"Bounds the Yellow River in the west, controls the desert in the north, connects the Daoma and Bauhinia Pass in the east, and rejects the dangers of Yanmen and Ningwu in the south."
This passage is about Hanping, Jizhou, an important town in the north.
Now the world is in chaos, with years of wars. Hanping, which was originally under the jurisdiction of Zhongzhou, has been separated by the northern Hungarian and Qiang tribes.
Now the Hungarian and Qiang tribes set up four commanders here, thirteen guards, a standard force of 130,000, and 50,000 horses. These troops are equipped with the unique snow wolf steel swords of the Hungarians and Qiang. There are ferocious wolf heads on the handle and the blade is white , Tens of thousands of troops were dispatched, and when they drew their swords together, the murderous aura and the sudden cold light were enough to shake people's hearts.
The Hungarian and Qiang tribes were separated by heavy armies, unlike other places where there will be raids by bandits. Counting, there have been no wars here for 16 years. For 16 years, refugees, craftsmen, and businesses have poured in here. Instead, it formed a prosperous scene of flowers and horses flowing like a stream.
From the city gate to the hinterland of the important town, there is a bluestone avenue with four carts. At this time, according to the calculation, one cart is four tall horses, and the four-car avenue is an avenue where sixteen horses drive side by side at the same time.
A four-car avenue runs across the north and south, and there are countless small roads like cobwebs connecting this important town with a radius of thousands of miles. All kinds of businesses have set up shop here, until late at night, it is full of candle shadows, and there is no neglect.
Living here for many years, I am afraid that I will forget that wars are raging outside, and the nations are vying for hegemony, and I will also forget that a war may break out here at any time.
It's late autumn, it's late autumn, and it's still the season for outings in the south, but in the far north, the cold is getting heavier every day.
Just the heavy layer of hoarfrost on the ridge in the morning indicates that in a few days, as long as there is enough moisture, there will be heavy snow.
In this prosperous capital-like town, the largest restaurant is Zhiweilou located in the southeast. Zhiweilou is the property of Wang Xingji, the largest firm in southern Jiangsu. Looking at the gluttonous stone carvings that are as tall as two people, the vermilion gate, shiny copper nails, bright clothes at the gate, and the servants in the middle period, it can be seen that Wang Xingji's financial resources and strength are also at their peak.
Wang Zhiwei is the boss of this Zhiwei Building, and also the general manager of Wang Xingji's 17 shops of various kinds in this important town.
It was a cold and windy morning, and from inside the house one could hear the sound of the cold wind blowing from the north breaking the withered grass on the house. This is in the way of your hands and feet, be careful of your lives."
"Close the surrounding streets, and all shops are not allowed to open today!"
"Who are these people who speak so arrogantly?" Wang Zhiwei was a little stunned, quickly put on a fur robe, and opened the window a little.
The east of the city is the most bustling and bustling area. The businesses that can set up stalls and shops along the way here are supported by important figures in the military. At that time, he will be responsible for escorting money and food, and picking up and delivering goods on the post road along the way. A large amount of silk, cloth, and rice grains in the south, furs, spices and other goods in the north were all circulated in this way.
"Who are you? If you want to close it, you will close it. Do you have four commanding documents and laws?"
Looking out from the window on the second floor, I saw nine big men standing on both ends of the street.
These nine big men are all made of black soft armor. I don't know what made this black soft armor. From a distance, it looks like there are pieces of scales, shining with a faint blue-black light. This black soft armor covered the heads and faces of these big men, leaving only the eyes and two nostrils, and looked full of sturdy and domineering aura.
Taking a closer look, Wang Zhiwei found that these big men were all carrying long swords with black scabbards on their backs, and the boots they were wearing under their feet had a metallic luster, as if they were actually made of steel.
Wrapping the armor and carrying the sword, this has clearly violated the laws of the four commanders here!
"It's Mr. Zhang Da from Wei Zihao!"
Now standing in the street are two middle-aged men wearing dark blue luxurious robes. Looking from a distance, they can't see their faces clearly, but they can feel the arrogance and domineering aura on them. The surrounding streets were closed just now, making all the shops , the words that they are not allowed to open are obviously what these two people said, and the one who stood in front of them and questioned was a four-faced man wearing a goatskin short gown, with a long beard, lean and capable, and with a gleam in his eyes. About ten years old, a man who looks like a housekeeper.
