Taiping Inn

The three northwest states and Shuzhou are not bad, but Liangzhou and Qinzhou are raging after several wars, and nine out of ten houses are empty.

Shen Changsheng and Shen Shuangmei entered Qinzhou all the way, and passed several towns in succession. Every household had empty houses, and there was not even a single figure. The rice fields along the way were cracked, and the fields were covered with dead grass. , a desolate area. This is nothing, but what is even more shocking is that there are often several corpses lying on the roadside, with dry belly and deep cheeks. You can tell that they are starving to death at first sight. The more you walk, the more hunger you are, the more people are starving, which makes people I can't bear to see it.

On the evening of the day, the two of them came to a ruined temple. When they saw smoke rising from cooking, Shen Changsheng was overjoyed. He wanted to go in quickly, but was pulled by Shen Shuangmei. They quietly turned to the back and looked inside through the window. Several ragged men were surrounding a pot of steaming boiling soup, adding firewood to the bottom of the pot, while the rolling things in the soup almost made Shen Changsheng spit out.

Fortunately, Shen Shuangmei saw that the situation was not good, so she covered Shen Changsheng's mouth with her hands, and then she did not make any sound, but Shen Changsheng also vomited one hand.

After the black and thin boy reacted, he felt a little embarrassed and said, "Sister, I'm sorry..."

Both of them were surnamed Shen, and they experienced life and death together, so Shen Shuangmei already regarded the boy as his own brother. Naturally, she would not care about it at this time, but just shook her head and used the water in her carry-on bag to lift her palms. Wash it clean.

At this time, I heard a man in the ruined temple muttering: "I haven't eaten such a fat and tender lamb for a long time. I'm so lucky today. Those two old ones will keep them for tomorrow, but I have to save some food."

Another person said, "It's a pity that those sheep's blood are lost. Cooking a pot of sheep's blood soup is very good."

Then several other men's approval voices rang out.

Shen Changsheng immediately remembered the story of the two-legged sheep that the boss once told him. During the war, people were in trouble and could not make up for their own life and were able to eat people. There is a saying in the volume of "Chicken Rib Bian": The old and thin man's lyrics are called "Rao" The woman who has little mugwort is called "not envious of sheep", and the child calls it "harmony bone rot", and the general eye is called "two-legged sheep". At that time, the shopkeeper said: "In ancient and modern times, the chaotic soldiers ate human flesh, which is called thinking about meat, or two-legged sheep. This is the inhumane nature of the thief, and it is not worth killing."

Thinking of this, Shen Changsheng felt that the disgusting feeling that had just been suppressed surged up again. He slowly sat down against the wall and took a deep breath.

When he was in the inn, the shopkeeper always lamented "the world" and "the people" when there was no one around. At that time, he didn't understand very much, but today he seemed to have suddenly opened his mind and understood nothing.

Why do shopkeepers and Mr. Li and others insist on saving the world and the people? It is to prevent such tragedy in the world from being harming the world.

Shen Shuangmei helped him caress his chest and lowered his voice and said, "These people are not ordinary people, they should have cultivation. This is the evil of human nature. If you put it in other places, you may also be well-known figures in the martial arts world. In this place, if you are so hungry that you have no food to fill your stomach, you will starve to death, and you will eat nothing and care about anything. The so-called eating by Yizi can be seen, which is even worse than animals. This is why Said: 'If the granaries are full, you know etiquette; if you have enough food, you know honor and disgrace. 'If you don't even have food, the people who are afraid of officials like tigers will rebel, and those knights who seem to be righteous will also eat people, and the world will Big, live the greatest.”

After hearing what Shen Shuangmei said, Shen Changsheng slowly calmed down and whispered: "If it were me, I would rather starve to death than... I would never do such a thing!"

Shen Shuangmei sighed softly.

Many times, it is one thing to say, but it is another to do it.

During the previous dynasty, many great scholars talked a lot about how to serve the country with death. When the Jin Horde was actually called, how many great scholars died? However, many people were busy working as third-class slaves in the Golden Horde, and their character as scholars disappeared.

Therefore, there is no end to life and death, and no true nature can be seen.

