The mountains and rivers are quiet and broad

For a dynasty to collapse, it needs at least the double oppression of internal and external troubles.Those foreign races who are ready to move have been peeping at the Central Plains for a long time. Speaking of the Yang people hundreds of years ago, there are always some epic stories behind the battle of Qi. Even Da Chen's country was also captured when defending the territory.

But the Demon Cult appeared out of nowhere—it had no origin, but it came with a menacing force.

Lei Jing is one of the rare people who knows the origin of the Demon Cult.

A hundred years ago, the defeat of the Yang people and the battle of chasing Qi disappeared, and the famous Red Crow Army also disappeared in the legend.

The legendary Chiwu marched in a hurry. They were strong, brave and good at fighting. They longed for rich land and inexhaustible resources.

Therefore, the Yang people have a strong attachment and longing for a peaceful life. Everyone in the Chiwu march has steel-like will and absolute loyalty. Great mission.

Therefore, no one has a red sun tattooed on the back of the heart—that is, the "Chiwu" on the left shoulder blade.

Then the central people invaded the Central Plains again, no longer as powerful as before, but gave Emperor Xuanwu a chance to change his name.

The world has already tacitly accepted that Yang people have already fallen into the long river of history.But Lei Jing had seen that many members of the Demon Cult had the scarlet crow tattooed on their bodies.

These demons slaughtered a small town on the border at first, and their cruel methods were outrageous. However, they were protected by several allied clans in the northwest, and they had a barren land as their habitat, and then attracted more and more people. join in--

Some are fugitives, some are murderers, some are pursuing the ultimate in martial arts, and some are just because they are homeless.

They call the magic cave where they live "Xiaoyao Township".

——In Xiaoyao Township, there is nothing to worry about, no name, no profit, no contact, no power, no law, no one laughs, happy and free in Xiaoyao Township.

In Lei Jing's contact with them, most of them were heinous people, but the high-level people in the Demon Cult all had the mark of Chiwu.Their purpose is self-evident.

Lei Jing didn't know how the adult in the court got in touch with the Demon Cult, but Lei Jing was able to cover the sky with one hand in Zhuozhou, and half of the property of the Blue and White Society had flowed into his pocket, so Lei Jing knew I know the deal between that lord and the Demon Cult:

The Blue and White Society will satisfy any money request made by the Devil's Cult, and the condition is to find a stone.

Lei Jing was not interested in the stone of life and death, but there were many people who were interested.The rivers and lakes don't have to be too peaceful. When the demon sect became more and more rampant, and the frontiers were in chaos again, Lei Jing seemed to smell the bloody wind.Who doesn't long for that dragon chair?

But the Demon Cult is not easy to control, Lei Jing guessed that this was also the reason why the lord did not place all his bets on the Demon Cult.

Speaking of it, Lei Jing didn't understand the blindness of looking for the Stone of Life and Death, but if he had the power of the Demon Cult, it would be easy to overthrow the world.

While making calculations, Lei Jing came into contact with the Demon Sect. The death of his son Lei Tao gave him an excuse to offer a reward, which attracted many masters of the rivers and lakes, and many Demon Sects have already ambushed in the Qianzhou area. "Avenging his son" is just a cover. Who cares about the life and death of a stupid son if he can become a great treasure?

Lei Jing left Zhuozhou's affairs behind, and went to Qianzhou to negotiate with the Demon Sect under the pretext of looking for Xu Qingfeng.

But what happened in Shangfeng Town was too eye-catching, and the Devil's Cult was in a state of panic for a while, and did not dare to act rashly.In order not to be suspicious, Lei Jing had no choice but to leave Qianzhou first, drive slowly all the way, and wait for the opportunity.

It was at this time that Guan Hongfeng caught Lei Jing.

His hands and feet were bound, unable to speak or see, Lei Jing's first reaction was that the Demon Sect had caught him.

Someone threw him on the ground casually, and then took away the cloth strip in his mouth. Lei Jing chose to reveal his identity first: "I am Lei Jing, the prefect of Zhuozhou, who are you, who dare to hijack an imperial court official in broad daylight? What a thief!" How dare you?!"

"The boss of Damishan is here, and you are the one to catch!"

Da Mishan?Lei Jing was startled, and the hand that was secretly pulling the rope stopped.Dami Mountain was completely occupied by the Demon Cult more than half a month ago, and it was used as a base for inhabitation. Where are there any Dami Mountain bandits?Was it the Demon Cult who kidnapped him?still?

