my father is the emperor

Chapter 34 Killing Horses for the People

Zhou Li worked hard, day and night, and soon came to Daliu County. Daliu County was barren. Some people could no longer bear the suffering and left their hometowns. Walking in Daliu County, Zhou Li felt quite heavy. Seeing the dilapidated clothes, The filthy people were squatting on the street. After Zhou Li got off his horse, he met a woman holding a crying child and asked, "Sister-in-law, why is Daliu County so desolate and depressed?"

The reason why Zhou Li asked this question is to understand the reality of the affected people, and to feel the mood of the affected people!

The woman comforted the baby in her arms, brushed the dusty and dandruff-covered hair on her forehead, looked at Zhou Li, shook her head and sighed: "This official must be a foreigner, right?" Some screaming children said bitterly: "It used to be very prosperous here, with the fragrance of flowers everywhere and the buzz of people, but in the past few years, there has been a sudden drought and little rain, and there has been no harvest, so this field scene has come to fruition!"

Zhou Li said angrily, "Did the Holy One not take care of you?"

The woman hugged the child with a wry smile, trembling for a moment, trying to stop the child from crying, she said: "It is true that the Holy Majesty wasted money for us, but all the money allocated was confiscated and embezzled by the government, and only leftovers fell into our hands." That's all!"

Zhou Li nodded, led the horse, and asked in a low voice: "So the Holy Majesty didn't suppress the officials? If this continues, there will only be more people affected by the disaster?!"

The woman shook her head and said: "Corrupt officials are like weeds in the field, but they want to be eradicated. The more they grow, the more vigorous they grow. When one is removed, another one emerges, hey!"

Zhou Li nodded, seemingly thoughtful, but this kind of corrupt officials cannot be pulled out very well. In modern times, the claws and teeth of those high officials cannot be pulled out, let alone in ancient times, looking at the child and asking: "This is your house?" child?"

The woman gave a rare smile, looked at the baby in her arms kindly, and said with a smile: "Yes, I was born for three months, but I am weak and sick, and I have little milk. He cries like he is hungry!" The baby is petting and laughing at the same time, the brilliance of mother's love is vividly expressed!
Zhou Li shook his head and said, "Why are there so many people? What about the rest of the people?"

The woman doted on her child and said without even looking at Zhou Li: "Where are they waiting for food in the government?"

Zhou Li smiled and said, "Then sister-in-law, can you take me there?"

The woman shook her head and said, "Hey, don't go, it's terrible to eat there! They will not let you go when they see you dressed in a smart way!"

Zhou Li asked, "Why?"

The woman shook her head and said, "A dog jumps over a wall in a hurry, a rabbit bites a person in a hurry, and a person eats a person in a hurry!"

"Cannibalism?" Zhou Li screamed, swallowed his saliva, and looked deeply at the woman!

The woman shook her head and said, "That's not what it means, it's just that they will take all the valuables on your body, and go to other places to live and buy things!"

Zhou Li nodded with a wry smile and said, "It's okay, I still hope my sister-in-law will lead the way, I'm going to have a look!"

The woman gave Zhou Li a strange look, sighed, and started to walk forward!

Looking at the common people standing, lying down and squatting by the street, Zhou Li felt an indescribable feeling in his heart. If the officials were not punished, what would be the proper way?

A group of people in the distance are guarding a huge government building, and they have lined up for a long time. In front of them are a few thick and thick rural men, banging on the vermilion gate, but no matter how hard they try, All to no avail!
Zhou Li tied the horse to the post, and said softly: "Don't knock, it's useless!"

Some people turned their heads to look at Zhou Li, looking at Zhou Li as if they were looking at prey, their eyes were red, and a few of them boldly said: "He is a foreigner, hurry up and grab it?!"

Zhou Li opened his eyes wide, and saw that it was rushing towards him like a tide, and he made a decisive decision, quickly took off his clothes, and threw them aside. Those people were all chasing after Lin Luo's silk and satin clothes. The autumn wind is very cold , Zhou Li stood there shivering from the cold, with only one piece of clothing left on his body!

Zhou Li looked at the people who were furious over a piece of clothing, and roared, "Stop arguing!" Walking up to a big man, he said, "Brother, can I lend you an axe?"

The big man subconsciously took a step back and asked, "What are you doing?"

Zhou Li smiled, pointed at the white horse and said, "Kill this horse, cook it and eat it!"

The big man chuckled, rubbed his shoulders, spat out a mouthful of saliva in the palm of his hand, and asked in disbelief, "Is this really true? Won't you go to the government to sue me?"

Zhou Li smiled wryly, and whispered: "When you snatched all my clothes, why weren't you afraid that I would sue you?"

The big man stroked his scalp honestly, looked at the white horse with a bloodthirsty face, swallowed hard, and said loudly: "Come on, this official is very merciful, let us kill his horse and cook it!"

As soon as these words came out, the person who snatched the clothes quickly threw the clothes away, and ran towards the horse, rubbing his shoulders. Zhou Li timidly took the clothes and put them on, when he heard the horse howling like a ghost crying like a wolf, Zhou Li looked at the twitching white horse lying on the ground, shook his head and said, "Brother Ma, I'm sorry, I was also forced to do nothing!"

Looking at the people drinking blood with their mouths open, Zhou Li suggested: "That bowl, take a big bowl to store blood, and each person has a sip first, we are eating meat!"

The big man with the ax laughed loudly and said: "My second pig has killed a pig all his life, and this is the first time he has killed a horse. Don't grab it. Since this master can provide one horse, he will surely be able to produce a second one." , have a share!"

Hearing this, Zhou Li didn't smile, but his face was extremely solemn. Looking at the actions of these people, he knew how hungry and thirsty they were, which made Zhou Li even more angry!
The big man started to make a fuss, asking some people to get some firewood, and some people to pull out the horse skins. In short, although they were very hungry, they were still in order!

Zhou Li shook his head and smiled wryly, looking at a group of bloodthirsty people, he asked for some horse blood for the big man, brought it to the sister-in-law whom he knew earlier, and said, "Sister-in-law, drink some first!"

The woman took the horse's blood and asked, "You gave them this precious white horse, how did you travel?"

Zhou Li said: "It's okay, I won't leave until the famine persists!"

The woman smiled and said, "You are so kind!" Frowning, she sent the horse's blood to her child's mouth and said, "But this famine can't be eradicated in a day, can it?"

Zhou Li nodded and said: "So, I should be here to arrest some corrupt officials and bring them to justice, so that the common people can feel His Majesty's integrity and sympathy for the people!"

The big man smiled and walked to Zhou Li's side, and said in a low voice, "This scholar, why don't you go eat some too?"

Zhou Li shook his head and said: "Eat, I'm not hungry, but I hope you can take care of the children and women, they don't have so much strength to compete with you for food!"

The big man nodded and said: "Okay!" Staring at the common people who were eating half-cooked horse meat, he shouted loudly: "Brothers, take out some horse meat, our wives and children haven't eaten yet?"

Those common people nodded and put some in their bosoms. The news of eating horses in Daliu County spread quickly, and soon, a mass of dark heads gathered in front of the official gate, yelling and eating!
(End of this chapter)