For the people of Liaoxi, the summer of 341 A.D. was particularly hot and full of hope!

The edict of Chang'an City greeted the rising sun of the Celestial Empire, and was sent all the way to the Liaoxi County Shoufu, and everything that Mu Yu and Su Ran asked for was approved.

The things behind are very simple, the killing that should be killed, the sentence that should be sentenced, a knife in the execution field, and it is very happy!

This summer, the vendors roamed the streets and alleys, shouting and drinking, overshadowing the knowledge of midsummer;

The farmer is working in the field, standing at the head of Yangle City, you can see a boundless emerald green, Su Ran who saw it was very excited, and called this year a bumper harvest year;

Xihualou was overcrowded, and after 12 years of silence, the large market like Lingyuan County was re-'placed' on the streets, and the objects sold by the vendors were more unusual than those of Lingyuan, which made the eyes of outsiders shine;

The officials of the county guard are busy, as if there are always urgent things to do and a heart that cannot be finished;

With this great achievement, Su Ran still stayed in place, the edict of the imperial capital called him to be Bozhou and assist in the government affairs of a state, Su Ran blamed himself for the escape of the main culprit Ling Xiao and the death of his wife, so he was politely rejected by his clever words, until this time, Su Ran knew that he did not love the official, but the name;

Su Daoyun traced day and night, and finally found Zhang Shisan's rancid corpse and Ling Xiao's stolen land, as boxes of treasures were moved out by officers and soldiers, the beggar spirit gang that lasted for two generations is considered to be the end of it, right and wrong, leave it to future generations;

In the south of Wuci County, shouting and killing, the new army of Wuci is practicing day and night, and the new general Sun Hui of Wuci is full of ambition and vows to establish a strong army, and the shame of the Wuning army breaking the camp on the day of a snow.

And the strong family behind this Sun Yun is a later story!

Liu Yi, who has been strictly disciplined by Liu Quansheng since he was six years old, is not conspicuous in the documents that invite the Son of Heaven, but during this period of time, he has received a lot of praise from officials in western Liaoning. Although his talent is not exquisite, it is very complicated, astronomy and geography, ancient and modern things are understood, and he always has some unexpected methods, he is modest and funny, rigorous and humane, if he really asks everyone to find a fault, it is that the heat of handling things is still a little worse, he is still a little younger, he is too resolute, and there are some incomprehensible thoughts that are exclusive to teenagers.

Since Wu Ciping made a plan to settle the chaos, Su Ran has paid attention to this young man, in his opinion, if Han Xin is Mu Yu in this battle, then Zhang Liang must be this Liu Yi. In the recital sent to Chang'an City, Su Ran asked for merit for Liu Yi's performance, and at the same time, he deliberately added a sentence: "If this son is in politics, he will worship the five dukes as an official, and I hope that His Majesty will use it specially."

He originally wanted to use this recital to make a low-key slap with Liu Quansheng and Liu Yi, but the edict sent back by Chang'an did not mention anything about it, which made Su Ran very embarrassed.

Afterwards, Su Ran thought about it carefully, maybe His Majesty felt that this child was too young and still needed to be experienced, or maybe the scars of the 'Heavenly Demon Case' had not yet been revealed!

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A few days ago, Xia Qing and Dead Shichen flew a letter together, instructing them to meet with everyone in Fuyu City, the Shoufu of Chisong County, and the dead Shichen specially explained in the letter that the Red Song bandits are rampant, don't be careful.

On the fifteenth day of the seventh month of the Han calendar, after learning that Liu Quansheng was all right through the red feather golden eagle, the old and strong Dongfang Chunsheng took three young boys and girls, no, they were young boys and girls and bald heads, bid farewell to Su Ran and Mu Yu, and walked into the jurisdiction of Chisong County in this way.

When everyone said goodbye, Su Ran had strange eyes, and deliberately instructed repeatedly, "The government affairs of Chisong County are complicated, and the people are troubled by the poor mountains and bad waters, if you encounter difficulties, you will fight if you can't say it, and if you can't beat it, you will run, and your life is important." ”

According to the legend of the people of Liaoxi: compared with the wealth of Zhangwu and the wealth of Liaoxi, the Chisong County of Liaoxi County in the south can definitely be called abject poverty, the landform here is treeless and rocky, the land is yellow and less fertile, the mountains are bare, the stream cement and sand are mixed, the people's livelihood is completely gone, only from the environmental point of view, there is really no reason to be rich.

Akamatsu County also has an advantage, that is, everyone is the same poor, and no one has to laugh at anyone!

