Forty-three miles away from Zhangzhou City, there is a small village called Wujiatun. The reason why this village is named so is not because there are more people surnamed Wu in the village, but because the most powerful family in the village is surnamed Wu. Zhangzhou is the seat of Taoism on the Shujing Road, and it can be regarded as one of the important towns in the north.
Wujiatun, which is so close to Zhangzhou, used to have a fourth-rank sheriff... the housekeeper of the mansion.
Even so, in the eyes of the people of Wujiatun, the biggest family in the village is rich and powerful. A few years ago, the butler did not leave after he came back from Yunyang County. It was only later that people found out that Yunyang County was captured by rebels. The family had a lot of gold and silver treasures, so they didn't dare to stay in Yunyang County any longer, and ran home directly.
Every morning, the butler would wear a clean long gown, always wear black shoes and white socks, and walk on the small road in the village, walking around the village as if he were inspecting his own private property.
Even so, the butler has a very good reputation in the village. No matter what this person did outside, he was very generous to the folks in the village. If the family is short of money for weddings and funerals, ask him to borrow money, and basically they can borrow some.
Therefore, he became the Lizheng in the village.
Of course, since the war in the Central Plains, the county government and county officials would not bother with such a small village. It is close to the Yishui River but has not suffered any damage, and the people in the village live in peace and happiness.
This butler... No, it's Li Zheng from Wujiatun, named Wu Shou.
A group of peddlers came from the south early yesterday morning. Those who dared to do peddlers in this year's environment were mostly because they couldn't survive at home. You must know that although the vicinity of Zhangzhou is still relatively peaceful, it is inevitable that you will be robbed by strongmen when you walk on the mountain roads. And despite the troubled times, the status of scholars, farmers, businessmen and commerce in the hearts of the world has not changed. Merchant is regarded as the lowest social status, and their descendants are not even qualified to join the army.
These merchants were all armed with weapons and came to Wujiatun to ask for water. Originally, no one in the village was willing to receive them, but Wu Shou welcomed them warmly. Later people in the village asked why, and Wu Shou smiled and said that everyone lived in the village, and almost no one had left for more than thirty miles. They were as ignorant as a toad squatting in a well.
And these merchants are very well-informed and extensive, they will always hear and see a lot of things. Besides, these people carry private salt. Wu Shou had seen the world, so he almost didn't need to look carefully or ask tentatively to know what these people were carrying.
Whoever dares to sell private salt is not a brave person
If you offend these people, they might set the village on fire at night.
According to those people, Fang Jie, the Prince of the Black Banner Army, fought a big victory more than 300 miles to the south, annihilating more than 200,000 wolf cavalry of the Mongolian Yuan Empire in the west, and then took advantage of the situation to pursue them. In one breath, more than 200,000 of the most brave and fierce Black Mountain Army were killed. Two consecutive victories against the Bandit Killer with a total of 500,000!
You know, Fang Jie only has a hundred thousand horses around him.
This is the greatest victory in the battle between the Han people and the prairie people since ancient times. After all, Wu Shou had been an official, he knew how powerful the Mengyuan people were. If we really want to mention the last big victory against the Mongols, it has to be traced back to the time of Emperor Taizu of the Sui Dynasty more than two hundred years ago.
Don't forget, it has not been a few years since Emperor Tianyou ordered the westward expedition, and the 700,000 elite were buried west of Langru Mountain.
Times have changed, and the fiasco that people would occasionally mention in their chats now was wiped away by Fang Xie and the Black Flag Army with such a big victory in the blink of an eye. When people mention it in the future, they will not only lament the big defeat that year, but also mention the big victory at the Yishui River today.
"Master Wu, let's go for a walk."
A passing commoner greeted Wu Shou with a smile.
"Well, it's okay to walk around, and the legs and feet are getting more and more inflexible. It's no good to stay in the house all day. It's better to take a few more steps. Didn't the doctor say that if you walk 10,000 steps a day, you can live at least ten years longer. I Now that I am living a steady and stable life, I naturally want to live another ten or twenty years in secret."
"You are reluctant to part with your family's wealth."
The man passing by was joking, and then asked: "By the way, Master Wu, I heard that the merchants who came yesterday said a lot of things. King Wu really won a big victory in the south?"
"Um!"
Wu Shou nodded vigorously: "Big victory!"
"in addition… "
He lowered his voice and said: "I also heard from those people that King Wu seems to have accepted the challenge of a quack named Liu Yanque, saying that he wants to fight him on the banks of the Yishui River. I really don't know this Liu Yanque Where did the bastard come from, dare to challenge King Wu... King Wu is Renyi, and he accepted it."
"What's the origin of this Liu Yanque?"
the man asked.
Wu Shoudao: "I heard that he came from the extremely cold place in the north, and he is probably an ignorant person. Those people said that this Liu Yanque is of medium build and wears a leather jacket..."
When Wu Shou said this, his eyes suddenly widened.
A man of medium build and wearing a leather jacket walked over from the entrance of the village...
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"Do you know who I am?"
