Chapter 1079 The rise and fall of the people are suffering
The next day came in a blink of an eye.
Early in the morning, Qin Shaoyou, Qin Qiaoer and others said goodbye to Magistrate Xu, Liao Tixue, the garrison officer of Qingtang Guard and Baihu of the Demon Suppression Department, and headed out of the city towards Luocheng.
Two days later, they successfully entered Xinglong Mansion.
At this time, Xinglong Mansion was even more desolate than when they passed by a few months ago.
Qin Shaoyou and the others met several villages and towns on the way, but there were no people in them, only a patch of grass, and wild dogs and jackals all over the ground.
Seeing Qin Shaoyou and others appearing, these wild dogs and jackals all showed greedy eyes and saliva. It was not until Zhu Xiucai and others shot a group of them with arrows that they hid with their tails between their legs.
"I'm afraid the people from Xinglong Mansion have almost fled." Zhu Xiucai put away his bow and arrows and sighed.
Monk Ma clasped his hands together and recited Amitabha in a low voice.
"First, the barbarians invaded, burning, killing and looting. Later, the barbarians were driven away, and the army came to recruit the civilians. If you and I were ordinary people in Xinglong Mansion, we would have to run away."
This sentence left many people speechless.
For ordinary people in this era, being caught transporting military supplies is a very dangerous matter, and there is a high chance that they will die on the road.
If they were ordinary people and encountered this kind of situation, they would really leave their hometowns to escape the war disaster, as Monk Ma said.
"After the war in the deserted countryside, the flesh and blood wandered on the road..."
Zhu Xiucai looked at this abandoned village and town, and sighed quietly: "This is really true: when prosperity occurs, the people suffer. When death occurs, the people suffer."
Everyone was in a good mood. They felt that they had made great achievements in Qingtang this time and would definitely be rewarded when they arrived in the capital.
But now, after seeing the scene of nine out of ten rooms in Xinglong Mansion, their hearts all became heavy.
Qin Qiaoer looked at the devastation and sighed: "I hope the war against Qingtang can end soon, and Yu Shaobao can defeat Qingtang in one fell swoop and completely solve this major problem that has caused headaches for the country for more than a hundred years. By that time, Xinglong Mansion will
, should be able to reproduce the color of the past.”
Qin Shaoyou said nothing.
He felt that his sixth sister's thoughts were a little too wonderful.
As long as Emperor Jianwu is still on the throne and still messing around, and as long as the princes in the court are still seizing power in the party and government without caring about people's livelihood, then even if the war against Qingtang is over and the victory is won, the people will not have a good life.
Unless there can be a big change from top to bottom...
"Let's go and continue on our way."
Qin Shaoyou put away his random thoughts and called everyone to set off.
When passing Xinglong Mansion, they made a special detour to the place where Monk Daoming was buried.
The grave of Monk Daoming is still there and has not been dug up by wild dogs. This is all due to the trap set up by Qin Shaoyou and others.
After offering incense to Monk Daoming, Qin Shaoyou and the others continued on their way until they left Xinglong Mansion, and gradually became more popular along the way.
However, due to the impact of the Qingtang War, the public security in these places has also become bad, and demons and bandits are rampant.
Some of them were blind, and when they saw that Qin Shaoyou and his companions were few in number and were riding horses, and that their bags were packed, they became greedy and went to the place where they were resting in the middle of the night, hoping to kill people and gain goods.
As a result, without even seeing Qin Shaoyou and the others, they were tried by Qin Qiaoer with legal orders, punished according to the law, and their corpses were hung on the roadside to shock Xiaoxiao.
After a lot of running around, Qin Shaoyou and the others finally returned to the boundaries of Luocheng.
As soon as they entered Luocheng, there were city gate guards who knew them, so they ran to the Yamen of the Demon Suppression Division to report the news to Xue Qingshan, and received a reward.
When Qin Shaoyou and the others led their horses to the Yamen of the Demon Suppression Division, Xue Qingshan and Xue Qinshi were already waiting for them at the Yamen Gate.
Seeing their relatives, Qin Shaoyou and Qin Qiaoer's heavy hearts along the way were finally relieved.
Qin Shaoyou threw the reins to Zhu Xiucai, took three steps and two steps at a time, and came to his sister and brother-in-law. He cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Third sister, third brother-in-law, we are back."
Qin Qiaoer also quickly stepped forward and greeted her sister and brother-in-law happily.
"It'll be good to come back safely, it'll be good to come back safely."