The four of them crossed the boundary monument of western Liaoning, all the way to the north, the grass was green and the sky was clear at the beginning, Dongfang Yu teased the two big yellow dogs, holding the red feather golden eagle like hugging a hen, Liu Yi talked with Dongfang Chunsheng about what he had encountered in the past six months, the more he went north, the more desolate he became, the mountains and rocks were vertical and horizontal, the weeds were withered and yellow, and there was no human population at all.

According to Liu Yi's words: the king should be virtuous, utilized, well-being, and peaceful, and support the people for the government, save the people, and protect the warmth of the people, so as to get the great peace of the world, and not ignore the people because of the short-term profits. The same is true for weakening the big clan, and the clan is also the people, whether it is a soft or hard knife, but if it moves, it will hurt the country, so it is better to go with the flow and let it fend for itself.

In this regard, Dongfang Chunsheng has a different opinion.

This old stubborn man who has been up and down all his life, while walking, gently shook the three copper coins made of red rope around his waist, and said softly, "Xunzi once said, 'Mortals have something together. Hungry and hungry for food, cold and want to warm, labor and rest, good profit and evil', it can be seen that since ancient times, insatiable greed is really the common feeling of people, cold farmers get an acre of land and think about two acres, businessmen get a baht and think about ten baht, both get Long, look back at Shu, people are not exempt from vulgarity, but everything should be taken in moderation, excessive will be self-destructive, today's family Ah, is too big an appetite, some want to control the local military and government, some of them are bent on collecting the world's wealth, some collaborate with the enemy and betray the country, some of the first rat at both ends, and some even want to tear the soil and seal the king. Oh, people's hearts are not enough to swallow elephants! ”

Speaking of this, Dongfang Chunsheng couldn't control his temper, and began to be indignant again, only to see the old man say in a deep voice, "Hmph! These big families don't carry their rusty heads and think about it, if it weren't for the princes of the Liu family who didn't respect the royal order, where would it be the turn to get the rise of the family? The past does not forget the teacher of the future, and now His Majesty has cut off the heart of the world, which is already known to the whole world, if the world no longer knows how to converge, hum, those princes and kings who were in different places forty years ago will be their fate. Besides, the royal family still wants to see blood, let alone outsiders? According to the old man, there are so few scourges in the world, but it is clean and peaceful! ”

Liu Yi said with a sullen head, "But, grandpa, I heard you and my father say that now the empire is in trouble, and the Great Qin Empire, which has a vast territory in the north, has the same heart as the monarchs and ministers, and the national strength is thriving, which is almost the same as my Han Empire; The alliance between Biyue and Daqin, which borders Yizhou in the southwest, is eyeing China; The countries of the north and south provinces of the Western Regions have their own ghosts, today they will do Qin, tomorrow they will do Han, and they will go back and forth. From this point of view, the country has been in turmoil, if the world is forcibly cut off at this juncture, I am afraid that it will lead to the overturning of the country! ”

Dongfang Chunsheng admired Xiao Liu Yi's thinking, but did not agree with his thoughts, he touched Liu Yi's little brain, and said earnestly, "The external troubles of the empire are terrible, throughout the dynasties, Xia and Shang died in tyranny, Zhou died in the collapse of etiquette, Qin died in harsh government, and which family died in the barbarian foreign troubles?" Catastrophes often arise from the Xiao Wall, and compared with external troubles, internal worries are the internal causes of the overthrow of the dynasty. Moreover, the people of the world should not be, hey! ”

Liu Yi looked at Dongfang Chunsheng's appearance of wanting to speak and stopped, and leaned forward and asked, "Grandpa Dongfang, how are the clans?" ”

Dongfang Chunsheng suddenly looked at Liu Yi with very complicated eyes, as if looking at a monster, until Liu Yi looked at him smartly, Dongfang Chunsheng retracted his eyes, and the old man smiled kindly, "Distraction pulls distraction!" There are three things that this clan should not have done wrong. ”

Liu Yi raised his eyes and asked, "Which three?" ”

Dongfang Chunsheng waved his hand and said, "First, relying on the first emperor Yu En, he is arrogant and fierce, and he is the one who is in trouble, so that the people's hearts are ruined, and everyone hates the world; second, intervening in the internal affairs of the royal family, triggering the Gyeonggi War Rebellion 12 years ago, which is a national shame; Third, when the traitor is a tyrant, he doesn't know how to accept it when he sees it, but instead interacts with all diseases, colludes with alliances, and tries to tear the soil and seal the king, which is a big rebellion. With these three things, these worlds deserve to perish. ”

