The carriage continued on its way, and the fork in the road ahead was connected to a grove of trees.

This is the signal that the Dark Guard has reported the target, but there are only three target characters, and they ask if they want to take it. Huang Taiji shook his head in the carriage. The captain of the guard, who was riding and following him, replied twice from the hussar battalion.

Don't be alarmed, the surroundings suddenly calmed down, but the previous voice reached everyone's ears.

Meng Guqing mentioned God.

Tuya was also very vigilant, and didn't want her to worry, so she hurriedly said, "Don't worry, master, the slave will protect you." "From childhood to now, she and Saihan have accompanied Meng Guqing to practice martial arts, and ordinary people can't get close.

Meng Guqing smiled: "There are only three people, what are you afraid of him." Even if it's just you, I'll be able to deal with it. How much more so many. "I'm curious about what kind of people would dare to block the road and rob.

The carriage went as usual, and after about a mile or two, two men suddenly jumped down from the tree, and the funny thing was that one of them actually fell, and the back knife in his hand flew far away, and it was rusty on both sides.

This one has a very round face, slightly fatter, thin eyebrows, about twenty-five years old, and the other is not fat or thin, with dense and long eyebrows, a long face, a pleasing appearance, and when he squints, he is like a smile, about twenty-four or five. He was less than eight feet tall, two inches shorter than the other.

They seemed to be brothers, both wearing patched blue and gray cloth coats, braids coiled on their heads, their faces swollen and their feet floating, their eyes blank, and they looked like they hadn't eaten for a long time.

The first one who fell had not yet gotten up, but the other went to his rescue, shouting, "Hand over the food, or I will kill you!" ”

It turned out to be a food grabber. Meng Guqing peeked at the curtain in the carriage, and sighed when he saw that it was just a thief.

These two people can be regarded as looking for death, and I hope that Huang Taiji can open up for the sake of being a disaster victim.

Huang Taiji coughed twice in the car. Utai casually threw two rice balls over.

The round-faced one couldn't wait to eat. Rong Changmian stopped him, flicked it with a knife, sniffed it again, and now it was indeed the rice ball that he tasted a bite, and then walked to the grass next to the big tree that he had just jumped down and handed the rice ball to the old lady.

After they finished eating, they had already been forced to kneel seven or eight feet away in front of Huang Taiji's car escorted by Wutai and the guards, and the old lady was also found by Wutai.

Offending the Holy Driver, even without prior knowledge, is a capital offense. Rong Chang looked at his brother and mother eagerly, and said to Huang Taiji: "It was my idea." If the old lady wants to kill me, it's none of their business. ”

The title of the old lady is very fresh, and the emperor looked at them through the gauze curtain in the car. Obviously, the round-faced one looks like a dumbfounder, while the long-faced one is smarter. Then he said: "Robbery is not a capital crime, as long as you are sent to the official, why do you ask for death?" ”

Rong Chang looked at his brother with disdain: "The official word is two, and I can't say it clearly." It is better to suffer in their hands than to be happy. ”

There were words in the words, and Huang Taiji asked again: "Listening to your accent, it doesn't look like it's from Baoding." How many people are in the family? ”

"We are from Fuping. My surname is Li, my name is Li Bao, and he is my eldest brother. Li Yong. There is also an old lady. Rong Chang's face didn't seem to ask for their lives, but like a kind elder who was doing homework, and simply confided.

Fuping is one of the areas severely affected by the drought. A bucket of rice has risen to ten taels of silver. But it is priceless. The official grain is running out, but the rice in the rice shop has grown to a sky-high price. Moreover, because of the drought and locust plague at the same time, many people fled to other counties at the beginning of the disaster in order to survive, but with the severity of the disaster. Rice and drinking water in the surrounding environment were bought out by wealthy people, and the government issued an edict. The people of the county are not allowed to flee.

On the surface, this is done to avoid disturbing the environment and to maintain balance and law and order, but in fact it is to attract money. Moreover, the government and the rich collude, and the people can only let others eat their own flesh.

And the Li brothers couldn't stand the oppression of the government, and it was normal for them to flee with their mother.

The old lady was trembling, her head was gray, and she hadn't eaten for several days.

From this point of view, the argument that the official rations are empty and powerless is also not credible. When he just got the rice balls, Li Yong ate them by himself, but Li Bao thought about his mother first, and tasted a mouthful of poison by himself, so the gap won Huang Taiji's favor, and he asked after a while: "The imperial court doesn't have special silver for disaster relief, and the official food is empty, can't you buy rice from the rice store?" ”

Li Bao sneered: "The old lady was born to enjoy happiness, of course I don't understand, even if the court has solid silver, the official is reluctant to do anything." The official grain is only two stones, and the rest goes into the master's private warehouse, as for the rice shop, all the people who sell rice are uncles, and the people who watch the rice are still people from the imperial court. A bucket of rice costs ten taels. ”

From this point of view, the government and businessmen colluded and stockpiled goods. The purpose of taking care of rice and water is to save one's own life before oppressing others.

Huang Taiji's heart moved, and he thought a lot in an instant, and asked again: "You said that the county order is not allowed to leave the country, then you have escaped." How do you do it? ”

Based on their clumsy performance, they don't look like people who can eat the official mansion. Therefore, it is necessary for Huang Taiji to ask clearly.

