"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be, I'm just doing my best to think about Dong Weng." Mr. Bai is still not light-hearted, "It is perfunctory to the imperial court, but Dong Weng still needs to do the preparations, and even step up the preparations, so as not to be caught ......off guard when there is really a need."

"This official is naturally saved." He Zhifu stood up, with a spring breeze on his face, "Let's go, let's go and meet that Dongchang thief!" ”

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Because it was late autumn, the sky was dark early and brightened very late, and when it came to the beginning of the hour, there was still a dark curtain between heaven and earth.

At this time, everything was silent, everything was hidden in the deep silence, and almost everyone was still lying high.

Qi Wang, who lived in the inn, was naturally no exception, he was lying on the bed and falling asleep, and the wound that was so well bandaged was no longer faintly painful.

However, at this moment, he felt in a daze that someone was pushing him, and he pushed it first, and continued to sleep until he was pushed for a while, and his consciousness slowly woke up.

When he was just woken up, Qi Wang was still a little angry in his heart, but after seeing who the person who pushed him was, this anger disappeared immediately.

"Third uncle?" He asked.

"Awake?" Liu Song's plane sank like water, and he couldn't see any joy or anger, "Do you still want to sleep?" ”

“…… It's okay......" Because of the third uncle's serious expression, Qi Wang felt an oppressive force and unconsciously flinched, "What's the matter with the third uncle?" ”

"How's the injury? Okay, no? Liu Songping did not answer him.

"It's okay." Qi Wang replied immediately.

After two days of rest, he felt much better, and his injuries had been controlled, at least it didn't affect his movements. And he didn't want to drag anyone else down.

"I think you're almost recovered." Liu Songping nodded, and then patted him on the shoulder again, "Okay, hurry up and prepare, we'll leave right away!" ”

"Leaving right away?" Qi Wang was a little puzzled, looked up at the window, and it was still pitch black. "Third uncle, it's not dawn yet......"

"What's wrong with the lack of light? You can leave early! Liu Songping interrupted him angrily, "Didn't you talk every day for the past two days and couldn't delay the hour?" Why, if you can go now, you don't want to go? ”

"I ...... That's not what I meant," Qi Wang paused slightly, then struggled to get up, "Okay, then I'll get up right away." Is Wei Zhongxian okay over there? ”

"He's fine, but you're ......" Liu Songping still frowned slightly, not very happy, "Why are you so bad now?" I didn't even notice when I walked to the side, and I couldn't wake up even if I pushed it! If I were your enemy, you'd already be dead a few times! ”

Qi Wang felt a little embarrassed and hung his head in embarrassment.

Because he was injured before, he was very easy to get tired during the recovery period, he slept very deeply, and his original full alertness also dropped by half, and he was actually walked to his side without noticing, and there was really nothing to say.

In a hurry, he got dressed, then walked out of the room and walked to the lobby of the inn.

However, Qi Wang found that Liu Songping and Wei Zhongxian were indeed waiting there, Wei Zhongxian was dressed very thickly, and he who was originally thin now looked a little bloated. However, although he got up early, he didn't see much tiredness on his body, but seemed a little calm.

I can't behave worse than this eunuch. With this thought, Qi Wang held his head even higher and followed the two of them out.

The sky was just getting dark now, and as soon as he stepped out of the door of the inn, he felt the cold wind blowing on his face, which was biting cold.

After all, it is the boundary of Beizhili, which was originally a prosperous territory, but since the end of Wanli, the world has been plagued by famine, the tax of the imperial court is increasing day by day, and the powerful are merging, so there are more and more people who have left their hometowns and become homeless, and many places have become wilderness again, plus they have caught up early in the morning, and they can't see many people.

In the cold wind, the half-dark sky seemed to dye the sky and the earth pale blue, and the group walked slowly on the rugged road, Qi Wang only felt that the cold wind kept blowing on his face, as if there were needles piercing his face. In order to shield himself from the cold wind a little, he shrunk his neck slightly.

At this moment, as if he had tripped over a stone, he stumbled under his feet and almost fell to the ground, but he finally stabilized his body.

He secretly screamed bad luck and walked a short way forward. Suddenly, he felt something was not quite right and stopped in his tracks.

"What's wrong?" Liu Songping was a little strange and also stopped.

"Something is wrong...... Qi Wang was in a trance, stumbled to the place where he almost tripped just now, and then leaned down slightly.

Then, when he saw what it was with the help of the sparse light, he shuddered and kicked away from the grass next to him.

His strange premonition just now had been tested, and it turned out to be a corpse.

