Now everyone is happy, getting rid of the tracking of the Yin Demon Sect, everyone has safely left Tongzhou City, and found such a good hiding place, everyone's luggage has been brought back, and the old man has drunk his red wine gourd.

After a conversation, I proposed that everyone talk about their views on the future development of Leiyun Village, what difficulties are there, what needs to be solved, and while everyone is there, they will find a way to solve it together.

The first one to speak was Wang Jianying: "I'll say first, there are still not many people in the village now, I also told the eldest brother, I want to go to the customs to recruit those relatives here, I think everyone is here now, there is the eldest brother sitting here, I want to leave tomorrow, and there is not much grain in the village, see if you want to go out and grab a few big households, I haven't said anything else." ”

I opened my mouth and said: "The third brother is right, there are few people is not good, you can recruit as many as you can go outside the customs, now the village needs to be built, not to mention the official army comes, it is dozens of thieves to come, we are not easy to deal with, the wall on both sides, and the top of the mountain to have a lookout post, at night to find someone on duty to sentry, the house must also be built, in the future we will have more and more people, I found that there is no fixed water source in the mountain village, is a spring flowing down the mountain, if there are more people, I am afraid that it is not enough, The land here is all rocks, and there are no wells, so I wonder if we can dig a pond to store the water, raise fish, plant lotus roots, and solve the problem of a shortage of vegetables. ”

Because the old man and Wang Jinhuai came late, the two of them didn't rush to speak, and then ***: "I think the second brother and the third brother are right, I don't know much about these, but I can take a few to hunt in the surrounding mountains, and I can also solve part of the supply problem." I also have the idea of sealing off the mouth of the valley so that we can go from one side, and also reduce the number of people standing guard, now there are not so many people with stones to build on the hands, so we can go to the trees first, and block them with big trees. ”

"It's not okay to block it completely, let's still leave a door, which is usually sealed, and can be opened when used, so that it won't be blocked inside." The old man is a person who has seen the world, and he has also read military books, and what he said makes sense, and everyone nodded in agreement.

Seeing that everyone agreed, the old man continued: "As for the problem of food, I still have some family property, and I also have 10,000 taels of silver, and the old man has no children or daughters, so it is useless to keep them, so I will take them out and sell food and cloth to the cottage." In order to distinguish outsiders, I want to buy some fabrics, so that everyone can unify their clothes, so that the spirit is good, and it is easy to manage. The old man also knows how to practice military formations and soldiers, and I will move here with my wife in the future, so I can practice them if I have nothing to do. ”

Several of us said that the old man was welcome to come and live, but we couldn't ask for the old man's money.

"Don't push it, since you are in the same boat, there is no difference between you and me, now the traitor is in charge, the emperor is mediocre, I keep this money is not a thief, it is better to use it for the cottage than to give it to them. Also, my three apprentices, Wang Jian, if he can be rescued this time, he will also become a fugitive, let him come here, he knows the art of war, and he can also teach the children to read and practice martial arts, and other people in the cottage can also read some books, we can't farm here, we can't rob openly, and we can't last a long time with these money, so we have to have a long-term plan. ”

"We can plant trees in the unowned wasteland outside, and we have to find a way to go to the government to buy a title deed and legalize it, I don't think it will cost a lot of money to be so desolate here. You can also send people out to do business, build a road to the official road, and now it is very troublesome to come in and go out. ”

Seeing that the old man insisted on taking the money out, he didn't push it, discussed it for a while, and decided that the old man would go home tomorrow to wait for Wang Jian's news, Wang Jianhua took the two of them together, and went directly from the capital to Guanwai, Wei Zihan didn't go to the capital now, and asked Shunzi to go to Wei Zihan's uncle's house to report the news, saying that he met a friend on the road and would go back in a few days. Wang Jinhuai also said that he would not go to the capital first, but live here and teach his children to read.

The discussion has been decided, I asked Wang Jianying to take Wang Jinhuai to rest, and asked *** to go to the tree outside to bring two people over, the two of them came to the house and knelt on the ground, I said: "Old man, do you ask or I ask" The old man said, "I'll ask first, who sent the two of you." The one who was stunned by me said earlier: "Uncle, we are walking, and we got lost and came to you, so let us go quickly, or the government will come to expropriate you." Maybe the man was used to it, and as soon as he finished speaking, the old man kicked him over: "***, you hang him to the tree, don't put it down without me, come here and play tricks, and don't see what the old man does." ”

The old man said to the guy who was covering his eyes again: "You can't say the same as him." ”

The man looked at the fate of the previous person, but he was also honest: "Uncles, spare your life, we are also sent from above, I really don't want to follow you, but if you don't come, you can't do it." ”

The old man's eyes widened, "I asked you who sent you, how many people came, don't talk nonsense, what is your name, where are you." ”

"Yes, yes, my name is Zhu Liu, there are parents at home, we are Jinan tax supervisors, a total of twenty came, I wanted to catch you at the inn last night, who knew that you left in advance, let us follow a few family members into Beijing together, they have entered Beijing in advance to wait for you at the city gate. Uncle, you spare your life, I am old and young, you let me go, I will go home and offer you an immortal tablet, incense in the morning and evening, and bless you with a long life. ”

The man kowtowed to the ground as he spoke, not caring that his eyes hurt.

"Don't kowtow, I ask you, whose head is your name and what." "Our tax supervisor is Sun Yongsun, a eunuch sent by the palace, this time the head with us is something we don't know, I came here temporarily, I don't know where it came from, the tax supervisor told us to listen to his command."

Seeing that he was honest, I opened my backpack, took out the medicine to stop bleeding from it, and wiped his eyes with a cloth, otherwise his eye would be infected by this.

Then let *** take him out, still tethered to a tree, but it was much better than the one hanging from the tree.

The old man asked me, "What to do with the two of them, whether to let them go or kill them." ”

"It's impossible for the old man to let them go, we have to keep it secret here, since we can't release them, we can't kill them, I think we need people to work here, let them stay here to work."

"That's not good, you have to send someone to watch them, they also ran away that day, and it is also a scourge, it is better to kill them directly."

I said, "Don't worry, I'll make them unable to run and won't want to run." The old man looked at me with a puzzled look on his face and said, "Are you trying to persuade them to join us, they are all unrepentant, and it is useless for you to persuade them." ”

I smiled and said, "Old man, don't forget that I am a Taoist priest, there is a spell in our Taoism that collects people's souls, only the souls of heaven and earth are left, they have no souls and no thoughts, let them do whatever they want, the fools we see are people who have lost their souls." They don't have joys and sorrows, they are a walking corpse, so they don't have to worry about them running away, and they can still help with the work, so why not. ”