Mao Shi.
The rising sun has not yet broken through the clouds at the far end of the sea level.
The strange movement coming from the blue sand beach was like a huge boulder thrown into a quiet lake, causing thousands of turbulent waves.
Most of Pinghai County was awakened from their sweet dreams and no longer peaceful.
In the mountains, forests and grass fields everywhere, birds and beasts were frightened, flying around blindly and in panic.
What disturbs them is not the distant vibrations in the ground, but the humans in groups, either riding fast on the road, or using light skills to pass by in their habitat.
Countless Jianghu people gathered to the east of Pinghai County.
There were also hundreds of people in red spreading inland like splashing water.
No one openly violated the court's prohibitions, but no one foolishly adhered to the rules.
Jianghu people who go to watch the excitement or to find out the situation are rarely alone. Even if they gather five people from the same gang, they will still unite other gangs to covertly take care of them.
The Red Sect is not an honest and kind person.
When the imperial court promulgated the "Martial Restriction Order", the four halls of Wu, Xin, Ren and Gui were combined into one, with the giant ship in Pinghai Bay as the base, and reported under the name of "Pinghai Red Yitan".
In fact, Rentang hid in other secret places to forge iron and forge soldiers, Xintang was in name only, Wutang only had dozens of people on board, and Guitang had nearly a thousand people on a large ship alone.
It's just that these acts of overt and covert violation are not special cases, and the court has neither the power nor the intention to investigate to the end.
The so-called "Martial Restriction Order" naturally cannot restrict a behemoth like the Red Sect from spreading secretly.
After the secret cave fell, the leader of the red-clothed sect on the giant ship did not lose his position.
Leave half of the people on the boat to guard against trying to lure the tiger away from the mountain.
The other five hundred people were dispersed into hundreds of groups, with each group being no more than a hundred feet apart from each other. They launched a carpet-like search and killing.
There is a saying in the storybook of Gods, Ghosts, and Ghosts that "a hundred ghosts walk at night". Can the current battle of the Red Clothes Sect be called "the red river fills the sea"?
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In the final analysis, Jianghu is still a place where swords and swords are used to reason.
The tide formed in the coming and going is unstoppable. Even if all parties try their best to stay rational, friction and conflicts cannot be avoided.
As the sound of swords clashed somewhere, it finally ignited the suppressed anger in the chests of all parties, and a fight was about to break out!
For the people who have lived in Qingning, Pinghai County for a long time, their lives seem to be back on track.
Because the Pinghai County they were familiar with and the Jianghu they were familiar with were back again.
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As Jun Chi expected, members of Tingyu Pavilion came to pick them up shortly after the seven people from Si'er left the mid-level pavilion in Lishan Mountain.
Clean clothes were prepared for them, and it only took less than half a cup of tea to help the seven people put on their makeup. They no longer looked embarrassed, so it was not easy for their flaws to be seen.
After that, the seven people were divided into four groups and picked up in batches by the corresponding personnel in the cabinet.
The response staff have fully recharged their batteries in order to better ensure the safe escape of the seven people.
The only difficulty was how to quietly retreat against the crowd of people heading east.
As the most hidden among the seven, Dong Qing and Jiang Yichen were placed at the bottom of the list.
The two teams that came to pick them up were the farthest from Bisand Beach and would be the last to meet them.
Jiang Yichen and Dong Qing parted ways at Dongyue Inn, which was ten miles away from Lishan.
The day before yesterday, Dongqing, Xi and three others stayed here.
Taking advantage of the noise early in the morning, Dongqing managed to sneak back into the house where she "slept last night".
Pretending to be sleepy, he opened the door, knocked on the doors of the guest rooms on the left and right to wake up everyone in the pavilion, and asked the inn proprietress for some breakfast that he could grab on the way, and then hurriedly paid and rushed to join in the fun.
What Jiang Yichen didn't know was that shortly after Dongqing, Xi and others rode out of the inn, they accidentally bumped into twenty-one Qingqi riding white horses and silver armor.
At this moment, no matter where in Zhongzhou, no one but the imperial soldiers dares to walk through the city in such a swaggering manner.
This group of troops came from the army directly under the imperial court that had made everyone in the world go crazy over the past few months - the Proud Bloodthirsty Regiment.
"One" among the twenty-one Qingqi is the leader of the Bloodthirsty Regiment, Zhan Lihua himself.
Twenty bloodthirsty light cavalrymen holding silver spears and scimitars hung from their waists. After the regimental leader raised his hand, they divided into two columns, reined in their horses and waited.
Not only did everyone keep their eyes straight, but even the horses under their crotches did not obey the orders or prohibitions, did not take an extra step, and did not make any unnecessary noise.
Just twenty people and twenty horses can make ordinary people feel the suffocating chill on the battlefield.
Zhan Lihua, the leader of the Dudu Thousand Regiment, does not have a silver gun in her hand. Instead, she wears a sword on her waist in an extremely arrogant manner. She clearly looks younger than any of the twenty knights, but she exudes calmness and sophistication from the inside out. temperament.
