The early autumn rain falls, knocking on the yellow leaves.

On July 16, in the house in Xicheng County, Dai Mengwei, who had come back a day earlier to worship his ancestors, was playing chess with his students. He looked at the southern sky, slightly distracted.

“…… Teacher. Disciple Pu Huiliang called in a low voice.

After a while, Dai Mengwei came back to his senses: "...... Yes? ”

"Teacher, it's your turn."

"Oh." Dai Meng dropped the chess piece slightly, and Pu Huiliang immediately responded.

"Stealing half a day's leisure, the teacher still has all kinds of things in his heart."

"I was too lazy in my early years, and when I got old, I realized that I couldn't be lazy...... Hui Liang thinks, what is in my heart? ”

"Chengdu, right?"

“…… Oh? ”

Dai Meng picked up the chess pieces slightly and narrowed his eyes. Pu Huiliang smiled.

"Yesterday came news that the Huaxia Army would enter Chengdu at the end of the month. Yesterday was Zhongyuan, something should happen, and it's time to think about it. ”

The two have been in a master-apprentice relationship for many years, Pu Huiliang's answer is not restrained, of course, he also knows that his teacher appreciates people with quick thinking, so he has the intention of deliberately showing off. Sure enough, Dai Meng squinted his eyes slightly and nodded.

"These days have made you concerned about the autumn harvest arrangement, and you haven't mentioned the southwest, so it seems that you haven't put down your homework. Tell me, what will happen? ”

Pu Huiliang fell and said with a smile: "The southwest repels Sticky Han, the general trend is about to become, what will happen in the future, the key is in this southwest gathering." The big guys are watching the situation over there, and while they are ready to deal with it, of course, there is also a possibility, and there is no way to ignore it...... If Ning Yi dies suddenly now, the Huaxia Army will become a fragrant bun that all parties in the world can win over, although the possibility of this matter is small, it cannot be ignored. ”

Dai Mengwei also dropped a chess piece: "What does this have to do with being a teacher?" ”

"Two months earlier, the teacher's name resounded all over the world, and there was an endless stream of people who came to the door to see him and offer advice. Today, we are on the same page as the Huaxia Army, but these people are different, there are righteous people among them, but maybe there are spies of the Huaxia Army...... At first, students thought that how to use these people would require a lot of screening, but now that they think about it, I'm not sure, there are more useful methods for many people. Teacher...... Persuaded them, went to the Southwest? ”

Dai Meng stroked his beard slightly, his eyebrows were bitter, and he looked serious on the plain, but at this time he just looked at the southwest with a calm expression.

"Dozens or hundreds of people say that they have great righteousness in their hearts, and if one or two of them can do something, it is a good thing. As for who can use and who cannot, it doesn't have to be so absolute, Huaxia Jun opened his mouth to accept people externally, which was Ning Yi's confidence in his own ideas. As for our side, the people's livelihood can be improved, and there will be more and more people who agree with it. Many problems are self-evident. This is the intention of putting Huiliang over there, people, it is the most important thing. ”

"The teacher's hard work, Huiliang saved." Pu Huiliang nodded with his hand, "It's just that after the Jurchens, the people's livelihood is withered and the land is barren, and there are many people suffering in this world, and the harvest in autumn is ...... I'm afraid it's hard to plug all the holes. ”

"When there are two great enemies today, one is the Jurchen and the other is the southwest, after the Jurchen, the people can see the desolate scene of the countryside, as long as the words are clear, the community is difficult, they can understand. It's just that your brothers and sisters, as well as the big and small officials outside, must also have the mind of helping each other in the same boat, don't deceive, ostensibly for the sake of the government and the people, and move to your home in private, that is going to cause an accident. Now if you encounter such a situation, you must also kill it. ”

Dai Mengwei said the word kill calmly in his mouth, without any trace of fireworks, but Pu Huiliang knew that this teacher was ruthless. It can even be said that he knows that in the past six months, he has known how resolute and ruthless this teacher who has followed him for many years really moves. In the past few decades, he has lived in Xicheng County to do learning, and he does not have to show his ability to act, and it is only in the last two years that the old man has come forward to make a game, and the entire world, including the Jurchens and the Huaxia Army, has been calculated.

Especially in the past six months, Tu Poor Dagger has even sacrificed his own flesh and blood, and killed the army that is also Han Chinese, and after taking over the locality, the methods of dealing with corrupt officials in various places are also ruthless and abnormal, and the Confucian law of the inner and outer kings is reflected to the extreme. But because of this method, it has been cheered by a lot of people in various places where everything is waiting to be rebuilt.