Although the visibility is not high now, when he gets closer, he can find that this is a very thin middle-aged man, his face is blue, his clothes are in tatters, his expression is painful and distorted, there are no obvious wounds on his body, he can't tell whether he is starving to death or freezing to death, but this round eyes and painful expression are telling Qi Wang about him.

After facing the pair of eyes that were already full of dead ashes, Qi Wang only felt the blood surging in his heart, and he was very uncomfortable, and he couldn't help but take a few steps back, allowing the grass to cover the poor man again.

Although the weather has been cold lately, which can slow down the decomposition of the body, since the body is still so intact, it means that he must have died just a few days ago - maybe he was one of the group of displaced people who rushed through the blockade and ran towards Xuzhou a few days ago, and he had also met with him.

If it weren't for tripping over himself after death, I'm afraid that no one in the world would know that he died here.

And no one cares.

An indescribable sourness stirred in the young man's heart.

"Let's go, don't delay." At this time, Liu Songping, who was standing next to him, calmly urged him, "Now the world is ...... Hey, where are there no dead people? ”

Under Liu Songping's urging, Qi Wang raised his head slightly and looked at the road, which seemed to be empty, but ...... But how many nameless bones are there along the way?

He lifted his leg and wanted to walk, but it seemed to be a thousand weights, and he couldn't move at all. As far as the eye can see, it is gloomy and gloomy, as if there is some kind of ghost waiting in the shadows.

"Third uncle, this world ...... Why is this happening? After standing for a moment, Qi Wang blurted out a question. How do you make it too peaceful? ”

"You ask me, how do I know......" Liu Songping smiled bitterly. Go ask Grandpa Wei, after all, he has been a countryman, maybe he knows. ”

"Grandpa Wei!" Originally, it was Liu Songping's perfunctory words, but Qi Wang, because his mood was too depressed and agitated, he took it seriously and shouted to Wei Zhongxian, who was standing not far away, "In this world, why has it become like this?" ”

This was like an inquiry, and it was like a question, accompanied by a cold wind, and stabbed straight into Wei Zhongxian's chest. Let him involuntarily take a step back under the cold wind.

Then he looked up, glanced at the vast land, and finally sighed.

"We've had it. It's because our family didn't manage the world well, so that it fell to this point, if you want to scold, scold, our family will never return the favor. ”

"Have you ever had ...... Everybody knows you've been! What I'm asking now is what to do? How can the world be peaceful! Qi Wang shouted and asked, "When you assisted the Son of Heaven, you went against the grain and ruined the world, but now you want to expose it?" Don't you think! Since you're so bad in this world, you have to turn him back! ”

"Change back? How do I change back? Wei Zhongxian smiled sadly, "Little brother, I respect you for being a sincere man, do you want to listen to lies, or do you want to hear the truth?" ”

"What is a lie? And what is the truth? Qi Wang asked reluctantly.

"Lies? That is, all the sins were committed by our family, and it was our family that led a group of traitors who did not do anything all day long, and took it as their responsibility to corrupt the great future......" Wei Zhongxian's tone slowly added a hint of ridicule, "The righteous people and gentlemen in the court are all unable to achieve their aspirations because of our family's traitorous party, so they can only watch the world corrupt, so as long as we take our family and let the righteous man and gentleman become the country, the world will be fine." ”

"What's the truth?" Qi Wang asked again.

"Honestly? Do you really want to hear it? Wei Zhongxian's self-deprecation became stronger and stronger, "The truth is that if you take one of our families, the world should be like it, and the court should be like it!" That's how the world is, it couldn't be better! ”

Seeing that Qi Wang didn't believe it, Wei Zhongxian continued,

"Little brother, do you know that in this great tomorrow, how can our family be completely corrupted? Could it be that before our family took power, the world was very good? Jianzhou outside the Guan, Xuzhou inside the Guan, which one is the one who waits until our family gains power? This hall is full of civil and military, which one is the one who waits until our family gains power and then corrupts the law and eats a vegetarian meal? Our family was just trying to operate at that time, if it is said that our family has indeed had, but if it is said that the disadvantages of the past dynasties are added to our family, our family's shoulders really can't afford it...... If you don't believe it, after our family left, how many of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are better than these traitors of our family? Could it be that when our family is gone, there will be fewer natural and man-made disasters? Our family thinks that there is much less of our family that can still urge them to do something, and there will only be more and more corpse vegetarian people! ”

Then, Wei Zhongxian sighed again, "Little brother, we have come so far along the way, although our family can see that you are full of resentment against our family, but after all, you still did your best to escort our family, so our family still advises you, the world of the Ming Dynasty...... It's already a river down,"

Seeing that the other party was still so arrogant, Qi Wang's face suddenly turned red.

