Liu Yunxiang took Leng Yuxie with him, and the two sat down next to the old woman.

"You were also arrested?"

The old woman nodded, pointed at the people in the alley, and said, "It's everyone."

Liu Yunxiang's heart turned and he said: "The government said that we had an epidemic, so they couldn't help but catch us here. But we know our bodies and don't feel sick at all."

"You don't know what's going on?"

"I don't know."

"Hey, it is true that many people were caught here without knowing what happened. Some people really thought they were infected with the epidemic. In fact, it was all lies from the government. Otherwise, they would have no reason to arrest you."

"Why arrest us?"

"It's not because..."

When the old woman said this, she paused and subconsciously looked to the side.

"The imperial court found out about the fact that Xie Shengmao, the governor of Yuzhou, forged his military status and owed his salary, and sent a prince to investigate. Xie Shengmao was afraid that the matter would be exposed, so he arrested us so that the imperial court would not find any clues.

.As long as he is caught here, he will be

There are family members who have been registered in the military. It is said that Xie Shengmao is eating this empty military salary. It is said that there are tens of thousands of people! This person is one tael a month, the ten thousand people is ten thousand taels, and the twelve months of the year is ten thousand taels.

Twenty thousand taels!" As she said this, the old woman gasped.

Liu Yunxiang turned to look at Leng Yuxie, his face was cold and gloomy.

He should really be angry. His Nanzhou garrison is stationed on the border, where conditions are difficult and there are frequent wars. These soldiers who are really fighting for Beijin are starving due to a shortage of food and pay, forcing him to come to Yuzhou to grab food.

, and was severely punished by the emperor for this.

However, the Yuzhou army guarded the granary of Yuzhou without war or difficult conditions, and yet they were still receiving empty pay.

Just listening to one person's words may be biased. Liu Yunxiang and Leng Yuxie asked several people, and everyone said the same thing.

We came out of the alley and came to the only street in the village. There were also people sitting there, one after another.

This Xie Shengmao is so courageous, he actually tried to hide such a big thing, and imprisoned so many people for this reason.

"We now understand the matter clearly, Your Highness..."

Before Liu Yunxiang could finish her words, there was another bang. Her body swayed along with the ground. She subconsciously looked to the south and saw thick white smoke rising over there again, and the fire was clashing randomly.

"What's going on?"

Such a loud noise made the earth shake. She had never seen such a battle before.

Leng Yuxie looked to the south, a look of confusion on his cold face.

The noise alarmed the villagers. One family opened the door, and a woman ran out to take a look. When she saw the fire in the south, she shouted: "Why is it erupting again?"

Liu Yunxiang hurriedly asked the woman: "Sister, what erupted?"

"Volcano!"

"volcano?"

Liu Yunxiang glanced at the fire, then turned to look at Leng Yuxie.

"It doesn't look like it, does it?"

Leng Yuxie shook his head, "It really doesn't look like it."

"Hey, isn't this Wanwan!" The woman saw the little girl on Leng Yuxie's back and ran a few steps closer, "It's really Wanwan!"

Wanwan's eyes widened when she saw the woman, "Auntie!"

"Hey, where's your mother?"

Wanwan shook her head and said with a cry: "My mother is lost."

The woman quickly looked at Liu Yunxiang, "What's going on? Where is her mother? Why are you taking this child with you?"

At this time, a group of patrolmen came over, and Liu Yunxiang hurriedly said: "Sister, can we enter your house before we talk?"

The woman hesitated a little, and opened the door, "Come in!"

When I entered the yard, there was an old man who came out. When he saw Liu Yunxiang, he was busy picked up the iron cricket leaning by the wall.

"Mother, they are not here to grab food, don't panic!" The woman explained.

"Then they are they?"

"Who do you see?"

The woman hugged the little girl from the back of the cold rain, and the little girl saw the old woman, crying and shouting: "Grandma incense!"

When the old woman saw Wan Wan, she was busy throwing off the iron puppet, and stepped forward to hold the little girl, "Oh, Wanwan, how did you come back? Your mother?"

When it comes to mother, Wan Wan can't help crying.

The woman was afraid that the motion in the yard was too great, and she attracted the attention of officials and sold them. She was busy inviting them to the house.

There is also a little boy in the house. It looks like five or six years old.

After Liu Yunxiang sat down, he told them about Wan Wan and her mother, but did not say that the woman's body was found on the mountain.

After listening, the woman sighed, "Wan Wan's family lives at the east. We are neighbors on the street, but no one in her family is in the village."

"What about her father?" Liu Yunxiang asked.

"Don't say her father, my child dad, and our entire village, all the young and powerful troops have levied away." The woman said helplessly.

"Isn't the government blocked your village, isn't it for the shortness of eating?"

They were actually recruited, so they didn't eat empty.

"A group of funerals, in accordance with the regulations of the court, only one young labor, without joining the army, two ones to go to one. But the previous year in Yuba had a document to our village.

Not to mention age, as long as you can work all the way to work, there are more than a hundred people in total. Once more than a hundred people go, our village will have old and weak women and children. Last year, crops were panicked, and everyone was sad.

Many left the village and became a beggar. "The old woman was angry.

"Did the government not send you a monthly cricket?" Leng Yuyu asked.

If the court recruits to join the army, the local government will send the monthly beyond the call.

"It started first, but when it was entered the spring last year, the people in the government came down and said that there was a war in the west. The hundred people in our village were all sacrificed, only a little centered pension, and then there was nothing.

"

"All sacrificed?" Liu Yunxiang was surprised.

When it comes to this, the old woman was so popular with her thighs. "It really wants to sacrifice all, we can't help it, but the truth is not like this at all!"

Leng Yu frowned, "What do you say?"

The woman made the old woman slow, and she then said: "When the autumn this year, a young man in our village suddenly returned, which scared the villagers in our village.

People came back alive! But the younger was seriously injured, and only had time to say that those who were called did not go to the army at all, and he fainted. After that, the officers and soldiers chased, saying that he was deserted, and he would just take the person.

Get away. But do our people go to the army?

The trouble was taken care of. When we saw that in Chongqing, we couldn't get justice, and we thought about entering the Beijing to sue the royal style. Before it was done, our village was blocked by the government. "

"After the closure, every family was short of food and many people starved to death. Wanwan's grandfather and grandmother were starved to death. Her mother saw that there was no way to survive in the village, so she took advantage of some villagers to make trouble and secretly took her children with her.

Sneaked out from the back mountain."

Hearing this, Liu Yunxiang looked at Leng Yuxie.

"It seems that it's not just the case of empty pay. Han Lin takes it so seriously and Xie Shengmao is so bold. Maybe it's because they want to hide a bigger secret."

"A bigger secret?"

Liu Yunxiang shrugged, "I'm just guessing, after all, too many people died."

At this time, there was movement outside, and the movement was not small.

Leng Yuxie came to the courtyard gate, looked out through the crack in the door, and saw many officers and soldiers hurriedly running south.
Chapter completed!