The day's sun swept across the sky and gradually sank westward, immersed in the orange sunset in the city of Zezhou. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info the temple of the Great Light Sect, the swirling green smoke mixed with the chanting sound of the monks, the believers kneeling and worshipping are still lively, You Hongzhuo came out of the door with a wave of believers, took a steamed bun in his hand, and ate it in three or two bites, this is the "good food" invited from the temple, used as a full stomach, and it is finally better than nothing.

There are many large trees in the streets and alleys near the temple, and the sound of the wind blows in the evening, and the sultry air seems to be cool. The streets and alleys are full of pedestrians, and there are many people who drag their families in twos and threes, parents go out with their children running and jumping, if they are from a wealthy family, they buy a string of sugar gourds at the corner of the street, and listen to the children's laughter and laughter come carefree, which makes You Hongzhuo feel an indescribable tranquility in this hustle and bustle.

At this time, due to the matter of hungry ghosts, Wang Shitong's escort and the arrival of Sun Qi's army, the situation in Zezhou City was tense, and even ordinary people could clearly feel the breath of mountain rain coming. The Great Light Sect preaches that there are 33 tribulations in the world, and the Buddha of Light saves the world, and when it comes to such a situation, more restless believers gather here.

The wealthy gentry landlords from well-to-do families asked the Zen masters of the Great Light Sect to inquire about the inside story, while ordinary believers came to pray to the Bodhisattvas and gods and Buddhas with luck, or hoped that no bad luck would befall Zezhou, or prayed that even if something happened, everyone in their families would be able to spend it safely. After worshipping the Buddha, he threw several copper plates in the merit box, received a good food from the monks, and when he left, his mood was much more relaxed.

The Wu Dynasty was originally prosperous and wealthy, but if you push it up for a few years, such peaceful and prosperous scenes in the Central Plains can be seen everywhere. It is also in the past few years that the war has happened around everyone, and the peaceful atmosphere in several big cities on the Tiger King's territory is really precious and cherished.

Looking around, you can occasionally see some dusty men and women in the crowd, dressed shabby or capable.

Many of these people who came from other places at first glance are green forest characters, among them, the lower ninth-rate green forest people lick blood from the knife edge, but many of them have shabby appearances, many of them have hidden methods, and they are not easy to identify in the crowd. Only those who are well-dressed and carry swords are relatively easy to see through martial arts practitioners. Regardless of the troubled times or the peaceful years, it is the norm to be poor and rich in martial arts, these martial arts people are either the head snakes of a place, or the rich gentry and landlords, in this troubled times, they also have their own experiences, among them, there are many calm and capable people, who come to the Great Light Sect to make a cut with the monks, and then they also have their own places to go.

You Hongzhuo stayed in this temple for most of the day, and found that although there were a lot of people from the Green Forest, many of them were rejected by the monks of the Great Light Sect, so they had to leave in confusion - on the way to Zezhou before, Mr. Zhao had said that the Green Forest Gathering in Zezhou was deliberately initiated by the Great Light Sect, but in order to avoid being discovered by the government, this matter would not be done with such fanfare, and there must be something greasy about it.

He had been arrested by the Great Light Sect earlier, but at this time, he did not dare to take the initiative to inquire about the situation with the monks in the temple, and for those martial artists who left after being refused, he did not choose to follow rashly for a while.

On the one hand, the army entered the city, on the other hand, rumors about the remnants of the black flag surged, and the Great Light Sect opened in Zezhou City, and on the other hand, it gathered the people of the green forest to support the "ghost king" side, even if it is chaotic today, and the forces of all parties are complicated, this thing seems a little strange.

Although I also wanted to see this excitement when I came, it was Mr. Zhao and Mrs. Zhao. Now that the two seniors have left, he is just a rookie who has just entered the rivers and lakes, and he really wants to mix everything, but he doesn't have that much courage. What is really important to him is to find the whereabouts of the "fourth brother", find out the news of the rest of the brothers and sisters, and then either take revenge or wait for the opportunity to save people, it is not good to act recklessly.

In his heart, after all, he hopes that the brothers and sisters are still safe, and he also hopes that the fourth brother is not a traitor, and there is another inside story - although it is unlikely, Tan Zheng's martial arts and the power of the Great Light Sect are too big compared to the original seven brothers, and his escape is just a fluke - but in any case, the matter is undecided, and there is always something to look forward to in his heart.

There were fewer expectations in his mind, and there were fewer things to do. After waiting for the time of the day, Tan Zheng and his party did not appear in the temple, and You Hongzhuo was not anxious, and walked through the disturbed city with the pedestrians leaving. At this time, as the sun was setting, a group of soldiers could occasionally be seen passing by in the streets where pedestrians came and went, and there were more travelers and beggars from other places than he had been.

Back to the alley of the Liang'an Inn, the aroma of the food between the surrounding houses has wafted out, and from a distance, you can see the owner of the inn and several neighbors gathering to talk, a stocky man waving his arms, speaking quite loudly, when You Hongzhuo passed, he heard the man say: "...... No matter where they are, they deserve to die, it's best to die alive, if you want me to see, these people are not dead enough! Tragic death to them, tragic death to them...... Where is it not good, go to Zezhou to join in the fun......"

