son-in-law

Chapter 1167 Chapter [-]
Day and night follow the trajectory of time alternately.

The ancient city floated and sank for another round between fiery red and gray black.

On the edge of Jiangning City, the order has become more and more chaotic, and there are occasional outbreaks of large and small rivalries and battles. Only the teams under the command of the "Fair King" "Long Xian" Fu Pingbo and "Jun Xian" Lin Jiaojiu are still trying to maintain it. order, expel the slaughter, but occasionally, even these law enforcement teams will encounter challenges in groups.

The inner circle of the city still maintains a certain level of peace. The martial arts competition has entered the semi-finals. The winners will also hold banquets in the Golden Tower from time to time. For the knights who participated in this lively event, it is a bit chaotic here, but it can be chaotic. The more powerful it is, the more it attracts the attention of the world.As far as Jianghu people are concerned, being able to participate in such a grand event is nothing but glory. As for how to protect themselves in such a situation - there is no war, a little murder and street fighting, what is it?
Everyone says so.

Of course, more people actually don't know what happened to the progress of the fair party's five parties in this Jiangning conference.The five great kings clashed with each other, and there was a lot of trouble at the meeting, so the situation in the city became worse - this is a result that many people can accept more.

Even if they came from all over the world and tried to bet on alliances, most of them regarded the friction caused by the book club as an ordinary political game.When the game is played on the stage, the audience will act, and when the negotiation is completed, all the conflicting parties will naturally die.After all, the peaceful and happy Fair Party has been developing smoothly in the past, and the Jiangning conference has created momentum for so long.

People either lost or fanatically participated in this fight...

Of course, on September [-]th, the news that the King of Fairness was going to showdown spread in the city and was brewing for a day. Everyone probably understood that things were about to enter a new stage.

After the day's competition ended, the celebrations in the inner circle of the city and the conflicts and killings in the outer circles became more and more intense. All kinds of hustle and bustle were like carnivals, and it was not until the early morning that there was occasional calm.Taking advantage of this "final" chaos, the revenge seekers went their separate ways, and there were also several middle-level groups under the command of the great king, who also tried to show off their strength and muscles before the fair king made a statement, hoping to give more to the superior in the formal negotiation. of chips.

People came and went, screams and groans sounded, and gradually disappeared in the noise, blood flowed, blood dried up... Under the bridge in front of the ruins of the Five Lakes Inn, the people hiding here also witnessed the scene. Farce, those figures appear from time to time, disappear from time to time, sometimes fall down in the field of vision, some people fall off the stone bridge, and the corpses go away along the water...

As the sun rose, the city seemed to calm down for a while.After a few days of chaos, the roads above the river embankment were full of garbage, and in the burned ruins on the other side of the river embankment, some refugees built shacks and lived temporarily in poor conditions, while walking along the ruins, more Around the still-formed courtyard, walls and blocks have been erected, and people are patrolling above at any time.

Confused voices came from far and near.

"stop!"

"Don't let them run away..."

"Kill them..."

very messy.

The early morning fog had just dissipated. At this time, the first people to run from the road were three figures with a burden on their backs and wounds on their bodies.Seven or eight men from the rivers and lakes chased behind them, each of them armed with knives and guns. Two of them had the flag of "Abi Yuantu" under the command of "King Yama" behind them, shouting loudly, like a bandit.

Behind the house by the road, someone poked his head from behind the fence, looking at this chaotic and ordinary scene.Among the shacks in the ruins of the Wuhu Inn, seeing the change coming, several men with knives and guns also stood by the ruins, watching the movement nervously, and protecting the weaker family members in the shack behind.

"Help me..."

The injuries of the three being chased ranged from light to serious. One of them was dripping with blood and dripping all the way. As they ran, they cried for help around them.But seeing the banner of "Abi Yuantu" at the back, no one in the surrounding houses dared to stand up at this time, just to warn the other party not to come towards him. As for the chasers behind, they ran and shouted, and also Around a large number of people, from time to time, they showed a warning look, and even shouted: "What are you looking at!"

