Chapter 51: Two Disasters in One Year

Gu Du chatted with Xian Bai for half an hour, took Xian Bai back into the soul box, and then went to Chu Qin to pick up the content of the chat between the two, and in general, Xian Bai was not very willing to be a soul servant for him.

Chu Qin nodded and said: "This is normal, people are dead, they no longer have any desires, of course they don't want to take on anything anymore, the soul army is compulsive, and the soul servant needs to let the soul open, take your time, no need to be impatient." ”

Gu Duying said: "Yes." ”

So Gu Du chatted every day, and after chatting for a month, Xian Bai's eyes became less cloudy, and he began to chat and speak smoothly and actively.

Xian Bai asked Gu Du: "Brother, you said that I am a ghost, what else do you want?" Or what else do I get? You are alive, you can eat and drink, and you can marry your own children, what can I do? ”

Gu Du said: "At least you follow me, you are freer than being a soul army." ”

Xian Bai was silent for a moment and said, "That's it." ”

After chatting that day, Gu Du took the Imperial Soul Box to find Chu Qin and said: "Soul Master, the disciple thinks it's not good, the disciple has been chatting with Xian Bai for a month, all he cares about is what he can do, what benefits does he have, he has neither the idea of family and country, nor the righteousness of brothers, the disciple's ability is limited, I'm afraid he can't cultivate." ”

Chu Qin stretched out his hand to take the Imperial Soul Box and said, "Don't blame yourself, you're right, I'll let him go back to the Soul Army." ”

Gu Duying said: "Yes." ”

When Jin Lan came back, Chu Qin went out with the Imperial Soul Box, arrived at the school grounds, and released Xian Bai.

Xian Bai looked around, then looked at Chu Qin and asked, "Gu Du doesn't want me anymore, right?" ”

Chu Qin replied: "It's you who don't want to take care of Du, he saved you twice, but you don't want to help him." ”

Xian Bai said: "That's right, he saved me twice, but I also died because of him, and this account is settled." ”

Chu Qin raised his hand, and a cloud of black light enveloped Xian Bai.

Xian Bai asked, "I'm going back to the Soul Army, am I?" Can you let me walk around the palace first? ”

Chu Qin said in a flat voice: "The forbidden land of the palace, there are forbidden spells everywhere, without me taking you, except for this school field, you can't go anywhere." And I'm not sending you back to the Soul Army, I'm going to destroy you. ”

"What!" Xian Bai exclaimed, "Why did you kill me? ”

Chu Qin replied: "You have already opened your mind, and you will no longer be willing to be controlled, and letting you return to the Soul Army will not only increase my burden, but also affect other souls." ”

Xian Bai hurriedly said: "I am willing to be a soul servant for Gu Du!" ”

Chu Qin said: "It's too late for you to understand now. ”

Gu Duwei was a little frustrated that he didn't refine into a soul servant, but soon this momentum passed, and even Chu Qin didn't have a soul servant, so it was normal for him to not be able to refine it.

The next few days will be very comfortable, grinding with Jin Lan's ears and temples every day, although it is a disaster year, but there is everything in the palace, Gu Du can't feel any changes, every day is practice.

And Zeguo has not violated the border again, it is estimated that there have been two battles in a row, and the manpower and material resources have been almost consumed, and there will be no more wars in a short time.

In the second half of the Tang month, a freezing rain fell, from dawn to dusk, the rain became heavier and heavier, Shangguan He asked Gu Du to go to the room to ask for venison, and asked Jin Lan to call Lixia over, five people around the fire, roasting venison and drinking plum wine, talking and laughing, so unhappy.

At Gu Du's house, everyone was eating around the table, Gu An suddenly cried, and the housekeeper Gu Zhong asked, "What's wrong?" If you have something to say, why are the young men still crying? ”

Gu An wiped his tears, sniffed, and said: "In the second half of the day, my brother came and asked me for money, saying that the rice in the outer city was sold for one hundred and fifty wen a bucket, and it was not always there, and I had to queue up before dawn to buy it, I had food and drink here, but my family was really starving to death." ”

Gu Zhong sighed and said, "Who let God not open his eyes, isn't this just in time for the disaster year, fortunately, you still have a place where you can eat well, eat quickly, don't talk about these worrying things." ”

Lingtao County, which is more than 300 miles away from the imperial city, is also raining freezing, and in Shuixiu Village outside the county, village chief Jiang Chengwang is sitting by the brazier, his hands in his sleeves, and his wrinkled face is full of gloom.

In the summer, there was a big drought, and the public grain was not paid, and after the autumn, there was a heavy rain, and there was no hope for the autumn grain.

But the county lord pressed hard, saying that the nobles in the imperial city had to eat and drink enough, and the soldiers had to eat and drink enough, if there were no nobles and soldiers, who would protect them.

But there is no food, what can I pay if I have no food?

Today I called a few people who can carry things, just to discuss the matter of paying public grain, but after only saying two words, the big guys are silent, no food is no food, no matter how much you discuss, there is no food.

After being silent for a while, Jiang Chengwang said in a muffled voice: "Except for growing grain, it's all handed over." ”

Zhao Daxiang immediately objected: "How can that happen?" So what are we going to eat? Wouldn't they all have to starve to death? ”

Jiang Chengwang said without raising his head and eyes: "Then what do you say?" ”

Zhao Daxiang stopped talking, was silent for a moment and then muttered in a low voice: "Anyway, I have to keep my stutter." ”

Jiang Chengwang said: "You come to be the head of this village, you can do whatever you want." ”

Zhao Daxiang frowned, and everyone else persuaded him, gossiping, messy and annoying.

"Let's do the opposite." A very light sentence scared everyone like a thunderclap from the sky.

Jiang Chengwang looked for prestige, and the person who said this was sitting in the back of the salute.

Jing Xiuli is now thirty and nine-year-old Chinese New Year's Eve, and fled here with his parents more than twenty years ago, marrying a wife and having children in Shuixiu Village, and sending his parents to the end of his life, he has always been a kind person, as for some Mu Ne, saying this sentence from his mouth really surprised Jiang Chengwang.

Jiang Chengwang asked, "Which one did you say just now?" ”

Jing Xiu replied, "What I said." ”

Jiang Chengwang asked again, "What did you just say?" ”

Jing Xiuli replied, "I said, let's do the opposite." ”

There was a rebuke, and Jing Xiuli did not argue, but listened silently, and when everyone shouted enough, he drooped his eyelids and said, "When I didn't say it." ”

Two days later, the rain cleared, and the convoy of grain requisition left the county seat.

Riding on the horse, Liu Ben asked the lieutenant softly: "My lord, why do you still need to levy food?" The grain for disaster relief has reached the county, why do you still need to collect grain? ”

The lieutenant replied softly, "Don't ask if you shouldn't." ”

Liu Ben pursed his lips and was silent, and after a while, he couldn't help it, and said softly: "My lord, it's not appropriate to do this, if it provokes a civil uprising, we will have to follow the responsibility." ”

The captain glared at him with squinted eyes, and reprimanded softly: "Brother Zhang also said something like this a few days ago, he was beaten by Lord Huang with forty military sticks, and he can't get off the ground today, keep his mouth shut, let you do whatever you want, what so much nonsense!" ”