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Chapter 1086 Chapter 1027 Confusion

Chapter 1086 Chapter [-] Confusion

The caravan traveled through the mountains, and arrived near the mountain city named Zhenba on the second day, and had indeed entered Dai Mengwei's territory.

For Ning Ji, who will be number one in the world in the future, this is the first time in his life that he has left the territory of the Huaxia Army. During the journey, he has fantasized about many encounters, such as the rivers and lakes and fighting described in the novels. , bandits, being found out, dying in blood, etc., and all kinds of amazing and beautiful rivers and mountains... But at least during the initial period of departure, everything was incompatible with the imagined picture.

The rivers and mountains are not beautiful, and the places that are difficult to walk are no different from Liangshan and Jianshan in the southwest. Desolate mountain villages, dirty markets, inns full of horse manure, and unpalatable food are sparsely distributed in the places after leaving the Huaxia Army. On the road——and I didn’t meet horse bandits or bandits. Even the rough and difficult mountain road before was not guarded by bandits, and there were scenes of killing people or buying road money. On the small road entering Zhenba, there were some Dai Mengwei's soldiers set up card charges and inspected documents, but they did not make things difficult for people from the southwest such as Ning Ji, Lu Wenke, and Fan Heng.

It was really very different from the world he had imagined.

"...Cao Silong rebelled on purpose, and then came here as a middleman to transfer supplies from the southwest. Therefore, the trail from Cao to Dai is protected by both families. I was knocked out. In this world, big fish eat small fish, and small fish eat dried shrimps, how can there be any justice for the sky..."

Lu Wenke and others answered Ning Ji's doubts.

Without the romance of the Swordsman, what surrounds her is more of a reality.For example, the adjustment of the original food intake is a long-term problem that has plagued the little brother of the Long family all the way - it is not unbearable, the food you eat every day is guaranteed to be no problem when you move, but the change of habits will make you feel greedy for a long time. This kind of rivers and lakes experience can only be stuffed in the stomach in the future, and no one can tell it. Even if someone writes a novel in the future, I am afraid that no one will like to read it.

In addition to being greedy, regarding the fact that he has entered the enemy's territory, he has always maintained mental vigilance, and is always ready to fight and flee in blood.Of course, this kind of preparation also made him feel more and more bored, especially that Dai Mengwei's guard soldiers didn't find fault and provoke him, and bullied him, which made him feel a kind of resentment that he had nowhere to vent.

The imagination of Jianghu has initially failed, but in reality, it is not without gain.For example, in the daily twittering of the "Five Confucianists", Ning Ji roughly figured out the "details" of Dai Mengwei's territory.According to these people's speculations, Dai Laogou, on the surface, is a sanctimonious person, secretly trafficking the people under his rule to the southwest, and even uniting with his fellow village sages and the army to earn the difference, which is really abominable.

But this reality is much more complicated than the happy enmity between the "Jianghu".According to the rules of the "Jianghu" in the story, the people who trafficked are naturally bad guys, and those who are trafficked are of course innocents, and the good guys who are chivalrous and righteous kill the bad guys who trafficked people, and then they will be grateful to the innocent .But in fact, according to Fan Heng and others, these innocent people were actually sold voluntarily. They had no food and voluntarily signed contracts for 30 to [-] years. the way of life of the survivors.

The people who were sold were voluntary, and the traffickers were doing good deeds. They even said that the Southwest of China was still buying people wantonly—it was also a good deed.As for the possible villain Dai Gong here...

"It is said that Duke Dai issued a proclamation that no one is allowed to sell his subjects to the southwest as slaves. Anyone who violates the order will be punished..."

In this way, in the first month after leaving the territory of the Huaxia Army, Ning Ji deeply felt the truth that "reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles".

The world in the storybook is not right at all. Sure enough, I have to go out and walk to see these things clearly.

