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The second group of villagers was also transported back. Yuan Xi asked Xu Guang to send these people to a nearby county that was not flooded to settle down, and he followed Ling Xun, Mu Jiu and others across the river and left Jingzhou.

"Second son! Let the last general escort you!" Xu Guang had tears in his eyes when he left, and repeatedly wanted to go to Qingping Mountain with Yuan Xi, but was reprimanded by Yuan Xi to go back.

"If I leave alone, it can be said that I am traveling far away to visit friends. You hold the military power and are the number one general in Jingzhou. If you leave with me, do you want me to bear the reputation of betraying my father?"

Xu Guang hurriedly said: "The last general can hand over his military power!"

Yuan Xi helped Xu Guang up from the ground, and patted him on the shoulder meaningfully, "Zigui, I don't want to become a lonely ghost, waiting for my return in Jingzhou."

Xu Guang looked serious, took two steps back, and bowed solemnly: "The last general is ordered, and he must guard the Jingzhou navy until the son returns."

The boat was changed to a carriage, Ling Xun and others left Jingzhou and arrived at Hangu Pass ten days later.

The weather gets colder the further you go north, and you can see many villages along the road, but nine times out of ten they are empty.

"What's going on? Why is there no one there?" When they encountered an empty village again, Ling Xun finally couldn't help asking.

It stands to reason that although this place has already entered the capital, it is still far away from the capital, so it should not have been affected by the fire in the capital.In the twelfth lunar month of winter, where did the people in these villages go if they didn’t stay at home?

Yuan Xi searched around on horseback, and finally found a disheveled beggar under the half-collapsed earthen wall, and wanted to ask him a question or two.

Unexpectedly, when the beggar saw them, his dazed eyes suddenly became terrified, and he wanted to get up from the ground in a panic, but he was weak because of the hunger and cold, and he fell back to the ground after struggling a few times.

Yuan Xi looked back at Ling Xun inexplicably: "He seems to be very afraid of us?"

Ling Xun looked at the beggar, and asked Fang Jue to take out half a steamed bun and half a piece of jerky from the luggage and give them to the beggar.

When the beggar saw the steamed buns and jerky, it was like a mouse seeing rice. His eyes almost glowed, and he didn't care about being afraid. stand up.Maybe it was because he ate too fast, he choked after only a few mouthfuls, but he still refused to stop, stuffing it into his mouth non-stop, almost rolling his eyes.

Fang Jue couldn't stand it anymore, jumped off the horse, and slapped the beggar hard on the back. The beggar spat out the stuck food, but before he could catch his breath, he hurriedly picked up the thing he had just spit out from the ground. Put it back in your mouth.

How long does a person have to be hungry to become like this?

Yuan Xi couldn't bear to see it, so he threw a water bag to the beggar, and said, "Eat slowly, no one will grab you here."

The beggar took the water bag, but didn't drink it. He just hid the water bag in his bosom, grabbed two handfuls from the snow on the side of the road, and stuffed them into his mouth.When he finally finished eating, he still looked at Ling Xun with some unsatisfactory eyes, with timid flattery in his dull eyes.

Ling Xun said: "I still have some dried meat and dry food here, if you are willing to answer my question properly, I will give these to you."

The beggar nodded quickly, and said hoarsely: "If you have anything to ask, just say it, the villain will know everything!" The bellows-like voice made people's ears uncomfortable.

Ling Xun pointed at the village behind the beggar with his horsewhip, and said, "We saw a lot of deserted villages like this along the way. What's going on? Where are the villagers?"

The beggar waved his torn sleeve, "Let's go! I can't survive!"

Ling Xun was puzzled: "Why can't you survive? These villages are located in the capital, so they should be very rich."

The beggar laughed loudly, looking crazy: "One team of soldiers will come today, and another team of soldiers will come tomorrow. They want food. In the end, even people will be robbed. As long as they are men and have no disabilities, they will be taken to join the army and fight. If the people below want to survive, they can only escape!"

Ling Xun was slightly surprised when he heard this, first he looked at Mu Jiu, but Mu Jiu showed no expression, then he turned his head to look at Yuan Xi, and sure enough, he saw a look of surprise on his face.

This is the reaction that normal people should have!

Ling Xun murmured in his heart, and then asked the beggar, "Do you know where those soldiers came from?"

"Where else can it come from? Liangzhou soldiers!"

Liangzhou soldiers again!This Chen Bing is simply notorious now, he is even more hated than that treacherous eunuch Qin Chao.

"Then do you know where these villagers have fled to?"

"There is chaos in the north, and there is a flood in the south. Anyway, there are not many dead left. I heard that they all fled to Qingping Mountain to become bandits."

After answering the question, the beggar glanced at Ling Xun's package again. Ling Xun waved his hand and asked Fang Jue to leave the rest of the food for the beggar before continuing on the road.

"Zijin, do you feel that something is wrong?" Ling Xun asked Yuan Xi immediately.

"It's really strange." Yuan Xi nodded and said, "Chen Bing worked with his father in the past, and I have seen it too. Although this person acts recklessly and hastily, he doesn't look like a cruel and short-sighted person."

How can he be a mediocre person who can command hundreds of thousands of troops to guard the northwest, regardless of his reputation, and willfully harm the people?

Ling Xun said, "Could it be that he took the blame for someone else?"

Yuan Xi sneered and said, "It's not impossible. Didn't my good brother also use his name to commit crimes?"

Ling Xun looked at Mu Jiu again: "Huaifeng, what do you think?"

Mu Jiu looked at the road ahead without squinting. It seemed that he was not interested in this topic at all. He only responded lightly when Ling Xun asked; "There is no wave without wind, and it is not good to dare to come to the imperial city before the world."

