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Chapter 3 Fake Officials

People in Huatian Village said that the little husband in the village has changed and has become unspeakable. He has no expression on his face. Then he sighed that his little husband has been overstimulated and has become stupid.

In fact, when Lu Haoshan realized that reporting the official was futile and his life was murdered in broad daylight, he became taciturn. He first found out the relics of Old Man Lu during his lifetime, and sold them. Regardless of the persuasion of his neighbors, he sold the three acres of thin fields that were about to be harvested at a low price. He used all the money he raised to do the funeral for Old Man Lu. He first bought a good coffin, bought a cemetery, and asked the monk to do the rituals. He himself wore mourning clothes and took care of Old Man Lu's funeral every day.

Although it was a pity for everyone to sell land for him, many people agreed with his filial piety and spontaneously delivered food to him to help with the funeral of Old Man Lu.

After the first seventh year, Lu Haoshan cleaned up, locked the door, and finally looked at the place that once gave him warmth and warmth, and then left without looking back. This was the last time he was here. After today, he would usher in a new life. He would no longer live in this remote mountain village and wait for death, but instead search for his own wonderful things in troubled times. Of course, before welcoming a new life, we have to put aside one's worries.

Old Man Lu cannot die in vain. He is his life-saving benefactor. He has provided himself with protection and warmth. When Lu Haoshan saw Old Man Lu's cold body, he already understood that axioms exist in most people's hearts, but the truth is in the hands of a few people. In chaos, what is truth? Power is the truth. To be reasonable, scholars are just manifestations of the weak.

If you are a human being again, you will definitely live a wonderful life.

Lu Haoshan walked about a mile towards Qiyang County, then turned around and asked lightly: "Monkey, when are you planning to follow me?"

As soon as he left the village, Lu Haoshan found that there was an extra tail behind him. This tail was nothing else, but Liu Jinzhu, the clever ghost in the village. He left as he walked by himself, and he stopped as he stopped as he stopped, and kept hanging behind him, unable to help but turn his head and ask.

"Brother Shan, I want to hang out with you, so you can take me away." Liu Jinzhu suddenly begged.

Lu Haoshan shook his head without hesitation and said, "No, I have nothing now, and I have used up all the silver at the funeral. It's useless for you to follow me."

"Brother Shan, I don't care about your money. If Brother Shan doesn't mind, I still have a few hundred chunks of money here, all of which I saved up to marry a wife on weekdays. I am willing to hand it over to Brother Shan, just let me follow you."

"No," Lu Haoshan shook his head and said, "I still have to do something serious. I can't take you with me, so you'd better go home."

Liu Jinzhu suddenly said in a shocking voice: "I know that Brother Shan wants to kill that Li Xiangcai to avenge Mr. Lu. Brother Shan, take me with me. I know all the roads in all directions and have some strength. When I have to work hard, I will never get diarrhea."

Lu Haoshan suddenly became two steps closer and stared at him and said, "Who said I want to kill someone? Don't talk nonsense."

"Brother Shan, you can't deceive me. There is murderous aura in your eyes. I will see this. Don't worry, I, Liu Jinzhu, is not an ungrateful person. Once I was sick and dying. It was Mr. Lu who saved my life. He saved me. I must repay him. This is one reason, and another reason is that I think Brother Shan is definitely not an ordinary person. If you are stumbling with you, you will definitely make a name for yourself. Brother Shan, please accept me."

This kid is smart. Lu Haoshan squinted his eyes at Liu Jinzhu. Liu Jinzhu stared at Lu Haoshan without any timidity to show that he had no sinister intentions. After a while, Lu Haoshan said lightly: "Even if you add you, we only have two people, we have no wealth and are unarmed. Li Xiangcai from Zhushan Village is a famous gentry, with high walls and strong houses, and a large number of evil slaves in the guard house. Just letting us two will undoubtedly be a death. Are you afraid?"

"Not afraid" Liu Jinzhu said seriously: "There are now chaos in the world. If you don't get killed, you will starve to death. Even if you die, you may be pitiful. You will be able to become a good child in the next life."

"I'm really not afraid?"

"Not afraid"

Lu Haoshan nodded: "Okay, come with me, don't say anything you see, don't ask."

"Yes, Brother Shan" Liu Jinzhu was overjoyed when he heard this and hurriedly followed Lu Haoshan, and then the two walked towards Qiyang County one by one.

...........

Zhushan Village is just an ordinary small village in Qiyang County. Because there are many wild bamboos on the mountain, it is named Zhushan Village. The men, women, young and old in the village have the skills of weaving bamboo baskets and bamboo baskets, but the one that is more famous than this skill is that Zhushan Village has a big figure: Li Xiangcai.

