Quick Wear: I'm Really Not a Scumbag

Chapter 454: A Farmer’s Scholar in Troubled Times (11)

——In Sengoku County

"Master Xie, are you guys getting ready to leave?" Xu Lei felt somewhat uneasy when he saw him leaving.

Xie Chengshan has many old friends in the court, and he and Madam Xie are both from prominent families. Is he so anxious because something is going to happen here?

No matter how he asked indirect questions and treated him with courtesy, Xie Chengshan remained as warm and polite as usual and knew nothing about anything.

He is obviously just a teacher, how come he can be as slippery as a loach without getting his hands dirty?

This was his third time today, but he still couldn't get anything out of him. He even wanted to detain Xie Chengshan and not let him leave until he explained everything clearly.

Anyway, Xianshi County is his territory. If he wants to keep this matter secret, no one outside will get any news of it.

Xie Chengshan nodded, the helplessness in his eyes not fake, "Yes, my wife's family is in Fenghuang County, which was formerly Fengyang County. I have no choice but to rely on my family."

Although Fenghuang County looks like just a county, it is also considered the most prosperous place besides the capital and the fiefs of a few favored princes.

"My wife had already sent a message home before we set off. I'm sure someone will come to pick us up halfway. I'm sorry to trouble you these two days. If you pass through Fenghuang County one day, I will definitely hold a banquet to entertain you." He still had a forced smile on his face.

Xu Lei's heart began to beat fast. Was it just a coincidence? Had Xie Chengshan already made all the necessary preparations?

He didn't dare to gamble. After all, he couldn't afford to offend the eldest princess easily. Everyone knew that the eldest princess was an extremely protective person. Even the current emperor had been under her care.

No matter who becomes emperor, the eldest princess's status is unshakable.

Xu Lei laughed, "Thank you, Master, you are so polite."

"If that day ever comes, I really hope you can give me a chance to seek refuge with me."

Xie Chengshan's eyes gleamed slightly, "Of course, I will speak well of you in front of the princess, but it also depends on what the princess wants."

Xu Lei nodded in satisfaction. "You are truly too modest. Everyone knows that your son has long been engaged to the eldest princess's daughter. Your two families will become relatives sooner or later. If you help me make this suggestion, the eldest princess will definitely remember me!"

"There will come a day when I can be of use."

He has already made his attitude clear.

Xie Chengshan usually disdains dealing with such people, but at this moment he had no choice but to bow his head and say, "Of course."

I agreed to it, but how to do it is another matter.

"Don't worry, I have prepared people, all of whom are smart and capable people under my command. They will send your family to Fenghuang County safely, but you have to wait a little longer. I have to go home to prepare a gift for the princess." Xu Lei was thinking about what treasure would be suitable to give.

"Okay." Xie Chengshan suppressed the worry in his heart.

Xu Lei immediately left the courtyard.

Xie Xinghan snorted coldly, "Now even these little guys dare to shit on your head!"

"How hateful!"

"Be humble and patient, and it will pass. He is not a complete villain." Xie Chengshan knew very well that if he didn't say this, Xu Lei would never let them leave easily.

He was extremely panicked. He thought that holding himself could be an extra life-saving talisman, but he had to control himself well, because if the news leaked out by accident, this life-saving talisman would become a death warrant.

Xie Xinghan had already made up his mind to report him to the princess.

Such a despicable person who takes advantage of others.

—Outside the hospital

"Sir, was what Master Xie said just now true or false? We can't keep him here." The speaker was a useful man under Xu Lei.

Xu Lei snorted coldly, "Hmph, he's lucky this time. After all, I don't have many connections in Fenghuang County, so I don't know whether what he said is true or not. But we really can't afford to offend the Princess. After all, she's a very popular person."

As for whether it is true or not, he will know it after his people send Xie Chengshan there.

"Stop talking nonsense. Come with me and let's pick out the gifts carefully. What good things hasn't the Princess seen? If we want to give a gift, we have to give it something different." Xu Lei strode forward with his belly sticking out.

Although he is fat, his steps are not slow at all.

——Outside Sengoku County

Wei Siqi breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the scene outside the city. It seemed that the situation here was not much different from that in their Houyun City. There were only a few refugees staying outside the city, but the gate still allowed normal entry and exit.

