Chapter Ninety-Five: The World Is Impermanent
"Officials quickly hide, hide ...... Hidden water tank, hidden water tankβ"
Heh, heh......
With a heavy wheezing sound, the man with the bee-waisted ape's arm was extremely smooth and gritted his teeth and got into the water tank. In the past, there were not many water tanks in Texas, who could afford to use them? It's just such a big guy, if you want to be able to afford it, you have to have five or six hundred acres of farmland at home, don't even think about it.
The small garden has a fence and a grass house, but because it is extremely clean, it looks very simple and close. It's completely different from the kind of ghost place where you step on more than 20 bubbles of shit for half a mile.
A green cloth turban wrapped her hair, and a few children were playing with sandbags outside the house. Although they heard the movement in the back garden, they only thought that the adults were busy there.
"Thank you, big sister!"
The man in the water tank was soaking, but he was also a little frightened, and the dagger in his sleeve hesitated for a long time, but he still didn't shake it out. The whole water tank seems to be buried in half of the wall, and when you look at it from the outside, you will only think that it is a pile of firewood, and at most it is a place like a stove.
"The officials forgot? In the old years, the man of my family was rescued by the officials, and only then did he open up 300 acres of land in Jiangling's hometown. β
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However, the man couldn't think of anything, so he simply didn't want to, and buttoned the lid of the water tank, and the woman was also a quick one, so she immediately covered the firewood and haystack, took a deep breath, and actually brought some candy out, beckoning the children outside, as if no one had ever turned in.
While taking the children to eat, the woman looked at the team in the distance, and heard the sound of horses' hooves that had already been heard, and was immediately very nervous, but she still held a few children in her arms and looked across the fence under the grass.
"Chasingβ"
"He can't run far!"
"This fang is Guan Lao Wu's life-passing brother, take him, I'm not afraid that Guan Lao Wu won't come out!"
A group of knights plundered, and a few armored soldiers went to the outside of the small courtyard with their foot soldiers, and across the fence, the leader directly touched a money bag and came out, threw it into the grass house, and shouted through the fence: "That woman, give us some cold water for a few soldiers!" β
"Wait for the captain, let's go get some well water."
"There is labor!"
The few armored soldiers on the horse were all a little excited, and they were still chatting there: "It's rare to meet a lonely, and we have picked up a bargain in Texas." When the Yulin Army comes, we can't be underestimated. β
"It's better to be careful, Guan Lao Wu's gang is really powerful."
"I used to only hear about fame, but now I have seen it. Grandma's, when did you become so skilled with bows and horses? Guan Lao Wu is a few people, and the horse is just a good horse, this gun stick, bow and crossbow is not a mediocre hand. The surnamed Han raised a lot of fake children in Henan and died cleanly. If he hadn't moved the Han family's relatives out early, I'm afraid that if it wasn't for the Han family, he would have been removed. β
"You're still young, you haven't seen it, you've only heard of it, and it's normal. I was also mixed up in the Dingxiang Governor's Mansion back then, and Mr. Wang dart a few of them, all of whom only had one arm. But guess what? Who has ever seen that an arm can kill with a bow and arrow? β
"Brother Liu, is it really fake?"
"Isn't that how? There is a big crossbow with a foot and a big bow with a winch, these two things are not very accurate. is fierce and fierce, and in order to show his loyalty, Brother Dahe used such things when he executed the Khitan rebellion. It's just lined up like this, and with a bang, it's skewered into lamb skewers. β
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The young government soldiers all trembled and skewered into mutton skewers, how powerful is this?
"Captain, the well water is here. There are also some candy seeds, all of which are just made today, just a lot, but do you want to take some to eat? β
When the soldier surnamed Liu heard this, he immediately smiled and said: "There is labor and labor, and a few of us were originally chasing a fugitive, and the county officials didn't count on it, so they let us soldiers come to work." After chasing for a few days, my chest was against my back, and I was hungry for several days, and I didn't eat anything serious. β
"Dare to ask this lady, is there any movement here?"
"There were voices in the woods and fields, and there were many birds, and I thought they were wild boars. I never thought that the captains were chasing a fugitive. β
"Hey, it's drudgery too. But the lady can rest assured that what we are chasing this time is also a good man on the rivers and lakes, but it is not a pickled goods that rob the house, and it is relieved. β
The woman was stunned, obviously not expecting the soldier to say such a thing.
