Like Ruoshui Village, "Dongpingao" is also a small village formed by the settlement of displaced people.

The exiles assigned by the imperial court were uniformly placed by local officials for ease of management.

Most of these small villages are located in remote and remote areas, separated from the villages of ordinary people, and there is no fertile land for them to cultivate, so they can only open terraced fields, level some vegetable gardens, and do odd jobs and handicrafts to earn their daily necessities.

Life here is the same as Ruoshui Village, poor and quiet, no glory and wealth, but there is also less deceit, a thatched hut built against the mountains on both sides, but there is also a sense of paradise, but today, the peace here has been broken.

A group of wolf-like officers and soldiers rushed into the small village, violently drove the villagers out of the houses, courtyards, and fields, and gathered them in the open space in front of the valley.

The officers and soldiers were holding knives and guns, fierce and vicious, Luo Zhenyun stood on a big rock in front of the valley, rubbed his hands a little uneasily, looked up at Hong Seyan who was standing majestically in front, and licked his lips again.

The villagers in front of the valley looked terrified, and the only thing they could do was to hold the child tightly in their arms and give him a sense of security, but even they were full of confusion, not knowing what the intentions of these sudden officers and soldiers were.

They don't know what's going on with their family. Either father and brother, or grandfather, have been beheaded because they oppose Tian Qiniang being the queen, and the whole family is sent here. They thought that they had long been forgotten by the world and could only fend for themselves here, so what are these officers and soldiers doing now?

At the mouth of the valley, there were hundreds of women, children, old and young, but there was no sound quietly, the wind blew, and the clothes of the homeless people in the valley fluttered. It's like the trembling branches of the forest.

Hong Seyan was very satisfied with this effect, even when the Yushitai was at its most beautiful, he had never tried to put the life and death of hundreds of people in one thought. It's a wonderful feeling, it's power, it's the power that makes people flutter! No wonder the queen even killed her own son for the queen's throne, and replaced it with him. He was willing, too.

Hong Seyan carried his hands behind his back. Standing proudly on the stone, enjoying the gaze of hundreds of people looking up in fear and awe, he floated for a long time before he coughed and said, "You are all convicted of serious crimes and assigned here. Originally, according to your crimes, it was enough to kill the head, and it was the mercy of the Holy God that opened the net, but now there are people who are thieves who do not die. Secretly colluding and inciting ignorant villagers. Intention to raise the flag to rebel ......"

There was a commotion in the crowd, Hong Seyan pressed his hands and said sharply: "Silence! The official already has solid evidence for this matter, and the official also knows that those rebellious troops are about to raise troops! Among you are their comrades! Because the rebels are about to rebel, so they will take you away and take care of them in a unified manner, and the official will be aware of everything and will not indulge in vain, and the innocent among you will be released and returned after the investigation ...... the official will return you."

Hearing Hong Seyan say this, the commotion of the crowd immediately calmed down, no one would have thought that the imperial court would want to get rid of these harmless old and weak women and children, and no one would have thought that the angels sent by the imperial court would lie.

Hong Seyan smiled secretly in his heart, it was not that he didn't want to slaughter these people immediately, but the filial piety of some local officials and Tusi Tou had not yet been delivered, so he was not in a hurry to leave. Moreover, the Yushan tragedy has caused a sensation in the government and the opposition, and now that the case is being investigated, we can't even do nothing, looking at this group of lambs to be slaughtered, Hong Seyan smiled even more kindly.

On the hillside, there were two small figures, the sisters and brothers, who had just run back from the reeds, lying on their stomachs, looking in amazement at the villagers in the valley who were enclosed in the middle like cattle and sheep, trying to find their parents.

"A-Niang, I saw A-Niang!"

The child suddenly pointed to a crowd and shouted, and as soon as his little buttocks arched, he was about to get up and run down the mountain.

"Little brother! Don't move! ”

My sister grabbed him, pushed him down, and said urgently: "Don't go down, I don't think those officers and soldiers are like good people." ”

The little boy was surprised: "Why, they are officers and soldiers, not robbers." ”

The young lady said solemnly: "If the officers and soldiers are bad, they will be worse than robbers!" In the past, our family lived in a big city, and they were sent here by officers and soldiers, but now they have arrested the whole village without hesitation, which is not a good thing in any way.

