"No, we have to stay together and not separate!"
"Yes, we want to be together!"
The villagers immediately became anxious and rushed forward, surrounding the two clerks. .
The two petty officials did not expect that the villagers would be so excited. They were startled, but then they stared and yelled.
"Back off, back off! What are you doing? Do you want to cause trouble?!"
The villagers clenched their fists and refused to step back or speak. Their blood-red eyes made the two officials even more panicked.
Did they see it wrong? Why do these mud-legged people seem to have... murderous intent in their eyes?
At this time, Li Laoer coughed, helped the village chief come forward, placed the village chief on a chair, and then said:
"Have you two officials heard what happened at the dock the day before yesterday? There is Jiangbei The common people came to seek refuge, but they encountered barbarians outside the dock. The Dingbei Army guarding the dock refused to send troops to respond. Finally, the Marquis of Xinting arrived with his troops and killed thirty barbarian cavalry."
The two petty officials did not react for a moment. , nodded and replied, "I heard that I heard about it, but what does this have to do with you?"
The village chief smiled coldly, and pulled off the big coat on his body, revealing half of his bloody arm.
The rest of the villagers also took off their cotton-padded jackets, revealing their scarred bodies.
The clerk was so shocked that he gasped. What else didn't he understand? These people were the mud-legged people who killed the barbarians!
There has been a lot of discussion about this matter in the city in the past two days. Everyone said that this group of people was tough. When they met the barbarians, not one of them died, but they killed more than a dozen barbarians.
I heard that Marquis Xinting arrived with his troops, but it was just a matter of finishing. In fact, the thirty barbarian cavalry were all killed by this group of people.
Of course, what is even more famous is that Marquis Xinting actually filed an imperial edict on behalf of this group of people. The guard who refused to save him was directly raped, and Marquis Dingbei was also reprimanded!
Thinking of their colleagues who had just come to look for them, both of them felt a little regretful.
Li Laoer looked at the faces of the two people, felt confident, and said again.
"We also know that the two officials have no grudges against us. This is because some people don't like us, but we don't want to suffer. When the time comes, this matter will definitely come to the Marquis. I think you can bear it. The Marquis's anger? In other words, we don't even need the Marquis to come forward for us to express this anger!"
Li Laoer pulled out a string of wolf teeth from his sleeves and continued in a normal tone: "Two officers, look Look, how about my wolf-fang skewer? I spent the winter in the mountains before and encountered a pack of wolves. There was no one left, so we killed them all. There was also a group of bandits who were also very arrogant. They kidnapped our children and we came to our door. All of them had their heads cut off. Speaking of which, we Northerners are barbaric. We don't want to be offended for anything, and we don't want to take revenge overnight!"
The two clerks looked at the wolf teeth, and then at the crowd, with cold sweat on their foreheads.
"Um, um... don't worry, brothers, this matter can't be slowed down?"
"Yes, yes, let's think of a way."
The two clerks quickly opened the book, searched again and again, and finally looked at each other and said.
"We don't mean to embarrass you. If you separate, the five villages are all very good, but if you want to separate them together, there is no good place. Do you still plan to... not separate?"
The villagers said in unison without hesitation. , "If we don't separate, we just want to be together."
The village chief leaned on the chair, his face was pale, and he nodded, "We must be together."
Li Laoer glanced at the young official, "The Marquis is going to kill the barbarians now. But after he comes back, he will come to live in our village for a short time. If the place is not good, I am afraid he will bring us here to change him, and he will have to trouble the two officials." The
two clerks made a sad face and pushed the book directly. Gave it to Li Laoer.
"You can't change even if you want to. There are nearly a hundred of you, and the land allocated is 400 acres. The other places are too small, and this is the only place that fits."
Li Laoer was not polite and quickly flipped through the book.
The two clerks did not lie. The rest of the place was stamped with seals, except for a few places, which also indicated that there were only a few dozen acres of wasteland.
The place assigned to them is about seventy miles to the south, and a hundred miles away is the new capital, Weizhou Prefecture.
Thirty miles apart, it's considered close.
He discussed it in a low voice with the village chief and decided on this place.
The two clerks breathed a sigh of relief, completed the formalities quickly, and finally sent the group of people away.
The two of them stood in the shed. One of them wiped a cold sweat and said, "What should I do? These evil gods have been taken away, but over there...how to explain?"
"How to explain what?" The other sneered, "The other side just said It's hard for these people, but I don't say how hard it is. Besides, the places allocated to these people are enough for us to explain."
Not to mention the private discussion between the two petty officials, it only said that everyone in the village heard that they were allocated together, leaving Xindu It's still very close and we are all very happy.
After all, we are unfamiliar with the place here, so everyone can be together in one place, which makes us feel much more at ease.
Everyone gathered together to discuss that they should leave early as this was not a place to stay for a long time.
Mr. Ye is not here, and if anyone wants to cause trouble, they are afraid that they will suffer a loss.
So everyone quickly packed up their things, hired seven or eight carriages at a high price, and set off early the next morning with their families.
Mr. Wen and Mrs. Cui were still in the team, sharing a carriage with the Li family.
Mrs. Cui hugged Jiayin, feeling sorry for her that her face had lost weight because of her injury.
Mrs. Li was lying on the thick quilt, but the wound still throbbed with the bumps of the carriage.
She tried her best to endure it, chatting with Mrs. Cui to change her mind.
"Madam, when you should go home, go home and don't worry about us. We also have a new place to stay, and the days will definitely get better and better in the future."
Mrs. Cui smiled, "Auntie, when you get there, settle down Only when I come down can I rest assured. Also, aunt, please call me Jinrou from now on. I am Jiaren's senior aunt and also your junior. There is no one in my natal family except my senior brother. From now on, if you plan to treat our family as your natal family, please don't Dislike me."
"No, no disdain!" Old Mrs. Li was happy, "You are from a noble family, and you are close to Fu Niu. To be honest, I was hoping that you would help us teach her when Fu Niu was older. This child You're too smart, I'm always afraid of growing crooked."
Mrs. Cui patted the good news gently and agreed immediately, "Okay, Auntie, you can't go back on this matter. Fu Niu will be my little disciple from now on."
"No. Regret, of course not." Mrs. Li touched her granddaughter's fat feet and felt extremely distressed. "It's all useless to me. I didn't even protect this girl in my arms."
"Auntie, don't say that, it's so confusing. At that time, it would be good to be able to survive. This girl is lucky to survive the catastrophe, and she will definitely be better in the future."
"Okay, okay, let me lend you some good words!"
The carriage kicked forward, and the good news was heard in a daze, But he was soon rocked to sleep again.
The back of her head was still swollen and she was not able to move easily.
But Dr. Zhang had to perform acupuncture every day and guaranteed that the condition would be cured within half a month, so she was no longer so afraid.
The seventy-mile journey was actually not that far, but there were many injuries, both old and young, on the bus. We had to stay overnight on the road, and we only arrived at Xiaojin Village in Nanxi County, which was written on the land deed, at noon the next day.
There happened to be farmers busy in the fields, preparing for spring plowing. When Li Laoer asked for directions, he took them there.