Yang Xingzhou acted as he pleased, but from a general perspective, it was extremely correct. Many of the officials he punished had their own plans for death. Coupled with the publicity, the foolish men and women sang praises and praised the current emperor.

The prestige of Emperor Hongwu was thus pushed even higher.

It took almost three months to clean up the super-categories in this way, and the government and the opposition slowly calmed down.

Counting on his fingers, the time for the decisive battle between Pang Ban and Li Ruohai is coming soon.

August 15th.

Full moon night.

On the side of the windward canyon, Li Ruohai stood on the top of the mountain with his spear drawn.

A full moon hangs high above the head, emitting a cold light. The mountain wind blows, and the clothes are hunting. The red flame dragon colt gently sniffs and exhales, and its mane is like a burning flame, constantly dancing in the wind.

Li Ruohai raised his head and looked at the full moon in the night. His heart was filled with unprecedented excitement. All the episodes he had experienced in his life were all reappearing in his mind.

He came from a humble background, and had been dependent on his younger brother Li Ruohe since he was a child. He went through all kinds of hardships and hardships. When Li Ruohai was fifteen years old, his younger brother Li Ruohe was thirteen.

That winter, the weather was extremely cold. Li Ruohai and his younger brother went around in straw sandals and rags, struggling for life.

"Brother, candied haws!"

When the two came to the city, Li Ruohe saw candied haws for sale on the street. He stood aside and watched blankly, with a look of extreme longing in his eyes, and drool couldn't stop flowing from the corners of his mouth.

"Xiaohe, when my brother makes money, he will definitely buy you a lot of candied haws, so that you can eat enough!"

Li Ruohai forcibly pulled Li Ruohe away from the man selling candied haws, and started looking for work door to door on the street.

Li Ruohe reluctantly looked in the direction of buying candied haws on a stick, turned around repeatedly, and said to Li Ruohai: "Brother, when I get rich, I want to eat two bunches of candied haws! No, three bunches!"

He didn't dare to say too much. Being able to eat three bunches of candied haws on a stick was already the greatest happiness for him at this time.

Li Ruohai's eyes were filled with tears and he said loudly: "How can three skewers be enough? What's delicious about candied haws? When my brother gets rich, you can eat whatever you want!"

But grand words can't solve the current difficulties. The world is huge and the food is the biggest. He can't even eat. Everything he says is empty. No matter how much Li Ruohai feels sorry for his little brother, he can't change his current situation in a short time.

He began to lead Li Ruohe along the street to find a living. As long as he could take them in, they would work hard and never be lazy. However, they almost always received cold looks. Business was not easy to do now, and Li Ruohai was a burden, so naturally he would not

Someone took it in.

No one wants to be an apprentice. It's not easy these days.

Boom!

A carriage pulled by two horses sped forward, and people on the street fled in panic, fearing that they would be hit by the carriage.

At that time, the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty divided the people of the Central Plains into four classes, with the Han people being the last class. When the Mongolian Yuan warriors killed the Han people, they only paid a small amount of money as compensation, and even the local officials did not dare to go into details.

In addition, in order to suppress the Han people and guard against rebellion by the Central Plains people, ordinary people were not even allowed to own iron tools. There were cases where a village shared a kitchen knife.

Under such circumstances, when people from the Central Plains see Meng Yuan people, they must salute, otherwise they will be whipped. Brothers Li Ruohai and Li Ruohe have been in the countryside for a long time and rarely encounter people from the Meng Yuan Dynasty. At this time, they saw a carriage coming

People running rampant on the street looked confused.

People on both sides of the street knelt down in front of the approaching carriage.

Only two brothers, Li Ruohai and Li Ruohai, were standing there, not knowing what to do.

"Kneel down!"

When the carriage passed by at high speed, the people in the carriage did not even glance at the people kneeling on both sides, and disappeared on the long street. However, several gangsters on the street saw themselves kneeling, and the Li Ruohai brothers

It was not expensive for a beggar to go, and he immediately felt dissatisfied. A young gangster walked up to the two of them and shouted: "Everyone else is kneeling, but you two beggars don't kneel down. How brave you are!"

He walked up to Li Ruohai fiercely: "Everyone kneel down!"

A group of people nearby also felt dissatisfied and everyone knelt down. Why didn't these two beggars kneel down?

Everyone knelt down, and everyone was mentally balanced, but there were two people who didn't kneel down. They suddenly felt that something was being stung, and there was anger in their hearts that they could not describe.

