"What are you doing? I suddenly remembered that I had to go back because I had some unfinished matters at home. I said I would be back in a while. Why are you stopping me?"
Just after noon, there was a noise in a small courtyard.
It was a young man, about twenty-three or four years old, with anger and dissatisfaction on his face as he shouted at the men blocking the door.
"Huh, you've already come and you still want to run away? What the hell do you think this is, a place where you can come and leave whenever you want?"
What greeted the man was not the other party's reasonableness, but more ferocious roars and fists and kicks.
These guys who were guarding the yard were very powerful in their attacks, and the men who tried to leave with three or two punches were beaten until their noses were bruised and their faces were swollen.
"ah……"
And as the man's screams echoed through the yard the next moment, other people in the yard got goosebumps, sweating and trembling.
They saw with their own eyes that after greeting with fists and kicks, the man who was about to leave was greeted with a meal of sticks. In just a few breaths, his head was bleeding, and he fell to the ground unconscious and was forcibly dragged away.
"You newcomers, please listen to me. You are lucky to join the Shanhe Gang. If you cooperate well, you will become your own brothers in the future. But if anyone wants to do it in secret, this will be the fate."
The man who was called the leader issued a warning to the rest of the people in the yard, and then returned to the outside of the yard to continue recruiting people.
The new arrivals in the courtyard were silent, with their heads lowered and frowning, not knowing what to do, and full of confusion and worry about the future.
None of them would have thought that when they heard the propaganda outside the yard, all these guys were very kind and the pay was high, but when they entered the yard, they were all living kings of hell, so fierce that it made people's scalp numb.
Wang Xiaoliu was among such a group of people, sitting at an old wooden table, frowning.
There are many dinner plates placed on the wooden table, which are filled with food and fruits that are not afraid of cold, and there are also a small amount of wine, which is considered as lunch for the newcomers who enter the yard.
"Sheep among wolves, there's trouble."
Wang Xiaoliu was worried. His injuries were no longer life-threatening, but he was very weak. Not to mention those vicious Shanhe Gang members, he might not be able to win even if a tuberculosis ghost appeared randomly. Originally, he could just hide for a while. The idea of leaving was completely ruined.
"These guys don't look like good people at first glance. I don't know what they're recruiting for, but I think it's definitely not a good thing. If I make these guys unhappy and get beaten, my body's recovery will be slower. , Self-protection is worrying, where did the boy named Yun go?"
Wang Xiaoliu tried to communicate in a low voice with the people next to him. The Shanhe Gang members saw it but were too lazy to care.
"According to the rules, we were residents of Qingya City before we came in. They didn't dare to act recklessly in the city and had to abide by the rules. But when we entered this courtyard, we agreed to their recruitment. At this time, they would not deal with us no matter what. Someone will take care of it, unless people are killed in public."
"Resign yourself to your fate. Who doesn't know the reputation of the Shanhe Gang? Who would agree to their recruitment if they weren't really desperate?"
"Don't be too afraid. It shouldn't be too difficult for the Shanhe Gang to recruit people like this. As long as you listen to them, if you perform well, you may not be able to be popular."
The people in the courtyard had all kinds of thoughts, some regretted their impulsiveness, some seemed to have everything as expected, and some still held onto some longings and longed to get ahead.
Wang Xiaoliu chatted for a while and then stopped talking. He initially judged that almost no one in the yard could be trusted if he wanted to escape from this group of people.
To put it bluntly, everyone who came in on their own initiative chose to join the Shanhe Gang even though they knew it was notorious. Their goals are profit and they will never risk helping others escape. If you ask them for help without permission, they might even sell you in exchange for it. benefit.
This stay lasted all afternoon, and by dusk, the number of newcomers in the yard had increased to about fifty.
"Listen, you newcomers, be obedient for a while, and don't be smart and try to escape on the way, otherwise it won't be as simple a punishment as having your legs broken."
The leader of the recruitment team called everyone over, and then led everyone out of the yard like escorting prisoners. There were already ten carriages waiting outside the yard. After everyone got on the carriage, they headed out of the city.
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"Let's just wait outside the north gate of Qingya City to rob someone."
In the woods on the outskirts of Qingya City, a woman named Yun Mingxue casually threw the messenger flying sword that had just brought the news.
"Is the news reliable?" Yun Tianfeng asked with bright eyes.
"Don't worry, the news will be correct." Yun Mingxue pulled the reins with both hands and led the way.
"My spies in the city have investigated clearly. The people from the Shanhe Gang rented the yard in the east of the city for three days, and today is the last day. When they rented the yard, they reported to the city that it was for the purpose of recruiting workers. What do you think? A friend accidentally wandered into it and could only passively follow these guys away."
"Miss Yun, how can you be sure that those people will leave through the North City Gate after retreating from the courtyard today?"