"Abi Yuantu does things—"

"Catch the book club thief—"

By the bridge by the river, the little bald head climbed by the road and watched this scene as well.The three people carrying the packages ran past, and then the chasers also passed by.When he turned his head, the river was on fire, and there was a smell of medicine.

The little monk said to his elder brother Long Aotian, who was sitting by the fire: "Abi Yuantu is killing people again."

In the bridge hole, the two figures lying there seemed to be in a dying state. The woman Yueniang's body twitched for a while last night, and she didn't move for a long time after fainting. Going to sleep - his condition is only slightly better than Yueniang - lack of food and medicine, long-term mental exhaustion, people's consciousness has actually become confused, Ning Ji can't distinguish his consciousness from breathing Whether he was awake or not, he sat in front of the medicine jar and seemed to stay there.

"Amitabha." The little monk whispered, "Xiao Na knows why Master let me come here... This is also the appearance of all beings."

He used to grow up in Jin, which also suffered from famine, fought wars, and even devoured each other, but it was not as violent and chaotic as Jiang Ning had shown.

When he first came here, he even felt that there was hope here, and people wanted to have a good future, but the more this was the case, the more intense the fight between people, and even more inexplicable most of the time.

"I'm already starting to hate it here."

After a while, the elder brother "Long Aotian" on the other side of the bridge said a word with disgust, and then said: "...they are back again."

The second half of his sentence was referring to something else.As soon as the words fell, they saw two people coming down from the river bank, and looked at the bridge hole with their heads out. These were two of the chasers before. One of them had a flag on his back. They looked here and again. He turned his head to look at the small camp in the ruins on the other side of the road, and determined that the two sides should not be together.

"Hey, there are two little brats here..."

"They actually have medicine..."

In troubled times, medicine is a precious thing.

The two of them came here with their weapons and looked at the two adults who were not moving under the bridge. They had already made plans in their hearts. It looked like a family. Both adults were ill. medicinal herbs.

"Hey, your parents..."

The man with the flag behind him spoke. The older young man sat cross-legged beside the medicine jar and held his chin, still not moving. The little bald head turned his back to the two of them and sighed, "Amitabha..." He stretched out his hand to pick up the one on the ground. stick.

"...they're sick..."

The two walked in front of them while talking. The long stick in the little monk’s hand stretched backwards, and simply hit the lower abdomen of the man walking in front of him, retracted it, and then moved upwards like a lightning bolt, knocking it at the back. On the Adam's apple of the flag bearer behind it.

"Oh……"

"Ugh..."

These two strikes were simple and fast, and there was almost no time difference, and even the little monk didn't take a close look at the enemy.One of the two huddled on the ground while covering their lower abdomen, the other fell on their backs while covering their neck, and then rolled on the ground without making any sound.

"Amitabha, Xiao Na also finds it a bit annoying here, but the practice in the human world may be like this..."

He put the stick aside and sat down bored.

The two figures tumbled on the tidal flat behind for a while, and gradually bowed. Some people began to cry out in pain, and some people coughed hard. At this time, several other chasers returned, some of them standing by the river bank. On the way, someone came down from above and looked at the scene under the bridge, in shock.

"Hey……"

"Hello..."

"What, what...what's the matter..."

"I am Abi Yuantu under the command of King Yama, what, who did it..."

The two people on the ground were helped by their companions. The flag bearer who was hit by the Adam’s apple stretched out his hand and pointed to the bridge hole in fear.

The young man beside the medicine jar put down his hand on his chin.

"This is my hometown, my mother's favorite place... They pooped in my heart."

After Ning Ji finished speaking, his eyes turned to the few people here, then stood up and walked towards this side with an indifferent look.His stature is not tall, and he has not seen any weapons, but his steps are not like ordinary people.

A few people up and down the embankment were frightened and looked at each other, and many people looked around vigilantly. Afterwards, they saw another person carrying a flag on the road on the embankment with a solemn face, facing the approaching man. Looking in the direction, he waved his hand.

"Let's go, we-we're just catching the traitors..." he said, "No, don't disturb the people..."

The others quickly helped the two wounded to climb up from under the embankment.

The boy who came over blinked, somewhat surprised, but then he still looked at these people indifferently, watching them climb the street and run away one after another.

