New Return of the Pearl: The Group's Pet Swallow Flies

Time flies, half a month has passed.

Hongli and others were also preparing to return to Beijing, and Xiao Zhihang and his wife Xueyin had made arrangements.

Du Xueying first sent a letter to her mother's family, the Du family, who lived far away in Suzhou, informing them of her upcoming trip to the capital, and also informing them of the Xiao family's identities and relationships so that they could go to the capital to look for them later.

Xiao Zhihang knew that they would probably stay in the capital for a few years or even ten or twenty years, but this home in Hangzhou was their ancestral home and could not be sold at will, so he asked the old man who had been living in the mansion to help look after the house.

He brought his butler Xiao Mu with him to Beijing.

Xia Shi and Gu Qingyou decided to stay in Hangzhou, but Hongli felt that he could not just take someone else's daughter away. After thinking it over, he asked Fulun and others to arrange a grand wedding, as if to give an explanation to Xia Shi and his parents.

On the wedding day, the whole city of Hangzhou knew that the daughter of the Xia family was not an unwanted girl, nor was she someone who lost her innocence because of pregnancy before marriage, but was a future imperial concubine who was valued by the royal family.

Although Ji Xiaolan and others believed that this wedding might cause a stir among the people in the palace, seeing that the emperor was determined to do it, everyone had no choice but to hold the wedding seriously with their blessings.

Although half a month was a bit tight, with the help of the silver bills, a stunning wedding was successfully completed.

Hongli has made up for his debt to Xia Yuhe.

Xia Shi and his wife knew that they had no right to point fingers at the emperor, but the emperor's attitude towards Yuhe still made them feel at ease.

Xiaoyanzi and Ziwei, as the children of the emperor and Xia Yuhe, also served as flower girls, scattering flowers to bless their mother.

The two of them looked at their mother Xia Yuhe, who was wearing a phoenix coronet and had a delicate face, their eyes full of excitement. In this life, mother Yuhe was finally not the person who had waited for more than ten years but never even got a glance back. How great!

Half a month had passed, and it was time for everyone to return to Beijing.

On this day, the wind was clear and the sky was bright, with white clouds lingering in the air. Ten carriages led by horses slowly left Hangzhou City.

Xia Yuhe and Hongli were sitting in a carriage. Feeling the carriage moving slowly, she could no longer hold back her inner reluctance and sadness, so she lifted the curtain and wanted to say a few more words of farewell to her parents.

"Dad, Mom, if you have the chance, you must come to the capital to find me. I can't bear to leave you."

Looking at her parents running outside the carriage, Xia Yuhe's eyes were blurred with tears. She saw their bodies gradually becoming hunched and their hair gradually becoming gray. When they were getting old, their child was far away in Kyoto. What a blow it was to them.

Xia Shi supported Gu Qingyou, and the two followed the carriage. He wanted to see his daughter more. When he heard his daughter's words, his eyes were red and he said in a gentle voice, "Okay, okay, we got it. You should protect yourselves in the capital."

Gu Qingyou cried with tears in her eyes. She really wanted to ignore everything and go to Beijing with her daughter. However, she couldn't abandon her husband, so she could only watch her daughter and granddaughters leave reluctantly.

Xia Yuhe nodded, feeling very uncomfortable.

Seeing this, Hongli couldn't help but put his arm around her waist and promised the two elders outside, "Don't worry, father-in-law and mother-in-law, I will never let Yuhe down."

Xia Shi and Gu Qingyou received the emperor's promise. They nodded with tears of joy and watched the carriage go away.

The carriage was moving slowly and unsteadily, and from the carriages behind it came the reluctant voices of children.

"Goodbye, grandpa and grandma. We will be back soon."

Eight children were sitting in a carriage. They shouted in unison at this moment. The sound was so loud that many people could hear it.

Xia Shi and the other man were so moved that their eyes filled with tears. They stood there, waving their hands hard as they said goodbye to the carriage that was moving further and further away.

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Goodbye, grandpa and grandma, we will be back.

Xiaoyanzi and Ziwei were sitting in the carriage. They were both feeling a little depressed. After looking at each other, they made a secret promise in their hearts.

"Don't worry, we can come back anytime when we grow up."

Qing'er held the sisters' hands on both sides to comfort them. The two nodded without saying much.

Ertai, Erkang and others looked at each other, trying to think of something to say to make their sisters happy.

"Xiaoyanzi, let me tell you, there are many delicious foods and fun things in the capital. You will definitely be very happy."

Ertai thought about it and decided to use the delicious food in the capital as temptation.

Erkang nodded in agreement, "Yes, yes, there are a lot."

Yongqi and Benjamin thought about it and decided to tempt their two younger sisters with circus performances in the capital or other interesting things to cheer them up.

Qing'er also talked about interesting things in the capital, hoping that Xiaoyanzi and the others would temporarily forget the sadness of separation.

