Chapter 107: Empty Thunder
The next day, Liang An and Yuwen He Dongfangjing were wearing six door constable suits and walked openly on the street.
However, because the army surrounded the county town last night, the people in Zhaoping County were panic and most of them stayed in their doors. There were very few pedestrians on the streets, almost empty.
Is this also Brother Yuwen’s plan?
Liang An glanced at Yuwen He.
Logically speaking, it is really easy to find someone in such an empty street, but if they can't hide it, they will never find a target no matter how long they spend.
But when he looked back, there was no one on the street, which means that those people really appeared. They were forced to jump over the wall and could not catch a few hostages. So he guessed that Yuwen He had known for a long time that the emergence of the army would make the people hide at home and not come out, which was a part of the plot.
But in this case, wouldn’t other constables who were converted into the common people be extremely conspicuous?
Frowning slightly, Liang An looked back and saw a fifty steps away, a constable dressed as a farmer was also walking behind with frowns.
Based on the strength of the opponents I met last night, Yuwenhe arranged for all the constables to be 50 to 100 steps, so that people can respond and support each other when they encounter opponents. But there is one person at such a distance. It is no longer a conspicuous or inconspicuous problem on this unmanned street, but even a fool can see something strange!
Could it be that Brother Yuwen’s plan really went wrong?
But Brother Yuwen is the commander of the Six Gates and performs countless tasks. It is impossible that such an obvious mistake has not been noticed. I just watched him perform. Besides, it is not the time to ask questions. If you ask, there will be another thief nearby, then it will be a self-destruction?
After several thoughts flashed through his mind, Liang An wanted to ask for a word, but was afraid that there would be ears in the wall when he asked for a word, so he could only think about Yuwen He's purpose again.
At this time, he remembered that since Yu Wenhe could call in the army and command the local martial artists, was it also a part of the calculation that their patrol team, which had changed their makeup but was as conspicuous as they were not disguised?
Could it be that except for Brother Yuwen and I, Commander Oriental, and the constable brothers behind us, who are all openly under the guise that Brother Yuwen’s real arrangement is actually to use our conspicuous team to tell the hidden people about our movement trajectors, so that those thieves will take care of them and then come out and be dealt with by him after we leave?
After thinking of this possibility, Liang An was still a little uneasy.
He could have thought that those thieves may not have thought of them, what if the other party just can't hide it?
Unless Brother Yuwen also arranges people to investigate each household and confirm whether there are thieves hidden in the people's homes... If so, the purpose of our inspection is to delay time!
The team moved forward slowly under the leadership of Yuwen He.
Gradually, Liang An heard a noisy sound. He looked along the sound and found that they were almost at the base of the city wall, and the tower not far away showed that they were coming to a city gate.
"Go and see what happened."
Yuwen He said as he speeded up his pace towards the city gate.
Liang An and Dongfang Jing hurriedly followed and soon arrived at the city gate.
When they arrived here, they found that there were many people gathered at the city gate, and they roughly counted at least hundreds of them.
Most of those people dressed up as merchants and farmers. Many of the noisy sounds said that their goods needed to be delivered out of the city as soon as possible, or the fields outside the city needed to be taken care of. Some were dressed up as literati and military men, and each had excuses to leave the city.
Yuwen He Youran stepped forward, looked around, and sang: "Everyone, there are thieves in the city at this time. Please return home and don't leave the city."
"Who are you?" A scholar in his forties stood up and said in a deep voice: "I have important things in my family, so I have to leave the city."
Yuwen He chuckled and said, "No matter how important it is, you have to wait for the thief to catch it. Don't worry, it's only two days, just stay at home. Of course, you can also leave the city, but after you go out, you will be shot and killed by the army outside. Don't blame me for not reminding you."
"You..." the literati snorted coldly, "I am a Tianhu Juren, Lushan lectures, who dares to take action?"
"What's the use of telling me about this? Just try to get shot into a hedgehog when you go out of the city?" Yuwenhe shook his head: "I'll remind you, but I'll do my best to do some human affairs. If you don't listen, don't blame me for not reminding me if something unexpected happens."
The literati was furious, but a man dressed in a warrior behind him suddenly grabbed him, pointed at Dongfang Jing and muttered a few words in his ear, and his expression immediately changed to panic.
He looked at Dongfang Jing's waist with a waist sign, leaned over and said, "It turned out to be the commander of the Six Gates."
The commander of the Six Gate follows the fifth rank. It is nothing to place it in Zhongyang, but places outside Zhongyang are high-ranking officials, and the county magistrate who is the chief of a county is only a seventh rank.
