People Are Practicing Martial Arts And Refining Elixirs, And The Side Effects Are Outrageous!

At the southern foot of Funiu Mountain, more than a hundred miles west of Qixia Town, a man and a woman were riding a donkey that was all white and had wind under its hooves, moving forward slowly.

It was already the evening of the second day.

Although it is midsummer, the wind blowing from the Funiu Mountains in the evening is quite pleasant.

Along the way, the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant, the petals are dewed, and the core is like jade, which makes people forget to leave.

At the foot of the mountain, there is a mountain village with a small river flowing beside the village and a picturesque scenery.

The two got off the donkey in front of the village, held their hands with their hands and walked forward.

Along the way, Shangguan Yan felt incredible every time his eyes glanced at the donkey.

She never thought that the old donkey would become so magical after taking those pills from Brother Duan!

I can't help but think about what would happen if a person took so many pills?

However, thinking of Yang Duan's messy feeding situation yesterday, Shangguan Yan still didn't dare to apply this situation to others.

It was so terrible, like a fairy tale.

She had never heard of such a phenomenon in the world.

Even though she and Yang Duan have been together for more than a month, even though she has seen many strange effects of pills.

Just when she thought she was used to the magic of these elixirs refined by Brother Duan, now seeing such a situation, she still felt a little fanciful.

But it happened that such a fantasy happened right in front of her eyes.

In fact, Yang Duan had already had this idea and wanted to try the combination of various effects and side effects of different elixirs.

I just never found the opportunity, and I always forgot that I could try it on animals.

It wasn't until I got this donkey yesterday that I suddenly had a whim.

As for the effect, it is somewhat unexpectedly good!

It's just an ordinary old donkey. After some manipulation, not only the appearance and color have changed, but also a donkey with acquired perfection has been created!

Now even if Xing Baotou stood in front of this donkey in person, he would not dare to talk to him at all.

As the two led the strange donkey into the village, it quickly attracted the attention of many villagers.

The more remote the place, the longer and more pleasant the time always seems.

The people in the village have a kind of beauty described in the Tao Te Ching: "They enjoy their food, enjoy their clothes, enjoy their customs, and live in peace. Neighbors look at each other, they hear the sounds of chickens and dogs, and people do not interact with each other until they grow old and die." scene.

Of course, the saying that old age and death do not communicate with each other has been misunderstood for thousands of years.

The real meaning is to describe a quiet and elegant state of life.

Through labor, their food is sweeter, their clothes are more beautiful, their customs are more harmonious, their lives are stable and peaceful, and everyone is very satisfied. Even if they die here, they will not move to other places.

But many times, we cannot look at the surface.

At least Yang Duan wouldn't be so naive.

After all, this place is only more than a hundred miles away from Qixia Town, and there are other towns around it. Qixia Town is the intersection of Guanzhong, Shuzhong, and Jingchu.

It is impossible that no people from the world of martial arts passed by this place.

He took a look at the villagers around him and found that none of them knew martial arts, and felt slightly relieved.

At this time, many people around were attracted by them. After seeing this magical donkey, they became even more curious.

Standing not far away, they were laughing and discussing.

Some people are even thinking that this donkey is so magical. If this donkey whip is cut off and soaked in wine, will it be more replenishing than ordinary donkey whips?

The donkey sensed the man's malicious gaze, immediately stared at him, and began to pave his front hooves.

Yang Duan immediately held it down with one hand.

After all, this donkey is equivalent to a master who attains the perfect state the day after tomorrow. If he really gets mad casually, he will kill someone!

"You two, I am the village chief of Jiuligou Village. Are you going to go into the mountains?" An old man with gray hair came out.

Yang Duan smiled and said:

"Yes, but it's getting late now. I wonder if I can stay overnight in Qancun?"

"sure!"

The village chief was very happy!

Yang Duan's words were exactly what he wanted!

After all, the white donkey in front of him is so magical. If he can mate with his female donkey, he might also have a powerful donkey by then!

Moreover, his female donkey happened to be in estrus recently, so it can be said that it is better to come early than to come by chance!

"You two, come with the old man, my home is over here!"

"Thank you, old man!" Yang Duan and Shangguan Yan expressed their thanks one after another.

