Last night, Wei Yuanshan stayed at his father-in-law's house for one night, and discussed that when it was Chinese New Year's Eve, let him come over to pick up his wife and children to see the New Year.

Although there are girls who give birth to a child after the full moon, there is a custom of living in their mother's house for a month. But after all, the New Year is coming soon, and it is not good for the Wei family to be reunited, so Wei Yuanshan's father-in-law and mother-in-law are reasonable and let their mother and son go to the old Wei family for the New Year.

Wei Yuanshan was naturally happy about such a thing. Originally, when he came out, he saw that his wife was reluctant to give up her daughter-in-law and grandson, but now it's okay, when the time comes, the parents will definitely be happy when the whole family is reunited for the New Year.

So before at the bazaar, he also bought a rich New Year's gift for his father-in-law and mother-in-law. Anyway, by the way, when the time comes, take a turn and send it over.

This time the snow was a foot thick, and the road was not easy to walk, and it was almost noon when I returned to the village where my wife's mother was located.

put down his things, went to the room to look at his son who was still sleeping, and said a few words to his wife.

When they were halfway there, they were greeted by a group of officers and soldiers who hurried over under the leadership of a horse commander. When they got closer, the commander on horseback asked Wei Yuanshan for the name of a village.

When he heard that it was the village where his father-in-law and mother-in-law were located, Wei Yuanshan casually told him. At this time, Wei Yuanshan didn't know that this group of people was the one who went there to find himself and his wife and children, and it was they who buried his wife and children and his father-in-law and mother-in-law directly in the snow half an hour later.

And the same tragedy occurred in several places in Dingping, as long as those people found out the address of the people in Wei Village outside, they went directly to arrest people. And as long as it leaves people's sight, they will directly find a place and kill and bury people, even if the task is completed.

This is also the idea that the county Cheng of Dingping City came up with. This not only gave Zhang Huan and Shi Yan a bad deal, but also directly eliminated hidden dangers for themselves, making it impossible for people to get the handle.

If these people have no relatives and friends, it will be simple, and if someone is held accountable, they will be sent away by the plague or the crime of collaborating with the enemy.

If you are infected with the plague, the slightest carelessness will harm one party. And collaborating with the enemy is even more of a crime involving the nine clans. How dare ordinary people go against the government because of these two things?

Moreover, there are indeed relatives of the bold Wei Village people who sued Changzhou Mansion, but where would they have thought that Yin Gao Changshui, the governor of Changzhou Mansion, was the mastermind behind this matter at all. Not only did he not be comforted or the county magistrate of Dingping City was punished, but he almost lost his life. So slowly, no one dared to mention this matter. That's for later.

But it was said that when it was almost the end of the time, Wei Yuanshan and the Da Zhuang brothers were finally not too far from the village.

When he was about to walk down the main road, he saw a group of people rushing from the opposite side.

"What's going on today?" Pulling the horse aside, watching the officers and soldiers run past him, Wei Yuanshan said in surprise: "It's really strange that we have seen each other several times along the way." ”

"These are the same people we met at the gates of the city in the morning." Xiao Zhuang looked at those officers and soldiers, pointed to a person in front of him and said, "You see that person wearing a silver armor should be the most official among these people, I saw him when I went out of the city." It was precisely because he looked at the mighty and fierce at this time that he had the ambition to join the army in his heart.

At this time, Da Zhuang suddenly felt an inexplicable uneasiness in his heart, and said, "These people seem to be from the direction of our village?" ”

Hearing Da Zhuang say this, Wei Yuanshan also frowned and said, "Yesterday, we met the officers and soldiers after we left the village, and now we meet again." We don't have anything over there that is worthy of the attention of these officials and gentlemen, right? As he spoke, he flicked his whip on the horse's buttocks. Why are you so panicked in your heart, no, go faster, and you can only know what is going on when you get home.

For a while, the three of them were a little apprehensive in their hearts.

The carriage came down from the main road, and just walked onto the path in the direction of Wei Village, when suddenly an old man came out of the side and shouted to them.

Da Zhuang and Wei Yuanshan looked at each other and knew each other, and at this time it was a villager in the village next to him. Usually, the two of them buy goods, and they deal with this old man a lot of times. Da Zhuang knows that the old man's family has many children who are not good to live, and the old man Hu Bo is also a bad leg like his father, so it is inevitable that he usually helps one or two in money.

"Huber," Da Zhuang said hello, "What are you going to do with such a heavy snow?" ”

"Stop." Hu Bo beckoned, panted over and said, "Hurry up, don't go back to Wei Village, something happened." "Huber had come out of his way to report to them.

Because Wei Yuanshan and Da Zhuang were seen by a son of the Hu Bo family when they went out yesterday, since the accident yesterday, Hu Bo and several sons have taken turns wandering on this section of the road, just thinking that if they see them, they should quickly tell Wei Cun what happened yesterday, so as to prevent them from being caught by those officers and soldiers.

"What's wrong?" Da Zhuang and Wei Yuanshan glanced at each other, both of them a little puzzled.

Huber knew that what had happened yesterday was unimaginable, and they wouldn't have believed themselves if they hadn't said it. He sighed and said, "It's really hard to say about this matter. Let me tell you like this, there is no Wei Village now, and all the people in Wei Village at noon yesterday were killed, burned to death, and all the houses and others collapsed. ”

"What?!" As soon as they heard this, Wei Yuanshan and the Da Zhuang brothers were immediately stunned.

But look at Huber and know that he is not the kind of person who will talk nonsense.

"Impossible," Da Zhuang jumped out of the car and said, "I'm going home to see my father and mother and Xiaoju, they are all waiting for me to go back." ”

"Brother, you wait for me." Xiao Zhuang also jumped out of the car.

"How is this possible?" Wei Yuanshan also shook his head again and again, only to feel that all his head had become paste. After driving the carriage for a few steps, he felt slow, and he threw the horse whip directly to the ground, and then ran towards Wei Village after Da Zhuang and Xiao Zhuang.

"You children," said Huber, who was a little anxious at this, and after thinking for a moment, he picked up the whip and pulled the carriage after him. He knew in his heart that it would be strange if anyone believed such news when he heard such news. Therefore, these three young men will definitely not be willing if they don't go back to Wei Village to have a look.

Forget it, anyway, all the people in the yamen just now have withdrawn, so he will follow and take a look.