Liu Yi nodded, and then asked curiously, "Interfering in the internal affairs of the royal family?" Grandpa Dongfang, twelve years ago, what internal affairs did the clan interfere with in the royal family? Why is it never mentioned in the book? ”

Grandpa Dongfang moved his lips, but the words went to his throat but swallowed, the old man snorted and said with a smile, "Oh, you see I'm an old fool, I forgot about the things of the year!" However, child, you must know that if you don't love the people, the people will boil, and if you don't get close to the people, the people will be sparse. The world is no longer the world that was supported by all the people decades ago! If this continues, in a few years, I am afraid that the world will return to peace again! ”

After listening to Dongfang Chunsheng's prevarication and opinions, Liu Yi lowered his head and was silent, he always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't say what was wrong, so he simply changed the topic and asked, "Grandpa Dongfang, why is this Chisong County so desolate?" I'm afraid it's not suitable for human habitation. ”

After nearly a year of getting along, Dongfang Chunsheng had a superficial understanding of the character of the young Liu Yi, knowing that he did not agree with his own point of view, in order to avoid embarrassment, so he changed the topic, so the old man Dongfang smiled in his heart, and said: The old man has been here, so all kinds of legends are only known from other people's mouths, whether they are true or false, and they still need to be tested. Saying.......

After saying this, there was nothing to say, and the two suddenly saw that in the rocks on both sides of the trail, twenty or thirty people poured out, old, young, men, and women, these people had patched clothes, and they were holding sticks of different lengths in their hands, and they ran towards Liu Yi and the four of them together.

An elder at the head of the group was barely neatly dressed, and when he saw him trembling and walking out of the crowd, he coughed lightly twice, cleared his throat, and was about to speak.

A young man standing next to him suddenly rushed in front of the elder, swallowed his saliva, and then turned back to the elder and said, "Second Master Wang, there is dog meat and bird meat to eat today!" What a stroke of luck! ”

Wang Erye was obviously dissatisfied with the young man's rash interruption of his speech, and kicked the young man with his left foot, the young man was extremely agile, and immediately jumped backwards and flashed out, but he was afraid that Wang Erye's body would miss when he kicked the empty body, so he immediately turned around and gently lifted Wang Erye's left foot with his hand, and the elder named Wang Erye did not step on the air and stood safely in place.

The old man wanted to speak again, but he may have been distracted by the young man next to him, held back for a long time, and finally knocked the rock under his feet a few times with his cane, "oops, oops" twice, and made a gesture to withdraw, and the old and young who followed rushed towards Liu Yi and others who were in a daze. The old ones are looking for the old ones, the little ones are looking for the little ones, and the young man who spoke just now unceremoniously snatched the 'big bird' in Yixian's hand, and then dragged and pushed, pushed and shoved, and walked on a mountain path.

Along the way, Dongfang Chunsheng and a few small ones were a little inexplicable, saying that they were being kidnapped by robbers at the moment, not quite like that! Let's say they weren't hijacked, it doesn't look like it! A group of people walked through the chaotic mountains and green banners in this way, and took Dongfang Chunsheng and the four of them to a small village on top of the stone mountain.

The small village is built along the cliff, which is also antique. Outside the village, there is a seven-foot wooden fence, supplemented by a few simple poppies, which is considered a city wall, and three large cursive characters in Houlonggang stand on the gate of the wall; The village can look through the east and west, north and south at a glance, there are more than ten households in it, all are wooden houses and are not enclosed by fences, a few salted fish hang at the door of every house, as soon as you enter the village gate, you can smell a strong fishy smell, there is a yellow earth with a length and width of more than 20 zhang behind the walled door, it is crooked and full of buckwheat, compared with the growth of crops in the fertile soil of Zhangwu and Liaoxi, the difference is not a star and a half.

There is an open space in the middle of the small village, four groups of stone tables and stone benches are placed, the stone table is only smoothed out of the table, and the stone benches are only a few pieces of granite that look round, the workmanship is rough and tight, this thing is placed in Huaxing County or Zhangwu County, I am afraid that even ordinary households will not take a look.

Two and a half children were sitting on the stone table and weaving straw sandals leisurely, and when they saw the people returning, they immediately came up to look for their mother, and then cheered.

After entering the village, the twenty or thirty people who waited for Dongfang Chunsheng to come back immediately scattered in all directions, some boiled water, some chopped wood, some spices, and some "bathed" the big yellow dog and the red feather golden eagle.

Because of the unreasonable actions of Fang Cai Wang Erye and others, Dongfang Chunsheng was very angry, no, the old man stubbornly came up again, sat there tilting his head, and didn't say a word, as if the old monk sat still, and didn't even look at Wang Erye and Uncle Li.