As the team moves forward, everyone has their own goals.By this time, Ning Ji already knew that if Dai Mengwei's Confucian scholars had been recognized from the beginning, most of them would take the most convenient road in Hanzhong after coming out from the southwest, and go to Ankang and other big cities along the Han River to seek an official. He is a leading figure among Confucian scholars in the world. For famous and capable Confucian scholars, most of them are treated with courtesy and will have some official arrangements.

As for Fan Heng, Lu Wenke, Chen Junsheng and other "Five Confucianists", although they respected Dai Mengwei, they still had doubts in their hearts. After discussing in the southwest, Fang decided to go to the back of Dai Mengwei's territory to find out. Having such an experience, In the future, I will have more knowledge of the world than others.The caravan might be going to buy people from Duke Dai's territory. They didn't say much on the surface, but they were actually secretly concerned about this matter.

Zhenba County is still a mountain city. There are not many people here, but compared with the previous mountain roads, you can already see several newly built villages. Walls and fences, some dull-eyed people from the village over there cast their eyes on the pedestrians on the road.

"Look at those newly built fences." Lu Wenke pointed to the scene over there, and explained the reasoning to Ning Ji, "This shows that although the famine has passed, the officials assigned here and the elder Su commanded the villagers to do things. In fact, this is not easy. This proves that even if the supplies are insufficient, this area is still orderly."

"What about orderly up and down?" Ning Ji asked.

"This is the essence of governance." Fan Heng leaned over from the side, "After the Jurchens came, all the order in this area was disrupted. Zhenba area was originally populated by mountain people with fierce personalities. He commanded those Han troops to fight for a round, many people died, and the city was burned. After Dai Gong took over, he redistributed the population, divided the areas one by one, and selected officials and respected senior officials. Xiaolong , At this time, what is the biggest problem in front of them? In fact, there is not enough food, and if there is not enough food, what will happen?"

Fan Heng looked at Ning Ji, Ning Ji thought for a while: "Rebellion?"

"That's right, everyone knows that not enough food will force people to rebel." Fan Heng smiled, "But how did this rebellion actually happen? Think about it, if too many people starve to death in a place or a village, There is no way for the officials to have no majesty, the village will collapse, and the remaining people will become hungry people, wandering around, and if more and more villages have this situation, then large-scale refugees will appear, and the order will be destroyed. Not at all. But looking back, if only a few people died in each village, would it still be so out of control?"

"..." Ning Ji stared.

"Gong Dai saved millions of people from the Jurchens. In the early days, he still had a majesty. With this majesty, he divided the people under his rule into hundreds of thousands of areas. After these village areas were drawn, The people inside are not allowed to move at will. Every village must have a villager who is in charge of the village. There are officials above the villages, and the army is above the officials. Responsibilities are assigned in an orderly manner. Therefore, from last year to this year , although there is famine here, there is no chaos."

When Fan Heng talked about this matter, he was quite intoxicated.Lu Wenke added:

"Brother Long, this kind of distribution at different levels is easy to say. It seems that the government in the past also did the same thing. However, officials at all levels often have mixed good and bad, and when something goes wrong, things get out of hand. But this time, the level-by-level distribution under Dai Gong's rule is quite different. It means that governing a big country is like cooking a small fish, everything is in order, each is in its place, and each performs its duties. It is also for this reason that recently the Southwest scholars have said that Dai Gong has the image of an ancient saint. The deviant 'present law' is also somewhat interesting."

Ning Ji frowned: "Everyone has their own position and performs their own duties, so the position of those ordinary people is to die quietly without causing trouble?" The human rights thinking inside the Southwest Huaxia Army has initially awakened. Although I was a bit sloppy in my studies, I could finally find some key points about these things.

Lu Wenke waved his hand: "Little Brother Long, don't be so extreme. I just said that there is such a reason. When Dai Gong took over these people, it was quite difficult. It is also the ability to use this method to stabilize the situation. Change someone It's very difficult to achieve this level. If Duke Dai hadn't used such a method well and rioted, more people would have died here, just like the rebellion of hungry ghosts back then, which was out of control."

"But people are still starving to death."

