Dayu County, a cemetery outside the city.
"Dad, Ping'er, I have avenged you, and you can finally rest in peace."
Zhou Qing knelt in front of the cemetery, looked at the two tombstones in front of him, and couldn't help crying.
Lu Yuan watched from the side, feeling sad in his heart.
After he and Zhou Qing fled Dayu County, things didn't go as they originally thought. The blood eucalyptus in Zhou's Medical Clinic was exposed.
Iron Sword Sect did not trace Zhou's Medical Clinic, and their killing of Iron Sword Sect disciple Guan Yunfei was not exposed.
On the contrary, the disappearance of the Zhou family and his son attracted a lot of attention in the city.
However, when Zhou Qing left, he excused himself from medical treatment, and there were many witnesses. Therefore, people in the city only thought that there was something wrong with his treatment, so he could not come back for a long time.
On the other hand, Zhou Qing's father-in-law, the scholar's father of his wife Ping'er, has inquired about Zhou Qing several times, but still has no results.
After waiting and watching for several years, after Lu Yuan had established a firm foothold in Dongting County, and with Zhou Qing's consent, he arranged for people to come back and bring Dr. Zhou and Ping'er, who were still buried in the hospital, to After moving outside the city, a grave was once erected.
As for the Zhou Family Medical Clinic, not two years after the tomb was moved, some relatives of the Zhou family directly begged for it from the government and reopened a medical clinic.
However, these side branches are not good at medical skills, and their ability to treat illnesses and save lives is far inferior to Dr. Zhou. The reputation of Zhou's Medical Clinic, which was originally hundreds of years old, has been ruined. Now the business is average and it can only be ignored.
Over the years, the Zhou family and his son gradually disappeared from the memories of the people in Dayu County.
Now that he was revisiting his old place, Lu Yuan looked at all this and couldn't help but sigh. Time is indeed the best tool to kill everything.
"Hey, Qing'er, get up."
After watching Zhou Qing cry in front of the grave for more than an hour, Lu Yuan finally couldn't bear it anymore. He stepped forward and patted his shoulder, pulling his disciple up.
He persuaded: "Now that your family's revenge has been avenged, Dr. Zhou, Ping'er and the others can put their grievances to rest and rest in peace. On the other hand, if you are always so depressed, I think they will feel sad when they see you.
Now you have to cheer up, put aside everything in the past, and live well.
Only in this way is the greatest comfort to the deceased. "
Zhou Qing listened to his master's words and wiped his tears, but as he wiped them, he couldn't help but cry again. He stepped forward and hugged Lu Yuan, hugging him, the person he most respects and is closest to in the world: "Master..."
Being hugged and crying by his apprentice, Lu Yuan showed a hint of helplessness on his face, and then he could only pat him on the shoulder like he was coaxing a child: "Okay, okay, don't cry anymore.
Doctor Zhou and the others are no longer here, but Master is still there. Master will be with you from now on. "
For his disciple, Lu Yuan almost regarded him as his own son.
And Zhou Qing was very filial and filial towards him.
Over the years, he not only performed Chiyang Divine Skills for him, but also helped lead troops in battles. I don’t know how much contribution he made.
So seeing his apprentice crying like this, Lu Yuan felt heartbroken and could only continue to comfort him.
Fortunately, Zhou Qing finally grew up.
The young man who is now twenty-seven has been in the world for so many years and fought for so many years, and his various character traits have been developed through experience.
So after crying for a while, he calmed down, and then after realizing that he was hugging his master, he quickly took two steps back and said with a blush on his face: "The disciple just lost his composure and embarrassed the master."
Lu Yuan shook his head: "It's nothing. As long as you can get better, I will be happy."
Zhou Qing wiped the remaining tears on his face and said resolutely: "Disciple is fine."
Lu Yuan nodded: "That's good. Now that the Iron Sword Sect and its remaining vassals have been wiped out, and the news has spread, it won't be long before people from the Liuyang Sect will come. Now Luling is not waiting for a long time. Earth, we should go back."
Zhou Qing responded with a salute: "Yes."
