Chapter 86 87. Blocking the Road
Village chief Shi still had some impression of Lan Yun. He was not a good person and it seemed that he was using them as a pretext again.
"So it was him," Shi Dayong said disdainfully, "That guy offended the prefect of this city because of a lie, otherwise why do you think he was lying there?
You guys are really kind, you carried him all the way, and you don’t even know what kind of person he is.”
Wu Pingchang said, "That's not what Brother Lan said. Someone had already found the water source before you, and they left you behind because you were old, weak, and disabled. They were being unfair to you, and you don't have to keep the secret for them anymore."
"Secret?" Village Chief Shi snorted, "We are just ordinary refugees, what secrets can we have?
Besides, we are not hiding anything. The team ahead of us has already brought a group of refugees to look for water. If you don't believe us, you can find out by asking around.
We didn’t leave because a large number of people lost contact with their families and stayed at the city gate waiting for their families.”
Lan Yun propped himself up and said, "You must be hiding a secret. How come you can always get water out of nowhere all the way here? Everyone is looking for water sources, but only your people can find a big lake. Who would believe that there is no trick here?"
Village Chief Shi said, "That's because the people in our Baini'ao are diligent and have searched a wide area, so naturally we will get something.
Besides, it's such a big lake. Do you think ordinary people like us can make it appear out of thin air? If we really have this ability, why would we leave our hometown?"
"That's right. You think leaving your homeland to escape famine is a good thing. Only you are such fools. You use this excuse to trick a few brothers into doing labor for you for free." Shi Wenshan had disliked Lan Yun for a long time and directly set a trap for them and their son.
Wu Pingping and the others were also shaken, "You didn't deliberately conceal the location of the lake?"
Village Chief Shi pointed to the path that led out of the mountain and said, "Tell me how we can hide this? There is such an obvious path in front of you. Even without us leading the way, you can find it by yourselves.
I guess you are refugees who have just arrived here? If it were a few days ago, you would have come back and forth from here to get water."
Wu Ping gnashed his teeth, "We just arrived the day before yesterday, and happened to ask for directions to their house. This family was very warm and generous to share such a big secret with us. In return, we agreed to take them along the way."
If the brothers who were carrying people together today had not complained, he would not have come over to obstruct the leader in front.
Village Chief Shi, "Now that you understand what's going on, can you please get out of the way?"
Wu Pingchang immediately moved aside, and his companions behind him followed suit, clearing the road that was originally tightly blocked.
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"What do you have to say now?" Wu Ping looked down at the Lan family.
"They are lying. In the past, whenever their team was short of water, a lot of water would appear out of nowhere. We don't know where they hid those containers. What we said was true." Lan Yongnan continued to stick to his previous statement, even though his foot was hurt from being thrown down.
"Then you said they didn't want to take you to the place with water before, how do you explain this road?" Wu Xiaomao covered his hungry stomach, "I wasted so much energy carrying you all the way, you have to compensate us."
"But we have already agreed that if you take us to the place, we will definitely not treat you unfairly when the time comes." Lan Yun supported himself and tried to convince the other party once again.
"You don't treat us unfairly?" Wu Xiaomao looked the four of them up and down. "You look so poor, you must be even poorer than us. Look at you all along the way, you even had to fight for a straw cake, and you're not afraid of biting your tongue by bragging."
Lan Tian covered her chest and shrank behind Lan Yongnan. She had already told the father and son that this could not be done this way. It was over. Would they take action?
Just as he finished thinking, he saw Wu Pingchang, who didn't care about other people's eyes at all, started to look through their family's packages, tore out the clothes and threw them away. If he saw something practical, he would throw it directly to the brothers behind him.
"What are you doing?" Lan Yongnan said anxiously, "Do you still have any law?"
"The king's law?" Wu Pingping did not even pause for a moment, "Don't forget that we are refugees now. Those dignitaries despise us the most. Who do you think will care about our lives?
There are so many people on the road these days. Have you ever seen any government official question them?
I advise you to be sensible and take out all the valuables to compensate for our brothers' hard work along the way. If you are not sensible, don't blame me for being careless when I find it later."
Lan Tianshi hid behind and trembled, holding Lan Yongnan tightly, "What should I do? What should I do about this?"
"Shut up," Lan Yongnan shouted at her, "Brothers, don't look through them. Those two bags are the women's personal belongings. Don't dirty your hands.
You see, I have a jade pendant passed down from my ancestors here, which I will give to you brothers as a reward for your hard work."
After saying that, he took out a white jade pendant from his arms and presented it to her reluctantly.
Wu Pingchang snatched it from his hand and looked at it carefully under the sun for a while. "This is just a piece of junk. How can it be eaten or drunk?"
As he said this, he tossed it in his hand maliciously, "If this is a piece of gold, it would be understandable. Maybe we brothers would let you go. But you want to use this broken stone to command us brothers. This is too much of a disrespect for us."
Lan Tian saw He Tuping carrying He Tuliang and preparing to pass by, and immediately pointed at him excitedly, "That's our relative, and he's also in their Baini'ao team. If you don't believe me, ask him. What I said before was not a lie."
He Tuping: "..."Who are your relatives?
He Tuliang quickly turned his head to the other side. He had suffered together with this guy at that time. Seeing him reminded him of the unbearable scene before. It was really unlucky that he met him here again.
Wu Pingchang's eyes swept around in Gu Yuanfeng's frame, and he walked over to stop them.
"He ran into a relative and didn't even stop to say hello."
"We don't know them, so how can they be called relatives?" He Zhou was not as timid as the Lan family. After all, her family had so many relatives.
Moreover, these people look unfamiliar at first glance, and if we stop them halfway, it probably won’t be a good thing.
"My sister married the youngest of the Gu family. She is a relative of your daughter-in-law." Although Lan Yun didn't know Gu Yuanfeng, as long as he could grasp this relationship, he might be able to put the trouble on the other party.
(End of this chapter)
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