Xiaoman always felt that his mother was very spineless when facing Zhou Duchan, as if she had no bottom line, and even her daughter could be given away very worthless.

This made Xiao Man feel very uncomfortable, and he always felt that his mother seemed to have some knots, obviously Zhou Duchan was about to become her son-in-law, but her mother seemed to be unusually polite to Zhou Duchan, and her politeness was a little too much.

On this day, the moon was clear and the wind was clear, and the autumn was crisp, and the two decided to go out for a walk at night, and their injuries were almost the same.

After dinner, the two walked hand in hand on the forest path and took a leisurely walk, but Xiaoman knew that such a leisurely day was long enough.

"Twilight, do you really want to spend your life with me like this?"

"What's the matter, don't you like that?"

Xiao Man hugged Zhou Duchan's arm and pressed the weight of his whole body on Zhou Duchan's body, and the corners of his mouth hooked up a big smile, "Of course I like it, I like it very much, but I don't want you to be sad or regret...... I know that you care about the people, especially after seeing the disasters suffered by the people of the south, and I know that you have great ambitions in your heart, and I don't want to be your ....... ”

Zhou Duchan gently took Xiao Man in his arms, "But all people can't be as important as you, I don't want you to wait stupidly, waiting is the most torturous, not to mention that you are wasting a girl's best years, I don't want you to pay ...... all the time, it's unfair to you." ”

Xiao Man's little hand seemed to unconsciously grab the belt in front of Zhou Duman's clothes and wrap it around her hand, she lowered her head Zhou Dusk Chan couldn't see the expression on Xiao Man's face clearly, only heard Xiao Man's sweet voice from his chest, "I'm not a child, I always want you to coax, I know what you want in your heart, and then I can see it clearly in those days in the south, and besides, the relationship is a matter of two people, after all, someone has to pay, not to mention what gains and losses, or whether it is worth it, I still say that sentence If the two feelings are long, And in the morning and twilight? ”

Xiao Man only felt that the big hand on his waist tightened again, and the voice above his head sounded buzzing and trembling a little, "Xiao Man is enough to have you in this life, but I am not in a hurry, at this time, I always have to do important things first." ”

"Something important?"

"Well, the most important thing in my life."

Zhou Duchan didn't say much, Xiao Man didn't ask too much, this is the tacit understanding between the two, Xiao Man knows that between two people who are close to each other, they also have their own secrets, don't talk to outsiders, leave some space for each other, and the relationship can last for a long time.

"What about the casualties?"

Zhou Duchan pinched Xiao Man's ring finger, knowing what Xiao Man was asking, his voice was a little low with a sense of sadness, "Only there are more surviving people in Luoshui Town, it is because of you, if you didn't let the people be notified on Friday and Saturday, it is estimated that they will not be spared, in the event of this kind of natural disaster, people have no choice but to wait for death, the people in the government are even more angry, and the people who are killed and injured do not even have the least sympathy, and they are still blindly collecting money ......." ”

Zhou Duchan couldn't go on as he spoke, his voice increased significantly, and he couldn't hide his anger, "The more I think about it, the more angry I become...... ”

Xiao Man grabbed Zhou Duchan's clenched fist with his backhand, "If there is anything, just say it, don't hold it in your heart, I have a big trash can here, pour out all the garbage in your heart, and after venting, we will see if it can be solved, and it is free, welcome to complain." ”

Zhou Duchan did have too many things in his heart, too many thoughts were piled up in a mess, and his heart was extremely depressed, but looking at the entire court and the people around him, no one could tell, no one understood his thoughts, and when he came back, he just said a little bit to his father, and was pulled by the old man and scolded, and now the old man's appearance of a handful of snot and tears is still vivid, "Your other ministers are all fools, don't they see it?" Everyone can see it, but you don't want to think about why no one dares to bring it up, don't you know what it means to shoot a gun to shoot a bird, believe it or not, you must finish speaking, and you will have to move your head later. ”

In the end, even the tricks of crying, making trouble, and hanging were used in order to get Zhou Duchan's assurance, promising never to mention it to outsiders in the future.

After all, I swore in front of the old man before that I would never mention it to outsiders, but Xiaoman is not an outsider, so it shouldn't be a violation of the oath to complain to Xiaoman.

I wanted to say a lot in my heart, but I didn't know how to talk to Xiaoman for a while, and I hesitated to think about the key points I wanted to express.

"Why don't you know where to start, you still don't want to talk to me, or you think I don't understand what you said."

"No, Xiao Man really doesn't know where to say ......."

"Then I'll ask, and I'll see if I'm right."

"Are you dissatisfied with the current court?"

"Well, I'm very dissatisfied, and I can't get used to seeing a lot of things......."

"Let me guess there are those dissatisfactions, you are not satisfied with the current situation of officialdom, dissatisfied with their inaction, and now officialdom is rampant corruption, and traitors are in power......

