The world of Taoism

Chapter 103

The old man sighed deeply while speaking.

The two little boys next to him seemed tired from crying and hid behind the old man.

Now chaos has emerged, and swords and soldiers are everywhere.There was no major disturbance in Qi State.

However, external hostile forces seem to smell that this behemoth is getting old, and they have stepped forward to get a share of the pie.

The northern prairie barbarians are about to unify, and they have repeatedly provoked the border, and the court is tired of responding.

Cave masters in the southwestern region staged rebellions from time to time, attacking local officials.

There are varying degrees of drought and locust plagues across the country.

The 280-year-old empire is crumbling, and it seems that there is only one straw that breaks the camel's back.

Of course, such a behemoth can't just fall down.

Zhou Xuan reckoned that if this decaying empire wanted to regain its vitality, it would probably need a deep-rooted reform.

After all, the current situation is not too bad. The battle between the north and the barbarians has come and gone, and it is not always at a disadvantage.

Needless to say, the Southwest cave master, if he dared to fight head-on with the army, he would be courting death.

Japanese pirates belong to the disease of scabies, not to be feared.

Under the years of natural disasters, the people suffering the most are probably the people at the bottom.

The state of Qi is governed by a military system. The soldiers usually work in agriculture, and they take up swords and guns in wartime.

Coupled with the slack in armaments on weekdays, Shangguan suffered a lot from soldiers.

Compared with farmers with hoes, they probably only have a few more bows and arrows and knives and guns.

It is even more impossible to ask them to have strict military discipline.

Therefore, when it comes to harming the common people, it is often more ruthless than bandits.

Bandits also know that they can't kill chickens and take eggs. Officials and soldiers are different. They may not be able to deal with bandits, but they are good at dealing with ordinary people.

As an officer and soldier, he did not undertake the responsibility of protecting the environment and the people, but was the first to escape. This is really hateful.

No wonder the main force on the border has always been recruiting soldiers, which shows that the army soldiers are really useless.

After the old man finished speaking, he immediately knelt down and kowtowed to everyone.

"You don't need to be too polite!" Zhou Xuan laughed.

The people behind them said nothing, Lian Hongyu and Mei Yi searched elsewhere.

He Yingning looked at the old man and the boy with pity in his eyes.

He Yingning thought for a while, came to Zhou Xuan's side, and said softly: "Why don't you take them in."

In the turbid world, this young and old will not live long.

"No need." Zhou Xuan nodded.

As soon as the words fell, Zhou Xuan's heart moved, and he looked towards the inner room.

I saw two shadows faintly in the dark inner room.

"who?"

When Zhou Yi and the others saw the two shadows, they immediately held down the long knife at their waist, ready to go.

"Put it down, don't panic!" Zhou Xuan waved his hand to stop everyone.

A white light shot into the room, illuminating the appearance of the figure.

In the middle of the white light are a man and a woman, about three to forty years old, both wearing brand new clothes.

The man looks ordinary, with thick calluses on his hands and feet, he must be an honest and responsible person.

The woman has a delicate appearance, with faint wrinkles around her eyes.

The two snuggled together, they should be husband and wife.

Seeing this, Zhou Xuan smiled slightly, and turned to look at the old man: "Old man, your son and daughter-in-law are here to pick you up!"

The old man suddenly raised his head, followed Zhou Xuan's gaze, and burst into tears:

"Heng'er, as long as you are fine, Yue'er is here? Good! Good! Our family is reunited again."

"Father! Mother!"

The two boys spread their feet and threw themselves into the couple's arms. "

The old man has lived for five or sixty years, and many things have already been seen through.

The happiest thing in a person's life is not getting a title on the gold list, getting rich from the sky, or rising to the top.

It was a false alarm, lost and recovered.

The couple did not speak, but hugged the child and nodded with a smile.

The old man walked towards the couple.

Suddenly, the old man stopped and turned his head, his eyes were clear, as if he had realized something.

"Thank you benefactor!" The old man bowed deeply to Zhou Xuan and the others.

The eyes of the couple behind them contained gratitude.

Zhou Xuan waved his hand.

The family stood together, smiling, and waved to Zhou Xuan and the others together.

Whoa!

A breeze blew by, and the family turned into emerald green fluorescence.

In the dark night sky, there seems to be a little bit of starlight rising.

In an instant, Lian Hongyu raised his head, looked at the beautiful and bright sky, and murmured to himself:
"All the stars arching the moon, it's really wonderful. Captain Mei, can you figure out this person's fate?"

Mei Yi caressed the goatee and said, "This person's life is ordinary, nothing unusual."

In fact, Mei Yi was not sure, Zhou Xuan's life was ordinary, and he seemed to have died young.

But he has survived until now, I don't know if it's because of his lack of skill or other reasons.

"Perhaps..." Lian Hongyu smiled lightly.

the other side.

After the light dissipated, Zhou Xuan looked at the cellar and said, "Dig out the corpse and bury it, and then join them."

"They turned out to be ghosts?" He Yingning couldn't believe her eyes.

"What do you think?" Zhou Xuan asked back.

"The gas outlets in the cellar are all sealed, how could the living people stay there for so long."

Moreover, when everyone just opened the cellar, Zhou Xuan clearly smelled a thick smoke.

Soon, everyone found several distorted corpses in the corner of the cellar.

The body was covered in black ash, with a painful expression, and bloodstains were scratched on the wall.

This shows how painful the old man and others are before they die.

If the guess is correct, the Japanese pirates and others have already discovered that the old man and others are hiding in it.

Before the death of the old man's son, his expression was extremely sad.

Perhaps the Japanese pirates smothered his father and son to death in front of the old man's son, and finally killed his son.

With the character of the Japanese pirates, it is estimated that he will bet with a smile on how long he can last.

Zhou Xuan asked people to put the whole family inside the house, walked out, and lit the torches.

Whoa!

Torches fell to the roofs and the house was engulfed in flames.

"Call it!" Zhou Xuan turned and left.

Most of the ghosts originate from hatred and resentment, so ghosts are impermanent, and their personalities are completely different from those in life due to being infected by demons.

In fact, he wasn't sure if the old man was a ghost or something, anyway, he wasn't a human being.

However, since hatred can give birth to ghosts, according to common sense, so can love.

Because of love, the family became obsessed, so they dissipated after fulfilling their wishes, instead of staying in the world to make trouble like other ghosts.

This makes sense. From the point of view of Buddhism, most of human emotions are born of love.

Grief is born of love, fear is born of love.

Zhou Xuan got on his horse, looked ahead, and said loudly: "Let's go!"

"Where are you going?" He Yingning asked.

"kill!"

Zhou Xuan steered the steed, and there was a burst of smoke and dust.

Lian Hongyu and others followed closely behind, and the group set off again.

In his previous life, Zhou Xuan hated corrupt officials the most, especially those corrupt officials who were worth hundreds of millions.

Although he said he was concerned about the country and the people, in fact Zhou Xuan knew that he was just envious and jealous.

If he stood in that position, he might be even more greedy.

During Zhou Xuan's term as an official, he killed so many monsters. Although most of them were for himself, it was actually a benefit to one side.

During this period of time, there was a slight change in my heart.

Zhou Xuan couldn't do the things of governing the country and the world.

However, within the scope of my ability, killing a few annoying thieves is no problem, and it can be regarded as my duty.

(End of this chapter)