Merchants, descendants of the Shang clan also. The powerful Shang Dynasty was defeated by the Western Zhou coalition army, and the remaining clansmen had no way to make a living, so they took the surplus of trading and circulation to make a living. This is the beginning of business. In the Spring and Autumn Period of the Western Weekend and the Warring States Period, commerce flourished, and many wealthy people appeared, such as Confucius's disciple Zigong, Gou Jian's adviser Fan Li, and the famous, strange goods Lü Buwei. For example, Zigong once traveled to various countries and met with the kings of various countries, Lü Buwei did even more, rescued Gongzi Yiren, ranked in the Qin state, and compiled the classic books of merchants such as "Lü's Spring and Autumn Period". These businessmen, they love money, but they want to realize their political ambitions.

This is a merchant, and goods are what they want, because that is the foundation of their survival, but that's all, the realization of personal ideals is the highest goal, for this reason, Zigong has worked tirelessly to lobby the kings of various countries, and Lü Buwei is even more willing to spend thousands of gold, which is for this purpose. It was also because of them that in that era, merchants became an important political force that could not be ignored.

After Qin destroyed the Six Kingdoms and swept the world, the Han Dynasty that replaced it abolished the Legalist decrees, but it respected the Taoist Huang Lao thought, so the status of merchants did not change much, and they could still make friends with the powerful and discuss on an equal footing, thus influencing the political direction of the court. This kind of peaceful life lasted until the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and it was brought to an end.

The reason why Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is famous is because he defeated the Xiongnu and swept away the haze that pressed on the emperors of the Han Dynasty for several generations in one fell swoop and left his name, just for this fame, the entire Han Dynasty has paid too much.

Emperor Wu cast turtle and dragon pattern money to collect money, extorted merchants, caused countless merchants to go bankrupt, and the salt and iron were state-owned, and did not pay attention to practicality, as a result, agricultural production was greatly degraded, and the high price of salt made it impossible for farmers to eat salt, so they had to look for salty grass roots. There is also a decree, which stirred up the people of the world, and the worst is the merchants, in the war of the expedition to the Western Regions, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty conscripted merchants as soldiers for no reason, and the prisoners were together, and many people died because of this. The Han attacked the Qin system, so the status of the soldiers was equivalent to that of the Qin, and they were civilians, but by the time of Emperor Wu, the soldiers were already very low, no different from prisoners.

It was really an era full of terror and despair, deposing the hundred schools of thought, respecting Confucianism alone, and the hundreds of schools of thought that attracted much attention in the Warring States Period became wild dogs shouted and beaten by everyone on the side of the road, even the Taoists who advocated inaction were not spared, and were forced to divide into two, one withdrew from the world and became theological, and the other went underground, gradually integrating with the hundred schools of thought.

In this way, the era of merchant doctrine being equal to all doctrines under the sun ended, and in the hundreds of years since, it has been circulating, developing, and changing in the cracks, and has become a major branch of the Demon Gate; Heavenly Lotus Sect.

An Long is actually very smart, which can be seen from the fact that he has developed the Heavenly Lotus Sect stronger and stronger, but unfortunately, his two eyes have been completely pierced into the eyes of money, so that he has no other abilities except for business and martial arts, in fact, the inheritance of the Heavenly Lotus Sect has gone farther and farther away from their never-ending and combative spirit of their predecessors. This is An Long's sorrow, and it is even more the sorrow of the Heavenly Lotus Sect. At the same time, it is also the sorrow of the merchants.

Standing in front of the door of the cloth shop, Shi Qingyi remembered the introduction of the Heavenly Lotus Sect in the Demon Gate classics he had read, and couldn't help but feel sad in his heart: the merchant has declined, and it will continue to decline, until the end of the feudal dynasty, it will be reborn, and in the next thousand years, how will the doctrine of the merchant continue to be passed on. Shi Qingyi thought abruptly.

An Fat Man is indeed a thoughtful and exquisite character, Shi Qingyi just stood outside the door for a while, and the fat man had already come out of the door with a smile on his face, and invited Shi Qingyi to enter with a smile. Shi Qingyi put away his thoughts, and after a little excuse, he entered the fat man's lair.

