Chapter 17 The mayfly is comparable to the heaven and the earth, the Vientiane goes to see all being
Jiangning.
On August 17, after half a night of commotion, the atmosphere in the city became solemn.
In the afternoon, the news that Lin Zongwu would challenge the "Million Soldiers and Horses Challenge" in the next few days came from the territory of "Warrior King", and in the next half day, it filled the discussion circles in various towns in the city.
On the one hand, people admired the martial arts of Master Lin, but on the other hand, they also felt the domineering power of the "King of Wheels" Xu Zhaonan. After experiencing a night of raids by the Zhou and Shang forces, not only did they not consider stopping, but they also
Continue to challenge the other forces, including Zhou Shang, which means that this fire has been lit and will be almost impossible to extinguish.
Some well-informed people have also received the news. Just that afternoon, the number of members of the "Warrior King" force outside Jiangning City beating gongs and drums into the city has increased significantly. Xu Zhaonan has clearly begun to waver.
At the same time, the forces of "King of Yama" entering the west of the city also increased on a large scale. After the large-scale firefight in the early morning, Wei Xuwen also began to call for people.
Every city in the city occupied by established forces has begun to upgrade their defenses on a large scale. Some retail investors in the city who came to "gold rush" are panicked and are already planning to escape outside the city. Of course, there are more desperadoes who feel that the opportunity will come.
At this time, people begin to sharpen their knives and prepare to make a big move, either to become famous or to get rich, and more often than not, people hope to have both.
From time to time, of course, some people lament the "decline in world morals" and the "collapse of order."
Someone mentioned the "Fairness King" law enforcement team running around the city, and mentioned the efforts of "Dragon Sage" Fu Pingbo to convene all parties to negotiate. Of course, in the end, it just turned into a farce... Neither Wei Xunwen nor Xu Zhaonan gave it any thought.
Regardless of his face, the main force of "Heavenly Killer" had already been arranged to leave the city after finishing their work. When Fu Pingbo summoned both parties, they had already left far away. As for Xu Zhaonan, everything was blamed on Leader Lin.
, and asked Fu Pingbo to go find the other party himself, Fu Pingbo would naturally not dare.
These specific messages were spread quickly after being embellished by others, and all the details seemed rich.
At this moment when the other four kings are showing their magical powers, the so-called "Fair King" can only cling to the old and tinker with it, without the will to make progress, and even has no way to deal with the troublemakers. Everyone in the city couldn't help but ridicule him when he talked about it.
, I feel that the "King of Fairness" is really powerless to deal with the situation in the city.
In an atmosphere of discussion and solemnity, the daylight faded and night fell. Each faction stepped up patrols on their own territory, and the law enforcement team belonging to the "Fairness King" was also on some relatively neutral territory.
Patrolling, maintaining law and order somewhat passively.
People wait with bated breath for the next fight...
Midnight.
Near a deserted village more than twenty miles south of Jiangning City, groups of people gathered silently and gathered at a predetermined location.
In a village not far away, a bonfire was burning, and some people from the world gathered around the bonfire, some of whom had already fallen asleep, and some who were still playing around.
There were some faint sounds coming from the nearby mountains.
"Report to Mr. Fu, the secret sentry outside has been removed..."
The scout responsible for reporting passed through the sparse woodland and reported the information to "Dragon Sage" Fu Pingbo, who arrived silently at the edge of the hills overlooking the village. Fu Pingbo nodded.
"Take action," he said. "Anyone who resists...kill them."
After a moment, groups of men and horses stood up from the darkness and surrounded the village. Then the sounds of fighting began, the deserted village ignited in flames in the night, and the figures fell fighting in the flames...
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The night gradually faded away.
When the morning light emerged, in a courtyard where the "Undead Guards" gathered in Jiangning City, people who had been nervous all night were a little tired.
Kuang Wenbo used the bronze mirror to apply medicine to the wounds on his face. Occasionally, when the pain on the bridge of his nose aroused, he couldn't help cursing for a while.
Everyone thought they were going out to fight with "King Yama" last night in order to recover the scene in the early morning of the 17th, but for some reason, the order to dispatch was not issued for a long time. Some people who were well-informed were asked, but
It was said that something unexpected happened at the top, so the arrangements were changed.
Most of those who can join the middle- and upper-level action teams of the "Undead Guard" are also veterans of licking blood. Although they remain tense at night, they also have their own ways to relax. In the morning, they only feel slightly tired, but their condition is not affected too much. It's just that Kuang Wenbo is more nervous.
Tragically, he was knocked down by a punch in the arresting fight a few days ago. He fainted. When he woke up, the bridge of his nose was broken by the opponent, his upper lip was also broken by the punch, and the teeth in his mouth were slightly
of looseness.
These are not considered serious injuries, but injuries to the face and mouth will make you feel painful if you touch them at any time. Even eating is affected. It is not easy to go to the half-open door that you often visit in the past. After staying up late for a long time,
There are also all kinds of pain.
Simply unlucky.
He couldn't even see the murderer's face clearly.
