Encounter with the Four Great Talents

The so-called what to be afraid of, in the one month after Hua Dingwu left, as the county grandpa, Uncle Zhang, became seriously ill, the peaceful and peaceful Wu County became more and more terrifying.

Wu County is rich, and Wu County, which is located in the land of fish and rice, has more security than other places.But no amount of protection can withstand long-term consumption. The porridge sheds of some big families are no longer open, and the prices of rice and noodles in various shops have also risen. The prices of everything in the whole town are rising, even the coffin sellers. It has risen a lot.This directly made it more difficult for the victims to survive, and even the residents of Wu County complained.

Under the vicious cycle, the originally beautiful towns have become chaotic and lifeless. After a month of support, the Tang family dared not set up a porridge shed anymore. The servants walk around and boil some disease-preventing concoctions for the whole family to take from time to time.

The emperor didn't care about it either. A large amount of medicinal materials and food were sent over, but after they were divided equally, they were deducted by officials at all levels. For so many victims of the disaster, it was a drop in the bucket.In particular, the emperor had to send a large amount of food and medicinal materials to the disaster area first, which made it even more difficult for Wu County and other places where a large number of victims were concentrated.

In Wu County, victims of disasters are gathered everywhere, most of them are guarding outside the doors of rich families, waiting for them to send out some leftovers after eating, and those who are sick will be arranged to receive treatment in a village outside the city. Because many people died there, most of the victims refused to go.Some young victims will go around begging for food and water, and some ordinary people will rob or steal.

The entire Wu County became more and more chaotic because of these victims, and many people fled temporarily, waiting for this period to pass.There are also many people who stayed, but they had to stay at home all day with closed doors. Even if they wanted to go shopping, they would gather a lot of people to prevent their belongings from being robbed.

Because the Tang family had guards and everything was well-prepared, the Tang family suffered less. But even so, a few servants got sick.The Tang family is now old and young, and the younger brother is sick and weak. Tang Yin is very worried, and almost completely isolates several people, preventing people from getting close easily.

Wei Ting stayed at Tang's house to protect Tang Shen according to his senior brother's words. At this time, he also took the initiative to stand up and patrol the whole family with Fang Xingzhou. He often threw out a few small thieves at night, and he was quite busy.

He threw out a few more today. Hearing the yelling outside, Wei Ting frowned, and asked Fang Xingzhou who was also frowning: "What wave is this today?"

Fang Xingzhou sighed: "It's the third wave."

The two sighed together.Wei Ting scolded his senior brother in his heart for choosing such a time to go to the south of the Yangtze River, and to bring the young and old Tang family to the capital earlier, so there would be nothing more to do!Ask: "How is the situation in the city?"

"Not good." Fang Xingzhou was a little tired, and talked a lot less, "Chaos."

Wei Ting propped his chin for a while and asked, "Tell me, why don't we also escape from the city temporarily?"

Fang Xingzhou was startled, and propped his chin to think about the feasibility.It is not impossible to leave the big salute and just send the personnel to the capital. With the relationship between the second master and Mr. Hua, it is easy to live in Hua's house temporarily.At that time, I will transport some cumbersome things to the north.

Both of them are straight-hearted, so they asked the two brothers for their opinions when they thought about it, but Tang Yin and Tang Shen shook their heads directly: "No."

Tang Yin's reason is that now going north, let alone whether the road is dangerous or not, even a family with so many patients can't withstand the bumps, what should we do if there is a big problem with the lack of medical care?The city is a bit more dangerous now, but it's not life-threatening. It's better to wait for Physician Hua to come back.

And Tang Shen's reason was that although the Tang family had guards, the journey out of the city to Suzhou was full of dangers. The whole family was old and young, as well as sick, and a single mistake could endanger their lives.He definitely does not agree to go out of the city now. Those victims who are suffering from hunger, thirst and pain don't care whether you are a good person or not. They only know that you have money and food in your package, which is enough for them to rob.

So the plan was rejected, and the family still had no choice but to wait. They could only hope that King Rong and the others could deal with the disaster in the southwest as soon as possible, so that the victims here could return on their own initiative, and peace in Wu County could be restored.

However, the disaster victims in Wu County seem to have changed recently, and they have become organized.The sick were driven out of the city by other victims, and their bodies were taken out of the city to be buried. Most of the old and weak were taken care of, while other healthy people came out to look for food and supplies.This made the officials in the Wu County Yamen heave a sigh of relief, but when they knew that three families had been rushed in and robbed by dozens of victims at night, their headaches started to hurt again.