Seeing that the woman was stunned, the soldier surnamed Liu hurriedly said: "Hey, don't think that we are a family of soldiers and bandits, everyone is a member of the Texas Township Party, who doesn't know who?" The one we are chasing, when it comes to it, is also familiar. I know that there are some reasons, and people also have revenge, and they don't tire other families. If this doesn't kill innocents, won't it save us a lot of trouble? β
When these words were spoken, the woman felt even more grotesque. They all know each other, and they have to chase them to death, what is this picture?
"Great! Eat away and leave. Hey, this candy can be! β
The flour balls are fried and coated with sugar, which has also become popular in Hebei in the past two years. Since the flour has become more and more refined, the change of pastry has ushered in another peak. Except for the cake made by a certain earth dog in order to change the taste of the maid, all kinds of strange things are simply beyond imagination.
In order to eat in one bite, I simply made flowers.
The soldiers are gone, but there is no such thing as the old habit of the army crossing the border like locusts. In the past ten years, the government soldiers in Hebei have been winning victories in the Tang army one after another, and while their professional quality has been improved, their personal quality has undoubtedly been imperceptibly improved.
The emergence of a "sense of honor", coupled with the propaganda of the concept of "protecting the family and defending the country" in Hebei in the old years, and a large number of private schools have sprung up in various states and counties.
The Tang Dynasty court consciously or unconsciously improved the "sense of honor" of the soldiers, and there was a model project for the younger generation like Cheng Chubi, which made the people of Hebei who benefited from the successive victories of foreign wars naturally come out of them more than the former Sui Dynasty.
After the soldiers had left, the woman said to the children, "Continue to eat and play, let me boil some water, and cook less." β
The woman glanced at the army from a distance and left, then returned to the house, rushed to the pile of firewood and said, "Officials, the people of the military government have left." Come out of here. β
For a long time, the water tank under the firewood pile did not move, and the woman was stunned for a moment: "Official? β
"Official?"
She screamed quietly, but there was still no movement, and the woman immediately quickly removed the firewood and lifted the lid, only to find that there was no one in the water tank.
There were water-stained footprints on the ground, and they went down the stove to the backyard, and then the vegetable fence was a little messy, apparently someone had gone from here.
The woman sighed and was about to clean up, but she saw five silver dollars on the stove in the gourd scoop. It's obviously a life-saving thank you gift.
"Alas...... They are all heroes, why do they have to be killed? β
In addition to sighing, he hurriedly put away the silver dollar, dried the water with a towel, and then stuffed it into the inner pocket of the apron.
"None of them are outsiders, they are all township parties, and we are not here to fight and kill. Who is a miscellaneous person without eggs, who is a hero, they are all Texans, who doesn't know. β
"Liu Laohu, since you know this truth, what are you still doing?"
"Hey! I'm going to eat too! I have to return this armor to the court! If you broke it, you thought you shouldn't pay for it? Can you eat the emperor's food and don't do anything? β
"Then in a word, there is no one you Liu Laohu wants here, you can go."
"What are you going to go? Don't fight against the court for the sake of a little righteousness. Now it's still our fellow Texans who come to explore the way, if it is replaced by Henan's Yulin Army, they will all die and pull down. Hand over the people, we will take the people to receive rewards for meritorious service, what your field is planted, there will be other yamen to discuss, the official documents of the court have arrived, I have seen it with my own eyes. It's not going to go on like this. β
"What do you mean? Liu Laohu, you are a big fart of the military government, what way can you see the official documents of the imperial court? β
"Why can't I see it?"
Stuffing a candy into his mouth, the soldier leader rattled and chewed for a while, looked at a group of villagers and said: "Anyway, Guan Lao Wu is difficult to fly with wings, and he will definitely die." But it doesn't mean that all of them have to die, Guan Lao Wu's brothers. As for the original farming, the imperial court sent someone else, saying that it would be reduced a little bit for us in Texas. β
"You're really good at being a court dog, you're decent."
"Eat with mixed food, eat with mixed food......"
