Chapter 168

Ye Li didn't have any worries about Shopkeeper Qian, and he didn't plan to stay here for a long time anyway.

According to Ye Li's thinking, it is still safer to move on and enter the hinterland of Yeling.

"Rest for one night and start tomorrow."

Speaking to Hu Xian'er, Wu Xiyue, and Xiao Yezi, the three daughters naturally had no objections.

At present, Wu Zhen's arrest warrant has not been sent to Yeling, probably even Wu Zhen didn't expect that Ye Li and the others would enter Yeling.

Moreover, even though the National Teacher's Mansion and Qingyun Mountain are powerful in the human world, when it comes to Yeling, there are actually not many people who will sell their face.

After all, Yeling was originally a place where dragons and snakes mixed together, and the human monks who were able to come to Yeling were almost all coming here because they could not get along in the human world.

Most of the human monks in Yeling don't have a good impression of Qingyun Mountain and the National Teacher's Mansion, which is one of the main reasons why Hu Yu suggested Ye Li to come to Yeling.

Ye Li's side is still safe for the time being, but on the other side, Zhao He, who left from Qingyun Mountain, finally rushed to Dongyang County after traveling day and night.

Just after entering Dongyang County, Zhao He saw a scene that shocked him.

It's only been a long time since I left, but the current Dongyang County is completely different from Zhao He's memory.

Desolate, miserable, refugees can be seen everywhere, all skinny and skinny.

And along the way, Zhao He found that such a situation was not a single case, but spread throughout Dongyang County.

Countless tree barks have been gnawed off, but even so, the common people are still hungry.

Even Zhao He saw the so-called Yizi and ate with his own eyes.

A group of adults gathered together, exchanged the babies in their arms with tears in their eyes, the purpose was to feed their hunger.

Because I couldn't bear to start with my own children, I exchanged them for other people's children.

"stop."

Seeing this scene, with Zhao He's personality, he would naturally speak out to stop it.

But in the face of Zhao He's angry shout, these common people were staring at him like a walking dead.

There was no light in his eyes at all, Zhao He was stunned for a moment when he saw this, what kind of eyes he had, empty and numb, these are not enough to describe.

"I...I have some food here."

Looking at these people, Zhao He finally only said this sentence, and gave them all the food on his body.

And when they saw the food, these common people immediately swarmed up like crazy.

This is how long it takes to be hungry.

It's a pity that the food on Zhao He's body is just a drop in the bucket for these countless people, and it is of no use at all.

With a heavy heart, Zhao He finally returned to the concept of inaction.

What makes Zhao He strange is that Wuweiguan, or the mountain city, is different from other places in Dongyang County.

At least the people here have not fallen to the point where they gnawed on tree bark and exchanged seeds for food, and the days seem to be as peaceful as usual.

From the mountain city all the way back to Wuwei Temple, Wang Qi was naturally very happy to see Zhao He.

"Brother."

"How did you come back?"

"Something happened to Ye Li."

Zhao He didn't hide anything, and told the truth. Hearing this, Wang Qi sighed helplessly, and then looked at Zhao Hedao.

"Do you know that both Qingyun Mountain and the National Teacher's Office have issued arrest warrants, you and Ye Li at this time......"

He didn't say it clearly, but Wang Qi's meaning was already obvious, and upon hearing this, Zhao He said without the slightest hesitation.

"Brother, no matter what, I will never leave Ye Li alone."

Seeing that Zhao He was so determined, Wang Qi wanted to say something, but in the end he could only nod in silence. This was Zhao He's own decision, and it was not pleasant to say.

Back then in Dongyang County, without Ye Li, it's hard to say whether Wang Qi and the others would still be alive.

At this moment, he couldn't tell Zhao He to leave Ye Li alone.

Wang Qi didn't stop Zhao He, chatted for a while, and Zhao He also asked in doubt.

"By the way, brother, what happened in Dongyang County? Why did I see so many refugees when I passed by?"

Facing Zhao He's inquiry, Wang Qi sighed helplessly, and said with complicated eyes.

"It's not because of the National Teacher's Office."

"Have you heard about Dongyang County City?"

"I heard something. I was in retreat at the time, so I couldn't come in time."

"Well, it happened after the battle in Dongyang County. At that time, Master Wu Zhen arrived and killed Xie Chong."

"But because Zhou Zheng is dead, Dongyang County has no county king, and Wu Zhen Guoshi, on behalf of the court, divided Dongyang County into the jurisdiction of the major cultivation sects."

"According to the original agreement, the imperial court will directly manage Dongyang County in the future, but the major cultivation sects will be the masters."

"It wasn't a bad thing in the first place, it's just me... I didn't expect that these people would be like this..."

Since the major cultivation sects took over Dongyang County, all the cultivation sects, without exception, began to brutally suppress and exaggerate the oppression of the common people, except for the concept of inaction.

Let's put it this way, twelve hours a day, the major cultivation sects can't wait to let everyone work non-stop.

How could ordinary people bear such intensity.

But those high-ranking monks completely ignored them.

They don't care about the life and death of the people, they only care about how much benefit they can get. In order to get more benefits, many monks can be said to be devoid of humanity.

Even just a month ago, several cultivation sects headed by Lingxi Temple actually researched a elixir called Wugu Dan.

It was said to the outside world that this elixir can replace food, and just one pill can fill a person's stomach, and it can last for more than three days.

But in fact, Wang Qi has studied this elixir, and it is simply poison.

So the feeling of fullness is completely at the expense of overdrawing vitality.

The purpose of Lingxi Temple's research on such a elixir is self-evident, which is to save more food and make the people work endlessly.

For an ordinary person's body, if he didn't eat a grain pill, it would be equivalent to losing several years of life.

To put it bluntly, if a person keeps using Wugu Dan repeatedly, his lifespan will definitely not exceed ten years, and he will definitely die within ten years.

Wang Qi was very angry about the faces of the monks, but there was nothing he could do.

In the allocation of Wuwei Temple this time, it was only allocated to the small success of the mountain city.

Unable to change anything, all Wang Qi can do is to try his best to be himself, at least to let the people in the mountain city live better as much as possible.

This is why the people in the mountain city are completely different from other places.

He told Zhao He truthfully what happened in Dongyang County during this period, and at the end, Wang Qi added.

"Wealth touches people's hearts. This is true for ordinary people, and it is even more so for monks. After all, once a group of unrestrained people become greedy, the consequences will be terrible."

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