Autumn rain suddenly began to fall in Henan Prefecture.
The rain came very suddenly. The white clouds in the sky a moment ago had quietly turned into continuous dark clouds before people noticed.
The warm autumn rain first fell tentatively with a few drops.
If it drops on the ground, it will be quickly absorbed by the soil, leaving no trace.
As if trying something out, the dark clouds in the sky began to roll, as if there was a fierce battle going on deep in the dark clouds.
Immediately afterwards, traces of rain fell from the dark clouds like silk threads, the air began to surge, and the temperature between heaven and earth dropped at a speed that could be sensed by the body.
With a roar deep in the dark clouds.
The raindrops turned into big raindrops, and they rushed to hit the ground in clusters.
A gust of autumn wind passed by.
The raindrops hit people's faces and bodies, feeling bitingly cold.
Pattering.
The Songshan Mountains have been wrapped in a curtain of rain, and the earth's atmosphere has risen, gathering into a thin layer of mist in the mountains.
The Ming Dynasty pro-army Jin Yiwei commander Fu Suncheng from Sibei Town, Fusi Town, and his men rode horses and drove cars in the rain, and finally walked from the cement factory to the outside of Anle Village at the foot of the mountain.
Tick.
Tick.
The rainwater on the roof of the cottage flowed downwards along the thatch. When it reached the edge of the eaves, it fell one by one and hit the gutter a foot away from the wall of the house.
"There is no village if you go further back. If you want to go to the Shaolin Temple, you can't get there."
When Sun Cheng and others arrived at the entrance of the village.
A villager wearing a raincoat and a bamboo hat suddenly appeared from the side and stood in front of everyone. He lowered his head and gave a warning.
Sun Cheng looked deep into the village. It was probably because it rained suddenly at this moment, or it was the time when he was busy working, and no one could be seen in the village.
He sat on the horse, lowered his gaze, focused on the man who appeared at the entrance of the village, and said with a smile: "If you don't go in, if you don't go in, this is where you came from."
The villagers of Anle Village raised their heads, revealing their tanned faces full of vicissitudes of life.
"Oh? What are you doing here?"
Sun Cheng dismounted: "Is this Anle Village?"
"yes."
The villager wearing a bamboo hat looked at Sun Cheng with his eyes on the edge of the bamboo hat.
Sun Cheng showed a smile and explained: "That's it. We are here for the master's family. The master's family wants to build a new yard. I heard that Anle Village is rich in bluestone. The master's family sent us here, hoping to communicate with your village. Let’s discuss the material used for the bluestone.”
"The imperial court wants to regulate the river, and the government is urging it hard. The bluestone collected in our village now has to be sent to the river."
The villagers of Anle Village refused and tried to drive Sun Cheng and others away.
Sun Cheng had already led the horse and people to Anle Village.
He looked at the other party: "It is a major matter for the imperial court to regulate the river. Naturally, we do not dare to delay it. We just hope that when the government does not press too hard, your village can help our master's new yard."
There was a trace of impatience on the villager's face: "We have said that the court will control the river, but who knows when the government will do it. You'd better go to other places to look for stones as soon as possible, so as not to delay your master's new yard."
The villagers once again signaled their intention to drive people away.
Sun Cheng didn't care, and continued to lead the people into the village.
In Sun Cheng's sight, Anle Village was very magical.
The houses at the outermost part of the village look very dilapidated, but as you go further in, the houses get better and better built.
From earth walls and thatched roofs, to earth walls and tile roofs.
Then from the earth wall tile roof to the front and rear courtyard.
Finally, around the ancestral hall with a bluestone tile roof in the middle of the village, there are courtyards with bluestone tile roofs leading from the front and back.
The villager was nervous and helpless.
The eyes hidden under the bamboo hat were constantly looking around.
Sun Cheng suddenly asked again: "I wonder where Li is?"
The villagers' hearts tightened: "Anle Village is at Niu Yao Village at the mountain pass in front."
"Who is in charge of your village? Can we see him?"
Sun Cheng stared at the Anle Village Ancestral Hall not far away, located in the middle of the village.
It was just now clear that there were several figures moving around behind the ajar door of the ancestral hall.
The villagers of Anle Village, who were originally going to drive people away, had no choice but to say in a low voice: "The patriarch is at the ancestral hall. Please follow me to the courtyard behind. I'll ask the patriarch if he wants to see you."
Outsiders are not allowed to enter the ancestral hall.
