"Go, buy some steamed buns."

Seeing that the old man was simple and simple, Lu Chen didn't force it, so he raised his head slightly towards Liang Xiao, who lowered his body slightly, and soon brought a few steaming steamed buns on the side of the street.

Stuffing the steamed buns into the old man's hands, Lu Chen didn't say anything more, but the old man couldn't stop thanking him.

If this beggar was a strong young man, then Lu Chenli would not have paid attention to him, nor would he have noticed the military badge around his neck.

Looking at the old man's stiff back, several people glanced at each other, and Xue Ling said, "Husband, although this matter is small, it can't be ignored." ”

"His son died on the battlefield for the country, an old man, who ended up with no one to support him, and suffered here, can I not care?" Lu Chen sighed lightly, and said: "Let's go, follow him, find out where the root is, I want to see if the county government really dares to privately deduct the military salary of the martyrs, if this is the case, then the county guard here is simply unforgivable!" Destroy the nine tribes! ”

Whatever you are greedy for, don't be greedy for military salaries, especially this kind of martyrs' salaries, this is also the most intolerable thing for Lu Chen!

I followed the old man all the way to a village, this village is called Xiaohe Village, which is close to the county seat, and the conditions are okay, although the houses are mostly thatched houses, but there are also several brick and wood structures.

In front of a humble house.

"Grandpa, grandpa, you're back." A little boy of seven or eight years old, with a stained face, stretched out his little hand and pulled the old man's clothes.

"Look, Grandpa brought you something back." The old man smiled kindly with wrinkles on his face, and stuffed the steamed buns given by Lu Chen into the little boy's hands.

"Grandpa, you eat too." The little boy was very sensible, and at this moment a young woman dressed in coarse linen came back from the river with a laundry tub, and when she saw the old man, she said dissatisfiedly:

"Dad, don't go out to beg anymore, I can feed you two, you're so old......"

Anyone can hear that this is a kind of well-intentioned complaint, the old man heard this, sighed and said: "Chunhua, it's my old immortal who has affected your mother, the mountains have been gone for so long, you don't want to be widowed anymore, it's better to find a good family to marry, and help people wash their clothes, it's not a way......

Seeing this, Lu Chen understood that this young woman and the little boy should be the wife and children of Li Dashan who died in battle. It's really hard to have such a wife and children, no pillars in the family, life is difficult, women can't farm, and the old people are getting old again, and their movements are a little inconvenient.

If there were 100 taels of silver, the woman could support the old man and raise the boy to adulthood, which was more than enough, but the money did not reach them!

"Humph! The officials here have lost their conscience! Unforgivable! Even Princess Shaoyang said indignantly at this time.

"Husband, shall we go directly to the county government?" Xue Ling said.

"Don't worry, I don't think this is an isolated case." Lu Chen said.

They were not far from the old man's house, and the old man didn't notice them, and at this time, a group of men swaggered over from Lu Chen and the others.

The one at the head was gorgeously dressed, short and fat, his whole face was so full of fat that he couldn't open his eyes, and behind him was a man dressed up with five or six domestic servants, looking like the son of a landlord.

As soon as she saw this group, the young woman immediately pulled the child into her arms and whispered, "Dad, come into the house." ”

"Huh? Spring flowers, don't go......"

Seeing this, the short fat man hurriedly stepped forward, stretched out his arms, and stopped the woman who was about to enter the house.

"Zhuang ...... Young Master Zhuang, is there something wrong? Li Dashan's daughter-in-law asked weakly. Although she was dressed in coarse linen, she could not hide her beauty, and she was in her twenties, a young woman, and her husband was killed in battle, so it was inevitable that she would be coveted.

If you treat her sincerely, it will be fine, but this Young Master Zhuang is the son of the village chief of Xiaohe Village, and he is a master who is full of bullying, and there are several concubines he snatched by him.

Chunhua, which is also the woman he has always wanted to get, but didn't get, before, Li Dashan was a soldier in the Central Army of the Wind Country, he didn't dare to mess around, for fear that Li Dashan would come back and clean him up! But now that Li Dashan is dead, he naturally can't help it, and every once in a while, he brings people to tease.

"Chunhua, Li Dashan has been dead for so long, you are such a young little lady, aren't you lonely alone at night?" Young Master Zhuang said with a smile.

Hearing this, Chunhua's face turned red, she lowered her head, and wanted to let Young Master Zhuang return to the house, but she was stopped by Young Master Zhuang again.

"Young Master Ben likes your blushing and shy appearance, tsk tsk......" Young Master Zhuang's eyes lit up, and his heart was itchy.

At the same time, he also stretched out his cheap hand, ready to touch the woman's cheek, but at this moment, Li Dashan's son pushed Young Master Zhuang fiercely, stalked his neck, tilted his head, and glared at Young Master Zhuang fiercely: "Bad guy!" Don't bully my mother! ”

He, a seven or eight-year-old child, could push such a fat Young Master Zhuang, but the latter was annoyed and angry by the little boy's action, and immediately slapped the little boy in the face, knocking the little boy directly to the ground, bleeding from the corner of his mouth.

An adult slapped the little boy in the face, but the little boy didn't say a word, lying on the ground, a pair of small fists clenched, and his eyes were still full of fire staring at Young Master Zhuang.

"Yo! You little wild seed! It's back to you! Seeing this, Young Master Zhuang rolled up his sleeves and said scoldingly.

The woman screamed, hurriedly protected the child, and begged: "Young Master Zhuang, please don't embarrass the child." ”

When the old man saw that his grandson was beaten, and that there were so many strong men on the other side, he couldn't help but kneel down and begged: "Young Master Zhuang, we don't want my son's military salary, please let us go......"

"Old thing! Let's go! Young Master Zhuang kicked the old man over, spit on the ground unscrupulously, and scolded: "The men who are soldiers in the whole village, after they die in battle, the military salary will have to be paid by our family!" Whether you give it to you or not, that's our family's final say! You don't know what to do! I heard that you even went to the county to file a lawsuit, right!? Sue me! Keep suing! Let's see if anyone cares about you old thing! ”

After scolding, he said again: "Young Master Ben has already said that let Chunhua follow Lao Tzu, and in the future, your grandfather and grandson will follow to eat and drink spicy food, how can there be so many things!" ”

"That's it! Our young master can take a fancy to you, that's your blessing! Don't know what's wrong! The servant behind Young Master Zhuang followed and scolded.

Chunhua hugged the child and cried on the ground.

(End of chapter)