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Chapter 125

Fang Xiao looked coldly at these people who asked to leave, and saw Li Yun's daughter-in-law with her head bowed and the tall and thin woman beside her in the crowd, with a sneer on the corner of her mouth.She ate and drank so much for nothing, and cheated a large amount of military silver, now she wants to run away, it's not that easy.Elder Liu had already told her what caused the women in the village to riot that day.In addition, Yang Xin went to confirm that the person was Li Yun.Li Yun should have left the cottage and went to the front line, but at this time, he appeared among these women and children.When she is blind?

Fang Xiao tapped his toes, flew into the crowd, stood in front of Li Yun, and lifted Li Yun and Li Yun's wife to the front.The accident happened so suddenly that the crowd fell silent.Fang Xiao pulled off the cloth scarf covering Li Yun's head, revealing Li Yun's face.Seeing the face that was so dark that it was almost impossible to recognize who it was, the corner of Fang Xiao's mouth twitched, and he said to the Eighth Junior Brother next to him, "Go get a bucket of water."
The little guy immediately went to the well and brought a bucket of water.Fang Xiao pulled Li Yun's head and pressed it into the bucket. Li Yun's wife screamed in fright.Fang Xiao held Li Yun's wet head and blocked his body in front of him. Li Yun's daughter-in-law stopped her hand and scratched Li Yun's face with a paw, scratching Li Yun who was already in a semi-dizzy state. wake up.He shouted loudly: "Dead woman, do you want to murder your husband?" This voice was even more surprising than Fang Xiao's behavior just now.Those women all looked at the wet Li Yun with weird eyes.Fang Xiao let go, and threw Li Yun in front of Old Liu.Only then did Li Yun realize that he had lost his words. He looked at Mr. Liu in a panic, shook his mouth, and finally gave up his heart, jumped up from the ground, and said loudly: "Yes, I became a deserter, but , you don’t even ask me if I’m willing, but it’s not unreasonable to force me to go to the army. I said it today, I’m not the only one who ran away, but I’m the most unlucky one. I found it. Your family's son, man, and your uncle." Li Yun pointed to the women below and said, "I escaped with them, but I fled back to the village. They fled to the woods. Those who didn’t escape, and I don’t know how many people are still alive. You let us trade your life for your own life, and you are really too cruel.”
Seeing Li Yun's upright look, Mr. Liu really wanted to sprinkle a handful of poison over there, to kill this scourge.Mr. Liu raised his foot and kicked Li Yun's calf, kicked Li Yun staggeringly, and rushed to the crowd of women on the opposite side. Mr. Liu pointed at the tip of his nose and said, "It's fine if you are a deserter. Can you tell me, how did those barbarians below the mountain know that there are no strong men in the village?"
Li Yun rolled his eyes, turned his head, and said: "How do I know, maybe the other escaped people were captured by the barbarians and revealed the news."
"Fart!" Mrs. Liu was so angry that he spat on Li Yun's face, pointed at Li Yun's wife and said, "I have already issued repeated orders not to leave the village to go outside, but you are better off, greedy for those two mouthfuls of wild vegetables. You actually ran out of the stockade, and even dragged your youngest son to be a hacker for you, and tricked the gatekeeper Uncle Qin to leave the door for you. Don't think that others don't know about this. Xiao Xin followed you that day, Find out the matter clearly. The barbarian soldier who joined you, do you think he will still be waiting for you in the woods behind the mountain to collect the reward? Let me tell you, he asked my granddaughter to arrest him a long time ago. Tell us everything, otherwise, how could I suspect you."
As soon as Li Yun heard that the barbarian soldier who joined the joint had been arrested, his face turned pale. He knelt down, hugged Mr. Liu's leg, and howled loudly: "Old master, you don't have a son, of course you won't!" I was worried that my son would die on the battlefield. However, I have an old mother and a young son. I am the pillar of the family. If I die on the battlefield, how will they survive. I, I dare not take this risk." The crowd Here, some old women and young daughters-in-law felt the same way and wiped away their tears.Seeing that her words were approved, Li Yun howled even louder: "You are only a granddaughter, and there are old masters and just masters to support her. She has enough food and warm clothes. Don't worry about losing grandpa, who is gone." Brother. And I am the only adult male in my family. I have to think about them. If I am gone, they will not have enough to eat and warm clothes. My youngest son, who is less than three years old, does not know how to I can't grow up. You keep telling me how to have the face to meet the ancestors of my Li family. That's why I escaped back in order to take care of my wife, children and mother. My mother was unwell that day, and I didn't want to I’m sorry to trouble you, but I thought that my mother used to like to eat wild vegetables on the mountain, so I went to the mountain to pick some with my daughter-in-law. Unexpectedly, we were so unlucky that we were discovered by a group of barbarian soldiers. , picked up the unimportant things and said some. Who knew that the barbarian team leader was really too cunning, and I was caught in a trap by accident. Only then did I reveal the fact that there were no strong men in the village. It's all because I'm stupid, because I'm too I made such a mistake because I wanted to stay with my family. Please drive our whole family out of the village. We intend to leave here so as not to cause trouble to the village.” Li Yun said, still talking to himself I took two slaps.To show that I really slipped my mouth because I was stupid.

Old Liu was so annoyed by Li Yun's actions that he wanted to kick this nonsense to death.However, in front of so many people, he couldn't really kill this guy with one kick, and his face turned pale with anger.

