Chapter 225

The two girls that were rescued from the forest were traveling in a carriage. Presumably, before they were robbed, there was at least a coachman accompanying them. There was no trace of the coachman in the forest, nor was there a corpse. Presumably, he had left first. At this time, the coachman returned home to report the news, and borrowed the power of the government to rescue them. This was expected.

However, this time was delayed. If it wasn't for Zhang Xiaohua and the others, the girls' fate would be miserable.

With this thought in mind, Zhang Xiaohua intentionally or unintentionally distanced herself from the carriage.

That was because no one would be willing to see these people with the money they had just robbed, even if it was a brave and righteous person.

Although Zhang Xiaohu didn't understand Zhang Xiaohua's meaning, he gradually slowed down his horse.

Sure enough, the two girls in the carriage also heard the noise and raised their heads to look. The more they looked, the more surprised they were. Finally, when they saw clearly, the two girls didn't care if their clothes were neat and tidy. They stood on the carriage and waved to the crowd that was rushing over.

When the crowd got closer, they finally saw who it was. First, there was an official riding a horse. He was tall and had a podao in his hand. Then, there were two white-haired old men in bright clothes. They were also sitting on horses. They were surrounded by three or four young men with weapons in their hands. Behind them were seven or eight bailiffs who didn't ride horses. There were also ten or so farmers with rakes, sickles, and other tools in their hands.

The leader of the government officials also had sharp eyes. When he saw the two women on the carriage waving their hands, he immediately led everyone to the front. Before the old man even reached the front, his eyes were already filled with tears. He shouted: "Feng 'er, my child." The other one's lips were trembling, unable to speak.

When the two girls saw their relatives, they couldn't hold back their emotions. They called out for their father with tears streaming down their faces. When the two old men got off their horses and approached them, they each looked for their fathers and threw themselves into their arms, crying bitterly.

Those bailiffs and people who came to help immediately put on a professional appearance and surrounded the carriage. They held their weapons and were on guard, as if they were ready to attack the abominable bandits at any time.

The leader of the group even drew his podao and rode around on his horse. His eyes would look around from time to time, trying to find traces of the bandits from the people around him.

The two women cried until the sky turned dark and the earth turned dark. Even the main road was somewhat blocked. Some people who wanted to watch the show wanted to go forward. However, the heroic and high-spirited appearance of the government officials made people want to separate. Only then did they avoid the big blockage on the main road.

At this time, the sky was gradually darkening. The head of the government had been strolling around for a long time, but did not find any clues. Very bored, he dismounted from his horse and walked in front of the grieving father and daughter pair. He said, "Minister Li and Minister Gao, since your two daughters have been found, it is not a good idea to just cry and weep here. Even if you want to ask something, after all, it involves the girls' innocence. It is not convenient. Why don't you go home first and reunite with your family. You can properly ask the reason behind this, and then you can make a fuss about it.

How about it? "The two old men wiped their tears and repeatedly said that it was a good idea. Only then did they pack up and get on their horses. When they got on the carriage, the bailiffs had already pulled the hired driver to the side and replaced him with one of their own.

The driver smiled apologetically and said, "Head Supervisor, I was just drinking tea at the tea house. I was hired by a young man on a horse for one tael of silver to drive this carriage for them. Now that you are all here, I will go back to the tea house and drink tea."

"Young man?" When the head supervisor heard this, he quickly looked around. This road was not empty, so where was the young man on a horse?

Thinking about it carefully, he remembered that when they first arrived, there were indeed two people on horseback behind the carriage. However, he did not pay attention at the time and naturally did not see clearly. Could it be that they were the bandits?

At this time, the two women also came back to their senses. They were only focused on venting their grievances and forgot about their savior. If they looked for him now, where would he be?

The two had to make up their minds to wait until they reached home.

Unable to find the young man, the head supervisor said to the driver, "We can't find a witness. You are the only witness other than the two women. Come with us. You don't have to speak now, but I can use every word you say as evidence in court and pass it on to our county magistrate."

"Oh my god, Head Supervisor, I am innocent. I am just greedy for a tael of silver. I have the noble intention of helping others, so I drove the carriage. From the time I drove the carriage to here, it was only the time to drink a cup of tea. You are taking me away?

I have been law-abiding all my life, and have never been to the yamen. "

"Hehe, look at what you are saying. Our yamen is an advanced work unit in Lu Town. We have always followed the policy of 'we will never let a bad person go, but we will never wrongly accuse a good person'. You can rest assured. Besides, with your driving skills, who would believe that you can earn a tael of silver in the time to drink a cup of tea?

It is better to obediently cooperate with our investigation and go to the yamen to drink tea first. "

Without any explanation, after tricking the driver, the bailiffs went back to Lu Town with their heads held high. The people who saved the two girls were also in a good mood. Their kindness was greatly satisfied, and they went back noisily with sickles, hoes, and other things.