Having been here for several days, this is not the first time something like this has happened. The two teenagers have beaten a lot of people and scared people away a few times. At this time, the trouble is temporarily relieved, but the mood may not be considered good. .Ning Ji walked back under the bridge, looking down at Yueniang, who was weak.The little monk sat cross-legged and counted his toes.

"I heard that something happened to the bad guy called Tian Xun, so the people on the side of King Yama are very angry, and they are going to fight again today..."

"If something goes wrong, they will fight." Ning Ji said.

After he finished speaking, Yueniang's body suddenly moved slightly on the ground, her hand moved, and then her body twitched, shaking a few times, and there was a sound of "uh-" in her throat, and I saw her eyes It opened, revealing a weak and painful look.

Ning Ji squatted down and checked her problem quickly, but in fact, what he received in the past was mostly the medical knowledge of first aid on the battlefield, and he saw the most serious injuries and dying. Dry people actually don't have much experience, and now they are just forced to continue their lives.

Hearing this movement, Xue Jin, who was curled up on the ground, also woke up, and he hurriedly crawled over to try to help.

There was a lot of confusion under the bridge, and after a while, Ning Ji sucked a mouthful of phlegm from Yueniang's throat before saving her from the brink of death.When Xue Jin sat there with her in his arms, the thin woman stared at him with her eyes wide open. Perhaps she had come back from the brink of death, her face flushed slightly, and she was breathing hard. His expression didn't seem so painful.

She opened her eyes wide and looked at Xue Jin, her eyes were like a baby. After a while, she shook her head slightly in Xue Jin's arms. She opened her eyes again, this time slowly looking at the scene outside the bridge.After these days of turmoil, the bridge hole looked out. First, there were a few dilapidated weeds and black river water floating with silt. Above the river bank, the black city was heavy on the land, and a smoke column rose. , It also looks like a piece of garbage being burned.

Xue Jin was in tears, and after a while he was about to kowtow again, but Ning Ji stopped him.He said, "I'm going out to find medicine."

The little bald head sent him out under the bridge.

"I'm going to find Shiba." He said to the little bald head, "Let's see if their family is doing well."

"Aren't you going to look for medicine?"

"...No more medicine."

In the past few days, the city has been chaotic. The nearby medical clinic has long exhausted the medicinal materials. Even the doctor has been killed a few times in the chaos. Now, if you want to grab the medicine, you have to go to the military camp.More importantly, Ning Ji no longer knew what medicine to take.

He left a few slices of old ginseng for the little bald head.

"...Amitabha." The little bald head was silent for a moment, then whispered, "I heard that they have a meeting today."

"...The memorial service is also a meeting."

Ning Ji frowned, answering in a wrong way.

……

"...Earlier, eldest brother, you asked me to investigate the news, and now I have verified a few... As for the new army under Shen Ling, it seems that it is likely to be in Jingjiang... It seems that the fair king has deliberated , has already planned..."

The sun has already risen a lot, and the crowd gathered in the big house used for meetings in Jiangning City. When the deputy in the "Resentment Meeting" and Meng Zhutao walked to a hidden corner, they briefly reported some things in a very soft voice, and then Hand over the note with the message to him for confirmation.

Meng Zhutao put the note into his sleeve.

When I turned around, many people had gathered in this courtyard, Tan Zheng "Tian Dao", "Jack Crow" Chen Juefang, "Wu Ba" Gao Huiyun, "Five Luo Zhan" Tang Qinghua, "Tuohe Sanren" Xu. Long Biao and others have arrived, as well as various middle and high-level personnel.

Xu Longbiao and the others greeted him: "Lao Meng, come here... He Wen said he wanted to confess and stop playing tricks. What do you think he wants?"

"As long as there is something to talk about, it's a good thing, I'm afraid he hides and plays dumb riddles."

Meng Zotao smiled and chatted with everyone for a while.

After a while, the figure of the "runner king" Xu Zhaonan appeared in the courtyard, and everyone greeted him with their fists. When they entered the courtyard lobby, Meng Zhutao just lined up everyone and walked over.