Wang Zhiwei recognized that this person was Mr. Zhang Da, the steward of the Wei brand shop opposite.
Wei Zihao is a wealthy businessman in the Heluo area, mainly engaged in pawnshops and medicinal materials business, and his financial resources and power are even higher than Wang Xingji. Although Mr. Zhang Da is not impressive, Wang Zhiqiu knows that he is an unfathomable master. Because a few years ago, Wang Zhiqiu saw that Wei Zihao was arguing with a company called Hang Seng Kee, and they refused to give in to each other. As a result, Mr. Zhang Da smashed a Hang Seng Kee full of goods with a single palm, and knocked hundreds of catties into the air. This kind of power made some masters of Wang Xingji feel ashamed. Over the past few years, Wang Zhiwei and the shopkeeper of Wei Zihao also had friendship, and even learned that Mr. Zhang is also proficient in Taoism and knows a lot of supernatural powers.
If it weren't for Wei Zihao and his own strength, he would never have dared to jump out to question alone when so many people wearing strange black armor blocked the two streets.
"En? It turns out that he is a disciple of the Wangwu faction, no wonder he dared to stand out."
What Wang Zhiwei couldn't see clearly was the two men in Chinese clothes facing Mr. Zhang Da. They were both fair-skinned and had an ivory-like luster on their faces. Hearing Mr. Zhang Da's stern questioning, the one on the left had triangular eyes and an eagle hook. The man with a dark nose suddenly narrowed his eyes, and a cold light flashed in his eyes, "But you don't have to worry about who we are, and get back quickly, if you try to get ahead, you will regret it later."
Mr. Zhang Da's heart trembled suddenly when he was told the truth, but he has been transporting Wei brand goods on the road for more than 20 years. He has seen countless battles, big and small. If you say that, you will be scared off immediately, and at least half of the prestige in the eyes of others will collapse in the past twenty years.
"You asked me to leave without even telling where I came from. Isn't that unreasonable?" Mr. Zhang Da immediately straightened his back and said coldly.
As far as the two men in Chinese clothes could see, they could only see some vendors and shops, still standing still, with an extremely cold smile appearing on their faces, "It seems that these people are headed by you, so good, just right Use you to make an example to others!"
The words of the two men in Chinese clothes were already murderous and overbearing, but just after they finished speaking, a faint voice came from a distance, "Too much nonsense, wouldn't it make people laugh, mere disciple of Wangwu, kill me!" That's it."
Just kill it!
Although the man's voice was serene, what he said made Wang Zhiwei, who was peeking through the window, feel cold all over.
Even the leader of the army here may not be able to say the words of controlling life and death so easily.
As soon as the words fell, eighteen white rays of light had already twisted towards Mr. Zhang Da in the middle of the street.
"Flying sword!"
Mr. Zhang Da's pupils shrank suddenly, and his whole body felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave.
He could see that these big men with black armor and swords on both sides of the blocked road must have extraordinary skills, but he didn't expect that these people were not ordinary martial artists in the world, but monks who practiced flying swords!
All cultivators, unless they have cultivated to the realm of the unity of heaven and man like Yuan Tianyi, will naturally show a certain amount of mana fluctuations even if they stand still, but it was not until these people released the flying sword that Mr. Zhang Da felt a strong mana fluctuations.
It is the scaly black soft armor on these people that hides all the mana fluctuations of these people before!
"You are people who have deviated from the Tao!" In an instant, Mr. Zhang Da thought of a sect in the Northland. The founder of this school once killed a black-winged sea snake with thousands of years of cultivation in the North Sea, and took its flying wings and bones to refine a magic weapon, the Yinscale Black Banner, which can release poisonous smoke and mines. A batch of black armor was made. This batch of black armor can resist swords and guns, avoid water and fire, and it is difficult for ordinary flying swords to hurt them. Another function is to allow ascetics to hide their own breath. Back then when Gouli Dao was competing with a sect in the North, a group of disciples wore these treasure armors, sneaked into the opponent's mountain gate secretly, caught the opponent by surprise, and won a complete victory.
"Overreach!"
