Fengcheng in Southern Xinjiang is an isolated city that stands on the southern plateau. It may be because it is obscured by mountains to the east and has little contact with the outside world.
And the layout of this place is somewhat different from other states and counties... Most of the Yanyang officials live in the north. In the Gaomen compound, there are some Yanyang officials stationed here.
There are very few Fengcheng locals in the north of the city who would pass by here for fear of offending these people who have lived in the mountains for a long time.
The "earth emperor" is pure. To the west are the residences of wealthy merchants, and those who have frequent exchanges with the outside world are the prominent merchants who live here.
The prosperity in the west of the city is far superior to that of the other three areas. No matter what kind of banquet is held in Fengcheng, or there are new Yanyang officials who have taken up their posts here, most of them will come here.
To the south is where the food and supplies are stored. Except for some men who farm for the public or soldiers patrolling the streets, few people will appear here.
However, thieves often appear in the south of the city. It is also a good idea to temporarily hide some stolen goods here.
Finally, there is the east, the poor alleys in Fengcheng... Both the wealthy businessmen in the west of the city and the officials in the north are extremely repulsive to this place.
In their eyes, the entire east of the city was full of poverty, hunger, cold, and lifelessness. Even passing by this place would make those merchants feel their clothes were dirty.
If it weren't for the Taoist temple on the high mountain behind the bamboo forest outside the city, they would even want to encircle this place and isolate them from all traffic... And the Star Temple outside the east city has been here for a long time, which can be regarded as Phoenix City. the real leader.
The wealthy businessmen in the city are attached to this Taoist temple. As long as the Taoist priests in the temple go down the mountain and explain the city's puzzles for a while, the people in the city will rush to hand over their money, so as to eliminate the disaster for them.
Among them, it was these wealthy businessmen who threw the most money, while some poor people had never seen money in their lives.
From the hands of these wealthy businessmen, they were handed over to Taoist priests who were compassionate to the world like the Bodhisattva who saved the world.
Then they will definitely shout: "We regard money as dirt! I just want to solve the crisis in Fengcheng, please ask the immortal master to tide over the disaster for the people!".
As for the Taoists who had set up sacrificial platforms in the city, they all waved their fly whisks in their hands, held them high above their heads, and recited Taoist secrets that no one else could listen to.
In such a pious scene, the people in the market who presented the money all burst into tears of gratitude, unable to express themselves in words, and murmured in their mouths
"More immortal masters!". After the practice is over, there must be some people in the market who feel like they have received the blessings of the immortal masters.
What followed was that others followed suit... Such scenes and conversations were repeated countless times a year in Fengcheng, and the people in the city never tired of it.
The wealthy merchants on the west side and the powerful officials on the north side were also extremely happy for these dramas to take place.
After all, after such a grand Taoist ritual, the money of merchants and officials was returned in full, and the money of the common people was divided into 30 and 70... Isn't it a good thing for them?
It's just that he has been tired and sick for a long time, and no one knows it... In Fengcheng at noon, there are more pedestrians at the entrances of the West Gate and the North Gate than usual.
The vendors shouting on the streets are getting more energetic than the others, especially in the west direction, because the largest number of caravans pass by here. If the vendors want to make a better living today, they must attract the attention of some caravans.
But in such a peaceful and peaceful scene, nearly a hundred masked men in black clothes and armor suddenly jumped out from the mountain forest.
The sound of horse hooves was as loud as that of knocking on the mountain and shaking the ground, which attracted some Fengcheng people who were far away from the city gate to look over.
Under the sunlight, the black armors shone brightly against the background, and they all rushed out of the mountains and forests. Before waiting for the reaction of the people in Fengcheng, these men in armor fumbled for a sounding arrow and then pulled it directly.
Whoosh - whoosh - whoosh - whoosh - whoosh - whoosh - hundreds of sounding arrows fired at the city gates on both sides at the same time. The harsh sounding arrows pierced the sky, and the two city gates were immediately in panic.
Whether it was the hawkers or the caravan that had not gone far, they all hurriedly fled into Fengcheng... The Yanyang soldiers stationed in Fengcheng had seen such a battle, and their hands holding guns and halberds began to tremble a little. , uneasiness and fear began to fill the body.
After all their hard work, they finally managed to get such a relationship with someone who is not working as a job. On weekdays, bullying men and women is quite impressive, but if they really want to kill a chicken with a knife, they may not be as good as a cook.
