August of the ninth year of Jinghan in the Wu Dynasty, early autumn, Jiangnan, Hangzhou.
The lake is shining brightly, and the mountains and rivers are initially flat.
Half a month has passed since Fang La's army took over Hangzhou, an important town in the southeast.[]
Looking from a distance, the city walls that collapsed during the earthquake and war were being rebuilt, and the pavilions, courtyards, streets and lanes everywhere in the city also looked like they were in need of renovation.
During the military disaster half a month ago, the entire city of Hangzhou was filled with awe-inspiring blood and chaos. However, recently, it has gradually become lively again. People gathered from all over, except for the original
There are soldiers and generals under Fang La who are scattered in various places, and they also have a name. Groups of travelers who look like farmers or small traders, some are in ragged clothes, and some have families with them. They have become the most recent ones.
For some time, it has been the most common sight on the road leading to Hangzhou.
In the past, the gorgeously dressed traders, officials, high-spirited rich men, and scholars who used to be on the Jieˉ post road leading to Hangzhou can no longer be seen today. Most of the people who gathered on these roads at this time were naturally because of the Holy Duke.
When he was about to become emperor, there were many farmers who brought their families with them because they were serving in the army. Among them, there were ragged vendors, odd-looking men, or large and small groups of troupes and buskers.
But it's a little different from what you've seen in the past.
These people may be arrogant or wretched, but many of them carry various weapons with them, including gold, metal, iron and stone, made of various materials. During the journey, some ordinary people can discover that these
Some people often greet each other, hug each other, fist each other, and say some weird words after meeting. Anyone who really knows the business will know that when these people from the three religions and the ninth stream gather together, their names are called
Jianghu, these people are also what ordinary people call "jianghu people".
Speaking of which, in the past two years, since the Holy Gong uprising, many people have been rising up and responding to the uprising in Jiangnan Green Forest. Some of them have been actively contacting the Sheng Gong army from the beginning. Some of them saw an opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity after the Sheng Gong army arrived, so they launched an army.
follow.
Of course, rivers and lakes and green forests are not necessarily the same thing. Most of these green forest heroes who raised troops to follow were originally bandits. Since there were people who rebelled and the momentum was huge, they followed the trend. And more people from the rivers and lakes followed.
, they are the kind of practitioners who are hidden in the mountains or in the markets, or have some weird skills. They have three teachings and nine streams. They don't break the law on weekdays. They run small businesses and live a small life. Maybe they can't live a good life.
Okay. But since I have an art career, I may not have any contacts with those green forest people.
When Fang La revolted, he relied on the momentum of Manichaeism. He had a good reputation among the Jianghu people living in the gray area, but rebellion was a matter of beheading after all, even if he tried his best
There is naturally a limit to the number of people who will take the initiative to gather around the call. But this time, under the planning of Fang Qifu, the Shenggong army took Hangzhou, and then Shi Sheng, Lu Xing'er, Lu Shinang and other people who already had a lot of reputation
There was a response from all over the country, which suddenly shocked the southeast. When the news that Fang Layu proclaimed himself emperor and recruited talents from all over the world came out one after another, many people who originally had a wait-and-see attitude finally changed their minds.
These Jianghu people have not always had a good life. Although it was a little late this time, Fang La became emperor. Naturally, a large number of talents will be needed to fight against the imperial court. Once successful, they will always have a reputation as the founding ministers of the country. So this
In addition to the many refugees who wanted to protect their family members in the army, most of the people who gathered in Hangzhou for the first time were all kinds of strange people and strangers. Around the time when Fang La was about to found the country, the whole of Hangzhou seemed to have a trace of life that had only been seen in books.
The taste of a past martial arts competition.
The situation is chaotic and mixed. After the great purge of Hangzhou by Po City, and the military chaos, it can be said that most of the land and property in Hangzhou have become ownerless. Although what are the interests of those behind Po City?
The distribution had been negotiated before, but people's hearts are boundless. A post-earthquake city of Hangzhou is actually not big enough. To say the least, ten days and a half is too little time for the formation of a new order.
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The gold Kun you eat can be taken out again, and the land and property in the hands of some people can naturally be taken by others. At this time, when it comes to order in Hangzhou City, it is still just a matter of competition.
The fists are just bigger. Leaving aside the matter of superiors eating subordinates, after the city of Hangzhou was destroyed, according to Fang La's "rebel" self-proclaimed, there were still some surviving residents in Hangzhou who were able to legally keep their small property.