Shi Qingyi's intention is obvious, this time her destination is the Guanzhong region, and for Shi Qingyi, who has not been far away, the routes to be passed, some of them are unknown, Anlong's trade routes are all over the world, and they are very familiar with the situation in various places, which is indispensable for Shi Qingyi, so Shi Qingyi's arrival is to be able to get all the mountains, rivers and water networks in the world. Unexpectedly, I saw An Long's embarrassed expression. This, this, this? Why?

Anlong is also a patient, carefully and Shi Qingyi explained the original difficulties, the more detailed these documents, the more cumbersome, Shi Qingyi wants these things, if they are really all loaded and taken away, it is enough to load a big car, if they are all taken away, it is obviously unrealistic, Shi Qingyi was silent for a while, and finally selected the land route from Xishu to Guanzhong, and the waterway from Xishu to Jianghuai, Anlong's action was very fast, and these things were quickly prepared. Shi Qingyi saw that there were still so many big tables, so he couldn't bear anything, so he had to choose a roll of the Yangtze River water network, three volumes of the north to Guanzhong, and the general route marked was so decided, of course, this was all selected in front of An Long.

After the matter was completed, Shi Qingyi wanted to leave, but An Long was too enthusiastic. Not to keep in a thousand ways, but also to send someone to escort all the way, the hospitality is difficult, Shi Qingyi had to respond, but it is impossible to stay overnight, Shi Qingyi and An Long made an appointment that tomorrow morning will come on time, and left.

Early in the morning, Shi Qingyi had already come to An Long's lair, this time An Long was very hard-working, the people selected for Shi Qingyi were all old people who walked the Xishu-Guanzhong route all the year round, and the seven people were called according to the numbers from one to seven, and the surname was added in front, Shi Qingyi understood that these were the elites of the Tianlian Sect. It seems to be for their own safety. An Long still put some money, Shi Qingyi thanked An Long, took the reins in An Long's hand, turned over and got on the horse - yesterday Shi Qingyi asked An Long to prepare, and after thanking An Long for his kindness again, he and the group gradually went out of the city.

These people are worthy of being acquaintances of Xingbei Road, in the conversation with them, Shi Qingyi quickly had a general understanding of the Guanzhong area, and in this case, a few days passed quickly, these days, they often left the horses in the previous Tianlian Sect branch before crossing the mountains, and then walked hundreds of miles from the trail, and then changed the horses to the next location, and continued the journey, in this way, after more than half a month of trekking, the group finally gradually arrived in the Guanzhong area.

Over this mountain, it takes about two days, we can enter the gateway of Guanzhong Yangping, when taking a break on the road, Ding Si and Shi Qingyi said the itinerary of the next few days, entering Yangping is equivalent to entering the Guanzhong area, because the terrain in Guanzhong is flat, along the road can go directly to Chang'an, in Yangping to change the fast horse, as long as two days. Shi Qingyi listened carefully, and would ask some detailed questions from time to time, and Ding Si would also answer them one by one, without any omissions or unknowns, Shi Qingyi nodded secretly, talent is rare, this Ding Si is not very old, but he is already an excellent businessman/bodyguard/big housekeeper, it seems that the Tianlian Sect is also full of talents, but An Long is a person, but unfortunately, the seven people who follow Shi Qingyi really have their own strengths, for example, Zhao Da is a living map, and Ma Er is the best among them, Liu San's strength is to find water in the field and camp overnight. Zhu Wulin 6 and Wu Qi's skills have not yet been revealed, but Shi Qingyi obviously doesn't think that they don't have their own unique abilities.

After a short rest, the group entered the two-day mountain and forest trail, which can also be said to be their last journey in the Hanchuan area.

Weapon: Tianxin Sword

Attributes: Sharp

Length: three feet three

Special Attributes: Calm and Concentrate

It was originally the sword of the Jingzhai fairy Bi Xiuxin, and it was the sister sword of the color empty sword, and after Bi Xiuxin was broken by the evil king Shi Zhixuan's kung fu of the sword code, the sword was abandoned. Since then, it has been buried under a forest, and later Bixiu's heart died, and Shi Qingyi dug out the sword before leaving Shu as a memorial to his mother.

