Chapter 64

"That's right, if the government didn't want to embezzle this disaster relief money and food, how would I rob it?"

Dou Ba nodded and said, his tone could not hide his anger.

"How do you know that the government wants to embezzle this money and grain?" Zuo Idiot immediately asked.

"How do I know?! Hum! Dou Ba slapped the table and said hatefully:

"The court issued an order for disaster relief, but there was no movement for a month, and the disaster was so severe that the streets were full of hungry and skinny people, and even worse, several people cooked a baby who was not yet a year old to eat! Just because hunger is unstoppable, such a young child can't feed at all! ”

The three of them were all shocked when they heard this, although the three of them had heard about the disaster of the drought in the north of Xining that year, but they didn't expect it to be so serious.

Dou Ba looked at the faces of the three people in front of him, his expressions of disbelief, and he couldn't help but think of everything he had seen with his own eyes in the north at that time, and he was still angry, he eased down and continued:

"The situation at that time was unimaginable, my territory was in the area of the river, but also in the north, many brothers' relatives were in trouble, my brothers and I couldn't see it, so we would go to the treasury of the government to snatch out the food for the victims, after the food arrived, I and my brothers scattered it to the victims, who would have thought that three days later, it would be surrounded and suppressed by the government!"

"Wait, I want to know how you know that the government has embezzled money and grain, and how do you know where the money and grain are stored?" Zuo Idiot frowned and asked the question just now.

Dou Ba blinked, then remembered that he didn't answer Zuo Idiot's question clearly in what he said, so he couldn't help but nod apologetically, looked at Zuo Idiot and said:

"Lord Zuo, this famine has lasted for nearly a month, if the imperial court wants to help, how can it be delayed for so long? Don't you know that this relief food is related to the life and death of hundreds of thousands of people? If it weren't for the government's deliberate concealment of the report and the embezzlement of money and grain, how could the people in the north not know the news of the imperial court's disaster relief until a month later? ”

"Where do you come from this? As far as I know, the imperial court received a letter from the household department, and after learning of the disaster, it immediately issued a decree for disaster relief, and it took five or six days at most for the capital to go to the north, how could the people in the north only learn about the court's relief after a month? ”

Zuo Idiot was in the capital at the time, and all the news was detailed, and after listening to Dou Ba's words, he felt even more incredible.

How could the people affected by the disaster in the north only know about the imperial court's relief a month later!?

Dou Ba said that at this time, he felt even more uneasy, and gasped several times before he said to the three of them:

"Lord Zuo, Little Brother Deng, Uncle Jing, you won't know, and presumably the people of the world won't know either, when the materials of the imperial court for disaster relief arrived in the north, there was a month between the time when I regained the money and grain!"

"What's going on? You're not...... No, I heard, didn't you rob it halfway when the imperial court arrived at the northern border with disaster relief money and food? ”

Deng Si'er remembered that people were talking about the robbery of disaster relief food in the north at that time, and he clearly remembered that Dou Ba was robbed when the relief grain money from the imperial court had just arrived in the north?

"That's right, as Deng Si'er said, although I am in the rivers and lakes, I have heard of all the major events in the world, not to mention the robbery of disaster relief money and food, what I have heard is no different from what Deng Si'er said, how could things suddenly become what you said?" Chu Jing also frowned and said.

"Because of this, everyone in the world thinks that I, Dou Ba, blocked the road and robbed the grain and money issued by the imperial court to the victims, and the people were deceived by the unconscionable government."

Dou Ba said that, slapped the table hard, and his face flushed with excitement.

"You breathe a sigh of relief first, don't get too excited, come, take a sip of tea, you tell us carefully, what the hell is going on?"

Seeing this, Deng Si'er hurriedly took the kettle and poured a cup of hot tea for Dou Ba, lowering the fire, so that Dou Ba could continue to speak more clearly.

Dou Ba picked up the hot tea that Deng Si'er arrived, and he ate it all in two sips, and the sound of "Gu Dong Gu Dong" was very clear, presumably in Dou Ba's heart, this matter had been aggrieved for too long.

After slowing down his tone, Dou Ba continued what he had just said:

"I have a talent under him, when the drought is almost half a month over, someone in the family thought that he had also suffered a disaster in the north, so he sent a letter if he was not at ease."

When Dou Ba said this, he slapped the table again angrily, and the volume increased a little and said:

"That's what the letter said, the imperial court has sent people to send money and grain for disaster relief, and we know that the court's disaster relief money and grain have arrived in the north more than ten days ago, but these money and food have not reached the hands of the victims, not by the government, what else can be the reason?!"

"Original...... That's how it really is! ”

Chu Jing thought of the disaster situation that Dou Ba said, although he thought that he was not a good man and a woman, but he couldn't do such a black-hearted and inhumane thing as privately embezzling disaster relief money and food.

Zuo Idiot also frowned and remained silent after hearing this, he has been at the center of power in the world for a long time, and he naturally knows in his heart that the people in the officialdom are sinister, and for his own selfish interests, he relies on the power in his hands and acts recklessly.

However, the money and food for the relief of the victims were allocated by the imperial court, and it was common for officials to extract from them, but who could be so bold as to swallow all the relief money and food?!

What Dou Ba said is really unimaginable.

"So, you escaped from the government and wanted to find me, also for this matter?" Zuo Idiot asked.

Dou Ba nodded and said:

"That's right, the world has spread that your Lord Zuo is the most righteous catcher in the world, chivalrous and warm-hearted, in charge of the world's injustices, plus your status is prominent, if you can stand up and defend me, the court will believe what I say."

Zuo Idiot nodded, what Dou Ba said was right, if he could have learned about this at that time, and it was really as Dou Ba said, he would definitely not sit idly by.

"You're really powerful, I heard that it's the entire northern border, it's good luck that you were able to escape in the hands of so many people." Deng Si'er looked at Dou Ba and sighed.

"You don't know, the government embezzled money and food, but those officers and soldiers who surrounded and suppressed me did not have any conscience, and they also had relatives and friends who were affected.

Dou Ba sighed, shook his head, remembered his embarrassed appearance at that time, and said:

"I, Dou Ba, asked myself if I had ever done anything against my heart, but I was framed by the black-hearted government so far, and I became a big villain that everyone shouted and beaten."

"With so many people in the north receiving your favor, is there no one who has come forward to defend you?" Chu Jing asked.

Hearing this, Dou Ba shook his head in dismay, and said in a heavy tone:

"But anyone who knows the inside story or has suspicions to speak for me will be killed in the name of "Dou Ba's fellow party", so it won't be long before I, Dou Ba, am just a robber and water bandit after all, who else is willing to risk being killed to defend me? ……”

The three of them didn't know how to answer for a while, they were all silent, and Dou Ba murmured like talking to himself in their ears:

"I, Dou Ba and all the brothers, although I have no choice but to fall into the grass, I can never violate my heart, we help the victims, but we fall into the situation of everyone shouting and killing, what is justice in this world? ……”

Yes, what is the word justice? ……