Mrs. Qin walked in with an anxious look on her face and hurriedly greeted Su Yao first.
Seeing that she was still kneeling, Su Yao raised his eyebrows and said, "No need to be so polite. What's the hurry?"
It was already midnight and they were about to go to bed. If there was nothing important, she believed that Mrs. Qin would wait until daytime to come.
Sure enough, Madam Qin hesitated for a while, but still gritted her teeth and said, "Grand Consort, I just heard... the people in the village heard that we were going to open a weaving factory and save those girls. They were afraid that if we saved those girls, they would lose face for the clan in the future, so they arrested all the girls and said they were going to burn them to death!"
Mother Shen opened her eyes wide in shock: "Why is it so?! How can these people be so inhumane? They are all from the same village, and they are all unarmed girls, can't they give them a way to live? It would be fine if they refused, but when they heard that we wanted to help, they actually wanted to burn people to death, which is simply insane!"
Jinping was also filled with indignation when he heard this.
They are all girls, and when they heard that those good girls were so miserable, they felt so sad that they almost cried.
Su Yao's face also darkened.
Sometimes she really felt that men were terribly hypocritical and ruthless. Those were their relatives, their wives, daughters, or sisters, but to them, nothing was more important than their so-called face and clan. If anyone got in the way of their important matters, even their closest relatives would be sacrificed at any time.
She asked Mrs. Qin coldly: "Where did they catch him?"
Madam Qin wiped the cold sweat from her forehead and said, "In Wujiabao! They are by the sea there, and they said they were going to burn people to death there."
Mrs. Qin's face was also ugly. She was planning to do great things with Su Yao, but now such a thing happened. If those girls were burned to death, not to mention that her future achievements would not be accomplished, she would not be able to report to Su Yao.
How would she have the face to see Su Yao in the future
Su Yao tapped the small table with his finger: "How many people?"
"More than two hundred people..." Mrs. Qin couldn't help but lower her voice, feeling that those villagers were unreasonable.
They were really capable of burning so many people to death.
Mother Shen had no mood to do embroidery anymore and looked at Su Yao nervously.
Su Yao raised his eyebrows and ordered Jinping: "Go and ask Sanxing and the others to come in, and tell them to gather all our guards and go rescue them!"
She couldn't just watch these girls burn to death, otherwise, wouldn't her trip be in vain
Besides, those girls escaped from the Japanese pirates with great difficulty, not to come back and be killed by their own people.
With Su Yao's words, Mrs. Qin finally breathed a sigh of relief. As long as Su Yao was willing to take care of this matter, she would feel confident again.
Sansheng and his men acted very quickly. Not long after Jinping left, Sansheng came in to report that things had been done and more than 340 people were ready.
Madam Qin immediately said, "I will send someone back to the government office to report the news... and mobilize the local militia."
Soldiers from the local garrison would be fine, but they cannot be mobilized in a short time.
Su Yao thought for a moment, then looked at San Sheng: "Take a few people to the garrison and ask them to mobilize the troops!"
Even if the runners from the yamen and the militia they could mobilize were included, the number of people was still not enough.
Su Yao knew these clan forces too well.
She had seen this when she was in Yunnan. These clans were the local emperors. There was nothing they could not do, and even the words of the government were not as effective as theirs.
Moreover, they can mobilize all the people in the clan. In many cases, the government will suffer losses in front of the clan power.
You have to be fully prepared.
Sansheng was a little hesitant. It wasn't that he didn't want to go, but he was worried about leaving Su Yao here.
Su Yao knew his hesitation and raised an eyebrow at him to reassure him: "I'm afraid you are the only one who can mobilize the soldiers in the garrison. I still have Liu Jie and the others here. You don't have to worry. The most important thing is to get the job done."
Sansheng also knew that Su Yao's arrangement was the most appropriate, and after much deliberation he had no choice but to agree.
He ran into the night with a few people. Mother Shen supported Su Yao and called the girl anxiously, "What should we do now?"
Will there be any problems if we go directly to Wujiabao
Fortunately, Su Yao had no intention of traveling at night. Saving people was indeed important, but he could not sacrifice himself. It would take time for those men to capture these girls. Besides, it was so late at night and the road might not be safe.
She rubbed her temple and looked at Madam Qin: "Thank you for your concern, Madam. This matter is indeed very important. When someone from the government office arrives tomorrow morning, we will rush to Wujiabao. You can go down and rest first."
Madam Qin herself definitely didn't want Su Yao to travel in the middle of the night. Even though he had so many guards with him, it was still uneasy at night. When she heard what Su Yao said, she hurriedly said goodbye to him.
Mother Shen was worried and hesitated to speak. In the end, she said nothing and just helped Su Yao to sleep attentively.
Mother Shen didn't sleep well that night, so when she woke up the next morning, there was a thick layer of dark circles under her eyes.
As soon as Su Yao saw her, he knew that she must have not slept all night, and he couldn't help but feel distressed: "Why don't you stay on the boat, or I can send someone to take you to the government office, so you don't have to follow us."
It was unknown how long the trip to Wujiabao would take, and Su Yao was worried that Mother Shen’s body would not be able to sustain it.
Mother Shen was determined not to go. How could she be at ease letting Su invite her to go? She said she would not go no matter what.
Su Yao also knew that if she went back, she would probably be frightened, so she had no choice but to agree to take Mother Shen with her.
Fortunately, the road was relatively peaceful.
But as soon as they entered the territory of Wujiabao, they were stopped.
Madam Qin and Su Yao were sitting in a carriage. Seeing this, she explained to Su Yao, "They must have sent people to guard here, just to prevent us from entering."
Su Yao also knew that this must be the case.
Liu Jie was smart. Su Yao called Liu Jie over and told him in a deep voice, "Don't cause any casualties. How many people are guarding here?"
These had been investigated before. Liu Jie lowered his voice and replied to Su Yao: "There are more than 30 people guarding. Don't worry, they can't stop us."
Liujie has always been smart, and he just came back from Yunnan, so what kind of situation has he not seen
Seeing that these young and strong men were guarding and refusing to move, he simply sent a team of people to tear down the archway of Wujiabao. Seeing that the archway was about to be torn down, the young and strong men had no time to stop these people and all ran to fight with the people who were tearing down the archway.