Li Si'an didn't bother to investigate the tax robbery. He was indeed loyal to this secret agent of the Demon Suppression Division, but he had no intention of helping his colleagues in Bashu. What's more, Zhao Changhe was here. According to this guy and the leader's disgusting moral character,
, whether you want to check it out or not, just see if he is interested.
Judging from the sensitivity of Li Si'an's fellow thieves, maybe this guy is an accomplice of the robber...
He accompanied Zhao Changhe, who had returned to his royal guise, to continue southward, and whispered: "Actually, the tax money of the Southwest Xuanwei Division was lost once in the spring... Originally, the imperial court had let this batch of silver go directly along the river.
Downstream, those who supported Jiangnan in the suppression of Maitreya were lost before they even reached Shu... so much so that the tax money from Shu was originally supposed to be sent to Jiangnan, but it was temporarily held back..."
Zhao Changhe narrowed his eyes.
Is it all Li Shentong's doing?
Or is it that if I don’t grab it, others will grab it anyway, so why don’t I do it?
"At that time, the leader was about to have a decisive battle with Maitreya in Taihu Lake. He was unable to investigate the situation here. The imperial court sent other important officials to investigate the matter here. In the end, it was said that it was robbed by bandits and nothing happened..." Li Si
An Dao: "In short, the local Demon Suppressor had clues pointing to Li Shentong that time and reported it to the leader. Of course, Li Shentong's identity is not trivial. No one can really search the Shenhuang Sect, so the matter will really go unsolved."
Zhao Changhe nodded: "I see..."
"Oh, he said that the investigation did nothing, but he actually did something. He used the excuse to search for the names of the robbers. Anyone who dares to resist is a silver robber. The death of his family and life is a light thing." Li Si'an said: "
Situ Xiao once killed several officials because of these injustices on the road. Now the so-called traveling is more pleasant to say than going out to avoid the limelight."
Zhao Changhe felt extremely disobedient. Was Situ Xiao trying to make up for the trouble he had caused?
After thinking for a while, he asked again: "Is Li Shentong worried about Zhai Muzhi? Or is it that he is simply worried about the imperial court?"
"How do I know? Will Li Shentong tell me?"
"...Is there a governor of Yizhou here? I don't think I've heard of it."
"The imperial governor only has the power of supervision, and the feudal officials are actually prefects. But it depends on the situation... Well, do you think the prefect of Kuaiji has as much power as Tang Buqi? Not to mention Qinghe Langya."
"...Who is behind Zhai Mu? I haven't heard that there is a family of King Cui's level in Bashu."
"No, if there is, it might be Bashan Jianlu... Didn't I tell you before that many people in Bashu went to Jianlu to worship swords, and many people from the Zhai family went there.
ah."
Zhao Changhe nodded, then shook his head.
A master may not be able to support a big force, but a big force cannot be without masters. In many cases, masters can really influence the overall outcome. A big force without the support of top masters will easily weaken.
The master of Jianlu is uncertain. After Maitreya's death, he has been promoted to the sixth place in the earth rankings. There are only a dozen people in the world who are stronger than him, and he is fully qualified to be the backing of a force.
But Zhao Changhe still felt that Li Shentong was either worried about Xia Longyuan from afar. If he was worried about the matter at hand, he would not be worried about the level of the Earth Ranking, unless there was someone lurking in Bashu or the Miao border who was about to arrive who could restrain Li Shentong's violent temper.
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For example, no one knows who is ranked sixth on the list, Tingxue Louzhu Xue Xiao.
That's the real sixth person.
…………
Miaojiang is just a general term. In fact, the "Bailiao" Li Si'an and others call is more correct. There are all ethnic groups. Many ethnic groups are not the same thing as what Zhao Changhe knows in this world, and many of them have never heard of it.
Folk customs are not necessarily all about singing, dancing and hospitality. The barbaric beliefs of primitive tribes of various ethnic groups and the common occurrence of armed fighting among various ethnic groups are not uncommon. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are not fully civilized.
The territory is also not fully developed. It is not the same as the tourist province in Zhao Changhe's memory. There are poisonous miasma, mosquitoes, ferocious beasts, primitive jungles everywhere, and rugged roads and narrow areas. The various ethnic groups are not very friendly to the Xia people.
Tao is a very common thing.
The Xia people can only be called "Xuanwei" here, and there is no real governance. Each ethnic group is still autonomous. Among the ethnic groups, there is no Tianbang Meng who dominates the four directions. There are some Dibang people and Qianlongbang.
, dissatisfied with each other, and became a mess.
Ordinary caravans would not dare to trade here easily, and only merchants like Li Si'an, who were highly skilled warriors, dared to trade. It was very suitable for Yue Hongling to take refuge here. Even Xia Longyuan had a huge headache from such a place, and even after conquering it, it could not be cured.
, how can a mere Jianlu control this place? We can only rely on familiar forces to find it slowly...
After half a month of hard work, Zhao Changhe and his party finally arrived at the plains through various deep mountains and old forests. They were lucky and did not encounter any disasters along the way, but they encountered a lot of poisonous insects and beasts, and many people in the convoy were infected by mosquitoes.
He became a Buddha.
Fortunately, Zhao Changhe has gained a lot of experience in using the Rejuvenation Technique. With his current level of control over the Rejuvenation Technique, this thing is particularly effective. Accumulating experience in treating various poisonous insects is also very beneficial to the improvement of the Rejuvenation Technique.