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The night breeze blows the breath of death. At this moment, the quiet mountains and forests have already turned into Shura fields. Zhu Wu has forgotten all about it, the only thing he can do now is to quickly find a place in the Heavenly Lotus Sect and send the news out, if what happened in the mountains and forests is not known to the sect master, then the consequences, Zhu Wu can't even think about it, as soon as he thinks of this, he can only rush quickly regardless of the consumption of energy, hoping to rush out of the mountains and forests before that person chases, and the outside of the mountains and forests is the densely populated Guanzhong Plain, at that time, whether it is hiding or reporting, it is much easier, thinking of this, Zhu Wu's light skills are much faster.

Wu Qi was lurking in a bush at this time, he held his breath, he had almost merged with the entire forest, Wu Qi was confident, in such a night, even the sect master could not find his traces at close range, let alone just a young girl, he was secretly proud, he felt a wave of paralysis all over his body, and he couldn't move, Wu Qi was shocked to find that he didn't even feel anyone's approach, this was really terrible, but he didn't have time to think about it, A small white hand had reached out from behind his back, cutting his throat.

Looking at Wu Qi, who was already dead on the ground, Shi Qingyi patted the small cyan snake of an inch size that was writhing in his hand as a reward, and the little snake was also extremely useful curled up and opened its mouth from time to time to highlight the bright red snake letter. The snake is psychic, and it is far higher than that of humans in terms of hiding its body, and accompanied by such an obedient little snake, Wu Qi's concealment is meaningless at all, not only that, because he was killed by a surprise attack when he was hiding, he didn't buy any time for the rest of the people at all, Shi Qingyi can immediately hunt and kill others, and the more time, the less easy it is for other people to escape.

Shi Qingyi suddenly became difficult when he was camping at night, because all the people had something to do, which also gave Shi Qingyi a great opportunity to break through, Ding Si was the first to be killed by the raid, and then Zhao Da, Lin Liu, Zhao Da was just that, Lin Liu was actually a very powerful swordsman, just the first sword forced Shi Qingyi to retreat, and the fierceness of the sword can be seen. It's a pity that Shi Qingyi has been prepared for this powerful idea.

Although she couldn't guess Lin Liu's strengths, she could also see from her observations of Lin Liu along the way that this was a person who preferred high offense and low defense, and pursued instantaneous explosive power, which was also one of the reasons why Shi Qingyi started him: he must not let this person match with others or besiege him.

Avoiding the most aggressive sword style, Shi Qingyi's sword changed to his left hand, and the speed of the red silk was immediately three points faster, and the left-handed swordsmanship completely departed from the conventional sword trajectory, and only three moves swept away Lin Liu's long sword, and cut off his head, while the other four people just understood what was going on, and did not have time to rush over, now, there are only four people left among the seven people, they are everyone's meat shield Ma Er, wild survivalist Liu San, and Zhu Wu Wu Qi, who still doesn't know the details. But for these four people, Shi Qingyi has the confidence to win.

Red silk dripping with blood, Shi Qingyi showed a cold smile, her eyes swept over the four of them one by one, and cold words spit out from her mouth: "Next, who will come!" ”

It was Ma Er who was left behind, and he rushed over, while the other three immediately fled in three different directions, which was an extremely wise choice, leaving one person to buy time for his companions to escape, and if they fled separately, the chances of being completely destroyed were much smaller. Ma Er is indeed a difficult guy, but his fate was already doomed when the three of them fled, and he was indeed tenacious, and he still gritted his teeth and worked hard after being stabbed by Hongjun in more than a dozen holes, which made Shi Qingyi's heart also have a trace of respect, so in order to show respect, Shi Qingyi used a knife technique of the tyrant: Buyue.

