052: The road meets the homeless

Feng Qingru, Wang Wu, and Wang Liu were all stunned, obviously Xiaolongma's "eating appearance" frightened them. And Qin Yulang and Qin Shiyi and the others were a little too late to react, their eyes were about to fall, Qin Shiyi, who had always been wise and resourceful, calm and calm, and the iron-backed gray wolf wolf meat that he didn't have time to swallow in his mouth fell out of his mouth unconsciously, all unconsciously.

In the blink of an eye, Xiaolu had already digested the piece of spirit stone, looked down at the animal skin in front of him, it was empty, and then looked at the little dragon horse he was eating with relish, but he didn't get angry, but just groped the back of the little dragon horse with his long neck, which was very intimate and pleasant.

Feng Qingru reluctantly took out another spirit stone and put it on the animal skin in front of Xiaolu, Xiaolu's appetite has been getting bigger and bigger recently, and every time a spirit stone can no longer satisfy her appetite. Fortunately, every time Xiaolu finished enjoying the spirit stone, she would no longer ask for food in the next day or two. Otherwise, Feng Qingru would be unsustainable.

The food that everyone held in their hands unconsciously ate slowly, and they all looked at the little dragon horse, wanting to see what state it would be in after eating the spirit stone?

The little dragon horse chewed slowly with great interest, and slowly ate the piece of spirit stone, which seemed to be very satisfied, with four hooves bent and prostrate on the ground, and the little tail shook happily, very satisfied, and there was nothing wrong with it.

Qin Shiyi touched the saliva at the corner of his mouth, and looked at Qin Yulang with a suspicious face, as if he was asking something. Qin Yulang shook his head and said, "Don't look at me, it's the first time I've seen this kind of thing." Then he looked at Feng Qingru.

Feng Qingru pondered for a moment and said: "I don't know very well, I once saw it in a miscellaneous book of cultivation and mysteries, saying that most of the demon clans that can feed on spirit stones, heavenly materials and earth treasures have special bloodlines or abnormal physiques. For the demon clan, this is not surprising. In ancient times, when the demon clan was at its peak, many demon clans with powerful bloodlines were fed on the treasures of heaven and earth and the aura of heaven and earth. ”

"It's just that later, the aura of heaven and earth was thin, and the treasures of heaven and earth were getting less and less, coupled with the degradation of blood, and slowly the demon clan began to feed on beast flesh and blood, plant fruits, etc., so that flesh and blood fruits became the main food source. Some demon clans, for various reasons, although their bloodlines have degraded and are almost as thin as water, they still maintain and follow the eating habits of their distant ancestors. ”

Qin Yulang nodded again and again when he heard this, and felt that it was very reasonable, it seemed that these two guys belonged to the kind of demon clan that stubbornly followed the eating habits of their distant ancestors.

However, these two guys are estimated to be enough for Feng Qingru to toss the flesh pain, and they all have to eat spirit stones, isn't this to eat the poor owner?

Feng Qingru didn't think so, although Xiaolu and her eating habits were a little special, Feng Qingru believed that Xiaolu would not let herself down in the future!

The group returned to their hearts like arrows, and entered Wuyang County the next morning. The city of Wuyang County is majestic and magnificent, but the scene in the city is not as prosperous as that of Wuwei County, most of the people walking on the streets are dressed in ordinary and old clothes, and the traders are not common, compared to the magnificent and atmospheric county town built, it is inevitable to feel a little depressed. Everyone saw Qin Yulang, Qin Shiyi and others riding a mighty dragon horse through the street, they all looked at them with a little surprise, their eyes were full of novelty, a long-haired beggar lying on the side of the street basking in the sun saw this group of people swaggering through the market, shook his head gently, and a trace of "pity" flashed in his eyes.

Qin Yulang frowned, and said to himself: "Although Wuyang County is located in the middle of nowhere, as a county town, it seems to be a little less angry?"

Qin Shiyi rode up on a dragon horse and said in a low voice: "There are some sparse people along the streets in this Wuyang County Town, and Eleven feels weird..... It stands to reason that these pedestrians on the side of the road should be in awe or jealous when they see us riding dragon horses, and they should stay away, but what I see in their eyes is pity, sympathy, and even schadenfreude?"

Qin Yulang glanced at Feng Qingru and asked in a low voice, "What do you think?"

Feng Qingru: "I also feel a little strange, is there something going on here?"

Wang Wu and Wang Liu glanced at each other and said to Feng Qingru: "Childe, do you know that since the county guard of Wuwei County Cheng was replaced by the Li family, the livelihood of the Li people here has become worse and worse. ”

Qin Shiyi: "Yes, I remember, three years ago, Zhao Zheng, the former county guard of Wuwei County, was accused by his deputy Li Wudao of embezzlement of military salaries and was dismissed from his post and exiled, and Li Wudao was promoted to the new county guard ......"

"Li Wudao?" Feng Qing: "It seems that this person is the father of Li Yuanqing?"

