This invisibly added four buns, Li Dazhuang was grateful for the weakness of his knees, and knelt on the ground and kowtowed with tears: "Zuo Shaoyang, you saved my mother's surname before, and now you have saved our family's surname, you are really the benefactor of our family's recreation!" ”

Zuo Shaoyang hurriedly helped him up, and said with a wry smile: "It's not certain whether it can be saved, I can only pay you for the bun during your work." ”

"I know this, don't worry, I will definitely work overtime overnight, and I won't deliberately delay work hours just to eat."

"That's not necessary. You just come in the morning at dawn and make sure it gets dark, and don't do it at night, go back and get some rest. Well...... you can help me make my bed and carve the plaque, and then help me rest the house, - our pharmacy and the grocery store next door are too old, and if you renovate it, you can live comfortably. ”

When Liang heard this, he was a little worried, and came over and said: "Zhong'er, there is a war going on right now, maybe when the enemy army will enter the city, and now renovate the house, if it is burned by the enemy army at that time, won't it be a loss?" It's better to keep the money in case of emergency. ”

The main purpose of Zuo Shaoyang's renovation of the house now is not the house itself, but to give Li Dazhuang and them a chance to work to support their families, so he said to the Liang family: "The rebels haven't come in yet, haven't many houses been burned down?" So it's a blessing and not a curse, and it's a curse that can't be avoided! ”

Zuo Gui stroked his beard and nodded: "Yes, our pharmacy is a little dilapidated, it used to be a tenant, it doesn't matter, just live there, now it's your own home, you have to repair it well." Let Zhong'er make up her own mind, and we should also sit and enjoy the blessings. ”

Zuo Gui spoke, and Liang never dared to object, so he nodded with a smile.

Zuo Shaoyang thought for a while, and then said: "You can make a wooden bed that can be quickly disassembled for my medicine boy Zhi'er, she has to sleep in the concoction room at night, and she can't always make a bunk on the floor." ”

Li Dazhuang hurriedly agreed.

Bai Zhihan said: "It's okay, it's the same for sleeping on the floor." ”

"It's different! Especially if you have an injury on your hand now, you can't sleep on the ground, beware of the cold evil taking advantage of the injury to invade your arm, and in the future, you will be as cold and damp as the old man Zhu of Hengchang Pharmacy! - Listen to me! ”

Bai Zhihan was silent.

The soldiers who searched for the grain continued to search from house to house, and the brutal brutal killing made many people frightened, and many families who wanted to hide from the grain were frightened, and they came out to hand over the grain with the grain, and the grain was not only confiscated, but the family members were also whipped on the street, but they left their surnames behind. And the violent killing did not make everyone afraid, there were still those who dared to try to get away with it, so they lost their lives.

Two more families were executed for hiding more than the standard rations, and the bodies with their heads cut off were curled up in the snow, and the snow on the street was once again stained red with blood.

Zuo Gui had already ordered the door of the pharmacy to be closed, and he couldn't bear to see this scene. Liang hid in the house, trembling and chanting the Buddha.

Another family exceeded the limit by more than three buckets because of the hidden rations, and the whole family, old and young, was escorted to the street and knelt in a row, several cars were still children, grinning and crying, and the old man shouted for his grandson to beg for mercy. The soldiers were indifferent. The person in charge of supervising the execution was Pang Huochang, who loudly announced his family's "crime", and after speaking, ordered the execution. A few axemen standing on the side stepped on the snow and raised their knives to cut off their heads.

At this moment, a war horse galloped over, and immediately a military academy, holding a command flag, waved it: "The general's order!" From now on, those who hide excess rations will be punished with only the beheading of their parents, and those who hide more than three buckets will be punished with fifty lashes from adult males. The rest of the women and children, old and young! ”

Pang Huochang looked at the Ling Qi and nodded: "Let the old and young women and children go, the adult men will be whipped, and the parents will be executed!" ”

This is a well-off family, the parents are an old man, they are ecstatic when they hear the words, they keep kowtowing to the sky to thank them, the family escaped death, and they all collapsed on the ground, but the old lady was going to be executed, and they all pleaded for mercy. Naturally, I can't ask for it. Pang Huo gave an order, and the knife and axe hand raised and fell, cutting off the old man's head, and blood sprayed all over the ground. The snow-white snow and bright red blood stains are shocking.

The head was carried by the soldiers with guns and paraded through the streets, and the family hugged the headless body of the old man and wept bitterly.

In the pharmacy, after Zuo Shaoyang heard the soldier's order, he ran to the door in surprise to see, and sure enough, he saw that the officers and soldiers released the old and young women and children, and only killed the parents, although it was still too harsh, but it was already a hundred times stronger than the previous decision, although I don't know if the general changed the decision because of his own words, but this decision saved the lives of hundreds of people, and I was still a little relieved.

The Liang family in the house also heard about it, and felt that it was his own recitation of the Buddha that had an effect, and he recited it sincerely.

The bag of rice given by the general is white rice, and the pork is also a newly killed fat pig, a piece has hundreds of catties, fortunately digging a cellar, Zuo Shaoyang asked Miao Peilan to help, spread it in the cellar with straw, took a few large baskets of ice from the river, put it on the straw, and then cut the pork into strips and put it on the ice, and then take it out when you want to eat. Because the duck eggs are to be eaten at any time, it is inconvenient to put them in the cellar, so they are placed on the top of the kitchen cupboard.

