The #1 Pretty Boy of the Immortal Path

Lin Shu was stunned.

He looked at Li Goose Feather.

The girl was holding the door frame, her eyes were wide open, and she looked behind him in fear.

He turned his head, and there was nothing behind him, only the empty village.

The aunt said: "Girl, don't be afraid, they won't arrest this brother."

After this conversation, Lin Shu finally knew what happened.

He originally thought that the situation in the academy was already extremely precarious, but he did not expect that outside, in the mortal world, it had already reached such a point.

The war is coming, the army needs to be expanded, and various fortifications also require a lot of manpower. The government began to recruit soldiers and civilians frantically.

According to what Ling Fengxiao said before, Nanxia originally implemented the "Employment Law", that is to say, each family has a number of places and years of corvee, but they can be exempted from corvee by paying the corresponding money and food, and the government will Part of the money and food is used to recruit additional civilians who are willing to serve in corvee, and the remaining part is used to fill the national treasury.However, after the recovery of the "Certificate Service Law", the common people could no longer avoid corvee by paying money and food, but had to send someone out.

——What's more, even if the "employment law" is still implemented, how can the people hand over enough money and grain to avoid corvee labor when there is no harvest during a severe drought?

Seeing the girl's terrified appearance, it is obvious that she has a deep psychological shadow.From this, you can imagine how vicious it was when the officials sent out to arrest people.

Their family used to be a happy family of five, but now only the aunt and the immature girl are left. How can they survive in this war-torn and desolate year?

Think more about it, Nanxia Dadi, how many families like this should there be?

I'm afraid there are countless.

In this case, Lin Shu only read related poems in Chinese class.

There are too many specific words and sentences to enumerate. It is clear that the war has not yet started, but he thought of the word "living and dying".

When he was in school, he just memorized it, and he never thought that one day he would be in it.

The aunt said: "Duck Feather is still looking forward to becoming a fairy in the coming year..."

Her eyes were bloodshot, and the hand holding Lin Shu's shoulder was shaking all the time, her eyes were full of pain.

Lin Shu patted her arm lightly, took out a bottle of Bigu Dan from the mustard kit, and said, "Eat one, you can go without food or drink for 30 days."

The aunt was stunned for a moment, then came to her senses, picked up the bottle and stuffed it into her bosom, then looked out again to make sure no one saw it.

Lin Shu was led in by her.

The aunt poured him a bowl of muddy water and said, "There is no good water, so don't dislike it."

Lin Shudao: "It's okay."

Li Yamao's family is like this, and other families must be like this. Food and water are all problems.

The aunt watched him drink the water in small sips, wiped away tears, and said: "A few days ago, Duck Feather was looking forward to learning immortals next year, I didn't expect..."

Lin Shu asked, "Have they left?"

Auntie: "What?"

Lin Shudao: "Army."

"No," the aunt said, "I still have to go to other places to recruit soldiers, and they say they will send them to mules and horses in five days."

Lin Shu gave a "hmm" and said, "Wait for a while."

After all, he picked up the jade soul and went to the dreamland.

Mr. Meng turned around and said, "Fellow Daoist, you are here. Do you want to practice sword?"

Lin Shu hesitated for a moment and said, "There is one thing."

Mr. Meng said: "What's the matter?"

Lin Shudao: "Do you know Li Yamao?"

Mr. Meng smiled gently: "Fellow Daoist, do you know him? He was supposed to come to the Academy this year. When I presided over the mausoleum examination, I thought I didn't see him, so I went looking for him. If you know him, you must Ask him to remember to come next year."

Lin Shudao: "He was sick this year."

Mr. Meng suddenly said: "So that's the case."

Lin Shu continued: "A few days ago he was recruited, and he was arrested."

As soon as the words fell, Mr. Meng frowned: "This..."

He continued: "Why is this?"

Lin Shudao: "Can he come to the academy?"

Mr. Meng said: "He's not bad in talent, he's already considered a person of immortality, I'm just afraid that he won't be able to keep up with the lessons, so I asked him to learn more calligraphy in the mortal world."

Lin Shu thought about the rescue character written as "ball". Although it was wrong, it was also partly correct. From being illiterate to being able to write, he really studied hard.

"Fellow Daoist, if you haven't opened the call yet, go to their camp and look for Lizheng, and I will show up to ask him for help."

Lin Shudao: "Thank you."

