Chapter 64 "That's right, if the government didn't want to embezzle this disaster relief money and food, how could I have robbed it?"
Dou Ba nodded and said, unable to conceal his anger in his tone.
"How do you know that the government wants to embezzle this money and food?"
Zuo Chi asked immediately.
"How do I know?"
Dou Ba slapped the table and said in a hateful voice: "The imperial court issued a decree to provide disaster relief, but there was no movement for a month.
The disaster was extremely serious at that time.
The streets were full of hungry and emaciated people.
What's more, several people boiled a baby who was less than one year old.
I came here to eat because I was so hungry that I couldn’t feed such a small child.”
The three of them were all shocked after hearing this.
Although the three of them had heard about the severe drought in the northern border of Xining that year, they did not expect that it would be so serious.
Dou Ba looked at the expressions of the three people in front of him that changed drastically.
He couldn't help but think of everything he had witnessed in the north.
He was still very angry.
He calmed down and continued: "The situation at that time was so bad that it was unimaginable.
My territory was in the river area and also in the northern border.
Many of my brothers' relatives were suffering.
My brothers and I couldn't bear to look at it, so we went to the government's warehouse to provide relief.
After grabbing the food from the victims, I and my brothers distributed it to the victims.
I never thought that I would be surrounded and suppressed by the government three days later."
"Wait a minute.
I want to know how you knew that the government had embezzled money and food, and how you knew where the money and food were stored."
Zuo Chi frowned and asked the question again.
Dou Ba blinked and then remembered that his words did not clearly answer Zuo Chi's question.
He couldn't help but nodded apologetically, looked at Zuo Chi and said: "Master Zuo, this famine has lasted for nearly a month.
If the imperial government wants to provide relief, why is it delayed for so long?
Don't you know that this relief food is related to the life and death of hundreds of thousands of people?
If it is not deliberately concealed by the government, , embezzling money and food, why did the people in the northern border not know the news that the court was going to provide disaster relief until a month later?"
"Where did you come from?
As far as I know, the imperial court received a letter from the Ministry of Household Affairs and learned about the disaster, and immediately issued a decree for disaster relief.
It takes at most five or six days from the capital to the north.
How could the people in the north be like this?"
It was only a month later that I learned about the imperial government’s relief measures.”
Zuo Chi was in the capital at the time and had received all the information in detail.
After hearing Dou Ba's words, he felt even more incredible.
How could it be that the disaster-stricken people in the northern border only found out about the imperial government’s relief efforts a month later?
When Dou Ba said this, he felt even more angry.
He breathed heavily for several times and then said to the three of them: "Master Zuo, Brother Deng, and Uncle Jing, you don't know, and most people in the world don't know either.
There was a month between the time when the imperial court's relief materials for the victims arrived in the north and the time when I took back the money and food.
"It's been a long time" "What's going on?
Didn't you?
I heard that when the imperial court was transporting disaster relief money and food to the northern border, weren't you robbed on the way?"
Deng Si'er remembered that people were talking about the robbery of relief food in the northern border at that time.
He clearly remembered that Dou Ba was robbed when the court's relief food money had just arrived in the northern border.
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"Yes, as Deng Si'er said, although I am in Jianghu, I have heard about all the major events in the world, not to mention the robbery of disaster relief money and food.
What I heard is also the same as what Deng Si'er said.
There is no difference, so how could things suddenly turn into what you said?"
Chu Jing also frowned and said.
"Because of this, everyone in the world thought that I, Dou Ba, blocked the road and robbed the food money distributed by the court to the victims.
The people were deceived by the government that has lost its conscience."
After Dou Ba said this, he slapped the table hard, his face flushed with excitement.
"Take a breath first and don't get too excited.
Come on, have a sip of tea and tell us carefully what's going on."
Seeing this, Deng Si'er quickly took the kettle and poured Dou Ba a cup of hot tea to calm down the fire, so that Dou Ba could continue to speak more clearly.
Dou Ba picked up the hot tea that Deng Si'er had received and drank it all in two gulps.
The sound of "gu dong gu dong" was very clear.
Dou Ba must have been frustrated by this matter for too long in his heart.
Slowing down his tone, Dou Ba continued what he just said: "I have a scholar under my command.
When the severe drought was almost half a month old, someone in the family thought that he had also suffered a disaster in the north.
They were worried and sent a letter."
When Dou Ba said this, he was so angry that he slapped the table again, and his volume increased a bit and he said: "That's what the letter said.
The imperial court had sent people to send money and food for disaster relief.
Only then did we know that the court's disaster relief money and food had arrived in the north more than ten days ago.
However, the money and food had not reached the victims.
Instead of being embezzled by the government, what else could be the reason?"
"It turns out that the truth of the matter is actually like this" Chu Jing thought of what Dou Ba said about the actual disaster situation.
Although he thought he was not a good man or woman, no one could do such a black-hearted and inhumane thing as embezzling disaster relief money and food.
After hearing this, Zuo Chi also frowned and remained silent.
He had been at the center of the world's power for a long time, and he naturally knew that people in the officialdom were sinister.
For their own selfish interests, they relied on the power in their hands to do whatever they wanted.
However, the money and food for the relief of the victims were allocated by the imperial court.
It is not uncommon for officials to take money from it.
But who can be so bold as to pocket all the money and food for himself?
What Dou Ba said was truly unimaginable.
"So, you escaped the government's pursuit and wanted to find me for this reason," Zuo Chi asked.
Dou Ba nodded and said: "That's right.
It is said in the world that you, Mr.
Zuo, are the most just policeman in the world.
You are a chivalrous and warm-hearted person who takes care of the injustices in the world.
In addition, you have a prominent status.
If you can stand up and defend me, the court will definitely believe what I say. thing."
Zuo Chi nodded.
Dou Ba was right.
If he could have known about this at that time, and it was true as Dou Ba said, he would definitely not sit idly by and ignore it.
"You are really powerful.
I heard that you are the officers and soldiers of the entire northern border.
You are so lucky to be able to escape from so many people."
Deng Si'er looked at Dou Ba and sighed.
"You don't know that the government embezzled money and food for themselves, but not all the officers and soldiers who surrounded and suppressed me had no conscience, and they also had relatives and friends who suffered disaster.
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They showed mercy when they surrounded and suppressed me, so that most of my brothers and I escaped. " Dou Ba sighed, shook his head, and remembered his embarrassing appearance at that time, and said: "I, Dou Ba, ask myself that I have never done anything that goes against my true intentions.
However, I have been framed by the evil-hearted government and have become a villain that everyone wants to beat."
"So many people in the north have benefited from you, how come no one comes forward to defend you?"
Chu Jing asked.
When Dou Ba heard this, he shook his head in defeat and said in a heavy tone: "Anyone who knows the inside story or has suspicions speaks for me, they will all be killed in the name of "Dou Ba's accomplices".
It won't take long before I, Dou Ba, am just a robber and water bandit after all.
Who else is willing to risk Risk being beheaded to defend me.”
The three of them didn't know how to answer for a while, and they were all silent.
In their ears, Dou Ba muttered like he was talking to himself: "Although I, Dou Ba, and all my brothers have no choice but to fall into the trap of bandits, we never go against our true intentions.
We help the victims, but we end up in a situation where everyone screams for death.
What is justice in this world?"
Yes, what exactly does the word justice mean: