"What's wrong with me?" Resisting the pain, Meng Liang opened his eyes, only to find that he was already lying on a wooden bed.

This bed was no better than the material of the Heavenly Realm, so when Meng Liang's body lay on it, he didn't feel comfortable. But it was precisely this that made him awaken his childhood memories and remember his days in Sihe Village.

At that time, almost the craftsmen of the beast and demon clans in a village could not forge a comfortable bed, so most of them piled many branches together and put wool on them to make a bed.

But wool is not thick, so when you sleep on it, you will always feel uncomfortable. However, it was the kind of thing that didn't even count as a bed, and Meng Liang slept for nine years.

And those nine years are the most precious nine years of all races, because they mean carefree, no worries. Although the descendants of powerful races such as heaven and god can play to a greater age, for Meng Liangnai, his real childhood is only those nine years.

In those nine years, he learned a lot from his father, and of course, more importantly, he had friends like Zhao Yulong, and since then, Meng Liang has regarded Zhao Yulong as a brother.

And Sihe Village was destroyed that year, and Meng Liang regarded Zhao Yulong as his only relative. Now on this rough bed, he felt as if he had returned to that era.

But he knew that all this was gone. From the destruction of Sihe Village to the loss of the Mandate of Heaven Pass, he knew that he had lost everything. Of course, what really broke him was that from Gabriel's mouth, he heard the news of Zhao Yulong's death.

Thinking of this, he only felt a tingling pain in his heart, and he coughed a few times, and actually coughed up a mouthful of pus and blood.

Then, I heard the sound of the door being pushed open, and a little girl ran in, came to Meng Liang's bed, and said loudly, "Dad! look, he's awake!"

With the little girl's roar, an old man walked in: "Cai Wei whispered, he just woke up, his body is still very weak, don't disturb him to rest!"

"Got it! just pay attention next time!" the little girl stuck out her tongue at him disapprovingly, and ran to the side, but was stopped by the old man.

But from beginning to end, the old man's face was full of kindness, and even after holding the little girl now, he didn't mean to scold him when he spoke: "You're messing around again! Help me help him up!"

At this time, although Meng Liang was awake and could see the two of them, he couldn't move his body, so when the two approached, he could only watch blankly. Although he could still speak, he was always reluctant to say anything for some reason.

But the old man didn't seem to care if Meng Liang could speak, but just helped Meng Liang back and took out some herbs from the bag beside him.

The old man was obviously not an alchemist, and these herbs were just ordinary medicinal materials that could be found on ordinary mountains. But he was very serious when he inspected Meng Liang's wounds: "Young man, the skin on your body has been severely wounded, and applying these herbs should have certain benefits for your recovery. But it can be painful, and you have to endure it. ”

As he spoke, the old man tied Meng Liang's two hands to the head of the bed, and then crushed these herbs and applied them to Meng Liang's wounds.

As the old man said, when the medicine was dressed, an irresistible pain did spread all over Meng Liang's body. But he knew that this was definitely not the cause of the medicine, but the power that caused his serious injuries was still remaining in his body, and he was pressed into it by the old man like this.

However, the old man was just an ordinary person after all, and the so-called squeezing was just accidentally touching the flesh on Meng Liang's body when applying the medicine, pushing the force on the surface of the skin a little inward.

And when the old man put the medicine on and took his hand away, those powers returned to the surface of Meng Liang's skin and continued to torture him.

But these are nothing in Meng Liang's eyes, because all the beliefs that have supported him to live until now have been shattered, and he has long lost hope of life, if it weren't for the fact that his body can't move now, he really wants to kill himself.

But apparently, Gabriel did not give him this opportunity. In fact, with these remnants of Meng Liang's body alone, it was easy to kill Meng Liang. However, when it was cast, Gabriel only let them stay on the surface of their skin, in order to torture Meng Liang and make him worse than dead.

Although he didn't know why Gabriel did this, Meng Liang knew that he was really finished at this moment! Whether it was friends, relatives, or freedom, he had all lost. And now he can't even die, which is an invisible torture for him.

As a result, tears unconsciously gushed out like a spring of water, flowing through the wounds where the medicine had been dressed. A tingling pain struck again, and when he realized that his tears had flowed, he forcibly stopped them so that they would not be seen by others.

And this scene escaped the eyes of the old man, but it could not escape the eyes of the little girl: "Grandpa! Look, this brother is crying!"

"Is there any?" After hearing this, the old man also put down the herbs in his hand and looked at Meng Liang: "Young man, did you remember something sad? It doesn't matter, if you want to cry, don't bear it, cry boldly! There is no one here, and they won't make fun of you!"

As he spoke, he saw a middle-aged man dressed as a civilian running in: "Uncle Yao, let's go quickly! The officers and soldiers have already gone to the neighboring village to collect taxes! We have no money to pay taxes anymore, so let's run quickly!"

"Well, I'll come when I'm done applying the medicine to him!" replied the old man, but his eyes were still on the herbs.

I saw that he unhurriedly mashed these herbs and applied them to Meng Liang's wound. Then he said to the little girl beside him: "Cai Wei, go out and find an ox cart!"

