I’m Not That Stupid; I Won’t Let You Succeed
Supervisor Zhang didn’t even look at him. Seeing many people rushing down the mountain again, he pushed aside the soldiers who were about to row to the shore, grabbed the oar, and without regard for Assistant Prefect Chen, rowed directly towards the center of the flood.
He didn’t continue until he was stopped alongside Jiang Yimian and the others’ bamboo raft.
Assistant Prefect Chen, seeing the bamboo raft getting further and further away from him, angrily cursed, “Supervisor Zhang, what are you doing? Pull This Official up! Are you mad?
Lord Lu, Jiang, Jiang Girl, save me, save me!”
As soon as he finished speaking, he felt a pain in the back of his head, and his raised head was submerged in the mud again.
The villagers who rushed down all stepped forward and punched and kicked the person on the ground, cursing, clearly very angry.
“Assistant Prefect Chen, is it? We’re beating you!”
“You’re from the Yamen, aren’t you? Today I’ll finish you off.”
For a time, besides the sound of the water, there were only Assistant Prefect Chen’s screams and pleas for mercy on the shore.
“Don’t, don’t hit me, I’m going to die, don’t hit me.”
Supervisor Zhang breathed a sigh of relief, patted his chest, and said thankfully, “Fortunately, This Official was quick-witted, otherwise my little life would have been lost here.”
Having said that, looking at Assistant Prefect Chen’s miserable beating, he felt a faint excitement in his heart and secretly cheered. He had wanted to beat this bastard for a long time, who told this bastard to almost kill them this morning.
If he hadn’t been lucky, he might have been injured like Liuer and Lin Yanan.
Thinking this, he secretly waved his fists at the person on the ground a few times.
Jiang Yimian and Lu Cijian also looked a little surprised, but neither of them spoke to obstruct, with a somewhat theatrical air.
It was the villagers who were beating him who stopped only because they were afraid of causing a death.
Assistant Prefect Chen felt like he was going to die. His entire face was covered in mud, and he couldn’t even open his eyes, but he still opened his mouth and cursed, “You, you bunch of commoners, dare, dare to attack This Official, wait, wait to die…”
Before he could finish speaking, he was stepped into the mud, and the words he hadn’t finished were swallowed into his stomach along with the mud.
The Head Young Man looked at the people on the bamboo raft a few times before saying, “What do you want to do here? Do you want to humiliate us with moldy Grain, or do you want to drive us away?
I’m telling you, even if we die, we’ll drag you down with us. Don’t even think about surviving alone.”
In these three years, they had gone from expecting the Imperial Court to come for Disaster Relief to becoming numb.
These People would not care about them at all, and would only let them live and die here.
In the past three years, many people in the Village had died, and those who remained had survived the three floods.
Although this Flood was more severe than in previous years, they had experienced it twice after all, and they had gained some experience.
When they discovered that the water level in the Riverbed was rising, they gathered the villagers and went to the Mountain, which did not cause as many casualties as in previous years.
The nearby Villages were similar, and now they were all on this Mountain. Except for Liu the Madman and the mother and son who accidentally fell into the water and have not been found yet, they had basically recovered the others who accidentally fell into the water, whether they were dead or alive.
It’s just that there isn’t much to eat on this Mountain. They had little stored Grain due to the annual Floods. Now that they had been on the Mountain for more than half a month, they had eaten all their stored Grain, and even the nearby Wild Vegetables were basically gone.
They can only fill their stomachs with tree leaves and Tree Bark now.
When the tree leaves and Tree Bark are eaten, they can only wait for death.
That day should not be far away.
Thinking this way, the hatred and Anger in the eyes of Shanzi and the others were not hidden at all, and they stared at the people on the bamboo raft.
If it weren’t for the distance, they would have pounced on them and fought to the death.
In the past, no matter what, they wanted to live, but with annual Floods, how long could they last? It was better to die together with these corrupt officials.
Why should they suffer, while those corrupt officials enjoy wealth and luxury?
Lu Cijian just glanced at These People lightly, seemingly not noticing the Anger in their eyes, and only said, “How many people are there on the Mountain now?”
Shanzi only looked at him suspiciously, without speaking, obviously not knowing what his Purpose was in asking this.
Seeing this, Jiang Yimian only added, “We are here for Disaster Relief. We don’t know if it will rain again. If you don’t have a place to shelter from the rain, you will get sick.
If it turns into a Plague in the end, you may all die.”
Shanzi was stunned, but Da Niu next to him snorted coldly, “Bah, stop pretending. Aren’t you just here to put on a show? Who doesn’t know? Hurry up and get out.
You will die, you will die.
I’m telling you, there are more than five hundred people on the Mountain now, all the people from the nearby Villages are here. If you don’t leave, you’ll end up like this person.”
As That Person spoke, he kicked the person on the ground heavily again.
Assistant Prefect Chen was kicked into a daze, screamed, and shrank to the ground in pain, remaining motionless for a long time, only feeling that his eyelids were unusually heavy.
Hearing this, Lu Cijian didn’t say anything more to the crowd, and only said to Supervisor Zhang, “Go and give them the Supplies we brought today.”
Supervisor Zhang responded and quickly rowed the oar back the way he came.
Shanzi and the people around him were obviously stunned, and couldn’t figure out what These People wanted to do for a moment, and even the Anger in their eyes froze for a moment.
Jiang Yimian then asked about the Situation of the people on the Mountain, “Do any of These People have a fever and cough now?”
Shanzi looked at her, and after a long period of Silence, he said, “There are a few who are coughing, but I haven’t seen anyone with a fever yet.”
Jiang Yimian nodded and said, “You’d better separate those who are coughing from the others, and don’t let everyone catch a Wind-Cold.
Wait until the lean-to Outside the City is built in a few days, then you can go Down the Mountain. During this period, we will have people coming every day. If there is anything on the Mountain, tell us in time.”
Before coming, Lu Cijian had already ordered the construction of lean-to, and it was estimated that it would be completed in a few days.
This Hilltop can barely be lived on now. If it rains again in a few days, the Hillside will collapse even more severely, and the people on the Mountain will also be in danger.
Living in a lean-to Outside the City is at least not life-threatening, and can also separate the crowd to prevent everyone from being infected when a Plague occurs.
Shanzi and the others were obviously a little confused, their eyes full of suspicion and disbelief.
Da Niu glared at Jiang Yimian and the others fiercely, and said dissatisfied, “Stop talking nonsense, what happens to us on the Mountain has nothing to do with you.
Do you want to trick us into going Down the Mountain to completely get rid of us? Keep dreaming, I’m not that stupid, I won’t let you succeed.”
Jiang Yimian just smiled, “You still have the Strength to argue, so you should be fine. If anything happens, remember to tell the Soldiers staying nearby.”
After saying that, she didn’t say anything more.
Since These People are unwilling for them to go Going to the Mountain, they shouldn’t force it. As long as These People are okay, as for trust, it always needs to be built up slowly.