152 Recruit thieves
Chen Ping followed Chen Laosan all the way, relying on his familiarity with the terrain in the village so as not to fall in the dark.
It wasn't until I left the village that I ran into people one after another, and I was still a little nervous, but I was bold, just like those figures, and hurried forward with a cloth towel.
Even if they know that it is a village, they do not talk to outsiders, and they cover their identities under the pretense of night, and they are separated by three meters between people to measure the safety distance, until they meet with the flow of people from other villages, and only then do they faintly form a small force in the same village.
Chen Ping didn't know what these people were going to do, he was not popular in the village, and there were no familiar guys around him to talk to, so he had to move with the flow of people in a daze, until he walked into a mountain col, and everyone stopped their pace and divided into several small groups to confront each other.
Chen Ping faintly regretted it in his heart, and before he quietly retreated, he didn't know who opened his mouth first in the dark, and said in a slightly awkward voice:
"Everyone can gather here, and they all know that now that the New Year is approaching, the imperial court still has no measures, and if they continue to survive, they will have to starve to death several times before the beginning of spring. Since the court doesn't care about us, if we don't save ourselves, I'm afraid that the old and the young won't be able to survive the spring famine, so I won't say much else, it's interesting to act together tomorrow night, and those who are afraid of things will come, and the bad things in the province will also affect the family in vain."
"They are all the masters of the pillars, this is still looking forward and backward, in vain for your father and mother to give birth to you, if you don't want to starve to death, you can grab it together, and stay through the spring famine, even if you are arrested and sent to labor, it is worth it to save the family!"
"That's right! The big families have a better life, and they can still raise fat and strong in the disaster year, who cares if our small people live or die? Hmph~ The disaster victims can rob, what can we people who are about to starve to death rob?"
"Lao Tzu can't eat enough, don't think about it for anyone! If you want me to say, you have to grab the most grain, we have so many mouths, even if the grain of the small landlord's family is robbed, it is not enough to stuff the teeth, let alone bring it back to honor the father and mother, fill the milk baby who is waiting to be fed......
The crowd seconded the proposal one after another, and it was rare for everyone to agree on it.
The largest landlord in the surrounding villages and towns is none other than the Liang family, and people who can't survive the disaster every year are worried about the Liang family grabbing grain, but because the disaster is not serious, no one dares to risk being sentenced to the idea of beating the Liang family.
And this year's situation is obviously different, people who can't get along abound, three people are thieves, ten people are bandits, and now there are more than 100 croppers, and the team has caught up with the road rage. Besides, even if the Liang family sues the government and everyone covers their faces, how can the Liang family know who is who? Maybe they will be lucky enough to escape the investigation?
There are not a few people who have a fluke mentality, and they cover their identities with everyone covering their faces, and they even have to mumble falsely when they speak, for fear of being identified and only escaping when they face the court in the future.
Chen Ping secretly sneered in his heart, just these things are still delusional about robbing the rich and helping the poor, and they don't have to make people laugh at their poor donkey skills, but Chen Ping didn't dare to open his mouth at this time, for fear of being recognized, so he had to cover his cheeks and return silently with everyone.
Chen Laosan and his party quietly returned, Chen Ping wandered outside for a long time, and only when the sky was bright did he dare to sneak back to Chenjiagou, as soon as he entered the house, he saw that Dai Di was still sleeping soundly, and he didn't make any noise about him, so he tiptoed to the kitchen to boil a pot of gruel, and thought about it while burning the fire.
Now that the food is out of stock, and the city can't grab it, the best place for everyone to go is only the Liang landlord's house. If you come to the door to communicate in advance, will the Liang family reward some more rice noodles?
happened to learn of such a big โกโก, Chen Ping didn't want to blackmail Entu, but he might as well use some crooked brains, as long as he told the news of the grain robbery in advance, maybe the Liang family would remember his favor, and how much help would he have in the future?
He and Chen Qing are cousins after all, and with such favors, they are not afraid that they will not be able to climb relatives in the future. With the Liang family taking care of him, he will not be rich and expensive in the future, and it will not be a problem to have no worries about food and clothing.
After making up his mind, Chen Ping left home in a hurry after breakfast, and walked hundreds of miles before he panted and knocked on the door of Liang's house.
In order to deliver the news as soon as possible, Chen Ping rushed to the scene with all his might, but first ate a slap in the door, and then led to a good scolding from the second uncle of the Liang family.
If it weren't for Chen Ping's intention to invite credit, Liang Baisong would not have scolded people through the door panel, who made this guy unwilling to honestly explain his intentions, and had to repeatedly ask to come in to discuss?
