Li Xue didn't know when Zeng Qingda would come back, but she always carried that expectation in her heart.
Even if she had to wait her whole life, it didn't matter to her, because after seeing the light in Zeng Qingda's eyes, she no longer looked down on the boys of the same age around her.
It's a pity that God sometimes doesn't like to follow people's wishes. The Beiyuan cavalry once again went south to hit the grass valley.
This time they were obviously well prepared. Not only were they well-equipped and more numerous, they even deliberately concealed the news.
The Kaiping Guards and the defenders on the front line of the Great Wall failed to react in time and were successfully broken through by the Beiyuan cavalry. Kaiping Village was the first to bear the brunt and was directly exposed to the enemy's iron hoof.
A one-sided massacre began. The soldiers of Beiyuan waved their butcher knives mercilessly, splashing a lot of gorgeous blood.
As the blood flowers bloom, the living lives disappear. The ugliest side of human nature was aroused, and the soldiers of the Northern Yuan Dynasty did not even spare the infant children.
They continue to harvest human lives crazily, venting the most primitive desires on women. The cry resounded through the sky, playing a tragic movement.
There were only about 60 households in Kaiping Village. When the Ming Dynasty's troops arrived, it was already in ruins.
After cleaning up several times, the soldiers found Li Xue who had fainted in a dry well. And Li Xue became the only survivor in Kaiping Village.
After experiencing life and death, Li Xue's personality has also undergone tremendous changes. From that time on, she became cold and cold.
After several twists and turns, she entered the Jinyi Guards to practice martial arts and became Luo Kedi's disciple. But there has been no news from the brother Azeng whom I miss day and night.
Li Xue spent all her energy on practicing martial arts. Even though her comprehension was not very good, she still practiced hard.
There were only two things in her mind, one was to kill all the people in Beiyuan and avenge the villagers, and the other was to travel the world hand in hand with Zeng Qingda.
The prerequisite for these two things is naturally that the higher the martial arts, the better. ..."Brother A Zeng!" If you think about it every day, you will dream about it at night.
Li Xue finally called out the person he had longed for in his sleep. It was only when she opened her eyes that she realized it was all a dream.
She often has dreams like this, and maybe she is used to them, so every time she wakes up, she is not disappointed, but cherishes the feeling in her dreams.
Tongyi was awakened by the sound of "Brother Azeng". She rubbed her eyes and asked, "Sister, are you dreaming again?
"Li Xue didn't speak, just nodded slightly. It's already getting dark, and Zhang Ren got up extra early today. He has something on his mind these days, and even if he sleeps, he can't sleep well. If this continues, Zhang Ren is really afraid that he will suffer from insomnia in the future.
He had just come downstairs when he saw Xiao Jin stumbling in. After not seeing each other for a few days, Xiao Jin had obviously darkened a lot and lost a lot of weight. He looked quite embarrassed at the moment.
Having just met Zhang Ren, he knelt down on one knee and said, "I am ashamed of my trust in the governor, so I ask the governor to punish me.
” Once you hear this, there must be nothing good going on. Zhang Ren frowned and asked quickly: "What happened at Daming Mansion?
"Xiao Jin did not raise his head and just said: "The military rations allocated by the imperial court are gathered in Daming Mansion. However, those grains and ships have now been completely burned by the fire. I led people to stop them in my humble position, but I didn't want to be stopped by the Yan army. .
When I fought off those people in my humble position, I was already helpless. "This is impossible!" Zhang Ren said sternly. Daming Mansion and Hangzhou are in a straight line, and Dongchang Mansion is located exactly between Daming Mansion and Hangzhou.
If the Yan army wanted to raid the grain and grass supplies of Daming Mansion, they would definitely pass through Dongchang. But Zhang Ren did not receive any news about Yan Jun.
Even if the number of Jin Yiwei is small and there may be omissions in their work, it is not normal that so many pairs of eyes in Dongchang City failed to capture the movements of Yan Jun.
Xiao Jin naturally knew that this incident was abnormal, but since it had happened, he had a responsibility that he could not escape.
So he just lowered his head at the moment and didn't say a word of defense. Zhang Ren sorted out his thoughts and could probably guess that it was not the Yan army who burned the grain, but the Caobang who did these things.
The tip bag left by Jiang Wei will never come out of nowhere, so whether it is Zhao Shannan or Cao Gang leader Li Zhenjun, there are many secrets waiting to be discovered.
It is not known how much military rations the imperial court mobilized from all over the country, but it is definitely not a small amount. But those military rations are gone now. Even if Zhang Ren has been learning how to become a qualified governor, he will always deliberately learn from Jiang Wei's behavior, but after all, he is not Jiang Wei. After such a big event happened, At that time, it was simply impossible to be calm and calm.
Because Zhang Ren knew that if the court's food and grass were gone, then the court's original plan to bring down the Yan army would probably come to nothing. Without food, the first to be brought down would be the court's soldiers and horses.
Therefore, when the imperial court learns of this news, it will definitely take action, and the peaceful state may not be maintained by then.
The war will start again, and many, many people will die. Zhang Ren knew that even if the Thousand-Faced Man hadn't come back yet, he had to do something.
