Seeing the old village chief's expression like this, Baili Chang'an's eyebrows jumped suddenly, and the smile on the corner of his lips gradually disappeared, and he turned to look at Qi Yue beside him.

Now, I didn't run.

"It's from the village?" Qi Yue asked.

The village chief took a deep breath and said, "Let's go into the house and talk!" ”

In this courtyard, there are too many people, and it is really not peaceful......

The woman and the children played in the courtyard, while the rest of the people wandered around the neighborhood to prevent the idlers from approaching, lest the wall have ears, for what was to be said next was a matter for the whole village.

The door was closed, and the woman lit the only candle left on the desk, and sat down at the window, carefully paying attention to the movements around her.

"You're not an ordinary passerby, and you're not really a knight, are you?" The village chief asked.

Qi Yue and Chen Hao didn't dare to squeak, and turned their heads to look at Baili Chang'an.

"You should be aware of the movement outside, right?" Baili Chang'an spoke, "Regarding the imperial court, the imperial court sent the Qincha guard to come to Nanzhao Kyushu to control the flood and provide disaster relief. ”

The village chief stood up coldly, "What, you are ......"

"Shh Baili Chang'an hooked his lips and smiled gently, "We are not Lord Qincha, don't be nervous about the village chief, and don't have any scruples because of this." But one thing is for sure, we are definitely not in the same group as the government officials. ”

The village chief sat back silently and tightened the cane in his hand, "You mean, investigate the government office...... And the prefect? ”

"The village chief is a smart person, let's open the skylight and say bright things, it has reached this point, advance is a fight, and retreat may live a few more years, but it is only a few years. Today's Nanzhao Kyushu is already full of holes, the people are not happy, Nanjiang has changed from the original food and clothing parents to the culprit, which is not a man-made disaster. Baili Changan sighed.

The village chief nodded again and again, "You're right, everyone is also thinking about leaving a way for their children and grandchildren to live, so they will go to the government to ask for help, thinking that they can widen this bend, but it really can't be done, please ask the government to come forward and clean up the silt in the river, and the water will be saved from flooding when the time comes." But who knows, the government doesn't ask about it, thinking that we are making trouble. ”

"Just arrest someone?" Chen Hao couldn't believe it, "If you catch it, you have to cut off your head?" ”

The village chief waved his hand, "The people of our village, more or less know how to do some kung fu, it was originally used to practice martial arts to strengthen the body, but I didn't think that my temper would come up, so I fought with the people of the government and injured many officials." This made the prefect anxious, saying that he was making trouble with the people, and demagoguery, so he was directly arrested and thrown into prison. ”

Speaking of this, the woman on the side silently wiped away her tears, "I am in charge, this is how I got in, at that time, the man didn't say whether he was alive or dead, which village he belonged to, our place was remote, and he didn't necessarily go out once in half a year, and he didn't have much contact with the nearby villages, but no one knew him." But I was on the side, and I saw it so really, I didn't dare to squeak......"

"Alas!" The village chief sighed, "Gensheng's family hurriedly ran back to report the news, and when I passed, they said that he had killed someone, and he had to pay for his life!" ”

Baili Chang'an frowned, "Who did you kill?" Servants? ”

"Xu was killed by mistake, right?" The village chief was also not sure, "I was not there at the time, and the mother-in-law of the Gensheng family did not see it clearly. ”

The woman hurriedly said, "At that time, it was a mess, I was a woman's family, and I couldn't save people, so I could only run back quickly to report the news, and I didn't see clearly whether there were any injuries." ”

"So they're running away now and haven't come back?" Chen Hao hurriedly asked, "I watched them go out of the city, and it is impossible not to come back." The village chief and the woman looked at each other and remained silent.

"Even you can't tell if you killed someone, right?" Qi Yue had already seen the problem.

The woman pursed her lips and said nothing.

"Were there many people arrested at that time?" Baili Chang'an changed his words.

The woman shook her head, "Not much, there are only three people from our village who went together, but before that, the government had already arrested a lot of people." It's all because of making trouble in front of the government office, what else is there? ”

"Say it's a bandit." The village chief explained.

Water bandits?

The three of them looked at each other.

"Haven't you seen any water bandits along the way?" Chen Hao was surprised, "Where did this water bandit come out?" ”

The village chief shook his head, "I don't know. ”

"Anyway, the government has a very strict view of the water bandits." The woman said, "I heard some gossip in the city, saying that a while ago I also caught a lot of bandits, and I was originally scheduled to behead them at the entrance of the vegetable market today. ”

Who knows, there was a prisoner robbery last night.

"It's your village who is taking prisoners?" Baili Changan asked.

The village chief did not dare to squeak.

The woman was also secretive.

"If it is, the person should be back, if not, then there will be a big mess." Baili Chang'an sighed faintly, "I am not saying this with empty words and white teeth, you should know in your hearts what will happen if you go against the government." ”

The two of them turned pale in an instant, and suddenly knelt on the ground, "My lord? Help, adults! My lord! We can't live anymore, it's really ......"

"Hurry up!" Chen Hao was shocked.