Pinghai County.
There was a sudden silence in the deserted forest, as if there had never been any signs of life.
No one knows how many voles died under the sharp claws of night owls in the past half of the night.
There was also deathly silence in the little-known secret sacrificial cave of the Red Clothes Sect.
Before dawn, except for those who had been in and out that night, as well as the little man and shopkeeper Li, probably no one else knew that this place had fallen.
After dawn, Little Mantou and Shopkeeper Li followed their plan to reveal the location of the secret sacrificial cave.
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Those who draw maps of Pinghai County will always draw Wangyun Valley and Lishan on the same line, just like the left and right arms must be aligned.
Wangyun Valley is to the west of Pinghai County, and Lishan Mountain is naturally to the east.
To the west of Wangyun Valley is Zhayunling, which separates the two counties of Pinghai and Chuzhou, and to the east of Lishan is the green sandy beach connected to the sea.
There used to be three ordinary villages in Wangyun Valley, but now only one village, Hexi, remains.
There used to be a famous royal villa in Lishan, but now it is occupied by Jianghu gangs as a villa for their own use.
Since it is famous, the origin of this royal villa can be studied, and it definitely does not originate from any rumors.
It's just that this royal family is not the current Zhu family, but the Li dynasty hundreds of years ago.
The other courtyard was originally the emperor's palace, later named "Xiao Fei Yuan".
The then-emperor surnamed Li loved beauties more than his country, and he was particularly fond of a concubine from Lingnan who loved to eat lychees and had an intoxicating smile.
The land south of Lingnan was surrounded by mountains and long roads. In order to prevent his beloved concubine from feeling homesick, the emperor ignored the advice of hundreds of officials and gave the concubine the mountain and the courtyard with one stroke of his pen.
It is even more accurate that they can come here for ten days every spring, summer, autumn and winter.
Being favored by the emperor in this way is not only a great grace for Xiao Fei, but also a great disaster.
The year after Xiao Fei's trip to Lishan, groups of righteous men who were willing to die and feared that the country would be destroyed by beauty came to the mountain in groups, and on a bright moonlit night under the stars, they gathered more than a hundred servants, maids, and other servants in Xiao Fei's courtyard. After they were all executed, Xiao Fei was forced to hang herself from the beam in public.
Those righteous men then committed suicide and apologized, trying to use the laughing concubine and their blood to wake up the emperor and stop his extravagance and harm the country.
It is a pity that treating headaches and treating head and foot pains does not give the right medicine after all.
Li's Zhongzhou, which had already begun to decline, only struggled for another twenty years. Even after three emperors, it was difficult to stop the emperor from withdrawing from the stage of imperial power.
With this background, Xiaofeiyuan has also become a historical building used by ministers of all dynasties to encourage emperors to work hard to govern.
It has been vacant for hundreds of years and has fallen into disrepair. It is rumored that every starless night there are voices of the Laughing Concubine weeping and righteous men complaining and howling. The Laughing Concubine Courtyard is almost only spread among the world, and no one has ever set foot there.
It wasn't until the martial arts boomed and Pinghai County became an important place for people from all walks of life to come and go that Lishan Xiaofei Courtyard re-entered the world's sight.
People in the world don't all believe in ghosts and gods, but they also believe that yellow and white things can overwhelm everything.
At that time, many parties tried to take control of Xiaofei Courtyard. In the end, Zhuguangbaoqi Pavilion and Jade Residence stood out. With the coordination and assistance of the Four Seas Alliance, they jointly took over Xiaofei Courtyard and changed their name to "Jubao Villa".
Jubao Villa is just as its name suggests.
In addition to serving as a branch of the Jewelry Pavilion and Jade Residence where jewelry, jade and various yellow and white objects are stored, a "Treasure Collection Conference" was held every year at first, specifically for people inside and outside the world to display and trade treasures.
Later, as the chaos in the world began to emerge, the frequency of treasure gathering conferences gradually became less and less, with one meeting every two to three years.
The most recent time was more than two years ago.
It was early spring at that time, the golden seal of Shaolin Temple had not been lost, Luo Piaoling did not need to run around, and Jiang Yichen had not left Xishan Island yet.
After the Hundred Flowers Conference, the big gangs in Zhongzhou Jianghu suffered a heavy setback.
As soon as the military restriction order was issued, many small sects and sects withered away.
In order to prevent the name from being unfair and to avoid causing trouble for the court, the Zhuguangbaoqi Pavilion and Jade Residence, which already knew the truth, simply merged into one, and the gang name was changed to the more tacky Jinyu Gang.
As a result, Jubao Villa is no longer a place shared by the two gangs, but is run solely by the Jinyu Gang, which is beyond reproach.
