Jiangzuo, that is, the area east of the Yangtze River, can also be called Jiangdong. It contains many regions and cities and covers a very wide area. It is considered a relatively developed area in the Central Plains.
The Jiangzuo Alliance established by Mei Changsu in Nirvana in Fire is a Jianghu force operating within Jiangzuo. At the beginning of the plot, the Jiangzuo Alliance's power has spread to the fourteen prefectures of Jiangzuo and other areas, even Daliang
In the capital city of Jinling, there are also spies from the Jiangzuo Alliance, but they are not as strong as in other states.
At this time, Lin Shu had already changed his name to Mei Changsu and traveled around the world. Although the Jiangzuo League had not yet been established, with several years of hard work and development by Wei Zheng and others, the prototype of the Jiangzuo League had gradually begun to take shape. It is estimated that the time it would take for the Jiangzuo League to be established
Just the past two years.
Zhou Chen lives in the Jiangdong area in the real world and many film and television worlds, and is relatively familiar with the area east of the Yangtze River.
But it is a pity that he is familiar with the city more than a thousand years ago, not the current city of ancient feudal society. Although the difference in regional location is not much, the difference is still huge.
This time their destination was Yangzhou. Yangzhou is definitely a city with a long history. Even more than a thousand years later, it still retains the name Yangzhou.
The reason why Yangzhou was chosen as the temporary base camp is because Yangzhou's climate in the Jiangzuo area is suitable, which is more suitable for Lin Shu, who has weak bones, to maintain his health.
Langya Mountain is more than 100 kilometers away from Yangzhou. In the 21st century, if you drive on the main road, it will only take about three hours at most.
But it's different in this era. First of all, there are no major roads in the 21st century. Many places need to be detoured, so the distance will be much longer. There are no cars, so you can only ride horses, and the speed is slow.
I can't get up quickly.
With rest time on the way, Zhou Chen and Wei Zheng arrived at Yangzhou City before the evening of the next day.
Lin Shu was very surprised when he saw Zhou Chen came back with Wei Zheng.
"Xiaochen, why are you here?"
Zhou Chen walked up to Lin Shu, sat him down directly, then picked up his wrist and started to feel his pulse.
In the past two years, he has not only practiced martial arts in Langya Pavilion, but also read a lot of medical books, and his level of Chinese medicine has improved a lot.
"I heard from Wei Zheng that you have been in poor health recently and are always sick. Didn't I tell you a long time ago that you need to worry less, rest more, and relax so that you can be healthy."
Lin Shu's health is indeed not good, but if he takes good care of himself, he will definitely have no problem living to the age of forty.
But he just didn't take good care of it. He worried about it day and night, investigating what happened back then, trying to clear the grievances of the Red Flame Army, the Lin family and Prince Qi's palace, and at the same time, he also thought about how to develop his power and so on.
All these require hard work, and with his body, it would be surprising if there were no problems.
Letting go of Lin Shu's hand, Zhou Chen said: "It seems that Wei Zheng is right. You really haven't taken good care of your body recently. It's worse than when you were on the mountain."
After just over a year since he came down the mountain, Lin Shu's physical condition began to decline, which was not a good sign.
"Li Gang."
Li Gang, who was standing next to Lin Shu, immediately responded: "Little Marquis."
Zhou Chen waved his hand and said: "Don't call me Little Marquis. It's a matter of years and years. Just call me by my name."
Li Gang shook his head quickly: "How can that be done? How about I call you Young Master from now on?"
Wei Zheng was able to call Zhou Chen by his name because they had known each other for a long time and had the same status in Chiyu Camp. However, he was just a ten-man captain in Chiyu Camp, and his status was far behind Zhou Chen.
Although the Red Flame Army no longer exists and Zhou Chen's identity as a Marquis is gone, he still doesn't want to call Zhou Chen by his first name in front of his young marshal due to his years of respect and inferiority habits.
"It's up to you. I'll write you a prescription later. You go grab the medicine and give it to him on time every day. Do you understand?"
Li Gang responded without hesitation: "I understand, sir, and my subordinates will definitely do it."
He is willing to do anything for Lin Shu's good, and his thoughts also represent the thoughts of many people in Chiyan's old department.
"Wei Zheng, you, Li Gang, and the others are keeping watch around. I'll use my skills to help Xiao Shu relax, and don't let anyone disturb us?"
