Chapter 207 Dream Return (4)

Lu Xiangge curled up in his uncle's arms and sobbed quietly, calling for his parents in a low voice.

She didn't know what happened to her father, or how the fire burned the manor, or whether the little rabbit she kept in the yard had escaped.

In this dark night, she no longer has these people who love her by her side.

She didn't dare to cry or cry out in pain.

Only her uncle held her in his arms with his healthy hands and walked with Little Tiger, one foot deep and one foot shallow.

In spring, there is heavy fog in the mountains.

Chen Erzhu was missing an arm, and it was not easy to walk on this mountain road with two children.

I couldn't even light a torch or light a lantern, for fear of attracting thieves.

At dawn, Lu Sheige fell asleep and Chen Xiaohu could no longer walk.

"Dad, my legs hurt, my feet hurt, my hands hurt, my arms hurt, and my face hurts."

It is certain that your legs and feet will hurt when you walk on the mountain road. Your hands and face will hurt because of the scratches caused by the thorns, thorns and leaves of the trees.

Even though Chen Erzhu was walking in front to clear the way for his son, he still couldn't stop some bouncing branches from hitting the little tiger's body behind him.

"You carry your bag."

Chen Erzhu held his knees with one hand, panted for a while, then carried the sleeping Lu Sheige up, bit one end of the bag with his teeth, and tied Lu Sheige tightly to his chest again.

"Come on, come up, daddy will carry you."

Lu Sheige hugged it to his chest, and the back was left by Chen Erzhu to his son.

Chen Xiaohu shook his head: "No need, dad, I'll go by myself."

Chen Erzhu's face sank: "Come up."

It was not until the afternoon of the second day that Chen Erzhu took his two children over the rolling mountains and entered the boundary of Nanyang County.

Behind him, on the other side of the mountain, the fire in Lujiazhuang has been extinguished, and only sporadic carbon fires make crackling sounds in the sun. Occasionally, there is a roar, and the moment the walls collapse and the beams collapse, black smoke flies up like butterflies.

, circling and shuttling in the morning light, slowly coming to rest.

The gate of Dongyang County City.

There were more than a dozen idlers crowding around the notice board looking at the notice. Most of them stood on tiptoes, just listening to the excitement and not understanding the big words on it.

I could only hear some scholars inside shaking their heads and chewing on words. They didn't understand half of it, but it didn't stop them from trying to figure out every word.

There were also those who barely understood and exclaimed: "Is Lujiazhuang colluding with bandits?"

"What?"

People who were passing by and didn't even want to look at it heard that Lujiazhuang was robbed, and immediately gathered around.

"Speaking of the owner of the Lu family village, is the good man from Lu colluding with the bandits?"

"Fart, how could a good man like Lu collude with bandits?"

"Why not? I heard that the government suppressed bandits last night and captured the Qingfeng Village bandits on the spot at Lu Dashan's house."

"What about Master Lu? Are you injured?"

"Dead... I heard that the owner of the village, Lu, colluded with the bandits to prevent the officers and soldiers from entering the village to search, so he set a fire... More than twenty corpses were found in the village... and the bandits were burned to death together.

Already."

"Then, isn't the Lu family extinct?"

"No..." Someone who knew about it lowered his voice: "I heard that Chen Shikui was released from labor and ran away. His wife was arrested. The wife of the owner of the village returned to her parents' home with her two sons."

Some people immediately clasped their hands and rejoiced: "That's really a blessing from God. With both sons here, the incense will never be cut off!"

"Even if it can't be stopped, it won't be cured. Colluding with bandits is a crime of beheading."

Suddenly, there was no sound from the people around him.

The Lu family does good deeds, and there are very few people in Dongyang County who have not received favors from their family.

In Dongyang City, almost most people, from the government officials to the soldiers guarding the city gates, to those who open shops in the city and do business and collect night incense, and even the fishing boats in the river, have received help from the Lu family.

