Aggrieved Fish Sprite: 327|Destroy it for personal gain

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Xuanchuan Pass is a fortress. Except for the soldiers guarding the city, there are no people living in the pass.

Those people who got an errand at Xuanchuan Pass are actually inextricably linked to the garrison.

For example, the servants of the Ning family, the military householders who have raised horses for the Xuanchuanguan garrison for generations, the elders whose sons died in battle, and the parents whose other brothers of the war dead were too poor to support... With the shortage of troops in Xuanchuan Pass, the existence of these people is extremely necessary. After fighting and killing the enemy, soldiers can't even eat a mouthful of hot soup and rice, and they have to wash clothes hungry, feed horses and chop wood.

In addition, some people have difficulties in their homes, especially those whose males died in battle and only women and children are left. There are empty fields and no labor to cultivate, and they may even be sold after the villagers seize the fields. They can only rely on the Xuanchuan Pass garrison. Even if you can't get the money for work, you are willing, as long as the orphans and widows can survive.

Therefore, although these people have different origins, they are not considered "outsiders".

The worst is that the family members within three generations have been drafted and guarded this male pass.

Who would have thought that such a person would betray.

There was a chaos in the city that day, and that little time was not enough to ask all the betrayers, but just that, it also made Yan Cen a great blow.

"...For those in the military households who have not had citizenship for generations, it’s okay that there are old people with other sons in the home village. Why should the woman in the house betray? You told me last time that she is Homeless widow mother! Didn’t the Ning Jiajun save their lives?"

Although Yan Cen was unable to stand up because of his acupuncture point, how could his resentment be easily quelled.

"If Xuanchuan Pass had not taken them in, they would not even survive today!"

Strictly speaking, it is not today, because people died a month ago.

Everyone did not correct his mistake. After a while, a soldier whispered: "Aunt Zhang from the house, her son is fourteenth this year."

Fourteen is half an adult and can become a biological child. The Chu Dynasty did not allow this year-old male to perform military service, but Qi Chao did not have this rule. In more demanding places, children must pay taxes as soon as they land, and they must be considered half-year-old at the age of twelve. They can be redeemed by paying for them. If there is no money, the males who serve in the family will be allowed to extend the period of hard labor by half.

After all, Yan Cen didn't know the trivial matters of whose children's age was after arriving at Xuanchuan Pass not long ago.

At this moment, after hearing this man's words, he stared, still unable to understand.

"...Perhaps for fear of being included in the military."

The soldier wiped his face, pressed his fist to suppress his anger, and said dumbly.

After joining the military household, his descendants are military households, and the child grew up in Xuanchuanguan.

The monk of Baoxiang Temple paused and continued chanting.

The old servant gave a heavy sigh. Some had eyes cracked, and some were desperate for life, regretting why they didn't notice these "crises" early.

——Everyone just didn't think that when they heard the first reason for betrayal, and found that there is still this side of the human heart, when things can be thought of, following this logic, other reasons for betrayal naturally surfaced.

"Fear of becoming a soldier, why not leave Xuanchuan Pass. Could someone tie her hands and feet and forbid them to leave?" Yan Cen said bitterly.

"...How do they make a living without anything long?"

The one who was speaking in the crowd was a wrinkled man with scrolls and bureaucracy, who looked like an old staff member.

His foot seems to have been injured, and the smoke choked his lungs on the day of the city break, and he coughed from time to time. He is an old man who is unaccompanied and has no way of making a living...cough cough, it is estimated that the woman was tried to become an accomplice by the person who was going to be poisoned, just say one thing to go back home with them, and be able to marry her son. , I'm afraid it will be shaken."

At this time, it is meaningless to speculate whether the woman intended to rebel or was persuaded by others.

Perhaps Ning’s acceptance by the army has prevented the child from being sold to the widow’s mother and forced to remarry, and prevented the orphan and the widow from becoming a slave. But I am grateful that I can’t serve as a lifelong meal. Maybe some people think that the military is better than a slave. Worse still, at least being a slave may not necessarily kill you.

How can you be worthy of your ancestors if you die.

"Old General Ning saved many people, not to put those people into military households! Not to save their children after they grow up to sell their lives to the Ning family... It's really a villain." Yan Cen almost broke his teeth, and then bowed his head again.

Old General Ning would not think so, but as the commander of the party, he didn't have much time to talk to the people at the bottom, let alone think about things with the eyes of these people.

In the past two years, Xuanchuan Pass has become more and more embarrassed. The procrastination from the imperial court to the local government, the rapid attack of the Tianshou king, the soldiers eat and sleep on the wall in the most critical period, and the children, women and children also help to send heat under the wall Water and food, such a lack of manpower, whether to arrange military households, do others think that General Ning has the final say?

No, it's the jackal and tiger leopard outside who have the final say.

Emperor Yongchen ascended to the throne, Baoxiang Temple came to help, Xuanchuanguan thought that all the crisis was over, but he didn't know that some "owners" who could see every day didn't think so, and they had other plans.

Everyone is selfish, so don't think it is strange.

The harm of selfishness is not the size, but the bottom line.

Anyone should pay a great price to satisfy their selfishness. Even a small selfishness can cause terrible consequences.

Meng Qi closed his eyes slightly, many emotions blocked his heart, almost breathless.

Yan Cen said that those people did not take advantage of the chaos to open the city gate after being poisoned. The city wall was blasted open by the thunderbolt hall during the chaos in the army.

