~： Page 21

Yan Wushi: Serve the demon by himself.

Shen Yan: ...

Chapter 16

With Yan Wushi's presence, naturally there is no need to take those safer official roads. In order to make short cuts, Yan Wushi did not cross Chang'an, but went south to Luozhou, and then from Luzhou to Luzhou and Suizhou.

This road has shortened many distances, but the same, because these places are not close to Qi's surroundings, especially after the disaster at the end of the year, thousands of miles of dry land and exiles flooded to the counties and counties with more food and grass. Today, Shen Ye can still see many refugees along the way.

On martial arts, few people can match Yan Wushi today, but he is obviously not a good travel companion. Shen Ye ’s old wounds were not healed, his eyes were sometimes good and bad, and he was still unable to return to normal. At most, he could only see some light and shadow as vaguely as before. Yan Wushi did not develop a compassion for him and he gave him special treatment. I do n’t need a car, so I do n’t even hire a carriage, and I walk in front of you without any delay. There ’s a lot of “you can follow if you ca n’t follow, and you have to follow if you ca n’t follow”.

After traveling for several days like this, when they were about to enter the city of Xiangzhou, they met a group of refugees outside the city.

These people originally came from Gwangju. Because of the famine there, they had to travel thousands of miles to the more affluent Xiangzhou. Who knows that Xiangzhou Assassin's History refused to open the city gates for them, and ordered the soldiers to guard them strictly and not to let a refugee. enter.

Refugees do not have the strength to go to the next place to try their luck, they can only stay there, in fact, they are slowly waiting to die.

From the perspective of governing the local area, it is understandable that Xiangzhou Assassin has done so, because the food in a city is limited, and when the refugees are brought in, they have to be responsible for settling them. These people should actually belong to the people under other jurisdictions. This is equivalent to putting pressure on Xiangzhou itself. By then, the food in Xiangzhou will not be enough, and the local people will be affected. Now Qi Di Gao Wei is busy looking for joy, and he has no intention to govern the political affairs of the court. Before reaching the place, it has been exhausted in layers of exploitation. Even if Xiangzhou Shishi accepted these exiles into the city, he would not receive the court's award.

Xiangzhou is very close to Xuandu Mountain. As long as you travel southwest for a few days, you can reach Xuandu Mountain next to Luzhou.

The closer to Xuandu Mountain, the better Wu Yanshi seemed to be.

He even slowed down and waited for Shen Yan to keep up, while still showing his interest in pointing out the local customs and humanities. If you don't know the relationship between the two, at first glance they may think they are traveling with their old friends for many years.

He told Shen Wei: "Xiangzhou Warring States belongs to Chu, so the Chu style is very strong, and it is also a rich place. Unfortunately, Gao Wei has no intention to operate. The efforts of several generations of Gao family are afraid that they will fall into his hands."

Yan Wushi apparently had no respect at all for the Emperor, and opened his mouth directly.

Shen Yan's eyes narrowed, and he saw a lot of people gathered outside the city. Among them, old women and young women accounted for most of them. Thanks to the fact that the weather is not hot now, otherwise they are afraid that a large plague will arise. Sigh: "How difficult people's livelihood!"

Yan Wushi said indifferently: "In fact, this kind of scene also exists in other countries. Since the end of the Western Jin Dynasty, there have been five wild messes, all parties have been fighting for power, and countless blood lives have been filled in. Such famines occur every year, especially on the border. In order to shirk their responsibilities and transfer pressure, all countries are reluctant to push the exiles to other countries. When the harvest is good, they often wage war to annex the cities of neighboring countries. The internal mutiny is frequent and the regimes change frequently. It is not natural to change the country name within a few years. Who will put their minds on governing the country, but Northern Qi will only intensify it. "

Shen Huan: "But I heard that Lord Zong had another senior official in North Zhou, who was very dependent on Zhou Emperor. I must think in your mind that North Zhou is more likely to rule the world?"

