Time has arrived in late October in the blink of an eye. Midsummer has passed and autumn is approaching. The weather turns cooler, but the demon clan's offensive in Taixia Xizhui is like a surge. Wuzhou, Zhuzhou, and Yinzhou are in emergency one after another. Taixia people are attacking almost every day. When the news of the fall of Xia Chengchi came, Taixia was shaken, thousands of miles of beacon smoke roared, and the flames of the Holy War began to completely burn in the Eastern Continent...
The three states of Wuzhou, Zhuzhou, and Yinzhou are no longer Huangzhou or Xiazhou, but the Zhongzhou of Taixia. Their population size is not comparable to that of Xiazhou and Huangzhou. When the demons attack from the distant deserted land, When the invasion invaded these three states and gradually expanded, the battle situation in the western border of Taixia made almost every Taixia citizen worry.
In the past few months, among all the news about the demon clan, the two words "winged demon" are mentioned most often, because those who invaded the three states are all winged demons. At this time, all kinds of news are flying all over the sky, legends , this time, the number of winged demons serving as the vanguard of the demon army exceeded 100 million, and these winged demons were all ninth-level winged demons. Among the hundreds of millions of winged demon vanguards, only the winged demon knights quantity, it exceeds
Within the three states, countless Taixia people became refugees and began to migrate to the eastern states...
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In a mountainous area of Helan Mountain, after the frost, the maple leaves in this mountainous area turned red, like wildfires all over the mountains and fields, burning through the land for hundreds of miles...
The sun had just come out in the morning, the dew had not disappeared in the woods, and there was still a layer of mist in the valley. Amidst the rustling footsteps, a group of embarrassed people emerged from the woods, carrying baggage. More than twenty people, both men and women, came.
When these people saw the dense and tall maple trees hundreds of meters away, a few people in front cheered excitedly, "Sugar maple, there is something to eat..."
When they heard that there was something to eat, everyone in the group, both men and women, became energetic, and even the most tired people quickened their pace. Running towards the maple forest...
For people who suffer from hunger, nothing is more attractive to them than food.
"Wait for me...wait for me...leave some for me..." A panting fat man in his fifties walked at the end of the crowd and was pushed back some distance. I don’t know how long this fat man and these people have been trekking in the mountains and forests. At this moment, the gorgeous gold silk military robe on this fat man and the expensive fox fur coat outside the military robe already looked dirty. It was unbearable, especially the clothes on the outside were already a bit tattered. It seemed to have been scratched a lot by bushes and thorns.
Seeing the people in front of him running desperately, no one paid attention to him. The fat man who was left behind couldn't help but curse while running. He looked at the people running in front of him with some resentment, "You...shits" ... At this time, you only care about yourself... and don't care about me... When you leave here, I want you to look good... You all have to wait for me to get slapped... No one can get another copper from me... "
Running at the front of the crowd were a few powerful-looking guards carrying weapons and wearing leather wrist guards. Although these people were in a sorry state, they were generally much more agile than the fat man at the end. After running to the maple forest, the person at the front of the crowd found a tall maple tree that was more than 30 meters high, and several people hugged it. He took out his dagger and slashed the trunk of the maple tree. , in the blink of an eye, some thick, slightly yellowish-brown sap began to flow down from the cut part of the tree trunk.
He wiped a little of it with his dagger and put it in his mouth to taste. The man immediately took out the iron kettle filled with water that he carried without saying anything. Begin filling tin kettles with sap flowing from the trunks of sugar maples.
The men who rushed into the maple forest from behind also followed suit, using the daggers and other sharp weapons they carried with them to strike from the trunks of the sugar maples. Sliding the opening to allow the syrup in the trunk of the sugar maple to stay, several people dressed as servants put their mouths over without caring about the image, and began to greedily suck up the thick sap flowing from the trunk of the sugar maple...
"Fortunately, it's still autumn and winter... When winter comes, the sugar maple syrup will be gone..." Someone was drinking the juice flowing from the sugar maple. He said happily and vaguely.
"This one... this one... choose this one... the color of the syrup on yours is too heavy... the more transparent the syrup flowing from the sugar maple is, the sweeter it will be..."
There was chaos in the maple forest.