Liang Zijun is still suffering in prison, how can the Liang family have the heart to pay attention to such insatiable people? The Liang family is not a generation of roosters and dogs, so what can they not say openly in broad daylight, and they have to go inside to discuss in a covert way?
Liang Baisong disdains to hear this kind of unspeakable secret, and he doesn't care about the young people! They all say that they don't go to the Three Treasures Hall if they have nothing to do, and Chen Ping came to the door in a hurry, and he must not have a good heart, either begging for food or begging for disgust!
It just so happened that all ten dart masters were secretly sent to do errands, and Liang Baisong was worried that Chen Ping would see through the truth when he entered the door, so he began to scold and drive people away before three sentences.
Chen Ping's stomach was blocked in his chest, and he couldn't swallow it and couldn't spit it out, how could he be aggrieved? The Liang family was really kind enough to treat it as a donkey's liver and lungs! In vain, he worked hard to ventilate and report the news, and his family deserved to be unlucky, and he was also to blame for being robbed and smashed!
Seeing that there was no advantage to take advantage of, Chen Ping was secretly angry in his heart, and he slandered people in his heart, and returned with a lot of ridicule and scolding.
Liangjiacun sent Chen Ping, who had something to do, and began to mutter together in threes and threes.
Master Liang was imprisoned, although they don't know which is right and which is wrong, but the fear of the government is deep-rooted, and most of them are biased towards Liang Zijun's guilt, even if there are dissenting opinions, they only say that the Liang family is really unlucky this time.
Even if you are not guilty, you will have to take off a layer of skin if you go to prison.
It is not that there are no villagers in the same village who are in a hurry to borrow grain a year ago, and who in the township does not have a problem? If they do not help, they will eventually make a fuss. Because the tenants couldn't borrow, Liang Baida had to borrow a little less in the name of the village chief in private, and the person who got the favor of the Liang family cursed Chen Ping fiercely, and said that the Liang family was kind, if he was a relative in his own stall, he would have to wave a hoe to drive people away in the morning!
After Chen Ping returned home, he couldn't even eat, and he slept with his head covered before he was tired. When I woke up in the middle of the night and realized that the appointed hour was approaching, I hurriedly got up and drank a bowl of gruel to fill my stomach, picked up a hoe and put it in my pocket, and went to the meeting place in the dark.
Since the Liang family doesn't listen to advice and would rather be cheap to outsiders, it is better for them to get a kick in the matter, and it is better to get some benefits in a hurry, so that they can get more rice and grain for their son.
Looking for the col from memory, a group of people who agreed to grab grain had already left, Chen Ping scolded secretly, and went straight to Liangjia Village in a hurry.
Rushing in the dark without bringing a lantern, Chen Ping fell several times, and almost didn't go the wrong way, but fortunately, he went back and forth during the day, and found the road with his memory.
Finally joined the army before dawn, and the people in front of them looked at Chen Ping in a little surprise, seeing that he was covering his head and face and carrying a hoe, but after all, he didn't say anything, and acquiesced to his tailgating.
Xu is a stupid person who slept and missed the hour, since he dared to come to rob, he must also know about it.
More than 100 people went to Liangjia Village, blew out the lantern and approached Liang's house, if it weren't for the famine at the moment, just with the warning sound of chickens and dogs, it would also alarm the sleeping people of Liangjia Village.
In the early morning, when the sky was shining, a man climbed over the courtyard wall and neatly opened the deadbolt to let in the hundreds of robbers. Seeing that there was no dart master guarding the door, the thieves also sighed secretly, and dispersed boldly to the courtyards.
The most thrilling thing about this trip is that they are worried that there is a dart master town house, they are afraid that they will not be able to do it if they don't throw a few corpses, and the biggest obstacle at the moment is not there, they are happy to save force and directly rob it.
The men of the Liang family were awakened by the sound of footsteps, and no matter how careful the people of the hundred and tenth were, the movement they made was enough to wake up the people who fell into a deep sleep.
Chen Qing turned over, picked up a sharp knife and listened in front of the door. When he noticed that there were many people, he couldn't help but panic, pretending to be calm and hiding the sharp knife, and asked "Who!"
The thief who turned over the cabinet outside the door heard the sound, and then sped up his hands and feet against the door panel from the outside with a wooden stick, and warned in a bad tone, "We only ask for food, don't hurt people, if you stay honest, you will be fine......
Chen Qing heard the composure in his tone, and sighed secretly in his heart, after all, he couldn't help but rob it, no matter how much he was responsible, he couldn't stand being hungry......
Chen Qing has lived two lives, and he has long seen through human nature, and it is better to lose a little of things outside his body than to kill people, so he persuaded in a calm tone, "You can go to the warehouse if you ask for food, but don't smash the things at home."
