The Way of the National Teacher

The woman called herself Qiao Niang, and she was originally a member of the prostitute here.According to her, the villain only picked virgins to attack, so brothel girls like Qiao Niang were able to find a gap to escape.When asked how to escape, he said that there was good luck, and Qiao Niang took the opportunity to escape when he happened to meet the villain fighting with others.Unexpectedly, he was discovered by the minions of the villains, so he ran away screaming all the way.

Chu Li was a little strange, the group of them had been in Bingzhou for some time, and they had never heard of such a thing, even if the family in the market and wine shop visited and visited, there was no clue.But according to what Qiaoniang said, that monster should have kidnapped many women, why is there no movement at all?

Qiaoniang didn't know either, she just said that she heard the demon said a sentence or two. He was not from Bingzhou, but he was passing by here and caught him on a moonlit night.But she didn't expect Qiaoniang to slip away because of her active thoughts.

However, Qiao Niang discovered the secret of the demon, saying that there were four or five women in the demon's residence, all of whom were in tattered clothes and covered in bruises.Looking at it just makes people feel that life is worse than death.

The group of them walked in the carriage and listened to what Qiaoniang said, but they didn't speak for a while.

Qiao Niang was overly frightened, and it took half a moon to recover, her speech became fluent, and her mind returned to normal.

Chu Li handed her water, telling her not to be afraid, and wanted Qiao Niang to go with them to recognize the demon in Ludi.When Qiao Niang heard that she was about to jump out of the carriage, Qu Di quickly grabbed her, "What are you doing!"

Qiao Niang cried pitifully, "Girls, I don't know what magical powers you have, but I escaped with great difficulty, and I dare not see him again."

"If you don't help me with this, there's no guarantee that he won't arrest you in the future," Chu Li said, "Since the demon already knows that you're probing his lies, how can he allow you."

"This..." Qiao Niang said, "I concealed my identity and fled far away. I'm going to be fine."

Chu Li smiled lightly, and when he was about to persuade him, he suddenly heard Shi Yan say, "I can't escape. He knows your scent."

This was the first time Shi Kui spoke to Qiao Niang, and Chu Li only heard her cold voice, which made people feel uncomfortable as if she had poured a handful of snow.He couldn't help shaking her hand, "Senior Sister, what's wrong with you?"

Shi Kui pursed his lips, squeezed her hand, and said softly, "It's okay." When he was resting, Qu Di felt that the carriage was too crowded and got out of the carriage, and there were only three people in the carriage.

However, Chu Li looked at Shi Yan's expression, but he was always a little uneasy.Since that night at the inn, Shi Yan has become extremely silent, and the smiles on his face are less.Even the cold air on his body became heavier and heavier, maybe it was not the cold air, or Shi Yan became icy cold.Just like when I was a child.

She couldn't see Shi Yan's appearance like this, and was full of worry.Looking forward to Shi Yan's smile, he changed the topic and asked softly, "By the way, senior sister, what did you do on your birthday? I've been waiting for you all day."

Shi Kui was startled, turned away from looking at Chu Li, "Meet an acquaintance."

"Acquaintances?" Chu Li was a little surprised, "You still have acquaintances in Bingzhou? I don't know why. You don't take me to meet you either." She wanted to be coquettish, so she squeezed Shi Yu's palm, leaned over and said, "Okay Senior Sister, what acquaintance did you meet? You still kept it from me."

Shi Yan bit his lip, seeing her flattering appearance, finally smiled, "You also recognize this acquaintance, I'm afraid you won't meet."

"Hey——" Chu Li thought for a while, and the acquaintance he didn't want to meet—"Wu Xi?" Seeing Shi Kui nodded slightly, Chu Li's expression turned ugly, "No wonder after that night, you are getting more and more serious. It's cold. I said that Wuxi's physique hurts you, but you don't believe me."

Shi Yan sighed helplessly, "It has nothing to do with her."

Chu Li still looked unhappy.Shi Yan looked at her and could only hold her hand, and coaxed softly, "She brought me red ginseng, but she was injured a little and couldn't move around. She has good intentions—"

Chu Li pursed his lips and snorted.Shi Kui pinched her lips, "The oil pot can be hung now."

Chu Li laughed out loud, and said angrily, "You're the one hanging the oil pot."

Shi Yan smiled, "Okay, Master Guoshi, don't be angry, don't be angry, the little girl will apologize to you, okay?"