"Fellow Daoist, what is the situation, please tell me in detail."

Lin Shu told Mr. Meng about the situation in the village.

"Why is this!" Mr. Meng said again.

Mr. Meng has always been mild-tempered, but now he frowned lightly, his tone was severe, and his eyes were full of worry.

After a while, he said again: "I know that this is a helpless move... It's just that the situation is so cruel that it is my fault after all."

Lin Shu didn't know who this "we're waiting for" was referring to.

Mr. Meng sighed, and said: "Fellow Daoist, don't worry about the duck feather matter, the mortal government will still give this face to Immortal Dao."

Lin Shudao: "Thank you."

"You don't have to thank me," Mr. Meng looked towards the sea of ​​clouds, "Fellow Daoist, go find Lizheng. I'll go and discuss this matter with Shangling Jian in detail first. The strategy of conscription must not be like this, otherwise within three years, the national power will decline. Although he doesn't care about mortal affairs, he can still speak in front of His Majesty."

After finishing speaking, Mr. Meng cupped his hands towards Lin Shu, and his figure disappeared immediately.

Lin Shu left the dreamland and saw the aunt looking at him with full expectation in her eyes.

"I told Xuegong." Lin Shudao, "You wait at home, I'll go find Lizheng."

The aunt's lips moved, she was speechless, and there seemed to be tears in her eyes.

Lin Shu didn't know how to comfort her, so she just said, "Don't worry."

After all, he asked where Li Zheng was, and went out.

In Nanxia, ​​[-] households are defined as one mile, and each mile is set up with one post, who is responsible for household registration and taxes.

The aunt only knew Lizheng's residence and yamen, but she didn't know where Lizheng was at the moment. Lin Shu bit the bullet and asked a few more times, and finally found Lizheng and Lizheng's family in another village ten miles away. men.

Two men were pulling out a young man from the yard of a family.Inside was a fat middle-aged man who spat on the ground and said, "Hide in the cellar! Cellar! I've seen this trick a lot!"

The man's family members hugged the child who could not walk, and sat on the threshold crying: "My lord, we are orphans and widows, we can't do work, so we will drink the northwest wind from now on?"

Li Zheng said: "Your family is not the only one drinking northwest wind!"

The woman burst into tears and was about to bang her head on the door, the man also looked pained.

Li Zheng said viciously to her: "You hide your man today, and you won't be able to fight in the future. If you want to drink the northwest wind, you may die!"

After all, the opponent said: "Go!"

Turning around, he looked up and saw Lin Shu.

Lin Shu knew that the clothes he was wearing were not of mortal style, so he was not surprised by Li Zheng's scrutinizing eyes, and bowed to him politely: "My lord."

Li Zheng took a few steps back, and also saluted: "What advice does the Immortal have?"

Lin Shudao: "There is one thing."

As soon as he finished speaking, the jade pendant on his waist flickered, and after a moment of trance, he saw Mr. Meng's phantom appearing in front of Li Front.

Mr. Meng bowed to Li Zheng, spoke politely, and explained the ins and outs, to the effect that Li Ya Mao is a student of Shangling Academy, he has to go to Shangling Academy, please let Li Zheng release him.The rest of the formalities are handled by the academy itself, and Lizheng doesn't have to be afraid of harsh criticism from his superiors.

Li Zheng looked at them for a long time, and said that the immortal leader naturally has the reason for the immortal leader, but I, a mortal, also has mortal difficulties, and this matter must be reported to the higher authorities.

Mr. Meng said: "Okay."

Lin Shu knows that the mortal world has its own rules, not to mention that the disciples of the immortal way never do anything to mortals. Even if Mr. Meng comes in person, he must abide by the rules of the mortal world, and cannot rescue people immediately.

Li Zhengdao, the elder fairy will go back to the camp with us.

Lin Shu responded, and was about to follow, but saw one of Lizheng's subordinates suddenly kneel down on the ground, and said in a trembling voice, "General!"

He called "General", but his eyes were on Mr. Meng.

Mr. Meng glanced at him for a while, and said, "I've seen you."

"Quyang City!" The man took a few steps on his knees and came to Mr. Meng, "General, you are still... you are still there!"

He stretched out his hand to grab the corner of Mr. Meng's clothes, but his hand went straight through Mr. Meng's phantom, catching nothing.