Little brother, you lie down here honestly and don't move, my sister goes down to find my father, if there is nothing to do, I will call you down, if something happens, you must not come out, the wooden grandfather who hunts behind the mountain likes you the most, if we are captured, you go to find the wooden grandfather. ”

After the young lady finished speaking, she got up and was about to run down the hill, when a large hand suddenly reached out from behind her, pressed heavily on her shoulder, and pressed her back to the ground.

A voice sounded in their ears: "You are right, they are officers and soldiers, but sometimes officers and soldiers are more robbers than robbers, at least when it is not good for him, robbers will not kill indiscriminately, and robbers will not easily kill the people who provide for them!" You know why, why go down? ”

……

Qiongchi, the southerners take it as the Qiong River, 20 miles wide, more than 100 zhang deep, how big fish ......

Qiongchi is Qionghai, and the displaced people who were taken away by Hong Seyan are now standing on the shore of Qionghai in a shallow place where boats are not suitable for boating.

The sky and sky of Qionghai Sea are colorful, and the scenery is very beautiful, but it is a pity that these people are not here to see the scenery, so they all look panicked.

"Sister......

The siblings looked at Haruka together, and the young children did not have the power to save their loved ones on their own, and when they found someone who had strength and kindness to them, they naturally took her as a savior.

They had come here with the escorted wanderers all the way, because they had to monitor Hong Seyan's movements and take care of two children, Yao'er didn't bother to go back and interrogate the deaths of those who had collapsed noses or broken ribs, so they were left to fend for themselves.

On the way, Yao'er had already asked the names of the sisters and brothers, and the surnames of the sisters and brothers were Gu. The elder sister's name is Gu Xiaohua, and the younger brother's name is Gu Xiaocao, but as for the original background, I don't know very well. Wanderers are generally reluctant to tell their children about the past. At least until they are adults, they are reluctant to talk too much about the past. When they were degraded and exiled, the siblings were still young, and they didn't know much about their family background.

Yao'er secretly thought: "Hong Seyan concentrated the wanderers here, and didn't even let the bedding of the family, obviously moved with murderous intentions, and the reason why he didn't do it immediately was obviously to make a gesture that had been investigated." so as not to be attacked after returning to the court. Since Hong Seyan is not in a hurry to start, I will hold on for two more days. ”

Thinking of this, Yao'er said to her younger brother, "You two don't worry. The government has locked up your father and mother and so many villagers here because they want to investigate a case of rebellion, and maybe they will let your father and mother go back after the investigation is clear. You two come with me first, and my brother will keep an eye on them. If they want to hurt your mom and dad. And the brother went and rescued them. ”

Gu Xiaohua blinked, always feeling that this sister's comfort was a little insincere, but she couldn't say anything wrong. Her younger brother Gu Xiaocao was still young, but he didn't expect so much, he wanted to run over to accompany his father and sister, but he was not allowed, and now he had to listen to Yao'er's arrangement.

Hong Seyan counted the roster and found that a pair of siblings were missing. , two little children only. He didn't take it to heart, killing two more and killing two less didn't affect him much. How could he have the leisure to wait in the valley and scatter people to find them, only to think that these two people did not exist.

After returning to the state capital, Hong Seyan asked for the roster again and studied it carefully.

For the background of these people, he has to have a good understanding, in case there is really a person who is still old or relatives and friends are officials in the court and have great influence, then remove the family, there is no need to offend people who should not be offended, in addition, understand the details of these people, he can make up the crimes of these people's rebellion.

"Oh? Is the family of Li Yueying, a former member of Kouqing's palace, also assigned here? Hong Seyan suddenly turned to a very familiar name, and couldn't help but say in surprise, this Kou Qing palace member Li Yueying and him are the same science jinshi, and later in the same three law divisions, and they are very familiar with each other.

Luo Yunyun remembered the identities of so many people, and agreed casually.

Hong Seyan looked at the roster and smiled slightly, stroked his beard and sighed: "Li Yuanwai's family is assigned to the border wilderness, so they came here. This official and Li Yueying are Jinshi in the same year, and twenty years later, one death in one life, one official and one prisoner, life encounters......"

Luo Yunyun was surprised and said: "Yushi has a friendship with this Li Yuanwailang? ”

Hong Seyan smiled and said deeply: "The two of us are fellow scholars, have a friendship of the same year, and work together in the Three Law Divisions, so naturally...... It's a great 'friendship'! ”

Hong Seyan's words have a deep meaning, but unfortunately Luo Zhenyun didn't hear it.