"In troubled times, people will naturally die. Duke Dai decides who will die. It's cruel to say, but even the Southwest had experienced such a famine back then. Since he has the ability to reduce the number of deaths in troubled times, he will naturally be able to Let everyone live a better life, scholars, farmers, and businessmen perform their duties, widows, widows, and solitary have their own support... This is the idea of ​​the ancient sages..."

"The Huaxia army was fighting with the golden dog in the northwest, and they were starving when they moved to the southwest. Has the surname Dai fought with the golden dog? How can you say the same? The golden dog died more than us in the northwest back then!"

Ning Ji retorted unhappily, and Fan Heng beside him smiled and waved his hands.

"Hey, well, well, after all, Xiaolong came from the southwest. It's normal to look down on Dai Mengwei's situation. There's nothing to argue about. Xiaolong can just remember this, Dai Mengwei Although there are problems, when doing things, he also has his own ability. Many people view his ability in this way. Some people agree with it, and many people disagree. We are all here to find out, so we don’t need to make too much noise Come on, eat candy, eat candy..."

After Fan Heng made some peace, Lu Wenke also smiled and said no more.As a traveling companion, Ning Ji is young after all, plus he has a pleasing appearance, and can read and read. Most of the five members of the Confucianism group treat him as a nephew, so naturally they will not be angry.

Ning Ji took the candy, and considering that he was behind enemy lines, he couldn't show excessive "pro-China" tendencies, so he suppressed his temper accordingly.Anyway, as long as Dai Mengwei is not regarded as a good person, but interpreted as a "capable villain", everything will be very smooth.

The team entered Zhenba on this day, only to find that there are many merchants gathered in the originally remote mountain city, and several inns in the county town are newly built.It was already evening when they stayed in an inn. At this time, everyone in the team had their own thoughts. For example, members of the caravan might be here to contact the "big business" connectors. Several Confucian scholars wanted to To find out the situation of human trafficking here, I also quietly inquired with the members of the caravan. When eating in the inn at night, Fan Heng and others chatted with members of another group of travelers, and thus obtained a lot of news from the outside world. One, Ning Ji, who had been bored for more than a month, suddenly cheered up.

"...It is said that in September this year, the FAIR Party will invite heroes from all over the world in Jiangning to hold a hero meeting and elect the leader of the martial arts alliance. This hero post has been sent out all over the world!"

During the inquiry at the inn, one of the passengers mentioned this matter, which immediately caused noise and shock from the surrounding people.Lu Wenke, Fan Heng and others who came out of Chengdu looked at each other, chewing on the meaning of the news.Ning Ji opened his mouth wide. After a moment of excitement, he heard someone say, "Isn't that held together with the Southwest Martial Arts Tournament?"

Someone replied hesitantly: "...The Fair Party and the Huaxia Army are basically one."

Only two words flashed in Ning Ji's mind at this moment: despicable.

Last year, as the Huaxia Army defeated the Jurchen in the southwest, in the east of the world, the Fair Party has also expanded its influence at an indescribable speed, and it has already overwhelmed Tie Yan and Wu Qimei in Lin'an. Come.In such an expansion, neither of the two parties involved has publicly explained or stated the relationship between the Huaxia Army and the Fair Party. , naturally have a certain understanding.

As for Ning Ji, who is in the core family circle of the Huaxia Army, he certainly understands better that He Wen and the Huaxia Army may not become good friends in the future, and there is currently no collusion between the two parties.

"The Huaxia Army held the world's No. [-] martial arts tournament last year. After attracting crowds, they paraded and killed people. They held a people's government founding meeting, which gathered the popularity of the world." Chen Junsheng, with a calm face, was picking up vegetables while talking.

"This time, it seems that the Fair Party wants to follow suit, and then the popularity of the Huaxia Army has soared. Moreover, the Huaxia Army's martial arts competition is scheduled for August and September. Obviously, it will still be held this year, and the Fair Party will also Deliberately set the time in September, and let all parties think that the two are one. This is to dismantle the Huaxia Army while borrowing the fame of the Huaxia Army. At that time, the people from the west will go to the southwest, and the heroes from the east will go. Jiang Ning, He Wen is so courageous, he is not afraid of offending Mr. Ning from Southwest."

