Jump onto a big tree on the west side of the square and stand firm.

A long bamboo pole was planted in the middle of the square, taller than the big tree where the two were hiding.A package was tied to the top, and someone below was beating gongs and drums to explain: "Besides Lin Yuan, the richest man in Putian, bring a message during the Lantern Festival: Whoever can go up to win the lottery will be rewarded with ten ingots!"

A temporary table was set up under the bamboo pole, and ten shiny yellow ingots were placed on the table.

There were only two or three guards around, but the Lin member did not appear.Only an old butler was watching there.

Wu Zonglun frowned more and more.

Lin Zhiying, the richest man in Putian, has already returned to his hometown. Why is the butler Lin still staying in Putian?There is not even a tray for these golds, and they are not concealed, for fear that others will not be tempted by them.

He looked around carefully, saw many familiar faces in the yamen, and instantly understood: I'm afraid this is not a lottery at all, but a game to trap someone!

He looked left and right, thinking that Hu Ge's character who was afraid of chaos in the world, why didn't he come to join in the fun, but he can see that this is a game, and he must be able to see it too!

He wanted to leave this place of right and wrong as soon as possible, but he was a little worried. Liu Hai was right, Yimei never harmed the people, and after robbing the rich, he did help the poor. He was considered a good person.Wouldn't it be too unethical for me to walk away without reminding him?

He was hesitating when he heard commotion in the arena. It turned out that a black figure suddenly jumped up from the crowd, and he reached out to pick up the package on the bamboo pole. He was proud when he got it, but he heard a sound of Peng, the package burst and flew out. There was a cloud of colored smoke, and the man in black couldn't dodge in time, he was choked and coughed, and officers and soldiers who didn't wear official uniforms jumped out of the surrounding immediately, holding spears and other weapons to surround him in the field!

Yuan Hongshi ran forward, gritted his teeth, and said, "A plum! You have today! Someone, bring this thief back to the county government office, and behead him after tomorrow's public trial!"

Both Wu Zonglun and Liu Hai were shocked.

Wu Zonglun lowered his head and said, "Hai'er, I... want to save a plum, do you agree?"

Liu Hai nodded: "We can't let him be beheaded, Brother Ang, go!"

Wu Zonglun stretched out his hand: "Where's the handkerchief you bought just now?"

Liu Hai hurriedly searched for it and handed it to him. He covered his face with the veil, fastened a dead button, and jumped down from the big tree.

Everyone said "ah".

He didn't speak, jumped into the encirclement, and stretched out his hand to block the spears of the officers and soldiers in front of him. Taking advantage of the gap, he reached out to grab the shoulder of the plum, thinking that the two of them would fly out together.

Unexpectedly, that "a plum" clasped his wrist with a backhand, and said loudly: "My lord! This time I finally caught a plum!"

Yuan Hong also laughed and said, "Well done! You are worthy of being the descendants of the gods! Are you satisfied with the plan of a mantis catching cicadas like a plum? You are not wronged if you die at my hands this time, right?"

Wu Zonglun broke out in a cold sweat.

Hu Ge, you fucked me up again!

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Yuan Hong was proud of himself, Wu Zonglun was sweating, and the descendants of the god catcher suddenly felt a pain in the back of his head and passed out on the ground.

The man in black greeted the audience and nodded at Wu Zonglun: "Thank you brother! Leave the rest to me!"

Wu Zonglun was not polite either. He wanted to leave after grabbing the weapons of the two officers and soldiers, but when he saw Hu Ge walking straight towards Yuan Hong, he resigned himself to his fate and continued to cover for him.

"You villain...!" Yuan Hong had an intuition that this person is the real plum. He was about to scold someone, but was grabbed by the waist: "Tell people to back down! Otherwise, I will kiss you!"

Yuan Hong couldn't help trembling when he thought of the methods this man had used to punish him these days, and he waved his hands to make the officers and soldiers retreat.

A plum frowned and threatened the person in his arms: "Xiao Honghong! You are really bad this time! I will spank your ass!" Turning around, he picked up Yuan Hong and left. Not even a shadow can be seen.Wu Zonglun hurriedly took advantage of the chaos and fled.

He ran for a long time with Liu Hai in a hurry, and he was relieved when he reached the entrance of the village.

Until this moment, Liu Hai was still in shock: "County Yuan was captured by a plum? What does a plum want?"

Wu Zonglun shook his head and said, "What else can I do? He hasn't mentioned going to Wanhualou for many days... Uh, leave these two alone, let's go home!"

The encounter between the two tonight was really thrilling and exciting. After returning home, Yu Shi and the child were fast asleep. After washing, they couldn't fall asleep lying on the bed.

Liu Hai originally wanted to ask about Yuan Hong and Hu Ge, but he was moved by Wu Zonglun's touch from top to bottom, and after some intimacy, he also forgot about it.

The next day was sunny.

Liu Hai collected firewood early in the morning, and Wu Zonglun cooked rice and boiled water at home, fed the two children, and pulled grass to feed the sheep. It was almost noon, and the head of the village, Run Run Shaw, came and asked Yu. and two children, busy asking where it came from.