The sword body is three feet and seven inches long, with a single-sided blade, which is conducive to chopping, and the tip of the sword is double-sided, which is convenient for piercing the tip of the sword and cutting with the backhand, and now it is held by Shi Qingyi with both hands, and after opening the distance between him and the dying and struggling Ma Er, he let out a clear cry and immediately turned into a streamer through Ma Er's body.

The streamer disappeared, and the two had already exchanged positions, Shi Qingyi sighed, and without looking at Ma Er, he chased in the direction that Liu San fled, and behind her, Ma Er's tall body fell to the ground with a bang. That knife not only shattered his five internal organs. And cut off all his life.

Liu San is a good hand at survival in the wild, but his martial arts are mediocre, and he was quickly taken care of after being caught up, Wu Qi's stealth is very clever, but unfortunately, he was still found and cleaned up by Shi Qingyi, who has a small green snake as a pet, and now, only the only fish that has been caught in the net is left, Zhu Wu, and the direction he fled is due north, the destination that Shi Qingyi wants to go. Hmph, this person is very smart and conscientious, the first thing he thinks about is not his own life but to pass on the news, the Guanzhong Plain has developed transportation, and the forces of the Tianlian Sect don't want to be so chaotic in Xishu, if they flee in the direction they came, it will take at least a day or two to reach the nearest Tianlian Sect forces, and the nearest section of the road is a sparsely populated area, and it is very likely to be caught up by Shi Qingyi and extinguished, but it is not the same to the north, if you run with all your might, it will only take half a day to rush out of the mountains and forests, Enter the plains below the mountain, which is densely populated, even if you can't find the stronghold of the Heavenly Lotus Sect. Shi Qingyi will have some scruples if he wants to start. It's really a good plan, it's just that Shi Qingyi will let him get his wish.

If an innate master wants to chase and kill a person, then his qi will be firmly locked by this master, unless the distance is too long to sense, and this person will be allowed to escape. Unfortunately, on the eve of walking out of the valley, Shi Qingyi had just broken through the innate nature, so although Zhu Wu's speed was fast, he never left Shi Qingyi's sensing range. In Shi Qingyi's induction, it will take at least two hours for Zhu Wu to completely get out of this mountain forest, for Shi Qingyi, this time is already rich, right next to Wu Qi's corpse, Shi Qingyi showed a sweet bloodthirsty smile: The game of cat and mouse is very interesting. Her steps were not very hurried, but her body was like electricity, and she had disappeared in an instant.

Yes, Shi Qingyi was born in the mountains and forests, and the mountains and forests are long, if the forest is big, there are all kinds of birds, then Shi Qingyi is definitely the old bird that has accumulated years, Zhu Wu, but he is a rookie. Although the speed is fast, he is often in some small circles, on the contrary, although Shi Qingyi seems to often take detours, but he can always bypass those lush branches and leaves that are difficult to pass, so the efficiency is not a star and a half compared to Zhu Wu, the distance between the two people is gradually shortened, and finally, just by virtue of his breath, Shi Qingyi can also perceive Zhu Wu's position.

Shi Qingyi is like this, how can Zhu Wu not sense, the only survivor of the seven now knows that he will not be lucky, he stopped running meaninglessly, turned around and waited for his enemy, and for the first time in his hand showed his weapon, a pair of dark steel claws. He waited quietly, knowing that the enemy would not let him wait long.

Sure enough, after a short period of time, Shi Qingyi revealed her figure from behind a tree, slowly but firmly approaching Zhu Wu's figure step by step, and a sweet bloodthirsty smile appeared on her face again, under this smile, her voice also seemed to have a hint of sweet and greasy: "It's all at this moment, do you have anything else to say?" As he spoke, the red silk was already out of its sheath, and the uncertain sword light on the tip of the sword indicated that Zhu Wu's body had been completely locked by this sword, and the slightest movement would attract a terrible attack. Although Zhu Wu has made up his mind to die, even if there is only a glimmer of hope, he must not give up.