People who betrayed are for selfish desires, and of course they will not go to death. I am afraid that they did not want to open the city gate at all. As long as they ran before the Tianshou king’s army attacked the city, there were city gates around Xuanchuan Pass, taking advantage of the chaos. Collect some valuables, and then walk away from behind in the crowd.

It's not to offer the city, and I don't plan to stay. Of course, I'm not afraid of massacre.

Their hometown is even more impoverished. It is no better than Yizhou, where the king came from. Everyone knows that once Xuanchuan Pass breaks the rebellion, they can enter the Central Plains and looting. They won't stay near here. Naturally, there is no worries. Up. More importantly, the Xuanchuanguan officers at this time are dominated by the Ning family army from northern Xinjiang, but they are not their children and villagers, and they will not be soft when they are poisoned.

If Xuanchuan Pass is not a fortress but a city, many people in the city still live in families and families, and the people are not regarded as "owners" by the generals, and the Emperor Qi has never suppressed the Ning Family Army and sat in the world. It was the Chu Dynasty, not the Qi Dynasty, which only accounted for half of the country. The Heavenly Grant King and the Holy Lotus Altar were not so notorious, etc... As long as there is one of these things, betrayal is very difficult to happen.

But the fact is not. Looking back, you can find that many coincidences have come together, and it happened so abruptly and tragically.

The fire went out, and the monks picked up the remains and put them in a small jar.

The rest of the ashes and bones, while chanting the Buddhist scriptures, dropped the cliff casually, letting the wind blow away.

The Baoxiang Temple does not enshrine relics, nor does it build golden stupas.

In this altar, there are not only the remains of Master Yuanzhi, but also some of the bones of the same masters and uncles that they found in the ruins afterwards. How many people came out, they wanted to take them back one by one, and were finally buried in Temple in the forest.

The corpses that Meng Qi saw everywhere were the result of their efforts to bury them.

Including Yan Cen, most people have not completely exhausted their residual poison and are unable to do heavy physical work.

In addition, Master Yuanzhi is in critical condition and cannot be moved easily, so they have been hiding in the cave for so many days.

In this complex underground cave, there is an underpass that leads directly to Xuanchuan Pass. It is also a secret backhand prepared by the Ning Family to prevent one day from being attacked and the remnant army inside the pass can still have a place to hide. There is living water in the cave, so you only need to prepare tarp and easy-to-store food.

If it weren't for Emperor Yongchen to become the throne, General Ning had a lot more money on hand, and he couldn't find extra dried meat and grain to put in.

Food that can be eaten and drunk for the disabled army for three days. Now it is natural to only raise so many people.

Yan Cen also went to the ruins to search for supplies from time to time, and came back with usable things, such as pots, bowls, spoons, and all the sundries that were not destroyed by the fire.

"If Meng Guoshi arrives a few days later, we may be leaving."

The monk of Baoxiang Temple put his hands together and said.

"Where are the masters going?"

"Listen to the movements of Tianshou Wang's army, and maybe return to Yongzhou."

The headed monk looked at Yan Cen, and his eyes were a little worried.

Meng Qi stretched his finger on Yan Cen’s wrist, and he could only tell the flow of internal force if he didn’t understand Qihuang. He muttered: "The true energy that Master Yuanzhi instilled in him is too pure, fortunately his martial arts foundation. Okay, seal the key points, do not use internal force for three days, and make the internal breath circulate for a few days."

"Amitabha." The monks breathed a sigh of relief.

The monk headed by him even smiled bitterly: "Our strength is not good, we are not as good as Junior Brother Yan, even if we want to help, we can't help."

Meng Qi shook his head, he couldn't help at all.

Master Yuanzhi passed away, and Pilitang did not use new gunpowder.

——In addition to understanding how the Xuanchuan Pass was broken, almost nothing was gained from this trip.

"Where did Meng Guo's teacher come from? Then did the adversary go to Jingzhou or Yongzhou?"

"It's Jingzhou, burning, killing, looting, and doing no evil..."

When the monks heard the words, they all showed their sadness, and immediately said with impulsiveness, "What is the return to Yongzhou, it would be better to go to Jiangnan."

"Did King Jing collapsed thousands of miles and didn't stop the rebellious army?" The old staff asked in shock. He didn't know where the name Meng Guoshi came from, but seeing that Yan Cen and the Baoxiang Temple monks believed in Mengqi very much, Could not help but solemnly a bit.

"The Jingzhou army was too careless and did not put the adversary in the eyes. It has missed the opportunity. Waiting for the reorganization of the troops, the Tianshou King has rushed to Nanping County."

Meng Qi didn't explain too much, only a few words made the old staff's face pale as paper.

More people don't understand the art of war, and haven't read the map. They only vaguely understand that King Jing is useless, and they have been beaten to their doorsteps by the King of Heaven within a month.

The sentiment is exciting, and the curses are endless.

Yan Cen didn't say a word, but clenched his fists tightly.

Meng Qi saw that they were old and sick, and thought about turning around to help them find something in the ruins.

Leaving the crowd, his mind became calmer, and whenever he felt that he saw the misfortune in the world, something more shocked his mood.

Meng Qi stared at the cliff full of vines, thinking that there was something wrong with Moli, and he must rush back to Nanping County as soon as possible.

"Huh?"

Meng Qi suddenly raised his head, he seemed to hear the sound of horseshoes.

He stood on the ruined wall, and saw a group of people galloping in the distance. The first person was majestic and majestic, even if Meng Qi lost his memory, he couldn't forget that face.

——The eight raccoon slaves lying on the top of the person's arms and head will first appear in the mind.

"Gong Jun?"