Chapter 35: The Storm in Liangzhou
Master Jing took his disciples down Mount Emei, the purpose of their trip was to see the world below the mountain and let the disciples see the world.
Cultivation is also an indispensable part of cultivation, and practicing penance in the mountains all the time is not conducive to the adjustment of mentality.
These naΓ―ve Emei disciples originally wanted to go down the mountain to experience the prosperous world, but the scene after coming down the mountain made them completely subvert their perception of this world.
Ragged beggars, pot-bellied officials.
Zhumen's wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road.
The flooding in Liangzhou has passed, but the suffering of the victims seems to have just begun.
I want to help them, but I can't do it.
Without extra money and food, you can only shine with love.
The only thing they can do now is to give the dying refugees as much hot soup as possible, or bury the dead bones on the road.
At this time, their tears had dried up, and looking at the long queue to receive gruel, they felt for the first time how luxurious it was to eat fasting and recite Buddha on the mountain.
At this time, there was a commotion in the crowd behind.
A group of people in the rivers and lakes with long knives began to scurry through the crowd.
They pushed away the crowd that had been lined up, as if searching for someone.
When the refugees in front of them saw someone being pushed down, they thought that someone was going to cut the queue or stop letting them drink porridge.
More and more people began to rebel, and more and more people began to shout loudly.
"Why don't you let us line up, what are you going to do?"
"Why push us away?"
The refusal of the refugees caused these people to draw their swords against each other.
"Murder... Murder..."
Seeing someone committing murder among the refugees, An Xin tapped her toes and flew up. The long sword in his hand shot out, "Bold and fanatical, you actually openly committed murder in broad daylight, aren't you afraid of Wang Fa?" β
The man saw a fairy in white falling from the sky, and the long sword had already arrived in front of him, so he hurriedly waved his sword to block, and shouted in his mouth, "Where did the female doll come from, you dare to stop me from acting in the Dragon and Tiger Gate, I think you are impatient!" β
Before the words fell, the long knife in his hand had been cut in half.
The man was stunned, and instantly knew that he was not the opponent of this female doll, "Who are you?" Do you want to be the enemy of my Dragon and Tiger Gate? β
"Longhumen dared to massacre refugees in broad daylight, you are so bold. Today, my Emei faction is going to do the right thing for heaven and kill you brutes! β
An Xin was naturally full of anger, this group of refugees was powerless, and these thieves who claimed to be Longhumen actually did it to them, which was simply a chivalrous insult to people in the martial arts!
The man saw that An Xin had already killed him, and knew that he was not an opponent, so he suddenly grabbed the refugee next to him, and used the remaining half-cut knife to cross the refugee's neck, "Stop, if you dare to take another step, I will kill him!" β
An Xin looked at his vicious appearance and suddenly stopped, "If you dare to hurt the refugees again, I will definitely break you into pieces!" β
The man was naturally not frightened by him, and strangled the refugee's neck even harder, "You dare to take a step forward and try again!" β
An Xin glared at the man angrily, knowing that these brutes could do anything.
She pointed her sword at the other party, "Let go of him, I will spare you from death!" Otherwise, this girl will regret it! β
The man looked at this little girl who had just come out of the rivers and lakes, and smiled evilly, "Little girl is so kind-hearted, then the helmsman will thank you for your kindness." β
With that, he pushed the refugee in his arms forward, turned around and soared backwards, stepping on the refugee's head and flying out of the crowd. He still did not forget to shout "Brothers, withdraw." β
An Xin gritted his teeth, held the sword in his hand and did not pursue. Watching a dozen people outside rush away.
The next few junior sisters have already rushed over, "Senior sister, why did you let them go?" β
"I promised them that as long as I let the refugees go, I would spare them from dying." An Xin was depressed, but she still kept her promise.
"Hmph, these beasts, they are innocent of death, so they shouldn't be trustworthy!" Senior Sister Ruolin looked at the direction of their escape with hatred, wishing that she would kill them just now.
"It's okay, senior sister" An Xin also understood her senior sister's anger, how could she be the same, "I already know that they are from Longhumen, we are going to participate in the martial arts conference of Longhumen this time anyway, they can't run!" β
"What? They turned out to be from the Dragon Tiger Gate? "Ruolin still thinks that they are ordinary Jianghu thieves" A group of brutes, they still have the face to ask for a martial arts conference, and they must be good-looking when the time comes! Hum! β
And this group of beasts in Ruolin's mouth did not run far, and after they left the crowd, they regathered outside the county town of Jiayuan.
"Helmsman, what should I do? If someone from the Emei faction has made a big mistake, how can we explain it to the employer? One of his subordinates bowed down and asked the person who had confronted An Xin just now.
This person is Liang Xiao, the helmsman of the Liangzhou branch of Longhumen, "Hmph, let them hide for a while, and after the group of women from the Emei faction leave, let's continue to chase and kill!" β
"I'm afraid that they won't know where to run by then, and it seems that these people from the Emei faction don't plan to leave for a while," his subordinates looked at the crowd in the distance, still a little worried.
"If you run away, you will run away, it's a big deal to return the money to them, and he can still make Lao Tzu pay for his life!" Liang Xiaocai didn't care about the explanation to his employer, because he knew that his employer didn't dare to do anything to him, and he held the handle of the employer in his hand.