At this time, medicine was applied to the broken bridge of the nose, and a new patch was put on the bridge of the nose with gauze. He had tried his best to make it look better, but no matter what, it still made people feel wretched... This was really the result of his many journeys in the world.
The most embarrassing injury in ten years, not to mention the name of an undead guard on his body. When people see the bandage on the face of the undead guard, they might even laugh at it secretly: the undead guard is immortal at best, but it is inevitable.
Still getting hurt, hahahaha...
After patching, he was going to have a bowl of meat porridge in his room and catch up on his sleep. At this time, someone downstairs knocked on the door and said, "Something happened."
The trouble was not theirs.
When the morning sun dispersed the fog, "Dragon Sage" Fu Pingbo led his team back from the south gate of the city. The entire team was bloody and filled with murderous intent. Some prisoners and wounded were roughly tied up with ropes and driven forward. A large vehicle
The car was filled with heads.
This vicious news spread in the city, and curious people gathered in the large square at the food market in the center of the city. Kuang Wenbo and a group of undead guards also took a place. Among the crowd, representatives of various external forces also gathered.
Coming over, they hid inside and checked the situation on the stage.
When the square was almost packed with people, the middle-aged man known as "Long Xian" stood up and began to speak to the crowd below.
"... As we all know, in the early morning of August 17th, the city was invaded by bandits who came in. These bandits armed with knives and guns, killed people and set fire to the city... From the early morning of the 17th to dawn, for more than two hours, hundreds of houses were set on fire in the city.
During this time, nearly a thousand people were killed and injured. These bandits were extremely vicious. They killed, set fires, and robbed before leaving..."
"... Fu was entrusted by Mr. He Wenhe to manage order in the city and investigate lawlessness! An investigation was launched immediately after the incident... Last night, the whereabouts of these bandits were found out, and arrests were launched. However, these people
, these thugs - stubbornly resisted, and after our persuasion failed, we could only attack them with thunderous means."
"...Everyone has seen...during this arrest, many of our people were injured and died due to the stubborn resistance of these gangsters! But fortunately, we fulfilled our mission and captured these people one by one!"
There were those who resisted fiercely and we killed them on the spot. As for the others, some knelt down and begged for mercy. We spared their lives. But there were also some who had heavy blood debts on their hands and could not be spared lightly. We will also let them surrender to the big guys today.
Son, give me an explanation!"
Fu Pingbo's voice was rich, and he looked down the stage with a steady rhythm. The prisoners on the stage were divided into two groups, most of them were kneeling at the back, and a small number of people were driven to the front, where they were beaten with sticks in front of everyone.
Let them kneel down.
"By the way." Fu Pingbo said, "...During the investigation of this matter, we found that some people said that these gangsters were subordinates of General Wei Wenwei... So yesterday, I personally asked General Wei
.According to General Wei's clarification, it has been proven that this is nonsense, false rumors and vicious slander! How can these extremely vicious gangsters be General Wei's people...shameless."
"So here, I also want to clarify this matter to everyone! In order to clear General Wei's innocence."
The morning breeze blew over the square. Somewhere in the crowd, some people cursed and started making noises. They were obviously members of the "King of Yama" group. Fu Pingbo looked over there. The soldiers guarding the square were holding
The guns and sticks were beating on the ground, and they shouted in unison: "Quiet! Quiet!" The voices were uniform, and they were obviously elites in the army. Some other people on the stage even took out their crossbows and aimed at the commotion.
crowd.
Fu Pingbo just watched quietly and indifferently. After a while, the noise was defeated by the pressure, but it gradually stopped. Fu Pingbo looked forward and opened his hands.
"Today, these murderers will be executed on the spot! To repay all the dead, justice -"
Everyone in the audience watched this scene. Kuang Wenbo and others in the crowd probably understood why there was no reciprocal revenge here last night. They were probably aware of Fu Pingbo's methods. In the early morning of the 17th, Wei Xuwen took action, and then
After evacuating the gangsters from Jiangning, who knew that they were captured by Fu Pingbo and his troops that night? If he had taken action today, maybe Fu Pingbo would have killed them directly under the pretext of chasing the gangsters.
On the side of the square, on the second floor of a teahouse, "Heavenly Killer" Wei Xuwen, who had a somewhat feminine appearance and narrow eyes like a snake, watched this scene quietly. When the seventeen prisoners who were convicted of serious crimes were pressed down and began to behead their heads.
, he slammed the tea cup in his hand to the ground.
In a corner of the square, Zuo Xiuquan, Yin Ping, Yue Yun and others watched the execution scene. After seventeen people were beheaded one after another, the remaining people would be tortured with sticks one by one. Perhaps at this moment, everyone
Only then did he finally recall that in many cases, the laws of the "King of Justice" were also very cruel, either killing people or beating them to disability with military sticks.
Just like the thousand-person fight at the Su family's old house, hundreds of people were arrested that time, one by one, and dozens of wooden sticks were broken. Most people were basically disabled after being beaten for one round.
.
"The 'King of Fairness' is very powerful. The 'Heavenly Killer' is not as good as the 'Dragon Sage'." Zuo Xiuquan said in a low voice, "It seems like we can have a private meeting with this side."
