Dressed as the best old lady in the famine years, I suddenly became rich

Chapter 197 Official official turns into bandit

Mrs. Du, her mother-in-law and her daughter-in-law had already gotten up early and were making breakfast outside. The two of them abided by their duties, even if they were not required to cook on weekdays. But this morning, Feng Ying and the others were not awake yet, so the two mothers-in-law and daughter-in-law got up to prepare breakfast. .

Seeing that Ke Muqing woke up, Mrs. Du said to Ke Muqing, "Master, this morning my daughter-in-law and I took some grain from the pile of grain at the back to make breakfast. You were all still asleep, so our mother-in-law and daughter-in-law didn't go over to ask first."

"Nothing." Ke Muqing didn't care. They had been together for such a long time, and Ke Muqing naturally knew the character of the two mothers-in-law and daughter-in-law.

Similarly, Mrs. Du also dared to make decisions without authorization because she knew that her master was not the kind of person to take things seriously.

"In our family, we don't have to be too rigid in doing things, so that's good." Ke Muqing said, "It doesn't matter to us. The husbands take turns to stay up all night and have been up half the night. They must be hungry by now. Those of you who got up early will do it early. After dinner, they can also have a hot bite early, and you don’t have to be hungry with us.”

Ke Xiucai and the others heard the sound not far from the cave entrance and walked towards Ke Muqing, asking, "Why don't you sleep more? Are you going to the city today?"

"Come in, if we don't enter the city today, it will probably be more difficult to enter in the next few days." Ke Muqing said, "I have to go into the city to check out the situation in Zhuang County. If the situation in Zhuang County is not good, we will continue to take a detour if necessary. "

"That's fine." Ke Xiucai nodded, "Be careful when you go alone. Yang Yi and the others said they would go to the area bordering Shu County to explore the situation. If the disaster in Shu County is serious, the first choice for people in Shu County is to go to Zhuang County. Come, when there are more refugees, I really don’t know how Zhuang County will respond.”

"It's hard to say." Ke Muqing thought the same way, so he decided to go into the city today to explore the situation in Zhuang County.

Ke Muqing went down the mountain after having breakfast. Because she had told her in advance that if she was delayed in the city for a long time, she would stay in the city tonight, so Ke Muqing did not rush down the mountain.

But I didn't expect to see Wang Jianzhong and his party just after coming down the mountain.

Ke Muqing waited on the roadside for a short while before the government officials and others arrived. Everyone was surprised to see Ke Muqing there.

"Auntie, why are you here alone?" Wang Jianzhong was very happy to see Ke Muqing, "Logically speaking, you should have arrived at Zhuang County a few days earlier."

"A few days later, Doctor Zhou said that there were not enough herbs, so he stopped to pick herbs for two days. The herbs still needed to be dried, so he decided to rest here for a few days and wait for the herbs to dry before continuing on his way."

Ke Muqing said, "There is a plague in the south, and many refugees have come to Zhuang County. However, Zhuang County has strict control. People outside Zhuang County are not allowed to enter every city. Food could be bought in the city more than a month ago, but now I don't understand." , I just want to explore the city ahead. "

"Is this so? We plan to rest in the city ahead today." Wang Jianzhong said.

"Then I'll ride on horseback first. You guys can take your time later. If anything happens, I'll come back and let you know." Ke Muqing stopped and said hello to a few people, then rode away first.

An hour later, Ke Muqing changed his appearance and rode outside the city gate. As expected, thousands of refugees gathered outside the city gate, all with sallow faces and thin skin.

Because of the gathering of refugees, the environment outside the city gate is a mess. Even if you blow your windbreaker, you can smell the smell of feces and urine. In addition to the smell of feces and urine, it is also mixed with the smell of corpses. I don’t know where it comes from. I think it is death. It's been rotten and smelly for several days. The leading boy in the mountains was right. As long as the money was in place, he could indeed enter the city.

At the gate of a small county town, Ke Muqing stuffed thirty taels with her before the man gave her a smile and quietly stuffed her with a fake household registration of Zhuang County before letting her go.

The smoothness of the movements and the complete preparation of the movements indicate that it has become an assembly line industry.

Just in case, Ke Muqing first put on a mask, then a scarf, and then a veil before entering the city.

The city and the outside of the city are two completely different worlds. If nothing happens, the people in the city will easily be reluctant to leave the city. Everyone knows that there are refugees outside the city. Who knows whether any of the refugees is sick? Just look at the refugees outside the city. People who go out into the city will gather around them to beg, and anyone who sees them will stay away.

All the shops on Zhuangjun Street were still open. Ke Muqing chose a teahouse in the corner and walked in. Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered, he heard the teahouse owner cursing at the counter.

It's not that he is scolding the guests, but he is complaining and scolding the guests.

After Ke Muqing sat down, the waiter rushed over to greet him. After asking what the teahouse had, Ke Muqing ordered a pot of tea and two snacks, and asked in a low voice, "Why is your boss so angry?"

"It made the guests laugh. Our boss didn't have such a bad temper in the past, but what he encountered today really made him angry, so he couldn't help but curse a few times."

The waiter looked helpless, "We don't have enough food in the store. Food is expensive in the food stores in the city, so the owner took people to a city closer to Fucheng to buy food. Just now, the owner and his party came back empty-handed. We asked You know, the food my boss bought was robbed by bandits on the way."

"It's so original." Ke Muqing suddenly realized, "That's really enough to make people angry, but if you encounter bandits and you can come back safely, it's acceptable to lose some food. At least the people are still well. I don't think your boss is either. Injuried."

"That's how it should be." The waiter in the shop whispered, "But our boss said that they were officials dressed as bandits! He said that the bandits who robbed food each carried a knife, and that knife was clearly the saber of a government official. Those people I wrapped the handle of the knife in cloth, thinking that no one would recognize it, but our boss used to be a blacksmith when he was young, so he immediately recognized the knife as an officer's sword."

"So the reason my boss is scolding us is because the official officials pretended to be bandits and robbed the people of their food. The world is difficult nowadays, and the official officials are still doing their business secretly. Doesn't this not give us ordinary people a way to survive? So we can't blame our boss for scolding people. "

The waiter sighed and said, "Looking at the costume of the guest, he is not a local, right? I am afraid he is not even from Zhuang County. May I ask where the guest is from?"

"Yanjun." Ke Muqing smiled.

"Yan County, a place hit by drought and locust plagues." Places like the teahouse are gathering places for news, so the waiter naturally knows what the situation in Yan County is like now.

"Did you see the refugees from the south gathering outside the city when you entered the city? Those refugees gathered outside the city and refused to leave. They all thought that Zhuang County's weather was good and there would be no shortage of food. They were all waiting for Zhuang County officials to help them. Well, in fact, how can they understand that we, the people of Zhuang County, are also in trouble. "

When the waiter mentioned this, he flicked the handkerchief and said, "Sir, please sit down first. I will go to the kitchen to get you something and then come back to talk to you."