You rascal, stop right there!

The sky was dark and the wind was blowing up sand and rocks.

Since Baishengju was listed as a Feng Shui treasure land by the Li family, all the people fled there because of famine. Those who did not flee were forced to work as quarrying and pulling stones.

At this time, more than a dozen bodies were randomly dumped in the quarry - they would be eaten by inhumane people. Almost no one would collect the bodies.

A shirtless man in tattered clothes, covered in blood, lay on the ground with his eyes closed, and it seemed that he had been dead for a long time.

The heavy atmosphere was depressing, and the already cracked fertile fields looked desolate.

"If you run away again, this will be your fate!"

The officers and soldiers at the front swung their whips and beat the people who were queuing up in front of them to pull flower stones.

This soldier was named Hao Yan, and he was a soldier of Jiangzhou, a minor official stationed in the state. On the one hand, he suppressed the people of the state, and on the other hand, he was responsible for mining and transporting flowers and stones.

"Butler Li!" He saluted loudly when he saw Li Li.

Li Li responded casually and walked past the dozen or so corpses.

He looked a little unhappy: "Throw it into the pit, don't leave it here to be an eyesore."

Bai Wan behind him was watching everything in front of him, and he glanced around at the people around him indifferently, feeling a chill spreading through his bones.

"Does Butler Li want me to draw Baishengju like this?" he asked.

"Of course not!" Li Li raised his folding fan and smiled slightly.

They turned a blind eye to the person who was thrown into a deep pit not far away.

In particular, one of the bodies was not actually dead, but just fainted due to hunger and fatigue. However, the palace soldiers picked him up and threw him out.

In an instant, blood and flesh flew everywhere, and blood, yellow and white substances came out of his mouth.

Fortunately, this was not the first time Bai Wan had seen a dead person. He had seen all kinds of deaths since he was a child. Otherwise, he would have vomited on the spot.

"Bai Shizhao, this is where you are going to paint."

Behind Bai Wan were two maids carrying painting boxes, two guards with swords, and more than 20 soldiers from the Li Mansion.

They walked to a corner of the rocky mountain and found a gravel cave.

The rock at the entrance of the cave was as red as fire, having been blasted by axes and chisels for many days, while inside it was pitch black, seemingly bottomless.

Bai Wan raised his eyebrows: "Are you trying to silence me?"

Li Li's heart paused, neither sad nor happy. Before he got what he wanted, he actually had no intention of killing this man.

"This Penglai Cave once produced a red and brown stone, which the current emperor liked very much. This is also what the prime minister is concerned about."

"That's right. Maybe if I start painting, I can find some rare gems, and maybe even become an official."

He speaks humorously and doesn't care about anything.

Bai Wan closed her eyes slightly and smiled faintly.

The two maids followed and sat down at the entrance of Penglai Cave, lifting up a long wooden table and chairs.

He looked at the quarrying workers not far away. They were also big winners, but all of them were commoners.

Even under the same sky, there might be people living in luxury and comfort in the capital, enjoying love and indulging in lust, but they still don't know that there are people in this barren land, suffering from hunger and cold, being whipped and tortured.

"I guess I can't just be a rogue painter..."

Bai Wan's heart darkened and he even sighed in self-mockery.

The ink under his brush is refreshing and elegant, leaving behind flying white lines on the paper. This is the same painting style as the two elders and the garden before.

But what was painted was not just the so-called flower and stone gang, but a group of hardworking people mining stones, dragging the flowers and stones shirtless and trembling.

Days alternate and night approaches.

He continued to paint from morning to night, and only put down his brush at the end and handed it to the two maids who were staring at him.

At this moment, the entrance of Penglai Cave suddenly trembled slightly, and there seemed to be a clear and sharp voice shouting among the flying sand and rocks.

Bai Wan shuddered and stood still in the chaos.

Boom——

The cave was shaking and the man in red immediately threw the scroll in his hand out of the cave.

The scene was a little weird, and many people were looking at the clear rock, which was shaking strangely.

……

The Office of the Minister of Rites.

"Sir, news about Jiangzhou." A shadow flashed by.

Ling Shumo looked at the letter on the table and stood up suddenly.

The quarry at Jiangzhou Baishengju collapsed——