After listening to the whole story, Gu Kaizhen took a deep breath and slowly spit it out. The people in Xuejiacun and Wangjiazhuang are all tenants under his name, and the two villages pay him tenant rent every year, and now that something has happened, it is impossible for him to sit idly by.

Ordered someone to help the second aunt of Wang up, Gu Kaizhen said gently: "Madame's mourning, your husband is gone, crying is useless, it's better to handle the aftermath as soon as possible." Your two villages live next to each other, and there are many marriages, so it is not easy to make a lot of trouble. ”

"In this way, as long as you withdraw the lawsuit, I will pay ten taels of silver for funeral expenses, and another fifty taels of silver for bereavement expenses. Now that your family has no strong men, I will hire someone to plant the land that was originally tenanted, but the harvest within ten years, except for the tenant rent, will still belong to your family, what do you think? ”

Even if the balance of the Zhuang family is only three or four taels of silver in a bumper year, Gu Kaizhen gave sixty taels of silver at once, and let their family enjoy the harvest for ten years without farming, which is already quite kind.

Hearing this, Second Aunt Wang hurriedly wiped away her tears, knelt down and kowtowed: "Thank you, Master Gu!" Thank you, Master Gu! I listen to you! I won't sue! ”

He nodded with satisfaction, and then said to the pale water seedling, "There is still water...... Water seedlings, your hoe has Wang Mancang's blood, this can't run away, whether you killed people or not, you have to go to the county office. You can rest assured, the people will not prosecute the officials, as long as the bitter master does not continue to sue, you will not be allowed to pay for your life. Even if you want to go to prison, I will take care of your family's livelihood, how about it? ”

After speaking, Gu Kaizhen turned around and looked at the sweaty Xue family village, and said coldly: "It's just such a river, you are actually good at advocating the construction of dams to stop the water, what a great ability!" When people come to theorize, you still dare to turn a blind eye, and from now on, you are not allowed to stop the water again! As a Lizheng, he didn't restrain the villagers, causing the villagers to fight and kill people, I think you can't do it anymore, follow me to the county office, and wait for the county magistrate to cure your crimes! ”

Xue Quanfu's legs were weak, and the whole person collapsed to the ground, and before he could speak, the villagers of Xuejia Village said eagerly: "Master Gu Mingjian!" If you don't stop the water, the crops will die of thirst, and there will definitely be no harvest this year! ”

"Wangjiazhuang is dead, but if it is not done, everyone will have nothing to eat, and there will be more than one or two starving to death at that time!"

"We are not allowed to stop the water, there is no village downstream after Wangjiazhuang, they will definitely build the dam high, Master Gu does this, wouldn't it be watching the people of Wangjiazhuang eat enough, and let the people of Xuejia Village starve to death!"

"Why don't you use well water?" At this time, Gu Yunji, who was silently watching the whole time next to him, suddenly spoke up.

"On the way here, I saw that there is a well in your Xuejia Village, which is located at the east end of the village. The water in the well was muddy and heavy, and there were many leaves floating on it, and it looked like it hadn't been used for many years. Although the water is muddy, it is no problem to use it for irrigation, and when it is used too much, the groundwater will flow, and the well water will naturally be clear, and even people can drink it at that time, why don't you use the water from this well? ”

The crowd was quiet for a while, and after a while, an old man hesitated and said, "Childe doesn't know, that well is unlucky." ”

"Unlucky?" Gu Yunji sneered disappre一门ly, "Didn't you say that the drought in the fields could starve you to death, and it didn't matter if it was auspicious at this time?" ”

The old man's eyes dodged, as if he was afraid of something, and he said: "Ten years ago, there was a family next to that well, but later, the family felt that it was inconvenient to go to the river to fetch water, so they dug a well in the yard. ”

"Who knew that strange things happened again and again, first the man didn't know what kind of illness he had, and how many doctors couldn't find out the cause, so he died. Then his wife suddenly lost her mind, ran madly to the river and fell down and drowned, and the hostess couldn't stay any longer, so she took the child back to her mother's house, and a family was scattered. ”

After that, every night, whimpering cries came from the well, which frightened the people very much. Later, the village invited a feng shui gentleman to come and see, saying that the well was in the wrong position, and it was pressing the feet of the mountain god, and his old man could not sleep steadily, so he naturally did not give the family good fruits to eat. Mr. Feng Shui performed several rituals, and then offered a sign to the mountain god to stand in the ancestral hall, and then stopped, but no one dared to use the water from the well anymore. ”

"Hahahahaha...... Pressing the feet of the mountain god, this statement is too outrageous, and you can believe it. Gu Yunji couldn't help it for a while, and laughed out loud.

"Let's not talk about the truth of this matter, it hurts people's lives and causes their wives to be separated, what kind of mountain god is clearly evil! It's time to cut off the offering card and burn it as firewood! You still offer it. If there are really immortals, they receive incense from the world day and night, how can so many people be displaced? Sitting on the altar but ignoring the suffering of the world, in my opinion, the false god is also! ”

The old man was so frightened by his words that he didn't know the height of the sky and almost pouted, and waved his hand again and again: "Childe! Childe is cautious! Be careful! As the old saying goes, there are gods in the head, and you must not be disrespectful! ”

Gu Yunji didn't bother to argue with them, and said: "Hmph, I don't think you guys have reached that point yet, if it's really time to eat the bark and grass roots, you won't care about the mountain gods or not." It's June, and it's about to come to the rainy season. If you don't want to use the well water, you don't need it, anyway, you have to do what my father said, you are not allowed to build a dam!" ”

At this time, the county officials came, and after listening to the Gu family's father and son talk about the situation, they also knew that this matter was a line group, and they couldn't explain it clearly, not to mention that there were a lot of people involved, and they couldn't lock up all the people who were fighting.

On the way home, Gu Kaizhen asked, "I look at today's situation, you seem to be very indifferent to ghosts and gods, why?" ”

Gu Yunji couldn't say that he was a staunch materialist, so he had to pull the banner of Confucius and replied: "Confucius said, respect ghosts and gods and stay away. The son thinks that the so-called ghosts and gods are just a little hope in the void that people have encountered something that cannot be changed, but they don't want to wait for it to come. ”

"It doesn't rain, the land is dry, and people can't let it rain, but they don't want to sit back and watch the crops die of drought, so they pray for rain from the dragon king; If a family member is seriously ill and there is no medical treatment, the person cannot get rid of the pain, but he does not want to see his family leave, so he prays for the blessing of the gods. In this way, the reason why people pray to God and worship Buddha is because they encounter powerless things and pin their hopes on other things. ”

But believing in some nihilistic gods and ghosts will not change the situation for the better. One should not pin one's hopes on the gods, but on oneself. In life, we should focus on the present. In order to prevent drought, it is necessary to build canals as early as possible and store more water. If you don't want to get sick, you should exercise more frequently and eat moderately. Although the manpower is small, it can also move mountains and reclaim the sea, build lakes and rivers. As the so-called ghosts and gods are useless, things are man-made. ”

"Ghosts and gods are useless, things are ...... man-made" Gu Kaizhen muttered, a little distracted for a while.

After a while, he came back to his senses, looked at Gu Yunji who was running in front of him, and said to himself: "A good ghost is useless, things are man-made, it is really enlightening, my son, how much more do you have than I don't know......"