In the dead of night, the lonely moon hangs high.
Several figures sneaked out of the temple gate and quietly touched the water channel.
"Is it frozen?"
"When I look at it during the day, it's the strictest here..."
The moonlight can't reach this corner, and the probe looks out, the water surface is pitch black, and it is impossible to see it.
The canal is wide, and they can't get through it with their light work.
"That evil star went to find the doctor. The two of them hid in the temple and didn't know what they were doing. If they didn't take advantage of this opportunity to slip away, God knows if they would survive to get out of this town alive."
At this time, one of them hesitated: "But if we just leave Luo Bin like this, will he..."
"Joke, if we don't leave, who will send a letter to Qingcheng?"
These people did not dare to speak in a loud voice, and looked around from time to time, only to regret that the wind was too small tonight to cover up the subtle strange noises.
They picked up the hidden rope, found a large rock and placed it on the shore, and tied the rope around the rock to make a dead knot. Only then did someone pull the rope and carefully descend into the canal.
"Crack."
The voice is very subtle, but it cannot be concealed from the ears of those who learn martial arts,
The man picked up his breath and walked a few steps quickly, and passed the canal without any risk. He threw the rope back, and the others hurried to grab it.
"Don't rob, come one by one."
That being said, everyone is not stupid. It has not been so cold these days, the ice layer is not thick enough, and even if it can borrow strength, the weight it can carry is limited.
If the first person steps on it, there will be a crack. Even if the person behind him moves lightly, the ice surface will crack sooner or later.
Falling into the water on a cold day is bad enough, not to mention that they are running for their lives now.
Several people are competing with me, and the person who crossed the canal first has already run away in the dark.
- If you don't run, do you stay and die
No one was willing to be the first to go up just now, but now that they find something wrong, they are rushing to come. If the trouble continues like this, the two evil stars in the temple will be disturbed!
As he thought, he dragged his body and ran desperately. These days, they could only eat porridge every day. They were so hungry that they were dizzy.
No matter how difficult it was, when he remembered the tragic situation of Qinghu townspeople, his pace quickened a lot.
Since they recognized that the evil star had used the unique skills of Youtu Sect, the evil star simply did not hide it, and tortured the townspeople even more severely. Except for the old and weak women and children, the other strong men actually had a share. After an hour, the whole body will be in pain and wailing, and their old parents, wives and children will be helpless around them, crying to death.
The scene was really terrible, but the pain was over, and there was nothing at all. Those who could walk and move could not find any injuries at all.
Where is this evil star, it is clearly the devil! I love hearing people cry!
Thinking of this, the person who escaped couldn't help shivering, and a layer of goosebumps appeared on his body. He felt the back of his neck and thought that after this escape, he must go to the temple to burn incense sticks to get rid of bad luck.
"It must be Luo Bin, the pretentious guy, who has gone through bad luck under the dark cloud, and has tired Lao Tzu..."
He took a sip and used the moonlight to identify the road ahead.
Soon, after this alley is the town entrance.
This damn Qinghu Town, he will never step in again in his next life!
"Whoosh!"
A sharp arrow rubbed his face and slammed into the wall.
This Jianghu man opened his mouth wide, his face full of horror, and his legs were weak.
In front of Qinghu Town, the darkness was filled with soldiers in leather armor, at least four or five hundred soldiers.
The man in the lead was wrapped in a black cloak and rode on a horse with a long sword in his hand, majestic.
The soldiers in the front row bent their bows and took arrows and aimed at this side, so scared that the Jianghu people could not move, lest they become targets for arrows.
As soon as the general waved his hand, his own soldiers immediately dismounted and escorted the Jianghu man over.
"General Liu, someone brought it."
This general is none other than Liu Dan, the general Dang Kou.
It is said that they ran around all night, and they ran into Meng Qi at dawn, and stole all the money. After Meng Qi left, Liu Dan wanted to run away, but he didn't run away! If he encounters this evil star again, how can he get the money, and if these good Liangcheng horses are gone, he will be distressed to death.
So he brought his own soldiers and went down the mountain dejectedly, and went to the nearby county to rest.
-Subconsciously chose the opposite direction of Meng Qi's departure.
This is in Pinan County, the prefecture of Pingzhou. There are many bandits in the territory. Liu Dan is familiar with the magistrate here because of his official business, but he was passing by in the past. I went to disturb this time. When the magistrate of Pinan heard that General Liu was passing by, it was not important. In the body, suddenly moved the mind.
