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Chapter 1106: Dajiangge ends and heads east (5)

It had just fallen into the night, and the courtyard not far from the New Tiger Palace was filled with flames. Teams of guards holding torches and swords and guns were coming and going in the nearby streets and courtyards.

"Heavenly Sword" Tan Zheng walked into the courtyard and unexpectedly met Wang Nanda who was already here. Then he raised his hands more respectfully to the figure coming out of the courtyard: "Holy Master, you are here.

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"Oh, Tan Zheng." It was the huge Lin Zongwu who came out, "You came quickly. It seems that the outside world said that you take good care of this nephew, and it is true."

Tan Zheng bowed slightly: "The discussion of boxing with Li Ruoque back then was of great benefit to my swordsmanship, but what about the Holy Master..."

"I just happened to catch this fight, so I rushed over there." Lin Zongwu smiled, "When I came over, the assassin escaped, but after observing his movement, I asked Yanfeng who fought with him

He passed by, much like Monk Tunyun back then. Haha, without the burden of that armor, Zhou Tong couldn't catch up, and neither did I."

Having said this, Lin Zongwu paused for a moment, and then said: "Oh, Yan Feng is fine. Tun Yun assassinated him, either by calculation or not. He only suffered some minor injuries, so he is considered to be very lucky... You can go in and see him."

, a young man, a little setback is a good thing, I think he will achieve great things in the future.."

After receiving Lin Zongwu's comments, Tan Zheng resigned and went inside. There were two more courtyards here. The innermost courtyard contained bamboo forests and rocks. At this time, many bamboos fell to the ground, and some were cut off by blades.

Some of them were beaten with sticks, and they had obviously gone through a fierce fight. Li Yanfeng was sitting with his upper body naked by the pond with a rockery. His upper body had been bandaged, and it looked like the injury was on his shoulder or back.

It's a good thing for young people to have some setbacks, but in recent times, the Monkey King has experienced too many setbacks in Jiangning.

The incident started with the fight on Jin Street. Monk Tunyun killed Liu Guangshi's envoy Gu Anhe, which then led to chaos on the long street. Li Yanfeng showed off his skills on the long street at first, but later he found some suspicious person.

After chasing him all the way, he was not seriously injured after the fight, but he was still quite embarrassed.

He then used the Jinjie incident to get angry at Meng Zhuotao. Xu Zhaonan had no choice but to come out as a peacemaker and promised a large amount of compensation to Li Yanfeng. After Gu Anhe's death, he became the deputy envoy with real power in Liu Guangshi's mission.

But I got the greatest benefit.

But a few days after the incident, Meng Zhuotao took the initiative to ask Li Yanfeng for a fight at a party. At this time, Li Yanfeng was only in his thirties, and his monkey boxing skills were said to be better than those of others. Faced with Meng Zhuotao, who still had an injury on his shoulder, he naturally

He didn't intend to retreat, but as a result, the two sides only competed with fists and kicks, and was beaten by the opponent until he vomited blood on the spot and resigned. This was the second injury.

A few days later, he was involved in the assassination of Shi Baofeng's second son, Shi Weiyang. It is said that he met a master from the southwest on the spot.

He retreated, but in more information, it was said that the man was good at the Thirteen Taibao horizontal training golden bell cover. It is difficult to say that he took advantage of this fight. This was the third time he was injured.

Then it came to the evening of September 16th. It seemed that Monk Tunyun suddenly came to kill him. Li Yanfeng reacted quickly and fought back with his stick. Then Lin Zongwu, who was nearby, roared over and Tunyun Yuanbiao left.

Another assassination ended with Li Yanfeng being slightly injured.

It is common for Green Forest people to lick blood from their swords and get injured in competitions. However, after all, Li Yanfeng is different from ordinary Green Forest warriors. His family background is also very talented, and he is a prince in troubled times who has already achieved certain achievements. In terms of martial arts and intelligence, he can be regarded as the best.

This is a man of the hour in troubled times, and for this reason, among the younger generation of Manichaeans who came to Jiangning this time, Tan Zheng paid the most attention to him.

But no one knows what Tai Sui has committed. In just twenty days, he was beaten four times in a row. In Jiangning City today, the green forest master who can beat Li Yanfeng is already considered to be this.

The top group of people in this game, like Tan Zheng, shouldn't take action easily. However, every time he was injured, it was so inexplicable, which made Tan Zheng feel a little complicated when he saw it.

Of course, it is impossible to express these feelings at the moment. It can only be recited by someone. He has rich life experience, and it is not that he has never seen it before. For example, among the undead guards, there is a vice-captain who used to be with him. Recently, I heard that he was raped by someone.

