The end of natural disasters: the daily life of child brides in ancient times

Lu Qingqing waited for a moment while the man walked north along the path, passed through the apricot trees and continued north.

She had never been to that place before. If the police missed a loophole, she could escape!

But she was worried that officials might come here at any time, so she followed from a distance.

Sure enough, not long after, the sound of musketry was heard not far away.

It seems that the man no longer needs to use his own space to be liberated, as he has been caught by the officials!

Knowing that this was another dead end, Lu Qingqing quickly turned around and ran back the way she came.

But the more he ran, the more he felt the urge to pee. He was also worried that peeing here would leave a mark, so he simply slipped into the space.

After the problem was solved, the urgency of tracking all the way also subsided.

Lu Qingqing hurried back to the house.

When they went to work the next day, the police came again dragging the corpse.

After receiving another scolding, He Baotou lost his good face towards everyone present.

"This man really let me down. I showed him some mercy and wanted to give him another chance. But I didn't expect that he couldn't hand over the gold and actually wanted to run away."

As he spoke, He turned his head and looked at the people who wanted to pay the gold, and said word by word:

"You should know that running away will only lead to a faster death!"

Hearing this, those people trembled with fear.

Looking at He Baotou turning and leaving, those in the team who didn't collect enough gold completely collapsed.

Tomorrow is the day to pay the gold. If you don't pay enough, the consequences will be...

As they thought about it, their eyes fell on the others.

Tiedan was already frightened by the corpse dragged over by the police, and now looking at the eyes of the people around him, he felt extremely scared.

He held his mother's hand tightly and asked in a low voice:

"Mom, you're going to be okay, right?"

Tiedan's mother thought about how much her family had spent in the past few days to buy enough gold particles for her, and she replied softly:

"Don't be afraid, Mom is fine."

While she breathed a sigh of relief, she also began to feel sorry for the money.

At this moment, someone heard her words and knelt down before her:

"Big sister, do you have any extra money? Can you lend me some? If I can't pay it back tomorrow, I'll be dead. Please!"

As he said this, the man kowtowed.

The woman was startled by his action and quickly stepped back to protect her son.

"Where can I get so much gold to give you?"

When the kowtowing man saw that she refused to give it to him, a fierce light flashed in his eyes and he wanted to step forward and attack her.

Tiedan's father rushed to the front to block the two of them and protected them as they walked back.

Several people who needed to pay gold also noticed the situation here and set their sights on the mother and daughter.

Fortunately, their family members came over quickly and helped them retreat.

Seeing that the team was about to become chaotic, the overseers whipped them and shouted:

"Alright, everyone, get back to work! Hurry up!"

With the crack of the whip, people returned to their posts.

But the people in the river carefully avoided the others, fearing that their gold would be robbed or stolen.

That night, until very late, people were still walking around the houses, trying to exchange for more gold.

Early the next morning, He Baotou called everyone over before going to work.

"Okay, it's time to pay the gold today. Those nine people, oh, eight people, come forward!"

Eight people walked out of the crowd one after another, with different expressions.

Those who haven’t saved enough gold have started to tremble!

Those who had saved enough gold looked relatively calm.

He turned his head and winked, and a supervisor came forward with a small scale.

He took the cloth bags from the people one by one and weighed and recorded them one by one.

Soon, the supervisor completed the record and reported it to He Baotou.

He Baotou didn't even give him a chance to explain, he just said coldly:

"Go tie Lu Renjia and Niu Dali to the wooden rack!"

The supervisors rushed over from behind, and the two men's legs were shaking like sieves, and they kept begging for mercy.

The supervisors simply followed He's orders and tied the two men tightly to the wooden rack.

He turned his head and looked at the two people:

"Don't blame me, I gave you a chance."

Hearing the two crying miserably, He put on an expression of pity:

"You two have been working in Jingou for a long time. I'll give you another chance."

The two men listened and thought there was really a way to survive, so they kept thanking him.

Then, He Baotou smiled and said:

"Thirty lashes per person. If you can survive, I won't bother you with hiding it!"

When the two men heard this, they felt a darkness before their eyes.

The person who was whipped before died before he even received thirty lashes.

When the supervisor with the whip saw He Baotou succeed in swinging his whip, he stepped forward and started whipping him again and again.

Looking at the people on the racks who were beaten and bleeding, and listening to their shrill screams, Lu Qingqing felt sad.

Less than a month had passed since I arrived in Jingou, and lives were already being lost one after another.

This is not like the previous uncontrollable plague. Those who died were all healthy people, and their life and death were decided by the officials and the leaders at the thought of a thought.

This Jingou is a devil's den where human life is not taken seriously!

Thinking about what Lu Tianming said before, they are probably already meat on the chopping board now.

And now, she doesn't even know how many troops there are in Jingou.

Lu Qingqing was a little impatient and she wanted to find an opportunity to escape as soon as possible!

Soon, the screams of the two men became weaker and weaker.

When the supervisors stopped, the two men were dead.

The seven people standing in the middle were trembling with fear, fearing that He Baotou would have another idea and their lives would be in danger.

He Baotou chuckled when he saw them like this:

"Well, I don't eat people, so why should I be so scared? Since you have paid enough gold, I will naturally do what I said. You can all go back!"

When the seven people heard this, they all breathed a sigh of relief and thanked He Baotou one after another.

He turned his head to look at the people around him, a kind smile on his face.

"I've been here since the Jingou operation began. You can ask around. As long as you follow the rules and do things according to the rules, I'm very easy to talk to!"

In the crowd, everyone looked at each other with different thoughts.

But the body of the person who was beaten to death was right next to him, and even the dumbest person would not really think that He Baotou was easy to talk to.

"Everyone, work hard from now on. If you find gold every day, just hand it over to the counter for your wages. How could there be so many problems? Okay, let's get back to work!"

After saying that, He turned around and walked back.

Holding the gold he had just handed over, He Baotou couldn't help but smile. This month's mission was completed!

Not only that, there is still a lot left this month.

However, if you want to take this gold out, you still have to rely on that guy named Jiang, but it will cost you a lot of money!

While feeling the pain, he remembered the gold that was robbed by Cui Laowu from Xigou.

He couldn't help but curse Cui Laowu a few more times, thinking about how to bring up this matter with the guy surnamed Jiang when handing over the money tomorrow.

He was punished when he sent people to rob Xigou because he failed to complete the task before.

Now that he has come to rob Donggou, I naturally cannot let him go so easily!

Seeing He Baotou and the supervisors walking away, the rest of the people looked at the two people beaten to death on the wooden shelf and couldn't help feeling sad.

These two people have no relatives in Jingou. Of course, if they had help from relatives and friends, they might be able to collect enough gold and avoid losing their lives.

In the crowd, Lu Tianming saw that no one was collecting the bodies of the two men, and sighed:

"Tianxin, Shuhe, Shuyi, please help bury these two. The dead should be buried in peace."

Qin Lang, Lu Qingqing and others also went over to lend a hand and together they buried the two men.

There are two more small graves in that cemetery!