OBS Chapter 1221 Mr. Zhu's Highlight Moment
Chapter 1221 Mr. Zhu's Highlight Moment
Chapter 1221 Mr. Zhu's Highlight Moment
After the wedding, Xiancao began to completely integrate into the life of the Bai family.
Before daybreak, Xiancao stepped on the dew to pick green onions and young leeks from the vegetable garden. The flames in the stove licked the iron pot, and the aroma of oil and chili mixed with the aroma of freshly steamed buns woke Bai Zhaoshi from her dream. The old lady moved to the kitchen with bound feet and saw Xiancao rolling noodles skillfully. The dough on the chopping board was obedient in her hands and turned into chewy noodles in the blink of an eye.
"Mom, please go back to your room and sit down. I'll be ready soon."
"Oh, okay."
Even the always harsh Bai Zhao couldn't find any fault with the magic grass.
Bai Jiaxuan smiled at everyone he met and seemed to have endless energy. Lu San, who worked in the fields with him, couldn't help but wonder how the young master got younger and younger.
At night, Bai Jiaxuan went even further. Qin Hao heard some indescribable noises more than once and couldn't help but secretly complain.
"No wonder six of his wives died before. With his body, most people can't handle it."
Early in the morning of that day, Qin Hao was preparing to go to Mr. Zhu's house for class. Halfway there, he saw a group of ragged, dishevelled villagers fleeing to Bailu Village.
"Bai Hao, what are you looking at?"
Lu Zhaopeng's voice came from behind.
Qin Hao frowned: "I remember that the grain harvest was good last year, and there were no disasters in Guanzhong. Why are there so many disaster victims fleeing here?"
Lu Zhaopeng lowered his voice and said, "I heard from Da that it seems that the Qing soldiers are coming to attack us."
"Qing troops?" Qin Hao's heart moved. It seemed that Shaanxi Governor Fang Sheng had gathered a lot of remnant forces of the Qing court to counterattack Xi'an. Was his uncle Mr. Zhu's highlight moment coming?
Sure enough, when we arrived at Zhu's house, before we even entered the door, we saw a car parked on the path in front of the door, with several soldiers armed with live ammunition guarding it.
"Stop, what are you doing?" The soldier raised the black muzzle of his gun and pointed it at Qin Hao and Lu Zhaopeng.
Lu Zhaopeng was startled, but seeing that Qin Hao remained calm, he gritted his teeth and followed behind.
"We are Mr. Zhu's disciples. Who are you?"
As soon as the voice fell, a few chuckles came from the courtyard: "Mr. Zhu is worthy of being a great scholar in the secular world. Even the disciples he taught are so outstanding."
"I'm sorry to make Adjutant Zhang laugh at me. The kid has never seen a gun before, so he doesn't know how powerful it is."
The sound was followed by a shadow. Mr. Zhu, dressed in a gray and white gown, walked out of the hospital with a tall middle-aged military officer.
"gentlemen."
"Uncle."
Adjutant Zhang looked at Qin Hao for a few times and praised him again: "So he is Mr. Zhu's nephew. No wonder he is so noble and extraordinary."
"Adjutant Zhang, please don't praise him. This kid is so bold. If you praise him a few more times, he will tear down the roof."
Although he said so, Adjutant Zhang had been serving high-ranking officials for many years, so he could naturally see a hint of pride in Mr. Zhu's expression, so he started to flatter him again.
"Adjutant Zhang is busy with military affairs, so I won't keep you here. Please tell Governor Zhang that for the sake of the millions of people in Xi'an, Zhu has no choice but to do his duty."
"Mr. Zhu is indeed righteous!"
Adjutant Zhang waved his hand and the soldiers on guard quickly retreated. It was obvious that they were a well-trained group of fierce soldiers.
"Just now someone pointed a gun at you, weren't you afraid?"
After Adjutant Zhang left, Mr. Zhu asked with interest.
Lu Zhaopeng scratched his head and said, "I was quite scared at first, but seeing that Bai Hao was not scared, I am not scared anymore."
"Oh, what about you?" Mr. Zhu looked at Qin Hao.
Qin Hao spread his hands and said, "They have their guns pointed at us. How can a person outrun a gun? Rather than being scared to death, it's better to bet that they won't shoot. This will also give you some face."
"You, sly guy." Mr. Zhu shook his head. He knew that Qin Hao didn't mean what he said, but he was still very satisfied with the performance of his two disciples. At least in terms of "being mighty and unyielding", they scored full marks.
"I won't teach you today. I have to go to the Qing army camp in a while. If you want to read, you can read for a while. If not, go home and play. I'll give you two days off."
As soon as Mr. Zhu finished speaking, his wife Zhu Bai's eyes reddened and she hid away. She knew that she could not persuade her husband, but she was worried about his safety. Those were 100,000 fierce Qing soldiers.
Before leaving, Mr. Zhu took only some dry food and didn't even bring a change of clothes. It was obvious that he was prepared to die calmly.
