Tuoba Shen sat in the car, put down the steaming teacup, and watched the soldiers standing or sitting nearby eating fruits and preserved fruits bought from the villagers, and drinking hot water.

Yu Zhong guessed correctly, there are not many wells in this village, only five, which were originally shared by all the villagers, but now hundreds of people and hundreds of horses suddenly came, even if all these wells were pumped up, it might not be enough. In the end, I had no choice but to find the villagers to lead the way, and let the soldiers take turns drinking horses in the nearby rivers and ponds.

Looking at Mrs. Liu, who was still sitting in a daze in the car, beside her, there were two children with tears in their eyes and worried faces, each holding one of their mother's hand, shaking from time to time, calling for something.

Tuoba Shen called Lu Guang and looked at the threshold lane: "Tomorrow is the seventh day of July, you send some melons and fruits to Mrs. Liu to pray for the Weaver Girl, the road is inconvenient, and Mrs. Liu can only be wronged." Send a few more glasses of hot honey water, and ask Mrs. Liu, if there is a letter forwarded? ”

After a while, Lu Guang came back and said, "Mrs. Liu doesn't need to show herself, the little slave asked the reason, but Mrs. Liu just didn't answer." ”

Tuoba Shen nodded, mumbled, and didn't speak again, since people had no intention, he didn't bother to say more. The reason why Lu Guang was asked to ask was because he might meet the three of them in the palace in the future, although he didn't care what the palace people thought of him, but he didn't mind doing more of this kind of thing to make a name for himself, who made everyone like this nowadays? He is not exempt from vulgarity.

After resting for an hour, we set off again. Because according to Shao Kai's words, it is only more than 30 miles away from Liuxian, and if you work harder, you can still rush to Liuxian before sunset, and if you arrive in Liuxian, you will be able to reach Pengcheng in another day.

After more than two months of walking, I finally arrived at the end of the year. Thinking about the boredom along the way, Tuoba Shen felt extremely boring.

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On July 8th, Wuxu, the afternoon of the second day of the Begging Festival.

Outside the northern suburbs of Pengcheng, the Assassin History Department moved high, and Li Tingzhi and others in the middle of the administration were gathered outside the city gate, waiting to welcome Tuoba Shen and his party into the city.

On the official road a mile outside the city gate, a middle-aged Taoist priest wearing a tattered Taoist robe was gagged with a strip of cloth and tied to a wooden stake to "woo", and next to him stood four county soldiers holding spears. There were a lot of people standing around, estimated to be at least three or four hundred, all pointing at this Taoist priest and scolding him, picking up soil and stones from the ground from time to time and throwing them over, and then the crowd cheered.

In the crowd, several young men dressed in cloth patches scolded the most, and tried to rush in several times to beat the Taoist priest, but they were stopped by the county guards and couldn't get in. A few young people couldn't get in, but turned to a few women and children lying on the ground behind them, scolding endlessly, and the women and children lying on the ground didn't dare to fight back, crying to themselves.

There were also a few scholars in brocade clothes and ladies in long skirts standing by the ox cart dozens of steps away from the crowd, looking at the Taoist priests who had their eyes closed and their faces flushed because they had witnessed their wives and girls being abused, their faces were indifferent, and they talked to each other from time to time.

Tuoba Shen looked at this scene from a distance, a little curious, this is the seat of Xuzhou Prefecture, not a wilderness and a small county town, openly insulting others, and it is not a trivial matter in front of the imperial court assassination of Shi Bureaucrats.

Yu Zhong looked at the gathered people, called Yu Lin, and ordered him to bring a hundred people up to disperse the gathered people.

When the people were dispersed, only the Taoist family remained in the same place. Yu Zhongcai's whole team continued to walk. Tuoba Shen did not stop the actions of the loyal people to disperse the people, because Yu Zhong did this, firstly, to protect his safety, and secondly, it was in line with the common conditions of the times. Because the ancient government's social management ability was far less developed than that of modern society, it would sometimes disperse the people who gathered together, in case someone deliberately gathered people to incite rebellion and create riots.

After moving away from the state, Li Tingzhi and others had finished their ceremonies, and Tuoba Shen casually mentioned what he had just seen.

Gao Qian said: "Your Highness doesn't know, this Taoist priest really deserves it, and he is not worthy of pity!" ”

"How so? It is very pitiful to see that his family is not far away."

