bullyxtreme Chapter 234 Rescue
Chapter 234 Rescue
As the busy autumn harvest begins, Qiao Shinian takes the children to the farmland every afternoon.
Compared with spring planting, the Yongle Palace employed more than a thousand fewer people than before.
"Girl." Yan Huaihua pulled the corner of Qiao Shinian's clothes before leaving in the afternoon, "I heard that Dingjia Village is going to sink a pregnant and unmarried girl in the pond."
"Hmm?" Qiao Shinian was puzzled, and then he took Yan Huaihua with him when he rode his horse: "Where did you hear that?"
The fact that Yan Huaihua could explain it so clearly was beyond Qiao Shinian's expectation. She was somewhat suspicious whether someone had told Yan Huaihua specifically, or whether there was a trap.
She is now advocating that women should not be restricted to the harem, but should have what they want to do and do what they want to do.
"Yesterday, when I went to deliver water to the prince, I heard what Chunyu told the prince. The prince asked me to tell you, and you must tell it before dark today." Yan Huaihua told Qiao Shinian the news seriously.
"Did he say anything else?"
“He said it was a good opportunity.”
"Okay, I get it. Thank you Huaihua for your hard work." Qiao Shinian knew what Wen Jiu meant, and she could use this incident to pry open the bottom level of women's survival fence.
If she had stopped this matter, she would have been criticized to some extent, but it was necessary to liberate women from the rear house.
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The next day, before dawn, Qiao Shinian rode his horse to Dingjia Village.
Also traveling along the way were Cao Yue, Kong Twelve, Xiaoxi and Ji Lanzhou.
Ji Lanzhou refused to stay in the yard to look after the children, and Cao Jinhua wanted to keep an eye on the children's schoolwork. Only Yuzhu came out of the accounting office and told Qiao Shinian to go without worry.
Qiao Shinian first took his men to the Yongle Palace to get the royal seal, and then hurriedly rode to Dingjia Village.
Along the way, Qiao Shinian remained silent.
We arrived outside Dingjia Village at around 10:40 in the afternoon.
All the men in Dingjia Village were hired as farmhands by Wen Jiu. Qiao Shinian had some ideas about this.
"Uncle, I heard that you are going to drown a woman in the pond today. I wonder where she is?" As soon as Qiao Shinian entered the village, he saw an old man with a hunched back weaving a bamboo basket at the entrance of the village.
The old man looked up and saw Qiao Shinian bending down slightly and staring at him questioningly. He hesitated and asked, "Who are you?"
"People under the command of His Royal Highness Prince Yongle." Qiao Shinian said.
The old man's cloudy eyes showed a sudden realization, "Oh~ You are asking about that whore, go five miles west, it's at the stream in the valley."
"Girl, it's better not to look at such a delicate person, so as not to pollute your eyes. That slut was unfaithful to her husband and got pregnant by a wild man. We were also..." As he said this, he looked up and saw the person who had already gone far away.
"Who is that wild man! Tell me quickly! If you tell me, I will beat the bastard in your belly and spare your life!" Qiao Shinian heard a group of people shouting from a distance before he even arrived at the place.
Most of these people were middle-aged women in their forties or fifties, with six or seven elderly men standing among them. The young and middle-aged men had already gone to work in the fields, leaving only women in the village.
There were also a few young girls standing among them, who seemed to be forced to come and watch.
The woman locked in the pig cage was hung on the shore with her hands and feet tied. The shore was about one meter away from the water surface, but the water was quite dark and it was obviously not shallow water. The woman looked at one of the middle-aged women with despair, tears streaming down her face, but she kept shaking her head.
The middle-aged woman took a stick and poked the woman's stomach hard: "Why are you looking at me?! Hurry up and tell me the name of your adulterer. Old Dingtou at the end of the village is willing to spend three taels of silver to buy you. As long as you listen to me, you will still be a member of Dingjia Village in the future!"