Then the master and the disciple left from the mountain, returned to the official road in the distance, met up with Lan Cai'er and others who were waiting, and left quickly together.
…
These days, Luling Mansion has become completely chaotic.
This chaos is mainly reflected in people's hearts.
With the successive destruction of Iron Sword Sect and its vassals, more than 2,000 people died. The impact of this directly caused panic in the entire Luling Mansion.
People usually go out in a hurry and don't dare to stay too long.
Even the government officials patrolling the streets were trembling, fearing that their next step would lead to the same fate.
Even those green-skinned scoundrels who usually like to cause trouble were frightened by the massacres and did not dare to run to the streets to cause trouble again.
This is mainly because many of the vassals of Iron Sword Sect are gangs from various places.
This kind of guy controls the black and gray industries in a place and makes an incredible amount of money every day.
Lu Yuan suffered deeply from it when he was still a hunter.
Now that we have to attack the vassal gang members of the Iron Sword Sect, we will naturally not let them go. Each and every one of them is on the clean-up list.
Especially here in Dayu County.
Lu Yuan even took matters into his own hands, and even called Zhou Qing to clean up all the Scars and his like who had bullied him in the past.
When he said that he would bring back those who had bullied him, he was obviously not just talking about it.
Now the promise is fulfilled.
In such a crackdown on gangster forces, it is inevitable that some young gangsters will be implicated.
As a result, those little gangsters who usually like to be domineering have become low-key and timid.
He was afraid that if he danced too happily, the strong men passing by would regard him as a member of the Iron Sword Sect and deal with him directly.
On the one hand, many local people who had suffered greatly from it secretly applauded.
By eradicating the Iron Sword Sect, Lu Yuan was able to eliminate harm for the people.
In this chaotic and depressing atmosphere, large trucks loaded with various goods were transported towards Dongting County under the flags of various chambers of commerce.
Some of the Chamber of Commerce vehicles even had official documents from Lu Yuan stating that these supplies were military supplies, so that the local government could not stop them, making the transfer more convenient.
This lasted only seven or eight days.
The harvest after destroying the Iron Sword Gate this time was transported back to Dongting County with the efforts of the Chamber of Commerce carriages.
At this time, the report from Luling Mansion was hurriedly delivered to Yuzhang Mansion and Xunyang Mansion, and was delivered to the hands of the County Mansion and Liuyang Sect respectively.
…
County government.
When Feng Bo, the current governor of Yuzhang County, received the report, he was listening to the invited opera troupe singing in his backyard.
Although these are troubled times.
But here in Yuzhang County, there has never been any major bandit chaos. Military disasters in other places did not affect this area very much, so the place has always been relatively stable.
Therefore, although the local people's lives have become increasingly difficult due to the imperial court's tax increases year after year, on the whole, it can still be called a peaceful season.
As for Feng Bo, all he had to do was maintain local stability while providing more and more money and food to the court.
If you achieve these two points, you will be considered qualified or even outstanding.
Yuzhang County is a large county with a household registration of one million and the place is rich.
Therefore, at the local level, the commanders and chief arresters of each government are mostly served by first-rate masters. Every government is basically guaranteed to have a first-rate master.
At the same time, the local prefecture and county soldiers also have enough money and food to maintain their full quota.
With the above forces, plus the full 10,000 county soldiers on the county government's side, it is enough to maintain local stability.
As for providing tax money and food, let alone that.
Yuzhang County has been known as the land of plenty since ancient times.
With the wealth here, the taxes required by the imperial court every year can be supplied without forcing the people to look hungry.
Therefore, it was easy for Feng Bo to complete the two tasks. Just pass the request to the person below, and someone will handle it for him.
As for me, the county governor, I only need to spend some time every day to deal with official duties, and then I can enjoy my own leisure and peace.
But today, this leisurely peace is destined to be broken.
"The Iron Sword Sect was destroyed?"
After hearing his staff read out the urgent report from the local area, Governor Feng jumped up from his chair in shock and let out a scream.
This sudden movement startled the actors who were singing on the stage in front.
