The Dharma Sea of ​​the Green Snake

Chapter 704
"Where is this place? Why is the government unable to protect itself?"

Taking a deep breath, when Pei Wende spoke again, there was a faint Sanskrit sound in his voice.

Under the influence of this Sanskrit sound, the gangsters suddenly lost their minds, and even the horses under them became strangely quiet.

"This is Jiangnan East Road, the western suburbs of Runzhou..."

"Since the evil spirits made trouble last year and Nandu broke the embankment, it ruined Runzhou's harvest for a year."

"However, those dog officials in the government office colluded with profiteers to drive up prices, and there was a situation where rice was more expensive than silver."

He couldn't help frowning, and Pei Wende felt a bit astonished immediately.

Runzhou is the fringe area of ​​Yangzhou, and it was also called Zhenjiang in later generations.

Nandu refers to the Yangtze River, so the bandit leader's words can be simply understood as the Yangtze River's dike, which led to a rare disaster year in Zhenjiang, the "granary".

"If the local government doesn't act, does the court just ignore it?"

Hearing Pei Wende's question again, the bandit leader who had been controlled showed a look of disdain.

"The imperial court? If the imperial court wants to take care of it, it has to take care of it."

"The group of dog officials not only colluded with profiteers, but also lied to others. They never reported the incident of Nandu's embankment breaking."

As soon as these words came out, Pei Wende immediately understood.

Leaving aside the authenticity of the "collusion between government and business" that the bandit leader said, it seems that local officials did not report the breach of the embankment, which is indeed what they did.

After all, the new emperor has just succeeded to the throne not long ago, and his control over the place is not yet so strong.

The local officials may want to delay the matter, and wait until the final major incident is reduced to a small one, so as to protect themselves.

"That's not right. Even if last year's harvest was destroyed, but here is so close to Yangzhou, isn't there any extra food and grass for disaster relief?"

"Things have come to this point, you even dare to rob in the official way, no matter how stupid the court is, it is impossible not to know?"

If things were really like what the bandit leader said, local officials were trying to collude with each other and deceive, there is no reason why things would become so big.

Using the extra food produced in previous years for disaster relief is the real way to make big things smaller and small things smaller.

"Haha, those dog officials naturally don't want to make such a big fuss."

"But God doesn't give them a way to survive. This year, Nandu burst its embankment again. How can they have food and grass for disaster relief?"

He laughed undisguisedly, even though the bandit leader was in a state of controlled trance, he still couldn't hide the resentment in his heart when he said this.

"Break the dike for two consecutive years?"

After knowing the ins and outs of the whole incident, even Xiaoqing couldn't help sticking her head out and complaining.

"How perfunctory are those stupid officials? Haven't they seriously repaired the dam?"

Looking down at Xiaoqing, Pei Wende explained in a low voice.

"Perhaps it has indeed been repaired, but this kind of thing is not what they decide."

"Combined with the situation of 'rice is more expensive than silver' last year, it should be that some people want to take advantage of the opportunity to make money in the country."

Hearing the sound of strings, Xiaoqing knew the elegant meaning, and Xiaoqing instantly understood the reason.

Local officials wanted to hide it from the past, so they must have repaired the dam immediately and provided food relief.

But it seems that some people didn't want to let the matter pass like this, so they deliberately drove up the price, and then made a move on the repair of the embankment, which is why this year's situation happened.

"Is the person doing this a human? Or a demon?"

Facing Xiaoqing's question, Pei Wende just shook his head helplessly.

"Whether they are humans or demons, their purpose is to create chaos and disaster."

In fact, Pei Wende really wanted to think about this matter for the better, but he knew very well in his heart that if the information obtained by the bandit leader was correct, there was a high probability that some people who were greedy for profit did these things.

"leader?"

Just as Pei Wende and Xiaoqing were whispering, those refugees with sticks finally caught up with the bandits on horseback and surrounded them.

Then they noticed the strange behavior of the bandit leaders, and each of them showed a look of surprise.

"what?!"

It wasn't until one of the refugees tentatively pushed the bandit leader that the leader finally woke up from his absence, and looked at the peaceful Pei Wende in horror.

"You monster monk! What kind of magic did you cast on me?"

Accompanied by the bandit leader's loud shout, the other bewildered bandits woke up one after another from their trance.

The next moment, I saw these thugs looking at Pei Wende with terrified and horrified eyes, without concealing their inner shock.

"The sorcery?"

Seeing this situation, Pei Wende smiled disdainfully.

"If this is all 'demon law', then there is no righteous way in this world."

Before he finished speaking, Pei Wende suddenly flicked his monk robe, and the Jiedao in his hand flew straight towards the bandit leader on horseback.

—— Yu Jianshu·Hundred Step Flying Sword!

At the critical moment, the instinct to survive made the bandit leader turn around and rolled off his horse in time.

However, the horse under his crotch was not so lucky, and was directly beheaded by the sharp Jie Dao.

"Go! Give me all!"

"Whoever can kill this demon monk, I will immediately make him the second master!"

Seeing such a terrifying scene, the bandit leader who was sprayed with horse blood didn't have the courage before, and shouted to the nearby subordinates in panic.

As the saying goes, there must be a brave man under the reward.

Although these gangsters were still afraid of Pei Wende's "demonic method", but after seeing that the opponent no longer had the sword in his hand, they still bravely rushed towards the opponent.

Especially those thugs on horseback, even charged with their horses, intending to split Pei Wende in half in the shortest possible time.

"Humph!"

With a cold snort, Xiaoqing under the collar was about to make a move when Pei Wende reached out and stopped him.

"Let me come!"

As Pei Wende, who didn't want Xiaoqing to suffer too much murder, said this, a flying insect that looked like an ant flew out of his cuff.

Then the second, the third...

Buzz!
Although these Iron Gu made of steel only have simple spirituality, it does not prevent them from becoming the best "weapon" in Pei Wende's hands.

Automatic identification, automatic locking, automatic killing...

Pei Wende just stood there quietly, without even performing too many operations and commands, those gangsters who rushed forward were bitten to death one by one by the Iron Gu.

Only occasionally when one or two gangsters who are not afraid of death will come across, the Jiedao hanging in the air will automatically fall down, beheading and killing them.

"Amitabha!"

With just a few breaths, this group of thugs who dared to block the way were slaughtered by Pei Wende.

Then Pei Wende walked up to the bandit leader with a Jiedao in his hand, swung the knife decisively amidst the other party's constant begging for mercy, and chopped off the other party's head.

Before the head of the bandit leader fell to the ground, the last thing he heard was a low, compassionate rebirth curse.

——King Kong glared, cutting karma to protect the way.

——The Bodhisattva lowered his eyebrows and passed away.

—Recommendation ticket—/—Monthly ticket—

(End of this chapter)