When the shopkeepers at the Hongheng Ticket Office in Heqing County were stunned and speechless after hearing what Hua An said, in the queue of large vehicles on a remote road out of Heqing County, someone opened the curtain of the large vehicle and looked back in the direction of Heqing County.
"Zhao'er, you are weak and the car curtain has been open for a long time. I am afraid that you will catch the wind and cold, which will hurt your body and my heart." A man in the carriage of the big car said with a gentle voice, "Hurry up your hands and feet."
In a short while, the embroidered felt of the curtain was put down, but it was not out of the volition of the person who opened the curtain. With a slender hand with a blood jade ring on his thumb and five fingers, he roughly lowered the curtain and then slapped it with his hand.
A heavy blow hit Yu Wenzhao on one cheek, and a red palm mark suddenly swelled up on the jade-like beauty's face, and then she slumped down in the carriage of the cart.
The men who drove this cart were also the men from the previous three-story martial arts. Such loud noises in the carriage could not be hidden from their ears. However, these men just a few feet away pretended to be deaf, as if they were letting the horses' hooves rattle the wheels.
The rolling sound just covered it up.
The two people in the carriage were silent for a long time, but it was the young man who spoke first, "Zhao'er, have I ever hurt you?"
Seeing that Yu Wenzhao did not speak, but just covered his swollen face with one hand and remained silent, the young man showed a look of regret and leaned forward, "Move your hand and take a look."
When the hand covering his cheek moved away, there was a shocking blush. This was a palm without any force. This young man did not have the physique of a martial artist, but the bloody jade ring on his thumb
The finger pull undoubtedly increased the force of this palm. If the last palm had not been slightly deflected, Yu Wenzhao would have lost several teeth.
Who was Yu Wenzhao? The most cherished little daughter of Yu Cheng, the owner of the Yanyu Tower, a leading Jianghu sect in Jiangzhou. She grew up among the stacked brocades on the island in the middle of the lake, and her diet was almost the same as that of a disciple of the Yanyu Tower.
There were so many men, the elders loved her as a daughter, and she was the favorite of the younger ones. From childhood to adulthood, had she ever suffered the slightest injustice before leaving Qihu? Not to mention the fists and kicks.
But Yanyulou is gone, and her father is dead. Most of the Yanyulou disciples who always smiled when they saw her were buried in nearby mass graves after being fished out of Qihu Lake. So far, no one dares to drink from Qihu Lake.
The water she fetched...she no longer had anyone she could rely on.
The young man gently brushed the red and swollen cheek with his finger and whispered in Yu Wenzhao's ear, "Zhao'er, if you move faster, I won't hit you with my palm. From now on, you must always listen to your words."
Come on, don't let me say it again, otherwise this marriage is something that my father is opposed to..."
Noticing Yu Wenzhao's extremely satisfied reaction, the young man smiled and caressed her other cheek, a look of disdain flashed through his eyes. She was the youngest daughter of the owner of Yanyu Tower, the first-class Jianghu sect in Jiangzhou, and now that the sect has fallen.
You don't have to be at his mercy. If it weren't for keeping the little girl crawling in the big car, there would be some use for it. Otherwise, depending on her father's attitude towards this marriage, the little girl from Yanyulou who doesn't have much support behind her would be nothing.
She can just be his concubine.
The Sixteen Prefectures of Dayao are roughly divided into north and south by a great river that runs from east to west. Although the number of rivers and lakes forces in the north of the Yangtze River is not as high as that in the south of the Yangtze River, the overall combat power of martial arts is much higher. As for the south of the Yangtze River, although there are many sects, among the common people, they are the most skilled in martial arts.
people compared to the north
On the contrary, Fangzhou County was almost the same, and it is difficult to reverse this pattern even today. The warriors in Dayao's Jiangnan could only console themselves with the words "the people in the north are fierce and fierce, and it borders the barbarian territory, so it is not surprising that the qualifications are better."
Under the leadership of the mountain lord Gao Xu, Songfeng Mountain destroyed Yanyu Tower in one fell swoop and became the leader in the Jiangzhou Jianghu. Not to mention the Jiangzhou Jianghu which has been a stagnant water for hundreds of years, it is also the leader in the Jianghu south of Dayao.
The first major change in a century, after a long period of tug-of-war, Songfengshan finally had the last laugh and stood out in the world of Jiangzhou.
This is a huge benefit. Almost all Jianghu sects in the south of the Yangtze River have witnessed the rapid growth of Songfeng Mountain in just three years after the destruction of Yanyu Tower. Jiangzhou, the richest among the sixteen states of Dayao, is now the only one in Jianghu.
The master of Songfeng Mountain, Gao Xu, unexpectedly had a very good impression in the eyes of the current emperor. This means that the position of leader in Jiangzhou's arena will always be as secure as the mountain when the current emperor is in power...
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However, even Songfeng Mountain, which included the entire Jiangzhou Jianghu, did not continue to expand its territory to the neighboring state armies according to the original intention of the mountain owner Gao Xu.
The only and biggest reason why it was difficult to go according to his wishes in this matter was that Songfeng Mountain had not yet reached the top of Jiangnan Jianghu, and there was a big mountain blocking them in front of them, forcing Gao Xu to slow down with artificial will.
This is the planned growth process of Songfeng Mountain.
This behemoth has been standing in the rivers and lakes south of the Yangtze River for more than three decades. Compared to sects such as Songfengshan with a long history, it is also a first-class time-honored sect. Its influence spreads across five of the seven states in the south of the Yangtze River.