Only the two women looked back from time to time, as if they were trying to find the lay disciples of the Dalin Temple on the gradually darkening road.

In fact, when the two women stood up and waved to the old man in the crowd, Zhang Xiaohua and Zhang Xiaohu stopped. They didn't mind being heroes and receiving cheers from the crowd to satisfy their self-esteem. In addition, they also didn't mind giving some thanks. However, the involvement of the yamen people was a bit of a headache. These people always appeared when the task was done, and they always appeared when they were earning merits. However, they earned merits legitimately. They even had a legitimate reason to invite you to the yamen for tea, investigate your three generations, and explain your heroic actions as a natural reaction to your despicable mentality. Therefore, Zhang Xiaohua and Zhang Xiaohu retreated. Just as the yamen runners and townspeople surrounded the carriage, the two urged their horses to gallop past them.

Nonsense, the sky was getting dark. If they didn't hurry, they probably wouldn't be able to make it back to Guozhuang House before nightfall.

The two rode along the main road to Lu Town. When they were close to the town, they turned to the north. It was really a familiar road to Guozhuang House.

Along the way, the two didn't speak. Zhang Xiaohu didn't ask Zhang Xiaohua why he disguised himself as a lay disciple of the Dalin Temple. He also didn't ask why he robbed the bandits. He also didn't ask why he didn't claim the honor of being a Good Samaritan. It wasn't just because Zhang Xiaohu felt more and more that his younger brother was slowly maturing. He was slowly doing things that he couldn't do. He was slowly getting out of his own protection. He was slowly changing from the role of a protector to the role of the protected, or even a supporting role.

The most important thing was that neither of the two brothers wanted to talk. They were both savoring the feeling of returning home. It was a strong feeling of homesickness that enveloped their entire body.

Homesickness was the feeling of every wanderer. The closer they were to home, the more timid they felt.

The road from Ping Yang City to Lu Town wasn't familiar. The thought of returning home was still stuck in his mind. It was just a kind of longing. Now that he was on the familiar road, an indescribable feeling spread throughout his body and mind. He felt lazy and didn't want to move. He felt at ease and comfortable. Even the vital Qi in Zhang Xiaohua's meridians didn't want to flow. The moment Zhang Xiaohua stepped on the familiar road, he couldn't help but be touched. His state of mind immediately improved a lot and he felt quite enlightened.

The sun in the west had already set, leaving only a touch of red in the sky. It was faint and indistinct. The entire earth was a dim yellow. A few stars had already appeared in the green sky in the east. They blinked and looked up at the road Zhang Xiaohua was on.

As the ancients said, "An old bull also understands the value of youth. It gallops without a whip."

This handsome horse also knew. It seemed to have sensed the two's eagerness to return home. When the horse reached this road, it naturally galloped faster than before. Zhang Xiaohua didn't know how Second Brother felt. He only wondered how the family was like.

Father and Mother must be old. They hadn't seen each other for two years. They must be worried at home. Their hair must be much whiter and there must be more wrinkles on their faces. What about Elder Brother?

He was the only one at home who had to do a lot of work. He wouldn't be so tired at such a young age, would he?

There was also Eldest Sister-in-law. She used to be a pretty girl from a humble family. After marrying into the Guozhuang House and becoming a farmer's wife, her hands must be rough and her face may not be as fair as before. Sigh, the family relied on digging for food. How could they not work?

He didn't know if Eldest Sister-in-law was used to the wind and rain.

Oh right, there was also Mr. Liu. He didn't know if he was used to living in the Guozhuang House. When he left, he looked very energetic. They hadn't seen each other for two years. Was his body okay?

He didn't know if the chicks, ducklings, and big fat pigs were okay. En, he should let Mother slaughter a fat pig. He hadn't eaten Mother's red braised pork for a long time. He missed it so much!

Also, he hadn't burned incense for Grandmother's grave. Was she okay in a foreign place?

Could she see his longing?

Unconsciously, Zhang Xiaohua's heart surged with emotions. Thousands of thoughts came one after another. The zhenqi that was just lazy suddenly seemed to be stimulated. It suddenly flowed rapidly. Zhang Xiaohua was in a daze. She didn't notice it and gradually lost control.

The path of cultivation was about balance. Zhang Xiaohua's progress had always been slow. The perception of zhenqi and the cultivation of zhenqi were all very slow. Of course, it wasn't that Zhang Xiaohua didn't work hard. It was just that the vitality of heaven and earth was limited. How could it catch up with Zhang Xiaohua's usage?

However, Zhang Xiaohua's cultivation of the state of mind advanced by leaps and bounds under his repeated stimulations. There were also some unknown factors that caused her to reach a stage of thin but thick hair. Her shallow cultivation had long been unable to match her state of mind. Usually, her mood was indifferent and didn't stand out. But when she returned to her hometown, her mood surged. Immediately, Zhang Xiaohua's first crisis since she started cultivating appeared.

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