"Hmph~ You have to talk nonsense! Ye will go and get it...... What are you doing......"
"What are you doing with him? Take away everything you can take, what you can't take away is what you can do with me if you smash him? Since you robbed everything, what kind of morality do you talk to him!"
โโฆโฆ Hey~ Don't you harm people!"
"you! The Liang family has been in trouble in the township for many years, how can such a little thing be worth a little silver? The Liang family has scavenged less from the tenants? I'm just taking it from the people and giving it back to the people......
Chen Qing was also angry when he heard the noise outside, and scolded in a bad tone: "Let your mother's fart go! The Liang family has done less good deeds over the years? If you say this, you are not afraid of losing your conscience! You still take it from the people? Could it be that you are still a tenant of the Liang family?"
"Talent...... Not really!"
"Even if it is not, how can you return it to the people? Even if the Liang family wants to pay it back, they will not pay back such an ungrateful thief villain as you! I'm bah~" Chen Qing snorted angrily, and took out a set of old clothes to put on it, hoping that they could raise the inner bar and protect the few things in the family.
No matter how worthless things are, they have to spend money to buy them, Chen Qing is used to being careful, and he has to worry about these thieves breaking things at home.
There was a lot of noise outside, which soon attracted the leader to mediate, and finally the troublemaker was scolded and scolded, while Chen Qing took advantage of the chaos to climb out of the window and cover his face and blend into the crowd.
The sky was getting brighter, and it only took a while for Chen Qing to recognize several people.
Collecting rent one after another, he recognized the tenants nearby, even if he covered his head, but his body shape and clothing did not change much, especially in the disaster year, he did not even buy new clothes, he was still wearing old clothes, and his words and deeds only needed a little to distinguish which village this person belonged to and what his name was.
Chen Qing recognizes people with their own experience, he knows people from the clothes first, the village family work left and right only two clothes, afraid of doing work will break the new clothes, most of the old clothes are mended and mended, until the wash is abandoned.
As long as you memorize the patches and specifications, it is not difficult to tell who is who when you meet. Most of them were wearing old clothes by virtue of their "work", and they recognized three or four people at the moment when they swept it away.
After the inner bar subsided, the leader waved his hand and ordered two people to be left to guard, and the rest of the people went to the warehouse to distribute the grain.
As soon as they heard about the distribution of food, who would be willing to stay and guard the door? They were all afraid of leaving themselves behind, and they rushed to the backyard in a hurry.
"Don't rob it! everyone is running away!" I don't know who sneaked into the house, yelled, and the crowd buzzed and exploded, searching for suspicious people.
"Don't mess up! Gather all the Liang family members in one courtyard, and don't be afraid that you won't be able to force people to escape" The leader took the lead with a delicate mind, and immediately stopped the crowd from moving.
Chen Qing quietly withdrew from the courtyard, took advantage of the darkness of the sky to run through the courtyards, and only needed to shout "Go to the warehouse to distribute grain" to lure all the thieves who smashed and looted in the courtyard to the backyard.
Except for Chen Qing's courtyard, the other three courtyards all rushed towards the warehouse. Seeing that everyone ran to distribute the grain, the one who took the lead couldn't control the chaotic crowd even after tearing his throat, so he had to secretly curse a "fool", and he couldn't take care of the Liang family anymore, and also ran to the granary to distribute the grain.
At this time, what is the overall situation? Just a little at night, I am afraid that the granary will be moved, and there will be no grain of rice left.
Chen Qing released a group of gentlemen, escorted people out of the house, and then told "Go to the village chief's house to hide first, and then talk about it when the people are gone"
"Let's go!" Liang Baida stopped Chen Qing, who was still about to return.
"It's okay, I'll catch a live mouth first, and then find out the mastermind...... Chen Qingzheng wanted to persuade again, his eyes swept over the yard where a thief was coming out, and immediately broke free from Liang Baida, stepped forward and sprinted two steps, restrained this person in three or two, and covered his mouth to prevent him from crying out for help.
If this person hadn't been too greedy, how could he have been caught by Chen Qing alone? I thought that there must be silver hidden in the house, so I didn't rush to distribute the grain, but waited for the people to clean up before I went into the house and searched around.
Who would have thought of rummaging through them, let alone valuable objects, and not even touching a decent piece of jewelry!
Liang Zizhuang and Liang Ziping held up the thief, and then pulled Chen Qing again, and gave a stern lesson, "Okay, the people have also been arrested, hurry up and avoid trouble first, and when you have enough people, you can't run away from these bastards!"
Chen Qing also knew that now was not the time to be reckless, so he hurriedly twisted someone and sent it to the village chief's house.