After everything was ready, the ship's boss, Lao Li Tou, looked up at the sky, the sun was already in the west, so he turned around and whispered to the cabin: "Have you sat down?

At the sound of the order, Lao Li Tou followed a short helper, one by one, rowed the oars. The boat swayed and gradually left the beach below the cliffs, and little by little, swam towards the open water ahead......

On this black boat, it was not only the three people of Xiao and his party, but also a young man, a thin old man, and a pair of mother and son were also crowded in the cabin, and they all looked a little depressed and frustrated, and they all looked like they were in a forced situation, so they wanted to try to meet the Lord of Hades like this.

A group of strangers from the South China Sea and the North sat together, naturally relatively speechless and bowed their heads for a few times. However, on this sneaky narrow canopy boat, there was no other pastime, and Qi Zehui, who couldn't bear it, couldn't help but be so boring after all, and took the lead in opening the conversation box and trying to chat with a few people.

At first, the passengers were still a little shy and resistant, but as the color gradually darkened, the surroundings were indeed boring, so they simply chatted with Qi Zehui, chatting and chatting, and naturally inevitably, started their own itinerary.

First of all, Qi Zehui smiled, turning himself and Xiao Tieniu into businessmen who failed to do business and fled to Nanning to hide from creditors.

Then he asked the others why they came out, but the thin old man sighed and said, "If life is comfortable, who is willing to run this fateful boat?"

It turned out that this old man was a native of Chenzhou, and his ancestors had been authentic farmers for generations, and he finally raised two sons with a handful of and urine to study and work outside, thinking that he could spend his old age in peace, but he never thought that his hard-working wife was seriously ill and died, and before the old man had time to wipe away his tears, Chenzhou encountered a heavy rainstorm for two consecutive months, and the Yingshui burst the embankment, flooding the crops of several generations. The old man was alone, and had no other skills to eat, and now he could not afford the heavy grain tax, living conditions, and the landlord's rent, and could not even eat, so he had to take a risk and sneak out, and handed over a few taels of silver in exchange for the pawn property to the boatman, and tried to go to Anzhou and join his son......

Anyway, the old man also looked helpless, put his hands together and looked into the air, praying for a safe journey.

"I've heard a little about the flood in Chenzhou, but it's such a big deal......," Xiao asked with some surprise, "Could it be that the imperial court didn't allocate relief food for disaster relief?"

"The court has allocated the grain...... But whether we can eat it or not is another matter......" the old peasant sighed and shook his head.

"What do you mean by that?" Xiao asked after a pause.

"Since my brother is a businessman, how can he not understand the doorway here?" The old peasant looked a little strange, and then said with blank eyes: "There are two mouths of ancient officials, one on the top and one on the bottom, and the officials above don't eat first, how can we ordinary people have a share...... But if they are fed, how can we share the rest......

"Since the founding of Gaozu in our dynasty, wherever there is a major disaster, there will definitely be a grain supervisor ......appointed by the emperor himself," Qi Zehui said with some curiosity, "It stands to reason that even if the grain inspector turns a blind eye, it will not make those officials so seriously corrupt?

"How many years have it been...... the thin old man shook his head and sighed: "In the past, there were also Mirror Envoys who were in charge of secretly visiting various places to explore people's livelihood...... But as His Majesty was entangled by the vixen from the Western Regions, the pleasure-seeking thing was like a waste of money, and the money for foreign business work was reduced again and again...... The state and county officials in various places only need to write and play chapters to fool the court, and if the surface writing is good, it is that the wind and rain are smooth, and everything is very good......"

"Is there such a thing?" Xiao was also taken aback, while Qi Zehui frowned, and subconsciously asked: "The fox spirit in the old man's mouth, could it be that he refers to ......?"

"Who else could it be!" The thin old man's face was immediately full of indignation, "Isn't it the demon girl who paid tribute from the people of the Western Regions!"

"......I see," Xiao and Qi Zehui glanced at each other, with a little helplessness and compassion in their eyes. Everyone was silent for a while, perhaps in order to break the embarrassing atmosphere, Qi Zehui coughed dryly, looked at the young woman on the side, and asked curiously:

"This lady, you are a weak woman with no power, and a child, where are you going?"