"Aunt, I'm going home first. Don't worry too much. Uncle never does anything without assurance. He will definitely come back safely."
Zhu Bai choked up and rubbed Qin Hao's head: "Well, be careful on the road. The village has been uneasy recently. Don't wander around outside and go home early."
"understood."
When Lu Zhaopeng saw that Qin Hao had left, he thought it was boring to stay alone, so he said goodbye to Zhu Baishi and left.
After walking for a while, Lu Zhaopeng suddenly stopped and asked, "Isn't this the way back to the village?"
"Well, this is the way to my great-aunt's grave."
"Go to my aunt's grave? Why go there?" Lu Zhaopeng was stunned.
"Of course, I want to see how you, sir, are so heroic as to drive off 100,000 fierce soldiers by yourself." Qin Hao said casually.
Lu Zhaopeng grabbed Qin Hao's hand and said, "But the teacher said we can't follow him!"
"There are many things that the master forbids. Can you do them all?"
Lu Zhaopeng shook his head subconsciously and unconsciously loosened his grip on Qin Hao's hand. When the black muzzle of a gun was pointed at him in the morning, he was so scared that his legs were shaking. There were only a few of them, and now he was facing an army of one hundred thousand tigers and wolves, and he really couldn't move a step.
"Don't tell anyone that I went to my great-aunt's grave when you get back."
When Lu Zhaopeng came to his senses, Qin Hao's figure had disappeared behind a mound of earth.
Lu Zhaopeng returned to the village in a daze. Seeing this, Lu Taiheng asked in confusion: "Kid, why are you back again?"
"It's nothing, Mr. Zhu is busy today...there is no class."
Lu Zhaopeng almost blurted it out, but fortunately he remembered Qin Hao's instructions in time.
Just as Lu Zhaopeng was about to go back to his room to review, Lu Zilin, who had been out for a walk, came back and said mysteriously, "Have you heard? The city of Xi'an was besieged. I knew that the Qing Dynasty would never end like this. Who knows who will rule the world in the future."
Lu Taiheng was stunned when he heard this: "Wait, you said Xi'an was besieged?"
"That's right. Otherwise, why would so many disaster victims come to the plain? Those Qing soldiers were so cruel. They killed anyone they saw and robbed any food they saw. They were worse than bandits."
Lu Taiheng slapped his thigh and said, "It's broken."
"What's broken?"
"Braids!"
Lu Zilin didn't react for a moment: "What's wrong with the braid?"
"Idiot! If the city of Xi'an is occupied by the Qing army, you will be beheaded if you lose your queue." Lu Taiheng cursed in frustration.
Lu Zilin subconsciously touched the empty back of his head: "Oh, this damn Bai Jiaxuan, isn't he dragging everyone to death with him?"
"Wait, Da, do you think that bastard Bai Jiaxuan was waiting for today to make a fortune from the national disaster?"
Lu Taiheng also took a breath of cold air: "If it is true, then the Bai family father and son are too cruel."
"No, I have to go to the Bai family and get some braids. Otherwise, if the Qing soldiers see me, they might kill me as a rebel."
Lu Zilin ran out immediately after saying this. As his life was at stake, he did not care that the wound on his leg had not yet fully healed.
At the Bai family's home, Bai Jiaxuan was squatting at the kitchen door smoking. He looked at Xiancao busy in the kitchen, and then at the billowing smoke coming out of the chimney. He suddenly felt that his life had not been lived in vain.
Xiancao felt a little shy when Bai Jiaxuan stared at her, and she turned her back deliberately and didn't look at him, but she didn't know that her back made Bai Jiaxuan's heart beat faster.
Just as Bai Jiaxuan was feeling excited and ready to do something, the gate of the courtyard was suddenly kicked open.
“Jiaxuan, Jiaxuan!”
"You're calling out in broad daylight."
Bai Jiaxuan was naturally in a bad mood as his good fortune was ruined.
Lu Zilin didn't care: "Where's the braid?"
"Braids? What braids?" Bai Jiaxuan looked confused. He had only been in the braid business for a few months. He had not done much since winter. On the one hand, the number of braids collected was decreasing, and on the other hand, the stockpiled goods from the foreign company had not yet been digested.
"Why are you playing dumb? You're just hoarding braids in the hope of making a fortune from this national crisis. Why don't I just give you double the price?"
Bai Jiaxuan was confused by Lu Zilin and became even more impatient: "What nonsense are you talking about? Are you drunk or are you still sleepy?"
"Pretend, keep pretending. Bai Jiaxuan's life is at stake here. Don't fool me, or the whole village, young and old, will not let you go!"
Lu Zilin grabbed Bai Jiaxuan by the collar.
Bai Jiaxuan had never been so humiliated before, so he pushed Lu Zilin down and the two of them started fighting immediately.
Xiancao saw this and quickly called for help, but Lu San rushed out from the backyard with a dung fork and separated the two.
