Liu Cai heard Wang Xuan say this, sighed, and got up to say goodbye. After he went out, Wang Xuan said to Wang Fu beside him: "Elder Qi, what I just said, is it still possible?" ”

Elder Qi, who was known as "Wang Fu", nodded slightly and said, "The left envoy's back is good, but the tone will be more natural in the future." Usually, you still have to practice more, and when you talk about officialdom, you can have a clear eye. But it doesn't matter, anyway, Liu Cai's mind is in a mess, and he can't see a flaw for a while. ”

Wang Xuan asked again: "The two elders Gao Jian, is it really a good time to start an uprising tomorrow?" ”

Elder Qi said, "Naturally, it's a good time. I heard that Yan Hong came to Jinan, claiming to be a private interview with Weifu, but in fact, he showed off his might, spent all his time drinking, and was also an angry bullfighting master. During this time, the people of our holy religion drew talismans and preached among the people, and there were many believers. Tomorrow we will incite the victims and surround the line. As long as Na Chin orders to release arrows to kill people, our people will immediately take the lead in rushing in. Although there were two or three hundred officers and soldiers guarding the Qinchayuan Gate, tens of thousands of people rushed together, plus our internal response, and the step was also smooth. Taking advantage of the tide of refugees, we beat the two Qincha to death. By that time, the refugees who followed them had no way out, and it was impossible to think about it. ”

Wang Xuan listened to Elder Qi's eloquent conversation and nodded again and again. The more Elder Qi spoke, the more proud he became: "And Liu Cai's old dog was even more killed, and he couldn't imagine that Shen Yu, the general he leaned on as his arm, would be a member of my Holy Sect." When the Fubiao battalion rebels together, which army and horses in the entire Jinan can fight? We broke Jinan in one fell swoop and occupied the armory. When the time comes, there will be food, money, and manpower, and 100,000 soldiers and horses will be at your fingertips. From Jinan to Shandong, from Shandong to Hebei. Half of the Ming Dynasty. Or a year or two. It's all ours! ”

Wang Xuan said: "Old Qi, the officers and soldiers of Jinan are certainly unusable, but what about the border army?" Although most of the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are bearish, I heard that the army over there is not easy to deal with, and the Mongolian Tartars are also very powerful. If the border army is killed, can we parry it? ”

Elder Qi snorted coldly: "The Ming Dynasty is certainly a good border army. But are the Mongols vegetarians? There are also 100,000 men under the command of Kuten Khan, who have already been waiting for the army. As long as Shandong is in trouble, the Mongolian iron cavalry will immediately attack the border pass, and at that time, the Zhu Ming puppet dynasty will be too busy to take care of itself, how can there be spare strength to deal with us. This is called the combination of the inside and the outside, and the country is like a backhand! With that, Elder Qi let out a strange smile, and every wrinkle on his orange-skin-like face erupted with "pride". Wang Xuan also had to laugh.

In the city of Jinan at night, refugees fleeing from all directions. Lying in the open space outside the high wall, in the ditch. You can't lie down on the road in the city, otherwise the officials will come to fight. Get a night's sleep. I could get up a few the next day, but no one could say. These people were ragged, glazed-eyed, and hollow-eyed, but there was no expression on their faces.

Two or three years ago, they also had their own poor and warm home, their own humble house, and even their own small plot of land. Sunrise and sunset, hard work and sweat, from the hardships of the year to earn a living.

However, due to natural disasters, the government urged taxes and refused to relax in the slightest. In order to cope with the immediate urgency, he borrowed usury, but he knocked on the bone and sucked the marrow and fell into the quagmire. From the time they were robbed of the last piece of land by the officials, or when they took away the only ploughing ox, their tears flowed.

From the hometown to the provinces, and from the provinces back to the hometown. They dragged their feeble steps, running aimlessly in the yellow dust. Along the way, some people lost their parents, and some people lost their wives and children. Now for them, the only goal is to live, to live until tomorrow, to find something to feed their stomachs. Other feelings don't matter much.

Since the news of the imperial court's relief spread, people from all over the country fled to Jinan, taking this as the only way to survive. The local government, which had been willing to give out a little relief, also began to reduce the amount of relief provided to the victims, and instead drove the victims to Jinan. However, after arriving in Jinan, hundreds of thousands of people with the same fate found that the legendary Qincha grain release did not appear. They waited eagerly, waiting for all kinds of news, and they were greeted only by disappointment again and again.

Now, the only hope for the victims is to get a bowl of porridge from Wang Yuanwai every day to ensure that they will not starve to death. However, in reality, not many people can get porridge every day. The place for the porridge shed is always limited, and it is not easy for many people to be able to get a share once a few times. There are also people who repeatedly can't squeeze in, and finally starve to death outside the porridge shack, but no one is surprised.

Everyone's clothes were in tatters, their skin was bare, and no one cared. Even a woman who is a woman with three virtues and four virtues no longer minds being seen by a strange man through a hole. As early as a few days ago, a bag of grain could be exchanged for a girl's chastity, but now, not many people are willing to do this business. For many women, as long as there is a nest, or even a bowl of thick porridge, they are willing to do it with everyone for the last time.