A man in his forties with a thin face, three long beards, and a small package on his back who looked like a butler did not run, but walked slowly and slowly behind the crowd. Among all the people, this man People who look like housekeepers look the neatest in appearance, with very few scratches on their clothes.
The butler did not panic, but walked directly to the guard who was the first to rush into the maple forest. The sturdy guard quickly handed the syrup from the kettle in his hand to the butler.
The housekeeper took a few sips, smacked his lips, and his expression became much better, "This is the road that has no end. I didn't expect that we could encounter such a sugar maple forest in such a disaster!"
"This is all thanks to your command, Steward Li. Otherwise, if something happened to our airship, everyone would panic. Without Steward Li, we wouldn't be able to get out of Helan Mountain!" Just after the steward finished speaking, someone heard someone next to him. The servant-looking person who spoke of this quickly flattered me with a smile on his face.
Butler Li was neither proud nor scolding, he just smiled, and that smile seemed a bit deep. He said to the guard who handed him the kettle, "There are not many ferocious monsters above level ten in Helan Mountain, but There are many other beasts. We need several guards to take turns outside to keep watch. Don't be careless. Let's rest here for two hours. After drinking enough, fill up the syrup before leaving. I think there are still hundreds of kilometers to go. We can get out of Helan Mountain. With this syrup, even if we don’t have anything to eat in the next two days, as long as we have a little water,... "
"Yes..." the guard responded, looking at the environment here, his eyes moved, a little strange, and just as he was about to say something, two women walked over with charming smiles on their faces, and the housekeeper glanced at the guard. , the guard quickly lowered his head and walked away...
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By the time the fat man at the back limped to Maple Forest, everyone in the Maple Forest had already rested for more than ten minutes.
The fat man's speed was originally slower, but when he was in a hurry on the way, he fell, his forehead was bruised, and his feet were sprained, so his speed was even slower.
Arriving in the maple forest, the fat man's face was already pale. There were thin beads of sweat on his forehead. At this time, the fat man also didn't care about his image and found a maple tree. He sat down on the ground, breathing heavily...
"Master, please drink some. This is specially reserved for you. The reason why I ran so fast just now is because I want to prepare something for you..." A servant-looking man licked his lips. of syrup, he came over with a look of shamelessness and handed over the next few syrups in his kettle.
"Still, Liu Shan, you are loyal... When you get out of this hell place... Master, I will reward you heavily..." The fat man said panting, and just glanced at the servant who gave him a bad look, grabbed the kettle filled with syrup, and raised his head. When I started drinking, I had no intention of saving some for others to drink.
"Thank you, master, thank you, master..." The servant named Liu Shan smiled, his eyes narrowed to a slit. Dreaming about letting the master remember her in times of crisis, her waist was almost bent to the ground.
After the fat man drank the syrup offered by his "loyal servant" Liu Shan, he felt better, but his sprained foot still hurt a little. As soon as he put down the kettle in his hand, the fat man tilted his head and saw his favorite The two concubines were sitting next to Butler Li, drinking syrup from Butler Li's kettle.
Of course, this is not the point. The point is that his two concubines are sitting too close to Butler Li. The bodies of the two concubines, except for the layer of clothes between them, were completely attached to Butler Li. One of the concubines was talking to Butler Li coquettishly. One breast was attached to Butler Li's arm, and the other concubine even rubbed Butler Li's shoulders.
Looking at the behavior of those two bitches now, they are not shy about physical intimacy. There is no distinction between master and servant. If you don't know, you might think they are the women of Butler Li. This is because the color of the hat on my head is not environmentally friendly enough.
As the saying goes, crisis reveals people's hearts. Ever since the airship accidentally crashed into the Helan Mountains in the past two days, the fat man has felt that something is wrong with his two "concubines". They seem to be spending more and more time around Butler Li. Just now , these two bitches ran towards me without paying any attention to me.
For a moment, the fat man felt a wave of evil energy rushing towards Tian Ling Gai. Without thinking, he threw the kettle in his hand at Butler Li and the two bitches.
The three people were sitting about ten meters away from the fat man. The kettle in the fat man's hand missed its target and only hit the maple tree next to the three people.
