Chapter 263 Origin

The clever little beggar in front of her overlapped with the shadow of the square plate with diced beans, which made Wei Zhen suddenly feel homesick.

Therefore, their pace of running was still slow. They had been walking for half a year, and they had already received several letters from their families urging them to return home.

"Girl, please, please come this way." The little beggar turned back three times with one step and led Wei Zhen and others towards the Imperial City Temple in the west.

There are very few people living around here anymore, and the farther west you go, the more deserted it becomes, but the roads are quite clean, probably by the beggars.

Wei Zhen watched the terrain all the way without saying a word, which made the little beggar feel very anxious.

"Girl, I have visited the area where the mudslide collapsed. The area is wide and large, and there are several large rocks standing there. There is no way to remove them manually, so there may be no one to take care of it."

She would rather flood the town than dredge it. Wei Zhen was certainly prepared, "Well, I will find a way."

The little beggar breathed a sigh of relief and started jumping up and down unconsciously as he walked, like a little rabbit. This showed that the little guy was really happy.

Soon, the Imperial City Temple arrived.

There is less water in winter, so it is not flooded now. A few beggars are lazily laying out their nests at the door. Maybe they have stored enough food for this winter.

When they saw the arrival of Wei Zhen and others, they all stood up warily, "Xiaozizi, who is this?"

Is this kind of noble person visiting a beggar's den to find his long-lost relatives? After all, this kind of thing happens all the time.

"Brother Cat Thirteen, this is Princess Jin, and she is here to give you job opportunities."

"Oh!" Several beggars knelt down in an instant, "Here, please say hello to the princess." What a big shot! Ask them to do labor? In short, be polite first, and then we can talk about other things.

"Get up, go in and talk."

This Imperial City Temple is indeed very large, with brick buildings and carved beams and paintings. After all, it was a place where gods and Buddhas were once worshipped.

However, many places were flooded and damaged and require subsequent repairs, but this does not affect living.

That's right, everyone's living quarters are messy and the hygiene needs to be improved.

"Girl, the first courtyard is where the tiger team lives, the second courtyard is where the leopard team lives, the third courtyard is where the dog team lives, the fourth courtyard is where the cat team lives, and the fifth courtyard is where the rat team lives."

Couple Zi led Wei Zhen in to visit, explaining the site at the same time.

Wei Zhen nodded.

"The Tiger Team is powerful and has the largest number of people. There are more than a hundred of them!" So it's the best place to live.

Wei Zhen followed in and saw indeed that there were many people in the lobby, including men, women, old and young?

"The Tiger Team used to be villagers who lived downstream of the Huangcheng Temple. The place was flooded all year round, and the government didn't care about them, so they all lived here." Without land and houses, they all became homeless and beggars.

"Why don't the government care?" This is too strange.

"I heard that no one dared to take care of it because they offended the Yang family."

Oh, so that's it, "Isn't Governor Yang not afraid of the Yang family?" Yang Jianjian knew it, so he definitely wouldn't ignore it, right? Wei Zhen wouldn't believe it anyway.

"I don't know. They are all from the Yang family. Maybe I think Magistrate Yang will not punish his own family for the sake of outsiders."

Despite his young age, Xiaoxiaozi is very clever, he knows a lot, he is very courageous, and he can talk non-stop in front of Wei Zhen. Maybe he thinks that heroes are kind-hearted people.

"Xiaozizi, what are you doing?!" You actually revealed everything about their village.

At this time, an old beggar with gray hair was helped out of the back of the house.

"Grandpa Tiger, this is Princess Jin. She is going to open Shunfeng Escort Agency in the Imperial City Temple, and she will also hire all of us as escorts."

Coyotito introduced each other to both parties.

Unexpectedly, when the old beggar heard this, he knelt straight down.

Xiaozizi was stunned. Is it too late for him to kneel down and worship now?

"No need to be polite." Wei Zhen asked someone to get up, but they refused.

"Princess, you have to make the decision for our village!" The old beggar burst into tears.

Oh? It turned out that I was asking for something. No wonder I was kneeling back and forth. The ancients liked this.

The members of the Tiger Team were out begging for work all day long, so they naturally told the old beggar about Wei Zhen's confrontation with the Yang family and the rescue of Deng Xin's mother and son.

They were still waiting and watching. After confirming that the young master of the Yang family had been punished, they followed suit and asked the princess to also make the decision for their village.

Who would have thought that Wei Zhen would suddenly appear in front of them. It was like pie in the sky. The old beggar immediately made a decision and begged the princess to redress their grievances.

"Get up and talk."

"Grandpa Tiger, get up quickly, the princess agrees!" This empress doesn't seem to like to see people kneeling, but Xiaozi Zi knows how to watch their words.

"Ah, yes, Princess, please take a seat."

In the middle of the hall, there was a shabby high-backed chair, which was wiped again and again by a woman before Wei Zhen was allowed to sit down.

"Well, thank you." Wei Zhen felt that if she didn't sit down, these people might have to kneel down.

So she could only sit on the only chair, and the butchers and others stood behind her.

"Princess, please listen to the old beggar.

Our village originally lived in a place not far from the Imperial City Temple, called Xiaohuang Village, and most people in the village had the surname Huang.

Xiaohuang Village has a special feature. The girls are all pretty. One day, they were discovered by the two young masters of the Yang family, and they took the two most beautiful young girls in the village back to be their concubines.

After all, it was the Yang family, a powerful family. We were very happy at first, thinking that our ancestors would be honored and the girl would fly up a branch and become a phoenix.

However, as soon as the two girls entered Yang's house, they were like nothing. They had no contact with their parents' family since then.

Soon, the two young men came again, this time taking four girls back.

These four girls, like the first two, lost contact with their families as soon as they left.

Later, some of our family members spent money to inquire, and then we found out that all six girls had been tortured to death!

We reported this to the government, but they actually said that we were sold daughters, and that our lives and deaths were subject to our fate. The government did not care, and our village had no choice but to admit it.

However, the two beasts came again not long after, and this time the villagers no longer let their daughters jump into the fire pit, but the Yang family began to rob people! Six girls were robbed at once!

Later, when we hid the girl, they took advantage of the little daughter-in-law. At that time, they arrested three more little daughters-in-law, and one was pregnant. They were worse than pigs and dogs!

There was no way to appeal, so the villagers resisted with weapons and injured them. Later, the Yang family did not come.

But the river section upstream suddenly collapsed, and the river changed its course and flooded our village. We reported it to the Yamen, but no one paid attention. Not only did they ignore it, the Yang family also built a courtyard on the collapsed river.

The government removed our Xiaohuang Village and said they were dispersing the villagers and arranging them to go to other villages.

But in fact, it was not the case. Only a few wealthy families moved to other places. We lost our daughter and offended the Yang family. No one took care of us. In the end, we became a black house and could only make a living by begging."

After the old beggar finished speaking, tears were already streaming down his face, and some villagers behind him also began to cry.

It's so miserable. They have been living an ignoble existence for many years.

"I understand. I will inform the prefect and ask him to intervene. I will definitely give you an answer."
Chapter completed!