Three Kingdoms: I rely on system loopholes to survive

Chapter 171: Endless Strength but Infinite People
Searching the treasury was much simpler than Tanepei expected.

Without the backbone of the army, the three or two clerks and clerks left had just faced the fierce Zhang Fei, who was surrounded by soldiers behind him. They immediately softened and the documents in their arms were scattered all over the floor.

They were fully aware of what they were doing. The soldiers and horses in front of them were approaching fiercely. Everywhere they looked, their faces were full of hatred and anger. They were definitely not soldiers from the county.

The few assistants looked at each other, knowing that the Dongchuang incident had occurred, and they all lost their thoughts of resisting sophistry, and felt a sense of relief that the sword had been dropped.

Of course, not everyone has accepted their fate. Behind the wooden frame, the two clerks exchanged glances. After a few silent exchanges, one of them squatted down and secretly retreated through the obstacles of his short stature and layers of wooden frames. Deep in the treasury.

"Where is the household registration here?"

Zhongping glanced at it roughly. Although it was a treasury, the room here was not very spacious. The large wooden frames stacked with wooden slips took up almost half of the indoor space. It seemed extremely crowded. Close to There were several low tables for office use placed near the door, with candlesticks placed on them, and the lamp oil had been burned out.

"Here, in the inner room..."

Normally, there would not be so many subordinates in a li, and naturally there would be no special treasury. Important documents such as household registration would not be kept in the hands of the li leader.

Zhong Ping was so determined when he came up, and asked questions with clear goals. In the eyes of these petty officials, they had enough evidence, and all they needed to do was to convict and liquidate him, completely destroying their last bit of luck.

"Lead the way."

The face was as heavy as water, and without saying a word, he pointed at a clerk who looked somewhat shrewd and motioned for him to lead the way.

The clerk glanced at Zhang Fei, who was like an iron tower behind Zhong Ping, quickly retracted his head to his chest, buried his head and walked inside.

"Shaofu..."

Zhang Fei remembered Liu Bei's instructions to him to obey Zhong Ping's command and protect the safety of the young master at all times. Therefore, although he was full of doubts and anger along the way, he tried his best to restrain himself and did not kill anyone or make any threats. Asking questions.

But after Zhong Ping changed his temper and hurriedly led troops to surround the treasury, and separated Liu Bei and Guan Yu alone, Zhang Fei could no longer restrain his doubts. Now that there was only a small official nearby, Zhang Fei had no worries and directly Then ask questions.

Zhong Ping more or less guessed Zhang Fei's thoughts, and said two words concisely and concisely: "Refugees."

Zhang Fei slapped his head, thinking about Wu Zhi's pitiful experience and the death of the county magistrate. Although he guessed that Zhong Ping might have arranged for his eldest and second brothers to go to the village to appease the people, he still felt that he was overqualified and underused. Considering the dilapidation of the village, it is estimated that there are not many villagers left.

"Several Shangguan have their household registrations in nearby villages here."

The clerk did not dare to listen to more of the conversation between Zhong Ping and Zhong Ping. He held a pile of wooden slips and waited behind the shelf. He waited until there was no sound before he came out.

"Why is that all?"

Zhang Fei was anxious and raised his eyebrows. He was so frightened that the clerk trembled and said with a sad face: "This little man is so thin that he really can't move everything."

"Who told you not to clarify?" Zhang Fei muttered. He thought he was a step too late and asked the head of the place to destroy most of the household registrations in advance.

Zhongpei took out a wooden slip and looked through it carefully, confirmed the public printing format, and looked at the contents. In addition to the general household registration information, there were also official documents about the sale of maids. Secretly, he breathed a sigh of relief. With these physical evidences, it was With the confidence to challenge the county magistrate, although he cannot be convicted immediately, he can still follow this line to slowly investigate and settle the case.

"Please ask General Yide to seal this place. I must rush into the county and report back to Duke Cao."

Zhong Ping picked up a few pieces of wooden slips and stuffed them into his sleeves. He believed that the three Liu Bei brothers could handle things here well.

"Don't worry, Master!"

Zhang Fei patted his chest, "I'm here, the young master just goes there." Zhong Ping paused strangely.

To be on the safe side, he calmly took a look around and made sure that this was definitely not a place where alcohol could enter, and then he felt relieved.

After bidding farewell to Zhang Fei and whispering a few words, Zhongping rode his horse and galloped towards Tuxian.

At this time, the morning light was dim, and there was a light layer of white frost on the dead trees on the dirt road.

Liu Bei breathed out. He was in the prime of life and his energy and blood were strong, so he didn't feel how cold the weather was.

"Second brother, how many families are left in the village?"

He looked at the dilapidated house, and a deep sadness flashed in his eyes.

Guan Yu knew very well what scene his elder brother was thinking of, "...there is not even one out of ten, there are only more than 20 people in total, most of them are elderly women, and the rest are just babies waiting to be fed and some sick and disabled people."

When he said this, his eyes, which had always been half-closed, suddenly opened with a cold light.

Liu Bei said nothing. He put his hand on the hilt of his sword and was silent for a long time. He took a deep breath and felt a little sad: "The world is in ruins and devastated. How can a drop of mine be enough to fill the sky and fill the sea?" "

He was once full of ambition and wanted to help the world, but now he has passed away and is only a minor prime minister. If it is only within one county, he has indeed practiced what he wanted to do, benevolent to the people, and provide for the people.

You can step out of the county and look around the world. As far as you can see, there are endless bones, piles of bones abandoned in the wild, and walkers are accustomed to it. The corpses are knocking the bones and sucking the marrow, which is worse than the beasts...

What he saw and knew could not help but make him discouraged and miserable.

"Big brother!"

Guan Yu took a step forward, half-stretched the tail of his beard on his chest, and said in a deep voice: "Brother, don't be discouraged. We have been fighting since the Yellow Turban Rebellion to this day. Although we don't have many soldiers and horses in our hands, we are still increasing. Brother, I think we are waiting for you." We are weak, but we don’t know that when manpower is exhausted, people are endless! Brother, there are thousands of people now, so we will do the work of saving thousands of people, and if there are ten thousand people, we will do the work of saving ten thousand people..."

"When there are tens of thousands of people one day, how difficult will it be to save the world?"

When Liu Bei heard this, his eyes suddenly brightened, and he swept away the dullness in his chest. He was very excited: "I was wrong... What my second brother said makes sense. I save the people, and the people also save the people. I save one family, one household, and one day, one day, I will save the people." You can go to a country!"

"My uncle has already led people to explore. There are no nearby mountains where we can hide and escape. If the memories of the people in the village are correct, the refugees here should be gathering there."

Liu Bei looked at the north for a few times, thinking silently in his heart, and said: "Although these refugees are also pitiful people, many of them have entered the village to rob, and are not evildoers. When the camp is broken, we need to carefully distinguish them, and the evil will be eliminated." "

"If there are any remaining people who can return home, they will be given food and clothing. If they are old and young... they are still the same as in Xuzhou. If they can be resettled locally, they will find a way to resettle them. If they can't, they will be escorted back to the plains... This matter has to be considered. Please trouble Bo Heng."

Liu Bei said, feeling a little guilty.

From the villagers' mouths, he knew that the refugees occupying this place were small in size. It would be convenient to exterminate them, but it would be troublesome to resettle them properly.

"If it were the young master, he would have taken the initiative to take over this matter."

Guan Yu was very sure. He rarely showed such admiration to people other than Liu Bei.

"Yes." Liu Bei smiled from the bottom of his heart, "I know."

(End of this chapter)