Ling Xun: "So you still think that these things were done by Chen Bing's Liangzhou soldiers?"

Mu Jiu shook his head, "He's not innocent, but he can't bear so many charges."

Ling Xun thought about it, and felt that both he and Yuan Xi had misunderstood. Indeed, as Mu Jiu said, there must have been cases of Chen Bing's army looting the people, but it was impossible to do bad things everywhere.Then it's worth thinking about.

It is rumored that Liangzhou soldiers set fire to the capital, blew up the embankments and flooded the water, searched the people wantonly, and searched for the so-called emperor's formation. Which of these things were done by Chen Bing, and which ones were blamed by others?And who are the people who actually did these things?

It happened to be noon on the day of arriving at Qingping Mountain. Ling Xun still remembered that when he first arrived at Qingping Mountain a few months ago, he was amazed by the prosperity of the villages and towns below the mountain. The huts were dilapidated, and only weeds and dead branches remained under the snow-covered farmland.

What's going on here again?When he left Qingping Mountain, although he had just experienced a fierce battle, he was not so depressed.

Worried in his heart, Ling Xun rode his horse and rushed forward. When he got close, he finally saw a long dragon-like procession at the foot of the mountain. Broken bowls and cans, not much better than the beggar they saw earlier.

There were two steaming cauldrons at the end of the line. An old woman was scooping up porridge with a large spoon to distribute food to those who lined up. The tall and strong man standing beside the woman had a dark face. There is a long scar slanting across it, it is the king with a black scar face.At this time, he was holding a saber, staring at those who came to receive the porridge, like a god of evil.

"Black Scar!" Ling Xun called out from afar.

Wang Dawen's prestige came over, originally he was dissatisfied with being called nicknames without authorization, but after seeing who came, he turned his anger into joy and bared his big white teeth.

"Master Feng! You're back!" Wang Daying stepped forward, his eyes were red with excitement, and he hugged Ling Xun directly, and turned around for a while.

"What the hell are you going crazy, put me down!" Ling Xun was so angry that he almost punched Wang Da's bear face hard.

General Wang put Ling Xun back on the ground. Seeing that he was in a hurry, he patted his big black face and said embarrassingly, "I'm also happy."

Ling Xun didn't care about his common knowledge, and raised his chin to those who lined up to get the porridge, "What's going on? How long have I been away, how did it become like this?"

"It's not those bastards!" Wang Dayi slapped his thigh, his teeth itching with hatred, "It's those array mages brought by your friend, relying on their kindness to us, domineering on the mountain, I don't know how much they have ruined Things. We don’t have a lot of food in our stockade, so we can’t stand their waste, but those people have supernatural powers, and we don’t dare to offend them, so we have to offer them as bodhisattvas, so that the brothers below are all It’s too late, not to mention these refugees attached to the mountain.”

Ling Xun frowned when he heard it. He had expected that Qingping Mountain would not be able to suppress these formation masters, so it must be easier to invite gods than to send them away, otherwise he would not have made up his mind to invite Mu Jiu.

"Where's Brother Zhongli? With his temper, can he endure it?"

As soon as Zhong Lishan was mentioned, Wang Da was even more heartbroken. He waved his hand and said, "Don't mention it, it's even worse to mention Da Dangjia. One of the magicians in that formation claimed to be able to summon souls, Da Dangjia obeyed him and made this good Qingping Mountain made a miasma."

spiritualism?Is it for my sister?

"By the way, you said you were going to invite someone who is a master, how about it, can you bring him back?" Wang Da asked.

While talking, Mu Jiu, Yuan Xi and the others had already rode over. Wang Da looked up and glanced over everyone's heads.

"How did you bring back so many people..." But how can you afford it?Wang Da did not say the remaining half sentence.

Although Yuan Xi did not bring Xu Guang with him, his personal guards totaled more than 30 people, plus Ling Xun, Mu Jiujinyan and Fang Jue, there were almost [-] people in front and back, and they were all young. How much rice should a strong man eat every day?

After a little calculation like this, Wang Da subconsciously touched his stomach, instinctively wanting to tighten his trouser waist a little more.

Everyone climbed Qingping Mountain, but Zhongli Mountain was nowhere to be seen in the main village.

Wang Dayu wondered, "Huh? Where is the head of the family?"

Ling Xun's expression was slightly gloomy, and he said, "It's time to see my sister, let's go directly to the back mountain."

Only then did Wang Da suddenly realize, "By the way, today is Madam's Qi Qi."

"I'll go with you." Yuan Xi put his hand on Ling Xun's shoulder, "You and I have known each other for many years, and we should have called her sister, but it's a pity that we didn't meet each other when we were born, so let me burn incense for her , can be regarded as a greeting."

Ling Xun nodded, patted Yuan Xi on the back, and turned to Mu Jiu, "Huaifeng? Do you want to go with me?"

"Since it is the lord's family matter, it is inconvenient for outsiders to bother."

Ling Xun was somewhat disappointed, but he couldn't say anything. He was about to go to the back mountain with Yuan Xi, when he heard an old woman crying, "No! This bamboo forest was Madam's favorite, you can't cut it down!"

"Hmph! How dare you disobey Mage Huang's orders? You still have to rely on our Mage Huang to recruit the soul of your wife's dead ghost. What can we do if we contribute to breaking the bamboo? Go away!"

"You bastards, I, I will fight with you!"

Immediately there were sounds of struggling and scuffling, and suddenly a baby was crying, and the woman screamed, "Put down my young master!"

Hearing the cry of the baby, Ling Xun suddenly felt his heart being pinched into a ball, his blood was burning all over his body, and without saying anything, he rushed into the back mountain with his knife in hand, saw a figure in front of him, and kicked his ass hard .