Chapter 42: The Village Elder

"You don't know, there are three major villages in my clan, all of which are big villages of 2,000 people. These three villages account for sixty percent of our people. The population, and of course the words of my tribe, are in their hands. Daddy Luobu clapped his hands, put down the skewers and said slowly:

"The village elders of the rest of the villages are just doing chores there. The three villages are Qingluo, Luowei, Luotian Sanzhai, in these three villages, Qingluo people are the least, but its village elders seem to have a relationship with the county, so they can compete with the remaining two villages, and even faintly oppress the remaining two villages. ”

Luobu's father said, Luoxiuxiu casually translated to Xu Qing, and after he finished speaking, Luoxiuxiu asked: "Luobu father, what does this have to do with taxes?" ”

"(Luo) has a big relationship," Luobu's father seemed to be a little excited: "Qingluo has something to do with the county order, so the tax is naturally less, where does the less tax go?" Isn't it just on us people! ”

"This," Luo Xiuxiu scolded: "Qingluo's people are really not good things!" ”

"(Luo) Xiuxiu, don't say this......" Luobu Daddy poured beans into the bamboo tube and said: "Qingluo Village is not very good, only the old family in the village is good, otherwise they will not come to steal chickens." ”

"What? It's the people of the green snail who steal the chickens! Luo Xiuxiu stood up.

Xu Qing asked in a daze, "What's wrong, what's wrong?" ”

Xiuxiu said angrily and urgently: "Luobu Daddy said that he stole the chicken from Qingluo Village!" ”

Father Luobu sighed, persuaded Xiuxiu to sit down, and said heavily: "Xiuxiu, don't make a noise about this matter, if it causes a dispute between the two villages, it will not be good to bleed again." But a few chickens......"

Xiuxiu stood up again and stomped on the fish bones on the ground to vent her anger.

Luobu's father glanced at Xu Qing deeply, Xu Qing comprehended, and persuaded Luoxiu: "Don't be angry, there are state officials above the county, and there are Taoist platforms above the state officials, if the county is illegal, someone will always be able to cure him." ”

"What if it can't be cured?"

"Alas, it will, it will." Xu Qing secretly promised in his heart that he would go to Tanzhou this time to tell him about the situation here.

"No, the officials will protect each other!" Xiuxiu looked at Xu Qing and had the idea of wanting to throw herself into his arms to get angry, but she also knew that she couldn't, so she turned her head away from him.

At this time, Luobu's father moved, and a small thing like a bamboo pipe came into Xu Qing's hand. Xu Qing was surprised, Luobu Daddy gave a hint of a look, and he quickly stuffed the thing into his arms.

Luobu's father said: "Xiuxiu, go back, wait for another witch to ask for someone!" ”

Xiuxiu hummed and walked out, Xu Qing followed, just went out, the difference between hot and cold made the two of them tremble.

When I looked up, the snow had stopped, and the two of them walked like this, leaving a trace of footprints.

"The surname is Xu, I will be the witch mother of Luotou Village in the future......" Luo Xiuxiu said as she walked with her head down, kicking the snow.

"Huh?" Xu Qing didn't understand what she meant.

Luo Xiuxiu was stunned and said, "You are so smart, can you tell me what to do?" ”

"What to do?" Xu Qing continued not to understand.

Luo Xiuxiu said gloomily: "Oops! It is to let the people of my village have food to eat, a good house to live in, and money to spend, and I can hold my head up in front of the people in other villages! ”

"Hmm," Xu Qing thought about it, he couldn't tell Xiuxiu that in a few hundred years, maybe not a few hundred years, the Luo clan would disappear into history, and no one would know about it. If a nation can achieve food and clothing, how can it be so promising?

Luo Xiuxiu pushed Xu Qing: "What do you say?" ”

Xu Qing shook his head and sighed: "If you just want the clansmen to have enough to eat, you just need to move out of Luo County." ”

Thinking that a small clan like the Luo clan is very likely to be assimilated when they move out, but Xiuxiu only asks about food and clothing, and the land is fertile and wide after the relocation, so there is no need to look up to the snort of the three villages, which can be regarded as answering her question.

But Luo Xiuxiu didn't seem to get the answer she wanted, maybe she didn't mean to drink at all, she didn't ask this, I saw him sigh and say, "Do you know why I took you to Luobu's father's house?" ”

"I don't know," Xu Qing shook his head, and secretly pinched the small bamboo tube given by Luobu's father.

"Alas, a nerd......" Xiuxiu rolled her eyes and said, "Your family's guards have come,"

After speaking, Luo Xiuxiu turned her head and left, as if she was decisive.

Xu Qing sighed, and saw two lines of track prints at the entrance of the village, and suddenly, it should be Wang Shan and they are here.

Walking along the tracks, I saw that the family had already packed up.

Xu Qi pointed at Xu Qing, who came from afar: "Times, that's not Xu Qing!" ”

"Young Master, you're finally back." Xiaoyue said: "If you don't come back, I will go to you despite Shimei's advice!" ”

"Hmph, I knew he was coming back, right?" Huang Shimei glanced at Xu Qing resentfully, when she found out that Luo Xiuxiu came to look at Xu Qing secretly last night, she knew that there would be such a show today.

Wang Shan also walked over and said, "Lord, I rushed to Tanzhou yesterday and came back today." ”

Xu Qing looked at the weather, it seemed that the snow had stopped, so he nodded and said, "Okay, since that's the case, let's go, right?" Ladies, please get in the car~"

Xu Qing rode a horse by himself, and before he went on the road, he put a silver ingot, a small doll that he made casually on weekdays, which was originally for Xu Qi to play with, but who knew that she was ugly. Today, I suddenly remembered it, and I consciously put it down unconsciously, and as for the reason, he couldn't figure it out himself.

