With the arrival of the three cavalry, the two groups of bandits who were fighting with each other stopped unexpectedly.
The third knight jumped off his horse and muttered with the leaders of the two gangs for a long time. He took out a roll of paper from his arms and unfolded it for the two of them to look at. Then he rolled up the paper and put it away, and handed it to the two gang leaders each with a triangle tiger. After raising the flag, he mounted his horse and left.
The two groups of gangsters had no intention of fighting anymore. They glared at each other and cursed a few times, then lifted up the injured and dead gangsters on the ground and walked away.
Rong Fei, who was lying on the top of the mountain and peeking, was amazed.
At this time, Bai Zizai also came over and felt dissatisfied when he saw the two groups of bandits retreating.
"Why did I stop as soon as I came over to take a look? You made it clear that you didn't give me face."
"Who knows."
Rong Fei turned his head and answered casually.
Although he had just used his spiritual hearing power to hear the following conversation clearly, he could not tell it to Bai Zizai, otherwise the secret of his supernatural power would be exposed through the wall.
Bai Zizai heard the noise behind him, turned around and saw that Murong Canghai had finished teasing and opened his eyes, and urged.
"Niubi, hurry up and see how many days it will take before the ruins are opened, so we can prepare early."
Murong Canghai nodded, got up and stood facing the west, muttering something in his mouth, making a hand gesture and then wiping his fingertips on both eyelids.
"This is the Qi-gazing method of Qiankun Guan, which can provide insight into the changes in the Qi of heaven and earth. When ancient ruins appear, the Qi of heaven and earth will converge towards the ruins. When it reaches the point where the purple gas penetrates the clouds, the ruins will be opened. "
Bai Zizai explained to Rong Fei in a low voice.
Rong Fei's heart moved slightly when he heard the words. While nodding in response to Bai Zizai, he quietly used his spiritual vision to look towards the western sky.
I saw a dark red, tornado-like cyclone standing between the sky and the earth, which was spectacular.
Such a vision shocked Rong Fei, and he was stunned for a while.
On the other side, Murong Canghai withdrew his gaze and said to the two of them.
"The energy of heaven and earth is now dark red. According to past experience, it can take as little as two or three days, as long as four or five days, before the ruins will open. Third brother, what's wrong with you, but you don't feel well?"
Seeing that Rong Fei's eyes were dull, Murong Canghai asked with concern.
"Oh, I'm fine. I just remembered the Shushan Wei Junxian that my two brothers mentioned. I wonder if he has arrived in Linzhou and what means he has prepared to deal with us."
Rong Fei put away his magical powers and responded casually.
As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly remembered the conversation between Sanqi and the bandit leader just now, and his heart couldn't help but move.
"I'm going to do something. I'll be right back when I go."
Without saying a word, Rong Fei used his magical power of golden light and chased the three knights in the direction they left.
…
Banditry has been a problem in Linzhou for hundreds of years. At the beginning, the imperial court dispatched large armies to suppress it several times. It cost a lot of money and food, but the results were minimal. There was even a tendency to suppress more and more bandits.
Linzhou is not a major place for grain production and taxation. After several attempts, I didn't get any benefits at all, but almost lost a lot of capital in it. After a bunch of big shots in the imperial court fiddled with the abacus beads, they simply let it go. Just send two guard posts to guard several important county towns to ensure that Linzhou is still under the jurisdiction of the Dayan court in name.
What? What should the people of Linzhou do who are living in dire straits?
Haha, there are no good people in Linzhou. They are just a family of bandits. Otherwise, how could the bandits be suppressing more and more people?
As for how many good people were ruined by exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and were forced to go to banditry.
How many villages had been looted and razed to the ground by the officers and soldiers who suppressed the bandits, etc., were beyond the scope of the court officials' thinking.
Unruly people come out of poor mountains and rivers, and it is due to the favorable weather and location. There is nothing we can do about it.
Huwei City is one of the three major bandit cities in Linzhou.
Duan Hong, the leader of the bandits, regarded himself as the lord of the city, and the 40,000 bandits under his command were known as the mighty army.
