The crowd looked back after hearing the sound. After a while, the surrounding wall of people formed a path, and a staggering young man was helped in.
When everyone saw it, they exclaimed: "Little Ding Er!"
Xu He also looked at the visitor in surprise at this time. It turned out that he was the young man they rescued outside Qintong.
When Old Zheng saw Ding Erxiao, Gujing Bubo's face finally showed a hint of excitement. His lips trembled slightly, and he suppressed his joy and said: "Erxiao, are you not dead?"
Ding Erxiao hugged Old Zheng's head and cried: "Uncle Zheng, Erxiao is not dead, Erxiao is not dead!"
The young man next to Lao Zheng's head punched Ding Er's chest and said, "Brother Ding, when we saw you came back and were taken away, we thought you were killed and buried by Mr. Dou and the others!"
When Ding Erxiao heard Dou Ma Tong's name, a trace of disdain appeared on his weak but unruly face and he cursed: "You idiot, you still want to kill me. I took advantage of their unpreparedness and ran away like a motherfucker."
"Second child!"
"elder brother!"
Suddenly, a young and pretty girl walked into the crowd supporting a blind mother-in-law.
Ding Er, a shy man, cried excitedly after seeing his blind mother-in-law. He immediately broke away from the person who was supporting him and rushed to his mother-in-law. He knelt down and yelled: "Mother!"
The blind mother-in-law stretched out her thin hands and touched her son with trembling hands. Two lines of turbid tears flowed from the cracks in her eyes that could no longer be opened.
"Mother, forgive my son for being unfilial. If I run away, Old Thief Dou will definitely try his best to cause trouble for you!" Ding Erxiao cried and kowtowed.
The young man on the side helped him up and choked with sobs: "Brother Ding, Doumatong took both the aunt and sister Juan'er into the house. If we hadn't rebelled, sister Juan'er would have..."
When Ding Erxiao heard this, he gritted his teeth and said, "What about Dou Ma Tong? I'm going to tear him alive!"
The young man said proudly: "He's dead, he was beaten to death by us!"
Ding Erxiao looked at him in surprise, unable to believe that the news was true.
Lao Zheng nodded and said: "Not only Doumatong, but also those who bully us in daily life, were all caught and killed by us!"
The young man smiled and said: "Second brother, and that Lu San, do you remember him? He was caught by us and hasn't been killed yet. When the time comes, he will let you vent his hatred!"
Ding Erxiao nodded when he heard this, then turned to look at Xu He and asked everyone: "Why do you want to kill him?"
The young man glared at Xu He and said, "This guy is in the same group as Douma Tong and the others!"
Xu He was speechless. When had his composition been classified as a salt tyrant?
The young man waved his hand and said: "Don't talk nonsense. This young man saved me on the road. I almost starved to death at that time. It was this young man who rescued me on the boat and fed me some food. Otherwise, I would not know now. He fell on the side of the road!"
"And after they rescued me on the boat, I pretended to be unconscious, and I heard him telling his men that he wanted to persuade Zhang Bingxian not to send troops to encircle and suppress our Kuancha!"
Xu He said in shock: "So you were awake when we were talking?"
Ding Erxiao nodded: "Because I saw that your followers were carrying knives in your hands, I thought you were thieves, so I pretended to be unconscious. However, I really fell asleep not long after. If someone hadn't discovered me just now, In the cabin, maybe I’m still asleep now!”
Xu He: "..."
When Old Zhengtou heard this, he frowned and asked Ding Er, "What on earth is going on?"
Ding Erxiao told them all about how he escaped from the salt soldiers sent by Dou Matong after escaping, how he accidentally bumped into Xu He and others, and how he heard Xu He mention the tea farm in the cabin.
When everyone heard what Ding Er said to Xu He, "The court failed them", everyone cried.
Many of them have been making tea and drying salt since their ancestors.
Although the work of drying salt is very hard, they have endured it for generations in order to keep their stomachs full.
Who is willing to rebel unless absolutely necessary?
It’s really not that they can’t live anymore. Who is willing to leave their hometown?
But the taxes imposed by the court became heavier and heavier, and the exploitation of officials became more and more ruthless. Finally, the last two cents per pound of salt became the straw that broke the camel's back.
God, this thief, will not let them live after all.
It is such a group of people, such a group of miserable people. Until now, they thought that it was the officials and the court who oppressed them, not the human emperor who hid in the palace and only cultivated immortality every day.
Xu He was a little sad and felt sorry for them, but he couldn't tell these poor people that in fact, the person who really wants the lives of you people is the person who is sacred in your hearts and cannot be violated or desecrated.
Because of Ding Erxiao's story, people's hostility towards Xu He was significantly reduced.
Old Zheng shouted at the young men who were escorting him and asked in surprise, "Mr. Xu, do you really have a way to save us?"
Xu He knew that he could not hesitate at this time. He nodded heavily and said: "Believe me!"
"Uncle Zheng..." The young man just now wanted to stop him excitedly, but was stopped by Ding Erxiao beside him.
The young man seemed to listen to Ding Erxiao's words. After being stopped, although his face was still aggrieved, he finally endured it.
Old Zheng glanced at the young man, then turned to Xu He and said, "Mr. Xu, please tell me your solution!"
Xu He adjusted his thoughts, nodded and said: "First of all, you have to release the Hailing County Magistrate. He has just taken office and has no involvement with Hailing or any salt fields. There is no reason for you to arrest him!"
Old Zhengtou frowned and said, "But..."
Xu He said first: "I know your worries, so why not ask Magistrate Chen to come out first? You can send people to follow him to prevent him from escaping. If you want to break the situation, you will eventually fall on Magistrate Chen!"
Old Zheng thought for a moment and nodded to the cooks behind him.
After receiving the order, the kitchen servants turned around and ran into Dou Matong's mansion.
After a while, the unkempt Chen Hua was dragged out by several people.
Xu He almost laughed out loud when he saw him. Originally, Chen Hua looked quite like an old farmer. After such torture, he is now better. He is no longer an old farmer, but an old tenant!
Chen Hua was tortured terribly by these people. The cooks did not beat or scold him, but they neither gave him food nor water. They dropped him in a water cell with only his toes slightly touching the ground, which made him ecstasy. die.
When he was brought out, he thought the end had come. He was about to make an impassioned speech before resolutely going to die. Unexpectedly, when he raised his eyes, he saw a smiling face looking at him.
"Xu, Xu He?" Chen Hua had mixed feelings in his heart at this moment, he was confused, ashamed, and a little bit embarrassed.
"County Magistrate Chen, we meet again!" Xu He smiled beautifully, especially behind the two rows of dazzling white teeth!
