Chen Qi led the three of them directly to the backyard of Xingyun Temple. On the way, Chen Qi learned that the young man's name was Wei Wu, the slightly darkened man was Xue Chen, and the man surnamed Guo was Guo Dongming.

Meng Bufan saw Chen Qi and asked, "The officers and soldiers are gone?" He had gathered all the victims in the backyard according to what Chen Qi had said, and then he had been staying there to prevent accidents.

Chen Qi nodded and introduced to Meng Bufan: "It was these three friends who helped to let the Yongan Army withdraw. ”

Meng Bufan saluted the three of them, "Thank you!"

Wei Wu and the others returned the salute, "Uncle don't be polite!"

After Chen Qi introduced the two sides to each other, he led Wei Wu to meet the victims.

The victims of the disaster were originally extremely panicked, but when they learned that the officers and soldiers had retreated, they all breathed a long sigh of relief and calmed down a little.

After Wei Wu learned about the specific situation of the imperial court's disaster relief from the victims, he said angrily: "A group of moths, they really deserve to be killed!"

Chen Qi said: "I also had the same idea as Brother Wei that day, but it was not easy to talk about, so I had no choice but to gather these poor victims here as an expedient measure, I wanted to go to the capital for help after settling down, but I didn't want to be targeted by the prefect of Yunzhou, so I came to look for trouble twice before and after." ”

"They've been here once before?"

"Exactly. Chen Qi immediately briefly told Li Gangwei about the temple last time.

Wei Wudao: "There is no excuse for the crime that they want to add, but they are really too bold to call the garrison privately." ”

Chen Qi said: "Why don't they dare to do this? If they dare to do this, they must have a perfect solution." ”

Wei Wudao: "What a foolproof strategy, it is just as they said, to put a charge on you for plotting rebellion, and then kill all of you, and then there is no proof of death, let them talk nonsense." And if they send troops without authorization, they can use the fact that the incident happened suddenly, and they have no time to report it, and they will be guilty afterwards, but because they have made great achievements in quelling the rebellion, they can offset the merits, and may even be rewarded. ”

Chen Qi said: "It's really vicious!"

Wei Wudao: "But their plan did not succeed in the end, the three Chen brothers were able to save so many victims, it is a great righteousness, please accept Wei's worship." As he spoke, he bowed to Chen Qi and Meng Bufan's master and apprentice.

Chen Qi and the three returned the salute, and then Chen Qi said: "Brother Wei and the three of them took action to relieve the siege for us, and they are also chivalrous. ”

Wei Wu smiled, "We don't have to compliment each other. ”

At this time, Xue Chen stepped forward and said, "Childe, it's getting late, it's time to get up and go into the city." ”

Wei Wudao: "Brother Chen and I hit it off at first sight, I will stay here tonight, I want to talk with Brother Chen at night, I wonder if Brother Chen is willing?"

Chen Qixi said: "Naturally willing!"

"But......" Xue Chen looked embarrassed.

Wei Wudao: "It's good here, don't worry." ”

Xue Chen nodded, said no more, and stepped aside.

Dinner was extremely simple, and after the meal, Wei Wu branched out to everyone and stayed in a single room with Chen Qi, preparing to talk at night.

Wei Wuxian said: "Brother Chen said that he was going to the capital for help, did he have an acquaintance who was an official in the capital?"

Chen Qi shook his head, "No." ”

"Then what are you going to do when you arrive in the capital?"

"There are many yamen in the capital, and there are many officials, I think there will always be someone to take care of this matter. ”

"Since Brother Chen has no acquaintances in the capital, and there is no specific method, how about leaving this matter to Wei?"

"Of course it's good that Brother Wei can do it, I don't know how Brother Wei plans to do this?"

"My father has some friendship with some officials in Beijing, and if I ask them for help, I don't think they will refuse. ”

"Great!" Chen Qi said happily, and then saluted, "Thank you Brother Wei for the victims!"

Wei Wudao: "Brother Chen is polite, and it is also Wei's heart to do his best for these victims, not to mention that Brother Chen is a person respected by Wei, and he is willing to relieve his brother's worries." ”

"Hey~" Chen Qi sighed, "It would be great if the court officials could care about the people!"