"Yes!" the little girl did not understand what was happening, but thought that her grandfather, who usually did not let her near the ox, was very strange today, and that he was curious about the ox cart, so she ran out.

But soon, the little girl ran back with a disgraced face: "Grandpa! The village chief said that the cattle were taken away by the officers and soldiers who collected taxes last month! There are no more cattle in our village!"

"Oh, you kid, I want a car! If you don't have a cow, you can have a car! Forget it, I'll look for it!" he said, and hurriedly ran out of the room: "You watch him here, don't let anything happen to him!"

After a while, I saw the old man sweating profusely and pulling the two-wheeled ox cart into the door. After he covered it with straw, he moved Meng Liang up with the little girl, and then pushed him out of the door.

When he went out, Meng Liang found that the house didn't even have a threshold. Coupled with the reason that the old man and the child were one high and one low, the ox cart was slightly tilted.

Therefore, relying on this angle, Meng Liang also found that there were two bowls, a pot and some herbs left outside the wooden bed in the old man's home, but now they were all placed on the ox cart like Meng Liang.

And the old man also deliberately put the thin sheet on the bed on Meng Liang's body, so as not to catch a cold. Although the paper-thin sheets really couldn't stop the wind and cold, there was a trace of warmth in Meng Liang's heart at this moment.

I couldn't help but compare the god kings of the Heavenly Clan with this impoverished old man, but found that this world was so ridiculous.

Even if the old man is innocent, he still has humanity. And those god-kings have everything, but they are never satisfied, they always want more, and they will do whatever it takes to get everything. Looking at it like this, Meng Liang only felt ridiculous.

Of course, while it was ridiculous, he also felt a sense of sadness. Although he didn't think as much as Zhao Yulong, and he wouldn't think about the development of a race, it was just that everything in front of him was so unreasonable in his opinion.

Especially when the old man stood for a long time in front of the house made of mud, he felt a pang of sadness. Perhaps at this moment, he finally understood what Zhao Yulong was working so hard for the world.

I saw the old man standing in front of the dilapidated house and was silent for a long time, refusing to speak, and no longer moving. It wasn't until the other villagers had already packed up and were ready to leave that he slowly walked to the mud wall and gently stroked it with his hand: "It's been three generations, are you really going to leave here?"

After speaking, he stood for a long time, until the little girl next to him pulled his shirt: "Grandpa, it's time to go!"

"Okay, go, go, go!" The old man spoke a little weakly, and Meng Liang noticed that his face was also a little pale at this moment. But when he looked at the little girl, he had a smile on his face: "Cai Wei! Grandpa will take you to live in a place you haven't seen before, and we won't come back here in the future!"

"Yes, we're finally moving, we can go somewhere else to play!" the little girl's face was full of innocence, and she smiled and helped the old man pull the ox cart.

At this time, all the villagers had already been cleaned up, and the village chief was waiting at the entrance of the village. Seeing that the old man was also coming with the little girl, and was about to leave, he suddenly noticed the ox cart pulled by the old man.

"I said Uncle Yao! When is this, it's important to save your life! Why are you carrying so many things?"

Old man: "I didn't bring much with me! Except for two bowls and a pot! I didn't bring chopsticks!"

"Then tell me, what are you doing with this man? He was found in the pile of dead people, whether he can survive is a question, and now you still take him, won't you want to harm one of our villages?"

The old man: "O healer, kind! Since I have found him, I will do my best to heal him! I will save him whether he survives or not." At least if he doesn't give up, he still has a chance to live. If you give up, you really won't have a way to live!"

"But you should know that taking him with you will affect our advance itinerary, and what if the officers and soldiers catch up when the time comes? You don't want to drag down our whole village!"

The old man looked at the villagers, and then at the injured Meng Liang. It's hard to make up your mind for a while. From the old man's expression, Meng Liang could see that the old man's embarrassment was indeed very important to a doctor. But as a member of the village, the life and death of the villagers in the same village are also very important.

However, in Meng Liang's opinion, the old man would still choose the latter. As the villagers said, Meng Liang himself knew that it would be difficult for him to survive, while on the other side, these villagers had a chance to survive. Even if it is him, it is estimated that he will choose the latter at this time! After all, a villager is better than an outsider!

However, the old man's actions were beyond all expectations, and he said in an unquestionable tone: "Well, since I will slow down the pace and drag down everyone's journey." I don't think it's better for everyone to go first, Cai Wei and I will take him behind. That way it won't affect everyone!"

After hearing this, the village chief sighed: "Do you really want to do this?"

Old man: "Yes, but you don't have to worry about us, the officers and men may not make things difficult for us, the old and the young, if we have the chance, we may catch up with everyone!"

"Forget it! If you want to do this, we can't help it, it's all the villagers, if you want to die, let's die with you! Come and push this ox cart together!" After speaking, the village chief stood where Cai Wei was originally standing, and greeted the other villagers.

Old man: "Village chief, what are you?"

