Along the mountain road, we came to the bottom of the mountain.

Looking back at the mountain, and then looking up at the sky, Li Hao had a feeling of being a human being in the world.

"Let's find someone to ask where this is first. Master is really, and I don't know where I got with him. With a sigh, Li Hao embarked on the trip.

I don't know how long I walked, Li Hao saw a city appear in front of him, and when he got closer, he saw that it said "Yingchuan County".

"Yingchuan County? Finally saw the big city, go first and ask for directions. ”

Entering the city, Li Hao is like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden, take a look here, look there. The people around him also looked at him with strange eyes, but Li Hao didn't care.

Coming to the door of a restaurant, Li Hao touched his stomach, felt a little hungry, and was about to go in, when he suddenly thought that when he left Pang Degong's place, he didn't have any money with him. In the more than half a year that the Nanhua Immortals have been cultivating, they have also hunted game and picked wild fruits to eat, and after looking at the signboard, Li Hao had no choice but to turn around and leave.

Coming to a post station, Li Hao asked the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, how long does it take to get to Julu County from here?" ”

"Guest officer, are you going to take the official road or the small road? If you have an official road, you can get it in ten days, and if you have a small road, you can get it in 20 days. The shopkeeper was also very enthusiastic when he saw that there was business coming to him, but he didn't know that Li Hao was just asking for directions.

"Is there any difference between this official road and a small road?"

"This official road is naturally the road of the official family, if you want to take this road, you have to pay the road money, if you meet someone from the official family, you have to give way immediately, but it is safe. This small road has to be detoured, and if you don't keep it in the middle, you will encounter bandits and thieves. I don't know you, guest officer? ”

After listening to the shopkeeper's explanation, Li Hao thanked him and left, the shopkeeper looked at it and understood that Li Hao was just asking for directions, scolded a few words in his mouth, and finally sighed helplessly.

Li Hao came to the gate of the city on the other side and asked a soldier who was on an errand: "Big brother, let me ask, is Julu County going in this direction?" ”

The soldier glanced at Li Hao and felt that Li Hao looked more pleasing to the eye, so he said: "Go out here, pass through Yanzhou, enter Yizhou, and go up to Julu County." ”

"Thank you!"

Just as he was about to leave, Li Hao suddenly thought of something, pinched his fingers, and then looked at the soldier and said: "In the past few years of walking in the mud, the cart is leaning against the cliff in front of you, and now you should exert more strength to go up the cliff to make a fortune." ”

The soldier was a little puzzled and asked what it meant.

"If you have a good relationship with your peers, then you still have a chance to make a fortune. Well, farewell. ”

The soldier was still reminiscing about what Li Hao said, and Li Hao had already left. As for whether the soldier listens or not, whether he understands it or not, then it doesn't matter to him.

In the days that followed, Li Hao was in a hurry, although he was not in a hurry, but the speed of the road was not slow.

Since cultivating the "Secret Sutra of Derived Qi" and soaking in that pool of spring water, Li Hao felt that even if he didn't eat much, he wouldn't be too hungry. But occasionally, if you want to satisfy your cravings, when you pass by some mountains and forests, you will grab some game and roast it.

"The taste of these game meat is really good, and modern society can't eat it because of protection, but you can eat it all over here." As he spoke, he bit down another piece of flesh fiercely.

The food was fragrant, and Li Hao felt the sound of footsteps coming from behind him. Looking back, there were about a dozen people, unkempt, men and women, old and young, staring at the meat roasted on their fire, swallowing their saliva.

Li Hao instantly understood that these people were fleeing, and it looked like they hadn't eaten a good meal for a long time. He didn't speak, but went back and continued eating.

At this time, a woman walked over, came to Li Hao, and suddenly knelt down, "Childe, can you give me a piece of meat?" My child ......," said the woman, crying.

Although Li Hao is not a virgin, he can't see the suffering of the world.

With a sigh, Li Hao picked up the woman, then tore off a large piece of meat from the meat he was roasting and handed it to the woman, "Take it." ”

"Thank you! Thank you! ”

The woman was so happy that she took the meat in her hand, ran back into the crowd, came to a little girl, put the meat into the little girl's hand, and said, "Eat it, child!" Eat! ”

Among the people around, someone looked at the mother and daughter with greedy eyes, and then Li Hao said lightly: "If you want to eat, come here." ”

As soon as he heard this, more than a dozen people immediately ran over and looked at Li Hao, Li Hao gave them the meat, and watched more than a dozen people gobble it up.

And the mother and daughter did not come, and the woman watched the little girl eat. After the little girl had eaten a few bites, she handed it to the woman.

"Mother, you can eat, I can't eat it."

The woman looked at the barbecue in front of her and swallowed her saliva, stroked the little girl's face with her hand and said, "Mother is not hungry, you eat more, be good." ”

"Hey."

Li Hao walked over and handed over the barbecue in his hand, "If you don't dislike it, you can eat my piece." ”

The woman looked at the barbecue in front of her, stunned.

