Demons are rampant in the world, and the people are not able to make a living, which is a simple word, but the suffering is not experienced by people who have not experienced it, countless rural fields are abandoned, a large number of people are crowded in the city, food and clothing, in order not to starve to death, they desperately find something to do, if there is nothing to do, then they can only steal and rob.

It's just recently, even these people who go to steal and rob are gone, the city is like a ghost town, Qingzhou City, if it's daytime, it's quite lively, because if they don't come out to do things, they don't have to eat, the people who work in the city work, and the farmers near the city want to go outside the city to plant food and vegetables for the people in the city to eat and drink.

However, these food and vegetables grown near the city are simply not enough, resulting in a sharp rise in food prices in the city, and many people are not even enough to eat a full meal for themselves after a day of hard work, let alone their families.

But even so, no one wanted to leave the city and live farther away, although there were countless fertile fields and abandoned houses, many of which were granges abandoned by the great landowners of the city, and the houses were very spacious and luxurious, but even so, they would not go out, because being outside at night was a mortal end.

But lately the city has begun to become restless, because there are more and more demons and monsters who come out at night, and many of them are no longer sneaky, and they go out directly to find someone to eat, especially young men and women and children, and they are their favorite, so that at night, no one in the city goes out, and they all huddle in their homes and close the doors of their houses.

But even so, there are still screams from time to time at night, and people who don't know where they are eaten, and no one is driven out, because even if they go out, they are still dead, and both martial arts masters and Taoist masters in the city have died recently, and the originally safe Taoist Buddhist Gate has also become an area for demons and monsters.

People began to disbelieve in gods and Buddhas, feeling that they had no way to protect themselves, it was better to protect themselves, many Taoist temples and temples became deserted, no one wanted to worship, in addition to no money, more importantly, they had no way to protect themselves, so what did they go to worship them for?

The rebels also disappeared, because even if tens of thousands of people live outside the city at night, they will be eaten by demons, and they can't eat it all in a day, and they will eat it in a few days.

There is no hope in sight, mortals are about to despair, they don't know what to do, they don't know how to save their lives, and they don't know how to face the terrible life in the future, many desperate people commit suicide at home, even if they die, they don't want to be eaten by demons.

Qingzhou City, even in broad daylight, the whole city seems deserted, there are not many pedestrians on the road, people are in a hurry, it seems that they are not willing to stay on the street at all, there are ragged beggars everywhere, they don't even have the strength to beg, lying in the corner of the wall one by one, looking at the sky weakly, as if waiting for death.

No way, most people in the city can't eat enough now, where is there food for them, it would be good to be able to ensure that their families are full, even those rich families are the same, now they can't buy food even if they have money, there are demons everywhere, who dares to go outside the city to find food to eat, even the rats in the city are about to become extinct, the first is because there is no food, the second reason is that they are caught, they will be caught as long as they show up.

"Master, how should this be good, this rice has risen to fifty taels and one stone, if it goes on like this, I am afraid that the family will run out of food in a few days." A richly dressed middle-aged woman said to a middle-aged man sitting in the hall, their family is a famous official family in Qingzhou City, the ancestor is the Shangshu of the dynasty, to his generation, although he only won the second class of Jinshi, did not enter the court as an official, but there are more than a dozen shops in the city, and there are tens of thousands of acres of fertile land outside the city, which can be said to be a solid family.

It's just such a rich family, after more than ten years of demonic turmoil, the family's 10,000 acres of fertile land has been abandoned, the grain has long been eaten up, and they can only buy grain to eat, but the people's livelihood in the city is withering, and the store can't be opened.

The middle-aged man sighed and said, "What can I do about this?" Why don't you send some of the people in the family back, and then buy more food, you can survive a day, and now this heavenly way is so chaotic, and it can only be like this, I don't know when those demons will be able to be eliminated and live a stable life. ”

The lady saw the lord like this, her face was sad, as a housewife, she usually manages the family, but this rich family is not a few people, but hundreds, in addition to the elders above, there are uncles and uncles, they also have families, plus the next people, there used to be hundreds of people, so many people were dismissed, and there are hundreds of people in the family.

"Alas, I'm afraid that the next person can't be dismissed anymore, the current situation in the city, if they are dismissed, I'm afraid they will die when they go out, or leave them at home, just give them less food, and I don't know how long I can live, I heard that the son and lady of Master Liu's family in the west of the city last night were eaten by the monsters, they didn't know at night, and they found out in the morning, it's really pitiful." The noblewoman had a good heart, and could not bear to send those subordinates out to die.

"Where is there any leisure to pity others, let's pity ourselves, fortunately, the second child went to Qingshan, where it is an immortal sect, even if our family dies, we will not cut off the incense, even if I die, I don't have too many regrets." When the middle-aged man talked about his second son, a smile finally appeared on his face.

A subordinate outside the door suddenly walked in, followed by a Taoist behind him, both of them were at a loss, I don't know who this person is, fortunately at this time the subordinate spoke, "Master, this is a Taoist from Qingyunmen, bring back the words of the second son, let us go to Qingshan to settle down." ”

"Ah, and that kind of thing? This Daoist, what my family said is true? The middle-aged man stood up, his face surprised.

(End of chapter)