These people have nothing to rely on. For more than twenty days, they have naturally become a fragrant bun that anyone can step on, and everyone wants to eat the fragrant bun. Once someone from this army comes to bully them, they will
There will also be people from another army to "protect" them, but the price is not cheap. When the interests of each other conflict, these days, a famous rebel leader in Hangzhou City pulls the army to the streets or into the city.
It's not uncommon for people to open a film outside and call it a formation.
Hangzhou is a place that wants to be emperor, and it cannot be too chaotic. This is the tone set from the beginning. So Fang La issued an order, and there was a stir in the city, and the law enforcement team began to work. The leader was Fang Qifu.
His disciple, named Chen Fan, was very powerful in the battle formation, but he was too young. He arrested several groups of people without interrogating them. He took the leaders of both sides and punched them in the street.
, most of them were killed alive, including the nephew of General Zhang Wei, the cousin of Guo Shiguang, etc. It is said that a group of people went to the "Imperial Palace" to make trouble in front of Fang La, and then they wanted to catch each other.
Fang La also had a headache due to the fighting. He was recently worried about the war in Jiaxing in the north and was also busy with the matter of proclaiming himself emperor. He wished he could yell, "What's the fuss about? I didn't see that people here are busy being emperors." Then he drew his sword and chopped down all the people in the group.
Death. Painlessly, it was dealt with, and the rest of the war could not be ended.
Before it was over, a large number of seven aunts and eight aunts entered the city, and then groups of strange people and strangers entered the city. Seeing that there was something to be gained, they all wanted to get a share. There is no place to live, so go and grab it."
I have done so much for the Holy Father, but now my family has no place to live, so they have to build bunks on the street...and so on. Chen Fan continues to lead the law enforcement team to beat people on the street, and if he catches someone he doesn't like, he will
Kill one. In Hangzhou, some shops finally opened under such circumstances, and all kinds of water transportation and land transportation, which are more critical to the city, are also struggling to operate under this messy situation.
Get up, maintain the basic operations of the city, and begin to prepare for order and closure.
This city is like an extremely shabby carriage, with no roof, rotten beams, rotten frame, and missing rivets. It begins to move forward with difficulty under the burden of the last batch of skinny horses.
Wait for someone to come over in time and slowly fix it all before it completely falls apart.
Of course, where there are people, order will always be re-formed...
"But they say that the bloody-handed man Tu Ning Liheng is eight feet tall and has an eight-foot girth..."
Generally speaking, this kind of description of someone as a cylinder-like beginning means that most of the following stories are false. But even so, every time someone speaks loudly, there are still many people around who are willing to listen. Right now
In a relatively intact tea hibiscus in Hangzhou, a man lowered his voice and told the people around him what happened not long ago.
"... That day at Shiqiaodu in Huzhou, this man organized a tired army, put it to death, and then resurrected it. Using the strategy that the overlord of Western Chu used to defeat Ao and sink his troops in the sinking area, he first let his own army count thousands of people.
"The place of death" and then... then went back and forth twice near Shiqiaodu, breaking through the siege of the three generals, Lu Sheo, Yao, Yi, and Xue Dounan. If it weren't for General An Xifu'an's black feather guards to deal with it, Mi Quan and Shen Zhucheng would have been defeated.
These two have lost their luck... Damn, these people are simply monsters..."
At this time, the tea cakes in Hangzhou were preaching about how powerful the people in the imperial court were. In a sense, they were naturally a bit treasonous. However, in the city of Hangzhou at this time, there was no control in this area. Secondly, they dared to say these things blatantly.
There is some background to the matter. What a group of people mentioned just now was actually about the war that was still raging in Jiaxing, and then they talked about the failure in Huzhou some time ago. This person was probably a relative of a certain general in the army. At this time
So he pretended to be mysterious. Of course, most people still didn't believe it. What kind of bloody-handed man Tu Ning Liheng? I have never heard of such a silly name in Jiangnan Wulin. For a while, some people laughed at it, while others refuted it, and some people took it.
The smoker laughed "hehe" a few times, counted, and started the almanac.
"What kind of massacre with bloody hands... When it comes to martial arts in the world, I, Yan Qi, know best about this place in the south of the Yangtze River." Since then, with Sheng Gong as the leader, there have been Liu Dabiaozi who dominated the sword village, and Mo Mo, who has always been a loner.