"Hey, Brother Wang, why do you care so much?" At this moment, Liu Songping, who was next to him, suddenly sighed, "This is the way of the world, you can admit it!" What about the world, what can you and I do? Just run your own errands...... Let's go, let's go, don't stop. ”

Qi Wang's face became even hotter. "Da Ming has come to this point, you don't care, I don't care, so who cares? Are we watching the world of the Ming Dynasty fall and watching so many people become lonely ghosts? Look...... Look at how many human tragedies we've seen along the way? I...... I can't stand it! ”

The sentence "I can't stand it" was so heartbreaking that Wei Zhongxian and Liu Songping, who originally wanted to say something, stopped talking for a while.

"Whether it's good or not, it's a good thing for young people to have some enthusiasm, and there's nothing wrong with having the world in mind." Wei Zhongxian suddenly smiled and said to Liu Songping, "If you are as twilight as you, how can this be a big deal?" ”

"Thank you father-in-law for your praise, Brother Wang'er is just young and ignorant, and his heart is still excellent." Liu Songping smiled a little embarrassedly, and then directly pulled the corner of Qi Wang's clothes. "Okay, Brother Wang, don't say more, if you want to save the world, you have to wait until you return to the capital...... Let's hurry first, and finish the errand early......"

Under his coaxing and pushing, Qi Wang, who was still a little depressed, was pushed forward by Liu Songping and stumbled back onto this road.

How many nameless corpses will they pass by along the way? He didn't want to think about it anymore.

Perhaps because of the large number of displaced people crossing the border, the journey became more and more desolate, but fortunately, because they brought a lot of dry food and prepared sufficient water, they were not affected by hunger and thirst along the way.

However, what made these people vigilant was that although the pedestrians they encountered along the way were very sparse, there were more and more people with unkind faces, and there were often people hiding on the side of the road, or even looking at them uncoveredly. Because they felt this danger, they were even more energetic.

Because the order everywhere has been destroyed to varying degrees, there are strongmen and bandits gathered everywhere, and fortunately, the two of them seem to be extraordinary, so they haven't encountered the matter of being cut by the strongmen for the time being.

However, they didn't know how long this luck would last, so they stepped up their journey, for fear of delaying it any longer. They soon came to the territory of Huaxian County, and came to the junction of Guangping Province and Kaifeng Province in Henan.

"Just walk a few more miles, and you'll enter Henan, right?" When he was resting a little on the way, Wei Zhongxian asked Liu Songping.

"Yes, father-in-law." Liu Songping nodded, "In the past, it was Kaifeng Mansion, let's take a detour from Henan and then go to Fengyang Mansion, so that we can pass through Zhao Jin's territory as little as possible." ”

"This is getting farther and farther away from the Jingshi...... Even Naoli couldn't stay still. Wei Zhongxian looked up, as if thoughtful, "It looks like it's going to rain, let's go find a place to rest first?"

Liu Songping also looked at the sky, the weather at this time was gloomy and gloomy, I am afraid that it was indeed going to rain, and the wind was also very strong.

"Okay, find a place to rest first." Liu Songping agreed.

Then he looked around carefully, and after making sure that no suspicious person was following them, he looked the way ahead, and saw a shack faintly not far away.

It is sparsely populated and a wilderness, and there may not be a place to rest for miles other than that.

"Come with me." He looked back at the two men behind him, and then led the way to the shack.

When he got there, he found that the shack had long been abandoned, and there were weeds growing everywhere, and he didn't know if he could stop the rain that followed.

No one is better than anyone. Liu Songping thought to himself.

"Let's rest here first......" Liu Songping helped Wei Zhongxian into the shack. When the rain stopped, we hurried and went to Henan Mansion early to find an inn to rest. ”

"Let's do it." Wei Zhongxian nodded, and then walked directly into the shack and sat down.

After settling Wei Zhongxian, Liu Songping's eyes were on Qi Wang, who had been following behind without speaking.

Since he lost his temper on the road, Qi Wang hasn't talked much recently, just followed them all the way in a daze, as if he had lost his soul, Liu Songping knew that he was too uncomfortable, so he didn't stimulate him anymore. However, it can't go on like this, so taking advantage of the rare rest time, Liu Songping plans to relieve this nephew.

"Brother Wang, are you still angry with the third uncle? Are you blaming your uncle for being too cold? Liu Songping walked to Qi Wang, who was sitting outside the shack.