Chu Liben didn't really get angry, and was about to speak when Qiao Niang suddenly said, "National teacher? Are you the little national teacher?"

There was a look of horror on his face.

Seeing her strange expression, Chu Li nodded slightly, wanting to see her reaction.

"You are that goddamn little national teacher!" Qiao Niang rushed over, trying to pinch her, "I want to avenge my husband!"

Subconsciously, Shi Kui quickly pulled Chu Li over to protect her in her arms, and Qiao Niang grabbed Shi Kui's face, immediately drawing several bloodstains.

"Shi Yan!" Chu Li was furious, he poked Qiao Niang's shoulder and stopped her, "What are you doing!"

Qiaoniang couldn't move, and cursed, "God damn national teacher, let you die! Playing power, deceiving your superiors, confusing the emperor, and even seducing the princess, what kind of national teacher, I think you are the demon!" !"

Chu Li didn't care about her, but looked at the bloodstains on Shi Yan's face with distress, "Don't move." She took out her handkerchief, gently stained Shi Yan with blood, and gave Shi Yan the wound medicine she carried with her. He painted his face.But in the end, the anger in my heart is hard to calm down, hurting people is not hurting the face, especially a woman's face.In order to protect her, Shi Yan was scratched by Qiao Niang, and Chu Li trembled angrily.

Shi Yan comforted her, "It's okay, just a little injury." Seeing Chu Li's eyes flushed, Shi Yan felt distressed, so he pulled her into his arms, and said softly, "It's okay, it will be fine in two days. "

"It's my fault." Chu Li's voice was low.

Qiao Niang is still scolding endlessly.

The group of them only hired a carriage, which was Chu Li, Shi Yan and Qiao Niang.Qu Di and Zhu'er were greedy for novelty and fun, so they both went to pick up Gongshu Dingmuche.Originally, the wooden cart could only seat two people, so Gongshu had no choice but to force an extra seat for Zhu'er. Fortunately, Zhu'er was young, so he could add a small stool to fix it and modify it to accommodate her.

Originally thinking that Qiao Niang was not in good health and it was not suitable to ride a wooden cart, so Qiao Niang followed the carriage.Who knew that Chu Li would not be annoyed by her sudden appearance.

Before Chu Li could speak, Shi Qi asked in a cool voice, "What are you scolding?"

"What are you scolding, just scold her, the master of the country, for bewitching the people and harming the people!" Qiao Niang kept scolding, and even spit on Chu Li's face, "I'll make you a monster!"

Chu Li didn't dodge, but instead annoyed Shi Kui, he slapped Qiao Niang heavily on the face with a "slap", making Qiao Niang dizzy.But Shi Yan said, "Speak well if you have something to say, if you continue to behave like this, I will let you die here."

The voice was extremely gloomy, and Chu Li trembled when he heard it, and the hands that wiped the saliva trembled, so he couldn't help but look at Shi Qi.Shi Yan's expression remained the same, he just took away her handkerchief, wiped it gently for her, and said in a deep voice, "If you have any complaints, you can speak up. The national teacher is right in front of you. If it is really her fault, I won't let you down." Forgive her."

Chu Li timidly glanced at Shi Yan, but Shi Yan just pretended not to see it.

Qiao Niang looked at Chu Li's expression and saw that she was really afraid of Shi Yan's appearance, and she was really afraid of Shi Yan's cold coercion, so she covered her face and her voice weakened, "I can tell you are together, I didn't So stupid to believe you."

Shi Yan gave her a cold look, "Do you have a choice?"

Qiao Niang only felt that she felt chills all over her body at that glance, so she didn't dare to yell loudly, she just said bitterly, "My husband was originally a monk in the temple, and he came down to the mountain every month to get together with me, we don't have to worry about whether we can eat or not. Lack of clothing, even though the life is a bit rough, but at least the husband and wife are reunited. This is the national teacher—” She pointed at Chu Li through gritted teeth, “He insisted on making people become monks, and even forced Mr. Lang to the battlefield. Now I don’t know whether he is dead or alive... "As he spoke, he began to cry, "My poor man, I am so miserable. Without my husband, I am a woman with nowhere to go, and I become a prostitute. We are a good family. She was torn apart by this demon way, can't she be hated!"

Chu Li was stunned when he heard that, "You become a monk and get together with you once a month. What kind of family is this?"

Qiao Niang was taken aback, and immediately became annoyed, "It's just to make a living, who really loves to be a monk with little soup and little water! But when we see us, what do you like to do, it's none of your business? You monster !" He wanted to pooh her again, but his eyes flicked past Shi Yan, and the saliva reached the tip of his tongue, and he swallowed it again.

