Four people and one ape flew back and forth all night above the mountains in the east, but found nothing but deep mountains and old forests.
But the less they found, the more curious the four of them became, the more they wanted to find the place where Ru Junmei and his son hid their food, and see what secrets your family hid deep in the mountains.
Five days later, four people and one ape came out of the deep mountains and old forests. Zhang Xiaozu and the four of them had a look of fear on their faces, because if the black ape hadn't given guidance, they would have been trapped in the deep mountains and old forests for how long.
It turns out that there is a huge illusion array hidden deep in the mountain forest.
Looking down from the air, you can see mountains, flowing water, flowers, trees, birds and animals. All the scenery is natural and real. But when you step into the forest, the scenery changes instantly. There are dense old forests, jagged rocks, rugged roads, countless cliffs, and even more.
The terrible thing is that there are mountains of fog and no daylight.
Niu Dawa and Zhang Xiaozu flew vertically into the sky for a full hour, but they could not fly away from the fog. But when they fell back, it only took a few dozen breaths. In other words,
They seem to be flying upwards constantly, but in fact they are trapped in a small space and spinning around.
The four of them broke into a cold sweat.
Finally, Black Ape became impatient in the mist of the old forest and gave some guidance, and then the four of them walked out of the illusion formation.
But before coming out, they first saw the secret hidden in the illusion array.
There is a vast and huge military base hidden among the mountains. Judging from the size of the military camp, at least 20,000 soldiers and horses are stationed in this base.
After secretly observing for two days, Zhang Xiaozu and the other four were even more shocked. They discovered that these soldiers had extremely strong military qualities, followed orders and prohibitions, and had strict discipline. Each of them had at least a fifth-level heavenly cultivation level.
The overall combat power was so strong that Zhang Xiaopeng and the four of them were frightened. It is no exaggeration to say that if these 20,000 troops were put on the battlefield, they would be able to defeat 500,000 elite troops.
Even the famous black-armored cavalry might be vulnerable to them.
The four people left quietly, not daring to disturb this group of powerful soldiers.
They finally understood why Ru Chengzhou did not want them to enter Donglin Mountain. It turned out that there were private soldiers hiding in the mountains, and they were also powerful private soldiers.
According to Dasu law, recruiting and raising private soldiers will all be punished with the crime of conspiracy and rebellion. In the light case, the whole family will be exiled, and in the serious case, the whole family will be executed.
The 20,000 soldiers raised by your family can defeat hundreds of thousands of super elite soldiers. If word spreads, they will definitely be killed.
So I dare not let outsiders know.
"Fortunately, we came with 40,000 troops. Fortunately, we came after making a big fuss in Tuozhou. Fortunately, we had the emperor's arrows. Otherwise, we might have been led into the illusion formation by Ru Chengzhou and destroyed.
"While walking away from Donglin Mountain, Zhang Xiaopeng said with lingering fear.
He felt that the reason why Ru Chengzhou kept giving in and even killed Ru Junmei and Ru Heng with his own hands to calm down the incident was because the matter had already escalated and the emperor had ordered arrows to serve as the vanguard, which made Ru Chengzhou feel unsure.
We dare not rashly suppress and cover it up, for fear of involving more troubles. Otherwise, if just a few of them come to your house to question the crime, they may be lured into the terrifying illusion array by Ru Chengzhou and killed.
Zhou Jianlai nodded in agreement and said: "In the future, you need to be more careful when dealing with these wealthy families. No one can guarantee what kind of methods they hide."
"Do I need to report this matter?" Niu Dawa asked.
Zhou Jianlai pondered for a moment and then said: "Tell the old man when you see him next time and let him handle it.
In fact, it is normal for a general family to have private soldiers, just like literati love antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and practitioners love magical weapons and sharp weapons, it is just a simple hobby.
It's just that you can train private soldiers to be so capable, and your family has something to offer.
I feel that there should be an expert or a stronger force behind your family to help.
Twenty thousand soldiers with the lowest cultivation level of the fifth heaven realm, even large sects such as Yaowang Valley and Feixian Sect may not have such power.
But we don’t need to be afraid. We should practice hard and when our combat power reaches another level, your family will mean nothing when we fight against the mighty stars.”
"Um"
…
Muyang City is only one city away from the Imperial Capital.
Like all major cities, the city walls are towering and tall, but the difference is that the city is extremely prosperous.
Along the way, Zhang Xiaozu and the others passed by several main cities and fully experienced the prosperity of the seventy-two central main cities.
Both belong to Dayu and are both cities in the Su Dynasty. Compared with the seventy-two central main cities, the gap between Baiyun City and the seventy-two central cities is like the difference between ravines and towns. There is a difference between clouds and mud.
To be honest, looking at the extremely prosperous main cities, Zhang Xiaozu and the four of them felt that their eyes were opened and at the same time, they felt a little uncomfortable in their hearts.
