The matter of the carriage and horse shop was handed over to Zhuang Wuving, and Li Qi made a handshake shopkeeper, and left Jizhou City with people to go to Yunyin Mountain.

To get to Yunyin Mountain, he would pass through seven or eight prefectures and counties, and on the way, Li Qi decided to visit all the Jianghu sects along the way.

The people of Great Chu say that there are many tigers and wolves in the land of Jizhou, and the people are brave, but in fact, this depends on how to understand it.

Jizhou is the northern border of Great Chu, not to mention Great Chu, this is the battlefield during the Zhou period, and this is the battlefield during the Chu period, every time you fight with the enemy outside the northern border, this is the battlefield.

When the high dean of the Four Pages Academy was still in the capital city of Daxingcheng, he once argued with others because of this matter, and finally the other party was speechless.

The man said that the northerners are fierce and rude, do not obey discipline, and rarely have courtesy, so they are called the tiger and wolf of the north, and they are not as humble as the poetry and books of the south, so over the years, there are almost few northerners who rank among the top three.

Dean Gao said that when you made this comparison, I didn't see how humble you were.

Dean Gao said, not to mention the chaotic war between the countries before the Zhou Dynasty, only to say that after the establishment of the Zhou Dynasty, the land of Jizhou was constantly in bloody battles.

In the early years of Zhou Liguo, foreign enemies invaded, seized thousands of miles of land, and the people of Jizhou were killed and injured two or three million people, and the people of Jizhou spontaneously resisted the enemy, step by step, but they did not retreat after fighting to the death.

In the twelfth year of Wednesday, the northern border was once again invaded by deductions, and thousands of miles of blood were shed.

By one hundred and twenty years, almost the entire northern territory was lost, and people killed or slaughtered could be seen at every step, and their corpses were almost covered with the northern land.

In the weekend year, the alliance of sixteen ethnic groups outside the northern border invaded Jizhou, Jizhou and Yongzhou added up to more than 20 million dead, the enemy not only wanted to kill, but also exterminated the race, and there were no living people in the wilderness, and the Central Plains of these two states were killed, nearly 9 million households, and less than 150,000 households survived.

Before the Youshan State, the Zhou court moved the people from all over the Central Plains, and it took fifty or sixty years to restore Jizhou to more than one million households.

Dean Gao said, you said that the people in the north are barbaric and unteachable, after every war, Jizhou is full of casualties, and there will be people transferred from all over the country to become northerners, and every time the people who supplement the past, after a generation, they will become fierce, why is that?

Do you think that poetry and books can resist the enemy?

The man was asked by Dean Gao and didn't know how to answer, so he brushed his sleeves away.

Soon after, Dean Gao left the capital to settle in Jizhou to establish the Four Pages Academy, and he said something when the Four Pages Academy first recruited disciples.

"I came to Jizhou to found the Four Pages Academy, the reason why the name is Four Pages, because I once wrote a full four pages of articles to scold people, scolding those who look down on all the brave people in Jizhou, the Academy is here, I just want to let the world know, the bravest warriors are in Jizhou, the best academy is also in Jizhou, the martial arts can be praised, the literati can also be praised, the civil and military affairs, since then no one dares to underestimate."

This is the origin of the Four Pages Academy.

But Li Qi also knows that the north is indeed not as prosperous as the south of the Yangtze River, and there is a heritage of poetry and books over there, but the vast majority of the people in the north are poor, and it is enough to have a full stomach, where is there still much spare money for children to read and write.

A slightly better piece of rice paper can discourage many people, and that is three meals a day.

Therefore, in the north, children practice martial arts more, and this kind of martial arts is not to find a master to seek advice, but to practice some kung fu by themselves since childhood.

Later, when the Great Chu was established, life in the north was slightly better, and many people who practiced martial arts began to open martial arts halls, and sometimes people in a village pooled money to let a child go to school, and the child came back to teach the people in the village to practice martial arts.

