"Send now...... Actually, you should have been in Huai'an Mansion too, right?"

“……”

They looked at each other, but didn't speak. , the latest chapter access: ШШШ.79xs.СоМ .

I knew at a glance that they were acquiescing.

So I said, "Then please pay a little attention to a person's movements in Huai'an Mansion." ”

"Who?"

Han Ruoshi. ”

"Han Ruoshi, is that Pei-"

"Yes, it's Mrs. Pei. ”

They all fell silent for a while, as if some people had realized something, and Xiao Zhong said bluntly: "Did you say that the 'medicine' was bought by this Mrs. Pei?"

I said calmly, "If I'm not mistaken, it should be." ”

He immediately said, "That's easy." Let's just ask someone to go to the house to help you steal the 'medicine'. ”

I couldn't help laughing and said, "She has collected all these 'medicines' that can support the fetus in Huai'an City, and they may be piled up to fill this room, how can they be taken back to Huai'an Mansion, isn't that known by people at a glance?"

"You mean, she did it secretly, why?"

“……”

If I really want to explain it to him, it will be a long sentence, and I will simply say: "She doesn't want the fetus in my womb to be safe, but this matter has to be kept from her husband, and of course this matter must be carried out in secret." ”

"I see. ”

I nodded and continued: "The collection of 'medicine' materials was last night's thing, and the 'medicine' materials should not have been destroyed at this time, because there is also a movement to destroy such a large number of 'medicine' materials, and she will not act rashly. So I want to ask your people to keep an eye on her movements, especially her men, and if anyone leaves the government through the back door, be sure to follow them. ”

"You mean, her people sneaked out, and it's very likely that they were dealing with that batch of 'medicine' materials?"

"That's right. ”

"And what about after we follow?"

“……”

"Do you want to kill those people and take the 'medicine' materials?"

“……”

I thought about it for a moment and said, "If those people haven't done anything to destroy the 'medicine' for the time being, you don't have to do anything, just monitor them." But if they want to destroy the 'medicine' materials, try to stop them, and if they can't avoid it, they must not kill everyone. ”

Brother Chen nodded: "I understand." ”

I didn't speak, just looked at them calmly.

Brother Chen immediately said, "I understand. ”

He turned around, called a few people, and said, "You go to do this, be careful, you must be careful, don't expose our people, and don't let people find out about you." ”

"Yes!"

Seeing that they were about to leave the 'door', I said, "You must remember, no matter what, try not to kill all those people." Remember, remember!"

They looked at me, nodded, and said, "Okay." ”

After saying that, he left.

Brother Chen said to the little bell again: "You hurry up and find the pen, ink and paper." ”

Xiao Zhong agreed and went out.

When only me and Brother Chen were left in the room, he looked back at me, especially when he saw that my hand had been on his stomach, he frowned slightly, and asked carefully, "You...... Are you alright?"

I also looked down, but I didn't have any bottom in my heart, so I reluctantly said, "I should be able to hold on." ”

He was silent for a moment and said, "We'...... We didn't think much about it at the time. ”

“……”

"I'm sorry to bother you. ”

“……”

I looked up at him in some surprise, although I knew that this person was not bad-hearted, but to apologize to a hostage he had taken hostage, this is not something ordinary people can do, I have a better impression of him, and I am more relieved, and said calmly: "You are also to save your family." ”

The moment I said this, I regretted it.

His eyes immediately turned red, and I remembered that they had said before that Zhou Chengyin was beating drums outside at noon that day, and it was his parents, wife and children who were killed.

Now he has a broken family, and he is the only one left.

Seeing his eyes red and his fists clenched and crackling, my heart also ached slightly, and after a while, I asked softly, "Brother Chen, I want to ask you something." ”

He looked at me, "What's the matter?"

"You guys, why are you doing this?"

“……”

"Zhou Chengyin and they rebelled, and all the officials in the city were killed, and those who resisted them in the barracks were also killed, and some others were attached to them. This has come to this, why do you ...... Rise up against him?"

Brother Chen said: "You want to say that all the officials are dead, why do we ordinary people have to meddle in our affairs?"

“…… Of course, I'm not saying you're nosy. ”

He waved his hand: "I see what you mean." ”

“……”

"To be honest, in fact, we used to think that as long as there is a bite of food to eat, whoever becomes an official or an emperor will not have much impact on us ordinary people. ”

I nodded.

"But the question is, whether this mouthful of rice will let us eat or not!"

I shook and looked up at him.