"Come... who is here! Trespassing... our Fengcheng... I don't want... to live..." Someone tried his best to suppress his timidity, raised the spear in his hand and pointed it at the Black Cavalry.
In response to him, hundreds of masked men on horseback screamed: "Do justice for heaven! The evil devil must be punished! The enemy is thousands of miles away! The evil task is over!!!".
"You are... the Evil Slaughter Sect..." the Yanyang soldier who spoke murmured. Listening to the words that were constantly shouted out, he recalled in his mind a few days ago, when he was eating wine with a few brothers in a restaurant, the old storyteller downstairs was reading a book.
There is a section where Lingnan comes out of the Evil Slaughter Sect to rid the world of evil!
"Let all the Taoist priests in the city leave the city! Starting today, the Evil Sect will clear out and kill these thieves who have caused harm to the mountains and rivers!" the person headed by the Black Cavalry said loudly.
After he spoke, the black knight behind him shouted again, "Justice for heaven!" The evil spirits shall be punished! But the enemy is thousands of miles away!
Kill all the evil deeds! Following the previous words, the man raised his hand and fired another volley of arrows. The sound of piercing the air caused the people in the city to panic and scream again.
The Yanyang soldiers at the city gate looked at these men in black clothes and armor with vigilance, not daring to make any move forward.
"We have no intention of involving the common people. As long as all the Taoist priests visiting the Star Temple leave the city, if there are any chivalrous people, they can hand over these sanctimonious people and exchange them for money and food with us!" The leader of the Black Cavalry Breathe out again.
As soon as these words came out, it was like a warning, and the panic shouts in the city began to stop...
"For ten days, if there is no stargazing and no one leaves the city, we will have to settle in Fengcheng to relieve the worries of the people!" Another word came out of his mouth.
Although there was noise again, it was less than before...
"Are you serious about this?" The Yanyang soldier who had spoken previously, but he didn't know how brave he was, shouted at the Tue Evil Sect.
"You all guard the city and homeland, and protect the peace of this place. We will punish evil and slaughter evil, and we will reach the same destination through different routes!" the leader, Heijia, responded.
"I...believe you..." The Yanyang soldier put away his spear and headed towards the city gate. After the two people exchanged words, there was no sound from the Slaughter Evil Gate. Hundreds of horsemen in black armor camped in front of the gates on the west and north sides of Fengcheng.
The Yanyang soldiers stationed in Fengcheng stood guard under the city gate and no longer looked at the Tue Evil Gate.
The isolated city in southern Xinjiang was closed, and no bird dared to answer the call. Suddenly there was a sound, the door opened, and the desolate Taoist walked out.
...On August 19th, nine whole days passed in a blink of an eye... In the past few days, in Fengcheng, there was an effort to capture the Taoist priest from the Star Viewing Temple. Whether they were true Taoist priests on the mountain or fake Taoist priests at the bottom of the mountain, they were all captured.
In the past, the high-ranking Taoist men were captured and thrown out of the city by the common people who used to offer incense to them and thrown in front of the Tu Evil Gate.
The ones who were most aggressive and quick were the merchants and officials in the west and north of the city.
In a mountain forest a hundred miles away from Fengcheng, there was also a camp of more than a hundred people stationed at this time, which was the Tiandi Alliance who had come south.
On the mountain road to the north of the Tiandi Alliance, a man and a horse came galloping quickly. In the past few days, the horses were galloping, and the boy in a short shirt crossed the entire Qianzhou and entered southern Xinjiang smoothly.
I also heard some news along the way. Fengcheng was under siege, but the Heaven and Earth Alliance was entrenched here without any action... As Lin Manliu gradually approached the headquarters of the Heaven and Earth Alliance, he could faintly see through the gaps between the trees. I saw what the station looked like.
Various styles of tents were stationed in the mountains and forests, and from time to time there were disciples of various sects wandering among them. The enemy was facing... Such a relaxing scene... The young man in short shirt was unhappy and slapped the belly of the little yellow horse with one hand. He speeded up his horse and rushed towards the headquarters of the Heaven and Earth Alliance.
But before this person could get close to the entrance of the Heaven and Earth Alliance, several people immediately jumped out of the trees on both sides of the mountain road.