There is a feeling that the people in the southern region are living in hell on earth, while the people in the seventy-two central cities are living in paradise on earth. However, everyone is on the same land under their feet, and above their heads is the same sky. They are all subjects of the Great Su Empire, but
The reality is that we live in two worlds.
The four of them felt that their uncomfortable feelings were caused by jealousy, so they were too embarrassed to speak out.
Walking on the bustling streets with crowds of people, busy traffic, and bustling streets, the slightly depressed moods of Zhang Xiaozu and the other four people quickly came to an end.
"Oh, I thought there were no beggars in such a prosperous and wealthy city, but it turns out there are some."
Niu Dawa saw a beggar kneeling on the ground begging on the street. He seemed to have seen some strange sight, and he smacked his mouth in wonder.
Ding--
As he said that, Niu Dawa took out a copper coin from his arms, thought for a while, took out another one, threw it into the beggar's broken white porcelain bowl, and then continued walking forward.
Unexpectedly, the beggar let out a "poof" in disgust, stretched out his black and dirty hands, picked up the two coins Niu Dawa had lost from the broken white porcelain bowl, and threw them on the street in disgust.
"Dry!"
Niu Dawa saw the beggar's behavior from the corner of his eye. He immediately stopped, turned around and walked to the street to pick up two copper coins. Then he walked up to the beggar and asked angrily and funny: "What happened to these two coins? You
Do you think they are too dirty and stain your big white bowl? Or do you think they are fake and you can't buy steamed buns and steamed buns? Why do you throw them away in disgust?"
Zhang Xiaozu and the other three also followed with great interest, wanting to hear what the beggar had to say.
This was the first time they had seen a beggar who gave him money for free.
The beggar raised his head and glanced at Niu Dawa, curled his lips and said, "What should you do?"
Niu Dawa couldn't help but stare and said angrily: "You threw away the money I gave you, and you can't even ask me?"
"Which one is your money?" asked the beggar.
"This money is mine, I am giving it to you." Niu Dawa spread the two copper coins in the palm of his hand, stretched them out in front of the beggar, and emphasized each word with a raised tone.
"That's my money." The beggar rolled his dirty eyelids, gave Niu Dawa a roll of his eyes, pointed to the broken white porcelain bowl in front of him, and said, "After you throw the money into this bowl,
, this money becomes mine. If I lose my own money, what does it have to do with you?"
"--Depend on!"
Niu Dawa stared at the beggar for a long time, and finally he choked out one word. He felt that one word could not express his feelings, so he added two more words: "Awesome!"
Zhang Xiaozu and the others laughed dumbly.
This logic sounds very reasonable and difficult to argue with.
It's just that they all have the urge to beat someone up.
This was their first time seeing such a arrogant beggar.
"You're awesome!"
"Your boss!"
"I am a beggar. You dislike it, but I don't dislike it. I go ahead and buy two steamed buns, don't they taste good?"
Niu Dawa angrily stuffed the two copper coins back into his arms.
But the beggar suddenly raised his voice and shouted: "That's my money, why do you even rob the beggar's money?!"
"I -" Niu Dawa almost burst into anger at his voice, and cursed angrily: "Son of a bitch, I kindly rewarded you two with money, but in the end I didn't hear a word of thanks, but instead became
You are an evil thief and a robber, how can you be a beggar, you are clearly a scoundrel."
"Here comes someone!"
The beggar suddenly raised his voice and howled, bursting into tears:
"Outsiders come to our Shepherd City to show off their power and bully others!"
"Robbing beggars of their money in broad daylight is unforgivable."
"I beg the ladies, lords and ladies who are passing by, please give justice to the poor man!"
"Let this arrogant and cruel foreigner know that we in Shepherd City are not easy to bully!"
"——" Niu Dawa stared blankly at the beggar howling like his dead mother, and for a moment he didn't know how to respond.
Zhang Xiaozu and the other three were also dumbfounded.
Even the black ape was stunned, feeling like he had learned another trick.
There will never be a shortage of people in the world who love to join in the fun and uphold justice, so as soon as the beggar finished speaking, people on the street started cheering around him.
"Robbing beggars, are you crazy about being poor?!"
"Look at his sinister face, you can tell at a glance that he is not a good person."
"Regardless of whether he is a good person or a bad person, if he dares to bully our people in Shepherd City, we will not agree to it."
"Yes. You must make an apology, otherwise we will send him to the Yamen and make him sit in jail with a board on his shoulder."
"We shouldn't let outsiders into the city!"
The crowd was filled with righteous indignation, and each person attacked Niu Dawa with one sentence.
No one asked what happened, it didn't seem to be important at all.
"What cats and dogs dare to run wild in our Shepherd City? Please apologize to the beggar immediately, otherwise don't blame me for being ruthless under the sword!"
A middle-aged man in brocade clothes, holding a jeweled sword in his hand, warned Niu Dawa.
"What kind of ruthless method?" Niu Dawa looked at this person and asked with a smile.