Although Zhaoping is not far from Zhongyang, only more than 300 miles, even these more than 300 miles also distinguish the level gap between the officials here and Zhongyang.
Recognizing Dongfang Jing as the commander of the Six Gates of the fifth rank, the literati was immediately filled with anxiety, fearing that he would be captured by Dongfang Jing.
He had heard that Liushuomen never gave any evidence to arrest people. As long as there was a problem, he could arrest them, even if he was a key official in the court! Moreover, seeing that Dongfang Jing was not old, at most in his early twenties, he might have a more terrifying background in addition to the identity of Liushuomen Commander!
Dongfang Jing didn't expect that he would be involved in watching the show. After being a little stunned, he glanced at Yuwen He, his eyes turned around his waist, and his heart suddenly became clear.
Yuwen He did not hang a waist sign representing the Six Gate Constables and any commander's identity on his waist. In addition, the constables are the same, and he looks like an ordinary constable. It is no wonder that the literati would turn the conversation to her.
At her age, she also has a waist card with the commander of the Six Doors. Even if she is not a fool, she knows that she has a great origin.
"No gift." He waved his hand casually, and Dongfang Jing said in a slightly unhappy tone: "Since you know, then let's go. Why are you still gathering here?"
"Yes! The villain obeyed the order!" The literati nodded hurriedly, and then left the city gate with four people in shame.
Seeing this, the others also dispersed most of them, leaving only a dozen people still in place, most of them were ragged old farmers.
"You are not leaving yet?" Dongfang Jing looked at them and said coldly: "Do you really think we won't catch you?"
Several old farmers looked furious, and after a while of pushing, a thin old farmer stood up.
Then the old farmer knelt on the ground with other old farmers and shouted, "Sir, we have planted a lot of things outside the city. If we don't take care of them every day, we will probably be damaged by insects. There are many empty thunders in August. If we don't serve those crops well, it will be difficult for winter."
The old farmer had a very strong accent, so he could understand what he was saying.
But after hearing his words, Dongfang Jing frowned: "Word? Sky Thunder? What's the point of this!"
As she spoke, an inexplicable aura began to appear on her body, slowly pressing towards the old farmers.
However, when Liang An, who was standing beside him, his heart suddenly moved when he heard the word "empty thunder".
When Le'an first discovered that experience points could be obtained from ancient books, he read some ancient books in his Duxue Building that could absorb experience points, including the farmer's book "Jia Wuyao".
This farmer's book about how to grow crops mentioned the word "empty thunder" and a sentence that made him think of the description after the word, and a cloud of darkness rose in his heart...
"Sir." Liang An suddenly interrupted Dongfang Jing, and whispered in a slight angrily look in his doubts and a hint of anger: "Empty thunder is not a good phenomenon. As the saying goes, the sky thunder sounds in August, and there are thieves everywhere. Can I ask a few questions?"
Dongfang Jing was stunned for a moment, glanced at Yuwenhe, and saw that he was a little confused, but he nodded to himself, so he nodded, "You ask."
"Sir, Mr. Liang An bowed and turned to look at the old farmer. Seeing that they knelt on the ground, he couldn't help but feel awkward. He stepped forward to help the old farmer who had spoken before and asked, "You said Konglei, has it not rained in Zhaoping recently and the weather is unbearable?"
After his cultivation level increased, he had no big idea of whether the outside world was hot. After all, those with high internal skills could be completely inseparable from cold and heat. In addition, he practiced positive internal skills, which strengthened his resistance to heat, and did not feel that it was unbearable to heat recently. However, when he heard the old farmer talk about empty thunder and thought of the statement in "Jia Xiangyao Technique", he knew that things might be wrong.
Think about it carefully, he has been in Zhongyang for so long and has never seen a rainy day!
"Don't rain! The weather is really hot!" The old farmer nodded quickly and said, "Sir, you should know that this is a drought and is coming!"
Liang An tightened his heart and said, sure enough, then turned around and said to Yuwen He and Dongfang Jing: "Brother Yuwen, Lord Dongfang, I'm afraid there will be trouble. There will be no rain in August, and the weather is hot, so there will be drought here."
Both Yuwen He and Dongfang Jing's expressions changed.
"Are you sure?!" Yuwenhe said in a deep voice.