Guan Hongfeng didn't expect Lei Jing to be silent, and the subordinate He Tian who was in charge of questioning was also at a loss and looked at Guan Hongfeng.Guan Hongfeng thought for a while and motioned him to continue.

He Tian had no choice but to continue: "I know you are Lei Jing from Zhuozhou, and you are very rich in offering a reward for arrest! We only ask for money, and we don't want to harm the court officials."

Hearing this, Lei Jing could already conclude that what was in front of him was not the Devil's Cult.This is not the way of the Devil's Cult, but it doesn't look like the style of the government——

Those people in the imperial court are all ostentatious, and they can't wait for the world to see their achievements.Who was it that kidnapped him?

"Ask for money?" Lei Jing made his voice tremble on purpose, pretending to be scared, "Yes, yes, I have a lot of money, as long as you don't kill me!"

He Tian still wanted to speak, but Guan Hongfeng raised his hand to stop him. Lei Jing's reaction was beyond his expectation, not like the reaction a kidnapped person should have.When he was first kidnapped, Lei Jing was too calm.And now, he's acting very scared.

Lei Jing didn't hear any response, so he continued, "Who are you? Don't kill me! I have money! I don't care who you are, as long as money can solve the problem, I can do it."

Still no one spoke.

Lei Jing couldn't feel any other struggles, and was keenly aware that he was separated by himself.From just now until now, only one person's questioning voice can be heard, but there should be more than one person on the other side.

Lei Jing's mind was spinning fast - if the other party didn't ask for money, and came after him, if he didn't kill him, he just wanted to question him. Lei Jing knew that his identity had long been a thorn in the side of many people.

Since he won't be able to die for a while, Lei Jing is not worried. The Demon Cult is also waiting for a chance to negotiate with him. Now that he falls into the hands of others, as long as the Demon Cult has some brains, it will not stand by.

Lei Jing licked his dry lips: "You ask my boy to go back and report the letter, and take my badge, just the jade badge on his waist..."

Guan Hongfeng signaled He Tian to take the jade off. They should behave more like robbers, but they seemed to have shown their feet.

Lei Jing was still trying to act as a hostage: "I beg you, don't kill me, as long as you keep me alive, I can give you any money..."

"It's so noisy." He Tian deliberately pretended to be very irritable, and kicked Lei Jing fiercely: "You mean you can get money by holding this?"

"Yes yes yes." Lei Jing endured the pain and nodded, and couldn't help moaning after finishing speaking.The kick he kicked was completely merciless.Maybe when the Demon Cult makes a move, half of his life may be gone.

Guan Hongfeng took the piece of jade, the jade was clean, with Lei written on one side and flowers engraved on the other, Guan Hongfeng thought of Lin Mian in Zhuozhou City, she also had a similar brand.

"Okay, you wait for your family to come and redeem you." After He Tian finished speaking, he followed Guan Hongfeng out.

They didn't act like kidnappers, Guan Hongfeng frowned: "He already doubts our identity."

"So what? He can't escape, and besides, we just need to tie him up for a few days." He Tian was not worried, and said carelessly: "You know that Lei Jing is so easy to catch, Mr. Guan may be helpless." You can talk, hahaha."

Guan Hongfeng didn't laugh, but it was undeniable that what He Tian said made sense.Guan Hanzhong did not disclose his plan, so Guan Hongfeng had no choice but to write a letter and send it to Zhuozhou City, bluntly saying that Lei Jing had been caught.

The carrier pigeon flew away, Guan Hongfeng looked at the sky, lost in thought.

After catching Lei Jing?

When the meal was delivered in the evening, Lei Jing didn't dare to take a bite, not even drink water.He was afraid that the food and water would be poisoned, and he would die.

"Don't eat and pull down."

The "kidnappers" didn't seem to care whether he ate or not.

The next night, Lei Jing couldn't take it anymore.He has a bad temper and is a bit fat. After many years of rich life, it is not easy to support him until now.

"Everyone." Lei Jing's lips were already dry, "Can you let go of my hands, or my feet? It's uncomfortable to keep tied like this."

"Where are so many nonsense?!" Someone immediately stopped him, and Lei Jing continued: "Hero, let me meet your boss, please."

After a while, He Tian walked in, "What are you arguing about?"

"Boss, hero, I know that you are all capable people in Damishan, but how far is it from Zhuozhou? It will take time to wait for the ransom to come. Why don't you just let me go and I will take you back to Zhuozhou... ah--"

Before Lei Jing could finish speaking, he was kicked. It was a coincidence that this kick was at the spot where he was kicked yesterday.

"Are you fooling me?"

