"Sir, are you really from the capital?" Zhu Zhu asked with some disbelief.
In the tent, Yi Xiaodao and Wei Youming looked at a dozen big men kneeling in front of the case. A group of soldiers surrounded them to prevent them from suddenly breaking out and hurting people.
"Can I lie to you? This military camp and the army can lie to you? Go and see the armor flag. Is it your Donglu's?" Yi Xiaodao said with his mouth out.
Zhuzi asked with a grimace: "Then... why are the imperial army here... We really have no money to pay the annual tribute..."
Yi Xiaodao scanned the crowd and couldn't find any good clothes on the dozen or so big men. He nodded and said, "I believe this. Tell me where you come from and what you are doing in the forest? Look at you like this...it seems like you have something." Come prepared."
"The Taoist Master asked us to come."
"big cow!"
Yi Xiaodao asked: "What Taoist Priest? Is there anything you can't say?"
Zhuzi glared angrily at Da Niu who was speaking. Da Niu pointed at Yi Xiaodao and said with a sly smile: "Brother Zhu Zhu, what a good official, here are some steamed buns for us to eat..."
Zhuzi looked at Da Niu's silly smile, sighed helplessly, turned back to Yi Xiaodao and said: "We are all farmers in Richeng. If King Donglu hadn't gone too far, we wouldn't be like this." In previous years, we paid one tael of silver for tribute, but this year we are required to pay 20 taels of silver! Even if we farm the land for four or five years, we may not be able to get 20 taels of silver!"
"Then you killed officials and rebelled?" Yi Xiaodao followed the words.
"No, we are all duty-bound people, how can we dare to kill officials and rebel? A month ago, a group of people came and said they wanted to lock some dragon in the sea, so they lived in Richeng. The county magistrate sent people to find them They asked for tax money, but they drove him back. The county magistrate himself was beaten up by them when he went there, and he and his master were all driven away."
Yi Xiaodao asked: "Are they the Taoist priests you mentioned?"
"No, after they drove the county magistrate away, they asked us to build some kind of platform for them and work every day without being paid. Although they didn't beat us, we couldn't run away...the fields were also deserted. , and occupied all our houses... Later, a Taoist priest came and started a fight with them." Zhu Zhu said one by one.
"What happened next?" Yi Xiaodao asked with interest.
"Later, the Taoist priest was defeated, but they didn't care about him, so the Taoist priest took us away." Zhuzi said.
Yi Xiaodao nodded and praised: "This Taoist priest is a good person... so you came all the way here?"
"Yes, I lived twenty miles to the east after coming here, but I met the bandits here not long ago and started fighting with them again. Yesterday evening, the Taoist priest noticed that the birds in the forest were flying for no reason, so he asked us Come here and take a look..." After Zhuzhu finished speaking, he knelt on the ground with his head shrunk and said no more.
Only then did Yi Xiaodao suddenly realize that he thought it was some fierce person who beat the bandits to pieces, but it turned out to be these hungry farmers.
Looking at these skinny, shrinking men, Yi Xiaodao felt pity: "Go back and call your parents and family, come here to have a good meal, find a place to live, work hard, and don't do any evil!"
Wei Youming stood up at the side and said: "Okay, you go down and wait first. This is a military camp. Don't run around. Be careful that the sword has no eyes!"
Zhuzi and others stood up and exited the commander's tent. Yi Xiaodao turned to look at Wei Youming. He knew that this burly general had something to say.
As expected, Wei Youming walked up to Yi Xiaodao and said: "Mr. Yi, although I sympathize with these people, they still have wives and children. Distributing military rations is a taboo in the army. If... we don't have much military rations, if nothing happens Then send them away.”
It turned out that Wei Youming was worried about the military rations. Although the Daqi Dynasty is now supplemented by tribute from various places, it is still stretched thin. The five thousand Yulin troops sent to Yi Xiaodao have done Zhao Yizhi's best efforts. Although some supplies were obtained in Nanhuai, they were unable to make ends meet. Distributing food to the people meant that the soldiers would go hungry. Wei Youming was often in the army, so he naturally understood the dangers.
Yi Xiaodao also fell silent. He did have the idea of distributing military rations to the people. He also knew the importance of military rations, but when he saw these hungry people, he still wanted to save them. After all, he was also eating hundreds of meals. grown up.
"Let me go and take a look first. If there are not many people, let their parents, wives and children also sign up for a meal. If there are too many people..." Yi Xiaodao decided to take a look first.
"Master Yi!" Wei Youming was anxious.
Yi Xiaodao turned a deaf ear and stood up and said, "That's it!" After saying that, he walked out of the commander's tent and asked the soldiers to call Zhu Zhu and others who had just exited.
"You guys lead the way. I'll go to your side first to check on the situation and see if what you say is true or false." Yi Xiaodao said without any doubt.
Zhuzi was still hesitating, but everyone behind him urged him: "Brother Zhuzi, let's go, this is such a good official."
Zhuzi couldn't stand the urging of the crowd and nodded in agreement. Yi Xiaodao took five hundred sergeants and followed Zhuzi and others out of the military camp and headed east.
Yi Xiaodao and his party came to the East Village, twenty miles away. As soon as they entered the village, they heard the sound of Lang Lang reading: "The Tao can be Tao, but it is not Tao; the name is famous, but it is very famous..."
Yi Xiaodao glanced at Zhu Zhu in surprise: "You don't have enough to eat, do you still have books to read?"
