Chapter 736: No Better Days

"The official lord levied 'iron and lead salary', 'medicine salary', and 'flint salary' in Shandong, one point for money and grain, one point for levied salary, and one point for the bad lord's bully, in the ninth year of Yongzheng, we Shandong people's imperial grain tripled......"

Mi Wuniang talked about the suffering of the people in Shandong, and the biggest incident turned out to be that the Manchu court distributed the ammunition supply of the Xishan camp to the local government, known as the "southern salary", and the local government took the opportunity to hitchhike and loot it.

"The slave family couldn't hand over the money and food, and the grandfather wanted to use the slave family to pay off the debt, and the father and mother were desperate to obey, and they were instigated by the grandfather to beat the bullies, so they were thrown outside the field, exposed to the sun and rain for three days, and died of pain and starvation......"

"Although the people in the village are reluctant to give up the fields, they will never be able to live like this again. The slaves fled with the villagers, and were chased and intercepted by the bullies all the way, and the villagers fought with the bullies in order to protect the slave family and the old and weak in the village, and were charged with the White Lotus Sect bandits, so they had to hide in Tibet......"

"When they were hungry and digging up roots and turf, and when they were thirsty they drank water from streams and rivers, they didn't dare to enter the city, so they walked along the village to beg for food, and walked for three or four months, and the 133 people who escaped from the village were only 26 ...... when they arrived at the Yangzhou ferry."

Mi Wuniang talked about "herself" again, originally borrowing the experience of the disciples under the seat, but her mood gradually returned to time and space with the narration, returning to the suffering process of the previous months.

In the past half a month, her heart has gradually frozen, and she is no longer moved by suffering.

From the faint guilt when she forced Xu San's wife to death in Huangjia Village at the beginning, to the weak tears of killing her senior brother Liu Zhenren with her own hands, and occasionally a trace of unbearable when executing the villagers who were unwilling to follow wholeheartedly, but later, when she killed the officials of the merchant Langya people in the village one after another, she no longer felt anything in her heart.

At first, I would think that this was the price of the lifeless old mother to wash the world, and the blood that had to be shed had to be killed. Later, she felt that anyone who hindered the great cause was an enemy, and that it would be unpleasant not to kill him. At last. In his eyes, mortals are already ants, and he has become an immortal.

At this moment, because of the question of "Patrol Adult", she had to tell the past, the ice that sealed her heart had melted piece by piece, and the soul floating above the clouds was torn to the ground again.

The officials and editors-in-chief of the present sighed one after another, and suddenly felt that if they didn't cross the Yellow River, they were really sorry for these ordinary people.

"Nian Qianyao entered Shandong. Although the miscellaneous salaries were abolished and many evil dog officials were killed, the common people of the slave family, who were beaten as White Lotus bandits, still had no place to stand, so they had to defect to their in-laws. I didn't expect ...... Husband, he had such an accident, woo woo......"

Feeling that her eyes were hot, and her throat was filled with a force not to vomit or be unhappy, Mi Wuniang quickly changed the topic, which also made the hearts of everyone who were complaining with their stomachs cold. Yes, Nian Qianyao gave a little kindness, and the people of Shandong settled down, and he was really wishful thinking.

Li Xi also felt that this question was a bit off-topic, although he wanted to see through this woman's thoughts. But it's just a floating thought blown by the wind, he is already an emperor, there is no need to dig deep with such a thin branch.

"So when you arrive in Jiangnan, does it feel different?"

This question made Mi Wuniang stunned, different...... yes, it's so different!

"Now that the imperial court has just returned to Jiangnan, all industries are waiting to be started. As long as you have the heart, you should be able to earn a food and clothing. Only...... As far as I know, there are many places to recruit female workers, such as Ying Ci Yuan, Hua Yi Tang, Baihua Building, Seiko Workshop, taking care of the injured and sick, weaving cotton and linen, all kinds of industries, not only can work to earn money. You can also learn a craft. Miss Mi should take a look and think more, and find a better day in this Jiangnan. ”

Li Shi said with words, this girl was already strange when she entered the Fang family, but she was engaged. The fiancΓ© is dead, but the yellow flower has to be a widow, which touched Li Xi's nerves.

