Geng Huyuan, who was walking in front, seemed to feel the change in Meng Ran's mood, and casually talked about a topic, wanting to break this unspeakable embarrassing atmosphere.

"Young master, when we arrive in the new town, we can have a good hot meal and change our tastes. ”

Meng Ran nodded at Geng Huyuan's back, "Yes, this dry food is light in my mouth." ”

Geng Huyuan smiled heartily, "Where is this, there will be many hard days in the future." ”

Meng Ran was a little puzzled, "What do you mean?"

"If you go to the Taoist Sect and have hardships, you have to be mentally prepared. Geng Huyuan said.

Meng Ran disagreed: "There are all cultivators there, how can there be hardships?"

"Hehe..."Geng Huyuan sneered, "Where there are people, there is fighting, you are just a mortal in the flesh, and if you go there, you will be the lowest crowd, do you still let you enjoy it?"

After Meng Ran heard this, he lowered his head and was silent.

Geng Huyuan may have felt that his words were a little heavy, so he coughed lightly, and said seriously: "Young master, the outside is not as good as the home, although you have gone through two battles, you are far from really touching the darkness of this world, and you do not have an objective understanding of the human heart, so you always look at the world with the set in the books, and when you have enough experience in the future, you will not think so." ”

"Uncle Geng, is the outside world really so unbearable?" Meng Ran asked softly.

"It's more than that. Geng Huyuan paused for a moment and said slowly, "Then I'll ask you a question first." ”

Meng Ran nodded, "Uncle Geng, you ask." ”

"Do you now know why we're going to New Town?"

Meng Ran pondered for a while, "I have a general understanding." ”

"Oh, let's talk about it. Geng Huyuan's words carried a bit of elegance.

"Although the new town is under the jurisdiction of Deqing County, it has the support of the well-known Qingfeng Concept behind it, so we will naturally not be afraid of the difficulties of Deqing County, so we can swagger in the new town, not afraid of being questioned by the officials of Deqing County. ”

Geng Huyuan bowed his head slightly, and said: "Although it is not hit, it is not far away." ”

Meng Ran asked, "Is there any other reason for that?"

Geng Huyuan said lightly: "Naturally, there is. Now this new town is not only not afraid of difficulties, but even works against the county government of Deqing County. ”

Meng Ran said with a look of disbelief: "Impossible, isn't it? Even if the new town has the support of Qingfeng Concept, how many people does the whole town have, and how many patrol tolerances do it have? If all the six houses in Deqing County are dispatched, all the lieutenants and public servants of the new town must not be arrested?"

"I'm afraid that the people of the new town will not agree. ”

"Then arrest the common people as well. ”

"The people didn't make any mistakes, so why should they be arrested? The people just watched the excitement in a circle, and at most they were standing on the street with kitchen knives in their hands. People don't want to kill and rob, and the official talisman can't be controlled. ”

Meng Ran smacked his lips, "Are the people of the new town so fierce?"

Geng Huyuan just shook his head, "It's not true, it's just that the tragedy that happened decades ago made the people of Xinshi Town hate Deqing County extraordinarily." ”

"Ah, when did it happen decades ago?" Meng Ran was very curious.

"It's an old thing, and because it's so bloody and cruel, very few people outside the new town know about it, and I happen to be one of them. Geng Huyuan sighed slightly.

"Then Uncle Geng, how do you know?"

"It's just hearsay. ”

"Oh......" For this obviously distracting excuse, Meng Ran could only be speechless.

After waiting for a few breaths, Geng Huyuan said slowly: "At that time, the magistrate of Deqing County was an arrogant and domineering young man, once when he was inspecting the new town, he met a woman with a lot of beauty, although the woman was dressed in plain clothes and clean face, the skin was extremely delicate and delicate, the figure was delicate and petite, the curves were particularly charming, the big place was extraordinarily exaggerated, and the thin place was not half a point wide, which also caused the lust of the county.

He first seduced and threatened the woman, but was sternly refused, and in anger and shame, he wanted to forcibly occupy the woman, never thinking that the woman's temperament was very strong, and she directly hit the wall and died.

The magistrate was very angry, stripped the woman of her clothes, and streaked her body on the street. ”

Meng Ran coughed and interrupted: "Uncle Geng, you go straight to the point, don't talk about this... These are irrelevant contents. ”

Geng Huyuan shook his head and continued: "If that woman is just an ordinary person, this matter may be over. But the woman was the youngest daughter of the mayor of the new town, and she had just become pregnant, so she went back to her mother's house to give birth, and never thought that such a misfortune would have happened.

After Nazhi County learned the identity of the woman, he just dropped twenty taels of silver and was about to leave, without even the most basic explanation.

The lieutenant was furious in his heart, and summoned the whole clan to surround the people of Nazhi County, wanting to ask for an explanation.

As a result, Nazhi County bit back, saying that the chief clan wanted to besiege the court officials, which was an act of rebellion.

As soon as the two sides disagreed, they started fighting.

The result is unknown, how can ordinary people be wolves and tigers to catch fast opponents, the eldest son died tragically on the spot, and the young people of the same clan also suffered a lot of casualties, but the county was not able to please, was knocked with a stick, and the entire shoulder blade was broken.

