Chapter 44

Du Dehai escaped with three cronies. Originally, he wanted to stop the villagers who had lost hope and fled everywhere, but he couldn't stop them. The villagers saw that Du Delin was dead, and the explosives exploded on the other side. Those who were shouting for Tianfen's floating wealth were only thinking of running for their lives, so they didn't care what Du Dehai said!
Du Dehai sighed, he himself was powerless, so he could only let go of these things, and ran for his life regardless. He had just seen his elder brother killed with his own eyes, and apart from grief, the biggest thing in his heart was disbelief and fear. He had taken it as an example since he was a child The elder brother who seemed to be omnipotent was stabbed to death by a few tattered spears like that, and fell on the slope, among the corpses, motionless. Du Dehai felt as if the spine in his body had been pulled away, he staggered, I don't know where else to go.

"Second Brother Du." A familiar voice suddenly came from behind. Du Dehai collected himself and turned his head to see that it was Zheng Chengdong who was chasing him from behind. His face was pale, without a trace of blood, only a scabbard was left at his waist, but the waist knife disappeared.

"Brother Zheng, have you been hit by an arrow? Hurry up, that Liu is about to catch up!" Du Dehai stretched out his hand to help him up. Someone was injured right now, and Du Dehai didn't have time to grieve anymore. He thought it was better to bring the wounded and It's better for the cronies to escape, and we'll talk about revenge later, anyway, the future will be long.

"Second brother Du, don't help me, go back to the village to collect the gold and silver, and run away, Zhuangzi can't hold on anymore, this Liu is here for our Zhuangzi, you see, those poor tenants are about to rebel Let’s go, let’s go, let’s meet at the Hepo Pavilion, I have to go there first for Dr. Lu to heal my arrow wound, it’s a bone, and I can’t pull it out!” Zheng Chengdong quickly waved his hands, telling him to go quickly.

Seeing Du Dehai's hesitant expression, Zheng Chengdong said again: "I know you have a grudge with that surnamed Lu, I'll treat the wound first, and at worst, let them kill it, and then go to Heyang and go to the government, anyway, that's a must. The land. Hurry up, hurry up!"

"Hurry up, hurry up, I can't stop it!" Qiao's second son followed up, and seeing that the two were still hesitating, he held a knife in one hand and Zheng Chengdong's arm in the other, dragging him away.

Zheng Chengdong was pulled forward by Qiao's second child, turned his head to Du Dehai and continued to shout: "Second brother Du, take a step first, hurry up and meet there!"

When Liu Ze led the team to Du's Village, he was surprised to find that the gate of Zhuangzi's village was wide open, and there was no guard from Zhuangding on the walls of the village. The village was in a mess, with dogs barking, children crying and adults howling. All gathered together, Liu Ze frowned and walked towards the gate of the village listening to these voices.

Yang Zeming had already waited at the gate of the village. Hoes, short sticks, flails, and long spears were piled up next to him, forming a small hill. On the other side, there were nearly a hundred men squatting. With the thought of rebellion, they squatted on the ground like eggplants beaten by frost.

"Commander, Du Dehai took his family and ran away. They didn't catch up. The other farmers are here. I was worried about trouble, so I just watched them here." Yang Zeming clasped his fists and said.

Liu Ze patted Yang Zeming on the shoulder, and praised: "Good job, hard work! Let's go and see who else is the Du family brother's dog legs."

After finishing speaking, he turned his head to Wang Zhe and said, "Order Cheng Mo and others to come as soon as possible to preside over the public trial meeting, and divide the land and land for the floating wealth!"

Liu Ze dragged Yang Zeming into the house of the brothers of the Du family. Liu Ze was taken aback when he entered the house. The design integrated with the traditional cave dwellings on the Loess Plateau is more grand than Majiazhai, but it is not like the pure brick and tile structure of Chengcheng County Government.

Li Cunbao, who was always by Liu Ze's side, looked at Liu Ze's expression, and introduced at the right time: "The Du family built a house back then. I heard from my father that there are twelve large stone tanks for water storage in this well building. The strong man carried it up this slope. At that time, in order to build the nine mansions, nearly [-] shi of grain was consumed in a year, and they were all used as wages. It was really a good time at that time, and the weather was good. Yes, hey, it's not like now, it's hard!"

The Little Ice Age, which began in the Wanli period, was so cold in winter that it even snowed in Guangdong and Hainan. It was extremely hot in summer and extremely cold in winter. The entire agricultural system, especially in the north, was on the verge of collapse. It was both a natural disaster and a man-made disaster. Liu Ze shook his head and stopped going. think.

Liu Ze directly led people into the living room of Du's house. The first place in the hall was a huanghuali grand master's chair. There was a Ruyi pattern embossed on the top of the back of the armchair. Inside the Ruyi pattern was a carp jumping from the water and splashing water. He leaned on his waist knife and sat down on his buttocks, and ordered: "Bring all the servants of the Du family here! This Du family is so grand, let's see if this Du family has any treasures."

After a while, the soldiers brought over a dozen old and young women and children and knelt down together, begging for mercy.

Liu Ze clapped his hands: "I don't kill people. As long as you tell me about the Du family's wealth and treasures, I will spare you. Not only will I forgive you, but I will also give [-]% to those who tell the story."

Unexpectedly, after several times of repeated questioning, these people still only offered the grain warehouse and other well-known locations, and they didn't know anything about the others. Liu Ze sighed, wondering if they really didn't know or if they didn't know, at this time Li Cunbao came over and said : "The head of the family, why don't you torture him, this is such a big house, Du Dehai comes and goes in a hurry, how can he take away all the property?"

"Forget it. Since they won't tell you, let's search it ourselves." Liu Ze waved his hand. In fact, he has also studied how to search for hidden property. Those who have silver cellars are rich merchants. This Du family Obviously not at that level yet.

Normally rich families usually bury gold and silver in inconspicuous places, such as near toilets, manure tanks, pig ponds, or on partitions, chimneys, ceilings and other places.If it is buried in the ground, you can pour water on the ground to observe the speed of water penetration. If the water penetrates quickly, it means that the soil underneath is loose and there must be something in it. This is basically the principle.

Half an hour later, Cheng Mo finally came to the village with a backup militia company. At this time, Wang Shanbao and Li Kefu also sent people to report that they had successfully occupied the two small villages of Qiaoerkan and Dongzhuangzi. According to the reports, the remaining Du Dehai and Qiao Lao The three leaders, Er and Zheng Chengdong, each brought their family members and acquaintances and some belongings to Heyang County. It is said that Zheng Chengdong was also injured and wanted to go to Hepoting for treatment.

Seeing that it was still too early for the sun to set, Liu Ze summoned his men and ordered: "Cheng Mo stays behind and gives [-]% of the money and food to these three villages overnight, and Wang Shanbao and Li Kefu lead troops to protect and cooperate. Draw out a squad each, and follow me to hunt down the remnants! Send another squad to notify the various places to arrest those few deserters today, and when they are settled down, the whole army will hold a meeting and execute them publicly! Let's go!"

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