The man actually drew his sword out of its sheath, with an inexplicable look of excitement on his face. He pointed the sword directly at Niu Dawa and said, "If you don't apologize, I will cut off your money-grabbing hand!"
"good!"
The onlookers immediately clapped and applauded, making the man so arrogant that his chin almost reached the sky.
"interesting."
Niu Dawa suddenly smiled happily and looked from the man to the beggar.
The beggar gave Niu Dawa a provocative and triumphant look.
Niu Dawa was not angry and asked: "You said I robbed your money, how much money do you have for me to rob? Can you get a tael of silver by kneeling here for a day? A few broken coppers are worth it.
Shall I rob it?”
when!
As soon as Niu Dawa finished speaking, a piece of broken silver fell in front of the beggar. Listening to the sound of falling to the ground, this piece of silver was worth one tael, and then an unhappy woman's voice came from the crowd: "Stranger, what are you talking about?"
Is this a disguised way of scolding the people of Shepherd City that we are poor? Can’t even afford to give alms to a beggar?”
Dangdangdang——
Broken silver suddenly fell like snow, jingling to the ground, and some people even threw gold and silver jewelry and silver notes on the ground.
Niu Dawa and the four others were dumbfounded and didn't understand what kind of operation this was.
"Haha, these four foreigners look like they have never seen the world. This little scene scared them out of their wits."
"Ha ha--"
The crowd burst into laughter.
Only then did the four Niu Dawa realize that these people from Shepherd City were throwing money at them, because Niu Dawa questioned the beggar for not being able to get even one tael of silver a day, which stimulated the self-esteem of this group of people.
"Mom, if one day I am so poor that I have no food to eat, I will come here to beg." Niu Dawa looked at the beggar happily picking up money, and she felt jealous in her heart.
Zhou Jianlai smiled and shook his head, knowing in his heart that Niu Dawa was taken advantage of by the beggar. It was by taking advantage of the arrogant vanity of the people in Muyang City that he made a fortune in vain.
Of course, I have to admit that the people in Shepherd City are really rich.
"Let's go." Zhou Jianlai greeted.
But before he finished speaking, he heard an angry shout from the man with the sword drawn: "You are not allowed to leave until you apologize to the beggar!"
"Yes! Apologize to the beggar!"
Someone immediately echoed loudly.
Niu Dawa took out a stack of banknotes from his arms, which were more than two inches thick. They were all with a face value of one hundred taels. He took it in his hand and beat it twice at the man holding the sword, and then slowly scattered it on the ground.
The man holding the sword suddenly turned as pale as a pig's liver, feeling humiliated by Niu Dawa.
The beggar who was immersed in collecting money saw several big tickets falling in front of him. His nose was so beautiful that snot bubbles came out, and he thanked him repeatedly: "Thank you! Thank you! Thank you——"
Before he finished saying "thank you" for the third time, his voice suddenly stopped because the banknotes kept falling. In just a moment, more than twenty and more than two thousand taels fell.
The beggar was frightened.
The crowd also slowly became quiet.
The beggar noticed something was wrong, swallowed, slowly raised his head, and saw Niu Dawa looking at him with a smile, and the banknotes were falling one by one like snow in his hand.
"These banknotes were all stolen from you, right?"
"Don't be stunned, pick it up quickly."
"I still have some here."
Niu Dawa finished scattering the banknotes in his hand, then took out a large stack from his arms, turned to face the crowd, and said with a smile: "Everyone has a chance to see you, come and experience the joy of picking up money together."
After speaking, he threw the banknotes into the sky. Before the banknotes hit the ground, he took out a thick stack from his arms and threw them into the sky again.
After tossing it five times, the sky was covered with silver notes.
The crowd had already begun to stir up the pot. Some people were lying on the ground picking it up, some were jumping up and down in the air to grab it, some were even grabbing it from other people's hands. There were only a few people left who didn't move, and their faces looked as ugly as if they had eaten shit.
"The way you pick up money looks like rich people who have seen the world!"
Niu Dawa's sarcastic laughter was not loud, but it reached everyone's ears like a magic sound, making a group of people blush with embarrassment, but their actions to grab money were only a slight pause.
"Let's go." Niu Dawa greeted Zhang Xiaozu and the others.
This time no one stopped them.
Zhang Xiaozu said as he walked: "I didn't realize that you are so rich."
"I feel so bad!" Niu Dawa said sadly, covering her chest, "I saved all my money to marry my wife, but all of it was gone in one fell swoop."
"I'm trying to make a fool of myself, but it feels pretty good." Yuan Taiping said with a smile.
Zhou Jianlai said: "Go back and grab it."
"Okay!" Niu Dawa immediately stopped, turned around and walked back.
"——" Zhou Jianlai twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "I just said it casually."
"It's so embarrassing!" Yuan Taiping couldn't help but hide his face and said, but then he turned around and followed Niu Dawa in amusement, saying as he walked: "But it feels very funny. I'm afraid these people will cry in grievance.
