By the time it was almost dawn, this night, although Zhang Laosi hugged Wei Yuanshan two quilts, because there was no fire in the kitchen, he still woke up early in the morning.

Wei Yuanshan, who couldn't sleep, was looking forward to getting up early in the morning when he suddenly heard movement in the courtyard.

He was a little strange, and just as he wanted to get up, he heard Zhang Laosi whispering to him at the kitchen door.

The inexplicable Wei Yuanshan just moved in his heart and didn't respond. Then I heard Zhang Laosi laughing twice and walking outside.

After Zhang Laosi's footsteps reached the courtyard, Wei Yuanshan hurriedly got up and quietly followed him.

Zhang Laosi did not go far, but went to the door of the family next to him to call the door.

After the door was knocked open, Wei Yuanshan, who was standing under a tree in the corner of the wall, heard that this person was Zhang Laosi's eldest brother's family. Zhang Laosi came over to discuss with Boss Zhang, how could he catch Wei Yuanshan, in addition to getting his horse, he could also get five taels of silver from the government.

Hearing this, Wei Yuanshan still didn't understand something. I thought that I could help when I met a good neighbor, but I didn't expect to enter the thief's den and be remembered by the thief.

In this way, his second brother was not rescued by him as Zhang Laosi said, but just an excuse to deceive himself.

Hated and angry in his heart, Wei Yuanshan quietly returned to Zhang Laosi's house, led his horse out, and then originally wanted to light a fire in his home, but he thought that although Zhang Laosi was not a thing, Zhang Laosi's wife entertained him to eat and drink last night. If you don't kill Zhang Laosi, but let his wife and children be harmed, then he will be deeply guilty.

But as soon as he hesitated at the gate of the courtyard, he was seen by Zhang Laosi and Zhang Laosi, who just wanted to go home and tie up Wei Yuanshan.

As soon as the two of them saw the silver in their hands, they were about to run away, and they immediately wanted to run over and grab Wei Yuanshan.

The fire in Wei Yuanshan's heart didn't start, so when he saw this, he pulled the reins of the horse, ran directly at them, and threw a few whips on the bodies of Boss Zhang and the four brothers of Zhang, and then galloped away.

Thinking that something must have happened to the second brother's family, Wei Yuanshan decided to go to Changzhou Mansion first. Let's go to the eldest brother's house first.

After running for two days, Wei Yuanshan arrived at Changzhou Mansion. What made his heart also stir like a knife was that there was no one in the eldest brother's house for a long time.

Pretending to be a passer-by, he inquired and said that the eldest brother's family was arrested two days ago.

At this time, Wei Yuanshan only felt that he was about to collapse.

But suddenly, he remembered his wife and children, so he hurriedly ran back towards Dingping City.

When I came to the village of my father-in-law and mother-in-law, I was discovered by the villagers before I could enter it.

Immediately, someone shouted: "Wei Village has a plague that can infect the people of the village, everyone come out quickly, or let him infect our village, and it will be bad." ”

As soon as he heard this, Wei Yuanshan only felt a wave of despair welling up from his heart.

He ran into the village in desperation, only to find that his home, which had been warm and happy a few days ago, was already cold. The father-in-law, mother-in-law, wife and children are gone.

All the sadness and despair in the past few days rushed to his head at once, plus he hadn't eaten and slept well in the past few days, Wei Yuanshan fell off the horse with a dizziness.

Immediately someone from the village rushed up and beat him with a broom.

It's no wonder that the villagers did it, because when the people in the yamen took Wei Yuanshan's father-in-law and mother-in-law's family away, the village didn't let them, and the people in the yamen said that it was for the good of the people in the village. Wei Yuanshan's wife and children had already been infected with the plague, and his father-in-law and mother-in-law had stayed with their daughter for a while, and if they were allowed to stay, the village here would fall into the same fate as Wei Village.

Because they were afraid that Wei Yuanshan really had a plague that could infect people, these people thought that they would simply beat him to death, and then burn him, maybe they would avoid the disaster.

At this time, although Wei Yuanshan also woke up quickly, he closed his eyes tightly and didn't want to open them.

His parents, brothers, sisters-in-law, nephews, and wives, and even his son who was born not long ago may have died, so what is the point of him still alive in this world.

At this time, Wei Yuanshan was very decadent in his heart, thinking that if he died, it might be better than alive, at least when the whole family would be reunited. He simply didn't move, letting others punch and kick him.

"Stop," suddenly burst into shouts, and Da Zhuang rode in. He shouted at the stunned people, "What are you doing here?" ”

"Where did you break in?" Because Da Zhuang came here, these people who had seen him and Wei Yuanshan a few days ago didn't recognize him. A man drank: "If you don't hurry up, or we'll kill you together." ”

"Why do you want to smite him? Is there still a royal law? As he spoke, he ran towards the crowd, and the men ran in all directions to avoid the horses' hooves.

Da Zhuang jumped off the horse, stretched out his hand to help Wei Yuanshan up, and then said to the people in the village: "You just listened to the yamen talking nonsense, and you don't want to think about it. If the people of Wei Village really have a plague, then why are they not afraid when they arrest people? ”

As soon as they heard this, the people in the village couldn't help but look at each other, and someone immediately said: "That's right, I can see that yesterday they grabbed a few members of Lao Wang's family with their hands and left." ”

"Yes, the people in their family are no different."

"Maybe I just got it, and I haven't had symptoms yet."

"But the people in the yamen said that the plague in Wei Village was infected, is it that their symptoms are shallow, so they haven't shown it yet?"

And while the people in the village were suspicious, Da Zhuang helped Wei Yuanshan onto the horse, and said to the people in the village: "I will take people away, and I will save you from suspicion." As he spoke, he also followed the horse, pulling the reins of Wei Yuanshan's horse with his hand and walking towards the entrance of the village.

"I can't let them go!" A scoundrel in the village looked at Da Zhuang and Wei Yuanshan's two horses and said, "If we bring in any bad luck, then we will not be unlucky." ”

"You get out of the way, a stranger is not afraid to take the surname Wei away, then it means that there must be no problem." The patriarch next to him looked at the appearance of the scoundrel and knew what he was thinking, and scolded: "If these two horses are left, I'm afraid that something will go wrong?" If you dare to talk nonsense again, go to the ancestral hall for the Chinese New Year. ”

As the patriarch of the village, what I am most afraid of is that something will happen in the same clan. So what this scoundrel says is also very taboo.

And under the attention of these people, Da Zhuang took Wei Yuanshan out of the village.