"Now...... The situation in Zhongzhou should not be optimistic, right? Xie Chao no longer has any attachment to Zhongzhou, there are no friends there, let alone his relatives, but when he thinks of the chaos of the princes and the destruction of their lives, he can't help but feel a sense of compassion in his heart.

Su Jingchen nodded, and said, "Not only the princes, because of the war, many people have been displaced, even in places far away from the war, the people are also miserable because of excessive taxes and forced labor, so many people rose up and established the so-called 'righteous army', but most of them are just under the banner of the righteous army, but in fact, they are doing bandits, even more vicious than bandits, and the states are because of those." The rebels were busy and spent a lot of money, but they didn't see any results, so they could only squeeze money from the people, and in this way, they fell into a dead circle. ”

"At the beginning, the emperor was besieged, and the princes in the south have been watching, they are all afraid of each other, afraid that once they send troops, their strength will be weakened, and they will be annexed by others, and the northern states because of the existence of a large number of royal clans, they still sent troops after hesitation, but the three-state coalition army, which is known as a hundred thousand troops, is actually only sixty or seventy thousand people, most of which are still local troops drawn from all over the country, and the combat power is too weak, plus it has not been run-in, such an army meets the most elite Xiliang army in the world, and it only has a crushing defeat."

"It seems that it is indeed not optimistic," Xie Chao nodded slowly, and asked again, "Brother Nasu, are you...... Why did you come to Yunzhou? ”

Thinking about it carefully, Xie Chao seems to be asking Su Jingchen this question seriously for the first time, in fact, he is still a little puzzled, why this young man is only a dancing elephant, but he dares to go deep into Yunzhou alone, and he also said things like "I am not afraid of death", and his eyes are still a little similar to himself back then.

That's right, it's the one who has been trapped in the swamp for days, and has been desperate.

Su Jingchen didn't rush to answer, he raised his head, looked at the sky covered by green leaves, watched the flowing clouds come and go, and after a long time, he finally spoke, "At the beginning, I wanted to find a reason for myself to live. ”

"Looking for a reason to live?" Xie Chao was stunned for a moment, as if he had suddenly discovered Su Jingchen's reason for not being afraid of death - since he didn't want to live anymore, of course he wasn't afraid of death.

"Listen to you, so it's time to change your mind?"

Su Jingchen nodded, and said, "Along the way, I have thought a lot, for example, why I was bent on seeking death, why I came to Yunzhou, why I met you, Zhao Feng, Axi, and why I went to Fenglei Village, many, many questions, these are probably just my cranky thoughts, but I finally figured out one thing." ”

"I can't remember my childhood memories, but occasionally some fragments flash in my mind, I think, I should have been in a small place in Zhongzhou, learn a little bit of personal skills, when I get old, marry a girl from the same village, she may not be very good-looking, not outstanding, but we will respect each other like guests, have a few children, and then spend our lives in peace," Su Jingchen paused, and said, "But I am alone now, I walk alone in every corner of the world, muddy, I can't find the way to the future, I always think, If only I had died in that turmoil. ”

"Why is this happening? The people I love, the people who love me, all of them have left me, they are obviously so good, so kind, they are all back there

Why are they leaving? ”

"It's this troubled world," Su said faintly, "People say, I'd rather be a peaceful dog than a troubled world, in the peaceful world, even a dog is better than a person in troubled times, people are displaced, frozen to death, starved to death, some people eat tree bark, chew grass roots, and even eat at the expense of changing children, but they struggle, but to no avail, in the end, many of them will die." ”

"So I hate it, I hate this troubled world, I don't want anyone to experience the feeling of dying in front of my loved ones like me."

Su Jingchen suddenly became excited, he clenched his fists, raised his right hand above his head, his eyes flashed with a faint flame, different from just now, this is the flame of ambition, "If you ask why I want to live now, it is to end this troubled world!" ”

After speaking, Su Jingchen suddenly realized his gaffe, his face was slightly red, he coughed dryly, put his hand down, don't look away, and stopped talking.

And Xie Chao was silent for a long time, and he also turned his head like Su Jingchen, staring at a bush somewhere, as if he was thinking about something.

