The three of Lu Chuan arrived at the foot of Wuyi Mountain that night, not because of Yan Song's relationship, it had nothing to do with Yan Song.

They originally wanted to take a look at Wuyi Mountain, which is the same as Kongtong Mountain, which is a famous mountain of the three religions. If Wuyi Palace hadn't been destroyed by Bingxie during the orthodox years, most of them would not have been under the Kongtong faction now.

However, it was feared that going up the mountain at night would cause misunderstanding, so they prepared to rest for the night in the unknown town below the mountain.

But anyone who has a spare room at home usually does not dislike the people in the rivers and lakes, because as long as these men with knives and guns open their mouths, they will not be short of silver when they leave. If a farmer is digging in the field to eat, how much silver can he see all year round?

But the people in this town are really strange, there were lights and a lively scene, but as soon as they saw them, they immediately closed their doors, and even the children stopped crying.

It's like ...... Hiding from the bandits, Jiang Bin thinks so anyway. I saw him clear his throat and shout loudly: "Listen, our king said, handing over the money and food can still save your life, if not, if you can't hide, you will be told not to leave the chickens and dogs!"

After shouting a few times, it really had an effect, the door of a room not far in front of him creaked open, and an old man walked out, trembling and walking in front of the three of them, "Three kings, we must find a way to make up how much food we need, and please have mercy on us and spare our lives." ”

Jiang Bin didn't pretend to be horizontal, and pretended to say: "That's natural, but if you can't get what I said, hehe, if you can't tell me, I'll cut you open and dry first." ”

When the old man heard this, he was almost so frightened that he sat on the ground.

Wang Shouren and Lu Chuan secretly laughed, glanced at each other, and walked past Jiang Bin to the front.

"Don't be afraid, old man, I was joking with you just now, we are not thieves, just people who walk on our feet, passing by the treasure land, it is getting late and want to spend the night. ”

Lu Chuan took out a piece of silver, stuffed it into the old man's hand and said, "Old man, do you think these are enough?"

The old man looked at Lu Chuan, then at Wang Shouren, and finally didn't forget to sneak a look at Jiang Bin, "You are really not ......"

Jiang Bin's eyebrows furrowed, "If you can't vacate a house or make a table of dinner, I will still cut you open and dry!"

The old man was so frightened that Wang Shouren hurriedly stretched out his hand to support him, "Old man, do you think it is convenient?"

Fang ...... Convenient. The old man believed it and walked home with the three of them, but he was still a little afraid of Jiang Bin.

When they arrived at the house, the three of them took off their coats, sat down on the upper seat, drank two sips of hot water, and suddenly felt a little more energetic. The old woman went to the back to prepare the meal, and the old man stood in front of the man with his hands down, as if he had seen the king of the mountain.

Lu Chuan smiled slightly, pulled over a chair, "Old man, please take a seat, I have a few questions I want to ask you?"

"The King...... Oh no, young man, excuse me. ”

"What's the name of this place, and how far is it from Wuyi Mountain?"

"The name of the town is Xiamei Town, there are 300 households outside the town, and it is ten miles away from Wuyi Mountain. ”

"Three hundred households is not small. How's the harvest? Can you get by?"

"Alas...... To tell you the truth, if Lao Banzai is still alive, although he is not rich, eating and drinking is not a problem, there is still some surplus grain left after paying miscellaneous taxes, and he may be able to pull a new dress for his children and daughter-in-law in a good year. In the past few years, I can only hang my life......"

"The way of the world is like this, old man, let me ask you again, why are our fellow villagers in Meizhen afraid of the people in the rivers and lakes? Could it be that there are strong people nearby?"

"Uh...... This...... No, no, no ......"

"Old man, please see, this is the general of the four grades of the imperial court, with thousands of troops and horses, this is the commander of the military department, the Qincha who was ordered, and we are here to suppress the bandits. Although you are bold to speak, whether it is bandits and bandits, or local tyrants and officials bullying others, we can call the shots for you. ”

"Uh...... Really?"

"Is this still fake? The crime of pretending to be an official of the imperial court to turn around, is it possible that you still have to see the official with a letter ticket?"

The old man knelt down with a puff, "Three great masters, make the decision for us!" said as he lay on the ground and kowtowed.

Wang Shouren looked unbearable, stretched out his hand to help him and said, "Old man, please get up, this official will call the shots for you." ”

The old man sighed, and then he said slowly.

"Three great masters, why are you afraid of the Jianghu people? The Jianghu people are all robbers and brutes. I didn't know before, but I mistakenly thought the three of you were one of them, so I didn't dare to tell the truth. Didn't you ask if there were any thieves in our neighborhood? There are no thieves, and there is no need for thieves, our neighbors are robbers. ”

"Neighbors?"

"It's just ten miles away, just raise your feet to get there, can you say that it's not a neighbor?"

"You mean Wuyi Mountain?"

"Not really. I heard the old man say that on the original Wuyi Mountain, whether it was a monk, a Taoist priest or a layman, that person was very good, and the comprador who came down to give more silver when he was short of things, and there were people to help when he was busy in the spring and autumn fields. It's a pity that the war was broken up later, and it wasn't until I was a child that people began to come back one after another, but I'm afraid most of them are not the same people as they were at the beginning. ”

"Who are they?"

