The child was thin and small, and although he was protected by his mother when he was beaten just now, he was still beaten. The tattered clothes couldn't stop his body, and black green could be seen in some places.

I was excited about the fight just now, but now I see that this child, who is not half a person tall, is blue everywhere, and crying and begging for life, which makes many villagers in Shanggu Village a little embarrassed and ashamed.

Many people didn't even want to look at him directly, and looked elsewhere, pretending that they hadn't beaten him.

And Pang Yutian's hands holding the knife, the shaking knife was about to fall.

Zhuang Rou's gaze was full of murderous intent, making him feel that it was difficult to breathe, and his eyes were a little glazed. This feeling reminded him of the day when he was a child, when he got lost while playing and was trapped in the mountains and forests after dark.

The dark and dark woods, the wheezing sound from nowhere, and the frightening heart-beating birdsong from time to time all made him run wildly in the woods in fear.

Now he also wanted to escape, but his feet were so heavy that he couldn't move, and the knife that was forced into his hand also made him feel extremely hot.

"With such a small body, skinny and skinny, as long as you send a knife forward, you can pierce through the flesh and cut through the heart." Zhuang Rou stared at him word by word, "Hurry up, don't let me wait." ”

Pang Yutian trembled for a long time, and finally squeezed out a sentence, "As an official, how can you force me to kill people!" ”

"One life pays for one life, and everyone doesn't suffer." Zhuang Rou snorted coldly, "You killed this child to give the village an explanation, and this child can also save his mother's life." Then I will cut off your head again, and I will judge the case fairly and strictly, which will benefit all three of us. ”

Originally, there were some people with other intentions among the villagers, who felt that it was not illegal to kill people at this time, and they were all killed by the officials. If this Pang Yutian didn't dare to do it, it would be up to them to do it, and now when he heard this, he was completely discouraged.

Dare not let you kill in vain, just let you do it first, and then arrest people for murder and give her meritorious service!

With a homeless person who will starve to death sooner or later, and the life of a common man, you can get a great merit. For these officials, it is naturally an extremely cost-effective thing.

It's amazing that people can be so poisonous that they almost fell for her!

The village chief has been looking at Pang Yutian anxiously with his eyes, this is the most talented person in the village, and he is looking forward to winning glory for the village after high school in the future. Now, if I really listened to the woman's demagogy and stabbed the child, my life would be over.

But he didn't dare to say anything to stop it, and when the mother and son were taken away, the villagers would definitely blame themselves for the incident. I suspect that he let the murderer go, and he will not be able to sit down in the position of village chief at that time.

He tried his best to give Pang Yutian a look, but at this time, Pang Yutian couldn't take his eyes off at all, staring at Zhuang Rou's hand on the child's chest, his heart was numb.

"No...... I can't kill, it's just a child. Pang Yutian muttered to himself, not because of kindness, but because of fear.

Zhuang Rou said coldly: "Then can I take people away now?" ”

Pang Yutian's mouth trembled and he couldn't speak, but the knife fell to the ground with a clatter.

The sound of the knife falling seemed to hit everyone's hearts, and their hearts were shocked, Pang Yutian woke up, and everyone else came back to their senses.

Seeing that this was a good opportunity, the village chief hurriedly said: "My lord, now is the time to take care of this, our village's grain has been robbed, how will we survive this winter!" There are also villagers who have been killed, please make decisions for us, catch those bandits as soon as possible and do justice for us. ”

He bowed deeply to Zhuang Rou, and skillfully turned Pang Yutian's matter over, as long as Zhuang Rou didn't mention it again, then everyone could pretend not to know about it.

The village chief was very worried in his heart, and he was afraid that this matter would not be so easy to solve. Zhuang Rou's reputation is very bad, and everyone in the village knows that after all, everyone uses her to scare disobedient children. People like them, who have a little bit of status, have heard more than ordinary people.

When she still has money on weekdays, she takes out the money to donate it to her for disaster relief, and she can no longer care about it. But now that the money and food have been robbed, even if you want to take something out and give it to her, there is no more.

Zhuang Rou stared at him, and then glanced at Pang Yutian, at this time, he had already reacted, his head was sweating and his waist was weak, he only felt that the sky was dark, and the future was already dark.

"Send two people out, send them to the disaster relief department, and ask the people inside to take care of them. Take a look at the doctor and give me something to eat. She turned back to the officials and instructed the villagers, this time not asking the villagers' opinions at all.

The village chief and Pang Yutian were both excited, so what happened just now can be so blunt!

The officials glanced at the villagers of Shanggu Village, and saw that they had not acted excessively, and that there seemed to be some gratitude in the eyes of the village chief, so they asked the villagers to push a cart over and put the woman and the child on it.

Zhuang Rou straightened the child's clothes, patted him on the head and said, "Go, there is food in the city." ”

The child was frightened just now, but he could understand what she said to go to the disaster relief department to find a doctor to eat, he held the cart and looked at Zhuang Rou with a small face, hesitated for a moment and said, "My lord, I have something to tell you." ”

"Oh, what's the matter?" Zhuang Rou will not underestimate these little homeless people, they suffer more than children of the same age, and they have to learn how to survive early.

Compared with adults, they use their identity as children, which makes it easier for them to find opportunities to live.

Zhuang Rou squatted down, looked at him and said, "If it's something useful, I can let your mother and son stay in the Disaster Relief Department all the time." When your mother is well, find something for her to do, enough for her to rent a house to support you. ”

The boy's eyes lit up, he wiped his face with his tattered sleeves, approached her and whispered, "Those bandits call their leader an adult, I saw it in the grass, and said my lord, everything is done." ”

"I know, you go to the disaster relief department first, don't worry, no one will drive you out." Zhuang Rou smiled slightly, carried him to the cart and sat down, and asked the official to send the two back to the city.

The village chief and Rizheng were nervous when the child was talking to her, afraid that the child was suing them. Who knows what the woman in charge thinks, whether she will be soft-hearted and poison them because she is a child.

After sending the two away, Zhuang Rou said to them: "Tell me what happened last night, remember it well, say what you see and think, don't think it's not a big deal, so don't bother to talk about it." ”

"As for grain, there is no grain in the granary in Hongzhou, but I guess there are so many displaced people now, and your village is rich, you must have bought excess grain and hid it. Those people came to rob last night, and it is impossible to stay for long, and you should have enough to eat for a few days when you dig the cellar and the wall. ”

The faces of the villagers in Shanggu Village changed instantly, and they even looked at their eyes as if they were talking about something, and they wanted to pretend that they had no food.

Li Zheng hurriedly said: "My lord, we don't have any food, and now we really don't have anything to eat." ”

Zhuang Rou walked over and patted him on the shoulder, so frightened that he wanted to get out of the way but didn't dare, but he felt that it was inappropriate to be patted on the shoulder by a woman.

"I can only go and catch these guys, cut off their heads one by one and hang them at the city gate, but you can only figure out how to eat by yourself. It's really not good, the whole village gathers what can be eaten, and the family divides it. Right? ”

She said earnestly: "I know that you are a landlord and have no surplus food, but the government is more difficult than you, so understand." If you really don't have anything to eat, take the bowl to the soup kitchen at the city gate and get some of it, because you won't die of hunger anyway. ”

Li Zheng had to nod with difficulty, not agreeing that she might have to dig three feet into the ground and cut the wall.