The Yamen's arresters hunted down these criminal victims, but they were protected by other victims and could not be found at all, and only a few were identified based on witnesses.The most troublesome thing is that the people who lead these disaster victims have never been found.So what they could do was to inform all the families in the county about these things, so more people fled out of the city, while others strengthened their own defenses.

Tang Yin had a splitting headache after receiving the news, and Tang Shen rubbed his temples and lamented that the end of the world was just like this.Without any further hesitation, the two elders of the Tang family, Mrs. Ding and the two children all went down to the basement of the Buddhist hall, and the valuables were also sent down, leaving only the two brothers on top.

Tang Shen stood with his arms open, and Qiuxiang and Dongyue helped him put on the soft armor. It was given by Hua Dingwu, and he never had a chance to use it.Tang Yin also put on the lined clothes and sighed.

Tang Shen walked over and patted him on the shoulder: "Brother, it's been a while since King Rong and the others left, and they have already started disaster relief. As long as the news comes and the victims return home, everything will be fine."

Tang Yin helped him to sit down, nodded and said: "I understand these things, and I also believe that the prince will deal with it soon. But Shen'er, the city is getting more and more chaotic, and we are stuck in it, trying to be safe and sound, it's difficult. "

Tang Shen also had no choice but to let his family hide in the basement, there was no other way.Although it was well repaired there, it was impossible to hide in it all the time.After thinking for a while, Tang Shen said to Qiuxiang, "I have a wooden box in the cupboard, go get it."

Qiuxiang went to fetch it immediately, Tang Shen opened it and took out a stack of papers.Curiously, Tang Yin picked up one and looked at it, frowned and looked upside down, left and right, and finally expressed helplessly that he didn't understand.Tang Shen didn't care, and told Qiu Xiang, "Go and ask Brother Wei to come over."

Wei Ting took a look at the things Tang Shen handed over, and his eyes lit up: "Unexpectedly, the Second Young Master can use mechanisms."

"Know how superficial." Tang Shen is indeed only superficial. Although self-taught without a teacher is somewhat innovative, it is not advanced in the end.Tang Shen pointed to a few selected designs in his hand: "These are relatively simple traps that can be placed at the door of the house or under the wall. If they can be made at home, they won't kill people, but it can also save us a lot of money." something."

Wei Ting nodded, discussed with Tang Shen for a while, and then went out excitedly with the blueprint.Tang Yin asked with a smile: "But it's the same as those in Buddhist halls?"

Tang Shen shook his head: "I prepared the basement of the Buddhist hall to store some valuables, so most of the traps are dangerous, and if not handled properly, they will kill people. These are just small traps, just a prank."

It's good for Tang Yin to think about it. Although the behavior of the disaster victims is not rational, they are poor people after all. Otherwise, who would want to do such a thing?

So, that night, all kinds of screams were staged around the Tang family. The servants of the Tang family stood aside with sticks, watching the victims who fell into the trap with smiles on their faces, and waited until no more people came in. Then go over and knock people out one by one with a stick, then throw them out of the gate, close the gate to restore the traps, and go to sleep.

This kind of trap was finally dug out of Tang Shen's yard. There were some nimble people who followed the light and would be trapped by the trap if they were not careful. Traps Just go trap by trap to find the trapped guys and throw them over the wall.Wei Ting was obviously very satisfied with this easy and fun job, and he designed some of them himself, and arranged the Tang family densely. In the end, even he himself didn't know how many traps there were, and even one of his own people was framed. It was only after the Tang family brothers tried their best to prevent it that they settled down a bit.

Fang Xingzhou jumped over a pit, then slid over a thin line, carefully identified the stones, stepped on a small path, and finally arrived at a safe place.Wiping the sweat off his forehead with a sigh of relief, Fang Xingzhou raised his head and shouted at the few people who were enthusiastically setting traps on the roof: "Brother Wei, don't you need the roof?"

"That's impossible!" Wei Ting continued to work with a few servants who were also "talented" without looking up, and replied, "Did you see that tree? It's so close to the wall and not far from this house." Far, if you are more skillful, you can jump over and enter the yard, it is better to install a few."

The corners of Fang Xingzhou's mouth twitched, good skill?The disaster victims outside?Brother Wei, you think too much.