Qi Wang didn't answer, just looked around thoughtfully.

"Okay, did you talk to your uncle like that?" Liu Songping was a little annoyed and pushed Qi Wang.

At this time, Qi Wangcai shook his head as if he had just woken up from a dream, and then looked at Liu Songping like a frightened horse.

"What? Awake? Liu Songping frowned, "I feel annoyed when I look at your little daughter-in-law!" ”

"Uncle, I'm not angry with you, I'm ...... I can't figure it out! Qi Wang squirmed his mouth, and finally let out a sigh. You just let me think about it alone for a few more days, just figure it out, I really don't blame you! ”

"Can't figure it out? What can't figure it out? Liu Songping still didn't think so.

"I'm in the capital, seeing that the days are getting worse day by day, I think this is a hard time, I think that even if the world is chaotic, at most it is a little worse than my day......" Qi Wang's face was slightly distorted because of pain, "How do you know, as soon as I came out, I found that the world was already like a boil, and the commotion was unbearable, not to mention that there was no peace at all, even if I wanted to live a hard life, I couldn't get it, this ...... What hell is this! So...... Therefore, in order to find a way to live, so many people can no longer care about shame and morality, and would rather run away from thieves! This is the ...... What is wrong with Daming? How did you get the world to such a point? Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, it has been difficult for the ancestors to become the ancestors, and the world has been left for 200 years, how should the mountains and rivers be reorganized? I...... I just can't figure it out......"

Liu Songping had been listening to Qi Wang's words all the time, silent.

"If I can't find a way to save the country, what can I do if I go back? What if Wei Zhongxian is eliminated? The world of the Ming Dynasty is still precarious, and there is a worry of overturning at any time! I...... My ancestors and ancestors have served the great tomorrow for so many years, how can they sit idly by? Qi Wang's expression became more and more excited, "So third uncle, I'm really anxious!" ”

"What's it like to be in a hurry?" Liu Songping lowered his head and sighed, "The ministers of the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China, the scholars of the world, so many people are looking for a way to save the Ming Dynasty, and so many well-educated people have not found it, what can you do?" Besides, what if you find it? Uncle is not pouring cold water on you, but you are humble and light-hearted, what can you do to help Daming? Let's do our part......"

Because of the pain, Qi Wang's face twitched slightly, but obviously he didn't agree with Liu Songping's words at all, but because the other party was an elder, he didn't want to argue anymore.

Looking at his nephew's appearance, Liu Songping suddenly felt a sense of distress.

Didn't you look like this back then?

Uncle...... Uncle was just as enthusiastic as you back then. But what can be done in the world by blood? In the end, no one could be saved by going around and around, so didn't you have to suffer yourself?

He wanted to say that, but in the end he didn't. The blood of young people can only be slowly cooled by their own experience, and what others say is useless and can only be counterproductive.

At this moment, the wind became stronger and stronger, and the grass next to it shook violently, and even the broken shack was creaked.

"It's going to rain, isn't it? It doesn't look small! Liu Songping raised his head again to look at the sky, and then took Qi Wang's hand, "Okay, stop blowing the wind outside, no matter how annoying you are, you can't let yourself freeze half to death outside, right?" ”

"Okay." Qi Wang nodded lightly.

At this moment, they felt as if the ground was trembling slightly.

Just before they could react, the roar of "Dede" and "Dede" suddenly came into their ears.

The rumble was dense and rhythmic, as if it were ...... It was as if a group of people on horseback were coming this way.

And a group of people riding horses in such weather? Qi Wang and Liu Songping glanced at each other, and they both felt that something was wrong.

"Let's go back to the shack and get some rest." Liu Songping was the first to react, then turned around and walked back to the shack.

At this time, Wei Zhongxian was resting on a small wooden pier under the shack, and even took off his boots and rubbed his feet there. He is old, and he is very tired when he walks a long way, although Liu Songping has taken care of him along the way, but after all, he is still a little embarrassed, and when he has the opportunity to rest, he can't take care of his demeanor.

Seeing Liu Songping, who was a little surprised, Wei Zhongxian couldn't help laughing.

"Why, do you see our family laughing like this?"

"Father-in-law, don't you dare!" Liu Songping hurriedly waved his hand to deny.

"It's nothing, don't panic, our family has fallen to this point now, it's really ridiculous, why don't you laugh?" Wei Zhongxian waved his hand, "However, it's strange to say, it stands to reason that our family should be in tears all day long when we get to this point, why is there not much sadness now?" I'm not lying to you, our family really feels a lot more relaxed now, as if a heavy burden has been lifted from our bodies......"