She only glanced at the two of them in a hurry, and she was sure that Geng Gong was not Wang Xing's opponent. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Geng Gong relied on brute force, wielding a heavy knife, and making stupid and late moves, while Wang Xing's short gun was light and changeable, and there was no fixed way of playing. He is proficient in all kinds of marksmanship, and almost according to the offensive momentum, he disassembles the major marksmanship and recombines them. Even if the other party is familiar with using a gun, it is difficult to figure out the routine, and it is even more difficult to guess where he is going to make a move. However, he only received more than 20 moves, and the opponent's position had been completely disrupted by him.

Wang Xing's moves are calm, he is very calm and experienced in the face of the enemy, but on the other hand, he has a frizzy temper, chaotic knife skills, and flaws. Even she couldn't help but shake her head again and again, and sure enough, the other party was defeated by his gun in less than forty moves.

However, the man also had a lot of backbone, and he didn't forgive, he only sighed with his neck and said: "It's okay, it's like this, it's clean when you die, I just want a strong man to kill me, don't send me to the official, the province will affect the old lady in the family." ”

Wang Xing is also a very filial person, as soon as he heard this, his heart softened, and the muzzle of the gun moved out, and he asked puzzledly: "Your Excellency also knows that being a thief is a livelihood that affects your parents, so why bother to do the business of robbing homes and houses." ”

Geng Gong sighed helplessly: "If the world is safe, who wants to leave their hometown and become a bandit." ”

He looked at the knife in his hand and threw it to the ground angrily: "I was originally a tenant farmer in Liaocheng, Shandong, and I have an old lady at home, three brothers, and two younger sisters. My father died early, and it was not easy for my mother to bring up our brothers and sisters, and we were blind when we were old. My brothers wanted to work hard to support their old mothers. But over the years, the rent and taxes have risen and risen, and there is no food at all, and the family has been plagued by locusts, the rent cannot be paid, and the land has also been occupied. I had to leave my wife behind and go out, but unfortunately everywhere I went, there were bullies everywhere, and if I made some money, I would be looted in a few days. I had no money to eat, so I threw myself into Black Dragon Mountain. But it's not a good place to go, there are some extremely vicious people on it, burning, killing and looting all kinds of evil, but the government is still engaged in what kind of 'self-respect', is to always kill inexhaustibly, the government profits, and the people suffer. I was also an honest poor peasant, and I couldn't get used to them bullying the poor, so I ran away quietly, but I had nowhere to live, so I ambushed near this official road, just to rob some money to survive, and did not dare to hurt people's lives. It's just that I've done a lot of this, and I feel even more sorry for my mother, if I die today, it will be considered a relief. ”

Wang Xing also knew that the world was difficult now, evil officials were rampant, officials and thieves colluded, poor peasants were unsustainable, they could not eat, and they were forced to fall into the grass, so he moved some compassion, collected the gun, took out a piece of silver from his arms and threw it to him: "It's a pity to be a thief and a tenant farmer because of your good strength, why don't you go to the border to join the army, serve the country, and fight bravely to kill the enemy. ”

Geng Gong had only seen ingots of gold and silver on Heilong Mountain, and he was ecstatic when he arrived, and he was so grateful to him that he almost kowtowed to him. Wang Xing helped him up with a smile and said, "No need." Until he left, he kept talking to himself as if he were in a dream.

As soon as Wang Xing turned his head, he saw Chu Yunxi standing behind the tree with his eyes downcast, he stepped forward quickly, and when he walked to her, he took another step back and said solemnly: "The girl is frightened." ”

Chu Yunxi raised his eyes slightly, and saw that after a fight, he still maintained a handsome and elegant demeanor, showing that he had an excellent tutor, and couldn't help but appreciate it a little more. The corners of her lips rose just right, revealing a beautiful and graceful smile. Just a smile shows the gentle beauty of a famous lady. A faint sorrow appeared between her eyebrows, and she handed the reins in her hand to Wang Xing.

He silently took the reins and let her walk to the front as if no one was around.

The two walked one after the other, each with their own concerns, and suddenly she stopped and stared, and said abruptly: "This world is full of bandits and giant beetles, and it is not as good as it was five years ago." ”

"Since the prime minister took power, these days have become more and more difficult." Wang Xing couldn't help but ask.

Chu Yunxi's body trembled, and he turned his head sideways and asked lightly, "Really?" ”

Her tone was very sad, and even Wang Xing couldn't help but sigh: "Since the opening of the Taizu Dynasty, they have pursued the national policy of recuperation and recuperation, and the tax rate is lower than that of previous dynasties. The imperial court was even more infighting, and the old nobles and the nouveau riche scholars from the imperial examination led by the prime minister disagreed politically, and it was common for them to fight in the court. However, the saint is sick all the year round, and he believes in some Fang Shi Taoism, and indulges in alchemy and immortality all day long, and he does not ask about the government for six days out of ten, allowing the two factions to contend, and the court situation is turbulent. ”

She turned around, cleared her throat, and said with a smile: "Childe is quite insightful about court politics. ”

Wang Xing smiled modestly and said: "I just relay my father's words, how dare I, a border soldier, have any opinions on the government." ”

Chu Yunxi's eyes flashed, and he said with a smile: "Presumably, Ling Zunding is an important minister of the imperial court, which is really disrespectful."