Following Xu Zhaonan, there were four figures with weapons, all of them smiled and moved away when they saw Meng Zhutao approaching.

"Xu Gong, there is some news, let's talk about it in private."

"Okay, go to the side hall."

Xu Zhaonan nodded and went in first. Meng Zhuotao followed by the other four guards. After they all entered the room, Xu Zhaonan and Meng Zhuotao walked aside, but also smiled and nodded to the four guards not far away. Point: "We all know each other, it doesn't matter, you said."

Meng Zhuotao nodded and took out the information from his sleeve: "The news just reported, Shen Ling's people are in Jingjiang in all likelihood, this new army has been training for a while, and its combat strength is hard to say, if it's true, why? Wen Fabiao is also prepared."

Xu Zhaonan took it and looked at it, frowned, and then said: "It's similar to the news from my side... It's not surprising that he has come to this day, and he is not a three-year-old child, even the gangsters below us know before the negotiation. It takes a few more battles to have a bargaining chip, and if he doesn't have a knife in his hand, who will listen to his chatter."

"My subordinate Tang Rui's group is rushing to Taihu Lake. I will give an urgent order to let them move to Jiangyin to assist in defense."

"Well, well done." Xu Zhaonan patted Meng Zitao's shoulder.

"Xu Gong, you said, what will He Wen say today?"

"No matter what he says, the soldiers will block the water and cover up. As long as he is willing to talk and talk, we can always find a way... It's not like he has to say it, right?"

"...I don't think it's that simple."

"Jane is not simple, and it can only be like this." Xu Zhaonan took a deep breath and spit it out again, "Anyway... so what if he is prepared, and if he really wants to fight, why wait until today. , suddenly attacked ten days ago, or suddenly attacked two months ago, and no one was prepared, of course he could take advantage of it. But to put it bluntly, four fights one... everyone asked him to slash, and he was the one who died."

Meng Zhutao nodded.

The two walked out from the side hall.

The yard became more and more lively.

At that time, the meeting was held, and everyone entered the venue.

……

The main venue of the Fair Party Conference was set on the most spacious square in the Jiangnan compound. In order to hold this meeting, everyone erected a huge roof above the courtyard square, and rows of tables and chairs were here. There is a large circle in the spacious space. The five kings headed by He Wen sit at the core of the five wooden tables, and the middle and high-level personnel belonging to various parties are distributed behind them. Representatives of emerging groups, such as others, vary widely.

The conference held every two days has reached No.21 by September 11st.The first few times were held smoothly, but when Baofeng picked out the reason for the book club, the whole conference fell into a stalemate. Several kings had not attended several times, and the middle and high-level members were allowed to come every two days. Here comes a scolding battle.

Today, He Wen returned to the venue, so Xu Zhaonan, Shi Baofeng, Gao Chang, and Zhou Shang also arrived.In the venue, the five parties were clearly divided, and the atmosphere was fighting. The few representatives of the small forces could only hide in the back and watch quietly.

After a few polite greetings, He Wen, who was wearing a gray robe, began to speak after letting people put down a lot of information.

"...Since the fair party conference was held, I have raised several questions, which are difficult problems that we must solve at this conference. During these days, brothers and sisters have discussed these issues a lot, and some people have asked me, What is the specific idea, today, I will clearly explain all the ideas to everyone.”

He Wen picked up a notebook and slapped it on the table, then pushed the notebook away, and reached out to move a large pile of recording materials beside him.

"But before I talk about the idea of ​​solving it, I want to tell you carefully that the problems of our fair party... abuse of power, random massacres, banditry, cannibalism, robbery of civilian women, clever pretensions, corruption Corruption...every piece, this is part of the various misdeeds of our fair party that I have investigated and collected since the incident last year!"

He Wen's finger clicked on the pile of documents: "I, I will read it to you one by one, and then we will see how to solve him."

Among the crowd, some people tilted their heads, some frowned, and the opposite Zhou Shang applauded: "Okay—"

Then some people applauded: "Fair King's atmosphere!"

