There was some wind blowing in the mountains, which made me feel a little cold.
Lin Yi took a deep breath.
He looked at the pavilions in the mountain and suddenly sympathized with the practitioners deep inside.
The Jiange has been closed for six years, and there were not many people left. Since the Jiange was not allowed to accept disciples, it has lost its vitality. Now, people are not allowed to leave at all, just to let them slowly wait to die inside.
He had heard many people commenting on Emperor Xiao Yan before. Xiao Yan was frugal, hard-working, and well-versed in his policies. Naturally, he was a rare good emperor. However, the biggest problem was nepotism, and for the enemies of the previous dynasty, even some of him
The old minister who thought he might be an enemy was too harsh.
In short, he is too good to the people he feels close to, but too bad to those who are wary of him.
Treating people too well can easily lead to arrogance and abuse of the law; treating people too badly can easily make people who would not otherwise be his enemies become his real enemies.
For Lin Yi, this means that many established things are harder to change.
Lin Yi didn't know what kind of person Qiu Xiao was, so although he felt cruel and dissatisfied, he didn't say anything at this time.
The emperor's destiny is God's. What's more, sometimes this emperor who seems wise in many places also appears to be extremely cold in many things.
"It would be much better to think about it from another perspective."
Lin Yi did not speak, but Qiu Xiao said softly: "If these people leave Jiange, they may not have a good death. It may not be a blessing to retire here, let alone where can I have so many friends in retirement? There may not be any among these people.
You only want to leave, but you stay for fear of harming other people's lives. Where can these true friends come from?"
"Since they are all caring about these good people from the same sect, they shouldn't have such an end, and they shouldn't be trapped here by such an imperial order. They should be given some room to choose." Lin Yi thought in his heart.
He was thinking about it, but he knew that it was not something that he and the Yulin supervisor could decide for the time being, so he pursed his lips tightly and did not say the words in his heart.
"Everyone can have their own opinions, but the emperor's order is the emperor's order, just like the military orders in the army. If the military orders are not like a mountain, and if everyone has his own idea, it is just a loose sand." After Qiu Xiao said this, he
Realizing that his rank was not as high as that of Lin Yi, he bowed apologetically and said softly: "Military information about those murderers was also passed to me before, but I don't know where General Lin got it.
Those murderers will come to Jiange, but General Lin, you don’t have to worry... because I don’t think those people can hurt the people in this Jiange."
"You mean, there are powerful practitioners in Jiange?" Lin Yi naturally didn't have much favorable impression of the Chinese army, especially those who came from the Liangzhou Army. Although this official didn't look bad, it was impossible for him to
With unconditional trust, he looked at Qiu Xiao and said: "Among those murderers, one of the ones who was executed before has reached the intermediate level of Chengtian Realm. The rest of them must not be too bad, or even beyond.
"
Qiu Xiao was still humble, but without even the slightest hesitation, he lowered his head and whispered softly: "Even if the divine mind comes, it is impossible to kill these people in the sword pavilion, and it should not even be possible to kill even one of them, because of these
People will not allow outsiders to kill any of them inside."
Lin Yi frowned deeply.
This is definitely not the Jiange that the outside world knows.
Even if it is different from the Jiange that Yu Zengxuan told him, it should be very different.
"Is that really true?"
He rarely showed such doubts about people who didn't look bad, but he really didn't believe it.
"I didn't believe it before I came here, but it's true."
Qiu Xiao looked at Lin Yi, smiled bitterly and said softly, "If General Lin is still worried, if he is sure that the murderers will really come, he just needs to wait and see here."
"I have military orders, so naturally I have to wait here."
Lin Yi thought for a while, fearing that even if someone did come, he would be worried when seeing the number of cars and horses here, and would not dare to show up, let alone enter the sword pavilion. So he turned around and said a few words to Yu Zengxuan.
Except for the worshiper from the Qi family and all the carriage drivers, everyone else got off the carriage.
Seeing the sudden increase of these people in front of him, Qiu Xiao felt a little embarrassed and said: "The thatched cottage is a bit small, I'm afraid they can only be crowded together, and there is no place to lie down and sleep."
"No matter how crowded it is, it won't be as crowded as three people squeezing into a carriage."
Qi Zhuji smiled coldly and glared at Lin Yi fiercely.
Lin Yi pretended not to see it.
The furnishings in the thatched cottage are extremely simple, but they are extremely clean and tidy. Even an old wooden board is propped up on the desk in front of the window, and the papers and pens are placed very neatly without any disorder.
The house was indeed a bit too small, and there were no extra tables or chairs. Qiu Xiao spread out a few old straw mats and almost filled all the open space in the house.
"Are you from the Liangzhou Army?"
Bai Yuelu chose an empty place and sat down, but she looked at Qiu Xiao with interest and asked softly.
"Yes." Qiu Xiao nodded simply and directly.
He was not too surprised when he saw these practitioners before. In his opinion, since it was the kind of thugs he had to deal with, the Ministry of War must of course mobilize as many powerful practitioners as possible from nearby states and counties to come together.
Lin Yi was the son of the former general Lin Wangbei. His previous promotion to the rank of Right Cavalry General of the Tiece Army was a sensation, so he naturally knew about Lin Yi, but he initially thought that most of the practitioners were elsewhere.
However, looking at the conversations and expressions between these people and Lin Yi, he gradually realized that these people were just members of Tie Ce's army who had followed Lin Yi, and the shock in his eyes became more and more intense.
It is inconceivable that a newly promoted general can only command a few thousand people, and he is not an elite frontier army, but he has so many practitioners following him.
"How did you know that there are powerful practitioners among these people? Have you ever seen them take action?" Bai Yuelu looked at him and asked with a smile.
Qiu Xiao suddenly fell silent.
"It's not convenient to say?" Bai Yuelu looked at him seriously.
Qiu Xiao took a deep breath. Everyone saw that his emotions seemed to fluctuate violently. Everyone was surprised as to why a question like Bai Yuelu caused such fluctuations in his emotions.
"Not here, but I have seen some of them take action before." Qiu Xiao looked at her clear eyes and said slightly bitterly: "We, the Liangzhou Army, fought with some of them on the battlefield before.
"
"It's just that these people are not what they used to be. Not only are they seriously injured and difficult to recover, but their mental state is no longer what it used to be." Bai Yuelu shook her head, "You can't judge based on their previous combat strength."
Everyone felt that what Bai Yuelu said was simple and correct.
However, Qiu Xiao shook his head.
He smiled bitterly and said: "At that time... they were seriously injured, but their attacks were still beyond the reach of practitioners in the Chengtian realm, and their state of mind..."
Just when he said these words, Shen Kun suddenly raised his eyebrows and said, "What is the sound?"
Almost at the same time, everyone heard many strange sounds in the sword pavilion.
Some are like crisp wind chimes.
Some of them are like sharp objects grinding against each other.
Some of them sounded like the flapping of flies' wings.
"It's the sound of swords."
Lin Yi recognized the location of those voices, and his voice became colder unconsciously.