Chapter 1396: Crisis is coming
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The Wang family in Qingyun Town was uprooted, and lost the protection of Wang Rui, the strongest man in Qingyun Town, and the other major families did not have the slightest mercy and compassion, and overnight, the Wang family became history. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
The reason why the land of recklessness is called the land of recklessness is not only that it is difficult to cultivate here, but also because it is more barbaric and cruel, and the law of the jungle is even worse than that of cultivating immortals. Survival of the fittest, bloody violence.
Compared to the entire barren land, a small place like Qingyun Town is quite peaceful, and several major families can coexist because they can't break this balance, and several major families need to join forces to survive.
And they dare not fight among themselves, because the enemies they have to face are not from inside Qingyun Town, but from the outside, some barbarian tribes, and slaughterers who specialize in robbery for a living, these people are secretive, have no fixed residence, wash the town in blood, rob resources, rape and kill, and do everything.
The appearance of Meng Qiuyu broke the balance of Qingyun Town, and also brought panic to the residents of this remote town, they did not know if the strong man who replaced the Wang family would be more greedy, oppressive, and enslave them as weak creatures than the original Wang family.
Under the exploitation of several major families, they can only survive, and once the strong man who succeeds the Wang family exploits them more harshly, they will have less room to survive.
Qingyun Town is composed of four castles and the central avenue and the slum, the four castles are occupied by the Wang family, the Li family, the Jiang family and another family, the Xu family, the central avenue is composed of a bustling market and some commercial buildings, and there is also a square, which was built to hold some large-scale events.
At this time, in the South Castle, Li Wenwen, the head of the Li family, Jiang Wenyuan, the head of the Jiang family, Xu Yimao of the Xu family, and several core members of the family gathered, and everyone's face showed a dignified look.
As the so-called wave of injustice, wave after wave, the Wang family has just been occupied by Meng Qiuyu, and Qingyun Town has received a letter from the Black Dragon Legion, asking them to unconditionally pay half of the family's resources, otherwise they will invade Qingyun Town in three days, and if they do not agree to the request of the Black Dragon Legion, the entire Qingyun Town will not leave chickens and dogs, which is the content of the letter sent by the Black Dragon Legion.
The Black Dragon Legion is a legion of Slayers, one of the most notorious legions in the Wastelands, whose leader is known as the Father of Dragons and has a murderous Black Dragon as his mount.
The Black Dragon Legion is famous in the entire barren land, and the three major regiment leaders are all heaven-level powerhouses, and they can't resist it at all with the strength of Qingyun Town.
"Clerical, big brother, I think this matter should let Mo Yifeng also know, with his strength, he may be able to deal with the three captains of the Black Dragon Legion." Jiang Yunfeng spoke first.
She is Li Wenwen's second wife, and Jiang Wenyuan's younger sister, and she is also a cultivator in the early stage of the ground, in the entire Qingyun Town, Jiang Yunfeng is the woman with the greatest prestige.
"This matter must not let him know, this person has no one in his eyes, his personality is cold, he has occupied the entire Wang family, and we haven't even caught a single hair. This is an opportunity to get rid of him, as long as we inform the Dragon Father of his unwillingness to agree to the Black Dragon Legion's request, the three major captains of the Black Dragon Legion will inevitably attack him. ”
Jiang Wenyuan showed a hideous sneer on his face, and glanced at the few people present: "As long as he dies, we will give the prepared gifts to the Black Dragon Legion, not only can we protect ourselves, but everything in the Wang family will also belong to us." ”
Li Wenwen and Xu Yimao glanced at each other, did not nod in agreement, nor did they say anything against it, but they each pondered, they naturally understood that Jiang Wenyuan wanted to calculate Mo Yifeng, and the other party killed his son, this hatred, how could Jiang Wenyuan forget that he wanted to use the hands of the Black Dragon Legion to get rid of Mo Yifeng.
But they are worried that the Black Dragon Legion will not be able to get rid of Mo Yifeng, once Mo Yifeng does not die, the matter will inevitably be exposed, with the other party's means, he will definitely take revenge, and several major families will also follow in the footsteps of the Wang family.
"Big brother, I am also very heartbroken for Quan'er's death, and I also hope that Mo Yifeng will die, but have you ever thought about the consequences, the Black Dragon Legion will not reason with us, in case of anger in the entire Qingyun Town, to kill us, we don't even have the ability to resist."
