Local chronicles record the major and minor events of a place every year. Many major events are reported to the capital and then recorded in the history books. Local chronicles can be regarded as the historical records of a place.
Yunjing sat in the teahouse, drinking tea while flipping through the local chronicles of Fengyang County with his mind, focusing on the past twenty years. He glanced at some small things and skipped them. When he saw the group of gangsters appearing in Fengyang County
After recording, he became more and more frightened.
Sixteen years ago, in the summer, those gangs of villains came to Fengyang County. It can be said that this place has changed since then.
In the first year they came, there were only more than fifty people on record. The first crime they committed that year was to rob a manor outside the county town. The owner of the manor was named Zhang, and his family of eighty-three were killed by the gang.
The bandits were slaughtered and all the gold, silver, grain, oil and cloth were robbed, and the manor was burned to the ground.
In the same year, they also plundered two or three such wealthy people's estates, and killed more than 300 souls under their swords. The details are unknown.
It is simply full of evil and heinous crimes!
It was still that year, they controlled the official road, robbed caravan travelers, and suffered many victims. From then on, no one dared to walk that road without a group of more than three to five hundred people.
Walking like this, the government was angered and nearly 500 soldiers were dispatched to encircle and suppress them. Unexpectedly, the thieves were too cunning and powerful. They paid less than ten casualties and killed nearly half of the people on the government side. The government was killed.
Collapse had to retreat. In that battle, the villains gained a reputation, and people with evil intentions took the initiative to join them.
From then on, they lived in a stronghold and took root in Crouching Mountain, more than 60 miles north of the county town, known as the fierce tiger stronghold!
After taking root, they became even more crazy. The official road to the north of the county became their source of wealth, and the villages in the four directions became their source of food. They often kidnapped young and beautiful girls from the surrounding areas and went up to the mountains for fun. The people were so angry that the people were in dire straits.
They were lawless, how could the government sit idly by and do nothing. The next year, the magistrate of Fengyang County planned for nearly a year to mobilize fast-moving soldiers from other places, totaling a thousand people, to personally lead people to suppress the bandits.
That time there were so many people on the government side that the bandits did not dare to confront them head-on, so they abandoned the stronghold and fled, escaping into the mountains and forests without a trace. The government was furious and burned the Tiger Village to the ground.
However, I never expected that not long after, the gang of villains came back. Not only did they rebuild the village, but they also assassinated the county magistrate when he went to the countryside to observe the people's sentiments!
In the year when the magistrate of Fengyang County was assassinated, the capital sent a new Jinshi to serve as the magistrate. He had innate martial arts skills. His main purpose of coming here was to eliminate the gang of evil bandits in Menghu Village.
He planned for more than half a year, secretly mobilized more than a thousand soldiers to surround the Tiger Village at night, and went into battle to kill the enemy himself.
That killing caught Menghu Village by surprise and killed nearly half of the evil bandits. However, Menghu Village actually dug a secret tunnel early. Knowing that they were outmatched, most of the people ran away. The county magistrate of the innate realm and Menghu Village
The masters fought against each other, but they were no match for each other. The village master was also an innate master, and the county magistrate was even injured!
It stands to reason that nearly half of the Menghu Village was killed. The village leader and half of the members ran away. They should have calmed down for a while. As a result, they took crazy revenge and massacred two villages, namely Xiaolin Village and Erdaoliangzizhai. The total massacre was
There were more than 600 villagers, and they even warned that if the government dared to target them again, they would retaliate even more crazily on the common people.
Simply lawless.
Because two villages were massacred, the county magistrate who was a congenital Jinshi was dismissed from his post and investigated for ineffective governance less than a year after he took office!
This is officialdom. If such a big mess occurs under the government, only one person must be held responsible.
As a result, a soft-hearted county magistrate came later. For the sake of his wealth, life and reputation, he simply ignored the gangsters. After working there for only a year, he was transferred away through connections, leaving the mess to the next one...
