Yueshan, Yueyue Lake.
Wolsan is a branch of the Unsan Mountains, located at the junction of northern Gyeonggi-do and Yeobuk-do.
Further north is Yanbei Road, and heading northeast is Langshan Mountain outside the pass.
Yueshan Jianzhuang, one of the Seven Mountains and Three Rivers, is located next to Yueshan Lanyue Lake.
In these troubled times, whether it is Yunshan Sect, Yueshan Sword Manor, or some other famous sects, one of the big reasons why they are so powerful and powerful is far beyond that of the peaceful era is that the government has become weak and their power It is difficult to reach these mountains and fields.
Moreover, these famous sects are often located on the edge of different forces and fall into the category of being ignored. In this gap, relying on their own force, they naturally develop rapidly.
The most annoying thing about power is a vacuum. As long as the official power is missing, someone will naturally fill it quickly.
To put it bluntly, the absence of power at the grassroots level allows these martial arts sects to develop and grow in the cracks.
Especially in a place like Yueshan Sword Village, where there are thousands of martial arts masters in the whole village, let alone ordinary bandits, even if the officers and soldiers want to come, they have to think carefully about it.
What's more, at the junction of Yanbei Province and Gyeonggi Province, no matter which side wants to wipe out, they must first consider whether the guards on the other side, the Shangzhi Army or the Zhenbei Army, will take action.
In this environment, Yueshan Sword Village thrived like a fish in water, attracting thousands of refugees to seek refuge. A large area of fertile land was cultivated in the open space around Lanyue Lake and on the mountainside and foot of Yueshan Mountain.
Yueshan Jianzhuang has tens of thousands of tenant farmers, and a village and town attached to Yueshan Jianzhuang has been formed next to Lanyue Lake.
Cai Jiansheng, the owner of Yueshan Jianzhuang, is now the local emperor in Yueshan.
During this time, there were floods in the south, and many refugees went north to flee the famine and fled to Yueshan. There were thousands of them, and they were added to the villages and towns next to Zhuangzi. Many of them entered Zhuangzi as servants, and they also made Yueshan Sword Village The momentum is even greater.
In the past few days, Yueshan Sword Village has issued an order to recall all the disciples who were wandering outside the village and even in the rivers and lakes, and to prepare for the upcoming martial arts alliance meeting in Yunshan.
A group of disciples practiced during the day and went to bed early at night. They were very ambitious and just waited for the master of their village to become the leader of the martial arts alliance, and their Yueshan Sword Village could also command the martial arts.
It will be very majestic then!
It was already late at night, the Yueshan Sword Village was completely dark, and the entire village had fallen into a deep sleep.
Two disciples on duty with lanterns walked around the tall village wall outside Zhuangzi. One of them yawned and said:
"Senior Brother Liu, you said that because our village leader has become the leader of the martial arts league, will we naturally be higher than other sects when we travel in the world?"
Senior Brother Liu smiled and said:
"The owner of the village is the owner of the village, and we are us. You and I, brothers, don't even understand the third-level martial arts, and the Yueshan Sword, so don't worry about it... Speaking of which, there are a lot of people who have escaped from trouble recently. Ah, and there are quite a few strong men, so I think, Junior Brother Li, you should find a wife in the villages and towns as soon as possible, and don’t let anyone else get you first."
Junior Brother Li grinned and said:
"Senior Brother Liu, you are belittling yourself. You must know that our village owner is a descendant of the Cai family, one of the nine and ten surnames. When the old village owner betrothed his daughter to the village owner, didn't he just take a fancy to the power of the Cai family behind him? Our family is a big family with a military governor, and there are also connections in the court. Maybe our village owner will be the leader of the martial arts alliance first, and then we can also get a military governor Dangdang..."
"When the time comes to open a mansion and establish a tooth, although our fellow disciples are not direct disciples, we are still considered to be inner disciples. Our talents are a bit lacking. Is there anything difficult about becoming a county magistrate? No matter how bad we are, we can still become officials. Dangdang, can you like the country woman in this village?"
