Zhang Meng hugged his sister tightly and covered her mouth, so that her cry would not be heard by people outside.

Just over half a day ago, through the gap between the firewood, he saw with his own eyes that a strong black man picked up an axe and hacked his parents to death.

Since the thieves started up, their family of four hid in the broken wood room, it was the little sister who was really hungry, and the parents went out to find some food, but the black strong man bumped into it, and did not say a word.

He was eleven years old and knew something, and while he remembered the appearance of the black man, he covered his sister's mouth, for fear that his sister's crying would alarm the man.

At this time, my sister was crying tired and hungry, and she had already fallen asleep, and Zhang Meng himself was also hungry, extremely tired, which made his eyelids start to fight.

But at this moment, there was a noise outside, and Zhang Meng's eyelids opened suddenly, staring out in horror.

The people who have come in the past two days have been more ferocious than the other, and what kind of people are they who are coming now?

Then he heard someone say, "Two corpses over here...... Tsk, that's miserable. ”

"Hugh is going to move the corpse, see if there is anyone nearby, if there are no relatives, we will bury him again, alas, these damned dog thieves!"

"I heard that they also played the banner of robbing the rich and helping the poor, phew, this pair of deceased, with patches on their clothes and calluses on their hands, are clearly poor people who are bitter, they didn't see them help, but they robbed!"

The voice of the conversation was getting closer and closer, Zhang Meng trembled, and then was stunned for a moment.

For he saw that the people who spoke were two teenagers, not much older than him.

"Have you joined the thieves at such an age?" Zhang Meng's heart was pounding.

The two of them went straight to the firewood room, and even pushed the door open, Zhang Meng held his breath, just afraid that the other party would see it, and suddenly heard another voice sound: "He Tu, Lu Hai, how is the situation on your side?" ”

"Da Lang, two corpses were found, they should be ordinary people."

"The dog thief is brutal...... Alas, only hate us for being one step late! The newcomer walked over and sighed: "If it weren't for Xu Churen's stupidity, why would the people suffer from this!" ”

Zhang Meng knew who Xu Churen was, Xuzhou Taishou, and I heard that he was still a bachelor. Originally, he had respect for such a big man, but when the people rebelled, this Taishou did not come to protect him; When his parents were killed, the bachelor was also unknown. Therefore, now in Zhang Meng's heart, there is no respect for this Taishou.

He was eavesdropping when suddenly, his sister, in his arms, twisted her body. On the pile of firewood where they were hiding, a few sticks of firewood fell!

"Dalang, be careful!" Lu Hai shouted and rushed towards Zhou Quan.

But someone is faster than him.

Li Bao, who was still a little far away, rushed to Zhou Quan's side in an instant, and the spear in his hand was about to stab towards the firewood stack.

"No, it's two children!" Zhou Quan shouted.

Li Bao's hand deviated slightly, and the spear that was originally pierced at Zhang Meng stabbed into the firewood stack behind him, and pierced deeply into it. Zhang Meng was so frightened that he let out a whining sound, and his sister even cried bitterly.

At this moment, Zhang Meng's heart was full of despair, the only thing he could do was to hug his sister tightly and try to protect her with his body.

But to his surprise, the spear did not stab again, one hand pushed the spear away from them, and then the other warm hand rested on his shoulder.

"Peace of mind, peace of mind, it's all right...... We're not bad people, we're good people! ”

The voice was very gentle, Zhang Meng's whole body was originally tense, but after hearing this voice, he relaxed a little, and then he raised his eyes and looked at the person who put his hand on his shoulder.

He was about sixteen or seventeen years old, very handsome, and his face was full of compassion.

Zhang Meng trembled and wanted to get up, but he curled up for a long time, so that his legs were already unconscious, Zhou Quan helped him, and he stopped and put down his sister who had woken up.

Zhou Quan looked at the young man, eleven or twelve years old, and the little girl he was holding was only about four years old, both of them had red eyes, and although their clothes were old, they were still neat.

It's just that after Pengcheng experienced the military rebellion, it was difficult for them to wear such neat clothes.

"What is your name, who are you the two of you on the earth?" Zhou Quan asked with a slight sigh in his heart.

Zhang Meng came to his senses at this time, ran out of the firewood room quickly, and pounced on his parents outside.

His sister ran out after him, and then he heard a heart-rending cry.

Zhou Quan sighed again, leaning against the wall of the firewood room, the sunlight outside couldn't shine on his face, so Li Bao, He Tu and Lu Hai couldn't see his face clearly.

At this time, Zhou Quan's heart was full of bitterness.

He has been in battle, he has killed people, and he feels that his heart is as hard as iron. The misery of the people in this city after suffering from the war disaster was something he expected, but when he really saw it with his own eyes after entering Pengcheng, he realized that this kind of scene was different from all his previous imaginations.

It was countless times more miserable than the worst situation he could think of!

If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, these misery would have been just numbers on paper, but after seeing it with your own eyes, Zhou Quan felt a strong uneasiness in his heart.

The Pengcheng Rebellion was not his plan, but it must be admitted that the Pengcheng Rebellion was caused by him, in other words, he was partly responsible for these miserable circumstances.

