Chapter 722 The Wind Raise the Clouds Gathering the World Zezhou (1)
Since being chased by the Great Light Cult, You Hongzhuo has been living in hunger and injuries for several days. Since meeting these two seniors yesterday, he has just had a full meal. While drinking porridge that morning, he heard Senior Zhao talk about some martial arts principles, and he felt that his heart was at ease and calm, and he could not be added.
He knew that these two seniors were very skilled in martial arts. If they followed them, they might not have to be afraid even if they met the "Heshuo Tianjian" Tan Zheng. But such thoughts were just in their hearts for a moment. The two seniors were naturally skilled in martial arts, but saving themselves was a great kindness. How could they implicate these two benefactors because of their own affairs?
After breakfast, You Hongzhuo bowed and said goodbye. The Mr. Zhao smiled and looked at him: "Where are you planning to go?"
You Hongzhuo thought for a while: "I haven't thought clearly yet. I think my martial arts skills are so low that the Great Guangming Sect will not spend too much effort to find them. If my brothers and sisters are still alive, they must go and find them. When they were ambushed that day, the eldest brother once said that the fourth brother was traitorous. If this is true, I must find the fourth brother and avenge this bloody revenge."
He had already thought about the matter clearly at this time. Compared with the Great Guangming Sect, he and the six brothers and sisters were probably not a big concern. Yesterday he met the biological brother of Tan Zheng, the "Heshuo Tiandao" yesterday, or it was just an accident. At this time, the situation outside was unbearable, and the Green Forest was even more chaotic. He just needed to be low-key and could always avoid this limelight and then find out the blood feud of those sworn brothers and sisters.
"If this is the case, you can walk with us for a few days." After You Hongzhuo said that, the other party smiled, "You have not healed and there is no place to go. Walking together for a while can be considered a companion. The children of the world, there is no need to be pretentious about this. My husband and wife are heading south and are about to pass through Zezhou City, where the branch of the Great Guangming Cult is located. Maybe you can find some news. In the future, you are more skilled in martial arts and seek revenge on Tan Zheng, which is also a beginning and an end."
"Thank you" After hearing what Mr. Zhao said, You Hongzhuo did not insist anymore and bowed to thank him. The first word came out, and he felt a little choked in his throat. Fortunately, Mr. Zhao had turned around and walked towards the green mule not far away, and seemed to have never heard of this.
In fact, You Hongzhuo was only a 16 or 17-year-old boy this year. Although he had seen life and death, he had no family behind him. How could he avoid the feeling of hunger, the fear of being injured or even being killed? He proposed to say goodbye because of his childhood upbringing and the only pride left in his heart. He knew that after saying this, he would not have the chance to be together again. Unexpectedly, the other party could still speak to keep him. He was grateful in his heart, and it was hard to say anything.
The three of them walked together, and then they headed south along the official road from Qinzhou to Zezhou. This road was an important business road when the Wu Dynasty was prosperous, but now there have been a huge decrease in pedestrians. First, although it was because of the hot weather, and secondly, due to the policy of prohibiting residents from fleeing south in the Daqi area, the closer to the south, the public security was chaotic and the trade route became increasingly declining.
Under Tian Hu's rule, there were still some pedestrians, including merchants, travelers, travelers, ragged long-distance passengers, and escort teams driving a large cart. On the way, you could also see the monks of the Great Guangming Sect at this time. At this time, the Great Guangming Sect was countless scholars in the territory of Daqi. Although You Hongzhuo had no good feelings for him, he also knew the name of Lin Zongwu, the leader of the Great Guangming Sect, the world's number one master. On the way, he spoke to the Engong and his wife.
Then, after Mr. Zhao's mouth, he learned a lot about the old things about the Great Light Cult, and then realized that the "Lin Evil Zen" mentioned by the female benefactor yesterday was the number one master in the world today.
At this time, the Central Plains had been through wars, and the word-of-mouth spread among the green forest had long been interrupted. Only Lin Zongwu, who now has disciples all over the world, was known to everyone by Zhou Tong, who had been vigorously promoted by Zhu Ji in the early years. Earlier, You Hongzhuo and his six brothers and sisters, although they had heard some rumors about Green Forest, how could the information heard from those people be as detailed as they heard at this time?