The soldier who was still stuffed with candy there replied with a smile, and then said, "But there is one thing to say, harboring this matter, now it is bigger, for the sake of the township party, I will give you a reminder." If the Yulin Army comes, it will be killed and pulled down, and it will not be a word. β
"What?! The Yulin Army is three-headed and six-armed?! β
"Hey, I can't see you here. Just you? I don't know if the Yulin Army is three-headed and six-armed, anyway, the Yulin Army has a team of people, which is like driving two or three thousand Khitan men and horses into ducks. If you are really not convinced, then wait and see, I will not mix. In the future, this realm will change its surname, and don't say that I won't remind it. β
"Fuck you! I'm going to kill you today......"
"Don't yell!"
A leader roared and said to the soldiers: "Don't come today, okay?" β
As he spoke, he touched a bag of things and handed it to the soldier.
"Liu Laohu" was full of sugar oil, wiped the sleeves of the foot soldiers next to him, hurriedly took it, weighed the weight, and was very satisfied in his heart, and then nodded at the villagers: "Cheng." β
Then he waved his hand and turned the horse's head: "Brothers, withdraw!" β
After that, a group of government soldiers came and left, without dragging mud and water at all.
"Phew! This turtle grandson! β
"What are you doing to scold him? There is nothing wrong with what he said, he also eats with a mouthful of food. What merit can be mixed up in this realm? Don't want to go home and farm yet? He's good enough. Changed to the surname Han, we don't shed our skin, can we survive? β
"Father, what should I do now? If the Yulin Army is really so powerful, we are hiding people, wouldn't we kill others for nothing? β
"How could the Yulin Army be what he said."
The elder shook his head, everyone was stunned, and then smiled, after all, a team of people rushed two or three thousand people, how could it be?
"He has never seen the elite, the Yulin Army can fight, much more powerful than he said."
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The faces of the farmers suddenly turned white, no one spoke for a long time, and the air was suddenly a little solemn. Even the most unconvinced young offspring, when he heard his grandfather's answer, he was like a wilted cabbage, and he was very depressed.
"Alas...... Look, look, I don't know what other moves Guan Lao Wu has. β
The old man sighed, his vision could only go here, so he couldn't see how Guan Lao Wu could toss. No matter how much you toss, it's a death, and you don't even have a chance to go to sea.
However, things soon took a huge turn.
The government soldiers who returned to Jiangling County dealt with it casually, even if they were on a mission, and if there was any movement next, it was estimated that they would be miscellaneous. The real "regular army" is still separated by a river.
However, the county has already come to the official document, and the latest notice of the imperial court has made the atmosphere of the entire county a little weird.
Jiangling's largest trading house, the proprietors of several large car dealers are all sad, and the boss of the cotton leather shop is also frowning. Many sturdy men dressed up in the village brought their guys to the party, with roughly the same accent, and they were obviously locals.
"Proclamation from the court, big guy...... Seen them all? β
"Looked."
"Say something, say it."
"Half becomes four and a half, I think it's just like we are monkeys. Lao Tzu is missing this? β
"Don't shout, talk about your thoughts first."
"What do you think? Whoever meets with the court first may get the benefits first, and secretly levy a little less, no one knows, right? In my opinion, let's just say it first, if anyone has a secret affair with the court first, let's ignore the court first, and kill him first! β
"I think I can."
"Yes."
"Medium."
After a group of people agreed on the most basic bottom line, they continued to discuss.
"It seems that the imperial court wants to establish its authority first, and if this prestige is established, not to mention our Texas, the whole of Hebei will be bad. Anyway, the notice is there, and it's not a few counties in Texas, Yingzhou, Dingzhou, and all of them. β
"What do you mean?"
"It means that this is not our Texas family's business, this matter, it is from Hebei!"
"You can't just rebel."
"What are we going to rebel against? Isn't that about the old five? β
"What do you mean?"
"Donkey Day's head, if we don't rebel, we can let Guan Lao Wu work against the court. Heng and vertical are now closed, this year must be in vain, do not farm, the village to eat dry rice? Or do you hate slave labor for being too tired and want them to be comfortable for a year? β
"Okay, old rules, let's secretly add some oil and water to Guan Lao Wu, what do you think?"
"I think I can."
"Yes."
"Medium."
A group of people immediately agreed on another one, and then someone said, "Then do it!" β