The sudden movement and noise startled everyone resting in the maple forest.
The two concubines of the fat man exclaimed, turned their heads, and immediately saw their master whose eyes were almost on fire.
The housekeeper also turned his head and looked over, his eyes moved, but he did not avoid it.
The fat man was about to scold the butler, but suddenly he thought that everyone was fleeing in the past few days, and he was not in good health. If he broke up with the butler at this time, he might not be able to get better, so he couldn't help but let out a breath of anger towards his two lovers. The concubine had a seizure and left.
"Liu Shan..." The fat man shouted angrily and pointed at his two concubines with trembling fingers, "Go over and pull those two bitches over to me and give me ten slaps each!"
Liu Shan only hesitated for a moment, then rolled up his sleeves and strode over.
Butler Li and the master's two concubines both stood up. When they heard the master's voice, the faces of the two women changed. They actually grabbed Butler Li's sleeves tightly and hid behind Butler Li in fear. When they saw At this scene, the fat man was even more furious, feeling that the hat on his head might have changed color.
A woman's reaction at this time cannot be deceived. If these two women still regard themselves as their men, then what they have to do at this time is to kneel on the ground and ask for their forgiveness, but at this time they Hiding behind Butler Li means that in their hearts, Butler Li is their man.
"Steward Li, please give in, the master asked me..." Liu Shan was still a little polite to Steward Li and did not dare to offend him, but said carefully.
Before he could speak, Liu Shan was shocked, and a wisp of blood suddenly overflowed from the corner of his mouth. His eyes widened and he looked down at his chest.
There was already a dagger stuck in Liu Shan's chest, outside his heart, and the dagger was in Butler Li's hand. Until this moment, Liu Shan had not noticed that there was a dagger in Butler Li's hand. I never thought that Butler Li would kill me...
Liu Shan had seen Butler Li holding a pen and making calculations, but he had never seen Butler Li hold a sword or dagger in his hand.
Butler Li's face was cold, and the hand holding the dagger did not tremble at all. Holding it tightly, the veins on his hand were exposed. In Liu Shan's shocked eyes, Butler Li twisted the hand holding the dagger fiercely.
The dagger hit the heart, this twist. Liu Shan couldn't say even a single word. With a pop, a mouthful of blood sprayed into Butler Li's face. He was instantly killed and his body fell down.
The sudden change and the murderous aura and ruthlessness that erupted from Butler Li shocked everyone who was resting in the maple forest.
"Killing people..." A timid servant in the distance screamed and ran away without even thinking about it.
The two women who had just stood behind Butler Li were so frightened that they fell to the ground. More people were stunned, and the fat man even screamed like a pig. "Zhao Wu, Zhao Wu, Butler Li is crazy, take down Butler Li quickly...",
The majestic guard just now ran over with a knife and ran to Butler Li's side, but did not make a move, but looked at Butler Li.
Butler Li wiped the blood from his face and glanced at the servant who was running away. Zhao Wu rushed over in three steps and two steps at a time, raising the knife in his hand. With just one stroke, the escaped servant was stabbed to the core...
Seeing this scene, the other servants roared without thinking. One by one, they ran out of the forest in panic.
"Kill..." Butler Li said two words coldly.
Several guards rushed towards the fleeing servants...
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There was no suspense in the result, but a minute later, the guard who had killed the man returned with a bloody knife. A group of people surrounded the fat man, like a pack of wild wolves surrounding a fat pig, each with glaring eyes. Full of violence and greed.
Seeing these familiar and humble faces suddenly become ferocious and terrifying, the fat man was so frightened that he peed his pants. His pants were all wet all of a sudden. He sat on the ground, leaning against a maple tree, retreating helplessly. But he didn't expect that, except for a few servants, everyone else in this family was already members of Butler Li, "Li... Butler Li... you... what are you doing?"
"Originally, I wanted to look at the relationship between you and me as master and servant over the years, and find a suitable place for you, master, to walk in a more dignified manner, like a master. I didn't expect you, master, to have an attack here, so don't It's my fault!" Butler Li came over. Although his blood-stained face was wiped a little, it was still red and he looked very scared.
"You... you want to take advantage of my money and property?" The fat man suddenly reacted.
