In the middle of winter, the dusk of Shandong's territory is cold. The setting sun had receded considerably, leaving only a dark red glow of blood on the horizon.

Xing, the people are bitter!

Death, the people suffer!

Thousands of displaced refugees under Dulonggang finally ate a bite of meat in the last few days of the sixth year of Zhenghe.

The vast majority of refugees do not eat the meat when they are given it, because most people understand that this may be the last bite of meat they will eat in their lives.

The smell of meat filled the air, but the atmosphere in the refugee group was oppressive.

Zhu Biao stood quietly in a place where no one gathered, silently staring at the scene in front of him, these refugees were like injured rabbits, docile, anxious, angry, but helpless.

Thousands of years of Chinese civilization, the common people under this sky are always the most tolerable group of people.

They can endure the ravages of natural disasters, the exploitation of landlords and gentry, and the excesses of taxes and miscellaneous taxes, until they finally can't live anymore, and then they will rise up to resist.

But their resistance is only to survive.

The emperors of all dynasties, Han Gaozu counted half, and Zhu Chongba of later generations counted one, and only this one and a half, and finally really sat in the world. But if you ask Liu Ji and Zhu Chongba, did they rebel and think about becoming emperors at the beginning, probably not.

"Ascend to Mien, fight Mi Qiu; Zhu Gongzi behaved like this today, have you ever thought about what these thousands of refugees will do tomorrow? ”

An obscure and inexplicable voice sounded behind Zhu Biao, Zhu Biao turned his head, and saw a middle-aged Taoist with a crown on his head, a crane on his head, and a pair of eyes looking at the wolf, and he didn't know when he was already standing behind him.

Zhu Biao heard his words and watched his deeds, but his heart was terrified, he could be regarded as having practiced martial arts for many years, and he was also guarded by people with high skills such as Du Yan, but he was still silently stood behind him by this person, but he didn't notice it at all.

"I wish Gongzi and rest assured, the poor road has no evil intentions, but just a little trick to make the people around him unable to see the poor road." The man spoke again.

Zhu Biao also eased his mind and said directly: "What the Taoist chief said is reasonable, but Zhu Biao only acts according to his heart, but if he does good deeds, don't ask about the future." ”

"It's a good one, but do good things, don't ask about the future."

The man smiled, but pointed to the refugee group and said: "Zhu Gongzi is talking about the future, isn't what Zhu Gongzi has done over the years to coerce the people?" ”

When Zhu Biao heard this, although his face was still light and light, his heart was that the threat index of the person in front of him had risen to the extreme, if it weren't for being born decades later, Zhu Biao just wanted to throw out Zhang Zai's "Four Sentences of Hengqu" at the moment.

"The people's hearts cannot be easily coerced, and the Taoist chief can believe that even if Zhu Biao is so good to these refugees, the imperial court only needs to lightly reduce some taxes, and these refugees will return to their hometowns nine times out of ten."

Zhu Biao pondered for a moment and said, "Zhu Biao acts only for fairness, justice, and justice. ”

"Good! Good! Good! ”

This Taoist said three times in a row, and then bowed to Zhu Biao and said: "Shandong Taishan Jun really deserves his reputation, and Qiao Daoqing has been taught." ”

Zhu Biao heard his name, his body was shocked, and he stepped forward to help him with an excited face, and said: "Isn't it Shaanxi Jingyuan, Qiao Daoqing, who is called the Demon Lord on the rivers and lakes!" ”

"The notoriety of the rivers and lakes has actually entered the ears of Taishan Jun, but he is ashamed." Qiao Daoqing answered.

"Good and evil are only in people's hearts, not in nicknames, and the Taoist must not be worried." Zhu Biao took Qiao Daoqing's hand, patted his shoulder gently, and said with a smile.

"In the past, Zhu Mou went to Jizhou Erxian Mountain to visit Luo Zhenren, and during the period, he also heard Luo Zhenren talk about the name of the aisleman, and he never thought that he would meet him today."

Zhu Biao's words did not make Qiao Daoqing, when he came to the times, if he didn't see the most mysterious person in the Water Margin with his own eyes, he would be unwilling.

only met Na Luo Zhenren in his Erxian Mountain Dojo, and the first words that the other party said made Zhu Biao think of it now, and his back was cold.

"Hey~" Qiao Daoqing sighed when he heard this, and said helplessly.

"The Luo Zhenren in the mouth of the prince is the senior brother of the poor road, because the senior brother feels that although the poor road has a Taoist backbone, but it attacks the outer way, and the devil is very heavy, so he drove me down the mountain, and when the poor road meets the demon of virtue and subdues, he can return to the mountain after he understands the subtlety."

Zhu Biao listened to Qiao Daoqing's words, but he remembered in his heart that there was such a thing as "encountering virtue and demons" in the Water Margin.

In the entire Water Margin world, Qiao Dao can be regarded as a mysterious master.

Qiao Daoqing's original name was Qiao Yan, and he had a vision when he was born, "His mother was pregnant, and he dreamed of a jackal entering the house, and then turned into a deer." Dreams, births. "When I was young, I got a strange person to preach illusion in Kongtong Mountain, and then practiced with Luo Zhenren in Erxian Mountain, but this Qiao Daoqing was finally as Luo Zhenren said, the red dust was undecided, and the demon heart was very heavy, so he was driven down the mountain.

After going down the mountain, he prayed for rain in Anding Prefecture, and was rewarded with 3,000 yuan of money embezzled by the treasury officials, and the behavior of the killer was angry because of his deep friendship with Sun An, the dragon slayer of his fellow villagers.

It also made the mystery on Qiao Daoqing's body fade a lot, and he had a little more recklessness.

If according to the original trajectory, Qiao Daoqing should be put into Tian Hu's command soon after, and a few years later, Liangshan Zhao'an, ordered to attack Tian Hu, Gongsun Sheng took Luo Zhenren's law down the mountain, and it was when Qiao Daoqing "met the devil of virtue".

Now, it wasn't Qiao Daoqing who came to Dulonggang and showed up to talk to him again.

Zhu Biao didn't think much about it, but only said: "Zhu Mou didn't know that there was such a story in it, but now the Taoist can understand the subtleties?" ”

"Now I only get half, and the remaining half still needs Zhu Gongzi's help."

Qiao Daoqing looked at Zhu Biao with a smile, and after a while, he broke free of Zhu Biao's hand, bowed down and said: "These days, Poor Dao has been watching Taishan Jun act in Dulonggang, and he has benefited a lot in his heart; If Taishan Jun does not give up, Poor Dao is willing to serve under you with his poor brother Sun An in order to achieve positive results. ”

Zhu Biao was also excited when he heard this, although he now has some reputation in this river and lake, if he says that other rivers and lakes are reckless and bow, Zhu Biao will not be surprised; But a transcendent person like Qiao Daoqing, sent to the door to serve, and also sent a powerful dragon slayer-Sun An, but Zhu Biao was flattered.

Zhu Biao hurriedly helped Qiao Daoqing up, and said directly: "The Taoist can deign to me Zhujiazhuang, but Zhu Biao is fortunate to have three lives, like a tiger with wings." But I don't want to have a dragon slayer-Sun An together, so that I have to wake up laughing when I fall asleep. ”

When Qiao Daoqing heard this, he also smiled and said, "Please wait a while, Poor Dao will go and call my brother to come." ”

Zhu Biao was about to speak, when he saw Qiao Daoqing wave his right hand, and the figure disappeared, only a meaningful smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he thought in his heart.

But it's such a clever means! It's also a deep thought!

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