There is a group of chaotic parties within the jurisdiction of the Holy Lotus Altar. No matter which county magistrates can't sleep well, God knows if this group of people will rush to the county town to burn, kill and loot. The former magistrate once sent people to quell the chaos, but none of them came back.
You can't beat it, you can't chase it away.
In addition, there were bandits and robbers in other parts of the territory under their jurisdiction, which disrupted the business road, and the impact was greater than that of Qinghu Town. The holy lotus altar in Qinghu Town only stayed there and did not come out. The county magistrate of Pinan had to let it go.
Seeing Liu Dan now, the magistrate felt that the opportunity had come, and immediately prepared a banquet for General Liu, told the whole story of Qinghu Town, and asked General Liu for help.
After hearing this, Liu Dan was furious. The holy lotus altar was a force under the God-given King, and he actually touched Pingzhou
How dare! See how he cleans up these rabble!
Can martial arts? Difficult to deal with
Assemble five hundred soldiers, bring bows and arrows, strong crossbows, and simple catapults for attacking bandit villages. Even with a hard push, a town can be leveled. The incense master with high martial arts may not be able to catch it, but there is absolutely no problem in destroying the power of the Holy Lotus Altar here.
It took Liu Dan about six days to assemble the manpower. This is still under the premise that there are many bandits and soldiers in Pinan County, and his soldiers often come here, so the path is very familiar.
After ordering the generals, Liu Dan did not delay, and came with people that night.
"Be honest with me, if you dare to yell and scream, I will chop you up!" How can you carry it like this
"Where is your incense master?" General Liu sat on his horse and asked condescendingly.
He regarded the escaped Jianghu person as a disciple of the Holy Lotus Altar, otherwise why would someone who is so good go to the town entrance to probe their brains without sleeping in the middle of the night
Liu Dan thought to himself, these rabble people are still very vigilant, and there are people squatting and watching in the cold winter and twelfth lunar month
Just rushing this, General Liu will think highly of this holy lotus altar incense master.
With high martial arts skills and the ability to deceive people, he just squatted in Qinghu Town and didn't go out at all, unlike those bandits who shouted about eating meat, drinking, drinking, and sharing gold—this is a secret development, and the intention is very big!
Send a scout to inquire, what? Qinghu Town has an additional ring canal? This is a trench!
There is no one else in the town, and it is suspected that they all live in the area surrounded by canals? This is a fortified wall!
Not good!
Liu Dan felt that he had dug up an ambitious person, and he was still an ambitious person who accumulated a lot of food and became king!
"Quickly answer our general's words, where is the incense master of the holy lotus altar?"
"The incense master... is dead." Jianghu people said blankly.
"what?"
General Liu, who was thinking about his difficult opponent, widened his eyes, suspecting that there was something wrong with his ears.
"Nonsense, hacked to death!"
"No, it's really dead!" The Jianghu people finally reacted and shouted injustice, "I'm not from the Holy Lotus Altar, I'm from the Seven Stars Gang in Pingzhou. I heard that the Holy Lotus Altar is here to harm one side, So... so I followed a young hero from the Qingcheng faction to eradicate the evil."
Liu Dan stared at this man stubbornly.
General Liu's sturdy aura that he has been on the battlefield is beyond the reach of ordinary people. This man of the Seven Stars Gang has been sparred for days, and now he is pointed at by sharp arrows and knives, and his legs are weak.
He trembled and pointed to the alley where he came out, trying to look back to see the other companions who escaped. As long as there is one more person, everyone can prove it together, and the credibility will always be higher.
But the alley was pitch-dark, there was no human voice, and there was no movement.
Jianghu people's heart was half cold. He didn't know whether those people failed to escape, or they hid because of the bad situation. In short, he was the only one now, and he had to work hard to persuade this general to save his own life.
"... The holy lotus altar in Qinghu Town is dead. Now it is a remnant of You Tumen. A devil controls the whole town. His martial arts are very evil. We are not opponents. Tortured to death... I escaped!"
General Liu asked his personal soldiers suspiciously: "What is Youtumen? Another group of rebels?"
"General, my subordinates don't know."
The ink carp standing in the dark saw these soldiers and horses clearly, frowned, and left silently.
