Lady forced to seek prince

Zhao Luoyang will not take the initiative to harm others, but she is very stingy, Gao Lizheng and these people colluded with bandits to deal with sixteen households, and she has to settle the debt with them.

Although they were busy doing business, they did not let this matter go. Mr. Zhao searched for evidence, and she also took the opportunity of making fur coats to find out the resettlers from nearby villages to find out the situation of Taozhou Village as much as possible.

Some villages are hiding in the dark. If they cannot be eradicated at once, there will be troubles in the future.

Later, Fang Shengzhong from Sunjia Village came to Fengxia Village.

Zhao Xueli brought Fang Shengzhong into the room, and Zhao Luoyang brought a cup of hot water and put it in front of Fang Shengzhong.

Zhao Xueli said: "Drink something warm to warm up."

Sunjia Village is not far from here, but it takes half an hour to walk.

Fang Shengzhong said with a smile: "After wearing boots, I don't feel cold anymore. After walking back and forth a while ago, it took a long time for my feet to feel cold."

Not only did he put on boots, but the village also bought a lot of food. There was a charcoal fire at night, and they could eat enough during the day. At least their family could survive this winter.

Zhao Xueli said: "How is the village?"

Fang Shengzhong sighed: "One left last night. He was old and fell ill on the way to move. The family also hired a doctor. The rest of the money was spent on medicine, but it didn't get better."

After they were naturalized in Sunjiacun, this was already the fourth death.

"That's not bad," Fang Shengzhong said. "It's much better than what we thought. After all, you guys helped a lot secretly. Otherwise, the snow two days ago would freeze to death."

The sixteen households have work to do now, and Feng Laosan and Shi Ping's small charcoal kiln needed manpower, so Fang Shengzhong was asked to help.Fang Shengzhong made some money and bought low-priced charcoal. His family's female relatives also followed Fengxia Village to make fur coats. gave them a hand.

After the accident in Fengxia Village, Fang Shengzhong and the others also took precautions in secret, fearing that those unscrupulous people would attack them.But it's not a problem to be on guard like this. When everyone got together, Fang Shengzhong mentioned that it would be better to send those people who were doing tricks in the dark to the government office.

They were all migrants, and they were oppressed. Everyone felt sorry for each other, and reached a consensus very quickly. They dare not do big things right now, but when they go back, they will stare at those Lizhengs and listen to the news in the village. Easy to grab.

What they didn't know was that this seemed to be a natural consensus, but Zhao Luoyang deliberately facilitated it.

Fang Shengzhong said in a low voice: "They are quietly selling high-priced grain and charcoal. Maybe the rice and grain shops in the city are short of food, and a lot of refugees have poured in recently. Rumors say that some of the food relief from the imperial court will be distributed to the refugees. The remaining food in the rice shop is not enough to eat, if you don’t buy it now, it will only be more expensive in the future.”

Fang Shengzhong took a sip of hot water while talking: "We dare not say how much you paid, those people always thought that you only cared about making money for yourself."

In order to let those people take the bait, Fang Shengzhong and the others went back and deliberately talked about Fengxia Village.

"Sometimes when I think about it, I'm sorry for you."

Zhao Xueli said with a smile: "It's all about catching those people. If you speak well of us, would those people dare to provoke you and sell you high-priced food?"

Fang Shengzhong nodded, and the rest of the villages did the same. When he said it, he felt guilty.

Shi Jiu said: "Did you think of these when you saw the refugees?"

Zhao Luoyang responded: "Regardless of whether the refugees are real or not, those people will definitely make use of this to make trouble, as expected. At that time, Mr. Zhao will have to resettle the refugees, so how can he have the energy to deal with those people hiding in the dark."

Shi Jiu said: "But this is also the best chance to get rid of them."

Fang Shengzhong said: "Those people should have hidden the food in the cellar not far from the village. Now we know that the people in Sun Family Village and Wang Family Village are colluding secretly."

All the news gathered in the West Village of Fengxia Village. What Fang Shengzhong didn't know was that Xujia Village and Zhangjia Village were also like this.

At that time, there was an accident in Fengxia Village, and only one Gao Lizheng could be arrested. Now it is different. Knowing so many villages, they can be arrested together.

Zhao Luoyang said: "The fact that they sell grain is evidence. Mr. Zhao said before that if someone is found to be selling high-priced grain, they must be dealt with strictly. Now we have to find out whether they have colluded with the rice shop in the city." Can find all the food hidden by Sun Ji and others at once.

Fang Shengzhong said: "Let's go back and keep an eye on it, we will definitely find out."

After drinking all the water in front of him in one go, Fang Shengzhong also stood up and prepared to leave.

Zhao Xueli and Zhao Luoyang sent people out, and Zhao Xueli also instructed: "No matter how you investigate, be careful, don't let them notice and attack you secretly."

Fang Shengzhong said: "Understood, those people are ruthless in dealing with bandits." If it is not that they cannot survive, no one would dare to take such risks.

In the final analysis, it is to fight for one's own life.

After they left, Zhao Xueli and Zhao Luoyang went to Song's house and told Mr. Song the news.

Zhao Xueli said: "I didn't expect so many villages to be like this."

Mr. Song had already expected it: "Looking at these villages in Taozhou, you can probably know how the farmers live. They all have arable land, and they are all hardworking people, but few households have large animals. Those who are speaking, never dare to refute, must be blackmailed by others."

Zhao Luoyang said: "Meng Gao said that the rice grains in Taozhou will be collected and sold together by Lizheng. Maybe they will be sold to the rice grain shop in Taozhou first, and then the money will be given to those people in Sun Ji, and then those people Give filial piety to the Feng family."

This is how they oppress the people.

After Zhao Luoyang finished speaking, Shi Jiu said: "It is right to investigate from the bottom to the top, otherwise, even if the imperial court really comes to investigate, it will only arrest a few Sun Ji, and it will still be the same when the officials from the Feng family are replaced. "

Grandpa Song said: "These places are rotten from the outside to the core, and the farmers here are almost tossed, and they are thinking about relocating. How much benefit can the relocation bring to them? Hard work, the last resort Selling food at a low price, alas... how do those officials in Beijing know about these things."

Shi Jiu in Zhao Luoyang's mind said, "It's really hard to know, even if someone came, the farmers would not dare to tell the truth."

How long has Zhao Jingyun been here?Except for a few people who sued Sun Ji, most of the people kept silent.I can't blame them for being timid, because they have seen too much before, and the officials kept changing, but their lives have not changed, and no one has really made decisions for them.

Mr. Song said: "It depends on Mr. Zhao's method this time."

Zhao Luoyang said: "Don't worry, Mr. Zhao is different from others." Because it is not only Zhao Jingyun who is in Taozhou, but also Xiao Yu and his military guards.

But Xiao Yu can't let Xiao Yu directly intervene in this matter, it will arouse the suspicion of Feng's family, so it is safest to make trouble from them, which can make Feng's family relax their vigilance and catch them by surprise.

Zhao Luoyang said: "I will tell Huaiqing all this, and Huaiqing will report it to Mr. Zhao."

On the surface, Fengxia Village still cannot have too close contact with the government office.

Zhao Xueli thought about the situation of capturing the bandits that day, and suddenly said: "I don't know if we can help this time?" Get some manpower.

Grandpa Song nodded: "As it involves so many villages, it will definitely help. At least we have to be careful about the food, and don't let them take it away or destroy it."

Zhao Xueli knew the importance of food, and if he really found food, how many people would he have to feed?Surely nothing could go wrong.

It seems that they also need to prepare more.