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"Open the door!"

Wang Lun walked to the front of the iron fence, took out a key from his arms and waited for the gatekeeper, the gatekeeper also untied a key from his waist, and the two keys were stuffed into the lock on the door.

"Valley Lord!"

The gatekeeper's whole body suddenly tensed, his legs were suddenly brought together, his right hand was raised vigorously above his head, his palm rested at his temple, and the expression on his face was extremely serious, "Salute!" ”

Wang You was frightened by the gatekeeper's actions, and he didn't know what this strange move meant.

"Take a break! You're glad you suffered! ”

"Unfortunately, it is our honor to serve the valley owner!"

"What's going on during this time?"

"Report to the valley master, from the last time the valley lord left to the present, nothing happened, everything is as usual!"

"Excellent! Send someone to inform Wang Qun and tell him that I am here and that I will stay here for two days. ”

"It's the valley master!"

Wang You watched the iron door behind him lock again, and suddenly felt that there was dust falling above his head, and suddenly looked up and saw a boulder on the top of his head really falling slowly, and he was so frightened that he hurriedly avoided it, and he was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat.

Wang You couldn't believe his eyes, when the boulder hit the ground with a bang and splashed a burst of dust, he realized that this was a huge piece of iron at all, at least weighing 10,000 catties, a few points bigger than the lock dragon stone on the tower of Zhending City, and it could fall quietly, how not to let him be frightened.

"This is the wolf's den, a real paradise, there are only five people who know its correct location, let me show you around?"

At this time, Wang Youcai was standing halfway up the mountain, and a huge valley appeared in front of him, the valley was surrounded by mountains, and all around him were cliffs and cliffs, which were towering into the sky and could not be climbed by manpower. The valley is an irregular semicircle, if you look down from the sky, you will see that this valley is a clearing surrounded by several mountains, the widest part is about four or five miles, the narrowest point is less than 100 meters, the length of the valley is about ten miles, there is a crooked river through the whole valley, and finally falls from the cliff to form a waterfall.

I could feel that I was in the middle of the valley, the temperature here was higher than the outside, and the river showed no signs of freezing, but the slow flow of water was much less, revealing a large beach of the river.

At this time, it was almost dusk, except for the howling sound of the wind blowing through the cave, only the slight murmuring of the river remained, and when I looked around, there were many strangely built houses at the foot of the mountain where Wang Youxian was standing and on the slope in the distance, and many little lights could be faintly seen, and there was not a single building in the open space in the valley, could this be the wolf's lair?

It's a little different from imagination, as for what is the difference, Wang You can't say for a while.

The three of them walked down the stone steps down the mountain, the dense trees on both sides of the stone steps shaded the sky and the sun, the green and early spring flowers were already in full bloom, the colorful wildflowers, the golden plum blossoms were in full bloom, and the bleak scene outside the mountain was obviously different, the temperature here seemed to be a little high, and I didn't feel the slightest cold.

At a glance, Wang You suddenly had a heroic ambition, followed Zhen Qian for eight years, and was a scholar for eight years, Wang You, who can read and write Zhen Qianhui, has also learned six or seven percent, this is not an exaggeration, Wang You's knowledge is not worse than that of ordinary students, but identity determines everything, and he can only be a scholar.

"How's it going here?"

Zhen Qian's question sounded in Wang You's ears, bringing Wang You back to reality, "This is the industry of Zhen Mansion?" ”

"What do you say?"

Wang You didn't know that after the political purge of Wu Zetian's cool officials, the family had a lot of precautions against the imperial court, and many families in order to avoid the danger of being raided and exterminated, it became inevitable to divide the family and expand the branches and leaves.

"Da Lang's idea is the same as that of many families, in order to avoid disasters and continue the incense, this is also a last resort?"

"You're not wrong to think so!" Zhen Qian didn't seem to think so, and walked down the hillside with Wang You, turned a corner and saw a series of huts on the hillside, pointed to the rows of houses around him and said: "Throughout the ages, there have been countless families drowned in history, and the fundamental reason is that they think that their family can last with this dynasty for a long time, but can a dynasty last long?" Qin II died in the country, the foundation of the Western Han Dynasty for more than 200 years, the Eastern Han Dynasty also experienced more than 200 years, and then the Three Kingdoms for hegemony, the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, and the Sui Dynasty Emperor Wen of Sui unified the Central Plains, as a result, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty abused the people's power to rejoice in the success, the same Sui Dynasty is only the time of the second generation, the past dynasties are like this, can the Tang Dynasty escape the fate of the collapse of the dynasty? ”

Listening to Zhen Qian's rebellious remarks, Wang You's whole body froze there, his mouth was bitter, the muscles on his face were tense, and he squeezed out a smile that was more ugly than crying.

