Autumn rain suddenly began to fall in Henan Prefecture.

The rain came very suddenly, and the white clouds in the sky a moment ago had quietly turned into continuous dark clouds without people noticing.

The warm autumn rain first fell tentatively with a few drops.

If it drops on the ground, it will be quickly absorbed by the soil, leaving no trace.

As if trying something out, the dark clouds in the sky began to roll, as if there was a fierce battle going on deep in the dark clouds.

Immediately afterwards, traces of rain fell from the dark clouds like silk threads, the air began to surge, and the temperature between heaven and earth dropped at a speed that can be felt by the body.

With a roar deep in the dark clouds.

The raindrops turned into big raindrops, and they rushed to hit the ground in series.

A gust of autumn wind blew by.

The raindrops hit people's faces and bodies, making them feel bitingly cold.

Pattering.

The Songshan Mountains have been wrapped in a curtain of rain, and the earth's atmosphere has risen, gathering into a thin layer of mist in the mountains.

The Ming Dynasty pro-army Jinyiwei commander Fu Suncheng from Sibei Town, Fusi Town, and his men rode horses and drove in the rain from the cement factory to the outside of Anle Village at the foot of the mountain.

Tick.

Tick.

The rainwater on the roof of the village house flowed downwards along the thatch, reached the edge of the eaves, fell one by one, and smashed into the gutter a foot away from the house wall.

"There is no village if you go further back. If you want to go to the Shaolin Temple, you can't get there."

When Sun Cheng and others arrived at the entrance of the village.

A villager wearing a raincoat and a bamboo hat suddenly appeared from the side and stood in front of everyone. He lowered his head and gave a warning.

Sun Cheng looked into the depths of the village. It was probably because it rained suddenly at this moment, or it was the time when he was busy working, and no one could be seen in the village.

He sat on the horse, lowered his gaze, focused on the man who appeared at the entrance of the village, and said with a smile: "If you don't go in, if you don't go in, this is where you came from."

The villagers of Anle Village raised their heads, revealing their tanned faces full of vicissitudes of life.

"Oh? What are you doing here?"

Sun Cheng dismounted: "Is this Anle Village?"

"yes."

The villager wearing a bamboo hat looked at Sun Cheng with his eyes on the edge of the bamboo hat.

Sun Cheng showed a smile and explained: "That's it. We are here for the master's family. The master's family wants to build a new yard. I heard that Anle Village is rich in bluestone. The master's family sent us here, hoping to communicate with your village.

Let’s discuss the material used for bluestone.”

"The imperial court wants to control the river, and the government is pressing hard. The bluestones collected in our village now have to be sent to the river."

The villagers of Anle Village refused and tried to drive Sun Cheng and others away.

Sun Cheng, however, had already led the horse and people towards Anle Village.

He looked at the other party: "It is a major matter for the imperial court to regulate the river. Naturally, we do not dare to delay it. We just hope that when the government does not press too hard, your village can help our master's new yard."

There was a trace of impatience on the villager's face: "We have said that the court will control the river, but who knows when the government will do it. You'd better go to other places to look for stones as soon as possible, so as not to delay your master's new yard."

The villagers once again signaled their intention to drive people away.

Sun Cheng didn't care, and continued to lead the people into the village.

From Sun Cheng's perspective, Anle Village was very magical.

The houses at the outermost part of the village look very dilapidated, but as you go further in, the houses get better and better built.

From earth walls and thatched roofs, to earth walls and tile roofs.

Then from the earth wall and tile roof to the front and rear courtyards.

Finally, around the ancestral hall with a bluestone tile roof in the middle of the village, there are courtyards with bluestone tile roofs leading from the front and back.

The villager was nervous and helpless.

The eyes hidden under the bamboo hat were constantly looking around.

At this time, Sun Cheng suddenly asked again: "I wonder where Li is?"

The villagers' hearts tightened: "Anle Village is at Niuyao Village at the mountain pass in front."

"Who is in charge of your village? Can we see him?"

Sun Cheng stared at the Anle Village Ancestral Hall not far away, located in the middle of the village.

It was only now clear that there were several figures moving around behind the ajar door of the ancestral hall.