Lei Jing gasped from the pain, and couldn't hold back his temper anymore: "Fuck off your grandma! I'm talking to you so loudly, I'm shameless! Who are you guys? Don't put on airs anymore!"

"Hmph." He Tian snorted, motioning to cover Lei Jing's mouth.

It was another day of being tied up without eating or drinking, the cloth strips on his eyes were never removed, Lei Jing's spirit was at its limit.

Someone picked him up and fed him a bowl of water, Lei Jing couldn't care less, he drank it up with "Gulu Gulu" and still couldn't get enough of it.

"Who are you?" Lei Jing decided to talk to them more. Only when the other party talked too much could he get some clues: "What's your purpose?"

No one spoke, Lei Jing asked several times, until he was tired and thirsty again, the person on the other side asked, "Who are you?"

Lei Jing had never heard this voice before, and while confirming it in his mind, he said, "Lei Jing, Governor of Zhuozhou City."

"I didn't ask you this." Seeing that the kidnapper's disguise was not effective, Guan Hongfeng simply put down the disguise and adopted the method of killing Lei Jing's will and inducing questioning.

Which one is that?Lei Jing almost blurted out, but held back forcefully: "I don't understand what you're talking about."

Lei Jing couldn't see Guan Hongfeng's expression, but Guan Hongfeng could see Lei Jing's expression clearly.

But Guan Hongfeng is not in a hurry, it is not a matter of three or two days to sharpen one's will, and to ask questions should always be picked when the endurance reaches the limit.

"Okay, let's talk again when you figure it out." After Guan Hongfeng finished speaking, someone continued to gag Lei Jing.

After that, there was no sip of water.Lei Jing endured another day, and his whole body was dying.

"I'll tell you whatever you want to know, give me water." Lei Jing seemed to be dying.

Guan Hongfeng didn't give him water, so he came up and asked, "Who are you?"

"Yin Leijing, the governor of Zhuozhou."

"anything else?"

"More, more..." Lei Jing moved his mouth, but made no sound. Guan Hongfeng waited patiently.

"It's still the chief helm of the Blue and White Club."

"Isn't the boss of the Blue and White Club surnamed Yao?" Guan Hongfeng asked.

Lei Jing was just probing, but Guan Hongfeng's response let him know the direction was right.The other party should want to investigate the Blue and White Club, but this method is more likely to be someone from the Jianghu.

"The surname is Yao. But boss Yao is traveling abroad, and I handle all the affairs of the Blue and White Club."

"Oh? Your surname is Lei, and his surname is Yao, so you can safely hand over such a huge business to a foreign surname? Do you think I will believe it?"

"Heh..." Lei Jing didn't want to appear too weak, since it was a negotiation, it was important to have momentum, "Believe it or not."

Lei Jing wanted to be tough, but Guan Hongfeng treated him violently.

"I'll say it!" After being beaten, Lei Jing couldn't bear it anymore: "It's not what you think..."

"What do I think?"

Cold sweat had already soaked Lei Jing's clothes, partly from pain and partly from fear.He originally thought that the other party would not kill him, but now it seemed that it was only a matter of time.

"In fact, the Yao family has long been dead. The "Boss Yao" who is at the helm is a fake. I don't know who he is. He just took a fancy to my ability and status in Zhuozhou, so he handed over the Blue and White Society to me. It's been four or five years. "Lei Jing panted three times after speaking, and finally finished.

"You don't know who he is?"

"I don't know, I don't know..." Feeling a pain in his calf, Lei Jing wailed, "I really don't know, I, I, I just happened to see him, he looks extremely young, with twin, twin peach eyes!"

"anything else?"

"No, I really don't know much! Ah - don't hit me! And he likes to drink, especially apricot blossom wine!" Lei Jing was already dripping with cold sweat, with huge drops of sweat dripping from his forehead to his neck.

Seeing that Lei Jing had already fainted, Guan Hongfeng stopped asking, got up and walked out.

Here is a mountain nest, Lei Jing is locked in a cave, go out, there is a slope at the bottom of the mountain nest, full of trees.They were on a high ground and could see the nearby woods clearly.

Guan Hongfeng looked up at the sky, but there was no sign of a bird.

After nightfall, several fires ignited in the forest, slowly approaching the cave.

"Brother Guan, someone is here!" He Tian noticed the strange movement in the forest at a glance.

"Be alert." Guan Hongfeng said in a deep voice.

Soon, more than a dozen people came out of the woods. They were all dressed in strange clothes, with exaggerated paintings on their faces. Seeing that Guan Hongfeng and others were already waiting in full battle, they didn't panic. They looked at each other and laughed ferociously.

The laughter was a little penetrating.