Chapter 52: The Grievances of the People
"Thank you for his father?" Lu Rong was stunned when he heard this, and muttered to himself.
Lu Rong didn't know who Xie Guan's father was, but Xie Guan was famous in the rivers and lakes.
Jiangnan Xie Tianxia, a generation of martial arts family, and Uncle De's old Zhao family and called "South Xie North Zhao", and in Qinzhou can barely reach the top of the Lechi sword school Meng family is different, the Xie family is the real world martial arts sect, every two to three generations will produce a person with the best skills in the world, and the contemporary top person is Xie Guan, Xie Guan did not have much ups and downs in the first half of his life, he learned the sword late when he was young, his qualifications were middle, and he was better at reading and writing. Far less famous than metabolizers and young talents. Who knew that after the age of thirty, Xie Guan accumulated a lot of money and soared, and when his peers' martial arts frequently encountered bottlenecks and stopped, he did it in one go, and went straight to the top of martial arts.
Originally, Jiangnan Xie Tianxia was expected to go to the next level under the leadership of Xie Guan and sit alone at the head of the martial arts family, but who knew that after reaching the top, Xie Guan resigned from the head of the Xie family and did not do it, and only wanted to walk the rivers and lakes with a sword, and did not ask much about the rise and fall of the family, which seemed to have something to do with what happened to him when he was young.
Listening to Chen Ti's words, Lu Rong realized that Xie Guan's path of practicing swords was similar to his father, and he was worthy of being in the same vein.
Lu Rong secretly smacked his tongue, this Xie Guan is only in his forties this year, and his father is only about sixty, and the sloppy old man in front of him is just the same age, about the same, but listening to Chen Ti's words, he could point out the country at that time, and the realm is far beyond Xie Guan's father, so it can be seen that Chen Ti is so talented?
While thinking about it, he held Tu Su and kept waving it in his hand, Lu Rong felt a lot of emotion in his heart, a originally unfamiliar river and lake, for some reason, gradually became vivid in his heart. But in the final analysis, he has only seen a few masters, and this feeling is very mysterious, as if since he learned his true identity, things that had nothing to do with him rushed to his mind.
Seeing the person in front of him who should have dominated the rivers and lakes and looked down on all living beings on the top of the mountain, he retreated bravely in the rapids, fell into the quagmire, and lived as poor as an ordinary old man. Such a contrast made Lu Rong's heart rise with infinite curiosity.
"Uncle Chen, then why did you go into hiding?"
Chen Ti's eyes had already been closed, and Erlang's legs swayed up and down with the bumps of the car, and a slight snoring sound came, as if he had fallen asleep.
"Is it too cold from above?"
"Or are you trapped by love?"
"Persecuted?"
"Gone mad?"
Chen Ti finally couldn't stand Lu Rong's noise, and as soon as he raised his foot, a cotton shoe went straight to Lu Rong's face.
Lu Rong hurriedly barely avoided it, and almost kicked over the charcoal basin in the carriage, Huzi raised his head, looked at it with his ears for a long time, and then lay down again.
Lu Rong picked up the cotton shoes, put them on the ground, and said with a smile: "The old man will tell me about it." ”
Chen Ti half-opened his eyes and said fiercely: "Lao Tzu is tired!" If you talk about it again, I'll beat you into a madman! ”
Lu Rong's face was full of stupidity, he put down Tu Su in his hand, and sighed. This old man can do what he says, no matter if he is the son of the world or not, what does Dili have to me.
A fast horse chased from behind, slowly walking by the side of the car, and a man's rough voice came: "His Royal Highness the Prince, in Xia Yuan Gong, was ordered to enter the city with His Royal Highness the Prince." ”
When Lu Rong heard this, he cleaned up his expression and lifted the curtain, and looked at Yuan Gong, this person was five big and three thick, his face was full of meat, and the scar on the bridge of his nose was even more powerful. A few days ago, in Tongguan, this person was always guarding in front of Lu Rong, with a long knife in his hand to kill the enemy and kill the horse, and there was no enemy in the battle, he was the most famous tiger general among the young generation of generals in the Yan army, and he was also Lu Rong's confidant, Lu Rong nodded slightly, and said with a faint smile: "There is Captain Lao Yuan." ”
Fenzhou City, located in the middle of Yizhou, was the ancient Fenzhou Mansion, which was incorporated into Taiyuan Mansion when the Dazhong Dynasty opened the country, and is now the third largest city in Taiyuan Prefecture.
