Li Chengqian and Hou Junji set off from the county seat to a new county seat to appease the people, help them, and deal with corrupt officials.
Li Chengqian once again turned into a wandering scholar and marched forward, but this time there were more people in the team.
Originally there were more than ten, but now there are more than twenty, euphemistically called protecting Li Chengqian's safety.
They have done a lot of things in the county they just passed through. If someone leaks the news, His Royal Highness Li Chengqian, the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty, will be in danger. What's more, there are some people in the southwestern region where they are now who have different ideas. , a team that has already taken over.
However, Li Chengqian moved forward again and did not notice at all that there were two figures in the mountain forest where they were walking. An inexplicable light flashed in the eyes of the two figures who were shaking their heads and reciting poems.
"Sister, you see there is a team at the bottom of the mountain that looks like men of letters. They should be unafraid of the powerful and can speak out for us. How about we go to them for help?"
Two sisters who were once chased by the government officials, after the younger sister asked, the elder sister shook her head.
"No, we can't rush out to ask for help. Most of these literati are sons of rich and powerful families. Only such sons have the opportunity to read and write. We rush down rashly without knowing what their character is like. If the sheep falls into the tiger's mouth, the two of us will no longer have any relatives, and we will pay a heavy price if we continue."
The two sisters had no idea what you said to me. If they went down there, they might have a great opportunity. However, although these two sisters were worried, they did not act rashly. That's all.
So let go of the opportunity.
Li Chengqian led his guards and marched forward chanting the saint's classics. However, Li Chengqian and others moved forward worriedly, wanting to see what was going on around them. But as soon as they turned around the mountain road, they saw a quite large place at the end of the street in front of them. Ruined village.
"What's going on? Why is there such a dilapidated village here?"
Li Chengqian asked, and everyone shook their heads.
Although they looked at the map of the southwest when they came, the map did not clearly show where there were villages, only the names of some cities.
But looking at the village road, there must be people living here, but I don’t know why it is now so desolate.
Although he didn't know why the village in front of him looked like this, after discovering a village, Li Chengqian entered the village with the idea of seeing if anyone could get news from the village.
When we first entered the village, was there anyone alive? There are scenes of bones walking in the wild everywhere.
This scene made Li Chengqian couldn't help but be shocked.
"How could this be? Are all these people starving to death?"
But just as he finished speaking, Qin Huaiyu next to him took a step forward.
"Your Highness, they did not starve to death, but were injured. Look at the wounds on their bodies."
Qin Huaiyu pointed to a white bone not far away and said, "The neat section was obviously cut with a knife."
"Hateful! So unconscionable!"
Li Chengqian clenched his fists. The white bones that Qin Huaiyu pointed at were definitely no more than ten years old. Even if they were over ten years old, they were malnourished and thin. All in all, it was very worrying.
"Who on earth would do such a thing? Gu Gu will seek justice for them. Now arrange for people to collect their bones and bury them properly."
After Li Chengqian finished speaking, Qin Huaiyu hurriedly clasped his fists.
"His Royal Highness, the Holy Ming."
The two sisters in the distance looked at the scene in front of them. They couldn't help but chatter there.
"Sister, look at what I would call them good people, but they actually collected the bones of people in our village."
But as soon as she finished speaking, she turned around and saw her sister crying.
"Sister, what's wrong with you?"
The older sister looked at her younger sister's heartless look and said, "
I'm happy with you. "
This unreasonable sentence made his sister quite unhappy.
"What's going on, sister? You're crying so sadly, and you're saying you're happy that I'm like this, which is contradictory."
With one sentence, his sister knew that he had not made it clear just now. If his sister's careless thoughts were not explained clearly to him, she might still quarrel with him, so she immediately started talking.
"I once heard someone say that the most dangerous place is the safest. Now we have the opportunity to come here. To avoid the government officials who are tracking us, we must live for the justice of the people in our village.
Another thing is that we should collect the corpses for them, but we are afraid that there will be problems if we go out, but there will be no problem if they go out, and we will definitely collect them neatly. "
When the elder sister said this, the younger sister reacted and started crying too.
"Yeah, why didn't I expect that our parents were down there? My parents didn't expect that this would be the case when we meet again."
As he said this, the two women hugged each other and cried bitterly.
While crying, the two women were probably tired from crying, so they hugged each other and gradually fell asleep.
When the two girls got up again, they suddenly realized that they had been too careless just now. They actually ignored the scene and fell asleep like this.
Although they were very scared, they still looked at the original location of their village in the distance, and they were shocked by this sight.
