Judging by their clothes, neither of them were Han Chinese. They both had floral cloths on their heads and wore blue double-breasted tops, long trousers and cloth shoes. Da Kui didn't know what race they were, but these two people ruined their own good deeds. Even the Tianwang Laozi clan also
I have to pull out two of his hairs.
The two people walked north through the residential area and arrived at a local temple. Seeing that the small temple was small and very dilapidated, Dakui couldn't help but wonder why the two men came out to be thieves when they didn't have the skills of people in the world.
Seeing the two of them pushing open the door and entering the ruined temple, Dakui stopped and walked around to the back of the temple and climbed over the temple wall.
There was a willow tree in the corner of the small temple. Da Kui jumped up, and then jumped from the willow tree onto the roof of the small temple. The small temple was in disrepair for a long time, and the roof was open to the sky. Da Kui looked at the temple from the roof, where a bonfire was burning. The bonfire
There was a big pot on the shelf, and I didn't know what was being cooked in it.
Six or seven people, men, women, old and young, gathered around the bonfire, each holding bowls and chopsticks in their hands, all looking eagerly at the big pot. The two thieves earlier were also among them, and the two large bundles they had stolen were placed in the corner of the room. These people
They were dressed in shabby clothes and had a sallow complexion. A middle-aged woman was holding a little girl in her arms.
Although this little girl is thin, her big eyes reveal a bit of agility. The girl waited for a while, raised her head and called softly: "Mom, I'm hungry." The child's mother stroked the child's head and said, "Wait a little longer.
Wait, the porridge will be ready in a while." The oldest old man in the circle coughed slightly and said: "Geji, what did you steal back?"
One of the young men who was a thief stood up and walked to the corner and opened a bundle. Inside were several wooden boxes. The young man named Geji opened a wooden box, and Da Kui saw inside a pair of lions carved from a piece of beautiful jade. Then
Geji opened another wooden box, and inside was a pair of calligraphy and paintings. Dakui couldn't help being surprised. Although he was escorting a bodyguard, he didn't know what he was escorting. Now when he saw the jade lion and the calligraphy and painting in the wooden box, he immediately understood that the rest of the goods were
The satin tea bricks and wooden boxes are filled with antiques, jade and other treasures.
Geji placed the two wooden boxes on the ground. The old man saw them and sighed: "These are the treasures of the Han people. It's a pity that we don't even have enough to eat." Geji said: "Pawn these things tomorrow.
Buy some food and come back." The old man scolded: "We people don't even have enough to eat, so where do we get these things? The Han people are the most cunning. If they see these treasures, they will report to the officials to arrest us." After saying this, he sighed and said.
: "Meng Ade, who also came to Shunyuan, stole things from the Han people and was beaten to death by the officials."
Geji came back and sat down, and the old man said: "Okay, everyone, let's eat quickly." Hearing the old man's words, Geji took a wooden spoon and scooped out the porridge from the pot. He first filled a bowl for the old man, and then gave it to the old man.
Everyone present took two spoonfuls. When Dakui was in the room, he saw that their porridge was just clear soup with little water, but there were only a few grains of rice.
Dakui quietly came down from the room, walked around to the main door and pushed in. Everyone in the temple was in chaos when they heard the noise. When Dakui walked into the temple and saw women and children, they were so frightened that they shrank into the corner, while the rest of the people were frightened when they saw a Han man coming.
All looked frightened.
Dakui said softly: "Don't be afraid, I'm not a bad person." He took off his cloth bag from his waist and said: "I have some money here, you can use it to buy some food." After that, he opened the cloth bag and took out ten coins.
The two pieces of silver were placed on the ground. When the old man saw Da Kui like this, he plucked up the courage and asked, "Aren't you here to arrest us?"
Dakui smiled and said: "I am also a poor man, I just heard what you said." Then Dakui said to the old man: "I am also hungry, can you let me drink some porridge?" The old man felt relieved after hearing what Dakui said.
: "Drink, drink, as long as you don't dislike it." After saying that, he pointed to the porridge bowl on the ground.
Dakui called others to come and sit around, then he picked up the porridge bowl, took a sip and then put it down. Dakui tasted that the porridge was made from whole grains. The little girl opposite asked timidly: "Uncle, this grain
We picked them one by one from the ground where the government kept grain. We boiled them for a long time. Does it taste good?" Hearing this, Dakui smiled at the little girl and said, "It tastes good." After saying that, he turned around and asked the old man in confusion.
He said: "Now that King Wu has conquered all parts of the south of the Yangtze River, Shunyuan City is also under his jurisdiction. Why are you so poor?" The old man sighed: "We are the Gelao people, and we have made a living by farming around Shunyuan City for generations. This year we suffered
There was a locust plague and no crops were harvested, so we had no choice but to enter Shunyuan City to make a living."
Dakui asked in confusion: "Then the government won't release food for disaster relief?" The old man said: "Shunyuan City is governed according to the race of the residents. Now there are more than 100,000 disaster victims. All ethnic groups want to receive disaster relief food from the government.
We need to be filial and filial. We have been farming for generations and still don’t have enough food and clothing, so what can we do in exchange for food rations?”
Dakui asked again: "Who is the Lord of Shunyuan City?" The old man said: "I don't know about this." Dakui stood up and said: "In this case, I will go back. These things belong to my escort team.
We need to take it back." He pointed to the two baggage in the corner. The old man was at a loss when he heard this: "Oh, look, we don't know these things are yours, I..."
Dakui said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, let's just treat it as a misunderstanding." After saying that, he went over to pack his bags and said goodbye to the old man, carrying them one by one. The old man asked someone to send them back, but Dakui politely declined.
After leaving the temple gate, Da Kui felt half-hearted. The newly established Ming Dynasty was devastated in a blink of an eye. First, he saw Wang Fu from Huguang, who used his relatives to collect money and make trouble. Then he saw it again in Shunyuan City, where ethnic groups live together.
Disaster-stricken refugees are in dire straits.
Back at the inn, Da Kui carried the two packages into the bunk room and asked the waiters to put them back one by one, put seals on them and lock them again. People in the room scrambled to ask questions, but Da Kui just kept silent.
Turned around and returned to his room.
Lying on the bed, Da Kui tossed and turned. Should he keep wandering like this or be a good official that the people need? He once imitated Tang He and said: For the suffering of the people, there is no harm in using a thousand swords. Now that he is tired of the military war, he wants to be more powerful.
Hidden from the world, but seeing the ugly behavior of those corrupt officials and playboys, I am always filled with righteous indignation. It is time to do something. Eating all day long is definitely not the behavior of a man.
The next day, the escort team went to the largest store in Shunyuan, Defu Ji, to hand over the documents and belongings. The escort team headed east via Longping that day. When they were in Shunyuan City, Da Kui found out that this De Fu Ji store was the governor of Shunyuan City.
Opened by Master Liang, a small eighth-grade governor actually opened such a large business, and the total value of this batch of goods was nearly 50,000 taels of silver.
Da Kui also found out that Mr. Liang, in the name of disaster relief, had deducted relief money and accepted bribes. Just because he starved to death in Shunyuan City every day, it can be seen that the behavior of corrupt officials is really hateful. Master Meng, the governor of Shunyuan, was said to be
Officials are clean and honest, but why do they turn a blind eye to the illegal activities of their subordinates? What is the mystery behind this?