Wei Zheng looked serious: "Don't worry, we are going out now and no one will come even half a step closer to here."
After saying that, he took Li Gang out and closed the doors and windows.
Lin Shu looked at Zhou Chen helplessly: "You've just arrived, and you haven't even had a sip of tea yet, so you want to help me heal my wounds?"
Zhou Chen pretended to be melancholy and said: "Then what can be done? Who let me meet you? If you hadn't saved me a few times in Meiling, I wouldn't have bothered to care about you. Maybe in two years, etc.
I had mastered the peerless magical skills, and went to Jinling to get the head of the Dog Emperor."
"Don't say that. Maybe there is something hidden about what happened back then."
"Hidden story? Do you believe it yourself? If Xia Jiang and Xie Yu didn't have the emperor's will, would they dare to attack the Red Flame Army? Without the dog emperor's order, how could Prince Qi's family end up like that? You, you clearly know this
Everything, but you still lie to yourself."
Lin Shu remained silent. Zhou Chen was right. In fact, he knew it better than anyone else, but it was really difficult to accept that that person was both his uncle and his uncle. He could be said to be one of the closest people to him, so
He was so unwilling to accept it in his heart.
"Looking at your gloomy face, compared to you now, I still miss the unruly and all-powerful you in the past."
Lin Shu's face turned gloomier, and he said quietly: "Yes, I can never go back to the past. I am no longer Lin Shu, but Mei Changsu. Don't forget, when in front of others, you will call me
I am Mei Changsu."
"Mei Changsu, just Mei Changsu. Anyway, I call you Xiaoshu. There is not much difference between calling you Xiaoshu and Xiaosu."
Zhou Chen held his chin, looking thoughtful. Mei Changsu asked curiously: "What are you thinking about?"
"I was thinking, since you have already chosen a new name for yourself, should I also choose a new name?"
When traveling in the world, a vest is still very important.
"Of course, you are also an important criminal in the imperial court now. You definitely can't use the name Zhou Chen anymore. You need to change your name to a new one."
Zhou Chen nodded, thought for a while, and asked: "Choosing a name is a troublesome thing, so from now on I will be called Chen Yu."
"Gui Chen's Chen?"
"Well, a feather is a feather of a feather. It's simple and easy to understand."
"Chen Yu, Chen Yu, that's good. In this case, it won't be too abrupt if I call you Xiaochen."
"I'm going to start helping you with exercise exercises to heal your injuries. Please sit down."
Zhou Chen asked Mei Changsu to do a good job, and then put his hands behind his back while exercising. Under his control, the pure Yang internal energy entered Mei Changsu's body.
Although the pure yang internal force is very strong, as long as it is controlled well, the healing effect is greater than other internal forces. Mei Changsu's physical weakness is basically affected by the cold disease and the weakened constitution after detoxification. Pure yang internal force
The treatment is very useful.
This healing lasted for an hour, and by the end, both Zhou Chen and Mei Changsu had begun to sweat.
Zhou Chen was tired from sweating. He had to control the pure Yang internal energy to circulate in Mei Changsu's body for treatment, and he also had to ensure that Mei Changsu's fragile body was not hurt, which was naturally not easy.
Mei Changsu, on the other hand, is comfortable and warm. He has cold ailments and his bones are very weak. He is very afraid of the cold and has to wear thick clothes even in summer.
But Zhou Chen's pure yang internal energy was so strong that after entering his body, he felt extremely warm and comfortable, and it also made him extremely relaxed. It was much more comfortable than leaning next to a fire pot.
He hadn't felt so comfortable in a long time. If Zhou Chen hadn't been helping him, he would have fallen asleep.
After Zhou Chen finished his work, Mei Changsu said a few words to Zhou Chen and then fell asleep.
Zhou Chen didn't wake him up, but covered him with a quilt and left the bedroom.
As soon as he walked out of the bedroom, before he could take a breath, he saw Wei Zheng and others surrounding him.
"Achen, how is he, young marshal?"
"Sir, is the young commander feeling better?"
"Sir, why didn't the young marshal come out with you?"
"Son..."
Except for Wei Zheng, everyone else called Mr. Zhou Chen the same as Li Gang.
