In January of that year, two younger siblings starved to death.
In early February of the same year, my grandmother died of illness.
A few days after my grandmother's funeral, in late February, my grandfather was working in the fields when a wild boar trampled his crops. In order to save hope for the year, he tried to drive away the wild boar, but he died as a result. When the family found him, the old and thin body was curled up stiffly in the ground, with most of its torso eaten by wild boars, and its eyes were wide open with a painful expression...
The successive blows cast a heavy cloud over the entire family.
After going through all the hardships until the eve of the harvest.
result--
Days of heavy rain broke down banks and flooded crops.
From the first day of rain, my father has been staying near the farmland. He had to bear a lot of debt for his hard work in this area, his farmland was flooded, his harvest was destroyed, more than one family lost their food rations, and the heavy agricultural tax on tenant farming crushed him even more.
He went to the ground in the rain to rescue.
But all this is in vain.
Infected with wind and cold, one cannot afford to fall ill.
Debt collectors came to collect debts, and Bai Su's only brother who was still alive got into a fight and got his head smashed. The debt collectors tried to drag Aniang away to pay off the debt, and his father was angry to death. On the second day after my father was buried, my brother couldn't hold on any longer.
In despair, Aniang hanged herself at the head of the village.
There is only one lonely Bai Su left in the family.
In order to avoid the debt collectors who came to arrest people, she ran all the way to the deep mountains and forests without daring to look back. Fortunately, Bai Su was rescued by an unknown woman passing by when she was about to starve to death. The latter took pity on her plight and adopted her.
Everything Bai Su learned was taught by his mentor and adoptive mother.
When she succeeds in her studies, she will help poor people together. Outsiders said they were thieves, but their adoptive mother said that as long as they had a clear conscience, it would be fine.
only--
Two years ago, she accidentally encountered a third-class hairpin. Her mentor took her away with serious injuries. After that, she became ill and died after being unable to survive the cold winter. Before she died, she told Bai Su that she had no regrets in her life, and the only one she couldn't worry about was Bai Su.
Let her return to the life of an ordinary woman and live a stable life.
It's better than being a snitch whose blade licks blood.
One mistake can lead to death.
Bai Su was a little shaken at first, but after seeing so many ordinary people suffering all kinds of oppression and hardship, she knew she couldn't adapt.
Still using the name of her mentor "Wu Ming", she visits places during the day and takes action at night. As long as it is for the rich and unkind family, she is her target.
She tried every means to exchange the ill-gotten gains she had stolen into items needed to help the people. However, she was still young after all, and her experience was not as sophisticated as her mentor's. She made a mistake not long ago, and was unlucky enough to alert several brave warriors, and was chased all the way. kill.
The only good thing is that these brave warriors are not high-level and are just low-level warriors. But Bai Su is an ordinary person after all. Even if he has acquired exquisite martial arts, he is still forced into a dead end due to physical limitations. Jump into a waterfall...
Follow the waterfall down this stream.
In the end, he was picked up by the people under Shen Tang's tent.
This is Bai Su's life experience.
After hearing this, Shen Tang was a little shocked and exclaimed: "Is there such a strange woman as the White Snake's mentor in the world? It's a pity that I haven't had the opportunity to meet her."
Looking at Lady Bai Su's speech and behavior, her logic is clear and she doesn't look like an illiterate, so most of the people who raised her are also knowledgeable. A woman with knowledge and martial arts, one person and one sword, punishes rape and eliminates evil, and acts as a hero...
This is quite rare and rare.
Thinking of his mentor, Bai Su's expression darkened.
Since the death of his mentor, the world has become vast and there is no place to call home. Bai Su returned to his hometown for the first time after many years of absence. The situation in Heyin is more chaotic and severe than before, evil bandits are rampant, and every household seems to be repeating the same old path of Bai Su's family.
However, their family was not as lucky as Bai Su to be adopted by the unknown heroine. The more he learned about the lives of the people in Heyin, the angrier Bai Su became. But she is single and weak, so no matter what she does, it will only be a drop in the bucket, and may even cause trouble for others.
That gangster specially kept an eye on the lonely, old and weak.
Bai Su secretly sent the things over, and within two days, gangsters would be eyeing the "windfall" in their hands. A small vat of wheat grains, a bag of beans, dozens of copper coins... they were all searched and taken away. Even though Bai Su taught those gangsters a lesson, they still kept restraining them.
Because the neighbors around these old, weak, lonely and widowed people can become "gangsters", and if they can't hold on, they will be robbed or cheated...
After seeing this too much, Bai Su was desperate for He Yin.
This place won't get any better.
But Bai Su didn't want to go anywhere else.
Because it’s the same everywhere.