Back then, Yang Chunpo Yingde was devastated and his master Duan Hongshi talked about a tragic incident, the little girl who did not pass through the door was forced to throw herself into the well and be buried for her husband's family, and then thought of Guan Yunniang back then, who was also killed by this rite religion. This girl is so beautiful, she is widowed, what kind of thoughts and techniques the Fang family has, which is quite interesting, and he has pity for this girl whose temperament is a little like Sanniang back then. …,

The Anglo-Chinese civil law has not interfered so deeply, and it does not hinder the law if people are willing to be widows, Li Shi's words are purely kind, but he doesn't know that he has stirred up a wave in Mi Wuniang's heart.

With a warm tone like a father and brother, with sincere concern, she quietly uncovered the scars that she had already pressed into the deepest part of her heart, she was also a very smart person, how could she not hear the meaning of the words of this patrol adult?

Day......

Once, she also wanted to marry a wishful husband and live a good life!

A strong sourness gushed out from the bottom of my heart, washing over my whole body with irresistible force. Mi Wuniang pinched the wooden wall of the witness stand with both hands, lowered her head and gritted her teeth, desperately suppressing the choking in her throat and the red heat in the corners of her eyes.

Once, she also had a family background that was not rich and noble, also known as a well-off, and a senior brother who was strong in martial arts and righteous and chivalrous, that was the Ruyi Langjun in her mind.

But all this, everything, just because of the change of an official master, because the official master's dog son was interested in him, and because of the conflict between the senior brother and the dog son, everything was gone. Everything that originally supported that good life was gone because of the official's words.

The senior brother was killed, the house was burned, the parents died of anger one after another, the elders and neighbors in the past, and the gentry and old men who had been friends for many years, all looked at each other indifferently, and even regarded themselves as snakes and scorpions who came to ask for justice, lest they avoid it. Just because of a crooked thought of the official's old man's dog son, her world collapsed.

She pondered for a long time and realized one thing. This sin is not only in the son of the dog, but even in the dog official, the government, the government is the sin! If there is a government, there is no justice. He is still stronger than the grass people, but for the Shangguan Mansion, he is like an ant, if he wants to live or die, he will it, what about the ordinary grass people?

Killed the dog son of the old man, she went to the distant teacher, and the white lotus, who was regarded by her family and herself as a side-by-side, became so holy, and the vain lifeless old mother became so majestic. In her life, she swore to stand with the government, the court, the official, and the emperor!

That's six years...... Seven years? Or eight years ago? I thought that after I took over the master's White Lotus, became the Longmen Sect Grandma, inherited the White Lotus Sutra, and became the White Lotus Holy Aunt, I couldn't remember these things anymore.

"Thank you...... Thank you for your kindness......"

No! There are no better days! Follow the childless old mother and kill the vacuum hometown in the earthly world, that is a good day!

Mi Wuniang roared wildly in her heart, suppressing her imminent collapse, and she was extremely unfamiliar with herself. Extremely stiff words coped with the Patrolman.

The officials under the seat did not dare to move, but Lei Xiang and Bai Xiaoshan, the editor-in-chief, frowned, and secretly said that the material for the emperor's trial this time is really rich, although they can't report it now, they can't report these big newspapers, so they can get the opportunity to send it out through those "scarlet newspapers" that specialize in writing about the wind and moon. It's a great feat...... In the public court, the emperor's words provoked the feelings of the little widow, well, I feel hot when I think about it!

Wait a minute. Why didn't the concubine screw the emperor for a long time, but looked at the little widow with pity on her face?