"Anyway, sir, you have no children and are sick all over. In recent years, you can't even play with women. If you keep so much of your family property and money for yourself, wouldn't it be a waste? Why don't I enjoy it for you? Yes!" Butler Li smiled sinisterly, a bit scary.
"You... aren't you afraid of being punished by God?"
"God's punishment?" When Butler Li heard these two words, he burst out laughing as if he had heard something funny. "It's really refreshing to hear these two words from your mouth, sir, sir." If you believe in divine punishment, shopkeeper Hong of Huaienbu would not have died less than a year after becoming sworn brothers with me. How did shopkeeper Hong die? Master, do you really think I don’t know?"
Hearing the three words shopkeeper hong, the fat man's face suddenly turned pale, and his whole body trembled as if struck by lightning. He pointed at Butler Li, "You... you... you..." and was speechless.
"It's already reached this point, so I'd better ask you to be more understanding. Isn't it strange that your health has gotten worse and worse over the years, with more and more symptoms, and you've never had a child, and you've seen many doctors to no avail?"
"Is this also you..." The fat man trembled all over, and then he shook his head in denial, "It's impossible. The doctors I saw all said that the reason why I have no children is because I have less sperm and am weak. It's a physical problem. It's difficult. Impregnate a woman!”
"Hahaha, if you have descendants, master, will it be my turn to get your money and property now..." Butler Li burst out laughing, "Sir, do you still remember what I often tell you? If you have money, you should also read more. Books have their own golden houses, and books have their own beauty. Master, you just study too little, but you still despise scholars. Now you know, you don’t study enough. It’s useless no matter how much money you have. , as a result, I didn’t even know how I died, I lived in a muddle, and died in an unclear way. I didn’t even know why I had no children, why I was anemic, why my energy was getting worse and worse, and my body was getting more and more sick. Means. It’s not surprising to say that I just added a little potassium iodate to the salt in the meals you eat at home every day. After eating these years, my body has naturally become what it is now. If only I could read more books like me, I would know that such a method of manipulating salt is not unusual. It was just a killing move used by the demon clan and the Three-Eyed Society to attack and destroy the Chinese clan. , read more. You will know... "
"Potassium iodate?" The fat man murmured to himself. This name was really unfamiliar to the fat man. He only vaguely seemed to have heard of such a thing. "This... this is not a cure-all." Is there any iodine supplement for neck disease?”
Butler Li sighed, "So, sir, if you can still be reincarnated as a human being, you must study more, otherwise you won't even know the difference between potassium iodide and potassium iodate, and you will eat unclearly. You will die." Somehow, although his eyes are open, he lives like a blind man. In the past, the demons and the Three-Eyed Society would definitely like a brain-dead person like you, sir. They are two completely different things. I thought they were just names. Two similar things are the same..."
Thinking that he had been trying so hard to have a child for so many years, but had never had any children, and his health was getting worse and worse. Even the doctors couldn't do anything and couldn't explain the reason. At first, the fat man thought it was due to his excessive drinking and sex. I thought that all of this was the result of careful arrangements by others. The salt required for my three meals a day had already been quietly tampered with by others to make my body become like this.
"I will fight with you..." The fat man looked ferocious. He jumped up and wanted to rush towards Butler Li. However, as soon as he got up, he was kicked hard by a guard and fell down hard. He spat out a mouthful of blood. Smiling miserably, "This is retribution. Even if you kill me, don't even think about taking away my family property from me. Those family properties, even if I become a ghost, I will take them to the underworld..."
Butler Li smiled disdainfully and said gently, "Didn't I just sew your golden tickets into the fox fur you wore? If I kill you, how will you take away the golden tickets? Master, do you think this time The airship crash was really unexpected. If it hadn't been for this crash, how would I have known that you would have taken your entire fortune with you, sir?"
"you… "
Just when the fat man was about to say something, Butler Li's body flashed with fighting spirit. He raised his knife and struck the fat man's neck with the knife. A stream of blood splashed onto the trunk of the maple tree next to him, dyeing it red. A piece of the fat man's head rolled to the side with his eyes wide open...