Li Hao handed it forward again and said, "Take it quickly, it won't taste good if it's cold." ”

"Engong, aren't you going to eat?" The woman hesitated whether to take it, but her eyes kept on the barbecue.

"I've already eaten it, take it."

The woman finally took the barbecue, thanked her, and began to eat it in large quantities, and as she ate it, tears flowed from her eyes, and she could not remember the last time she had eaten meat, perhaps at home in the country.

After a few bites, the woman stopped, leaving behind most of the meat, then turned her back, wrapped it in a piece of cloth and put it in her arms.

Li Hao looked at the woman's movements, a little helpless.

After the women were tidied up, Li Hao opened his mouth and asked, "Eldest sister, where are you from?" Where are you going? ”

"We fled from a small county town under Linzi County, and we are going to Pingxiang County in Julu County."

The woman's words made Li Hao a little surprised, thinking that it was such a coincidence?

"Where are you going? It's not close. ”

"I heard that the sect leader of Taiping Dao is recruiting disciples, so we are going there."

Hearing the woman's words, the corners of Li Hao's mouth twitched, and he thought, "My senior brother is really powerful, and someone actually came all the way to join the sect." “

"In that case, be more careful on your way."

Li Hao didn't plan to go with this group of people, did he have to take care of their food all the way? Some people can do everything when they are in a hurry. Of course, Li Hao didn't plan to take the mother and daughter with him, although he sympathized with them, he was not a virgin.

After chatting for a while, Li Hao chose a direction and walked away with them.

A few days have passed, Li Hao has entered the territory of Jizhou and arrived in Julu County. Along the way, he saw many homeless people, gnawing tree bark, eating grass roots, fighting for food, starving to death on the roadside, and corpses in the wilderness. Along the way, Li Hao also saw all kinds of human nature, in addition to sighing, he still sighed.

When I got out of Julu County and walked in the direction of Pingxiang County, the villages I passed by were a different scene.

Almost every village has a temple with the "Taiping Dao" depicted on it, and there are many women and old people kneeling around it, but there are hardly any men in the village. Li Hao understood that these people might have been recruited by Zhang Jiao, and perhaps more of them took the initiative to join.

When Li Hao entered Pingxiang County, he was first questioned, which made Li Hao think that he had arrived at some den, like a spy. But then I think about it, isn't Zhang Jiao a den here? The men here will have a yellow cloth tied to their bodies, either around their waists, or on their arms, or on their heads.

"It's really the 'Yellow Turban Army' as its name."

"Hey, this little brother, may I ask Zhang Jiao, where is Zhang Tianshi?" Li Hao grabbed a passing man and asked.

When the man heard this, he immediately exploded and said, "Who are you?" How dare you call the sect leader by his name? ”

“……”

Li Hao was a little speechless, how did his senior brother brainwash these people, didn't he just say a name, and he reacted so much.

"Well, he's my senior brother, and I'm here to find him." Li Hao still said patiently.

The man looked at Li Hao in disbelief and said, "You said you are the sect leader's junior brother?" Why should I believe you? And for so many years, the sect leader has never mentioned that he has any junior disciples. Don't lie to me! As he spoke, the man beckoned the people around him to surround Li Hao.

Li Hao looked at the more and more people coming around, and hurriedly said, "I'll go, what do you mean?" I'm really his junior brother, if you don't believe me, we can go to my senior brother. ”

He is not afraid of these people, and it is easy to get out if he wants to, but after all, these people are also Zhang Jiao's subordinates, and he is not easy to make a move.

"Hmph, I'll lock you up first. When the sect leader returns, he will come back to distinguish the real from the fake. ”

Li Hao, who originally wanted to resist for a while, quieted down when he heard this, let a few people tie him up, and then locked him in a room.

In the evening, a man with a leader came to see Li Hao, and found that Li Hao was not noisy, so after thinking about it, he loosened the tie for Li Hao, and asked someone to bring some food.

"Young man, you said you are the junior brother of our sect leader?" The man put the food in front of Li Hao and motioned for Li Hao to eat.

After taking a look, they were all green vegetables, and Li Hao was not polite, so he ate them. The man was also surprised, he didn't expect this person to eat directly, and he didn't worry about poisoning or anything.

The person next to him was about to step forward to interrupt Li Hao, but was stopped by the man, and the man sat aside and waited for Li Hao to finish eating.

When Li Hao finished eating, he put down the dishes and chopsticks. Li Hao said: "I am indeed the junior disciple of your sect master, but he doesn't know me. ”

"You're really interesting, according to what you say, I can still say that I am the sect leader's junior brother!"

The man who wanted to interrupt Li Hao earlier opened his mouth to mock, but the leader didn't open his mouth either, obviously he also had this idea.

"When your sect leader returns, I will recognize him. Please. Li Hao made a gesture of please.

The two glanced at each other and shook their heads helplessly, but they didn't expect this person to be determined to wait for the sect leader to come back. At the same time, I couldn't help but have some doubts in my heart: "Could it be that this person is really the sect leader's junior brother." ”

When he went out, the leader ordered: "Don't tie him up anymore, just prepare him two simple meals a day every day, and take care of him." ”