Day and night alternated according to the trajectory of time.
The ancient city rose and fell again between fiery red and gray black.
At the edge of Jiangning City, order has become increasingly chaotic, with large and small firefights and killings occasionally breaking out. Only the teams under the Fair King "Dragon Sage" Fu Pingbo and "Military Sage" Lin Jiaojiu are still trying to maintain
Order and expel the killers, but occasionally, even these law enforcement teams will encounter challenges from groups of people.
The inner circle of the city still maintains a certain degree of peace. The martial arts competition has entered the semi-finals, and the winners hold banquets in the Golden Tower from time to time. For the knights who participated in this lively event, it is admittedly a bit chaotic here, but it is chaotic.
The more powerful he is, the more he attracts the attention of people all over the world. As far as the Jianghu people are concerned, being able to participate in such a grand event is just an honor. As for how to protect oneself in such a situation, there is no war. A little murder and cheating,
What does a street fight mean?
Everyone said this.
Of course, with regard to the progress of the Jiangning conference of the five parties of the Fair Party, more people are actually confused about what happened. The five kings clashed with each other, and the conference was chaotic. Therefore, the situation in the city
It is also getting worse, which is a more acceptable result for many people.
Even the forces from all over the world who are trying to form alliances mostly regard the friction caused by the book club as an ordinary political game. If the game is played on the stage, the people below will take action.
That's it, all the conflicting parties will naturally cease their activities. After all, the harmonious Fairness Party has been developing smoothly in the past, and the Jiangning conference has been building momentum for so long, so the talks won't really break down because of the willfulness of one party, right?
People either confused or enthusiastically participated in this fight...
Of course, on September 20th, the news that King Fairness was about to show off spread throughout the city and brewed for a day. Everyone probably understood that things were about to enter a new stage.
After this day's competition, the celebrations in the city and the conflicts and fighting outside became more and more intense. All kinds of noises were like carnivals, and there was an occasional calm until the early morning. The revenge seekers took advantage of this "final" chaos.
Everyone went their own way, and some middle-level groups under the king also tried to show off their strength and muscles before the King of Fairness expressed his stance, hoping to give their superiors more bargaining chips in formal negotiations.
People came and went, screams and groans rang out, and then gradually disappeared in the hustle and bustle, blood flowed, blood dried up... Under the bridge in front of the ruins of Wuhu Inn, the people hiding here also witnessed one after another.
Farce, those figures appear from time to time, disappear from time to time, sometimes fall down in the field of vision, some people fall off the stone bridge, and the bodies go away along the water...
When the sun rose, the city seemed to be calm for a while. After a few days of chaos, the road above the river embankment was full of garbage. In the burned ruins on the other side of the river embankment, homeless people had built shacks and relied on simple conditions.
Temporary residence, and along the ruins, around more still-formed courtyards, walls have been erected, barriers have been piled up, and there are people patrolling above at any time.
Chaotic sounds came from far and near.
"stop!"
"Don't let them escape..."
"Kill them..."
very messy.
The early morning fog had just dissipated, and the first people running up from the road at this time were three figures carrying burdens and injuries. Seven or eight gangsters were chasing after them. Each of these people was armed with a knife and a gun, two of them.
Behind him was the flag of "Abi Yuantu" under the command of "King Yama", and he shouted loudly, just like a bandit.
Behind the house next to the road, someone poked his head out from behind the fence and looked at this chaotic and ordinary scene. Among the shacks in the ruins of Wuhu Inn, they saw something happened, and several men with knives and guns were also in the ruins.
They stood beside each other, nervously watching the movement, and also protecting the weaker family members in the shack behind.
"Help..."
The three people who were being chased had injuries ranging from minor to serious. One of them was dripping with blood. As they ran, they cried and asked for help... but they saw the banner of "Abi Yuantu" behind them, and the surrounding houses.
No one dared to come forward at this time. They were just warning the other party not to come towards them. As for the pursuers at the rear, they were running and shouting, and they were also surrounding them in large numbers. From time to time, they showed warning looks, and even shouted:
"What are you looking at!"
"Abiyuantu is doing something"
"Catch the book club rebels"
Beside the bridge hole by the river, a little bald man was clinging to the roadside and watching this scene. The three people carrying packages ran past, followed by the pursuers who also rushed past. When he turned around, he saw a fire burning on the riverside, filled with the smell of smoke.