While eating, Fan Heng calmly pointed Jiang Shan and said: "After all, the world is so big, heroes are not limited to one place in the southwest. Now that the world is in turmoil, there will be endless emergence of such influential figures."

Lu Wenke said: "Speaking of which, the younger brother of the Long family is going to Jiangning this time. It's a coincidence that we can meet this grand event."

"Well, I'm going." Ning Ji replied in a low voice, and then with a displeased face, he buried his head in his meal.

A kind of Confucian scholar talked about the topic of "heroes in the world", and then began to talk about other parties, such as the upcoming battle between Dai Mengwei, Liu Guangshi, and Zou Xu, such as the possible actions of the little emperor on the farthest southeast coast.Some new things, but also a lot of clichés.

Ning Ji listened quietly, but tossing and turning could not sleep that night.

After listening to the stories of the Jianghu in the Huaxia Army for so many years, and watching too many plots such as the Hero Conference, after leaving the Southwest, I had some expectations for these things.Who knew that the sudden appearance of this news contained such disgusting thoughts. The traitor He Wen, while learning experience from his father, even deliberately tried to demolish the Huaxia Army and gain popularity!

If the former FAIR Party was just his own self-control under the helpless situation, he did not obey the orders of the southwest and did not come here to make trouble, it can be regarded as you walking your way and I crossing my single-plank bridge.But at this time, it is too disgusting to deliberately hold this kind of hero meeting in September.He Wen stayed in the Southwest for so long, and had a relationship with sister Jingmei, and even let him go after that. This backhand knife is even more hateful than Zou Xu!

It's really annoying!

And this so-called hero meeting is still held in Jiangning!He clearly knew that Jiang Ning was his father's hometown, and he wanted to imply to others that he had a relationship with the Fair Party and the Huaxia Army, so as to gain more benefits.shameful!

After going to Jiangning, just don't care about Miss Jingmei's face, just kill him with one knife!

He was thinking about He Wen's matter that night, and his face turned into a steamed bun. He didn't care so much about Dai Mengwei's selling a few people.He just went to bed in the early hours of the morning. After sleeping for a short time, he heard movement outside the inn, and then went inside the inn. When he got up, it was daylight. He opened the window and saw that the army was surrounding the inn from all directions.

After running away from home for more than a month, the danger finally came.Although he didn't know what happened at all, Ning Ji picked up the bag casually, took advantage of the cover of night and rushed to the roof, and then jumped into another nearby roof before the army's encirclement was completed.

The army entered the inn, and then they knocked on the door and arrested people one by one. In such a situation, there was no one to resist. Ning Ji watched the caravan members being taken out of the inn one by one, including Lu from the caravan. The leader, followed by Lu Wenke, Fan Heng and other "rotten Confucian five-person group", including Wang Jiang and Wang Xiuniang's father and daughter, who seemed to be headed according to the check-in list, and those who were arrested were really the group of merchants who followed all the way. team.

Ning Ji looked confused from the nearby rooftop.Why?Expose yourself?But after they captured the others, they didn't seem to over-investigate the fact that one young man was missing.But why arrest the caravan he is in? The "Five Confucianists" were all arrested, and they didn't do anything bad...

After the sun rose that day, he stood in the morning light, puzzled.

The accompanying caravan members were arrested for unknown reasons, and their identities are important, so they must be cautious. Theoretically speaking, it is the safest response to find a way to disguise themselves out of the city and leave here far away.But after thinking about it, Dai Mengwei has a serious atmosphere here, and he, a 15-year-old young man walking on the road, may be more eye-catching, and he has to admit that after walking along the road, he finally has a little affection for Lu Wenke and other fools in the five-member group of rotten scholars , Thinking of the torture they will suffer after being imprisoned, I really can't bear it.