Sun Cheng didn't bother here, he just nodded and looked at the man starting to lead the way. He glanced at the subordinates around him and nodded.
Something is wrong with Anle Village.
The carriage made a creaking sound as it walked in the village, and the sound of horse hooves tapping could be heard clearly.
The two Jin Yiwei who were walking beside the first carriage in front quietly hid in an alley consisting of two houses when the wheels crossed a hurdle and made a bumping sound.
Onle Village Ancestral Hall.
"It's that group of people, they entered the village."
After Li Sanshi checked in front of the ancestral hall and returned to the ancestral hall, his face was tense.
Li Zhicheng nodded towards Li Sanshi, with a sneer on his face, and looked at the clan leader Li Youfu with a faint look: "Uncle, you saw it. Now, this is the government coming to investigate our Anle Village!"
Li Youfu looked worried and frowned, and sighed, "Are you really from the government?"
Li Zhicheng's eyes narrowed: "Apart from the government, who else can enter and leave the cement factory at will?"
Anle Village is too miserable and too dangerous.
Accidents happen every year in the quarry on the mountain, and several people are taken away. If this were not the case, the indecisive uncle in front of him would not be allowed to be the leader of the clan.
Li Youfu's face turned even more ugly. He looked at Li Zhicheng hesitantly: "How about... we should confess to the government? We were all coerced, and those people forced us to do what we did."
childish!
Li Zhicheng snorted coldly in his heart, but asked in reply: "Uncle, do you really think that with what we have done, the court and the government will let us go?"
Li Youfu was a little unwilling: "Then..."
"Uncle!"
Li Zhicheng shouted low and his face turned cold: "Uncle, have you forgotten that before those outsiders came, our Anle Village had already soaked those bluestones with fire, water and oil?!"
"We were all forced... forced!" Li Youfu's face turned blue and white, and he said: "The mountain has been hollowed out, all the people have died, and Anle Village is still the same Anle Village. Even my stomach is not full, and the government The money and food ordered are so low..."
Having said this, Li Youfu suddenly raised his head and stood up, stretched out his hands and grasped Li Zhicheng's collar tightly.
Li Youfu was seventy or eighty years old. When he caught Li Zhicheng at this moment, he was stunned.
And Li Youfu also said in a deep voice: "We are all forced! If we don't do this, you bunch of bastards will not be able to survive and grow up!"
"Uncle..."
Li Sanshi looked nervous at the side. He was not worried about what would happen to Brother Zhicheng, but worried about what would happen to his uncle if he got angry. At this time in Anle Village, there may be trouble.
Li Zhicheng's face was calm: "Uncle, there is no way out in Anle Village! No one can escape!"
Li Youfu's arms trembled and he slowly released Li Zhicheng's hands.
He slowly took two steps back, reached behind and groped for the chair, and sat down feebly.
Li Zhicheng said coldly: "Tomorrow is the time when we have agreed to meet those people from outside the mountain again. Uncle, maybe we in Anle Village will still have a way to survive by then."
After finishing speaking, Li Zhicheng looked at Li Youfu sitting on the chair calmly.
He had had enough of working in the mountains day after day quarrying rocks for the government.
Even if the mountain is hollowed out, Anle Village cannot become rich, and the people in the village cannot have enough to eat every day.
The plan for now is to get out of this mountain!
There are not many people in Anle Village, but there are about five to six hundred people.
Excluding the old, weak, women and children, there can also be two hundred strong men.
These people are more than adequate no matter what they do. Even if he follows the rebellion of those outside the mountains and takes the people from Anle Village with him, he can still be considered to have the capital to start a business.
Li Youfu's expression changed. He already had some vague guesses in his mind, but he didn't want to believe it.
No one wants to live a life of displacement and beheading.
Li Youfu raised his head and looked at Li Zhicheng: "What's the way to survive? We in Anle Village really have no way out now?"
"Follow those outsiders to cause trouble!"
Li Zhicheng narrowed his eyes and spoke in a deep voice.
Li Youfu and Li Sanshi's hearts skipped a beat, with nervousness and worry in their eyes.
"Follow those people and rebel against the imperial court!"
Li Zhicheng once again opened his mouth to explain, telling all his last and first plans for today.
rebel!
When Li Zhicheng really said this matter from his mouth.
Whether it was Li Youfu or Li Sanshi, the old man and the young man all had fear in their eyes.
This world tells everyone that rebellion is a crime of beheading.
