"Ling'er, otherwise we'd better go faster......"

This is in the mountains in the northeast of Xin'an County, looking at the smart shadow in the mountains and fields, Senior Brother Ma hesitated again and again before he spoke.

"Senior Brother Ma...... People are very tired......"

Sure enough, the girl, who was still full of vitality and seemed to have infinite strength, collapsed her shoulders in only an instant, turned around slowly, and looked at Senior Brother Ma with a resentful face.

"Here we go again...... Senior Brother Ma was helpless, although he was anxious, he could only say against his will: "That...... Okay, let's take a break......."

"Okay!" said that she was resting, and the girl who received a satisfactory answer was immediately full of energy, and once again jumped comfortably on the mountain path.

Since leaving Yuzhang City, such scenes have often appeared.

That night, after the girl named Ling'er moved to Chang'an to play in Yuzhang City, she thought of it and acted immediately, taking advantage of the fact that her uncle and the head were dragged, and left Yuzhang City without looking back.

Senior Brother Ma's persuasion was fruitless and he couldn't move rudely, so he had to follow all the way. Although the girl is young, she is eccentric, saying that she is going to Chang'an but does not go from the north, but detours to the northeast, thinking of avoiding the pursuit of the elders of the sect, how did she know that their whereabouts along the way have already been secretly told to Qiu Xuan by Senior Brother Ma.

Qiu Xuan saw that this eldest lady was really in trouble, and she was also as big as a fight, and she also wanted to arrest her back in person, but she was afraid that she would not have anyone to restrain Monk Huineng. Fortunately, Senior Brother Ma was old, and there was nothing big about him if he followed, so he didn't care, because the number of people was limited, so he just let the two of them explore the northeast road.

But after Miss Ling'er left Yuzhang County, the speed became slower and slower day by day.

From Yuzhang County to the northeast of the road, most of them are mountainous, and the land transaction at the beginning of the year has little impact on the counties along the way. The subsistence mode of production and the diversified food structure in the mountainous areas have prevented food shortages in these places.

As a result, the towns along the road that are not bustling still make the girls who have never seen the world happy and forget to return.

Senior Brother Ma is also a person who often goes out, although he also has a sense of superiority hidden in his heart, but shuttling among the "barbarians" will not make him unacceptable.

So, the two of them played all the way, and this speed naturally couldn't be fast, and now it's been almost twenty days, and the two have not yet left Xin'an County.

"Wow! what a cute pigeon!"

Hearing the girl's happy voice, Senior Brother Ma walked two steps quickly to the girl's side and asked, "What's wrong?"

But I saw the girl bend down and pick up a white pigeon on the grass next to the mountain path, gently stroked the feathers on the white pigeon, and asked Senior Brother Ma: "Senior brother, what's wrong with this little pigeon? ”

Senior Brother Ma took a look, only to see the pigeon's right wing hanging softly on the side, stretched out his hand to touch it, and said: "Its wing is broken, it must have been caused by the wind and rain last night." ”

"Pigeons can also wrestle? Xiaobai carried me through the wind and rain many times without seeing any accidents. The girl's big eyes showed a hint of curiosity, and naturally there was also a hint of surprise.

Senior Brother Ma smiled and said, "How can an animal in the outside world compare to Senior Sister's spiritual pet?"

The girl thought about it, and when she looked down and saw that the pigeon's eyes were looking at her, there was a hint of pleading in her eyes, and the girl's heart moved, and she said, "I think this pigeon is quite pitiful, and I will heal it!"

After speaking, regardless of Senior Brother Ma's objections, he directly stretched out his hands and covered the injured wings of the pigeon, and in a moment, a white halo lit up, and the pigeon's soft wings quickly recovered at a speed visible to the naked eye, and it didn't take long for it to "flutter" and "flutter" and fly up, but it may be because of the excessive strength consumed in the wind and rain last night, and the wings kept flapping but still failed to support its body.