Mrs. Xue Qin looked at her younger brother, then at her younger sister, and made sure that both of them had their hair cut off. Then she breathed a long sigh of relief, and then kept mumbling words such as "Thank you, Patriarch, for your blessing."
Xue Qingshan smiled and revealed: "After your sister heard that you went to Qingtang Guard, she was so worried that she could not sleep or eat well. Now that she sees you coming back, she can finally relax."
Xue Qin glanced at him and hummed: "Originally, you agreed to go to the capital, but suddenly you went to Qingtangwei on the way. Can I not be worried? Your brother-in-law also, after receiving the news, actually still
You want to hide it from me."
"Brother-in-law is hiding this from you because he is afraid that you will worry."
Qin Shaoyou smiled and said a kind word to Xue Qingshan.
Xue Qingshan was very happy: "You better understand the truth."
Hearing this, Mrs. Xue Qin raised her eyebrows: "What do you mean by this? Are you saying that I don't understand the truth?"
Xue Qingshan was startled and hurriedly denied: "No, no, I didn't mean that..."
"Then what do you mean?" Xue Qin took advantage of the situation and asked.
"I……"
How dare Xue Qingshan continue, he hurriedly wanted to find a new topic to change, his eyes rolled around, and suddenly he stared at Qin Shaoyou, but he was stunned for a moment, and then said with a bit of suspicion: "Shaoyou, what are you doing now?
What is your level of cultivation? Why can't I see through it?"
In the past, when Qin Shaoyou was still in the Demon Division of Luocheng Town, Xue Qingshan could not say that he could see his cultivation clearly, at least not like now. Qin Shaoyou felt like a mountain covered by clouds and fog, which made him
No matter how hard you look, you can't see through it.
Not to mention, he felt that Qin Shaoyou could see through his true identity with just a glance.
Qin Shaoyou smiled, did not answer in a hurry, and pulled his third brother-in-law into the Yamen of the Demon Suppression Division, while Qin Qiaoer pulled his third sister in with him.
After entering the Yamen of the Demon Suppression Division, Qin Shaoyou lowered his voice and uttered two words: "Third grade."
"Oh, three... hmm? What? How many?"
Xue Qingshan nodded at first, then realized something was wrong halfway through the nod. He turned to look at Qin Shaoyou in shock, exclaiming and asking questions.
However, although he screamed in surprise, he lowered his voice so that no one else could hear him.
"Third grade." Qin Shaoyou repeated the answer just now.
"Third-grade? Demigod? You...how do you practice so fast?!"
Xue Qingshan's mouth opened wide with a look of disbelief on his face. He even wanted to ask Qin Shaoyou if he was taking drugs? What kind of drug did he take? Can you give him some?
"It's all under the care of the ancestor." Qin Shaoyou skillfully passed the blame.
"Master Patriarch?"
Xue Qingshan was stunned for a moment, recalling the relationship between Qin Shaoyou and his ancestor, and believed in his words.
He babbled to himself: "Master, is he too partial? Didn't he think highly of me before? Why did he only take care of you and not me?"
Hearing this, Mrs. Xue Qin was unhappy.
"What's the matter with favoritism? My brother is so outstanding, so of course my ancestor will favor him. I'll take care of you? Why should I take care of you? Is it just because you have low back pain every now and then?"
Xue Qingshan was so sprayed that he dared not say a word and was extremely embarrassed.
Qin Shaoyou understood this situation as soon as he saw it.
Without family status, he probably had bad kidneys, so he said: "Brother-in-law, I have some dishes here handed down by my ancestors, which can cure your back pain."
Xue Qingshan really wanted to say that the pain in my back is not an ordinary back pain.
As a result, before the words were spoken, Qin Shaoyou continued to say: "After you take it, not only can you cure your back pain, but my sister will also be very satisfied. It's good for you, and it's good for her too."
Huh? When Xue Qingshan heard this, he understood that these dishes that Mr. Qin had talked about were really satisfying his symptoms, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed.
"Stop traveling, my brother-in-law really didn't love you in vain."
In his mind, he couldn't help but fantasize about reviving his husband and whipping Xue Qin into submission...
Qin Shaoyou was so excited by his words that he shuddered.
Listen to this, why is it so awkward?
Shaking his head, he looked around and felt that someone was missing, so he asked: "Where is Xiaobao? Why didn't he come to pick up Sixth Sister and I?"
When Qin Shaoyou mentioned Xue Xiaobao, a look of sadness immediately appeared on Xue Qin's face.