The small river beach next to the Lishui River should have been the base of the Paibo Gang.

This is an ordinary river beach island, with only a dozen bamboo houses, thatched huts and earth walls, and you can fish by pushing the window. There are reeds on all sides, and only the unpopular boatmen and rich people who like "repair and practice" can do it.

Living in this kind of place.

Looking at the surrounding shallows, although they are blocked, they often leak and water will flow into the house.

Paibo helps the water. The brothers are usually very concerned about where they live. They will repair the water blocking mouth when they have nothing to do. How could the river beach break like this?

Something happened?

Li Qi looked at the river beach carefully and found that there were people living there, but...

They are not from the Paibo Gang, but they are unfamiliar women and children. The children are playing, while the women are pounding their clothes.

Is it because my brothers have found a new wife recently? After all, they are all boatmen. Except for a few, they are all bachelors. They gave them martial arts skills themselves, which is better for them. At least everyone can marry a wife.

As he said this, Li Qi asked Lao Ma to stay where he was and walked into the river beach by himself.

As soon as they walked in, they saw the women who were beating the laundry by the river suddenly become alert. They immediately stood up, called the child to their side, and then looked at Li Qi.

However, the moment they saw Li Qi, they immediately lowered their heads.

Clean clothes and a tall horse behind him. He dressed up like this, and his identity was definitely much higher than theirs.

Look at themselves, they are all big and thick, dark skin, big buttocks and round waists, and they are good at working, but it is really hard to say that they look good.

However, Li Qi didn't care about this, but instead took the initiative to walk forward: "Several sisters-in-law, is this the Paibo Gang's place?"

The women trembled and immediately knelt down. They started crying: "Negotiable, nobleman! We didn't steal the land without authorization, they left it themselves!"

This reaction made Li Qizhu sweat.

But thinking about it, it's normal.

It seems that the scheming waves have helped me, but others have taken over this place.

"Several sisters-in-law don't have to be afraid. I'm just here to find old friends. There was a boatman gang called Paibo Gang. Do you know where they went?"

Hearing this, the stout women put away their crying and looked at each other, and then one of them said, "What the nobles said about Paibomen? Now they have moved out."

Then another woman immediately added: "I, I heard that there were a few capable people among them who could compete with the headmasters on this street, so they no longer work as a boatman, and now they go outside the city,

After building a scheduling gate, we are now a well-known person, so we can no longer live here."

"We came here only after no one was there. We have never taken possession!" The woman repeatedly reiterated, looking really scared.

Li Qi also understood that in such a place, a stronghold is very important.

If such a thing as a resident is occupied, it will be a matter of endless death.

So he nodded: "Don't worry, sisters-in-law. I'm either here to ask for advice or ask for directions. You said Paibo Gang... Paibo Gate went outside the city. Where is it outside the city now?"

"When you say that the noble man, we heard that the Paibo Gate is at the south gate, and you keep walking straight for about twenty miles. They are also making some living there, but we don't know." A woman said on her knees.

"Okay, then thank you sisters-in-law." Li Qi did not force them to stand up. After all, even if he stood up, he was still kneeling in his heart.

This place is not like Chang'an. People with no cultivation have their backs straight when they stand up. No matter how well the people in front of them are, they are confident because they all know that there is a law.

After thanking him, Li Qi took out a few strings of copper coins, about dozens, put them on the ground, and then left.

The money is not much, but it is enough for them.

If you give too much, something will easily happen, and it will be bad for them.

Li Qi no longer cared about the happy woman behind him, and he found Lao Ma: "They are outside the city, so we should fly for a while, otherwise it would be too troublesome to go out from here."

Old Ma said freely.

Li Qi can now understand what Lao Ma means. He is saying, aren’t you afraid of local officials?

Yes, flying in the city is indeed a bit contemptuous of the authority of the government. After all, the strong dragon does not suppress the local snake, and the prefect of Lizhou is also a local seventh rank, so it must give people some face.

But Li Qi shook his head: "Don't worry about those, the authority is not given by others, and they don't care about the land in Lizhou."

When Lao Ma heard this, he stopped saying anything.

I think so, even Lao Ma seems that this land is basically entirely reliant on grassroots autonomy. It is visible to the naked eye. The law has failed and the government has no face. All it does is to harvest popularity and use them as a sacrificial composition.

