Traveling through ancient times to survive

"Qing Ya, we are back!" Zhao Deyan's excited voice came.

Without waiting for Zhao Qing to ask, Zhao Deyan could no longer hold back and told Zhao Qing the news he had found out.

"Qingya, it turns out that those people were assigned to other places. Do you know why? The clerk said that the higher-ups were afraid that the plague in us locals had not fully recovered and would infect people from the north, so they moved all the locals to one place for easier management."

Zhao Qing asked, "Are they so obedient? Are they willing to leave their hometown?"

Zhao Deyan pushed Liu Jun, motioning him to explain. They both did the same work, so of course he couldn't steal the credit from others.

Liu Jun accepted the good intention and explained it carefully: "Because the government will reissue their identities, and will also assign them to a place that is much better than our poor and remote place. Why is there such a good thing? It seems that there is a senior official whose hometown is here. He couldn't bear to see the surviving villagers suffer, so he took them over and arranged for them to live near the city. As soon as this condition was mentioned, they couldn't wait to leave. The senior official seemed to be the prefect of Yingzhou. The clerks who inquired about the news were very envious, so it must be true."

Zhao Qing sneered, and Zhao Deyan looked confused: "Qingya, what are you laughing at? What's so funny about this?"

Zhao Qing did not comment: "How can such a good thing happen in the world? I do not deny that there are indeed a very small number of officials in this world who are dedicated to serving the people, but the prefect is definitely not one of them."

Zhao Deyan was even more confused: "Have you seen that official?"

Zhao Qing shook his head to deny it. Zhao Deyan gasped and said in disbelief: "Then how do you know he is not a good official? Sister, you can't be clairvoyant, right?"

Li Heng also looked over curiously. Wang Yuan was indeed not a good official. He climbed up through nepotism, was good at scheming, and had a very poor governance level. If it weren't for the fact that his wife's family, the Wu Mansion, became the in-laws of the Sixth Prince Song Cheng, he would have been removed from office long ago. However, such secrets were only known by people in the central court. How did Zhao Qing, who was far away in the mountains, know about it?

Zhao Qing didn't care: "Do you need to use your clairvoyance? Isn't it easy to analyze? Think about it, is this the hometown of that high-ranking official on his first day? Have you ever heard of a high-ranking official giving back to his hometown? No! If these people are related to that high-ranking official, I still have a little faith, but are they? Would you come all the way here to accept a group of strangers who you don't know at all and may cause big trouble? Just because they were born in the same county as you?"

Zhao Deyan was stunned by the question. Yes, after all, they were all strangers. If it were him, when he heard that his hometown had suffered a disaster, they would at most send some money over, but would never take on such a big trouble for him.

Li Heng's eyes lit up and he felt proud in his heart. What a smart girl who could see the big picture from the details. He was no match for her!

Liu Jun frowned: "So this is fake? That petty official deceived us?"

Zhao Qing denied it: "Whether he was taken away and lived a good life or not, the clerk probably didn't know, otherwise he wouldn't be envious."

The question mark in Zhao Deyan's eyes almost materialized: "Ah? Then why did you take them away?"

Zhao Qing patiently said, "Of course it is profitable. Think about it. What is there in us who have suffered a great disaster and can't even protect ourselves that is worth exploiting?"

Zhao Deyan was still confused and didn't react: "Yes, they are almost starving to death. They don't have a penny. Those high-ranking officials have nothing. Why do they need us poor people?"

"Brother, you have to know that we are all savages without any identity. No one will pursue us even if we die. We are the perfect tools."

Zhao Qing said these chilling words in a calm tone, and Zhao Deyan and Liu Jun both felt a chill all over and shivered.

"Sister, are you serious? They have already..."

"I don't know. I only know that they probably didn't have a good ending. Although there were some evil people who survived by eating human flesh, they don't deserve sympathy. But those who managed to escape three natural disasters and struggled to survive were killed by their own kind. It's really sad."

Zhao Qing sighed, human nature is much more terrifying than natural disasters.

Zhao Deyan and Liu Jun were terrified and wished they could go back to the valley immediately and never come out again. It was too scary outside. They escaped the natural disaster but could not escape the schemes of the corrupt officials. Can this world still be good?

Li Heng was not surprised at all. Those who were consumed by power and striving for power all had blood on their hands. Ordinary people were not as important to them as a pot of flowers at home.

"It's bad!" Zhao Deyan's face changed drastically as if he had thought of something, and he shouted, "The clerk seemed to say that this news has spread all over here, and everyone knows about it. Many northerners are jealous and want to sacrifice themselves. If locals like us who have lost their identities believe this nonsense in the future, wouldn't that be a trap for us?"

Liu Jun sighed and said, "Brother, it's too late for you to worry. Everyone who should have left has already left. Only we who live in the mountains don't know about this news."

"There's nothing good to stay at the foot of this mountain. We've already heard all the news we want to know, and we can't buy anything we want. We're all poor refugees. Let's go back."

The four returned to the valley empty-handed. Zhao Chengchuan, who had placed high hopes on them, was a little disappointed. After learning the news from down the mountain, he no longer cared about his clothes.

Ever since they learned that the north had fallen and that the Zhenbei Marquisate had been destroyed by the emperor long ago, the villagers began to curse.

After being sad for a while, the villagers decided to erect a monument in the valley to commemorate the Zhenbei Marquis family. Their hometown was in the north, and their ancestors could live and work in peace under the protection of the generals of the Marquisate.

Now that they knew that the Marquis' Mansion had suffered a great disaster, ordinary people like them had no ability to do anything but offer sacrifices to the generals to comfort their spirits in heaven.

Li Wu hid in his home and burst into tears. He said to himself: "My Lord, did you see it? The sacrifices of the generations of the Marquis' Mansion have not been in vain. The people who were protected by your family have not forgotten your family's achievements! So what if the dog emperor threw dirty water on the Marquis' Mansion? The people have sharp eyes. In the future, the Marquis' Mansion will be remembered in history, and the tyrant can only be infamous for thousands of years!"

Not only Li Wu was excited, but the dark thoughts hidden in Li Heng's heart also dissipated a lot. It turned out that what their family had done was meaningful, and the common people could see it.

At this moment Li Heng understood a lot. Their family has always protected the common people instead of the high and mighty Emperor of the Song family.