Old Patriarch Li was supported by Li Ren and his wife, looked at Li Qing below, and took out a letter from his arms with a solemn expression, and asked Li Ren to take it to Zhang Sanniang.

The old patriarch looked at Sanniang and said: "At the beginning, Erzhu put a letter of resignation to me, I didn't read the content, and the fire paint on it was sealed in front of Erzhu. Erzhu said at the beginning, if one day you do something wrong, let me take out this letter of resignation, and you will not be a member of the Li family from today onwards."

The old patriarch took two steps forward and said to everyone: "I have to announce something today, starting today, the head of the Li family will be taken over by Li Geng. After Old Patriarch Li finished speaking, he was helped away by Li Ren.

Everyone in the Li family was surprised that the old patriarch had withdrawn the patriarch, and there was a lot of discussion about it. Although Li Geng is also the grandson of the Li patriarch, he is Li Qing's person, what will their Li family do in the future. The old patriarch tried to Li Qing nakedly, hoping that Li Qing would be lenient with the elders of the Li family. The Li family, who did not participate in the seizure of power, looked at those who were making trouble with Patriarch Li, and their eyes were a little annoyed and unsettling.

Sanniang was stupid, she didn't know how to have an extra letter of resignation, she looked at the fire paint letter in her hand, opened it tremblingly and handed it to Sixi, let him read it. Sixi took the book of resignation, looked at Sanniang and said, "There is food and drink, why can't you stop a little, and then read it to Sanniang." The content is the same as the one in Li Qing's hand. ”

Sanniang took the letter of resignation, cried and said to Sixi: "You can't divorce me, I won't leave the Li family." I'm doing all this for your brothers. Sixi helplessly helped her back to the West Cross Hospital.

The matter on Li Zhai's side has just ended, and the people have not dispersed. I heard a drum sound at the gate of Li Qing's realm, and then there was an urgent gong beating.

Li Qing hurriedly went down the door wall, went back to the house, took a bow and arrow, and ran to the gatehouse. Along the way, men, women, and children all took their weapons and ran to their designated positions. Li Qing climbed the gatehouse of Li Qing's land boundary and saw that there were many refugees surrounding below.

Wang Wensheng and Li Ren were already on the city tower, and Li Ren was shouting.

Li Ren asked, "What do you mean by this?" What are you doing in my Li Qing Realm? ”

A man in gray at the bottom of the gatehouse said, "We want this place for you, for water and food." ”

Li Ren said: "In the past six months, we have helped countless victims, and even the imperial court has issued a plaque saying that our lord is a great benevolent person. Are you people taking revenge? ”

The man in gray said: "Don't talk nonsense, you automatically let it out, and we will let you go." Otherwise, don't blame us for being ruthless and killing you all. Everybody crawled out of the pile of dead people. ”

The others downstairs said, "Just give us some food and water, I think they all have weapons, so don't mess with them." ”

The man in gray said: "They are all corrupt officials, they say that they are disaster relief, we have not received a grain of food, we are the only one alive in our village, how can you still believe them?" ”

The man who had just spoken stopped talking, and the whole village of them died, so he and his cousin survived when they went to run errands elsewhere. Their Huainan Province is not a hard-hit area, but there are more people who die in the disaster-stricken areas, and all the relief food distributed by the imperial court has been embezzled, and very few have been distributed.

Wang Wensheng heard the conversation of the people below and said: "If you don't believe it, you can go into the city, there are refugees in the county, you can ask them where to get food and water." ”

Some people were tempted and quietly left.

When the man in gray saw someone leaving, he hurriedly said: "Don't be deceived, although this is not Huainan Road, but what's the difference, it's better for all of us to rush up and grab it directly." "A few left, but the majority stayed.

Wang Wensheng said: "We don't have much food here, and the river has long since dried up. If any of you come from the water, just ask. The river in our village is branched out from the river. “

There was a commotion among the refugees, and many of them walked along the river, hoping to touch a place where there was water. Some villagers replied that they had come along the water, and that the entire upstream branch had dried up. There should be no water here.

The refugees were all in a low mood, and the person who spoke was the leader of another group. There were about 20 people, all of whom had fled from the water. Everyone believed his words, and suddenly everyone felt that they had no livelihood.

Suddenly, a man said, "I'm sure there's water in this village, and they have a reservoir in them where they can store water." Otherwise, what would so many of them live on? “

Li Qing listened to their conversation at the door, and also heard the person just now, and looked down, this person was Li Zhao. Li Xing's grandson.

Li Ren also saw Li Zhao, and said angrily: "Li Zhao, you are not human, if it wasn't for the boss who gave you food and water, you wouldn't be alive now, you are ungrateful." “

Li Zhao said: "We are all of the same clan, you don't care if you see us die, they are all dead, and I am the only one left." Don't mention Li Qing, he is an inhuman brute. “

Li Ren said: "At the beginning, my grandfather persuaded you, but you didn't want to be attached to, but now he is running and saying that he is a brute, and if you bring these people here, are you not a brute?" “

Li Zhao knew that he couldn't talk about Li Ren, and said: "Let Li Qing come out, I want to talk to him, what you said here doesn't count." “

Suddenly, a few people began to coax him and rushed in. Li Qing raised his hand to shoot an arrow, and Li Zhao was directly passed to the throat by Li Qing's arrow. The militia squad behind Li Qing also followed Li Qing to shoot arrows, and the gray-clothed man and several people who took the lead were seriously injured.

The refugees have retreated, they are afraid of death to come here. Although they have seen many dead people, they still cherish their lives, and they are afraid of being shot to death.

There was a team of people around Li Qing, about ten people, all with bows and arrows in their hands.

Li Qing stepped forward and said: "I am Li Qing, everyone flees here, Li Qing will do his best to be a landlord, everyone stand back, I only need those who are seriously injured on the ground." “

The refugees retreated, not believing what a fourteen or fifteen-year-old child said, but they were afraid of the group of men with bows and arrows. Li Qing handed the bow and arrow to Wang Wensheng and walked downstairs. As soon as he went down the gatehouse, Li Ren stopped Li Qing and asked him what he was going to do. Li Qing glared at Li Ren and motioned for him to preside over the overall situation. Then he grabbed the dagger at his waist in his hand, hid it in his sleeve, and asked people to open the door.

The door opened, and two groups of militiamen armed with spears lined up and ran out, standing on either side of the gate road. Li Qing then walked out and said to the refugees: "You are not allowed to rob, one for each person." Whoever robs, I'll let the people on the gatehouse shoot him. Then Li Qing waved his hand, and two groups of villagers came out of the door, a group of four. The two of them carried a large bucket, one of them took the bowl, and the other was responsible for serving the rice soup.