The two beggars didn’t kneel down, but we did!

"Kneel down!"

"Kneel down!"

"When you see an adult, you have to kneel down. This is the rule!"

"Yes, these are the rules! If they are rules, you must abide by them!"

They started making noises, pointing at the Li Ruohai brothers with shame and anger, frothing at the mouth, and tried hard to make the Li Ruohai brothers be like them.

"I won't kneel! Which house's rule is this?"

Li Ruohai protected his brother behind him, stood up straight, and looked at the people around him: "A man will kneel to the sky, kneel to the ground, and kneel to your parents in the middle. Other than that, I will not kneel to anyone else!"

Li Ruohe stood behind his brother and whispered: "Brother, why don't we kneel down?"

Li Ruohai turned around and sternly said to Li Ruohe: "Xiaohe, remember, a man must not kneel down casually! Even if he dies, he cannot kneel down! Only a coward will kneel down and beg for mercy. We are hungry until now, why don't we want to eat? Because you have to bow your head when begging for food.

, you have to kneel down!”

"You won't kneel down? I can't do anything to you, Master Meng, so I can't control you?"

A gangster became furious, rushed forward, and slapped Li Ruohai, but Li Ruohai ducked out of the way.

Some people are born great, and Li Ruohai is such a person.

He is born with stronger strength and faster reaction than ordinary people. The reason why he can survive until now after the death of his parents is because he has flexible hands and feet and is extremely intelligent. He can catch hares and voles, break ice and fish, and his means of survival are better than others. This is

Only then did he lead his younger brother to live till now.

At this time, facing the gangster's punch, he dodged and kicked the gangster's knee, "

With a click, the opponent's knees instantly deformed and twisted, and then a miserable howl sounded. The gangster immediately knelt down. The other gangsters rushed up and started fighting with Li Ruohai, but they were all beaten down, but Li Ruohai also

He was injured, his back was knocked many times, and his shoulder was nearly broken by a stick.

After this fight, some people in the city knew that there was a stubborn young man who refused to kneel in front of Master Meng Yuan, so the story began to spread.

In the end, the nobles in the city were alarmed. When Li Ruohai went out to look for work, a group of Mongolian warriors found the ruined temple where they lived. At that time, Li Ruohe was the only one cooking in the temple.

By the time Li Ruohai returned to the ruined temple, Li Ruohe had been beaten to the point of dying. He no longer looked human, blood was dripping from the corner of his mouth, and he was lifeless.

When Li Ruohai helped him up, Li Ruohe looked at Li Ruohai with swollen eyes. While vomiting blood, he whispered softly: "Brother, there were many of them and they asked me to kneel down, but I didn't. They just beat me, beat me, I

I won’t kneel either. Am I brave?”

He took out a bunch of hawthorn fruits from his arms: "I picked these hawthorn fruits myself and strung them myself. But there is no sugar, so I can't make candied haws."

Li Ruohe handed the bunch of hawthorn fruits to Li Ruohai: "I didn't beg for food or ask for help. I made this myself. Brother, give it..."

The hawthorn fruit fell to the ground.

Li Ruohe's hand dropped and his eyes remained open.

After all, he could not survive this severe winter and died in Li Ruohai's arms.

Li Ruohai cried loudly!

His last relative died in his arms, and it was the great men of Meng Yuan who killed him!

Such a blood feud, irreconcilable!

Later, Li Ruohai was accepted as a disciple by a wealthy man in the world and learned martial arts. After he was successful in his studies, he single-handedly entered the city where he came from, chasing the murderer for thousands of miles, and killed those who were involved in the murder of his brother.

, kill them all, kill them all, leave no chickens or dogs behind!

Among the black list masters in the world, Li Ruohai is the one who has killed the most Tatars.

But even so, it could not save Li Ruohe's life.

This was a regret in Li Ruohai's life. He had been suppressing it in his heart on weekdays, but on the night of the decisive battle, it sprayed out from his heart like a fountain, filling his entire soul.

Heartache, pain, happiness, love, hatred, all are rolling around in the soul, like boiling hot water, washing away all the "dirt" hidden in the soul, and an unprecedented sense of transparency permeates the whole body.

He slowly closed his eyes, and after a moment, slowly opened them again. His face was neither sad nor happy, but his mind was perfect and transparent, without any flaws.
Chapter completed!