The villagers of Anle Village, who were originally going to drive people away, had no choice but to say in a low voice: "The patriarch is at the ancestral hall. Please follow me to the courtyard behind. I will ask the patriarch if he wants to see you."

Outsiders are not allowed to enter the ancestral hall.

Sun Cheng didn't bother here. He just nodded and looked at the man leading the way. He glanced at the subordinates around him and nodded.

Something is wrong with Anle Village.

The carriage made a creaking sound as it walked in the village, and the sound of horse hooves tapping could be heard clearly.

The two Jin Yiwei who were walking beside the first carriage in front quietly hid in an alley consisting of two houses when the wheels crossed a hurdle and made a bumping sound.

On Lok Village Ancestral Hall.

"It's that group of people, they entered the village."

After Li Sanshi checked in front of the ancestral hall and returned to the ancestral hall, his face was tense.

Li Zhicheng nodded towards Li Sanshi, with a sneer on his face, and looked at the clan leader Li Youfu with a faint look: "Uncle, you saw it. Now, this is the government coming to investigate our Anle Village!"

Li Youfu looked worried and frowned, and sighed, "Are you really from the government?"

Li Zhicheng's eyes narrowed: "Apart from the government, who else can enter and leave the cement factory at will?"

Anle Village is too miserable and too dangerous.

Accidents happen every year in the stone quarry on the mountain, and several people are taken away. If this were not the case, the indecisive uncle in front of him would not be allowed to be the leader of the clan.

Li Youfu's face turned even more ugly. He looked at Li Zhicheng hesitantly: "How about... we should confess to the government? We were all coerced, and those people forced us to do what we did."

childish!

Li Zhicheng snorted coldly in his heart, but asked in reply: "Uncle, do you really think that with what we have done, the court and the government will let us go?"

Li Youfu was a little unwilling: "Then..."

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Li Zhicheng shouted low and his face turned cold: "Uncle, have you forgotten that before those people from outside the mountains came, our Anle Village had already soaked those bluestones with fire and water?!"

"We are all forced... forced!" Li Youfu's face turned blue and white, and he said: "The mountain has been hollowed out, all the people have died, and Anle Village is still the same Anle Village. Even the stomach is not full, and the government

The money and food ordered are so low..."

Having said this, Li Youfu suddenly raised his head and stood up, stretched out his hands and grasped Li Zhicheng's collar tightly.

Li Youfu was seventy or eighty years old, but when he caught Li Zhicheng at this moment, he was stunned.

And Li Youfu also said in a deep voice: "We are all forced! If we don't do this, you bunch of bastards will not be able to survive and grow up!"

"Uncle..."

Li Sanshi looked nervous at the side. He was not worried about what would happen to brother Zhicheng, but he was worried that something would happen if his uncle got angry. At this time in Anle Village, there might be trouble.

Li Zhicheng's face was calm: "Uncle, there is no way out in Anle Village! No one can escape!"

Li Youfu's arms trembled, and he slowly released Li Zhicheng's hands.

He slowly took two steps back, reached behind and groped for the chair, and sat down feebly.

Li Zhicheng said coldly: "Tomorrow is the time when we have agreed to meet those people from outside the mountain again. Uncle, maybe we in Anle Village will still have a way to survive by then."

After finishing speaking, Li Zhicheng looked at Li Youfu sitting on the chair with a faint gaze.

He had had enough of working in the mountains day after day quarrying rocks for the government.

Even if the mountain is hollowed out, Anle Village cannot become rich, and the people in the village cannot have enough to eat every day.

The plan for now is to get out of this mountain!

There are not many people in Anle Village, but there are about five to six hundred people.

Excluding the old, weak, women and children, there can still be two hundred strong men.

Such people are more than enough no matter what they do. Even if they follow the rebellion of those outside the mountains and take the people from Anle Village with them, they can still have the capital to start a business.

Li Youfu's expression changed. He already had some vague guesses in his mind, but he didn't want to believe it.

No one wants to live a life of displacement and beheading.

Li Youfu raised his head and looked at Li Zhicheng: "What's the way to survive? We in Anle Village really have no way out now?"
To be continued...