The imperial court will never show disgrace to those who rebel, let alone forgive them.
In fact, during the long years that Li Youfu had experienced, he had heard of people proclaiming themselves emperors in the mountains and living like an emperor. After the court heard the news, the emperor just laughed it off. But those people in the mountains were immediately suppressed by local officials.
Even if there is an emperor who shows mercy outside the law.
But local officials can use countless other reasons to suppress those who dare to shout rebellious slogans.
Li Zhicheng wants to lead the people in Anle Village to rebel.
The first thing Li Youfu and Li Sanshi thought was that when the court and government heard the news, they would immediately send a large army to suppress it.
At that time, how could a small Anle village withstand the attack of the imperial army?
Li Zhicheng knew the worry and tension in the hearts of the two people in front of him.
He smiled slightly and spoke softly to comfort: "Uncle, don't worry, naturally we can't be the only ones in Anle Village to rebel. I already talked to those outsiders last time. They want to create chaos everywhere and pull everyone together. Rebellion.
As long as we in Anle Village follow those people, they will be our close relatives. We just need to take the people in the village there and settle everyone quietly.
I will take the strong men in the village to start a rebellion. As long as we make contributions and occupy a piece of land, all of us in Anle Village will be able to have full stomachs and live a good life! "
Li Youfu's eyes were gloomy, with fear on his face: "How can rebellion be so easy? More than thirty years ago, the world was in chaos, and there were so many people who rebelled. In the end, wasn't it only the current emperor who succeeded?"
Li Zhicheng was a little angry and couldn't help but said in a deep voice: "Does my uncle want to be beheaded by the government now? Does he want the entire Anle Village to be killed by the government right now?"
Li Youfu was speechless.
Li Sanshi was nervous and didn't know where to place his hands. He whispered: "Brother Zhicheng... Do we really want to rebel? I heard that the emperor and his family are all good people..."
"Shut up!" Li Zhicheng looked back and stared at Li Sanshi coldly: "All the emperors in the world are not good people! If they were good people, we wouldn't have enough to eat!"
In the ancestral hall, it suddenly became quiet.
There is no way to refute Li Zhicheng's words.
What he was talking about was the current predicament of Anle Village. Regardless of whether they rebelled or not, what they were doing now was enough for the court and the government to convict them all of being beheaded.
At this time.
The villagers who were wearing bamboo hats and raincoats at the entrance of the village had already bowed their waists and entered the ancestral hall and outside the backyard door.
"Uncle, Brother Zhicheng, those people said they wanted to buy bluestone in our Anle Village to build a new yard for the master's house. I told them not to sell it, but these people insisted on coming over, saying they wanted to see my uncle. I have already taken them with me. Go wait in the courtyard behind."
"They are really here!" Li Youfu's hands trembled and he looked at Li Zhicheng: "Zhicheng, what should we do now?"
As the patriarch of Anle Village, Li Youfu is panicking now.
Whether it was what the village had done over the years or what Li Zhicheng had just said about leading the entire village in rebellion, it all made him feel uneasy.
Li Zhicheng snorted coldly: "Let them wait, just tell my uncle and I to wait."
The visitor nodded, then turned around and walked to the courtyard behind.
Li Zhicheng looked at Li Sanshi again at this time: "Sanshi, go to the stone quarry and ask Daniel and Xiao Huzi to come back quietly with their people. Once you enter the village, you will hide outside the courtyard. If you hear us calling people, , just rush in with the guys."
Li Youfu panicked again: "What are you going to do?"
On the other side, Li Sanshi, driven away by Li Zhicheng's eyes, turned around and left the ancestral hall in a panic and rushed to the stone field to call people back.
Li Zhicheng held Li Youfu's arm and walked toward the small door connecting the courtyard behind the ancestral hall.
His eyes were ferocious and he said coldly: "Uncle, now that the matter has come to this point. If these people are really from the government, then they don't need to leave Anle Village!"
Li Youfu couldn't help but grasp Li Zhicheng's wrist with his palms, and lowered his voice very low: "Are you going to rebel now?"
"Rebellion! If it is really someone from the government, Anle Village will rebel today! Tomorrow, we will follow those outsiders and leave here!"
Li Zhicheng's eyes were cold and murderous.
At this moment, what Mr. Liu said to him last time was still clearly echoing in his mind.
Prince and general Xiang Ning is so kind!
Even if you give up the entire Anle Village, as long as you can be crowned king and prime minister, it will be worth it!
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