Yan Wushi said with a handy hand: "As emperor, regardless of Mingjun faints the king, he has always been half-dozen. The only difference is that some can restrain his desire, some can't restrain or don't want to restrain. Although Yu Wenyu is addicted to fighting and killing, he bans the Buddha Forbidden, he does n’t like Confucianism, and he does n’t approach any party, so his remaining choice is very small. I want to unify the three schools and need his help. Yuwen ’s family has been in the Central Plain for many years. However, it has long been Hanized, and the Zhou system is no different from that of the Han system. If it is an emperor, it may not be worse than the Southern Chen Dynasty. "

For so many days, hearsay said that Shen Ye had a general understanding of the forces in the world.

That night, Master Xueting, who blocked Yan Wushi at Izumo Temple, also supported Beizhou originally, but he supported Regent Yuwenhu before the Northern Zhou Dynasty, not the current emperor Yuwenyu.

Master Xue Ting was born in the Tiantai Sect, and is one of the brothers of the current Sect Master Sect. However, the position of the Sect of the Sect of the Sect of Sect.

After Yu Wenzheng regained his own power, in order to eliminate the influence left by Yu Wenhu, it is naturally impossible to continue to reuse the Buddhist gate. Therefore, Xue Ting's pulse in the Northern Zhou Dynasty is actually in a somewhat awkward position, although it will not completely lose its status. But the day Yu Yuzheng was in office, Master Xueting Xue couldn't restore his former honor.

For Yu Wenzhang, the three schools of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism each have their own demands. Once they have a relationship with them, their governance will inevitably bring a color of one of them. This is what his emperor with a strong sense of autonomy did not. Happy opinion. In contrast, although Wan Yuezong also has his own purpose, they are obviously more suitable for cooperation than other companies, and they will not ask Yu Wenyu to promote the doctrine of a certain house and influence his ideas.

The two said as they walked, walking towards the gate.

Ordinary people or business travelers enter the city. In order to prevent harassment by exiles, they often need to accompany them, and it is best to have male guards, because exiles may be hungry when they are very hungry. When they find that begging does not work, they will rob them. In a desperate situation, beautiful-looking women and children have fallen into the hands of the refugees. Not only are they not chastised, they may be boiled into meat in the end.

In this case, Yan Wushi and Shen Zheng became a strange and eye-catching combination.

One with empty hands and nothing at all, one with a bamboo stick, and a look of weakness from the beginning of a serious illness, look nothing like an ordinary traveler.

On the roadside, the exiles showed their begging look to them from time to time. Yan Wushi was a bad character at first glance. The exiles didn't dare to ask for help. Instead, they begged Shen, who looked weak and talkative.

One of them was a couple who dragged three or four children on the road. They were thin and emaciated. They could not be seen as humans. They looked like zombies and were numb. The oldest child was only six or seven years old, and the youngest was only two or three years old. She walked staggered, and her parents didn't have the strength to hold her, so she grabbed her mother's horns and followed, and staggered away.

If this situation continues, the child who should be the youngest in the end should be sent to exchange with other children's children to add rations to the parents, or he can be eaten directly by the parents. In order to survive, flesh and blood can also be put aside.

When the couple saw Shen Min passing by, they knelt down and begged him for food. Shen Min thought about it, and found out a pancake wrapped in oil paper and gave it to the youngest child.

The couple was ecstatic and thanked the husband. They grabbed the pancake directly from the child, and opened their mouths and took a big bite. Seeing their wives and children staring at each other, he hesitated for a long time before giving up a small piece to his wife.

The wife took the little piece of cake, but she did not eat it, but she was careful, and she took it seriously and divided it into several portions.

The pancakes were not big, and I ate them with a few gulps. The exiles on the side looked very hot, and stared at Shen Chen with a stunned look.

The husband begged Shen Wei: "The children have been hungry for several days, and they asked the noble to give them an extra piece of bread, so that they might get into the city!"

Shen Xuan refused: "I'm not a rich man either. I only brought two pieces with me. I'll give you one, and I'll keep one for myself."