The original situation of corpses strewn all over the place no longer exists. There is not a single white bone on the street. All of them were collected and placed in a huge new tomb in front of the village. Then many literati and poets, of course, they The literati in front of them had found tools from somewhere and were dumping the soil in front of them into the pit to bury them.
Seeing such a scene, the two girls started crying again, but the younger sister was so careless.
"Sister, I guess they don't want us to be embarrassed. We can't cry when we send them to such a good day to live a good life."
As soon as the girl finished speaking, her sister nodded heavily.
"Yes, you are right, you can't cry."
The two girls were quietly in their hiding place, watching the people in the distant village burying all their relatives and standing in a row. One of them stepped forward and found some sacrifices from somewhere. The items were placed in front of them, and then they bowed heavily to their graves.
This shocked the two girls even more.
What is this doing? Could it be that our relatives have arrived? Did they make a sacrifice just because they knew each other?
Are there such relatives in our village? Or are you talking about distant relatives? How come we don't know?
Although the two girls were very curious and didn't know what was going on, they still watched quietly to see if there were any other strange behaviors of the people in front of them.
Soon, the young man who came out of the queue put the incense in his hand on the ground, looked at the dirt bag in front of him and said loudly and solemnly.
"Don't worry, I won't let you die. I will definitely uphold justice for you. No matter who it is, as long as they kill you without any reason, I swear here that I will uphold justice for you."
After Li Chengqian said these words loudly, the two women burst into tears instantly.
These are their relatives, otherwise you can take huge risks to seek justice for them.
Their relatives must be right.
The two sisters looked at me and I looked at you, and at the same time they saw a touch of joy in each other's hearts. The anxious ones will rush down the mountain to meet the people who are burying them in front of them.
It's just that they have been hiding here for a long time, and they are hiding and chasing people, and they don't have much supplies. He suddenly stood up, shaking his slightly weaker sister, and fell to the ground with a plop.
This frightened her sister.
"Sister, how are you? Don't scare me, you are the only relative I have."
This sister is so carefree that she doesn't care about the current situation. Since she has already made plans to come and meet the following people, who may be her relatives, there is no need to hide and talk loudly. Shouting there.
"elder sister!"
This moment shocked Li Chengqian and the others. Is there anyone else nearby?
How can this be? They had searched just now, but there was no sign of anyone at all, and now suddenly a person pops up. Isn't this a slap in their face?
Li Chengqian was at the scene
Although Li Chengxian was very curious about what was going on and why there were people nearby, he still looked at Qin Huaiyu next to him, who waved his hand.
The four people rushed away quickly. Although they were wearing the clothes of men of letters, they quickly pulled out a short knife from the hidden place of the clothes, looked at each other and rushed forward.
The remaining people surrounded Li Chengqian, and some even hurriedly turned over and walked back to their horses, galloping away to look for the Tang army that should have arrived from behind, but had not yet appeared.
They were not worried about Hou Junji missing time with them, they were only worried about encountering something later that he had to hide. If some people they don't want to see appear near them and delay their time, causing trouble to His Royal Highness, this will be a big trouble.
Soon, the four young generals arranged by Qin Huaiyu came to the two sisters. Looking at the two girls who were wearing clothes that were slightly different from the Han people, these people hurriedly looked around, and after confirming that they were safe, they immediately stopped. He raised his weapon and one of them stepped forward.
"Girl, what's wrong with you? Do you need help?"
As soon as a person finished speaking, this sister was so carefree that she had already confirmed that she was her relative, so she didn't think there was any problem and hurriedly spoke.
"Hurry up and help her. This is my sister. We haven't eaten for a long time and we have to bury our relatives. But for some reason, you guys are here. I just wanted to go down and say hello to you. But my sister fainted."
"Uh, is that what happened?"
Then the person who asked hurriedly stretched out his hand to check the girl's breath.
"You're still alive. But your face is pale, as if you're hungry. Who brought food?"
Maybe it was because weak women were pitied by others. Soon the young and energetic young men took out the portable food and water they had brought with them and delivered them to the girl who fell on the ground. Gradually, the girl woke up. He came over, looked at the group of people surrounding him and started crying again.
This time he cried again, which made the people in front of him at a loss.
"What's going on? Why are you crying again? You are absolutely safe when you encounter us. Is your village below?"
Nod after confirmation.
"Great, we're just going to ask you what's going on."
Originally, she felt that the person in front of her should be her relative. After hearing these people's questions, the elder sister felt that she had found the right person, and she burst into tears. Even his younger sister started to cry there.
It's just that the younger sister was crying and suddenly fainted just like his elder sister. This was another hectic situation.
