Li Ping didn't want to see the work of interrogating people, and he gave the order himself, mainly because he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to bear it.

So, he simply took Duan Qiang to the street to see the situation of other teams in the camp.

The main reason why he always keeps Duan Qiang with him is that Li Ping finds that Duan Qiang is a little tired, he is a little too responsible, and his organizational skills are relatively weak, so he is not suitable for doing things that go beyond the rules.

But on the other hand, Duan Qiang is also more loyal or more able to obey Li Ping's orders, and he is more meticulous in handling errands. If there is anything that needs to be implemented, it is perfect to send him there.

On the main street, Li Ping met Ma Yong, who was busy transporting pots, pans, clothes, tables and chairs to the residence on donkeys with his people.

Ma Yong is very clear-headed and knows that the rebels are robbing property and women, and most of those ordinary things are not taken care of, but this is what they are most in short supply at the moment. Moreover, Huang Chengdong has explained again that Ma Yong is just on the sidelines.

You won't be embarrassed if you search and pick up more.

Moreover, Ma Yong also found out a very important piece of information, that is, this group of officers and soldiers were not stationed in Xiangyang City, but came from the barracks outside Fan City. Furthermore, they did not have any pack horses, and they could not take away much.

This is also the main reason why Ma Yong has been doing so smoothly without interference.

This unexpected news immediately made Li Ping feel joyful and relaxed a lot. He finally understood some of the abnormal behaviors of Huang Chengdong and his subordinates, but he also became more confused.

Feeling happy, Li Ping went around again to see what new discoveries he could make. But there was only killing and looting around him, which made Li Ping more and more numb and boring, and he sighed even more that this might not be anything.

Huang Chengdong, who is an elite direct descendant, is also too courageous.

After estimating the time, Li Ping returned to the house deep in the alley. But as soon as he entered the yard, Li Ping was stunned by the sight in front of him.

In the yard, the old man and his two sons were hung up again. Their bodies were even more bruised and bruised, with many new injuries.

And under the tree, the daughter of the family and the two young women who should be maids were not spared. They were surrounded by a group of people and were doing inappropriate things. The women were crying softly and intertwined with each other.

Beside the house, the old servant of the family and two half-grown boys who must have been servants were also leaning against the wall and shivering with injuries all over their bodies.

What is even more shocking is that the fat landlady is being held down by the stupid big man Liu San. There are even a few uncles and women squatting there and slapping the fat landlady in the face with their shoes without hesitation.

Chuuya kept cheering and shouting, "Let's see if you are still fierce! You have today..." and the like, which looked extremely funny.

When they noticed that Li Ping had entered the yard, some of the people who were abusing him turned around and said, "Good job, sir." Some just smiled at Li Ping in a flattering manner, and some didn't show any sign at all, just stupid big guys.

Liu San just raised his head and paused for a moment. Then everyone continued the ugly thing they were doing, as if everything was natural and normal.

In an instant, Li Ping felt as if something had collapsed, and his head did not turn around for a long time.

Although he has experienced so much life and death in the past month, and has seen so much cruelty and unsightlyness, and he is more aware that he is living in a barbaric feudal era. But Li Ping always feels that even though it has spanned hundreds of years, people still have no respect for them.

The basic understanding of good and evil, words and deeds, and civilization should not be too different.

But now, he is completely confused.

This reminded him of scenes of weird moral values ​​and distorted social microcosms, both at home and abroad, that he had only seen in history books.

Most of the time, people both hate violence and admire violence. In fact, most people are not afraid of cruelty itself, but only care about who and what it is inflicted on.

Men, women, old and young can watch beheadings, torture, and all cruel punishments without any violation. They can happily watch criminal women being stripped of their pants and boards, paraded naked in the streets, etc. People love to see the once unattainable nobles.

Reduced into slaves and serving themselves, the men even took pleasure in prostitutes the wives and daughters of convicts who were sent to the Jiaofang Department, regardless of whether the convict was framed or whether he was upright.

Now, when all of this is vividly unfolding before his eyes, Li Ping is having a hard time digesting it.

The guarding between men and women and the normal human ethics seemed to have disappeared at this time. The excitement and gratification had overwhelmed all morality and order. Li Ping never thought that he would really experience such a bizarre and such

absurd.

Maybe there is a devil hidden in each of us.

Usually it is restricted by conscience, morality and law, allowing us to appear in this world with a kind face. When we are stimulated by emotions such as anger, sadness, grievance, fear, confusion and other emotions, it may suddenly pop out.

Control people's thinking, make them crazy, and do some evil deeds that they would never dare to imagine.

Good and evil only happen in a moment!

Well, the vast majority of people here and now do not feel that they are doing evil. To them, it is just evil people receiving the punishment they deserve.

Li Ping couldn't tell what was going on in his mind, he just looked at everything around him silently.

Seeing General Manager Li Ping appear in the courtyard with a sullen face, Hu Zhongshan emerged from a side room and introduced Li Ping into the room.

As soon as he entered the house, Li Ping was shocked to find two soldiers with swords guarding the door solemnly. While he was still surprised, Hu Zhongshan neatly opened the two packages on the ground and said with a smile: "Look,

Look, boss, these are all the gold, silver and jewelry we dug out under the stove in this house, they are so fat!"

Li Ping saw that one of the packages opened in front of him contained a small amount of fragmented gold nuggets and a large number of fragmented silver nuggets, and the other package contained about twenty pieces of gold, silver, and jade jewelry.

Although the amount of gold, silver and jewelry is not large, it is just average for Li Ping who has experienced the prosperity of later generations. Naturally, it cannot arouse him too much excitement. His emotions have not yet calmed down from the evil deeds outside the house.

