"Purple" is a good word for a name, but the meaning of the name Yu Zi is not very good - it is taken from an article in "The Analects of Confucius" by Yan Ling - "I hate the purple that takes away the red; I hate the sound of Zheng that disturbs the elegant music; I hate those who are eloquent and ruin the country."
"Purple" means flaw.
It is not the true color, but a defect of the five colors.
"Zhu" is the primary color, and "purple" is the mixed color.
Therefore, "Zi" is also given the meaning of "heresy" and "evil" in the eyes of the world. Yu Zi knew this but still named it "Zi". The village and the "grandparents" were named "Zhu", which shows her stubbornness and determination.
If Heyin is a place with poor mountains and bad water, then Zhujia Village is the "best" among them. Most of the terraced fields reclaimed near the village are of medium to low fertility, and there are few good fields.
Dozens of households in a village live deep in the mountains.
The village is located in an extremely remote area.
Because of the inconvenience in entering and exiting, except for those who go out to "do business", ordinary villagers have to wait until the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month to go to the market before leaving the village. They exchange the crops they grow for rice, grain, silver or other necessities. At first glance, it looks no different from an ordinary village.
Kang Shi led his men over, only to see wisps of smoke rising from the scattered huts in the village. Looking around, he saw a few women in thin clothes bending over, picking weeds in the fields. A dozen men were sitting together at the entrance of the village, laughing and talking about something.
They saw Kang Shi and his group from afar.
Everyone's eyes were focused on Kang Shi.
There was more curiosity and scrutiny on his face.
There is no fear or panic.
You rarely see new faces in Zhujia Village throughout the year, unless a son reaches the age to marry.
When did you meet so many unfamiliar faces at once
In the past, they had dealt with common people wearing coarse linen clothes, but this was the first time they had seen such an elegant scholar dressed in brocade clothes and wearing jewelry. There were dozens of people following him, which was the most grand scene they had ever seen in their lives.
Soon someone turned to ask Muramasa, who was old and prestigious and the most experienced person in the village.
Muramasa lived near the entrance of the village and arrived quickly.
Kang Shi secretly looked at the layout of the village.
When he saw Muramasa, he didn't waste any words and directly showed him the document with the seal of the governor of Heyin County: "The governor wants to build Fugu City, and the city is in urgent need of manpower. He ordered me to go to various villages to recruit people. Please call out all the people in the village."
Muramasa was a little surprised when he heard this.
I was so worried that my brows were pounding.
Will this levy corvee labor again
Muramasa took the document respectfully, but did not immediately go down to do it. Instead, he asked the question in his heart: "It's not that I doubt the envoy, but Zhujia Village is isolated from the outside world. I wonder when a new governor came to Heyin?"
Kang Shi replied: "My Lord has only been in office for a short time and is very busy with worldly affairs. He has not yet had time to issue a written notice to all places under his jurisdiction."
Muramasa said no more after hearing this.
It seems that this new county magistrate is really new.
However, he had been the village chief of Zhujia Village for more than 20 years and had seen much more of the world than those peasants in the village. The title of county magistrate sounded very powerful, but the county magistrate in Heyin was just a useless figure.
Not only is it useless, it is also very short-lived.
"Please wait a moment, envoy. I will do it right away." Muramasa felt a lot of contempt in his heart and asked again, "How long will the labor service last this time?"
Kang Shi was young but an old fox. He knew at a glance that Muramasa was perfunctory under his seemingly nervous face, so he smiled and said, "This is not corvée labor. My lord spent a lot of money to recruit hungry people, but there were still not enough people, so he ordered us to come here."
"If Muramasa can help me recruit one more person, I can get an extra ten cents of silver." Kang Shi took out a large piece of silver from his sleeve.
Muramasa's heart skipped a beat.
He lowered his voice and asked, "Is the messenger serious?"
Kang Shi said: "Of course it is true."
Upon hearing this, Muramasa suppressed his pounding heart, repressed the greed that was about to burst out, and pretended to be worried.
Kang Shi also talked about how much money and food a person could earn by working for five hours a day. The people who were watching and eavesdropping nearby were jealous. Muramasa was completely persuaded. Now the weather is cold and the first snow has fallen. The old and young in Zhujia Village are staying at home with nothing to do. They only come out to bask in the sun when the weather is good.
It's completely a state of living beyond one's means, with only outflows and no inflows.
The harvest has been getting worse in recent years.
The amount of rice paid was increasing.
Every household was so poor that they could barely make ends meet.
He read the document carefully, but he had difficulty reading it because he didn't know many words, but he understood most of it, and it was exactly the same as what the messenger said. Muramasa passed the message down and asked every household to bring people out to gather.
He also went home to find his son.
Tell the old woman about the good news.