Li Yueying and Hong Seyan are Jinshi in the same year, and they are both officials in the Three Law Division, so they are indeed very familiar, but unfortunately friends are familiar, and enemies can be familiar as well.

In addition, it is impossible to achieve a big deal with such a group of rogues, it is not convincing, and it is necessary to connect several tribes, but there is no urgency in this regard, and look at which Tusi head will never come to give gifts the day after tomorrow, so he will be classified as a traitor. Well, that Kaoru Moon can't let go, and he is included in it......"

Hong Seyan twisted his beard, his eyes flickered, and a trumped-up rebellion case had gradually taken shape in his mind.

Hong Seyan didn't know how much power Xunyue had in the southwest, but Luo Zhenyun was clear, that Xunyue didn't look like a hillbilly and was inconspicuous, but there were more than 100,000 people in his own tribe alone, and there were dozens of white barbarian tribes attached to him, and even he Luo Yunyun didn't dare to offend such forces.

Now Xunyue has a bad relationship with the imperial court, which has become a problem for him.

In a noisy car shop in Xicheng, in a dark and dirty room, there were more than a dozen big men standing or sitting, and the room was full of sweat and smell. Some of the big men raised their eyebrows, some stared at their eyes with crooked noses, and their demeanor was different, as if there was a statue of an Arhat standing in the Arhat Hall.

There is a big man sitting in the middle, but he is not like a Buddha, his figure is not burly, but he exudes a kind of fierce murderous aura, which is not to be underestimated. Chen Shimei was standing in front of him, crying with a handful of snot and tears. There were two people lying behind Chen Shimei, one with a collapsed nose and a bloody face, and the other with a broken calf and curled up like a chicken.

As for the brother who had broken his ribs, because the treatment was not timely enough, blood overflowed in a coma, and he had suffocated to death, and the other person who had his neck bone cut off was naturally also dead, and his accomplices directly threw the two bodies into the grass and didn't bother to bury them.

"Whoever dares to touch someone who I don't believe, I will take his life!"

The big man sneered and said murderously: "Say, where does he live!" ”

……

"Come on! Hungry, aren't you? I bought more, enough for you to eat three meals in one go, eat slowly, don't choke! ”

Yao'er put down the food, looked at Gu Xiaocao gobbling it up, and touched his head lovingly.

"By the way, there's a smoked rabbit here!" Shen Rendrunk walked to the corner of the wall, took out an oiled paper bag from a rattan basket hanging on the wedge on the wall, smoked the rabbit was still wrapped in oiled paper, tore the oiled paper, and put it in front of the young brother.

Gu Xiaohua ate more than her younger brother Sven, she ate in small bites, and said to Yao'er worriedly: "Sister, do you say that my father and mother have something to eat on the edge of the Qiongchi?" They didn't bring anything. ”

Gu Xiaocao was hungry, he had walked so many ways this day, he hadn't eaten, and when the little guy was growing up, the food was consumed quickly. He tore open the oiled paper bag, twisted off a rabbit foot, sniffed greedily, and took a bite of rabbit meat, hearing his sister's words, he couldn't help but raise his head and said, "Yes, not only did my father and mother not bring food, but also didn't bring bedding, do they have a place to sleep at night?" ”

Yao'er smiled and said: "You two don't worry, even if the prisoners who have been convicted and put in prison have a place to live and something to eat, how can they have no food to eat and no place to sleep, these things will be taken care of by the government." ”

"Hmm!"

The sister and brother believed Yao'er's words and ate with confidence.

After dinner, without Yao'er speaking, Gu Xiaohua took the initiative to pack up her things, carefully put away the rest of the food first, and put it back into the basket. Hang on tiptoe on the wall to prevent being eaten by rats.

There was only a small oil lamp in the room, and the light was very dim, but in spite of this, in order to prevent anyone from seeing it when passing by the window, Yao'er did not light the lamp, Yao'er and the young brothers lay on the couch, and Shen Rendrunk himself put up two stools together as a bed for tonight. The younger brother was still worried about the safety of his parents, lying on the bed and worrying about his parents' situation, Yao'er quietly comforted and talked to them, while Shen Renzui looked straight at the slightly faint roof, not knowing what he was thinking......

The sky gradually got dark, the sister and brother ran around for most of the day, and they were frightened, they were really tired, talking to Yao'er, and unconsciously fell asleep, Yao'er pillowed her arms, listening to their steady breathing, but let out a long breath, a trace of sorrow rose to her eyebrows. (To be continued......)