"This Tao is originally a heavenly master in the city, who makes a living by teaching the Tao, and comes and goes among many big surnames in the city, and has a good reputation among the people in the city. I don't want this person to confuse people by entrusting immortal immortals, but he dares to harm the city sergeant's family with the evil art of male and female qi. A few days ago, a county citizen sued, saying that this method of deceitful to become an immortal was secretly committed adultery. In the past few days, His Royal Highness the King of Rencheng sent people to visit the county, only to know that the bad deeds of this way are clear. Only a rough investigation showed that there were more than 30 people, and the victims were not only small people, but also many scholars, wives and sisters who were deceived by his evil and humiliated. Therefore, it was ordered that this evil path be bound here, and that it should be counted for its evil deeds of advocating chaos and decay. so that the county and the outside know its evil. ”

"Such a thief, but he didn't want his wife to ignore his past suspicions, regardless of the anger of the people, crying and begging for him all over the county, and last night he knelt outside the Assassin's Mansion and begged for the solstice. Her Highness was afraid that someone would be angry with her, so she sent several groups of people to guard her last night. ”

"How is it that so many women have been subjected to adultery by him, and how is it that the case has not been reported until this time?"

"Aiki evil art, originally one of the Heavenly Master Taoism, although it has been abolished for decades, but there are still many people who believe in this evil art, and its traces are still difficult to die. The women of the city sergeant are not only those who have been polluted by the medicine stone, but also are willing to join them for immortality. And so on, black and white are hard to distinguish. ”

"The woman who lost her body because of the medicine stone, because of her feelings, can only endure the humiliation and steal her life, how dare she complain about her ugliness. Not to mention volunteers. There is a grandson in the city, who is also a famous man, and his behavior is even more than that of a thief. The assassin Shi used several county officials to check the case, and learned that Sun had forced his wife to seek the art of aiki more than ten times, and his wife was especially unaware of his second child. His Royal Highness was furious and had put Sun in prison. He will be punished by the court for the crime of bad morals and corruption, so as to punish the people for not cultivating morality and religion and focusing on the evil trend of immortality. ”

Tuoba Shen lowered his head slightly, he had always thought that the art of male and female achiki had tended to die out after Kou Qianzhi's "Removing the Three Pseudo-Laws", but he didn't expect that it still exists among the people today.

Sitting in the car, looking at the houses and people on the side of the road, Tuoba Shen repeatedly thought about what Gao Qian had just said.

He didn't think it was strange that the thief was innocent, and this kind of person happened all the time. But the man surnamed Sun found it incomprehensible to him that he forced his wife to commit adultery with others in order to seek immortality.

Thinking about the fact that the rebels used Taoism to confuse the people in the past and the people who used Buddhism to confuse the people in the future, Tuoba Shen woke up. The principles of Buddhism and Taoism are actually similar. The essence of these two religions is to serve themselves, and when the ruler uses them, he cannot favor either side, and if they are not restrained, or even revered, they will harm the people to the same extent.

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After arriving at the Assassin's Office, Tuoba Shen, Li Biao and others held the runes and entered the government office under the guidance of Gao Qian and other subordinates. I didn't see King Ren Cheng until I entered the outer court, and after Gao Qian asked his colleagues, I learned that King Ren Cheng took people to the east of the city to check the new weapons that had been put into storage a few days ago.

It wasn't until half an hour later that King Ren Cheng returned with many of his subordinates, and then summoned all his Kaifu subordinates to see Tuoba Shen together.

King Ren Cheng introduced his subordinates to the government of Zhengdong (King Ren Cheng also served as the general of Zhengdong at the same time) for Tuoba Shen, most of them were old people from the past, and some were still Xue Huzi's people, and King Rencheng himself conquered Gao Qian brought from the capital, Li Tingzhi and other six or seven people.

After sitting, King Rencheng let people serve tea, water, and fruits, and said: "Uncle saw the emperor's nephew in the temple altar that day, and he could only see him again when he went to Beijing to report on his work, but he didn't think that two months ago, he got the supreme edict, and said that the emperor's nephew would go to Jiangnan." Uncle Wei has already issued a document to fight for the town, and will summon 70,000 soldiers and horses in Huaijing, and make a strong deed for the virtuous nephew. The virtuous nephew is healthy, and there is no need to bend to Xiao Zhen, but he can fight with reason. If the Southern Dynasty dares to act recklessly, the army of 170,000 in Xuzhou will not sit idly by. ”

"Little nephew, thank you Uncle Wang for your care. The love of the uncle and the nephew is deep. It's just that although this trip was due to the fact that the Southern Dynasty sent the envoy Tuyuhun, in the end, it also had the intention of continuing the good things before the marriage. The 70,000 people in Linhuai, although they could shake the Southern Dynasty, but they were in touch with the meaning of affinity, which made Xiao Zhen hesitate. The Southern Dynasties mostly wanted the two countries to raise troops in order to take advantage of the opportunity to seek war exploits, regardless of the traitorous vassals who were prone to war, and this generation always wanted to use the military affairs to seek power, which was in vain. Uncle Ancestor has cultivated books and built health, Xiao Zhen has already realized that Uncle Ancestor's ambition is enough! And Xiao Zhen is already old, if his uncle and ancestor will come to Huai, I am afraid that he will be provoked by this, and the pseudo-pardon border general will raise troops and mobilize the people. Then it will be a failure! If the little nephew goes lightly, he can not only move the army, but also apply for his own heart. ”