On the way to Jizhou, Lin Manliu and Ye Dangting heard news about the evil-slaying sect in restaurants and teahouses every day. From the beginning, "We will kill evil and bring peace to the prosperous world". It has become "to do justice for heaven, and the evil spirits must be punished, but the enemies are thousands of miles away, and the evil spirits must be slaughtered."
It seems that starting from the Lingnan area, this organization led by someone unknown has been gaining momentum all the way. No sect in the Jianghu sect along the way can resist it, and they have all been wiped out and their sects destroyed.
Today happened to be noon, and the two of them were waiting for the horses to drink water by a stream. Ye Dangting used branches to fiddle with the stones by the stream, and placed the large and small stones separately in a very regular manner, as if he was summarizing what he was doing.
If you look closely, you can see that the eight stones being moved are of different sizes. Five of them are placed like a crescent moon, and the other three are scattered in the crescent moon. Combined with the experiences of the past few days, doesn’t it symbolize the recent past? The eight martial arts sects that were wiped out in that time?
The order in which the branches were plucked was also the order in which the eight sects were destroyed, and their approximate locations were exactly the same as those on the map.
Lin Manliu looked over and asked doubtfully: "Is there a problem with that group of people? Are you guessing their next route?"
"Well, I had a suspect at first, but the trends these days are a bit inconsistent..." Ye Dangting seemed to be thinking about something, and the branches slid on the ground more and more.
Without waiting for the young man in a short shirt to answer, the old liar in a yellow shirt fiddled with the branches and began to talk to himself: "At first, this slogan of the Evil Slaughter Sect was quite common, and some bandits would use it, but later they went out of their way to mention it. The saying 'The evil demon should be killed, but the enemy is thousands of miles away' is really too weird. Even if the exterminator sect has a reason to be informed by them, the evil demon and the enemy are too outrageous."
"Is there anything wrong with comparing the martial arts sects they want to get involved with to demons and enemies, so that they can add more punitive words when writing charges?" Lin Manliu asked doubtfully as he expressed his opinions.
"The southern Jianghus know less about these things. At first, I had a suspicion. The Yanyang Dynasty in the north was governed by military formations and royal power. Compared with the south, there were indeed fewer of these Jianghu forces, but there were all in the east. An organization that cannot be called a Jianghu sect, even its name is similar to the name of the current Evil Slaughter Sect..." Ye Dangting turned to look at the horse-riding young man behind him, and said with some confusion in his eyes.
"Do you suspect that the northern royal power wants to intervene and control the southern world?" The boy in a short shirt immediately responded and said.
"Why bother to intervene? Nowadays, the stability of the mountains and rivers is the territory of Yanyang. How can those in high positions safely let half of the country be left to the rivers and lakes to operate on their own?" The old liar in yellow shirt just grinned bitterly.
At this point, Lin Manliu understood a little. Today's world structure is not that stable, and those in power are not at ease with half of the land in his hands. It is true to think that such a situation can go from the initial determination of the mountains and rivers to this point so quickly. Not easy.
The young man asked again: "With this pattern, aren't there any signs of fighting and rebellion in the south?"
"Of course there is, and it was most serious during the Risheng years of the founding of the People's Republic of China, but they were all suppressed by the royal power and the Jianghu sects supported by it. In the past ten years, each sect has been recuperating, and all the rebellions that have arisen have been unilaterally strangled by the royal power... "Naturally, the rivers and lakes are stable, and the mountains and rivers are safe." Ye Dangting seemed to recall something, and began to rest his head on the bank of the stream with his hands and look at the floating clouds in the sky.
When I was traveling in the Eastern Capital in the past, I encountered an attack outside the city. There were seventeen people on the hunt. The target was a pair of masters and servants, who seemed to be a swordsman and his accompanying swordsman. The master and servants cooperated tacitly and their skills were among the seventeen. However, he was dragged to death in the formation. During this period, he rushed into the formation several times and tried to escape, but was blocked by the cooperation of the hunters. In the end, the swordsman sacrificed his life to defeat the enemy and exchanged his life with one of them. In the end, the swordsman still could not get away. Run away.