He raised his head and laughed, waved his hand again and again, and said, "How dare you dare, but it's just a little sword and pen." ”

Unconsciously, the two led the horses side by side, as if walking in the woods. Chu Yunxi expressed his curiosity about the prime minister and kept asking about his deeds. At first, Wang Xing cautiously said, "Don't dare to speak falsely", probably because she was a little sullen and dared to say a few words of truth: "The prime minister's rule is too strict, some policies are close to accumulating money, and clamping down on speech officials, relying on trust and traitors, henchmen Lu Jianheng, Dou Shan, Chu Hui and others are all cool officials, while Shen Zhong, Ling Qingyan and others are courtiers who are honey-mouthed and deceived and deceitful. The nouveau riche scholars are not completely willing to follow the prime minister, those who are really famous and talented are not willing to be with them, and they are unwilling to cling to the clan gate, and they are rarely reused, and most of them can only be petty officials in remote places, which is really a pity. In the past few years, the prime minister has led the New Party to defeat the two major clans of Han and Cui, which have been widely implicated, and it is said that the number of people who have been sentenced to death and exiled is 10,000, which is shocking, in addition to that, ......"

The more he spoke, the more ugly Chu Yunxi's face became, and the magnificent phantom of her father's loyalty, filial piety, and righteousness in her heart was once again punctured by reality, and the cold wind blew out the fire of hope in her heart. Even if she doesn't want to admit it, that gentle and loving father has long been blurred by her memory, and the current Prime Minister Chu is a rigid and arbitrary minister, who is happy to fight with courtiers from all walks of life every day, while deceiving the frail and sickly emperor, while frantically oppressing the people at the bottom. She was in a trance, and she was in tears as she walked.

Wang Xing was shocked, but she deduced that she had heard so many tragic things, and she was sad in her heart, mourning for the living and painful for the dead.

The power of language is far less shocking and cruel than reality. The two passed through Qinzhou and continued to travel eastward, only to know what it means to be miserable.

Longzhou is located on the edge of Weishui, this winter there was a snow disaster, along the street are frozen to death of the bones of the people, hail like a boulder from the sky to destroy countless fertile land houses, many people are displaced, the family is broken, all over the field mourning, miserable.

After Wang Xing and Chu Yunxi entered the city, they witnessed all kinds of tragic situations, and their hearts were heartbroken. However, what is even more infuriating is that when such a catastrophe occurs, local officials have not provided disaster relief, but have turned a blind eye and allowed people to die on the streets.

Chu Yunxi was sad and indignant, and kept asking. Wang Xing was unusually calm, always soft and full of emotion, he coldly examined this purgatory-like world, and the selfishness of the local officials could hardly hide from his perceptive eyes and inquisitive brains, they were both timid and afraid, shirking responsibility and wanting to take advantage of the opportunity to make profits, embezzling the wealth allocated by the imperial court, they were really a group of blood-sucking insects.

In the evening, the two of them could not find an inn to stay in, only to ask for accommodation in the city, Wang Xing led the horse to knock on a farmhouse, and the door was opened by a hunchbacked old man in his fifties, with a thin yellow and shriveled face, wrinkles like a knife carving, his expression was sad, and his walking was a little unsteady. He laboriously looked at the two people standing at the door, and said tremblingly, "Both, what's the matter?" ”

Wang Xingquan hugged his fists respectfully and politely and said: "Uncle, in Xia Wang Xing, this ......" said and pointed at Chu Yunxi, she was busy with her fists and saluted. "It's my cousin, we are going back to our hometown to visit relatives, passing by here, it's getting late, we want to spend the night, may I ask, can you make it convenient?"

The old man had some ears behind his ears, and Wang Xing had to repeat it word by word. He understood the gist, beckoned the two of them into the house, and sighed: "Just a few dilapidated houses, let's make do with them." ”

He turned around and led the two into the house, turned half of his body, and fell to the ground, Wang Xing hurriedly helped him up, and asked worriedly: "Old man, are you okay?" ”

The old man waved his hand and said with a forced smile: "It's old, it's useless." He waved Wang Xing's hand away, and staggered towards the only pillar of dim light in the small courtyard that shot on the ground, and that beam of light came from a small, dilapidated tiled house. The small tiled house stood lonely in this desolate night, and the two symmetrical dilapidated windows oozed drops of water, as if two weeping hearts.