Ha Yin...
At least it is the burial place of her blood relatives.
Hearing that the destination of Shen Tang and others was Heyin, Bai Su stopped them without thinking. Evil bandits are rampant there, and there are other forces supporting these evil bandits above and behind their backs. The merchants passing by are considered lucky to be able to save their lives, not only their money.
If Shen Tang goes...
Is there any destiny?
After all, she was the benefactor who saved her, and Bai Su didn't want to see her die, but this benefactor didn't intend to listen to her.
Shen Tang said: "But I have to go."
Bai Su thought of a possibility.
"The benefactor is also from Heyin?"
Or are you going to seek refuge with relatives far away in Heyin?
Shen Tang said: "Of course not."
Bai Su looked a little anxious when he heard this.
"Then why?"
Do you have to go to Heyin to seek death? ? ?
Shen Tang smiled and said, "Of course it's to take office."
Bai Su: "..."
Bai Su: "???"
Bai Su: "!!!"
She was so shocked by this sentence that her expression went blank.
It took a while to react.
Her eyes were wide open, and she opened and closed her mouth several times without spitting out a single word. She didn't know what to say at all - she was a thief, and was saved by an official? Not only was he rescued, but he also talked in front of others about how to rob the rich and give to the poor, and how to get started?
Bai Su's nerves were as sensitive as a Su Shang's hair. His expression was full of resistance and panic, and he wanted to run away far away.
Gu Chi chuckled inwardly.
At this time, Bai Su suddenly discovered a big problem with trembling eyelids - the benefactor said that he was going to Heyin to take office, but wasn't the benefactor a pretty and gorgeous young lady?
How does the young lady take office?
Or is it that the young lady is actually a female concubine?
Or rather——
Bai Su's eyes almost stuck to Shen Tang's face, and it took him a while to notice the extremely inconspicuous inscription on Shen Tang's waist.
He spat out one sentence: "The slave family...has offended the benefactor."
Shen Tang looked at her puzzled: "What's the offense?"
Bai Su said: "I mistook my benefactor's gender."
Shen Tang: "..."
No, no, you admitted it right.
But she was too lazy to explain. Anyway, time would prove whether she was a boy or a girl. She just hoped that these people would not be shocked when they knew the truth. When she thought of that scene, Shen Tang's depressed mood improved slightly. Her eyebrows were filled with joy: "Ms. Bai is both a native of Heyin and a warrior in the countryside. She must know the territory of Heyin quite well. I have an unkind favor..."
Knowing that Shen Tang was an "official", Bai Sugang's guard that he had put down rose again. He looked at Shen Tang cautiously and distantly, and did not dare to speak too fully: "My benefactor, please tell me, as long as it does not violate morality and justice, it does not go against your heart. The slave family will do its best."
Shen Tang: "It's not an embarrassing thing, and it won't go against White Snake's moral principles. You only need to tell him everything about He Yin in detail, as long as you know it. I plan to put things in order after taking office. He Yin, if you know yourself and your enemy, you will be victorious in any battle. I was worried before, but I didn’t expect that God would be merciful and send White Lady here..."
It really solved her urgent need.
Bai Su did not agree immediately, but pretended to be weak and about to faint. Shen Tang didn't expect Bai Su to give an answer right away, so he went down the steps and asked Lin Feng to send someone to take good care of Bai Su. Let’s wait until Bai Su’s health gets better.
Lin Feng said: "Mr. Sir, please don't worry."
Shen Tang patted Lin Feng's head encouragingly, stood up and left the car. Gu Chi left the prescription and got out of the car. He followed Shen Tang and said, "That Bai Su is pretending to be unconscious."
If Shen Tang's eyes hadn't stopped him, he would have exposed it on the spot.
Shen Tang said: "How could I not know? It's just that you shouldn't push too hard. This kind of thing is more interesting if you and I are willing to do it. Forcing people to speak would be like a bully bullying the weak. Mr. Gu really doesn't know what 'love the fragrance and cherish the jade' is." .”
Being comatose is an excuse.
Is it embarrassing to expose it on the spot?
Gu Chi showed a look that said "What you are saying is really disgusting" and said bluntly: "It depends on who you are showing affection for..."
A person whose position is unclear, whether he is a man or a woman, is not worthy of pity, let alone his face. Once the platform is demolished, it will be demolished!
Shen Tang laughed when he heard this: "If Bai Su's confession about her life experience is true, she will know who I am when her injuries improve and she sees the people following her. The easiest and fastest way to pry open a person's guard in the world is ' Just do what you like'..."
Since Bai Su regards the eight words "acting chivalrously, robbing the rich and giving to the poor" as her moral principles and implements them from beginning to end, Shen Tang is not worried that Bai Su will dislike her. Bai Su will not only like her, appreciate her, and admire her, but he will also regard her as a clean figure in the officialdom.