In the end, both of them were pierced by random arrows and shot dead on the spot. The hunter also wrote charges in his blood beside the deceased: "Conspirate to kill court officials, trap and kill old, weak, women and children, they should be punished." Ye Dangting, who watched the whole thing from a hiding place, immediately chose to escape.
Now that I think about what happened in the past, there are similarities with what I am doing in Lingnan today, but the strange thing is that this time I acted with such fanfare and even slogans, it is clear that I want to go to the front stage to sing, no longer stay behind the scenes to compose music. .
And if it is really the organization from Dongdu that wants to get involved in the south, why start from Lingnan, why not go directly south, and why are they so covert...
The more Ye Dang thought about it, the more puzzled he became. Then he stood up and looked at the water condition of the horses. After the two horses were trimmed, he kicked Lin Manliu next to him to indicate that he was ready to continue on his way.
The boy in the short shirt rolled his eyes, rubbed his buttocks, and went to lead the horse. The two then rode the horse together and hurried on. Before the sun set, the two entered the territory of Jizhou. It is indeed better to ride a long distance alone than to follow. The caravan is moving much faster. With such a bumpy journey, it will probably take the caravan two more days to get here.
After the two placed their horses at the inn, they wandered around Jizhou City, intending to buy some things and inquire about recent news. It didn't take long before they found a tea stall. There were quite a lot of people, and they were obviously dressed like people in the wild mountains. They were having tea together, and from time to time they would talk about interesting things in the world. Some plainly dressed scribes were also drinking and chatting. It was so lively that Lin Manliu and Ye Dangting found a deserted place and went to the table to rest. .
Before the tea was even filled, you could hear people around you discussing the sudden appearance of the Evil Slaughter Sect in Lingnan in the past ten days, as well as the stories of those sects that were wiped out, as well as some hearsay secrets that were unknown to be true or false.
"Have you heard about the Tue Evil Sect? They are here to punish those sects that oppress the people. Those high-ranking disciples who are used to being arrogant have to beg for mercy like us when they encounter such disasters."
"A few years ago, I was humiliated by a disciple of the Dingxing Sect. Today, I am so miserable that my family is wiped out. I am really happy. Hahahahahaha. Let me have some tea."
"I heard that Yun Laiguan was the first one to be killed. The brother of the Guanzhu rebelled in his early years and was immediately arrested and executed by the government. What is his name... He Ye or whatever? He deserved it anyway."
"I think this evil-slaughtering sect acts very openly. Every time, they will tell the outside world about the dirty deeds of the so-called decent sects. We should quickly restore the world to a bright future, so that we can stand out."
"Yes, yes, what's that called... If you don't break it, you won't build it. I'm having trouble drinking tea today! Have fun, brothers."
"Done it!!!" When the discussion at the table reached its climax, the high-rollers at the table took a swig of tea and wine from the bowl.
Ye Dangting, who had his back to the group of people, just raised the tea bowl and took a sip, then narrowed his eyes and sighed. Lin Manliu also said nothing after taking a sip of tea.
Although I came to the tea stall because I wanted to inquire about some news, what I heard was all these gloating words. I couldn't help but feel that it was a waste of time. It was better to hit the road back to southern Xinjiang earlier.
Just when the two were about to get up and leave, one of the plainly dressed scribes on the side said: "The Slaughter of Evil Sect behaves like this, claiming to punish evil and massacre, but you celebrate it again, you still A member of the Jianghu?"
He was a thin man. He had been holding back until the end when he saw those men toasting in celebration. He couldn't help it anymore and got up to scold them.
"What's going on? Do you think that a scholar with no power to restrain a chicken can still talk about Jianghu affairs? When I walked around in Jianghu, you were still sucking milk in your mother's arms!" A man with a rough voice slapped the table and yelled. The big man who just said that he was humiliated by Dingxing Sect.
A dispute broke out at the tea stall, and the people gathered around the table burst into laughter. They all looked at the frail scholar with mocking expressions on their faces. Seeing that the situation was not good, the scholars hurriedly grabbed the man's clothes. Xiu wanted him not to continue.
Unexpectedly, the scholar in green shirt stopped the consolation crowd by swinging his cuffs, walked out of the table and came to the Jianghu guests.