, so I just said a flat "Oh".

Seeing how indifferent Li Ping was, Hu Zhongshan was a little surprised.

He suddenly thought of the blunder he had made when he first found the gold, silver and jewelry. He quickly realized that the old man in front of him must have seen the world. Combined with the fact that Li Ping was also literate, he immediately felt profound and incomprehensible.

The feeling of testing!

Putting aside his excitement, Hu Zhongshan asked a little cautiously: "Then I should put everything away first?"

Li Ping also reacted at this time, so he said seriously: "You put it away first. Everything confiscated this time is for public use. There must not be a single thing reserved for private use. There will be benefits for brothers, but it must be unified

Distribution, if I find out who intercepted it privately, I will chop him up."

Seeing that Li Ping had set the tone, Hu Zhongshan hurriedly and seriously expressed his position: "I know about this kind of thing, and it should be done like this. Please rest assured, sir, I guarantee it will be indispensable."

At this time, Li Ping thought of his original purpose and asked urgently: "Have you found any food?"

Hu Zhongshan, who had just tensed up, immediately became excited again and replied: "I found it, I found it, but not here, on the mountain."

"Why are you on the mountain?" Li Ping was stunned.

Hu Zhongshan chuckled and said: "A cunning rabbit has three burrows. Rich families are like this. His family hid a lot of food in a small village in the mountains to the west, disguised as a pile of poor ore that was not very valuable. His family's second son

I took people to watch. The second son of his family usually lives in the mountains, and only occasionally comes to the city to have fun. This time he came down the mountain because he couldn't bear the loneliness. He didn't want us to have a spoonful of it. Haha, it's God's will.

!”

"Is there anything else?"

"Oh, yes. In addition to some clothes and good furniture, we also found some small animal skins that they collected in a hut. These skins have not been processed and they look dirty and rotten. The gang just now

People who don’t know the goods don’t take them. But I know that they are all good things as long as they are packed carefully.”

"Okay, I understand. What's going on outside?" Li Ping finally couldn't help it anymore.

"Outside, what's going on outside?" Hu Zhongshan was a little confused.

"You don't mind picking up other people's leftovers? How come you also pick up the servants too?" Li Ping said angrily.

Hu Zhongshan thought for a moment and probably understood, but he still said disapprovingly: "Those slaves are not good people, what kind of masters are what kind of slaves, many dirty things are done by their hands. Those people in the city were so excited

very

, I kept shouting that everyone in this family would die a good death. If I hadn't set the rules for them, they would have been chopped up by now. As for those women, they died anyway, leaving their skins for the joy of the brothers.

Oh, it’s like paying off the debt!”

Li Ping found that he was speechless. The moral values ​​of later generations were like playing harp to people today, so he could only change the topic: "How do they recruit people so quickly?"

Hu Zhongshan became even more proud this time. He said: "They didn't recruit people at first. Such rich people are very tight-lipped. However, I set rules for everyone from the beginning. You can beat and scold them, but you can't hurt your life.

I also deliberately told them to let them have hope, and then I used some tricks on their sons... They really thought they were going to end the brood, but the mother finally couldn't bear it anymore, so she resorted to all methods."

Li Ping's eyes widened as he listened, and he was dumbfounded by the methods Hu Zhongshan described in detail. He had no idea that this little old man seemed to be loyal, but he had a lot of tricks, and his methods were quite spicy.

While laughing at himself in his heart that he was still too naive, Li Ping hurriedly explained: "Okay, let everyone hurry up and pack up. I will send more people here, and you can take everything back quickly. We must take everyone back."

Look carefully, but if you lose your life, you may not be able to find food."

What Li Ping is worried about is the long nights and many dreams. Anything can happen in Xiangyang City now, but don't let the cooked duck fly again!

Hu Zhongshan should also know this truth. He patted his chest and promised: "I know, I know, I will do it right away, and no one will cut off Hu for us. I will also take good care of these people and collect the food."

I always kept them alive and well."

After the explanation, Li Ping found that he seemed embarrassed to stay here. The craziness in the yard made it impossible for him to take it calmly. So, he decided to take all the gold, silver and jewelry back first, which would save nothing.

The ghost with poor self-control became confused.

But as soon as he returned to the station, Li Ping was surrounded by the restless Song Baolai. Because he was not clear about the situation, the guy did not dare to move rashly when Ma Yong and others returned to dump things. When he saw Li Ping take back a

After piling up gold and silver, his eyes were shining and he couldn't wait any longer and directly joined Li Ping's team to dump supplies.

Worried about an accident, it didn't take long for Li Ping to call back all his troops.

Although it didn't take too long, the harvest after half a day's work was huge. Not only did we get dozens of chickens and ducks, but we also got a lot of clothes, tables, chairs, pots, bowls, etc., and even more miscellaneous things.

, effectively solving the problem of shortage of general daily necessities.

Not only that, they also added more than 30 people. Although there are only seven or eight young people, many of the others have various crafts. There are blacksmiths, tailors, painters, shoemakers, etc.

The craftsman's colony is really not built.

Li Ping was quite surprised that he could accumulate wealth and obtain supplies so quickly through robbery. He also seemed to understand why some peasant soldiers liked to be bandits and grew in strength very quickly. It was because wealth came too quickly and easily.

The only drawback is that it can't last long, after all, a place will be almost empty after a few grabs.

Due to his sudden wealth, Li Ping's camp was filled with joy, and of course Li Ping could not be stingy.

He specifically ordered the slaughter of seven or eight chickens and ducks for everyone's last meal of the day, which was lunch. He also promised to make a pair of leather boots and a pair of cloth slippers for each of the soldiers, so the atmosphere in the camp became even more heated.
To be continued...