Chapter 23: No One Can Be Spared by Heaven
Lin Xiaoyue felt that she was in a dilemma. It was not easy to do good deeds without leaving a name behind. She should go back and think about it first. If she left for too long and Yunyun found out, it would be difficult to explain.
After returning to Chen's house and looking at Chen Yunyun who was still sleeping, she felt relieved, so she lay back on the bed quietly and continued to enter the space to divide things.
Qiu Caishen and his group of bandits have robbed a lot of things in the past few years. Although the things she moved from the bandit’s lair are not as valuable as those in the palace, the quantity is indeed not small!
She first put the chickens, ducks, fish and meat, the living and the slaughtered on both sides, put the oil, salt, sauce and vinegar together, put the cloth and unworn clothes together, and put the silver in a separate pile. She also threw the bed sheet aside. She had taken it when she was taking things from the bandit's lair before, and she did it for wrapping things!
After preparing the things, she estimated in her mind and gave one package to each of the 205 households. She would first pack up the items with two pieces of silver, 27 feet of cloth, a live chicken or duck, a piece of meat and any one of oil, salt, sauce and vinegar. If there was extra, she would add a little to each package. If it was not enough, she would take it from her own things. In the end, she would give some to the common people first. If she had no food to eat and no money to spend, she would move to the palace!
She worked all night, using both her hands and feet, so busy that she couldn't even lift her head. Finally, she packed 205 bags of things and prepared another big bag for the county magistrate. Of course, she didn't give it for free, because she wanted the county magistrate to help her deliver the more than 200 bags of things here.
Only if the county magistrate sends it will it avoid suspicion!
She took out the writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone she had brought from the county government office and wrote on the paper:
The selfless county magistrate was granted a title with a single sword strike. Because I could not stand those bandits who exploited the common people, I burned down the bandits' lair on the Bandit Mountain and took back all the things they had robbed from the common people. I have now divided them into 205 portions, and specially packed a large portion for you, the county magistrate. Thank you for helping me distribute it!
Looking at the words she wrote, "One sword to make a marquis", Lin Xiaoyue laughed so hard that she fell over. She didn't expect that in ancient times she could still use a pun. "One sword to make a marquis" means "one sword to seal the throat". She was actually warning the county magistrate that if he didn't divide the things honestly, he would be killed by one sword!
Satisfied, she stuffed the letter into her big bag and left the space.
It was already noon, and Lin Xiaoyue opened her eyes drowsily. This was the only time she had a bed to sleep on since she traveled through time, but she had been busy in the space all night, and she really wanted to have a good sleep!
She propped herself up on her arms and sat up, rubbing her aching shoulders. She found Chen Yunyun, who was sleeping next to her, already sitting on the bed with a smile on her face. "Yunyun, why didn't you wake me up when you got up? You're just standing there smirking at me. Are you making fun of me for sleeping in?"
Chen Yunyun pursed her lips to suppress a smile, shook her head and said, "No way. I thought they were waiting for you to wake up so we could go to the county government office together! My father has already been there, and he came back saying that the people there were busy all night, carrying a lot of corpses down from the mountain. But they were all burnt and you couldn't tell what they looked like before."
When Lin Xiaoyue heard that the body had been moved down the mountain, she quickly put on her clothes and said, "Let's go to the county government office and take a look!"
"Why are you in such a hurry? The county government office is full of people now. They won't move away for a while. You should fill your stomach first. Let me tell you, my father killed the chicken at home when he came back from outside this morning. He said he wanted to celebrate. We can eat the chicken later!" Chen Yunyun stuffed a roasted sweet potato into Lin Xiaoyue's hand.
The roasted sweet potato was no longer hot in her hands. Lin Xiaoyue peeled it and started eating. "What? Godfather killed the chicken? We'll come back from the county government office later and buy a few old hens on the way. That way you can always have fresh eggs."
Chen Yunyun refused without a second thought, "No! Didn't you give me a few coins? The county magistrate gave me another reward yesterday. It's enough for us to spend for a long time! Besides, those bandits are dead. Our town will be back to normal soon. By then, let alone a chicken, even killing a few chickens will be no problem."
Lin Xiaoyue smiled and nodded. She knew Yunyun would not want it. Fortunately, the things she packed in the evening were rich enough. No matter what, she still hoped that Dongyuan Town would get better soon!
"Let's go, let's go to the county government office and come back early to drink the chicken soup made by my godmother!"
Chatting and laughing all the way, the two soon arrived at the gate of the county government office.
County Magistrate Wu Zhongkui was a wonderful man. It was not known whether he was trying to vent his hatred, demonstrate his ability, or be praised by the people. Not only did he fill the ground with corpses brought down from the Bandits' Mountain, he also stood at the door and whipped the corpses.
When the common people woke up and heard that the bandits had been burned to death, they rushed to the gate of the county government office without doing anything. Seeing the county magistrate whipping the corpse with a whip, they all called him "honest magistrate" and praised him so much that he swung the whip even more skillfully!
In addition, some people brought a lot of things from their homes. Some threw rotten eggs, some threw rotten vegetable leaves, some spat, and some even punched and kicked the corpses. Anyway, they did whatever they wanted to vent their anger!
By the time Lin Xiaoyue arrived, the ground was in a mess, but the people still came and went like the tide, crowding around the gate of the county government office, eager to vent all the suffering they had endured in the past few years!
Lin Xiaoyue squeezed to the front. Some of the corpses had broken bones from being punched and kicked, and some had their heads blasted. One of the corpses had no head and was lying on its back, so she could see a cut on its back. She guessed that it was probably Qiu Caishen, because she had stabbed him from behind.
Yesterday he was so majestic and powerful that he was the king of the mountain, but now he has fallen to the point where he has lost his head. It is really karma, and no one can escape this fate.
I just don't know which one here is Hua Mama? Her death must have been even uglier, right?
Thinking of this, she wanted to pull Chen Yunyun to the other side to take a look, "Yunyun, let's go over there and take a look!"
But when she turned around, she found that she and Yunyun were separated by the crowd, and Yunyun was pushed to the back because of her lack of strength!
This is a good opportunity. She was worried that she couldn't find a chance to act alone!
She deliberately squatted down to reduce her presence, then squeezed through the crowd. When no one was paying attention, she immediately activated the space, which made her invisible and took her into the county government office.
The county government office was empty at this time, with no one in sight, which made it very convenient for her to do her work.
After finding the county magistrate's bedroom, she took out all the big and small packages in the space and placed them on the county magistrate's bed, then pulled up the curtain on the bed to cover them. Then she put the largest package outside and pulled the letter outwards to expose half of it, so that the county magistrate could see the letter as soon as he came in!
But what should she do to get the county magistrate to come in?
Only after watching the county magistrate distribute the things could she feel at ease to leave Dongyuan Town. Otherwise, if the county magistrate had evil intentions, all her efforts would be in vain!
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