"I don't know who it is. ”

"Burning, killing, looting, raping, stealing, and adultery?"

As long as someone has a child, if they hear it, they will come and rob it the next day. You said that it's okay to rob girls, they even rob boys, isn't this going to make people desperate......"

As the old man was talking, he heard a soft snap next to him, Lu Chuan put the water bowl on the table, held the sword in his hand, and said lightly: "Girl, what? Your old thing jumped out of the crack in the stone?"

Wang Shouren was shocked, others didn't know, but he could clearly understand that Lu Chuan's appearance was going to kill people.

But this old man was very eyeless, thinking that Lu Chuan was joking, and said: "It's really not that the little old man is dirty, the old man doesn't know, this woman is troublesome to raise, as the saying goes, eighteen years for an adopted daughter is not enough oil and salt money, in fact, oil and salt money is still a trivial matter, the key is that you can't get married." If you don't marry, you can't pass on the ancestry, if you marry, who can afford to marry?"

Lu Chuan sneered: "Since you don't like it so much, why do you want her?"

"Adults are really good at telling jokes, and raising children and daughters is not up to others. Sometimes there is really no way at home, so I just throw it into the water with a ruthless heart, and I have never given birth to ......"

"Shut up, junior brother, slow down!" Wang Shouren shouted slowly, Lu Chuan's sword had already reached the old man's throat, only less than half an inch, but it finally stopped.

"Cruel and unkind, in vain. What do you want him to do?"

Lu Chuan spoke very slowly, and every word was like water dripping from the ice edge, making people feel cold all over.

"The junior brother doesn't know that this practice is not unique here, and there are such customs in many places such as the southeast coast and Jiangxi. ”

"Good Southern barbarian! It is also a custom to hurt and give birth to bad customs? Senior brother, there is no need to persuade you, tonight, not a single person here will survive. ”

"Senior brother! In the twenty-second year of Chenghua, Xianzong had personally approved the imperial pen, and it was clear to the world, 'Human life is the most important, father and son are close to each other, and now they are drowned due to the fatigue of marriage. In the future, the civil wedding dress should be commensurate with the family property, and no extravagance is allowed. Then there are the offenders who go far away. ’”

"Then why do you still commit it?"

"The taxes are too heavy, and the people are not able to make a living, what else can they do?"

"The rich and the rich cannot be lewd, the poor and the lowly cannot be moved, and the mighty cannot be bent. Poverty is not a reason to destroy humanity. ”

Wang Shouren smiled bitterly: "They are not you and me, that is, they don't have such good martial arts, and they haven't read books for a few days." They don't know that 'starvation to death is a small thing, and a big loss of moderation is a big thing', and they don't have the ability to kill corrupt officials and corrupt officials, rob the rich and help the poor, they ...... It's just maggots......"

Lu Chuan let out a sigh, the sword slowly drooped, and he sat back in his chair, bowing his head and saying nothing.

Looking at the old man again, he was already frightened.

Wang Shouren didn't speak, just looked at the ground quietly and didn't save the old man.

The silence lasted for a while, Lu Chuan cleared his throat and said lightly: "Jiang Bin, wake him up, I have something to ask." ”

Jiang Bin didn't look at it just now, he didn't agree with what the old man said just now, he didn't have a good hand when he went up, he carried his collar, and the ping pong was two mouths.

The old man woke up with a sigh, only to feel pain in his cheeks, his tongue in his mouth for a long time, and he opened his mouth and spit out a tooth.

In fact, this is still light, with Jiang Bin's strength, a slap can knock his head off. But it was enough for the old man, and he was so frightened that he trembled and didn't dare to say a word. Until now, he hadn't figured out why Lu Chuan wanted to kill him, and wasn't it normal for him to drown a child who was not cost-effective? Father's essence and mother's blood, ten months pregnant, their lives were given by their parents, the king wanted the minister to die, the minister had to die, the father wanted the son to die, and the son dared not to die?

As the saying goes, poor people must have something to hate, and that's probably it.

Lu Chuan said lightly with a calm face: "What did Wuyi Palace do when it snatched these children?"

The old man looked at Wang Shouren, his eyes were full of begging, Wang Shouren couldn't bear to look directly, and turned his face away.

Jiang Bin raised his slap and shouted, "Say!"

The old man wanted to faint again, but he couldn't help it if he didn't faint, so he stammered: "They said that even if you take it to the mountains as a slave, it is better to be drowned early." We don't dare to go to the mountains, and I don't know the specifics, but it's not much better to come, most of them are really slaves and maids, and maybe they will be treated as playthings for their sexual pleasure. ”

Suddenly, there was a loud "pop", so frightened that the old man shrank his neck and almost bit his tongue off, only to see Lu Chuan slap his palm on the table, and a corner of the table suddenly fell to the ground, "Poor mountains and bad waters come out of the people, it's really angry with me!"

"Senior brother, don't worry, let's go up the mountain tomorrow to find out. I think Wuyi Palace is ranked among the eighty-one gates, and there are many Qing cultivators on the mountain, so it shouldn't be too much. ”

"I hope so, or I'll have to kill them!"