Shen Xiping was choked by a meal, and he didn't know how to answer, but fortunately, Bantianmei on the side spoke in time and asked the fake thief: "Little brother, that's not what I said, without this peaceful day, there are fires all day long, bandits are rampant, wouldn't the lives of the people be more miserable?" ”

The fake thief cried directly: "But what is the difference between now and the troubled times? How many people in the six southern provinces starved to death every year without food, how many fled to the north and did not come back, and how many went to the north and were treated as inferior barbarians, calling and drinking, and working as cattle and horses all day long. They are also the people of Sui Yang, why, the emperor of Daxingcheng only values the seven northern provinces and ignores the six southern provinces, so what is the matter with our annual taxes and grain? Aren't we all human? She is like this, and she is not worthy of being an emperor at all. ”

As he spoke, the thief cried even harder.

Shen Xiping, who used to be an internal guard, couldn't see anyone saying bad things about the empress, and when he raised his eyebrows, he was furious: "You are looking for death!" ”

When the fake thief heard this, he straightened his chest and cried: "You kill me, I live like a dog every day, I really don't know what it means, my wife and wife are starving to death, my son and son are starving to death, I am the only one left in the family, what am I doing when I am alive!" ”

Hearing this, Shen Xiping hesitated.

The fake thief howled and cried even more, hammering his chest: "The family has been washed away by water, the land is gone, and nearly 10 million people in the six southern provinces have no place to settle down, and this is almost winter, and most of them are still wearing single clothes, and they don't know how much they will freeze to death in winter." ”

Shen Xiping didn't know how to persuade him, so he had to sigh and said, "Yes, it will be fine, don't be too sad." ”

The fake thief knocked off Shen Xiping's hand that was about to pat himself on the shoulder: "How can you get better?" In previous years, the Son of Heaven would allocate funds for disaster relief, but this year, he will not give a single tael of silver or a grain of grain, isn't this to abandon nearly 10 million people in the six southern provinces? ”

Shen Xiping stood up suddenly.

"What do you want to do!!" Fearful words came from the mouth of the false thief.

Shen Xiping turned around, took out the dry food and silver from his bag, and stuffed it into the hands of the fake thief: "You eat first, accept the silver, and wait for tomorrow to buy a set of clothes." ”

Who knows, the fake thief threw the silver directly: "I don't want it." ”

Shen Xiping was stunned: "Why? ”

"If you give me silver, it is better to give me more dry food, now this silver cannot be spent at all in the six southern provinces, and people only recognize food and not money."

Shen Xiping had already frowned: "Have the six southern provinces become like this?" ”

The fake thief was annoyed: "Do you still think I'm lying to you?" The officers and men from the north do not talk about providing disaster relief and comforting the people every day, they dig ditches and fill water all day long, and do nothing practical. ”

"No, brother, those officers and soldiers are making plans for the future of the six southern provinces, they are controlling the water and diverting it into the sea, as long as they succeed, there will be no more floods in the six southern provinces in the future." Shen Xiping hurriedly gave an explanation.

However, the fake thief didn't listen: "What's the use of talking about the future, as soon as the winter is over this year, I don't know how many people will freeze to death and starve to death, in the future, can you see it alive?" ”

Shen Xiping: "···"

The false thief snorted, broke the dry food, went to the side and shook his unconscious companion awake, and stuffed the dry food into his companion's mouth one by one, sighing incessantly.

Shen Xiping didn't know what to say or do, as a military general, this kind of thing was obviously not what he was good at.

After a long time, Shen Xiping gritted his teeth and said, "Since you can't stay in the south, you will go north." ”

The fake thief didn't reply: "If you don't go, you will freeze to death here, and you won't go." ”

"Why?"

"Even if there is a flood here every year, it is still our home, no matter how good the north is, it is not our own place, why don't we do it, go to the north to be a dog for those uncles?"

Shen Xiping: "···"

"No, the north is not all what you said, there is a place called Echo Valley in Longshou County, Sizhou, where the people living in it have fled from the south, there is no discrimination there, everyone gets along well, you can go there for refuge, wait for the waterlogging problem in the six southern provinces to be dealt with, and then come back." Shen Xiping said.

