The extraordinary daily life of people with super powers

"Hold me hostage?"

Tang Ansheng picked up the fish basket, patted her head, and said, "When I said go, I meant go to the street."

"Before you can study this science, there are some prerequisites. I'm going to buy you something first, and then I have some things to take care of."

"Ah...Master Ke, outside..."

"Are you talking about the third-rank master who was monitoring you?"

Tang Ansheng pointed to a big tree a few dozen meters away and said, "She has been here since you came here."

"Um?!"

Xia Mingyang's face changed drastically, and he wanted to say something, but he saw Tang Ansheng kicking a stone on the side of the road. With a "swoosh", the stone flew out in a flash.

"Bang", a figure slid down from the tree and fell to the ground.

Xia Mingyang hurried over and saw that it was the third-grade master who was monitoring her—Jiang Yue.

The other party achieved the status of a Grandmaster at the age of forty, and she was an extremely rare female Grandmaster. In addition, she still had beautiful looks and charm, and was very much liked by the man in the palace.

Unexpectedly, he died here.

Yes, dead.

His forehead was pierced and his brain was all over the floor. How could he not die?

And one could see confusion and surprise on her face, as if she had never expected to die in such a place.

"She has murderous intent." Tang Ansheng said.

Yes, no matter if they are good people or bad people, if they show murderous intentions towards him, don't blame him for showing murderous intentions as well.

"I will teach you two lessons today. The first lesson is to kill to protect life."

"This kind of person with murderous intent, and a female Grandmaster at that, cannot be let go no matter how beautiful she is."

"If bad people are not killed, good people will be persecuted."

"Yeah." Xia Mingyang nodded. Although she felt that there was something wrong with what the Taoist said, she couldn't figure out what was wrong.

"That……"

She suddenly remembered that she didn't know the Taoist priest's name. He was imparting knowledge to her. Even if he was not a master, he was at least a teacher. She couldn't call him "Taoist priest" or "Taoist priest", right?

Tang Ansheng saw her problem and said, "My last name is Zhou, and my given name is Ansheng."

"You don't have to call me Master. I have no intention of accepting any disciples."

The character "Zhou" was taken from Zhou Miaoan's surname. After all, in the previous world he used Li Feiyang's surname.

As they are both the two major umbrellas of the main world, he cannot favor one over the other.

"Zhou An...sheng..."

Xia Mingyang silently recited the name, "Ansheng, Ansheng... Anmin Lisheng."

The more she read the name, the more she could feel the compassion for the world.

"Then Master Zhou, what is the second lesson?" Xia Mingyang asked.

After all, the other party just said that there are two lessons in total.

"The second lesson is also the prerequisite for learning science as mentioned earlier."

Tang Ansheng said: "That is practicing martial arts."

"what?"

"What is the relationship between martial arts and science?"

Although Xia Mingyang didn't quite understand what science was, he thought it was related to knowledge.

"Of course it is related. It is a huge relationship."

Tang Ansheng said slowly: "There are many fools in this world. Learning knowledge is to enable you to talk to fools calmly."

"You learn martial arts so that idiots can talk to you calmly."

"There is a lot of knowledge involved here."

Xia Mingyang was a little confused at first, but when she saw the master's body on the ground, she remembered that she had been under surveillance by the other party during this period of time and there was nothing she could do.

But suddenly I understood.

"So, this is Wu."

"Master Zhou, I understand."

Xia Mingyang's eyes reflected corpses and blood.

Chapter 7 You are too extreme (k)

Tang Ansheng walked forward, while Xia Mingyang looked at the corpse on the ground, hesitated for a moment, and then hurriedly followed.

"Master Zhou, aren't you going to deal with Jiang Yue's body?" Xia Mingyang asked, "It's almost market time, and when there are a lot of people, it will be easy to find clues."

"Once reported to the government, it will immediately attract the attention of the palace."

"At least they will send several upper third-grade masters to investigate, and they may even transfer hundreds of Tiger Embroidery troops."

Martial arts masters are indeed very strong, and the masters who have reached the upper third level are beyond the comprehension of ordinary people.

But Xia Mingyang also knew that no master could fight his way out of a huge army.

Especially the Tiger-Inlaid Army, one of Daxia's elite troops, equipped with crossbows and heavy armor. One round of volleys would make even a first-class master run away.

The power of bows and crossbows is really too strong.

"Okay, I understand." Tang Ansheng nodded and walked towards the inner city without stopping.

Seeing that he didn't care at all, Xia Mingyang couldn't do anything even if he was anxious.

"Forget it. I'll die if I marry into a foreign country, and I'll die if I stay with Master Zhou. It doesn't matter if I die sooner or later. There's nothing to be afraid of." She thought to herself, she had completely given up.

Ever since her mother passed away, her devilish personality has become much more restrained. She behaves like a good girl in front of her father, brothers and sisters, but that was forced by the situation.

If she were really asked to marry a foreign prince, she would choose to escape halfway.

The reason why she didn't choose to run away now was that there were too many masters in the capital, and an ordinary person like her couldn't run away at all.

In fact, she also knew that there would definitely be masters monitoring her on the way to the marriage, so the possibility of her running away was really small.

