Two days later, Lu Yun and the four of them followed the sea ship to the shore in Liaodong. Here, the followers of Taiping Dao would transfer supplies to riverboats, and then travel up the Daling River to Taiping City, fifty miles away.

Lu Yun and the others didn't get on the river boat again, first, the river boat was too small to hide, and second, this distance was much faster for the great master on foot than by boat.

So the four of them quietly left the humble wharf, first traveled more than ten miles to the west, and then traveled forty miles north, and arrived near Daling Mountain in the south of Taiping City at noon.

It is completely different from the scene of being covered in silver and frozen for thousands of miles in winter, standing on Daling Mountain and looking at the surroundings of Taiping City, the eyes are full of lush and green scenes. In the intersecting farmland, many people are busy, fishermen are fishing in the river, and woodcutters are cutting trees in the forest. There are also ox carts and mules carrying goods through the country road, which is a busy scene of farming.

"This is my home, it's been two years, and I'm finally back......" Su Yingsleeve opened her arms, took a deep breath of the moist air of the Daling River Plain, and happily introduced to Lu Yun and the Heavenly Maiden: "Welcome to Taiping City." ”

Looking at the busy scene at the foot of the mountain, the Heavenly Maiden was also stunned, this face was very different from what they were propagated by the Heavenly Master, the Taiping Dao is a demon sect, and the Taiping Daoists are all devils who don't want to work and only know how to kill and rob.

"Well, hearsay is better than seeing is believing, right? I didn't lie to my sister, did I? There is no difference between the disciples of this Taiping City and the people of Daxuan, right? Su Yingsleeve looked at the Heavenly Maiden proudly.

"I can't jump to conclusions so quickly, and I'll wait a few days before arguing with you." The belief that the Heavenly Maiden has cultivated in her heart for many years will naturally not be easily shaken.

With a question in her heart, she followed the three of them down the mountain.

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At the foot of the mountain, there is a large area of farmland, and Lu Yun and the four of them originally planned to go directly through the farm and make plans under Taiping City.

As soon as they walked to the edge of the mountain forest, Su Yingsleeve, who was leading the way in front, suddenly stopped.

Lu Yun and the three of them stopped unknowingly, and before they could ask Su Yingsleeve what was going on, they heard a rough shout.

"Old thing, don't be lazy!"

Then there was the shrill sound of the whip, the screams of the old man, and the cries of the children.

"Don't hit my grandfather......"

"Stinky boy, don't work hard and fight with you!"

Lu Yun strangely followed the prestige, and saw that on the edge of the forest, a soldier from Taiping Road was wielding a whip and beating an old farmer fiercely. There was also an eight or nine-year-old child who pounced on the old farmer, apparently trying to protect the old man. But the Taiping Dao soldiers were not soft at all, and the leather whips were whipped together with the children.

"Bastard!" As soon as the goddess frowned, she was about to come to the rescue.

was pulled by Lu Yun and Su Yingsleeve at the same time.

"What are you stopping me for?" The Heavenly Maiden was warm-hearted, and when she saw Lu Yun for the first time, she drew her sword to help, so she naturally couldn't see the elderly and children being bullied.

"Look over there." Lu Yun reminded the Heavenly Maiden in a low voice.

Following Lu Yun's point, the Heavenly Maiden saw that in the distance, there were Taiping Dao soldiers with whips everywhere, monitoring the work of the people. And the people who worked were all old and weak, women and children, the oldest ones were sixty or seventy, the youngest ones were only seven or eight years old, and there were even pregnant women with big bellies, who were also forced to squat in the fields and pull weeds.

What was even more unacceptable to the Celestial Maiden was that the people who were working were actually tied up with ropes by the soldiers, and five or six people were connected in a string, obviously to prevent them from escaping.

The soldiers of Taiping Dao were all fierce and vicious, and the people would scold them at least if they were slack, and at worst they would be punched and kicked, and the sound of scolding and whipping in the fields was endless.

"This is what you said about Taiping Taoists being like a family?" The Heavenly Maiden was furious, looked at Su Yingsleeve coldly and said, "Then your understanding of home, I'm afraid there is some deviation!" ”

Although she was furious, she was stopped by the two of them, but she still sobered up a little, knowing that the most important thing at the moment was to find out the situation in Taiping City before making plans.

"No, it wasn't like that, at least not two years ago, when I left." Su Yingsleeve looked at the scene in front of her with a pale face, and seemed to be hit by a great blow and said: "In my memory, there is no distinction between soldiers and civilians in Taiping Dao, and there is no high or low, and when there is work, everyone is rushing to do it, even my master and the two Dharma protectors will take the lead in planting rice when they are busy farming......"

"It's just acting, what a humane paradise, it's really a lie." The Heavenly Maiden didn't believe a word, she came all the way, but when she saw such a scene, she was naturally extremely disappointed.

"Okay, let's say a few words." Huangfu took a look at the heavenly maiden, but he didn't expect that this Si Swenwen's daughter was actually quite angry. "It's all here, let's figure things out first."

"Yes, I believe that what Yingsleeve said, there must be something wrong." At this time, Lu Yun naturally stood on Su Yingsleeve's side and gently held her hand.

Su Yingsleeve glanced at Lu Yun gratefully, but took out her hand, turned around and said calmly to the Heavenly Maiden: "You give me a few days, let me figure things out, if you still have the same opinion at that time, I will no longer force it, I have to recognize me as a sister." ”

The Heavenly Maiden also felt that she was a little excessive, and apologized in a low voice: "I was too aggressive." ”

Su Yingsleeve ignored her anymore, and her eyes fell on the bank of the river not far away through the field.

"I can't wait for it to get dark."

There were women washing the uniforms of the soldiers on Taiping Road.

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After a while, the four of them put on the stolen Taiping Road military uniforms and swaggered in line to the dirt road leading to Taiping City.

Along the way, I passed through many villages and farmlands, and everything I saw was the same. The fierce Taiping Dao soldiers watched the work of the old and weak women and children, and they didn't know where the young and strong had gone?

Soon, the four of them arrived outside the south gate of Taiping City, and were stunned by the scene in front of them.

I saw countless hideous heads hanging high above the city gate, densely lined up, and I couldn't see the edge at a glance.

Under the city walls, there are rows of bloodstained wooden cages, which are stuffed with ragged disciples, all of whom are young adults in their fifteen or sixteenth years, and I don't know how long they have been locked up in them, and they have been tortured.

The four of them hardened their hearts and were about to find a way to climb over the wall into the city, but they heard someone shouting loudly.

"Prepare for execution!"

Before he could finish speaking, dozens of executioners were seen escorting a dozen shackled disciples to the execution platform facing the city gatehouse.

Then the executioner pressed the believers to the ground, and without any sentence or superfluous procedures, he directly swung his knife and cut off the heads of the dozen or so believers.

More than a dozen streams of blood gushed out, and Lu Yun only felt that his eyes were full of blood red.

He keenly noticed that on the tower of the city gate, there were people dancing with their hands, and they seemed to be very happy.

Although he didn't say it, he also had the same opinion as the heavenly girl, this is hell on earth, and there are devils dancing.