The thief shook his head and was about to speak, when he suddenly heard an earth-shattering roar at the foot of the mountain.

The roar was as loud as a prehistoric beast, and the sound was like a tiger's roar, like a cow's roar, just listening to the sound was terrifying, obviously, this is a master with good internal strength.

And, along with it, there were several screams floating from the air.

"What happened?" Shen Xiping exclaimed.

The fake thief shouted: "It's not good, it's Liu Sange and them." ”

As he spoke, the thief jumped up and ran to the foot of the mountain, and his companion hurriedly got up and followed.

Seeing this, Shen Xiping kept up without saying a word.

Hao Ren also asked what to do with Bantianmei.

Bantianmei didn't talk nonsense, put out the bonfire with his feet, and said, "Keep up." ”

The five of them ran down the hill in a hurry, and when they reached the ground, they saw many corpses lying on the ground, and there was a rumbling sound in the forest at the foot of the mountain.

"What kind of person, come out to Lao Tzu!"

Shen Xiping yelled and rushed over.

In this incident, Lin Zhong stretched out a hand and hit Shen Xiping's head with a punch, knocking Shen Xiping's whole person away, staggering and rolling to the ground, and it took several rolls to stop his body.

Hao Ren caught up with Shen Xiping and asked, "Brother Shen, are you okay?" ”

Shen Xiping pushed Hao Ren away, took out the iconic lance hammer from his waist, took a sip, and blood flowed on his head: "Damn, dare to hit Lao Tzu, don't run." ”

As he spoke, he chased after him directly.

No matter how Hao Ren shouted in the back, Shen Xiping was silent.

Chasing after him all the way, Shen Xiping looked at the figure at a distance of one hundred and ten steps in front of him, and scolded: "Stop for Lao Tzu to hear!" ”

The figure in front of him didn't answer, and rushed to the edge of the turbulent water in a few steps, and a fierce man pierced in.

Shen Xiping wanted to chase it, but he didn't know water, so he could only stand by the river and give up.

Helpless, Shen Xiping, who had been scolding the river for a long time, could only turn back.

Back at the place, Hao Ren also asked Shen Xiping how he was.

Shen Xiping, who was depressed, sat down on the stone, waved his hand and said, "I lost it." ”

"Then Brother Shen, did you see who beat you?"

Shen Xiping shook his head: "I haven't seen this, but that man's strength is quite big, and he runs fast, damn it, it's just an animal,." ”

Scolding here, the two fake thieves over there have already wept and buried the brother's body, and while burying it, they cried heartbreakingly.

Shen Xiping was annoyed by crying, and turned his head to ignore it.

"Hey, can you just shut up?" Hao Ren turned around and shouted.

The two of them were not afraid at all, but retorted: "We cry ours, do your bird business." ”

Hao Ren was about to explode when he heard it, but he was directly stopped by Shen Xiping.

Looking back, the latter's face was gloomy: "People have just lost their friends, and it is normal for people to be sad, you should shut up first." ”

When Hao Ren heard this, there was only silence.

Shen Xiping lifted his belt, hung the hammer on his waist, stood up and walked to the two, squatted down, and asked, "Two brothers, ask you a word." ”

The two looked up at Shen Xiping.

Shen Xiping asked: "When I chased that person just now, I saw that he was familiar with the road, and he didn't hesitate at all, I think he should have stayed around here often, you are old acquaintances here, do you know that there are other people near this mountain?" ”

The two looked at each other and shook their heads, "How do we know who that person is?" ”

"If you think about it carefully, that guy kills people, and his movements are clean and neat, not like an ordinary person."

The two of them still shook their heads, and after hearing Shen Xiping's words, they cried even more, like Third Brother Liu, Second Brother Li, etc., they all shouted out.

Shen Xiping was also annoyed by crying and ignored the two.

Hao Ren said on the side: "Brother Shen, let's stop worrying about so many things, we have to rush to find the mountain tribe tomorrow." ”

When the two false thieves heard this, they turned around: "What are you looking for mountain barbarians?" ”

Hao Ren turned around: "Why are you asking this, do you know where the mountain tribes are?" ”