Seeing this, the girl had no choice but to say helplessly: "Okay, okay, since I saved you, I can't leave you alone." ”

After speaking, the girl palmed her hand, and a small white pill appeared in the palm, and reached out to hand the small pill to the pigeon's mouth, although the pigeon was an animal, but the instinct in his heart prompted him to open his mouth, the small pill melted in his mouth, and a warm current instantly spread throughout the pigeon's body, and the pigeon flew with wings in an instant, but refused to leave, but kept hovering and chirping on the girl's head, and the spirituality in his eyes seemed to be more sufficient.

Senior Brother Ma saw the whole process, but he didn't say a word, just shook his head helplessly, thinking that only a person of a girl's status could care so much about the consumption of aura, and was willing to waste precious aura for a pigeon in the wilderness. Not to mention the precious spirit beast pill just now! That is what the girl uses to raise her white crane every day, and that white crane is the existence of the great consummation of the foundation of the dignified foundation, and it is only a thin line away from forming the golden pill.

"Okay! Okay! There's not more! This spirit beast pill can only eat one a day even if Xiaobai eats it, you just ate one, and the medicinal power is still in the body, and it takes a lot of time to digest. The girl seemed to know what the pigeon was thinking, and hurriedly raised her head, waved at the pigeon, and said.

Miraculously, the pigeon, as if it understood him, flew down to the girl's face, and rubbed its little head against the girl's head, as if to say goodbye.

"Alright, alright, let's go! it's a pity I can't bring you back......" The girl said with a hint of regret as she remembered some of the past.

The pigeon was about to fly away, but suddenly Senior Brother Ma next to him immediately said, "Wait a minute!"

I didn't see what Senior Brother Ma was doing, one hand seemed to stretch out slowly, and he grabbed the pigeon with a slap.

"Senior Brother Ma, what's wrong?" the girl asked suspiciously.

Senior Brother Ma grabbed the pigeon with one hand, but with the other hand he opened the pigeon's wings and found a slender iron cylinder on the thin leg on the left: "This pigeon is not wild, but raised by people!"

"Huh?" said the girl, surprised.

Senior Brother Ma pointed to the iron cylinder on the thin leg and said, "Just like we use the spirit crane to pass the book, this pigeon is also used to deliver letters!"

"Indeed......" the girl nodded when she saw the obviously man-made iron cylinder. Immediately, a heart of curiosity was instantly ignited: "Senior brother, open it and see what is written inside!"

Senior Brother Ma was originally a square gentleman, if he encountered this kind of spiritual pet in the Kunlun Domain, he would naturally not snoop, but at the moment he was in a wild place, and he was not a pedantic person.

Senior Brother Ma looked at the slender iron cylinder carefully, and said with a smile: "The owner of this pigeon seems to be a skilled craftsman, and this small iron cylinder is so exquisitely made. ”

No matter how complicated the mechanism is, if you can see through the entire structure at a glance, follow the vine, and uncover it in only a moment. What's more, it's a master like Senior Brother Ma!

It didn't take long for a scroll of notes to appear in Senior Brother Ma's hand, and before he could unfold it, the girl next to him couldn't wait to grab it.

"Ling'er, do you know the barbarian's writing?" Senior Brother Ma asked with some amusement.

"You don't look down on people anymore! Along the way, it didn't take me a few days to master it all!" said the girl proudly.

Senior Brother Ma smiled sheepishly.

After the girl unfolded the note, she was stunned and dazed!

"What's wrong?" Brother Ma asked.

"It says...... Senior Brother Ma is a big fool!" The girl angrily threw the note to Senior Brother Ma.

Senior Brother Ma took it in a daze, shook it slightly, and the note appeared in his hand smoothly, but when he saw it, it was blank!

"Hmph, and it said that it was a letter, have you ever seen a letter without a word?" The girl's nice voice sounded in Senior Brother Ma's ears with some annoyance.

"This ...... This one...... Oh! I see! This is a little trick used by the barbarians! The handwriting on it should have been hidden by them in a special way!" Senior Brother Ma was a little embarrassed at first, but then he thought of a possibility.

"Really, then you can show me!" the girl still refused to believe it.

"Okay!" Senior Brother Ma naturally didn't want to admit it in front of Senior Sister Ling'er, so he responded in one bite, and then in a short period of time, he used a variety of methods that he had learned when he traveled abroad, but he still found nothing.