Looking at the clothes of these people, they look like people who are asking about Jianhu Lake or looking for Hanshan Mountain.
"Who is coming!" A disciple of Wenjian Lake in bright yellow clothes shouted. He had already grasped the long sword in his hand and looked at the young man in short clothes.
Lin Manliu took off the bamboo hat on his head, clasped his fists and said, "Yijian Villa Liu Manlin...". The boy in the short shirt originally wanted to hide his identity, but in order to avoid accidents, he directly reported his name to Yijian Villa to show his identity and meet up with the people in the Villa as soon as possible.
"A person from Yijian Villa?" The disciple who asked Jianhu asked in a questioning tone. As soon as he said this, Lin Manliu immediately became vigilant. He suddenly thought of one thing. If he had traveled to this place by himself, what about the Fengxue Grand View Tower... Just as the young man in short shirts guessed this, it turned out to be true. Behind the disciples named Wenwenjianhu and Xunhanshan, several men in gray robes jumped out.
"Liu Manlin...give back my senior brother's life!!!" A man in gray robe said angrily. He is from the Fengxue Grand View Tower!
Lin Manliu immediately drew out his Shanye Xing and was about to stop this man from drawing his sword when a middle-aged man from Wenjian Lake stepped out and stopped the Fengxue Grand View Tower disciple with a single strike of his sword.
"Now that the enemy is... If you have any grievances, please wait until later. If Master Liu knows about this, I think everyone will have a hard time in the future..." The middle-aged man said seriously.
"Lan Wuqiu, what if your direct disciple of Wenjian Lake dies, or your disciple Lan Wuqiu dies! How can you still do this!? It's extremely ridiculous!" The Fengxue Grand View Tower disciple obviously didn't want to give up, and directly mentioned The sword pointed at Lan Wuqiu.
These words seemed to hit a painful point in Lan Wuqiu's heart. Lan Wuqiu waved his big sleeve. Under the bright yellow sleeve, a folding fan instantly opened and several silver needles shot out.
These silver needles instantly penetrated all over the man's body, and the Fengxue Grand View Tower disciple fell to the ground with a look of pain on his face.
"Lan Wu please!" The other Fengxue Grand View Tower disciples immediately gathered around to check on their senior brother.
Lan Wuqiu ignored these Fengxue Grand View Tower disciples and turned to look at the boy in the short shirt.
At this time, Lin Manliu had sheathed his sword and silently watched everything that had happened before.
"Young Master Liu must have many doubts...but you can go with Lan..." Lan Wuqiu said loudly.
"More orchids for worship..." The boy in short shirt clasped his fists and said. Lin Manliu then led the horse, followed Lan Wuqiu, and entered the Tiandi Alliance station again.
"A few days ago, Lan had the honor to meet Master Lu in the Snake Valley... Master Lu is really a talented man! Young Master Liu is also a young hero!" On the way, polite words rang in the ears of the young man in a short shirt.
"Lan worships the praise..." Lin Manliu could only respond.
"Hey... I just said goodbye to the Snake Valley, and I haven't been able to see Master Lu so far..." Lan Wuqiu then sighed.
Lin Manliu immediately caught the meaning. Lu Fengbai wasn't here? That person from Yijian Villa...
"May I ask where the owner of the village is now? Is he still in the Snake Valley?" The boy in a short shirt asked tentatively.
"Nine days ago... the Slaughter Evil Sect has reoccupied the Snake Valley. The whereabouts of Villa Master Lu and his disciples of Yijian Villa are unknown..." Lan Wuqiu said in a deep voice.
Lin Manliu fell into a brief silence. Lan Wuqiu, who saw that the boy beside him had no words to answer, immediately spoke up: "But Liu Shaoxia, don't worry, now the sect master and Mr. Mo of Guizhuang are already planning to attack the Tue Evil Sect! ".
Mr. Mo is still in the Heaven and Earth Alliance...and now he is discussing with Na Mingxi... In just a few words, several messages echoed in the mind of the young man in short shirts, and Lin Manliu immediately made a decision, Chaolan Wuqiu responded: "I guess Lanchangfang wants to take me to find Mr. Xunmo...".
"That's right, Young Master Liu will go with Lan..." Lan Wuqiu smiled and asked for the direction of the Jianhu camp, making a gesture of invitation.
"Boy, thank you for offering me Lan!" Lin Manliu clasped his fists again.
