In the ninth year of Kaiyuan of Daqian Dynasty, there was heavy snow in November in winter.
The fluttering snowflakes covered the ground, covering it with a layer of silver.
At this time, Chen Hongyu was wearing single clothes and working with bare arms in the newly built living room.
On the side, Wang Mu was sitting on a chair without any image, looking at Chen Hongyu and saying: "They say that a gentleman cooks far away, but you are better off, and you never get tired of it."
"Stop talking nonsense, Wang Mu, are you going to eat it or not?" Chen Hongyu has become completely familiar with Wang Mu in the past few months, so he doesn't hide anything when he speaks.
Seeing his tone, Wang Mu laughed directly: "How can I say that you are now well-known in Wu'an County as Zhou Gongjin with both political integrity and talent? A mountain tour has attracted many scholars who visited the Goddess Mountain in the past few months. , the magnanimous return of Jia Jun's magic weapon became a good story and was admired by countless scholars. After all, it was a soul-condensing magic weapon.
But now that you are actually cooking with your own hands, if word gets out, I don’t know how many people’s eyes will drop.”
Having said this, he smiled somewhat maliciously and said, "My cousin will talk about you from time to time after she goes back."
Chen Hongyu rolled his eyes at him and ignored his joke.
In the past few months, thanks to Jia Jun's support in the poetry meeting, and after being spread among the dozens of melon-eating people, his reputation in Wu'an County has grown bigger and bigger.
However, after Wang Mu held the poetry party, he stayed in his mansion, eating and drinking every day, and promoting his cousin to her from time to time. I wonder if Qiu Ming would do it if he knew about it. Come to the door.
Of course, he was not without benefits. Wang Mu's talent shocked him. However, at the age of twenty-two, he had already reached the realm of soul condensation, and was only one step away from entering the Yin Shen realm, which is equivalent to the foundation building realm.
Wang Mu could always give him a lot of advice on sexual practice and classics.
At this time, he has been completely stabilized in the middle stage of the soul condensation realm, that is, he has condensed the earth soul. At the same time, he has also gained a lot of deeper understanding of the cultivation of the Tao of Nature.
It can be said that Wang Mu did not know how much he helped him, otherwise the huge Cui family only had two monks in the second level of Fate Dao, grandfather Cui Jian and Yang Zheng, which would be completely useless to his cultivation of Xing Dao.
On the other side, Wang Mu walked up to him and put the vegetables he had processed on the table next to the copper stove.
That's right, it's hot pot.
Chen Hongyu never thought that people in this world are so good at playing, and they have already invented the original hot pot.
After all kinds of prepared vegetables were served, Chen Hongyu and Wang Mu sat down.
"By the way, why didn't your grandpa come? Grandpa Cui really likes this stuff."
"Grandpa is still resting and has not woken up." Chen Hongyu shook his head.
"Hey, I have lived for more than twenty years. I have been either studying or practicing since I was a child. The few months I spent here with you are actually the most relaxing days."
Chen Hongyu glanced at him speechlessly: "If you stay here with me, you will go out every now and then."
Even though he just slumped on the chair without any image, his attention was still basically on the book in his hand.
Having said this, Wang Mu suddenly sighed without warning.
"Gong Jin, do you know what major events have happened in recent months?"
"What's the matter?" Chen Hongyu asked curiously. In the past few months, except for attending a few gatherings at the beginning, he spent the rest of his time in Lin'an practicing and accompanying his grandfather.
In addition to Wang Mu who goes out every now and then to bring back new news, there is also Jia Jun from Daze County next door who comes to visit from time to time.
Wang Mu pointed to the heavy snow outside the door and said: "Qingzhou and Xuzhou near the sea have always been relatively warm, but now the weather is so cold and snowy."
"Qingzhou and Xuzhou are already like this, and Jizhou, which is closer to the north, is naturally even colder. Since three years ago, the climate in Daqian has suddenly become colder. Now, even Qingzhou and Xuzhou, which had hardly snowed in several years, can accumulate several feet of snow. The heavy snowfall, what do you think of other places?"
"What else can be done? Naturally, it has become colder at the same time. The warmer places are fine, but it will undoubtedly make things worse for the people who already live in extremely cold places." Chen Hongyu sighed, but in his heart There are no fluctuations.
Although his sexual cultivation is not as good as Wang Mu's, he is not really a young man of only twenty years old after all. He has seen too many similar scenes in his previous life.
Cultivation to immortality is just a matter of struggle. When you see so many people die, you naturally become indifferent.
"That's right." Wang Mu paused and continued: "Taking Jizhou as an example, Jizhou is originally a barren land with backward production, heavy taxes and corvee, coupled with successive years of famine, this winter is colder than before, so A rebellion broke out directly in Jizhou."
It is said that Jizhou is now in a state of chaos, with various large and small refugee armies causing chaos everywhere, and from time to time, refugee armies even enter Jeju and Qingzhou, which are adjacent to Jizhou."
"It seems that they can no longer survive and have to plunder and survive elsewhere." Chen Hongyu shook his head.
"Yes, after the rebellion, the imperial court only joined hands with the aristocratic families to implement the policy of strengthening the walls and clearing the country. The rebels had no choice but to do anything except the county seat and the two unlucky county towns. They encountered the most powerful beggar army among the refugee armies and the Seven Killers. Except for the army, the rest of the counties and cities have been preserved."
"In this weather, food is secondary, keeping warm is the first priority. Now I don't know how many people in Jizhou have frozen to death."
Chen Hongyu rolled his eyes at him and said, "I asked you why you had more than ten guards when you came back today. I'm afraid a refugee army has come to Qingzhou!"
"Well, it is said that the Seven Killing Army is preparing to come to Qingzhou to plunder." Wang Mu pointed out and stopped here.
Chen Hongyu poured him a glass of wine: "Let's talk about the Seven Killers Army!"
"The leader of the Seven Killings Army is named Lu Zhiying. He has an unpredictable inheritance. His dual cultivation of life and life is extremely mysterious. He is proficient in talisman making, military formations, and fighting techniques. He is a master of the Tao of Sex who is about to break through to the fourth level. He has many disciples. , there are dozens of masters in the second realm of the Way of Life.”
"Wait a minute!" Chen Hongyu pondered for a moment and said, "I seem to have heard of this name before. Isn't Lu Zhiying a famous scholar in Jizhou? It is said that he is also the founder of the Na Lantai School, which is very powerful."
"That's him!" Wang Mu said: "Lu Zhiying came from a humble background. Later, he somehow gained the knowledge from his master and became more famous. He also opened a lecture hall in Lantai County, Jeju, and refused to accept anyone who came."
"Children of wealthy families may not necessarily go, but people from humble backgrounds saw an opportunity to change their destiny, and as a result, the first-class Lantai School in Jizhou was born.
Lantai has been teaching for twenty years and has countless disciples. However, he did not expect that when he raised the banner, his disciples gathered and swept half of Jizhou in an instant."