Distillery

The three middle-aged men sat together, different from the joyful atmosphere around them, but they were unusually silent here, these people didn't speak, they only cared about drinking, one after another, in such a silent atmosphere, several people drank with red faces, and their faces were indescribably sad, and the law of the Han Dynasty did not allow them to drink together.

But the wise people can always find a gap in it, for example, this fruit wine, a lot of fruit wine from outside the plug, it won the joy of everyone, this does not belong to the drink, in addition, this is not a drink, they call it fruit juice, the Han law does not allow drinking because they are afraid that everyone will drink and make trouble, but also afraid of wasting food, this fruit juice is small, and it is not a waste of food, so naturally there is no ban.

The people around looked at these three from time to time, in the midst of this laughter, these three people seemed out of place, they had been sitting there for more than two hours, a few little guys looked at them, whispering, talking about whether to go to the official, just because these people did not look like they were looking for pleasure at all, as if they had some deep hatred.

Although the fruit juice is not strong, but these people drink it like this, and their faces are angry, don't they want to make something?

A few young people were talking, but there was still an older one, waved his hand, and said impatiently: "No need, I know these people, they are all pawns in Luoyang... Oh, by the way, they've been removed, they're pawns in the past...", and when they heard this, everyone understood what had happened to the three of them.

The playful and mocking eyes kept piercing the bodies of these three people, making them grit their teeth even more.

"These dog thieves...", one of the younger men was about to get up, but was dragged by the middle-aged man on the side, let him sit down, and then said: "Don't make trouble!" The young man sat down, and the person opposite him smiled a little sadly, "I think we didn't do anything evil when we were the pawns, how did it become like this?" ”

"The world is cold... I didn't expect to be a pawn for so long... Now it's so discarded, there's nothing left..."

"If you want me to say, let's go to Liu Jun and ask for an explanation! They recruited us back then, and we have been busy with this for all these years, even the farmland has been deserted, and now they kick us out, what are we going to do?! The young man said angrily.

The middle-aged man beside him was still a little calm, shook his head, and said: "Don't bother Liu Jun anymore, we are no longer under his jurisdiction, and he has no way, but how should this be, I still have children at home, and my mother, and the severance pay has not been issued for a long time, what should I do...", his eyes were a little dazed, staring at the table in front of him.

The man across from them never spoke again.

"Then let's go to the guard's house, at least give us the severance pay first, and then we will use the money to buy land, I was going to marry a wife this year, but now it's good, I haven't saved much over the years, I knew it was like this, why did I have to be a pawn in the first place, go to farming like those people, how good, look at how rich they are now, what about us??"

A few people sighed, and ate some wine, and then stood up, and staggered about to go out, a few little guys hurriedly stopped in front of them, and said with a smile: "A few people haven't settled yet!" The three of them looked at each other, rummaged through their sleeves, and each took out his own savings, scraped together the money for the drink, and handed it to the servant.

Walking out of the wine shop, a few people rushed to the palace, of course, not the one in the temple, it was the newly established county governor's mansion in the county, and now the county lieutenant can be said to have ascended to the sky in one step, and has become a figure that can be compared with the county order, the three of them, this time they have made up their minds, they must get back the severance pay, they have nothing.

The older one, after returning home, looked at the old mother and children at home, and could only look for errands everywhere, but what he did before was unlucky, he was responsible for executing criminals, so no one else wanted to use him, he was looking for errands every day, borrowing money everywhere, trying to buy back the farmland, from morning to night, the whole person did not eat or drink, and the little he earned had to be sent home.

He is almost unable to support it, as for the other one who does not speak much, he is too honest, his family is poorer than the other two, he was originally a homeless person, and finally settled in the county, now there is no errand, he is completely desperate, he has no savings, because his savings are used to let the children go to school.

As for the young man, he had some money in his family, and he was not desperate, but he was only angry that he had lost his errand.

A few people staggered on the road, all of them seemed to be mocking, all of them were playing, they could only support each other, even if they drank too much, they couldn't lose face in front of these people, and drunk rushed to the newly established county governor's mansion, several people suddenly stopped, raised their heads, and looked at the mansion in front of them, the more honest one, was trembling all over.