Valuable people deserve to stay. And that Li Bao is fluent, courageous, righteous and filial, which is worth testing.

Li Bao also sensed the nobility and aura of Huang Taiji, and replied ashamedly: "I have a brother named Ergouzi, who is a bandit in Big Wolf Mountain. ”

He didn't want to be a bandit, but he escaped with the help of the relationship between the two dogs.

I have a bit of a conscience and know that it is wrong to rob a house. Huang Taiji reproached with some appreciation: "In this case, what were you brothers doing just now, could it be that your father and mother didn't teach you how to behave?" ”

Li Yong shouted unconvinced, Li Bao held him down, kowtowed to Huang Taiji and said: "The old lady is right, I have no father since I was a child, I was raised by my mother, my mother often taught us not to steal or rob, we are all men with hands and feet, we really shouldn't do this." Thank you for the old lady's food, thank you for not killing. ”

Huang Taiji was stunned for a moment, smiled, and liked his sweet mouth and cleverness: "It's a reasonable young man, so I will spare you from dying, are you full?" ”

Li Bao didn't expect to ask this, he was shocked, and said honestly: "No." ”

Huang Taiji ordered each person to reward a box of snacks, and then asked: "Since ancient times, the people have not sued the officials, and you say that the county order is lawless, can you dare to sue it?" ”

sue the county order, only the one who has crossed the level to sue, but whether it is reasonable or unreasonable, it has to roll the nail board. This ordinary person also knows something. Li Bao looked at Li Yong and hesitated.

They still have an old lady to support, and Li Bao doesn't dare to give up his life casually, because it will be very difficult for Li Yong to support his mother. And he was more careless.

This is the choice between the small family and everyone, between the great righteousness and the small love.

Huang Taiji had expected it, and clearly told him again: "Nail board, do you dare?" ”

Li Bao thought for a while and said, "If those guys who harm the people can really be punished, I dare!" He heard from Huang Taiji's extraordinary tone that Huang Taiji was by no means an ordinary person. With hope, he wanted to take a gamble.

Huang Taiji praised and shouted: "Shicheng." ”

Master Hu was waiting in the car, and when he heard the voice, he hurriedly said, "Yes." ”

Huang Taiji waved his hand: "Take them." ”

There were six cars out of Beijing this time, and a total of five cars were loaded with people. Therefore, it is more generous, and it is not a problem to arrange three people. Hu Shicheng asked people to check and wipe their bodies, then changed into clean clothes, arranged to sit in the carriage, and stayed with the stout handymen.

Li Bao thanked En, and Li Yong led the old lady together. After listening to the details that the handyman deliberately revealed, he specially ran back to Huang Taiji to remind: "If the old lady wants to go to Taihuai Town, he will inevitably pass through the Big Wolf Mountain, with so many family members and so much food and money, there will definitely be danger." ”

Huang Taiji coughed lightly: "How do you know that I have a lot of money." ”

Li Bao was a little nervous: "Your carriages and horses are not luxurious, but the snacks you appreciate are very exquisite." ”

Observant and talented. Huang Taiji instructed noncommittally: "There are still many ways to go, don't be in a hurry." He heard that Li Bao wanted to help, so he had the intention to test.

He deliberately told everyone before that he was not allowed to say that Hu Shicheng was an official until an important moment. So Li Bao and Li Yong just knew that Master Hu's family was looking for relatives and repaying their wishes.

Li Bao felt nostalgic for his life experience and wanted to help even more.

Huang Taiji hung his appetite. Ren Li Bao and the others watched as the carriages and horses advanced towards the "tiger's mouth".

It didn't take long for the different reactions of the people who heard that they would inevitably pass through the Great Wolf Mountain to be provoked.

Meng Guqing was silent, and opened the curtain to look at the floating clouds in the sky.

Gradually, it looks like cumulonimbus clouds, and I don't know when it will rain.

Both Tuya and Ubri have a certain amount of experience, and although they are anxious, they can endure it. Na Muqi was young, he couldn't guess Meng Guqing's thoughts, and he couldn't shout calmly: "What should I do, those thieves will definitely rob all the food and kill people!" ”

Such disturbing behavior was immediately despised and forbidden. Tuya and Ubri glanced at each other at the same time.

Na Muqi didn't dare to say any more, and looked at Meng Guqing aggrievedly.

Meng Guqing smiled sappingly, and said to Tuya and Ubri: "Don't blame her, it's normal for people to think like this." ”

"That'...... What to do? Tuya thought for a while and said, "Why don't we sew a few more pockets on our bodies and hide the grain." "If you are destined to be robbed of food, a little millet can at least ensure survival.

Meng Guqing shook his head: "What will happen if we are caught by those bandits." If we are besieged, what is the use of hiding a little millet? ”

Nowadays, a grain of food is more precious than gold, and a personal collection does not guarantee absolute safety, but can provoke anger, murder or humiliation.

Meng Guqing was inconvenient to say these words very clearly, but Tuya and the others understood, and asked expectantly: "What can the master do?" ”

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