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Chapter 782 The wind rises and clouds gather in Zezhou ([-])

Returning to the inn room, You Hongzhuo excitedly reported the information he had heard to Mr. Zhao who was drinking tea and reading a book, but it was clear that the two seniors already knew about this information.Then Mr. Zhao just smiled and listened, nodded slightly, You Hongzhuo couldn't help asking: "Then... did the two seniors also go to Zezhou for the righteous man Wang Shitong?"

The other party just smiled and shook his head: "Our husband and wife will not participate in things like Jianghu Juyi. It's okay to pass through Zezhou and see the excitement. If you are so interested, you can also take a look at it, but Zezhou is bright. Teach the rudder, the rudder master is that Tan Zheng, if your fourth brother is really the one who betrayed his brother, maybe he will also appear, so you have to be careful."

"Yeah." You Hongzhuo calmed down a little, nodded, and after a while, his heart couldn't help surging again: "The Black Flag Army was huge a few years ago, only they can defend against the golden dog and not be defeated, if Zaize It's a big deal for the state to reappear..."

"In the three-year battle of Xiaocanghe, the Central Plains lost its vitality, and the Huaxia Army was spared. Two years ago, the demons died in the battle, and the black flag retreated south. If you are interested, you can visit there in the future." Mr. Zhao said, turning over the pages of the book in his hand, "As for Wang Shitong, it is difficult to say whether he is a remnant of the black flag, even if it is, the chaos in the Central Plains is difficult to recover, and the black The flag army finally left a little strength, and it should not be exposed for this matter."

"...Why?" You Hongzhuo hesitated.

"How much benefit can it be exposed to? The Wu Dynasty retreated to the south of the Yangtze River. The so-called Daqi in the Central Plains is just an empty shelf. Sooner or later, the Jin people will come south again. Two years ago, the Black Flag was defeated, and the remaining people shrank in the corner of the southwest. Chao, Tubo, and Dali did not dare to touch it for a while, and no one knew how much power it still had. However, once it came out, it would definitely be a blow to the waves of the Jin Kingdom. Only then is it useful. At this time, let alone some latent forces, even if the black flag dominates the Central Plains, it will only bear the brunt of future wars..."

When Mr. Zhao said this, he stopped talking and shook his head: "These things are not necessarily, and we will see when the time comes... You go, practice the swordsmanship, and rest early."

You Hongzhuo said goodbye and left. He returned to his room, his eyes still a little confused.This inn is not small, but it is already a bit shabby. There are voices coming from upstairs and downstairs, and the air is dull. You Hongzhuo sat for a while and practiced in the room for a while. After that, his heart was not very quiet.

In fact, what really touched him all of a sudden was not Mr. Zhao's words about the black flag, but the simple sentence "the golden man will come south again sooner or later".

There are many things, he was still young, and he hadn't thought about it too much in the past.After the family broke down, he killed the group of monks and stepped into the outside world. He could still look at this river and lake with novel eyes, imagining that in the future, the hero will become a generation of heroes and be admired by the people of the rivers and lakes.Later, he was hunted down and starved. Naturally, he didn't have too many thoughts. He just walked together for two days. Hearing what Mr. Zhao said today, he suddenly felt a little illusory in his heart.

When the golden people return on a large scale, new conquests will arise.

- All of this will be gone in the future.

He is a martial artist, and he is not shy about fighting, killing, or even dead people. He didn't feel too much about the death.The world is like this, there is nothing surprising, however, when I think that these things in front of me will be gone, I suddenly feel that it is actually very miserable.

He thought about this, and when he practiced the sword that night, he gradually became harder and harder, thinking that if there is another major chaos in the future, it will be nothing more than death.In the early morning of the second day, when it was dawn, he got up early again and practiced the sword technique dozens of times in the courtyard of the inn.

After having breakfast that day, the three set off again and set foot on the road to Zezhou.In the hot summer, the official roads that have been in disrepair for a long time are not easy to walk. The surrounding low grass and short trees, and the low mountains walk vertically and horizontally. Occasionally I see villages, and they all look desolate and decadent. This is an ordinary atmosphere in a chaotic world. There were a lot of people on the road in twos and threes, a lot more than yesterday. Obviously, they were all travelers to Zezhou. Among them, there were many people from the Green Forest with swords and soldiers, and some had special yellow cloth belts tied around their waists. But it is the symbol of Daguang Sect's secular disciples and Dharma protectors.

At noon on this day, I saw a group of chariots, horses and soldiers coming from the road mighty.