Jiang Yunfeng glanced at his eldest brother and shook his head, and continued: "And how strong Mo Yifeng's strength is, we don't know, if he has the strength to deal with the Black Dragon Legion, or if he escapes under the siege of the Black Dragon Legion, our major families will provoke the next terrible enemy, who can stop him from retaliating?" ”
"Yunfeng is right, this matter can't be risked, we need a way to get the best of both worlds, if anything goes wrong, not only will we not be able to save Qingyun Town, but we will also die without a place to bury. Whether it is Mo Yifeng or the Black Dragon Legion, it is not something we can compete with. Li Wenwen said in a deep voice.
The cold glint in Jiang Wenyuan's eyes flashed, and he didn't continue to insist, he could see that no matter whether it was Li Wenwen or Xu Yimao, he would not agree to his method, even his sister Jiang Yunfeng did not approve, his insistence was meaningless.
"Yunfeng, you go and explore Mo Yifeng's reality and show him the letter from the Black Dragon Legion to him, and see if he has any opinions."
Seeing that Jiang Wenyuan was no longer speaking, Li Wenwen spoke.
In the slum, Meng Qiuyu took Mo Zihan to appear in front of a dilapidated wooden house, and they walked all the way, except for the four castles made of bluestone, the military and civilian homes in the slum were all wooden houses, and there were even some thatched houses.
And Meng Qiuyu didn't find any young and strong men, most of them were old and weak women and children, dressed plainly, with yellow faces and thin muscles, these people were almost ordinary people, and some of them were only in the stage of Qi training, so it can be said that most of them were powerless.
In front of the wooden house where Meng Qiuyu and the others appeared, in the fence made of scattered wooden stakes and rattans, a black, thin and petite boy was holding a piece of animal bone, and there was no animal meat on the animal bone, but he was still biting the bone and eating it with relish.
"Brother Yifeng, the residents of Qingyun Town are living a very hard life, and the adults in the family are either requisitioned by the four castles and do things for them, or they go outside to hunt demon beasts in the deep mountains, and often only come back once in a few months, and there are not many people who can come back safely, and many people have died in the mountains."
Meng Qiuyu frowned slightly, in such a small town, there was a group of such poor people, compared to these people, the lives of the two ancestors and grandchildren of Motu were already considered rich.
He didn't understand a lot of things in Qingyun Town, so he took Mo Zihan to wander around today, but he didn't expect that outside the palatial castle, there was actually such a scene, what is the difference between this and the life of slave owners and slaves in the ancient Roman Empire?
Such a thought suddenly popped up in his mind, Meng Qiuyu also fell into a daze for a while, the pictures that flashed intermittently in his mind in the past few days were also very different from here, he even saw high-rise buildings, running cars, and all kinds of modern furniture, which were incompatible with everything here.
Aren't you from this world? But why is it here? Meng Qiuyu couldn't figure it out, and whenever he tried to think of something, he would feel that his head was about to explode, and the pain was unbearable.
In Meng Qiuyu's contemplation, a middle-aged woman wearing coarse linen clothes walked out of the wooden house, her face was full of vicissitudes, her face was pale with lack of nutrition, she held a small wooden basin in her hand, raised her eyes and saw Meng Qiuyu and Mo Zihan outside the fence, and her expression showed a trace of nervousness.
"Eldest sister, you don't have to worry, my sister and I are passing by here, just to beg for saliva to drink, I don't know if it's convenient?" Meng Qiuyu said.
The middle-aged woman hesitated for a moment, put the small wooden basin on the stone table in the courtyard, stepped forward and opened the gate of the fence, bowed slightly, and said, "There is nothing to entertain the two of you at home, I will go get water for you." ”
After speaking, the middle-aged woman turned around and went back to the house, and Meng Qiuyu also took Mo Zihan into the courtyard, and the thin boy at the stone table stared at the two with a look of curiosity.
Meng Qiuyu only saw at this time that there was half a pot of bone broth in the wooden basin, and a few bones without animal meat were also soaked in the clear soup, as well as a few wild vegetable leaves.
The thin boy swallowed his saliva and glanced at the wooden basin from time to time, obviously wanting to eat, but because Meng Qiuyu and the others were here, he didn't dare.
Not long after, the middle-aged woman came out with a water-filled utensil, Mo Zihan drank a small sip of water, but Meng Qiuyu asked, "Eldest sister, are there only your mother and son in the family?" ”
"Child, his father went to the mountains a year ago and never came back, and his uncle was also requisitioned by the South Castle as a guard, and we were the only ones left in the family." The corner of the middle-aged woman's mouth lifted a trace of bitterness, and she sighed softly.
"Will the South Castle give some subsidies for requisitioning guards?" Meng Qiuyu nodded.
"There will be a subsidy, ten copper coins a month, but in recent months, his uncle has not taken copper coins for the family, and I heard that he died while on a mission outside." The middle-aged woman said softly.
