Chapter 135 Winning People's Hearts

The woman quickly stuffed the comb into her arms. Because she was too excited, she took it with trembling hands. When she saw the things in the bag, her legs went weak and she actually knelt directly on the ground, kowtowed heavily in the direction of the offering just now.

"I bow to thank the gods!"

This knock shocked people's hearts.

When she looked up again, her face was covered with tears.

Lu Xingyao was stunned for a moment, and signaled to the tribesmen next to him to help the man up quickly.

When the people at the back saw that they could really get food, their eyes became enthusiastic, their minds became agitated, and they rushed to the front, fearing that they would be late and have nothing to eat.

"Me, me, me! I also made offerings! But the longevity lock was taken away by the gods!"

"I also offered those two copper coins!"

"Me too"

The Lu family members calmed the crowd, asking them to line up in order and take back the offerings they had made, and also giving them some food.

Those who received the food were delighted and expressed their gratitude to the Lu family.

"I didn't expect the Lu family to be so generous. They confiscated our things and gave us food instead!"

"Maybe he gave it to us because he saw our sincerity?" someone guessed.

Some people also vaguely felt that the Lu family seemed to be buying people's hearts, but they had nothing. The Lu family was blessed by gods, so why did they buy people like them who had nothing?

The crowd was emotionally surging, as if it was the New Year.

Those who did not offer tribute felt extremely regretful when they saw others receiving food. Some were dissatisfied and mixed in, trying to get some food to take back, but they were exposed on the spot and taken away by the police to be beaten.

Several officials were also very attentive. They had no offerings, but as long as they could please the Lu family, maybe they could get some.

Seeing that the man was beaten half to death, no one dared to claim the title anymore and everyone behaved well.

Soon, everything on the ground was taken away, leaving only the pancake.

The man offering the cake was a big man, taller than the others. He waited until the end before hesitantly going forward to take back his cake. Under the mocking gazes of the crowd, he began to think of backing out.

"Why is it just a cake?"

"Is this all yesterday's cake?"

"If it were me, I would be embarrassed to offer this to the gods. Wouldn't that be an insult to the gods?"

Hearing these veiled words, the man froze in his tracks and felt even more ashamed. He really shouldn't have put the cake on there.

At this time, some people could not stand listening to these words and defended them, saying, "Look at what you said. You didn't offer the bread yourself, but you talked about others offering it. What's wrong with the bread? Didn't you eat it?"

"that is!"

"Gods don't care about anything. They don't care about things. They care about the intention!"

"Are you saying that the big cake that everyone has is also a token of your appreciation?"

"What's wrong with cake? We've been eating cake for more than a month. If you have the guts, don't eat it!"

The man stepped forward, took back his cake, and stuffed it into his arms.

Just as he turned to leave, Lu Xingyao blocked his way, "You haven't received your food yet."

The big man smiled awkwardly, "It's just a cake, I won't take it."

Lu Xingyao glanced at those people who were speaking coldly and recognized that they were the ones who had been at odds with the Lu family ever since they were exiled from the city. They had mocked them several times, but they had not offered tribute just now, so naturally they had no food to receive.

He roughly knew that his grandfather wanted to use the people in the exile team for the Lu family, but people like these could not be subdued at all. If they were kept, it would affect the Lu family's ability to win over the hearts of the people.

If there is another chance, we should take the opportunity to get rid of it.

Lu Xingyao picked up two portions of food and handed them to the person in front of him. "My god said that big cakes are for filling the stomach. As long as it is a token of the heart, it makes no difference."

After hearing what he said, the man's eyes inexplicably turned red. He tried hard to hold back his tears and took one of the food. "Thank you!"

Lu Xingyao handed over another one.

The big man was stunned for a moment, "?"

Lu Xingyao explained, "My deity said that you were hungry, but you were able to offer food to fill your stomach, which shows that you have a kind and sincere heart. This other portion was specially left for you by him, so please accept it."

No one knew that the words "my god" from Lu Xingyao's mouth made his heart flutter.

The big man's tears that he had been holding back fell silently, and he took another bag of food with trembling hands, "I am a rough man, and I don't know what to say. Master Lu, if there is anything I can help with in the future, I will definitely not refuse!"

Lu Xingyao was silent for a moment, "What's your name, brother?"

"My last name is Liang, and my given name is a foreign character!"

Liang Yang walked back with the things in his hand. Facing so many eyes looking at him, he wanted to hide the food and not show it off, but there was really nowhere to hide it.

The two bags of things were so bright that they attracted a lot of people's envy and jealousy. Everyone was offering sacrifices, but why did Liang Yang only give a big cake? The gods didn't want it, but they still wanted two portions of food! ?

If they had known that the gods liked big cakes, they would have given them big cakes too!

At this time, the smart people had already found Liang Yang and said politely, "Congratulations, Brother Liang! Now that you have caught the eyes of the gods, good days are ahead!"

"Yes, Brother Liang, if you can work for the Lu family in the future, don't forget to help us."

Liang Yang had no place to put the two bags of food in his hands, so he smiled awkwardly, "Of course, of course."

In addition to the prisoners who paid tribute, the officials who did not pay tribute also got some food.

The whole exile team was full of joy and happiness, except for those few people who were at odds with the Lu family. This made those people almost grit their teeth.

"This Lu family is so brazen! We are still in exile, but they are openly bribing officials and winning people's hearts!"

"It's a shame that Mr. Lu was once a minister. His behavior is really shameful to us."

"You are all descendants of the Qingliu, and we must not associate with such people!"

Several people here made an impassioned speech, and the people who were eating the food given by the Lu family laughed and said, "It's as if the Lu family wants to associate with you poor and downtrodden people."

The faces of those people suddenly turned green, "You——!"

"Listen, everyone. What we got from the Lu family was a bribe, and what they got was a timely help from others!"

"Don't say that. If you poke the spines of these poor and pedantic people, they will settle accounts with you."

With mocking words coming one after another, the Lu family was surprised to find that when they were first exiled, when those people were plotting against the Lu family, no one cared and just watched the fire from the other side of the river, but now everyone is speaking up for the Lu family.

You know what, it feels really good to watch the fire from the other side of the river.

For those who have benefited from the Lu family, they had no chance to curry favor with the Lu family when the Lu family was at its peak in the past. But now that the Lu family has fallen on hard times, they still have the ability. Everyone is an exiled sinner, and no one despises anyone. If they get the chance, they will naturally want to hold on to the Lu family tightly!

What kind of backbone do you have as a scholar? I don't have it myself.

At this time, Lu Qing was instructing people to open the jar of aged wine, saying that it was inconvenient to carry it while traveling.

Lu Xingyao was so reluctant that he lay on the ground holding the wine jar and refused to let go, "Grandfather, this is what I worked so hard to pick for my ancestors."

Wow, wow, wow, how can I open this and drink it?