The saint of the Demon Sect, Sikong Nan, the Holy Lord Fang La, the Badao Liu Dabiao, the Fang Baihua, the Yunlong Jiu appeared in the Seven Buddhas, the iron arm, Zhou Tong, the red face, the white head, Cui Xiaolu, and the inner demon Ning Liheng and other masters in the rivers and lakes, the grievances were told by Mr. Zhao. The scene of the prosperity of the Wu Dynasty and the prosperity of the green forest became more and more three-dimensional in You Hongzhuo's heart. Now all this has been blown away by the rain and the wind, and only the evil Zen of the former guardian of the Dharma has dominated the world, and the inner demon Ning Yi has passed away in the northwest several years ago to resist the Jurchens.
He had heard of some of these things, and had never heard of them. At this time, it was even more sad to weave them simply in Mr. Zhao's mouth.
"If you go west, you will still be hell on earth. Due to the three-year war in Xiaocang River in the northwest, the Jurchens massacred the city for revenge, almost killing it into white land. A plague broke out among the surviving people, and now there are few people left. Going northwest to Xixia, the Mongolians killed from the north, pushed over Helan Mountain, and then slaughtered the city after capturing Yinchuan. Now the Mongolian horse team has taken root there, and it has become a bloody river and the world is in chaos. Lin Echan took advantage of the chaos to confuse a few foolish men and women. It looks huge, but in fact, the achievements are limited."
After hearing Mr. Zhao say this, You Hongzhuo suddenly thought in his heart that Mrs. Zhao said yesterday, "Lin Echan dared not talk to me like this." What would these two benefactors have in the world? He didn't know who Lin Echan was yesterday, and he had not realized this. At this time, he thought that these two benefactors were just a good idea to save him. Where did they come from before, but what did they do later, but he didn't know any of these things.
He was not easy to ask. On this day, he went with him, and occasionally told him about the anecdotes of the world, and occasionally asked him about martial arts and things to pay attention to in swordsmanship. The You family's swordsmanship is actually quite complete in the internal swordsmanship. You Hongzhuo had a good foundation, but he didn't understand actual combat. Now he attaches too much importance to actual combat. If the couple gave him some guidance, it would be impossible for his swordsmanship to make a rapid progress, just to make him walk more steadily.
In the evening of this day, the three of them stayed temporarily at an inn at a market on the way. It was still one day away from Zezhou, but perhaps because there were many nearby merchants who stayed here, there were many pedestrians at several inns in the market, but many of them were green forest rich men with swords and weapons, who were wary of each other and had bad eyebrows. The Zhao couple, who were known as the Black Wind and the Double Evil, did not care. You Hongzhuo had only been walking in the world for two months and did not know whether there was any difference in this situation. When he had to have dinner, he asked carefully. Mr. Zhao nodded: "It should be all of them who rushed to Zezhou nearby."
"Is there something big happening in Zezhou?"
"Walking in the world, you must look at all directions and listen to all directions." Mr. Zhao smiled, "If you are curious, go out for a walk and stroll while the sun has not yet come down the mountain, listen to what they are saying, or just invite someone to drink two bowls of wine, can you figure it out?"
You Hongzhuo felt a stern heart. He knew that the other party was teaching him how to walk around the world. He quickly finished the food in the bowl and bowed out.
He was worried about the pursuit of the Great Guangming Sect earlier, so he did not dare to approach these markets. At this time, the two seniors in the inn were in charge, so he no longer shrank. He walked around the inn for a while and listened to people talking and chatting. After about an hour, the red sun set from the sky to the west of the market, probably weaving outlines of the things from the fragments of other people's words.
It turned out that during the period when he was hunted by the Great Light Cult, hundreds of thousands of "hungry ghosts" were defeated by the Tiger King's army on the north bank of the Yellow River. Wang Shitong, the leader of the "hungry ghosts", was being taken to Zezhou at this time.
Although the name "hungry ghost" is not a good thing, this force is not a villain in the eyes of the Green Forest people. On the contrary, this is still a very famous rebel army.
The emergence of "hungry ghosts" has its open and upright reasons. However, since Liu Yu established the Da Qi under the support of the Jin people, the situation in the Central Plains has been chaotic, and most people in the places have been living in poverty. Da Qi first started a war with Lao Canghe, and on the other hand, it has been fighting with Nanwu. Liu Yu has limited talent and did not pay attention to people's livelihood after he became emperor. He issued an imperial edict to collect all the men of the age of Da Qi as soldiers. In order to accumulate money, he issued countless tyrants and taxes among the people. In order to support the war, he continued to collect grain and even rob grain among the people.