Now in Jizhou, there are still many large and small martial arts sects, and these people are brave and brave.

In fact, fundamentally speaking, in the north, perhaps many years ago, there was not a real pure northerner, and in a bloody battle in a certain year, the last pure northerner died quietly.

The wind does not necessarily know the strength of the grass, how hard and tough the grass is that is drilled out of the cracks of the stones, and the stones pressed on the grass are clearer.

The size of the team is not small, when Li Qi persuaded Mrs. Xiahou to go back to Yunyin Mountain, she said that the world is not so bad, but in fact, as long as the caravan still dares to go business, it will basically spend a lot of money to hire a lot of guards.

If a small caravan wants to get out, it has to get together and form a scale before it dares to go on the road.

But Li Qi and they really didn't worry about anything, this time they went out with them, and what they brought was the hundred fierce soldiers that Gao Xining wanted to train with his own hands.

After leaving Jizhou City, according to the route, they first stopped at Dafang Town, about 70 miles northwest of Jizhou, stayed in Dafang Town for one night, continued to set off the next day, and walked for one day to Jingkou County.

Li Qi carefully checked the route to be taken several times along the way, and every place to stay was carefully selected.

Sometimes I think about it, it should be very easy to go out with a person like Li Qi, you don't have to think about anything at all, he will not only make the route, accommodation, food, environment, these will be taken into account, even the weather will be taken into account.

Dafang Town was ransacked by the rebels two years ago, and the people fled for their lives, and then the rebels were gradually absorbed by Prince Yu, or took refuge in the Yanshan camp, and the large-scale rebels on the Jizhou side were basically not seen, and the small group of rogue horse bandits, Li Qi and they did not pay attention to them.

In the past two years, Dafang Town has regained some popularity, and the people who have come back one after another can be seventy percent.

This is the resting place for just one day to go north from Jizhou, and it is also the resting place to walk from the north to Jizhou, when the world is peaceful, Dafang Town is extremely rich.

The team arrived in Dafang Town before dark, which looked a little dilapidated, and although there were still a number of inns and restaurants in operation, it felt a bit bleak because there was no money to repair the destroyed houses.

There is also the eyeliner of the Yanshan camp here in Dafang Town, so when the convoy arrived here and saw the flag planted on the carriage, the people of the Yanshan camp in Dafang Town recognized it.

"May I ask if you are a friend of Jizhou Yongning Tongyuan Che Ma Xing?"

A middle-aged man who looked dark-skinned stepped forward with his fists clenched and asked, Li Qi nodded and said, "Yes, may I ask who you are?" ”

The man smiled and said, "My name is Hushan Temple." ”

Then he lowered his voice and said, "The people of Yanshan Camp, may I ask if the second master is in the team?" ”

Li Qi smiled: "I am Li Qi." ”

The man paused for a moment, hurriedly took two steps back, and saluted again: "Hushan Temple to meet the second master!" ”

Li Qi hurriedly came down, held Hushan Temple's arm and said, "They are all brothers of Yanshan Camp, Brother Hu doesn't want so much courtesy." ”

He asked, "Did the big boss arrange for you here?" ”

Hushan Temple said: "It was the big boss who arranged for us to come, in addition to me, there are more than a dozen brothers in Dafang Town, mainly to monitor the movements of the officials and soldiers in Jizhou City, if the officials and soldiers go north, we can immediately detect it." ”

Li Qi snorted: "The big boss has made careful arrangements. ”

Hushan Temple asked: "Is the second master going back to our cottage?" If you go back now, the big boss may not be in the cottage, and a while ago, our cottage won Dingzhou and Xinzhou one after another, and the big boss may go to inspect. ”

Li Qi was taken aback.