With the man's words, several people around nodded frequently, and someone said: "If you want me to see, the city has not been peaceful recently, and I want Nizi to go back to the countryside......"

“…… If a foreigner dares to make trouble, he will stab them to death with a knife......"

In the middle of these words, the owner of the inn in Naliang'an saw You Hongzhuo walk in, and said: "You don't block at my door, I can't do business yet, okay......" Everyone shut up and looked at You Hongzhuo who came over, one of them glared at him with eyes, You Hongzhuo nodded and said hello to them, and entered from the door of the inn.

Listening to the meaning of their words, most of the bandits who were arrested and displayed to the public in the morning were burned alive in the square, and I don't know if anyone came to rescue them.

He is just an ordinary person, he didn't come to Zezhou to join in the fun, and he couldn't control the world's major affairs, and he didn't care too much about the slight hostility of the locals. After returning to the room, I thought about today's events for a while, and then went to buy a meal from the innkeeper and served it to the corridor on the second floor of the inn.

The sunset was red, gradually disappearing, looking out from the second floor, a piece of earthen walls and gray tiles, layer upon layer. Not far away, a courtyard planted with dwarf paulownia trees was already brightly lit and crowded, and the sound of suona and singing came from it, but someone was marrying and setting up wine.

You Hongzhuo ate his meal, looked at this peaceful atmosphere, and remembered the restless mood of the people at the entrance of the inn and in the city, and when he and the Zhao family and his wife came, they met the convoy of the golden people, but they left from Zezhou City, and perhaps they also felt that this place was not peaceful. The family got married at this time, and I don't know if they want to take advantage of the current peace and want to get this done.

In the past few years, the Central Plains has been swinging, and the so-called unevenness is no longer an invisible joke.

It sank in the evening, the inn was lit up, and the air was still a little hot, You Hongzhuo looked at the lights of the thousands of homes in front of him in the faint light, and he didn't know if it would be the last peaceful scene of this city.

I have compassion, but I don't care too much.

He's been through it for a long time.

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After nightfall, the lights of thousands of homes reflect the lively atmosphere in the night sky of the city, with Zezhou as the center, the spread of spots, military camps, post stations, villages, small roads and mountains and forests with few pedestrians in the past are also lit up with sparse light in this night.

Zezhou City has not had such a lively scene for a long time, and the atmosphere inside and outside the city is tense.

The atmosphere is tense, and there are many things. In the mansion of the governor of Zezhou, some of the old squires who came to ask the government to close the city gate and not allow outsiders to enter had just left, and Lu An, the governor of the prefecture, wiped the sweat beads on his forehead with a handkerchief, walked around the side hall a few times anxiously, and sat down on the chair.

It is difficult to meet the demands of the old squires, and even if they refuse, it is not easy, but after all, the person has left, and it stands to reason that his emotions should also settle down. But at this time, this Lu Zhizhou obviously still had other difficult things, he looked at the chair and thought uneasily for a while, and finally patted the chair, stood up, and went out to another reception room.

At the door of the room, there were two guards and a maid guarding it. Lu Anmin walked over, lowered his head and asked the maid, "Has that girl eaten?" ”

The maid shook her head: "Back to the master, not yet." ”

Lu Anmin frowned, hesitated, and finally reached out and pushed the door in.

The Wu Dynasty overthrew and the world was in turmoil, Lu Anmin came to today's position, but he was once a Jinshi of Jinghan for six years, and he experienced the title of the gold list, the street parade across horses, and also experienced the chaos of 10,000 people, chaos and famine. Now, living under the Tiger King, guarding a city, many rules have been destroyed, and many chaotic things have been seen with his own eyes, but at the moment when the situation in Zezhou is tense, the person who came to visit him today is really a little surprising and tricky for him.

The door opened, in the bright yellow light, there was a table of food that had already been cold, and sitting under the light on one side of the room was a nun dressed like water, and the nun with hair and cultivation had her long hair hanging down, and she was bowing her head slightly, fiddling with the prayer beads on her fingertips. Hearing the sound of the door opening, the nun raised her head and looked at Lu Anmin, who sighed in her heart.

In the chaotic times, all people can't help themselves. The threat to life, the corrosion of power, people will change, Lu Anmin has seen too much. But only in this glance, he could still perceive that something was still stubbornly surviving in the nun's eyes, and it was something he wanted to see, but he didn't want to see it here.

So he sighed and spread his hands to the side: "Miss Li......" He paused: "...... Have you eaten it? ”

Facing this woman who was once named Master Li, but now may be the most troublesome and tricky woman in the whole world, Lu Anmin said a greeting without any new ideas and ideas.

The nun stood up and bowed softly to him. Lu Anmin sighed again in his heart.

It's a pity that she didn't just come to eat......

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The lights, vegetarian food, the light is light, and there are voices.