Lei Xiang glanced at Hang Shijun, and Hang Shijun also felt that this trial was a little out of tune, so he quickly interjected: "Fang Mi clan, how do you recognize your husband's clan in the clan?" ”

The atmosphere is back on track, and the next thing is to follow the script, step by step. Li Xi breathed a sigh of relief. He also felt that when he asked, he seemed to have hit the girl's mind, which made her almost lose her temper. And the editor-in-chief next to him had a bad smile on his face, full of gossip, and this trial was suspected of becoming a scandal.

Then there was a chill in my heart, would Sanniang be staring at herself through gritted teeth?

Sneaking a glance out of the corner of her eye, Sanniang was still staring at the girl. There were tears in the corners of her eyes, ........., "She knows martial arts, and you can see the force when she pinched the wooden wall, she was once a Jianghu person." ”

"She must have suffered extraordinarily, but she has a pride that does not want to bow her head, she is just like me back then!"

"It's like me who hasn't met you, and I don't know the way forward......"

The court was temporarily adjourned, and in the back hall, Li Shi asked Sanniang. She replied like this, which made Li Xian's heart tremble, but it really was.

No, there is still a difference......

Li Xian shook his head and said: "She is good at martial arts, and most of the previous things were made up." I think she might be a member of the White Lotus Sect. Even if you are out of religion now and only live your own life, your state of mind is completely different from that of you. ”

In the northern rebellion, the people who fled were roughly divided into two groups, one group was those who had fled earlier, and the other group was the defeated bandits who had fled after Nian Qianyao suppressed the bandits.

When I arrived in the south of the Yangtze River, there was an opportunity, and the bandits were all doing their own business, although the Military Intelligence Department and the Praetorian Guard Department were still staring, but they couldn't make a big storm. Li Shi's mind is on the transformation of Jiangnan, and he doesn't bother to ask about these trivial things. Those parishioners settled down in Jiangnan for work, that is, British and Chinese nationals, so they don't have to worry too much.

Sanniang sighed: "The White Lotus Sect is also a poor person who has nowhere to seek justice, so they cling to the past, and they are essentially good people." ”

Li Xian shook his fingers: "No, no, God punishes people without punishing them, and judging whether a person is a good person depends on what he does." ”

Sanniang's willow eyebrows were upside down: "Yes, I saw a faint gentleman, above the public court, Yin Yin concerned about a little widow who was as beautiful as a flower, what is this?" Don't quibble, it doesn't matter what you think......"

"Suppressed" Li Shi, who was pretending to be forked, Sanniang frowned again and bit her lip: "I...... I want to talk to her, there is also a place in the Foshan Martial Arts Society, I can help her live a good life......"

Li Xian sighed, what else can he do, Hedong Lion wants to care about people, can he stop it? From the bottom of his heart, he also hopes that good people will be rewarded.

was taken to the back hall by the female policeman, Mi Wuniang was on guard, and secretly said that the young patrol lord had taken a fancy to herself? The crows in the world are really all black......

It was the female guard who came out, so that she was stunned, at this time the distance was very close, she could see clearly, this female guard was much older than her, and there were fish lines in the corners of her eyes, but even if the fragrance had passed, her appearance was not inferior to herself, and in terms of bearing, she was even more stable and steady, so that she had a sense of trepidation to meet her predecessors.

"Back then, I was also walking the rivers and lakes, and I was a ...... of self-righteousness"

"It wasn't until I met my husband and caught up with the general trend of the north and south that I made a career."

"Now in this world, the world is open, men can take revenge, and daughters no longer have to stay in the deep boudoir ......"

"You should also be a Jianghu person, but you can't escape my eyes, we Jianghu people all have an unbearable past."

"Leave the past behind and live a new life in this south."

This female guard seems to have a very high status, and she seems to be able to control a lot of things. If it weren't for the current emergency, Mi Wuniang would really have the intention of clinging to this noble man and then seeking a great cause, but unfortunately, it was too late......

No, I'm afraid this is an excuse that I am already weak, Mi Wuniang suppressed another mood, and threw away the part about the true scriptures and Taoism, this woman's care is as warm as her master, the last Grandma Mi.