Zhou Quan is not a saint who takes all the responsibilities on his own, but everyone has compassion, especially when he sees the victims who have lost their homes, loved ones, and everything, this feeling makes him reflect from the depths of his heart.

Are you wrong?

No, that's not wrong!

If the reform of the Great Song Dynasty is not promoted, this situation will not only occur in Pengcheng, but the entire Great Song Dynasty and the whole of China!

This suffering does not last just a few days, but decades, even centuries, of interracial tyranny.

But is it not my responsibility to enjoy the benefits of this turmoil for my own plans with peace of mind?

Sighing slightly, Zhou Quan felt that he couldn't do it with peace of mind.

He sighed more that day than he had in the previous year.

"Da Lang, Da Lang!" Li Bao whispered a few words to him, Zhou Quan slowly shook out of the firewood room, and the sun shone on his face again, making him squint.

So that the sun shines on everything...... He's a little uncomfortable.

"Dalang, are you alright?" Li Bao asked.

"It's okay, it's just a little unbearable." Zhou Quan looked at the grieving young man on the ground and shook his head.

There were too many such tragedies in Pengcheng, and there were dozens or hundreds of them with his own eyes alone. The thieves rebelled three times, the first time was just to rob the rich and the yamen, the second time was that the homes of ordinary people were also robbed, and the third time, the thieves played the banner of robbing the rich and helping the poor, but in fact they were wantonly slaughtered, and after looting a lot of wealth, they burned most of Pengcheng, and then abandoned the city.

So when Zhou Fu and Zhou Quan entered Pengcheng, they recovered a ruined city.

Three-quarters of the city was burned to the ground, most of the city's grain was destroyed in the fire, more than 3,000 people were killed, and more than 10,000 were wounded...... What the Zhou family father and son inherited was such a mess.

Zhou Quan walked out, and suddenly saw the young man get up from the corpse of his parents, walked in front of Zhou Quan, knelt down and kowtowed a few times.

"Ask Yanai to avenge my father!"

"Ask Yanai to avenge my father!" The little girl who followed the boy was still ignorant, but she just watched her brother do it and learned to do it. The two children knelt in front of Zhou Quan, Zhou Quan only felt that his knees were weak, he knelt down on one knee and helped the little girl up.

"You...... Do you know me? Zhou Quan asked.

"I have been a servant in Taibai Building, so I have seen Yanei, I heard that Yanei is capable, I and my sister are willing to be slaves and servants in Yanei, only ask for one thing, ask Yanei to avenge my father and mother!"

Zhou Quan didn't expect that his reputation would spread to Pengcheng.

He had indeed been to Pengcheng a few times, and Diqiu was not far from here, so it was more convenient to come to Pengcheng whether it was to recruit craftsmen or book goods.

Zhou Quan took the little girl's hand and helped Zhang Meng up, and the other party's request made him feel very sour in his heart.

"Is there anyone else in your family?" Zhou Quan asked.

"There are only me and my sister in my family......" Speaking of this, Zhang Meng couldn't help crying: "Yanei, please avenge my father and mother!" ”

It seems that there are no other relatives, even if there are other relatives, Zhang Meng is just right, his sister is only about four years old, and Zhou Quan is not at ease to hand it over to those distant relatives.

"Do you know who did it?"

Hearing Zhou Quan's question, Zhang Meng's body trembled, and a look of horror flashed in his eyes.

The fierce and tyrannical black man's hideous face seemed to appear in front of him again, and he began to tremble all over, and then began to cry: "I recognize it, turn to ashes...... I know him! ”

As he spoke, he knelt down again, Zhou Quan pulled him twice, but he didn't pull him up, Zhou Quan was a little annoyed: "You get up first, if you don't get up, I don't care!" ”

For Zhao Meng, apart from kneeling to Zhou Quan, he didn't know what else he could do in exchange for Zhou Quan to avenge his parents.

But hearing Zhou Quan say this, he could only wipe his tears and stand up.

Before Zhou Quan could answer, a young man over there ran over: "Da Lang, the master called you over!" ”

Zhou Quan handed over Zhang Meng's brothers and sisters to He Tu and Lu Hai, and rushed to Zhou Fu by himself, Zhang Meng was at a loss, and with the help of He Tu and Lu Hai, he buried his parents in his yard.

His house is fine, because it is located on the edge of Pengcheng, and it may not be engulfed by the fire that swept the whole city. After the burial, he followed He and Lu out, and met several teenagers again.

"These two are also homeless?" A teenager asked.

"Yes, beg Da Lang to avenge him, do evil, those dog thieves!" When the teenagers mentioned the tragic situation in the city, they were all filled with righteous indignation.

"Bang!"

There was a bang, but it was Duan Tong who kicked over a rotten wooden board.

Everyone looked at him, and he said "I'm sorry" and wiped his eyes. Just now, he talked to Zhang Meng's brother and sister, and what happened to the two made him feel the same hatred.

His sister also died at the hands of those scoundrels.

"Yanai...... Da Lang, why don't you avenge these people and kill those villains? Duan Tong thought to himself.