Chapter 28: Rumors
Looking at the groups of victims in front of her, Feng Eping really couldn't figure out where these people came from, and I hadn't heard of any natural disasters in nearby states and counties, these people were like falling from the sky, and they all came to Guixi unconsciously all of a sudden, it was really a mystery, and people didn't know why.
Feng Eping walked up to a few victims and asked, "Folks, where are you from?" ”
"What's the disaster in your hometown?"
"How did you get to Guixi?"
However, Feng Eping asked several people, but they all had painful expressions, some said they were from the east, some said they were from the north, and some said they were from Yu Gan. It's not a unified answer at all, is there a natural disaster in the surrounding states and counties? Of course not! But these people occupy the major traffic arteries in the town at the moment, sitting, squatting, and even lying down, and now there is a strange atmosphere in the whole Guixi!
After asking these people, there was no answer, Feng Eping and Hu Ruizhen came to the county government again! Lord Bao was also in a hurry in the county government at the moment, and when Lord Bao saw Feng Eping and them coming, he immediately said, "Oops! Come and help the official figure out a way, how good is this! ”
"Lord Bao, do you know where these victims came from?" Feng Eping asked.
"Miss Feng, you don't know anything, and the official doesn't know where they came from, I don't know why they came to our Guixi!" Master Bao patted his head and said.
Hu Ruizhen thought for a while, and then suddenly said: "Lord Bao, Miss Feng, according to what you can see below, could these people have heard that we have properly resettled the victims who came to Guixi before, so these people have come to Guixi in one fell swoop, thinking that we will also settle them well?" ”
"However, this incident has only happened for two days, how can it spread to all states and counties so quickly?" Feng Eping said.
"I wonder what happened to these people? Guixi is not a rich place? Where can you house so many people? "Master Bao is pacing back and forth!
At this time, one of the subordinates of Lord Bao of the county government came in and said to Lord Bao: "Lord Bao, my subordinates have important matters to report. ”
"Tell me, what's new about the people on the street?" Lord Bao eagerly asked his subordinates, it seems that Lord Bao had already sent someone to inquire about this disaster victim before. ”
"Lord Hui, my subordinates and a few people checked around together, and preliminary statistics show that there are more than 100 victims now, and there are still victims coming to Guixi!"
Hearing what his subordinates said, Master Bao was sweating in a hurry, only to see him take out a handkerchief from his sleeve and wipe the sweat from his forehead.
"Shouldn't we have resettled those people before? No, it's not okay if you don't resettle, if the above knows that I, the magistrate, the county, will be the end, but if you resettle, how can so many victims come to Guixi all at once? Master Bao seemed to be talking to himself.
"Master Bao, I think that the first thing we need to do now is to find out where these victims came from and why they came to our Guixi." Feng Eping said.
"I think so too." Hu Ruizhen also said.
"Yes, yes, can you two find out about this matter?"
Feng E Ping and Hu Ruizhen nodded.
Feng Eping and Hu Ruizhen came to a place about ten miles outside the city and guarded on a necessary road into the city. On the road, there were people who looked like victims who were rushing to Guixi, and at the beginning, Feng Eping and Hu Ruizhen asked when they saw people, "Fellow countrymen, where are you from, where are you going?" "Those people simply ignored Feng Eping them. Later, Feng Eping and Hu Ruizhen both changed into a set of tattered clothes, and while they were not paying attention, they mixed in, and finally found out that they were from different places, and they were all homeless people from various places, beggars, and they were not the victims of the disaster at all.
"You're not a disaster victim, why are you going to Guixi?" Feng Eping pretended to say that he and Hu Ruizhen were wanderers somewhere, and when they saw that everyone was walking in this direction, they came together!
"You don't know, we also heard, I heard that there were strange books in Guixi in ancient times, and strange books hide a lot of shocking secrets, including a treasure map, which contains countless treasures, all say that why Guixi will accept and settle so many victims before, is because there are treasures that are rich and rival the country! The people who have these treasures are benevolent and kind-hearted families, and they will donate a lot of money to settle and appease us wanderers, so everyone wants to go to Guixi. If you go there, you won't have to worry about life in the future! ”
"What heirlooms? What baby? This is incredible, outrageous! After listening to what the homeless people said, Hu Ruizhen didn't know what they were talking about, just like a fantasy, he didn't believe it at all, and what he thought in his heart must be that the rumor was spread by everyone ten, ten and hundred, and then it became like this.
However, Feng Eping trembled in her heart after hearing this, this rumor must have been spread by someone with ulterior motives, it seems that there are many forces that are now eager to get Mr. Guigu's heirloom book, and if they want to get it, those people must have always wanted to get it and never got it, so they came up with this stupid method, thinking that by releasing this news, they could force the heirloom book to appear slowly. However, it is so hateful for these people to tell such a lie, let these homeless people travel for a long time without telling it, and also make Guixi fall into a panic, it is really hateful, so hateful!
"Where did you hear these words, they are clearly lying to you, and you believe them?" Feng Eping asked the homeless again.
However, at this time, another person among the displaced people rushed to say: "Believe that, of course I believe it, I have a relative who lives in Guixi, and he said the same thing." ”
"Oh, what did your relatives say?" Feng Eping asked, at this time, Hu Ruizhen pulled Feng Eping and said softly: "No!" Do you believe this kind of nonsense? Feng Eping motioned to Hu Ruizhen not to speak, how did he know what Feng Eping thought, she just wanted to see who actually said such a thing.
"yes, I don't believe it!" Feng Eping deliberately amplified his voice, and then turned to the homeless man who had just grabbed the conversation, and the homeless person was also looking at Feng Eping with a strange look, Feng Eping thought to himself, there must be something wrong with this person, maybe this is what he said, he must have listened to someone's instructions to the homeless people to confuse the crowd, no, this person can't be made to doubt himself, so Feng Eping pretended to be a real homeless person and said stupidly: "However, whether it's true or not, so many people go to Guixi, there must be a reason, then let's go too, Maybe, we're really gone, and after the shit luck, we can eat and drink spicy food every day! Let's go, let's go! ”
Hu Ruizhen was at a loss when he saw this, and he didn't know what Feng Eping's idea was, but since this was the case, he had to go with Feng Eping among the homeless people and walk towards Guixi City to see what scene was going to be staged next.