I'm the one running the game

After Pei Ming became a burden, Lu Xingshi's speed slowed down a lot. During this period, Lu Xingshi also taught Pei Ming some martial arts.

It was not some common stuff, but a martial arts inheritance carefully selected by Lu Xingshi.

Pei Ming's aptitude was a little worse, but his comprehension was very good, and the preliminary estimate was about 2 points.

He was a genius, so he learned quickly, but practiced a little slowly.

Fortunately, it didn't matter if the aptitude was poor, as long as the comprehension was good enough, it could be piled up with resources. If the comprehension was not enough, he couldn't even get started, and he was screwed.

There was a reason why Lu Xingshi was so concerned.

Pei Ming worked for him, and he didn't even ask for wages, just provided food and accommodation. Of course, the other party's original intention was to repay the favor.

Lu Xingshi was not a stingy boss. He would be stingy when he should be stingy, and he was still generous when he shouldn't be stingy.

Since he has been working for him like this, Lu Xingshi does not plan to pay him. Once he is proven to be very capable and meets expectations, Lu Xingshi will directly give Pei Ming a share of Langya Paper. Capable people must be tied up.

Wolf culture means that you have to give meat to eat, otherwise, if you just draw cakes, you are probably just raising a dog.

Moreover, Lu Xingshi is not afraid of the other party's betrayal, as the saying goes, debts are cleared after death.

"Your progress is almost catching up with my master in the past." Lu Xingshi praised.

As for catching up with him, forget it. He, a cheater, cannot compare with a genius. It's too bullying.

"It's your good teaching, young master." Pei Ming did not dare to take credit. This was really Lu Xingshi's credit. Without sufficient teaching quality, how could he, a person without any martial arts knowledge, have such progress.

"No, no, no, I just helped a little." Lu Xingshi glanced at the ability called education on his panel. It was activated when he taught Pei Ming. It is only 100 points at present. He has no intention of changing it to 1000 points. This thing is not of much practical use to him.

He is not going to establish a sect and does not plan to teach disciples, so it doesn't matter.

He is a game system that controls game characters without lifespans. What descendants do he need?

Is the martial arts world not fun anymore or is there no benefit in practicing to become stronger?

"Young Master is still too modest." Pei Ming saw this and did not continue to flatter, but continued: "After this place, it is Tongzhou."

"Along the way, even if we haven't reached Tongzhou yet, we can feel that the drought is not a fabrication."

"But why don't we see people fleeing?" Pei Ming was a little confused.

It stands to reason that since a disaster has occurred, people must flee, but the surrounding area does not seem to have been impacted by the victims.

"Will they be stopped? The drought in Tongzhou is too sensitive to break out at this time, and it is easy to be led to the emperor's immorality." Lu Xingshi thought of this possibility.

Pei Ming was silent for a while, and then said: "Then how did they... restrict it?"

This possibility is very high, but the victims themselves can't survive, how can they let the officials do whatever they want.

"I don't know, this is a contradiction. Since there is a disaster, why don't people flee? It is definitely impossible to stop them." Lu Xingshi couldn't figure it out.

"It's okay, you will know when you get there."

Lu Xingshi didn't get too entangled.

As for the matter of sending a message, he had already sent a message to his master through the channel of Tingfeng Pavilion. The more remote the place, the fewer Tingfeng Pavilions there are.

There is only one branch hall in the surrounding cities, and there are not many people in the rivers and lakes. Obviously, most people like to live in prosperous places.

Lu Xingshi sent a message only after confirming the disaster. The main reason is that the drought is indeed obvious, and many rivers around have dried up. He also visited some people around to get this.

Pei Ming also helped him a lot. Otherwise, if he really came alone, he would not be able to collect intelligence directly. He could only arrive in Tongzhou first, and then rush hundreds of miles to the Tingfeng Pavilion branch. The time wasted was even longer.

Of course, the content of the letter he sent was to report safety, and it was impossible for him to write anything in it. Tingfeng Pavilion was an intelligence channel, but it was definitely not a safe channel.

There was an agreed code in the letter, and Murong Xuan knew it after reading it.

"Stop, don't run!!!"

There was a sudden shouting in the distance, a little far away.

Lu Xingshi looked and saw a tall and thin man carrying a person on his back, running towards them all the way.

Further behind, there were several people dressed as yamen runners chasing.

"If you don't stop, we will shoot arrows." The leading yamen runner shouted.

Lu Xingshi frowned, and he didn't comment without seeing the whole picture.

Who knows what the situation is, what if it's a thief arrest, so he can't intervene.

"The two people in front, stop this guy. This is a thief. If he gets away, you will all be beheaded!" The leading yamen runner was also sharp-eyed. He saw Lu Xingshi from a distance and shouted.

