In the capital, the Lizheng is equivalent to a village head, while the Baozhang is equivalent to a small town head. One Baozhang is selected from ten villages.
In other words, the head of the village was superior to the village head.
Coincidentally, the village headman happened to be in Anping Village.
It was quite a coincidence.
No sooner had the guard said "no rush" than two men rushed out of the village.
The man in the lead was about twenty years old, and behind him hurriedly followed a man who was about fifty years old.
The man ran and shouted, "Village head, village head, don't worry, listen to me..."
“I saw those people yesterday. They look like refugees fleeing famine. We can’t just let them into the village!”
"What if they have infectious diseases?"
"Hey, stop running! Stop running!"
He was out of breath from running, but he kept shouting and yelling.
Unfortunately, no matter how much he shouted, the man called the village head ignored him.
On the contrary, the villagers of Qingshan Village all turned pale!
The man in his fifties was Wang Youcai, the village head of Anping Village.
The villagers of Qingshan Village all heard what Wang Youcai just shouted. Needless to say, this place is definitely not a good place!
And at this time.
Village head Yang Qiuci had already run over.
He seemed to recognize the head guard, and came over to him, bowing respectfully. Just as he was about to speak, the guard handed him the letter.
"This is a letter from the general to you, take a look!"
Yang Qiuci took the letter but did not open it immediately. Instead, he glanced at his personal guard.
The guards gave him a sharp look and nodded.
He then opened it.
The letter contained nothing special; it simply instructed General Cui to arrange a good place for the Tian family to stay.
Yang Qiuci quickly read the letter, put it back in the envelope, stuffed it into his pocket, and bowed to his guards again.
He walked over to the villagers of Qingshan Village and asked.
"Which of you is from the Tian family? Come with me!"
The villagers were very excited when Qinwei handed him the letter, thinking they would be able to move into Anping Village soon!
They can now be considered residents of Kyoto!
As it turned out, the people who asked the question were only from the Tian family!
Everyone looked at the Tian family with strange eyes.
The Tian family members also had complicated expressions; anyone with eyes could see that General Cui's letter of recommendation only mentioned their Tian family.
But the Tian family didn't want to abandon the villagers.
The main problem was that they didn't know General Cui had written a letter of recommendation, and they even thought that everyone had already entered the village and was planning to come here to seek refuge.
Who would have thought this would happen!
Grandma Tian wanted to explain to everyone, but Tian Yifan quickly stopped her.
Tian Yifan whispered to Grandma Tian, "Grandma, things have come to this point, no matter how much we explain, it's useless!"
As he spoke, he gestured with his eyes toward his grandmother's guards.
Grandma Tian was stunned for a moment, then realized what her eldest grandson meant.
She nodded to Tian Yifan without making a sound.
Then, he walked over to the guards and said, "My lord, our Tian family was able to arrive in the capital safely thanks to the help of our fellow villagers."
"Now that we can finally enter the village, the Tian family cannot abandon those who have shared joys and sorrows with us!"
"This old woman has no skills, so I can only ask for your help, sir. Please help us all get into the village together, I beg you."
As she spoke, the old lady was about to kneel down before her guards.
The guards dared not accept Old Madam Tian's kneeling. They knew all too well how much their general valued the Tian family!
He quickly reached out to help the old lady up.
But the old lady wouldn't get up!
She pushed away the guard's outstretched hand and said, "If you, sir, refuse, then this old woman will not get up!"
bodyguards…
The guards were, after all, men. In this feudal era, even though Old Lady Tian was an old woman, she was still a woman.
The saying goes that men and women should not touch each other.
He could only offer a token gesture of support in his haste, but he couldn't actually help her up.
Seeing that Old Lady Tian had knelt down like that, he was at a loss for what to do.
But what troubled him even more was yet to come!
When the rest of the Tian family saw Old Lady Tian kneel down, they all knelt down as well, and the villagers of Qingshan Village also knelt down.
When the villagers heard Yang Qiuci only ask the Tian family, they truly misunderstood the Tian family.
Seeing how much the Tian family had done for them, they were all deeply moved and appreciated the Tian family's kindness, but now was not the time to express their gratitude.
They all followed the guards.
The guards were merely there to carry out orders; they had no real authority. The men exchanged glances, each harboring a sense of...
"Or... let's run away!"
However, they have already completed their mission for today. As long as they run away, these villagers will naturally get up on their own!
Several guards had already begun to retreat.
The head guard frowned.
Back then, before General Cui took him in, he had fled famine with his family. His family members all starved to death on the way, and he almost died on the way.
Fortunately, it was General Cui who saved him.
He felt grateful to General Cui and sympathized with the villagers of Qingshan Village.
He did not back down.
Even when his brothers tried to pull him away, he remained standing still until much later…
As if he had finally figured something out, he took a deep breath, walked to Yang Qiuci's side, and said to him.
"I'll take them in, and I'll take responsibility if anything happens!"
Yang Qiuci frowned slightly.
He opened his mouth as if to say something, but ultimately patted him on the shoulder, his tone neither cold nor indifferent, yet giving one a strange sense of security.
"good."
The villagers of Qingshan Village burst into laughter.
They hurriedly kowtowed to the guard (Yang Zhao) and thanked him repeatedly!
Yang Zhao waved his hand to acknowledge everyone's thanks, and then told everyone to get up and pack their things so they could go into the village.
The villagers readily agreed and began packing their belongings.
The village head of Anping Village was not happy about it.
He had already rushed over, and when he heard that most of the villagers in Qingshan Village couldn't enter the village, he was quite pleased with himself!
See? You still can't get into the village!
But now.
But they're going into the village!
He rushed to Yang Qiuci and said, "Village head, you can't agree to this! They are all refugees fleeing famine, refugees!"
"You have no idea how terrible these refugees are, do you?"
"Let me tell you, many places have suffered from drought in recent years, and the fields have yielded no harvest. These refugees had no food when they fled!"
"How did they survive on their journey during the famine?"
He paused as he spoke.
She looked up at Yang Qiuci beside her, and seeing that he didn't react, she spoke.
"They survived by eating and enduring hardship!"
"Can you just eat a dead person? Putting everything else aside, just consider how many diseases a dead person carries. What if something happens to them..."
He would then say, "What if they eat something that carries an infectious disease?"
Does that mean he got infected too?
I just haven't had a chance to say it yet.
One of the villagers in Qingshan Village couldn't take it anymore and kicked him!
The villagers angrily retorted, "What a load of rubbish!"
"If we had a contagious disease, we would have been stopped at the city gate long ago, and we wouldn't have been able to get here!"
"besides…"
The villagers also paused, glancing at Yang Qiuci beside them. Seeing that he still didn't react, they deliberately tried to scare the village head.
"And who told you that refugees eat people? Let me tell you, there's more than just cannibalism on the road to escape famine..."
"They even eat living people!"
"If you dare spout any more nonsense, we'll eat you up first!"
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