He Wen calmly turned to the first page: "Most of our problems must be caused by fighting the local tyrants to divide the land. In August last year, in Haiyu County, Changshu, after the war, people had a good attitude and were willing to We hand over everything, we kill the whole family, all the female relatives in the other's family are killed by J, and the men are tortured to death, the specific process is like this..."

He Wen pointed his finger at Xu Zhaonan, and Xu Zhaonan gave a thumbs up: "It's a good thing that the King of Fairness is willing to speak out about our problems!"

After the meeting, there was applause again, and He Wen looked over there. He didn't wait for the applause to stop, and calmly began to speak according to the record in the document.

When the Fair Party fights the local tyrants to divide the land, there is naturally a round of basic regulations. For example, it is inevitable that there will be accidental injuries during the war, or the first round of home raids will often cause accidental injuries. This is not difficult to understand, but in the first round of home raids, there are often accidental injuries. Afterwards, since the other party confessed to beating and punishing, then to deal with the sinner, there must be a crime.This is the most basic bottom line, but at the actual operational level, there are naturally exceptional practices everywhere.

The incident that happened in Haiyu County last August was just one of many incidents. The first round of house raids actually killed many people in the landlord's family, but the soldiers in the past were not satisfied. Two days later, the property was seized. But for the time being, the landlords who haven't been driven out of the yard are all brutally murdered... This is something that can't be said on the bright side anyway. After all, even a person like Zhou Shang who is easy to kill, once he gets on the bright side, he will After organizing the "White Rakshasa" to frame the crime, they murdered people on the grounds of excitement.

But this kind of thing is not an isolated case. Unconstrained refugees from all sides can do anything in private - or, especially after having the name of "fairness", people who are not restrained will be more enthusiastic to do such things.

He Wen sat there and read these collected cases one by one.

Occasionally someone applauded, and occasionally someone tried to interrupt, but He Wen was unmoved and continued to read.

The atmosphere in the venue became boring, Xu Zhaonan and others sat there, but began to laugh.Everyone knows the situation of all parties in the Fairness Party. In other words, in the stage of large-scale incitement to the disorderly expansion of refugees, these problems will inevitably arise. How easy is it to rob the other party's house and kill the whole family?After breaking through a town, the supervision is not strong enough, how is it normal to find a few women to play with?It is wrong to say that it is wrong, but with such rapid expansion, who can control this?
Besides, isn't everyone sitting here today just to control these things?As for whose head these things fall on - that is all forgivable, and it will be fine to correct it in the future.

When He Wen read aloud, the crowd first applauded, then listened, and then some people started yawning. Time gradually passed in the boring process of reading out numerous cases. At noon, He Wen closed the documents and announced the temporary adjournment of the meeting.Everyone had lunch in the courtyards of the parties and discussed for a while. At the beginning of the afternoon meeting, He Wen began to chatter about the case file again.

Before the end of time, He Wencai slowly closed the unfinished materials, he took a sip of water, and heaved a long sigh of relief.

The crowd applauded again.

When He Wen waited for them to applaud, he took out the original book.

"...In the past two years, the number of issues that have arisen in the Fairness Party is unclear, and I can't read them all... But based on these questions, at this Fairness Party conference, I hope that we can have these issues as soon as possible. Change... First, we need more detailed laws and principles, and among these principles, there are some key points, I think, this is..."

Xu Zhaonan and the others sat up straight, but then they heard He Wen was another long and stinky nonsense, such as the norms of the steps of raiding houses, such as not allowing indiscriminate killing, not allowing public weapons to seek personal revenge... These things were originally used by everyone. The matters discussed, even Zhou Shang, supported these provisions.

"...The second item, correct it when we know it's wrong... Can we take some action right away..."

Since then, there have been various seemingly detailed ideas and proposals, such as "establishing the Overwatch Council," "establishing a voting mechanism," "decision-making prohibition," and "setting up a new law enforcement team."

The crowd applauded one after another, Xu Zhaonan, Shi Baofeng, Zhou Shang and others occasionally applauded, but in their eyes, they became a little confused.