Uncle Li stroked his beard, smiled, and said to Dongfang Chunsheng, "Old man, as the saying goes, if you have friends from afar, you can be good meat and be hospitable." Just now, we are reckless, but we are also afraid of the thin face of the guests, and we are unwilling to come to this humble house as guests. Everyone, forgive me, forgive me! Hahaha! ”

After that, Second Master Wang and Uncle Li worked hard to accompany the smiling faces, hoping that Dongfang Chunsheng would be able to eliminate the anger.

Dongfang Yu stood beside Dongfang Chunsheng, tugging at Dongfang Chunsheng's sleeve vigorously, while muttering in a low voice, "Grandpa, on other people's territory, we are almost done!" ”

Since people gave the steps, and out of good intentions, Dongfang Chunsheng naturally borrowed the slope to get off the donkey, so he came tepidly, "The hospitality of your village is quite novel!" If you don't know why, you will think that you are waiting for the way to stop the robbery, and you must not do this. ”

Second Master Wang smiled, "Don't take it as an example, don't you take it as an example!" This sheep is warm and sweet, can nourish the spleen and warm the stomach, warm the kidneys and aphrodisiac, and need to be simmered slowly and boiled until crispy, supplemented by salt, minced garlic, small ginseng, a mouthful, fragrant and tender, let people have an endless aftertaste! Wait a minute, the food will arrive soon. ”

When Wang Erye said this, Dongfang Yu swallowed his saliva, and Liu Yi also looked a little hopeful, meditating with his eyes closed, and his chest was a little undulating, it seemed that he was also a gluttonous worm.

Dongfang Chunsheng was a little flattered by the two hospitable old men, smiled embarrassedly, and said softly, "It's hard work, old brother!" ”

Chatting and chatting, the young man who had just interrupted Wang Erye's speech and was called Beihai ran over with the necks of two big yellow dogs in his left and right hands. The two yellow dogs in Beihai's hands are impressively baby bumps, and at this moment, they are being swayed back and forth by Beihai listlessly.

I saw Beihai running towards everyone excitedly, "Uncle, look, it's washed, it's white, it's white, the aunt has already set the fire, just waiting for the pot." ”

"What's the trouble? Cooked? After hearing this, he immediately stood up and said in surprise, "You want to kill my rhubarb?" ”

"Yes, if I'm not mistaken, you've never said you disagree!" Beihai didn't ask about the east and west, didn't care about the north and the south, and ran to a room with two big yellow dogs, and the inquest was about to put the two big yellow dogs into the pot and stew.

Yixian was willing to agree, he didn't even care about his posture, he hurriedly ran over, and a stumbling block knocked Beihai down, and the two big yellow dogs ran far away after landing, looked back at Yixian who was sitting on the ground, and ran back, protecting Yixian, grinning at Beihai.

Dongfang Chunsheng couldn't see it, the old man stood up angrily, pointed at Second Master Wang and Uncle Li, and scolded with his head and face, "Old and not dead is a thief, two old guys who are old and disrespectful, for a little appetite, don't you even want courtesy, righteousness and shame?" Thanks to the fact that you are still the length of a place, up and down, what kind of crooked melons and cracked dates can such a Lao Tzu produce? ”

Second Master Wang and Uncle Li slowly stood up, glanced at each other, and knew that they were at a loss, so they had to smile awkwardly.

"Hey, hey, old man, you can't say that, we have fire, materials and people, of course you have to come out with ingredients, who will do the white wolf with empty gloves? In this world, do you still want to stay open at night? Still thinking that someone can invite you to dinner on the road for no reason? Thinking too much, right? ”

Seeing that the two old men were humiliated, Beihai didn't agree, he loudly refuted Dongfang Chunsheng, everyone saw that Beihai was a master who was as unreasonable as Dongfang Yu.

Seeing this scene, Liu Yi muttered in a low voice, "There is some truth in what you said!" ”

Dongfang Yufeng glanced at it, pouted lightly with peach lips, elongated his voice, and said 'Brother Yi', and then stepped forward to argue with Beihai, and sat on the ground, holding two dogs, crying bitterly, as if he had experienced life and death.

Seeing this, Second Master Wang shook his head slightly, and then said helplessly to Dongfang Chunsheng, who was glaring angrily, "You don't blame, this is also a helpless thing!" ”

Dongfang Chunsheng looked at the skinny people, and seemed to notice something, so he said to Second Master Wang in a deep voice, "Make it clear!" ”

Second Master Wang grinned bitterly, "It's all in the past!" A past as old as you and me! ”