Thinking about the situation at home, these people still mustered up the strength in their hearts and walked into the mansion.

On the street, people came and went, and the busy crowd lowered their heads, indifferent to everything around them, and suddenly, they saw a few people being lifted up by a group of strong guards, and threw them on the street as if they were discarding debris.

"These seem to have lost their errands, and they want the county lieutenant to give an explanation... Thrown out. ”

"Heh, if you lose your errand, don't you just use yourself, and dare to come here to make trouble!"

Listening to the ridicule of the people around him, the young man gritted his teeth, helped the two on the ground, pushed the crowd away with great difficulty, and left the place.

"Come here, let's go to the county office, go to the county office, let's go to the local pavilion chief, and the pavilion chief let us find the county lieutenant... Who should we go to?? The young man said, and the middle-aged man on the side, his head was bleeding, covering the wound on his forehead, just now he argued with the county lieutenant, maybe it was louder... Alas....

The three of them dispersed and went home.

The middle-aged man washed the blood stains on his face by the river, washed the cake with some soil in his arms, looked at the cake, was stunned for a long time, returned to the mansion, put the food in front of his family, and said happily: "It's okay, the county lieutenant invited us to have a big meal, tomorrow, let me get the money, you eat these first, tomorrow I will go to get the money." ”

The young man returned home, looked at his unconscious father lying on the sickbed, wiped his tears, and said nothing.

The other person, standing at the door, didn't dare to go in, squatting at the door, crying with a low head.

The next day, the young man was the first to go to them, and when the middle-aged man saw him coming, he laughed and said, "You are here, let's go, let's go and get the money...", the young man understood his thoughts, did not say much, but also forced out a smile, hugged the little guy in his house, and gave him some fruit, and the two of them walked out of the house.

However, the third person's home has already hung white.

The wives of the family were crying, and they came here, but like the man, they no longer had the courage to go in, and stopped one of the mourners who had come to mourn, and they knew that the man had hanged himself.

The two of them left this place in despair, standing on the street blankly, not knowing where to go.

Squatting opposite the county governor's mansion, the two were silent for a long time.

"Why don't you think about it... Alas, maybe you'll get the money today? ”

"Ugh."

"What can he do with the old and young in his family... was buried in such a hurry, and there was not even a person to accompany the burial..."

"Huh?"

The middle-aged man with his head down suddenly raised his head and stared at the young man on the side, as if he was thinking about something, the young man was startled by him and asked, "Brother, what's wrong?" ”

"Funeral... I'm thinking...", the middle-aged man spoke, but stopped again, but the young man was startled, his eyes widened, and he asked in horror: "Brother wants to rob the tomb??" No, no, this is to be beheaded, beheaded! ”

"Anyway, today, I will definitely return home with the money, do you want me to starve my old mother to death?"

"I....", the young man gritted his teeth and thought hard for a long time, but he still couldn't make up his mind.

"If you don't want to, then I'll do it myself!" As the middle-aged man spoke, he got up to leave, but the young man hurriedly followed and said, "I'll do it, brother, let's do it, what should we do?" ”

"If you want to do it, you will make a big one, the mausoleum of dignitaries and nobles, most of them are in the city, but I know that one is outside the city, it is Wang Fu's, he was a Situ when he was alive, so we will dig him!"

"Situ ??? Brother, this...."

"What are you afraid of, anyway, whoever digs is dead, heh, do you know why we have fallen to this point? It was all commanded by the thief, and although he was dead, it was still recorded in his book that the guards should be dismissed, and we were driven out, and it was all his sin!! It's all his fault!! The middle-aged man's face was already hideous.

He said angrily: "These temple dog thieves, there is no good thing, even our severance pay has to be deducted, this is to let us die!" We can't find trouble with those thieves, and we can't take revenge on this dead man?! ”

The young man was silent.

At night, the sky is dark, but from time to time there is a flash of thunder and lightning, accompanied by a deafening roar, and heavy rain will fall at any time.

At a grave outside the city, two sneaky figures could be faintly seen, scolding and scolding.

In an instant, in the Martyrs' Hall.

The frightened old man looked up at the sculpture in front of him.

actually shed two lines of blood and tears.