The defense of this mountain city does not seem to be very tight. Think of a way to sneak into the prison at night and take a look quietly?He has done a lot of training in spying and sneaking in the Huaxia Army, and it would not be too difficult to face these bumpkins in theory.

After thinking about it for a long time, after confirming that there was no special raid in the city, he bought another bag of pancakes and steamed buns, and explored the way around the yamen in the city while eating.It was halfway through the afternoon of that day, when he was sitting on the side of the road eating steamed buns carelessly, a group of people suddenly came out from the gate of the county government not far from the road.

These people were the ones who were arrested in the morning, including Wang Jiang, Wang Xiuniang, the "Five Confucianists", and other travelers who came with the caravan. They seemed to be released by the people in the yamen. A young official who was shaking his head came out from behind. After talking with them, he said goodbye. It seemed that the atmosphere was quite friendly.

Ning Ji ran all the way, and waited for a while at the corner of the street. When the group of people approached, he leaned over from the side, and heard Fan Heng and the others sighing to themselves: "The sky is really..."

"Dai Gong's family history..."

He ran a few steps: "What's the matter? Why were you arrested? What happened?"

When Fan Heng and the others saw him, they were surprised for a while: "Xiaolong! You are fine!"

"Great, we thought something happened to you..."

Everyone chattered around, they were arrested together with the whole caravan, seeing that Ning Ji was not there, they thought something special happened to one of his children, and they asked the county magistrate specifically when he came out.Ning Ji explained to them that he went out to go to the toilet in the middle of the night, and then there was a lot of noise. After he hid, he saw that everyone was taken away. At this time, everyone is fine, so everyone is happy.

"...What the hell happened, why did you arrest us?"

When Ning Ji asked, Fan Heng and the others looked at each other, then sighed and shook their heads: "Boss Lu and the rest of the caravan, this time will be miserable."

Lu Wenke said: "Captain Lu is obsessed with money, and secretly agreed with others to come here to buy and sell a large number of people, thinking that these things are all acquiesced by Duke Dai, and that he will be able to accomplish things if he has a relationship. Who knows... this little Dai The county magistrate is really Qingtian, after the matter was found out, all the people were taken away, Chief Lu was betrayed by the beheading formula, and the rest of the people will be punished."

"Ah? Really caught..." Ning Ji was a little surprised.

"Look at this battle, it is naturally true. Recently, Duke Dai is cracking down on the crime of betrayal. Chief Lu is strict about the crime, saying that he will be executed in public tomorrow. Let's stay here for one more day, and we will know Oh... Alas, I just realized at this time that Dai Gong's theory of selling people is really framed by others, it's nonsense, even if there are unscrupulous traders who really do this evil, it has nothing to do with Dai Gong."

"Oh, it is true that I waited to be arbitrary, and the random words in my mouth have tarnished the name of the sages. We should take this as a warning..."

Everyone stayed in the county town for another night. The next day, the weather was cloudy and it looked like it was going to rain. They gathered at Caishikou in the county town and saw the young magistrate Dai escorting Chief Lu and others out yesterday. The leader knelt in front of the stone platform, and the county magistrate Dai was loudly criticizing these people for their evil of buying and selling people, as well as Duke Dai's determination and will to fight it.

The county magistrate of Dai was named Dai Zhen, and he was a nephew of Dai Mengwei.When Fan Heng and others talked about it, they praised Dai Mengwei for his good family management and good teaching.

Under the cloudy sky, while the crowd watched, the executioner raised his sword and beheaded Chief Lu who was crying.The people who were rescued were also onlookers. They had received the promise of "proper resettlement" from the county magistrate Dai.

Looking at this scene, Ning Ji stretched out his fingers and scratched his head in confusion.

After leaving home for more than a month, he suddenly felt that he couldn't understand anything.

This Dai Mengwei...is he really a good person?

He is already mentally prepared to kill, so what should he do next?Isn't there no reason to go crazy at all?

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