“Can this be dug out??”
Zhang Erlang blinked, looked at the spade in his hand, and then looked at Brother Taozi in front of him.
The barbarian laughed and said, "You haven't dug yet, how do you know if you can dig it out?"
"Liu, don't say much, just keep going."
The peach trees are extremely tall, blocking out the sky and the sun, and their lush branches and leaves are intertwined with each other. Even though it is still hot outside, you can feel cool and moist when you walk into the forest.
The soil under his feet is still vaporous, exuding a unique fragrance, and the sound of insects can be heard continuously from the dense forest. Zhang Erlang likes this peach forest very much, even in the season when there is no fruit.
Erlang likes to stay here in the peach forest.
He spit into the palm of his hand, tightened his grip on the shovel, and started shoveling.
He didn't want to hurt the roots of the tree, so he started digging a little away from the peach tree.
As soon as the shovel was shoveled down, the soil was even moister, as if water was about to seep out. This is not surprising, as this place is not far from Zhangshui.
After digging a few more times, you can see all kinds of long worms.
Suddenly, Erlang noticed something and stumbled, almost falling to the ground.
"Bone. Bone!"
Kou Liu on the side stuck his head out and looked at Erlang with gloating.
It wasn't that he had any malicious intentions, he just thought it was fun to have someone else experience the shock he had experienced.
"This, this"
Kou Liu waved his hand casually, "Don't worry about it, you'll get used to it after digging a few times. Keep going!"
Erlang didn't dare to say anything and continued digging.
This peach grove seemed not as pleasant as Erlang thought in the past. He felt creepy when he remembered that when he was tired from playing, he followed his elder brother to sleep in the peach grove.
The peach forest that was wet and full of vitality now looked weird and scary in Erlang's eyes.
The patterns on the tree trunks in the distance looked like smiling faces. Erlang was sweating profusely and could hardly hold the shovel.
After being so busy for a long time, the scorching sun slowly set, making Erlang feel dizzy and hungry.
Kou Liu dropped the thing in his hand, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and walked to Tao Zi, "Brother, I didn't find it. Is it buried here?"
Liu Taozi looked around.
There were pitted caves in the peach forest, and they found a lot of corpses, and the number was a bit outrageous.
According to Kou Liu's opinion, this is not a peach forest, this is simply a mass grave.
Thinking that this peach forest belonged to his eldest brother, Kou Liu did not dare to look at his eldest brother.
It's scary.
Tao Zi calmly stared at the peach forest in front of her and began to think.
Logically speaking, those armors, people, and horses should all be buried here.
Is it possible that he is not buried here?
Or are you still in the wild boar forest?
If you are in the wild boar forest, it will be troublesome. It is not like a peach forest and you cannot find it casually.
Kou Liu hurriedly said: "Brother, it's okay. You go to eat first, and I will continue digging. Even if I dig through this place today, I still have to find the things!"
"Forget it, let's eat."
Liu Taozi turned around and left, Kou Liu called Erlang, and the two of them followed him.
This was the first time Kou Liu came to Taozi's home. He looked around curiously until he saw the black stains on the ground. He was sure that this was specially used for bloodletting.
Kou Liu shuddered and did not dare to look any further.
Tao Zi returned to her hometown this time and brought some food with her. Most of them were distributed to her fellow villagers, leaving some behind to feed them all.
"Erlang, how's your studies going?"
While the three of them were eating, Liu Taozi asked.
Kou Liu suddenly remembered, "Yes, I have seen you in the law school room!"
Zhang Erlang was stunned, and then he remembered this foreigner, "I remember, you are the stupid Xianbei that Lu Gong once said."
Kou Liu's face darkened.
Erlang quickly looked at Taozi again, "Brother Taozi, I'm still memorizing words. Everyone there can read, but I can't even write my own name."
"Every time I take the assessment, I come in last. I'm afraid I won't be able to pass the exam."
"It's okay, the county government is not a good place to be. You are suitable to stay in the countryside. When you are full term, you can come back and serve as a local official."
"only!"
Liu Taozi didn't speak again, and the other two people didn't dare to speak.
The three of them were eating when they saw the old man hurriedly walked into the courtyard, "Brother Tao, it's bad, something happened!"
"A few officials came from the west side of the village and are searching everywhere to catch people."
"What? Come here to arrest people?!"