This is also because she admired Li Xuandu. She had already fallen out of the way four years ago. Not only did she almost knock herself to death, but she also threw away her infinite future. But four years have passed, and he still has no intention of not being able to do so. Yu, how to say it on your mouth and how to do it on your hands.

Drinking ice in ten years is difficult to cool and blood. How can it not be admired?

Shen Changsheng was still about to speak, but suddenly there was a warning in his heart. He subconsciously grabbed Shen Shuang's eyebrows and stood up and ran wildly.

The next moment, the wall he was originally relying on broke and dust rose everywhere. Then, several people in the temple noticed the existence of the two of them at some point. One of them smiled and said, "I don't know what big it hit today. Luck, even if it is blocked, one is "rotten with bones", and the other is "not envious of sheep", which is enough for us brothers and others to eat for a few more days!"

Several others said yes.

Shen Changsheng's heart sank.

Look at the people in front of you, although they are not powerful people, at most they are at the level of cultivation in the divine realm and the boudoir realm. Otherwise, they would not have fallen to this point. If they are still in their own inn, they will not have to take action from the boss, and the boss's wife can pass it at will. The key is that the boss and the boss’s wife are not around now. Now Sister Shen is injured and cannot do anything. Although he was taught a "Taishang Alchemy Sutra" by the Taoist boy, he did not have time to practice along the way, and his cultivation is really limited.

Shen Changsheng was really unsure.

Shen Shuangmei whispered: "Changsheng, you will try your best to escape later. Don't look back, they can't catch you."

Shen Changsheng said anxiously: "Sister, where are you?"

Shen Shuangmei stretched out her hand to hold the saber on her waist, "Sister, no matter what the 'ghost curse' in your body is, it's not a problem to kill these scums."

Shen Changsheng shook his head desperately.

The conversation between the two did not escape the ears of these people. The leader smiled and said, "A pair of siblings? You are so arrogant. I want to see how you are going to kill us."

Shen Shuangmei was about to draw her sword, but Shen Changsheng had already gritted his teeth and stepped forward alone to block Shen Shuangmei.

At the same time, a man stepped forward quickly and punched the boy who was looking for death.

At this moment, Shen Changsheng only felt that a golden scripture in his mind suddenly lit up, and countless characters shone brightly.

Shen Changsheng subconsciously made a finger gesture with both hands, and a round cover like an eggshell appeared around him. The man punched the round cover, and his entire wrist suddenly twisted into an extremely terrifying arc, but Shen Changsheng stood there motionless.

"Protective Qi?" The other men were shocked by this scene. The leader shouted, "Brothers, don't be afraid, grab your weapons!"

After the words fell, several men drew out their own weapons, which were shining brightly, making people feel scared and their backs cold.

In a daze, Shen Changsheng seemed to hear the voice of a middle-aged man beside his ear. It was not the shopkeeper, nor the little Taoist boy, but a very strange voice that he had never heard before, as if he was reciting a scripture.

With this voice, a picture suddenly flashed in his mind. It was a Taoist palace with thousands of golden lamps, which was extremely brilliant.

In the trance of dreaming and waking, Shen Changsheng seemed to be a person in it. He watched the golden lamps in the Taoist palace go out one by one, and then everyone began to leave the Taoist palace. Finally, accompanied by the scene of the earth shaking, the Taoist palace sank with a bang, sinking into the ground little by little, and finally no trace was left.

At the same time, Shen Changsheng's body began to move involuntarily, posing a posture of holding his hands in a circle.

Several men were stunned for a moment, mistakenly thinking that they had met a brilliant young man. As a result, after waiting for a while, they saw that the dark and thin young man did not move for a long time, and suddenly his eyes showed a fierce light, and he walked towards Shen Changsheng.

Shen Changsheng's clothes fluttered, and he whispered: "The Supreme Taoist Ancestor is merciful."

As the voice fell, a little fiery red color appeared between his two palms, and then this little fiery red grew bigger and bigger, and it turned out to be a tiny fire dragon with its head and tail intersecting.

Shen Changsheng spread his hands.

The fire dragon instantly turned into a length of more than ten feet, roaring ferociously, and swept past.

The men who were still showing off their power before immediately turned into several charred corpses.

However, Shen Changsheng was not feeling well either. He felt dizzy and unstable, and fell back into Shen Shuangmei's arms.