"A little check to know, this up and down intertwined, inextricably linked, cronyism, the appointment and dismissal of officials of all sizes below into a certain person, the big character does not know a county prince who is actually a county, the down-to-earth and willing to work talented people can not be promoted, the stuffed people stuff silver cockfights and tease the dogs are rising step by step, the people have suffered from the flood, and they have to lie about this year's harvest if they don't report it, and they can't live anymore, and they don't have any food to eat, and they have to be forced to help the county master to make up the taxes that they bragged about. The people complained and suffered unspeakably, and in the long run, we didn't need others to attack our Great Xia, and Great Xia itself would be destroyed. ”

Xiao Man finally understood that Zhou Duchan's words were really only dared to be listened to, and it would be disrespectful for others to hear these words reach the ears of the emperor, this is a big crime to rob the family and destroy the clan.

"Well, have you ever thought about changing that?"

"If Great Xia wants to prosper and get out of this predicament, it must be strong, it must be rectified, and it must be thoroughly rectified...... Only by stripping off the carrion on the body can we usher in the possibility of ...... life. ”

"You're talking about changing the law?"

"...... change?"

"Yes, the laws of the imperial court are fundamental, if you want to be strong, you must change from the root, change at the source, establish new laws and regulations, break the old things, and update everything."

Zhou Duchan picked up Xiao Man a little excitedly and turned around, "Xiao Man, you are really too smart, you are simply my nobleman, the word change makes me suddenly, these days have been bothering me, I have been thinking about it and have been lawless...... Now I finally know where to start."

Xiao Man felt that this was the happiest appearance she had ever seen Zhou, like a child no longer cold and cold, looking a lot more angry, but Xiao Man himself from ancient times to the present has not had a good end to those who have changed the law, Shang Ying is the best example, the change of the law often hurts the interests of the big talker, these people are often high-powered people, sometimes even hurt the Son of Heaven who controls the life and death of the world, if even the master of the world does not support the change, the change will not succeed, If we do not take the initiative to change the law, we can only passively be driven off the stage of history by the inevitable development of history.

Xiaoman was not as happy and excited as Zhou Duchan, "Do you want to hear a story?" ”

"Story?" Zhou Duchan didn't understand why Xiaoman would propose to tell a story at this time.

"Well, a story about the change."

Zhou Duchan understood what Xiaoman wanted to say to himself, because it was estimated that he was a man, and he would save face for himself, Xiaoman didn't know how to find a reason to tell a story, and he wanted to tell himself, Zhou Duchan sighed in his heart, Xiaoman, Xiaoman, what kind of person do you think your man is, is it the kind of person with strong self-esteem, if you don't even have such a measure, how can you be worthy of being your man, but I was very moved in my heart, Xiaoman really tried his best for himself, and thought about himself everywhere, You also have to take care of your own face and self-esteem, Zhou Duchan, Zhou Duchan, what are you doing, how can you be the favor of Xiaoman.

It's autumn now, an autumn rain and a cold, a few days ago it rained for several days, and there were already bursts of coolness at night, Zhou Duchan was worried that Xiao Man was cold and didn't take a few steps to carry Xiao Man back, Xiao Man's body was still covered with Zhou Duchan's coat.

Listening to Xiao Man's eloquent words, "Well, it is a place far away from here, the new emperor succeeded to the throne, determined to change the status quo of the country, and made great efforts to reform and change the law, among which there is a person called Shang Ying's deep trust of the new emperor, Shang Yang formulated a series of reform regulations, put forward the abandonment of well fields, heavy agriculture and mulberry, award military merits, the implementation of unified measurement and the establishment of county governance, etc., the emperor supported the Shang Yang reform against the public, and the Shang Ying's change caused changes in the political pattern and social order, and the distribution of rights began to be reshuffled, Shang Ying's change hurt the interests of many dignitaries and nobles, so the change was blocked in every way, and some of Shang Ying's new policies, especially the criminal law, were too harsh, such as some joint sitting systems, which cut off people's noses and chopped off people's hands and feet at every turn, and formulated a lot of very cruel criminal laws, and finally was framed by the emperor for having to kill Shang Ying's ......, the most cruel way to die. ”

"What way to die?"

"The car cracks."

In Zhou Duchan's consciousness, this punishment was very unfamiliar, and the most cruel thing in Great Xia was to cut off the head.

"Tie people's heads and limbs to five carriages, put horses on them and pull them in different directions, and finally tear people apart alive, and Shang Ying's family was exterminated."

When Xiao Man was talking, Zhou Duchan's back froze obviously, Xiao Man didn't say anything more, holding Zhou Duchan's neck with both hands, and gently lying on his shoulder.

The two of them didn't speak, and the surroundings were very quiet, even usual