Mr. Zhang Da made a sound, there was a hint of peaceful talk in his words, and he just imagined a blue cloth-like magic weapon to protect his whole body, but the two men in Chinese clothes didn't answer at all, they snorted coldly, and the two of them Each of them pulled out a big black flag of Zhang Er as if they pulled it out of thin air.
When the black flag was unfurled, black air swept down from the sky. "Yin scale black flag!" Mr. Zhang Da didn't know that the magic weapon of hooking off the Tao had two sides, and seeing that the two people didn't answer, and directly sacrificed the powerful magic weapon, he knew that today's matter could not be good at all, so he immediately turned his heart away, With a flick of luck, he threw out a golden talisman covered with thunder patterns.
As soon as the Golden Light God Thunder Talisman was thrown, there was a thunderbolt in the sky, and it turned into a golden thunder light hand, which shocked all the terrified traders in the whole street to the ground.
The Wangwu faction majors in talisman art. This talisman is the golden light god thunder talisman in the Wangwu talisman Taoism. It is one of the most powerful talismans among the Wangwu talismans. Mr. Zhang Da also got it from his teacher, and he cannot refine it himself. It is one of the magic weapons at the bottom of the box. Today, seeing more than a dozen flying swords forming a formation, flying vertically and horizontally, and the black flag with scales and black scales is approaching menacingly, Mr. Zhang Da had no choice but to throw out the golden light god thunder talisman.
"Talk, sting" several times, but just as the golden light thunder exploded, two substantial black winged long snakes suddenly sprang out from the two black flags. The blue thunder light was cold and air-conditioned, and blasted away the golden thunder light hand.
"Oops! This Yinlin Black Flag is so vicious!"
It wasn't until this time that Mr. Zhang Da realized that the patriarch who had deviated from the Tao had killed not one but two black-winged sea snakes, and that the patriarch who had deviated from the Tao had suppressed the soul of the thousand-year-old snake under the black flag. Among them, the power of the instant eruption of the Yinscale Black Flag was even higher than the Golden Light God Thunder Talisman of his master. The fight of cultivators is more dangerous than the fight of swords and swords among warriors in the world. Mr. Zhang Da is too late to deal with him, and his attack is not as fierce as this person who has deviated from the Tao. Once the Golden Light God Thunder Talisman is broken, it is too late to release other magic weapons. This thought became the last thought in Mr. Zhang Da's mind.
As soon as the golden light faded and the black air rolled up, Mr. Zhang Da was stunned. The cyan cloth-like magic weapon was not moving well, only a few inches of gap was exposed, and the eighteen flying swords circling and twisting outside were instantly stab.
With just one twist, Mr. Zhang Da who was standing in the middle of the street was twisted into dozens of scattered pieces of meat. The vitality of the eighteen flying swords burned, and Mr. Zhang Da, who is somewhat famous on the North Road, did not even leave his ghost behind. A trace of it is to destroy both body and spirit!
Mortals in the world, when have they seen such a dangerous and cruel fighting style!
Before the two well-dressed men who cast the Yinscale Black Banner could make a sound, they both shouted and scrambled and walked cleanly. A street that was originally bustling with people suddenly became extremely empty.
"It's going to happen!"
Wang Zhiwei, who was far away from Zhiwei upstairs, could not help trembling. After slowly closing the window, he forced himself to calm down and shouted repeatedly, "Prepare the horse! Prepare the cart! Pack up the books, the gold and silver are soft! Notice Everyone in the southeast of the city, etc., all retreat to the west of the city!"
This well-informed and well-informed general manager of a large company has already seen that there is definitely a catastrophe about to happen here. Even the army may not be able to intervene in the struggle of the ascetics, let alone their companies. Although there were still two streets away from the blocked street, Wang Zhiwei didn't feel safe at all.
In the west of the city, Wang Xingji also has property, and there are troops stationed nearby, making it the safest place in the city.
"These ascetics who cut off life and death in an instant, who are they going to deal with with such a big fanfare?"
The clerks of the big firm were extremely efficient. Not long after Wang Zhiwei's order came out, all the luggage was packed and the carriage was ready. With such thoughts circling in his mind, when he boarded the carriage with some trepidation, Wang Zhiwei was dumbfounded again when he saw dozens of figures gathering towards that street at an astonishing speed from all directions in the city.