Datang: Showdown, your father and I are Li Shimin

Chapter 41
"But, isn't there someone in Du Village who can treat smallpox? We..." Before the villager could finish speaking, his eyes met with Liu Xiuping's inadvertently.

The moment they saw Liu Xiuping's fierce eyes, the villagers' voices became smaller and smaller until they disappeared.

Everyone felt as if they were reaching out to take away the gold from the stone, and wanted to live for themselves.

After all, they are all ordinary people, and no one is willing to throw away their lives at will like this.

But in troubled times, there are not a few people who rely on buying and selling children for a living.

Sometimes for money, they can do anything, after all, without money, the whole family can't survive.

Sacrificing oneself to save a family is not uncommon.

At this time, the people in the crowd became quiet and fell into entanglement.

One side is money, one side is his own family, and the other side is smallpox.

"This man is so ruthless. Could it be that he is dissatisfied with the imperial court?" A villager named Niu Feng secretly glanced at Liu Xiuping.

Spend money, let them spread smallpox, or spend such a large sum of money.

Not only bought his own life, but also the lives of other innocent people.

In the eyes of these dignitaries, is human life really nothing more than a piece of grass?
Niu Feng gritted his teeth secretly, this money cannot be taken!
The sun shines on the gold, shining with dazzling light. Whether deliberately or unintentionally, this light shines involuntarily towards their respective eyes.

When Liu Xiuping heard the villagers mention Du Village, he sneered, "Do you really think that a small medical officer can save more than [-] disaster victims?"

"Do you really think that if you go to Du Village, you will have a chance of survival?"

"Do you really think that if you survive, you and your family are entitled to survive?"

Liu Xiuping's voice became louder and louder, and several villagers who were already weak were shocked by his voice for a while.

Immediately afterwards, Liu Xiuping took out a few gold-pressed discs from his pocket again, and put them on the stone: "Why don't you take the money and give it to your family at home, and let them take the whole family to the plague?" Where it is not serious, start life again, the money is enough for your family to live a decent life, why bother struggling in troubled times?"

After all, the dozen or so villagers didn't seem to want to continue talking.

"Gudu~" I don't know which one of them, suddenly made a sound of swallowing saliva.

Niu Feng's heart was extremely entangled. Looking at the golden cakes placed on the stone, his saliva almost flowed out.

The guy in front of him is right. If the money is saved, his family of seven is enough to live a prosperous and good life.

However, he is really unable to do such a bad thing as spreading smallpox, which is detrimental to morality.

Niu Feng frowned tightly, and clenched his hands full of abscesses in his sleeves tightly into fists.

"Think about it, natural disasters happened in the past, many people died of starvation, and many people even ate their own children because of it. Do you have to wait until the whole village falls into famine and eat your brothers and children before going back on your word? Take a good look at the gold, it will be enough for your family for a long time." Liu Xiuping said while beating the gold pieces with his hands, making a "cracking" sound.

Finally, Niu Feng couldn't stand it anymore. He didn't want to see his brothers and sisters become someone else's meal.

Moreover, his own village has already begun to lack food, and what the adult said in front of him is very likely to become a reality.

After struggling for a while, Niu Feng finally gritted his teeth, stepped forward, and knelt down on the ground: "I am willing to listen to the orders of the adults, but I don't know where my family should go to take refuge?"

As he said that, everyone else's eyes turned to Niu Feng.

Liu Xiuping smiled to himself: Finally, someone's heart is moved.

"Go to the south. There is no plague there yet. After sending your family away, you can go to Puzhou. No matter what method you use, as long as you can spread the smallpox on your body." Liu Xiuping said As he spoke, he grabbed three pieces of gold from the stone and weighed them in his hands.

Immediately afterwards, he took out two more from the stone: "You are the first one, and the other two are equivalent to rewarding you."

After finishing speaking, Liu Xiuping immediately put five gold discs into a bag containing more than 300 copper coins, and threw them towards Niu Feng.

Niu Feng was so shocked that he opened his mouth wide. Five gold cakes were worth about [-] yuan.

Their family of seven basically has no worries about food and clothing for the rest of their lives.

Niu Feng was completely dazzled by the money, excitement and excitement appeared on his face, and quickly kowtowed to Liu Xiuping: "Thank you, sir! Thank you, sir!"

After that, take the money bag and leave.

"Don't forget the task I entrusted to you. The ugly words come first. If you don't do things well, your family may spend their lives with money." Liu Xiuping did not forget to remind him at the end.

Hearing this sentence, Niu Feng was stunned for a moment. Liu Xiuping's words were undoubtedly a threat.

But now that I have taken the money, as long as I get things done, my family can spend the rest of my life safe and sound.

don't care anymore.

People are selfish, and so is he.