“…… When he was young, he was high-spirited, and after the title of the gold list, he went to Fenzhou to be the county commander. The small county town is okay, but many things are not used to it, and they can't let go...... I will, upright, consciously Jinshi status, read the book of sages, never ashamed of others, why suffer such pickled anger, that is, there is a way above, and I am reluctant to dredge it for a while, and I have a bloody head in a few years, so I simply resigned and did not do it. Fortunately, I have spare money at home, and I have a good reputation, and I have a good life for a while. ”

“…… Later, the Jin people went south and hid in Tibet with their families, and I also thought about gathering a group of people to resist, but the people gathered, and the commotion dispersed not long after. What do ordinary people know, the country is ruined, the family is ruined, there is no long thing, get together, want to eat, where is it? I had to rob it, and I had a knife in my hand, and I ...... to the people around me. It's extraordinarily good, hehe, it's no different from the golden people......"

“…… In this way, the people scattered, and then they ran again, hiding, hiding, and I was originally married to my wife and eldest son...... I died in the war, my father died, and I was on the verge of starvation twice. The concubine threw down her daughter and ran away with others......" In the light, Lu Anmin, who was speaking, held a wine glass, with a smile on his face, paused for a long time, and smiled a little self-deprecatingly, "I thought at the time, maybe people are still not separated, but better......"

The nun on the opposite side gave him a chopstick dish, Lu Anmin looked at it for a moment, he was nearly forty years old, and his temperament was elegant, which was the most attractive stage for men to precipitate. stretched out his hand: "Miss Li, don't be polite." ”

He smiled slightly: "Now that I think about it, the first time I met Miss Li was more than ten years ago. At that time, Bianliang was still there, Alum Lou was still there, and when I lived on the side of Yujie, I liked to go to an old Zhou noodle soup shop to eat soup noodles and meatballs. It snowed heavily that year, and I passed the winter and waited until the next year......"

The nun on the opposite side also smiled remembrance: "What Lu Zhizhou saw is still a little girl." ”

Lu Anmin looked at Master Li's face: "At that time, Miss Li was about ten years old, and she was already the top group of people in the alum tower. Among the girls at that time, Miss Li's temperament was the most different from others, jumping out of the ordinary, perhaps because of this, now everyone is gone, only Miss Li is still famous all over the world. ”

Shishi lowered his head: "What kind of name do I deserve to move the world......"

Lu Anmin solemnly said: "In June last year, when Puyang was flooded, Miss Li ran back and forth, saying that she would mobilize the rich families around her to provide grain, give porridge for disaster relief, and countless people were alive. ”

"That's not what I did." The teacher whispered, "It's not me who gives food, and it's not me who suffers, what do I do is nothing more than to go to every house with a shy face, kneel and kowtow." It is said that he is a monk and leads the practice, but in fact, he still does things that entertain people with sex. But when I came to it, I bore this false name, and I was terrified every day. ”

The woman spoke calmly, but Lu Anmin was slightly stunned for a while, and then muttered, "Miss Li...... That's it. ”

"Everyone has a chance." Shishi said in a low voice.

"yes." Lu Anmin lowered his head and ate a mouthful of food, then drank another glass of wine, and the room was silent for a long time, only to hear the teacher say: "Lu Zhizhou, the teacher came today because of something, and he begged for ......."

Lu Anmin just nodded silently.

"Ask Lu Zhizhou to find a way to close the city gate and save those who are about to die."

Lu Anmin shook his head: "...... Things are not as simple as the teacher girl thinks. ”

"But there is always a way to make innocent people die less." After the woman finished speaking, Lu Anmin did not answer, and after a while, she continued to speak, "On the bank of the Yellow River, the ghost king was bound, and 400,000 hungry ghosts were scattered, and the killing was already a river of blood. Now that you have captured that Wang Shitong here and dealt with it with great fanfare, it is just a matter of setting an example, so why bother to affect the innocent. Outside the city of Zezhou, thousands of hungry ghosts are coming here, begging you to release Wang Shitong, and he will be here soon. If these people come to Zezhou, it will be difficult to be lucky, and it will be difficult for Zezhou to be peaceful, you have an army, you can disperse them and drive them away, why do you have to kill people......"

Lu Anmin sat up straight: "Do you know that the senior girl, you are also very dangerous when you come to Zezhou now?" ”

The woman looked at him: "I just want to save people." ”

"The situation is complicated, you don't understand, teacher." Lu Anmin paused: "If you want to save someone, why don't you ask for that one?" ”

The teacher was confused for a moment: "Which one?" ”

“…… The one with the black flag. ”

She understood, and looked at Lu Anmin: "But...... He's dead. ”

Lu Anmin put down his chopsticks with a snap, and tilted his head to stare at her, trying to distinguish the authenticity of this.

The reason why Lu Anmin didn't want to see Master Li was not because her existence represented the memory of some good times. The reason why she makes people feel troublesome and tricky, as well as the purpose of her coming today, and even the situation in the entire state of Zezhou now, if you want to get to the end in the slightest, Tai Ban is inseparable from the existence of the "one" in his mouth. Although he had heard rumors of the gentleman's death many times before, he heard such a simple answer from the other party's mouth at this time, which made Lu Anmin feel a little disturbed for a while.

Whether this is true or false, he can't tell for a while...... (To be continued.) )