But she also decided that if she couldn't escape, she would commit suicide.

After all, it is impossible for a master to monitor her every minute of every second.

Yes, her life had come to an end long ago.

But now a ruthless man like Tang Ansheng suddenly appears, which is like a drowning person grasping at the last straw for her.

No matter how bad the result is, it can't be worse than before, so we must hold on to it tightly.

As they walked along the road, Xia Mingyang told everyone his entire story.

"Master Zhou, do you think there is something wrong with my original choice?"

Xia Mingyang asked: "If I choose to escape or commit suicide, the Jin people in the north will probably use this as an excuse to send troops south."

"Daxia is very likely to fall into dire straits again, and the people will suffer."

Tang Ansheng said without even turning his head: "You have already made up your mind, you are asking me just to get peace of mind."

"If a country relies on a woman for its safety, then there is no need for this country to exist."

"Besides, according to what you said, the Jin people will move south sooner or later, and the marriage is just an excuse."

Xia Mingyang nodded: "The Jin people have evil ambitions and will attack us sooner or later."

Tang Ansheng continued, "Actually, one of the things you said earlier was wrong."

"Hmm? May I ask, Master Zhou, which of your words is wrong?"

"It's not that the people of Daxia are very likely to fall into dire straits again; they are already there."

“……” Xia Mingyang lowered his head and said nothing.

"You've been in the capital and never been out. This place may seem prosperous, but it's just the last rays of the sun."

Tang Ansheng pointed in a direction and said, "Outside the East Gate and the West Gate, there are a large number of refugees who have fled. The city and the outside of the city are two different worlds."

"Far further away, in the north, famine is constant, and eating one's own children is the norm."

Hearing Tang Ansheng's words, Xia Mingyang was shocked. She originally thought that no matter how poor and destitute one was, he would be no more than a beggar in the city.

Unexpectedly, the real situation is much more serious than this.

"Do you know what caused all this?" Tang Ansheng asked again.

If you ask other women in Daxia this question, they will definitely not be able to explain it.

Due to the low status of women in the Great Xia Dynasty, it was basically impossible for women from ordinary families to read and write. Only women from wealthy families could read and write, but they could only do so at a simple level.

It is impossible to get involved in national affairs.

As the princess of Daxia, Xia Mingyang had some knowledge in this area, although most of it was learned from secretly reading books.

"Due to natural disasters and man-made calamities, there was a severe drought this year and our crops were completely destroyed." Xia Mingyang gave a reason.

"I guess so, but the Great Xia Dynasty seems to have severe droughts every few years, and this year is no different from previous years." Tang Ansheng said.

He came all the way from Zeshan and traveled thousands of miles, and found that some places had abundant water resources and the drought only affected some areas in the north.

It's not that the entire country is suffering from a severe drought, otherwise, given the current situation of the Great Xia Dynasty, it would have fallen apart long ago.

How could it be like it is now, with peace and prosperity?

"Officials are corrupt? They only take money but don't do anything?" Xia Mingyang said again

Corruption seemed to have become an unspoken rule in the Great Xia Dynasty.

No matter how honest an official is, once he enters this big dye vat, he will only be dyed into one color.

Perhaps there are some who can persist, but they are only a very small minority, and their careers are basically cut off.

From this perspective, those who do not exploit the people and are willing to do things for money can be considered honest and upright officials.

For example, Han Guangyou, the magistrate of Zeshan County, although he was lying flat on his face, he took money to do his work and did not oppress the people. He had a very good reputation in the local area.

"The emperor is mediocre and doesn't care about state affairs?"

This statement was extremely treasonous, but Xia Mingyang didn't like the old emperor in the first place, especially since he wanted to send her away to marry.

You know, a few dynasties ago, the bride was either the daughter of a minister or a maid in the palace, and then given the title of princess.

How could a real princess be sent away?

What's more, there has been no example of marriage alliance since the establishment of the Great Xia Dynasty.

Sending his own princess to the bed of a relative by marriage? If Taizu and Gaozu were still alive, Daxia would have to change its name if they didn't kill the emperor.

Tang Ansheng shook his head, then said, "That's one reason."

Seeing that he was not very satisfied, Xia Mingyang asked, "Please help me, Master Zhou."

“There are many reasons, but the main reasons are as follows.”

Tang Ansheng said: "First, there is a serious inequality between the rich and the poor. The imperial ruling group has extreme wealth, and a small number of landlords own most of the land."

"This situation will get worse and worse, and in the end, the people will not be able to survive, so they will start to rebel, and then a new dynasty will be established."

"The new dynasty would redistribute some land, temporarily alleviating the situation. So when a dynasty was first established, although there was a lot of work to be done, it was a thriving scene."

Xia Mingyang listened to Tang Ansheng's words. She didn't understand some of the words, so she had difficulty understanding them.

But this kind of intuitive explanation is much better than the vague explanation in the book, which requires you to guess and figure it out on your own.

She was deeply aware that Tang Ansheng was saying something very important, so she tried hard to remember it, fearing that she would miss a single word.

"Then why did it flourish at the beginning but become dilapidated in the end?" Xia Mingyang asked.