"I'm not surprised at all that Mrs. Lu has such good intentions. I just didn't expect you to have suffered so much. I can't believe you're still so stupid. " Qin Yining's voice was slow and gentle, but every word that fell into Mrs. Lu's ears was a kind of mental torture.
"You!" Mrs. Lu's face turned purple. She couldn't help but look at Pang Xiao with her watery eyes, wanting to ask for help.
However, Pang Xiao just sat on the main seat and didn't even look at her. He just leisurely drank his tea.
She was tied up and thrown on the ground.
But Qin Yining had the right to sit on the same level as Pang Xiao and use such vicious words to insult her!
Mrs. Lu flew into a rage out of humiliation. She glared at Qin Yining and said, "You're the only one who can come to help the victims. Can't others be kind enough to do a good deed?"
Qin Yining was amused by her unreasonable words.
"Inciting the people to die here is considered a good deed? Then I'll take your life and let you die early so that you can reincarnate. Isn't that also a good deed? "
Pang Xiao couldn't help but laugh.
Mrs. Lu met Qin Yining's angry and murderous eyes. In the end, she trembled and moved back. "You, you wouldn't dare!
！ I'm a member of the Lu family! If you dare to lay a finger on me, the Lu family will hold you accountable! "
"Oh? So you're saying that it was the Lu family who incited you to incite the victims to rebel? Do you believe that when this news reaches Your Majesty's ears, the Lu family will be reduced to ashes? Who do you think will care about supporting you then? "
"You b * tch, don't talk nonsense! Don't even think about implicating the Lu family! "
"Why don't you think about the fact that you're a member of the Lu family when you do something that brings shame to the Lu family?"
Madam Lu realized that in front of Qin Yining, she couldn't argue with him even if she wanted to. She twisted her voluptuous body and looked at Pang Xiao with tears in her eyes. She said softly, "Wang Ye, you're very observant. You know that I'm not that kind of person."
This woman was truly audacious! He even dared to seduce Pang Xiao in front of her. How shameless!
Qin Yining stood up and walked towards Mrs. Lu step by step. Finally, she stopped two steps away from Mrs. Lu and looked down at her condescendingly. Coincidentally, she blocked Mrs. Lu's view of Pang Xiao with her body.
Mrs. Lu raised her head to look at Qin Yining. She suddenly realized that her current angle was too embarrassing, so she angrily looked away.
"Go ahead. Who ordered you to incite the common people to rebel against the Imperial Court? "
Qin Yining's voice was neither fast nor slow. However, his gaze was like a knife cutting into Mrs. Lu's flesh and blood.
Mrs. Lu straightened her neck and said, "No one ordered me to do this. I saw that the disaster victims were suffering too much. They were starving and curled up in the corner of the wall. That's why I had them make a fuss and ask for food from the Imperial Court. I had good intentions. How could that be called rebelling against the Imperial Court? "
"Oh? It seems that you still need someone to confront you in court? You've already forgotten what you taught that man and woman to incite the people to say, haven't you? "
"Qin Yining! I know that you don't like me, but you can't slander me like this! You're just waiting for an opportunity to take revenge! "Mrs. Lu screamed.
"You're not even my match. What right do you have for me to wait for an opportunity to take revenge? You don't have to say that this rebellion was caused by you. This is already an iron-clad fact. I just need to hand you over to Your Majesty. As for what happens after, Your Majesty will naturally decide. "
"You dare! I'm a member of the Lu family. I … "
"A married woman follows her husband. You're not only a daughter of the Lu family, but also a daughter-in-law of the Mi family. Touch your conscience. Are your actions worthy of the Loyal and Courageous Marquis? You're the wife of the Loyal and Courageous Marquis. You're taking advantage of your late husband to raise a bunch of pretty boys to humiliate your husband. Do you really think that there's no retribution in this world? "
"What do you know!" Mrs. Lu's thoughts were exposed. Her face turned even redder. She opened her mouth and spat at Qin Yining.
Ji Yun, who was beside her, reacted quickly and kicked her to the ground. Naturally, she didn't get to spit.
Qin Yining said, "Stuff her mouth and watch her closely. Don't let her run away, and don't let her die."
"Yes."
Huzi led his men to carry out Qin Yining's orders.
Mrs. Lu was dragged out of the door like a piece of pork.
Pang Xiao stood up and put his arm around Qin Yining's shoulder. He smiled and said, "Jealous?"
Qin Yining nodded seriously. "Yes, I'm jealous. She dared to scheme against you in front of me. She's clearly shameless to the extreme. This kind of woman should be drowned in a pig's cage. "
Pang Xiao saw that Qin Yining's bright and beautiful face was angry. Her beautiful brows were knitted together, and her lips were slightly pouted in displeasure. This appearance was indescribably lovable.
Although it was somewhat inappropriate at such a critical moment, Pang Xiao still couldn't help but pull Qin Yining into his arms and gently kiss his red lips.