"Heh! Where's the handwriting, bragging!" the girl didn't have much patience, and seeing that after waiting for a while, Senior Brother Ma still couldn't crack it, so she said angrily.

"This ...... This one...... Senior sister, let's go quickly! I heard that the city in front of us is a big city, and there should be a lot of interesting things in it!" I don't know how Senior Brother Ma has learned other kung fu, but the "Great Shift" must be a good learning!

"Hmph, see if you dare to pretend in front of me in the future!" The girl's curiosity came and went as quickly as she could, and it was not long before she stopped paying attention to the contents of the letter, and when she saw her brother softening in front of her, she was very proud in her heart, and walked forward with her head held high like a proud peacock.

And Senior Brother Ma took a few steps behind, looked at the blank note in his hand, and then thought about what he had just done, he couldn't help but be a little funny, waved his hand, threw the note away, and followed the girl without looking back.

In the same place, a white dove with a great increase in spirituality was left in the air, looking at the note and stunned, as if thinking about countermeasures, but it seemed that after thinking for a while, he couldn't come up with it, so he had to flapp his wings and fly towards the northeast, this time, the speed of the white dove was obviously more than twice as fast as before......

At this moment, in the city of Yangzhou.

Except for a house in the southeast and south of the city, and a house in the north of the center, the whole city was still lifeless, and there was no sign that there was a rebellion going on in the city.

"Haha! Strategist, I'm back!"

Qin Gang carried two blood-stained hammers and strode into the main hall of the Taishou Mansion, and at this moment Li Yi was sitting in the hall, discussing the next step of the military situation with several strategists.

Hearing Qin Gang's thick voice, everyone raised their heads.

Qin Gang was covered in blood, and there was an obvious scar on his bare chest, but he just smeared some ointment casually, and the bright red blood was still slowly oozing out.

"What's going on?" Li Yi asked with a slight frown.

"Haha, don't say it, military advisor, Ye Kai's old boy really has two brushes! But in the end, I smashed my chest with a hammer, and I guess I won't survive!" Qin Gang grinned.

"Estimate, what does it mean?" a hint of anger appeared on Li Yi's face.

In a moment, another military general walked in, and as soon as he came in, he arched his hand at Li Yi and said: "Qiqi military division, the compound of the Zhenhai Gang has been taken by us, and the remaining foundation building masters in the gang have all been killed, and the gang has been killed and wounded, only the gang leader Ye Xuan broke out with the seriously injured old gang leader Ye Kai and a few henchmen, and we have already sent people to catch up, I think it won't be long before we can catch up!"

This general was the leader sent by Li Yi to attack the Zhenhai Gang at the beginning, and at the beginning, the Zhenhai Gang relied on the compound, and they couldn't attack it for a long time. After Qin Gang went to support, with a double hammer in his hand, he broke open the gate of the Zhenhai Gang in two strokes, and then fought for a while, which knocked the Zhenhai Gang down, but still let Ye Xuan break out with the seriously injured Ye Kai.

Ye Xuan and Ye Kai, the two leaders of the Zhenhai Gang, ran away, Li Yi's face was of course not good, but looking at the wound on Qin Gang's body that was still bleeding, Li Yi said helplessly: "That's it! Send more people to hunt down, Qin Gang, you also go down to the doctor to see the injury!"

"Haha! Don't worry, this little injury is nothing!" Qin Gang said with a smile.

"Go ahead! There is still a big battle to be fought next!" Li Yi said sharply.

Qin Gang had no choice but to leave in a huff.

After Qin Gang left, Li Yi lowered his head and looked at the huge map above the desk, and was distracted for a long time.

Seeing that no one spoke on the field, the strategist who had provoked Kong Ke congratulated him and said: "Congratulations to the military advisor, now that the Zhenhai Gang has been taken, and the Qian family compound has a Grandmaster Realm master sent by the sect leader to suppress the formation, and the destruction must be in the mundane, and then this Yangzhou City will completely fall into our hands!"

"Congratulations!" the man didn't know that his hard-working ass had slapped on the horse's legs. After Li Yi scolded, he then said angrily: "After two turmoil in Yangzhou, it has long been dilapidated, and the big families in the city are gone, even if it is defeated, it is just an empty city, and nothing is gained, what is the benefit? Without Ye Xuan and Ye Kai, we don't want to get a single cent of the huge wealth of the Zhenhai Gang!