Zuo Xiuquan and others came here on behalf of the Southeast Imperial Court this time. Their purpose was of course to find a force among the five factions of the Fairness Party that they could mutually appreciate, cooperate with them, and finally open the door to the Fairness Party.
"Teacher Kecheng and the others have been here several times. This Mr. He has a deep prejudice against us..."
"One moment and another, since Mr. He has opened his doors widely, it doesn't matter if we talk about it again."
Among the crowd, people from all walks of life who saw this scene naturally had various thoughts. This time, it was the Fair King who added a few points to his side.
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For the small people in the city, the political disputes may be felt, but they are not profound.
When Fu Pingbo, the "Long Xian", led the prisoners into the city to build momentum, Xue Jin under the bridge was setting up the earthen pots he had finally found and boiling medicine for his weak family members.
At this moment, the little knight who left the medicine for him, now the more familiar "Five-foot Yin Demon" Long Aotian, was walking across the bridge while eating steamed buns. He glanced down.
, seeing that they were still fine, he took out a steamed bun and threw it to Xue Jin. When Xue Jin knelt down and kowtowed, the young man had already left the bridge.
He walked through the streets of the city and spotted a stall selling newspapers and some groceries.
This stall is not big. There are about five or six newspapers. The printing quality is quite poor. Ning Ji looked through it and found the newspaper that spread the rumors about him. Today's newspaper also contained various tidbits, which made people look special.
dislike; despise.
“Don’t keep watching if you don’t want to buy it.”
The stall owner spoke lazily.
"Buy, buy." Ning Ji nodded, "But boss, you have to answer me a question."
"what is the problem?"
"Who made this newsprint? Where do you buy it from?"
"...Can I tell you this?"
The stall owner looked at him suspiciously.
Ning Ji took out the money from his pocket.
In the training of the Chinese Army, of course, there are also topics such as intelligence gathering. Pure tracking will be very time-consuming, and some small things can often be solved with money. Ning Ji has "acted chivalrously" several times on the road, and he is rich.
Yes, it's just that in the past, when he dealt with people, he mostly relied on selling them for cuteness, and rarely enticing them for profit. Now, he hinted in front of the stall owner and raised the price twice, which was not going well.
"You kid...what are your plans...why are you asking this...I think you are suspicious..."
One criterion that needs to be paid attention to when luring someone for profit is not to reveal too much wealth, lest the other party wants to directly kill and rob him, so Ningji increased the price several times without increasing it too much. But he had a pure face, and after some inquiring, he found out that he did not increase the price too much.
What kind of deterrent could it bring to the other party? The way the stall owner looked at him was becoming less and less kind.
"……fine."
Ning Ji sighed, shook his head angrily and walked away.
At this time, the sun was rising, and there were already some pedestrians on the road, but it could not be called bustling. Ning Ji walked back dejectedly, thinking about going to another newsstand to inquire. After walking for a few steps, he stopped again and sighed.
Then he turned around and walked towards the stall owner. The stall owner sneered, stood up, and was kicked to the ground by Ning Ji.
The opponent wanted to get up and fight back, but Ning Ji grabbed him and beat him. He kicked him in a circle in the corner for a while. He didn't use much force, but he just made it impossible for the opponent to get up and endure serious injuries. After beating him for a while,
Pedestrians passed by and just watched, some were frightened and walked away.
"...Hero, hero, spare your life...I surrender, I said..."
Ning Ji stood there with a complex look on his face.
"Wouldn't it be better if you were like this? I'm not a bad person!"
He was a little sad and angry, because a bad society turns good people into bad people.
Then he asked for an address from the other party, gave him dozens of pennies to make soup and medicine, and left in a hurry.
Once the information is obtained and the information is not silenced, these matters must be moved to the next step as soon as possible, otherwise the other party will leak the information and the information obtained will be meaningless.
Ning Ji quickly crossed the city.
At the same time, in the direction he was going, there were two black and three limping figures. They were standing in front of a courtyard with messy facilities and the smell of ink, observing the dilapidated two-story building inside.
"Is it from here?"
"It smells like it."
"The territory of the 'King of Wheels'." Yuwen Feidu pointed to the flag planted on the side of the yard.
"Why does he want to have trouble with our Brother Tian?" Xiao Hei frowned.
"The incident happened in Tongshan, which is Li Yanfeng's territory. Li Yanfeng took refuge with Xu Zhaonan, and the young lady from Yanjiabao is going to marry into the Shi family. It's just a matter of time." Yuwen Feidu made some analysis.
Xiao Hei nodded, feeling that it made sense, and half of the case had been solved.
The black girl did not participate in the discussion. She had already rolled up her sleeves, walked forward, and opened the door: "Just ask and you will know."
"Don't be so impulsive."
"You girls must be gentle..."
"Those who write books, what are they afraid of... No, I'm very gentle..."
"..."
"..."
"...No, that's right, I just think we should be polite before fighting."
"That's right, let's pretend to be Shi Baofeng's people..."
Xiao Hei and Yuwen Feidu persuaded each other and walked in helplessly. Yuwen Feidu, who was walking at the end, looked outside.