What he didn't know was that Xu Lei sent people out to hack people indiscriminately, which scared away most of the refugees. When the ordinary people of Xianshi County saw this situation, they naturally stayed in the city and didn't dare to go out easily.

Those who can still enter and exit at this time are all people who have some connection with the county magistrate.

"Why does it seem like there was a conflict between refugees and soldiers?" Wei Siqi pointed ahead.

Li Wentao had already stopped the carriage. The situation ahead was unclear, so it was better to avoid trouble than to worry about it.

It’s not too late to go in after the previous things are finished.

Chen Xuyan looked ahead and had a bad feeling in his heart, "You guys stay where you are, I'll go take a look with my brother."

Wei Siqi nodded. This wasn't far away. They had gone there immediately when Chen Xuyan got into trouble. "Okay, be careful and watch from a distance."

"Okay." Chen Xuyan gave Chen Zhao another look.

——At the city gate

The last bit of hope in Huang Shangshu's heart was shattered. He already had several wounds on his body that could not stop bleeding. If he could not get into the city as soon as possible, he would definitely die outside Xianshi County tonight.

"Thank you for your leniency. My master is Master Xie who came into the city not long ago, Master Xie Chengshan from Qingshan Academy! My documents were accidentally lost when I was entangled with those refugees, and now I don't have the strength to go back and look for them!" Huang Shangshu held a wooden stick and struggled to support himself from falling.

The officers and soldiers who heard this looked at him with contempt. "You've been saying this all day. I still say the same thing. Without this document, you're no different from the refugees outside. We won't let you in or out easily."

Looking at the ragged appearance of this man, you can tell that he is lying to them. He is a refugee.

Huang Shangshu looked at them with humiliation, "I didn't lie to you. I have saved Xie Chengshan's family several times before. Just tell him my name and he will definitely save me!"

He ended up in this situation because of protecting the Xie family. If it weren't for him, Xie Lexi's innocence would have been lost long ago, and even Xie Chengshan would have become a dead soul in the hands of refugees.

The people Xie Chengshan brought with him were all show-offs who only knew how to read. Even the servants were somewhat literate, but they would have scattered when they encountered the refugees, and some were so scared that they wet their pants.

If he hadn't been fighting with those dozens of refugees, they would have had no chance to escape.

Even so, not even a horse was left for him.

Huang Shangshu was injured by several desperate refugees in the end of the battle. In addition, he had forced himself to travel thirty miles during the day, and now his body has reached its limit.

The soldiers guarding the city had no patience left. If the people above saw the chaos at the city gate, they would lose their jobs.

"If you really have such a great favor to the Xie family, then why didn't they care about your life or death when they drove out of the city just now? I saw with my own eyes that the master of the carriage lifted the curtain." He pointed to a group of people who had walked several miles.

Among them, there are several attendants who look like people close to the county magistrate, which shows how much the county magistrate cares about Master Xie.

Huang Shangshu looked in the direction of his finger and asked, "Are you serious?! Is that Xie Chengshan's family?"

Another officer rolled his eyes. "What do you have that's worthy of us lying?"

"I'm telling you, it's because life is becoming increasingly unstable. If it were in the past, do you think we would have let you run wild here for so long?"

The people are having a hard time, and they are too lazy to make things difficult for others. It would be bad if the stick hits them one day.

Huang Shangshu suppressed his anger and turned his attention to the soldiers defending the city. "Could you please buy me some medicine for my wounds? I have several wounds that are bleeding profusely. Don't worry, I'll send the money as soon as I return to Houyun City! I'll even pay more."

The soldier was getting impatient now. He pushed Huang Shangshu and said, "Get out of here! Otherwise, I'll kill you."

What the hell? How dare you make up such a story to deceive him? He looks like a fool.

Huang Shangshu clenched his fists and took a few steps back, but fell to the ground due to exhaustion.

The wound on his leg completely broke open and the bleeding wouldn't stop.

"Don't pull me, I have to teach him a lesson! It's okay for me to be bullied by those above me, but now I have to bear the bullying of such a filthy thing?"