Forget it, let them go, anyway, they can't hurt themselves if they are installed on the roof.Fang Xingzhou turned around and walked to Tang Shen's yard on the other side. Tang Shen was checking the things at home with Tang Yin. When he saw him coming in, he raised his head: "Brother Fang is back."

After saluting the two, Fang Xingzhou said: "Master, Second Master, I have inquired. It is true that someone is in charge of the disaster victims recently, but I don't know who exactly. I only know that the disaster victims in the whole city are divided into several parts. Each area is managed by its own person, and the leader is very secretive, and only a few people know who he is. Most disaster victims know that there is such a person, but they don't know who it is."

Tang Yin raised his eyebrows: "It's quite capable."

Tang Shen smiled and asked again, "How is the situation of the victims recently?"

"It's better." This is the truth. Fang Xingzhou took a sip of the cold tea from Dongyue and said, "It may be because he robbed a few houses and grabbed a lot of things. The victims have stabilized a lot. Although there are not many, at least There's something for everyone to eat."

"Where's the yamen?" Tang Yin was very concerned about this, so he immediately asked.

Fang Xingzhou frowned when he heard this question, and then said: "I asked the brothers in the yamen, but the situation did not improve. Mr. Zhang is still seriously ill, and the adults who took over have different opinions. It was chaotic, some proposed to drive all the victims out of the city, and some decided to observe for a while. Apart from trying to catch the victims and the person behind the scenes, there is no effective action."

Tang Yin sighed, Tang Shen was also helpless, Fang Xingzhou said: "There are dozens of wealthy families in the city, except for a few of the largest families who have sufficient means to guard against being robbed, only our family is safe and sound. For the time being, no one has been robbed. After robbing it twice, I think someone will come to our house."

Tang Yin nodded: "That's for sure. Although some disaster victims will always be injured when they come to our house, they have not retreated, and people will still come every day. It's just that according to Brother Wei, the people who come here are getting better and better?"

Fang Xingzhou nodded, as he admitted the statement, which made Tang Yin's face contort.Tang Shen was speechless. He patted his elder brother on the shoulder to comfort him briefly, and asked, "How about the Buddhist hall and the warehouse?"

"It's all right, we made some disguises, and the people who came to our house haven't found it yet."

Tang Shen nodded, and said to Fang Xingzhou: "Xiaodu is also in the basement with the two children and Xingniang, you go and tell Xiaodu that the Buddhist hall is under his control, and no one is allowed to enter or leave without his consent."

Fang Xingzhou understood what Tang Shen meant, Xiaodu didn't trust others easily, but it was safe at this time, seeing that the two of them had no other demands, they went to the Buddhist hall.

But after a few more days passed and the remaining families were also robbed, the Tang family understood that their family would never escape.

Tang Shen was very calm. He arranged for someone to put on a disguise and waited for someone to come to the door.

Sure enough, that night, dozens of people rushed into Tang's house from different places. Although most of them were lost by the trap, they were still rushed to Tang Shen's courtyard.

There were no traps in Tang Shen's yard, because Tang Shen had to have a place to walk around and take care of himself, and since he had the most people in his yard, it was not convenient to place traps.

Sitting on the couch in the house, Tang Shen and Tang Yin leaned against the window and looked at the staring eyes of the victims holding strange weapons, and sighed: "Brother, we won't piss them off, right?"

Tang Yin was helpless: "It seems so."

Of course it would cause trouble. An ordinary-sized five-entry house may not be very rich, but it took them more than half a month, and even nearly a hundred people were injured.Dozens of them were lost today. If you can't rob this home, how can you be worthy of the injured brother!So a few people rushed into the courtyard, no one stopped them, and let them rob.

It's just that Tang Shen's house is just a backyard. There is a small kitchen, but there is nothing real. The furnishings in the house are mostly the calligraphy and paintings of the two brothers themselves, which are not worth much. They smashed it, but couldn't find anything of much value, and finally snatched Qiuxiang and the others' jewelry.

There were too many organs in the Tang family, and they only found a disguised kitchen and warehouse, and there was not much to evacuate. They were even more furious, and they were about to tie up the two brothers immediately.

According to their information, apart from these two brothers, the Tang family also had a couple of old people and two children, and Tang Yin even had a wife. If they couldn't find any of these people, it proved that they must have run away long ago!And he took all the valuables of the Tang family and escaped!The Tang family may not have that much food, but they definitely have money!So tied them up and let their families redeem them!