When he came out of the village and passed by the word "snail" at the head of the village, Xu Qing suddenly felt that something was wrong.

"Why no one?" Xu Qingxin said: "Even if it's a snowy day, shouldn't it be so quiet?" ”

Is something wrong? Xu Qing hurriedly took out the bamboo tube given by Luobu's father and came out to see, it was made of finger-sized bamboo, this bamboo is everywhere in the south, and it is just right to use it as a rumor.

When I opened a small cover, there was indeed a small paper scroll inside, and when I pulled it out, it turned out to be Chinese characters!

Luobu Daddy knows Chinese! Why didn't he say it? Even Luo Xiuxiu doesn't know, what does he want to do after hiding for so many years?

But Xu Qing thought about it, could it be something specially planned by Luo Xiuxiu?

Don't think about it too much, Xu Qing looked at the words on the note, it was shocked.

The note said that today's act of stealing chickens will lead to a fight, in this battle, the Luotou village will face the catastrophe, the village elders died tragically, the witch mother family was enslaved, and the villagers were merged into other villages. Among them, it seems that there is also an official operation, which is a annexation war launched by the three major villages, and the entire Luo clan will also suffer great internal losses

It is estimated that this is all the information, Xu Qing checked it from beginning to end, and felt that things were even worse than this. Since a county is in chaos like this, and it is a problem for this clan, no matter who wins or loses, it will cause harm to the surrounding counties. At the very least, it is inevitable that there will be a period of displacement.

Looking at Huang Shimei's faces, they were reluctant to return to Luotou Village, not to mention that they were afraid of harming the pond fish when they went back, so Xu Qing did not plan to go back to the rescue.

He relieved the fisherman, found Yang Cheng, and whispered: "Yang Cheng, take this talisman to find the military governor here, there must be a general army near the state capital, and you will be rushed." ”

"Lord, this ......"

"There is no need to ask, there will be a big chaos among the Luo tribe, please invite an army to prevent this chaos from endangering the surrounding counties."

Xu Qing recruited several guards one after another, and let them receive orders one by one, and one went to Tanzhou to communicate with the Assassin Mansion, saying that the Luoxian county order was creating contradictions. I wrote a secret letter to Chang'an, and I still have to tell Old Man Li about this kind of mobilization of local troops. Xu Qing has done these things several times, but now he didn't alarm Xun Xue'er and the others, and he did it quietly.

After walking for another pillar of incense, a staggering figure suddenly appeared in front of Xu Qing and his party running towards this side, and when he looked at it, it turned out to be Luo Xiuxiu!

Looking at her appearance, there was more snow on her head, her clothes were torn by something, her face was full of tears, and she shouted from afar: "Xu Qing, Xu Qing, it's my ......"

Xu Qing's face sank, something has happened?

Xun Xue'er and the others also noticed the abnormality outside the car, opened the curtains to take a look, and were also shocked when they saw Luo Xiuxiu like this, and hurriedly said: "Xu Qing, you still don't want to help her!" ”

Xu Qing had this intention in the morning, and when he got his wife's order, he immediately dismounted and supported Luo Xiuxiu: "Miss Xiu, what's wrong?" ”

"Luotou Village, the village elder, the village elder was injured...... Luo Xiuxiu said sadly: "It's the Qingluo Gang, you hurry, save my grandfather, I beg you, I beg you......"

"Tell me what the hell is going on?"

"I don't know, I don't know...... Luo Xiuxiu lost her mind, grabbed Xu Qing like the last straw, and just said: "Only you can save my grandfather, I know you are amazing, please save him, he has lost a lot of blood, and his stomach is broken." ”

Xu Qing felt very uncomfortable when he heard this, although he said that he was not very affectionate, but in his heart, he was still an out-and-out amorous. Even if it was only a day after the Luo Clan, when I saw a good girl like Xiuxiu, I didn't want to see her being bullied. If you have left today, then it will be fine, but people have already begged for it, and it is even more difficult to refuse.

Xu Qing said in a deep voice: "The cow eats grass Wang Mountain, the two of you escort your wife to live in Tanzhou, don't make a mistake!" ”

"Whoa!"

Xu Qing whispered by the car window: "If something big happens, if something bad happens, act according to the plan." ”

Although Xu Qing's words were soft, his tone could not be refused, he took a medical box in the car, which contained high-concentration alcohol, as well as cotton thread and medical needles that had been detoxified.

Listening to Luo Xiuxiu's words, the old man of the village seems to have had a big blood, I don't know if there is any salvation, but it is always right to take it.

"You, you, you, follow me, and the others will escort Mrs. to Tanzhou immediately!" Xu counted the three sturdy guards, waved his hand, and the carriage went north.

Xu Qing stepped on the horse, pulled Luo Xiuxiu up, and rushed back with three guards.

Hurry up, and in less than a quarter of an hour, I arrived at the entrance of Luotou Village, only to see that the neat gate had become messy, and there was a little blood.

"Go to my house......" Luo Xiuxiu sat in front of the horse and seemed to calm down.

I drove my horse into the village and walked straight to where I had lived.

As soon as I arrived at Luo Xiuxiu's house, I saw many men guarding the door, with serious faces. Seeing Luo Xiuxiu coming, he hurriedly looked over, but no one spoke.

Xiuxiu ignored them, pulled Xu Qing off the horse, and ran into the door. The men who were guarding wanted to pull Xu Qing back, but as soon as the three sturdy guards met, they stopped them like two doors.