Over the years, Fengyang County has had nearly ten county magistrates, but none of them have been able to get rid of the gangsters. The bandits have been suppressed every year without success. Instead, the gang has grown stronger.
Although the counties and states all made efforts to eliminate the evil bandits during this period, as the gang became more powerful and had numerous spies, they got the news in advance and the government went to them. If they could beat them, they would kill them to death. If they couldn't beat them, they would run away in advance and then take revenge.
For the common people, especially in recent years, when border wars have occurred and the government has no time to take care of it, Menghu Village has become the overlord of a party that is not afraid of the government.
In recent years, Menghu Village has lost sight of the gains from roadblocking and robbery. To the north of Fengyang County, there are two towns with more than a dozen villages, with a population of nearly 70,000. Menghu Village 'replaces' the government in collecting taxes, and they actually outperform the government.
The charge is lower, but it does not cut off people's livelihood...
Then, what they mainly plundered was the tax money transported from the county to the capital, as well as the military salary received from the superiors. In addition, they also sold salt, iron, and wine to make huge profits!
Now, according to the latest local chronicles, there are as many as 2,000 bandits in the Menghu Village alone, and their connections with the surrounding hidden connections are unknown.
The origin of the village owner is unknown. There are rumors that he is a traitor from a certain Jianghu sect. The government is the place to talk about evidence. Such rumors are only mentioned in passing without detailed records.
The leader of Menghu Village, whose name is Wang Tianba, reached the innate realm more than ten years ago, but now rarely takes action. His specific strength is unknown, and he has many masters under his command.
In short, Menghu Village has truly become a tyrant in Fengyang County. Now the government has nothing to do with them. Not only do they commit crimes within Fengyang County, but their 'business' also spreads to surrounding counties. People talk about it and become disloyal.
It is recorded in the local chronicles that since the emergence of Menghu Village, in the past ten years or so, people within the territory have fled, and the total population has dropped by 20%. All aspects have been greatly depressed, turning what was once a high-class county into a low-class one.
county……
After reading this, Yunjing had a headache. The Tiger Village was so powerful that it would be a big problem to eliminate it.
Not to mention other things, as a village leader, he was an innate master more than ten years ago. He didn't have much confidence in defeating Wang Tianba and Yun Jing.
Yunjing is a congenital master and has lived with his master for so many years. Yunjing has a very clear understanding of warriors at this level. With true energy protecting his body, even if he flies his sword to kill in the air, he may not be able to break through the defense. At that level, the vigilance is too high.
, Assassination is too difficult. If a bad person exposes the unknown, it is not difficult to counterattack the opponent who is thousands of meters away.
Wang Tianba was in the innate state more than ten years ago. Who knows what level he is now, but the possibility of the true state of mind is unlikely. After all, that level cannot be reached through hard work. What is more important is enlightenment. Some people can easily reach it.
True artistic conception, some people waste their whole life and never reach that threshold.
To deal with innate masters, poisoning may not be effective. Most of the poisons in the world can be forced out by using innate Qi as long as they are not the kind that will kill you if you touch them.
Not to mention innate, it is the middle and later stages of acquired. If you can use your blood energy and internal strength, you can force poison to heal injuries. Poisoning, unless you get the kind of colorless and tasteless poison that can see blood and seal your throat, otherwise the road will be long.
Probability doesn't work.
If he ran to fight head-on, Yunjing felt that he should just go to sleep as he was now, as that would simply be to kill him.
"The Menghu Village has a large number of people, at least one innate master, as well as spies and secret escape routes. A large-scale attack on the opponent will get the news in advance and run away. In the end, the people will suffer. Poisoning and assassination, etc., although I have an unparalleled advantage.
, but the chance of wiping them all out at once is slim. Once some of them escape, the consequences will be unimaginable..."
Yunjing was thinking about how to deal with the Tiger Village. After much deliberation, he decided that the safest way was to use a strategy, and it had to be a strategy that would be effective quickly. He didn't have much time to waste.
