Mingshi

Chapter 187 Desire to enter the city

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"Brother Zhou Xian, is it true that Shanglin Village was besieged?"

Lu Tingfang has been living in a shallow place these days, so she didn't get the news until the evening, so she couldn't help but hurried to the county government office, wanting to confirm whether the matter was true.

Seeing the anxious look on Lu Tingfang's face, Zhou Zhixian couldn't help but open his mouth and sighed. Just as he stood up and was about to say something, he heard hurried footsteps next to his ears, so he immediately closed his mouth and looked nervously at the door.But when Lu Tingfang heard Zhou Zhixian's sigh, his body shook for a while, and he felt that the sky was full of gold stars in front of him, and his head was buzzing.Reaching out to hold the door frame, old tears flowed down.

But at this time, the other three people in the room didn't notice Lu Tingfang's situation at all, and they all looked at the door nervously.

"Teng Teng Teng..."

A figure quickly approached, stepped past Lu Tingfang's side, and entered the room. His chest heaved violently, and he was panting heavily. It looked like he was running all the way, but he still shouted out of breath:

"My lord... Great joy... Great joy..."

Hearing the word "great joy", the magistrate of Zhou County, Zhou Yu and Zhang Xun knew that Shanglin Village was fine, their bodies flickered, their eyes darkened, and the three of them sat down on the chairs, sweating like water. come out.

"Bang!" The yamen servant was grabbed by Lu Tingfang who was beside him, and Lu Tingfang shouted grimly, "What joy? But the rogue didn't go to Shanglin Village?"

"Go...go!" Lu Tingfang grabbed the collar of the yamen servant before he could catch his breath, and the words were even more unpleasant.

Lu Tingfang's big hands tightened: "Since we're gone, how can we be overjoyed?"

At this time, the magistrate of Zhou had already slowed down, so he got up and walked towards this side and said, "Lu Weng, don't worry, ask slowly."

Then he said to the yamen servant: "But not many rogues went there? Didn't they capture Shanglin Village?"

"Little man... when we went, the rogues had already escaped."

"Is Shanglin Village okay?" Lu Tingfang asked nervously.

"fine!"

"call……"

Lu Tingfang let out a long breath, and finally let go of the hand that was holding the collar of the yamen servant. This time the yamen servant spoke much more fluently.

"The villain passed through Xialin Village before arriving at Shanglin Village. The entire village was looted by bandits, and there were hundreds of dead bodies. So the villain was very worried about the situation in Shanglin Village, so he flew all the way to Shanglin Village. But when the villain arrived at Shanglin Village When I was in Lincun, I discovered..."

After the yamen servant told him vividly what he had heard from Shanglin Village, there was silence in the room.The four of you looked at me, and I looked at you, completely unbelievable.The four people here all knew that Luo Xin's family was a family of martial arts, but they didn't expect it to be so powerful.

"Hao De, Xin'er..." Zhou Zhixian couldn't help but look at his son.

Zhou Yu swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said, "I heard from Brother Xin that their family is descendants of Luo Yi from the Tang Dynasty..."

"No wonder!"

Zhou Zhixian and Lu Tingfang looked at each other, and let out a long breath.Zhang Xun also slowed down at this time, stood up from the chair and said:
"I want to go back to Shanglin Village and advise my father and Xindi's family to move to the county seat immediately."

"I'll go too!" Zhou Yu also said from the side.

"No!" Zhou Zhixian stopped the two people and said, "It's too dangerous outside now, you two stay in the county seat honestly, and I will send someone to urge your father and Luo Xin's family to come to the county seat."

Shanglin Village.

Zhang Shu's study room.

Luo Xin and Zhang Shu sat opposite each other, and the yamen servant sent by Zhouzhi County had already sent them away. The yamen servant brought four letters, one letter was written by Zhang Xun to Zhang Shu, and the remaining three letters were from Lu Tingfang, Zhouzhi County Father and son and Zhang Xun wrote to Luo Xin.They are all persuading them to come to live in the county.

Today Zhang Shu called Luo Xin to discuss this matter.He didn't know that Luo Xin had already bought a house in the county seat, and when Luo Xin sat down, Zhang Shu said:
"Xin'er, do you think we should move to the county seat immediately?"

Luo Xin frowned slightly. He didn't know the methods of the bandits in the Ming Dynasty. Later generations recorded very little about the bandits during the Jiajing period. They only recorded that there were many bandits, but there were no detailed records.However, from this point of view, it also shows that the rogue bandits of Ming Dynasty did not cause too much disturbance, forming the height of the peasant uprising army.So Luo Xin asked Zhang Shu for advice:

"What does the adoptive father think?"

Zhang Shu's expression became ugly and he said, "Xin'er, you don't know. In the year of food shortage, if there are only refugees and no bandits, then it will be fine. But once there are refugees who become bandits, even if there are only a few people at first, then the been wiped out, but once such a thing happens, it will immediately become out of control."

"A single spark can start a prairie fire?" Luo Xin said softly.

"That's right!" Zhang Shu's eyes lit up: "Xin'er, your comparison is good. Once there are rogues, let those vagrants see the way to eat, and then there will be countless rogues, ranging from dozens of people. Thousands of people, even tens of thousands. So..."

Speaking of this, Zhang Shu stared at Luo Daodao: "Since there are rogues in Shanglin Village, and there are more than 200 rogues. This shows that the situation is already serious, and there must be a large group of rogues. In previous years, there have been large-scale rogues. Even the county seat was breached, not to mention a small village like ours. Therefore, I decided that it would be better for our two families to enter the county seat to take refuge.

Xin'er, don't worry, your family will live in my house.You have also been to my home in the county seat, and you can live there. "

"That's not necessary!" Luo Xin shook his head and said, "I've already bought a house in the county."

"Buy a house?"

Zhang Shu was dumbfounded, he never imagined that Luo Xin's family would develop so fast now, not only bought a hundred acres of fertile land, started a Zhuangzi, but also bought a house in the county town.

"Well, it's the house of Layman Shanye. He's gone to Fucheng."

Zhang Shu knew the house, so he nodded and said: "That house is not bad, it's big enough, but it's a bit dilapidated. But it will be a good house after spending some money to repair it."

"Yes!" Luo Xin laughed.

"Then let's hurry up and go to the county seat." Zhang Shu clapped the case.

"The villager..." Luo Xin had some hesitation on his face.

"Xin'er, our ability is limited and we can't protect the village. Let alone a rogue with a thousand people, our village can't stop it. And we are not in our position and do not plan for government. In this year of food shortage , it is not easy for us to keep ourselves.

Of course, we will not just leave like this, completely ignoring the villagers.I will distribute the food donated by Lu Weng, you and my family to every household in the village. When they find a large group of bandits coming, they will take the food and hide in the mountains.That's all we can do to help. "

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