A medicinal smell.
The young monk said to his elder brother Long Aotian who was sitting by the fire: "Abi Yuantu is killing people again."
In the bridge cave, the two figures lying there seemed to be in a state of death. The body of the woman Yueniang had twitched for a while last night. She had not moved for a long time after fainting. Xue Jin was curled up and he didn't know if he had
His condition was only slightly better than Yueniang's when he slept. He was short of food and medicine. In a state of long-term mental and physical exhaustion, people's consciousness has actually become hazy. Ning Ji couldn't tell whether he was awake or not from his breathing.
Sitting in front of the medicine jar, it seemed like he was staying there.
"Amitabha." The young monk murmured, "I know why master asked me to come here...this is also the appearance of all living beings."
He grew up in the Jin region, where there were famines, wars, and even people eating each other, but it was not as violent and chaotic as Jiang Ning showed.
When he first came here, he even felt that there was hope here, and that people all wanted to have a good future. However, the more this happened, the more intense the fighting between people became, and most of the time, they even behaved more inexplicably.
"I'm already starting to hate it here."
After a while, the eldest brother "Long Aotian" on the other side of the bridge said something with disgust, and then said: "...They are back again."
The second half of his sentence was referring to another matter. As soon as he finished speaking, he saw two people coming down from the river embankment, leaning their heads to look at the bridge hole for a few times. They were two of the previous pursuers, one of whom was
With flags planted on their backs, they looked here, then turned to look at the small camp in the ruins on the other side of the road to confirm that the two sides were not in the same group.
"Hey, there are two little cubs here..."
"They actually have medicine..."
In troubled times, medicine is a precious commodity.
The two men came here with weapons. They looked at the two adults who were motionless under the bridge. They already had a problem in their hearts. They looked like a family. The two adults were both sick. Maybe they exchanged their last belongings for some.
medicinal materials.
"Hey, your parents..."
The man with the flag behind him spoke. The older young man sat cross-legged by the medicine jar and held his chin. There was still no movement. The little bald man turned his back to the two of them and sighed: "Amitabha..." He reached out and picked up the medicine jar.
stick.
"...They are sick..."
The two of them were talking and walking forward. The long stick in the young monk's hand stretched out backwards and simply hit the lower abdomen of the person walking in front. He retracted it, then pointed upwards like lightning, and hit the person behind him.
On the Adam's apple of the person who planted the flag behind his back.
"oh……"
"Woo..."
These two strokes of the stick were simple and fast, and there was almost no time difference. Even the little monk did not take a closer look at the enemy. One of them covered his belly and curled up on the ground, the other covered his neck and fell on his back, and then rolled on the ground.
, and no one could make any sound.
"Amitabha, I also feel that this place is a bit annoying, but this may be the way to practice in the human world..."
He put the stick aside and sat down boredly.
The two figures rolled on the tidal flat behind for a while, and gradually bowed up. Some people began to cry out in a low voice, and some people coughed hard. At this time, several other pursuers returned, and some of them stood by the river embankment.
On the way, someone came down from above and looked at the scene under the bridge with surprise and uncertainty.
"Hello……"
"Hey hey..."
"What, how...what happened..."
"We are Abiyuantu, who is under the command of King Yama. Who, who did this..."
The two people on the ground were helped up by their companions. The flag bearer who was hit in the Adam's apple stretched out his hand and pointed to the bridge hole in fear. The other person could already speak: "It pricks my hand... small, be careful..."
The boy beside the medicine jar put down the hand holding his chin.
"This is my hometown, my mother's favorite place... They shit in my heart."
After Ning Ji said this, he turned his eyes to the people here, then stood up and walked towards this side with an indifferent expression. He was not tall, and he did not see any weapons, but he walked at a leisurely pace.
Not like ordinary people.
Several people up and down the river embankment were horrified and looked at each other. Many people even looked around warily. Then, they saw another man carrying a flag by the road on the embankment change his expression to solemn.
He looked in the direction and waved his hand.
"Let's go, let's just arrest the traitors..." he said, "No, don't disturb the people..."
The remaining people quickly helped the two injured climb up from under the embankment.