Wei Wu smiled: "I think there are still many such officials. ”

Chen Qi smiled bitterly: " So far, I haven't seen one, Yunyue four states, there are three states affected, if the officials of the three states can care about the people, not just want to fill their own pockets, take the opportunity to make a fortune, I don't think there will be so many people displaced, and this Yunzhou that has not been affected by the disaster, the prefect Li Zhixing took advantage of the imperial court to govern the canal, in the name of work relief, regarded the lives of the victims as mustard, wantonly squeezed them, and united other officials to deduct the construction silver taels allocated by the imperial court, not to hide from Brother Wei, we did rob Li Zhixing's prefect yamen, but the money and property were used to relieve the victims。 In a dark room in Li Zhixing's mansion, there are not only a large number of treasures, but also a lot of money, and the silver tickets we found are 15,000 taels, which is not counting the money he embezzled from the canal management. ”

"It's disgusting! You're doing nothing wrong. Wei Wu said angrily.

Chen Qi continued: "These local officials are hateful, but so are the officials sent by the imperial court, if the officials involved in the disaster relief can be honest and honest, they will not let the local officials take the opportunity to plunder, in the same way, if the Beijing officials involved in the management of the canal did not want to enrich their own pockets and lose the responsibility of supervision, then Li Zhixing would not be so bold." ”

Wei Wu sighed, "The current government of the imperial court is indeed a bit corrupt. But I believe that these are not what the imperial court wants to see, the corruption of the government endangers the foundation of the country, the court will not let this kind of thing happen, as far as I know, the court is now encountering some problems, and after these problems are resolved, I believe that the court will definitely rectify the government, rectify the rule of officials, and revitalize the state government. ”

Chen Qi said: "I hope so, I grew up in the mountains since I was a child, and this is the first time I went out of the mountain, but I didn't expect that what I saw and heard was far from the world I imagined in my heart." ”

Wei Wudao: "What kind of world is Brother Chen in his heart?"

Chen Qi said: "The world in my heart is of course a peaceful world, the world is stable, the people live and work in peace and contentment, for the official should be in his position to seek his own government, the upper can be for the country and the community to offer advice, the lower can care for the people, for the people to relieve their worries, for the monarch can know how to make good use of people, pro-virtuous ministers and far villains." ”

After listening to this, Wei Wu praised Chen Qi: "Brother Chen is young, not only chivalrous and jealous, but also has such extraordinary vision and cognition, I don't know if I will be willing to serve the imperial court if I have the opportunity in the future." ”

Chen Qi smiled: "I'm just a martial artist, but I can't be an official." ”

Wei Wudao: "It's not difficult to be an official, with your intelligence, I'm afraid it's easy to do anything." ”

"Brother Wei has won the award, I don't know what happened to Brother Wei entering Beijing this time. ”

"I'm going to get a job in the capital. ”

"If Brother Wei becomes an official, he must be a good official!"

Wei Wu smiled: "How can you see it?"

Chen Qi smiled: "Perception." ”

Wei Wudao: "Actually, as I said just now, there are still many good officials, Brother Chen can go to more places when he has time, and he will see different officials, and he must not deny the entire court because of a few moths." Just like this disaster relief, the imperial court has allocated a lot of disaster relief silver, and the imperial court does not want to see the displacement of the victims, although in the end there is a responsibility for negligence, so that corrupt officials take advantage of the loopholes, resulting in the current situation, but it cannot deny the original intention of the imperial court. In fact, most of the national policies and decrees of the imperial court are good, but some of the following officials have deviated from their implementation. Just like a scripture, if it is an enlightened monk, it will be able to grasp the essence of the scripture, but those who are young will not only fail to grasp the essence, but will deliberately distort and distort the truth. ”

Chen Qi said: "Brother Wei is high!"

The two hit it off at first sight, talked happily with each other, and only rested when they were ugly.

Early the next morning, Wei Wu and the three said goodbye.

Wei Wu looked at Chen Qi, his face was reluctant, and he hugged his fists and said, "Brother Chen, there will be a period later!"

Chen Qi returned the salute, "There will be a period later, Brother Wei has a good trip!"

Wei Wudao: "There will be a reply to the disaster relief within a month, please wait patiently Brother Chen." ”

"Brother Lao Wei bothered!"

Wei Wu smiled, and immediately took Xue Chen, Guo Mingdong and everyone to say goodbye, and got on the horse and went away.

"Childe, do we still want to enter Yunzhou City?" Xue Chen asked.

Wei Wudao: "Of course I want to go in, go and warn Li Zhixing, so that he can save him from having evil thoughts again." ”

Xue Chen said: "Li Zhixing is his person, and I am afraid that doing this will expose our whereabouts." ”

Wei Wudao: "It doesn't matter if our whereabouts are not exposed, although we have only encountered an ambush along the way, but the more this is the case, the more dangerous it will be, since he knows that I am going to enter Beijing, there will not be only this interception, I am afraid that he has laid ambushes on all roads into Beijing now." ”

Guo Dongming, who had not spoken much, said at this time: "Then we will kill it." ”

Wei Wu smiled and nodded at him.