The old woman looked hesitant.
"The youngest one is going too?"
Muramasa said: "Of course I have to go."
The old woman said, "But my daughter-in-law has only been pregnant for half a month, and her stomach is still not moving. The youngest child has to go out..."
Muramasa has three sons.
The eldest and second sons have already married and moved out, and the youngest son got married a few days ago. In order to have a child to carry on the family line as soon as possible, he listened to the advice of the Muramasa couple and stayed in the house with the new daughter-in-law every day. It was the off-season for farming, and there was nothing else to do.
Muramasa was silent for a long time after hearing this.
In order to solve the lifelong issue of their youngest son, the two elders and the eldest and second oldest sons got together to find a wife for the youngest son.
Because the money given was small, the youngest wife gave birth to two children for others. She was no longer a virgin.
They and the youngest were not happy about it.
But the seller said that the two children born to the youngest wife in the previous family were both healthy, white and plump boys. She has a big butt and can give birth to a grandson with just a kick of her legs. It is said that it is not difficult at all and there is no need to be squeamish. If you are not old, do you still want to buy it with this little money
Muramasa hesitated for a long time but finally gritted his teeth and bought it.
Now he is just hoping that the youngest son’s wife will get pregnant and give birth to two children, so that he can rest in peace after his death and see his ancestors.
Thinking of this, Muramasa felt a little regretful.
What a pity
It's a pity that the pretty widow died a few years ago.
If that incident hadn't happened, I could have shamelessly asked my old brother and asked him to marry my youngest son to his pretty widow daughter-in-law. This would have saved me money and given me a free teacher to teach me...
Tsk tsk.
It’s a pity that the youngest child was not grown up at that time.
He squinted at the old woman and said fiercely, "What do you know?"
Then he said, "Call the youngest one."
The village is in Zhujia Village and it is the one that has the final say. After the good news spread, someone came to ask if it was true. When he found out it was true, he smiled innocently and said, "You can have one too. I'm strong and can work."
The fellow villager laughed and said, “Just you?”
I don’t know how many people to recruit. I’ll recruit all the best ones. If I only pick the best ones, then everyone around them will be my competitors.
He was embarrassed: "Why can't I do it?"
Another fellow villager laughed and said, "How can you be fine? Your wife has been here for a long time, and you are still being controlled by her."
There were two marriages in Zhujia Village this year.
One is the youngest son of the Muramasa family.
One of them is this man.
The youngest was much younger than the man, and his wife was obedient. The couple stayed at home every day, but the man was scratched by his wife every day, leaving him with wounds and scars. The whole village knew about it.
The man was angry and said, "Humph, she was very good yesterday."
Another person said, "If we brothers hadn't given you advice, how could she be obedient? This bought wife needs to be beaten, beaten to death, and she will be obedient after being beaten enough. You are supporting her, but she is just being arrogant and even wants to cheat on you..."
The man looked educated.
Humbly asking: "Please teach me a few more moves, brother."
He married this woman when he was old, and wanted to treat her well, but she looked down on him and even secretly hooked up with her educated brothers in the village.
If his brothers hadn't told him about it, he wouldn't have known that this dishonest woman was cheating on him. When he got home last night, he got angrier and angrier, so he ruthlessly used the moves he had learned, and it really worked.
I was a little annoyed that I used it late.
The five senses of scholars of literary talent are superior to those of ordinary people.
These people have loud voices and talk quite loudly.
He heard every word clearly.
Yu Zi, who was dressed as a servant, looked at him with a frown on his face, and an increasingly fierce look in his brows. He was puzzled at first, but when he saw those familiar villagers gathered together and laughing and chatting, he vaguely guessed what was going on.
Kang Shi asked her, "Is it always like this?"
Yu Zi said: "Before... it was slightly better."
When adults talk, they rarely avoid children.
Yu Zi also knew which families had legitimate wives and which families had kidnapped daughters. Generally speaking, two out of ten families had such wives. But now the village was getting poorer and poorer. When girls from other villages heard about Zhujia Village, they knew how poor it was and could not get legitimate wives.
Even if you offer your family's daughter as a bride in exchange for a daughter, not everyone may be willing to marry.
If you can't marry her, you can only hope to sell her.
Yu Zi had been away from Zhujia Village for many years, and she didn't know what new faces had appeared in the village. Her expression dimmed slightly.
Kang Shi said: "What's the difference between rotten and very rotten?"
Yu Zi naturally knew there was no difference.
I waited for about another quarter of an hour.
Because Kang Shi said that there was a severe shortage of manpower, and anyone who could work in the fields could give it a try. If you were not selected, you could still get three days of food. Wouldn't it be a pity not to take advantage of such a good opportunity
Regardless of age, everyone who could breathe and walk came.
