The three followed Liu Dashan into the village. Along the way, Li Yichen observed that the village was full of adobe houses made of yellow mud mixed with straw. The roofs did not even have tiles, and were simply covered with thatch. Along the way, the villagers saw Liu Dashan and a few strangers, and they all avoided him and did not dare to come up to talk. After all, Li Yichen was followed by a seven-foot-tall, murderous man. Anyone who saw him would murmur in their hearts. Gujing Village is not small. There are about 300 households in the whole village. The three followed Liu Dashan for two cups of tea before they came to a small courtyard at the end of the village. In the yard, an old man in his fifties wearing a coarse cloth jacket was chopping wood.

Liu Dashan called out loudly: "Uncle Kui, someone from the county town came to discuss something with you."

The old man was Liu Kui, the head of Gujing Village. Liu Kui turned around and looked at him with some doubts, and suddenly his heart trembled.

The three people following Liu Dashan were led by a handsome young man, and there was a beautiful girl beside him.

Especially Li Siye behind them, who was full of fierceness and armor. Liu Kui thought in his heart that this big man was a soldier at first glance, with extraordinary momentum, and he might even be a general.

The boy's dress and appearance showed that he was from a wealthy family. Seeing that this general-looking man was like an attendant, this boy might be the son of an official family.

Liu Kui did not dare to neglect him, and hurriedly greeted Li Yichen and bowed, saying: "Sir, I wonder what you are doing in our Gujing Village. If there is anything important, I will definitely help you."

Li Yichen got straight to the point: "I am Li Yichen, the leader of the Daqu County Volunteer Army. I came to Gujing Village to deliver food to you for disaster relief."

Volunteer Army? Liu Kui was a little confused. What kind of army is the Volunteer Army? He had only heard that there was a city defense army in Daqu County.

And they came to deliver food to the village? Those officials in the county only knew to come here to collect food. When would they deliver food to the village?

Liu Kui said calmly: "Dear guests, please come in and have a bowl of water first, and then we will talk in detail."

Li Yichen nodded and followed Liu Kui into the yard and into the main hall. Liu Kui stretched his neck and shouted: "Old woman, there are guests at home, hurry up and cook two bowls of sugar water!"

In the eyes of the villagers, sugar is a very rare thing and expensive. Only when the most distinguished guests come, will they cook sugar water for the guests.

"No need to bother the head of the village. We are here to deliver food to Gujing Village. The donkey cart carrying food is still at the entrance of the village. Please inform the villagers to go to the entrance of the village to collect food. Each household can get ten kilograms of food per person."

Liu Kui was stunned for a moment, but said, "Please sit for a while, sir. I will arrange someone to notify the villagers."

Liu Kui got up and went to the kitchen, and said to a little boy about eight or nine years old, "Tiedan, you are fast, run quickly to invite Mr. Liu to our place, and tell him that I have something urgent to find him!"

The Mr. Liu Liu Kui mentioned is the only scholar in Gujing Village. He passed the imperial examination many years ago, and later heard that he passed the imperial examination. But for some reason, he returned to the remote village of Gujing Village alone three years ago and settled down here. He raised the fields like the farmers. In his spare time, he also taught the children in the village to read. The villagers respected Mr. Liu very much.

On weekdays, when Liu Kui couldn't make up his mind about something, he would ask Mr. Liu to help him.

Liu Kui didn't believe what Li Yichen said. For so many years, these military officers came to the village for no good, except to collect taxes and ask for food and poultry. How could they be so kind to send food?

But if these officers and soldiers were to use force, he would have no way to deal with them. Just now, they said they were some kind of righteous army, so he would let Mr. Liu come and see, find out the details before making plans.

Liu Kui turned back to the main room and talked to Li Yichen. He said that he had sent someone to notify the villagers, but he was actually worried in his heart. He didn't know when Mr. Liu would come. In his eyes, scholars always have a way.

Li Yichen knew all this very well. From the county magistrate to the ordinary yamen soldiers in Daqu County, they would bully their neighbors wantonly on weekdays. This deep-rooted impression could not be reversed in a short time.

Two miles outside Gujing Village is a large flat land that is rare in Daqu County. More than half of the fields of Gujing Village villagers are here.

On the ridge of the field, a man in a long green coat

The middle-aged man in a shirt looked at the dry fields and muttered to himself: "If it doesn't rain, the wheat in the fields will die. Now the wells in the village are almost dry. Is it really God's will to destroy Mozhou? I don't know how many people will starve to death this year."

The middle-aged man has an elegant face and a goatee. Although his clothes are very shabby, his elegant temperament seems to be somewhat out of place in Gujing Village.

"Mr. Liu, Mr. Liu! My grandfather asked you to come to my house. He said there is an urgent matter!"

Tiedan ran towards the middle-aged man with an anxious look on his face.

"Run slower and take a breath first. Did your grandfather tell me what he wanted to talk to me about?"

"Grandpa didn't tell me in detail. Many soldiers came to the village entrance. Three people also came to our family. It seems that those soldiers were brought by them."

Liu Changqing's heart sank. The villagers of Gujing Village had already found it difficult to survive due to the natural disasters in recent years. Now they only eat wild vegetables and some coarse grains every day. They barely survive. It is said that Granny Zhu in the east of the village could not survive and starved to death.

These soldiers came to Gujing Village to plunder. They really left no way for people to live.

Thinking of this, Liu Changqing was filled with righteous indignation. He didn't care about Tiedan and ran quickly to the home of the village head.

Liu Changqing came to the yard of the village head's house and saw a seven-foot-tall man with a stern face and armor, guarding the door of the main hall.

A young man and a young girl were sitting in the main hall, talking with the village head.

Liu Changqing strode towards the main hall. Li Siye glanced at him and ignored him.

"Village head, you are in a hurry to find me. What's the matter?"

Liu Kui stood up and said, "This is Mr. Li Yichen. They said he came to deliver food to the village."

"Oh? I wonder where Mr. Li is from? What is his purpose in coming to Gujing Village?"

Liu Changqing is not an ordinary person. His vision is naturally not comparable to that of Liu Kui and others. The momentum of the big man guarding the door just now was full of murderous aura. It was obvious that he came from the military camp.

This big man was obviously here to protect the young man in front of him. With Liu Changqing's knowledge, Li Yichen's identity was probably extremely shocking. At least in his eyes, even the county magistrate of Daqu County could not have such a terrifying guard with him.

And at the moment when Liu Changqing asked, the familiar voice of the system sounded in Li Yichen's mind.

[Ding! The system has detected the emergence of a local first-level talent. The information of the local first-level talent is as follows]

[Name: Liu Changqing Identity: Jinshi of the Beiting Dynasty, second place in the imperial examination, served as a seventh-rank Hanlin Academy editor, and was later promoted to the third-rank Zheng Yushi Zhongcheng. He is upright and self-disciplined. He was framed because he did not want to be in cahoots with the Taishi party.]

[He was demoted and never hired for life. He returned to his hometown, Gujing Village, Daqu County, and lived there for a long time.]

[Talent: Liu Changqing is very good at internal affairs and is a first-class internal affairs talent.]

Li Yichen's mouth drew a smile. He was unwilling to collude with treacherous officials, upright, and good at internal affairs?

Such talents are just right for his own command.

"I am the leader of the Daqu County righteous army, Li Yichen!"

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