My nose was broken twice and I applied medicine every day. It was very miserable. So what? Your nose was injured for the first time, and when you encounter an enemy again, they treat it as a weakness and hit it. It sounds very bad, but in fact

It's just human nature in a fight.

Putting aside these boring thoughts in his mind, he looked close to the edge of the bamboo forest for a moment, and then he also discovered the damage caused by the third weapon besides the knife and stick.

"Liuyun Iron Sleeves... This does look like Monk Tunyun's Kung Fu. Is he hiding a sword in his sleeve?"

Tan Zheng turned around, but Li Yanfeng had already stood up and walked over. He had a handsome appearance and a tall figure. His body, which he had practiced martial arts for many years, was as hard as a knife or an axe. Even though he had been beaten four times recently, his face was not affected at all.

I didn't see any feeling of depression.

"There is a short sword hidden in his sleeve. He looks like the same person as Jin Lou that day... his movement skills are really powerful."

Tan Zheng nodded: "There are only a few people in the world who can escape from the leader."

"I heard that Uncle Zheng had some contact with him back then?"

"He is a lonely ghost, a master of the evil sect who wanders around. We met him several times when we were in the Central Plains, but we are not familiar with him. He was also at the scene when Qin Siyuan was killed in Zhuxian Town, and he later escaped with his life.

This person has a bad reputation and the leader doesn't like him..." Tan Zheng shook his head and simply explained the matter, then frowned slightly, "That's strange. It is said that Tun Yun was instigated by Wu Qimei and others this time. Therefore,

It's reasonable to assassinate Gu Anhe and destroy Liu Guangshi's alliance with everyone. But Gu Anhe is dead, and he doesn't go to trouble other missions. What is his intention in coming to kill you? Could it be that General Liu has formed an alliance with someone?

personal enmity?"

When the Jinlou incident happened, everyone said that Wu Qimei invited experts to come and cause trouble, and did not want the Fair Party meeting to go smoothly. This was a reasonable guess. But now, the envoys sent by Wu Qimei and Tie Yan are all

They can't be found, and there are rumors in the market that they have been secretly killed. Looking back, is it possible that this matter turned into a misunderstanding?

Tan Zheng frowned, and Li Yanfeng on the side was even more quick-thinking. He may have already thought of this, but at this time he just shook his head: "Is this the only puzzling thing in Jiangning City now?"

Tan Zheng turned his head: "The wise nephew refers to..."

Li Yanfeng raised his eyebrows: "Does Uncle Zheng understand how this situation in the city will end?"

In the nearby courtyard, because of the assassination of the Monkey King, groups of soldiers and guards were searching and tracing in all directions. But at the same time, in the direction indicated by Li Yanfeng, there were large and small commotions and traces of fighting.

Even in the darkness it has become clearer.

Since the assassination of King Hewen of Fairy on September 13, the situation in the entire Jiangning city has become turbulent again. In just three days, it has returned to the situation that was even worse than the most chaotic situation a month or two ago.

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A small fire started by the book club started to burn into a big fire in a short period of time.

After nearly two years of brutal development, this five-party gathering in Jiangning was originally intended to discuss matters and make alliances.

However, the five kings who were the leaders of the Fairness Party - headed by He Wen - suddenly seemed to have a brain twitch and refused to give in on this matter. Then no one was willing to compromise and the conflict intensified. If we say

When Shi Baofeng and other four kings publicly issued an order to arrest the members of the reading club, they were still dealing with their own "internal affairs." On September 12, He Wen recklessly issued the Fair King's Order not to kill indiscriminately on the territory of the other four people.

Declaring war directly on everyone else's heads.

At this time, if someone could mediate and give in to each other, the matter could still be discussed, and everything would remain within the scope of political temptation. However, the assassination in the street on September 13th seemed to mean that the fuse had been burned.

Powder keg.

During that assassination operation, He Wen, who had been prepared for a long time, was not injured. Instead, he mobilized the manpower that had been arranged to carry out a large-scale roundup of dozens of assassins. The fight that broke out between the two sides on the long street was brutal.

.On September 14th, the "Heavenly Killer" Wei Xuwen under the madman Zhou Shang was the first to send people to invade a street with the flag of King Ping Ping. Fu Pingbo, the "Long Xian" in charge of public security, led people

When he left, Wei Xuwen started a fierce fight with the other party on the grounds that "I have long disliked you."

Shi Baofeng and Xu Zhaonan immediately launched an attack.