Because Miao Peilan's family has rented more than half of the oil and salt shop next door to live, the whole family has moved over, and the meals are also separated. So Zuo Shaoyang brought two large pieces of meat to Miao Peilan, but Miao Peilan didn't want it. Zuo Shaoyang had to give it, Miao Peilan said that he would give money according to the current market price, thirty pounds per catty, Zuo Shaoyang couldn't convince Miao Peilan to say anything, so he had to take the pork back and put it in the ice cave.

For dinner, I ate polished rice and pork. This meal is the most fragrant that Zuo Shaoyang crossed over to eat, although I had a banquet at the rich man's house in Laohuai Village last time, it was more exquisite than this, but after all, it was someone else's, and it was not as fragrant as his own food.

The family sat down to eat, although they ate polished rice and meat, but seeing today's massacre, no one was interested in talking, and they ate in a sullen voice.

At this time, someone knocked on the door and opened the door to see that it was Aunt Long next door.

Seeing that Aunt Long's eyes were swollen from crying, everyone was taken aback, worried about whether something had happened to their family's private food. Busy stepped forward to ask.

Aunt Long cried and said, "Our young master ......, he ......, he died in prison......!" ”

Father Zuo Gui asked urgently, "What's the matter?" ”

"I went to the prison to deliver food to the young master, and the prison chief said why didn't I send it early. From the day the official army entered the city, because most of the grain in the yamen was collected by the official army, and the rest was burned by the enemy, the yamen had no food, so the prisoners in the prison ran out of food. The prison has notified the families of the prisoners to send food to the prisoners, we got the news, we were going to send it, but the food at home is not enough to eat for a few days, the old lady said that the good people outside will be taken care of first, this rebel son will send food if he has food, and he will be hungry if he has no food, so he will remember his surname for a long time, in fact, he did not delay for a few days, after you gave the food, I sent it, and I sent half a bucket last night, for fear that others would swallow it, and I did not dare to send more. After coming back, the old lady said that it was too little to send, and asked to send the remaining half of the bucket as well. I sent it again this morning. didn't think about it, the young master was no longer good. In the afternoon of this day, I ...... and died, ...... died, woo woo."

Zuo Shaoyang exclaimed: "Didn't the grain be sent?" As long as there is still a breath of air, after boiling porridge and eating, it will turn around. ”

"At first, we couldn't believe it, but after asking the prison head carefully, we learned that a few days ago, the young master was so hungry that he stole food from other people in the same prison, and after being discovered, he beat up with others, and was beaten by a room of prisoners, and suffered internal injuries at that time. After the food was delivered last night, he begged the jailer to make him ten buns at a time, and gave them one bun as a thank-you gift. And when it was his bread and thanksgiving, the jailer made him ten, and gave him nine. The young master was hungry, he ate it all in one breath, and his stomach hurt so much that he couldn't stand it, and I begged the prison boss to let him out for medical treatment, but the prison head said that without the instructions of the county lord, he couldn't be the master, but he could delay Langzhong to go to the prison to see a doctor, but he had to give the jailer brothers some hard money. I went back and told the old lady, and the old lady said that there was no money, and if there was money, he would not spend it on this rebel, and we were not allowed to invite you to see it, saying that it was already very troublesome for you, and I was not willing to trouble you again for this rebel. Later, it was Mrs. who became jewelry, so she pooled the money and invited Lang Zhong to go, but the medicine was prescribed, and before he could take it, the young master swallowed his breath. Woowoo woo ......"

Zuo Shaoyang asked, "What about that person?" Carried back? ”

"No, the old lady is not allowed to carry it home, saying that it is enough to throw it in the mass grave and feed it to the dogs. So it's still parked in the yamen mortuary. Madame was crying like something, let me ask the young lady to take a look and discuss what to do. ”

This uncle usually eats, drinks, gambles, and does everything, Bai Zhihan is usually reluctant to talk to him, but now that he heard that he is dead, he is a relative, and his expression is a little gloomy.

Zuo Shaoyang thought to himself, it seems that Old Lady Qu is extremely disappointed in this son, so he is so ruthless. said to Bai Zhihan: "Just go and take a look, help your aunt get an idea, it's getting dark, go early and come back early." ”

"Yes!" Bai Zhihan bowed her head and agreed. followed Aunt Long out of the house.

After the change, Bai Zhihan came back.

Zuo Shaoyang asked, "How is the situation?" ”

After discussion, the old lady refused to do the funeral, and he did not mourn. I had to ask the people of the yamen to be unclaimed and throw the corpses into mass graves outside the city to feed the wild dogs. After talking for a long time, he reluctantly agreed to store the bones in Longquan Temple, and when the enemy army retreated, he asked someone to transport them to the ancestral tomb outside the city for burial. ”

"That's good. How is the old lady's health? ”

"It's not good, I'm very angry, and then I secretly shed tears, and my grandmother kept crying."

Zuo Shaoyang secretly thought in his heart, Old Lady Qu also hates iron and steel, and he doesn't want to care if he is angry, after all, he is a single seedling, and now he is dead, and the white-haired person sends the black-haired person, calm down, in the end, he is still sad.

After this incident, everyone was in a bad mood. Pack up and go back to your room to rest.

(To be continued)