"Because according to the intelligence, people from the Shanhe Gang entered the city through the North Gate three days ago, so I believe that those members of the Shanhe Gang will definitely return the same way."
Several fast horses galloped around the city from outside the east city of Qingya City, heading straight to the north.
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At the same time, in the deserted west, also on the outskirts of Qingya City, there was a stone forest with jagged rocks and many ancient legends.
When the setting sun in the twelfth lunar month is obscured by the gray sky, the biting cold wind blows away time and makes the night come faster. It also makes the blood in the stone forest buried by the wind and snow. A corpse that was hot just now is frozen in the snow in the blink of an eye. .
"Who are you? You dare to kill even my pursuers of the Rizong. Have you thought about the consequences?"
Yijue held his chest with one hand and leaned against the stone. The sun-chasing knife in the other hand had been broken into two pieces, but the ferocity in his eyes was still strong.
Beside Yi Jue, there are now only three of the four elite disciples who left Qingya City with him. They are all seriously injured and unable to move. Yi Lan is already dead.
"Consequences? What consequences can a mere Sun-Chasing Sect bring to me?"
Standing in front of the Sun Chasing Sect was a man in a hat with scars all over his face.
This man was eight feet tall, with extremely broad shoulders. The spine on his back was arched high, but it didn't look like a hunchback. Instead, he had a ferocious temperament like a beast.
The man looked at the few people who had lost their fighting ability. A thick mace in his hand was dragging on the ground. The spikes on the stick were still stained with bright red blood. They belonged to the recently deceased Yi Lan. "Today, I will treat the few of us as inferior to others. If you want to kill or behead you, just come over. If you frown, I feel that you are not a good man. I just want to understand before I die that I have offended the Sun Sect." Your Excellency or the person behind you?"
"Tsk, tsk, you are worthy of being a Taoist disciple of the Sun-Chasing Sect, and he is actually very strong." The man smiled, waved his hand and put the mace back into his storage bag, and said with a smile: "Very good, I have changed my mind, and I will give you a chance. Let me ask you a few questions first. As long as you answer them honestly, I will save your lives today if I am not sure."
"You can ask, but whether you answer or not depends on my mood." Yijue gritted his teeth and stared at the other person.
"Okay!" the man in the bamboo hat asked, "I'm not afraid to tell you that I came to intercept and kill you in order to put the blame on the Kunlun disciple. In other words, my purpose is to use your Chasing Sun Sect's sword to take away the Kunlun disciple's child. But now I have changed my mind, as long as you promise me to kill that Kunlun disciple, I will not kill you today, how about that?"
Brother Yijue looked at each other, and then Yijue snorted coldly and did not answer.
"My spirit is quite high, but it's a pity that I don't have enough strength."
The man in the bamboo hat didn't mind, he still thought to himself: "Yijue, I can see that you are an ambitious person, and I admire you very much. As long as you are willing to serve me, I will never treat you badly. Don’t you think about it?”
"Dreaming! Scholars can be killed but not humiliated!" Yijue sneered and turned away.
"There is no such thing as humiliation or humiliation. As long as the four of you agree to surrender, I can make your wishes come true. You may want to listen to the benefits I offer first."
"First, don't you want to be the consort of the Yunxia Dynasty and use the power of the dynasty to plan training resources for yourself? I can help you and make you the new king of the Yunxia Dynasty."
Yijue's face was still cold, but he returned his gaze to the man in the bamboo hat.
"Secondly, as a Taoist disciple of the Sun-Zhui Sect, you are said to be the most talented person in the Sun-Zhui Sect in hundreds of years. His future achievements will also be the highest. He can even represent the future of the Sun-Zhui Sect. Those of the Sun-Zhui Sect can But the old guy never gave you the real Sun-Chasing Sword. The Sun-Chasing Sword skills you learned were only in the book. Otherwise, you wouldn’t have been defeated by the Kunlun boy so easily. As long as you rely on me, I will help you get it. The real complete book of sun-chasing sword and sun-chasing sword techniques.”
Yi Jue lowered his head slightly and frowned.
"Third, within one year, I can make you the youngest sect leader of the Sun-Zhui Sect, and the three people around you can also become the elders or protectors of the Sun-Zhui Sect. By then, both the Yunxia Dynasty and the Sun-Zhui Sect will be It’s in your hands.”
Yijue suddenly raised his head.
"Fourth, after you become the new emperor of the Yunxia Dynasty, I will provide you with a large number of manpower and weapons, so that the Yunxia Dynasty in your hands can sweep over the surrounding countries and expand its territory several times, allowing you to become a true The overlord of one side.”
"How can I believe that you have this ability and will keep your promise?"
"Just because I am the Wolf King Bailiqi!"
