Chapter 93: The National War Begins (Part 1) Seeking the Moon
Three days before the Jiangnan Martial Arts Provincial Examination, everything was finally finalized, and Song Zheng, who had been busy for several days, could finally take a breather.
"Sir," Du Baihu came in with a confidential document and reported: "The commander sent a message to the Tianxia Guard Station, ordering everyone to closely monitor the movements of the people and pay attention to the Huaxu spy!"
This is what it should be. Song Zheng nodded: "Let the brothers work hard and tell everyone that the reward will not be less."
Du Baihu said: "Don't worry, sir. This is an extraordinary period. Everyone is working hard to drive out the enemy bandits in Huaxu. No one will take it lightly."
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If there are more people, there will be more things to do. If there are more martial arts practitioners, there will be more battles.
The day before yesterday at noon, three young monks from the Four Mountains Sect in Kunzhou were competing for seats at the Qi Que Tower for dinner. They had a fight with several disciples from the Yushan Sect and almost demolished the Qi Que Tower.
In the afternoon, a group of casual cultivators from the Jiuzhen Society beat a disciple of the Yanzhou Jingdao Sect until he vomited blood at the intersection of Dafeng Street. The monks in Yanzhou are famous for their unity. In the evening, this group of casual cultivators were beaten by more than thirty people.
The Yanzhou monks blocked Hongzhuang Pavilion, and a melee broke out...
Yesterday, three casual cultivators from Jiuzhen Society had a conflict with a group of casual cultivators from Fuzhou, and almost killed someone.
In the afternoon, three battles broke out...
Li Sanyan has been in charge of the public security in Huzhou City recently, and he is very tired. In Li Baihu's opinion, it is not easy for you to come to the colorful world of Huzhou City, go to Yanhong Tower, Hongzhuang Pavilion, Quanma Goulan and other places to have a drink.
Experience the beauty of life between the sexes, what a wonderful experience! No matter how hard you fight! Anyway, you can't defeat Long Yiwei, and I will catch you all in the end.
However, these martial arts cultivators just couldn't understand Li Baihu's painstaking efforts, and they still flew their swords at each other every day.
As the martial arts examination is approaching, the martial arts cultivators are getting more and more anxious, and this kind of thing is happening more and more. Today at noon, three groups of people fought over a restaurant to hold a "Sword Fair". This time, more than a hundred people took the exam.
After entering, Li Sanyan was so angry that he almost used the Great Flame Dragon to roar.
Just after noon, a small green cloth sedan was carried lightly by two bearers into an alley on Qixing Street and entered a large house through the back door.
The locals in Huzhou City all know that this is the headquarter of the Gouchen family.
Gou Chen Qianying, the contemporary head of the Gou Chen family, saw the person in the sedan in a secret room.
"It's been a hard journey, sir."
"I don't work hard. The Gou Chen family endured humiliation and heavy burdens, sleeping with a tiger, just for my great plans. This is hard work. The owner of the family can rest assured that His Majesty and the prime minister will remember the Gou Chen family's achievements in their hearts. When Hongwu is destroyed, the Gou Chen family will be Jiangnan."
The first aristocratic family in the five states!"
Gou Chen Qianying looked excited. All these years of hard work were finally going to pay off: "What are your instructions, Mr. Prime Minister?"
"Chaos! The more chaos there is in Hongwu, the better. For you, the Gouchen clan, it means that the whole Jiangnan is in chaos. If you can take the opportunity to raise a rebel army and join forces with the king of our dynasty in the north, that would be the best."
Gou Chen Qianying thought for a while and said: "These things are not difficult, and I have made some preparations in the next few years. Let's muddy the water first, and when Song Zheng is exhausted and overwhelmed, we will rise up again.
I, the Gouchen clan, have thousands of private soldiers in the clan, all of whom are elite soldiers.
There are also three thousand people hidden in various places in Huzhou in the form of escort agencies, Taoist schools, and martial arts associations. They will gather under the command of the Gouchen family at the first command. These people often train together, and they are not inferior to the elite of the Forbidden Army."
The teacher laughed loudly and praised: "The five states in the south of the Yangtze River are the granary and money storehouse of the Hongwu puppet dynasty. If this place is in chaos and the foundation of Hongwu is shaken, it will definitely be unable to withstand our army. If the battle to destroy the country is successful, the master of the family will have done a great job!"
Gou Chen Qianying had another plan: "Sir, you may not know that the Yin and Yang Water Eyes in Taiji Lake are the Dragon Vein Eyes of the Hongwu Celestial Dynasty. If my Gou Chen family succeeds in their rebellion, the first battle will be to destroy the Yin and Yang Water Eyes and cut off the Hongwu Empire."
of dragon veins.
If the fate of the country is ruined, our army will surely destroy everything."
"This is a great plan!"
Gou Chen Qianying said with a smile: "Then we'll make arrangements when we go down. First let Huzhou be in chaos, then Jiangnan, and then rise up."
The husband praised: "The master of the family has everything in his mind, how can he not win? Hahaha."
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Thousands of martial arts cultivators poured into Huzhou City. It seemed that there were people everywhere and there was no place of peace.
But outside the west city gate, among the desolate hills overgrown with weeds, there is a dilapidated earth temple. In the early years, there were several evil spirits occupying this place. After frightening passers-by several times, no locals came here.
Later, I don't know which monk was passing by and killed these innocent souls. The place became even more deserted and there were no ghosts left.
The martial arts cultivators from other places don’t even know about this place.