At the moment of holding the lamp, Yuan Gong led eighteen horsemen to escort Lu Rongsuo into the city in a carriage.
This place is far away from the front line, a song and dance is leveling, the Lantern Festival has passed, but Fenzhou City is still full of lights, jubilant, people from all walks of life are weaving, most of them are richly dressed, and they are calm.
The eighteen black-armored horsemen were majestic, and although they had taken off their armor and put away their heavy crossbows when they entered the city, they only wore the saber at their waists, but they still caused many pedestrians to talk and point at them on this street.
Lu Rong opened the curtains, looked around, and always felt that this place was a little different from Youzhou, and after pondering for a long time, he realized that although there were many pedestrians in the city, there were few women. I don't feel funny in my heart, and I don't know if it's because this place is close to the Central Plains, the family style is very strict, and women rarely show their heads, or because of the long-term war in Youzhou, most men have enlisted in the army to kill the enemy?
The group walked slowly in the city to find an inn to rest, and after walking for a short time, they faintly heard the noise of many people not far away. Lu Rong was curious, so he told the coachman to stop and jump out of the carriage himself.
Wu Bei Yuan Gong and a few people saw Lu Rong get out of the car, they also turned over and dismounted, a few people walked for a short time, turned the corner of the street, only to see that it was a large number of people gathered together, mostly old people, women and children, were surrounding the entrance of the county government of Fenzhou, as if they were petitioning, and there were more than a dozen officials at the gate of the county government holding sticks to confront each other. From time to time, people tried to rush to the door in vain, but were stopped by officials, beaten with sticks, and cried and cried.
Lu Rong felt strange in his heart, raised his hand to stop Yuan Gong and the others from following, walked over by himself, grabbed a man outside the crowd who was watching the excitement, and asked, "This big brother?" What's going on? ”
Wu Bei also followed, his face a little solemn.
The man looked at it and saw that the two of them were wearing civilian clothes, and there was nothing special, so he said, "What can I do, for the sake of comfort." ”
Wu Bei was also surprised and asked, "Pension?" Can't send it down? ”
The man said: "No, there was a battle with the barbarians in Taiyuan a few years ago, and there were many casualties, but this pension can't be issued, can you not make trouble?" ”
Lu Rong was unhappy, his face was a little unsightly, and he asked, "Why can't you send it down?" ”
Another man next to him interjected, "Who knows, it's been like this for several years." ”
As he was talking, an official walked out of the palace, stood at the door with his hands in his hands, and shouted: "Don't make trouble!" The country has national laws, the family has family rules, and the court has no money to come down, so what's the use of you making trouble here. Hurry up and disperse! ”
An old man in the crowd cried and shouted: "My lord, I am such a son, I have served the country for five years, and now I am dead, how do you want me to live?" "Crying.
The rest of the crowd also instantly became chaotic and cried loudly.
The official frowned, and said loudly: "It's useless to cry, this expedition is an order from King Yan's side, and the court can't control it, don't look for us if you want money, go to King Yan!" ”
I don't know who shouted again: "How do we know any King Yanyi, you are officials, you have to be the master for us." ”
"I said I didn't have any money, let's wait, it's all over the New Year, and we haven't paid the money yet, but what should we do?"
"I'm sixty years old! My husband and son are dead, and I have no hope! ”
"Fighting every year, conscripting soldiers every year, when will we have a good life!"
"Let Lord Zhizhou come out to see us! Master Qingtian, give me a way to live! ”
There was a wail and crying, the people's grievances were angry, and the more Lu Rong listened, the more he hated, and his eyes gradually narrowed.