Zhuzi lowered his head and replied: "It's the Taoist priest... who said that the baby can't do well if he doesn't study or read... he's teaching the baby..."
Yi Xiaodao was curious and walked a few steps to check. In a dilapidated earth courtyard, he saw a beautiful figure with his back to the door, holding a book in his hand, and a group of children sitting behind him. These children were as old as twelve or thirteen years old. , as young as four or five years old, each child had a big stone placed in front of him to serve as a table, and sat on the floor, shaking his head and imitating the others.
Na Qianying heard something strange at the door and turned to look. When she turned around, Yi Xiaodao was shocked: "Sister Fairy! Why is it you!"
The person who teaches is Guan Chenzi, whom Yi Xiaodao met in Wancheng and saved him!
When Guan Chenzi saw Yi Xiaodao, he frowned at first, and then smiled softly: "So it's you, ha, could it be that someone is chasing you to Donglu?"
"No way! I came all the way to see you!" Yi Xiaodao said nonsense, strode in from outside the hospital, and rushed to Guan Chenzi in a few steps: "You have lost weight, and you are more beautiful! She is indeed a fairy sister... Hey!" Before Yi Xiaodao could finish his words, Guan Chenzi grabbed him by the collar and carried him out of the wall. The children lying on the rocks opened their mouths in shock.
The Yulin army outside the door saw that Yi Xiaodao and the Taoist priest were old acquaintances. Although they were taken away, they were not particularly careful. The first lieutenant told the soldiers to watch the crowd and stretched their heads to look in the direction of Yi Xiaodao.
"You haven't changed your temper yet, what are you talking about like crazy!" Guan Chenzi walked out not far away, put Yi Xiaodao down, and rolled his eyes at him.
Yi Xiaodao giggled "hehe": "Sister Fairy, why are you here? How miserable is this? Why don't you go back to the capital? Go to my house in the capital, and He Yue'er will always talk about you. You should also be with He Yue'er when you go. Companion. By the way, He Yue'er and I are married. Sister Shenxian, you don't know that yet, right?"
Guan Chenzi looked at the bleak dead trees and dilapidated houses in the surrounding fields, and said: "All the people in the world are like living in water and fire. In a prosperous place, a poor man is like sitting on pins and needles."
"How can I understand such a cliché?" Yi Xiaodao said with a smile.
Guan Chenzi turned around and glared at Yi Xiaodao: "Don't imitate their language! What are you doing here? Are you not with your beautiful wife in the capital?"
Yi Xiaodao put away his playful smile and smiled calmly: "Give them a bite to eat."
Guan Chenzi stared at Yi Xiaodao. He didn't seem to be joking, and he didn't ask any questions: "It's rare that you have such a big heart. I wish you... that your ambition will be rewarded!"
"Pfft" Yi Xiaodao couldn't help but burst out laughing: "Sister Fairy, have you forgotten my name? Yi Xiaodao! Is there another person in the world who dares to say that your feet are smelly?"
Guan Chenzi's face was slightly red, and he reached out to touch the long sword behind his back.
"Hey, hey, I'm just kidding, don't do this!" Yi Xiaodao quickly begged for mercy.
Guan Chenzi's hand stretched out towards the long sword was then put down. Before he could put it down completely, he suddenly raised his hand and drew the sword towards Yi Xiaodao. He grabbed Yi Xiaodao's collar again, turned around and stood up. , two sword energies have been waved out!
The sword energy points directly to the west.
"Turn! Taoist master, please don't do anything, I have no harm!" The surrounding area was empty just now, but at this time, a young man suddenly appeared, standing on the embankment by the river, holding the secret in his hand, and waved the sword energy in front of him, and was He waved his hand and transferred the sword energy to the big tree next to him, causing the tree to break in half.
"No malice, sneaky?" Guan Chenzi put down Yi Xiaodao, and a figure exactly like her appeared quietly behind him, but it was pure black ink. Apart from the same body shape as Guan Chenzi, nothing else could be seen.
The man covered his chest and coughed twice: "This man is in trouble, and I came here to rescue him!"
"In trouble? Rescue?" Yi Xiaodao was confused: "I can run and jump, what rescue do I need?"
"Is your name Yi Xiaodao?"
"Yes, you just eavesdropped on my conversation with the fairy sister!"
"Wedding on October 16th, the emperor personally congratulates."
Yi Xiaodao didn't dare to answer the conversation because what the other party said was absolutely correct.
"Follow me, leave now!" The visitor said quickly without waiting for Yi Xiaodao and Guan Chenzi's reaction.
"At least make it clear first, where are we going with you?" Yi Xiaodao asked with a frown.
"Hoo ho ho"
A giant sword dozens of feet long fell straight down from top to bottom. The tip of the sword was pointed directly at Yi Xiaodao!
Yi Xiaodao looked up, his mouth wide open in shock, and he forgot to dodge for a moment. In fact, it was too late to dodge. The giant sword sank very quickly. Even if Yi Xiaodao escaped for his life at this time, he would inevitably end up being crushed to pieces.
The young man made a gesture with his hands, with light shining on the fingertips of his two fingers. The young man moved very quickly with his hand and drew an obscure talisman. The talisman glowed brightly and instantly disappeared into the young man's fingertips.
The young man clasped his hands together, leaving only two flickering fingers, pointing to the sword, then pointing to the sky, and raising it with difficulty.
"rise!"