Xiaoyanzi and Ziwei knew that they all wanted to make them happy, so they smiled as they wished and temporarily put their reluctance in their hearts.

They opened the curtains and looked at the slowly moving scenery outside. The fragrance of grass and trees was faintly visible in the gentle breeze. The fresh air made them feel relaxed and happy.

Sure enough, no matter when, when you go out to relax, you will feel much happier.

The carriage was wobbling as it headed towards the capital. If it didn't speed up, it would take about a month.

Fortunately, the trip was not rushed and the convoy moved slowly, so we were able to enjoy a lot of scenery.

Among the ten carriages, the first one was occupied by Xiao Zhihang and his wife Du Xueyin.

The second carriage was occupied by Fulun, Fucha Fuheng, Ji Xiaolan and the accompanying doctor Hu. Those who knew how to ride horses would come to the carriage to rest when they were tired.

The third carriage held the emperor and Xia Yuhe.

The fourth car held Xiaoyanzi and eight other children.

Of course, there were two carriages at the back as backup for the children, in case the children made a fuss in the carriage, or felt crowded, or did not want to stay in one carriage, there would still be a need for a carriage to change.

The seventh carriage was occupied by Xiao Mu, the Xiao family's steward, and some of the Xiao family's loyal servants, including Gan Ju who was beside the lady, Xiao Yanzi, and Xiao Feng's intimate maid and servant.

The eighth car held the maids and servants that Xia Shi arranged for Xia Yuhe to take away, as well as Xiao Jinsuo.

The ninth car was filled with necessary luggage for the trip, and the tenth car was filled with some children's toys or specialties to be brought back to the capital.

Such a large convoy traveling on the road would naturally attract the covetousness of many people, but at first glance, there were guards with swords accompanying the convoy in front, behind, and on both sides of the convoy, which scared people away and made them dare not act rashly.

As the convoy continued to move forward, it happened to encounter an ambush incident.

In a valley not far away, a group of short Japanese pirates disguised as bandits attempted to intercept the caravan. The ground was covered with blood and many people fell to the ground. The scene was bloody and tragic.

The few remaining men in the caravan were protected by two or three bodyguards.

However, the leader was seriously injured. Even though he was stabbed several times, he still stood with his back straight, standing in front of the crowd, staring with sharp eyes at the Japanese pirates not far away who were mocking and killing them like rats.

He was filled with deep anger. Normally, there would be no robbers on this road. And even if there were robbers, they could not be these Japanese pirates in disguise.

I don’t know if he was betrayed, but his planned walking route was not known in advance, so he was caught off guard.

The Japanese pirates were disgusting and had invaded the borders of the Qing Dynasty for many years. Even though he had never been to the border, he was well aware of the national hatred and family feuds. Although he didn't know why these Japanese pirates suddenly came to the outside of Hangzhou to kill them, it was impossible to cease fire when he saw the Japanese pirates!

After all, the soldiers stationed on the border were ambushed and killed by Japanese pirates many times. As a man of flesh and blood, he could never forget these hatreds, and it was impossible for him to forget them. So when he saw these Japanese pirates now, he killed them one by one.

However, there were too many weak people among him and he had too many weaknesses, which made him somewhat restrained. This led to him being seriously injured by the continuous sneak attacks from those beasts.

The few remaining people in the caravan huddled behind the man, looking at the devil-like Japanese pirates opposite them with horror.

They had watched helplessly as the Japanese pirates killed the elderly and children in the caravan and took their property. Some of the beasts even robbed the women in the caravan and stripped them naked and humiliated them in public.

Even though the girl committed suicide, the group of beasts would not let her go and continued to rape and abuse her corpse with a chuckle. Their disgusting beastly behavior made people hate them to the core, but at the same time, they were terrified, fearing that they would end up not being able to die peacefully and being humiliated.

Among the survivors, there were two children, who were about five or six years old. At this moment, they nervously grabbed the hem of the man's clothes and observed the atmosphere on the scene with a stern face. They were extremely scared, but they tried hard to hold back their tears. They just prayed in their hearts that someone would come and save them.

"Baga, your boss is about to die, why are you still holding on here? Kneel down and kowtow. Maybe if you kowtow a few times, we will leave your corpse intact, hahahaha."

A group of Japanese pirates on the opposite side were wearing inappropriate clothes. Seeing that the caravan was about to be captured by them, the man in charge couldn't help but show off, and his words were full of insults.

Although the man on the caravan side was seriously injured and could fall down at any time, he held the sword on the ground, holding up his body, his back straight, his handsome face tense, his eyes like swords, and his piercing voice rang out in the valley, "You Japanese pirates, you also want me, the people of the Qing Dynasty, to kneel down, how ridiculous.

Although I, Liu Chenfeng, am only an ordinary escort leader, I also know the principle of national hatred and family feuds. You Japanese pirates want to humiliate the people of the Qing Dynasty. Even if we die standing, we will never live on our knees! "