Great righteousness exists only in those who will not starve to death.

People always follow the crowd, and with a leader, others will eventually be led.

They knelt down to Liu Xiuping one after another.

Liu Xiuping gave each of them a few gold pieces and a bag of copper coins. To Pei Ji, the money was nothing worth mentioning, but to farmers like them, even if they worked hard for a lifetime, they would never see so much money.

A piece of gold is about one tael, and one tael of gold is worth [-] Wen.

People make money and birds die for food. For the price given by Liu Xiuping, these people don't care about the things they do that are detrimental to morality.

As long as your family is safe, that's enough.

Liu Xiuping looked at the backs of those villagers who were holding money bags in their hands, and snorted coldly with disdain: "Desperate man."

After finishing speaking, he waved his hands to the followers around him: "Find some people to follow them, and keep an eye on their movements."

Immediately, he drove towards the city of Chang'an in a simple carriage.

Niu Feng, the first villager who returned to his village with the money, called his family.

Niu Feng was pacing back and forth anxiously outside the village. He was not guilty of carrying the jade, but carrying such a huge sum of money would be a hot potato for anyone.

And what I promised Liu Xiuping must be done well, otherwise the safety of my family will be threatened.

He naturally knew what Liu Xiuping said to him before he left.

Not long after, Niu An, Niu Feng's old father, came out hunched over with a wooden stick.

From a distance, I could see Niu Feng pacing anxiously.

"You didn't go to see that genius doctor, why did you come back?" Niu An looked at his son angrily, and slammed the crutch in his hand on the ground vigorously.

Young and middle-aged people are the mainstay of the economy at home. Once they die, it is tantamount to a broken beam for a family.

Niu Feng glanced around, beckoned to his old father, and walked to a stream outside the village. He kept silent, stretched out his hand to dig a small hole by the river, drew some water, and He grabbed a handful of coarse salt from his pocket and melted it in, ready to sterilize the coins.

If smallpox is given to one's own family members, the loss outweighs the gain.

"The child is not filial, I'm afraid I can't serve you anymore." Niu Feng said while taking out a pocket from his body, and threw all the coins in it into the salt water.

The sound of clattering coins accompanied by the sound of water was very pleasant, but he had his life to take it, but he didn't have his life to spend it.

As long as it's tender in exchange for the future safety of my family, it's worth it.

He himself was close to death when he contracted smallpox.

It's worth it to trade your life for the chance of your family's survival!
Niu Feng gritted his teeth and stood up after confirming that all the coins were in the puddle.

Niu An, who was standing aside, was so shocked that his jaw almost fell to the ground.

money!
He naturally recognized that the golden thing was gold!

Niu An was both shocked and frightened. Could it be that his child became a robber on the road?

"Feng'er, you..." Niu An was full of anger, and as soon as he spoke, Niu Feng interrupted his old father.

"Aye, take this money with you, take Aniang and the others away, and go south without stopping until there is no more plague." After Niu Feng finished speaking, he walked away from the creek.

Before Niu An could ask the source of the money, Niu Feng stood aside, as if he was going to leave: "Remember, don't stay in the village anymore, it's not safe near Chang'an, the farther you go The better, don't stay in the village, this money is enough for our family to take root elsewhere."

After speaking, Niu Feng left without looking back.

If he let his old father know what he was going to do next, he would definitely be beaten to death by Niu An.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been driven by his old father with a stick to seek medical treatment in Du Village in the first place.

"Come back to me, you bastard! Where did the money come from!" Niu An angrily waved the crutch in his hand, and limped a few steps in Niu Feng's direction, but looked again. The coins in the puddle finally stopped their steps.

This amount of money, as Niu An said, is enough for them to live without worrying about food and clothing, but now in the village, they are almost relying on the government's relief food to survive. The youngest daughter in the family is only four or five years old, and they really need it. When you have a full stomach.

Niu Feng, who had his back to Niu An, just walked towards the distance in silence without looking back.

Niu An looked at the gold flakes shining in the sun in the small puddle, and the corners of his eyes twitched violently.

"Ugh--"

Niu An let out a long sigh.

No matter where he got the money from, let's save the lives of his own children first.

He glanced in the direction Niu Feng left, but his son had completely disappeared from his sight.

Niu An tremblingly took out a handkerchief from his pocket and scooped up the coins.

The other villagers basically used the same method, handing over the money to their family members and repeatedly warning them to leave their village.

Niu Feng and other bribed smallpox patients walked towards the state capitals near Chang'an City.

The disaster, which had already settled down under the control of the government, began to spread again.

Fortunately, many people already know that Du Village has a miracle doctor who can treat smallpox. Those who contract smallpox basically leave their village consciously and walk towards Du Village.

The number of smallpox patients still began to increase rapidly.

(End of this chapter)