Village Chief: "Don't get me wrong, I just don't want Caiwei to suffer, and I don't want you to suffer." You two can rest in peace! We'll do all the physical work!"

As he spoke, he and a few middle-aged men pushed the ox cart forward smoothly. Although the old man was reluctant to go, he could not refuse the kindness of the village chief, but he did not rest, but stood at the front of the ox cart and pulled the ox cart forward with a rope.

But these people in the prime of life are ordinary people after all, and because they don't have cultivation, they naturally don't have much strength. Although they were at the age of their greatest strength, in less than an hour, they also felt tired and couldn't help but put down the ox cart.

"Village chief, after walking such a long way, let's take a rest!"

This village chief is no better than his prime, he has pushed such a long way, and he is already exhausted, but everyone else is resting, so he has been holding on. And now that these prime men can no longer hold on, he naturally can't continue to hold on.

He looked around, and then sat on the ground: "After running so far, those officers and soldiers should not be able to catch up for the time being." In this case, let's take a little rest! But not for too long, otherwise the officers and soldiers will be in trouble chasing after us!"

However, just as everyone had just sat down and had not rested for a moment, there was a horse roar in the distance. Then the sound of horses' hooves followed, and the officers and soldiers on their backs surrounded them.

The person at the head is only the eighth official of the Forging Body Realm to the Yawuwei, which is an official position that even Zhao Yulong looked down on when he was twelve years old. In Zhao Yulong's words, this kind of official position is basically just a lackey of the mayor!

Although this title is related to Zhao Yulong's resentment when he was arrested by the mayor of Baishi Town when he was a child. But now in Meng Liang's opinion, Zhao Yulong's description back then was really appropriate.

I saw him look at these villagers with a look of disdain: "Who among you is the village chief?"

Village Chief: "I am! I wonder why you are here?"

"Well, you asked about me! It's ridiculous! I'll tell you what happened today!"

"Haha! If this kind of guy who wants to evade taxes deserves such punishment, then do you want to pay taxes? or die?"

I saw that the man had an arrogant and domineering face, and most of the villagers present looked at him unaccustomedly, but they couldn't beat him, so they had to swallow their anger and dare not say more.

Instead, the old man stood up: "But my lord, it's not that we don't want to pay taxes, it's just that we really don't have anything to pay! Even the table at home has been moved by you, if you don't dislike it, sir, take these herbs away!"

"I'll go to your weeds! This kind of thing that doesn't even eat pigs, you are so embarrassed to use it to deduct taxes!" Then, a wicked smile appeared on his face: "But your granddaughter is good! Although she is younger, Uncle Ben does not dislike it! Come on! Let me go, make sure you eat and drink spicy food!"

Cai Wei was trembling with fear from these officers and soldiers at the moment, but she didn't want that Yawuwei to be eyeing her. Now he was trying to escape, but he was hugged by the big hand that Ya Wuwei broke into.

How could Meng Liang tolerate such a move, not to mention that Zhao Yulong had taught him to act bravely. But the arrogance in the bones of the beast clan also made him absolutely unable to tolerate such a bullying guy.

It's just that there has always been a remnant of Gabriel's strength in his body, constantly suppressing his strength, making him unable to move, otherwise he can guarantee that the officers and soldiers present will be left with no bones in the next second.

But now he could only endure the severe pain in his body, and try his best to pump the soul power in his body to squeeze out the power left by Gabriel, so that he could move his body a little.

And some of the villagers were in the prime of life who couldn't tolerate it anymore, and directly burst out and killed Ya Wuwei: "Beasts! Don't even let go of a ten-year-old child, are you still human!"

But after all, there is a world of difference between non-cultivators and cultivators, although they are in the prime of life, because they have not been able to cultivate, their strength is not at all the opponent of Yawuwei.

I saw a few slashes, and a few heads fell to the ground again, but this Ya Wuwei smiled more and more brightly: "The mantis arm is not self-sufficient as a car, so ah! How good are you people to pay taxes honestly, why bother? I don't want to kill people anymore! Haha!"

After speaking, he touched Cai Wei's body with his hand: "It's a pity! This age has not yet developed, it seems that I have to raise it for a year or two when I bring it back, otherwise I really want to enjoy it here!"

The death of a few people had already scared Cai Wei a lot, and now he saw that Ya Wuwei's face was so hideous, he actually cried.

Immediately, Ya Wuwei laughed more and more presumptuously: "Cry! Cry well! Later, at night, I will make you cry even louder!"

Such an act of beast undoubtedly angered all the villagers. It's just that the deaths of a few prime of life just now have made them realize their insignificance, and they also understand that they don't have the power at all.

Therefore, although he hated it in his heart, no one took action anymore, not even one to speak. Only the old man was left grabbing Ya Wuwei's feet and crying: "My lord, please! Let Cai Wei go! She is still young, and she is still a child!"

But Ya Wuwei didn't think so, he just kicked it over, and kicked the old man to the ground heavily: "I'll go to your old immortality, Uncle Ben is on the rise, how can I let you disturb!"

Then, he raised his knife again and prepared to slash at the old man.

(End of chapter)