Under one person: I, Zhang Zhiwei, the arrogant Zhang

Zhang Zhiwei quickly took the soup from the old man with both hands, handed one of the bowls to Zhang Jingqing, and said with a smile:

"Thank you, old man!"

Seeing Zhang Zhiwei's politeness, Zhang Jingqing nodded, which was reasonable.

Immediately he raised the soup bowl and put it to his mouth. The so-called soup bowl was actually a bamboo tube.

It should be a tool used by woodcutters to hold water, with a little leaf floating in it.

Not too dirty, took a sip lightly.

As the hot water enters the mouth, a faint astringent taste bursts out in the mouth.

After swallowing it, a gust of hot air rose from the abdomen, and the whole person immediately became a little warmer.

After drinking, Zhang Zhiwei took Zhang Jingqing's bamboo tube, handed it to the old man together, and said, "Thank you for your hospitality!"

The old man quickly waved his hands and said with a smile: "You two priests are very polite. You should be used to drinking. I don't know how long you want to have another drink?"

Zhang Zhiwei looked at Zhang Jingqing.

Zhang Jingqing shook her head.

"That's no need!" Zhang Zhiwei smiled and handed the cup to the old man.

The old man was holding a bamboo tube, and was about to warm up in front of the fire.

Zhang Zhiwei stopped him, took out a few pieces of wild boar jerky from his bag and handed them to the old man.

"Eat something, fill your stomach!"

Looking at the jerky, the old man hesitated for a while, worried about fraud.

But after thinking about it, the value of the few of them is not as good as these pieces of jerky.

He took it with a grateful face, and went back to distribute it to other villagers.

Suddenly there was another burst of thanks.

These years, life has become more and more difficult. These villagers have not had any meat in their mouths for several months.

A group of men ate the jerky in small bites, and a few carefully broke off a piece, hid it in their arms, and said they planned to take it home for their wives and children to taste.

For a while, the atmosphere in the stone temple became more lively.

A villager sent out an invitation: "Master Dao, the corner of the wall is cold, why don't you come and warm yourself up?"

Zhang Zhiwei just wanted to refuse.

Zhang Jingqing dragged him over.

Since it is a tour, it is natural to communicate with the people around you. If you have been alone, how can it be effective.

Zhang Zhiwei: "..."

He wants to meditate and practice Qi, to temper his life.

"Where are the two priests going?" the old man asked.

Without waiting for Zhang Zhiwei to speak, Zhang Jingqing said: "We are wandering Taoist priests!"

The old man was in awe: "You Fang Taoist priest, those two Taoist priests must have real skills, after all, this world is not peaceful!"

Zhang Jingqing waved his hand and said, "Where is it? It's just a few fake tricks. I can't get along in one place. Go out and go to the rivers and lakes to beg for food!"

"Hey, who's to say no? They say that in this troubled world, people are not as good as dogs. That's true. The two priests still have skills and can make a living. We ordinary people can only stay in one place and wait." Die!"

The old man sighed, already acquiescing in his heart that Zhang Zhiwei and Zhang Jingqing are capable people.

Zhang Jingqing quickly asked: "Why did this old man say such a thing?"

Zhang Zhiwei on the side looked at Zhang Jingqing calling the old man who was much younger than him Old Brother, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly. Get along with these villagers.

I only heard the old man look bitter, and said: "No matter how chaotic or bad it was in the past few years, everyone tightened their belts and it will be over, but what time is it now, there are wars outside every day, today is Marshal Li, tomorrow is here Marshal Liu, the food tax is getting higher every year, and every time you change a marshal, you have to come to collect it once, and you don’t know when you will be completely unable to live!"

Zhang Zhiwei listened silently, the years on Longhu Mountain were quiet and good, but the downhill was in dire straits.

Now is the period of the warlord melee, a Beiyang government in the north, and a national government in the south.

A large group of warlords united under these two signboards, fighting endlessly for territory.

In this situation, a site is often snatched by various forces. Today you are from Beiyang, but when you wake up, you are from the southern country. The taxes you pay in Beiyang will not be counted. .

In some places, it is common to change county magistrates three or four times a year. Officials change like a revolving door, knowing that they will not last long, so when they come to power, they always want to cut a wave. All kinds of exorbitant taxes are as fierce as tigers , The leek roots are almost gone.

Listening to the villagers' complaints, Zhang Jingqing frowned, not knowing what she was thinking.

Even though the Tianshi Mansion is the top sect in the alien world, it is still powerless to deal with such a major event in the world.

"It will get better, everything will get better!" Zhang Jingqing could only comfort him dryly.

"Better, maybe, but ah, I'm afraid we won't see it!"

The old man in the village sighed: "In the past, it was only the officials who bullied us, but now, even the beasts in the mountains have started to bully us!"

"How to say?" Zhang Jingqing asked.

The old man in the village sighed, and said, "Last winter, life was hard. I had no food, so I had to go hunting in the mountains, and I disturbed a hibernating blind bear."

"The furious blind bear hurt people, so we fought it back, but unexpectedly, this bear has a vengeance. Since then, it has attacked the village every now and then. Sometimes domestic animals are poisoned, and sometimes people are poisoned!"

"We were deeply troubled by it, so we pooled money and hired a swordsman with high martial arts skills to kill the bear. The swordsman lived up to expectations. He fought the bear and slashed the blind man's shoulder with a knife, almost killing the bear. Broke in half, solved the scourge, and took the bear's body."

"We all thought it was over, but we didn't think that this was just the beginning. Since then, every once in a while, bears attacked the village in the middle of the night, and they specifically picked women and children to eat."

"We all guessed that last time the swordsmen were invited to kill the offspring of this bear. The bear came to take revenge, so he only picked women and children to kill."

After Zhang Jingqing listened, she frowned, sighed, and said comfortingly: "It's really difficult, what does the county say?"

The old man in the village sighed: "What else can the county say? It is actively collecting taxes and doing things? How is it possible? Our village is discussing, everyone raises money, and hires another swordsman to slaughter this animal. I can’t afford the money in time, so I went to the mountains to cut firewood, and I want to sell it in the city to raise money!”

Zhang Zhiwei was thoughtful. Could it be that the corpse he met on the side of the road was killed by the bear that the old man said? Fortunately, he thought the attacker was a tiger.

Do you want to take some time to help solve it? Judging from the lick marks on the corpse, this bear has something, and the average swordsman may not be able to solve it...

Zhang Zhiwei secretly sent a voice transmission to Zhang Jingqing, asking if he should be allowed to resolve the matter.

Zhang Jingqing told him not to worry, and then continued to talk to the villagers.

Seeing this situation, Zhang Zhiwei didn't care about it, and started to meditate on his own and practice Qi. It's better to temper his life than to listen to other people's suffering.