Kang Shi's brows gradually relaxed.
He asked Muramasa in a gentle voice, "Is that all the people?"
Muramasa was holding a household register containing the names of all the villagers.
Sincerely said: "Basically, it's all here."
Kang Shi took it and found that the words on it were unexpectedly beautiful and elegant. The handwriting looked like that of a girl in the boudoir. There was a touch of romanticism and freehand brushwork in the strokes, and the charm was rare. It didn't look like something a rough man like Muramasa could write at all.
"Your handwriting is really good."
Yu Zi's face darkened on the side.
because-
The old village chief smiled and said, "In reply to the messenger, this was written by a widow in the village. It is an honor to be praised by the messenger."
When Kang Shi heard this, the smile on his lips faded.
He basically guessed who the widow was.
"Where are the people?"
Old Village Masamitsu: "The person is no longer here."
"Oh, I am offended."
Kang Shi closed the book and handed it to Yu Zi, whose eyes were red. He glanced at everyone and asked, "Is anyone here?"
This question makes no sense.
Muramasa thought he was being asked.
I don’t know how to answer.
What does “people can be found”
Yu Zi was also puzzled at first, but she inherited her mother's intelligence. She recalled Kang Shi's actions and immediately understood.
She controlled her gaze, trying not to show hatred, and glanced at the familiar, much older faces in the crowd. She nodded heavily and replied, "They are all here."
The adopted baby "Xianghuo" is also here.
He is as nonchalant as before, with his eyes looking up into the sky.
Yu Zi just heard these two old people discussing that their precious grandson will be fourteen next year and they should help find a wife for him.
They even mentioned Yu Zi, saying that the servant beside the envoy was handsome and familiar, but too thin. If he was fatter, he would still be a girl and would be a good match for his grandson. They planned to do some work to save money and find a traitor to look at the goods in the spring.
After hearing this, Yu Zi's mouth twitched slightly.
At that moment, I didn't feel hatred, I just felt it was ridiculous.
Kang Shi nodded, stood up and waved his hand, and under Muramasa's look that changed from joy to suspicion, he said that sentence -
"It's good as long as we have all the people! Capture all of these people!"
Acting together with dozens of people, there was also literary energy surging from under his feet, and a wall of literary energy was built around him.
This sudden change scared everyone.
They all heard the good news and happily ran to gather. They didn't have any weapons in their hands, so they couldn't escape even if they wanted to disperse - they would be kicked to the ground after running a few steps and scream in pain, or they would be bounced back by the Wenqi city wall.
Fight back desperately
The knife was already at their necks.
What if you try to grab the knife
A scream pierced their eardrums without warning.
Following the sound, they saw a man with three fingers chopped off on his left hand! Covering his bloody palm, he rolled on the ground with veins popping out in pain. This scene shocked everyone. Muramasa was captured and shouted, "You are not a messenger?"
Kang Shi said: "Yes, I am."
"I'm here to recruit people, too."
“Just don’t give money.”
"I don't want the money, but I want the person."
Kang Shi was too lazy to look at him and just bent his fingers.
He gave the order in a cold voice: "Take them all away. If anyone resists, first chop off their hands. If they still refuse to obey, cut off their ears. If they still refuse to obey, dig out their eyes and chop off their feet!"
Every word and sentence was filled with terrifying murderous intent.
It also released some pressure.
When have these unruly people ever seen such a scene
Coupled with the pressure and oppression, they were so scared that their hands and feet became limp, not to mention resistance. They were all tied up behind their backs and strung together.
Mission accomplished, Kang Shi stood up, brushed off the dust that had stained him, and got on his horse: "Miss Yu."
Yu Zi was still immersed in the shock of feeling the Wen Qi up close. She remembered that it was this thing that pinned her to the ground last time, and she couldn't escape. This was—
The power of literary mind
One person trapped dozens of households in Zhujia Village.
Yu Zi remembered that there were many of these people who could hold down a runaway woman from home and beat her to death with one hand. They were very strong and being targeted by them was like being entangled in a spider web, from which there was no escape and one would face the despair of being trapped for life!
Kang Shi, who she judged to be "gentle and invincible", subdued everyone just by standing there (actually he wasn't)! At that moment, she heard the loud sound of her chest beating wildly, and her desire for power ignited her ambition.
"Xiaomin is here."
"The petition is ready."
Yu Zi said loudly: "It's done."
It lay in her arms.
With her body temperature.
It is also stained with my mother's blood and tears for half her life.
Yu Zi looked back at the people in Zhujia Village who were crying and in chaos. She had never felt her body as light as it was today. It seemed that there was a warm and kind power in the dark.
Supporting her body.
Kang Shi pointed his sword at the song: "Follow."
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