In a turbulent world where everyone is evil and struggling in the quagmire, who wouldn't like a wise leader who is just and honest, loves the people like a son, and has the ambition to turn the tide? The narcissistic thoughts in Shen Tang's heart made Gu Chi's facial features almost wrinkle into a ball.
He said: "Mr. Shen, you don't have to be so secretive."
Don't say everything.
He is afraid!
Gu Chi was very sure that Shen Tang said that on purpose.
He was so thick-skinned that he couldn't complain.
Shen Tang said: "My heart and my mouth are consistent."
Gu Chi: "..."
With the cold and biting night wind blowing, Shen Tang crossed his arms over his chest and walked with Gu Chi by the stream, chatting.
When she said that sentence, a rich smile spread across her face, and her eyes were brighter than the stars in the sky above her head.
Gu Chi said quietly: "Did Mr. Shen just say - 'In a turbid world where everyone is evil and struggling in the quagmire, who wouldn't like a wise master who is just and honest, loves the people like a son, and has the ambition to turn the tide?' , and 'The easiest and fastest way to pry open a person's guard in the world is to do what he likes'? Is Mr. Shen 'doing what I like'?"
He really doubted something.
Qi Shan and Chu Yao were not fooled like this, right?
Shen Tang tilted his head with a smile.
He blinked his black eyes innocently.
"Who wouldn't like it when the tide is so good? But -" she kicked Gu Chi's question back, "Are you willing to 'do what I like'?"
Gu Chi: "..."
He had exposed her true identity by saying "Mr. Gu" before, and he opened his mouth to say "Wang Chao" - Gu Chi really doubted that if his answer was no, would Shen Lang take a sip of wine on the spot and send him to the west? This is not impossible...
Gu Chi did not answer directly, but just said: "Mr. Shen is still young, so he doesn't know that people's hearts are fickle. You can have different opinions now, but when you are really powerful in the future, you will know the secret of not having any opinions in front of a person." It can’t be said how hateful this person would be.”
Fear, fear, disgust...
I hate him until I want to die!
Shen Tang said bluntly: "For a magnanimous person who says whatever he thinks in his heart, it's nothing."
Furthermore--
How "hateful" can it be more hateful than Yuan Liang's "killing the master"?
There are already so many debuffs stacked... It doesn't matter if you add one more, you don't have to worry about too many lice. I just hope that in the future I can get to know a few scribes who are normal and not so useless.
Shen Tang's request was very humble.
When Gu Chi heard this, he did not answer immediately.
The two were silent until he broke it.
Gu Chi asked: "Gu has a question."
Shen Tang: "You ask."
"Is Mr. Shen a man or a woman?"
Shen Tang: "..."
She was still thinking about what questions Gu Chi was going to ask to test her "heart-to-mouth consistency". After thinking about it for a long time, she was struggling with this? ? ?
That's it? ? ?
Shen Tang looked depressed: "Female!"
He also emphasized: "The goods are genuine and fair!"
Gu Chi: "..."
Hearing Shen Tang admit it personally, Gu Chi still felt a bit like he was dreaming, even though he had already learned the true gender from Shen Tang's voice.
Shen Tang was very curious.
"Look at my face. With such good looks, how could it be that I'm not from a girl's family?" Good guy, I can even come up with a "boy-female" reason to explain this face.
Gu Chi: "..."
Shen Tang said again: "If I can't convince you even though I'm doing this, I can still tell you a secret. Will you listen?"
Gu Chi: "...How big a secret is it?"
Shen Tang thought for a while: "If I still can't keep your heart after hearing this, I can only keep your body."
Gu Chi heard this and decisively chose not to listen.
"My lord is so sincere and frank, how can Chi not believe it?"
Shen Tang: "..."
After a night of repairs, we set off at dawn the next day.
Eat solid food while walking without wasting time.
Bai Su felt the carriage shaking. She woke up from a long and chaotic dream. As her five senses returned to their original positions one by one, she felt that the footsteps of the team seemed to be too many. He reluctantly sat up.
The team she was in was at the back of the center.
Bai Su carefully opened the curtain, and what she saw was not the strong men she had imagined, or even servant guards, but a group of thin, haggard-looking people, mostly old, weak, women and children.
The older one has a full head of hair.
Young, still in his infancy.
They walked in the middle, and on the outermost side were young and strong soldiers wearing cloth and leather armor. Although the former walked very slowly, the latter did not make a sound to urge them, but consciously adjusted their steps to ensure that no one was left behind. Bai Su was confused by this scene and couldn't understand.
