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Chapter 44, Meng Shaoxia
Listening to the old soldier, Meng Jingye continued: "In the past, our county was quite peaceful, with neither special products nor resources. So, no one wants to come to us. Most of the local people are poor people. Keeping an acre of three-point land, or doing some real small business, the days are over. But ah, since they came, everything has changed!"

"First, he intercepted Daguan Zhang's car on the road, killed his whole family, not to mention all his money, and threw his body into the river to feed the fish. If it wasn't for a drug boy When collecting herbs on the mountain, I saw it from a distance, so I'm afraid no one knows about it!"

"When the drug boy saw this, he ran back in fright and didn't dare to report to the official. He was trembling in the room. The master saw it and asked about it, so he told his master about it once. When his master heard this, he said, oh, this is incredible! This kind of thing still needs to be reported to the government, so he went to the government to sue these people, right! Originally, it wasn’t the Seven Demons, but the Eight Demons!”

"When the county magistrate heard this, he was really furious, so he sent the county lieutenant and the police to arrest these people. Our county is not a frontier fortress, so there is no garrison, only a few people guarding the city gate. They are old men, like me! The local law and order is good, poor or poor, but people will not starve to death, so there are few arrests, only a dozen or so."

"The county lieutenant led the arresters and bumped into these people from Luliang on the road, so a fight was inevitable, but the arresters are ordinary people who have only practiced a few moves, but the most important thing is that there are many people That's all, after a fight. The arresters were killed or wounded, and no one survived. The county lieutenant was also seriously injured. Several people in Luliang ran away. One person was seriously injured. So dead, so the eight evil spirits have become seven evil spirits."

"Only these Qisha, for some reason, restrained themselves a lot and no longer murdered people in our county, but they still did the same to people from other places. In this way, no one dared to come to our county! Although they didn't harm people in our county... People in our county are not allowed to leave, and anyone who wants to leave will be harassed and attacked endlessly. Countless people who tried to leave lost their voice after leaving."

"In our county, there are few young and strong people. In the early years, many of them went to other places, and there were only a few people in the local area. Either they tried to go out and failed to come back, or they were about to come back, but they were on the way. Unconsciously Already!"

After hearing this, Meng Jingye asked: "There are only seven of them, so how can they stop so many people? More people, or divide into several groups, walk around the small roads and mountain roads, and they will always be able to get out! When the time comes, find a high-ranking official." If you report it, won’t that be it?”

The old soldier sighed and said, "That's true, but how could there be only seven people? There is another group of people, a group of bandits. Their villages are located in three or four places in the mountains. Now anyone who passes through the mountains Everyone will be caught. In the past, I only occasionally went down the mountain to rob passers-by, but I didn’t dare to harass the county seat. Later, perhaps because I saw strong people outside the county seat, I harassed the farmers from time to time. Every harvest season, this group of goddamn people It’s coming. Looting food, anyone who dares to resist, will be killed, and now those in the county are used to it! Only if you don’t dare to resist can you survive! It’s like raising us like bees! "

"Besides, these bandits have sealed off the mountain forest. Before, they could go into the mountain to gather medicine and hunt, but now they can't get in! Those who go in have never come back." The old soldier said with tears in his eyes.

Meng Jingye said to the veteran: "Old man, everything will get better in the future! Don't worry."

The veteran wiped his tears and said, "Dare you ask the young hero's name!"

"My name is Meng Jingye!"

The veteran cupped his hands and said, "Let me lead the way for you!" He said.The veteran walked up to Meng Jingye's bullock cart, pulled the bull's nose ring, and walked slowly into the county town, yelling as he walked, "All the folks come and see! The seven evil spirits of Lvliang are gone, this young hero Meng Young Master! Single-handedly, overthrow the Qisha of Luliang!"

Sitting in the car, Meng Jingye looked at the desolate street, except for a few necessary shops, there were no other shops, not a single tavern or tea house.The things in these shops are all made of materials obtained near the county seat, some seasonings and so on, and the salt is also nearby mineral salt, the quality is very poor, but you have to eat salt.

As the veteran yelled all the way, people began to poke their heads out, curiously looking at the bullock cart on the road, and Meng Jingye looked at the people who poked out one after another.They didn't have the eyes of those people Meng Jingye saw in Tan Longcheng.how to say?It just lacks a kind of vigor, lifeless, as if everything is bearish.

As for Meng Jingye on the road, most of the people were curious, but no one came forward to thank her or give gifts and kowtow.Don't stand far away, just watch quietly, the eyes are numb.There are very few young people, and most of them are old people. Only some children have yearning for the future in their eyes!

Looking at this situation, Meng Jingye was half sad and half happy. Sadness means: It is difficult to change these people, and it cannot be changed overnight. Joy means: If you can change this group of people, you will take it back. If you use it, you will definitely be devoted to yourself.Moreover, people who have been suppressed and paralyzed for a long time will burst out with huge energy if they are released!

Meng Jingye sat quietly in the car, watching all the violations.But thinking about the future.

The veteran pulled Meng Jingye's ox cart through this dilapidated street and arrived at the yamen gate. Meng Jingye looked up and saw an old man in official robes, stepping on a stool and wiping the mirror at the door. High suspension].The thick dust, after wiping with his wet handkerchief, slowly became smooth and bright again.The old man looked at the plaque for a long time.

Meng Jingye didn't bother, the veteran wanted to call him.But Meng Jingye stopped the old soldier, and the two just looked at the old man quietly.

Perhaps it was because of his age, the old man didn't stand for long, he climbed down tremblingly after a while, and saw Meng Jingye and the three of them.

The old man stepped forward and said to Lai Weng: "Master County Magistrate, this is Meng Shaoxia. On the way Meng Shaoxia came, he had already wiped out the Luliang Qisha!"

The old county magistrate's eyes lit up after hearing this!Looking at Meng Jingye with fiery eyes, he hurried forward and hugged Meng Jingye's arm, and said, "Young man, you have to help Jinshan County!"

(End of this chapter)