"You all have to become monks, and you all love to speculate in temples and do things that sell dog meat. The fields are uncultivated, and the people are starved of food. Not only is Buddhism dirty, but people's livelihood is also ruined. Where did you go? Besides, I didn't force the monks to return to lay life, that was the emperor's order."

It's hard to describe the feeling in Chu's heart.She has never been so directly confronted with the ramifications of these decrees.I thought that even if I bear this notoriety, it has brought benefits to the people anyway, so wouldn't it be a good thing to recuperate with the people?The emperor also issued an order to exempt the monks who returned to the secular world from taxes, and also exempted those who reclaimed wasteland from taxes. As long as they worked hard, they could still eat and drink enough.She never knew that the common people are so lazy and lazy to work, they are all greedy for the little benefits in the temple.

"What dirty the Buddhist gate!" Qiao Niang said, "The Lord Buddha is merciful and willing to take us in, that's where we belong. There is a temple to make a living, why should we be asked to farm? We have worked hard all year round. Those who don’t have enough food for taxation can’t even eat it themselves, so fools go to farm for the rich.”

He also said, "Let's leave it at this moment, who doesn't know that the emperor obeys your words, you are a monster who confuses the emperor, and you also fascinated the princess who is about to marry, and seduced our Princess Shanggu to leave the palace with you privately. It can be seen that you are good at deceiving people. I have never seen such a disgusting monster like you, and you are not much better than that monster! Anyway, he only harms women, but you are harming the whole world!"

Chu Li's head was shocked, she didn't know that her reputation among the common people was so bad.

Shi Kui's eyes were deep, he just looked at Chu Li and didn't speak.Although she felt distressed, she still had to let Chu Li hear some words.Otherwise, with Chu Li's heart, he would never think of people as bad.You will never know that in this world, you can't see whether people are good or bad, and what you can see is whether they can bring them immediate benefits.

"I...I'm all for your good...for...for the people..." Chu Li's voice was difficult, and she could hardly believe that she was so passionate about making a living for the people that she ended up like this.

"Bah! Don't be so hypocritical! Who can say beautiful words! You are a monster, you are not worthy of being a national teacher, maybe you murdered Kou Tianshi, I don't know what kind of magic tricks used to confuse the emperor and the princess, oh, yes," Qiao Niang stared at her resentfully, "You know how to bewitch! I can see it with my own eyes."

Every word and the tone of the voice that wanted to peel her skin and cramp were like sharp knives, stabbing hard into Chu Li's heart one by one.Why did things become like this?She clearly puts all her heart into the sake of the people, she wants them to be enlightened, they want them to eat and drink enough, and they don't want them to be confused, but in the end...the result turned out to be that she herself became a street mouse that everyone shouted and beat.

"Senior Sister..." Chu Li began to cry, and hid in Shi Yan's arms, "I... am I wrong?"

"Ah!" Shi Yan sighed, and hugged her into his arms, "You are right, but you were used by others. Even if you did good things, if you are guided by people with intentions, it will become a bad thing."

Qiao Niang looked at them and snorted, "I knew you were in the same group!" As she spoke, she suddenly rolled her eyes and looked at Shi Yan, "You...you can't be the bewildered princess, right?" As if she had discovered some shocking secret, Qiao Niang slapped her thigh, "It can be seen that the national teacher is a demon, and he has fascinated a princess like this. Oh, what a princess!"

"Shut up." Shi Yan said in a low voice, without much emotion, but immediately stopped Qiao Niang's mouth, making her swallow the words between her lips and teeth.

Chu Li didn't speak anymore, she lay on Shi Yan's shoulder, her tears couldn't stop.He has never been wronged like this.A heart sank little by little, more and more sinking, she thought, maybe she understood why Princess Shanggu escaped from the palace while holding the five-bright fan bestowed by the emperor.

This world is like this... There is no distinction between right and wrong, and people's hearts are unpredictable.

She was silent, but she heard Shi Yan whispering in her ear, "Qudi made mistakes, but knowing the mistakes can be corrected, and there is nothing good about it. And...she is useful to you."

Chu Li froze, his thoughts turned and he just kept silent.He also heard Shi Yan say, "Qiao Niang, if you want to survive, control your mouth from now on, dare to say one more word." Shi Yan's eyes were full of murderous intent, "You can do it yourself."