He was like a roast pig roasted on a fire, with flesh and skin peeled open and flesh blurred.

Lu Changfeng looked at the man dumbfounded, and after a while, he pointed at him and asked the little divine doctor, "This, you did this?"

"yes. ”

The little girl smiled and nodded, originally looking proud of asking for praise, but when she turned her head, she saw that King Rong looked at her with an indescribable weirdness in her eyes.

immediately realized that the other party felt that what he had done was too cruel, and snorted dissatisfiedly: "Don't look at me like that, this guy is bullying Sister Ge, I'm just protecting my sister." ”

Lu Changfeng choked for a while, and said in a calmer tone as much as possible: "I don't blame you, you did a good job, continue to work hard in the future." ”

......

Ge Qingqiu and the others accompanied the frightened old shopkeeper back to the village, and all they saw along the way were dilapidated houses.

The small village looked very depressed, and when they walked for half an hour, they saw only five or six families, and they were all old men and old ladies living there.

The old shopkeeper's house-

Lu Changfeng gave him a part of the little water and food he had finally found, and the old shopkeeper immediately ate the water and food like a hungry wolf.

Looking at the old man's colorless appearance, he said in a deep voice: "On the Wanshou Festival the year before last, Suzhou Taishou was also praised by the emperor's uncle for paying tribute to a thousand flowers and strange stones. I didn't expect that this week, Xianzong had the ability to spend so much manpower and material resources to find a thing, but he managed the people under his rule like this!

Although the old shopkeeper didn't know Lu Changfeng's identity, he knew that he must be an extraordinary person when he heard the meaning of his words.

He glanced at him with some fear, and was hesitating to speak, but Ge Qingqiu, who listened to the side, said first: "Shopkeeper, it's okay, my son-in-law is the minister of the Qincha from Shangjing, what are your troubles to tell us in detail, even if the prince is here, we are not afraid." ”

When the words fell, King Rong Jun was stunned at first, and was about to ask what this had to do with his father, but the old shopkeeper knelt down in front of him with a "poof", hugged his big legs and wailed: "My lord! Please be the master of our people in Suzhou! Our people in Suzhou are really about to lose their lives!"

At this moment, Lu Changfeng was dumbfounded, looked at Ge Qingqiu, and saw that the other party made an expression of "don't speak, listen patiently" to him, and immediately reached out to help the old man up: "It's okay uncle, you get up first, let's talk slowly if you have anything to say." ”

In the next stick of incense, his expression changed from ignorance to surprise to anger, and he switched several times.

After the old shopkeeper described in detail how the government forced the people to go up the mountains and forests, and after returning home with less food, and how many people were starved to death, his face turned completely black.

"What a big guts! This week Xianzong, how dare he!"

The old shopkeeper continued to cry: "This is nothing. In previous years, Lord Zhou would also send officials to the village to collect various taxes. Other state capitals draw five out of a hundred, but here we draw fifty, and when the year is good, we will draw more. The villagers worked hard for a year, but in the end, few of them could fall into their own hands. ”

As he spoke, he recalled his past experience, and his crying became louder and louder.

"Among the people who were driven up the mountain this time, there was originally a girl from the Wang family at the head of the village. The family had already decided on the family affair, and they would only wait for this winter to pass the door, but who knew that those people said that the Wang family had not paid all the taxes in the past two years, and dragged the girl away!"

Lu Changfeng was taken aback, and subconsciously asked: "This person is so arrogant, shopkeeper, didn't there be a literate talent in your village before?

The more the old shopkeeper cried, the more excited he became, and when he heard him ask, he raised his cry to a higher tone, and said sadly: "This week, Lord Zhou is the local living king of Yama, and he once let go of the words, saying that even if we go to Beijing to sue the emperor, he is not afraid." There are people in his capital, and if we can't get to Beijing, we will fall into his hands first. If he catches him, it will be a big crime to punish the nine clans, who would dare to do this?"

"Besides, we've lived here for generations, and eight generations of our ancestors are buried here. If we really leave, then Lord Zhou will have someone dig up our ancestral grave! How dare we go!"

"Bastard!" King Rong Jun scolded with a calm face, and said angrily, "In this world, except for the emperor, who can punish other people of the nine clans at will? What kind of thing is this Zhou Xianzong, he dares to say such a big thing?"

Ge Qingqiu, who was on the side, also sighed at this time: "I have only heard of the Emperor Yuanyuan in the mountains before, and it is not strange that there is such a thing in those border places. But speaking of which, Suzhou is actually not far from Shangjing, and this Lord Zhou has the courage to do such a thing, and it seems that there are indeed people in the DPRK who support him. ”

"Changfeng, what are you going to do about this?"

The man sneered: "What should I do? Since that Lord Zhou even dares to borrow the name of Prince Rong, then I naturally want to meet him!

......

Late at night, Suzhou Taishou Mansion.

Zhou Xianzong drank wine with a few friends for a day today, and when he returned to the room, his head was already sinking and he couldn't tell the difference between southeast and northwest.

He pushed open the door with his physical instinct, and was just about to tilt his head to lie down and sleep, when in the darkness, a man's cold voice suddenly came to his ears.

"Lord Zhou, I'm so interested! What kind of good thing has happened to you, and you are so happy?"

"Who!"

Zhou Xianzong was startled by this voice, sat up from the bed suddenly, and was about to call someone in, when suddenly, the lamp at the head of the bed was lit by someone with internal force, and a face that seemed to be smiling but not smiling immediately came into his eyes.

"Why does Lord Zhou have such a bad memory? This king remembers that when Lord Zhou returned to Beijing to report on his work last year, he also came to the palace to give the king Suzhou specialties, why did he forget about this king so quickly?"

Lu Changfeng was sitting at the table drinking tea gracefully, with a calm face, and there was even a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.

Zhou Xianzong suddenly sobered up the moment he saw his face clearly.

At that moment, he slapped his cheek violently, walked forward and knelt down in three steps and two steps, and said with sincere fear: "The king of the county is here, and the lower officials have missed the distance, please forgive me!"

"Heh!" King Rong Jun chuckled, slowly put down the teacup in his hand, and said lightly: "Don't you dare to blame, Lord Zhou is the head snake of this Suzhou City, there is a way that the strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, this king is just a guest, how dare you blame Lord Zhou? You say yes?"