Duan Hong imitated Dayan's military system and set up four general soldiers in the army, each responsible for 10,000 bandits. There are thousands of households, hundreds of households, general banners, small banners, etc. under the general army.
"Brother Chen Guang, I heard that Xiangshan Village has been occupied by a group of beautiful ladies. You just went there a few days ago. Ask your brother to find out whether the rumors are true."
Outside the south gate of Huwei City, a black-faced man pulled off Chen Guang's sleeve and asked in a low voice with a lewd expression.
The black-faced man is burly, wearing gray homespun clothes and straw sandals. He has a piece of red cloth tied on his right arm, with a yellow tiger head and the word "hundred households" embroidered on the red cloth.
Chen Guang was still dressed as he was three days ago, with a piece of red cloth tied on his right arm, but embroidered with the words "wings" and "wing guards" on it.
Wing Guards, the personal troops of the city lord Duan Hong, means "like a tiger with added wings."
Chen Guang suddenly smiled knowingly when he heard this and replied in a low voice.
"There are more than two hundred little ladies who are like gods, and there are more than a dozen Rabbits who are more beautiful than the ladies. If it weren't for the fear of delaying the city lord's important event, brother, I would never come back to Xiangshan Village, hahaha .”
"Tell me the truth, how many girls have you slept with, and how are your service skills?"
"Tsk!"
Chen Guang smacked his mouth in recollection, and was thinking about how to word his answer to make it sound like the truth, when out of the corner of his eye he caught a glimpse of a group of people walking in the distance.
It was Zhang Jun, Li Yun and others from Xiangshan Village.
Chen Guang quickly whispered in Baihu's ear.
"The real master is here, take care of your brothers, don't miss the city lord's important event. A group of outsiders, when things happen here, why don't we just let our brothers poke them in and out, hey hey hey hey."
After saying that, Chen Guang put away his thoughts and greeted Zhang Jun with a warm smile on his face.
When he got closer, Chen Guang noticed that all the people coming to Xiangshan Village this time were all men, and he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
Although you can't touch it now, it's good to take a few more looks to quench your thirst.
…
It gets dark earlier in Linzhou than in Kyoto. After the last ray of light of the sun fades away, the autumn rain begins to fall again, adding to the desolation of the late autumn chill.
Deserted villages, broken houses, and fires.
Rong Fei sat in the middle, holding a reward notice with three heads painted on it.
"This ugly one is definitely not me."
Bai Zizai pointed to the avatar on the left and affirmed.
Rong Fei moved his thumb to reveal the words "Bai Zi Zai" written under the portrait.
Under the other two portraits, the names of Rong Fei and Murong Canghai were written respectively.
Murong Canghai took out the roast chicken and steamed buns from the storage jade ring, tied them with tree branches and placed them on the fire to heat, then clapped his hands and asked Rongfei.
"So you think Wei Junxian bribed the Linzhou bandits to deal with us."
"Mostly so."
After Rong Fei handed the notice to Bai Zizai, who was worried about it, he picked up a branch and fiddled with the fire while answering.
"What can you do with those things?"
Bai Zizai said nonchalantly.
"The ants will bite the elephant to death. I heard that there are hundreds of bandit villages in Linzhou, with a total of more than 100,000 people. If these 100,000 people surround the ancient ruins, do you think the three of us can rush in? Don’t forget that we haven’t reached the state of invulnerability yet. We will die if we are hit by swords and arrows. And even if we can get in, how much price will we have to pay? How will we face the other monks recruited by Wei Junxian after we get in? "
"Hiss~"
Bai Zizai suddenly felt a toothache after reacting.
"Well, from what my third brother said, it's indeed Wei Junxian's style..."
Murong Canghai nodded in response, but before he could finish speaking, a strong gust of wind passed through the broken house.
The three people's eyes blurred, as if something flew past them.
"Hey...where's the roast chicken? Where's the steamed buns?"
Bai Zizai pointed at the fire and shouted.
Rong Fei and Murong Canghai twitched their noses.
The two of them smelled a strange smell in the air, which looked very much like... corpse odor!
