Started as a mute girl? I prospered in the lean years

After a while, the old man had a blade on his neck and his body was shaking.

"Ask, you can ask whatever you want. As long as the old man knows, he will tell you."

"Have there ever been bandits in our Ping'an Town?"

The old man opened his cloudy eyes and said, "There are such rumors."

"Has anyone seen the bandits with their own eyes?"

"No, never heard of it."

"Has anyone disappeared inexplicably on East Street?"

"Missing... a lot of people have left Ping'an Town recently. I don't know if it's the missing old man."

"Has anyone you know well suddenly disappeared?"

The old man thought for a moment and stroked his hands and said, "It's really strange what you said. When there was a flood, that Ergouzi told me that he would not leave Ping'an Town until he died. However, he disappeared just two days after the flood. I I walked around the town yesterday and didn't see him, you see..."

"How old is this guy named Er Gouzi?"

"He was abandoned by his parents in our town when he was a child. He is about eighteen or nineteen this year."

"Last question, the entire Niutou Village was murdered. Is there any rumor in the town?"

"W-What?!" The old man's eyes widened in shock. He wanted to shake his head but realized that the knife was on his neck, so he could only stutter and said, "I-I don't know about this. I didn't do it. I'm sure it was the bandit. What he did, that is, how could there be rumors if the bandits didn’t do evil things? These people are damned!"

Jiang Huaixu took back the dagger and handed the rough dough pancake to the old man.

The old man must have been hungry for a long time, his shocked expression disappeared instantly, his old eyes glowed with lust, he picked up the pancake and started to eat it.

Jiang Huaixu watched him finish one pancake in a short time, and said with a smile: "Uncle, I still have a few pancakes here, how about we make a deal?"

A quarter of an hour later, Jiang Huaixu left East Street.

When they returned to the ruined temple, the Zheng Cong brothers had not yet left.

Seeing her return, Boss Jiang's serious expression softened a bit, "Daughter, tell your two brothers what we saw in Niutou Village."

Jiang Huaixu briefly explained what happened in Niutou Village.

"Just now I went to the streets to ask around, and I heard that there were bandits. But when I asked more carefully, no one had seen them. I heard someone said that King Duan had some evil plans, and that the conscription was done by King Duan for rebellion."

The two brothers, who had believed 70% of Boss Jiang's words, couldn't sit still after hearing the word 'rebellion', "Uncle, we will go find you after discussing with the family when we get back. You go together, you have to wait for us."

Jiang Huaixu stopped the two brothers and said, "Brothers, don't tell anyone about King Duan's rebellion. If you are not careful, you will be killed if you are not careful."

The two people looked solemn. They didn't know the key, but they just cherished their lives and said "ok" repeatedly.

After seeing them off, the father and daughter hurriedly left the ruined temple.

"We have to go back quickly and tell the villagers about the situation here. We have to leave quickly..." After walking a few steps, Boss Jiang slapped his forehead, "We still have to get a cart."

"Dad, don't worry about the cart. I've already got it."

Although Boss Jiang was confused in his heart, he also knew that this was not the time to go into details, so he pulled Jiang Huaixu and hurried back.

On the way back, he walked to a place to make sure there was no one around. Jiang Huaixu took out the cart he had brought from the space, and the two of them pushed it away. On the way, they happened to meet people from Shili Village who were coming.

"Brother Aliang, what's the situation in the town now? Can you buy a cart or something?"

"Why is there a hole in your cart?"

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Seeing Boss Jiang telling everyone about the situation in the town, Jiang Huaixu looked at Jiang Erlang in the crowd, winked at him, and the two of them came to the roadside tacitly.

"Second brother, why did you come with them?"

Jiang Erlang said warmly: "I can't worry about you, so I wanted to come over and have a look."

"If nothing unexpected happens, my sister-in-law's family will come to see us today. There is no need to go to town anymore. I have something to tell you when we get back."

Jiang Erlang took a serious look at Jiang Huaixu's face and nodded.

Hearing that the villagers still wanted to go to the town despite Boss Jiang's dissuasion, Jiang Huaixu hurriedly said loudly: "Everyone, uncles, uncles and brothers may be disappointed if they go to the town. There are no people selling anything in the town, and our carts are also talking about it. I just bought it from an aunt, and the aunt still wanted to talk about it. I'm afraid it will be more difficult for people like us. It's better not to bother and go further. Maybe it's easier to buy it in the county. "

As soon as these words came out, the lucky person was speechless.

Upon seeing this, Jiang Miao, the village chief's eldest son, also said: "In that case, let's not waste our efforts. We haven't gone very far yet. It's not too late to hear what's going on in the town before we make a decision."

In this way, a group of people returned to the camp.

Boss Jiang told the villagers what he saw and heard along the way in as much detail as possible, and everyone looked solemn.

Jiang Huaixu pulled Jiang Erlang to a place far away from the villagers, took the letter out of her arms, and while Jiang Erlang was reading the letter, she told what happened in Niutou Village and the town.

Finally, he said: "A villager died tragically and people disappeared in the town. Apart from the government, I don't think the bandits have so much energy. The content of the letter is worth trusting. It is safer to go to Qianzhou."

After reading the letter at a glance, Jiang Erlang carefully put the letter away and pondered: "Is it possible that they want to blame the bandits for the incident in Niutou Village? They will wait until the matter becomes serious before they come out to suppress the bandits. The bandits will definitely be able to suppress them successfully. By suppressing bandits and exempting taxes, you can win the hearts and minds of the people. After the news spreads and those who escaped come back, will it be easier to recruit troops again? "

"I think so too. When the old man heard that the entire Niutou Village was murdered, his first reaction was that it was done by bandits, so I made a deal with the old man to let him spread the word about the Niutou Village tragedy."

"Wouldn't this help the mastermind behind the scenes?"

Jiang Huaixu nodded, "The bodies of the people from Niutou Village have been laid out for two days but no one in the town knows about it. I think everyone is in danger after the flood and no one has noticed. I want to know if the other party will take any action after this news is spread."

Jiang Erlang lowered his eyes and thought for a long time, then smiled and shook his head, with a helpless expression, "You are too courageous."

Just as Jiang Huaixu was about to say something else, he suddenly noticed the billowing smoke in the distance.

Her expression suddenly changed, "No! Niutou Village is on fire!"

After saying that, she raised her legs and ran towards the direction of the fire, with Jiang Erlang following closely behind.

"Eh--Second brother, Yaomei, why are you going?!"

Jiang Sanlang looked at the two people running faster than rabbits from a distance and was dumbfounded, and then he noticed the billowing black smoke not far away.

"on fire!"

Jiang Huaixu and Jiang Erlang were hiding in the woods outside Niutou Village, and the fire had spread.

[Tuanzi, are there any living people around? 】 She asked Fu Tuan.

They ran all the way and saw no one. If the person who set the fire was still nearby, they must not set the fire on themselves.

She originally thought that after spreading the news about Niutou Village, she would wait and see if the masterminds behind the scenes would make any moves, but she didn't expect them to move so quickly. In this way, it looks more like Duan Wang's manipulation.

[No--] The blessing group was stuck for a moment, [Yes. 】

Jiang Huaixu was about to ask in detail, but he heard Fu Tuan continue: "There is a purple and miserable man walking towards you at a distance of 990 meters from your ten o'clock direction." 】

What kind of person is this? Eggplant becomes sperm?

she asked in confusion.