How strong is the motivation to do good
Confirm it on the first day and start working on it on the second day.
Before taking action to reconnoitre the situation, he borrowed a person from his lord.
Shen Tang has been very busy lately, and when he heard that Qi Shan wanted to borrow someone from him, his first reaction was heartache and reluctance.
"Who?"
But please don't be a model worker like Wuhui.
"Looking at the tide."
Gu Chi expressed reluctance.
Based on his understanding of Qi's bad behavior, it must be something bad.
Why does Gu Wangchao have to come here
Who can blame this guy for having such great use of his scholarly skills
but-
"Qi Yuanliang! Are you addicted to wearing red clothes?" When Gu Chi heard Qi Shan say that he wanted to disguise himself as a woman to visit the target, his face suddenly turned dark, and he wanted to draw his sword and pierce Qi Shan a few times, "You can wear it if you want, but I will never wear it!"
Qi Shan patiently "explained" to Gu Chi.
The proximity of two young scribes would easily arouse suspicion.
But if it were two women fleeing, it would not happen.
Qishan brought up the big issue of his lord Shen Tang again.
In order to complete the task entrusted by the master as soon as possible, it is okay to make some sacrifices. His skill as a scholar in painting and calligraphy has a first-class disguise effect, and no one will recognize him.
Upon hearing this, Gu Chi asked Qi Yuanliang with a dark face: "Why, why must it be two women and not a couple?"
Qi Shan said: "Two women are more likely to lower others' vigilance. If there is only one man, they will be more likely to be on guard."
Gu Chi: “…”
Qi Shan tried to provoke him again: "If you don't tell me about this and I don't tell you either, who would know what you did on this trip? How come there is something in this world that even you, Gu Wangchao, wouldn't dare to do?"
Gu Chi: “…”
He finally understood why Qi Yuanliang had enemies all over the world and yet was able to escape unscathed. This shamelessness alone was enough to confuse 99% of people. They probably didn't expect Qi Shan to be so unrestrained and shameless.
Longwu County, Chengjia Village.
Although it is called Chengjia Village, there are not many people with the surname Cheng.
Most of the people in the village are tenant farmers who work for the landlord Cheng family. The village is remote and it takes a long time to go back and forth to the fields every day. Although spring ploughing has not yet begun, every household has been mobilized.
Moreover, these tenants are very xenophobic.
Any unfamiliar face approaching will attract attention.
One day, two haggard women refugees came to the village. They supported each other and looked weak and short of breath. One was more pale and thin than the other, as if a skeleton was covered with a human skin. They begged the villagers at the entrance of the village to lend them a sip of water.
The man sitting in the sun at the entrance of the village glanced at them coldly, turned his cloudy eyes away, and retracted his fierce look. The woman weaving bamboo baskets was soft-hearted. Seeing their appearance, and the two unarmed women, she stood up and wiped her hands on both sides of her clothes.
I found two broken pottery bowls and filled them with water.
One of the women was so thirsty that she almost grabbed the water from the ceramic bowl with both hands and gulped it down. She drank too quickly and choked. The woman who brought the water kindly said, "Drink slowly, there's more."
The other woman was much more gentle and restrained.
The woman from Chengjia Village asked, "Where are you two from?"
After two bowls of water, the woman in front finally recovered, burped, and said haggardly, "I'm from the next county."
"Next door? That's not close." The woman from Chengjia Village was not without her guard and asked, "Why are you here?"
Speaking of this, the woman was filled with tears of bitterness.
She narrated her experience with a dazed and numb expression.
It turned out that she and the woman next to her were neighbors in the same village. A month ago, the men of the two families went out to farm and unfortunately encountered bandits who came to rob them. The man died unexpectedly, the village was robbed by bandits, and the two women did not escape.
On the way, the bandits were chased by the soldiers and left them behind. Although they escaped, they had been wandering around in the same place for more than 20 years. They were unfamiliar with the place and decided to go to their relatives who had married out. However, the journey was long and they had no money. They had not had a drop of water for two days before they arrived at Chengjia Village. They were cold, hungry and thirsty...
Among the people present, some were moved with sympathy, some showed hatred towards the horse bandits, and a few elderly men and women, upon hearing that they were raped by the horse bandits and still taken on the road, looked at them with a hint of contempt, as if they were looking at a pair of dirty things.
The woman's experience was not uncommon in Longwu County.
This is the way the world is.
"Ah—what are the two ladies planning?"