"Is it any wonder that your mother and son live so poorly and eat these things every day?" Meng Qiuyu pointed to the bone soup in the wooden basin and asked.
"No one at home can hunt demon beasts, these demon beast bones are still exchanged from the market, and the children can't eat enough every day."
When the middle-aged woman spoke, her eyes were already red, and she immediately knelt down and pleaded with tears in her eyes: "Childe, you must be a good person, the rich people in the castle will not come to this kind of place at all, and they will not ask about our lives. Please take the tiger baby away, just give him food and let him do anything, otherwise he won't be able to live with me.
"Sister, hurry up." Mo Zihan was kind-hearted, and she also cried with her, helped the middle-aged woman up, and looked at Meng Qiuyu expectantly, obviously she also hoped that Meng Qiuyu could help the mother and son.
Meng Qiuyu took a deep breath, he felt an inexplicable depression, after seeing the lives of the poor here, he realized how unfair this world was, full of exploitation, oppression, and the law of the jungle. Without asking, he could imagine that after the death of the child's uncle, he did not receive any pension at all, otherwise the life of the mother and son would not have been so difficult.
He had seen the wealth of the Wang family in the east castle of the Wang family, and there were not only a large number of gold coins commonly used here, all kinds of treasures, weapons, and cultivation resources in the underground warehouse, but also dozens of barrels of treasured wine, and an ice cave specially used to store the meat of demon beasts.
"It just so happens that we are also short of people to help us at home, so you can take the tiger baby to the East Castle, and you will take care of my sister's diet and daily life in the future." Meng Qiuyu finished speaking softly and walked out of the middle-aged woman's house with Mo Zihan.
It wasn't until they left that the middle-aged woman came to her senses, and the great surprise brought tears to her eyes, knowing that she and her son had met good people and did not have to worry about starving to death.
"Brother Yifeng, your heart is so good, it's a pity that there are too many poor people in Qingyun Town, and we can't help everyone." Mo Zihan's face was full of joy, Meng Qiuyu was willing to take in a mother and son who lived a difficult life, which made her feel very happy.
"Zihan, I'll send you back to the East Castle first, I have some things that I need to talk to the families of other castles, there will be changes in Qingyun Town." Meng Qiuyu gently rubbed Mo Zihan's head, a touch of coldness flashed in his eyes, he would never allow the Zhumen wine and meat to stink to have frozen bones, and if it continued in Qingyun Town, he decided to change the entire Qingyun Town, at least let the poor people in Qingyun Town have no worries about food and clothing.
Just as the two of them left the slum area and were about to return to the East Castle, a soft sedan chair carried by eight people appeared in front of the two, protected by sixteen female warriors with weapons, and the sedan chair stopped in front of Meng Qiuyu and the two.
"Senior Mo, Miss Mo, the junior is about to visit the senior in the East Castle."
A beautiful woman dressed in red stepped down from the sedan chair, and Meng Qiuyu knew the other party, it was Jiang Yunfeng, the owner of Yunfeng Danlou.
Jiang Yunfeng showed a moving smile, came to Meng Qiuyu and the others, and bowed slightly.
Meng Qiuyu glanced at the soft sedan chair that Jiang Yunfeng was riding in, it was extremely luxurious, Mo Zihan also looked at the sedan chair with envy, she didn't know what it was like to sit on it and be carried by others.
"Master Jianglou, I also happen to have some things to discuss with the heads of several major families, why don't you send someone to send my sister back to the East Castle, and you take me to the Li family in the West Castle." Meng Qiuyu said lightly.
Jiang Yunfeng nodded and smiled, turned to a heroic female guard and ordered, "Ziyao, you take someone to escort Miss Mo to the East Castle and carry the sedan chair." ”
The female guard took the order, let the sedan chair lift forward, and motioned for Mo Zihan to get on the sedan chair.
Mo Zihan looked at Meng Qiuyu excitedly, obviously very moved, but he was asking Meng Qiuyu for what he meant.
"Go up, feel the dignity and enjoyment of the Jiang Mansion Lord, if you like it, my brother will also help you build one." Meng Qiuyu nodded.
After Mo Zihan was carried away by the eight sedan chairs, the embarrassment on Jiang Yunfeng's face dissipated, Meng Qiuyu's words just now were obviously mocking her, but she didn't dare to express any dissatisfaction with Meng Qiuyu.
"Senior Mo, go to my Danlou for a cup of tea first, the juniors have something to tell the seniors, it is related to the safety of Qingyun Town, and the life and death of all of us." Jiang Yunfeng regained his expression and said with a solemn face.
"Lead the way." Meng Qiuyu looked at Jiang Yunfeng deeply and nodded.
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