Three middle-aged men were sitting together. Unlike the happy atmosphere around them, they were unusually silent. They didn't speak, and just drank one cup after another. In such a silent atmosphere
During the drinking, several people's faces turned red, with indescribable sadness on their faces. It was forbidden by Han law to drink together.
But smart people can always find gaps in it. For example, this fruit wine, a lot of fruit wine that comes from outside the Great Wall, has won the joy of everyone. This is not a gathering. In addition, this is not considered wine. They
It is called fruit juice. Han law prohibits gatherings to drink because people are afraid of drinking and causing trouble, and they are also afraid of wasting food. This fruit juice is not very strong, and it is not a waste of food, so there is no prohibition.
People around looked at these three people from time to time. Amidst the laughter and laughter, these three people seemed out of place. They had been sitting there for more than two hours. Several boys looked at them, whispered and talked about them.
I was wondering whether to report it to the official, because these people didn't look like they were looking for fun at all, they seemed to have some deep hatred.
Although the fruit juice is not very exciting, these people were drinking it with angry expressions on their faces. Could it be that something was going to happen?
Several boys were chatting, and one of the older ones waved his hand and said impatiently: "No need, I know these people, they are all guardsmen in Luoyang... Oh,
By the way, they have been removed, they used to be more soldiers..." After hearing this sentence, everyone understood what happened to the three of them.
The teasing and mocking eyes were constantly piercing these three people, making them grit their teeth even more.
"These thieves..." One of the younger men cursed and was about to stand up, but was grabbed by the middle-aged man on the side and asked him to sit down. Then he said: "Don't make trouble!"
Only then did the young man sit down, and the man opposite smiled sadly, "I think we didn't do anything bad when we were soldiers. How did it end up like this?"
"The world is so cold... I didn't expect that after working for so long... now it is abandoned like this, with nothing left..."
"If you ask me, let's go to Liu Jun and ask for an explanation! They recruited us back then. We have been busy working on this for these years, and even the farmland has been abandoned. Now they kick us out, what should we do?!
", the young man said angrily.
The middle-aged man beside him was still a little calm. He shook his head and said, "It's better not to trouble Mr. Liu anymore. We are no longer under his jurisdiction, and he has no choice. But what should we do? My family
I still have children, and my mother, and the severance package has not been issued for a long time, what should I do..." He stared at Hu Zhui in front of him with some confusion in his eyes.
The man opposite them stopped talking.
"Then let's go to Gengzu's Mansion. At least give us the severance pay first. Later, we can use the money to buy land. I was going to get married this year, but now, I don't have much savings in these years. I will soon
Knowing that this is the case, why bother to be a watchman in the first place? It would be great to farm like the common people. Look at how rich they are now, what about us??"
Several people sighed, drank some more wine, and then stood up and started to stagger out. A few boys stopped in front of them and said with a smile: "You guys haven't paid the bill yet!
"The three of them looked at each other and rummaged through their sleeves. Everyone took out their savings, collected the money for the drinks, and handed them to the boy.
After walking out of the wine shop, several people rushed towards the Gengzhu Mansion. Of course, they were not going to the one in the temple, but the newly established County Captain's Mansion in the county.
The three of them, who are comparable figures, have made up their minds this time to get back their severance pay. They have nothing left.
The older one, after returning home, looked at the mother and children at home and could only look for errands. But what he did before was unlucky. He was responsible for executing criminals, so no one else wanted to use him.
He was looking for errands every day, borrowing money from everywhere, trying to buy back farmland. He was busy from morning to night, not eating or drinking, and whatever little he earned had to be sent home.
He was almost unable to hold on anymore. As for the other one who didn't speak much, he was too honest and his family was poorer than the other two. He was originally a refugee, but he finally settled in the county, and now he has no job.
, he was completely desperate, he had no savings, because all his savings were used to send his children to school.
As for the young man, he had some money at home and was not desperate, but he was only angry that he had lost his job.
A few people were staggering on the road, and everything they faced seemed to be ridicule and teasing. They could only support each other. No matter how much they drank, they could not lose face in front of these people and rush in drunkenly.
Arriving in front of the newly established county captain's mansion, several people suddenly stopped, raised their heads, and looked at the mansion in front of them. The more honest one was trembling all over.