Just when a greater disaster was about to happen, the Taoist priest of Qingfeng Temple came, and under some persuasion, the two sides stopped fighting and made peace.

The magistrate took the arrest back to the city to recuperate, and the lieutenant also took the young man of the same clan home to deal with the funeral matters, originally thought that this matter would end like this, but he never thought that a bigger disaster was still to come.

Although Nazhi County held a grudge, he was forced by the pressure of public opinion and did not dare to act rashly, so he could only stare at the new town with cold eyes, and secretly hated it in his heart.

Later, this matter somehow spread to the capital, and the imperial court was forced to remove the magistrate from his post under secular pressure, and his career was cut off. It's just that this magistrate is a relative of a high-ranking official in the capital, and he came to Deqing County to serve just for gilding, and he never thought that he would end his official career, so he was even more annoyed.

The hatred of the ** dismissal of broken bones is added together, and this county order has some crazy thoughts. Before the arrival of the new magistrate, he secretly accumulated strength, and with the help of family connections, he mobilized a whole team of military horses.

On a dark and windy night, he killed all the lieutenants, men, women, and children. But fortunately, the youngest son of the day went to Qingfeng Temple to play, and did not return home at night, so he escaped the catastrophe and left a life.

Later, when the young man grew up and became the lieutenant with the help of the townspeople, he began to rely on Qingfeng Guan and turned a blind eye to the orders of Deqing County. ”

After hearing what happened to this tragedy, Meng Ran was very angry, and scolded loudly: "This dog official, how can he be so blind? How can he treat human life like a mustard? This bastard thing ......?"

Meng Ran turned over and over those limited scolding words, and he was not like people in the market, who could scold him for a morning without repeating words.

After scolding for a while, Meng Ran was already a little out of breath, so he stopped and asked in a hissed voice, "Uncle Geng, has this bastard been disposed of?"

Geng Huyuan sighed, "Naturally, no. ”

"Why?" Meng Ran screamed, startling the birds in the woods and running away.

Geng Huyuan's voice sank, and he said coldly: "What else can you rely on? Just because he is a famous family, just because he is a meritorious family, just because he is a member of the imperial court, these reasons are enough, right?"

"I don't understand ......"

"You don't understand, but if you do, you're not you. Geng Huyuan said quietly: "In order to maintain its own physical dignity, the imperial court will naturally not admit this matter. They sent eagle dogs, who knew the most about inspection, but they only came to the conclusion that 'thieves committed murder', and afterwards they beheaded a group of bandits more than 100 miles away, so as to close the case.

But anyone with a discerning eye knows that the real murderer is still at large, and the death is just a group of scapegoats. ”

Hearing such a dark incident, Meng Ran, who had studied Confucianism since childhood, felt that deep in his heart, something sacred and inviolable had broken a small hole, and it was no longer flawless white jade, but a flawed thing.

The trees are sparse, and a little sunlight is shining on the two of them, although they are shaded by trees, they can already feel a different kind of heat lingering on the ground.

The two continued to move forward silently, and after a long time, Meng Ran didn't say a word, Geng Huyuan was a little worried, and couldn't help but turn around and ask, "Young Master, are you okay?"

"En..."Meng Ran just snorted.

"Young master, I am telling you this, just to let you understand the darkness of human nature, not to make you disappointed in this world. There are always good people and bad people, and this is the way of the world, so there is no need to be too sad. Geng Huyuan said with relief.

Meng Ran nodded slightly and said: "I know what you mean, but I'm still a little sad, it's all the same life, some people kill people like hemp and don't repent, and some people can only make fish and meat on the board and let others slaughter." ”

"So, when you go to Wuliang Mountain, you must learn to be famous, don't let yourself down, and don't let down the people who care about you. Geng Huyuan said.

Meng Ran nodded vigorously, "I will work hard, I must learn to be a good person, and I can't waste your hard work." ”

"Wrong. Geng Huyuan denied: "Don't waste your hard work, young people, you should be diligent and hardworking, don't waste your years and years." ”

Meng Ran bowed his head, and then asked: "Uncle Geng really has a lot of truths, and he also made achievements when he was young. ”

Geng Huyuan snorted, and said in his mouth: "There is a fart act, but he is just a stunned young man, and he will not look back if he does not hit the south wall." It's just that now that I'm getting older, a lot of truth is slowly maturing between the chest and abdomen, and I can blow it like this. ”

Meng Ran smiled dumbly, "Uncle Geng is too modest, your truth is better than thousands of wasted people in the world, how can you brag nonsense." ”

Geng Huyuan waved his hand, his face was not colorful, he looked embarrassed, and said softly: "It's just exchanged for the lives of my brothers, what is there to be proud of, if I can choose again, I would rather die than my ......."

Meng Ran stretched out his ears and listened hard, but he didn't hear a single thing or two, so he had to ask: "Uncle Geng, your voice is too small, I can't hear clearly, say it louder." ”

Geng Huyuan did not continue, but walked silently with his mount.