Yu Shidao said, this is Wu Er, my natal nephew, who brought his children to join relatives, and the head of the village took the list and added "Wu Er" and the names of the two children:

"Next month is His Highness King Jin's birthday, and we need to collect food temporarily. Your family now has three more people, and you have to pay three more per head."

Yu said: "Uncle Shao, do two nursing babies count as a couple?"

Run Run Shaw said: "Mr. Yu, I won't tell you too much. If you have something to say, talk to His Royal Highness King Jin!"

Yu Shi was so angry that his hands shook: "What are you talking about, do I have the right words with King Jin! How did you, an unreasonable person, give birth to a sensible child like Shao An?!"

Run Run Shaw snorted, and Wu Zonglun hurriedly stepped forward to smooth things over and said, "The two children are still young, and the three buckets of food are indeed quite a lot. For Shao An's sake, we should each make a concession. Uncle Shao will give us a three-day extension. That's it. How are you?"

Run Run Shaw sighed: "I have been neighbors for many years. Could it be that I want to force you? However, the king of Jin sent soldiers to come, and now he is blocking the gate of the county yamen to ask the magistrate for food. If there is no food today, the chief Then you will be arrested and put in a big prison. I will go in, and your families will not be able to escape, and you will have to sit in prison!"

Wu Zonglun said: "There is really no food. I'll go get the silver."

Run Run Shaw claimed the money and left, and Yu coughed angrily: "There hasn't been such a thing as food grabbing in a year or two! It won't work for a few days? Wait for Shao An to come and see how I reprimand him!"

Wu Zonglun had another thing in mind.Jin Wang's power has always been entrenched in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas, and now he has come to Fujian to collect grain, which is too long.Could it be that the preparations for King Jin's battle for succession have reached a fever pitch?

He had a vague premonition that there was going to be some chaos in the world.Liu Hai came back at noon, and after eating, he took all the rest of the family's money with him.

Tell Liu Hai a few words, borrow a cart from Yuhang in the afternoon, and go to the rice market to exchange all the money for grain, salt and other things.He wandered around the rice market until it was dark and the curfew was about to come, and then he pushed the grain into the village.I encountered a soldier on the road to investigate, but fortunately no one stopped.

At the entrance of the village, they met Liu Hai who greeted him, and the two pushed the cart back home together.

Yu said: "Why do you buy so much food? It's too hot to keep."

Wu Zonglun said: "The year is not good, maybe I won't be able to buy it if I have money in a few days, I won't do anything these few days, I will dig a cellar at home and store it."

Liu Hai had heard him say before that the two sons of the emperor were vying to be the emperor, so the world would be in chaos for a while, and it would not be wrong to save some food, so he nodded and said: "Mother, it is not wrong to listen to Brother Ang, I will go Cook, rest and I will help tomorrow."

Wu Zonglun walked around the front and back of the house. Originally, he wanted to break ground behind the house, but after searching carefully, he suddenly found some weeds protruding from the corner of the house. When he pushed the weeds away, he found a dry well.

Liu Haidao: "This was a dry well when I was a child, and it hasn't come out of water for so many years."

Wu Zonglun said: "Probably the location of the well is wrong. No one dug a well in the corner behind the house. I'll go down and have a look. If the bottom is dry, it will save me a lot of hard work."

He asked Liu Hai to find hemp rope and other things, and went down the well wall bit by bit, and finally found a pile of dead branches and fallen leaves. The well is not deep, the well mouth is not big, and the bottom and walls of the well are all extremely dry and very ventilated. A great place to stash things.

He went up and told Liu Hai.Liu Hai was also amazed, saying that he wanted to play when he was a child, but after his mother found out and beat him up, he never dared to go down again.

The two used ropes to hang the excess grain and other things, sealed the wellhead, and covered it with weeds and wooden boards.Looking at each other, they both feel much more at ease in their hearts.

A few days later, Hu Ge never came back, so the shopkeeper called Wu Zonglun to the flower hall, saying that he would hand over all the miscellaneous affairs of the accountant to him. How can you take his place?"

The shopkeeper sneered: "Old Hu, he has a big heart. He probably went to other places to get a job, so he was embarrassed to say it. There are not many things in the fish shop. If you are willing to do it, I will save you worry and trouble. If you don't want to do it, you can't do it." Barely... Whatever you want."

Wu Zonglun thought for a while: "Okay, but I can only sit in the fish store for half a day. Also, if Hu's accountant comes back, you still have to use him."

The shopkeeper's smile faded a little, he nodded and said, "I didn't expect you to be very loyal, okay, I'll take care of you."

When I got home in the evening, the whole family was having dinner when Shao An came over with a pastry in his hand, saying that he was apologizing to Mrs. Yu.

Mrs. Yu scolded him well and let out a bad breath.At this time, the two children woke up and cried loudly. Shao An went to see Liu Hai and fed them goat milk. He was quite surprised and asked where the child came from. Yu asked him how his marriage was going.

Shao An resentfully said: "Don't mention it, my father has offended all the neighbors because of the grain collection. He originally said that he would introduce me to blind dates after the New Year, but now there is no movement."

Yu Shi and Liu Hai comforted him a few words, Wu Zonglun sent him out of the gate, Shao An

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