He asked again: "Take Dingzhou and Shinshu?" So fast? ”

Hushan Temple said: "I also heard the brother who came to inspect two days ago, saying that there was a capable person in the cottage, it seems that Zheng is coming, I don't remember, he offered advice to the big boss, and won the two cities in one fell swoop. ”

Li Qi said with a smile

"This is a good thing, taking the two cities of Dingzhou and Xinzhou are the two fortresses in front of the Yanshan camp, and every move of the officers and soldiers is under our noses." ”

Hushan Temple said: "No, so the big boss is very happy, I also heard that the big boss seems to want to hand over the tour of the cities in Jizhou to the new master, let him get familiar with all parts of Jizhou, and see if he can take down some more states and counties as soon as possible." ”

Li Qi nodded and asked, "What do you remember the name of this new master?" ”

Hu Shansi recalled carefully and shook his head: "I'm also stupid, I really don't remember, I only remember the surname Zheng, it seems to be called Gong." ”

Li Qi smiled: "It's okay if you can't remember, I'll see you later." ”

He looked at Tang Pidi, and Tang Pidi smiled: "In today's world, there are many capable people, and they should not be underestimated." ”

At the same time, Shinshu.

In the hall of the state capital, Yu Chaozong sat on the main seat, and said with a smile: "Even under the two big cities, Zheng Gongru should be the first to act, I want to speak and count, so now I will officially explain, Zheng Gongru brother From now on, he is the eighth master of our Yanshan Camp." ”

Everyone looked at Zheng Gongru, Zheng Gongru hurriedly got up and bowed: "Thank you for the kindness of the big boss, I just arrived, and I really didn't dare to take on this important responsibility, and I didn't dare to rank above your predecessors, so I also asked the big boss to take back my life." ”

Yu Chaozong said: "You underestimate the temperament of our brothers in the Yanshan camp, if you have the ability, no one will be unconvinced, if you are worried that you will not be able to convince the public, then take out some skills." ”

His tone suddenly changed, he looked at Zheng Gongru and said: "I heard that there are reclusive masters in Yunyin Mountain, and their medical skills are unparalleled in the world. ”

He got up and walked in front of Zheng Gongru and said: "You will go to invite the masters of Yunyin Mountain to come out of the mountain as the eighth master of the Yanshan Camp, remember not to be reckless, if you can say that you can move others, say that you can't move, don't force it, the doctor is benevolent, in this world, we are all Bodhisattvas, and we people will never harm the doctor." ”

"Yes."

Zheng Gongru leaned over and said, "Then I'll leave early tomorrow morning." ”

Yu Chaozong patted Zheng Gongru on the shoulder and said: "It's really terrifying, at your age, it's really rare to be so scheming, the second leader of our Yanshan Camp, my brother Li Qi, is also the same age as you, and he is really a hero out of a young man." ”

Zheng Gongru's heart suddenly tightened, as if he had been stabbed coldly.

Li Qi?!

Hearing this name, Zheng Gongru's hands were in the cuffs and involuntarily clenched his fists, and the green tendons on the back of his hands were exposed.

Zheng Gongru immediately leaned over, not daring to show a trace of something wrong, and said with the help of leaning over to cover up: "Then, when you see the second master in the future, you have to learn more from him." ”

Yu Chaozong smiled: "You are about the same age as him, you should have a lot to talk about, and I think he will respect a young man like you." ”

Zheng Gongru said: "I really can't wait to see the second master." ”

Early the next morning, Zheng Gongru left Shinshu with Gao Lu and hundreds of people, and after a day's walk, they found a place to stay.

Zheng Gongru paced back and forth in the house, he was restless all night, he never thought that Li Qi was already the second leader of Yanshan Camp.

He wanted to run, and he ran immediately, but he was unwilling.

After pondering for a long time, he suddenly commanded, "Come, go and find some incense." ”

After a while, his subordinates found a handful of incense, Zheng Gongru lit all the incense, gritted his teeth a few times, and finally closed his eyes and poked the incense into his face several times, and his face was full of burn marks.

He threw the incense away, his hands on the table, his body trembling.

"Li Qi!"

He gritted his teeth and said to himself, "All of this is on you!" ”