Ruins of the past

After Chu Qiguang and others set off, the official road in Lingzhou was still relatively peaceful along the way, even if there were some thieves... But when they saw Chu Qiguang and his group wearing bright clothes and angry horses, not afraid of the severe cold, they immediately stayed away and Don't mess with it.

The five people on the road could still chat and laugh while walking.

Qiao Zhi was lying obediently in Chu Qiguang's arms. After listening to the chat between several people, he suddenly said: "This time we will go from Lingzhou to Yongzhou first, and then to Shuzhou, right?"

Chu Qiguang said: "What's wrong?"

Qiao Zhi said in his heart: "It's January of the 17th year of Yong'an... another eighth general of the Xinghan Dynasty is about to be born in Yongzhou."

Chu Qiguang's eyes flashed: "Tell me in detail."

Qiao Zhi said: "Last year, there was an official named Lei Yi in Qintian Prison. Shangshu impeached Mr. Wu Ge. Later, he was beaten first, and then after an investigation, it was found that he was friends with the generals, so he was demoted to Yongzhou. Went to Zeshan Station."

"And his son Lei Yushu is one of the eight generals of the Xinghan Dynasty."

Chu Qiguang said in surprise: "Since Lei Yi is an official of Qin Tianjian, can't he see that his son is the Eighth General of the Xinghan Dynasty?"

Qiao Zhi smiled and said, "This is a strange thing to say. The original destiny, facial features, and bone features of the Lei Yu Book...are simply ordinary, and there is nothing special about them since childhood."

"But after his father was exiled to Zeshan Station, he came to take care of him."

"But his father was seriously injured as early as in the capital. He has a serious illness and will definitely not survive January this year."

"After his father's death, Lei Yushu's fate changed suddenly, even his face and bones changed, and he actually matched the fate of the eight generals of the Xinghan Dynasty."

Chu Qiguang was speechless after hearing this, and then asked: "What about the future?"

Qiao Zhi continued: "After Lei Yushu's father died, he said that he wanted to reorganize the court and eliminate the traitors in the court. He also wanted to avenge his father and get Mr. Wu Pavilion to step down."

"Later he went north to join the army and joined the Tianyu School."

"Then the Nine Sides Mutiny happened. He repeatedly performed extraordinary feats. After suppressing the mutiny, he became one of the young generals of the Northern Army. He was also appreciated by the senior leaders of the Tianyu School."

"Later, he entered Taoism with the "Fire Pear Blossom Spear" in the 25th Zhengfa, and organized a new army in Xinjiubianli. He led three thousand cavalry to kill the Northeast Eagle Clan, and even proclaimed himself a vassal to the Han Dynasty."

"But it's a pity that this man later repeatedly impeached the guarding eunuch for annexing property and embezzling money and free money, which greatly offended the eunuch."

"Later, when the wolf clan went south, the guarding eunuch deliberately delayed it for three days, allowing Lei Yushu to fight alone."

"In the end, Lei Yushu's 10,000 new troops were wiped out. He fought bloody battles for three days and three nights, and was killed by the wolf tribe's King Ninghai and King Baoen in Yunzhong Military Town."

Chu Qiguang nodded: "Okay, let's take a look at the Lei Jade Book on the way."

Next, Chu Qiguang and his entourage sped up.

After leaving Lingzhou and entering Yongzhou, the further west they went, the more desolate and dilapidated they felt.

At this moment, a cry suddenly came from the front, and then stopped abruptly. Chu Qiguang and his party accelerated their horses and ran away.

I saw a carriage parked beside the official road, and more than 20 bandits with swords were searching for corpses and property.

Hearing the sound of horse hoofbeats again, they looked in the direction of Chu Qiguang and his group of five people.

The leading bandit saw this scene, said hello, and immediately led five riders to surround him, while the other bandits behind him ran to keep up.

Looking at the corpses on the ground, Hao Xiangtong said angrily: "Bandits?"

Chu Qiguang glanced at the group of bandits and said calmly: "They are too weak...Chen Gang and Hao Xiangtong, let you practice your skills. Haizhu, you should be on guard around the area, and Zhang Jitian, you can raid the formation for Chen Gang and the others."

In fact, Chu Qiguang is not the oldest among this group of people, he is not the strongest in family background, and his apparent strength is not the highest in the eyes of Zhang Haizhu and Hao Xiangtong.

But as he said these words, several people subconsciously followed his orders and acted.

When Hao Xiangtong came back to his senses, he felt that Chu Qiguang seemed to have a leadership quality, as if he had a backbone...

Worried about hurting their horses, Chen Gang and Hao Xiangtong simply dismounted and faced the bandits.

Shouts rang out repeatedly, and red blood spread on the white snow.

After Chen Gang and Hao Xiangtong killed the fifth bandit, the remaining bandits fled in all directions, shouting.

Chu Qiguang waved his hand, and Zhang Jitian sighed helplessly... Then he rushed over like a bolt of lightning, and layers of white snow exploded wherever he passed. One after another, the bandits had their hearts broken and fell to the ground.

Zhang Haizhu looked at him and thought to himself: 'Zhang Jitian is obviously a warrior in the fifth realm, but why does he listen to Brother Chu so much? I always feel like...the relationship between them is a bit strange. ’

Next, they met two more waves of bandits along the way. One wave retreated far away when they saw them, and the other wave rushed up and were strangled again by Chu Qiguang and his party.

Hao Xiangtong looked at the body lying on the ground and sighed: "Yongzhou...is it such a mess?"

Zhang Haizhu used to be from Yongzhou. Now he was riding a horse, looking at the vast tracts of uncultivated wasteland, his face sinking.

I only heard him say coldly: "Yongzhou has experienced several years of severe drought and the military rebellion of the Baiyun Sect. However, the officials in various places only knew how to exploit the people. They forced the people to abandon their fields and flee and became refugees. Some of the refugees gradually became bandit."

Hao Xiangtong on the side asked curiously: "Does the court just not care?"

Zhang Haizhu said: "They protect each other, and the honest officials sent by the court will become corrupt officials in a few years."

Zhang Jitian, who was born into a wealthy family, said: "Corrupt officials are only one aspect. The biggest problem in Yongzhou is the clan. It has the most vassals among the fifteen states of Han Dynasty."

Chu Qiguang took out the map, looked at it and said, "Let's go quickly. We have to get to the next station this evening."

Zhang Haizhu on the side asked: "Why do you want to go to Zeshanyi?"

Chu Qiguang said casually: "I heard that the scenery nearby is beautiful, and I want to go see it."

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Lingzhou, Tianqu Mansion.

In a courtyard in Fucheng, a big man over two meters tall was emitting waves of heat from his whole body.

The goose-feather heavy snow in the sky had just fallen, and as soon as it came within ten feet of him, it turned into snow water, stirring up layers of heat.

The big man held a long knife in his hand, and the long knife danced like a cloud of smoke, and the sound was like thunder in the sky, making a violent buzzing sound.

Then he saw the long knife sweeping out, and the snow and water in a radius of several feet exploded.

The snow and water stirred, collided, and spread with each other. Finally, under the sweep of the big man's long knife, it turned into a scene of flowers blooming on the ground.

Wu Wei on the side looked at this scene and felt that the long knife turned into a pen in the opponent's hand, able to write a scene of a hundred flowers blooming.

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Sorry, I was in the middle of writing, but I didn’t communicate well, so my wife sent out the deleted draft. If you can see this sentence, it proves that it is a refreshed version.