There are also those farmers outside Dongyang City, those who have fields and those close to the Lu family's fields. Every year, water is diverted to irrigate the canals. The Lu family always lets these people irrigate first. They never bully others because they have a large land in Zhuangzi.

Those who do not have land can only pay three-thirds of the rent a year for renting the land of the Lu family, while tenants from other families pay four-cents.

Not to mention that the Lu family reduced the rent due to poor annual performance.

When there were severe droughts and floods and no harvest, the Lu family not only waived rent but also borrowed grain.

Just because of the Lu family, there is no one in Dongyang County in recent years who has left home and sold his children because of the famine.

After receiving the news that the Lu family had colluded with bandits and that a good man from Lu was killed, most people in Dongyang County who had received favors from the Lu family couldn't believe it, and they spontaneously went in the direction of the Lu family in groups of twos and threes.

Even if the Lu family's village was burned down, they would still have done their best by taking a closer look and burning two pieces of paper money.

There are also those with evil intentions who wonder if the owner of the big village is dead, so they don’t have to pay back the money and food they borrowed.

I can't help but regret a little. If I had known better, I would have borrowed more.

Before everyone could get close to Lujiazhuang, they were stopped by officers and soldiers.

A thick crowd of officers and soldiers surrounded Lujiazhuang three levels inside and three outside. One cart after another was seen coming out from the direction of Lujiazhuang. The carts were piled with sacks, causing the wheels to sink into deep car marks in the mud.

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The people who were blocked outside looked eagerly at the road leading to the county road. Hundreds of carriages were lined up one after another. Hundreds of carriages shuttled back and forth between the granary in Lujiazhuang and the county road. Countless grains were delivered to the carriages.

"Isn't that the Lu family's food? Where is it going to be transported?"

"Shh..." He cleverly lowered his voice and reminded the people around him, "Don't talk nonsense."

If this grain can be transported, it will naturally be confiscated by the government.

Not far from Dongyang County, there is only one Qingfeng Village on the mountain near Nanyang County, about thirty miles away from Dongyang County.

There are less than 200 people in Qingfeng Village, and most of them are old, weak, women and children.

It is better to say that it is a village than a village. Most of them have the same surname. More than a dozen families live in a mountain valley.

They make a living by hunting and selling mountain products.

To say they are a bandit den is a bit flattering.

It's just a lie made up by the local government in order to suppress bandits.

In fact, everyone knows that Qingfeng Village is far from real bandits.

Maybe among these people watching the fun, there are relatives from that family, such as nephews and cousins, or members of the clan who are from Qingfeng Village.

What is said about the collusion between Mr. Lu and the bandits?

By saying this, you can deceive those fools.

Zhuangzi was burned down and people died, but the grain was all there, and the government quickly took over and transported it all away.

When the two young masters of the Lu family come back, can this food be returned to the Lu family?

Who knows where this bandit came from, but no one saw it, and the government took advantage of him anyway.

It took two days and two nights to transport the Lu family's grain. Thousands of officers and soldiers took turns carrying it, and they were able to transport all the grain before the rain.

On the third day, news came from Nanyang County.

Lu Dashanren's wife came back for a funeral with her two sons. When passing by Qingfeng Village, she was kidnapped by the head of Qingfeng Village, Chen Da.

The mother and son of the Lu family, together with the eldest son of the Qiu family, the second master of the Qiu family who escorted them back for the funeral, and the third young master of the family were all buried in Qingfeng Village.

Now in Nanyang County, only Mistress Qiu, two young masters and a minor girl are left.

The next day, the government raised troops and destroyed Qingfeng Village.

Some people also said that Mr. Song, the head of Qingfeng Village, ran away overnight with a group of young and strong men, and those who died were only the old, weak, women and children who had no strength to restrain a chicken.

So far, Dongyang County and Nanyang County have no more banditry.
Chapter completed!