At this time, there were four men in black, each with his face covered, sitting in the ruined temple. They occupied a corner alone, and they were not intrusive. Judging from their body shape, they were three men and one woman.
On the incense table that was about to collapse in the temple, there was a strange candle burning. The flame of the candle was faintly blue. The body of the candle was as thick as a child's arm, but the flame of the candle was as thin as a hair, and it was three feet long.
A gentle breeze blew, blowing the candle on the table, and the flames swayed like blue sword threads wandering around.
The atmosphere in the ruined temple is very strange. The four people seem to know each other and yet they don't know each other, they are hostile to each other and yet they seem to be cooperating with each other.
Suddenly a figure appeared at the temple door. He was wearing a bamboo hat and carrying a wooden staff. There was a dark red wine gourd hanging on the head of the staff, and a small black bell hanging on the gourd.
He tapped the wooden stick lightly, the tinkling bell rang, and the candle flame was immediately extinguished.
The four people in the temple stood up in awe, stood in front of the incense table, bowed and said: "Students have met Saint Master Dayan."
The Dayan Saint Master's entire face was covered by a bamboo hat, with only the lower half of his chin exposed. It was very smooth without a beard, and actually glowed with a dark golden light, like a sharp blade.
His soul is also hazy, and ordinary practitioners cannot see it clearly.
"Jiangnan is a land of money and food, and my lord is determined to win it!" Saint Master Dayan spoke, his voice sonorous and unquestionable.
The four of them nodded together: "Students understand this and will do their best to help our Lord win the land south of the Yangtze River."
Saint Master Dayan said: "This matter is not trivial. I personally came here to take charge. How are you prepared?"
"We have made preparations according to the Holy Master's previous instructions. This martial arts examination is just right for us to start."
"Good!" Saint Master Dayan praised and said proudly: "The emperor is fatuous, and the power of Hongwu has been exhausted. Seeing the world in chaos, our lord will take advantage of the situation and establish a country in the future. You will all be ministers of the dragon, and your descendants will enjoy it forever.
Rich!"
His words are simple and his voice is as clear as a knife, but it has a special kind of inciting power that makes people feel that it is the right thing to do.
"Let's all go and act according to the plan. If anything happens, please report it to me at any time."
"yes!"
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Zhao Xiao was very depressed.
She now looks like a thin man in his forties, with a sallow complexion and a somewhat sinister look. But he is wearing a pair of chains on his hands and is locked in Hades.
She glared unkindly at the seven or eight casual cultivators who were arrested together with her.
She was eating wine...well, drinking flower wine. Purely out of curiosity, she disguised herself and entered the dog and horse pen to see if it was really so interesting.
A skinny boy of twelve or thirteen years old was playing the pipa on the stage and singing a cappella tune miserably, while two groups of monks around him got jealous and started to fight.
As soon as the action was taken, a large group of Long Yi guards rushed in and captured them all. Zhao Xiao was the one who was implicated, and she happened to be between the two groups of people.
If she takes action, she can of course escape easily, but in that case she will be exposed. If there are strong Longyi Guards stationed outside, she may see the scholar in advance.
But she doesn't want to see the scholar now.
So she stretched out her hands and was very cooperative and was caught.
Li Sanyan was scolded by Song Zheng last night because of poor public security. He was very angry at these martial arts cultivators who were disobedient to discipline. Today, he issued a strict order. Of course, his captains know how powerful they are. Today is particularly special.
Work hard, if there is chaos on any side, kill them quickly.
So Zhao Xiao was also unlucky.
"What are you looking at? I'll dig out your eyeballs!" Zhao Xiao was getting annoyed when this group of monks were arrested and still didn't stop. When he shouted, he immediately stood up and walked over.
"Oh, you are still not convinced, you are very timid." The group of monks stood up together, seven of them in total.
Everyone has shackles on their bodies and cannot display their cultivation. They can only fight with their bodies that are far stronger than ordinary people. Seven against one, they have an absolute advantage.
After a cup of tea, two of the seven people had their legs broken, three had their arms twisted, and two had their heads opened.
The seven people were thrown into the corner and piled on top of each other, moaning and screaming.
Zhao Xiao turned around and looked at the other side of the fight. There were eight people on the other side, but after witnessing Zhao Xiao's fierce performance, he immediately waved his hand: "You can watch whatever you want..."
Zhao Xiao found trouble: "I don't want to see it, are you itching for me to see it?"
After another tea time, eight people were piled up in another corner, screaming again and again.
After cleaning up the two groups of idiots who had caused trouble for her, Zhao Xiao finally vented her anger, but what to do next? This is Hell, with chains on her hands to suppress cultivation, it is not easy to get out. She was thinking
Worried about it, a yawning voice came from the side: "You are good at your skills. This hundred households are optimistic about you. How about you, don't you dare to come to Longyi Guard to hang out?"
Li Sanyan appeared outside the cell with his hands behind his back and a smile that he thought was profound but looked vulgar to others.
Zhao Xiao was stunned: Join Long Yiwei?
Don't underestimate Long Yiwei. They are usually jerks, but they are still very good at handling cases. Li Sanyan has already found out that the casual cultivator named "Shi Song" in front of him did not participate in the fight, and Long
When Yiwei appeared, he extended his hand very cooperatively.
In Li Sanyan's opinion, this is a good young man who "obeys the law".
And now, it has been proven that he is very bloody and very capable.
During this period, Bao Taowei's manpower was seriously short, and almost everyone was sent out on duty. Except for Song Zheng, there was also a school lieutenant assigned to serve in the Yamen, while the other hundreds of households did not even have anyone around them.