A woman with a one- or two-year-old baby in her arms, not caring about the man next to her, just ripped off the clothes on her chest, shoved the shriveled nipple into the child's mouth, and told him to suck it. The poor child sucked hard, but couldn't get any milk. Yes, the mother has nothing to eat for a day, how can there be milk for the child? After a while, the fooled toddler began to struggle and cry, but the sound of crying was also babbling and had no strength. The woman had no choice but to gently pat the child's little buttocks and comfort her softly: "Good baby, don't cry, don't cry." ”

The two men not far from him, their four eyes not staring at the woman's chest, but staring at the crying child. One of them suddenly laughed and said, "Look at this, this kid won't survive today." It's better to give it to us, so that we can be hungry for a few meals. ”

His whispered voice alarmed the woman. The woman was frightened and clutched the child in her arms, and moved backwards and said, "What are you going to do?" If you dare to mess around, I will call Senior Brother Gong carefully. I'm a teacher now. ”

As soon as they heard "Joined the Sect" and "Senior Brother Gong", the two sloppy men with four green eyes lost their fire. Another man curled up and said, "Don't shout, don't shout." Lao Chen just talked casually, talked about it. Poor baby, I don't know if I can carry it tomorrow. ”

At this time, a man walked all the way, chatting with the refugee from time to time along the way, or touching the forehead of another person. When she came to the woman, the woman hurriedly shouted, "Senior Brother Gong! ”

Senior Brother Gong nodded, kicked the sloppy man named Lao Chen who threatened to eat the child, and said disdainfully: "You two gangsters, if you dare to come to Luo Yi in the future, this Du Niangzi, beware of the master who will break you and boil porridge!" She is now a member of the church, and those who dare to offend the faithful will sink into hell after death, and will never enter the vacuum of her hometown! ”

Turning his head and looking at the woman again, he stretched out his hand from his arms, took out a piece of cake, handed it to the woman, and said, "Du Niangzi, eat quickly, if you don't eat, where will you get the milk to feed the child?" ”

When Du Shi saw the cake, he couldn't care much about it at the moment, and devoured it, swallowing it in two bites, but he couldn't stop burping. Senior Brother Gong handed the kettle over again. Du Shi took a sip of cold water, and then he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Thank you, Senior Brother Gong." ”

"They are all people in this religion, and since they believe in their mothers, they are brothers and sisters, so why do you say anything thanks?" Senior Brother Gong was very free and easy, and then said: "It's a pity, after tonight, I don't know if Lu Dao can live the Ming Dynasty?" ”

His voice was not loud or small, and immediately a few people nearby heard it, and leaned over and said, "Senior Brother Gong, how do you say this?" ”

Senior Brother Gong shook his head and sighed, but did not answer. The more he didn't speak, the more anxious the people around him became, and they all said, "Senior Brother Gong, you tell us, what's wrong?" ”

Senior Brother Gong saw that there were a lot of people coming, so he patted his thigh and said: "You don't know the way, after the Qincha honor guard entered the city yesterday, he didn't think about how to help our bitter people, but he only thought about making a fortune." When I entered the yamen, I didn't think about how to get food for us, so I first went to check the account books of the domain, isn't this purely to find fault with the silver? Later, he asked several wealthy families to hand over all the grain to the government, and the government set a price to sell the grain. Think about it, what is the price of food on the market today? If it is handed over to the government, it will rise even more. ”

One refugee muttered, "He can't go up, we don't have money to buy it, and one of them starves to death." ”

Senior Brother Gong said: "Yes, those rich people were originally willing to give up some rice to make porridge, but he made such a fuss, when the time comes, we are afraid that we will not even be able to drink porridge." ”

This kind of thing is related to everyone's livelihood, who can not care, and the crowd is suddenly excited. Someone timidly asked: "Senior Brother Gong, this Qincha surnamed Yan, I heard that he is a good person." As soon as I arrived in Jinan, I broke a spring pavilion, arrested Xiao Yanei, and saved many girls. ”

Senior Brother Gong said: "This fellow, you just don't understand. How many good people are there in this DPRK and China officials? Liu Cai, Fang Yongxian, Qian Feng, and Li Shouzhen don't need to say much about the harm caused by our tens of millions of fellow villagers. Just said that this one broke the Spring Pavilion, he was the eldest grandson of the old Yan Pavilion of the dynasty, who is the old Yan Ge, do you know the way? Governor Liu is Yan Ge's godson, you say, who does he wear a pair of pants with? Besides, although the Spring Pavilion is broken, those girls are all staying by his side, why do you need to talk about it? He has been in Jinan these days, have you ever seen him come down to visit the people? The sky-high price is to go around the official mansion, collect cash, eat, drink and have fun. You only know that he broke the Spring Pavilion and arrested Xiao Yanei, but you don't know that Lu Dao later married Xiao Yanei's sister, right? That's what it's all about. ”

Another citizen said: "There is also another Qin Chahai master, who can solve strange cases and redress grievances, and is not like corrupt officials." ”

Senior Brother Gong said again: "The one surnamed Hai is just relying on the means of torture and beating into tricks to arbitrarily judge the case. Not to mention that it's just for fame, and not for silver in the end? Except for the lifeless old mother, the White Lotus Holy Sect, who would still take our bitter Ha Luha in their hearts? ”

When he said this, someone whispered. Someone said: "Senior Brother Gong, what you said is wrong. Lord Hai came all the way over, urged the local government to release relief, and saved many of us. He is a person who is really kind to the people. (To be continued......)