Battlefield of All Sides

Chapter 91 is imminent
The words "another battlefield" immediately opened up Li Mu's thoughts.

The battlefield, it turns out that the battlefield means officialdom, but isn't officialdom in any period always tinged with gunpowder?Will the officialdom of the Song Dynasty become more prominent?
Also, since the battlefield principles that I have to comprehend here are related to officialdom, do I want to be a minister for the benefit of the people, or... what?
Li Mu lowered his head and thought, and suddenly felt that the answer became blurred again, but at this moment, Xin Qiji, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped.

Li Mu hurriedly looked up, but saw Xin Qiji looking in front of him, and on the road between himself and the city ahead, a group of people were slowly passing by at this moment.

Li Mu dared to say that this was the first time he saw so many people mobilizing in groups in this desolate place, but the performance of these people made Li Mu somewhat shocking.

Because these people are almost all in ragged clothes, all of them are rickety, carrying all kinds of luggage, dragging their families, and walking forward with dull eyes.

Li Mu saw several skinny children looking around with their eyes wide open, their thin bodies continued to move forward under the pull of their parents.

Seeing the bare feet of the almost skinny child, Li Mu suddenly turned his head to look at Xin Qiji. At this moment, he felt a tingle in his heart, and when he was about to speak, he saw Xin Qiji's tightly closed eyes.

"My lord, who are these people?" Li Mu asked.

Xin Qiji took a deep breath, closed his eyes and said slowly: "The refugees, they come from the north."

"Where are they going?"

"Go south."

"But they look like this..." Li Mu only felt that his throat was a little blocked. In his own era, such things can almost only be seen in news reports. Only certain poor countries will have such a sad situation. Scenes.

But now all of this is unfolding in front of him.

"Why don't they go to the city? Shouldn't the government provide financial aid?" Li Mu asked such a sentence, but the next moment he felt that there was almost no difference between what he said and what he didn't say.

Xin Qiji who heard Li Mu's question was also silent for a moment.

"It's useless for them to go in. Even the locals can hardly support themselves in this place."

As Xin Qiji said this, he clenched his fists tightly, his face was stern, and his beard began to tremble.

"This is the battlefield I'm talking about. The poor and weak, many people are struggling to survive in dire straits, and they don't even dare to look forward to tomorrow."

"It's a shame that when we first arrived in the Southern Kingdom, we thought that the affluent scene around Lin'an was the scene of any place in the Southern Kingdom."

"These days, I have seen countless such scenes, and I have tried to save them, but without exception, no one offered a helping hand. Even if I did something, because no one responded, I would not be able to help these refugees. . . . nothing can be done."

When Xin Qiji said this, his teeth were itching with hatred. Seeing this long team slowly passing in front of him, Xin Qiji stepped forward.

"My lord..." Li Mu watched Xin Qiji's movements and hurriedly followed.

And Xin Qiji finally opened his eyes and looked at the scene in front of him, while walking forward, he said to Li Mu: "Yunfan, let's go back and prepare early."

"I won't sit idly by. What I need most now is an order. As long as this order comes down, I will be able to control Chuzhou. There is always a way to change this desolate situation."

Li Mu and Xin Qiji rushed into the city before the city gate was closed. Watching the sun set, Li Mu thought of the refugees outside who were going to sleep in the open, and felt even worse than before.

This kind of thing is much more difficult than asking for one against one hundred on the battlefield. At that time, I could brandish weapons at will to fight, but for the current scene, I can only stand and watch, and can't do anything.

Li Mu followed Xin Qiji to the yamen at a fast pace. At this moment, he felt his trigeminal nerve beating violently, and a bloodthirsty feeling surged in his heart. Li Mu hurriedly diverted his attention, which made him feel better.

But before he reached the gate of the government office, Xin Qiji was blocked by someone on a street. The person who came was a middle-aged man with a long beard and silk and satin, but he looked at Xin Qiji with a kind of eyes. An indescribable look.

"Master Zhizhou, I didn't expect to meet you here today. I went to the mansion to invite you these few days, but you are not here. It's hard for me to wait."

This luxuriously dressed man was obviously a squire in this place, and Xin Qiji obviously knew who he was, so he greeted him politely.

"Bai Juren is too polite. Xin has just arrived and there are many things waiting to be dealt with, so I neglected Juren. Please forgive me."

Xin Qiji put away his indignant emotions in an instant, and acted very politely at the moment, while the Bai Juren in front of him also pouted immediately.

"Master Zhizhou, why did you say that? It's a good thing to be sympathetic to the people's sentiments. But it just so happens that I met you today. Why don't you do me a favor and have a meal with me? The local folks and elders also want to see you."

The other party followed Xin Qiji's intentions and said, Li Mu looked at Xin Qiji, Xin Qiji shirked a few words with the other party, but did not refuse, several people laughed, and headed towards a restaurant in the city under the leadership of Bai Juren.

Li Mu wasn't sure what Xin Qiji was going to do, but his words before were still echoing in his mind, and Li Mu also believed that Xin Qiji didn't want to join in with these people, so he followed suit now.

A group of people came to a rather luxurious restaurant. The bright red lanterns looked a little ridiculous in this withered city, and the prosperity here set off the sad scene outside.

The smell of wine and meat is everywhere here, and bones are frozen to death everywhere outside the city.

Li Mu glanced contemptuously, and walked in, but was stopped by someone, Xin Qiji could only go in alone, Li Mu stretched his head to look, there were many luxuriously dressed people standing up to welcome Xin Qiji, Li Mu even saw several officials inside who were complimenting each other.

It is estimated that the upper-level bureaucrats and dignitaries of the entire Chuzhou City have come here at this moment.

And there was an endless stream of people coming outside the door, all of them were dressed luxuriously and walked into this restaurant with smiles on their faces.

Li Mu saw that Xin Qiji was the only one who went in. Although Xin Qiji also had martial arts, Li Mu didn't want to leave. At least if something went wrong, Li Mu could rush in to help.

Just standing outside the restaurant like this, Li Mu found a shelter from the wind and squatted down, suddenly there was an inexplicable feeling welling up.

When I was a delivery man, I was waiting for the hotel to finish the delivery in the corner of this bustling place, listening to the noise behind me, and looking at the quiet scenery in front of me, I was surrounded by two completely different feelings. It actually made my heart calm down even more.

Crouching here, Li Mu stretched out his hand to touch his heart.

Li Mu felt that something was wrong with the sudden surge of bloodthirsty before, and when he thought about it carefully, something seemed wrong to him during this time.

Although on the one hand, I always want to preserve my strength and not show my face, but when I really encounter problems, there will be violent emotions in my heart. Only when I am on the battlefield, this feeling will gradually dissipate.

Could it be that he has become bloodthirsty because he has killed people like hemp on the battlefield a few times?

Li Mu suddenly asked himself in his heart, but the next moment he was interrupted by the noise at the entrance of the restaurant, and turned his head to look.

It was Xin Qiji standing at the door at the moment, and several people were pulling him from behind, as if they wanted him to go back and have a drink or two.

Xin Qiji waved his hand and refused, even a few fat people couldn't hold back this strong man Xin Qiji, so they could only let Xin Qiji leave unwillingly.

Seeing this, Li Mu quickly followed. Xin Qiji was a little surprised when he saw that Li Mu didn't go back.

"My lord, did they threaten you to do something?" Li Mu asked, but Xin Qiji paused for a moment, his expression changed, but he turned his head and walked to the side.

"Let's go, Yunfan, let's go back early, these days we have to figure out a way to bring this Chuzhou back to life."

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(End of this chapter)