Due to the land grabs in the past few months, the various territories in the city were already intertwined with each other and full of personal grudges. Under several kings, the nominal territories were divided into direct lines and borrowed names. At that time,

Because of He Wen's progress, the other four kings cooperated with his actions and restrained themselves. After many direct territories calmed down, various small forces who borrowed their names no longer dared to move around, so the previous half month was peaceful.

At this time, the five kings broke up with each other, and the powder keg exploded again.

In the city, Shi Baofeng, Zhou Shang, and Xu Zhaonan were the most active, causing groups of people to clash with He Wen's forces. But in fact, the balance of power in the city did not change because of three versus one or four versus one.

One's actions were one-sided, and the two sides seemed to be evenly matched in rounds of battles for territory.

This is because compared to the situation in the entire Jiangnan area, Jiangning is still just a sand table for recreation at this time. As the trend of the confrontation between the five kings gradually becomes clear, the orders issued from Jiangning, in addition to killing the reading club,

Members may not be allowed to kill members of the reading club, and there are also rounds of continuous military orders. The confrontations involved in these military orders will only take effect in the next ten days or even more than half a month.

When verbal negotiations on the table fail to reach an agreement, local fighting below the table is also a way to show attitude. At the same time, large-scale military deterrence is also an important bargaining chip in the game.

This has been a delicate and strange few days.

On September 15th, just as the fighting in the city became fierce, the originally scheduled Fairness Party meeting was still held as usual. Except for the five kings who did not attend, such as Chen Juefang, Tan Zheng, Fu Pingbo, and

Senior members such as Wei Xuwen and Jin Yongsheng gathered together without even leaving the room and started discussing and scolding each other for nearly a day.

After quarreling on the surface, it is most frequent to inquire about each other's information in private.

Li Yanfeng's confusion has its origins.

His assassination this time was just the most inconspicuous thing in the chaotic situation in the city in recent days, and even Tan Zheng, a guardian of the Great Light Sect who had been following Xu Zhaonan for some time, was a little unsure at the moment.

The direction of the situation.

At first glance, the situation at this moment seems to be that Shi Baofeng and the other four people are forcing He Wen to submit because of the book club. But if He Wen is so determined to fight, does he really not have any chips in his hand?

Judging from the private news, the most vivid theory is that He Wen has teamed up with one or two of the four kings to eliminate two or three companies at once.

Xu Gong seemed to be on the opposite side of He Wen, but in fact, would he suddenly switch sides when things came to pass? It is said that He Wen once told him an invitation, "Let's do it together."

The round of assassinations on the Long Street on September 13th was said to have been carried out by Gao Chang, which was in line with his straightforward character. But on the other hand, in rumors, Gao Chang was always the most likely to cooperate with He

Wen walks people together.

Shi Baofeng and He Wen had known each other for a long time. King Ping Ping was now powerful and rich in supplies, but in fact, he was originally a splinter of the line under He Wen that specialized in supplies. Some time ago, he used the reading club as an excuse to force

He Wen expressed his position, and then things directly developed to this point. Could it be that they had set up the situation in private?

Including Zhou Shang, this lunatic was disliked by no one. People once thought that he was the one who would be beaten four to one. Now even if he has become He Wen, can he be trusted? Even if he did not join forces with He Wen, when it comes to

It is not a strange prospect to stab a companion in the back.

In the final analysis, the confusion in people's minds these days actually boils down to one problem: the five factions of the Fair Party have different styles. If He Wen had not united the other factions, leaving aside the power of the four factions behind He Wen, it would have really been possible to synthesize them.

One share?

What kind of compromises need to be made between each other? What kind of tacit understanding needs to be maintained? How many changes will occur in this process?

People do not naively think that the four companies can successfully defeat He Wen by joining forces. It is more likely that in the middle of the fight, everyone may start a melee to be wary of each other.

This conference suddenly turned out like this, which was beyond everyone's expectation, but at the same time, if we can truly see the future direction clearly, this is also an opportunity for everyone to gain the maximum benefit. This matter is very important to Tan Zheng.

This is true, and it is even more true for Li Yanfeng and others who came here on behalf of other forces.

The two stood by the bamboo forest and chatted for a while. As for why Tun Yun came to assassinate Li Yanfeng, Tan Zhengbian didn't say much about it. After talking about Xu Zhaonan, they brought up the book club again.

Did He Wen really believe in the book club? Did Southwest really interfere here? Tan Zheng and Li Yanfeng walked outside and talked a few words about their opponents that day.

