It was late at night, and the wind was so strong that it hurt people's eyes. The militiamen who had just come down from the city wall couldn't help stamping their feet, and covered their ears with their hands for a long time, cursing: "This is damn cold, every time the wind blows, it's so cold."
The wind made the torches on the city wall sway from side to side, and some branches were almost broken by the wind. His companions around him could not help but join in the movement.
"If it blows like this every year, many people will die!" The companion drank some hot water and finally recovered. He also sighed: "The eye of the storm is getting bigger and bigger this time. I don't know how many people will die at sea. How many people will die in Wujiabao?"
These are all fellow villagers.
People will die if the wind is strong and the waves are high.
Everyone was in a low mood for a while. Someone suddenly spoke up: "That's fine. It's a natural disaster. There's nothing we can do about it. Every year when there's wind, some people die. But there are also some people who would die even if there's no wind. Now looking at this wind, I'm afraid they'll freeze to death before they get burned to death."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone around him fell silent and no one spoke anymore.
Everyone knew that he was talking about the girls who were arrested and told they would be burned to death.
The wind was so strong that the women were forced out of the ancestral hall and now were forced to guard the thatched cottage. Not to mention that the cottage could be blown down at any time, they had nothing to eat or drink and were covered with quilts. They didn't know if they could survive tonight.
Thinking of this, no one was interested in talking anymore. The militiaman who complained first shouted, "Wang'er, where are you going?"
Wang'er was the one who said that the girls would freeze to death. When they saw him leaving, they all called out to him, "Your home is not in that direction. Did the wind blow you away?"
Seeing Wang'er walking forward without saying a word, someone finally realized that something was wrong. Someone who had always been on good terms with him rushed up and grabbed him: "Wang'er, are you crazy? Where are you going?!"
Wang'er's eyes were red, and his hands were clenched into fists and hung at his sides, tightly clenched. When he was caught by his companions, he couldn't help crying: "My sister is still in the cottage! It's so cold and windy, and no one is taking care of her. She will freeze to death!"
His companion was speechless for a moment, but still reached out to grab him. When he calmed down a little, his companion advised him: "What's the point of going there? People are watching there, and you can't see your sister at all. What can you do about this decision made by the tribe?"
Wang'er squatted on the ground and cried loudly.
The sea breeze blew from the sea to Wujiabao, and the windows were whistling in the wind. Even though Su Yao was already in the center of the ancestral home, he could still sense the whistling sound of the wind outside the window.
It was so windy, she opened the door and stood in the corridor for a while, and saw Mother Shen passing through the atrium with an umbrella, her face gloomy for a moment.
Mother Shen quickly went up the steps, not caring about the wet hem of her skirt, and hurriedly said to Su Yao: "Miss, I have sent someone to talk to the head of the Wu family. Mr. Wu said that he will go to the flower hall now."
Su Yao is a woman after all, and if she wants to meet Mr. Wu, according to the rules, she has to choose a place like the flower hall.
With a hum, Su Yao gathered his cloak and went straight to the flower hall with Liu Jie and the others.
Old Master Wu was originally very busy. It was windy, and every time at this time, Wujiabao had to be careful of pirates taking advantage of the situation to break in. There were also accidents caused by such strong winds in various places. As the patriarch, many things had to be decided by him at this time.
But since the Crown Princess wanted to see him, he had no choice but to put down what he was doing and come over.
However, after hearing about Su Yao's request, he immediately became a little angry: "The Queen asked me to come here just for this matter?!"
Su Yao actually asked him to move those girls to another place.
When the wind and waves were so strong, everyone in the city was busy taking shelter, moving fallen trees, and rescuing people, but Su Yao actually asked him to move the girls out of the cottage.
He couldn't help but get angry, and he said coldly, "Madam, those girls should have been burned to death. Now because of the strong wind, they were temporarily spared. In this situation, you still let me take the risk to move them away?"
Su Yao did not think this was an unreasonable request. He raised his eyebrows and asked, "Isn't it your rule that the girls must be burned to death? If these girls die in the strong wind, wouldn't that break your rule? How are you going to explain this to your ancestors?"
Mr. Wu was speechless for a moment.
He suspected that Su Yao was taking the opportunity to scold him, but he couldn't find any fault in Su Yao's words, so he could only stiffen his neck and reply: "Everyone in the tribe is busy now, who has time to take care of them?"
"You can't take care of it, but we can." Su Yao immediately raised his eyebrows: "I have guards here, they can do this. I know what the old man thinks, you just think they are doomed to die, and it's pointless to waste energy, but to me, they are living lives, they are also qualified to have a place to stay in this strong wind. Even if they have to die, they shouldn't die like this!"
It's really inexplicable.
Mr. Wu felt that Su Yao was a little too naive, but he was too lazy to argue with him.
Since Su Yao said to use her people to do this, then she can do it. Anyway, the situation is so stormy now, it is impossible for Su Yao to run away with those girls, right
He then said with some sarcasm: "The Crown Prince's Consort is really kind. Since the Crown Prince's Consort has said so, I dare not say much. Just follow the Queen's wishes."
Su Yao did not take his ridicule to heart and asked, "I have found a place to stay by myself. Do you need someone to follow me?"
Those girls were originally under guard. If Su Yao wanted to take them away, the guards would naturally follow. Old Master Wu didn't take it to heart and said casually, "Just let those people follow."
Unless they have wings, those people can't escape.
The news that Su Yao had moved the people away soon reached the ears of the third old master.
The Third Old Master was not as carefree as Old Master Wu. When he heard that Su Yao had moved all the girls away, he immediately became anxious - they had used these girls to lure Su Yao into a trap, if something went wrong, wouldn't that ruin everything
He immediately went to the ancestral home to find Mr. Wu.
Old Master Wu was already very busy, and when he heard his brother's words, he immediately asked, "What could have happened? With such a strong storm, it's impossible that the Empress can take them away, right?"