The Eight Winds of Rebirth

"Obviously at the end of last year, I heard that the emperor allocated funds for disaster relief to Dong County..." Gu Xiangtan seemed to be talking to himself.

"Fart money!" The big man interrupted him angrily, "The northern half of Zigu County is almost submerged in the water, and more than a dozen villages have been washed into pieces, and the corpses are floating around along the water. Some children But only a few days after the birth, the whole family went with him. There are not many living people left in Kanxiang County. Our entire Twelve Cities in Dongxian County were already too poor to solve the problem, but this time the crops and grain fields are still flooded. All the villagers were hit by seedlings, and the villagers who managed to survive couldn't eat or even drink water, so they just lay half dead on the side of the road waiting to die, and some of them were still healthy and wanted to run to the county master Help, but the gate of the county government is closed, and you can't even see a ghost! You tell me where the money came from, and where the Beijing officials came from? Even if there were, they must have been eaten by these dog officials and slaves !"

The big man was crying blood with every word, and Gu Xiangtan could almost see from his words what kind of purgatory Dong County was at that time, and his family members were probably buried in these natural disasters and man-made disasters.

Gu Xiangtan and Zhao Yuan looked at each other, and each could see a trace of deep meaning in each other's eyes.

Emperor Zongzheng appointed people from the Ministry of Household Industry to go there. The aftermath was only one of them. The more important thing was that this was a good opportunity to enter the hinterland of the Three Kings. Their lair must be obstructed in every possible way. The two sides are doing their own thing, everything is their own priority, but no one has really thought about the suffering of the people, so many lives are in dire straits.Gu Xiangtan, on the other hand, overestimated the wolfish ambitions of those in power. They would rather trample on the hearts of the people under their feet, and seize immediate benefits, but they didn't know what kind of precious help they were giving up.

Gu Xiangtan was silent for a long time, unable to refute for a while.

Zhao Yuan on the other end thought she knew what was going on in his heart, so she grabbed his wrist and changed her posture to hold Gu Xiangtan's hand, with a thick and firm grip.

Gu Xiangtan moved slightly. In the middle of the night, he was attacked and the cold wind blew for a long time. At this moment, the night cold covered his body, and even the palms of Zhao Yuan, who had always felt cold, were warm, so he could not help but gently shake back. .Then he raised his head again to look at the people who were restrained on the ground, Gu Xiangtan said: "One life for another, we let you go, and you also let go of the people who were arrested just now."

The big man was stunned, he didn't expect these people to be so easy to talk, he was afraid that it was a fraud, and then he thought that this young man in white was so skillful, there is no reason why he would give up so easily and not pursue it?I was afraid that if I went back, there would be pursuers, and they would be wiped out in one fell swoop.

So, the big man just stuck his neck and said in disdain: "If you want to kill, kill, you dog officials don't want us to let us out!"

Su Xi over there heard that he was about to scold, and wanted to say where did you see that our young master is a dog official, but Gu Xiangtan stopped him without making any excuses, and just said: "You have been following us for a few days now, just now When shooting arrows, they only aimed at the legs and feet of those guards, but they didn’t want our lives, so why are you so stubborn now?”

The big man was dismantled, and the old man couldn't help but blush: "I respect the soldiers of the Shenwu Army, not the little white faces that you can't use for doing this." Most likely it was the supervising army sent by the dog emperor and those dog officials. Later, seeing that the kid left halfway and was escorted by several generals, the big man felt that he should have come out of the palace to play or gain military merit. The son of a high-ranking official, so he took Gu Xiangtan as the fat sheep to be slaughtered, and secretly followed him all the way, but he was afraid that if he really killed him, he would implicate the Shenwu Army Camp and be blamed by the emperor, so he didn't think about it at first. kill them.

"Since you have been following for a few days, haven't you seen how much the generals value our young master? If you are really an ordinary dude, you still need to be so thoughtful? What an idiot!" Su Xi couldn't help but replied.

The big man was stunned for a while, and looked at Gu Xiangtan blankly, and saw that the young man in front of him was only at the age of curly hair, but he had been indifferent since just now, and he did not show any panic due to the previous running and collision, standing there with an air of demeanor. Even more detached from the dust, he couldn't help being shocked in his heart, wondering where the other party came from.

Gu Xiangtan did not intend to let others know his identity, but said: "Although you didn't intend to hurt us, you must have left a lot of lives here, and not all of them deserve to die. The crime of killing and stealing, wife Women are paid, and descendants receive retribution, even if they don’t repay in this life, they will have to pay back in the next life, why do you want them to bear these evil debts after death?”

Hearing this, the big man was speechless for a while, but the helpers with fierce faces on the other side couldn't help but said: "If evil people really have evil rewards, how could we have come to where we are today? The Buddha will only bless those who burn incense and pay tribute. Just a lot of rich people!"

"If you don't believe in Buddhism, then you believe in yourself?" Zhao Yuan said suddenly.

"We just believe in ourselves, that's why we want blood from those who committed crimes!" Several thieves shouted loudly.

Gu Xiangtan paused for a moment, then looked at the leader of the big man: "Believe in yourself? You are not afraid of death, because you dragged many innocent people to hell, so when the end comes, you think you died a worthy death, a hero, right?"

