Rain is coming.
In Shibinxia Village near Zezhou City, the villagers gathered on the threshing ground and watched the soldiers enter the big house on the hillside.
"...you are dirty people...you are dirty"
"… Shen Ling of the Shen family opened his eyes for the black flag rebel bandits in his private school, and kept secrets, so he was clearly involved with the rebel bandits! This family is all suspects, they have all been arrested, and we will ask more clearly."
The action of the army caused a large-scale cry, and it was not the first similar incident near Zezhou in the past few days. The villagers on the threshing floor were apprehensive, but it was a big family involved, and for a while, it didn't cause too much panic.
"The current situation in Zezhou is uneven! The gangsters have gathered, and in the next few days, there may be troubles. Don't be afraid, fellow townspeople, I will arrest people and remove the rebels, just to stabilize the current situation. There may be major events in the past few days, which will cause inconvenience to your life, but General Sun assures all of you that the situation will be peaceful only when the rebel king Shitong gives his head!"
The soldier in charge of propaganda spoke loudly in front of the threshing floor, and then gave an example of the Shen family's incriminating evidence. Shen Ling, the son of the Shen family, used to be in charge of the township school and private school in the village. He likes to talk about current affairs and occasionally say a few good things about the Black Flag Army. It is not surprising for the villagers to hear it, but recently, Zezhou has been calm. It was broken by the hungry ghosts, and the power of the hungry ghosts is said to be related to the black flag. The action of the soldiers to arrest the black flag was accepted by everyone. Although you may have a good impression of Shen Ling on weekdays, who let you go through the rebel bandits
After all, the villagers' mentality is simple. If they beat the Jurchen, they will beat the Jurchen, but they just want to live their own life well.
The soldiers escorted the Shen family and pushed them all the way to Zezhou City. The villagers watched this scene, but no one would realize that they might not be able to come back.
Two days later will be the time when the ghost king will give his head, as long as two days pass, everything will be fine...
In the government office in Zezhou, Lu Anmin walked down the corridor with a complex and restless expression, and almost fell when he stepped down the steps.
Holding a roll of rice paper in his hand, he was anxious. Walking all the way to the main hall of Sun Qi's office, I saw that there were many officials waiting in the place that used to be the hall of the state government. Some were generals in the army, some were civilians in the state government, and they were noisily waiting for the general's reception. Seeing Lu Anmin coming over, civilian officials rushed to share with him the affairs of Zezhou at this time.
Sun Qi now sits in the prefecture and takes care of everything, but she prioritizes calling in army generals. Civilians in the prefecture have been blocked for a long time, and there are many urgent matters at hand that cannot be dealt with. There are also many requests. Those who find out the wrong case and intercede for others, often have not seen Sun Qi here, and the people in the army have already dealt with them, maybe they will be sent to prison, or they have begun to torture these many people near the military camp. After two days, they will be punished. is to be beheaded.
When the Wu Dynasty was still in control of the Central Plains, many affairs were always dominated by civil servants. Lu An was the highest civil servant in the area at this time, but he was still stopped outside the gate for a while. In the past few days, he has been running back and forth, and he has not been treated coldly once or twice. Even if the situation is stronger than others, the resentment in his heart has already accumulated. After a while, seeing several generals going in and out after taking the lead, he suddenly got up and walked forward abruptly. The soldiers tried to stop him, but he pushed him away.
"Don't block me! This official is still the governor of Zezhou, but I want to see the tiger king! Don't be so despised."
In the lobby, Sun Qi was discussing matters with several generals, when she heard the noise, she stopped talking, and her face became cold. He is tall and thin, his arms are long and strong, but his eyes are long and narrow. His long military career has made this general appear extremely dangerous, and ordinary people dare not approach him. The first time he saw Lu Anmin, he slapped the table.
"Presumptuous! Now that the army has moved, this place is the camp of the Central Army! Mr. Lu, you are so ignorant!?"
"General Sun, this officer has not been dismissed, and now he is the governor of Zezhou. I will see you again and again if there is an important matter. I don't know who you and I are!"
His eyes were bloodshot, and after a few days of torment, he had already lost his mind and temporarily ignored the fact that the army was actually the biggest at the moment. Seeing that he was reckless about the consequences, Sun Qi also waved his hand violently: "You guys go down!" Before he left, he looked at Lu Anmin: "Master Lu, this action was ordered by King Tiger himself, you just need to cooperate with me, I don't have to explain too much to you!"
"However, after this incident, Zezhou will not want it!"
"Lu Anmin, you know what is going to happen now!"
"You don't have to do it this way!"
"Who do you think this will be waiting for? An army of 70,000! Do you think it's just to wait for the 10,000 dying people outside the city!?"
"You don't have to do this!" Lu Anmin emphasized loudly, "There are so many people, more than 90% of them are innocent! There are relatives and family members behind them!"
"The 50,000 troops were supposed to disperse 400,000 hungry ghosts! But now there are 70,000 people in Zezhou City! Lu! Big! People!" Sun Qi's voice pressed over, overpowering the wind under the gloomy sky outside the lobby. Roar, "You! To! In the end! Know! Dao! No! Know!? Who are we waiting for?"