Zhou Chen felt uncomfortable with their noise, and waved his hands listlessly: "Okay, stop arguing, can't we tell each other no? Xiao Shu is asleep, just arrange for one person to go in and wait on him, and everyone else has dispersed."
"I go."
Li Gang was the first to stand up, causing everyone else to look at him angrily.
Mei Changsu is now the backbone of Chiyan's old tribe. They used to admire him, but now they feel sorry for him. They don't want to see the young commander working so hard, but they can't persuade him, so they can only try their best to take good care of Mei.
Changsu.
Wei Zheng took Zhou Chen to the guest room, with Zhen Ping following behind.
"Achen, how is the situation of the young commander?"
"It's not good. I've used my internal power to help him treat it, but his foundation is too weak and he still needs long-term training. In the next period of time, I will often use my internal power to help him comb his body. It should be much better."
Wei Zheng couldn't help but said: "Young Marshal is really suffering. If you were here, you could still persuade him."
Zhou Chen sighed: "Although we all experienced the battle of Meiling and suffered the same fate, he lost more than all of us. I can understand his mood."
Wei Zheng: "I can understand it, but I really can't bear to see the young marshal's body getting weaker and weaker."
Zhen Ping, who had been following behind, couldn't help but ask: "Sir, I really don't understand. You and the young marshal are both poisoned by fire and cold poison. Even Pavilion Master Lin said that you are more poisoned than the young marshal.
, why can you recover so quickly and be able to practice your internal skills again, but the young commander is so weak?"
Wei Zheng shouted dissatisfied: "Zhen Ping, what are you talking about? Hasn't Old Pavilion Master Lin made this very clear? If he had the means, how could he not save the young marshal?"
Zhen Ping's eyes were red: "I just feel uncomfortable. Seeing the Young Marshal like this now, and then thinking about the Young Marshal's demeanor back then, it's really hard for me to accept it."
Zhou Chen glanced at Zhen Ping indifferently: "The world is so big, and some things cannot be controlled by human beings. Zhen Ping, instead of having time to complain here, you might as well go back and practice hard. After you have mastered your martial arts, then go and protect him."
Xiao Shu, this is what you should do."
Zhen Ping lowered his head and said, "I know what to do. I'm sorry, sir, I just lost my composure."
Zhou Chen waved his hand, not paying attention, and walked forward, but Wei Zheng once again glared at Zhen Ping dissatisfied.
Wei Zheng understood why Zhen Ping suddenly complained. In fact, there were many people in Chi Yan's old department who had similar thoughts to Zhen Ping.
They all felt that God was unfair. The young commander Lin Shu was so high-spirited and powerful back then, but now he has become a frail scholar with no strength to restrain himself. He is physically weak and sick, and cannot do without medicine all the year round.
On the contrary, Zhou Chen, who used to have average talent, has now become an extremely talented genius. He was accepted as a disciple by the master of Langya Pavilion, and his martial arts has reached a level that is difficult for them to reach.
When Zhou Chen and Lin Shu were compared, they naturally felt a little unbalanced. After all, they had been with Lin Shu for many years and had a deep friendship. They had only been together with Zhou Chen for about a year, so naturally there was a difference between closeness and distance. It was not that he really had any affection for Zhou Chen.
What's your opinion?
Wei Zheng understood his thoughts, that's why he scolded him just now. He understood Zhen Ping, but he understood Lin Shu and Zhou Chen better.
In fact, if we really want to talk about relationships among the old members of Chiyan, Lin Shu and Zhou Chen have the deepest friendship, an absolute life-and-death friendship.
If Lin Shu knew Zhen Ping's thoughts, he would definitely be very angry.
Zhou Chen didn't take Zhen Ping's complaints to heart. To be honest, he didn't have deep feelings for Zhen Ping's old Chi Yan team.
His entry into the Red Feather Camp was equivalent to further study. In addition to having a good relationship with the senior generals of the Red Flame Army, he also had the best relationship with Lin Shu and Wei Zheng in the Red Feather Camp.
That is to say, everyone got together later and established a deep friendship on the way to Langya Mountain. Coupled with the several years of getting along on Langya Mountain, the relationship between them became closer.
Arriving at the guest room, Zhou Chen asked Wei Zheng about their current situation.
"How many people have been recruited by Chiyan's old tribe?"
Wei Zheng said: "Actually, we found a lot of people based on our investigation, but many of them have hidden their names and are unwilling to come out again. The young commander is kind-hearted and does not force them. At present, we have gathered a total of eighty people from Chiyan's old group.