Then, he led the donkey and followed him.

"Young hero, just put the donkey here. Put it with my donkey. Even if it rains at night, it won't get wet!"

After the village chief finished speaking, he led the two people into the house.

The village chief's yard is very large. At first glance, there is a long row of houses facing south on the north side of the yard, and there is plenty of light.

With this orientation, even if the air at the foot of the mountain is humid, mold will not grow easily in the house.

Yang Duan has noticed this, and the whole village is like this.

It can be said to be the wisdom passed down by the common people.

In the living room, a little girl was clumsily cleaning the table.

Yang Duan smiled and said:

"Is this the village chief's granddaughter? She knows how to work at such a young age?"

The village chief shook his head and said:

"This is a child from the west end of the village. My family had many children and we couldn't afford to support them, so we sold her to my family. She is young and can't do heavy work, so she just does some simple things.

At this time, the little girl saw the village chief and two strangers coming in, and she suddenly became nervous.

But he was just stunned for a moment, and he quickly tried to suppress the tension in his heart and cleaned even harder.

When Yang Duan saw this situation, he felt a pity in his heart.

He knew that such a situation existed everywhere in the world, and that the power and war of the upper class would never take into account the life and death of the people.

No matter it is prosperous or troubled times, people will always have a difficult time.

In the prosperous times, the imperial court stationed troops to accumulate grain and needed tax revenue from crops. People with high status were exempted from taxes or had their money reduced, which was much easier.

In order to avoid taxes, other people gave their land to them, and they rented the land from them for farming.

These people with great fame have become landlords without knowing it.

In the beginning, the rent they rented to farmers was naturally cheaper than paying taxes to the court.

But as time went by, these landowners began to show their true colors and exploited the tenants who rented their fields.

More and more people are unable to survive, so they are selling more land, selling their children, and some even selling themselves.

Small landowners became big landowners, and tenants became slaves.

Yang Duan suddenly missed his previous life.

He didn't feel it when he lived in Qixia Town, but as soon as he left Qixia Town, his original understanding of the world and the reality of this world immediately impacted.

There were many what-ifs in his mind.

If the fields can be divided among households, the fields will not move.

If taxes can take into account actual conditions, natural disasters and man-made disasters will be avoided.

If fame and land tax were no longer linked, there would be no landlords.

If the so-called emphasis on agriculture does not focus on collecting taxes from farmers, but instead includes commercial taxes, or even exempts farmers from taxes.

Would this all be much better?

But there are not so many ifs in the world.

Yang Duan can't change this situation.

As the village chief asked the little girl to take care of his donkey, the village chief himself went to arrange for dinner to be prepared.

Yang Duan also became silent.

"Brother Duan, that little girl is so pitiful." Shangguan Yan seemed to see himself in the little girl.

She suddenly thought, if she had not met the master when she was eight years old, she would have been less willing to participate than this little girl.

Yang Duan sighed:

"There is so much helplessness in this world. We can grudge each other and draw out our swords to help when we see injustice, but the plight of the common people cannot be changed by a little help."

"Why?" Shangguan Yan didn't understand.

Yang Duan said:

"What can we do? Redeem this little girl's life and let her go home? But her family is in even greater difficulty and cannot afford to support her!

Giving money to her family? But the common man was not guilty of harboring the jade, but he might have harmed them instead. "

"Then we can only do nothing?" Shangguan Yan lowered his head.

"If the Ouyang family did not rebel in Sifang City fifteen years ago and the Huangfu family became emperor, your Shangguan family and Sima family would at least be the founding families. In that case, maybe you could have some influence on the people of Sifang City. .

But this is not Sifang City, and you are not the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. We can't change anything. "

After he said this, Shangguan Yan became even more silent.

Yang Duan didn't know where he could reach in the future, and he had no intention of becoming an emperor.

But what happened today gave him some ideas.

Maybe in the future when you meet ambitious people, you can tell them some good ideas and let them do it.

Reformers in history may not have the insight of later generations, but their desire to reform a powerful country is genuine. If they can add this experience and insight from another world on this basis, maybe they can really Bring some change to this world.

Yang Duan thought.

