chapter122The sky is dark in all kinds of mortals, and the three members of the Su family finally have a hot dinner.As Yang Liu patted his chest and promised, the three members of the Su family were very comfortable with this meal, although it was just some common vegetables, and there was no meat foam."
You're pretty good at it."
Because of the previous conversation, Bian Qing's sense of willow was not bad, and after swallowing the dish, he opened his mouth to praise."
It's so-so-" Yang Liu was modest, but the smile on his face was very big: "They all learned from my Eminem, and when they were still in the past, he was in charge of the back kitchen." ”Because it was a meal together, a few people didn't pay much attention to it, and after Yang Liu closed the door of the store, they ate around a table, chatting while eating, which was quite interesting."
It's a pity—" The joy in Yang Liu's eyes dimmed at this, but soon he picked himself up again, and beckoned to them, "Let's eat quickly, everyone, although there is no meat, I promise that the food I make is much better than meat." ”"It's delicious, Uncle Yang Liu is so amazing."
Su Yulang has been observing words and expressions since he was a child, and after seeing the different color on Yang Liu's face, he immediately picked up his rice bowl and praised it.Hearing Su Yulang's praise, Yang Liu's face was full of smiles, and he pushed the vegetable bowl in front of him in the direction of Su Yulang: "Eat more if it's delicious." ”"Uh-huh."
In this regard, Su Yulang was very supportive.Unlike Bian Qing and Su Yulang, Su Ziyi has always been a cold watcher.Compared with other things, he is more concerned about what the phrase "I haven't been able to live in the neighborhood in the past few years" in the mouth of this pair of shopkeepers means?
Although he was desperate to know the answer, Su Ziyi did not ask directly.Because he could see that the other party was a little afraid of him, he glanced at Bian Qing, who was sitting opposite, Bian Qing was stunned for a moment, and then immediately understood what he meant, nodded slightly, changed a worried expression on his face, and said to Yang Liu: "By the way, Yang Liu, why did you say that this side is not very peaceful?"
”In order to lower the other party's defense, Bian Qing first fabricated a half-truth and half-false reason: "Due to changes in the family, my husband and I had to take the child to Qixia Town to join my aunt, I am really worried when I hear you say this." ”He pretended to sigh: "After all, for us ordinary people, it's really-" The words were not said completely, but the unfinished meaning in them was enough for the other party to make up for it.Sure enough, hearing Bian Qing say this, Yang Liu was stunned for a moment, and then said: "So that's the case-" Then he lowered his head and pursed his lips, and quietly glanced at Bian Qing, but after seeing Bian Qing still looking at him with a look of curiosity, he sighed helplessly in his heart, with some bitterness in his tone: "Actually, it's not an unusual thing." ”He stopped the chopsticks in his hand and stared at the candle flame, looking a little faint: "I don't know how cultivators and ordinary people get along in your hometown, Brother Bian Qing?"
”Huh?
Bian Qing didn't expect the other party to ask this at all, but he still answered the other party: "In our village, there is only one cultivator at the second level of Qi cultivation, and he is also the only doctor in our village, he is a very good person, and the people in the village respect him very much. ”He hid the friction between Dr.
Li and their family, and described it in the image of the villagers.Listening to Bian Qing's description, Yang Liu's eyes burst with envy: "It's really good." ”Hearing him say this, Bian Qing subconsciously asked, "Could it be that this incident on your side is because of the cultivators?"
”"Pretty much."
Yang Liu smiled bitterly, he was not in the mood to eat at this time, so he simply put the chopsticks on the rice bowl directly, and slowly said to the Su family, who were also a little tasteless: "We don't have the same good luck as you-" "When you first entered the town, did you find that this town was terriblely broken?"
Twenty years ago, this was not the case. ”Yang Liu fell into reminiscences: "This town is called Tianyi Town, because there is no special output in the surrounding area, so it has not attracted the attention of the family or other forces, resulting in for many years, only the people of the government are here to manage the residents of the town. ”"The officials sent by the government are not cultivators, they are ordinary people like us, and they are honest officials, so there is nothing else except the taxes to be paid on a daily basis, so everyone has a very easy life."
