Gao Yue first ignored Cao Mo and said angrily to everyone: "In the rebellion of the Huns, I didn't see Ding Tai guarding the three-foot sword, and he got on the horse to kill the enemy and serve the country; I don't see Ding Taishou using the strategy in his chest to defend the city and resist the enemy and the people. Is this for the sake of the people? ”

"If you don't know how to use weapons, you should use civil rule over there. At the time of war, the people's power withered. It is the time when the people who are officials and officials sincerely use their lives to appease Li Shu; Did Ding Taishou do his best to persuade farmers and mulberry farmers to provide disaster relief and save the people? Is this my job? ”

"Again, agriculture is the foundation of the nation. Thou art and other mediocre people, who are high in the throne, who only know how to talk about it, or whether they are indifferent and ruthless, or they are hypocritical, and they turn a blind eye to the embarrassment of thousands of people who have been displaced and have no land to cultivate. If the common people have no food to fill their stomachs, they will be in chaos, is this for the sake of the people? ”

"When my army entered the city, no one resisted, and they were all willing to wag their tails and beg for mercy, just to survive. Thou knowest not my heart, but I know it. Gao Yue raised his eyes and looked at Cao Mo meaningfully, seeing that he was still looking at him in a daze.

He also said: "I Gao raised an army, just for the ambition in my chest, to help the world, and to save my people." We will never kill innocent people indiscriminately and mistreat the people. But if I am really that brutal bandit, and you look so unscrupulous and obedient, is it also the duty of the enemy to protect the people? ”

"A group of corpse vegetarians, inactive people, self-proclaimed celebrities and celebrities, do not talk about state affairs, do not talk about people's livelihood, only blindly talk about those who do not know the so-called innocuous gossip, and think it is elegant. Talk clearly, can you enrich the people, can you fight the enemy, can you restore the lost homeland! ”

"I was very disappointed with the officials in the county. It is rare to have Mr. Cao who does not want to be famous, and is dedicated to the people; And not afraid of power, upright, with awe-inspiring righteousness, showing as the backbone of the official, such a good official, clean official, I admire in my heart, partial Shenger and others also blindly squeeze out and suppress, ridicule and disgust, really a wolf-hearted dog! ”

Gao Yue couldn't help but think of his previous life, from the emperor to the shepherd, most of them were greedy for life and afraid of death, and they blindly wagged their tails and begged for mercy to the Jin Kingdom, as long as they could survive, they could agree to any conditions.

The warm wind smokes the tourists drunk, and only takes Hangzhou as Bianzhou. After surviving, the dignitaries indulged in lust and pleasure. After being drunk and dreaming of death, who cares about the destruction of life and the destruction of mountains and rivers!

Countless anti-gold soldiers spilled their blood on the battlefield, and the living alternated between freezing and starvation, but they were not discouraged. However, a loyal and upright person like his father-in-law Yue Fei couldn't escape a dead word in the end. Where is the axiom? Where is the way of heaven!

Gao Yue was furious, his sword eyebrows were upside down, and he stretched out his hand and slapped it heavily on the desk in front of him. There was a loud bang, and everyone in the hall was shocked, and several Cao officials shrank in one place, and secretly glared at Ding Xuan and Cao Mo with resentment.

The soldiers on the left and right sides of the hall stepped forward, raised the spear in their hands in an uproar, all of them were eyeing each other, fierce and vicious, and a few timid Peng Shi couldn't stand it, and they were so frightened that they cried out.

The soldiers outside the hall, when they heard the movement inside, immediately drew their knives in their hands, led by Li Bao, and shouted, "Who dares to move?" Then he rushed in with a large group of soldiers, and looked around.

In front of the wolf-like soldiers, not to mention that the county officials were disillusioned with each other, they were already weak, even Cao Mo, and his face was also discolored.

Gao Yue calmed down, waved his hand, stopped the restlessness of his subordinates, and asked Li Bao to restrain the soldiers and retreat first.

Although Cao Mo was frightened, he still tried to straighten his body, unwilling to show a trace of cowardice. Gao Yue squinted, and couldn't help but bow his head slightly when he saw this.

When he came to Cao Mo, he didn't speak at first, just stared straight into his eyes. Cao Mo was stared at with anxiety, but he thought that he was just dying, and kept cheering himself up, so he didn't flinch.

There was silence in the hall for a while. Gao Yue didn't speak, and the rest of the people didn't dare to make a sound, and the county officials lowered their eyebrows and lowered their heads, thinking differently.

Gao Yue suddenly said: "Mr. Cao, I have something unclear, can I ask for advice?" ”

Cao Mo saw this "bandit leader", young and tall, heroic and strong, and his bearing was extraordinary, and he was quite polite and polite when he spoke to himself. Unlike the brutal and rude bandits I have seen before, who only take pleasure in destroying, looting, and killing, it is unreasonable.

If people treat me with courtesy, why do they repeatedly respond to me with pride? Cao Mo's face turned pale, and he felt that his heart was open, so he said calmly: "Please say it." ”

"Mr. Shicai scolded me as a thief, please ask sir, what is a thief?"