Since the Hundred Flowers Conference half a year ago, Pinghai County has never been as chaotic as it is today.
But as far as Zhanzhan is concerned, Zhan Lihua seems to be only interested in the cause of the chaos, and doesn't care about the Jianghu people taking the opportunity to stab each other.
Or does the other party have the courage and confidence to make all the wealthy people from all walks of life come back with only twenty Qingqi?
Presumably no one wanted to test whether this was a joke.
Dong Qing even avoided this.
However, when Zhan Lihua halted twenty of her horses and approached the five of them with their calves under their calves, they had no choice but to show respect to the imperial army by stopping their horses and bowing their hands in greeting.
For a long time, Zhongzhou Jianghu people rarely knelt down and kowtowed to the imperial ministers and soldiers. Therefore, Dong Qing and others did not dismount and treated each other with Jianghu courtesy, and Zhan Lihua did not take it seriously.
Wearing a silver armor and a white cloak, Zhan Lihua's eyes were basically focused on Dong Qing, as if she was looking at a rare and strange toy.
After a while, Zhan Lihua said in a joking tone: "In this vast world, it's really surprising that a dignified golden soul killer who lives in the shadows all day long will actually one day live under someone's roof and show his face in the blue sky and daylight."
Dong Qing's harsh words were heard in one ear and out the other, with a warm smile on his face, he said: "The general is joking, it's just a wild man running around for a living, nothing unusual."
The military system of the Proud Bloodthirsty Regiment is very special. Zhan Lihua, the leader of the regiment, is not well-known not only in the martial arts world, but also in the temple. Ordinary people can never go wrong by treating him as a commander-in-chief or a general.
Of course, Zhan Lihua didn't care about the title. She only saw her pupils shrink, and suddenly her eyes were like thorns, staring straight at Dongqing, and asked in a cold voice: "Oh? Running for a living? I wonder why Tingyuge's livelihood is so poor? Haibengbo? Or is it that you came here specially to cause the noise this morning?"
Dong Qing's expression remained unchanged, and he explained kindly: "This spring, it is rare for the Jiangnan area to have continuous rain. Many rice seedlings in Jiangning County and nearby areas have not yet grown up, so they have been flooded for a long time. Many rotten seeds, rotten seedlings, and a large number of dead seedlings have occurred. Due to the current situation, a poor harvest in autumn is inevitable. At that time, we will have to go to the north of Suzhou to buy more rice, or prepare some sweet potatoes and potatoes for food. The Lord heard that Pinghai County has cultivated many types of rain-resistant autumn rice due to the year-round rain. , ordered me to come to Pinghai County to buy all kinds of rain-resistant rice seeds and try planting them. Even if the yield is limited, it is still a meaningful attempt."
At the same time, Xi Wei asked someone to dig through the bags of purchased rice seeds, and opened the bags to show Zhan Lihua.
Zhan Lihua just glanced at it casually, not taking Dong Qing's words seriously at all, and said with a chuckle: "I see, the master of Xiangmeng Pavilion is still interested in studying farming. Oh, by the way, I just remembered that our group camp There are a few veterans here, Youzi, who were thinking about growing vegetables and land a while ago, and they did it quite impressively, and the results must be good. Since some of them are looking for rice seeds, you might as well follow me back to the army to see what our regiment has cultivated. Whether the rice seeds are suitable for planting in Jiangning County, the price is easily negotiable, so it is not worthwhile to come to Pinghai."
As soon as these words came out, except Dong Qing, Xi and the other four people were slightly moved.
They never imagined that Zhan Lihua would be so suspicious without any evidence that she even had the idea of forcing them to stay in Pinghai.
Zhan Lihua took in the subtle expression changes of the five people in front of her and asked gently in a consultative tone: "How?"
But after the "how" question was asked, the twenty horsemen seemed to have received some kind of instruction. They all pulled up the reins and were about to lead the horses in a formation to "escort" the five people from Tingyu Pavilion back to the camp.
On this delicate occasion, the sound of three galloping horse hooves came from the west.
There were two men and one woman. The first man had a square face, big ears, thick eyebrows, tall shoulders, broad shoulders and a round waist. He was riding a tall horse and carrying a spear on his back. At a quick glance, he looked like a battlefield general.
The next two, the man has sharp edges and can be said to be handsome, with a broadsword hanging on his back; the woman is tall and heroic, with a pair of thorns hanging from her waist.
The faces of this pair of men and women look nothing alike, but their temperaments are exactly the same, making them look like blood siblings.
The visitors were Long Yanling, Li Ranran, and Shuangchi siblings from Yiyun Villa of the Daoyi Alliance.
After clearly seeing the people and horses on both sides in front, the three people deliberately slowed down their horses and approached the people, intentionally or unintentionally separating the twenty white horse Qingqi from the Bloodthirsty Group on the other side.
