After five years of teaching support, Daming became an empire on which the sun never sets.

Chapter 356 Controlling the Locust Plague
"Okay, Tang Jue, let me ask you a question." Qin Yu didn't bother with him, and asked, "Does everyone in your village wear iron chains on their feet and have a tattoo of a prison ghost on their back?"

"The patriarch of your village, do you have any of these things on the old group?"

"This question does not involve the secrets of our village, so it doesn't matter if you answer it."

"None of them." Tang Jue said, "The patriarch, the village elders, and their 'prison guards' are all like you. They don't have iron chains on their feet, they don't have cage tattoos on their backs, and they don't wear nose rings."

"Since this is the case, don't you ordinary villagers feel that it's unfair?" Qin Yu said.

"It's nothing unfair." Tang Jue said lightly, "They were born noble people, and we were their prisoners. We committed heinous crimes in our previous lives, and we were reborn into ordinary families."

"And they were good people in ten lives in the previous life, and then they were reborn in the hometown, enjoying the wealth and honor of generations and shepherding us at the same time."

"Is there anything special about the iron chains on your feet and the cage on your back?" Qin Yu said, "I am very interested in your mysterious beliefs."

"Since you're interested, it's okay for me to tell you about it." Tang Jue's eyes showed a look of pride, "Our ancestor was Shang Jun. He was tortured by the Qin Emperor, and his descendants fled everywhere."

"One of the descendants came to Tangjia Village and changed their surname to Tang."

"You are actually descendants of the Legalists!" Qin Yu was shocked when he heard the words, "No wonder the Legalists in history have only heard about their academics, but there is no historical record of the real descendants of the Legalists. It turned out that they lived in seclusion in a paradise."

I remember that when Shang Jun was reused by Qin Xiaogong, he issued a policy in a county of Qin State, and then called the people together to ask their opinions on the new policy.

As a result, a group of people stood up against it.

Shang Jun ordered the sergeant to behead all those who opposed it.

In addition, some people saw the situation and said that the new policy was good, and they supported the new policy.And Shang Jun asked the sergeant to kill all the people who supported him.

The people next to him asked him why, and Shang Jun said that they only need to strictly implement the policies formulated by the imperial court.Whether it is opposition or support, all must be killed.

That is, they do not have the power to own their own thoughts.

So only those who don't say a word can survive.

"That's right!" Tang Jue said with even more pride, "The cage on our backs represents the strictness and sanctity of the law, and no desecration is allowed. Anyone who dares to straighten his back will be a desecration of Lord Shang."

"Then the god of prison on the cage will come out at night and eat all the scum left of him."

"What about your shackles?" Qin Yu asked again.

"We committed heinous sins in the previous life, and we were reborn into the families of ordinary people in Lujia Village. The shackles are the evidence that we serve our sentences and forgive our sins. Only when we don't break free from the shackles all our lives, and our merits and virtues are complete, can we be in the name of punishment in hell. A jailer is a master who enslaves other prisoners. There is an old saying in our village that one can become a master only when one suffers the most."

"And the shackles on our feet bear the imprint of our meritorious deeds. They are the magic weapon for us to enslave prisoners in the future, and it is also a strong performance that we have been punished for a lifetime without resistance."

"The heavier and longer the chains that wear, the more respectable is his will."

"Good idea!!!" Qin Yu's tone was full of irony.

"Tie a straight wooden stake behind his back." Qin Yu said, "His waist will never be able to bend down. I live in the same room with him at night."

"I want to see if the evil spirit in the cage will come out and eat all the scum left of him."

"Sir, it's not worth doing. He's never met you before." Lingshu said, "And the God of Suppression of Prison is their thousand-year belief. What if it really appears at night?"

"Then I will kill him!" Qin Yu said, "Do it!"

"Okay!" Upon hearing the words, the elders of the second and third bedrooms immediately found wooden stakes and ropes, and tied Tang Jue up.

Creak, creak... When Tang Jue was forcibly tied to the stake by several people, cold sweat broke out all over his body in pain, but he still didn't yell, and his will was extremely strong.

Because he has walked stooped all his life, forcing him to straighten his waist made him feel more painful than being tortured.

Fortunately, he wasn't a hunchback originally, but was just a habit, and being forced to straighten his waist didn't break his spine.Lingshu also observed when she was doing it, she was measured.

The severe pain finally disappeared. After Tang Jue returned to normal, he was finally able to see a wider world.

In the past, his waist was completely bent at ninety degrees, and his eyes only saw the dirt on the ground, cow dung, ants, dung beetles, and cockroaches. Basically, he rarely saw flowers and trees in the parallel field of vision, let alone looking up at the sky. up.

Many people in Tangjia Village don't even know that there are birds in the sky.

Together with him, we went to the village to see the situation of the locust plague.

The three left Lingshu's hut with Tang Jue, who was tied up by wooden stakes.

It didn't take long to see the villagers, who had already launched an operation to hunt and kill locusts.Thanks to the efforts of the crowd, the swarm of locusts gradually decreased, and the operation to kill the locusts progressed rapidly and was extremely effective.

Because Lujia Village was surrounded by mountains, the locust swarms that broke in were only a small group, which was not a cause for concern at all.

In less than half a day, more than half of them were wiped out by the villagers.

"Locusts are god insects, how dare you hunt them down, and some people even caught them and fried them to eat!?" Tang Jue's expression froze when he saw the locusts, "Facing the god insects, we must have a sense of awe, otherwise disasters will come from heaven immediately Come……"

"There are also locust plagues in your village?" Qin Yu asked.

"The locust plague in Tangjia Village has lasted for ten days," Tang Jue said.

"Then how did you do it?" Qin Yu asked again.

"Every household closes the doors and windows tightly." Tang Jue said, "The patriarch said that it is a sin for us to take a serious look at the locusts. Because the eyes of the locusts are astonishing and royal, just looking at them will kill you."

Tangjia Village.

The patriarch Tang Yuanshan's home was a high-rise building, and he ate big fish and meat, delicacies from mountains and seas, and sat on chairs covered with luxurious blankets.

Talking and laughing with several other villagers, singing and dancing.

On the wine table in front of them, there was not only beef and mutton, but also a plate of fried locusts.

Tang Yuanshan grabbed a handful of fried locusts and threw them into his mouth, "I have to say, these fried locusts are really delicious like never before."

"What about the life and death of the villagers?" asked the person next to him.

"As long as they don't die, we don't have to worry about it." The patriarch smiled. "The life and death of these lowly prisoners has nothing to do with us? Life is short, and we must enjoy it in time, or we will be sorry for the short decades."

(End of this chapter)