"Black Iron God" Qiu Shuyan is the apprentice of Ning Yi's most skilled concubine. In fact, he is also the direct disciple of "Inner Demon" Ning Yi. If he does arrive, the nature of the whole thing will really change.

It's completely different.

"I'm not completely sure..." Tan Zheng said seriously, and Li Yanfeng became cautious, "After all, this is my first time fighting against this person."

"Did the Holy Master ask about this just now?" Tan Zhengdao.

Li Yanfeng nodded: "The first time it was Mr. Wang who came to ask, but just now, the Holy Master asked me to help him, and he didn't say anything about it."

Tan Zheng nodded and was silent for a moment: "The confrontation with the inner demon is a private knot of the Holy Cult Master."

Li Yanfeng looked at him: "I heard that the two of them have never fought against each other."

"I have been following the Holy Master for a short time, and I have never seen Ning Yi's skills with my own eyes." Tan Zhengdao, "But in Luliang Mountain, there was a round of overt and covert fighting. Later, in Zhuxian Town, the inner demons brought

When the army came to attack, there should have been a fight. In that battle... In the end, all the masters of the previous generation of our Great Light Sect were completely damaged."

Tan Zheng didn't say much about this incident. It was also the death battle of the previous monkey king Li Ruoque, so Li Yanfeng didn't need to mention it too much.

He whispered: "Actually, there are two theories in the world. Some say that the inner demon Ning Yi actually doesn't understand martial arts."

"This statement has been circulating for a long time, and it has become more and more vivid now." Tan Zheng smiled, "People say that the inner demon does not know martial arts because he started running military affairs in his early years and did not do many things. But if you pursue it,

Back then, you should have known that before Ning Yi was nicknamed "Inner Demon", he also had a bandit name, which was called "Blood Hand Human Massacre". Just think about how many people he had to kill and how brutal he was.

How could you have such a nickname full of evil spirits? In the green forest, there are wrong names, but there are no wrong nicknames. What's more, over the years, when we mentioned the rumors about Ning Yi to the Holy Leader, he always

Why are you smiling but saying nothing? You have to know that the Holy Hierarch rarely talks about Zhou Tong with others..."

When Tan Zheng said this, Li Yanfeng understood and nodded: "I heard that the Holy Hierarch invited Grandmaster Zhou to fight, but Grandmaster Zhou never accepted the challenge. Later, Grandmaster Zhou stabbed Nianhan and died... The Holy Hierarch respected him.

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"It's the same with him and his inner demons. In the early years, the Great Light Sect had conflicts with his inner demons. Several times, our side was at a disadvantage. However, they are both current masters, so they may not have a feeling of sympathy for each other. In recent years, the Holy Cult Leader has gone north. The fight against the Jin is also the same as the Southwest... But if the Black Flag people really come to Jiangning this time, the Holy Master may have to consider confronting these juniors. His thoughts are actually more complicated."

Tan Zheng and Li Yanfeng talked about these private things, and their slightly white-haired faces smiled and became closer. Li Yanfeng thought about it for a while, with firm eyes: "But my father died at the hands of Black Flag. If there is a chance, I will not I will let go of the inner demon."

"There is a chance." Tan Zheng patted Li Yanfeng's uninjured shoulder, "The Holy Master will not let him go. I think that if the world is peaceful in the future, there will be a battle between these masters."

The two chatted about these things from the reading club, and then Tan Zheng asked Li Yanfeng to go back to rest and turned to leave. After leaving the courtyard, they walked not far and saw Meng Zhuotao emerging from a nearby house and preparing to get on the carriage. The two said hello, and after realizing that they actually had nothing important to do with each other, Tan Zheng said, "Let's go for a walk together?"

Meng Zhuotao nodded in agreement and moved forward, letting the carriage follow behind: "Mr. Tan came out from the Monkey King? I heard that he was beaten again?"

"The Holy Leader was here before, but he was unable to keep the assassin behind. The one who took action was like Monk Tunyun." Tan Zhengdao, "If I hadn't known Brother Meng's character, I would have almost guessed that it was Brother Meng who was beaten twice after him. The murderer was hired by Qian, so it makes sense that Tun Yun accepted money to do things."

Meng Zhutao smiled. He had a heroic temperament. When he didn't like Li Yanfeng, he beat him on the spot, but he didn't bother to explain anything else: "...Why did Tun Yun want to kill him?"

"In my opinion, there are three possibilities. Either, Monk Tunyun was not invited by Wu Qimei's people... but by Liu Guangshi's opponents. Of course, this matter is quite big, so it's hard to speculate too much."