The arrival of the three people suspended the change of the original situation and added new variables.
No one would believe that the three of them happened to be passing by and wanted to see the excitement.
From Tingyu Pavilion's point of view, the fact that three people would appear here only shows that Tingyu Pavilion's plan still failed to surprise the old man.
Even though the old man was not foresighted and made corresponding arrangements in advance, he still sent three people from Long Yanling to help just in case.
Needless to say, for Dong Qing and others, Long Yanling and the others were undoubtedly a timely blessing.
But for Lihua and Twenty Cavalry, it was like killing Cheng Yaojin halfway.
The Proud Bloodthirsty Regiment was the first full-scale army deployed by the imperial court in Pinghai County in decades. Zhan Lihua was the first commander of this thousand-man regiment, which is enough to show that Zhan Lihua would be a different battlefield from ordinary battlefields. Generals, in addition to being excellent in personal force, must also be well versed in the ways of the world.
From the exchange of just a few words and the seemingly non-existent contest of energy, Dong Qing was able to conclude that Luo Piaoling's judgment on Zhan Lihua was not too biased.
Facing such an opponent, Dongqing was naturally not afraid when he was in his prime, but at the moment he was really unable to compete with them.
In addition, the 20 seemingly well-trained cavalrymen were watching with eager eyes. I am afraid that they, the Jianghu people, would be the losers when it came to actually killing the generals.
But with Long Yanling here, if Zhan Lihua insists on being in trouble, he has to consider whether this battle is bearable.
Zhan Lihua has a clear position and understanding of himself. He is first a soldier, and then a person in the world.
A soldier never fights an unprepared battle. No matter how proud he is, he will never put himself and his men into a desperate situation when there is still room for choice.
He can travel with only twenty riders, but he must ensure that a hundred riders can rush to support him within half a cup of tea, and a thousand people can all be present within a stick of incense.
The reason why he dressed so lightly and simply was not because he did it haphazardly, but after some consideration.
Just like Jianghu people use swords and swords to convince others, if the court wants to reason with Jianghu, it still has to see whether the fists are strong enough and the threat is big enough.
On the day of the Hundred Flowers Conference, the reason why they were able to intimidate the heroes in the world was not only due to their large numbers of people, but also because they had the right time and place.
At one moment and another, this shock came out of nowhere this morning. Many monsters and ghosts took action upon hearing the wind, and the situation was unprecedentedly chaotic.
Despite this, everyone still adheres to the superficial harmony and regards the imperial ban as the bottom line of unity.
As representatives of the imperial court, twenty riders are the greatest respect that the rules of the world can give them.
With these twenty riders, Zhan Lihua is enough to control some small scenes, and he will not be despised by the people in the world.
But if there are more than twenty riders, it is likely to become a thorn in the side of everyone in the world.
Once they make a big move, it will inevitably arouse public excitement and become common enemies in the world.
Even if thousands of members of the bloodthirsty group arrive, and even if Chen Xiaobo and Sun Yewang arrive in time to help, Pinghai County will only become a sea of blood.
Even if he and Lihua survive to the end and can still be appreciated and reused by the court, how many people in the bloodthirsty group he has personally trained and commanded will remain?
Therefore, given the current situation, no matter what decision he made, if he wanted to use brute force, he would have to use thunderous means to make a quick decision in a cup of tea.
Otherwise, he really can't "meddle in other people's business" easily to avoid being attacked by a group of people.
He had this consideration in mind when he chose to use gentle means to "invite" the five Dongqing people back to the camp.
As his understanding of Jianghu deepened, he became more and more aware of the fear of Luo Piaoling among the people of Jianghu.
There was chaos in Pinghai County, and it was enough that the people from Tingyu Pavilion didn't show up. Now that they were here, he would rather catch someone wrong than let them go.
It must be a great achievement to be able to find out the reason through interrogation and be able to respond better.
Even if the final result does have nothing to do with Tingyuge, you should be able to personally see Luo Piaoling's methods during the process.
Unexpectedly, the arrival of the three members of the Daoyi Alliance completely failed his plan.
Zhan Lihua couldn't see that this was the old man's arrangement.
Although there are only three people, the weight of Long Yanling alone is very important.
Zhan Lihua had to admire in her heart, Jiang was still old and spicy after all.
At the same time, I feel sad for the embarrassing situation that the imperial court has been in for decades. As long as the power of the imperial court cannot crush the world, it will never be able to change the powerless situation of "chivalry using force to disrupt the ban."
Not to mention, in the current world, there are still people like Luo Piaoling and the old man who are so wise and almost demonic.
There is still a long way to go for the imperial court to reason with Jianghu.
Zhan Lihua understood that the cooked duck was about to fly.
Deep down in his heart, he secretly thought it was a pity, but on his face, he looked coldly at Long Yanling, who was urging the horse forward with fists in hand.
Before the other party was about to speak, he snorted coldly and led twenty horses to the east with whips raised.