"Really don't think about it?"

Mi Wuniang politely refused, and the disappointment of the female guard was beyond words, which made Mi Wuniang's heartstrings flutter even more.

"Well, if you have your mind, you can always ask for a verdict and let him help deliver the letter."

Mi Wuniang hurriedly changed her tone and said that when she went back and thought about it, the female guard also heard her mind and sighed helplessly.

The trial continued, and the next project was very boring, Li Xi finished the case and made a judgment neatly, and the Fang family shouted that the adults were wise, fair and fair, happy and convinced, and grateful. ..., Looking at the car that the Legal Department sent Mi Wuniang and the others back to Luodian, Sanniang sighed loudly, worried about the fate of this Mi Wuniang, and at the same time was thinking about what she was embarrassed about, so that she had to push back the opportunity that it was difficult for any Jianghu person to refuse.

"Still thinking about people?"

Li Xi came to Sanniang's side, held up a lollipop, and said with a smile.

"I'm afraid you're still thinking about people!"

Sanniang took the candy angrily, and she was still babbling like this.

These two couples are indeed thinking about Mi Wuniang, and Mi Wuniang, who returned to Huangjia Village, is also thinking about them and herself.

"Don't recite the scroll today......"

The apprentice Xu Fudi came to the seat to do "homework", and when he heard the master's tone suddenly become gentle, he was stunned.

"Rest early and have a good dream."

Mi Wuniang stroked the top of Xu Fudi's head, and warmth flashed in her eyes.

Outside the door, a strange aura enveloped the body and mind, and Mi Wuniang's already thawed heart froze again.

"Throw it away? How else do I throw it away? ”

In the woods and in the fields, more than 20 corpses were buried, including the two extra ones today. After she left, Zhang Jiu Mazi Xu San and other subordinates implemented her will exactly the same, anyway, they were going to do something in two or three days, and all those who entered the village were killed!

"There is no good life, there will be no more, who is to blame, blame this world, this world that must not be favored by the old mother......"

She gritted her teeth and whispered to herself, her cheeks were tense and deformed, a tear fell from the corner of her eye, and her whole body returned to coldness.

In the yamen of the prefect of Songjiang Prefecture, Zheng Xie seemed to be in the cold, trembling constantly.

"The congregation is converging on Songjiang in large numbers!? The captured bandit said, what is the White Lotus Holy Aunt summoning? What about the place? I don't know? Do you have to enter Songjiang to have someone to guide you next? ”

Zheng Xie held an emergency meeting overnight and arranged it extensively.

"What are the Military Intelligence Department and the Praetorian Guard Department doing, and they haven't figured out what these cults are doing in Jiangnan for more than half a month? Where did the sect leader who gathered in Songjiang go before? Why haven't the counties and townships below returned anything? Busy setting up shelves, as well as the inventory of His Majesty's patrols...... Hiss ......"

Jung Xie almost flipped the table, Your Majesty!? Could it be that he is going to His Majesty?

"Whew...... Scared me to death, didn't you go to Taicang? ”

The subordinates presented a map, roughly demarcating the activity route of the congregation, and it was indeed not to go to Taicang.

"The counties put aside other things and made every effort to arrest the leaders of the various sects, and what else is the White Lotus Holy Aunt. Then submit the document to the camp, and apply for the assistance of volunteers. ”

Zheng Xie gave an order, and the two prefectures of Songjiang and Taicang, which had just set up a shelf, turned jerkily.

It was not Zheng Xie's place that was moving, all departments in Jiading County, the Taicang branch of Qingtian Mindai, and the Taicang merchant generation of various companies in Jiangnan also began to turn, and they had fewer people. And these people are carrying a bunch of things, the people are gone, the things are dropped, and the operation suddenly goes wrong.

And these few people, what exactly they do and where their footprints are distributed, are also clear and unambiguous.

On the map, various units and forces from all sides moved like arrows, pointing to one place: Luodian Town, Jiading.