When the woman holding the three-year-old child heard this, she immediately couldn't help but burst into tears, so frightened that Qi Zehui trembled, and hurriedly apologized:

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, did I say something wrong......?

"This brother doesn't need to be so alarmed, it's the slave family himself who wants to cry......" The woman wiped her tears and choked up again, then she eased up and explained: "The slave family's itinerary is the same as that of several brothers, and they are also going to Nanning to explore." For nothing else, but for my wretched husband, to retrieve his bones and bring them back for burial......"

"Bones?" Qi Zehui was stunned, and then asked hesitantly, "Is it possible...... Did you meet a bandit?"

"That's not the case...... the woman had tears in her eyes, hesitated for a moment, and finally whispered: "He is the defender of Quzhou, after the Western Regions was dispatched to meet the enemy in the First World War, there was no more sound, until not long ago, the documents from the government were delivered to ......"

"Could it be that Fu Rao Xianggong is one of the 10,000 brave men who died heroically in the Battle of the Western Regions?" Before Qi Zehui could ask, the thin old man on the side was already taken aback, and then asked.

"It's ......," the woman replied, wiping away her tears.

"I see!" The thin old man suddenly stood in awe of the woman, and after arching his hand, he gave a word of condolence and praise.

But Xiao and Qi Zehui, who were left on the side, were relatively speechless, with complicated faces.

On today's rivers and lakes, it seems that knowing that the 10,000 soldiers died at his own behalf, it seems that in addition to the initiators, there are only a few important members of the beggar gang......

But he never thought that when the group was sad and sighed, the young man who had been silent from beginning to end snorted coldly, and then said: "If you want me, all of this is the fault of the so-called King Zhang!"

As soon as these words came out, it was like a thunderbolt, and everyone in the cabin was stunned. As one of the people who supported His Royal Highness King Zhang, and a friend of His Royal Highness King Zhang, Xiao was shocked and angry, but he had to endure his temperament and asked in a deep voice: "Friend, what you said is a bit unheard of...... What do you mean by that?"

"Hehe, what's there to argue about? That's just the facts......" The cabin was dimly lit, and it was impossible to see the expressions on everyone's faces, so the young man thought that others had acquiesced to his point of view, and between his words, he was even more full of indignation:

"How heroic and strict Hu Ji, the king of Duzhang, wants me to be just an incompetent person who was born at the right time, happened to have shit luck, and is lazy and cowardly!"

"You ......" Xiao immediately trembled with anger, and then reluctantly calmed down, and said with a sneer: "How can you prove this? I think it's just some hearsay and rumors......

"Then I'll do it!" the young man cleared his throat, and then complained sharply: "If it weren't for cowardice, the old emperor in the past was fascinated by the demon girl, if he really thought about the country and the people, how could he stand by and let the demon girl get close to Your Majesty? If it weren't for his incompetence, the iron cavalry of the Western Regions came to the city a few years ago and attacked more than a dozen cities in our Central Plains, how could he leave his post without permission and avoid a fight?"

The more excited the young man became, the more angry he became, and he couldn't help but dance at the moment: "In my opinion, in the early years, what bloody battles outside the pass, defending and annihilating the enemy, was just a joke...... Maybe even this coincidental departure from his post without permission was also a conspiracy by King Nazhang to betray the country and collaborate with the enemy, but he failed to succeed! He is the main culprit who has caused the current chaos and tens of millions of people are in the midst of fire and water! Hearing him like this, he has been arrested and escorted to the capital? Okay! This kind of fox and fake tiger man should be killed! Beheaded!"

The young man became more and more excited, and Xiao on the side listened more and more, clenched his fists at the moment, and couldn't help yelling "You fart", about to argue, but was held down by Qi Zehui, who had been prepared, and then the latter turned his head with a smile on his face, and looked at the young man who was full of surprise and stopped talking.

"What? does he disagree with me?" asked the young man, rather strangely.

"No, no, no, he agrees, he agrees very much!" Qi Zehui laughed, and then said confusedly.

"Then why is he 'farting'?" the young man looked a little angry, "I think he is just an accomplice of the King Zhang!"

"No, no, no, you're going to be wrong!" Qi Zehui snorted and continued to fool: "What my brother means is that just cutting off your head is not enough, it's better to have a few more punishments!"

The young man was stunned for a moment, then nodded and responded, "That's right, you can't be cheap that guy!"

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