Three rusty arrows hung out of thin air a foot away in front of Lin Ji, and suddenly shattered into ashes with a snap.
call!
A huge table-sized boulder that had lost its footing suddenly fell from the top of the remaining wall.
Just as it landed on Lin Ji's head, it suddenly changed direction and flew away.
It smashed into the remaining wall with a loud bang, flew more than ten feet without losing momentum, and hit an old willow tree four feet thick with a click, breaking at the waist!
The boulders shattered all over the ground and turned into dust.
In the cracks of the broken wall where the dust was rising, three emaciated figures, one large and one small, were faintly visible.
"Ah? It's a monk!" The slightly bent figure among them exclaimed in shock, "Wenjie, run quickly! Run as far as you can..."
Before he could finish speaking, Lin Ji's figure flashed and landed in front of several people.
"Hey! This is life!"
The old man in the middle sighed helplessly, knelt down on the ground with a pop, bowed his head and begged: "Master, the unkind act just now was done by us reckless men, and has nothing to do with this young child. I still look to the Holy Heart of the Master.
Kindhearted, spare his life! If the Immortal is kind again and can take him away from Yunzhou, I, the ancestors of the Kong family, will pay my homage and thank you forever!"
Several people knelt down at the same time. The youngest baby knelt on the ground, staring at Lu Zhaoer's chest and swallowed hard.
Lin Ji lowered his head and glanced. The old man and the two young men beside him were all wearing low-grade silk robes.
Although it's a little dirty, it fits me perfectly.
Obviously it wasn't stolen or picked up.
These people were severely malnourished and looked sallow and thin, but judging from their skin color and appearance, they did not look like poor people doing menial work.
Of course, he is not a martial artist, let alone a monk.
Especially the hunched-back old man who spoke in written words seemed to be a bit knowledgeable, and he seemed vaguely familiar...
Lin Ji glanced at him and said, "Who are you? Apart from you, is there anyone else in Ping'an County?"
Seeing that Lin Ji was not in a hurry to execute them, the old man kowtowed again, straightened up and returned the greeting in an orderly manner: "Go back to Shangxian, I... uh? You..." The old man suddenly paused and said in shock.
, "Are you the former prisoner Tiansi Lin Tianguan Lin?"
Lin Ji was stunned. He didn't expect that the old man actually knew him. He couldn't help but said in surprise: "You are..."
Before the old man could answer, Lu Zhaoer walked up the first few steps and said, "Are you Mr. Kong Zhengkong, the Right Master of the Censor?"
"Exactly!" The old man was also surprised. He looked at Lu Zhaoer carefully and exclaimed, "She is the little princess of the Zhenguo Mansion! It's really, really..."
The old man said these two truths in succession, and he was already in tears.
Although Lin Ji was not in the court, he had stayed in Jingzhou for a long time and knew a little about the reputations of the major officials in the court.
This censor Youlang was known for his uprightness and impeached powerful ministers several times.
When Emperor Pei ascended the throne for the first time, in order to eradicate his dissidents, he naturally wanted to preserve his outspoken admonitions.
But later, after using the name of the chicken mother to wipe out the court, Kong Zheng not only seemed redundant, but even a bit of an eyesore, and he was demoted to another country for any reason.
At that time, Lin Ji only sighed a little when he was mentioned. Not to mention having any interactions, he had never even met.
I don’t know where Kong Zheng has seen him.
Unexpectedly, after the fall of the Qin Dynasty, they would meet again in such a situation.
"Get up and talk." Lin Ji said.
Not to mention they were old acquaintances, Lin Ji didn't want to kill them at first.
Otherwise, the moment they took action, they would have been wiped out long ago.
It was obvious that these people were forced to do so because they had no way out, and they had no choice but to do so.
If there is a chance of survival, who is willing to eat people?!
"Thank you, Sir!" Kong Zheng kowtowed again, pressing his hand to the child next to him who was still staring blankly, "Wenjie, thank you, Lord Lin!"
"Yes." The little boy also kowtowed.
Kong Zheng stood up and saluted: "Master Lin, please follow me to your temporary residence."
As he said that, he held on to the wall with one hand and staggered towards the fire not far away.
The place where the fire was lit was the county government office.
A large plaque with four characters "Love the people as your own children" is placed across the middle, polished brightly.
The desks, evasion cards, fire sticks and other items around are all arranged neatly without any clutter.
If you don't count the bonfire in the middle, the county government hall is so tidy that it doesn't need to be tidied up even to receive imperial edicts, not to mention greeting state bosses.
In the troubled times outside the government office, people cannibalize their lives, but inside the government office is as clean and spotless as new.
This Kong Zheng...
For a moment, Lin Ji didn't know what to say.
Kong Zheng pointed to the person behind the case and invited Lin Ji to sit down. He stood in the hall and still had to salute.
Lin Ji waved his hand and said: "Now that the Qin Dynasty is gone, the country no longer exists. In such a situation, how can there be so many polite words?"
After saying that, he sat down directly in front of the bonfire and called to a few people: "Come here, just talk here."
"Yes!" Kong Zheng said as he was told, sitting next to Lin Ji, "Since I left the capital, I have been demoted one after another, until half a year ago I landed in this poorest place in the country. My official career was not going well, and I felt like I was depressed.
I want to benefit a country and live here in peace. Who can imagine it? The Qin Dynasty perished overnight! There is neither a new dynasty nor an old one. For a while, the people were unable to control themselves and were in chaos! Murder, banditry, adultery... all kinds of things
There are so many evil things!”
"We worked hard and worked hard to pacify the county people. The soldiers broke out again, and the fighting continued! In just a few months, this small Pingan County was in chaos! Today's surname is Wang, the next day's surname is Zhao, and the day after that it's Zhao.
I don’t know who it belongs to! The flags on the wall are changed, and there are four changes in nine days! The people in the city are dead and injured. They are already poor and hard-working, and now it is even harder to survive! Ten houses and nine empty houses, it is hard to save even one!"
"The heavenly eye is clear! This desolation is so desolate that it is difficult to write about it!"
"I thought that natural disasters and military chaos were the worst evil! Unexpectedly, a month ago, another demon in black came riding a giant bat. As soon as the ocarina sounded, all the people in the county stood up straight from their dreams, and everyone seemed to be in a dream.
As if possessed by a demon, he abandoned his property, wife and children and followed the evil path!"
"My grandson and these two mute slaves are the only ones in the whole city who are safe. I am old, grandson and young, and these two slaves cannot speak. We can't escape, so we can only stay here!"
"After eating all the weeds, I have no choice but to do so..." When Kong Zheng said this, he couldn't help but shook his head and said with regret, "It's a pity that I, Kong Zheng, have never regretted anything in my loyal life! But this
At the end of the day, he killed several people and used them for food! How different from those beasts and wolves! But...Sun Younu is dumb, if I pass away, the three of them will also die."
Every word Kong Zheng spoke was filled with blood and tears, which was shocking!
The Qin Dynasty was destroyed, the army was in chaos and bandits, and demons took the opportunity to wreak havoc...
How can these ordinary people still survive?
Lin Ji took a deep breath and thought to himself: "Maybe grandpa is right, but why does it have to be me?"
After calming down a little, Lin Ji turned around and asked, "Master Kong, do you think your grandfather and grandson and these two mute slaves were also in the city when the demon came?"