The husband heard that Shen Ye had food on his body, and his expression changed immediately. Seeing that his eyes were awkward, he had to rely on a bamboo stick to support him.

Who knew that before they hit someone's sleeve, the body flew out in the opposite direction, and fell heavily on the ground again, screaming loudly.

Looking at Shen Yun again, he was still very ill, and he could not see that he had just sent people out.

He apparently did not expect that this kind of good intentions would lead to such a result. Looking at the man's wife and children, he was already scared into a hug.

Other exiles who are eager to move, naturally dare not act rashly when they see this scene.

The man struggled to get up, but did not ask for forgiveness, but in turn cursed: "You have the ability to kill me! People like you are the most hypocritical, do n’t you just want to rely on charity to change our **** and thank you, why do n’t you save it? , Obviously there is another cake, why not take it out! Just do n’t take it if you do n’t want it, let ’s taste the sweetness and not eat enough. What a difference between you and murder! ”

Shen Yan sighed, shook his head, said nothing, and turned away.

Yan Wushi always stood not far or near, standing with his hands on his shoulders, watching coldly, neither intervening nor leaving, as if waiting for him, with a smile on his face.

The hand that was revealed only knew that there was food on him, and the others could only watch him go.

When he approached, Yan Wushi said, "Dou Mien, Dan Mi Qiu. Have you heard this sentence?"

Shen Xuan sighed, "I am reckless. There are many suffering people. It is impossible for me to save everything by myself."

Yan Wushi sarcastically said, "The father of the family cares nothing about the child's life or death, but you help others care for the child. Shen Zhangjiao really has a big heart of love, but unfortunately, the human sexual desire is difficult to fill in, and I cannot understand your kindness. Maybe it has now become flesh. "

Shen Yun thought seriously: "If I ca n’t protect myself today, I would n’t choose to go this route. I would rather go farther and avoid places where there are refugees. Human nature tends to benefit and avoid harm. I am not a saint, nor The exception is just seeing someone suffer, and I can't bear it. "

He chooses goodness and stubbornness, but Yan Wushi believes that human nature is evil. The two can't say one from the root. Although Yan Wushi can settle to death by force, even if he chokes Shen's neck , Can not change Shen Min's thoughts.

With the addition of this episode, the atmosphere that had finally eased between the two was gone.

"Lang Jun!"

The voice was small and weak, coming from behind.

Shen Yan looked back, but only saw a vague figure, thin and low, and should be a child.

The child ran to him and knelt down, and seriously gave him three bangs: "Thank you Langjun for giving us cakes. Dad is rude to you, I, I can only give you a hoe, and ask you There are a lot of adults, so don't care about him! "

Why did he care about a child, Shen Yan sighed and stepped forward to help him: "I didn't take it to heart. I heard that it ’s the birthday of the Buddha for a few days, and the people of Xiangzhou City worship Buddha. At that time, they will open a facility to congee porridge, Properly put some refugees into the city, you still have a chance to live. "

The child's eyes glowed and he thanked him again and again: "Thank you for telling Lang Jun that you dare to ask Lang Jun's surname. If there is a chance in the future, the villain will definitely repay you and give you a longevity tablet!"

Shen Min touched his head and Wen Yan said: "This is not necessary, you take good care of your mother and siblings."

The child nodded vigorously and said quietly, "You can rest assured. In fact, the cake that Aniang gave me was only eaten secretly to my sister!"

Shen Ye listened sadly, and sighed again for his sensible, thought for a while, or touched the remaining piece of bread from his arms and handed him: "You take it back to eat, don't let your father find out."

The child was hungry and thin, but he didn't know where the strength came from. He refused to accept life and death, and finally Shen Qiang shoved it into his hand: "You push again, so that others can see it and have trouble again."

He could only accept it, then kneeled down and gave Shen a head, and insisted: "Please also ask Lang Jun to tell his name!"

Shen Ye: "My name is Shen Ye."