Lu Anmin looked at him blankly, and then said, "Home! Broken! People! Dead! Ah!"
"It's been ten years of war! Families have been destroyed!" Lu Anmin pointed to the outside, "How many people have been destroyed, General Sun, I know you have the means, and the 10,000 refugees outside the city you fought to suppress and kill, and they couldn't resist. People in the city still feel at ease. I am a civilian, but I know that after the work is done, Zezhou City will collapse and be in chaos. After ten years, there is such a place, and you have to mess with him. ."
"I know what you have to do. You think I don't know the priorities, but you don't have to do it to such an extent." Lu Anmin waved his hand. But at this point, you won't have anything to take in the future..."
"What did you say!" Sun Qi slammed and slammed his hand on the table. He fixed his gaze on Lu Anmin like a cobra that devoured a human being, "Tell me again, what is accumulating money! Take power!"
When Lu Anmin said that, he was already a little scared. He mustered up the courage to face Sun Qi for a while, and his mind was also dazzled, but he said some things he couldn't say. I saw Sun Qi stretched out his hand:
"Ninety percent innocent? You say innocent is innocent? You vouch for them! Guarantee that they are not black flags!? You are responsible for letting them go, can you afford it!? I thought I told you, you will understand, I The 70,000-strong army is waiting for you in Zezhou, but you are acting like a child's play. I think you are dizzy. Ninety percent innocent? The Tiger King said when I came out, I would rather kill the black flag by mistake! I will never let it go!"
"Humph! People like you are also worthy of being a parent in a state! Do you think you are just a local official? Seeing you is a waste of the general's energy. Come on! Take him out, and whoever dares to cause trouble in front of the general. , shoot to kill!"
As soon as Sun Qi said this, the lieutenant beside him brought someone in, put up Lu Anmin's arms and walked out. Lu Anmin looked at Sun Qi, and finally couldn't help struggling: "You guys are making a big deal! General Sun! You guys"
He had been pulled to the door at this time, struggling, the two soldiers didn't want to hurt him too much, they just held his hand to let him retreat, and then heard a crackling sound, and Lu Anmin staggered suddenly. Back, roll down the ground outside the lobby.
This sound came suddenly, and many people outside saw it, but they couldn't react, and the nearby Langyuan became quiet in an instant. After a while, people realized that just now, the lieutenant general slapped Lu Anmin in the face, almost flying him out.
Lu Anmin was stunned for a moment. He fell to the ground and sat up, only to feel the burning pain on his face. What was even more embarrassing was that many people around him were watching.
When all order collapses, such a thing is actually not surprising. The area near Zezhou had also experienced and felt that period a little, but the peace in the past few years has diluted everyone's memory, and only this slap at this time made people remember it again.
Even in the most stable and peaceful place in the Central Plains over the past few years, Tiger King Tianhu was once just a rebel hunter. This is a troubled world, not the Wu Dynasty...
Lu Anmin sat there, not knowing what thoughts came to his mind, and it took a long time for him to get up from the ground with difficulty. The humiliation and anger made him tremble all over. But he didn't turn around to pester him. When the land was at its most chaotic, no matter how big the official mansion was, the chaotic people rushed into it. Even the family members of the prefect of the prefecture were raped to death by the chaotic people. What else? The royal family of this country has also experienced such a thing. Those women who were captured and went north, including queens, concubines, princesses, ministers and noblewomen...
In fact, nothing has changed...
The lieutenant returned to the lobby. Sun Qi looked outside and nodded, "If he can do something, let him do it! If not, take off his hat."
In Zezhou City, most of the people are still in a stable mood. They only thought it was the chaos caused by killing Wang Shitong, and Sun Qi's control of the situation outside the city also allowed the commoners to temporarily find a sense of superiority in peace. Some people ran back and forth because their homes were affected. In the first days, they didn't get everyone's sympathy, so don't make trouble, kill Wang Shitong, and things will be fine.
The barracks and checkpoints outside the city, the streets and high walls in the city, and the 70,000-strong army are closely guarding everything. At the same time, they are constantly clearing out possible alien parties inside, waiting for the enemy that may or may not appear. In fact, most of the cities under the Tiger King's command have fallen into such a tense atmosphere. The cleaning has already started, but the most important thing is to kill Wang Shitong's Zezhou and Tiger King's Wei Sheng. .
In the prison, You Hongzhuo was sitting in the haystack, quietly feeling the chaos around him and the increasing number of "inmates". Not much is known. He was just still wondering: Did he really see Mr. Zhao that night, why did he turn into a doctor and enter this prison again? Could he be the Tiger King? And if he came in, why didn't he save himself
Maybe it's fake...
He finally thought so. If the fourth brother Kuang Wenbo can put his tentacles in this prison, and Mr. Zhao and the others can come in at will, wouldn't this matter be too childish...
The experience in the past few days and the tragedies he saw made him somewhat disheartened. If not, his mind might have turned faster and realized something else.