From his expression, it can be seen that that time is indeed a time worth remembering: "In addition, it is a lot closer to Qixia Town from here, so many inns will settle here, and by making money from passers-by, everyone is getting better and better." ”"It's just that how can this kind of good life last forever?"
A hint of sarcasm appeared on Yang Liu's face."
Among the people who go to Qixia Town, there will never be no less cultivators."
He clenched his fists: "If you have a cultivator, you will naturally have another dispute; And when there is a dispute, then the fight is unavoidable.I don't know what that cultivator's name is, but everyone in our town remembers that it was because of his sword that he cut a big hole in the small hillside of the town. ”"It doesn't matter if you split the mountain, what matters is that this cultivator doesn't know what luck he has taken, and the split hole actually gushes out of the blue-green warm water with a strange fragrance.According to them, the blue-green warm water is called "Qingji", which is a very precious alchemy material. ”Hearing this, Bian Qing and Su Ziyi's hearts trembled violently.Qingji?
It's actually Qingji?
How could such a precious Qingji appear in such a place?
What is Qingji?
In the Dandian&8226;; It is recorded in the "Golden Chapter" that Qingji, slightly toxic, is a warm liquid metal that appears blue-green, and its fluidity and ductility are very good, so ordinary people often mistake it for water when they see it.And the reason why Qingji is valuable is because as long as it is neutralized with the corresponding spirit grass, it can become a necessary material for the Yellow Rank Five Rank Pill - Zhuji Dan!
So when they heard the word "Qingji", how could Su Ziyi and Bian Qing not have any ideas in their hearts?
That's a foundation!
It's just that these things, they just think about it.Qingji is precious, not only because of its efficacy, but also because the conditions for its production are very harsh, there is no thousands of years of spiritual energy offerings, even if there is a Qingji vein source there, it will dry up early.And even if it doesn't wither, the amount of green qi produced by a vein source is very limited, and if you don't hurry up, the other party will evaporate into the air in a very short time.Therefore, the people who have always been able to get Qingji are all people who are lucky.Yang Liu really regarded the three members of the Su family as ordinary people like him, so he kindly explained to them what "Qingji" was.It's just that after explaining it clearly, there was a lot of resentment in his tone: "But because of this Qingji, this small town, which was originally just a lot of people, was immediately noticed by many people." ”"There was an endless stream of people from the family, and even the upper echelons of the government sent cultivators to investigate.But because the number of Qingji is limited, everyone wants to get more, so under the dispute, a brawl begins. ”Yang Liu lowered his eyelids, and his eyes were very painful: "The fights of cultivators have never disregarded the lives and deaths of ordinary people, and if they continue to fight, most of the town will be gone, and even the magistrate who went to lead the way will die together." ”"Like the adobe and red brick houses in the town, they are newly built in the back.""
After they fought, the only thing that could be preserved was our wooden building and the next few houses.And thanks to the sturdy construction, otherwise we would have collapsed a long time ago. ”"It's just that they're done, and our hard days haven't passed.After the people of the family and the government shoveled out the entire mountain and found that they could no longer find any Qingji, they also withdrew.It's just that they're gone, so how can other scattered cultivators who don't have power feel good in their hearts?
With the psychology of luck, more and more scattered cultivators came to the town after leaving, just to see if there was any omission. ”"They came and went, but they didn't expect that their hearts were no less ruthless than those in the family.""
Originally, most of the people in the town died because of the previous battle for the family's official government.After the Sanxiu came, because there were no people around him to serve, they rightfully enslaved the other people in the town who were still alive, and the good old days of everyone were gone.The official government, which was supposed to stand up, was also silent because it was replaced by a magistrate who only knew about drilling. ”"In this way, people died every day because of the bullying of those cultivators, and it wasn't until the government above found out that something was wrong and sent other cultivators, and this farce ended completely.""