Kou Liu stood up quickly, "Where are they?!"
Liu Taozi motioned for him to sit down, "It's okay, I'll just go take a look. You two can continue eating. Remember to clean up after eating. My mother doesn't like messes."
After that, Taozi got up and left with the old man.
Kou Liu watched Taozi walk away, and then looked at Erlang beside him.
"Are you related to Mr. Liu?"
"What does it mean to be married?"
"Are they relatives?"
"No, but we grew up together. Brother Taozi and my eldest brother are very good friends."
"When I didn't know anything, they were gathering firewood, fishing, looking for fruits, and picking herbs together."
"Later, when I grew up, I followed them to herd sheep and feed pigs. With four or five people working together, it wasn't too tiring."
"Later, my eldest brother was lost and Brother Taozi grew up, so he began to hunt in the mountains and cut furs. Occasionally, he would take us into the mountains to collect herbs and sell them to those who came to collect them. We could exchange them for a piece of cloth!"
"Wait a minute."
Kou Liu interrupted Erlang and asked, "Will Mr. Liu still be working when you go there?"
Zhang Erlang looked at Kou Liu as if he were looking at Zhang Diazi in the south of the village.
"Who doesn't work? Even Zhang Dianzi in the south of the village has to work. If he doesn't work, how can he have food?"
Kou Liu looked at the large courtyard and then glanced at the peach grove outside.
"But I think Liu Gong's family is not poor."
"Ah, Brother Taozi's grandfather is a capable man. He said he had killed tigers in the past, and everyone in the village was afraid of him. But when he goes into the mountains to hunt, he won't see anyone for most of the year."
"Their family is a hunter and they have no farmland, so they have to work to support the family. This peach forest is also taken care of by Brother Taozi. Brother Taozi's mother is kind-hearted. His grandfather sometimes hunts game, so she uses it to help people.
There’s not much left.”
"He is busy all day long and has no time for leisure all year round. He does whatever work is available."
Kou Liu nodded slowly, "Orion, no wonder."
The farmers in the village were hiding in their houses now, shivering.
Sometimes someone screamed, causing everyone to hide.
Several petty officials in the distance were watching here, pointing at the country and saying something loudly.
Suddenly, two people came out of the intersection and faced each other.
There were four petty officials in total, the leader was riding a horse, and the other three were on foot.
Everyone was shocked when they saw the person coming. The official who was riding a horse and pointing the country with a whip quickly jumped off the horse and almost fell to the ground.
"Mr. Liu!"
"Youyougong!!"
All the officials hurriedly bowed to see him.
The leader, with a smile on his face, stepped forward and saluted, and said a little embarrassedly: "I made Mr. Liu laugh. Why are you here?"
"My home is right here."
"Ah! I see, I wonder why this village exudes auspiciousness."
"What are you doing here?"
"Mr. You You, I am here to thoroughly investigate the ownership of the cultivated land under the orders of the Lu County Magistrate."
"Zhangcun once granted 800 acres of farmland, but now the household registration and the number of farmlands granted are not equal. Many fields have disappeared out of thin air. We need to register the original farmland grants, record them in the temple register, and then distribute them."
The official said, and then hurriedly said: "Not just me, the entire county officials have been mobilized, the entire Cheng'an must be investigated, and no one is allowed to be missed."
Liu Taozi already understood, he nodded, "Well, pay attention to safety."
"Ah, thank you Mr. Liu."
Liu Taozi turned and left, but those few people stopped talking.
It wasn't until he left that the leading official breathed a sigh of relief.
"Is this the Liu Shanmandrill in the rumors?"
A newcomer asked.
The leader quickly looked at him, "You don't want to live anymore??!"
The man quickly shut his mouth and did not dare to speak.
Liu Taozi returned home and the two of them were ready.
"Erlang, you are just resting in the village. Several new officials have arrived and they want to conduct a thorough inspection of the farmland and household registration. Please keep an eye on them."
"Liu, come with me!"
Taozi gave the order, and soon, he and Kou Liu quickly left on horseback.
Walking on the road, Kou Liu asked: "Brother, are we not going to dig for armor anymore?"
"Just forget it if you can't find it. When you return to the county government later, you can bring out some county soldiers and patrol outside the city with Yao Xiong."
"Ah? What happened?"
"Nothing happened. Just protect the officials along the road."
"only!!"
Chapter completed!