At this time, the little girl they talked about was busy in the yard.

Yang Duan and Shangguan Yan didn't know that the little girl had been hungry all day.

At first, her family used to sell grain once to the village chief to work as a long-term laborer.

It's not that the village chief didn't give him food, it's just that every time she got food, she would secretly hide it and go back to feed her brother after work.

At this time, she poured the donkey's ration into the trough several times and stood aside to watch the donkey eat.

Seeing the donkey eating so deliciously, the little girl couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva.

There was an idea in my mind that I wanted to take some out and try it, but as soon as I had this idea, I quickly gave it up.

She remembered in her heart that her parents had taught him that he should be a responsible person and not take things that didn't belong to him, not at all.

She sighed and turned her eyes to the small wooden barrel next to her.

This was the water she had just fetched. She bent down and picked up the wooden ladle floating on the water, and filled her stomach with water.

She remembered that she had drunk water before to feel full, and when she was full, she was no longer hungry.

Dinner was quickly prepared.

The village chief's family is the richest man in the village, but even if they are the richest man, there is nothing good to eat at the banquet for Yang Duan and his two men.

There is no big fish or meat in the mountain village, only some ordinary wild vegetables.

There was very little meat, only two half-foot-long small fish caught in the river next to the village.

Even so, it was a substantial meal for this place.

"It made the two young heroes laugh. The hunter in the village recently went to the town to visit relatives. There was nothing fishy during this time. Please don't take it personally!" The village chief was a little embarrassed.

Yang Duan smiled and said:

"Don't say that, village chief. We are all people who travel around the world. Many times, the food we eat is far less than what you have prepared. Please worry about it!"

"You're welcome, young hero!" Seeing that Yang Duan didn't mean to blame, the village chief breathed a sigh of relief, "By the way, you two said you were going into the mountains before, but I wonder if you've walked here before?"

After all, not all people who enter the mountains stay overnight in their village, so the village chief does not think that he has seen everyone who enters the mountains.

Yang Duan shook his head.

Shangguan Yan asked:

"What advice does the village chief have?"

Shangguan Yan has been traveling around the world for a while. Wherever she goes, she is naturally willing to listen to the opinions of local elders, which will save her a lot of trouble.

The village chief said:

"Since this is your first time here, you two should pay attention. Now that we have entered the boundaries of the Funiu Mountains, the first place in front of (Denuo Zhao) is Xiong'er Mountain."

"Xiong'er Mountain? What's the explanation?" Yang Duan looked at the village chief and poured a glass of wine to the village chief from the gourd he carried with him.

The village chief thanked him profusely, and then continued:

"There is a strong wind village in Xiong'er Mountain. There are hundreds of bandits in the stronghold. If you encounter them, you may be in danger. Why don't you two stay here first and wait for the caravan to pass by? It will be relatively safer to travel with them."

"Xiong'er Mountain? Kuangfeng Village?" Yang Duan nodded, "Thank you, village chief, for informing me!"

Yang Duan didn't say whether he was waiting for the caravan, but just filled another glass of wine for the village chief.

At this time, in a small courtyard on the edge of the village in the northwest corner, a thin figure walked out of the house.

He pretended nothing happened and wandered around the village.

"Liuzi, it's so late, why are you still not sleeping?" An aunt saw him and asked casually with a smile.

"Fifth Aunt, I'm going to take a bath in the river and see if there are any fish." Liu Zi then responded.

"You brat, be careful not to get bitten by bugs!" Auntie reminded her kindly.

Liuzi responded casually and continued walking forward.

He did not walk towards the river, but passed by the village chief's house and saw a flash of white light in the donkey shed through the fence and courtyard wall, and quickly left C.

We made a big circle and headed into the mountains.

These six men were a secret sentinel of Kuangfeng Village. Once there was anything unusual nearby, they would immediately go to the mountain to report it.

The mountain will naturally give him some benefits. In addition, it also promised him not to invade their Jiuligou Village.

In order to prevent people in the village from suspecting him, every time he had income, he would use the excuse that he caught fish and sold it in the town.

Of course, I will also go to a nearby town for two days and then come back.

Chang Duan and Shangguan Yan had no idea about all this. .