape. They are already living by the bark of the grass roots. It is day after day!"
Feng Liang groaned, drew his fingers unconsciously for a while, and asked about the location and traffic of Majia Village.
The village is not far from here, and the transportation is convenient.
More than 200 years ago, when the anti-kings of various places seized the world, King Lu, who occupied Qilu, cut many large trees from the nearby hills in order to repair the palace.
In order to transport the wood, King Lu collected his husband and repaired the Lumu Road, which was accessible by two carriages.
Later, this Lumu Road has been used by local people and timber merchants, and government and business people have been repairing it piecemeal.
Therefore, up to now, this Lumu Road is still available for vehicles, but unlike the original, two carriages can be used in parallel.
Lumu Road just passed not far from Majia Village.
Stopping the carriage in a small hillside beside this road, and then walking or riding over two not too steep mountain beams, you can reach Majia Village.
It took eight days for the mother and daughter to get here from Majia Village.
If Feng Liao went by horse and car, it would only take about three or four days to get there even if Xu Taiyi slowed down the trip.
Feng Liao decided: Anyway, the transportation is convenient, he will go to that village to have a look.
"The first is that the mother and daughter can be sent home. Otherwise, the little girl is afraid that she will have to end up suffering or even lose her life before she can take her mother home.
"Second, if the little girl is true. This Majia village is even a village with a severe disaster. I want to see what is happening in the village."
The others naturally listened to him.
When visiting the disaster area, just look around! The Lord Wang wants to see where, if there is no valid reason, others will not stop him.
Yong Ruo had no reason to object.
Although she suspected Alan's move, she wanted to lure them into a trap.
But until now, without any evidence to prove her suspicion, she could not persuade Feng Liang to change her mind, lest a thorn be left in Feng Liang's heart.
She comforted herself: if you don't enter the tiger's hole, how can you win the tiger? Besides, it is not necessarily a tiger's hole. More than two hundred elite guards and more than twenty ancient scouts. Isn't such a team so easy to destroy?
Feng Liao gave Sun Fusheng a couple of silvers, sent the Sun family away, and then ordered the team to turn to Majia Village.
Alan knew that Feng Liao and others were going to Majia Village, and she would bring her and her mother. She was so grateful that she stunned Feng Liao for several times.
A cart loaded with supplies was vacated. Alan's mother, the body of the middle-aged woman, was wrapped in a roll of oilcloth by the guards, wrapped tightly with a rope, and placed on the vacated cart.
Alan also got on the car and led Feng Liao and others towards Majia Village.
Along the way, Alan also seemed to be thinking about his future.
Huarou, the girl who waited for the noble, became the object of her deliberate courtship and advice.
"Sister Huarou, how can you become the girl of Wang Ye and his wife?" Alan asked when he was empty.
Huarou smiled: "Firstly, you must be innocent, and secondly, you must have a reliable dental mother to sell you to the palace."
"Where can I find a reliable dental lady?"
Huarou continued to smile: "Reliable toothmother was not the one you were looking for, but the palace."
"Oh? Then how do I know the toothwife Wangfu is looking for?"
Huarou still kept smiling: "The toothpaste that Wangfu finds are all in the capital. If you want to know them, you must first follow the capital. Whether you can follow the capital depends on your fortune!"
Alan continued to question.
Huarou did not answer her questions anymore, she only said, "Wait for the blessing to follow the capital, and then ask these things!"
In addition to inquiring how to become a girl in the royal palace, Alan would take advantage of the guards' attention, and ran to Huarou and rubbed his hands before they tried to inquire about how to serve people.
Huarou occasionally pointed her at two words.
But when it was actually in operation, she would never let Alan approach the pots and pans for half a step.
She only smiled and said to Alan, "Wait for you to be a girl in the palace, then come and learn with me slowly! Now, don't worry."
Then, Huarou also ran to protest against Su Mingjian: "The prince took Alan to see her pitiful. But Alan is a stranger after all, I do n’t know if it is good or bad, how can she walk around without precaution Can you afford it if Grandpa eats 'dirty things' again? "
The imperial court fourth grade military attachor Su Mingjian was actually taught by a little girl!
