Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 824 Whose fault is it?
Wine shop
The three middle-aged men sat together. Unlike the joyous atmosphere around them, they were unusually silent here. These people didn't speak, and only cared about drinking, one after another, in such a silent atmosphere. In the middle of drinking, the faces of several people were red, and their faces were full of unspeakable sorrow. The law of the Han Dynasty forbids drinking together.

But smart people can always find a gap in it. For example, this fruit wine, many fruit wines from outside the Great Wall, has won the joy of everyone. It is called fruit juice. The Han law prohibits gatherings to drink because they are afraid that people will drink and cause trouble, and they are also afraid of wasting food. This fruit juice is weak, and it is not considered a waste of food. Naturally, there is no prohibition.

The people around looked at these three people from time to time. Amidst the laughter, these three people seemed out of place. They had been sitting there for more than two hours, and a few servants looked at them, whispering, talking about I wondered whether to report to the officials, because these people didn't look like they were having fun at all, as if they had some deep hatred.

Although the fruit juice is not very strong, these people are drinking it like this, with resentment on their faces, is it possible that something is going to happen?
Several young men were talking, and there was an older one who waved his hand and said impatiently: "No need, I know these people, they are all soldiers in Luoyang. Oh, by the way. , They have been removed, they used to be pawns." Hearing this sentence, everyone understood what happened to the three of them.

The teasing and mocking eyes kept piercing the three of them, making them grit their teeth even more.

"These thieves." One of the younger men cursed and was about to get up, but was grabbed by the middle-aged man on the side, making him sit down, and then said: "Don't make trouble!", the young man Only then did he sit down, and the person opposite smiled wryly, "I think we never did anything evil when we were pawns, how did it become like this?"

"The state of the world is so cold, I didn't expect that after so long, it was abandoned like this, and there is nothing left."

"If you want me to say, let's go to Liu Jun for an explanation! They recruited us back then. We have been busy with this matter all these years, and even the farmland has been abandoned. Now we are kicked out, what should we do?! ", the young man said angrily.

The middle-aged man beside him was still a little calm, shook his head, and said: "It's better not to trouble Liu Jun anymore, we are no longer under his jurisdiction, and he has nothing to do, but what should we do, my family There are still children and mothers, and the severance payment has not been issued for a long time, what should I do?" He looked a little dazed, staring at the Hu table in front of him.

The person opposite them didn't speak anymore.

"Then let's go to Gengzu Mansion, at least give us the severance pay first, and then we'll use the money to buy land. I was going to get married this year, but now I don't have much savings in these years. Knowing this is the case, why bother to be pawns at the beginning, to farm like those common people, how good it is, look at how rich they are now, how about us?"

A few people sighed and ate some wine, then stood up, staggered and were about to go out, a few servants quickly stopped in front of them, and said with a smile: "You guys haven't paid the bill yet! ", the three of them looked at each other, and rummaged through their sleeves one after another. Everyone took out their savings, pooled the money for the wine, and handed it to the servant.

After walking out of the wine shop, a few people rushed towards Gengzu Mansion, not to the one in the temple, of course, it was the newly established County Captain's Mansion in the county town. The three of them, who are shoulder to shoulder, have made up their minds this time. They must get their severance pay back. They have nothing left.

The older one, after returning home, looking at the old mother and children at home, can only look around for errands, but the things he did in the past were unlucky, and he was responsible for executing criminals, so others were unwilling to use him. He is looking for errands every day, borrowing money everywhere, trying to buy back the farmland, he is busy from morning to night, he does not eat or drink, and the little he earns is sent home.

He was almost unable to support himself. As for the other one who didn't speak much, he was too honest and his family was poorer than the other two. He was originally a refugee, and he managed to settle in the county. Now he has no job. , He is completely desperate, he has no savings, because all his savings are used to let his children go to school.

As for the young man, he had some money in his family, and he was not desperate, but he was only angry at himself for losing his job.

A few people were walking unsteadily on the road, and everyone who met them seemed to be ridiculed and teased. They could only support each other. No matter how much they drank, they couldn't lose face in front of these people and drive away drunk. Arriving in front of the newly established county captain's mansion, several people suddenly stopped, raised their heads, and looked at the mansion in front of them. The honest man was trembling all over.