Liang An smiled bitterly and said, "I'm not sure, but I once read a farmer's book called "Jia Yaoshu". It once said that the sky is empty in August, and the weather is unbearable and it is easy to have drought. Therefore, the thunder sounds in August, and the sound of thieves are everywhere. It means... If the crops are poor or the grains are not harvested, the poor family will find ways to steal food to fill their stomachs, so there will be many thieves."
Yuwen He and Dongfang Jing looked at each other and saw a hint of fear in each other's eyes.
Especially Dongfang Jing, she suddenly remembered that she had heard the concubines in the harem in the palace talking about the hot weather and droughts in many places in the north, hoping to reduce local taxes!
She once felt that it was very far away from her. After all, she was not the emperor. She also mocked the concubines and said that the people in their harem could not discuss political affairs. Now, Liang An said that there might be a drought in Zhaoping, and Zhaoping was only about 300 miles away from Zhongyang. You can get there in one day with a quick horse...
"If Zhaoping is drought, how about Zhongyang?"
Liang An was stunned for a moment and quickly replied: "Of course there will be drought. The distance between the two places is not far."
It’s more than 300 miles, or less than 200 kilometers, and the driving is more than an hour longer than a car. If a drought occurs in Zhaoping, how can Zhongyang escape?
Dongfang Jing nodded silently, and after a moment, he suddenly smiled bitterly: "No wonder I felt that Kongyuechi was a little shallow before, but unfortunately I didn't care at that time... Brother He, I'll go back and write a memorial and let someone whip it to my father... Your Majesty."
"Go." Yuwenhe nodded slightly with a slightly heavy expression, looked at the old farmer all over the place, thought for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "You still can't leave the city. But I remember you, go home first. If there is really a drought, I will arrange for someone to deal with it."
Once the opening is opened, others will have reasons to leave the city. What should I do then?
So even if Yuwenhe knew that the old farmers might rely on the crops they planted to survive, they would never let them go out.
"I planted it is not far outside the city, I can get there after walking a few steps..."
"No, no." Yuwenhe's face turned cold, "If you don't listen, you will all go to prison."
Liang An couldn't stand it and wanted to speak, but Yuwen He winked at him and told him not to speak for the time being.
Seeing this, Liang An could only shut up first, thinking about looking back at the addresses of several old farmers and giving them some food so that they could have a chance to breathe and have a chance to survive in the possible drought.
After all, he is still a modern person and cannot stand these old people suffering for life. Since he happened to meet them, he can help him one by one.
The old farmer still begged, but the city guard Yu Wenhe had already given the result and surrounded them to disperse the old farmers.
After they all left, Liang An said, "Brother Yuwen, are you more cruel? I know you are worried that they will give others reasons when they leave the city, but at least they will tell them that they will give them some food, so they will be sensible and leave by themselves."
Yuwen He glanced at him and shook his head: "This matter is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Revenue. I will make a fuss to the Ministry of Revenue and ask those people to submit memorials. Brother Liang, don't think about buying food for them. You have a special status and are easily gossiped about helping disasters without permission."
Liang An raised his eyebrows and immediately thought that this world was similar to ancient China. It was suspected of gathering reputation by private disaster relief. Although it was a good deed, it would inevitably make the court feel that he wanted to establish his own power. The current situation of the Liang family is a bit bad. If we talk to the people again, it makes people think that the Liang family wants to establish power, especially the forces among the people, will indeed attract a lot of gossip and even criticize!
What a shit era!
Liang An, who couldn't help but feel a sense of depression, curled his lips and sighed: "Forget it, let's go find those thieves. Find some thieves, so those old farmers can leave the city earlier."
Yuwen He smiled: "Brother Liang is right to think so. But I was a little surprised. You are still proficient in Jiarong."
"What a mastery, I have just read a few books." Liang An said very self-aware.
Not to mention this world, as the eldest young master of the Liang family, he had a kind of food and had been on Earth in his previous life, so he had raised a cactus and could still raise death. This time he could judge that Zhaoping might have a drought, but he just read a few more books. If he really wanted to plant crops, he might not be able to plant the same crops and die.
but……
"It seems that the next thing will be a turbulent future."
Once the drought spreads, not only the people, but also the tourists from all over the world will be affected.
After all, in order to cultivate internal energy, the daily diet of ordinary people is several times that of ordinary people. If there is a drought, the grain harvest will be poor and the food will be lost. If the food is lost, the food will cause a bigger mess than that of ordinary people.
Yuwen He also thought of this, but he thought of more.
"Brother Liang, I'll give you some files and you can help me see. I'll analyze whether those thieves' actions are related to drought."
Chapter completed!