"Don't think so much. I don't care what they think of me. As long as I only have you in my heart, isn't that enough? "
Qin Yining's heart was filled with happiness as if it had been brushed with honey. She hugged Pang Xiao's thin waist and buried her face in his chest. "Are you serious? What if there's a woman younger and prettier than me in the future? What if you take a fancy to her? Take a concubine? "
When Pang Xiao heard this, he was both amused and distressed. "How can that be? First of all, there won't be a woman more beautiful than you. Second of all, I don't want to take a concubine. I've already said that I only want you. "
Qin Yining didn't say anything. His face was buried in Pang Xiao's arms, and he didn't raise his head.
However, his heart had already relaxed a lot.
A smile also appeared on his face.
At this moment, the sound of footsteps came from outside. The two of them separated and sat down.
Huzi came in and said, "Wang Ye, Madam Lu has already been locked up and is waiting to be dealt with later. In addition, the disaster victims have offended the Ding and Pei families. Right now, it's already a mess. Both sides have already suffered casualties, but the disaster victims are all agitated and there are many of them. The guards of the two large families are also useless. I believe that in less than an hour, the result will be clear. "
Qin Yining's mood had improved a little, but when he heard that both sides had suffered casualties, he fell to the bottom again.
"Do you want us to arrange for people to clean up the mess? It's fine as long as we get the food. There's no need to wait for the disaster victims to kill everyone. "
Pang Xiao smiled and nodded. "Don't worry, I'll arrange all of this." Although he made such arrangements, he had limited manpower. It was impossible for him to suppress the refugees in a short period of time, and it was even more impossible for him to quietly sneak in to save people. If he went to save people like this, the starving refugees would turn into a mob, and people with ulterior motives would think that someone was using them.
They were indeed using the refugees. However, their original intention was to let these people live. They wanted to use the smallest sacrifice in exchange for the survival of more people.
That riot lasted for a day and a night. In the end, more than 30 refugees were killed or injured, and the Ding and Pei families were completely wiped out.
The food hidden by these two families was looted by the refugees, and smoke appeared in the city that had stopped rising for a long time.
At this time, under Pang Xiao's arrangements, Yang County regained its strong law and order. As for the Ding and Pei families, they were quickly cleaned up.
As for the riot of the disaster victims in Yang County, it quickly spread throughout the disaster area as if it had grown wings.
In particular, there were more Dayan officials and rich families living in the old capital.
After Magistrate Gong returned to the capital, there were actually rich families who took the initiative to come to sell their food. The price of coarse rice, which had previously risen to 12 taels of silver per dan, was reduced to 1 tael of silver per dan.
In this way, the money Pang Xiao donated could temporarily solve the crisis of the people having trouble eating.
On the surface, everything seemed to be perfect.
However, Qin Yining had not slept well for two consecutive days.
As long as she closed her eyes, she could see the women and children of the Ding and Pei families who had died in vain.
She had indeed used this method to save more people's lives. However, this idea of hers had also caused the deaths of more than 50 people from the Ding and Pei families. After those disaster victims turned into mobs, they not only robbed, but also raped. Although Pang Xiao would not tell her the specific scene at that time, he did not allow her to accompany him. He also did not allow her to accompany him to clean up the Ding Clan and the Pei Clan. However, as long as she used her brain slightly, it was not difficult to imagine the tragic ending of these two clans.
If a human life was lost, then it was lost. Irrelevant people could treat it as an arithmetic problem. Using the lives of more than 50 people in exchange for the survival of tens of thousands of people, it seemed like from the perspective of righteousness, and there was nothing wrong with it.
However, from the perspective of the dead? Were they really all bad people? Those innocent women and children, how pitiful were they?
As long as Qin Yining thought of this, her heart felt as if it was being cut by a knife.
Bing Tang had given her medicine for two consecutive days. After checking her pulse, he found that she was still depressed and couldn't help but comfort her, "Wangfei, don't be too sad. Actually, those people were all harmed by those stupid heads of their families. If it wasn't for the fact that the Ding and Pei families were heartless and raised the price, hoarding so much food but refusing to sell it to the people, the people would not have such a strong resentment towards them.
"It's hard to say. Those people were already full of evil when they were alive, but the people didn't dare to say anything."
Bing Tang couldn't bear to see Qin Yining suffering so much, so it tried its best to comfort her.
Qin Yining smiled and said, "I understand. It was just that understanding was one thing, but thinking about it in his heart was another. I think that after a while, I will be able to get better. "
Bing Tang couldn't help but sigh and nod. Time was indeed a good medicine to dilute any pain.
"Wangfei." At this moment, Ji Yun came in with a strange expression on her face.
Qin Yining looked at her inquiringly, "What's wrong?"
Ji Yun said in a low voice, "You have a friend who used to know a madam from the Liao family. This time, she returned to the old capital for business and encountered an earthquake. When she heard that you were here, she specially came to pay her respects. Do you want to see her? "
As Ji Yun spoke, she nodded at Qin Yining.
Qin Yining's heart skipped a beat.
The person who came was Madam Liao from the Qingtian Alliance. She was the contact person between Qin Yining and the Qingtian Alliance.
Why did she take the initiative to come here? Could it be about the treasure?
"Since it's an old acquaintance, please come in."
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