"If you are a man, you should kill the person who deserves to be killed. What kind of skill is it to bully unarmed business travelers? The country is alive or dead, and foreign troubles continue, but you still have to deal with your internal worries. It's a good thing that you can still be complacent about it." Su Xi still Did not hold back.

"We also want to join the army! But you know how difficult it is to join the army in Dongxian County. Without the recommendation of the corporal commander, you can't apply for the name, and each person has to pay one hundred coins." , A hundred words is simply immeasurable, "And those who join the army are either burning, killing, looting or domineering horizontally. If the country is defended by these people, it would be better to subjugate the country!"

These words are so rebellious, but Gu Xiangtan frowned and listened carefully. In his previous life, he heard that the Habayashi Army under the command of the Three Kings was too domineering, which faintly aroused a lot of public anger, but he didn't know that it must have been so arrogant for a long time. , it is impossible for the Three Kings not to know.

While thinking about it, Gu Xiangtan turned his eyebrows and said, "As long as you want to join the army, there is always a way, but if you are given such an opportunity, what will you do?"

When the few people heard this, they didn't recall it all at once, and the big man headed by a long time said: "You, can you really recommend me?" Thinking that this person came out of the Shenwu Army, his eyes lit up , "I, can we go to the Shenwu Army??"

"Whether you can go or not, it's not up to me, but to you. The Shenwu Army doesn't collect waste." Gu Xiangtan said.

Several people looked at each other in blank dismay, and seemed suspicious: "Then, does that require money?"

An Yin Suxi laughed: "Save your little money to burn more paper money for those who were intercepted by you."

As soon as these words fell, those thieves knelt down to Gu Xiangtan, regardless of the knife still on their necks: "As long as there is a glimmer of hope, we are all willing to try. If there is a day, I will wait for you!" Be sure, never forget your great kindness and virtue."

Seeing how these people became grateful to Ti Lin in an instant, Gu Xiangtan thought for a while and asked them to let the guards go.

The big man was also straightforward, and he voluntarily stayed, and only asked the people around him to go back to report. After a while, he brought Captain Li and his party back staggeringly.

Gu Xiangtan said: "If you believe me, just wait for a few days, and when the Shenwu army arrives in Chenzhou, someone will come to find you." The army is on the road, just in case, Gu Xiangtan dare not let strangers follow easily, He only came to make arrangements after they settled down, and then asked An Yin to take out the money he was carrying, took most of the silver and handed it to the big man, "It doesn't matter if you don't believe me, share the money with your brothers." , Today is not a waste of time." Most of them were stuffed by the emperor for them to go on the road. Fortunately, An Yin and Su Xi's burdens were not lost when they escaped before, and most of the money was still there. Enough for these peasants to last half a month.

The big man didn't want it, but Gu Xiangtan insisted on letting him accept it: "If you don't take it, do you still want to find someone to grab it?"

The big man felt embarrassed, so he gave them all the horses he sat on.

After some busy work, the sky was getting brighter, and Gu Xiangtan and others were finally able to leave this place.

After walking for a long time, a small town appeared ahead. In the small town, there was a medical clinic and the only inn.Captain Li only nodded his head, and there was no serious injury, so Gu Xiangtan asked him to send those guards with handicapped legs to the hospital for treatment, while the others stayed in the inn to rest temporarily.

There are no rooms in the inn, only ordinary small rooms, a bed, a cabinet, a table and two chairs, which are a bit crude, but at the moment there are only Gu Xiangtan and Zhao Yuan inside, sitting silently.

After a while, Gu Xiangtan still spoke: "I was negligent about this matter."

Zhao Yuan said: "It's not you who were negligent." Those people had noticed the Shenwu Army long ago, but they didn't pay much attention to it, and let Gu Xiangtan leave so hastily.

"How could you..." Gu Xiangtan considered how to ask out the doubts in his heart.

Zhao Yuan didn't say a word, he wouldn't say that he couldn't feel relieved seeing the man leave, so after thinking about it, he still rode up and followed, but a rain made him almost lose Gu Xiangtan's trace After searching for a long time, they were found by the cave. The guards and those people were fighting together. Gu Xiangtan, Yanfang and others were nowhere to be seen, and the horses of the carriage were gone. Zhao Yuan suddenly felt bad. Fen Ban chased all the way, and finally caught up at the critical moment.

However, if he didn't say anything, Gu Xiangtan could guess a lot. After his heart skipped a beat, he still said calmly: "I'll ask Captain Li to send a message to the emperor in a while. Wait a minute, probably in a few days, Zen Master Guanzheng will also pass by here to return to Xiangguo Temple, and I will go with him.” The eighth day of April is the Buddha Bathing Festival among the three major festivals of Buddhism, and Chan Master Guanzheng still needs to stay. I returned to Luli after presiding over the Buddhist Dharma meeting.

Zhao Yuan took a sip of the herbal tea on the table and said lightly, "I'll see you off."

Gu Xiangtan was stunned: "No need, you have just arrived in the army, there must be many things..."

Zhao Yuan looked straight at him, her eyes were deep, like ice, but faintly beating like fire, scalding like fire, yet froze to the point that one's bones were weak, and finally saw that Gu Xiangtan's many evasions were swallowed back. Only then did Zhao Yuan get up, and walk out with her sleeves thrown up, which has already settled the matter.