After most of the application time, He Wen briefly introduced the innovative ideas of the piles and pieces in one breath. After a short period of time, there was confusion and whispers in the venue. The ideas of these things were ordinary, radical, and many. I also learned from the experience in the southwest, but in any case, it really depends on the person and the will of the person in power. Although he throws this out, everyone will not accept it all, but let’s talk about it. It doesn't seem like there's anything to hide.

The whispering voice was getting louder, and suddenly, Zhou Shang slammed the table.

"Well said! I agree with King Fairness!"

Zhou Shang waved his hand and shouted loudly. After a while, he looked around and spread his hands.

"I would like to add that Zhou Shang's side is the fairest!"

Xu Zhaonan also laughed: "I basically agree with the idea of ​​King Fairness. Of course, there are a few of them. We can talk about it slowly."

A group of people expressed their opinions one after another, some with positive opinions and some with negative opinions. He Wen sat there and watched the commotion lasted for a long time. He slowly began to slap the table, and gradually quieted the voices in the venue.

"...It seems that all brothers and comrades... all agree with my idea of ​​He Wen, our fair party, it is impossible not to reverse these problems on the table, it seems that everyone agrees, we must make mistakes We must have more detailed laws and regulations, and we must have a stricter law enforcement and supervision system..."

"I agree with that statement."

"We can talk, we can talk..."

"The provisions of the law are pushed forward step by step..."

Everyone began to express their positions one by one, and Xu Zhaonan and others sat there and looked at him.He Wen nodded.

"Okay. Since everyone has promised to make corrections if there are any mistakes, we can slowly push these provisions and discuss slowly how to organize these things... At the same time, when we were in the meeting, there was a It's a big mess, we have to stop it..."

He paused: "About those people in the so-called book club, they are also full members of the Fair Party. They just read some books in the southwest and discuss some words that have a way. About the things they discussed, many of them are the same as me. ...In the past few days, some of us hated them, arrested them, and even killed them without being interrogated. This is something that was absolutely not allowed in the previous fair code! It seems everyone agrees that this must stop immediately."

Xu Zhaonan looked at him: "I think it makes sense. We can discuss this matter, and let everyone talk about how to do it..."

He Wen's palm dropped: "Since everyone says that this matter is wrong, and everyone admits that it is wrong and needs to be corrected, then this matter must be stopped first, I don't care about some of us in the past few days, we have caught it. How many members of the book club, I demand in the name of the King of Fairness that these innocent companions, our own brothers, be released immediately, and no more innocent people are allowed to be killed. I have already arranged for this matter, starting tomorrow, First of all, in Jiangning City, these things must never happen again, and from tomorrow, there will be people in the city who will accept such grievances and lawsuits. , we will accept it, and these chaotic people will be the enemies of my fair king and fair party!"

Gao Chang, who has always been silent, opened his mouth, and his voice was strong: "It's such a big thing, we can't help but discuss it."

He Wen spread out his hands: "For such a right thing, please support me! We will start from the mistakes we make."

"Who is right and who is wrong, don't you just let the King of Fairness have the final say?"

"The reading club is our own brother, and of course the killing of our own brother must be stopped immediately!" He Wen laughed, "Everyone said it just now, if there is a mistake, it will be corrected. I have already drafted an order on this matter, no matter what. , issued tomorrow, but anyone who doesn't even recognize this matter. I, the fair king He Wen, don't recognize him either, whoever doesn't stop tomorrow will not be a fair party member!"

He Wen put his hands on the table, and his voice echoed in the venue.He was not the most powerful in the venue, but after all, the fair king was furious with the attitude of breaking, and apart from the other kings, there was no one to directly attack him for a while.

Xu Zhaonan sat there, his brows furrowed and his eyes serious;
Gao Chang sat on a chair with his hands folded in front of his chest, his face expressionless;
Shi Baofeng's face twitched, the muscles on his face twitched, and he looked like he wanted to laugh, but although he became fierce again, he didn't seem to be able to decide whether to talk to Mud or to be harsh.

Some people whispered: "Negotiable, negotiable..."

"Hey……"

Someone laughed and raised his hand sharply.

Boom.

Shadows rolled up into the sky, and countless pieces of paper flew up.

Zhou Shang was in the center of the venue, facing He Wen, overturning the table——

(End of this chapter)