"Forget it, forget it, don't make things worse!" Another officer grabbed him.

The people on the city wall noticed the movement below and quickly sent a few people down.

Chen Xuyan and Chen Zhao drove the carriage to the city gate.

"Brother Huang?" Chen Xuyan called out.

Huang Shangshu looked at him blankly, as if he was carefully identifying who he was.

Chen Xuyan pointed at himself and said, "It's me, Chen Xuyan from Class B. Have you forgotten? You gave me steamed buns several times before."

He remembered that this little brother seemed to be the only student from a farming family in Qingshan Academy. Because his family had no money, he could not buy anything to eat in the academy cafeteria, and he had given him steamed buns several times.

Chen Xuyan looked at him and immediately got off the carriage to support the staggering Huang Shangshu.

"What's your relationship with the refugees?" The officers and soldiers couldn't tell where he came from, but they thought he was scouts for the group behind them.

Chen Xuyan smiled flatteringly, took out some silver from his pocket and quietly stuffed it into the two men's hands, "Brothers, he is not a refugee, he is a relative of ours. He used to work at Qingshan Academy. I am here to deliver goods for the Wei family."

"Winter is almost here, isn't it? The county governor ordered a batch of warm clothes from our shop for the soldiers. We just finished making them and sent them here without delay."

The two officers' expressions looked better at this point.

"So that's how it is. You, young man, should try to persuade him. He just made trouble at the city gate and caused us a lot of trouble." He weighed the silver in his hand.

Chen Xuyan quickly understood what he meant and took out some small change and handed it over. "You don't know, but that's just his temper. I'll have my aunt give him a good scolding and a beating. Going against the court and all of you is courting death, isn't that?"

The officer smiled with satisfaction, "It should be so."

"What's going on? Why the noise? We can hear your voices on the city wall!" Several more officers and soldiers rushed over.

"Brother Wei, it's okay, we are still searching and checking the documents. It's Jinxiu Shop that delivered winter clothes to us." The officers and soldiers who received the money nodded and bowed to one of them.

When the man heard it was winter clothes, his expression improved a little. "Hurry up and check. It's not a good idea to make such a commotion at the city gate."

"Yes, yes, I'm done now. Let them pass." He walked forward and waved to Wei Siqi and his team.

Wei Siqi saw that Chen Xuyan had not moved for a long time after getting off the carriage, and he could no longer sit still, so he led his men to the city gate and was now queuing behind Chen Xuyan's carriage.

The little leader turned around and left with his men.

After checking the things on the carriage behind them, the officer came over again and said, "Go in quickly. You are lucky this time."

Chen Xuyan smiled and gestured to Chen Zhao to help Huang Shangshu get into the carriage.

He walked to Wei Siqi again and asked, "Do you have any medicine for his wounds? We need to find a doctor for him."

Wei Siqi couldn't really see the man's appearance, "Who is he?"

"He is the guard beside Master Xie, do you remember him? His surname is Huang." Chen Xuyan reminded.

Wei Siqi quickly remembered who this person was. "Is he the guard Huang who killed a pig with one punch?"

This incident left a deep impression on him.

"Yes, it's him."

Wei Siqi quickly got into the bag in his carriage and rummaged through it, "I do have a bottle here."

Chen Xuyan quickly took it and got into his carriage.

—Inside the city

"Fortunately, you stopped the bleeding in time. If you were a little later, his leg would probably be lame." The old doctor was exhausted and sweating after treating Huang Shangshu's wound.

Wei Siqi put the silver on the table and said, "Thank you."

The old doctor nodded and said, "Alright, take good care of your leg. It will be fine in three months. Remember not to injure it again. And don't move around when you rest at night."

He broke and reconnected this bone. This man was very patient and didn't even make a sound. He even bit the wood to pieces.

You know, many people would rather choose to limp than endure the pain of reconnecting broken bones.

Huang Shangshu nearly fainted from the pain, but he had amazing willpower and was feeling better and better.

"Thank you for saving my life."

Chen Xuyan pushed him back onto the bed. "No need to be so polite. What happened to your injury? Why are you so seriously injured and in such a state of disarray?"

Wei Siqi also looked puzzled.

Huang Shangshu sneered, "This is a long story."

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