Along the outer wall of the Xiangyuan, I soon reached the back door. While the gatekeeper was dozing off, I carefully slipped in.

There was no one in the backyard. I walked slowly along the corner and soon approached the attic. From a distance, I could hear the chirping of warblers coming from inside.

I frowned, but bravely walked to the corner slowly, and looked in.

I have never been into a brothel, but I can imagine what kind of scene I would see that is unbearable to watch. There is a lot of singing and dancing in the attic. In broad daylight, the upstairs and downstairs are full of people, and there are dancers dancing on the high platform.

, causing all the men in the audience to look straight in the eyes, and some were holding the brothel girls in their arms, drinking and laughing.

Looking at the smoky environment in front of me, I frowned.

Liu Saner, he entered a place like this.

What about others?

After watching for a long time, many wealthy people in the town had arrived here. Some of them had beautiful wives and concubines at home, but they still came to such a place to enjoy themselves.

Are all men like this?

With a trace of reluctance, I poked my head in to look inside, but I still couldn't find Liu San'er. At this time, my heart slowly sank - could it be that he had followed someone and entered the house?

House?

When I thought of this, my heart felt like a needle pricking me. I bit my lower lip and walked around the rooms along the back wall. Those windows were closed tightly, and they couldn't cover up the sound coming from inside.

Sound.

Every time I hear one, my heart sinks a little.

What if the voice coming from the next window is Liu San'er's voice, then——

If...if he really...

Just thinking about it, my heart felt like it was crushed by a black hand, and the pain made my eyes turn white for a while.

I don’t know how painful it will be for me if this is really the case, but I think maybe there really is nothing trustworthy or trustworthy in this world.

Unknowingly, I have reached the last window. Could it be that Liu Saner is inside?

Thinking of this, my heart jumped suddenly. I squeezed my skirt, my palms were all sweaty, looked at the ajar window, gritted my teeth, and walked over slowly.

Surprisingly, although the windows were ajar, there was no unpleasant sound. Instead, one could hear the voices of many people talking in low voices.

I walked over quietly, took a look, and was surprised.

Normally, this room is an ordinary brothel room with a simple layout. But now, it is filled with young men in their teens and twenties, all wearing simple commoners and with some confusion on their faces.

With confused expressions, they all stared at this end of the room.

And at one glance, I saw Liu Saner.

He was standing behind the crowd, behind the closed door, but unlike the others, he was not wearing a long shirt, but a short work suit, and he was holding a teapot in his hand, but he was not doing anything.

Like everyone else, he was looking at this end of the room, as if waiting for something.

My racing heart slowly calmed down at this moment. He didn't do those things. It turned out that he was just here to work, but with it, he also felt a little uneasy.

Why are this room and the people in it so strange? Who are they looking at this side?

Because the window was ajar, I couldn’t see clearly. I was wondering when I heard a young and firm voice say——

"What we are going to talk about today is 'faith'. Everyone knows that a person cannot stand without faith. Trust is the foundation of life. If a person has no faith, there will be no place to stand; if a court has no faith, there will be no success.

to the support of the common people."

The person below immediately responded: "That's right."

"So, do you think the current emperor is a man of his word and a role model for all people?"

As soon as I heard this, I frowned immediately, and I heard the people below talking about it: "The current emperor is a villain who can't keep his word!"

"That's right, if you don't behave properly or sit upright, how can you write a letter!"

"..."

Everyone was buzzing with words, and there was a lot of discussion. I looked at Liu San'er, and he didn't say anything. He just looked at the person in front of him calmly.

"That's right." The man continued: "Take the current taxes in the three provinces of Jiangnan as an example. The emperor's imperial edict issued in the south in the middle of the year has clearly reduced the taxes of the southern people by 30%, and has publicly stated that it encourages farming and allows the people to

Recuperate and recuperate; however, less than half a year after the emperor returned to Beijing, he began to impose a poll tax again, which made the people in the south feel like they were burdened with a heavy stone and suffered terribly."

"There is also the imperial examination, the Enke opened in Yangzhou this year. All the emperors are ambitious people who have been in poverty for ten years. They only want to gain fame, be loyal to the court, and do their best for the people; but what does the emperor do?

They took this opportunity to create clever names and extort money and taxes. Can this approach be said to be true to their word and set an example for all people?"

The people below immediately shouted: "Of course not!"