Many people.”
"Coupled with the people we have recruited in the past few years, after being screened by the young marshal, we now have more than 300 people. The number is not very large, but they are all elites. They can also serve as a team in the Red Flame Army.
How long is it?"
"It's just that the Jianghu people are the Jianghu people, and their management is far inferior to that of the army. Only by using a combination of kindness and power can we subdue them."
"What the Young Marshal means is that our core staff should still be dominated by Chi Yan, and most of the rest will be peripheral, and some of them will be appropriately recruited as core staff."
Zhou Chen nodded, Mei Changsu's strategy was fine.
Jianghu people are somewhat similar to the idle people in later generations of society. They can help you do things and obey you, but it is too difficult for them to be absolutely loyal to you.
"I think Xiao Shu must have not given up on the investigation of Jinling City, right?"
Wei Zheng nodded solemnly and said, "Well, the young marshal has never given up on the investigation, and has already contacted Mr. Thirteen and established a contact point in Jinling."
This was their top secret, but he didn't hide anything from Zhou Chen, because Zhou Chen was one of them.
Zhou Chen listened carefully to Wei Zheng's narration. Although Mei Changsu had only been down the mountain for more than a year, he had already done a lot.
However, so far, the future famous Jiangzuo Alliance has not been established, the name of Jiangzuo Meilang has not spread throughout the world, and Mei Changsu has not been evaluated as a Qilin talent.
After Wei Zheng left, Zhou Chen was still thinking. Calculating time, the plot of Langya Bang began twelve years after the Battle of Meiling. It has been about four years now. Calculating the time, it should be still far away from the plot.
It lasted about eight years.
To be precise, Mei Changsu's forces have developed in the Jiangzuo area and are somewhat famous, but they have not yet completely become famous in other countries. At least the name Jiangzuo League has not yet been proposed.
Of course, it is possible that because of his appearance, the development of things is slightly different from the original plot, but it should not be much different.
After arriving in Yangzhou, Zhou Chen never left. Instead, he planned the development with Mei Changsu. He is now definitely the one in charge of force among them.
With Mei Changsu's wisdom, Zhou Chen's ability to check for gaps and strength, and a group of loyal subordinates, they began to show their fangs and develop rapidly.
They recruited groups of people and swept away the Jianghu forces in the Yangzhou area at an extremely fast speed, becoming the largest force in Yangzhou, and then began to expand to the surrounding areas.
Because they had made plans long ago, were highly disciplined, and acted like the wind, those Jianghu forces were no match for them. It didn’t take long for the Jiangzuo Alliance they established to become the top Jianghu force in the Fourteenth Prefecture of Jiangzuo.
, became an upstart in Daliang Jianghu.
However, Zhou Chen made an agreement with Mei Changsu not to reveal his true colors when making moves.
Mei Changsu's idea is that he doesn't want people to know that Zhou Chen is also a member of the Jiangzuo League, because he will go to Jinling City to overturn the case in the future. He himself can't imagine what will happen if his identity is exposed and something goes wrong.
Zhou Chen hiding in the dark may be their killer move.
Zhou Chen understood Mei Changsu's concerns very well, so he followed his ideas.
So when Zhou Chen took action, he always wore a mask, changed his appearance, and changed his body shape. People outside only knew that the deputy sect leader of the Jiangzuo League was a man with strong martial arts skills, but they did not know the deputy sect leader's true face.
Even within the Jiangzuo League, only a few people know Zhou Chen's true identity, because he has always lived in seclusion and not many people have seen him.
The Jiangzuo League is becoming more and more powerful and has recruited many martial arts masters. Now it is basically no longer necessary for Zhou Chen to take action. Zhou Chen usually practices his own martial arts and regularly checks and treats Mei Changsu's body.
On this day, Zhou Chen was practicing in his yard. He had been practicing Chunyang Jue for several years. With his talented skills, he rarely encountered bottlenecks.
The deeper his skill is, the more he understands the power of this skill. It is no exaggeration to say that with this talent, one year of practicing internal skill for him is as good as ten years for others, or even more.
If this skill always exists, even if he travels to other martial arts worlds in the future, even high martial arts worlds, he will no longer be afraid. As long as he is given time, he will surpass everyone sooner or later.