Thinking about the situation at home, these people mustered up their strength and walked into the mansion.
On the street, people were coming and going. The busy crowd lowered their heads and were indifferent to everything around them. Suddenly, they saw several people being picked up by a group of powerful guards and thrown into the street like discarded debris.
On top, everyone stopped and looked at the scene in front of them with interest, asking each other about the interesting things that happened here.
"It seems that these people were thrown out because of their own errands. I want the county captain to give me an explanation...they were thrown out."
"Haha, if you lose your job, don't you mean that you are useless? How dare you come here to cause trouble!"
Listening to the ridicule of the people around him, the young man gritted his teeth, helped the two people on the ground, pushed the crowd away with difficulty, and left the place.
"When we come here, we are asked to find the county government. When we go to the county government, we are asked to find the local pavilion chief. The chief of the pavilion asks us to find the county captain... Who should we look for?", the young man said,
The middle-aged man on the side had a bloody head and was covering the wound on his forehead. He had argued with the county captain just now, maybe his voice was a little louder... Sigh...
The three of them dispersed and went home.
The middle-aged man washed off the blood on his face by the river, and washed the cakes stained with dirt in his arms. He looked at the cakes and was stunned for a long time. Then he returned to the mansion and placed the food in front of his family, feeling happy.
He said: "No problem, the county captain will treat us to a big meal. Tomorrow, let me go and get the money. You can eat these first, and I will go and get the money tomorrow."
The young man returned home and looked at his unconscious father lying on the hospital bed, wiping his tears without saying a word.
The other person was standing at the door, but he didn't dare to go in. He squatted at the door, lowered his head and cried.
The next day, the young man was the first to go to them. The middle-aged man saw him coming and laughed and said: "You are here, let's go, let's go get the money..." The young man understood what he was thinking.
Without saying much, he forced a smile, hugged the little guy at home, and gave him some fruits, and the two of them walked out of the house.
However, the third person’s home was already empty.
The wife at home was crying. When they got here, like that man, they no longer had the courage to go in. They stopped a man who came to pay his respects. Only then did they know that the man had hanged himself.
The two left here in despair, standing on the street in confusion, not knowing where to go.
Crouching opposite the county captain's mansion, the two of them were silent for a long time.
"Why can't Lao Zhang think about it? Well, maybe we can get the money today?"
"well."
"What should the young and old in his family do... He was buried in such a hurry, without even a single person to accompany him..."
"Um?"
The middle-aged man who lowered his head suddenly raised his head and stared at the young man beside him, seeming to be thinking about something. The young man was startled by him and asked: "Brother, what's wrong?"
"Buried with me...I was thinking...", the middle-aged man started to speak, but then stopped. The young man was startled, his eyes widened, and he asked in horror: "Brother, what do you want?"
You want to rob a tomb?? No, no, this is someone who wants to behead, behead!"
"Anyway, today, I will definitely return home with the money. Do you want my mother to starve to death?"
"I...", the young man gritted his teeth and thought hard for a long time, but still couldn't make up his mind.
"If you don't want to, then I'll do it myself!" The middle-aged man said, and stood up to leave. The young man quickly followed and said, "I did it, brother, let's talk about it, what should we do?
"
"If we want to do it, we need to make a big mausoleum for dignitaries. Most of them are inside the city. However, I know one outside the city. It belongs to Wang Fu. He was a Situ when he was alive, so we will dig him up!
"
"Brother Situ???, this..."
"What are you afraid of? Anyway, whoever poaches will die. Oh, do you know why we have fallen to this point? It was all ordered by the thief. Although he is dead, his book still records that he will demobilize Geng
"Damn, we were kicked out just now. It's all his fault! It's all his fault!!" The middle-aged man's face was already ferocious.
He said angrily: "None of these temple thieves are good. They even deduct our severance pay. They want us to die! We can't cause trouble with those thieves, so we can't go with these thieves."
Revenge for the dead?!"
The young man was silent.
At night, the sky was dark, but thunder and lightning flashed from time to time, accompanied by ear-splitting roars, and heavy rain could fall at any time.
At a grave outside the city, two sneaky figures could be vaguely seen, cursing and busy.
In an instant, in Zhonglie Hall.
The frightened old soldier looked up at the sculpture in front of him.