Zhang Tianyou said this, paused, sighed heavily, seemed to remember something bad, shook his head and continued:

Originally, the villagers also thought that it was nothing, and the people from the government came when they came, and it was normal for them to come and urge us to pay taxes and grain at this time of year.

However, after the government came this time, they brought bad news, saying that the imperial court had used troops frequently in the past two years, and the treasury was tight, so it had to collect more taxes and grain.

Although the villagers were dissatisfied when they heard the news, they gritted their teeth and admitted it.

In fact, the villagers of this era are very simple, and they do not have the style of scolding their mothers on the street when they encounter a small loss, and most people still choose to be patient.

If it weren't really that there was no food, no one would resist.

So this time, the people of the government were satisfied, and they collected more than 20% of the grain and left. The villagers shook their heads and sighed bitterly at the rest of the food, and secretly sighed that they might have to tighten their belts and live hungry in the next year.

I thought that this was the end of the matter, but who knew that a few days later, people from the government came again, saying that the amount of grain handed in last time was insufficient, and this time they had to make up for it.

Now, all the villagers are gone, last time they called the food in front of everyone and left, and now you say that the amount of food last time was insufficient, so what about teasing us?

So the villagers have a very tough attitude - don't give it! Don't give at all!

The people in the government didn't say much, turned around and left.

Who knew that the next day, a group of officers and soldiers with weapons came and surrounded the whole village......

"Wait!" Chen Fei frowned and interrupted him for the second time. "Do you mean the soldiers in the army, or do you mean the officials in the city?"

Zhang Tianyou tilted his head and thought about it, and responded: "It's the guards of the army, they wear the military uniforms worn by the soldiers, I should be right, if it's just a servant, we should still resist, it's because it's the soldiers who come, so the big guys don't dare to squeak, if they really anger these guys, kill everyone." ”

"I didn't expect the local army to hook up with the people of the government so quickly, this Song Ming is very capable." Chen Fei sneered.

Cheng Chu screamed silently, his eyes were about to breathe fire, he scolded the beast twice, and patted his chest to vent his anger.

Chen Fei comforted Cheng Chumo, slowly eliminated his anger, and then let Zhang Tianyou continue.

In fact, there is nothing to say about the next thing, the government dispatched this battle, which naturally swept away the food in the village, especially Zhang Qing's family.

Because Zhang Qing's father took the lead in opposing the government, he was almost killed by the government that day, and when the government left, other people's families still left a little ration, but Zhang Qing's family did not leave anything at all.

The people in the village left a little ration for the Zhang family, but when everyone couldn't eat enough, how much would they give? It's not enough for the Zhang family to eat for a few days.

Moreover, Zhang Qing's father was almost crippled, lying on the bed and unable to move at all, Zhang Qing's mother had to take care of Zhang Qing's father, and had to find a way to get food and medicinal herbs, and fell ill within a few days.

Zhang Qing was still young, and he didn't know what happened to his parents, but one day he suddenly found that his father was asleep, and no matter how he shouted at him and shook him, he didn't wake up.

People in the village told Zhang Qing that his father was tired and had to sleep in the soil for a long time before waking up. The young Zhang Qing had no concept of death, and thought that his father was really asleep forever as the villagers said.

That day, he only saw his father being carried to the dug pit by several uncles next door, and then buried by their indifferent shovels, only remembering that his mother cried hysterically at that time, and soon he couldn't cry and fell to the ground, and two days later, his mother was buried like his father.

Zhang Qing was afraid of crying for the first time, in his worldview, he thought that his mother was tired of crying and wanted to sleep for a long time, so he didn't dare to cry from then on until now, for fear that he would also be buried in the soil.

Later, the masked man came again, and unlike before, this time he was warmly welcomed by the villagers, many of whom knelt in front of him, crying and begging him to take them away.

The Masked Man did not rush to encourage the people to leave here, but told the villagers that the Holy Mother had known about their affairs here for a long time, and that the gospel had been sent down in the west of the village, and suggested that the villagers go to the west of the village to have a look.

When the village names came to the west of the village, everyone was excited and burst into tears.

Because I don't know when there were more bags of grain in the west of the village, they were piled up almost as high as a hill, and before, there was nothing here!

"It must be a miracle!"

"Long live the Virgin!"

The village names happily divided the grain, shouting slogans of compliment to the Virgin. From that time on, all the village names believed in the Cult of Our Lady, and one by one they made up their minds to leave the place and join the Cult of Our Lady.

So on that day, the families packed up their prayers, left their homes, and left here with the masked man, heading for the Cult of Our Lady, who did not know where.

Zhang Qing didn't leave with the villagers that day, and the big guy didn't seem to be willing to take Zhang Qing with him, so he was forgotten in the village until he met Chen Fei two days ago.

And the reason why Zhang Tianyou in front of him did not stay in the Church of Our Lady was because he entered the Church of Our Lady and met a friend who he had not contacted for many years.

They had met when they had been hunting in the mountains, and when they met again, they suddenly found that his friend was a little delirious.

Moreover, after entering the Church of Our Lady, Zhang Tianyou also felt that the atmosphere was a little wrong, because there were disciples with weapons in their hands everywhere.

It stands to reason that if Our Lady really came to purify all sentient beings, there is no need to stare at everyone with a weapon so vigilantly.

And everyone soon found out that the food of Our Lady is not eaten and drunk for nothing, and if you want to eat, you have to work.

What to do? Live a lot. Some were dragged to build the temple of Our Lady, and some were pulled to build the palace in the valley, and some were pulled to build weapons!

Zhang Tianyou was dragged to build weapons! Before he went to the arsenal of the Church of Our Lady, an old friend of his found him, pointed at him madly, and said that it was a rebellion.

Then the old friend was dragged down by several disciples, taken away, and never seen again.

Zhang Tianyou is not a fool, Zhangjiacun counts the most he has seen when he travels south and north, and his intuition tells him that this Holy Mother Sect is afraid that it is really going to rebel!

And the more you stay inside, the stronger the feeling becomes.

The people of Our Lady seem to have been doing three things: stockpiling food, recruiting people, and making weapons.

What the hell is this not rebellion? The deeper they fall, the more they will not be able to get out later!

So on a dark and windy night, Zhang Tianyou took advantage of the lack of attention of the disciples and desperately escaped, and for this reason, he took a leg.

Because in order to avoid the reconnaissance and search of the cultists, he jumped directly from the cliff about ten meters high and broke one of his legs.

Subsequently, Zhang Tianyou begged all the way back to Luzhou City, and then was caught here by Chen Fei.

Through Zhang Tianyou's narration, Chen Fei can be regarded as having a general understanding of the whole matter, and it can be judged that the people in most parts of Luzhou have suffered such a situation.

Now the only thing he cares about is ........, "Zhang Tianyou, do you remember how many people the Church of Our Lady has developed?" ”

(End of chapter)