Hearing this, Shen Chen immediately looked at Wang Shou.

It is self-evident who said this.

Wang Shou kept smiling bitterly, shrinking his neck and trying to reduce his presence, and even hid behind Du Buyou.

Lin Xi watched all directions and listened in all directions. Seeing this, Shen Chen waved his hand and asked keenly: "Is there something wrong with the identities of those people?"

Shen Chen looked at her and said nothing for a while, but when he saw the children running out of the house, he first asked Wang Shou and Du to take the children out to play.

This made Lin Xi even more confused.

Shen Chen immediately took her to sit under the shed, poured her a bowl of hot water for her to drink, and then said, "There is something wrong. They were fugitives from the government before."

"puff--"

Lin Xicai spurted out the hot water in his mouth, and was startled by Shen Chen's words and coughed.

Shen Chen quickly stood up and patted her on the back.

"Drink slowly. It's not like I didn't tell you. Why are you in a hurry?"

"Is this a question of whether I am in a hurry or not?"

Lin Xi finally calmed down, looked at Shen Chen dumbfounded, and said, "Really or not? Are they really fugitives?"

Shen Chen looked a little helpless and nodded: "It's true. They are not locals. They escaped from the north when there was trouble a few years ago. So people here don't recognize them, so they usually live there." In the mountains, I occasionally go down to make a living and make money, and I sell some prey for money, so I live a good life."

Lin Xi swallowed, "What happened to the fugitives? What crime did they commit? Is it serious?"

Shen Chen said: "It should be a little serious."

"What do you mean should?? Isn't it right?"

Shen Chen thought for a moment and said calmly: "There are six people in total, and the leader was originally a military household. A few years ago, there was a war in the north, and the city where he was located was surrendered by the general who defended the city. As a result, the rebels entered the city and massacred the people. His family members also suffered. . Later, although the imperial court sent people to take back the city, it did not help, and the generals at that time were not severely punished."

"Then what?"

Lin Xi became angry.

Shen Chen said: "This man found a way to kill the general and hung his head outside the door of the mansion. That night, he was wanted by the officials. He escaped thirty miles outside the city, but was arrested. However, he was arrested. On the day he was sentenced to be beheaded, some people who could not bear to see the dead general robbed the execution ground and rescued him."

Lin Xi: "There must have been many people from the government at that time, but the common people were able to rescue them??"

Shen Chen said: "Not only them, but many local people are helping them avoid being hunted by the government and letting them escape in the chaos. Those people's families all died in the war, and they were all alone. In the end, they became bandits and went all the way south until they passed by Here, we settled in Huming Mountain."

Lin Xi understood. The general who abandoned the city and the people was unpopular, so a man appeared and killed him. The people regarded him as a hero, and of course they would not watch the government kill him.

Lin Xi also felt very sad.

In troubled times, how could an egg be intact? Most of the misfortunes happened in places she couldn't see.

Lin Xi asked again: "Then how did you get to know them?"

Shen Chen explained: "A few years ago, the county government received a report saying that all his money was robbed while passing by Huming Mountain. The people in the government were not familiar with Huming Mountain. They heard that I had gone in several times, so I So he went and met them later in the mountains."

Lin Xi thought it sounded familiar, "Why is this similar to the legend from Huming Mountain?"

"Exactly this." Shen Chen said, "The person who reported the case was a scholar. He studied hard for many years and was prepared to be idle for several years, so he brought a lot of trouble. Unexpectedly, after being discovered by his companions, the companions got angry. With evil thoughts, I drugged him to stun him and took away all his troubles."

"Later, not long after Xiucai woke up, he met those people in the mountains. He thought they were responsible for murder and robbery. After escaping from Huming Mountain, he went to report the crime. After I took over, I found that they were not the murderers and had no motive or time for committing the crime. I asked Xiucai He sent people to chase after his companions. Since those people were familiar with the mountains, they helped to recover the scholar’s ​​companions.”

Lin Xi listened in fascination, "What then?"

Shen Chen looked at her as if she was a story in an obedient book, and couldn't help but feel a little amused, and said: "When I found her, those companions had already squandered the scholar's money and destroyed the scholar's documents. The war had just ended at that time. The imperial government was very strict, and no documents were allowed to pass through. The scholar could not go to the capital, and there were no entanglements around him. The scholar was quite shocked and decided to stay and earn some money before leaving."

Lin Xi asked: "Is he gone now?"

Shen Chen recalled, "I left two years ago. I remember that the man was very diligent and knowledgeable. If he studied hard and prepared, he would be just in time for this year's scientific examination."

Lin Xi asked curiously: "What's his name?"

Could it be another help for Shen Chen in the officialdom in the future?

Shen Chen shook his head: "I never asked, I only met him a few times."

Lin Xi lamented that she really couldn't expect him to take Shen Chen's temper seriously. She probably forgot about it after helping him.

She said: "There are rumors that this scholar is crazy and has disappeared. It can be seen that the rumors cannot be fully believed."

Rumors spread, rumors spread, and things changed as they spread.

Shen Chen hummed, "However, it's good to have these rumors. This way, not many people will enter Huming Mountain, which is also beneficial to those people."

Lin Xi asked curiously: "Shen Chen, since you know they are fugitives, why..."

"Why not report it to the government?" Shen Chen said.

Lin Xi nodded.

Those people can now stay well in Huming Mountain, and no one from the Yamen has gone. No need to ask, Shen Chen must have informed the Yamen and deliberately concealed their existence.

Shen Chen said: "I don't think they did anything wrong. The law may be wrong, but it's the right thing to do."

As he said that, his eyes turned cold, "If I were there at that time and encountered a general who surrendered without a fight and caused suffering to the people, I would..."

Shen Chen didn't say anything else.

Lin Xi shuddered inexplicably, realizing that if a general like that fell into Shen Chen's hands, he would most likely end up miserable.

Shen Chen probably noticed Lin Xi's reaction, so he immediately held her hand and squeezed her palm, and the coldness lingering around him gradually dissipated.

He said: "If you don't want to use them, I will find others. This way, it is not suitable to grow red peppers in the mountains. I do have another place, but it is in Hai County."

"No need, it's fine to just use them." Lin Xi shook his head.

It sounds like they are all good people who can endure hardships and stand hard work. She makes money when such people grow red peppers for her.

Shen Chen hesitated: "But now, you already know their identities as fugitives..."
Chapter completed!