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Use their existing violence to suppress the lower class and let the lower class maintain order on their own. They are only responsible for dealing with the things that are too fierce so that the order will not collapse.

This attitude is neither in line with the orthodox witchcraft nor the orthodox humanity, and is somewhat similar to the "demon".

But it is not a complete demon, because the devil's way of doing whatever he wants and that kind of demeanor that regards the world and everything as his own amusement park is abominable, but it is also free and wild. The cautious appearance here is not like a devil.

It can only be said that it is "my own way", but it is mixed with some ideas about other ways of Taoism.

In fact, this is the current situation of most practitioners. Not everyone is a member of the Great Daotong. Many minor Daotongs follow their own paths, but they have to be influenced by the Great Daotong and become inappropriate.

For example, the first Weng Li was the "ghost" Li Qi first met. He collected all kinds of broken articles and groped forward.

However, after all, Li Qi lived in this place and experienced this inconsistent embarrassment, so he had some opinions about the local government.

Lao Ma figured this out and didn't say anything more. He asked Li Qicheng to collapse on his back and his hooves and jumped directly into the air.

He flew so strongly, and it was difficult to restrain himself.

It can be seen that the local government immediately responded. Somewhere else, a man suddenly took action and burst out the power of the eighth grade, but he saw an invisible ripple rushing towards Li Qi.

Li Qi turned around and glared.

The eyes say bright, which is the habitat of the sun, moon, and gods in the small world of human body.

With just one glance, the ripples collapsed in an instant.

At the same time, in a luxurious mansion in Lizhou Prefecture City—

This place seems to be the stronghold of a major force in the city. You can see that many disciples are practicing martial arts in the courtyard outside, working hard and sweating profusely.

Inside, there is a hall where there is a great man from Lizhou City, the leader of Qianjimen, and also a Situ in Lizhou. He is an eighth-rank master and is a top master in Lizhou City.

He sat upright in the room, motionless.

It’s not that I don’t want to move, but that I don’t dare to move.

There was something like the "eye" imprinted on his hand, nailing his hand firmly to the table.

I was sweating in cold sweat and dared not move.

That is... what power?

Only the strongest person he has ever met can the prefect of Lizhou achieve this level, right?

Is this a strong man at the prefect level?

As for the national master level, he couldn't even think about it. It is said that he was a powerful person who could control countless worlds outside the realm!

And the other party flew to the forbidden air zone in such a swagger and left Lizhou City.

We must report to the prefect!

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Flying in the sky, the old horse was walking in the garden without accelerating, so even if it was only a few dozen miles away, it would take several minutes to run.

After all, it's a walk.

He ran like this and said, "Langlu~."

Li Qi listened to this and understood what he said: "Aren't you afraid that someone will catch up?"

So he smiled and said, "It's better to catch up, it's just that they can catch up."

Old Ma shook his head.

What are you thinking about to pay attention to this bad ratio?

Forget it, what are you worried about? You are just a horse.

In a few minutes, the old horse quickly landed outside a mountain gate.

It’s not that he recognizes the way, mainly because there is only a mountain gate in the surrounding area for more than ten miles. There are also some big houses built behind it, and there are walls around it. Thousands of people live in this mountain mansion, some work, some

Practice.

It really looks like a martial arts sect, and there is even an inner house where you can see some women and children living in it.

Li Qi did not fly directly into the mansion in the mountains, but let the old horse fall outside the mountain gate.

After all, he was a former brother and didn't have to be arrogant, so he was going to walk up and give them a surprise.

However, when he took Lao Ma to the outside of the mountain gate, Li Qi suddenly melted into nature and covered himself up.

Because he saw that it seemed that he was getting married outside the mountain gate.

You can see a very festive red sedan chair, surrounded by lanterns, noisy drums and music, blowing and beating, and joyful.

Some people carry flowers and wedding couplets, while others carry firecrackers.

The groom rode a horse and walked swaying in front of the team, but the horse was not very obedient, so he tightly clamped his legs so that he would not fall down.

It can be seen that this horse was not tamed, but was just being pushed forward with a tough attitude. After all, there is no way to tame animals in Lizhou, so it is difficult for these natural spiritual beasts to obey.
To be continued...