Dare to pay for him to be hunted down and killed by the criminal department's secret agents, there are only a few people in Liangzhou, no matter how they hide it, they can't hide it from his Liang Xiao's eyes.
"You guys, keep an eye on it here, and keep me informed of any movement." After that, he took a deep look at An Xin in the crowd, turned around and ran towards Fengcheng.
In the crowd, the secret agents of the criminal department exchanged glances with each other, dragged their tired bodies and continued to line up to receive porridge.
They had been hunted down by the people of the Dragon and Tiger Gate for a day, and five of the eight spies had died, and now only the three of them remained.
If it weren't for the people of the Emei faction who were giving porridge here, they might not be able to escape the poisonous hands.
A group of eight people from the Criminal Department came to Liangzhou City to investigate the disaster and criminal cases, and originally thought it was a fat trip. After all, the local arrangements were very thoughtful in the past.
This time, I also wanted to swagger into the city, and then easily complete the task, but I didn't expect Guan Shirong to send a message to let them visit the disaster first.
Because Fengcheng and Jiayuan County are two places where the disaster is more serious, after discussion, several people decided to divide into two groups of people to go to these two places for secret visits.
What they didn't expect was that the victims of Liangzhou had not received a grain of rice for disaster relief since the disaster, and all the relief grain money allocated by the imperial court in the early stage was put into their own pockets by the stolen officials from all over the country.
What made them even more angry was that these corrupt officials did not care about the lives of the people, and they also coveted the seeds sown by the imperial court for the victims.
Their purpose was to keep the victims from suffering from the disaster, and then to deceive the imperial court in order to deceive them into more money for disaster relief.
If you lose your conscience, your heart can be punished! Thousands of people are starving to death every day, and they are indifferent and try to harm the public for personal gain.
After hearing the news, the eight people immediately gathered together and prepared to send people back to Beijing to report the hidden situation to the imperial court.
However, before they could get out of Jiayuan County, they were discovered by the eyes of Longhumen, and they were chased all the way to this point.
They knew that it would be difficult for them to get out of Liangzhou with their current strength, and they had to find a way to hide first.
Looking at the Emei faction's group of masters and apprentices, they had no other choice for the time being, and decided to take a risk.
Wu Feng looked at the other two, let them hide in the crowd for the time being, their eggs can't be put in one basket, they must be cautious now, otherwise the news will not be spread, and the lives of the three of them will stay in Jiayuan County together!
Wu Feng staggered towards An Xin, shook three steps, and when he was about to walk to An Xin's side, he stumbled violently and fell at An Xin's feet.
An Xin looked at the fallen refugee, his clothes were cut one by one, it can be said that he was not clothed, and he suddenly felt pity.
"Are you alright?" As he spoke, he carefully picked up Wu Feng, "Are you hungry?" β
"Girl... I... I..."Before he finished speaking, he fell on An Xin's shoulder.
"Hey... Feed... You wake up..."Seeing that Wu Feng didn't react, An Xin hurriedly looked in Ruolin's direction, "Senior sister, come here, someone here is hungry and faint." β
When Ruolin heard her voice, she immediately drilled through the gap in the crowd and walked towards An Xin.
"Senior sister, let's help him over there together" As she spoke, Ruolin and An Xin helped Wu Feng to the back of the porridge shed.
An Xin went to the porridge shed to get a bowl of hot porridge and fed it to Wu Feng carefully.
Wu Feng drank the rice porridge and woke up in time, "Thank you for the life-saving grace of the two girls!" β
"You don't have to be polite, you should be hungry and faint, I'll go get you a bowl of porridge again, and you'll be fine if you drink it." An Xin saw that he finished drinking the rice porridge in the bowl, and immediately wanted to bring him another bowl.
"Girl, you don't have to, it's much better now." As he spoke, he gave a gift to a martial arts person: "Thank you, girl." β
An Xin watched his salute and immediately reacted, "You're not a refugee?" β
"I'm from the capital, but now I'm more like a refugee than a refugee, alas!" Wu Feng's face was bitter as he spoke.
"What the hell is going on?" His words aroused An Xin's curiosity.
Seeing that An Xin had taken the bait, Wu Feng didn't sell Guan Zi anymore, and told the ins and outs of the matter, but it was even more miserable, and he was the only one left to be hunted down and killed.
Listening to Wu Feng's words, Ruolin and An Xin's eyes widened, and they glanced at each other, both seeing the deep shock and fiery anger in each other's eyes.
"I said how could the people from the Dragon Tiger Gate come here to make trouble just now, so that's the case!" Ruolin's heart was filled with resentment towards Longhumen and disgust with the officials of Liangzhou.
"Since you are an official of the Criminal Department, do you have a way to contact the capital and send the current news out?"
"The two heroines, now that they are unable to contact the imperial court, and even their own safety has been threatened, they ask the two heroines to send the news to the capital for the sake of the thousands of Li people who have been affected by the disaster. It's not a pity to die in this next life, but how innocent these refugees are! Then he struggled to get up and salute them both.
The two naturally wouldn't let him salute, forcibly pressed him down, looked at the refugees in front of him who were still queuing up to receive porridge, and gritted their jade teeth, "Okay, leave this matter to us, we must not let these corrupt officials succeed!" β