The young man who walked over blinked, a little surprised, but then he looked at these people indifferently, watching them climb onto the street and run away one after another.
After staying here for several days, this is not the first time that similar things have happened. The two teenagers have beaten many people and scared people away several times. At this time, the trouble is temporarily relieved, but they may not be in a good mood.
Ning Ji walked back under the bridge and looked at the weak Yueniang with a depressed mood. The little monk sat cross-legged, lowering his head and counting his toes.
"I heard that something happened to the bad guy named Tiansha, so the people on the other side of King Yama are very angry, and they are going to fight again today..."
"They will fight randomly whether something goes wrong," Ning Ji said.
After he finished speaking, Yueniang's body on the ground suddenly moved slightly. Her hands moved, and then her body twitched and shook a few times. She made a sound of "uh" in her throat, and her eyes opened.
, showing a weak and painful expression.
Ning Ji knelt down and quickly checked her problem, but in fact, what he had received in the past was mostly medical knowledge on battlefield first aid, and he had seen the most severe injuries and near-death situations.
Dry people actually don't have much experience, and now they are just trying to extend their lives.
Hearing the commotion, Xue Jin, who was curled up on the ground, also woke up. He scrambled over and tried to help.
There was a flurry of activity under the bridge. After a while, Ning Ji sucked out a mouthful of phlegm from Yueniang's throat and saved her from the brink of death. When Xue Jin sat there holding her in his arms, the skinny woman opened her eyes.
She looked at him with big eyes, maybe she had come back from the edge of death. There was a slight flush on her face, and her expression during breathing did not seem so painful.
She looked at Xue Jin with wide eyes, like a baby's. After a while, she shook her head slightly in Xue Jin's arms. She opened her eyes again, this time slowly looking at the scene outside the bridge.
After these days of chaos, I looked out from the bridge. First, there were a few dilapidated weeds and black river water with floating silt. Above the river embankment, the black city was pressing heavily on the land, and a column of smoke rose.
, it also looks like a piece of burning garbage.
Xue Jin shed tears and wanted to kowtow after a while. Ning Ji stopped him. He said: "I want to go out to find medicine."
The little bald man escorted him out from under the bridge.
"I'm going to find Shitbaobao," he said to the little bald head, "to see if their family is doing well."
"Aren't you looking for medicine?"
"...There is no more medicine."
The city has been in chaos for the past few days. The medicinal materials in the nearby medical center have long been exhausted. Even several doctors were killed in the chaos. Now if you want to grab the medicine, you have to go to the military camp. What's more important, Ning Ji has already
I don't know what medicine to use.
He left a few slices of old ginseng for the little bald man.
"...Amitabha." The little bald man was silent for a moment and whispered, "I heard they are holding a meeting today."
"...The memorial service will also be held."
Ning Ji frowned and gave an incorrect answer.
…
"...Elder brother, you asked me to investigate the news earlier. I have verified a few pieces now... As for the new army under Shen Ling, it seems that it is probably in Jingjiang... It seems that the King of Fairness is deliberately planning
, I have already planned..."
The sun had risen a lot, and crowds gathered in the large house used for meetings in Jiangning City. When the deputy from the "Resentment Meeting" and Meng Zhuotao walked to a hidden corner, they briefly reported some things in a very soft voice, and then
Hand the note with the message to him for confirmation.
Meng Zhutao put the note into his sleeve.
When I turned around, many people had gathered in the courtyard, including "Tiandao" Tan Zheng, "Jackdaw" Chen Juefang, "Wu Ba" Gao Huiyun, "Wuluo Zhan" Tang Qinghua, and "Tuohe Sanren" Xu Long Biao and others have arrived, as well as various middle- and high-level personnel.
Xu Longbiao and others greeted him: "Lao Meng, come on... He Wen said he wanted to confess and stop playing tricks. What do you think he wants?"
"As long as there is some talk, it's a good thing. I'm afraid he'll hide it and play riddles."
Meng Zhutao smiled and chatted with everyone for a while.
After a while, the figure of "King of Wheels" Xu Zhaonan appeared in the courtyard, and everyone greeted him with clasped fists. When entering the lobby of the courtyard, Meng Zhuotao just lined up the crowd and walked over.
There were four figures following Xu Zhaonan, all armed with weapons. Seeing Meng Zhuotao approaching, they all smiled and stepped aside.
