"Steward Fang, you and I are the same age, you are old and confused, but the old man is not confused. The county government is the old man's nest, how can there be a reason to take someone to set fire to his own nest? ”

Steward Fang also laughed.

While talking and laughing, when they arrived at the county office, the county Cheng first reported the people's donations to Kong Fang, and then talked about the mountain bandits in Litou Mountain.

"My lord, why do you think they suddenly want to donate money to the People's Square? Is it really as they say it is for atonement? ”

The county man wondered.

It was a question he hadn't figured out along the way.

Mountain bandits go up the mountain to be bandits, that is, for money, for food, for women, how can they take money out? They are cruel by nature and do evil. When the word atonement came out of their mouths, he always felt discordant.

Kong Fang's idea was different.

At the beginning of man, nature is good. No one is born a vicious person, no one is born a mountain bandit. The growth of people is deeply affected by many factors in the external environment.

Since it can turn an ordinary person into a villain. Then, it can also turn a wicked person into an ordinary person, a good person.

One of the ways to do this is to transform the mind. There are many ways to transform the mind, some are directly transformed from the mind, and some are transformed from the body.

He didn't wonder that the mountain bandits would change their minds and become new people.

Because they're human too.

He asked Steward Fang to bring the bandits in. When the mountain bandit entered the door, he knelt on the ground, kowtowed to Kong Fang three times, and said:

"Sinner Zhu Gouzi meets your lord."

Kong Fang motioned for Steward Fang to help him up. Kong Fang looked a little familiar with him, and Steward Fang said, "Zhu Gouzi is Zhu Cao's father. ”

Vermilion?

Oh...... It turned out to be him. A figure collapsed in Kong Fang's mind.

Zhu Cao is also a mountain bandit, young, strong, and usually responsible for digging stones. One day, the stones on the mountain loosened and slipped down, and the tragedy could have been avoided, but Zhu Cao was stoned to death because his hands and feet were bound by iron chains, and the mountain bandits who were handheld with him were also injured.

Zhu Gouzi heard the news and hugged Zhu Cao and cried. The white-haired man sent the black-haired man, and those who heard the scene were sad, and those who saw it wept.

There was an accident at the construction site, Kong Fang couldn't bear it, and when he heard Zhu Gouzi crying miserably, he also blamed himself, so he ordered all the bandits to remove the chains on their hands and feet.

Zhu Cao exchanged his life for the personal freedom of his companions.

Unexpectedly, the mountain bandits inexplicably had a delusion, they may have admitted in their hearts that their freedom had something to do with Zhu Cao's death, but they thought it was a favor from Kong Fang.

After all, he is an official.

In his eyes, they should be inferior to an ant, but he unexpectedly values their lives and gives them freedom.

So, the mountain bandits fell to their knees and kowtowed in thanksgiving.

Kong Fang seemed to see something, and simply announced that all the mountain bandits would eat the same food as other workers, and they would eat white rice, and there should be no less than one of them when there should be meat.

Every month, the workshop will pay a small living allowance to help them improve their lives.

The only thing that insists is that they are still not allowed to leave the workshop or the construction site without permission.

The bandits knelt in a daze, tears streaming down their faces.

These benefits have always been something they want, but they have never dared to fight for. They thought that sooner or later they would die like dogs in the workshop.

Just a second ago, they were filled with resentment, or fear, towards this young man.

Now, they see him as more like a savior.

Kong Fang bent down, patted Zhu Gouzi on the shoulder, and said sincerely: "Old man, I'm sorry, I was negligent." As a token of my apology, I'll compensate you a hundred taels of silver, okay? ”

"If you want to get out of here, you can leave at any time."

Zhu Gouzi suddenly looked up at Kong Fang, there was no hatred in his eyes, only incredulity. He said sorry to himself? He said he could leave? He said he would compensate him for a hundred taels of silver?

He......

Is that true?

Why did he say sorry? They are nothing but mountain bandits who deserve to die.

Kong Fang took a silver ticket of one hundred taels from Fang's housekeeper, and then handed it to Zhu Gouzi with his own hands.

"Old man, I bought a good coffin, let the vermilion grass sink into the soil for peace. If you have any other requirements, just ask for Steward Fang. I'll go first, I'll go and see the injured guy. ”

He patted Zhu Gouzi on the shoulder again, and then left.

Zhu Gouzi held the silver ticket and trembled with his hands.

They were mountain bandits under Zhu Chongjiu, in fact, these pawns were not as beautiful as the legend, they rushed to the front when they smashed and robbed, but in the end they got the least.

One day he was unfortunately killed by officers and soldiers, and if he had parents at home, Zhu Chongjiu would give five taels of silver for a pension; If there are no parents, even if there are brothers and sisters, it is impossible to give the money for the bereavement.

As for the corpse, it will be buried wherever it dies.

Zhu Cao's death was an accident, and he was already a grace to be able to pay the coffin.

However, he gave himself a hundred taels of silver in his favor.

Zhu Gouzi has never seen such a large denomination of silver tickets in his life.

A few well-connected companions gathered around.

His eyes were full of tears, "Big guy, tell me, is Master Kong a god in the sky?" ”

Everyone nodded tearfully.

Kong Fang didn't see this scene.

The injured man was carried to the Fang family's pharmacy, and he was lucky to have only suffered a skin injury, and the doctor gave him medicine.

Kong Fang comforted him as usual, and then made up for him ten taels of silver, and at the same time allowed him to recuperate from his injuries with peace of mind, and he didn't have to go to work until his injuries were healed.

His operation moved the young mountain bandit to the ground.

It had been so long since he had almost forgotten about it.

"Uncle, Zhu Gouzi, they heard that you donated money for the People's Square, and they also wanted to donate, but I didn't dare to call the shots, so I brought him to see you."

Steward Fang explained.

Zhu Gouzi took out some broken silver from his shabby pocket, as well as two silver tickets.

"My lord, these two silver tickets, one is my son's vermilion grass and the other is yam. Oh, yam is the guy who works with vermilion. ”

"The lord gave him ten silver and silver tickets that day, and he has been reluctant to spend it, and when he heard that the lord had donated, he took it out. The rest of the broken silver is the heart of my fellows. Here's a list. ”

He handed the list to Kong Fang and suddenly cried: "My lord, we know that this money is too small, but they are all our savings. Please don't dislike it. ”

He paused, and then said, "Actually, no matter how much money there is, it can't atone for the sins we have committed, we just want to show our hearts." ”

"Before I came, everyone said that we would not leave a name on the merit monument, so as not to tarnish Qinghe's reputation. We would like to spend our lives making cement for adults in cement workshops. If we die one day, we can have a place to bury like vermilion. ”

That's too much.

Kong Fang didn't know how to answer for a while.