"A thief who harbors unrighteousness and causes trouble is a thief. Those who poison the people and rob them of their flesh are thieves. Why do I need to say more about the details? ”

Cao Mo changed his breath and said to Gao Yue again, "I look at your description, handsome and handsome, with an extraordinary bearing, not like a person who is used to being a bandit. Young people, dignified men, beware of their family and country, why should they be willing to fall and succumb to thieves? ”

Gao Yue smiled, and his impression of Cao Mo in his heart was three points better. He was noncommittal, but said: "What Mr. said is not bad at all. Then, let me ask my husband. Gao Yue suddenly raised his voice and said, "Sir has been in the city since he entered the city, have you ever seen a soldier doing evil?" Have you ever seen a single person and a people killed? ”

“…… Never. ”

"Good. So, now that I occupy Xiangwu City, have I ever expropriated and looted people's wealth? Have you ever plundered women and tortured innocents? ”

Cao Mo sighed, "It seems, never." ”

"Good. Then look at your fellow county officials. When I was a mountain citizen, I heard that this generation was an official, mediocre, colluding up and down, only taking wealth and women as pleasure, and not taking the people as their own responsibility. ”

"The people are like children without a mother under such officials. is a hard-working baby who has no mother but a fierce stepmother, who is precarious, displaced and miserable, and no one cares about life or death. ”

Gao Yue said tightly, staring at Cao Mo and said, "Therefore, ask Mr. again, who is the thief between me and them?" ”

"You...... I ......"

"Mr. can't speak, in fact, the answer in his heart is already clear." Gao Yue said earnestly, "In extraordinary times, I do extraordinary things, why am I afraid of criticism?" Chang'an was attacked by the Huns and thieves, and when the country's life and death were at stake, I was anxious and angry in my heart, and I wanted to immediately organize the army and expel the Hulu, although I died without hesitation! ”

"Those who know me will help me to go to the national disaster together; Those who don't know me, as long as they don't stand in my way, I don't blame them. But I see that Mr. must have the words of a saint in his heart, thousands of people, a family and a country, and the world. ”

"Gao is not talented, and I am really willing to work together with Mr. Cao to work together for my people, and seek common welfare, I don't know if Mr. will allow it?"

What kind of people are the colleagues, Cao Mo actually knows it very well in his heart. Back then, when Ding Xuan first came, he also had some intention of making great efforts, and he also took the initiative to ask his subordinates to report more on political affairs, brainstorm, and do some practical things for the country and the people.

Cao Mo was very excited, thinking that there was a good official who loved the people and was truth-seeking, so he was full of enthusiasm and ran to the government office at every turn, and he was full of interest to discuss specific civil measures with Ding Xuan.

After a few face-to-face interviews and a few grassroots fields with Cao Mo, Ding Sui no longer had enthusiasm, he felt that this was really boring and disgusting.

So, from perfunctory to avoiding, and even refusing to reprimand in person, Cao Mo slowly realized that he and Ding Sui were not all the way after all.

And the county general Wu Tuzhen doesn't know who he is, because he never disdains Cao Mo, who is rolled up his trouser legs and stained with mud. The two have worked together for two years, and there is basically no intersection.

Even if there is anything involved, Wu Tuzhen needs to know how to express his position, every time he sees Wu Tuzhen striding in front of him proudly, Cao Mo also consciously or unconsciously closed his mouth, he knows, what he said is in vain.

There is a group of Cao Guan's colleagues left, not to mention that, as long as they give money, everything is easy to discuss, if there is no money, then there is no negotiable; Some of them are devoted to women, and there are already four concubines on the face of Cao Zhu Rongming, and it is said that there are countless good women who are drunk and romantic at the spring night outside.

Those who enter and exit restaurants, those who enter and exit green buildings, and those who enter and exit gambling houses, look at it, everyone has a part in this group of officials. No wonder he, a strange person who only loves farming, is hated and ridiculed by everyone, and the so-called incompatibility is also true.

The Tao is different, and it is not conspiratory. The ideals and beliefs pursued by everyone are different, so if there is no intersection, there will be no intersection. Cao Mo is a loner, he has gained a lot of practical experience in the field, and he always feels that it is very beneficial and enjoyable.

However, at this extraordinary time, these people can't do it to seek benevolence, they can't muster up awe-inspiring righteousness, and they can't let go of their wives and concubines, gold, silver, and wealth at home, so they just grovel and only want to live, which is even more unbearable than a thief.

Cao Mo's face was cloudy, and he was panicked, and after a long time, he sighed heavily and lowered his head.

When Gao Yue saw Cao Mo's appearance, he knew that his heart had moved. He left him for the time being, turned around and came to the county officials, and sneered:

"After getting the benefit of the lower officials, he indiscriminately sent troops to destroy me without asking whether it was true or not. It can be seen that in your hearts, we are just like chickens and dogs, and we can dispose of them as we like. When the court asked them to shepherd one side, was it like this, and they were violent at every turn? ”

"Know me, don't know me, listen to me. I went my own way. But if anyone is bent on stopping me, then he can't say anything, but he can only get rid of them all, and he will not be merciful. ”

"If you want to kill me, will I be tied up and slaughtered? Gao has only one life, if he has the ability, even if he takes it, if he doesn't have the ability, then his life is in my hands. ”