Thinking about the situation at home, these people mustered their strength and walked into the mansion.

On the street, people came and went, the busy crowd lowered their heads, indifferent to everything around them, suddenly, they saw a few people being lifted up by a group of strong soldiers, and thrown into the street like discarded debris Then everyone stopped, looked at the scene in front of them with great interest, and asked each other about the interesting things that happened here.

"These few seem to have been thrown out because of their errands, and they asked the county lieutenant to give an explanation."

"Heh, I lost my job, isn't it just that I am useless, and dare to come here to make trouble!"

Hearing the ridicule from the people around him, the young man gritted his teeth, helped up the two on the ground, pushed away the crowd with difficulty, and left here.

"Come here, let us go to the county government, go to the county government, let us go to the local pavilion chief, and the pavilion chief asked us to find the county captain. Who should we go to?", the young man said, while The middle-aged man, with a bloody head, was covering the wound on his forehead. He argued with the county lieutenant just now, perhaps because his voice was a little louder. Sigh.
The three of them dispersed and returned home.

The middle-aged man washed off the blood on his face by the river, and washed the pancakes in his arms, looking at the pancakes for a long time, then returned to the mansion and put the food in front of his family, happily He said: "It's okay, the county captain invited us to have a big meal. Tomorrow, let me get the money. You eat these first, and I'll get the money tomorrow."

The young man returned home, looked at his unconscious father lying on the sickbed, wiped away his tears, and said nothing.

The other person was standing at the door, but he didn't dare to go in, squatting at the door, crying with his head down.

The next day, the young man was the first to look for them. Seeing him coming, the middle-aged man laughed and said, "You are here, go, let's go get the money." The young man understood his thoughts and didn't say much. Said, forced a smile, hugged the little guy in his family, and brought him some fruit, and the two of them walked out of the house.

However, the third person's family has already been wiped out.

The wife at home was crying. When they came here, they had no courage to go in, just like that person. They stopped a mourner who came to pay their respects. Only then did they know that the man had hanged himself.

The two left here in a daze, standing on the street in a daze, not knowing where to go.

Squatting on the opposite side of the county captain's mansion, the two were silent for a long time.

"Why do you think Lao Zhang can't think about it? Well, maybe you can get the money today?"

"Ugh."

"What can the old and young in his family do? He was buried in such a hurry, without even a single person buried with him."

"Ok?"

The middle-aged man who lowered his head suddenly raised his head and stared at the young man beside him, as if he was thinking about something. The young man was startled by him and asked, "Brother, what's wrong?"

"Buried with you. I'm thinking." The middle-aged man said, but stopped, but the young man was startled, his eyes widened, and he asked in horror: "Brother, do you want to rob the tomb?? No, no, this is to be beheaded, beheaded!"

"Anyway, today, I'm going to take the money and go home. Do you want me to starve my mother to death?"

"I", the young man gritted his teeth and thought hard for a long time, but he still couldn't make up his mind.

"If you don't want to, then I'll do it myself!" The middle-aged man said, and got up to leave, but the young man quickly followed and said, "I did it, brother, come on, what should we do? "

"If you want to do it, let's make a big one. Most of the tombs of dignitaries are inside the city. However, I know one outside the city, which belongs to Wang Fu. He was a Situ when he was alive, so we will dig him up! "

"Situ??? Brother, this"

"What are you afraid of? Anyway, whoever digs it will die. Heh, do you know why we have fallen to this point? It was all ordered by that thief. Although he is dead, his book still records that he will be dismissed. Pawn, we were kicked out just now, all of this is his fault!! It’s all his fault!!”, the middle-aged man’s expression turned ferocious.

He said angrily: "These temple thieves don't have any good things. They even want to deduct our severance pay. This is to make us die!! We can't find trouble with those thieves, and we can't get along with this The dead take revenge?!"

The young man was silent.

At night, the sky was dark, but thunder and lightning flickered from time to time, accompanied by deafening roars, and heavy rain would fall at any time.

On a grave outside the city, two furtive figures can be vaguely seen, cursing and busy.

In an instant, in the Hall of Loyalty.

The terrified old pawn looked up at the sculpture in front of him.

Actually shed two lines of blood and tears.

(End of this chapter)