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On April 21, the 371st year of the Great Zhou calendar, Heyuan, Gaoyang City...

"Mr. Jun, please, please pity us. This is the last little food in my family. If you take it away, my family of seven will starve to death. How do you let us live..."

In front of a private house on North Street, a team of grain collectors dragged a bag of grain to load them onto the grain truck. A forty-year-old man hugged a grain collector's thigh and begged him to put down the food that the whole family relied on for life.

"Get out!" The grain collector kicked the man away and shouted at him with a angrily voice: "The soldiers of the Thunder Army above the city are sacrificing their lives to resist the thieves and protect the safety of your whole family. Now I ask you why you are so uncooperative with the levy!

You starve to death without food, Gaoyang City is still the same Gaoyang City. However, if all the soldiers of the Thunder Army are hungry, Gaoyang City will be completely finished! You will all be made into dry food by the thieves, don't stop them!"

After saying that, the grain collector waved his hand at the convoy, and the grain collector pushed the loaded grain truck toward the next house.

"Robbers, they are simply groups of robbers. How can my wife and children live..." The man looked at the food truck that was gradually moving away and sat on the ground and cried in despair, but at this time he could do nothing except cry...

"Children's father..."

"Rou Niang..."

"father……"

"My child..."

The family members who heard the crying and scolding all walked out of the room, looked at the man sank on the ground and hugged their heads and cried...

"Oh, when will this day end..."

The blacksmith in a blacksmith shop opposite looked at the crying scene of the family opposite, and couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.

"The thieves outside the city are cruel, and the officers and soldiers in the city are also cruel. The hardships are all the ordinary people who are honest..." A man in gray shirt with a beard next to the blacksmith sighed.

The blacksmith looked at the man in gray clothes, then walked into the shop, took a pair of scissors, walked out of the door and handed it to the man in gray clothes: "Young Master He, you have made the scissors you want..."

Mr. He took out scissors and said to the blacksmith: "I am tired of Boss Pu, so I'm afraid I have to owe this money first..."

"It's okay, I can't buy food if I give it money..."

Blacksmith Pu picked up a gourd ladle and scooped up the water in the tank at the door of the blacksmith shop. After throwing it off, he waved his hand and said casually.

"Oh~" Mr. He sighed when he heard this and continued to look at the crying family. "If this continues, I am afraid that the thieves will not enter the city, and the 250,000 people in the city will starve to death..."

When Blacksmith Pu heard this, he spitted a mouthful of water at the corner of the street, then took a towel, found a chair to sit down at the door, and looked at the family opposite him with Mr. He, with his face full of sorrow.

The two of them didn't say a word, just staring at the family opposite each other and crying bitterly. After a long time, when they were tired of crying, they entered the house, and Blacksmith Pu said, "Young Master He, have you said that there are no officials in this world who really care about us ordinary people? Needless to say, those thieves,

Even this group of elite imperialists were the same. Since the Thunder Army stationed in Gaoyang City, the soldiers below have often bullied the market, causing complaints, which are even more fierce than thieves.

Not to mention those Governor Zhao, who hid in Caizhou City and continued to enjoy wealth and glory, leaving us here, alas, what kind of world is this..."

Mr. He laughed and said, "It's not that there is no such thing. Did Blacksmith Pu remember that two years ago, a young rebel leader led an army of thousands of people and captured Gao Yang, guarding 80,000 thieves, without a single soldier?"

"You are talking about that, what's that?" When Blacksmith Pu heard this, he suddenly flashed through his mind, and then slapped his thigh and said, "Yes, Jingweiying, that Jingweiying!"

Mr. He nodded and continued, "Yes, Jingweiying, that is really a royal army. After breaking through Gaoyang, he did not harm the people. He even opened warehouses and released grain to help the people in the city.

Moreover, all the 80,000 thieves were poisoned to death in the suburbs of the city. They were really a hero who hated evil and had a distinct grudge. The Jingweiying under his command really deserved the word "righteousness". If he had been guarding Gaoyang, the entire Heyuan would have been peaceful long ago..."

"Yes..." said Pu Blacksmith, "I have seen such a kind-hearted and righteous teacher in my life. They have been in Gaoyang for more than a month, and they have not had any disturbances in the public. They have also managed the entire Gaoyang in an orderly manner. Unfortunately, such a good army..."

Speaking of this, a deep regret flashed in the eyes of Blacksmith Pu: "When they left Gaoyang, no one tried to keep him? I can't even remember when they left. Thinking about it, we are really heartless,

I would even believe that those government officials who abandon us repeatedly only celebrate the wedding of Prince Li Suwen and the princess! Maybe this is God's punishment for us to be ungrateful?"

