Chapter 2 Demagogy
Jin Chan and Li Zhong came out of the woods and rushed towards Xiaojiatun, and met many refugees on the road, and the two happened to mix in among them and walked together.
After entering Xiaojiatun, Jin Chan and Li Zhong found that there were more than a dozen porridge sheds here, and the victims were still lining up to receive porridge in an orderly manner. Like the other refugees, the two went to a porridge shack and lined up at the back of the line, observing carefully as they followed the flow of people.
Soon, the two discovered that all the old and weak women and children were generally only given a bowl of porridge to drink, while the young and strong ones were given an extra steamed bun. At this time, a steamed bun is a life-saving thing. How many people looked at the steamed buns and looked at the men who were munching on the steamed buns pitifully.
At this time, the two suddenly heard someone talking not far away.
"Brother, do you know why the Yellow River is flooded?"
"It's not like it's raining every day."
"No, no, the reason why the Yellow River flooded is because there is an evil dragon in the world, and God is very angry, so this disaster befell him."
"No, what then?" Some of the victims asked in horror.
"If you want to live a good life, you must kill this evil dragon, and there is no other way."
"Who has the ability to get rid of the evil dragon?"
"That's not necessarily, it's just that if we all work together, we will definitely be able to move the heavens and help us slay the evil dragon."
Feudal superstition has existed since ancient times, Jin Chan and Li Zhong listened to it, and felt that it seemed to make sense, and they felt that there seemed to be something wrong with it.
Unconsciously, it was his turn to receive the porridge, probably because he was young and strong, and the porridge shed also gave them a bowl, a bowl of porridge, and a steamed bun.
The two of them deliberately pretended to be grateful, and then went to the side to eat, but from time to time they heard rumors about evil dragons.
After noon, the porridge had been distributed, and basically everyone received it, and the villagers of Xiaojiatun said that they would prepare dinner so that the victims could have a good rest. There was no place to rest, and everyone sat on the ground in the street, some against the wall, some simply lying on the ground, in short, it was a mess. Li Zhong and Jin Chan didn't find any good place to rest because they went late, so they simply sat on the ground.
Some of the victims who had nothing to do began to confide in each other about the suffering of displacement, and some began to curse corrupt officials and corrupt officials, in short, and finally the topic came to the evil dragon.
Half an hour passed, and someone suddenly shouted: "Xiao Yuan is here, Xiao Yuan is coming out to see the big guy!" ”…… Hearing that Xiao Yuan had come to the outside world, many of the victims stood up and wanted to see what this great good man looked like. Jin Chan and Li Zhong were no exception, and they stood up. After a while, I heard someone in the crowd say loudly: "Fellow villagers, everyone has suffered!" ”
The victims shouted loudly one by one: "Thank you Xiao Yuanwai ......"
Then, the loud voice sounded again, "Xiao is only doing his best, hoping that the villagers will have something to eat." After speaking, the foreign minister sighed.
"Xiao Yuanwai is very gracious, I will not forget until I die!" …… I don't know who shouted in the crowd, and then all the victims thanked them again. The sound was incessant.
After a long while, when the victims calmed down, Xiao Yuanwai shouted loudly: "This time the Yellow River was damaged, and many people are spreading that there is an evil dragon in the world, which angered the heavens and sent such a disaster. Originally, this kind of nonsense, Xiao didn't believe it, who would have thought that last night I had a dream and dreamed that there was a big crab in Huaiqing City. Xiao didn't know what this meant, so he specially invited Zhang Tianshi to come to divination, only to know that we were going to have a catastrophe here! ”
"What a catastrophe!" "Xiao Yuanwai, what kind of catastrophe is going to happen!" …… As soon as Xiao Yuanwai's voice fell, some people immediately shouted and asked, and as soon as someone raised their heads, more and more people asked. It was a long time before the noise slowly stopped.
Xiao Yuanwai said loudly: "Zhang Tianshi is here now, I will let him tell the villagers!" ”
Jin Chan and Li Zhong were far away, and they couldn't see the appearance of Xiao Yuanwai at all, and could only hear the voice. At this time, only one of them said: "Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable!" Today, Xiao Dashan asked the poor road to interpret the dream, and the poor road divination at the moment, but found that this is a great omen, and our Huaiqing Mansion is not going to have a catastrophe. Why do you say that, it is because the evil dragon's minions and crab spirits have appeared in Huaiqing City, and they are about to cause an uproar, and hundreds of people will die in this catastrophe! ”
"Ahh How is it good to have such a thing? "Zhang Tianshi, I have heard your name for a long time, and I know that you are a master of the world, I don't know if there is any way to resolve this catastrophe?" …… Immediately, someone asked loudly at the top of his voice. Originally, the victims of the disaster had not heard of Zhang Tianshi, but they couldn't stand that someone fanned the flames and kept helping to brag and tell the story of this Zhang Tianshi's deeds of calling for wind and rain. This time, the victims all decided that Zhang Tianshi really had some ability, and pleaded. There were even people who took the lead in kneeling down and begged Zhang Tianshi to save their lives and resolve the catastrophe.
