Li and her luggage were placed on the wheelbarrow and pushed.

"Dad, where are we going?" asked twelve-year-old Jiang Eryong and ten-year-old Jiang Xiaoyong.

Want to know the destination.

"In short, we can't stay in Dengping County anymore. We have to be at least two counties away from Dengping County so that we can be safe and feel at ease. Otherwise, we will be worried every day that we will be discovered." Jiang Facai said.

"It's so far, and there's so much road to go. What if we can't walk?"

"When we get to the town, we'll see if we can hire a carriage. We can hire one and have it take us there quickly. We can't be reluctant to spend money now. We have to leave Dengping County as soon as possible." Besides, his family's land was sold for more than one hundred taels of silver. Anyway, he could still afford to hire a carriage.

"That's great." Jiang Eryong and Jiang Xiaoyong became happy again.

Jiang Dayong and his wife were also happy. Fortunately, they didn’t have to rely entirely on walking, otherwise they might not be able to walk.

The next day, from morning till noon, no sound was heard from Jiang Facai's house, and no one was seen from Jiang Facai's house. Some people in the village found it strange.

Someone wanted to call Jiang Facai and ask if something had happened.

But before he could shout, he saw someone from the town coming and saying that he was going to take over Jiang Facai's land, and that Jiang Facai had already sold all the land to him yesterday.

And the original land deeds of Jiang Facai's family were still in that person's hands.

The man went into Jiang Facai's house first, but found no one there.

Only then did the villagers realize that there was no one in Jiang Facai's house, not even the paralyzed Li.

After a closer look, they found that most of the things in the thatched hut were gone, so naturally someone hurried to inform the village chief.

The village chief also hurried over to take a look, and sure enough, no one from Jiang Facai's family was there. Their clothes and other belongings had been completely packed away, leaving not a single piece missing.

Similar to Shen Chunhua's previous escape with the peddler, everyone was even more curious: "Why did Jiang Facai and the others run away?"

The person who took over the land didn't care about all these things. Without Jiang Facai to lead the way, he confirmed the location of the land according to the deed, took over the land, and then went back.

The villagers were talking about it for a while, "Could he have done something bad and had to run away?"

"It's possible. Otherwise, they wouldn't have told anyone in the village. And looking at the hut being cleaned out, it's obvious they left on their own accord. They even dug out the pot and took it with them. It doesn't look like they were robbed."

When Jiang Ningning and the others learned about this, they also felt strange and didn't know why Jiang Facai and the others suddenly sold their land and ran away.

However, Jiang Ningning and the others didn't take it too seriously and just listened to it and let it go.

The village chief, on the other hand, thought that Jiang Facai's family were from his village after all, and now they suddenly disappeared. As the village chief, it would be difficult for him to report to the head of the village or the government office. He had to at least inquire about it. Otherwise, if the head of the village or the government office asked about it, it would be unreasonable for him to say that he had done nothing.

Therefore, the village chief went to the in-laws' home of Jiang Facai's daughter, Jiang Xingxing.

Ever since Jiang Facai was angered by the gods, Jiang Xingxing and her husband's family completely cut off contact with Jiang Facai and his family for fear of being implicated, and they never visited each other again.

Not to mention Jiang Xingxing's in-laws, even Jiang Xingxing herself didn't know where her parents, brother, sister-in-law, and two younger brothers had gone.

Jiang Xingxing said, "Now that I'm married, it's no longer my home. What happens to them has nothing to do with me. I don't know where they went. If you don't believe me, Village Chief Chen, you can ask the villagers and search my house."

Village chief Chen just sighed, realizing that Jiang Xingxing really didn't know where Jiang Facai and the others were.

Village chief Chen went to Ma Xiaoxia's parents' home and Li's parents' home again. Because of the wrath of the gods, these two families no longer had any dealings with Jiang Facai's family, so naturally they didn't know why Jiang Facai and his family suddenly disappeared.

When Village Chief Chen came back, he went to find the head of the village and told him about this.

Seeing that Village Chief Chen had asked all the relatives of Jiang Facai's family, the head of the village naturally did not ask again, but reported the matter to the county government.

Because no one knew why the family suddenly ran away, and they ran away on their own initiative, it was impossible to file a case. The county government at most just made a note of "missing" on the household registration of Jiang Facai's family, and did not conduct any investigation.

While the government office was making this note, Jiang Facai and his men had already taken a horse-drawn carriage to another county.

There are two counties between this county and Dengping County. Although they are not far from Dengping County, they are not particularly close either.

Jiang Facai and his men naturally felt a lot more at ease. They dressed up like people fleeing famine from the north and accepted relief from the government.

They also hoped that one day the government would recognize them as refugees and give them resettlement. It would be even better if they could settle down there. Then they could just make up an identity and probably get away with it.

Usually, the situation is very chaotic at this time. The government will not conduct a detailed investigation to trace the source. Many people who were originally unregistered will usually become registered as good citizens at this time.

However, the government of this county is not like Xiao Yan's. They can take care of all the hungry people who enter the county, and can only take care of most of them.

There are still quite a few who are still starving every day, and they have only been able to avoid any trouble because of the armed suppression by the yamen runners.

It just so happened that Jiang Facai and his friends had just arrived and didn't know the situation, so they stayed with these people.

The porridge provided by the government here was not filling and was very watery. Jiang Eryong and Jiang Xiaoyong were crying with hunger. Jiang Facai had no choice but to take out two coarse flour buns from his bag and secretly give one to Jiang Eryong and Jiang Xiaoyong respectively.

Jiang Eryong and Jiang Xiaoyong were so hungry that they didn't bother to eat secretly. They immediately took it and started eating it.

Jiang Dayong, who was very hungry, also wanted to eat.

But before Jiang Facai could take anything else, he was seen by this group of starving people. Knowing that there were steamed buns in their bags, they immediately swarmed over to grab them.

Jiang Facai and his men were only a few people, so how could they resist? Not only were they beaten several times, their bags were robbed, and even the money hidden in Jiang Facai's body accidentally fell out.

Those who were starving naturally became even more crazy and started to rob money.

Those people even started fighting with each other, thinking that you grabbed more and I didn’t get anything, so I’ll grab yours. If you don’t give it to me, I’ll beat you... In short, it was a mess.

They could rob food, but if their money was also taken away, they would have no way to survive. So, regardless of whether they would be beaten or not, Jiang Facai and the others also joined in, wanting to get back the money they got from selling their fields and land.

At that time, those people had no rationality at all, and Jiang Facai and Jiang Dayong were beaten to death.

Ma Xiaoxia was also hit headfirst into a nearby rock and died.

Jiang Eryong and Jiang Xiaoyong were so frightened by this that they dared not even think about getting the money and food back. They quickly hid to the side, fearing that they would also die on the spot.

At this moment, Li somehow spat out the rag stuffed in her mouth and cursed: "You sons of a bitch, you sons of a bitch, you dare to do this in broad daylight——"

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