"Oh, Qingru, do you know this person Li Wudao?" Qin Yulang asked: "Shouldn't the county guard of a county town be dedicated to improving the livelihood of the Li people, how can it get worse and worse?"

Feng Qingru shook her head: "I don't know Li Wudao, but his son-in-law...... But it's very domineering. As he spoke, he briefly recounted the conflict between himself and Li Yuanqing and others in the Southern Regions Demon Forest.

"I see, it seems that this Li Junshou has such a domineering son, and he should also be a fool who does not distinguish between public and private?"

"Not only is there no distinction between public and private, since this Li County Warden became the county guard of Wuyang County, compared with his predecessor Zhao Zheng, he has taken advantage of the tricks and plundered even more; Zhao Zheng is greedy for the Mo Army's salary, and Li Wudao is extremely vicious in looting the people's livelihood; in less than three years, the Li people of Wuyang County are all miserable, and Li Wudao's notoriety is even more known to everyone, but the Li people dare to be angry and dare not speak. Wang Liu said indignantly on the side.

"Is there such a thing? As a parent official, shouldn't you want your subordinates to live and work in peace and contentment, and the economy and people's livelihood will be prosperous and stable?" Qin Yulang asked puzzled.

Qin Shiyi shook his head: "Childe, you can't help but think too well about some people's temperament, there are tens of millions of officials up and down in Great Qin, and it is inevitable that there will be some people with inflated selfish desires and corrupt conduct! ”

"No wonder a dignified county town looks so depressed!" Qin Yulang's face was slightly angry: "What do you want him to do with such a county guard?"

Wang Liu shook his head: "I heard that although this Li Junshou has a loss of virtue, he has an inextricable relationship with the imperial magnates, not to mention the people of Limin, even the former Zhao Zheng Junshou who was reported and exiled by him, has repeatedly asked people to complain, complaining that he was framed by Li Junshou, and has experienced Li Junshou's evil deeds, but he has not been able to bring him down." Instead, he was falsely accused of framing and was sentenced to death. ”

Qin Yulang said angrily: "Isn't that reversing black and white?! How can such an official let him run rampant in Great Qin and harm the people? How many such county guards, isn't the official of my Great Qin Dynasty extremely bad in the hearts of the people of Li, is there no one to take care of it?"

Qin Shiyi sighed, lowered his voice and said, "Childe, why should you be angry? Don't underestimate these local officials, they all have their own forces, they are intertwined with each other, and they are even implicated in the ministers and powerful figures in the court...... You must know that now several princes are competing for power and fighting each other, and they are trying their best to win over the local officials below, and they can't take these people under their command, so how can they offend these people?"

"Is it? They are just for their own selfish interests and to form a party, and they disregard the survival of the Li people? You must know that the thousands of Li people are the foundation of the imperial dynasty! Now that Dayan and our Great Qin are constantly fighting, without the support of these Li people, our Great Qin will suffer a great loss sooner or later. Qin Yulang forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, thinking that he was just an idle person now, he couldn't help but sigh softly, gently patted his horse forward, and looked at the more and more beggars along the road, and the pedestrians with yellow faces and thin muscles, and felt a little resentful and bitter in his heart.

A group of people passed through the county town of Wuyang in a blink of an eye, out of the gate of the county town, along the official road all the way forward, everyone is like an arrow, patting the horse forward, after walking out of the city gate for five or six miles, along the way on both sides of the official road began to appear in the distance, some Li people wore shabby clothes to work in the fields, and more and more ragged homeless people, walking along the official road in the direction of the county town, with vegetables on their faces, and their eyes were confused and helpless.

Seeing a group of people who looked like sons riding dragon horses, those homeless people were silently watching them, consciously avoiding both sides of the official road, their eyes were full of longing and begging looks, and several thin and small children in the team raised their heads and asked in a low voice to the adults around them: "Dad, I'm so hungry! How long will it take for us to get to the county seat?"

"Isn't it possible that when we get to the county seat, we can get something to eat?"

"Yes, child, bear with me, there are many rich and noble families in the county, they will definitely have surplus food, and when you get there, Dad will find you something to eat. The lord replied.

The child looked up and asked, "What if they don't give it to us?" Yesterday we were in the last city, and they didn't want to give us food......

The lord was stunned for a moment, pondered for a moment, and said: "Then we will go to the gate of the county guard mansion to ask for revenge! If we don't have food, we won't leave! The county guard mansion can't watch our subordinate Li people being starved to death, right?" At the end, the adult's voice became a little hesitant, he had also heard that the current county guard mansion was only good at squeezing the people, and never cared about the vitality of the people. Thinking of this, I couldn't help but hesitate a little in my heart, and my voice became lower and lower, and in the end, it seemed to be saying it to myself, and it was so low that it was difficult to hear.

At this time, two pairs of arms stretched out in front of them, one holding some steamed buns and dry food in his hand, and the other holding a few small pieces of animal meat in his hand.