"Are you okay?" Xiancao checked Bai Jiaxuan with concern to see if he was injured.
Bai Jiaxuan patted the dust off his body and said, "What can I do? Beat him up and both of us will be rich."
Lu Zilin was pressed against the wall by the dung fork, and he stamped his feet anxiously: "You Bai family can't bully people like this, this will cost you your head, do you want the whole village to lose their heads with you?"
Bai Bingde also rushed over after hearing the noise, and Lu Zilin explained the situation with some exaggeration.
As a result, Bai Bingde's eyes turned black and he fell to the ground.
"Oh, what shall I do now?"
Lu Zilin then realized: "You guys didn't really sell all your braids, did you?"
"Sold them all. Sold them all." Bai Bingde burst into tears after waking up. If this was true, he would not be able to face his ancestors after his death.
Seeing this, Bai Jiaxuan comforted him, "Da, Lu Zilin doesn't speak much truth, don't believe him."
Lu Zilin swore, "If I lie about this, I will be stabbed to pieces and the sky will hit me with thunder!"
"Hao'er, where is Hao'er?" Bai Bingde subconsciously thought of his grandson.
Bai Jiaxuan quickly asked Lu San to go look for him, but when Lu San came back he said, "I went but couldn't find him. My aunt said Hao Ge'er had come back a long time ago."
"What? What about the village? Did you go somewhere to play?"
After searching for a while, they still couldn't find him. No one in the village had seen Qin Hao either. This made the Bai family very anxious.
"Jiaxuanda, I know where Bai Hao went." Lu Zhaopeng couldn't bear to see the Bai family looking for someone like crazy.
"Zhao Peng, tell me where Hao'er is?"
"He went to his great-aunt's grave."
"Grandma's grave?"
Lu Zilin asked in surprise: "Is this where the Qing troops are stationed?"
"Ah."
Bai Jiaxuan was even more panicked now: "Why would he go there for no reason?"
"Mr. Zhu was invited by Governor Zhang to persuade the Qing troops to withdraw. Hao Ge'er said he wanted to go and see the excitement."
"This little bastard is courting death. This is a matter of life and death, and he runs away to watch the fun?" Bai Jiaxuan stomped his feet in anger.
"Boss, where are you doing?" Xiancao shouted from behind.
"I'm going to catch this little bastard and bring my brother-in-law back with me."
Bai Jiaxuan asked Lu San to get in the car and drove to the village entrance. At the same time, he refused Lu San's request to go with him. He didn't know whether he could come back alive this time. He was going to save his son and couldn't let Lu San take risks with him.
At the same time, Lu Zilin had already spread the news in the village, accusing the Bai family of being blinded by profit and selling the villagers' braids for money without caring about everyone's lives.
At first, no one believed it. Later, when they heard from some fleeing victims that Qing troops had indeed besieged the city of Xi'an, they all panicked.
"Bing Deda, you have to give us an explanation for this matter. If you hadn't said that the braids were useless, we would have sold them to you. If the Qing soldiers came, we would all be dead."
Bai Bingde was trapped in the room by the villagers, gasping for breath: "My fellow villagers, my son-in-law has already gone to the Qing army camp. He will definitely persuade the Qing soldiers to withdraw. Don't be afraid..."
"This is a matter of life and death, how can we not be afraid? Besides, your son-in-law is at most a juren, while Fang Sheng is a governor. How many levels are there between them? How can a mere scholar like him convince a hundred thousand fierce soldiers?" Lu Zilin took the opportunity to add fuel to the fire.
"Yeah, this is no joke. You'll lose your head."
Bai Bingde couldn't catch his breath and almost fainted. Fortunately, Xiancao pinched his Ren Zhong point and helped him to breathe, and the old man finally recovered.
"Third brother, go and invite Mr. Leng."
Bai Zhao had never seen such a scene before. She was so frightened that she could only wipe away her tears. Xiancao had to step forward to take charge of the situation.
"And you all, get out now. If you have anything to say, wait until my man comes back. They have no braids left, so they will die before you!"
……
At the same time, Qin Hao quickly caught up with Mr. Zhu, but the other party did not drive Qin Hao away after seeing him.
"Uncle, don't you want me to go back?"
Mr. Zhu dusted off his gown and asked, "Will you go back if I persuade you?"
"Of course not. We finally have this opportunity to become famous, how can we let my uncle monopolize it?" Qin Hao said with a smile.
Mr. Zhu also laughed: "It's true that you are so bold."
"But you really shouldn't have come this time. If you and the others knew, they would probably be going crazy right now."
As he was talking, dust was flying on the hillside in the distance. Bai Jiaxuan stood on the carriage and shouted towards the hilltop: "Brother-in-law, Hao'er, stop now!"
"Here comes your pick, let's go back with you."
Mr. Zhu was about to continue on his way, but was stopped by Qin Hao: "Uncle, when can we reach the Qing army camp on foot? This car comes at the right time."