After cutting off the fat man's head, Butler Li peeled off the fox fur from the fat man's body and used a dagger to slide the fox fur away. Sure enough, he saw a dazzling golden ticket inside. The tickets, the smallest one, all have a face value of 10,000...
The breathing of the surrounding guards became a little heavier, but when Butler Li turned around, all the guards were shocked and did not dare to look further. These guards all knew Butler Li's ability. Without this ability, Li would have been in trouble for many years. It is impossible for the housekeeper to subdue all the guards.
Butler Li took out a few stacks of gold tickets from the fox fur and put them into his own baggage. "Now we are on the same boat. Don't think too much about it. I promise you that I will not miss you a single copper. The situation in Taixia is in chaos. We can just take advantage of the chaos to leave Huanzhou and find a place to settle down. From now on, I will be the master. If you follow me, you will be a hundred times stronger than you are now... "
"Everything is subject to the master's instructions..."
"Okay, let's pack up these corpses and dig a hole here to bury them. Once and for all..."
"Okay!" Zhao Wu took the lead, and several guards began to dig holes in the ground with their tools and bury the corpses one after another.
In such a short time, the two concubines of the fat man had already been frightened by this series of events. When they saw Butler Li walking over with a blood-red face holding a dagger, the two charming women who were so frightened that their faces were pale and pale were already stunned. I can't walk on the road, I can only tremble.
"Steward Li, from now on... we will do whatever you say, and we will all listen to you..."
"Steward Li, we... our sisters... will serve you well in the future..."
Butler Li came over with a completely indifferent look on his face. No matter how much the two women begged, he still stabbed them one by one and killed them in the blink of an eye.
Butler Li knelt down and wiped the blood off the daggers on the clothes of the two women, "I thought back then you two were just women showing off in the hookup, and were exposed as prostitutes. The master thought you were beautiful, so he You redeemed me so that you would have good clothes and good food, and you would no longer have to do lowly things. You can even betray a man who is kind to you. How do I know that you will not betray me one day? Do you really think you can do it? If you make a man happy, that man won't do anything to you? You just think that with a little cleverness and good looks, you can trick a man into applauding him and make him unable to live without you... " After wiping the dagger, shopkeeper Li stood up, looked at the two corpses on the ground that were gradually becoming colder and no longer vivid, shook his head, and made a conclusion, "I still haven't read enough..."
In less than ten minutes, in the maple forest, except for the smell of blood that had not dissipated, all the corpses were buried underground.
After doing all this, Butler Li and a few guards were about to walk out of Maple Forest, but they suddenly stopped and everyone's eyes shrank.
Because at some point, a young man of 16 or 17 years old stood in front of them. The whole group of people were in the maple forest just now, but they didn't know when there was another person beside them.
The young man did not carry any weapons, just like a noble prince on an autumn outing.
The young man looked at the maple leaves, and then at the few fresh blood stains in the maple forest. He shook his head and said with some regret, "The red color of this maple forest was quite beautiful originally, but once it is stained with blood, the red color will become dull." It’s getting glaring!”
Butler Li squinted his eyes and couldn't see the depth of the young man. However, there were no servants around the young man. More importantly, the young man looked too young and did not look like a master. This made Butler Li confused. A thought of luck came into my mind.
"Zhao Wu, kill him!" Butler Li did not rush, but let Zhao Wu go first.
As soon as Butler Li finished speaking, Zhao Wu rushed out.
Seeing Zhao Wu rushing over, the young man just snapped his fingers. There seemed to be an indescribable magic power in the snap of his fingers. The sound of snapping his fingers penetrated the ears and brains, carrying a strange power that penetrated deeply into everyone's consciousness. In the deepest part, just one moment, everyone including Zhao Wu's body suddenly stiffened, making it impossible to even move.
The young man looked at these people, shook his head, and his words also carried a strange resonance and power that penetrated people's hearts, "If I want to kill you, I'm afraid of getting my hands dirty, so just commit suicide and apologize!"
As soon as the young man finished speaking, several people's stiff bodies were able to move, but like puppets and marionettes, everyone, including Butler Li, simply picked up the weapons or daggers in their hands, and struck them fiercely one by one. A hard tap on his neck or heart.
Thick blood energy filled the maple forest again...
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ps: At the beginning of the month, (.)