If it weren't for the information provided by the Tushita Gang and Buji Island, Jiang Yichen would never have imagined that these two and a half feet had entered the grasp of the underworld and almost succumbed to the Netherworld Sect. The former Four Seas Alliance gang wanted to find out. He is a red-clothed sect through and through!
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Not counting the three years he spent returning to Xishan Island, Jiang Yichen also spent three years struggling in the world.
I have had quite a lot of dealings with the four major "evil cults" in Zhongzhou.
But the understanding of these four major gangs is superficial.
Under the guidance of Young Master Tinglan, he was able to get a first glimpse of the twelve Tiansha sects from the Disha Sect.
I have faced the Tusita Gang several times, but it is like looking at the mask of Smiling Maitreya. I can only see the surface, but it is difficult to know the inside.
Logically speaking, he should have the deepest understanding of the Nether Sect, but he did not dare to predict what role the Nether Sect would play when the world was in chaos.
As for the Red Clothes Sect, Jiang Yichen had the earliest connection with it and hated it the most.
After all, it was probably because Sha Qing, who slipped away from his sword, leaked the address of Xishan Island to the outside world, which led to the subsequent bloody disaster!
But the Red Sect is undoubtedly the one among the four that makes him see flowers in the fog and the moon in the water.
If the Red Sect is a Japanese gang, how could the Zhongzhou Jianghu and even the imperial court be so stupid as to allow it to grow so powerful that it affects people's food and clothing?
If not, why is it so difficult to tell from all kinds of signs that the Red Sect is working for Japan?
But whether it is true or not, the Red Sect and Japan can no longer be separated from each other.
Every time he thought about this, Jiang Yichen couldn't help but feel ridiculous and ironic about the battle on the terrace.
The imperial court's connivance towards the Japanese people is more like taking off their pants and farting. The Red Sect is most likely a Japanese wolf wearing the skin of Zhongzhou who is arrogantly living under the eyes of the imperial court!
This action was specifically directed at the Red Sect. Three days ago, Jiang Yichen asked Luo Piaoling for advice.
Regarding the four evil demon sects, Luo Piaoling and Xie Fei had the same story, but their analysis of the Red Clothes Sect was more in-depth and thorough.
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In terms of foundation, the Red Clothes Sect is far from as good as Wudang Shaolin and other famous sects.
But when it comes to the historical continuation of the Christian name alone, the Red Clothes Sect can really compete.
The Red Clothes Religion was originally a branch of the foreign Zoroastrian religion west of Zhongzhou. After being introduced to Zhongzhou, some cultures that worshiped fire as sacred remained.
During the millennium, most of the world's impressions of the Red Clothes Sect rested on the red clothes.
In the past fifty years, it has been replaced by the iron anchor symbolizing the conquest of rivers, lakes and seas.
Due to historical reasons, the original composition of the Red Sect's members was extremely complex. Therefore, the Red Sect is extremely tolerant.
Including people of all ethnic groups inside and outside Zhongzhou, it is like a melting pot of ethnic groups. It can almost be called a small Zhongzhou.
When the Red Clothes Sect became prosperous by relying on Hehai, the number of followers it accepted became even wider.
An all-encompassing religion, as long as it can build a good future for its members, it will not be difficult for its members to believe it and be willing to devote enough enthusiasm to it, even to the point of fighting to the death.
Even though the Red Clothes Sect was still under the control of the native Zhongzhou people when it was in its infancy, as ships continued to travel inside and outside Zhongzhou, foreign people came in and out. For example, the Japanese and Juli people might not be able to use the Red Clothes Sect to slowly import people into Zhongzhou. Slow penetration.
Cifeng, who came from Shifu and ended up in Tianya Town, is one of them.
No matter how much Cifeng missed his old love, he still couldn't let go of his Japanese identity, so he had no choice but to betray Luo Piaoling.
Similarly, some of these people consider themselves completely from Zhongzhou, and naturally there are also those who hide their identities and intend to help Japan take over Zhongzhou and replace it.
During the chaos in Zhongzhou twenty years ago, although the Red Sect did not do much to help Zhongzhou resist foreign aggression, the blood of Zhongzhou people still flowed.
In today's Red Clothes Sect, the low profile of the leader Hong Shang always makes people forget that the Red Clothes Sect is not all made by the church leaders.
It is harder to figure out whether he is a male or a female than the Smiling Maitreya from Tushita Gang, let alone whether he is Japanese.
Even if there are still many people in the Red Sect who still have the blood of Zhongzhou flowing through their bodies, there is no guarantee that they do not have a bigger conspiracy.
Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it. The Red Sect tied nearly 30% of the people in Zhongzhou onto the boat, turning it into water that can capsize a boat.
If possible, why can't we use the power of overturning the boat to change the world and reach the sky in one step?