The canal was full of people shivering from the cold, fighting each other and finally breaking the ice.
Although they wanted to run for their lives, they looked up and found that Meng Qi was standing beside the canal with his hands behind his back, watching them leisurely.
"… "
Who dares to go up here
Meng Qi guessed that the time was almost up, so he brought these people up one by one, or else they would get cold.
After knocking people out one by one, he looked up and saw Mo Li coming back, so he asked with a smile, "Did you see it? Where did the soldiers come from?"
"About four or five hundred people, we know the one who led the team."
"Um?"
Meng Qi felt that he knew quite a lot of officials from the Qi Dynasty, because when the disease broke out, he frantically tracked down the people who were involved in the digging of elixir.
"Liu Qianbao?"
"... He seems to be called Liu Dan." Mo Li corrected expressionlessly.
"It's the one who gave me the purse anyway." Meng Qi waved his hand, ignoring the fact that he robbed him, "Why, is he here to ask for the purse?"
Mo Li shook his head and said, "I don't think so, it's just to suppress the Holy Lotus Altar."
This is also a matter within the responsibilities of General Dangkou.
"Tsk, that's right! The incense master's head and the holy lotus altar were given to him as a meritorious deed." Meng Qi said casually, "As long as these people in Qinghu Town don't rush to seek death, they probably won't. Killed. According to the custom, they may be sent to remote areas to open up wasteland together with the exiled criminals.”
"Where's the tiger?"
"I left with Lin Dou two days ago."
While speaking, the soldiers and horses brought by General Liu had already entered Qinghu Town.
Mo Li had to remind: "They brought archers and crossbows."
"...I teach you the hidden weapon technique of slashing ten bowstrings with one copper plate?" Meng Qi tilted his head and said.
Mo Li could see that Meng Qi was planning to scare General Liu.
"No! He may not be scared to death when he sees you, but if you see him, he may get sick!" Doctor Mo firmly wanted to take the patient away.
So General Liu's subordinates set up a wooden bridge and occupied the entire Qinghu Town. They found that the disciples of the Holy Lotus Altar were tied and put aside.
A sign was inserted on the ground, which said how to get to the tomb where the incense master of the holy lotus altar was buried.
"… "
Liu Dan ordered the townspeople to be brought up to ask questions. As soon as the townspeople heard the words Ziwei Xingjun and Shengliantan, their faces became distorted, and some nervously shouted pain.
General Liu asked again, only to know that a certain devil was in Qinghu Town, forcing them to scold Ziwei Xingjun for six days.
At first, no one cooperated, but the devil didn't know what method he used to make them suffer to the death. There was a person with a bright mind who yelled at Ziwei Xingjun and Shengliantan in front of the devil when he had an attack, and the pain disappeared immediately. , so everyone followed suit.
As a result, the townspeople are now free of the strange disease, but when they hear those words, they feel a dull pain.
"What a strange person." General Liu muttered to himself, and then asked what the man looked like.
"That evil ghost is born with a good appearance, and if he sees it, he will be fascinated by him, and he will definitely kill people!"
"... Clothes? Wearing a brown robe, it looks very ordinary, and you are not afraid of the cold in the cold winter and twelfth lunar month. It must be a monster!"
"It's two people! There is also a doctor who is said to be some kind of doctor. He is dressed tightly, like that kind of windproof cloak, and he can't see his face..."
The more General Liu listened, the weirder his expression became.
At this time, Luo Bin was carried over, and he couldn't wait to say: "General, those two people who escaped are remnants of Youtu Sect. Please also send someone to arrest them, so as not to harm the people."
"To shut up!"
Liu Dan glared, this is to send him to death!
This general has not lived enough!
"Come here, take down all the people here, and ask the guilt one by one!"
General Liu made a fuss, turned his head and said to the personal soldiers, "When this happens, we will return to the station on Shilang Mountain as soon as possible."
Never come out again!
Why is it so difficult to hide from a national teacher
Outside Qinghu Town, Meng Qi folded his arms and watched Doctor Mo pack his bags.
"Doctor, where are we going?"
"Qinghu Town belongs to Pinan County, and another 80 miles to the south is Mount Silang." Mo Li pondered and heard that there is a dragon vein on Mount Silang.
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Liu Dan glared, this is to send him to death!
Translation—Liu Dan: Go away, I won’t do this proposition