Fang Xiao suddenly leaned forward, "You said you were forced by the barbarian soldiers, but you didn't mention this to us when you returned to the village. Instead, it disturbed the village and let everyone in the village do it for you. You are timid to take the risk of being besieged by the barbarians. What do you think of these people left behind in our stockade? You sacrificed as soon as you said they were sacrificed, and you can abandon them if you say they are useless? Why did you ever treat my grandfather? Master and Master took it seriously, but because of you, a cowardly deserter, you want the whole village to be buried with you, are your hearts dark?"
Li Yun was stunned by Fang Xiao's series of rhetorical questions. Li Yun never thought that this female bandit, who usually looks taciturn, would scold others so neatly, so that he didn't know what to do. Answered.

At this time, his daughter-in-law cried loudly: "My poor child, mother just wants you to grow up safely, why is it so difficult? Mother just wants you to grow up by your parents' side, but she has the heart Hei wants to break up our family, mother might as well hug you, all three of us will go to the battlefield to fight for them, so as not to stay here and get in the way of people's eyes."
Fang Xiao raised his eyebrows: "Shut up, when you came here, you agreed to pay for board and lodging every year. If you have no money, you will pay with food and grass, and if you have no food and grass, you will pay with labor. I remember when your family When you came to the stockade, you didn’t hand in a grain of food. You thought your child was young and couldn’t leave him, and he didn’t participate in public welfare work in the stockade. When your family Li Yun was in charge of the army, he agreed to use it in exchange Your family of three has had board and lodging in the stockade for the past two years. However, he regarded me as a deserter, and now you are still eating and drinking for free in the stockade. You have also sold the people in the stockade to the barbarians. If all the people in the stockade are like Like you, is there still a living person in the stockade? How can General Tang and the others march and fight in peace? With the deed of sale, spend the rest of your life paying off the debt."
Li Yun and his wife's faces turned pale, and they didn't know what to say.The child was hugged a little tighter by Li Yun's wife, and at this moment he was strangled and burst into tears.Li Yun quietly pulled his wife to stop her from coaxing the child.Although Li Yun's daughter-in-law didn't know why Li Yun did this, she was obedient. When she patted the child's back, she pinched the child again, and the child cried louder.

The people around, whose expressions were a little loose just now, were disturbed by the child's crying, and turned their eyes to Fang Xiao again, thinking that it seemed a little unkind for her to force the family like this.Fang Xiao twitched her lips, seeing Li Yun and his daughter-in-law's little movements clearly, she glanced at everyone present, and said: "You can leave if you want, all your daily labor in the village is forgotten." For working hours, before you leave, pay off all the debts you owe, and go. If you should still receive wages, then I will convert your wages into food and send them to you, otherwise, I will give you all The deed of sale is signed, and the deed of sale will be returned to you on the day when the accounts are settled. If you don’t pay off in this lifetime, then leave it to your sons and grandsons to pay off the debt, and no one should make exceptions.”
When the people around heard it, they felt uncomfortable. Originally, labor is the least valuable in this world, and food is the most precious in this critical period. If this is the case, all of them will have to sell their bodies To pay the debt for the slave.Originally, he could leave the village just by registering, but now Li Yun and his wife got into trouble, not to mention not getting food, but also having to pay off the debt first, and the dissatisfaction with Li Yun and his wife immediately reached the highest point.

Several people turned away from the crowd on the spot and returned to their own yard.There are still some people who really want to leave, but the debt they owe is real, and they don't have the strength to pay it off, so they can only spit on Li Yun and his wife, look at Fang Xiao and Mr. Liu with a shy face, and say: "The old master , My family has two sons, and now only one little grandson is left to live in the village. However, when the two sons were exiled to the army, they said that the debts of the family should be paid off by them. You see, can I bring Let the little grandson leave the village?"
Mr. Liu looked at the crowd who refused to disperse, and said loudly: "If you really want to leave, Yelangzhai will not force you to stay. Please register the names of the people who left, and the number of people in the army at home, and then go."
After speaking, Mr. Liu entered the house, moved out the register from the stockade, and called a few boys to register together.

Seeing that Mr. Liu let go and Fang Xiao didn't mention the matter of repaying the debt, those people honestly lined up to register, and didn't dare to mention the matter of food distribution.Li Yun and his wife picked up the child and squeezed into the team.Fang Xiao walked in front of them, showing a sneer, "You two, you must sign a contract of sale, and you can only leave after paying off the debt."
"Why can they only do the registration, and we have to pay off the debt?" Li Yun roared very dissatisfied.

"Just because you are a deserter, your family betrayed everyone in the village." Fang Xiao pointed it out bluntly.

"I, I have no choice." Li Yun said firmly: "Besides, you, since you want to collect debts, you should be fair. Everyone has to pay off the debts. You can't just target my family."
"Hehe!" Fang Xiao was amused by this person's shamelessness, and said: "Other families can be regarded as members of the military, but your family is a member of the deserted army. If I treat you lightly, how can I fight against those who are fighting bloody battles on the front line?" Tell the sergeants? If you talk more, I will hang you on the city wall and let you set a good example."
Li Yun's mouth trembled, and he didn't dare to say anything else. He lowered his head, took his wife and children and turned around to leave.Fang Xiao swayed, stopped in front of them, and threw out a contract of sale: "Signed!"

"Isn't it okay if we don't leave?" Li Yun was very dissatisfied. He didn't want to leave.

Fang Xiao squinted his eyes and saw Shangguan Xiao standing aside to watch the fun, so he asked loudly: "My lord Shangguan, according to the laws of the Great Moon Dynasty, how should deserters be dealt with?"
"Kill without pardon, the family will sell it." Shangguan Xiao replied coldly.

"My lord, General Tang and the others are your subordinates, and this deserter is a soldier conscripted by General Tang and the others, that is, your man. Now, he is a deserter, how should we deal with it?"

"Kill one and respect a hundred!" Shangguan Xiao's words had no warmth, making Li Yun shiver from the cold.He never expected that there is still a prince here.Immediately regretted what he had done.

(End of this chapter)