Looking at the clothes, these two people are not Han, they both have flower cloth wrapped around their heads, and they are wearing cyan cardigan tops, trousers, and cloth shoes. Da Kui doesn't know what kind of race this is, but these two people have ruined their good deeds, even the Heavenly King Laozi clan has to pluck his two hairs.

The two walked north through the residential area until they reached a land temple. Seeing that this small temple was not big and very dilapidated, Da Kui couldn't help but wonder why the two of them came out to be thieves when they didn't look like people in the rivers and lakes? Seeing that the two of them pushed the door into the ruined temple, Da Kui stopped and walked around to the back of the temple and climbed over the temple wall.

There is a willow tree in the corner of the small temple house, and Da Kui jumps up, and then climbs up the roof of the small temple from the willow tree. This small temple is in disrepair and has an open-air roof. Da Kui looked from the roof to the temple, where a bonfire was lit. There was a cauldron on the campfire, and I don't know what was cooking.

Six or seven men, women, and children gathered around the campfire, each holding a bowl and chopsticks in their hands, all looking at the cauldron. The two thieves were among them, and the two large burdens they had stolen were placed in the corner of the house. These people were all dressed in tattered clothes, with yellow faces and thin muscles, and a middle-aged woman was holding a little girl in her arms.

Although this little girl is thin, her big eyes reveal a bit of agility. The girl waited for a while, then raised her head and called softly, "Mother, I'm hungry." The child's mother stroked the child's head and said, "Wait a little longer, the porridge will be fine in a while." The oldest man in the circle coughed lightly and said, "Geji, what did you steal?"

One of the young men, who was a thief, stood up and went to the corner and opened a baggage, which contained several wooden boxes. The young man named Geji opened a wooden box, and Da Kui saw that inside were a pair of lions carved from a piece of beautiful jade. Then Geji opened a wooden box, and inside was a calligraphy and painting. Da Kui couldn't help but be surprised, although it was a dart, he didn't know what was being escorted. When I saw the jade lion and calligraphy and painting in the wooden box, I immediately understood that the rest of the goods were silk and tea bricks, and the wooden box was full of antique jade and other treasures.

Ge Ji put the two wooden boxes on the ground, and the old man sighed when he saw them: "These are the treasures of the Han people, but unfortunately we can't even eat." Ge Ji said: "Tomorrow I will take these things and buy some food." The old man reprimanded: "We people can't even eat enough, where did we get these things? The Han people are the most cunning, and when they see these treasures, they will report to the officials and arrest us." After that, he sighed and said: "Meng Ade, who came to Shunyuan with him, stole the things of the Han people and was beaten to death by the government. ”

Geji walked back and sat down, and the old man said, "Okay, big guy, let's eat quickly." Hearing the old man's words, Ge Ji took a wooden spoon and scooped porridge into the pot, first served a bowl to the old man, and then scooped two spoonfuls for everyone present. Da Kui saw that their porridge was just a clear soup and little water, but there were a few grains of rice somewhere.

Da Kui quietly came down from the room, went around to the main entrance and pushed the door in. When everyone in the temple heard the movement, there was chaos, Da Kui walked into the temple and saw the women and children all shrunk to the corner of the wall in fright, and the rest of the people were also frightened when they saw a Han man coming.

Da Kui said softly: "Don't be afraid, I'm not a bad person." As he spoke, he untied his cloth bag from his waist and said, "I have some silver here, so go and buy some food." Then he opened the cloth bag, took out ten taels of silver, and laid them on the ground. When the old man saw Da Kui like this, he plucked up his courage and asked, "You're not here to arrest us?"

Da Kui smiled: "I am also a poor person, but I just heard you speak." Then Da Kui said to the old man: "I'm also hungry, can you let me drink some porridge?" The old man heard Da Kui say this, so he relieved himself: "Drink, drink, as long as you don't dislike it." With that, he pointed to the porridge bowl on the ground.

Da Kui beckoned the others to sit around, and then he took a small sip of the porridge bowl and put it down. The little girl on the other side asked timidly: "Uncle, this grain was picked up from the ground by us in the place where the government put the grain, we have boiled it for a long time, is it delicious?" After that, he turned his head and asked the old man suspiciously: "Now that King Wu has taken all parts of the south of the Yangtze River, this Shunyuan City is also under his jurisdiction, why are you so poor?" The old man sighed: "We are the Gelao clan, and we have been farming around Shunyuan City for generations. This year, there was a locust plague, and the crops were not harvested, so I had no choice but to enter Shunyuan City to make a living. ”

Da Kui asked puzzledly: "Then the government will not release grain for disaster relief?" The old man said: "Shunyuan City is divided into jurisdictions according to the ethnic groups of the residents stationed in various places, and now there are more than 100,000 disaster victims, and all ethnic groups need to pay filial piety if they want to receive disaster relief food in the government. We have been farming for generations, and we have not yet had enough food and clothing, but what do we use to exchange for rations? ”

Da Kui asked again: "Who is the city lord of Shunyuan City?" The old man said, "I don't know this." Da Kui stood up and said, "So I'll go back, these things belong to my dart team, I need to take them back." He pointed to the two burdens in the corner. When the old man heard this, he was at a loss: "Oh, look, we don't know that these things are yours, and I ...... them." ”

Da Kui smiled: "It's okay, it's a misunderstanding." As he spoke, he packed up his baggage and said goodbye to the old man one by one. The old man asked someone to send him back, but Da Kui politely declined.

Out of the temple gate, Da Kui's heart was half cold. The newly established Ming Dynasty was devastated in a blink of an eye. first saw Wang Fu of Huguang, and relied on the prince's greed to accumulate wealth and indulge in trouble. In Shunyuan City, where ethnic groups live together, I have seen the refugees affected by the disaster in fire and water.

Back at the inn, Da Kui carried the two bags of things into the bunk room, and asked the executioners to put them back one by one, put them in their places, put seals, and lock them anew. A room full of people scrambled to ask questions, and Da Kui just silently turned around and returned to his room.

Lying on the bed, Da Kui tossed and turned, did he keep wandering like this or did he want to be a good official that the people needed? He once followed Tang He's example and said: For the suffering of the people, what does it matter if there are thousands of knives. Now that he is tired of being a soldier, Ge originally wanted to hide in the world, but when he saw the ugly behavior of those corrupt officials and corrupt officials, he was always filled with righteous indignation. It's time to do something, it's not the husband's job to eat all day.

On the second day, the dart team went to Defu Kee, the largest business in Shunyuan, to hand over the paperwork darts. On the same day, the dart team took Longping all the way to the east, and when Da Kui was in Shunyuan City, he found out that this Defu Ji was opened by Master Liang, the governor of Shunyuan City. A small eight-pin governor actually opened a huge trading house, and the total value of this batch of goods was nearly 50,000 taels of silver.

Da Kui also heard that this Master Liang deducted disaster relief money and accepted bribes in the name of disaster relief, just because he didn't know how many people would starve to death in Shunyuan City every day, which shows that the behavior of corrupt officials and corrupt officials is really hateful. However, Lord Meng of Shunyuan Zhizhou is said to be an honest and honest official, but why does he ignore the illegal acts of his subordinates? What is the mystery behind this?