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Chapter 23

The situation is obvious. Apart from Xiaomei and Xiaozhu, there is a third survivor in Xishan Village!
However, whether this person is Wang Tianbei remains to be determined.

In the fourth year of Emperor Xianzong, the world was basically at peace. Occasionally there would be bandits in some places, but basically they were mostly seeking money, and there were very few cases of homicide. .

On the government side, the small places come here for political achievements, and the bandits are mostly local peasants, and the government doesn't have that much ability to suppress the bandits. only eye.

Besides, Dongyue County is relatively prosperous because of the tea. Officials have done a good job in their political performance. Once their term of office is up, they will be transferred. They all want to live in peace. , the villagers of a village were massacred to almost extinction, and the Dingguo Highway was encountered, which was simply appalling.

When this matter was reported back to the capital, Emperor Xianzong was furious, and the county magistrate was dismissed immediately for investigation. At the same time, he mobilized soldiers and horses to surround the entire Qixia Mountain. Burn the fire.

Next is the current county magistrate, Hu Sihai, who has been in office since then.

"Master Hu, when you took office, were all the corpses of the villagers in Xishan Village buried?" Ye Ke asked.

Hu Sihai straightened his official hat, and recalled: "No, girl, at that time the Holy Majesty heard about the incident here, and immediately ordered me to come to take up the post. Oh, you don't know, when I arrived here, Xishan Village Oh, the tragedy, the corpses are everywhere, the houses collapsed, it's like going through a big battle."

Zhu You raised his eyes and said, "Oh? What happened at that time, let me tell you in detail"

According to Hu Sihai's description, it turned out that the massacre of village destruction happened that year. Hu Sihai was the nearest county magistrate, so he rushed to Dongyue County the next day. At that time, the local defenders arrived almost at the same time as him. After the previous magistrate was imprisoned, he went to Xishan Village to deal with the aftermath. At that time, Duke Ding and Zhu You had already left with Xiao Zhu and Xiao Mei.

Zhu You still has memories of that time. They were just hunting and they didn't bring many followers. At that time, Xiaomei and Xiaozhu fainted from fright, so they had to leave first.

"At that time, all the corpses were buried under the supervision of the subordinate officials, and they were also counted one by one." Hu Sihai said.

Ye Ke pondered for a while and said to Zhu You: "Just to be on the safe side, we'll go to Xishan Village tomorrow, and we'll have to verify our integrity!"

Zhu You nodded, "Then there is Mr. Laohu, and I will go to Xishan Village tomorrow."

"I will follow orders!" Hu Sihai quickly agreed.

In the early morning of the next day, Ye Ke, Zhu You, Hu Sihai, and two other yamen servants, at Ye Ke's request, took off their official robes, put on casual clothes, and went to Xishan Village facing the rising sun.

In the hilly land, the winter morning was very foggy, and the group of people walked for about two hours before arriving at the bottom of a hillside.

Ye Ke breathed a sigh of relief, looked up the slope, and saw that there were ruins and scattered houses. The originally quiet and peaceful village had become a wasteland overgrown with weeds.

Hu Sihai and the yamen servants led the way in front, and walked around the village from the small path next to the village, and arrived at a valley in the back mountain. The valley was full of neat graves, and the few people were also heavy-hearted. They were silent all the way, and came to On the flat ground in front of the cemetery.

"All the bones are here!" Zhu You said in a deep voice.

Hu Sihai was panting heavily under the support of two yamen servants. How can someone who is so pampered like him, who often misses the fireworks town, walk so many roads in one breath?
"Exactly, my lord, all 45 bones are here."

Ye Ke raised his eyes and looked over, but found that some graves didn't even have tombstones. At that time, he asked, "Why are there so many tombs without tombstones?"

Master Hu's face froze, and he said helplessly: "Girl, you don't know. At that time, many corpses had their faces scratched or burned beyond recognition. It took a lot of effort to put it together for Ping, and there is nothing we can do about it.”

"These bastards!!!" Ye Ke gritted his teeth, feeling even more angry in his heart, for doing such a murderous thing for some money!
Zhu You and Ye Ke lit the incense they brought, worshiped each of the graves, and began to search for the graves of Uncle Zhang's family and Wang Tianbei's that Xiaomei said, but they couldn't find them after searching around. .

"What should we do? You can't dig up all the graves without tombstones." Ye Ke was in a dilemma.

Suddenly, a voice came from the hillside above their heads, asking, "Who are you!? What are you doing here!?"

Several people looked up, and it turned out to be a shepherd in his sixtieth year, wearing a bamboo hat and with unkind eyes.

Ye Ke stepped forward and smiled at the old man, "Hi, grandpa, my cousin from afar is buried in this tomb, and I'm here today to pay respects."

The old man's eyes were not friendly at first, but seeing Ye Ke's pretty face and polite attitude, his eyes suddenly softened, and he said: "It's been so many years, finally someone came to worship, let's count The days are almost over, tomorrow will be 12 years!"

Ye Ke listened to the old man's words, and his heart moved: "Grandpa, can you tell me about the situation back then?"

The old man walked down the hillside, glanced at the incense on the grave, nodded and said: "Hey, originally this village would not suffer, it's a pity."

Zhu You's heart trembled, and he hurriedly asked, "How do you say that?"

The old man said sadly: "The day when the accident happened, I was actually there!"

As soon as these words came out, Hu Sihai almost sat on the ground in shock, Ye Ke and Zhu You looked at each other, and then motioned for the old man to continue.

"Hey, the bandits in Heiyunzhai basically come down the mountain to rob every few days. After entering Heishan Village, they began to rob food, but that day, there was a person in Xishan Village who actually fought with the bandit leader.

Later, those bandits still took advantage of their numbers and killed the man on the spot. However, the bandits also killed several people. After that, they should have angered those bandits. As a result, this Xishan Village suffered a catastrophe! "

Zhu You clasped his fists and asked, "Old man, can you see clearly what life looks like?"

The old man shook his head and said, "I can't see clearly from such a long distance, but I remember that man is very skilled with his hands, and many bandits were caught and knocked to the ground by him!"

　There is no spring in the current climate, it is directly summer~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)