"I've been following me for eight years, and I've read a lot of books, do you know why I like to read "Historical Records"?"

Once upon a time, Zhen Qian was just a smart and clever child, filial piety to his parents, knowledgeable and reasonable, taking the sages as an example in everything, and working hard to read poetry and books is the leader of the new generation of the Zhen family. But since the fall of the horse and amnesia, the behavior has become weird, often popping up some words that are difficult for others to understand, the whole person's brain seems to have become a mess, even dressing has to be served, etiquette and behavior are weird, often standing alone in the yard, less than half a year moved out of the Zhen Mansion to live in seclusion to Sendai Village, Luquan County.

What happened here, even Wang You, who was always with him, couldn't tell clearly, and when he heard about the wolf's den, all this was no longer a mystery.

There must be secrets in this that ordinary people don't know, and Wang You concluded that all this was not accidental, and the mystery was being uncovered by himself.

"...... these houses?"

"Do you want to say that it's strange and a little weird!" The three of them walked slowly down the stone steps, passing by the house on the hillside, and someone stood at the door to greet Zhen Qian: "Da Lang is back!" ”

Zhen Qian waved his hand at the woman at the door: "Lady Qian, is life good?" ”

"Thanks to the blessing of Dalang, the life is comfortable, the family has no worries about food and clothing, the children go to school to read and write, how can there be any discontentment, I don't know if there is any news from Dalang to send a letter to the family?"

"Someone has been sent to contact, and we can only enter the valley after screening, and there will be news after the year at the earliest!"

"Then thank Da Lang first......", said and gave Zhen Qian a woman's gift, and said: "The girl in the family is going to get married in the New Year, and Da Lang will come to the house to sit down and drink a glass of wine!" ”

"Okay...... Come by all means when you have time! ”

Although he knew that he would definitely not be able to attend the wedding of the woman's daughter, he didn't want to ruin her excitement, so he greeted her with a smile and said goodbye.

Along the way, many people ran out to greet Zhen Gan, Wang You didn't even have a chance to interject, but he saw many slaves that Zhen Qian bought back from the slave market, and now they have long since lost their original depression and decadence, and they seem to be in good spirits, and some of them still want to take Zhen Qian to sit at home, but they are all politely declined one by one.

"Da Lang, these people have all arrived here, what if the government investigates?"

The slaves purchased by Zhen Qian have been recorded in the government, and the phenomenon of fugitives from time to time has also occurred, and those who catch the fugitives and sell them again are inevitable, and the pain of flesh and skin is inevitable, even if they are killed, it is not a big deal.

"The people don't sue, the officials don't investigate, more things are better than less, now there are a lot of slave escapes, the government will not verify the number of slaves at all, when Yu Wenrong re-enclosed households, enclosed fields, it increased by 800,000 households, and the tax revenue increased by 10%, and it was squeezed out and dumped by the ministers of the DPRK and China, do you say this is an accidental phenomenon?"

Wang You scratched his head, "Da Lang often said that harsh government is fiercer than a tiger, and the reason why the fugitives appear is all because of the harsh government, although the imperial court has ten taxes and one thirty taxes, but when it arrives at the place, it becomes three taxes and one and two taxes and one, and the people can only flee if they can't afford it!" ”

"What else?"

"The establishment of Yicang by the imperial court and the establishment of community warehouses by local governments were originally used for disaster relief and self-help, but in fact they were used as a means of accumulating wealth and were used as military rations, which increased the burden on the people. There is also conscription, obviously it is the busy season of farming, but the government wants to pay for the conscription, and the total apportionment is very large, and the people do not have a hundred surplus grain in their hands, plus the joint guarantee system, one family flees and other households have to bear it, which causes most of the displaced people to be displaced for one village and one community! ”

"That's the truth, there are many maladministrations, but they don't know how to make great efforts, but they are content with pleasure, and great changes are just around the corner!"

(End of chapter)