After saying that, he also took out ten taels of silver as apology, and the old man's son's face looked much better.

Lou Chong asked: "Then do you know where the bodies of those people in Lujiacun are now?"

"Oh, where else can they be?" the old man sighed. He said in a tone, "There were too many corpses to deal with, and because they were afraid of disease, the officers and soldiers transported the corpses to the mass graves and burned them all."

Lu Baichuan stood there with a look on his face. His expression was struck by lightning, and he didn't even know when this family left.

“Master...”

He opened his mouth, but didn’t know what to say.

No wonder they searched so many places but found no news. Did the master’s family members all disappear?

He didn’t even dare to look at Lu Baichuan’s face, for fear of seeing his desperate and painful expression.

Over the years, he has known his master’s suffering.

From the very beginning, I wanted to do something for the country so that foreign bastards would not dare to easily harass the people of Beiyan.

The master, like all passionate men, just wants to contribute to this country and protect the overall situation of the country, so that the people in the country can live and work in peace and contentment.

People who work in their profession are concerned about many people. He also understands his master’s practice of keeping his name anonymous. If it were him, he would do the same thing.

I wanted to earn fame one day and welcome my family to live a good life with splendor. Who knew that a natural disaster would destroy so many families.

“Let’s go to the rogue dens!”

Lu Baichuan is not as depressed as Lou Chong imagined. His only hope now is the rogue dens. Maybe there are still ones there. Where is the living mouth?

People in the government are too busy to deal with ordinary people, let alone suppress bandits. This is something that cannot be done in peaceful times, not to mention that the world is still so chaotic now.

The two got on their horses and headed straight for the rogue den.

If ordinary people wanted to find a rogue den, it might be a little difficult, but in the eyes of Lu Baichuan and Lou Chong, it was nothing, and they quickly found a few shabby thatched huts.

If it weren’t for the fact that there were some rocks blocking the way for defense, Lu Baichuan wouldn’t have believed that this was actually a rogue den.

The two walked inside, but they couldn't tell that this place had once been a bandit's den.

A large pit was found behind the thatched house. There were many bones in the pit. Judging from the clothes that had not rotted, most of them were men, but there were also one or two women.

Lou rushed forward and used a branch to pull at the clothes, and found that the clothes of the two women wereThe clothes are fat, so he must have been quite fat when he was alive.

Lu Baichuan only took one look and said: "These are bandits."

In the era of fleeing famine, how could any ordinary person eat so fat?

Either they are bandits or some wealthy families.

But if you are really a wealthy family, there is no need to flee.

Lou Chong threw the branch on his hand and said: "If what that family said is true, then these bandits should have been killed by the group of bandits behind them."

Lu Baichuan thought for a moment and said: "The people coming behind are not bandits, they should be people who come to rescue the captives."

Lou Chong looked at him in confusion, wanting to know these reasonings How did you get it.

Lu Baichuan then continued: "If ordinary bandits kill someone, will they be kind enough to dispose of the body? Also, the houses we just looked at, although they are now covered in dust, can still be seen , someone had carefully packed it before, which means that after the group rescued the captives, they stayed here for one night and left the next day."

At this point, Lu Baichuan did not continue. Because he was no longer sure whether the group of people who broke in were still related to his Lu family members.

According to what the family member just said, all the young and middle-aged men of the Lu family died on the road outside Liujia Town. The eldest and second brothers in the family were ordinary people. Even if they were alive, they would not be able to fight back, and they could still do this. Kill the bandits neatly.

Yes, neat.

Although Lou Chong just pulled the bodies casually, he still found that there were no major injuries on the bones of these people, and they should have been killed with a knife.

His heart fell into confusion again, so did he really have to accept the fact that his family was gone?

"Master, the March period is coming soon, we should return to Jingzhou."

Although it is inappropriate to say this at this time, it is indeed true.

The dead are gone, but the living still have to live.

What’s more, Lu Baichuan is a rare talent and must live a good life.

Lu Baichuan did not say anything. He was unwilling to do so, but he could not fail to promise King Chen.

Clenched his hands tightly into fists and clenched his back molars.

He looked at all this unwillingly and came back after going through all kinds of hardships, but his family was all gone.

Then what’s the point of doing this?

Set a fire and burned the bandits' den to the ground.

Finally, they wentA visit to the mass grave revealed nothing except a few solitary graves.

Likewise, those officers and soldiers tried to save trouble and burned the whole thing with fire. How could they still erect a monument?

“I’m going to the county government office.”

He turned and left. On the surface, there was nothing unusual, but Lou Chong knew that he had been suppressing himself. Emotions.

There are very few people in the county town. They have just experienced a natural disaster. Everyone has little money and most people have fled. The whole city is empty.

When we arrived at the county government office, the two government officials at the door were dozing off, which showed how busy the county government office was.

Lou rushed forward and kicked them. The two kicked their legs a little irritably, muttering: "Who is it, what are you doing?"

There was still no one. When he woke up, Lou Chong didn't bother to say more to them. He drew out his sword and put it against one of them's throat.

The man fell asleep and was frightened instantly. He opened his eyes and saw the two people in front of him. Before he could speak, Lou Chong showed him his token, and the man hurriedly knelt down: " My Lord, please spare your life, I will take you to see our Lord!"

The other one also woke up after hearing this, and knelt down and kowtowed together.

Lu Baichuan didn’t say anything, he already raised his legs and walked inside.

The county government office was empty. Two government officials ran to the front to lead the way, shouting loudly: "Sir, sir, there are adults from the capital coming!"

The government officials They were all so lazy, not to mention the county magistrate, who didn't even wear official uniforms. When he came out, he only wore a white undergarment. His eyes were sleepy and he didn't wake up at the first glance.

"Who are the two adults?"

He was a little panicked subconsciously. Changzhou was sparsely populated. Although there were refugees coming back, everyone's energy was severely damaged and there was nothing needed for the time being. After dealing with it, I had nothing to do and could only sleep. Who knew that these two people suddenly came.

Lou Chong showed him the token again and said: "We are from Prince Chen's Mansion. His Highness had some things to implement during the disaster relief in Changzhou. Please bring your book of registered victims to us for inspection. ”

It turned out that he was just checking the death toll and did not blame him for sleeping at noon. The county magistrate was very happy and sent someone with a smile to find the booklet and show it to them.

Lu Baichuan went directly to the page of Lujia Village. His destination was the village chief’s family, and the families of several uncles with whom he had a good relationship. After that, he came to the family of his first uncle and his second uncle, and then, Everyone in his family, from his father, mother, brother, sister-in-law to his wife He Jiuniang, was spared.

He also saw his name on it.

He suppressed his composureAsked: "What's going on?"

The county magistrate came over and took a look and said: "Oh, your Excellency, are you talking about this person? This person went out as a escort four years ago and did not come back. It means death by default."

He saw again that after his name, in the column for children, the words "eldest son, Lu Ziyu" were written.