"Then the group of people sent by Wu Qimei are really unlucky... What about the second possibility?"

"Tun Yun collects money to do things, and the person Li Xian has offended invites him. This is another transaction. Then this matter is much simpler."

"It's not surprising that young people offend many people." Meng Zhuotao looked calm, "What about the third possibility?"

"It's probably similar to the second one. He offended Tun Yun in private, but for some reason, and refused to say it, Tun Yun had to do it to him. It's also possible. Nephew Li Xian is a serious person and occasionally has reservations. , we kept guessing, but there was no evidence..."

Monk Tunyun's move to assassinate Li Yanfeng actually has a lot of possibilities if you look into it carefully. Li Yanfeng talked about the situation in the city and casually changed the topic, and Tan Zheng followed him and made some remarks. In fact, he was old and mature. Jing, why couldn't he understand Li Yanfeng's little thoughts? At this moment, he sighed slightly.

Meng Zhutao just smiled: "It's not surprising that young people in their early thirties, who have taken advantage of the favorable conditions and opened up a new territory, like to show their cleverness on their faces." He said, "It will be good to suffer some losses in the future."

Tan Zheng also smiled, and the two of them walked forward along the street. In the night ahead, there was another movement caused by fighting. Meng Zhuotao raised his eyebrows: "Wei Xuwen is taking advantage of the chaos to take revenge again."

Tan Zheng sighed: "Brother Meng, do you think we will really fight with He Wen?"

Meng Zhutao thought for a while, then looked ahead: "Brother Tan... do you think He Wen really... wants to take the path of the book club?"

The long street spreads under the night, and the city in front is filled with fireworks, creating a bleak and chaotic scene.

With the slogan put forward by Southwest, the Fair Party was founded because of Ho Wen, and it expanded rapidly. Regarding this fierce struggle, people would say that the Ho Wen family may not be able to defeat the other four. However, the theory in Southwest was accompanied by At this moment when his undoubted and powerful record spreads, after leaving the banner of He Wen and Fairness, and leaving the name of Southwest, can the behemoth of Fairness Party really continue smoothly?

At this moment, this is the doubt that many people in the night are facing.



At the same time, the New Tiger Palace.

After handling Li Yanfeng's matter and returning here, Xu Zhaonan came to see him.

The two sides were sitting across from each other drinking tea. Three days after breaking up with He Wen, they seemed to have thought about the whole issue carefully. Xu Zhaonan, who came this time, had an extremely serious expression hidden in his seemingly casual words.

Lin Zongwu relaxedly finished chatting with him about Li Yanfeng. When Xu Zhaonan sat upright and started to hold his hands, Lin Zongwu smiled slightly: "It doesn't matter if Mr. Xu says it."

"Zhaonan is guilty." Xu Zhaonan bowed his hands and remained silent for a long time, "This time... I got rid of Mr. Wang and went north to ask the Holy Master to come out, in order to use the Holy Master's teachings on the battlefield. After the Southwest War, the Chinese Army soldiers, through the training methods of Grandmaster Zhou, fight in small groups, and everyone can be a scout. If this matter is not resolved, it will be difficult for us to fight against them in the future. In fact, among the five factions of the Fair Party, we have the most experts. , they have an unruly temperament and are not easy to control on the battlefield, so firstly, they use the wisdom of the Holy Hierarch to train them, but they also rely on the prestige of the Holy Hierarch to suppress them..."

"At this Fair Party Congress, I originally thought that the five parties would join forces and it would be smooth and stable, and then we could go all out to train troops. Who knows that He Wen is moody and suddenly changes sides and goes against the grain... If there is a fight outside, we are not afraid, but There is one thing. Now He Wen is using the tiger skin to make a big flag, and the people who call the black flag to the outside world have arrived and are on their side... If this is really the case, we here have to make preparations early. And if the head-on confrontation is really At the beginning, here, there are not many people here who can subdue Black Flag with great force..."

Xu Zhaonan stated his thoughts slowly and carefully. Lin Zongwu put down his tea cup. His expression was calm and not surprising. What came to mind was the confrontation with Black Flag over the years - in fact, the confrontation had stopped long ago, even though he was in Jin That startling glance at the ground was no longer a confrontation...

He said the tea cup turned a little.

"In terms of confrontation on the battlefield and private management, Ning Yi is very powerful."

he said.

"Did Mr. Xu... really decide not to cooperate with He Wen?"

The autumn wind is bleak, and the stars outside the window are falling. Many people will gradually reach the fork in their fate.


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