In this case, natural disasters continue. The Yellow River is prone to flooding these days. After the political system is paralyzed, it is difficult to maintain the bank of the Yellow River, which leads to the inevitable breaking of the dam during the flood season every year. Floods, coupled with the drought and locust plagues in the north, have been consumed in the past few years, and a large number of people migrate southward.
The Liu Yu regime spent a lot of effort to prevent this migration. On the one hand, it strictly guarded the border, and on the other hand, it no longer supported and protected any long-distance travel. If there was no background behind him, there was no road link between the court and local snakes in various places, it would be difficult for ordinary people to move forward, so they would have to endure the exploitation of horse bandits, fugitives, black shops, and minor officials of the government. In places with uneasy public security, it is common for local officials to arrest foreign merchants and travelers as fat sheep late at night to arrest or slaughter them.
These dangers cannot stop the desperate people. Every year, a large number of refugees try their best to go south, suffering countless tragedies of separation of wives on the way, leaving countless bodies behind. Many people cannot go to the Wu Dynasty. Those who can survive will either become bandits or join a certain army. Women with good looks or healthy children will sometimes be caught and sold by human traffickers.
By this year, Wang Shitong gathered a large number of refugees, trying to find a way under the heavy blockade of various forces. This force rose rapidly and expanded to hundreds of thousands in a few months, and also attracted the attention of all parties.
Both the Jin people and Liu Yu issued an order to intercept them. The forces of all parties along the way were actually not happy to see the "hungry ghosts" going south. Their rise was because of the current situation in the local area. If everyone left, who could be the king of the mountain be bullied?
Under such circumstances, hundreds of thousands of people of "hungry ghosts" were blocked on the road. After breaking the blockade of several Great Qi troops, refugees who had already become problems also looted the towns along the way. At this time, the Tiger King's army came out with the slogan of "moving the way for heaven". Just a few days ago, the "hungry ghosts" team arrived on the north bank of the Yellow River were massacred and dispersed by the killing Tiger King's army. Wang Shitong was captured alive and wanted to be taken to Zezhou for investigation.
Most of these Green Forest people went to Zezhou to support the righteous men under the mobilization of the Great Guangming Cult. Of course, they said it was "support", and at the right time, they would naturally consider saving people. Some of them seemed to be with a sense of bystander, because in the mouths of these very few people, there seemed to be hidden inside Wang Shitong's affairs this time.
It is said that the "ghost king" Wang Shitong, who gathered hundreds of thousands of people and tried to take them south, was once a member of the black flag of the Chinese Army in Xiaocanghe. Since the three years of resistance to the Jin Dynasty, the Black Flag Army has become a legend in the Central Plains. After the Jin people left, it is said that a considerable part of the remaining Black Flag Army has been broken into pieces and penetrated into various parts of the Central Plains.
It is also said that the inner demon Ning Yi has never died. He has been lurking in the secret, just creating the illusion of death, which makes the Jin people stop. Although such rumors are like wishful words from the Black Flag Army, it seems that someone really wants to use the incident of the "Ghost King" King Shitong to lure the remnants of the Black Flag to take action, or even find out the truth about the life and death of the inner demon.
He learned about these things and hurriedly returned to repay the two seniors. On the way, he suddenly thought that the nickname "Black Wind Double Evil" with evil aura, which obviously sounded like a righteous person in the Green Forest. It is very likely that the two benefactors were born in evil sects before, but now they have clearly realized their enlightenment and have become so calm and generous.
After a while, I thought again, but seeing Mrs. Zhao's actions, killing Tan Yan and eight others in a blink of an eye was like cutting melons and cutting vegetables. Such a majestic and evil spirit does indeed have a sense of "double evil". These two benefactors may have not come out for a long time. Now that the city of Zezhou is gathering, I don't know what it would be like to see the two seniors, or whether Lin Zongwu, the world's number one, would appear, and what it would be like to see the two seniors.
These things are just thinking about them, and I feel excited.
By the way, there is also the inner demon and the black flag. Will it really appear in Zezhou City to be continued? Your support is my greatest motivation.
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Chapter completed!