"Tell me something I'm interested in, and in that case, I might be able to let you live." Shi Qingyi looked at Zhu Wu and showed a smile. "For example, Anlong's plan, when is he going to attack me." Zhu Wu suddenly realized, so it was: since he has never trusted, he naturally can't be called a partner, so the little girl's intimacy with herself and others along the way is naturally all disguised. Zhu Wu just didn't expect that this liar with superb acting skills was so young, or rather, it was only because of such parents that he had such children? Zhu Wu smiled bitterly and shook his head, he underestimated the enemy, it was really not unjust to lose in front of such a scheming little guy.

Although Zhu Wu ranked lower among the seven, he was the highest among the seven in terms of age and ability, and Zhu Wu, who was already over the age of not confused, must know some secrets of the Heavenly Lotus Sect that others did not know, Shi Qingyi left him to the end, and did not have the idea of taking some information out of his mouth. And now, it's time for him to trade what he knows for his own life.

Zhu Wu lowered her head and thought, while Shi Qingyi slowly withdrew the red silk and waited quietly, without any impatience at all, she knew that Zhu Wu would definitely speak. Sure enough, Zhu Wu raised his head, his face was completely devoid of other expressions, and he looked very calm, "Eldest Miss ask, I will tell you everything I know." Shi Qingyi smiled with satisfaction. So, what exactly does An Long think, and what are the specific orders you get? "The sect master's intentions are not something that villains can speculate, we are just ordered to spy on Miss." Zhu Wu was very calm, but he saw a mocking expression on Shi Qingyi's face: "Hehe" Shi Qingyi laughed again, but her smile actually made people shudder: "If you really didn't do anything, I would have believed your words." She smiled, but the coldness in her eyes was not hidden, "Then let me ask you, along the way, those mandalas, broken intestine grass gods, do you think they are weeds on the edge of the field, but unfortunately, you don't know, those things are useless to me." Now I'll give you another chance, tell you the truth, otherwise, Fat Man will be restless in the future, hum! Putting down the cruel words, Shi Qingyi has already made up his mind, if he doesn't tell the truth, he will kill this die-hard element first, and then find trouble for the Tianlian Sect in the Guanzhong region, it is best to make some movements, so as to stimulate and stimulate this fat man, the fat man is afraid of his father like a tiger, he will never and dare not let his father know about this matter.

It must be known that since the first battle in the valley, the personality of the split father has become moody, which makes people incomprehensible, once the father is angry, the consequences are absolutely very strict, and he will never dare to break ground on Tai Sui with a hundred guts from An Fat Man. And at that time, the fat man will be completely held in his hands and at his mercy. Thinking of this, Shi Qingyi had already made up his mind, the plan had changed, Shi Qingyi didn't have to leave Zhu Wu to let him go back alive to warn An Long, just kill him, it's not a big deal.