Li Xiangcai's ancestors were also poor, with only ten acres of thin land in his family. After the poor day, when Li Xiangcai's generation, blue smoke suddenly appeared in the ancestral grave. He first passed the exam for a scholar and was qualified for food. He started to make a fortune. Later, he bought land and opened a rice shop to transport ships of white rice out of Yongzhou Prefecture and sold it all over the country. Li Xiangcai's son Li Guang was admitted to the Imperial College of the Dynasty. After he came out, he spent a lot of money to manage his money and a vacancies for a county magistrate in Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi. The son relies on his father's favor and his father relies on his son's honor. Especially in recent years, Li Xiangcai took advantage of the natural disasters and man-made disasters to buy land. The land was spread throughout Qiyang County. It is said that the land totaled more than a thousand acres. In addition, he made a fortune and made a fortune from it. He became a famous rich man with a radius of hundreds of miles. He was rich.

When the mob harmed Huguang like locusts and swept most of Huguang, many landlords and wealthy businessmen in Huguang lost their families, but Yongzhou Prefecture escaped. Many people secretly said that God had no eyes and confiscated the bad guys like Li Xiangcai.

At this time, Li Xiangcai was sitting in the back garden with his newly acquired concubine in a free chair placed under the osmanthus tree. While enjoying the pastries and fruits that the concubine fed him, he listened to the butler's report on the latest investigation. When he heard that the Huatian Villagers were preparing to write a paper to cross Qiyang County to Yongzhou Prefecture to sue him for bullying others, he couldn't help but say:

"These damn mud feet are so bold. If you don't give them a little color, you really don't know who your surname is."

"That's it," said the fat butler, "Now, it is the critical time for the assessment of political achievements. If this matter is spread, it will damage the reputation of the young master and have a bad future. Besides, two subordinates in our mansion have injured, and several strong men in Zhushan Village have also been injured, and each one is very resentful."

When talking about his son's future, Li Xiangcai stood up nervously, walked back and forth with his hands behind his back for a while, then gritted his teeth and said, "Li Er".

"The little one is"

"Give each a generous gift to the magistrate and the magistrate. You should consider how much you give. You should not lose your dignity. In addition, the monthly money of the injured servant doubled this month, and each injured villagers would be rewarded with two taels of silver. At this time, people's hearts cannot be dispersed." Li Xiangcai said with a gloomy face: "This time I will pluck Huatian Village up with the roots."

The water from Huaxi River can first relieve the drought and protect their own interests as much as possible. Although Huatian Village also has land, compared with Li Xiangcai, who occupied about 60% of the land in the village, protecting Zhushan Village is the top priority; the second is to take advantage of the drought to force the people in Huatian Village to death. At that time, they cannot pay taxes or pay back the money, so they will force them to sell the land in their hands. With their years of operation, they can only sell it to themselves. If they buy land in the disaster year, they will have to take advantage of the situation and rob.

The housekeeper Li Er quickly agreed, then hurriedly stepped down and prepared to handle the matter.

"Master, there is an official outside the door who indicates that he wants to see you." As soon as Li Er left, a servant came to report.

Someone is coming so soon?

When Li Xiangcai was anxious, he immediately ordered: "Please."

"Yes, Master"

Soon, the servant walked to the door and said respectfully to the detective who was wearing a six-petal cloth hat, a blue robe, a red armor, a blue silk webbing belt, and a long knife, "This official, my master is welcome."

A trace of murderous aura flashed in the eyes of the official, and he quickly recovered. He didn't even look at the servant, and walked in with his head held high and his chest held high.

If the people from Huatian Village saw it, they would be shocked. Why is the young husband of the Lu family here? He also wore the clothes of the constable.

That's right, this constable was Lu Haoshan. Under the guidance of his servant, he walked into Li Xiangcai's house for the first time. He saw him walking calmly, looking around with interest, looking at the largest and most beautiful house in a radius of hundreds of miles.

I heard Liu Jin say this is a house with nine in and five out of five, covering an area of ​​nearly forty acres. In ancient times, one acre was about 667 square meters, and forty acres covers an area of ​​more than 20,000 square meters. When I saw the ridge-shaped houses outside, it gave people a feeling of spreading their wings and flying. When I went inside, I was even more amazed. It was said that a rich monk came from a poor temple. There were a lot of people in this remote village. There were carved beams, painted buildings, pavilions, gardens, ponds, rockery, and corridors. There were alleys or steps connected between the entrances. The thresholds, window frames, and eaves were carved with various patterns or figures, which looked extremely rich.

When he saw this place decorated in a magnificent manner, he recalled the wild vegetable porridge that Old Man Lu worked at sunrise and returned at sunset and could only eat hard to swallow. This kind of heart and honest man ended up tragically dying. A terrible fire arose in Lu Haoshan's heart. However, when he arrived in the back garden, Lu Haoshan smiled and bowed to him:

"Hello Mr. Li."
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