"There is also the Qian family compound, and there are masters of the Grandmaster Realm in charge, we don't know how long we will have to wait if we want to take it down, but how can there be so much time for us to wait now! Even if the government army outside the city reacts slowly, I am afraid that they will get the news at this moment, and it will not be long before they will come back to attack the city! At that time, if we still put our troops in the Qian family compound, then we are really looking for death!"

Hearing Li Yi say this, the strategist asked, "What...... That...... Before...... Why do you want to hit Yangzhou first?"

"You know what a fart! First, after Yangzhou City was disrupted, the garrison was empty and easy to take, and second, if Yangzhou was taken, the impact would be huge, and those families in the south who were dissatisfied with the Li family would choose to wait and see, rather than stand on our opposite side from the beginning!" Li Yi reprimanded.

"Yes...... Is it possible? They have all been ruled by the Li family for hundreds of years!" The man was still puzzled.

"Of course! What do you think is a big family? Don't look at the so-called 'Seven Sects and Five Surnames' in the north, which are called loudly in the sky, but in fact they are just nouveau riche! At the end of the Qin Dynasty, the end of the Han Dynasty, and the Five Hu Chaos, when the Central Plains was in turmoil, I don't know how many wealthy families moved their family businesses to the south, and compared with the background, how could the Central Plains, which had experienced wars, compare with the south, which had rarely had wars. What's more, in the eyes of the southern families, those families in the north have to intermarry with other races in order to survive, and even the Li family is a wild breed that is hybridized with the Hu people, don't look at them usually honest, in fact, they look down on the Li family at all in their hearts!"

"Besides, this year, most of the families in the south have lost a lot of money because of a land turmoil, and the rebellion we provoked may still be an opportunity in their eyes......

Li Yi's words were not finished, but the mocking smile on the corner of his mouth conveyed some unfinished meaning.

"Where has the sect leader gone?" Kong Ke, who had not spoken, suddenly asked.

Li Yi glanced at him and said with a smile: "Sure enough, Brother Kong reacted quickly! The sect leader was naturally not in Yangzhou, and he had crossed the Yangtze River overnight as early as last night!"

"What does the military advisor mean that Yangzhou City is gone?" Kong Ke asked flatly.

"What are you doing here? Yangzhou is already in the north of the Yangtze River, a flat river, there is no danger to defend, and it is torn and broken, what is the benefit of staying here? Yangzhou is short of grain, and we don't have much food!" Li Yi replied.

"That'...... So what are we going to do next?" the man at the front was speechless by the shock of the succession of news.

After defeating Yangzhou's government army, he waved his army to take the counties near Yangzhou, and these places, like Yangzhou, had experienced turf turmoil, and it was not difficult to take them. We did this to attract the attention of the Li family and buy enough time for the sect leader to go south. After the sect leader opened up the situation in the south and gained a firm foothold, we crossed the river and headed south, first took all the south of the Yangtze River, and then relied on the natural danger of the Yangtze River, and then waited for the opportunity to go north and dominate the world!" At this point, Li Yi also felt that there was no need to hide it anymore, so he disclosed the real plan he and Yang Tinghe had formulated to the strategists beside him.

"Then now we should take down the Qian family's compound first!" Kong Ke said again.

"I wonder what Brother Kong's plan is?" Li Yi asked with a smile.

"Simple! For a thousand-year-old family like the Qian family, family inheritance is much more important than loyalty to the monarch and serving the country, we just need to send a lobbyist and ask them to hand over half of the family wealth, and then let them go, they will definitely agree! Next, we just need to let our Grandmaster Realm master keep an eye on it, so that we can withdraw the army and deal with the besieging government army. Kong Ke replied blandly.

"Not bad!" Li Yi praised with a flick of his hand.

Kong Ke just smiled, he didn't believe that Li Yi didn't think of this method, he just wanted to say it through his own mouth, and he also wanted to let himself go and be this lobbyist in person.

"Then it's better to ask Brother Kong to take a trip!" Sure enough, that's what Li Yi thought!