"Mr. Xu, I have some news. Let's talk about it privately."
"Okay, let's go to the side hall."
Xu Zhaonan nodded and went in first. Meng Zhuotao and the other four guards followed. After they all entered the room, Xu Zhaonan and Meng Zhuotao walked aside, but they also smiled and nodded at the four guards not far away. Point: "We all know each other, it doesn't matter, just tell me."
Meng Zhuotao nodded and took out the information from his sleeve: "The news just reported is that Shen Ling's people are most likely in Jingjiang. This new army has been training for a while, and its combat power is hard to say. If it is true, how can it be Wen got angry and was prepared."
Xu Zhaonan took it and looked at it, frowned, and then said: "The news from my side is similar... It's not surprising. He Wen can reach this day. He is not a three-year-old child. Even the gangsters below us knew about it before the negotiation. Only by fighting more battles can he gain leverage. If he doesn’t have a knife in his hand, who will listen to his chatter."
"My men, Tang Rui, are heading towards Taihu Lake. I will issue an urgent order to move them to the vicinity of Jiangyin to assist in the defense."
"Well, good job." Xu Zhaonan patted Meng Chutao on the shoulder.
"Xu Gong, tell me, what will He Wen say today?"
"No matter what he says, the troops will come to block the water and the earth will cover it up. As long as he is willing to talk and talk, we will always have a way... we can't just let it go after he says it, right?"
"...I don't think it's that simple."
"Jian is not simple, it can only be like this." Xu Zhaonan took a breath and let it out for a long time, "Anyway... so what if he is prepared. He has stationed troops in Jingjiang and stationed troops in Taihu. If he really wants to fight, why wait until today? , he suddenly took action ten days ago, or two months ago, and no one was prepared. Of course he could take advantage of it for a while. But to put it bluntly, four against one... if everyone asked him to chop him with a knife, he would be the one who died."
Meng Zhuotao nodded.
The two of them walked out of the side hall.
The yard became more and more lively.
At this time, the meeting was held and everyone entered the venue.
…
The main venue of the Fair Party Conference was set in the most spacious square of the Jiangnan Courtyard. In order to hold this meeting, everyone set up a huge tent above the courtyard square, with rows of tables and chairs here. A large circle was formed in the spacious space. The five kings headed by He Wen sat at the five wooden tables at the core, while the middle and high-level personnel belonging to each party were distributed behind them. In addition, there were people such as "Big Dragon Head" and "Big Dragon Head". Representatives of other emerging groups were mixed in.
The conference, which is held every two days, has reached its eleventh session on September 21st. The first few meetings went smoothly, but when Baofeng came up with the reason for the reading group, the whole conference became chaotic.
It has reached a deadlock, and the kings have not participated for several times, allowing the middle and high-level members to come here every two days to quarrel.
Today He Wen returned to the venue, so Xu Zhaonan, Shi Baofeng, Gao Chang, and Zhou Shang also arrived. The venue became five distinct parties, and the atmosphere was fighting. There were only a few representatives of small forces. At this time, only
Able to hide behind and watch quietly.
After a few polite greetings, He Wen, who was dressed in gray robe, began to speak after being asked to put down a lot of information.
"...Since the Fair Party Congress was held, I have raised several issues, which are difficult problems that we must solve at this conference. These days, brothers have discussed a lot about these issues, and some people have also asked me,
What is the specific idea? Today, I will explain all my ideas clearly to everyone."
He Wen picked up a notebook and slapped it on the table. Then he pushed the notebook away and reached out to move a large pile of recording materials next to him.
"But before I talk about my ideas for solutions, I want to tell you in detail about the problems that have arisen in our Fairness Party...abuse of power, random massacres, banditry, fratricide, robbery of women, clever use of names, corruption
Corruption... one after another, this is part of the various misdeeds of our Fairness Party that I have collected since the incident last year!"
He Wen clicked his finger on the pile of documents: "I will read them to you one by one, and then we will see how to deal with him."
Among the crowd, some people tilted their heads, some frowned, and Zhou Shang on the opposite side applauded: "Okay."
Then some people applauded: "The King of Justice is so generous!"