——I saw him looking up at Mr. Meng with a dazed face.

Mr. Meng was dressed in blue, with a wide robe and wide sleeves, with an ethereal air of immortality. His face was only in his 20s, but his man was already wrinkled, and he was in his 40s and [-]s.

Mr. Meng said: "It was just a false job back then, you can just call me Mr."

The man looked at his hand, which was clearly going to grab Mr. Meng's clothes, but didn't catch anything, and said, "...Mr.?"

Mr. Meng said: "I am no longer alive."

The man said: "General, Quyangcheng... I'm a soldier, I met you a few times, but I didn't die, after the battle, I didn't have any merit, so I was sent home as a petty official."

Mr. Meng said softly, "It's good to survive."

The man took a few breaths: "General, there is going to be a war again."

Mr. Meng leaned over and gave him a modest support: "Things are impermanent, let's bear with it."

Lin Shu looked at this scene and thought, in this way, Mr. Meng is indeed the person who guards the lonely city at night that the eldest lady said.

It is said that immortals are different, but in this world, immortals are inseparable.After completing their studies, the disciples of Xiandao Academy either return to their families or sects to continue their cultivation, or serve for the imperial court and join the army. Both the sects and families of Xiandao have close ties with the dynasty. Once the flames of war ignite, Xiandao cannot stand alone.

Mr. Meng comforted the man a few more words, and then returned to the Jade Soul.

Lin Shu followed Lizheng into the carriage and returned to the temporary military camp all the way.

The barracks is a row of low thatched houses, where men ranging in age from 20 to 60 live.

There were many people, and Lin Shu didn't see Li Yamao. He followed Li Zheng to the other side, watched Li Zheng ask for instructions back and forth, and finally crossed off the name "Li Yamao" on the roster after asking for instructions for the last time.

Some soldiers went to the temporary barracks to shout their names, and there was a commotion in the distance, and Lin Shu saw Li Yamao running towards him.

He was wearing brown coarse clothes, he had lost a lot of weight, his face was pale, and he looked very haggard, and he had suffered a lot at first glance.

"Brother, you..." Li Yamao's chest rose and fell, and he took a few breaths, "The people here are watching closely, so I can only scribble a word secretly while they can't see, I didn't expect you to really—"

Lin Shu: "That word is also wrong."

Li Yamao looked very embarrassed.

Li Zheng said impatiently: "Go fast, let's shake the morale of the army!"

Lin Shu took him away. Before leaving, he looked back at the barracks and saw countless men in brown shorts all looking at him. Lin Shu couldn't tell what they were looking at, but it was probably jealousy.

However, he could only bring out Li Yamao alone.

Looking at this scene, Lin Shu vaguely remembered the argument that Xie Zishe put forward on the night of roasting rats in the snow two years ago.

He didn't feel anything before, but now he finally realized something vaguely.

Immortals and chivalrous beings, although possessing extraordinary force, are also recognized by others, have quite a social status, and can do things that ordinary people cannot.However, this force or status can save one person, but cannot save thousands of people.

To save or kill ten thousand people, what is needed is the power of kings and Confucians, a political power that has no body but holds the power to kill thousands of mortals.

However, this has nothing to do with him anymore, he just came to "ball" a Li duck feather.

After returning home, how happy Li Yamao was, and how grateful the aunt was, did not mention it. After two days of rest, Lin Shu took Li Yamao on the way back to the school.

After the instructions of the Great Master, Li Yamao can directly enter the academy, and when the new semester begins, he can choose courses normally.

Li Yamao had just recovered from a serious illness, and was tossed in the military camp for a few days. His body was weak and he couldn't bear the wind and sun, so they used another mortal carriage and returned to the school in about ten days.

Lin Shu took Li Yamao to familiarize himself with the structure of the academy, and returned to his bamboo house in the middle of the night.

He started practicing piano.

Now, for him, practicing piano is like practicing sword.

Spiritual power swayed from the strings, like sword energy, cutting off countless bamboo leaves.

But what happened on this trip down the mountain may be because he was familiar with Li Yamao, so he couldn't completely remove himself from the incident, which actually made his mind fluctuate, and he couldn't completely calm down to play the piano.

After the song was over, there was actually a hallucination, thinking that he could vaguely hear the lingering and low sound of the flute.

Unexpectedly, he fancied hearing the flute sound of the eldest lady, and his mood was indeed unstable.