One by one, they couldn't help but stop their movements and looked here at a loss.
"Yes, sir. According to the Luling Mansion, the thief was ruthless and meticulous in his actions. He had already planned it.
He was able to kill hundreds of people from the Iron Sword Sect in one night, and at the same time, he took action in various counties in Luling Prefecture. In three or two days, he destroyed more than thirty Jianghu gangs.
The strength the thieves possess and the manpower they mobilize are definitely not ordinary thieves.
Preliminary speculation from Luling Prefecture is that the number of thieves involved is at least a thousand, and they are highly skilled in martial arts. There may even be as many as six first-class or above masters among them.
Because at the same time, there were six places in Luling Mansion that left traces of the hands of top-notch masters.
In addition to these, Luling Mansion also found that many of the victims' bodies had injuries from bows and crossbows. In addition to being highly skilled in martial arts, those thieves also had many powerful bows and crossbows.
These are contraband. "The staff member looked a little frightened and said with a slightly trembling voice.
After Feng Bo listened to these reports, he immediately turned to the people on the stage and shouted: "You all get off here."
The actors also realized that something was wrong, and quickly bowed, and then hurriedly left the place one by one.
When only he and his confidants were left here, Feng Bocai paced back and forth in the garden. After turning twice, he murmured: "Six first-class masters, thousands of thieves with high martial arts skills, a large number of people who are strictly prohibited by the imperial court." Strong bows and crossbows...
These thieves, are these thieves really thieves? "
When he finally finished talking about this, Feng Bo's heart suddenly stopped, and he immediately stopped talking, and his expression became serious.
The staff next to him naturally knew what his benefactor was thinking, and he trembled at this time: "Even the Jianghu sect thought that only those innate sects could do this with so many manpower.
But now in Dai Viet, those innate masters have basically accepted the imperial court's recruitment.
This is aimed at the Liuyang Sect.
My benefactor, I am afraid that the person who did this was not the national advisor or general of the current dynasty..."
"shut up!"
Before the staff member finished speaking, Feng Bo immediately stopped him and said: "The national advisors and generals are all the pillars of the imperial court, how can you let you talk nonsense? That's it for now. If you dare to go out and talk nonsense in the future, I will forgive you. Can’t help you.”
"It's a villain who made a mistake. It's a villain who made a mistake. Don't blame the adults. Don't blame the adults."
After hearing this, the staff member complained repeatedly, and then asked: "Sir, the Luling Mansion is asking us to send someone to investigate. You see..."
Such a big incident happened in the local area, whether it was for the sake of the government's face or to give an explanation to the Liuyang Sect, it had to be dealt with.
Feng Bo frowned and thought for a while, then said: "Ask the King's Prisoner to go and investigate this case."
The prison envoy is in charge of the criminal prosecution cases of a county and is basically responsible for any major matters. At this time, so many people had died in Luling Mansion, so it was reasonable for the prison officials to investigate.
The staff immediately said: "The villain will inform you immediately."
"Wait." Feng Bo stopped him again at this time and warned: "Let him only investigate the thieves who put down the murder. These thieves are all heinous people, and they are different from the imperial advisers and generals. There won’t be any involvement, you understand.”
The staff nodded repeatedly: "The villain understands, the villain understands."
Feng Bo nodded: "Go ahead."
The staff quickly left, and he was the only one left in the garden.
Feng Bo walked back and forth on the ground a few more times, and then sat back on his recliner. He couldn't help but rub the corners of his eyebrows with a headache, and cursed: "Really, I don't know what that guy did. It's not for nothing." Are you causing trouble for me?
The Iron Sword Sect has been destroyed, and the Liuyang Sect will definitely want an explanation. How can I appease them?
If you let me know who did it, I must report the secret to the court and read it carefully.
In today's turbulent world, if you still engage in such things as exterminating families, is it really because you think the court is not chaotic enough? "
Yes, just as the aide said, Feng Bo had already determined in his heart which national advisor or general in the court was responsible.
Just know it.
But both parties are important members of the imperial court. He, the local county governor, cannot help the Liuyang Sect to capture the imperial advisor or general, right?