Arriving at the place without any danger, I felt that everyone in the team had lost weight, and they were even more dirty and smelly. Wu Zui could no longer ride, which reminded Zhao Changhe uncontrollably of the state of a certain heroine.
All the romance in the world is a lie...
Zhao Changhe was sniffling, and a large lake appeared on the horizon in the distance.
Under the sun, the waves are sparkling, as clear as brocade, and as beautiful as a fairyland.
The lake is in the shape of a long strip, slightly narrow from east to west, boundless from north to south, with thousands of hectares of blue waves, just like the sea.
To the people here, this is the sea.
Erhai Lake.
Looking from a distance, there are herdsmen herding horses on the plain pastures on both sides of the strait. Suddenly, it is like a world away from the previous rugged area. It feels like this is a secret place, and there seems to be nothing wrong with it.
I don't know how many ethnic groups can be supported just around this sea. And this is just a small part of the southwest Bailiao. There are other vast areas with countless mountains, rivers and lakes. It can take several years to find someone here.
Li Si'an breathed a sigh of relief: "We're here. There are towns ahead, where all ethnic groups live and trade together. Have you remembered Huangshaji? Oh, the grassland before arriving at Huangshaji."
Zhao Changhe was immersed in the beautiful scenery and was very impressed: "I thought that when I came here, I would visit various cottages. Unexpectedly, the two worlds were so similar, as if the Creator had broken the same thing in half and placed it in the north and south."
Li Si'an waved his whip and laughed: "The sea is vast and the heaven and earth are endless. Maybe China is only a drop in the world, so what is the north and the south?"
Huh?
Zhao Changhe twitched the corner of his mouth, and I just copied the ancients' ideas, and the ancients also showed me the modern pattern. Of course, this is not modern cognition, but the imagination of thinking people in this world about the world, which is not easy anymore.
Who doesn’t know how to show off: “It’s up to me to define whether it’s south or north. Whoever has the right to define it is the master of the world.”
"Eh..." Li Si'an also glanced at him and finally said nothing.
Zhao Changhe ignored him and thought about taking a bath.
Seeing that Zhao Changhe was eager to jump into the sea, Li Si'an grabbed him and said, "It's inconvenient in the open air in the wilderness. If you encounter horse bandits, will you swing your hammer and fight them? Go to the town first, you can wash it off."
Zhao Changhe: "..."
Zhenyue Xizhou was actually trapped by Li Si'an. It was not very close and we had to wait until dusk to reach the coast.
Of course, since it is a town, it is naturally larger and more beautiful than Huangshaji.
Why is this vast land of yellow sand so surrounded by mountains and rivers, with birds chirping and flowers fragrant? Rather than looking like a yellow sand collection, it might as well be said to have the shadow of Suzhou and Hangzhou.
The town was extremely lively, and the various costumes of foreign races were dazzling. Unfortunately, Zhao Changhe couldn't tell which costume belonged to which tribe. They all looked the same at a glance... Some of the girls were wearing short clothes with their small waists exposed.
Walking on the street casually, passers-by turn a blind eye, it's very habitual.
But when people saw Zhao Changhe and others leading their horses inside, the peaceful atmosphere seemed a bit strange. Many people winked at each other, and they didn't know whether they were conveying vigilance or malice toward the Xia people. Zhao Changhe frowned slightly.
"Hey, Lao Xia didn't do any massacres or anything like that here, right?"
"No. But I once killed a Tianbang who was the king here, causing the newly integrated tribes to scatter into seventeen or eighty pieces." Li Si'an looked at him even more strangely: "Hey, haven't you learned a lot of historical anecdotes?
Is that so? It is said that the first one taught you personally, why were you in class?"
I kissed the teacher on the mouth.
Zhao Changhe burst into tears. He wanted to sleep every time he took the culture class and history class. It was my fault... Well, the teacher didn't teach well. This kind of thing can be told vividly like a story about an acquaintance. It would be fine.
What kind of history makes people just want to shut their mouths, that's it.
"Just because we killed the king they respected, the people here are not friendly to us?"
"Killing the Black Miao King is at best because the Black Miao people are unfriendly, and the other ethnic groups are able to govern themselves, and they are overjoyed." Li Si'an lowered his voice: "Besides, it is just an old grudge. I don't think... it can cause what is happening now.
What is unfriendly is, of course, only the issue of comfort now."
Zhao Changhe nodded slightly and asked, "Who is that Lei Ao?"
"He can be considered a hero... He was originally just an ordinary tribal leader in his tribe, and his practice has not been on the list of people in the world, which is not bad. He has about the eighth or ninth level of the entrance. In his early years, he did some things of three religions and nine streams in this kind of market town. Because
He was generous and loyal, and he was able to make friends with the leaders of various tribes. He gradually grew up in the city and became a local tyrant, known as Thunder Tiger."
Zhao Changhe was complaining about why all local tyrants named Lei were called Lei Laohu. The convoy happened to be outside a large tent. Someone opened the tent and came out with a loud voice: "Ha... I was thinking that Fourth Brother should be the same."
Here we are, sure enough. Uh...this is..."
Zhao Changhe took a look at the man. His face was full of cheeks, he was mighty and majestic, and he was as powerful as a galloping horse. He really looked like a "thunder tiger".
But with Batu in front of him, Zhao Changhe did not dare to look down upon these seemingly reckless heroes, who might be more stupid than anyone else.
He smiled reservedly, cupped his hands slightly, and responded calmly: "I, King Langya, are in the right path."