Shocked! After planting, a sickly and charming first assistant will grow up.

This calamity happened five years earlier.

Before Gu Chi figured out the key, everyone had already heard the crying in the village. There were four or five families who did not follow them into the battle. The crying originated from them.

The houses and fields were all in the village, and someone couldn't sit still: "Village Chief, the bad guys should have left. Let's go out and take a look?"

Some people disagreed, "What if we don't leave and are waiting for us to fall into the trap, or to fight back?"

Most of the people who want to go out are the old people in the village. They have suffered from hunger and cold, and regard the land as important as their lives.

Those who are unwilling are mostly those who have made good friends with Luo Xi and were warned carefully by her before leaving. Others are rich people who moved in later and understand that their lives are above all else.

Both sides insist on their own opinions.

After making a lot of noise for half a morning, the village chief came back from his sleep and announced that the battle would take place in three days. It would be the safest time, and no matter how slow the reaction was, someone from the court should come.

Facing the people who were unhappy and clamoring to go back to the village, the village chief smiled coldly, "Our village is going to be destroyed, is there any use for you to go out now?"

Seeing that the surroundings were quiet for a moment, he continued: "You can go if you want. I will quietly open the formation for you at night, and you can leave on your own."

"But I have to say something ugly up front. I don't know what the situation is in the village. If the bad guys are lurking nearby, I will be responsible for whether I live or die when I get out."

After a few words, the most stubborn old man in the village stopped saying anything.

yes! The fever is gone. What's the use of clamoring to get out now?

"..."

After talking for three days, on the afternoon of the next day, someone from the county government came to find out the situation.

When they saw the ruins of the village and the village destroyed by fire, everyone gasped, it was so completely destroyed!

The government officials took the surviving villagers back to the government office. That day they found out that most of the villagers were alive and hid in the bamboo sea. They sent people to find the bamboo sea at night.

The village chief used the excuse that it was dark and inconvenient to delay the trip until the next day.

When the formation was finally opened and young and old walked out, the scene before their eyes seemed particularly desolate and in a mess.

The village that used to be full of life is now in ruins, filled with a burning smell.

House after house, where the villagers once lived, now only remains in ruins. The fire was so fierce that even the masonry of the house was burnt black.

The tiles on the roof were burned to pieces and scattered everywhere.

On both sides of the village roads, the trees that used to be lush were burnt to death, and their branches and leaves were withered.

The fire even burned the farmland of the villagers, and the crops were reduced to nothing. The golden wheat fields are now only left with black and gray land, which looks particularly desolate.

The villagers' still straight backs gradually became rickety, and they were taken directly back to the county government office by the government officials who were waiting outside without having time to look at them.

News has spread throughout the county that the village was engulfed in flames, and many people pointed fingers at the village chief.

"I would say that Zhengdao Village is not so lucky. Those top two scholars may have been obtained through some unfair means. Now they must be repaid!"

The villagers had drooped heads and no intention of responding to the bad words from others, leaving only desolation in their hearts.

The case was so important that all the living people were moved into several empty houses next to the government office.

After Bai Tingyun was transferred back to Beijing, the newly appointed county magistrate was named Fang. He was a middle-aged man with an average appearance but a very cautious temperament.

Zhengdao Village is Luo Xi's second hometown, so it receives special care. Magistrate Fang is a good official who is upright and rigorous.

Village chief Pei Qinhu and the villagers who had met Ji's family that day were interviewed alone.

In the county government office, Magistrate Fang motioned for several people to sit down. After asking for details, he suddenly said:

"You said those people came to search for Luo Nannan's whereabouts, but for some unknown reason they came back and set fire to massacre the village?"

"Then do you know the current situation of the Luo family?"

The village chief shook his head blankly.

Magistrate Fang sighed, "On the eve of the incident in your village, the entire Luo family was wiped out. The murderers should be the same group of people."

The news came from the government office, and he was also rescuing the first batch of villagers and deduced the truth from the news from their mouths.

"The nature of the case is egregious. I have drafted a report. Chief Tie Village needs you to accompany the memorial to Beijing to face the Holy Spirit."

In fact, for cases like this that did not cause many casualties, the local county magistrate can report the case as appropriate or find the murderer on his own.

But who said that Zhengdao Village was named and cared for by the emperor? Before he took office, someone had beaten him. Once something big happens in Zhengdao Village, he must go directly to Tianting.

"What?" Upon hearing this, the village chief was so frightened that he almost slipped off his chair. Apart from the county magistrate, the biggest officials he had ever seen in his life were Luo Xi and Lu Yunjin.

Hearing that he was going to see the emperor, he was afraid that he would be frightened and unable to sleep at night for the rest of the day.

The village chief opened his mouth.

Gu Chi, who followed calmly at the end, moved his eyebrows slightly, stood up and clasped his fists.

"Your Excellency, the village chief is not well-informed and may be disgraced in the palace. I have read a few books for a few years, so why not let me do the work for you when you go to Beijing?"

He was about to go to the capital to rescue Luo Xi. With his current body, it would be safer to go with the government.

"Yes, yes!" The village chief nodded. He really didn't want to go to the capital.

First, he couldn't let go of the villagers who had just had an accident and were in urgent need of comfort.

Secondly, he was really afraid of meeting His Majesty.

These days ordinary people are afraid of even government officials, let alone meeting the emperor. He is afraid that he will not be able to speak a complete sentence by then.

What came to mind... The village chief frowned and looked at Gu Chi, who recommended himself, with an unhappy tone: "Forget it, let's find someone else!"

He was still rational. Not to mention that Gu Chi had been dismissed from his post by the imperial court. It was obviously inappropriate to go to Beijing with such a status.

Just talking about the grievances and resentments between him and Luo Xi, wouldn't it add trouble to bring people right in front of them?

So the village chief shook his head firmly, "You can't."

He thought for a while and then said: "Sir, please, would you like to send some young people from my village to go to Beijing together? If there are any omissions in one person's words, others can also make up for it."

In fact, he had selfish motives. He had seen that group of people, and it was not difficult to see how ruthless they were when they set fire to the village and massacred them.

Who knows if the pedestrian will fight back when they see that they are still alive? Why not take this opportunity to send away the talented young people in the village.

In this way, he meant that just in case, if Zhengdao Village really couldn't survive, there wouldn't be anyone left to collect the bodies.

Magistrate Fang understood the village chief's intention after thinking about it, and nodded in agreement.

"I'll let you arrange for the villagers to stay temporarily in several houses near the government office. When you get back, you will make a clear account of the people who are going to Beijing. We will set off early tomorrow morning."

The two reached an agreement, but they didn't notice the gloom and unhappiness flashing in Gu Chi's eyes next to them.

"..."

It was getting late, and the house next to the county government office suddenly became lively. A wailing cry broke through the sky: "Donkey... who stole my donkey?"

After some searching, someone saw that Gu Chiyu had just left the county town on a donkey and went somewhere unknown. The villagers looked at each other in confusion.

"..."

At the border, Luo Xi, who was standing at the head of the two armies and ready to jump on Xiaobai's back, suddenly heard the system's voice:

[Sorry host, this world is in shock, and world consciousness is gradually weakening. ”]