The refugee woman who had been chattering all the time shed tears upon hearing this, her eyes pleading and testing: "Can your village take us in?"
The woman from Chengjia Village naturally refused.
This village cannot accommodate outsiders.
The refugee woman wiped her tears and cried, "Can you give us some food? To be honest, this girl next to me has been hoarse since she was a child, and she is not in good health. If she doesn't eat something, she will not be able to survive... Please be kind and give us some..."
Hearing the refugee woman asking for food, the woman from Chengjia Village looked embarrassed. She turned her head to look at her husband at the entrance of the village to seek his advice. Unexpectedly, the husband scolded her with a dark face and said, "Go away! Who has food to eat these days?"
This is not how you be a good person!
They worked so hard that they got sick and couldn't even straighten their backs when they got old. They worked so hard all year to barely make ends meet. As spring plowing was approaching, they had to borrow seeds, oxen, and farm tools from the Cheng family. All of these had to be exchanged for money!
Even the fields were borrowed.
If God does not give them face this year, the grain they harvest will not be enough to offset the money they borrowed from the landlords.
A single bite of food can save a life.
It's so precious, why would you lend it to two dying women? Drink enough water and get out of here, don't die here and bring bad luck!
The fleeing woman was frightened by the man's fierce gaze. She shrank her neck, lowered her head cautiously, and timidly looked at the woman from Chengjia Village who was easier to talk to: "Then, then let us rest for a while, okay? We really can't walk anymore..."
With red eyes, she used her skinny hands to rub the torn hemp cloth around her knees nervously and awkwardly.
Faced with this humble request, the women of Chengjia Village could not refuse and allowed them to rest on the rocks at the entrance of the village.
He kindly gave them two bowls of water.
The fleeing woman thanked him repeatedly.
As the sun was about to set, the remaining warmth in the air was slowly being sucked away. The fleeing woman turned her head repeatedly, begging with her eyes, but the villagers were indifferent. They were not willing to take her in for a while, nor were they willing to give her even a little bit of rotten food...
As it was getting dark, the two fleeing women supported each other and walked away, one step deep and one step shallow.
The thin and hunched back makes people feel a little sad.
Far away from Chengjia Village, the woman who was said to have lost her voice since childhood started to tease, "You have quite a lot of skills."
If you didn't know the truth, you would be deceived.
Jiang Sheng and Xun Zhen were really deceived. It was not because they were blind. Qi Shan not only disguised his appearance perfectly, but also performed his expression and movements perfectly. Hehe, the two refugee women in front of them were Qi Shan and Gu Chi.
Qishan straightened up and patted his back.
He asked, “How many households are there?”
Gu Chi said: "Previously, the household registration said that Chengjia Village was robbed by horse bandits, and there were only 19 households left, with a total of 13 male adults, including three young and strong men... But from what I heard, there are at least 100 households, and most of them are young and strong men."
This village is quite large.
Qishan took out a small notebook and wrote it down.
Choose your next target.
After a thorough investigation, the two of them roughly figured out the actual population situation of each village - the common people have legs and can run, but they are rooted in the fields and will not move around. They only need to follow the distribution of the fields to find the nearby villages.
No matter how deep it is hidden, you can explore it.
Most of the time he just sat at the entrance of the village and sold things pitifully, and was rarely taken in to rest for the night. Gu Chi suffered a lot.
His body had become weak due to his scholarly ways, and he had to take medicine three times a day. Not only had he been running around during this period, he also went to villages where the voices were noisy and mixed.
There is no need for disguise to play the role of "half-dead" in your true colors.
Now that we have the evidence, all that’s left is to close the net.
Take them by surprise and catch them off guard!
Therefore, Qishan decided to pick a dark and windy night, quietly act, and give his target a big surprise!
This fire completely set Longwu County on fire!
at the same time-
A dilapidated wooden donkey cart drove into Heyin.
The cart squeaked, harsh and sharp. Fortunately, the road was smooth, so the people in the car could suffer less. After days of running around, the driver had darkened a lot. He looked around curiously. The appearance of the common people in Heyin County was very different from that in other places.
It’s not that Haein County is so wealthy…
The common people here were dressed in the same simple and shabby clothes, but they often had smiles on their faces and their eyes were bright and lively.
Visibly alive.
After asking the common people for directions, the boy drove the old wooden donkey cart slowly into the Heyin government office.
Fugu City.
The purpose of this trip is to visit the governor of Heyin County.
Xu explained, Xu wrote the annotations!