It's just that, by this time, the whole town has been terribly desolate."
Hearing this, everyone's hearts were quite heavy, and the young Su Yulang even had tears in his eyes, while Su Ziyi and Bian Qing were very silent.They had lived in a family again, so they naturally knew how those people treated ordinary people, but they didn't expect that the real situation of real ordinary people was much worse than they thought.There is no security.In the face of the threat of cultivators, he didn't even have the ability to stand up and protect himself.can only be like a lamb to the slaughter, life and death.After Yang Liu said so much, his heart was already not so uncomfortable, and he even slowly picked up the cold dish and ate it: "In that accident, many people lost their families.The cruelty of the cultivators and the inaction of the government made a large part of the people have a rebellious blood in their hearts. ”The man at the head shouted, and rushed directly into the mansion with other people who were also angry, smashed the mansion that was already completely empty, and lost a fire at the end-" Speaking of this, he said with a strange excitement in his tone: "In short, when Xinzhi County came here to take office, the entire government was already burned black, and it was uninhabitable." ”"And those who burned the official mansion, they didn't dare to stay in the town anymore, and hid directly in the mountains and forests with their things.""
Because there are not many cultivators in the official government, and this kind of trouble caused by ordinary people can't make them deign to come here at all.Therefore, the newly appointed magistrate can only send ordinary soldiers to hunt them down, but where can those soldiers' understanding of the terrain on this side compare to the local people?
It didn't take long for it all to come to naught. ”"Later, the magistrate sent troops several times, all of which had the same result, and it didn't take long for this matter to be over.""
But even if that were the case, shouldn't this town be what it is?"
Bian Qing wondered.After all, when people are gone, there will always be new people arriving; When the house is gone, a new house will always be built; When the money is gone, the later merchants will naturally come to the door with the money......
So, how did it get to be the way it is?"
In general, that's true."
Yang Liu's smile was very bitter: "In the beginning, those people were like heroes among the other living townspeople.No matter how the new magistrate threatened, everyone gritted their teeth and said that they didn't know.In desperation, the magistrate sent people to guard the town and the surrounding villages, because even if those people could hide again, they still needed something to eat. ”"Under such strict guards, those people are really having a bad time.Of course, there is some food in the mountains, but how can so many people support it?
So after less than half a year, those who were originally regarded as heroes by the people of the town picked up their butcher's knives and swung them at the passing merchants. ”"And among the merchants, who is the richest?
It must be those who go to Qixia Town, so they don't need to cast a wide net on a large scale, just guard the intersection outside the town that leads to Qixia Town. ”At this point, Yang Liu's words stopped.But what he meant later, Su Ziyi and Bian Qing didn't need to say it, and they all understood it.There are many bandits, who can be at ease?
The so-called town can only be called a town when there are many people, and peace and stability are indispensable for a town to prosper for a long time.But at this point, Tianyi Town has been disqualified.After all, for ordinary people, nothing is life-threatening."
That group of people is also very eye-catching."
Pressing the mood fluctuations in his heart, Yang Liu spoke again: "They will never touch the things of the family and the government, because they know that once they anger the other party, the other party is likely to send a cultivator over.When the time comes, no matter how many means they have, they will not be able to escape the methods of cultivators. ”And after the magistrate failed to encircle and suppress them several times, and found that they did not come to harass the town, the stone hanging in his heart was slowly lowered.In addition, he was not a person who was dedicated to the people, but just wanted to live a comfortable retirement life here, so within a few years, he turned a blind eye to these things. ”Even if a surviving merchant found the government, he would perfunctory the saying that "the other party was too cunning".Over time, the name of the bandits on the periphery of Tianyi Town spread farther and farther, and fewer and fewer ordinary merchants were willing to settle in Tianyi Town, and they all chose to take a detour to a farther town.In the end, the originally lively town became the current desolate. ”"That's why I say it's not very safe around here.""
If you're going to Qixia Town, you'd better leave early tomorrow, lest they find out."