There were about three to five hundred soldiers, guarding the carriages of several nobles from the Kingdom of Jin. Wherever they went, they made passersby kneel and bow their heads. You Hongzhuo and the other three rested on the hillside near the post road, just watching this scene from a distance. When passing by, I also saw the curtain of the carriage in the middle of the team being blown open by the wind, and a gorgeously dressed girl poked her head out from inside. Although she was a golden person, she didn't look too hideous.

"If I were down there, and I attacked at this time, I would most likely be able to cut off her dog's head with one knife..."

You Hongzhuo is a young man, and everyone who sees this carriage and horses is forced to kneel and worship, and he is filled with righteous indignation.Thinking like this in my heart, I saw someone in the crowd suddenly violently attacked, and a hidden arrow shot at the woman in the car.This man got up suddenly, and many people have not yet reacted. The next moment, a horse-riding soldier next to the carriage fit in and pounced on him, blocking the arrow with his body. The soldier fell to the ground, and the surrounding people reacted and moved towards the assassin rushed over.

The assassin missed a shot, and under the cover of the surrounding crowd, he immediately fled.The guarding soldiers rushed over, and the surroundings seemed to explode for a while. The civilians kneeling there blocked the soldiers' path and were smashed into a pool of blood.The assassin flew up the hillside, and then a large number of soldiers pulled their bows to shoot arrows. The arrows shot two rounds. Several people were shot and killed. The assassin was shot twice in the back and fell on the gravel on the hillside. dead.

The sudden assassination changed the atmosphere around the post road, and the people passing by were trembling.The soldier who sacrificed himself to protect the arrow from the golden man did not die. After a little check, the surrounding soldiers cheered.

The soldiers were all Han Chinese.

On the way that day, only such a small episode happened.The three of them were never affected. When they reached Deshen, in front of the winding official road, a khaki ancient city surrounded by rivers had already appeared in the field of vision, and Zezhou had arrived.

Zezhou is the geographical hub of Taihang and Heshuo in the Central Plains, Xiongzhen in southern Hebei, surrounded by water, and the city is solid.Since Tian Hu occupied it, it has been carefully managed. At this time, it has become the frontier of the Tiger King's site.During this period of time, because Wang Shitong was taken over, Tian Hu's army and people from the surrounding green forests all gathered here, and Zezhou City also strengthened the city's defense and vigilance. For a time, the atmosphere outside the city seemed quite different. for fun.

The guard and check at the city gate where the soldiers gathered was quite troublesome, and the group of three took some time to enter the city.Zezhou has an important geographical location and a long history. It can be seen that the buildings in the city are a few years old. The market is dirty and old, but there are many pedestrians. At this time, the most people who appear in front of them are still unarmed but puzzled. Soldiers in uniform, in groups of three and five, wandered the streets of the city, making loud noises.

The group of three found an inn in the city to stay in. You Hongzhuo asked for a while, and only then did he know the development of the matter, but he was somewhat dumbfounded for a while.

——The anti-thief king Shitong and a cadre of henchmen were taken to Zezhou the day before, and were prepared to be executed six days later.The person responsible for escorting the rebels was Sun Qi, the general of the Tiger King. He led a [-]-strong army under his command, and together with the [-] troops originally stationed here, they were all stationed in Zezhou at this time, sitting in the surrounding area.

Now it is just a Zezhou, and there are already [-] troops under the Tiger King's command. Although most of these troops are arranged to be stationed in military camps outside the city, they have just won the battle against the "Hungry Ghost", and the military discipline of the army has deteriorated. Not very strong, every day a large number of soldiers enter the city, or act like prostitutes or drink or make trouble.It added a bit of excitement to Zezhou at this time.

However, with the [-] army in town, whether it is the gathered Green Forest people, or the rumored rest of the Black Flag, how big of a wave can they make here at this time?

The setting sun shone on Chen Pu's tulou in the inn in Zezhou, and for a while, You Hongzhuo, who had just arrived, was a little lost.Upstairs, the Black Wind Shuangsha Zhao and his wife pushed open the window and watched this quaint city hidden in a quiet blood-colored afterglow.

The liveliness in the city also represents a rare prosperity. This is a rare and peaceful moment.

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Everything has cause and effect. The birth and death of one thing must be accompanied by the disturbance of another cause. If there is a supreme existence in this world, in his eyes, this world may be countless running lines, which appear, develop, and collide. , bifurcation, twists and turns, annihilation, with time, continuous continuation...

The Central Plains in the eighth year of the Wu Dynasty and the sixth year of Daqi was a chaotic land that lost most of its order. In this land, the rise and demise of forces, the success and failure of careerists, the gathering and dispersal of crowds, No matter how bizarre and abrupt, it is no longer surprising.