"If we are to set an example for all people, of course he should act righteously and be upright. But is this emperor like this? You must have heard that the late emperor's edict on passing the throne ordered the ministers in the court to find the lost Tian family.

The emperor's eldest son returns to the palace and ascends the throne. If the emperor's eldest son is no longer alive, the virtuous person in the world will live in him. But now, is the person who is in the world a virtuous person?"

"After the edict of passing the throne was discovered, the current emperor burned down a courtyard on the outskirts of the capital and burned the fourth son of the emperor, Pei Yuanchen, alive inside. After that, he led his troops into the palace and killed the virtuous and gentle Tian family in darkness.

, the prince with outstanding virtues was forced out of the capital; then he imprisoned the emperor on the pretext of being seriously ill, and imprisoned his own biological mother in the palace. He also wanted to eliminate dissidents, misused relatives in the harem and concubines, and killed loyal ministers! "<

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"Such an emperor imprisoned his father, imprisoned his mother, forced his brothers, killed his brothers, brought chaos to the palace with swords and soldiers, shocked the court with cruel officials, abused his relatives, and harmed the loyal. Can he be considered a virtuous emperor or a good emperor?"<

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Before he finished speaking, some of the people below were already applauding, and more people agreed and scolded loudly.

I stood under the window with a serious look on my face.

This is not the first time I have heard these words. When I was in the royal study room, I had seen them on a booklet in the south. But after seeing them again and again, and hearing them with my own ears, I really felt like every word was like a needle.

Pei Yuanhao once said that he could not even cry out for injustice, but now it seems that this is really the case.

However, is this the case?

I have seen those things with my own eyes, and even experienced them personally. Although it seems like it happened a lifetime ago, I know that many inside stories cannot be explained clearly by outsiders in just a few sentences.

The way is clear.

The affairs of the heavenly family are originally the affairs of heaven. Mortals can only get a glimpse of them when they look at them.

However, what surprised me a little was Liu Saner.

I didn't expect that he would come here to do odd jobs, let alone that he was here to learn about the truth and solve my doubts.

Looking at him standing at the door, with a solemn expression on his face, he seemed to be completely different from the farmer and fisherman I was familiar with in the past. When he lowered his head to think, his long eyelashes were clearly covering his eyes, but

But I can see the light shining inside, like clouds that suddenly fall from the sky into the world, with a hint of fog, but there is a deeper light hidden in it.

I'm just waiting for the day when it's released.

At this moment, I suddenly felt an indescribable uneasiness.

He didn't betray me or do those things. This joy came in like a tide, but the tide was still mixed with gravel. It was like the palm of my hand being rubbed against a rough wall. My heart was also slightly abraded.

It hurts.

I didn't expect that he was walking alone, even to a distance that I couldn't imagine.

When I think of this, I feel even more uneasy.

Almost subconsciously, I wanted to call him, but before I could say anything, the back of a person suddenly appeared in front of me.

It was the man who was standing at this end of the room, blocked by the window, preaching to everyone.

Just one glance and my heart was in my throat.

This man's back is not tall, he is just of medium build, his hair is tied up high, he is meticulous, and he looks exceptionally capable, but the clothes he is wearing are what really surprised me - he is wearing a long gown as black as ink.

, slim and docile, with a milky white translucent robe covered on the outside of the gown, as if a cloud of mist enveloped the human body.

This kind of clothes is not too rich and has no unnecessary gorgeous decorations, but it is really special.

Because this kind of clothes can only be worn by people from one place——

Xishan Academy.

It is the largest academy in Sichuan and Sichuan, and it is also the holy place for scholars in the hearts of Shu people. The academy is built in the Xishan Mountain of Shu. It is shrouded in clouds and mist all year round. There is a saying that fog gathers around the mountain. And the students of Xishan Academy are used to wearing this kind of black gown.

, with a cloud-like burqa gathered outside, nicknamed "fog-covered shirt" by the locals.

Xishan students who wear such long robes have always been a headache for the imperial court. Because the academic style in Shu is inherently lax, and coupled with the resistance of the powerful chieftains to the Celestial Empire, most of what the students learn are "deviant" articles.

Every time I write a study article, I criticize the current ills and criticize the imperial court. But in the past, this style of study only spread in Shu and never spread to other places. But now, they have appeared in Yangzhou!

This person is from Xishan Academy, which means——

At this moment, a brothel servant suddenly walked to the door of the corridor, saw me at a glance, and shouted: "Who? Who is there!?"
Chapter completed!