This made Lu Xingshi very uncomfortable, so he did not take any action.

Will you die if you don't help? If the other party dares to do it, then Lu Xingshi dares to turn their heads.

Pei Ming glanced at Lu Xingshi, asking whether to take action.

However, because they did not act immediately, the group of yamen runners directly took down the longbows across their shoulders, drew arrows and shot directly.

"You stop these two people, and I will deal with the rest." Lu Xingshi's face immediately became gloomy.

After saying that, he rushed forward, swept his hands, and blocked all the arrows that flew towards him. When the arrows landed, they broke immediately.

Several more afterimages were left behind, and Lu Xingshi approached the group of yamen runners.

The yamen runners showed fear in their eyes, and the leader shouted directly: "How dare you... This is a rebellion..."

Before he finished speaking, Lu Xingshi cut off his jaw, and then he took down all the remaining ones one by one and dragged them back.

The whole process was so fast that it was unbelievable. Pei Ming had just stopped someone, and Lu Xingshi had already dragged someone back.

"Ah... Ah~!!!"

During this process, the yamen runners struggled frantically, as if they didn't want to get close.

Of course, the two people who didn't dare to get close were the two people, who looked like some terrifying things.

Lu Xingshi and Pei Ming also keenly noticed this.

"What's going on?" Lu Xingshi asked.

"It seems to be a cold, and the body is too weak. I stopped him like this, and he fainted." Pei Ming said helplessly.

"Okay." Lu Xingshi looked at the group of yamen runners and put the jaw of the leader back: "Tell me, what's the situation."

Pei Ming was naturally very disgusted with this group of yamen runners. They shot arrows without saying anything, which was simply taking human life lightly.

If the people shot were not them but other civilians, they would be dead now.

"Go quickly, don't get close to them, they are infected with epidemics." The yamen runner was terrified and desperate. At such a close distance, the chance of being infected was already very high.

"Epidemic? Tell me about the cause and effect of Tongzhou. Bury you here, and no one can find us when we leave." Lu Xingshi's heart sank. The direction was clearly Tongzhou, so these two people should also be from Tongzhou.

"Well said, I can let you go."

The yamen runner was so scared that he could only speak in the end.

Tongzhou was indeed hit by a drought, and the treatment was timely at the beginning. It would have been better if some officials and wealthy families had not joined forces to raise prices and annex land.

Even if the news reached the emperor, it was well blocked and not leaked out.

When the old emperor saw them handling it like this, he naturally praised them and gave them a batch of imperial wine as an incentive.

When he heard this, Pei Ming was also very angry. As the blockade personnel, these yamen runners naturally knew a lot of inside information, but they also got a sip of the imperial wine, which was considered to win people's hearts.

Then the problem came. Every drought must have locusts, and the locust plague followed, which caught them off guard.

However, the officials and wealthy families were even happier. The two disasters came together, which was simply an opportunity to make a fortune.

But they overlooked one thing. After a major disaster, there must be a major epidemic.

In fact, they may not have ignored this problem, but they chose to ignore it. Someone must have reported it, especially when drought and locust plague occurred together.

But prevention costs money, and the death of a bunch of lowly people will not affect them.

Then the epidemic occurred, and the wealthy families and officials who lived a life of luxury... fled.

Then the blockade was further deepened, and because the three disasters were rampant, they came quickly and fiercely, and countless people were killed and injured in Tongzhou. Few people could hold on and escape successfully.

Most people stayed in Tongzhou and waited for death.

"You...you bunch of corrupt officials, how dare you do this!!!" Pei Ming roared, and he was very upset after hearing it.

He thought it was just a drought, and never thought it was so serious.

"Is there anything else to explain? I think you are hiding something. It's hard for me to let you go like this." Lu Xingshi stopped Pei Ming.

"Yes, and two months ago, someone used 100,000 taels of silver as hush money. Others may not know, but I know that it was given by Qingyumen, and then the epidemic appeared." The yamen runner hurriedly said.

"Qingyu Sect, 100,000 taels?" Lu Xingshi knew this sect, a hidden sect, good at poison and hidden weapons, and good at body movement, but it was not a good sect, and was only slightly better than a street rat in the Jianghu.

And the other party happened to trigger 100,000 taels, which meant that the money on his account was probably moved away by this hidden sect. How it was moved away was very simple, just controlled by poison.

Then, the other party said a lot of things, and Lu Xingshi hinted at Pei Ming after seeing that it was worthless.

Pei Ming understood directly, and immediately drew out the long knife of the yamen runner and stabbed the other party in the vital part.

"You... you don't keep your word..." The yamen runner died unwillingly.

"Speak, it's true that I won't kill you, but this only represents me, not others." Lu Xingshi said very double-standard and shameless, but it was a pity that the person died and could not hear Lu Xingshi's explanation.