He did not blame Xiao Jin. After all, Xiao Jin did not expect that what he encountered was not Yan Jun, but Yan Jun pretending to be a member of the Cao Gang.
Defend against the enemy from the outside, but you don’t expect that the enemy is inside, which is impossible to guard against. Zhang Ren patted Xiao Jin's shoulder gently and said, "Get up.
"Xiao Jin didn't get up. He shook his head and said again: "You are guilty of humble duties!" Zhang Ren sighed and said: "I don't blame you for this. It's because I didn't think it through well. You can't do it while kneeling here. Whatever the role, you still have a lot to do.
"Supervisor..." Xiao Jin finally raised his head. He just looked at Zhang Ren with a look of self-blame on his face.
Zhang Ren turned around and ordered softly: "Ask everyone in the inn to gather in the lobby." He only left these words without beginning and end, and went straight back to the lobby.
Naturally, Xiao Jin didn't dare to delay and hurried upstairs to call for help. Not long after, Liu Erbing, Li Xue, Tong Yi, the cook, the waiter, plus Zhang Ren and Xiao Jin, gathered in the lobby.
Tong Yi rubbed his eyes, took a breath, and then said to Zhang Ren: "Fifth Senior Brother, why did you wake everyone up so early in the morning?
"Zhang Ren ignored Tong Yi and said to Li Xue and Liu Erbing: "I'm afraid the war between the imperial court and the Yan army will reignite. I won't stay here at the inn. I have very important things to do. , so I would like to ask you two to escort Tong Yi back to Wudang Mountain.
"In fact, with Liu Erbing's ability to deceive and deceive, coupled with Li Xue's explosive power and speed, maybe the two of them will become a strong support to Zhang Ren at this time.
But Zhang Ren had no intention of dragging them into it. Zhang Ren regarded them as friends. In the tide of history, anyone may be destroyed.
Zhang Ren couldn't guarantee his own safety, so he naturally didn't want to watch the two of them get into danger with him. But before Li Xue and Liu Erbing responded, Tong Yi took the lead and quit.
"I won't go back! I will be wherever the fifth senior brother is." After finally getting the opportunity to have more contact with Zhang Ren, Tongyi naturally would not give up so easily.
Zhang Ren frowned, his face became extremely gloomy, and he said: "Now is not the time for you to be willful!
"Tong Yi wanted to say more, but Zhang Ren took action directly. He only tapped Tong Yi's shoulder twice and completely sealed Tong Yi's acupuncture points, making Tong Yi unable to speak or move.
But Tong Yi's huge and lively eyes seemed to still beg Zhang Ren to let her stay. But Zhang Ren didn't even look at her, and said to Li Xue and Liu Erbing: "Please.
Li Xue, who had always been cold and cold, nodded and said, "Don't worry, since Tong Yi calls me sister, I will naturally send her sister back to Wudang Mountain safely."
Liu Erbing also raised his hand, "There's me and I." After saying that, Li Xue went upstairs to pack his things.
Zhang Ren looked at Xiao Jin and others again, and said, "I originally wanted to wait for His Majesty's decree, but now I'm afraid I can't wait any longer. All the food and grass have been burned, and the court must take action. Let's set off for Hangzhou now, no matter what No matter what, I will stop this war.
"Xiao Jin, the cook and the waiter immediately raised their hands towards Zhang Ren and said, "I humbly obey the order of the governor!
"Zhang Ren was about to lead a few people away. But at this moment, a figure fell directly into the inn.
The man looked up, barely smiled when he saw Zhang Ren, and then fell unconscious.
Zhang Ren was shocked, who could this man be if he wasn't the Thousand-Faced Man? Zhang Ren took three steps and two steps at a time, came to the front of the Thousand-Faced Man, stretched out a palm, and directed his inner energy towards the Thousand-Faced Man.
It's just that Zhang Ren didn't expect that Thousand Faces Man would be so seriously injured. All the meridians on his body were almost severed, and there were countless large and small injuries on his body.
No one knows what happened to the Thousand-Faced Man. No one knows how he managed to get to the Full Moon Inn with this broken body.
Zhang Ren continued to inject internal energy into the Thousand-Faced Man, but unfortunately the Thousand-Faced Man showed no signs of getting better or even waking up.
At this time, Li Xue came downstairs. Naturally, she had met thousands of people in Jinyiwei, but they were not familiar with each other and had not exchanged a few words in total.
Li Xue came over, she leaned down and asked Zhang Ren, "What's wrong with him?" Zhang Ren's face was solemn, and while he was still delivering internal energy to the Thousand-Faced Man, he answered: "He's injured.
Li Xue nodded slightly and asked, "Is it serious?" Although he didn't want to admit it, Zhang Ren nodded and said, "It's very serious, I'm afraid, I will die."
After hearing this, Liu Erbing also hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Will you die? Isn't the Thousand-Faced Man quite powerful?"
” Zhang Ren ignored Liu Erbing and was still minding his own business delivering his inner energy to Thousand Faces Man. Li Xue frowned and asked, "Since you knew he would die, why didn't you spare your inner strength?
"Zhang Ren smiled bitterly, "I still have some things I want to ask him about the people of the world. And even if I can't save him, I still hope to ask him if he has any other wishes.
"Night Rivers and Lakes. (After reading this, remember to bookmark it for next time reading!)