Chou Jian Bai Mo Yan, General Wang Yin Wang's Locking Spear also has unpredictable powers. The Buddha Commander can use eighteen kinds of weapons, but he is mainly good at boxing. His disciple Chen Fan is said to be able to pull out weeping willows! There are also #
Quan Yuanjue# Quan Tathagata, Crazy Shi Bao, Li Tianrun, Si Xingfang and others are all good players. Now, most of them are under the command of Shenggong. When it comes to strategy, besides Fo Shuai, An Xifu is also an expert.
, Liangshan in the north now, I heard that there is a man named Zhi Duoxing Wu Yong. As for the bloody-handed massacre, he said he was a scholar in his early twenties. You, this young man, are really talking nonsense..."
The teahouse was noisy and full of smoke and smoke. Compared with the prosperity of Hangzhou before Fang La's army arrived, and the leisurely scene of tea and sweets, at this time in the shop, the only people who came were talking about how well-backed they were.
, and all it showed was the aura of the well. At this time, on one side of the tea cake, a man dressed as a noble man stood up, whispered "a bunch of nonsense" and walked out.
The noble young master spoke not loudly, but many people in the hall could hear him. Most of them were people from all walks of life, and they always have the ability to see and listen in all directions.
Although the young master was sitting in the corner, he was still very conspicuous. Some people frowned and were about to get angry, but when they looked again, as the noble young master stood up, there were also many people around the table who stood up, and it seemed that they were all
The Lian family guarded the noble young master and went out together. Thinking that this noble young master also had some status, he restrained himself.
After the noble man went out, someone on the other side of the hall casually mentioned his identity: "This guy's name is Lou Shuheng. Hey, he's the original Lou family in Hangzhou. After joining the Shenggong family, he became very prosperous.
, he has the support of a handsome Buddha, and many people eat from his house. He was very cautious in the past few days, but he has learned to be domineering in the past few days. I heard that he even robbed a few women... Don't mess with him.
he……"
It was Lou Shuheng who came out of the tea hibiscus. After the fall of Hangzhou, in order to continue to maintain the operation of the city, the Lou family has now become one of the families that Fang Qifu and others rely on most, but in just twenty days
, they have shouldered heavier and heavier burdens, and at the same time they have gained more and more power. It is actually easy to deal with these rebels, at least when Fang Qifu is away, what they need is not to collapse. You can
Lou Shuheng has been aware of this feeling almost from the beginning.
Whether it's forced or voluntary, the Lou family actually doesn't have much way out at this time. Besides, it's impossible to quit. It's no longer clear from Fang La. If Fang La loses, the Lou family will probably die.
,. Lou Shuheng is a very smart man. At first, he was so frightened when he saw the soldiers in the city killing people, dragging officials and wealthy businessmen out, burying them alive, and rupturing their intestines and stomachs, but the same thing did not happen.
Above them, people began to take refuge in them, protect them, and help them under the instruction of Fang Qifu.
He watched those murderous scenes in those days, and he was protected and could walk around. More than ten days ago, he saw a group of soldiers raping a woman in her twenties. He was just passing by, and several soldiers scolded him.
After a few words, he was beaten into a human shape by the guards who were following him. The woman knelt on the ground half-naked and thanked him profusely. He was thinking about this in those days, and a few days later
, he secretly went to the street with his guards and snatched a woman back home...
At first, he told himself that it was to test how much privileges Fang Qifu gave to his family, but this kind of thing was really irritating. He locked up the woman, and a few days later, the woman was accidentally killed by him...
The first time is always not very skillful... but that's how people are, once some things are opened, they can never be closed again. In that Wu Dynasty, he experienced the pleasure of such naked power, although
At that time, his family was also powerful, but now, this feeling is really different... A few days later, he went out of his way to find the woman who was almost raped... After finishing what the soldiers couldn't do
Done...
That's all...
He was immersed in this feeling. Nowadays, the city of Hangzhou is really interesting. But today, when he came out, he suddenly heard the name that he didn't like to hear very much. It was really unpleasant. This thing made him feel
There is a gap. When I was doing these things in Hangzhou city, that guy actually beat several generals under Fang La's command like dogs in Huzhou.
So what is this that he has mastered now?
The distance was instantly widened.
If that guy is still in Hangzhou, he must die! Just like those officials and wealthy businessmen who were killed in Hangzhou twenty days ago, they died in misery...
This is what he thought as he walked through the decadent streets of Hangzhou with a few guards.