In the increasingly tense city of Zezhou, Lulin people also gathered in various ways. Some of these people from the nearby green forest have found an organization, some are wandering around, and many have been besieged by officers and soldiers or taken into prison during several days of conflict. However, in the past few days, there have been more articles that have been secretly written around the prison.
It was evening, the weather was not good, the wind was blowing, but there was no sign of rain. In the alleyway at the back door of the prison, several figures supported each other and came out of the prison door. Several carriages were waiting here, and they saw everyone coming out. , There was also a monk who brought a dozen people and greeted him.
The people who were released were young and old, but they were dressed like warriors, and many of them were even tortured and wounded. The monks and entourage who ushered in handed over with greetings from the rivers and lakes, and they also brought several doctors.
"Tang Yingxiong, Zheng Yingxiong, seniors and brothers, you have suffered. This incident has been rushed, and the government is cunning. It is a big mistake that I can't wait for the rescue..."
The monk spoke respectfully. Among the rescued Lulin people, an old man waved his hand: "Don't say, don't say, this matter will be recovered. Guangming teaches benevolence, righteousness and virtue, and I have also remembered it in my heart. Everyone, this is nothing. Bad thing, in this prison, we can be considered to have cleared the way and got a little better..."
"What Senior Tang said is very..." Everyone agreed.
"We'd better leave this matter and talk about it..."
"Exactly, leave first..."
During the discussion, everyone got on the carriage and stayed away all the way. The roadway was empty, and soon after, another carriage came over and picked up another group of Green Forest people to leave.
In a quiet building not far away, the masters of the Daguang Sect gathered. Heshuo Tiandao Tan Zheng, who had been waiting for You Hongzhuo for several days, was one of them. After all this, he turned around and whispered some information to the man in the room with a wide body and a body like Maitreya: "'Soul-Inducing Sword' Tang Jian, 'Dragon Fist' Zheng Wu, some friends of Chaimen Fist... After being rescued, there should be a hero of Wufengdao, a hero of Leimen..."
Due to the arrival of the Maitreya-like nobles, this kind of thing has been going on for a while, originally there were other little guys who made records here. After listening to Tan Zheng's report several times, Lin Zongwu put down the teacup, nodded, and gestured to the outside: "Go." A moment after he finished speaking, someone knocked on the door.
Tan Zheng went over to open the door, and after listening to the subordinate's report on the situation, he turned back: "Sect Master, the origins of those people have been found out."
"Yeah." Lin Zongwu nodded.
"I heard that it is the 'Eight-armed Dragon King' party. He couldn't do it in Chifeng Mountain, but he didn't expect to come to Zezhou, and he would be embarrassed by me. Hearing that tomorrow's hero meeting, he planned to fight against me."
"Earlier, he ran Chifeng Mountain. I thought he had some prospects. I didn't expect him to come back to run the rivers and lakes again. It's really... the layout is limited."
Lin Zongwu said lightly and took a sip of tea. These days, the Daguang Sect has been running a big game in Zezhou City, gathering a lot of green forest heroes, but naturally there are also many people who are unwilling to go with them. In the past two days, a group of people has emerged. , Privately lobbied all parties, and ruined the great light to teach a lot of good things. After realizing it, Tan Zheng was investigating, and now I know that it is the eight-armed dragon king.
In recent years, the eight-armed dragon king was originally considered to be the most popular column in the Central Plains. When Chifeng Mountain was most prosperous, 100,000 heroes gathered. However, in the past six months, news about the infighting in Chifeng Mountain has appeared frequently, probably in the Shortly before the hungry ghosts were dispersed by Sun Qi, the forces of General Pingdong Li Xizhi broke the Chifeng Mountain, and the eight-armed dragon king roamed the rivers and lakes, and unexpectedly appeared here.
Tan Zheng looked at the collected information: "This 'eight-armed dragon king' Shi Jin, it is said that he was originally a bandit in Liangshan, whose name is the nine-patterned dragon. After Liangshan was broken, he disappeared. He spared no effort in killing Jin people in private. I heard people say that martial arts are quite strong, and there is private information that when the iron arm Zhou Dong assassinated Nianhan, Shi Jin once walked with him, and he also helped Zhou Tong. To impart the mantle…”
"Haha..." Listening to Tan Zheng's words, Lin Zongwu laughed, he got up and walked to the window, carrying his hands on his back, "Either the eight-armed dragon king or the nine-patterned dragon, I have heard of his martial arts earlier. That's right. Back then, when I tried the world, I wanted to meet him. I was worried that he was a hero, and I was afraid of hurting his position in the hearts of my subordinates, so I skipped it. That's fine, Zhou Tong's last teaching... Hahahaha... "
Lin Zongwu smiled happily, and Tan Zheng walked up: "Would you like to visit him tonight?"
"Why is this? Why did I wait until I came to Zezhou? Even Shi Jin can't take it head-on. How to face the enemy behind this murky water? Just prepare as usual, tomorrow's hero meeting will be yours. With both fists, I will personally know his octagonal mixed copper stick and pull out his dragon skin and dragon tendons! Quan do it"
“The appetizer of the trip!”
The wind blows through the city, and countless different wills are coming together.
In the eighth year of Wu Jianshuo, June 28. Night falls. (.)