There is no room for intervention between Jiangzhou and Qingzhou. The former is because when Jiangzhou was still the two sects in the past, they managed their respective territories like iron buckets. After Songfeng Mountain unified Jiangzhou, it intensified. As for the later
As for Qingzhou, it is purely because it is located in a barbaric, smoggy, rainy, barren mountain and bad water. It is quite difficult to use poison to cause the poisonous natives to emerge in an endless stream. In addition, Qingzhou is remote and sparsely populated, so it is not regarded as a must-win place.
If Songfeng Mountain wants to compete with Tianshui Pavilion, which has been entrenched in Wuzhou for more than three decades, it will take at least twenty years of accumulation to steadily develop Jiangzhou's own power, and it will have to compete with Yanyu Tower for nearly three years to compete with Songfeng Mountain.
The vitality damaged by that fight has only been restored to this day. After swallowing the Yanyu Tower industry, Songfengshan, or Gao Xu, still needs to transform it into himself.
As the master of Songfeng Mountain, Gao Xu is very eager to digest the Yanyulou industry as quickly as possible. The fight on Songfeng Mountain has damaged his physical foundation. While he cannot make any progress in the future of martial arts, he cannot be forcibly suspended without drugs.
If you live in an internal qi machine, your realm will be in danger of declining.
As the third son of the Tianshui Pavilion Pavilion Master, the young man learned this information without expending much energy. Even the fight on Songfeng Mountain that involved Songfeng Mountain, Yanyu Tower, Fenglutai and the Zhang family in Qishan County was in his mansion.
There are also more than ten eloquent articles that vividly describe each person's methods and the fighting scene at that time, even one move after another. It would be extremely difficult for someone who hadn't been to Songfeng Mountain and witnessed the entire fight to write such a detailed description.
Secret reports on Gao Xu's living and eating habits are sent to Tianshui Pavilion every ten days. Together with the overt and covert orders sent to various parts of Jiangzhou, most of them have rubbings in Tianshui Pavilion.
There are so many chess pieces in his sect, and it is a trick that has been used so often that many neighboring martial arts sects are not eager to remove them even if they know the hidden pieces in the sect. If there is any big move, they will deliberately let out some rumors.
If we can get along with neighboring sects, we can avoid many misunderstandings.
However, if Gao Xu, the master of Songfeng Mountain, could write down a secret report on his daily life, eating habits, and arrangements of light and shade, he would know that Tianshui Pavilion must have sat in a shockingly high position in Songfeng Mountain. There may be more than one person, but these are not like him.
Looking at the information that the Third Young Master, the master of Tianshui Pavilion, can know, only his father is qualified in the entire Tianshui Pavilion.
Songfeng Mountain, Gao Xu, the young man silently recited these five words in his heart. Thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi. Gao Xu, who was just a disciple of Songfeng Mountain at that time, now sits on the high position of the co-leader of Jiangzhou and Jianghu, and has been dormant for twenty years.
One hit hits the target, and one can't help but admire Gao Xu's forbearance and ambition.
The reason why Tianshui Pavilion has been able to endure the chaos of Jiangnan Jiangnan and has never tried to unify Jiangnan Jiangnan is because of the letters that come from time to time from the sticky pole in the capital. Otherwise, Tianshui Pavilion can dominate the five states in Jiangnan.
Most of the power in the Jianghu territory is due to the numerous sects in the south of the Yangtze River. Among those sects that lack top martial artists, which one is the enemy of Tianshui Pavilion Yihe?
He knew very well that the reason why the rivers and lakes sects in the seven states in the south of the Yangtze River had not yet been unified was not only due to sticking points and the fact that the imperial court was not the one to beat them, but also because those scattered second- and third-rate small sects were not qualified to be regarded as rivals by Tianshui Pavilion. The only person in Qingzhou was his father.
It doesn't mean that you can't win that Jianghu if you make up your mind and the price is higher. As for Jiangzhou, it was originally the time when the two major Jianghu sects in Yanyulou and Songfengshan faced off. When Tianshui Pavilion was 80% sure, when the two sides were entangled, they were 90% sure, but today
The situation in Jiangzhou is gradually stabilizing, not to mention Songfeng Mountain and Gelutai, who have unknown allies and the emperor's golden words that are almost life-saving talismans. If Tianshui Pavilion wants to rush into this situation again at this time,
, it is inevitable that you will hit your head and bleed.
From the perspective of ninety-nine times in the world, the third son of the master of the Tianshui Pavilion, who has been struggling in the muddy ponds of the rivers and lakes, it can be said that he has made a great child by doing good deeds and accumulating virtue in his previous life. He does not have the physique of a martial artist but can serve.
Many Tianshui Pavilion warriors were used by him. Wouldn't it be nice to be a well-clothed and well-fed dandy who bullies men and dominates women across the country?
Yu Wenzhao curled up in a corner of the big car and hugged his knees, looking sadly at the young man who would marry her soon, but with a faint hope, although he knew in his heart that he was just being held in the hands of others.
She is a small bargaining chip, but she cannot act arbitrarily as she did in the past when things don't go her way. When she was young, she was no longer carrying the burden of the rise and fall of Yanyu Tower on her shoulders, and she could no longer be controlled by her own will.
. Her slender fingers gently scratched the half of her red cheek. Her eyes were blurry. She remembered that when she was a child, she was running wildly on the island in the center of Qihu Lake and fell. She sat on the ground and cried loudly. Her father came over and stretched out his arms like this.
Those calloused fingers scratched her face, and she stopped crying.