Senior Brother Liu shook his head and said:
"You think so well..."
Then he laughed again, scratched his head and said with a smile:
"That's great... Hey, who are they? What are you, the refugees, doing here at night?"
The last thing he said was two men who were strolling over. They were barefoot and wrapped in a few rags, barely covering themselves with mud. They were clearly refugees who had come to the village in the past two days to open up wasteland as sharecroppers.
The two men were carrying something in their hands, which was covered with mud. After hearing Senior Brother Liu's question, they quickly nodded and walked over, saying:
"Two officers, we are in a hurry..."
Junior Brother Li frowned and said:
"What can't we talk about during the day?"
Are these unruly people here asking for food? They are also greedy. Zhuangzi clearly gives them porridge every day. Even if they can't keep them full, at least they won't starve to death. This is an outrageous offense.
At this time, the two homeless men had already approached, and the first one said with a smile:
"That's the thing, I want to kill someone."
Junior Brother Li was stunned, and the man had already swung the thing in his hand, and it flashed across his throat in an instant.
The mud was thrown away, and Junior Brother Li could see clearly that it was a sharp knife wrapped in mud and water!
But it was too late, his throat had been slit, and he didn't even have time to shout. Another knife had been stabbed in his chest, directly piercing his heart.
He turned around blankly and saw that Senior Brother Liu's neck had been pierced by a knife. Blood spurted from the wound and he fell to the ground.
The refugee man turned the sharp knife in his hand, crushed Junior Brother Li's heart, kicked the body away, put his fingers in his mouth, and let out several rhythmic calls of a night owl in the direction of the village not far away.
In the villages, farmland and forests close to Yueshan Sword Manor, hundreds of figures immediately appeared, quickly running towards Yueshan Sword Manor, and quickly rushed into Yueshan Sword Manor.
The feet of these people were all padded with soft hay, and they ran quietly, with almost no footsteps.
Moreover, they were all dressed in black, and the swords in their hands were smeared with ink or mud, and the blade could not be seen at all.
Their bodies still smell of blood.
Just come to kill.
There were a total of twenty teams with a total of forty people patrolling Yueshan Jianzhuang at night, and all of them had been dealt with. Just now was the last group.
Only the people in Yueshan Sword Manor were left.
On the main road, a dozen people were striding towards them, but a dozen experts were guarding a eunuch in brocade clothes.
The two refugee men just walked forward quickly. There was no trace of refugees at all. Instead, they showed the fighting spirit of the army. When they came to the eunuch in brocade clothes, they immediately knelt down on one knee, cupped their fists and said:
"Thank you, Lord Governor. Fortunately, we have fulfilled our orders. Arrangements have been made at Yueshan Sword Manor. We are just waiting for the Lord Governor's order."
In front of them was Yu Yong, the secret supervisor of Da Nei Nian Gang, the supervisor of the military guards of Shangzhi Army, and one of the eunuchs of Si Li Supervisor.
Yu Yong sneered, looked at Yueshan Jianzhuang in the darkness in front of him and said:
"The rivers and lakes are so rough that you dare to imitate others and compete in the Central Plains. You don't know what you are."
Jiu Qiansui had already received a secret report that Yueshan Jianzhuang had a close relationship with the Donglin Party of the Nine Surnames and Ten Families, and he wanted to take advantage of this martial arts alliance to commit rebellion.
During this period of time, they had already secretly arranged for manpower to follow the refugees into the Yueshan Sword Manor.
Tonight is the time to do it.
Then he said:
"Give the order."
A personal guard wearing a brocade uniform next to him immediately said:
"yes!"
He took out a cannon from his arms, lit it with a fire stick, and instantly shot into the sky, exploding into a red firework in the night sky.
The next moment, dozens of fires suddenly ignited in the Yueshan Sword Manor in the darkness, and shouts of killing were heard everywhere!
In the sharecropping village not far away, shacks and houses were blazing with flames.
In the forest, groups of fully armed government soldiers walked out in neat steps. The archers in the back row stood still and fired a volley of rockets, landing at Yueshan Sword Manor!
