The airbender's house is not too large, but it took Hong Chen and Lei Feifeng three days to copy the pictures and texts hanging on the walls of each house one by one. Hong Chen did not just copy, he often wrote.
After careful consideration of the secrets, if there is anything that I don't understand thoroughly enough, I will discuss it with Lei Feifeng, and the two of them will learn "Kunlun Secrets" together.
Although Hong Chen has never systematically studied internal energy, and he knows how to use internal energy but does not know why, but after all, he has a foundation of cultivation, and he is naturally knowledgeable about basic internal energy cultivation, and he can comprehend it very quickly.
When the exercise diagrams and annotations on the wall were compiled into three volumes, the basic mental methods and movement routes of "Kunlun Jue" have been initially mastered in the mind. They just need to practice more diligently to improve their ability to master and use them.
However, Lei Feifeng still didn't feel energetic until he came down the mountain. He was unhappy. He usually liked to find a topic and chatter endlessly. This time, he didn't talk much for several days. Hong Chen comforted him several times, but it had no effect, so he let him go.
Already.
Returning to the village at the foot of the mountain, Hong Chen took Xue Lifei from the village and took Lei Feifeng to the central part of Dizhou. The cure had been found, and the top priority was to find Bai Lone Wolf. After traveling for a few days, they arrived.
While resting in a small town, Hong Chenfang learned from the locals that at the beginning of this year, when he was still on the Kunlun Mountains, a major event happened in Xiliang.
It's not appropriate to talk about one major event. It was a series of events that combined to plunge Xiliang into rare turmoil.
First, at the end of the year, the highest official sent by Xiliang to supervise the government in Huzhou, the current governor Hu Shi, was assassinated. Huzhou suddenly fell into turmoil. Some people took the opportunity to raise the banner of getting rid of Xiliang's slavery, gathered the mountain people, and rebelled.
, intending to capture the Duhu Mansion set up in Xiliang.
Xiliang itself has weak control over Huzhou, and Huzhou is located on a plateau with mountainous terrain, making it difficult for cavalry to invade. The Xiliang court had to discuss countermeasures other than sending troops to suppress it. Judging from the rumors released from various places, the court's current plan
It is to send people to negotiate peace, and first provide enough benefits to stabilize the people in Huzhou.
However, the matter in Huzhou in the south has not yet been settled, and there is another turmoil in Qiangzhou in the east. Some tribes said that the wind and snow this year were too heavy, and too many cattle, horses and sheep were frozen to death, and they refused to pay the annual tax. The Xiliang court ordered that half of the annual tax be temporarily paid, and the remaining
The share will be paid up in the coming year. But those tribes are unwilling to pay even half of the annual tax. While the Great Qiang King stands aside and watches, the Xiliang court can only send tax collectors and guards to collect the tax in person.
The tax collector had just arrived at the first tribe and was warmly received by the local herdsmen. It was night and the tax collector was very drunk. The next day, a beautiful girl cried to the tribal Khan and said that when she passed by the tax collector's yurt last night, he was raped by him.
He was dragged in and defiled. Khan immediately went to the tax collector to question him.
Naturally denying it, the Khan went to the girl to confront the tax collector. The girl insisted that the tax collector had acted like a beast. The tax official said: "I was definitely not the one who defiled you last night. But I, my lord, are upright and honest, and I pity you."
You are young and innocent, and I don’t think you have lost your virginity. How about I take you in as a concubine?”
The tax collector originally wanted to settle the matter, but the grassland people took this as an insult. Several strong herdsmen rose up in anger and knocked down the guards who were blocking the tax collector. A young warrior stepped forward with a knife and chopped down the tax collector.
Instead of punishing the young warriors, the Khan hung the tax collector's head high outside the tribe's gate, saying that the tribe could perish but could not be humiliated. From now on, they would only live for themselves and would no longer be under the jurisdiction of Xiliang.
At the same time, there were many followers from the grassland tribes, including the Tianlang tribe and other large tribes. Hundreds of tribes on the grassland blew the horn of freedom, indicating that they were ready to welcome the Xiliang cavalry. King Da Qiang said to
These tribes did not impose any control orders, and only allowed the tribes that had not yet rebelled to herd sheep and herd horses, and not to act rashly.
The Xiliang court's plan for Qiangzhou was different from that of Huzhou. Seeing so many tribes rebelling on the grassland, they immediately launched an attack. One hundred thousand cavalry rode through the snow-covered hills and unmelted glaciers all the way to the grassland to fight with the rebellious tribes.
Fight.
The war in Qiangzhou started to break out, and chaos broke out in Dizhou again. The bandits who had once dominated the mountains became even more rampant. They took advantage of the imperial court to gather most of its troops and marched to Qiangzhou one after another, plundering property everywhere.
The small town where Hong Chen had just arrived had been ransacked by a group of bandits the day before. The dried meat, cheese and preserved fruits that many families relied on for the winter had been robbed. The hotel where Hong Chen was staying had also been robbed of a carriage.
, including almost all the ingredients in the hotel. Therefore, after Hong Chen stayed, even if he had money, he would not be able to buy fresh food.
In the backyard of the hotel, Hong Chen, who had just finished chopping firewood, was feeding Xue Lifei grass. Next to him, Lei Feifeng was sitting on the edge of the well, biting a piece of old and hard black dried meat, and veins appeared on his forehead.
Then he bit off a piece as big as his finger, chewed it in his mouth, spit it out, and cursed: "Damn it, this meat tastes so sour!"
"You just have to make do with it." Hong Chen said, "Don't complain. In this city, everyone can barely keep their own food rations. No one has any extra food to sell. Besides, we don't have a few dollars."
silver."
"Male is so stupid, I can't eat it anyway!"
Lei Feifeng had never been able to learn internal skills, and his mood was extremely bad. In a fit of anger, he threw the dried meat back.
"Ouch!"
A cry of pain rang out, and both Hong Chen and Lei Feifeng looked over, only to see the innkeeper closing his eyes, with a twisted look on his face, covering his forehead with one hand, grinning and gasping for breath, and black dried meat as hard as a stone fell at his feet.
Hong Chen hurriedly stepped forward to apologize, but the hotel owner put down his hand. Seeing that his hand was covered with blood, he immediately drove Hong Chen away: "Get out of here quickly! Let's go, let's go! I see you two are pitiful, so I let you chop firewood to pay for the room and rent."
Why are you still throwing stones at me for meal expenses? I won’t do your business anymore! Let’s go, let’s go!”
So Hong Chen and Lei Feifeng were kicked out by the hotel owner. As soon as the two people and one horse left the yard, the door was closed tightly with a "click". Lei Feifeng turned around and cursed loudly: "The horse is reining in, that's not
The stone is the dried meat you gave us!" There was no response from the yard.
Hong Chen couldn't open his mouth to plead with the hotel owner to let him go back. He rubbed his empty stomach and sighed.
Lei Feifeng cursed a few more words into the yard, then turned to Hong Chen and said, "Teacher, please take me to eat delicious food!"
"Where can I find something delicious to eat?" Hong Chen looked into the distance, "Xueli Fei hasn't rested yet, so he can't ride fast. The nearest market from here has to be walked for a long time."
"Teacher, let's go eat at the bandits who robbed this city!" Lei Feifeng said, "The whole city's delicious food has been robbed by them. With Teacher's martial arts, we only need to know where the bandits are.
We can go to their place for a feast! No, it’s not a meal. The teacher drew his knife and struck it in the air a few times, keeping them so scared that they knelt down and begged for mercy, and gave us several carts of delicious food."