Because of the lack of reason for gatherings and gatherings, all major events have become ordinary. Of course, perhaps only the participants in each gathering and gathering can feel the suffocating heaviness and unforgettable pain.

The Central Plains, Wasion, is now an important place in the Central Plains.

Because King Tian Hu of Jin was based here.

The King of Jin, commonly known as the Tiger King, was originally a hunter, but he rose to power when the Wu Dynasty was still prosperous, occupying land as the king.In all fairness, his strategy is not deep, and along the way, whether it is rebellion, enclosure, or proclaiming emperor, it is not smart, but time is passing, and more than ten years have passed in a blink of an eye. Heroes have all retired on the stage of history, but this Tiger King took advantage of the timing of the Jin Kingdom's invasion, relying on his clumsy maneuvering and forbearance, and built a huge country, and his foundation has become more and more profound.

For more than ten years, although nominally still under the command of Daqi Liu Yu, the leaders of many forces in the Central Plains understand that in terms of strength alone, the strength under the Tiger King's account is already much higher than that of the nominal Daqi court.A few years after the establishment of Daqi, he has occupied a large area on the north bank of the Yellow River and devoted himself to development. In this chaotic situation, he has maintained the safest area north of the Yellow River and even north of the Yangtze River. Liu Yu, who has been in the Jianguo District for six years, as well as the many forces that have risen for less time, are already the deepest "famous family".

Of course, even so, there will be struggles up and down the court of King Jin.

More than ten years after the "founding of the country", King Jin's court has experienced dozens or even dozens of large and small political struggles. One by one, the rookies who rose in the Tiger King system have fallen, and batches of celebrities have gained power. Losing power again, this is also a rough regime that will inevitably have a test.In May of the eighth year of the establishment of the Wu Dynasty, Wasion's court experienced another bump, and an "old man" who had been widely used under the Tiger King's tent fell down.For everyone in the courtroom, this is not a big deal.

In parallel with this incident, hundreds of thousands of hungry ghosts migrated and invaded the borders of King Jin's territory, so at the end of May, the Tiger King ordered the dispatch of the army - and now, this incident has also come to an end.

Big win.

It was getting late, and the entire Wasion City seemed to be prosperous, but a group of soldiers were constantly patrolling the streets of the city, and the security was extremely strict.The palace "Tianji Palace" where the Tiger King was built after more than ten years was also heavily guarded.The powerful minister Hu Ying passed through the overlapping corridors of the Tianji Palace, and after being notified by the guards all the way, he saw the tiger king Tianhu sitting in the palace.

He is here to report on the most important series of recent events, including the progress of Zezhou. "Ghost King" Wang Shitong is the most critical part of the series of actions under King Jin this time.

"... Now it can be confirmed that this Wang Shitong was indeed a remnant of the Black Flag in the Xiaocang River back then, and now there is no obvious movement from the remnants of the Black Flag in Zezhou, and the people of Green Forest have passed by under the instigation of the Great Light Sect. A few, but nothing to worry about. The rest of the places have been closely monitored..."

Hu Ying reported the situation one after another, Tian Hu listened quietly there, his strong body stood up, he looked at Hu Ying coldly for a long time, and finally slowly went to the window.

"Ning Yi, the demon of the heart, is indeed the devil in people's hearts, Hu Qing, I have been preparing for this for two years, and the black flag will not be removed. I am in the Central Plains, and it will be difficult to make big moves. You should keep an eye on this matter. I will not treat you badly."

"I have been preparing for this matter for two years, and I will live up to the entrustment of Your Majesty!"

When Hu Ying expressed his loyalty, Tian Hu looked at the scenery outside the window with fierce eyes.Two years ago, the death of the demon Ning Yi shocked the world, but the many messages that followed also made the forces in the Central Plains unable to advance or retreat, as if they were stuck in the throat. , Ning Yi and other things will not be mentioned much, but all the rising forces in this place are actually uneasy. No one knows how many black flag pieces have been quietly infiltrating every force since five years ago. internal.

What is clear, however, is that these things are not groundless.In two years, whether it was Liu Yu's Daqi court or the Tiger King's court, in fact, more or less, the shadows of the remnants of the black flag have been caught or discovered. As a king, for such a cup, bow and snake shadow, how to tolerate.

After these two years of peace and chaos, the King of Jin, Tian Hu, who has the deepest control over his own power, finally started to take action, to pull out the poisonous thorn that had been pierced into his body in one fell swoop!
Rain is coming.The entire Tiger King's territory has actually become sluggish and quiet——

(End of this chapter)