Zhao Xinming escaped from Zheng's mansion and found an inn in a relatively remote place in the east of the city to live. www.biquge.info For seven days in a row, Zhao Xinming hid in the inn to recuperate from his injuries, occasionally going out for a walk, and did not dare to leave too far. Seven days later, Zhao Xinming's injuries were mostly healed, and then he remembered the agreement with Hei Ji.

At this time, it was August, Zhao Xinming walked all the way from east to west, and suddenly found that there were many more refugees in Qingzhou City. The war between the two states continued, the fertile land was destroyed, and the government expropriated violently after the war, and the people had no choice but to escape. Qingzhou shares a border with these two states and thus bears the bulk of the refugees.

As refugees continued to pour into the city of Qingzhou, Qinghou and Zheng Renxing took the opportunity to fabricate various reasons to select strong men from among them, and secretly trained them to expand their private armaments. Zheng Renxing is the general of Qingzhou soldiers and horses, who has taken advantage of the time and place, and suppressed Qinghou everywhere, and Qinghou dared to be angry and dared not speak, so he had to temporarily endure it.

Most of the refugees did not want to join the army, and among them were all men of the stronger and ablest of life, who could find a job in the city and barely have a problem surviving. The most pitiful thing is those old and weak women and children, helpless, no one to hire, and nowhere to stay, they can only beg along the street, in just half a day, more than ten people died of starvation in front of Zhao Xinming's eyes!

If it was in the past, Zhao Xinming would have given these people a few copper plates no matter how bad they were, but now there is no reaction at all, as if it was not a person who died but a cat and a dog. "It's none of your business, hang high", Zhao Xinming became more and more accustomed to this mentality, and looked at all this around him indifferently. Zhao Xinming also felt very strange, he never thought that he was such a cold-blooded person, but it was so!" "It's all Wang Ming'er's fault." Zhao Xinming thought for a while and comforted himself like this.

Zhao Xinming walked aimlessly, and unconsciously came to the west gate of Qingzhou City. There was a great clearing near the gate, and the clearing was full of kneeling people, all of whom were selling their sons and daughters, or selling their own. In a few days, it has actually developed into a "people's market"! Many large families in Qingzhou City, and even the old bustards in brothels, are picking and choosing among them, just like visiting a vegetable market. From time to time, a girl was photographed and taken away with a few taels of silver, and a little boy was taken away by someone who threw down a few copper plates and was taken away by his parents in the gratitude of his parents.

Zhao Xinming walked by, and the "human market" immediately cried: "This young master, take me away." "This young master, be merciful. "And so on and so forth. Zhao Xinming glanced at it lightly, and there was not a trace of ripples in his heart. "What's wrong with me?" Zhao Xinming was puzzled in his heart, and couldn't help but stop and look.

The west of the city is full of people coming and going, laughing and scolding endlessly, and the life of life is unobstructed. Not far away, people in the "gambling house" came in and out, and a young master stepped into the "gambling house", his face was full of red light, followed by 4 or 5 followers.

"Young master, be careful, there is a threshold here, I almost fell here last time. A retinue leading the way walked in front and said with his head bowed.

"What are you?" said the other attendant with disdain, turning around and flatteringly, "The young master is a nobleman. In my opinion, the young master is full of red light, and at first glance, he is lucky, and he will win at least 10,000 yuan today. ”

"Hehe, that's a good point. Wang Er, the whole mansion belongs to you to speak, which is the most suitable for me. The young master praised it, but the entourage who led the way glanced at this second king with hatred.

While speaking, the door of the "gambling house" was knocked open, and a middle-aged man stumbled to the ground, followed by several casino thugs, scolding and scolding the middle-aged man on the ground. The onlookers next to him also pointed and discussed.

"Don't fight, I was wrong, I don't dare anymore. The middle-aged man couldn't help beating and begged for mercy again and again.

"Don't dare, you have lost so much money, and you dare to smoke a thousand, you deserve to be killed. "The thugs have no scruples about getting up and down.

"Young Master Zhou, hey, what a sin. ”

"Yes, they were all instigated by those subordinates, gambling for more than ten years, and finally ended up ruined. ”

"You didn't see him at the beginning, and there is no place for him to stay in Qingzhou City. ”

"What's the use of knowing now that you regret it? ”

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When the young master on the side saw this scene, he was shocked, stood on the spot, looked at the "gambling house", and was very hesitant. Wang Er saw it in his eyes and hurriedly said, "Young Master, Li Huakui is still waiting for you over there." ”

The young master hesitated for a moment, finally nodded and walked in.

"If you don't want to, why force it. Zhao Xinming sighed and turned his head to see that there was a lot of noise in the "human market". An old bustard stood in front of several young women, picking and choosing, commanding and commanding.

"Hehe, you have to think about it, there will be no store without me. The old bustard snorted coldly and said sharply, "You have been kneeling here for a few days, and you should think clearly, no one in this Qingzhou City wants you except me." If you kneel like this again, you're going to die!"

The old bustard paused for a moment and said again: "What is the way of the world now? That is to laugh at the poor and not to laugh at the prostitute! When you are developed in the future, don't you want anything? Tsk, the old woman has a good heart, and she wastes her tongue here, changes someone, and leaves early." ”

The old bustard said wildly, and several young women gradually changed, six of them were a little moved, looked at each other, and finally one of them came out, and the other five hesitated for a while, and also walked out one after another. The old bustard looked at the rest of the people, sneered, and left with the six of them. Only one stood there alone, staring blankly at the comings and goings.

"Only me?" Zhao Xinming stood there blankly. What is self-reliance, everything is based on me, and I don't listen to the words of others? Everything is selfish, selfish? Everything is based on me, and everything is measured by me? Zhao Xinming was puzzled in his heart, as if these were all right, as if these were not right. What exactly is solipsism?

Zhao Xinming was confused in his heart, watching every move on the "human market". Suddenly I thought that even if these people wanted to rely on themselves, what could they do? If they want to farm but have no land, if they want to do business without capital, if they want to be coolies, they have to look at people's faces, and if they want to rebel but have no guts, what is the use of "self-reliance"?

Thinking of this, Zhao Xinming's heart shook. "Blood Realm" and "Killing Realm" made a comeback, and after a while, Zhao Xinming felt that his eyes were blurred, and a hot current seeped out of his mouth and nose.

Zhao Xinming was anxious in his heart, and when he glanced at it, he saw the young woman standing there alone, and although her eyes were confused, she was calm. Zhao Xinming suddenly thought of a sentence: The flowers are like a brocade and pass away, only I have no regrets in my heart! What I want to find is this, "only my heart"!

As soon as he thought of this, Zhao Xinming's heart was clear, the "Blood Realm" and "Killing Realm" were shattered and disappeared without a trace, and a new power slowly formed in his body. Zhao Xinming smiled slightly, this force is exactly the realm of "self-reliance"! The artistic conception has been completed, Zhao Xinming has a clear mind, looking at the mountains and the water is water, calmly looking at the "human market", and continuing to walk west with a faint smile.