One is because it is adjacent to Cangzhou in the north.

Far away from the southern border of Leizhou, the big rivers and rivers.

In addition, that year, it did encounter a great drought that was rare in a century.

The drought was so severe that crops were not harvested.

The people can't even do the simplest of what they need to fill their stomachs.

At that time, it was actually compared to the northern part of Leizhou.

The drought in Cangzhou in the north is even more serious, and the people are even more miserable.

But Cangzhou has always been a barren state.

Droughts are common at every turn.

The people have long been accustomed to it.

In addition, most of the government in Cangzhou opened warehouses in time to release grain.

Pacified the scourge.

But the pity is that Du Zhankui's hometown is a dog official.

Originally, there was a drought.

The prefectural ordinance itself has the right to open a warehouse and release grain.

Or if you are worried about taking responsibility, you can fly geese and pass on the book and ask the state government for instructions.

But it's a pity that the dog official cares about people's lives, ignores the suffering of the people, and only thinks about prevaricating the matter.

The result was a catastrophe.

The northern part of the mountain boundary is actually the former site of Du Zhankui's hometown.

But now there is no point in talking about these things.

......

Cangzhou is poor.

It's just a state apart.

But when he arrived in Cangzhou, Huijue knew. This is indeed true.

Most of the land in Cangzhou is barren and dry.

In the wilderness, the vast land is full of loess with sparse and dead grass.

Even the trees are rarely seen.

Not to mention crops and bushes.

Similarly, because Cangzhou is barren, although Cangzhou is as vast as Leizhou, it can be regarded as the largest state among the 100 states in the world.

But the people of Cangzhou are much less than those in Leizhou.

All the way north.

After Huijue entered the Cangzhou territory.

He didn't use his supernatural powers anymore, but walked slowly with his feet like ordinary people.

Although the supernatural powers are vast.

It can make people travel thousands of miles and thousands of miles a day.

Swim all over the sea and the end of the world overnight.

But it has lost the meaning of walking the world.

Huijue remembered that his master, the Guangfa monk, once said that there are many famous Buddhist sects in the world.

Among their younger generation of disciples, most of them have the saying that the world is walking.

The so-called walking in the world is to travel the world like an ascetic.

The only difference is that ascetics pursue suffering in order to temper their will.

The so-called walking is to see the world in all its forms, improve one's experience, and sharpen one's state of mind.

Leizhou calamity.

Start with the mountain palace.

Until three million people died in Leizhou.

The catastrophe has come to an end.

Huijue has seen a lot, seen a lot, and gotten a lot of sharpening.

But the more you see.

In his heart, he became more and more confused.

Therefore, he wants to look at the people of the world, see the various human feelings, and look at the world with his own eyes, and then carefully.

Look at the people of this world, look at everything in this world.

In Cangzhou, rivers are scarce.

It can even be said to be rare.

For the people.

The most important source of water is well water.

As a result, almost all villages are built around wells.

This well is the lifeblood of the villagers.

The source of survival.

Because of the barren land and the scarcity of water resources, Cangzhou has very little land that can be used to grow crops.

Even so, most of the crops planted in the fields are drought-tolerant crops.

Most of these crops have a single variety and are viable, but the yields are low.

But for the people of Cangzhou, this is also their last resort.

Traveled all the way in Cangzhou.

As far as Hui Jue saw, Cangzhou was basically barren and uninhabited.

Occasionally, there is a village.

The people in the village are also yellow-skinned and thin-skinned, and their clothes are torn.

They face the loess and their backs to the sky.

Working hard in heaven and earth, trying to find a way to fight against heaven and earth, and seeking survival.

Compared with Leizhou, which has fertile water and soil, the people of Cangzhou are really bitter.

And I don't know, it's because of this.

Because of the hardship of the living environment.

On the contrary, most of the people in Cangzhou believe in Buddhism.

Originally, looking at the people, they were devout to the Buddha.

For Huijue, a disciple of Buddhism, it should be something that he is happy to see.

It's just, I don't know why.

Looking at those poor people, they begged and bowed around the Buddha statues made of clay.

Inexplicably, in Huijue's heart, there is something not good.

......

On the barren yellow earth.

The wide official road stretches out, and I don't know where it leads.

At one of the edges of the official road, a reed canopy is built out of simple wooden planks and tree stumps.

The reeds are not large.

There were just two tables and a few stools inside.

In Lupengkou, there was an old man.

The old man is old in appearance and has dark skin.

He held a dry tobacco stick in his hand and smoked slowly.

The expression was a little silent.

In front of him were two clay pots.

At the door of the reed, there is a wooden sign.

The wooden sign is crooked, and the word "water" is written.

The old man sells water.

His village is near here.

He took water from the well in the village, came here every day, and sold it to passers-by.

Make some money with it.

Selling water, such a seemingly strange thing, in Cangzhou, is a very common thing.

The land of Cangzhou is barren, and from time to time there are some passers-by, who die of thirst on the way because of lack of them.

So along the official road.

Villagers in nearby villages pick up some water to sell.

It can make a little money, but it is also a good deed.

Most of the water is filled with chaff or some other wood chips.

This is to prevent thirsty passers-by from drinking hard all at once and choking as a result.

"Amitabha, thank you. ”

Huijue held the pottery bowl in one hand, put one hand together, and recited a Buddha name to the old man.

Then he groped through his monk's robe, found out two copper plates, and placed them in front of the old man.

Watching Hui Jue salute, the old man put down the cigarette stick in his hand, also clasped his palms together, and nodded towards Hui Jue,

"Little Master, I'm ready to go on the road, won't I rest for a while?"

"Nope. ”

Hui Jue shook his head at the old man and said with a smile.

But between the words, Hui Jue subconsciously looked towards the official road on the right hand.

Near the official road, there is no one.

But at the end of the field of vision, you can see a cloud of smoke and dust rising there.

Huijue's Buddha eyes looked into the distance, but he could see clearly, and it was a team of knights who raised smoke and dust.

All of them rode were foreign beasts.

And what made Huijue couldn't help frowning, the knights on the backs of these strange beasts were all monks wearing robes and monk's robes!

They were richly dressed.

Some of the robes are even covered with gold and jade.

In addition, along with the brigade, many monks held a prayer building and a Buddha flag in their hands.

"Buddha ...... Immeasurable Light"

Looking at these people, Hui Jue frowned, as if he couldn't help it, and spoke.