Not to mention whether he can be caught, even if he can be caught, it is impossible for him to do such a quarrel!
So now, all I can do is help the colleague who got into trouble and wipe his ass.
Let's see if we can defeat the Liuyang Sect in the lake.
well.
In such troubled times, why are there all these worries?
Sheriff Feng, who had no choice but to listen, was filled with anger.
…
Jiushui Lotus Pier.
This is a place connected by nine waters, located within the waters of Qianli Penglize. Because lotus flowers are abundant in the lake, it is also called Lotus Pier.
Of course, this is just what the locals or the literati who come and go say.
In the arena, there is another more famous name here, the Liuyang Sect.
Yes.
The largest sect in the world of Dayue, the main sect of Liuyang Sect, is located in Jiushui Lotus Pier.
Today, a knight galloping from the south quickly arrived at the lakeside dock. Then an urgent letter was sent, and a speedboat was quickly dispatched from the dock, carrying the letter back to the Liuyang Sect's main altar deep in the lake.
A moment later, the letter was delivered to the current head of the Liuyang Sect, Yin Huixuan.
At this time, Yin Huixuan was playing chess with his junior disciple Lianhu Tingzhong.
After receiving the urgent letter from his disciple, he opened it and took a look. The headmaster Yin, who has always been known as a gentle gentleman, suddenly became angry and clapped his hands and said: "It's really too much!"
This sudden gesture startled the junior brother next to him.
He ignored the disrupted chess game and asked hurriedly: "Brother, what happened?"
"Read it yourself." Yin Huixuan handed the letter forward and delivered it to his junior brother.
Then, after the junior brother finished reading the letter, he couldn't help but slap the table and said loudly: "This is unreasonable!"
As he said this, he raised his head, looked at his senior brother and said, "Senior brother, this is a provocation to our Liuyang Sect. By destroying the Iron Sword Sect, they have destroyed our Liuyang Sect in Yuzhang County." South Gate.
This kind of behavior is almost a declaration of war with our Liuyang Sect.
This matter must not be tolerated. "
Yin Hui First class.
Being able to wipe out the entire Iron Sword Sect in their sect in one night is definitely not something that an ordinary first-rate sect in the world can do.
And then within two or three days, the remnants of the Iron Sword Sect were wiped out, which further confirmed this point.
The one who took action this time was the Xiantian Sect. Or those Linhai families. "
When the junior brother next to him heard this, his original anger calmed down, and then he frowned and said: "Now the Yue Kingdom is recruiting masters from the Jianghu, and they are planning to build ten masters, and they have set up a reward for becoming a country.
If those Xiantian sects take action and have their backs to the imperial court, we may have to face the imperial court if we want to find trouble.
And if it was the Linhai Family who took action, it would undoubtedly be against the imperial court.
This happened at this time..."
When the junior brother said this, he looked up at his senior brother and couldn't help but worry: "Senior brother, could this be the imperial court's revenge for our previous refusal of the invitation?"
Two years ago, the imperial court had just launched the Ten Grand Masters Project, and at that time they had approached the Liuyang Sect.
But he was rejected on the spot.
Later, the court sent no one to bother him, and originally thought that the matter was over.
But at this moment, it seems that all this is taken for granted.
"It is possible." Yin Huixuan nodded with a gloomy face: "If the imperial court is really responsible, then our Liuyang Sect will encounter an unprecedented crisis this time since the sect was established."
Now that the imperial court's plan for the top ten grandmasters has been completed, the ten grandmasters have gathered together, and the top-level combat power can be said to be unprecedentedly abundant.
Although the Liuyang Sect had its own master of the second level of Xiantian, facing ten Xiantian masters, even Yin Huixuan couldn't help but feel helpless in his heart.
If the imperial court really wanted to take the opportunity to clean up the Liuyang Sect.
So he thought about it, but he couldn't think of any good way to avoid this disaster.
"This matter is important and must be investigated thoroughly."
The junior brother next to him could also think of this. He immediately stood up and said: "Junior brother, I will go to Luling Mansion immediately to find out this matter."