"Brother Su, ......" Xie Chao scratched his face, stretched out his index finger and touched his nose, and said casually, "You are a person who wants to do great things." ”

"Devouring the Starry Sky: Signing in to Become a God"

"What's your reason for that?" Xie Chao knocked his head vigorously, "That's right! I've heard that this is called 'living for the people of the world', but I didn't expect that Brother Su, you are actually the kind of gentleman mentioned in the romance. ”

Su Jingchen scratched his head embarrassedly and said, "I think I'm doing it for myself...... It's not as exaggerated as you say, is it? ”

Xie Chao didn't seem to hear Su Jingchen's words, he was still smiling, but he suddenly sighed, "I've been waiting for the person he asked me to wait for all these years, listening to Mr. over the years, and now that I'm waiting, when I take you all over Yunzhou, what should I do?" Go back to the mirage and lead the way for others? Go back and see those wine guests stranded in Yunzhou deceive the travelers who have just arrived in Yunzhou for a little wine money, and see them decay in the sea breeze? Look at those merchants fighting to the death for their own interests? Watching the Yunzhou Miao people slaughter an entire village for some trivial things? Or is it to see a few beautiful Qinglou girls, waiting for them to throw me a few winks? ”

"I'm tired of it," Xie Chao said faintly, "Over the years, except when I was waiting for you, I felt like I was living like a dead man, I didn't want to be a dead man anymore, I also wanted to try, to experience the things that those heroes did in the romance." ”

"So I decided, I will follow you in the future, and when you have stayed in Yunzhou enough, I will go back to Zhongzhou with you, maybe when I die, my name, and even my deeds, can still be recorded in the history books, so that when I am below, when I brag with other ghosts, I also have a bragging capital, right?" Xie Chao looked at Su Jingchen and smiled, as if he had just made a trivial decision.

In fact, until a long, long time later, Xie Chao, who already had a lot of titles, still looked indifferent when he mentioned this matter, he said that he was begging for a living on the tip of a knife, in exchange for Zhongzhou, and he could earn a reputation for himself, what a good thing?

He's always been that hooligan, and he's never changed.

After listening to Xie Chao's words, Su Jingchen suddenly smiled, and even he didn't notice it, he

The fog in his eyes dissipated a little, he stood up, looked at Xie Chao and said, "Let's go." ”

......

After three days of trekking, Su Jingchen and Xie Chao finally saw the Nuyun Village built at the foot of the mountain.

Half of Nuyun Village is in Yunhao Mountain, and the other half is hidden in the lush Yunzhou rainforest, at this moment they are about two miles away from Nuyun Village, and they can only see the outline of a village, but even if you add the half of the village hidden in the rainforest, the area of Nuyun Village is still not even one-fifth of the wind and thunder village, and Nuyun Village is already one of the largest villages in the Yunhao Mountain Range.

After walking forward for about two incense sticks, Su Jingchen was finally able to see the wall of Nuyun Village, which is different from Fenglei Village, the wall here is a double combination of stone and wood, and about two high stone walls are piled up below, and then supplemented by wood on the stones.

Their walls looked a little stronger than those of the Wind and Thunder Village, but in fact, there was probably nothing they needed to defend against except for the fierce beasts in the forest.

"Lao Xie, what is that?" Su Jingchen suddenly pointed to the part of Nuyun Village leaning against the mountain and asked loudly.

Xie Chao looked in the direction of his finger, only to see a wooden plank road winding up, occasionally in some places will suddenly disconnect, leaving only a few narrow wooden platforms or stakes, if it is a plank road, it should not be disconnected, Xie Chao was also a little confused for a while, he scratched his greasy hair, and said, "I don't know, I remember when I came, there was no such thing, that thing looked a little like a plank road, but how can a plank road be disconnected halfway?" ”

"That's fine, let's go first." As he spoke, Su Jingchen walked forward, Xie Chao touched his chin, raised his head, and walked forward while staring at the "plank road".

Xiao Bai suddenly made a fuss again, it got out of Su Jingchen's arms, poked its head out, put two small paws on Su Jingchen's collar, and put its head on the fleshy paws, and its two eyes rolled, as if looking at this place that he had never been to.

Su Jingchen raised his hand and touched its little head, and continued to walk forward.

As they were walking, the two suddenly saw two villagers from Nuyun Village walking out of the village, Su Jingchen turned his head to look at Xie Chao, and motioned him to step forward and ask about the situation in the village, such as whether he could let outsiders in or something like that - Su Jingchen was not very good at dealing with strangers.

Xie Chao immediately understood what Su Jingchen meant, he trotted two steps, stepped forward, and was about to speak, when the two villagers saw the appearance of the two of them, they showed a surprised expression, and then whispered in Yunzhou Yayan, probably thinking that the two of them could not understand Yunzhou Yayan.

"Outlander?" The tall villager looked surprised, he lowered his head and whispered to his companions beside him.

"That's right! It's the same as the stranger who came some time ago! They all look pretty much the same. The dwarf villager was also surprised.

"What's going on lately? Why are there so many outsiders? ”

"What are they here for? Should it be ......" The short villager said, suddenly raised his head and glanced at Xie Chao, probably looking at Xie Chao's thief eyebrows, not like a good person.

"Two big brothers, I can understand Yunzhou dialect." Xie Chao suddenly said in Yunzhou Yayan.