He Wen turned to the first page with calm eyes: "Most of our problems must be caused by fighting against local tyrants to allocate their land. In August last year, after the war in Haiyu County, Changshu, people had good attitudes and were willing to
After handing over everything, we killed the whole family. All the women in the other party's family were killed, and the men were tortured and killed. The specific process is like this..."
He Wen pointed his finger at Xu Zhaonan, who gave a thumbs up: "It's a good thing that King Fairness is willing to tell us our problems!"
Immediately after the meeting, there was another round of applause. He Wen looked over there. He did not wait for the applause to stop and calmly began to state according to the records in the materials.
When the Fair Party fights against local tyrants to divide their land, there are naturally a set of basic rules. For example, accidental injuries will inevitably occur during the battle, or accidental injuries will often occur in the first round of house raids. This is not difficult to understand, but in the first round of house raids,
Afterwards, since the other party accepts the punishment, there must be a crime to deal with the criminal. This is the most basic bottom line, but at the actual operation level, various places naturally have extraordinary practices.
What happened in Haiyu County in August last year was just one of many incidents. The first round of house raids had actually killed many people in the landlord's family, but the soldiers in the past were not satisfied. Two days later, they confiscated the property again.
But all the landlords who had not been driven out of the yard were brutally killed... This was something that could not be revealed in any way. After all, even someone as easy to kill as Zhou Shang would kill someone once they were exposed.
After being framed by the "White Rakshasa" organization, they used the excuse of mass excitement to kill everyone.
But this kind of thing is not an isolated case. Without restraints, refugees from all walks of life can do anything in private. In other words, especially after they have the name of "fairness", people who are not restrained will be more enthusiastic about doing things.
This kind of thing.
He Wen sat there and read the collected cases one by one.
Occasionally someone applauded, and occasionally someone tried to interrupt, but He Wen remained unmoved and continued reading.
The atmosphere in the venue became boring. Xu Zhaonan and others sat there and began to laugh. Everyone knew the situation of all parties in the Fairness Party, or in other words, during the stage of large-scale incitement of the disorderly expansion of refugees, these problems
It is bound to happen. How is it normal to go to the other party's house, rob something, and kill the whole family? After conquering a town, the supervision force is not enough, how is it normal to find a few women for fun? It is wrong to say that it is wrong, but expansion
Who can control this so quickly?
What's more, isn't it that everyone is sitting here today just to control these things? As for whose fault these things fall on, it is all excusable, and we can just make corrections in the future.
He Wen read aloud, and everyone first applauded, then listened, and then some people began to yawn. Time gradually passed in the boring process of reading out each case. At noon, He Wen closed the documents and announced that the meeting was temporarily adjourned. Everyone was there.
All parties had lunch in the courtyard and discussed for a while. When the afternoon meeting began, He Wen began to chirp and read the case file again.
When the time was up, He Wencai slowly closed the unfinished material, took a sip of water, and let out a long sigh of relief.
Everyone applauded again.
He Wen waited for them to finish applauding, and then he took out the original notebook.
“… In the past two years, the Fairness Party has had so many problems that I can’t even count them all. But based on these problems, at this Fairness Party Congress, I hope that we can solve these problems as soon as possible.
Change... First of all, we need to have more detailed laws and principles. Among these principles, some of the most critical points, I think, are like this..."
Xu Zhaonan and others sat up at attention, but then they heard He Wen's long and stinky nonsense, such as the regulations on the procedures for confiscating homes, such as not killing indiscriminately, not using public weapons to seek personal revenge... These things were originally what everyone was talking about.
Regarding the matters discussed, even Zhou Shang supported these provisions.
"...The second item, correct your mistakes when you know they are wrong...Can we take some actions immediately..."
After that, there were various seemingly detailed ideas and proposals such as "forming the Supervisory Yuan", "establishing the voting mechanism", "decision-making orders and prohibitions", "establishing a new law enforcement team".
The crowd applauded one after another. Xu Zhaonan, Shi Baofeng, Zhou Shang and others occasionally cheered without hesitation, but their eyes became a little confused.
More than half of the application time passed, He Wen gave a general introduction to the innovative ideas of Zhuangzhuang piece by piece. After a brief paragraph, the venue was filled with confusion and whispers. The ideas for these things ranged from ordinary to radical, and there were quite a few.