When Mr. He heard this, he remained silent. At this time, a woman in a thick shirt was carrying a bamboo basket on the corner of the street and passed by the blacksmith shop door.

"Spit..." Seeing this, Mr. He spat with disdain, then looked like he was a master of his own eyes and said loudly, "The saint Yun is hard to raise women and villains, and the ancients did not deceive me. When some people heard that the famous prince consort entered Gaoyang City,

That was running away all night to look away, just to meet the rumored Confucian general, but he disdained the heroes who saved him from the sea of ​​suffering. Humph, it's ridiculous. How ridiculous is Li Suwen? Will he look at some vulgar fans? What's more, he is a woman who is not innocent!"

Hearing this, the woman stopped immediately and turned to look at Mr. He, her eyes were red, and she had a few crystal tears, as if she was about to burst out from her eyes.

"What do I do?" Mr. He weighed the scissors in his hand and said calmly, "After all, for you women, you don't know how to write the four words "ungratefulness". When you show a pitiful look and win sympathy, you can get away with it. Do you really think that people in the world are those reckless men who only have the words "sex" in their eyes? It's ridiculous!"

Seeing that the woman was about to be said to be crying, Blacksmith Pu hurriedly said to Mr. He: "Forget it, Xiao Xi was only sixteen years old back then and was ignorant. Why did you make such a sarcasm to her? After all...ah..."

He didn't say the rest, because that kind of thing is a memory that is unbearable for any woman to look back on.

"Can you be ungrateful when you are young?" Mr. He said excitedly, "Ask him, who rescued her from the thief back then? Who sent her back to his parents to reunite? Who helped their whole family!

Does she still remember the name of the rebel leader? I'm afraid I've forgotten it all! The eldest son of the Li family, who has nothing to do with her, is so obsessed with her.

On the day when Master Li and Princess Yuxiang got married, she cried all night, and when the rebel leader who saved her family's life left, she was wandering around the street corner with laughter! Do you know if she still remembers who the person who saved her from the sea of ​​fire... "

"His name is Liu Ce!" Xiao Xi cried and said loudly to Mr. He, "I haven't forgotten all day. He rescued me from the sea of ​​fire that day, he avenged me and killed all the 80,000 thieves! Or did he not have any strange eyes on me because of my loss when he saved me, or did he send me back to his parents,

I remember clearly how he looked! How could Zheng Nianxi, such a benefactor, forget him! I really didn't forget, but I didn't expect that I was actually watching him and his subordinates leave sadly.

And I was actually worried about the matter of the prince-consort. I was wrong, I was really wrong. When I think of this, I can't sleep every night. Do you think I feel good? I really regret it more than any of you. At that time, I really should have followed my benefactor. Maybe there wouldn't be such a dilemma now. I regret it, I have long regretted it..."

After venting his emotions, Zheng Nianxi squatted on the street and burst into tears, attracting countless people to watch.

Mr. He was stunned and looked at Zheng Nianxi crying, and it was difficult to speak for a while.

"Okay, Mr. He!" said Blacksmith Pu helplessly, "Xiao Xi is so old. She has been ruined in this life. Don't stimulate her anymore. In fact, if you want to say that you are guilty, our entire Gaoyang City was saved by Chief Liu, including me, are guilty.

Did anyone go to see them off when they left? No, right? That's right, why are you making fire at a girl's house?"

After saying that, Blacksmith Pu said to Zheng Nianxi: "Okay, Miss Xiaoxi, don't cry, go home, Mr. He has no ill intentions, but everyone feels uncomfortable in this way in the city recently, so don't take it to heart..."

When Zheng Nianxi heard this, he stood up with red eyes and bowed to Mr. He and said, "Sorry, Mr. He, you are right. It's because I'm ungrateful. I shouldn't be angry at you..."

After being scolded by the blacksmith Pu, Mr. He stopped caring about it: "Forget it, Boss Pu is right. In fact, we are all ungrateful people. If we could see that Chief Liu again, I would definitely apologize in front of him!"

After saying that, he left the crowd with scissors first and rushed to the house. Soon the crowd around him dispersed...

This is true in human nature. Only after encountering a dangerous situation will you recall the beautiful things that were forgotten and abandoned by yourself. For the current people of Gaoyang, Liu Ce is the hero who once brought them beautiful memories.
Chapter completed!