The man in the leather jacket looked at Wu Shou and asked, before Wu Shou could answer, he pointed to his nose and said loudly: "My name is Liu Yanque, and I am a big shot who is going to settle the battle with the leader of the Black Banner Army. Have you heard of it? "
If someone else asked this question, Wu Shou would definitely call him an idiot.
But the person who asked this sentence really looked like Liu Yanque.
According to the rumors, Liu Yanque always wears a leather jacket, as if he always feels so cold. He is a man who looks to be in his thirties or forties. He is not very tall, nor does he look very burly, and there is nothing outstanding. The most outstanding thing is that there is a mole on his face by the left ear, which is quite big.
And this person is exactly the same as the rumored Liu Yanque.
"I have no idea."
Wu Shou thought about it carefully, and decided to play dumb. Although he didn't think that such a person had the qualifications to challenge King Wu, it was said that this guy made a splash in Chang'an City and defeated many sect masters. In other words, at least he is a real practitioner. Wu Shou was unwilling to offend even the lowest level practitioner. At this time, he was no longer the steward of the county guard's mansion, even a practitioner who just started could easily kill him.
"do not be afraid."
Liu Yanque looked less vicious than the rumors said, he patted Wu Shou on the shoulder and said seriously: "You don't know how to practice, I won't kill you."
"Thank... thank you."
Wu Shou nodded in panic, looking terrified.
"But it seems that you are a person with a high status in this village, and your family must be well-off. So I hope you go back now and ask your family to prepare a table of wine and food for me. Although there are no fresh vegetables this season, but here Looking at Yishui, it must be very easy to get fresh fish, okay?"
"Can!"
Wu Shou nodded quickly, turned around and was about to leave.
"Is there wine?"
Liu Yanque asked.
Wu Shou quickly agreed: "There is wine!"
"Well, you go and prepare meals first, and I'll go back to your house by myself in a while."
Wu Shouduo didn't dare to stay for a moment, and left quickly. He didn't even dare to look back, lest the rumored vicious guy would cause some trouble again. Just because Wu Shou has seen the world, he knows that a wicked person may not always have a wicked face. Just like the county sheriff he served back then, on the surface he looked gentle, and he was also respectable in the peaceful and prosperous times, but when the world was in chaos, this guy immediately started to search for people's fat and anointment.
How many people were forced to death by that guy, otherwise they wouldn't have been the first to attack the Sheriff's Mansion in the beginning of the civil unrest. Although the sheriff had received the news and fled early, but Wu Shou knew that the guy hadn't even escaped for thirty miles before he was surrounded by those red-eyed people and smashed into a pulp with stones.
That's why Wu Shou didn't escape with the sheriff at the beginning.
About an hour later, Wu Shou's family gathered a table of food, and after waiting for a while, Liu Yanque did not come. Wu Shou was afraid that he would offend that person and bring disaster to his family, so although he was afraid, he decided to go out. search. If you can't find it, it's best of course.
When he went out, he found something was wrong, but he didn't think about what was wrong when he was in a complicated mood. Walking all the way to the entrance of the village where he met Liu Yanque, he suddenly understood why he felt something was wrong.
In the village, it is very deserted.
In an instant, an idea popped up in his mind. In an instant, all the muscles in his body tensed up. For a moment, he felt his heart almost jump out of his throat. In an instant, his clothes were drenched with cold sweat.
Wu Shou froze for a moment, unable to even move his feet.
No one in the village was encountered.
It seems... there is only one possibility.
And this possibility scared Wu Shou almost out of his wits.
"Don't be so scared. The people in this village are not dead, but only a small part of them died."
The voice appeared behind Wu Shou, and Liu Yanque in a leather jacket appeared, with a very handsome bird of prey standing on his shoulder. When Wu Shou turned his head, he was as stiff as a machine. He knew what the bird of prey was called, but had never seen it with his own eyes. In the picture album of Shan Hai Zhi, this kind of thing is called Costin.
"Wherever I go, there will be some Jianghu people from the Central Plains chasing me, thinking they can beat me... So as long as I stay in a certain place, I always have to clean up some of these flies first, otherwise I will not eat well. Kill people According to the rules in the mountains, burial is required. I didn’t want to do it myself, so I asked some villagers to help bury the corpse. If someone didn’t want to, they became one of the buried corpses.”
Liu Yanque said calmly: "Generally speaking, if a family kills one, the rest will help me dig a pit and bury the body. So sometimes I am too lazy not to kill people but ask if I am willing. Let’s just kill one first, and the rest will naturally be willing.”
"For...why?"
Wu Shou asked with a hoarse voice, he seemed to feel a fishy sweetness in his throat.
"It's very simple."
Liu Yanque seemed to be in a good mood, so she patiently explained to Wu Shou: "You know that if a person wants to be famous, there are two ways. The first is to be a good person. But being a good person doesn't make you famous all at once. , Generally speaking, people only say oops when they are old. This person has done good deeds all his life. He is really a good person. The second method is much faster, that is to be a wicked person... Generally speaking, as long as you kill enough people, you will soon Soon his name will be spread all over the world."
Liu Yanque pointed to her nose: "I am a person who desperately wants to be famous in the world, so... I have no choice but to do evil."