He also learned from the experience in the southwest, but no matter what, if it is really implemented, it depends on the people and the will of the people in power. Although he throws out these, everyone will not accept them all, but they can talk about it.
It's not like there's anything that needs to be hidden.
The whispers were getting louder, and suddenly, Zhou Shang burst into action.
"Well said! I agree with King Fairness!"
Zhou Shang waved his hand and shouted loudly. After a while, he looked around and spread his hands.
"I would also like to add that Zhou Shang is the fairest!"
Xu Zhaonan also laughed: "I basically agree with King Fairness's ideas. Of course, there are a few of them. We can talk about them slowly."
A group of people expressed their opinions one after another, some with positive opinions and some with negative opinions. He Wen sat there and watched the noise continue for a long time. He slowly began to slap the table, gradually quieting the voices in the venue.
"...It seems that all brothers and comrades...all agree with my idea of He Wen. Our Fairness Party will not be able to do anything if it does not reverse these issues on the table. It seems that everyone agrees that we must make mistakes.
To change, we must enforce laws and prohibitions, we must have more detailed laws and regulations, and we must have a stricter law enforcement and supervision system..."
"I agree with this statement."
"We can talk, we can talk..."
"The provisions of the law are followed step by step..."
Everyone began to express their opinions one by one, while Xu Zhaonan and others sat there and looked at him. He Wen nodded.
"Okay. Now that everyone has promised to correct any mistakes, we can slowly push forward these provisions and slowly discuss how to organize these things... At the same time, while we were having a meeting, there was a
This thing is making a big fuss, so we have to stop it..."
He paused: "As for those people in the so-called book club, they are also formal members of the Fairness Party. They just read some books about Southwest and discuss some promising words. Many of the things they discussed are the same as what I told them.
...In the past few days, some of us have hated them, arrested them, and directly killed them without trial. This was something that was absolutely not allowed to happen in the previous Fair Code!
It seems that everyone agrees that this matter must stop immediately."
Xu Zhaonan looked at him: "I think it makes sense. We can discuss this matter and let everyone talk about how to do it..."
He Wen's palm fell: "Since everyone says that this matter is wrong, and everyone admits that it is wrong and will correct it, then this matter must be stopped first. I don't care if some of us have been arrested in the past few days.
How many members of the reading club, in the name of the King of Justice, I request that these innocent companions, our own brothers, be released immediately, and no more innocent people are allowed to be killed. I have already arranged manpower for this matter. Starting tomorrow,
First of all, these things must not happen again in Jiangning City. From tomorrow on, there will be people in the city who will accept grievances and lawsuits for such wrong things. Anyone who knows their mistakes and refuses to correct them, or who is too egregious in their unjust, false and wrong cases
, we will all accept it, and these random people will be the enemies of my Fairness King and the Fairness Party!"
Gao Chang, who had always been silent, spoke in a rich voice: "Such a big matter, we have to discuss it."
He Wen spread his hands: "This is the right thing, please support me! Let's start by correcting the mistakes."
"Who is right and who is wrong? Should we let you, the King of Justice, alone have the final say?"
"The study club is our own brothers. Of course, killing our own brothers must stop immediately!" He Wen laughed, "Everyone just said that if there are mistakes, correct them. I have drafted an order on this matter, no matter what
, will be issued tomorrow, but anyone who does not even acknowledge this matter. I, King He Wen of Fairness, will not acknowledge him either. Anyone who does not stop tomorrow is not a member of the Fairness Party!"
He Wen pressed his hands on the table and his voice echoed in the venue. He was not the most powerful person in the venue, but after all, King Fairness went berserk with a breakup attitude. Except for the other kings, there was no one who could directly confront him.
he.
Xu Zhaonan sat there, his brows furrowed and his eyes serious;
Gao Chang sat on a chair, folding his hands on his chest, expressionless;
Shi Baofeng's face twitched, and the muscles on his face twitched. He looked like he wanted to laugh, but although he later became fierce again, he seemed to have failed to think clearly whether he should talk to Ni Ni or talk harshly.
Some people whispered softly: "It can be discussed, it can be discussed..."
"Hey……"
Someone laughed and raised his hand suddenly.
There was a bang.
Shadows rolled up into the sky, and countless pieces of paper flew up.
Zhou Shang stood in the middle of the venue, turned to He Wen, and overturned the table.