The woman could only curl up to protect her stomach from the heavy blow.
Finally, the woman gradually sank into the stream in despair.
"Stop!" Qiao Shinian quickly dismounted and pushed the crowd away. "Why are you taking human lives so lightly? Who gave you the power? "
"Where did you come from, little yellow-haired girl? This is our Dingjia Village's business, what does it have to do with you?" A middle-aged woman pushed Qiao Shinian away and said viciously, "Stop interfering in our village's affairs!"
"continue!"
"Let her go, or you will be disobeying the king's order!" Qiao Shinian took out a small seal and said, "I am here to rescue this girl on the orders of King Yongle!"
"Prince Yongle?"
The people around suddenly became much more obedient. Qiao Shinian looked at the pig cage that had already cut the rope and jumped into the water. He handed the royal seal to Xiaoxi, took off his coat, and jumped off the shore.
Ji Lanzhou's hand froze in mid-air when he tried to stop Qiao Shinian. He was a step too slow, and Qiao Shinian just jumped down like that?!
"Go over there!" Qiao Shinian pulled the pig cage and swam towards the shallow water.
As soon as Qiao Shinian got ashore, Kong Twelve came over with a knife to help her release the woman from the cage, cut the ropes on her hands and feet, and after taking her pulse, he shook his head to indicate that she was fine.
The woman knelt on the ground and coughed, her eyes filled with despair.
"Who among you is her relative?!" After confirming that the woman was fine, Qiao Shinian stood up and walked towards the crowd. She ignored her messy hair and the disheveled appearance with water dripping all over her body.
A dark-skinned woman stood up. She was wearing the most common coarse cloth shirt that ordinary people wear. She looked at Qiao Shinian with a puzzled look: "Did His Royal Highness Prince Yongle ask you to save my daughter?"
"You are her mother, why don't you save her?"
"Since ancient times, unruly women have been thrown into the pond." The woman lowered her head and whispered, then seemed to realize something and asked in a low voice: "Could this be the child of His Royal Highness Prince Yongle? Then..."
"Shut up!" Qiao Shinian scolded, "Who are you to dare to slander the prince?"
She couldn't imagine that Wen Jiu, who was less than fifteen years old, had harmed a little girl! If this was true, it would be a failure of her education!
People around started talking noisily.
"Even the prince can't take care of household affairs."
"That's right. She was the one who was not disciplined. She got pregnant before marriage and was unwilling to expose her adulterer."
"That's right, her behavior is simply smearing our Dingjia Village!"
"But there is no law that says we can't deal with our own people!"
"Girl, go back and tell the prince to leave this shameless whore alone."
Qiao Shinian looked at the villagers and took a deep breath: "From now on, this rule will be changed. And you, as women, are forcing another younger woman to die. Don't you feel ashamed?"
"Prince Yongle received inspiration from the goddess and decided to improve the status of women in the entire Xingzhou, but you abide by the rules for men and harm your fellow men!" Qiao Shinian was not prepared to say anything more to these people whose ideas were already deeply rooted and could not be changed. It might take many years to improve the treatment and opportunities for women.
"Now, all she has to do is try her best to educate women."
"Let's go." Qiao Shinian didn't want to waste any more time. She thought of something and took out five taels of silver from her purse and put it in the woman's hand. "From now on, she is free. The extra two taels is to prevent me from seeing any of you disturbing her."
On the way, the woman and Qiao Shinian rode on the same horse. She leaned on Qiao Shinian's shoulder and cried, "Why did you save me? My parents don't want me anymore."
"Well." Qiao Shinian said gently, "Of course you deserve to be saved. Every girl is a beautiful flower. It's not good for a flower to wither too early, because there are still many things you haven't seen, and there are still many beauties you haven't experienced."
"However, you probably don't feel anything right now, so I'll tell you all this slowly after you come back with us." Qiao Shinian squeezed the horse's belly and said, "I'll take you to a new home, where everyone will love you and your child."