"How about we stuff the Tiger Village with tens of thousands of pounds of explosives and blow them to the sky..."
This thought flashed through Yunjing's mind, and it was just a thought. Where could he get so many explosives in such a short time?
"Now the Dali Dynasty is at war, and the entire country is serving the war. It is unrealistic to use the power of the government to destroy the Tiger Village, so we have to find a way to use the power of the rivers and lakes. Everyone in the world is for profit, and the people in the rivers and lakes are the most important.
What do you value? Fame and fortune, destroying the Tiger Village, doing chivalrous work and eliminating harm for the people. You have a reputation, but it is not enough for people in the world to do their best to destroy the Tiger Village. On the basis of the reputation, you have to use
A little inducement is enough. When countless people in the world rush forward like hungry wolves smelling the fishy smell, how can the Tiger Village be immortal..."
With his thoughts flickering, Yun Jing already had a general idea in his mind, but it needed to be further refined.
"I am not a member of the Jianghu after all. If I were a member of the Jianghu, I would probably use my mind power and control of objects, which are weird ways for people to eliminate them. That is not the safest way.
It is prudent to use tactics to stir up the storm in the dark, play with people's hearts, laugh at the storm, and finally be able to survive alone, so that the enemy does not know how he died in the end... This heart seems a bit dirty..."
Tsk, these thoughts appeared in my mind. Yunjing himself didn't know if it was because of the influence of this world's culture, but he realized that sentence deeply. If a scholar plays hard, he is more terrifying than ten or a hundred villains.
And he himself is now ready to do that!
So, what can make the forces in the world flock to the Tiger Village like hungry wolves?
Divine weapons? Secrets of skills? Treasures of heaven and earth? Relics of masters?
Either way!
"In Tiger Village, ordinary people are not guilty of carrying a jade. 'Who let you have something you shouldn't have?'"
As night fell, Yunjing drank the last sip of cold tea, checked out and left the teahouse.
After returning to their residence, Liu Dazhuang and the others had returned. They avoided Yunshan and others and reported to Yunjing what they had learned when they went out to inquire.
The first thing is about Jiang Xiaoxi. What Liu Song heard about is similar to what he heard at the Baliting tea stall. Now Jiang Xiaoxi is injured and dormant. He doesn’t know where he is recuperating. Liu Song didn’t find out any useful information, but he found out that now
Jiang Xiaoxi's martial arts cultivation should be in the mid-acquired stage.
Wanfang inquired about the news about Menghu Village, but Yunjing didn't know the details yet. However, he did find some hearsay information, saying that Menghu Village is entrenched in Crouching Tiger Mountain. It seems that he has been looking for something these years, otherwise there would be no need to keep going.
Follow the government and refuse to leave. After all, there is no need to stand on the mountain. There is no need to fight with the government.
This news made Yunjing a little surprised, and he felt a little weird. He secretly thought that it couldn't be such a coincidence, right? He wanted Menghu Village to have something he shouldn't have, but in the end, it was really famous?
Of course, I don't know whether this news is true or false, but in Yunjing's view, falsehood can also make him true. He is worried that he has no excuse, so this is it.
Liu Dazhuang told Yunjing that there used to be five Jianghu sects in Fengyang County. Since the arrival of Menghu Village, their lives have become more and more difficult. There is no room for two tigers in one mountain. How can Menghu Village let them stay on the sidelines.
Over the years, of the five martial arts sects, two were wiped out by the Tiger Village, two were forced to join them, and one simply left his hometown and moved his sect elsewhere.
Nowadays, Menghu Village is the only one in the Jianghu in Fengyang County.
The Menghu Village is no longer so afraid of the government. The leader of the village, Wang Tianba, has even appeared in the county seat many times. When people see him, who wouldn't be cautious and call him Lord Tiger?
In this regard, the government can only turn a blind eye and treat him as if he does not exist as long as he does not mess around in the county. They are really afraid of this god of plague.