Brother Chen said: "You know, the people in our Jiangnan provinces are all untouchables, and the taxes that press on our heads have always been the heaviest, not only that, but those who are officials are even more tyrannical, exploitative and abused, it can be said that we people, even the bones are squeezed dry by them!"

My throat thumped, and I said, "I understand." ”

I get it all too well.

Once, he also survived in such an environment, and what made Liu Qinghan resolutely embark on his career was the resistance brought about by this oppression.

Brother Chen said again: "But a few years ago, the policy of the imperial court suddenly began to change. ”

“……”

"They changed the method of collecting taxes, we didn't understand it at first, but then we understood that this method can allow us to 'pay' less taxes, and like Zhou Chengyin, people with thousands of acres of fertile land at home used to collect less taxes than us, and then they had to 'pay' taxes according to the land they have!"

When he said this, there seemed to be a light on his dark face, and he said, "That's wonderful!"

“……”

"At that time, we were all so happy!"

“……”

"Thousands of people in Jiangnan have never straightened their waists in their lives, and at that time, we finally felt as if we had hope for life!"

“……”

"Even if those officials try to exploit us again, as long as this method of tax collection is changed, we are really relieved, and during that time, the family began to have surplus food. ”

I couldn't help but smile at the corners of my mouth.

I can almost imagine their ecstasy at that time—as ordinary people, they really didn't want much, just a little grain at the bottom of the rice tank, which was enough to make them full of confidence in the future.

The thought of this makes my eyes heat up.

Light cold, light cold...... If you know that your dreams have actually come true, if you know that you have made so many people feel the joy of life, if you know that it is your method that has given so many people the confidence to live well, can the pain you have experienced also be smoothed out?

You, will you know?

I was slightly distracted, and the next moment, I heard Brother Chen's deep voice say: "However, as soon as Zhou Chengyin and them rebelled, everything changed!"

I jerked.

His brows furrowed, and he said: "Their Zhou family was originally rampant and domineering in Huai'an, and they colluded with the dog officials of the imperial court before, occupied so much of our land, and 'forced' us people to be slaves. The bad things he did, even if they were carved on the city wall, the city wall of Huai'an would not be finished!"

My brow furrowed.

Although I haven't experienced it personally, but in Jixiang Village, so many evil deeds that those officials of the government 'made', I have more or less experienced, a powerful gentry like Zhou Chengyin is a tyrant in the local area, and what he can do is only worse than what I have seen before.

And he is also the "victim" of Pei Yuanhao's new deal.

As Wei Ningyuan was worried about before, on the land of the Central Plains, not only the Jiangxia King family in Jinling, but also the powerful gentry in other places will be affected by the new policy, the sisters of the Han family rebelled with Pei Yuanxiu, and people from other places will also respond in groups, which has caused today's situation!

At this time, I didn't have time to think about whether the current situation was what Wei Ningyuan said at the beginning - the situation of putting the cart before the horse, but right now, it is indeed very tricky.

This is just a Huai'an, a Zhou family.

Brother Chen continued: "What you don't know is that as soon as he captured the government office, he closed all the city 'gates', and this Huai'an Mansion became his own! He sent his own family members, as well as those soldiers in the barracks, to search for grain from house to house, no, not to search for grain, but to rob grain!"

“……”

"Not only food, but also all the iron tools of all the people in the city were taken and melted into weapons. ”

“……”

"Moreover, he also forcibly recruited us into the army, saying that he wanted to raise something, what kind of king's army. ”

“……”

"We can't live, there is not a single food left in the family, if I am taken away by them, the parents, wives and children left in the family will not even have anything to eat, but they will starve to death in a few days!"

“……”

"So-"

My voice trembled slightly: "So, you escaped from the barracks with these people around you?"

"Yes. ”

“……”

"Who knows, as soon as we escaped, they arrested all of our families, and—"

At this point, he was so choked that he couldn't speak, his head was buried deeply, and there seemed to be tears in his eyes.

My heart was very distressed.

I can feel the remorse in his heart at this moment, but if it were me, I would do the same, because if I don't run away, the people in my family will starve to death, but he didn't expect that Zhou Chengyin and their first day of murder and demonstration was to kill his family.

I didn't say anything more, just looked at him, because I knew that no amount of pain could heal it, no matter how much it was consoled.

But Brother Chen is also a steady person after all, after a while, he gritted his teeth, wiped his eyes with the back of his hand, raised his head to look at me, and said: "I have made up my mind, even if I rescue Xiao Zhong and their family, I will not give up! I must fight with them to the end!"