The ignorant people heard that the wind was the rain, and when they saw someone kneeling, they knelt down and pleaded loudly. There are more and more people kneeling, Jin Chan and Li Zhong didn't want to kneel, but seeing this sign, they were afraid that they would arouse suspicion, so they had to kneel down. However, because the people in front of them all knelt down, Jin Chan and Li Zhong happened to see Xiao Yuanwai, Zhang Tianshi, and the Zhuang Ke of the Xiao family standing out in the crowd.
Xiao Yuanwai was wearing a white satin robe, but in terms of temperament, he didn't look like a rich man in the countryside, and he clearly looked like a man in the green forest. On Xiao Yuan's left hand, there is an old Taoist wearing an apricot yellow robe, although he can't see the appearance clearly, Li Zhong always feels that this Taoist priest has a gangster. The person in Xiao Yuanwai's right hand really made Li Zhong's heart tremble, although his facial features were not clear, he always felt that he was so familiar, especially his figure and complexion, where had he really seen it.
After a little recollection, Li Zhongdeng remembered that this person was not the purple-faced man who robbed darts on the dirt slope at the beginning. Li Zhong fought with the purple-faced man, and he was so impressed that he couldn't help but clench his fists tightly when he recalled that many brothers had died at the hands of this gang.
Jin Chan on the side immediately noticed that his senior brother's mood was wrong, and hurriedly grabbed Li Zhong's wrist. Only then did Li Zhong react, lowered his head, and no longer looked up.
"Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable! If you want to defuse the catastrophe, you can't help it. Since the heavens have sent down warnings, they don't want the people of the world to suffer. However, since this warning was given to Xiao Dashan, if you want to resolve it, you have to fall on him. ”
"Ask Xiao Dashan to resolve the catastrophe for us!" "Xiao Dashan, please save us!" ....... this is good, and immediately someone will take the lead and kowtow.
The victims were also frightened, and kowtowed in agreement, pleading with each other.
"Folks, such a big gift, how can Xiao stand it, everyone hurry up, as long as Xiao can do it, a definition is not to be shirked!" Xiao Yuanwai shouted loudly in fear.
It's good that he didn't say this, but as soon as he said this, someone took the lead in clamoring, "Xiao Dashan promised to help us resolve the disaster, everyone kowtow to Xiao Dashan!" ”…… The victims kowtowed again and again. Xiaojiatun gathered 20,000 victims, those who were close could still hear the shouts in front, and those who were far away could only follow the crowd in the rear. However, there are always people around them who help out from time to time to make everyone understand what is going on.
"Zhang Tianshi, if Xiao can resolve the disaster and save these villagers, then Xiao is obligated and willing to bear it. I just don't know, how to resolve it? Xiao Yuanwai said loudly.
"Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable! There is only one way to resolve this catastrophe, and that is to eliminate the crab essence in Huaiqing City, but this crab essence has already been formed, and it is absolutely difficult to do it with Xiao Dashan's own strength. Only when the villagers and good people here work together can we succeed. It's just that I don't know if the folks present are willing to help Xiao Dashan? After Zhang Tianshi finished speaking, the people knelt down.
"We are willing to help, fight side by side with Xiao Dashan, and destroy the crab essence!" "We are willing to help Xiao Dashan to eliminate the crab essence and resolve the catastrophe!" …… It was the first few who picked up the leader who shouted, they coaxed, and the other people were infected by them, and they also shouted, "I am willing to help Xiao Dashan people to destroy the crab essence and resolve the catastrophe!" "This catastrophe has befallen us, how can we let the great good people bear it, we are willing to help!" …… The noise became louder and louder, and in a short time, more than 20,000 victims of the disaster shouted loudly, and the shouts were earth-shattering.
Xiao Yuanwai and the people around him were secretly proud when they saw such a scene. After waiting for a long time, the shouting finally subsided, and Xiao Yuanwai said loudly again: "Heavenly Master, the villagers are willing to fight side by side with Xiao, it seems that this catastrophe should not be difficult to resolve." I just don't know, what can we do to get rid of the crab essence? ”
"Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable! The great good man asked well, and the poor Dao had obtained the heavenly opportunity and realized the countermeasure. At noon, it is the zodiac auspicious to eliminate the crab essence, and then the big guy rushes to Huaiqing City with the great goodness, first goes to the garrison yamen to seize weapons, and then kills the prefect's yamen together, and the crab essence is in the prefect's yamen! After the crab spirit is eliminated, all the catastrophes will be lifted immediately, not only will everyone be safe and secure in the future, but they will also be able to get the food of those exterminators. If you get food, you will be able to live a peaceful and peaceful life, and you will no longer have no food to eat like now! ”
"Yes!" "Destroy the crab spirit!" "Seize the grain!" "Pass the peace!" "Have a lot to eat!" …… The victims may not be the most interested in exterminating the crab essence, but they really want to seize food and have enough to eat. Everyone has been hungry for a long time, and they finally got taken in by Xiao Dashanren, and they barely had something to eat, but this is only temporary, and how much food can Dashan people have. At the end of the day, it's about finding a way to eat and find a way to live. Now there are great good people who obey the will of heaven and lead everyone to destroy the crab essence, seize the grain, and live a peaceful life. This is what everyone yearns for, and since someone is taking the lead, let's do it.
Jin Chan and Li Zhong heard it clearly, where is this to eliminate what crab essence, is it clear that they are going to enter the city to rebel! It is clear that the other party is going to act, and this news must be notified to the adults as soon as possible, and think of countermeasures as soon as possible.
(To be continued)