After hearing this news, Yun Jingxin said that the local Jianghu forces could not be relied on, and had to borrow power from other places...
It's late at night, let's take a rest.
Yunjing, however, took advantage of the night and quietly left his residence, heading all the way to Tiger Village. It was too easy for him to leave silently, and no one noticed his departure.
The information he learned about Menghu Village was just hearsay. Yunjing felt that it was necessary to take a look in person in order to further improve the plan.
It was more than sixty miles away from Fengyang County. Yunjing's 'vision' was not affected by the night. The night instead became his protective color. He drove at full speed and it didn't take much time.
Taking advantage of the darkness, Yunjing avoided everyone and left the county town, quickly rushing to Menghu Village.
More than an hour later, he had arrived at the foot of Crouching Tiger Mountain.
Crouching Tiger Mountain, as its name suggests, looks like an entrenched tiger.
The mountain is hundreds of meters high and stretches for thousands of meters. The mountain is dangerous and easy to defend but difficult to attack. There is a certain reason why Menghu Village is entrenched in this place.
There were many secret sentries from Menghu Village around Crouching Tiger Mountain, but Yunjing spotted them from a distance. In order to avoid alerting the snake, Yunjing did not touch them and avoided them in advance. He touched them all the way to Crouching Tiger Mountain. Only when he got here could he
Find out more about the specific situation here.
At night, Crouching Mountain is brightly lit. For the gangsters in Menghu Village on the mountain, the nightlife may not have started long ago!
As soon as his thoughts swept away, Yun Jing's heart sank.
This Menghu Village actually has more than one innate master, three in total!
Innate masters, according to Yunjing's master Li Qiu, there may not be even one in every county, but there are actually three here. No wonder the government is now unable to do anything about it. Unless the army is dispatched to capture it, it may not be possible to keep it.
There are three innate masters living there.
The three innate masters, in the parlance of the gangsters, are the first master, the second master and the third master.
The head of the family, Wang Tianba, is about fifty years old, nearly two meters tall, and has a burly build that is intimidating. Yunjing has felt the aura about him from the bodyguard of the Princess Mansion, 'Sister Mei'. In other words, Wang
Tianba has innate late-stage cultivation!
After all, it was not the true artistic conception. Yun Jing was somewhat relieved. If the other party was the true artistic conception, his own methods would be useless at that level. Apart from secretly observing the true artistic conception and not being able to detect it, attacking this level would undoubtedly be courting death.
The other two innate masters are still in the early stages of innateness, but they are also great masters. As long as they don't take the initiative to die when they go out, they can do anything in the world.
In the remaining Menghu Village, there are twenty or thirty people in the late acquired period, one or two hundred people in the middle period, and one or two thousand people in the early acquired period...
Such a force is enough to be called terrifying.
The Tiger Village that has been running rampant for many years is really not a lie.
Yunjing's telepathy was not affected by terrain obstacles. After in-depth observation, he discovered that there were actually four secret passages in Crouching Tiger Mountain, leading to different places. In addition, Yunjing could not escape from where their money and food were stored.
exploration.
One of the secret passages caught Yun Jing's attention. It did not lead to anywhere outside the mountain, but to the bottom of Crouching Tiger Mountain. However, it was still being excavated. Even at this late hour, there were still some passages.
Hundreds of people were forced to dig downwards by members of the Menghu Village with knives and whips.
The bottom of the mountain is made of hard rock, making it difficult to dig manually. However, this secret tunnel has been dug for an unknown period of time, and it has now been dug down for more than a thousand meters.
Thinking of his master Li Qiuxian's ability to easily tear the rocks apart, Yun Jingxin said that if those three innate masters from the Tiger Village had come to dig, they probably wouldn't have known how deep they would dig.
But what are they digging for? Or, as Wan Fang heard, what are the people in Menghu Village looking for in Crouching Tiger Mountain?
