In the early morning, the sun shows its majesty as soon as it rises. The hottest season in Chang'an City has arrived. There is no wind, only heat waves. Even in the morning, there is no chill. The doors of each square are wide open. The residents of Chang'an City
It’s time to start another day of life.
The Huang family's dog ran out of Fangshi as soon as the gate was opened, and arrived at the intersection of Duliu Street in a few seconds. After swatting away a large group of flies, it stretched out its bright red tongue and licked the bluestone on the ground.
A stench hit his face, causing passers-by to cover their noses and run away.
A stone flew over and hit the Huang family's lazy dog. The old dog whined and quickly ran back to the door with its tail between its legs.
"This Huang family's dog is going to die. It can't eat anything. It licks human blood." An old shopkeeper came out of the door with a broom, followed by a young man carrying two large buckets of water.
He endured the stench and poured water on the stone slabs. Before it could seep down, the water turned into red sewage and spread along the gaps between the stone slabs.
"Uncle Liu, when can we wash away the blood? Duliu Street is so smelly that no one can live here anymore. It has been washed for three days and it is still so smelly. My shoulders hurt when I carry water." The young man complained as he sprinkled water.
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"What are you talking about? What's the point of doing some work for a young boy? Be careful to be heard by ghosts. One hundred and sixty-four lives. I heard that they are children of rich families. They are all thin-skinned and tender. They are all scholars. It's a pity.
"Why don't scholars understand the truth? They have to hit the edge of the knife themselves. What can be worse than beheading?" Old Fang Ding felt a little regretful.
"What's wrong with the scholars? If you are beheaded, you will bleed, and if you leave it for two days, it will stink. Didn't you say that the body should be exposed for three days? Why did it disappear in one night?"
"No matter how great the national law is, it can't beat a single word of etiquette. Throughout the dynasties, all the criminals whose corpses are exposed, except for the rootless ghosts, as long as they are not exterminated, at night, their relatives and friends will secretly
They took the body back for burial, and the government turned a blind eye and got over it. No one cared about it." Lao Liu has been around Chang'an City for decades, and he already knows all about these sects.
Clearly.
Yun Ye was released from the palace. Although Cheng Qian said that important ministers were meeting in Taiji Palace to study how to control the locust plague, he was still a little frightened. He always felt that a bunch of old guys were waiting to capture him at the gate of the palace.
Fortunately, there are no outsiders, only Lao Zhuang and Liu Jinbao. What a good opportunity!
The three people and three horses left Chang'an City in a hurry. Yun Ye breathed a sigh of relief, as relaxed as escaping from the gate of hell.
"How's it going at home? I'm locked up in the palace and don't know anything outside. I don't know if grandma and the others can cope with this locust plague?"
Lao Zhuang pulled the reins, slowed his horse's pace and said to Yun Ye: "The family is fine. When you are not here, the old lady takes the housekeeper and servants, as well as all the farmers in the village, and divides them into several groups to catch insects day and night.
The chickens, ducks, and geese were all released, and everyone ate and swayed. Only then did we save 60% of the food at home, and 40% of it was fed to locusts. If it weren't for the large number of poultry in our home, it would be the same as those in Huzhuang and Liang above.
Zhuangzi will suffer the same fate. I heard that some Zhuangzi even had their wheat stalks gnawed away by locusts."
Speaking of this matter, Lao Zhuang unconsciously puffed up his chest and was very proud. The villagers near Chang'an still had food in their own fields, but other people's houses were in terrible misery and were crying to the sky.
"Speaking of which, Mr. Hou is still wise. When you asked the farmers to raise chickens and ducks, they were still unwilling. I already knew that they were a bunch of idiots. Mr. Hou, when have you ever done anything unreliable? Have you spent money? Why?
, I used to beat up those fools who were careless in those days. Now no one says that you are a prodigal. The one who was beaten even went to the house to kowtow to the old lady and admit his mistake."
"Are the farmers still at ease? No one has fled?" Yun Ye recalled that several locust plagues in history all resulted in large numbers of refugees, and the situation was miserable for their children.
"No, no family has fled. We have 60% of the food in the village. The Marquis has forgiven us the rent. We also have livestock and poultry. The situation is better than in previous years. Why are we escaping? Besides, the whole Guanzhong is full of people."
With this look, where are you going to run away from?"
Only then did Yun Ye feel relieved. There were no refugees, which meant that he was qualified as the owner of the village. Spending 200 yuan to buy livestock, chickens and ducks and distribute them to farmers was really nothing to him. The Yun family could not rely on him.
To survive on the little grain in the fields, the output of all Zhuangzi's fields may not be worth two hundred guan in money. Besides, didn't he get back another 10,000 guan? To preserve Zhuangzi's population, he would spend a thousand guan.
not give a damn about.
"I won 10,000 yuan in a bet with someone a few days ago. Have you got the money back?" Calculating the days, Li Er should have cleaned up those wealthy families, right? The house raids should be thorough, right? Lao Lu Jiang promised me
Yeah, ten thousand dollars? Hahaha, next time I see this prodigal old man, Lao Lu, and make him angry again, who asked him to take the lead in bullying the teachers in my academy? But if he didn’t bully me, I wouldn’t be able to recruit this large group of talents.
, Lao Lu, Lao Lu, you are really my lucky star!
I feel happy when I think about it. Anyway, your Lu family has been enjoying the blessings for hundreds of years. Instead of falling into the hands of Wu Mei, it would be better to fall at the feet of Li Er. After all, they are also the emperors of the ages.
"Going back to the Marquis, the money has not been delivered, but the government has said that many of the men in the Lu family have been beheaded. There are still many female servants for sale. I want to ask if our family wants it so that we can exchange the money." Zhuang
After three pauses, he said it smoothly.
Yun Ye suddenly felt as if he had entered an ice cellar. His whole body was so cold that he felt like the sky was shaking, and he weakly slipped off the horse.
Laozhuang and Liu Jinbao hurriedly dismounted and helped Yun Ye up. In this moment, his whole body was soaked with sweat and his face turned sallow, as if he was seriously ill.
"How many members of the Lu family were killed?"
"I heard there are one hundred and sixty-four people."
"Go back to Chang'an, go back to Chang'an, let's go back to Chang'an right now." Yun Ye struggled to stand up and climbed onto the horse.
Zhuang San stopped, but Liu Jinbao did not dare to persuade him, so he had to help Yun Ye onto the horse. They walked on the ground, carefully taking care of their Marquis, fearing that he would fall off the horse again.
"He's actually dead, he's been beheaded? His whole family has been beheaded?" Yun Ye muttered to himself over and over again, as if he was asking others, but also as if he was asking himself.
The weather was dreary, and both sides of the road were covered with ruined crops that had been bitten by locusts. There were also farmers working hard to catch locusts in the fields, and after drying them, they could go to Yunjiazhuang to exchange money. No one paid attention to the three masters and servants on the road.
, they are all busy with their own things, and they are all working hard to fill their stomachs in the future.
Why am I running around like this? Why am I climbing on the roof and risking death by lightning?
Yun Ye's mind was extremely confused.
Apart from the fact that I like to trick Li Er and deceive his ministers who are still old-fashioned, I have nothing sinful. Besides, these things are not sins, maybe they are good things. I just got some bad habits from Niu Jinda who likes to save people. I just
I want to save a few people from starving to death, but I don't want to kill anyone's whole family. I just used to indulge in lip service. It's just a talk. It's obviously a good thing, so why do you need to shed so much blood?
Is the conflict really irresolvable?
c!~!
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