nucmednet Chapter 168: Another Attack, Geng Exposed
Chapter 168: Another Attack, Geng Exposed
The carriage drove slowly along the forest path.
Huaiyang was poor, and there were no wide official roads between the main cities, let alone places like this.
That is, the weather is fine.
If it rains, this road may not be accessible.
In front, a man and a horse came hurriedly and said a few words in front of Rongsong. Rongsong immediately turned the horse's head and walked towards the carriage.
"lady."
"Commander Rong, what's the matter?"
"I asked someone to secretly investigate Geng. She came when my wife passed by Shilipu Town that day. The people around her were all homeless refugees. Since she was divorced, she has been hanging out with those refugees all day long. Sometimes, she even followed them to beg on the street."
Ji Chuhe's brows tightened involuntarily when he heard these words.
Geng was begging among the refugees?
She felt that this was not the Geng she was familiar with!
However, the results of the investigation cannot be wrong.
Even if Geng was divorced, she would not have to live such a life.
Could it be that Geng had allowed himself to fall into depravity?
"Madam, there is someone blocking the road ahead."
"Whoa~" The carriage slowly stopped.
"Who is blocking the road?" Ji Chuhe asked.
"They are a group of old, weak, women and children. They seem to be refugees. Madam, I'll go and take a look." Rong Song rode his horse forward.
"Please be kind, sir! Can you give me some food? My grandson is almost starving to death! Please be kind!" An elderly woman suddenly knelt in the middle of the road.
The people around her also knelt down and kowtowed.
"Sir, please be kind and give us something to eat. We are almost starving to death."
Ji Chuhe lifted the car curtain and looked ahead. There were only elderly people and children, and he couldn't bear it.
"Commander Rong, please distribute the dry food we brought to them."
"Yes, ma'am." Rong Song immediately waved his hand and the two guards went to get dry food.
Everyone slowly moved to the side of the road.
The dry food had just been taken out when a group of people suddenly appeared from nowhere and knelt in the middle of the road.
"Sir, give us some!"
"We've been hungry for a few days!"
Xiao Yan'an couldn't help but lift the curtain of the carriage and look ahead, "Madam, why are there so many refugees begging along the road?"
"Yeah, why are there so many people?" Ji Chuhe's eyes darkened.
"My mother, Concubine Renze, has set up porridge shops in every city. The money comes from her private property and has never stopped. Although it is impossible to feed everyone, they will not starve to death. The people of Huaiyang don't have to beg, but some people are lazy and have turned to begging. What's the difference between these people's behavior and begging?"
"Even if you want to beg, you wouldn't do it in such a desolate place like this." Xiao Yan'an was already suspicious.
"Since there is something fishy going on, begging is not the ultimate goal. I'm afraid it's targeting me again."
"Just these people?"
Before Ji Chuhe was born, there was a commotion ahead.
"Someone fainted!"
"Son, my son, what's wrong with you? Don't scare me!"
"You! What did you give my son to eat!" A woman pushed the guard who was distributing food hard.
"There's something wrong with this thing! Don't eat it!"
When everyone heard this, they spat out the cakes in their mouths and angrily blocked the car.
"We thought you were just distracting yourself, but you were poisoning us!"
"That's right! We must stop them and never let them get away!"
These old, weak, women and children lay down in the middle of the road, blocking their way with their bodies.
"Get out of the way! Do you know whose carriage we are blocking?" Rong Song shouted angrily.
"Commander Rong." Ji Chuhe called softly.
Rong Song immediately rode his horse to the front of the carriage.
"Send a few people to look around and see if there are any suspicious people. Also, strengthen the alert. These people may not be ordinary refugees."
"Yes, ma'am."
Ji Chuhe stood up and prepared to get off the car.
"Madam!" Xiao Yan'an immediately grabbed Ji Chuhe's arm, "You knew there was danger, but you still got out of the car?"
"If I hide in the car, it will be difficult for the other party to attack me. If I delay too long, it will be dark by the time I get to town."
Xiao Yanan's eyes twitched.
She really wasn't afraid at all!
She's even afraid that others won't take action and waste her time!
He immediately jumped off the carriage and followed Ji Chuhe.
"Prince, you are still injured, so you should stay in the carriage."
"I'm your husband. How can I let you put yourself in danger?" Xiao Yan'an responded in a mature manner.
After I finished speaking, I felt a little embarrassed and added, "We are in the same boat, you said."
Ji Chuhe smiled and did not refute.
She walked towards the woman who was holding her son and crying.
"Sister-in-law, don't hold me so tightly. Maybe I choked on the biscuit. Let me take a look." Ji Chuhe took the initiative to step forward.
A smile flashed across the woman's eyes.
"Don't even think about denying it! If anything happens to my son, I will report it to the government office!" After saying that, she let the man go.
"Madam!" Rong Song stood in front of Ji Chuhe.
"What are you doing! I don't allow you to touch my son!" The woman suddenly bit Rong Song's arm like a madman.
Rong Song immediately shook it off and clenched the sword in his hand tightly.
"Rong Song, step back." Ji Chuhe shouted softly and moved towards the child again.
The child who should have fainted suddenly opened his eyes, and a knife appeared in his hand, and stabbed towards Ji Chuhe's heart!
Before the dagger in his hand could pierce out of the river, he felt a sharp pain in his arm.
Ji Chuhe had pulled out her hairpin at some point and stabbed the back of his hand even faster.
Xiao Yan'an reacted, grabbed the child's wrist, snatched the dagger from his hand, and put it against his neck!
Rongsong finally reacted and felt a sudden fear in his heart!
"How dare you assassinate the Crown Prince and his wife! Come on, arrest them all!"
In an instant, all these people were under control.
The child-like person looked at Ji Chuhe unwillingly.
"How did you find out?" When he spoke, his voice was not that of a child at all, but was no different from that of an adult man!
"You're not a child? You're an adult?" Xiao Yan'an was also shocked.
Ji Chuhe looked at the people who were subdued. The old people and children were already terrified.
Only this woman and this fake child looked unconvinced.
"Please spare us, sir. We heard from them that we can meet important people here and get some good things if we beg." The old man who came out first explained tremblingly.
The child in her arms was also trembling, looking very frightened.
The two hugged each other tightly.
The same was true for the rest of the people, all of them were panicked.
"Sir, please spare my life, sir, please spare my life!" The cries for mercy continued.
"Rongsong, release the rest except these two." Ji Chuhe ordered softly.