But that's all I can think about. The system will definitely not give him such a high starting point, and this skill will disappear after leaving this world.
Suddenly, Zhou Chen, who was sitting cross-legged, moved his ears. He heard bursts of rapid footsteps, and someone was approaching quickly.
He slowly opened his eyes, and not long after, Mei Changsu led Li Gang and Zhen Ping into the courtyard. In addition to the three of them, Zhen Ping also carried a child on his back.
Before he could speak, Mei Changsu spoke urgently: "Xiaochen, hurry up, save people, save this child."
Zhou Chen stood up, looked at Zhen Ping, a very weak young man with scars all over his back, and asked doubtfully: "What's going on?"
Mei Changsu said anxiously: "We'll talk about this later. He's dying. You need to save him first."
Zhou Chen rarely saw Mei Changsu lose his composure, so he didn't ask any more questions.
"Take him inside."
After several people entered the house, Zhou Chen asked Zhen Ping to put the child on the bed and sit up, and took off his clothes.
As soon as their clothes were taken off, the four of them saw the shocking scars on the child's body and couldn't help but take a breath.
Although they are all experienced in the battlefield and have killed countless enemies, this child is only eleven or twelve years old at most, but he has more injuries than all of them combined, and many of them are old injuries, at least several years old.
Zhou Chen immediately sat cross-legged behind the young man, using his inner strength to put his hands on the young man's back.
More than half an hour passed before Zhou Chen took back his hands, covered in sweat.
"My life is saved. Lay him down and treat the wounds on his body."
Taking the towel from Mei Changsu's hand and wiping the sweat on his face, Zhou Chen asked: "What happened to this child? When I just treated him, I found that his body had suffered great trauma, as if he had been
A person uses secret methods to overdraw his body and stimulate his potential, and even his meridians are somewhat damaged; coupled with these injuries on his body, he will most likely be a cripple in the future. Where did you find this child?"
Mei Changsu sighed: "Not long ago, we wiped out a notorious secret ninja killer organization in the world, and found many young children in their base camp. These children were trained by them as killers, and they have been trained since they were very young.
I started training when I was young and used secret medicine to stimulate my potential.”
"A group of teenagers have caused us Jiangzuo League to lose a lot of people, because these children are too crazy and have no sense at all. No matter what they say, it is useless to them. They are like a group of murder weapons. Look,
Kill everyone you see."
"This child was the only survivor among that group of children. I saw how pitiful he was, so I brought him back."
Li Gang added from the side: "This kid seems to have a brain problem and almost hurt the young commander."
"Li Gang, how many times have I told you, stop calling me Young Marshal, call me Sect Leader." Mei Changsu scolded dissatisfied.
Li Gang shrank his neck and quickly lowered his head to admit his mistake: "Yes, Sect Master."
Zhou Chen looked at the sleeping young man in surprise, making some guesses in his mind.
Killer organization, secret medicine to stimulate potential, brain problem...
Could it be that this child is Fei Liu, the little guard next to Mei Changsu? It seems to be a match.
He had read Nirvana in Fire, but there was very little introduction to Fei Liu in the plot, and he didn't know much about Fei Liu's origins.
But age and time, plus Mei Changsu's description just now, it is really possible that this young man is Xiao Feiliu, who is highly skilled in martial arts.
It would be interesting if it was really Xiao Feiliu.
Mei Changsu asked again with concern: "Can this child still be cured?"
Zhou Chen sighed: "This killer organization is really ruthless. If it were an ordinary child, I'm afraid he would have died long ago. It's not easy for this child to survive until now. But as I said just now, even if this child is saved, he will be dead in the future."
There is a high probability that he will become a useless person."
"That means, is there any cure?" Mei Changsu asked.
Zhou Chen chuckled and said, "Your ability to read people's minds is getting better and better now. You are right. Under normal circumstances, there is basically no cure for his condition, but I have a way to help him."
.”
Mei Changsu grabbed Zhou Chen's hand excitedly: "Then you must help him."
"Don't be so excited. Although your body is recovering well now, you can't have too many mood swings. I promise you that I will help him."
Zhou Chen stopped the excited Mei Changsu, and then said: "You know that I practice Pure Yang Jue, but in fact, Langya Pavilion also has an internal skill called Xi Yang Jue. This technique may be able to help this person.