But he had to touch his nose to recognize it, and then turned over the two guards who were in charge of "taking care of" Alan, and ordered them: "Keep an eye on Alan, and keep her out of sight at all times! It's over. But if you are negligent and let her get into trouble, I'm going to be unlucky, don't try to please. "
The two guards were reprimanded by their bosses and never dared to relent. From then on, Alan was detained on the body-carriage carriage, and she was dropped off only when she was convenient.
Alan couldn't leave at will, and Huarou's ears were finally quiet.
Yong Ruo, who was observing Alan and wondering if she could do anything wrong, could only temporarily put aside her doubts.
She thought: Huarou's defense is also very heavy! He asked Huarou: "Don't you like Alan's girl?"
Hua Rong laughed: "No, I don't like it. In fact, this girl's situation now reminds her slaves of her old days and has a little sympathy for her. However, the safety of the grandfather and his wife is very important. The slaves dare not neglect and dare not She was unprepared for a living person. If Wang Ye and his wife take her back to Beijing to enter the government in the future, slaves will teach her well. "
Yong Ruo smiled and stopped asking. In my heart, Huarou's words were impeccable.
In the afternoon of the third day, Feng Liao and his party finally reached the small hill in Lumu Road near Majia Village.
In this small hill, there are several dilapidated thatched houses that should have lived in several families.
According to Alan, these households have the surname Yu, so this small mountain urn is also called Yujiayu. Today, those thatched huts in Yujiayu are empty and no one lives.
Alan speculated that he must have gone out to flee.
Because when she and her mother passed by here last time, they originally wanted to go to those families to ask for some water. But not only did they not see a single person, they also found that the only well in the mountain stream was dry and the seedlings in the field were dead. If you do n’t go to famine, would you stay here to die?
Su Mingjian sent someone to take a look, and then said: The well was really dry, and the mud at the bottom of the well was cracked.
Feng Liao decided to cross the two mountain beams today and rush to Majia Village.
One is that they do not have much drinking water. And Alan said: There is a very deep cave in the mountain behind Majia Village. There is a spring in the cave. People in the village are now drinking water there.
Second, Alan Niang's body has begun to rot, and now there is some faint smell coming out, it is better to send it back for burial earlier.
Feng Liao left the carriage and most of the supplies in Yujiayu, leaving some guards and guards.
He originally wanted Yong Ruo and Xu Taiyi to stay in the carriage and wait for him. He took someone to take a look in the village, and then returned with some water.
But not only did Yong Ruo insist on walking with him, Xu Taiyi persisted with him regardless of his age.
"The emperor ordered the Xiaguan to let the Xiaguan stay with the Lord as much as possible. The old man would not dare to obey his will! If the old man could not move, let the old man sit on the horse and find someone to lead the horse away It's not too far away anyway. "
Xu Taiyi moved out of the emperor's name, Feng Liao had no choice to say anything, and took Yong Ruo, Hua Ruan and Xu Taiyi to climb the mountain together.
Alan followed. Alanniang's body was tied to a horse and taken with her.
As soon as they climbed the first mountain beam, Rob, who was in charge of the road ahead, hurried back, with a serious look: "Master, the small village in front is destroyed! Look at the location, it should be Majia Village as Alan said."
"Majia Village was destroyed? What do you mean?"
"Scouts said: Most of the houses in the village were burned, and some scattered houses were also burned. It ’s not like a natural disaster. They have sent people to investigate. For more details, we must wait for the scouts to return. Just known."
Feng Liao's complexion was heavy, and gradually became pale, pulling the stable's hand, and also clenched his fist tightly.
Yong Ruo more and more felt: This trip to Majia Village is afraid that it is not so simple. Then he said to Feng Liao, "Master Wang, why don't we return to Yujiayu first and wait until the scout finds out the situation."
Feng Liang gritted her teeth slightly and shook her head: "I will not retreat. We will wait for the news here."