The change in mentality was naturally revealed through his expression, and the strong murderous aura almost suffocated Zhu Wu, in fact, when he heard Shi Qingyi say about the mandala and the broken intestine grass, Zhu Wu was already taken aback, he didn't expect that they secretly added poison to Shi Qingyi's food, and she had actually discovered it, although those poisons were common poisons, but they were powdered after drying and crushing, and then mixed into the food after being processed by the special means of the Heavenly Lotus Sect, not to mention the abnormality in color, Even the smell will never be in the slightest. And how did she find out? But now is not the time to think about this problem, the intensity of Shi Qingyi's murderous intent has almost suffocated Zhu Wu, and he hurriedly spoke, so as not to be suddenly killed by the other party. "This is what the sect master means, and we are also acting on orders." "What are your orders?" Shi Qingyi asked again. "It's to spy on the eldest lady, to meet the needs of the eldest lady, and make the eldest lady relax her vigilance," Zhu Wu paused for a moment before continuing, "The effect of this medicine will not be shown immediately, it will accumulate into a lot, and it will be incubated for about half a year before it will be poisoned, and at that time, the eldest lady has nothing to do with us at all, even if the evil king suspects it, he will not find out that it was the sect master." But" Zhu Wu shook his head with a wry smile: "The eldest lady has already found out, and this plan is useless." Besides, since you've gotten here, it looks like none of my brothers have been spared, have you? "You're smart." Shi Qingyi replied. A qiē is already self-evident; Zhu Wuchang sighed, "Our brothers are all orphans, and we were able to survive by being adopted by the Heavenly Lotus Sect, so we will never betray, if the eldest lady wants to use my life to blackmail the sect master, then there is no need to think about it." Shi Qingyi shook his head: "No, you think wrong, the people who can be sent by An Long must be the most loyal people in the Heavenly Lotus Sect, and I never thought that I could subdue you, I just wanted to teach him a lesson, so that he would know to be more restrained in the future, although this fat man is a little short-sighted, but I still know that he is cautious, since he has made up his mind to get rid of me, there must be a backhand in Guanzhong, but since you will not say, I will not ask." Now, you go. Zhu Wuyi was stunned, he didn't expect Shi Qingyi to really spare his life, he was stunned for a while, until Shi Qingyi's next sentence woke him up: "Now you can decide whether to abolish this martial arts or cut off your own limbs." I don't want An Long to see you intact, and think that my martial arts are nothing more than that. Okay, is it decided? Zhu Wuyi didn't say a word, the steel claw of his right hand slammed into his left knee, crushing the kneecap, the sound of clicking was particularly loud in the silent mountain forest, and Zhu Wu, whose left leg was useless, was full of sweat beads, but he didn't even scream, just looked at the girl, "Miss, can I go!" Seeing Shi Qingyi nodding, he wanted to turn around and leave, but he stumbled and fell to the ground, the distance between him and Shi Qingyi was originally only five steps, and now he fell in front of Shi Qingyi, and the distance was one step closer, saying that it was too late, and then it was fast, I saw Zhu Wu suddenly raise a burst of sand at Shi Qingyi, and then his body burst up, and a pair of steel claws in his hand had already attacked Shi Qingyi's heart and throat. Shi Qingyi dodged to avoid the sand and dust, exposing his back to Zhu Wu's attack, the scabbard of his left hand leaned behind him at the same time, and the sword of Lulu was drawn out of the sheath with his right hand - the sword of Lulu could be pulled out negatively, and a blood mist splashed up, and with a bang, the red silk returned to the sheath.

Looking at the bloody man who was still struggling among the grass, Shi Qingyi sighed and shook his head: "I have already spared your life, but why should you?" Zhu Wu was already covered in blood, he struggled to raise his head, gasping for breath with difficulty, and his lungs invaded by blood made his words intermittent, "What happened in the mountains and forests no one can spread it, I didn't, cough cough, cough ......" Although struggling, but obviously, the lungs that have been filled with blood have completely died, Zhu Wu opened his mouth with difficulty, but he could only make a "hissing" sound like the wind blowing through the woods, Shi Qingyi knew that the god of death had come to Zhu Wu and was about to harvest his soul, As a sign of respect for a righteous man, Shi Qingyi squatted down and pressed his body that was still struggling, "I understand, okay, I promise you, no one else will know what is happening in the mountains and forests." Go with peace of mind. Hearing Shi Qingyi's promise, Zhu Wu's body finally stopped struggling, a smile appeared on his face, and Zhu Wu finally closed his eyes.

At dawn, Shi Qingyi finally walked out of the vast mountains and forests, and the flat Guanzhong Plain was under his feet, recalling the two-day mental journey, it turned out to be like a world apart, two lives, this is also the first time that his hands are full of blood, but he is so calm, even Shi Qingyi himself feels the difference, is his heart, is it really so cold, warm blood, can not let it have the slightest fear, excitement and so on, or is it that in the fresh flesh of this young girl, there is an old, rotten soul. Looking at the land of Guanzhong close at hand, Shi Qingyi rarely hesitated, moving forward into purgatory, retreating into home, hesitant passers-by, how should they choose, Shi Qingyi looked at the endless fields and stood for a long time.

Finally, she let out a clear sigh, and the voice spread far away through the mountains and forests, and glanced back at the location of her hometown, Shi Qingyi chose to continue without hesitation. The first destination is the capital of the Great Sui Dynasty, Daxing City.