"You Jinwen Senior Brother is in Zhuxi, eating, living and sleeping with the people, and this performance is very good. Although I can't plug all the holes this autumn, I can at least plug some of them, and I also negotiated an agreement with Uncle Liu Ping to buy a batch of grain from him first. After surviving this winter and next spring, the situation should be stabilized. He wants to plot against the Central Plains, so let's seek stability first......"

The master and apprentice talked while talking, and when they talked about Liu Guangshi, Pu Huiliang smiled slightly: "Uncle Liu Ping has a wide range of friends and is used to being two-faced, this time in the southwest, I heard that he was the first to stand up and trade with the Huaxia Army, and he got a lot of benefits in the early stage, if someone wants to move the Huaxia Army this time, maybe what kind of attitude he will have, right?" ”

"Uncle Liu Ping's mind is complicated, but he is not without foresight. The Huaxia Army is standing, although he can take advantage of it, but at the same time, he will not mind that Ning Liheng, the most difficult person in the Huaxia Army, will be cared up in the southwest, he will still be the big one, and he will not change. Dai Mengwei said this, looked at the rain curtain outside, and paused slightly: "Actually, after the Jurchens went, there were barren people and displaced people everywhere, but where was it that was really not affected?" After all, it's still the southwest......"

The old man sighed: "Shu is blessed with unique nature, it has been the country of abundance since ancient times, and in this southwest war, the Jurchen army line has not even been pushed to Zizhou. Although the Huaxia army suffered losses, the grain on the Great Plains was not damaged at all. In today's southwest, it is indeed difficult to want Ning Yi to have an accident, but ...... If this is the case, when the accumulation of the southwest flows into all sides, not only will the Han family's military equipment and the study of things be greatly prosperous, but this winter, there will be many fewer hungry people. ”

The autumn rain fell sprinkled outside the window, the room fell silent, Pu Huiliang stretched out his hand and dropped the chess pieces: "In the past, it was all such and such rabble in the green forest who fought against him with their blood, and this time the state of affairs, the disciple thinks, must be different." ”

He paused: "Judging from the time, it should be soon......"

……

The afternoon sun shines on the land of the Chengdu Plain.

On the official road from Chengdu to the south, crowds of people come and go.

Coming down from a Taoist temple, You Hongzhuo carried a knife and a burden on his back and walked along the flowing river.

The vast plains seem to stretch endlessly ahead, rivers and official roads are interspersed forward, and the villages and farmlands that occasionally come out look like a picture in the golden sun, and even the pedestrians on the road seem to smile a little more than the people of the Central Plains.

The official road is also much stronger, and it is obvious that it has taken a lot of thought and effort - all the way south from Jindi, most of the roads he walks are potholes, this is the first time in his life that he has seen such a smooth road, even in his childhood memories, the prosperous Wu Dynasty in the past, I am afraid it will not take so much effort to rest the road. Of course, he wasn't sure about that, that is.

Nowadays, for things that he can't understand or think clearly, he will habitually look at and think more.

In the past, during his time in Jindi, he did a lot of chivalrous things, of course, the most important thing was to protect the safety of the female prime minister as a folk chivalrous man in various threats. During this period, he even had several contacts with the hero Shi Jin, and even received the female minister in person.

The female prime minister originally wanted to persuade some trusted knights to join the guards around her, but many of them agreed. However, due to past events, You Hongzhuo still has doubts about these "courts" and "officialdom", and is unwilling to lose his free identity, so he refused. They were not reluctant, and even gave him a lot of silver money for their help in the past.

After the situation of the Southwest War was initially decided, the Huaxia Army invited visitors from all over the world in Chengdu, and You Hongzhuo was quite moved, but because the threat of Zong Hanxi Yin's return to the north was imminent, he didn't know whether to leave or not. During this period, he had a conversation with the hero Shi Jin, and fought in private, Shi Jin thought that the danger of Jindi was not great, and You Hongzhuo's skills were already quite good, and he needed more tests and insights to make a breakthrough, or persuaded him to go to the southwest.

Reading thousands of books and traveling thousands of miles is the same with the hard work under your hands. When You Hongzhuo first arrived in the southwest, he naturally came for the martial arts competition, but from the time he entered the sword gate, he was amazed by all kinds of new things and fresh scenes. After staying in Chengdu for a few days, I felt all kinds of signs of conflict: there was the impassioned Confucianism, the criticism and abuse of the Huaxia army, the confusion caused by its various deviances, and even many chivalrous warriors in the green forest in private, who seemed to have made preparations to sacrifice their lives for righteousness, and were ready to assassinate the demon Ning Yi......

You Hongzhuo first came into contact with the Black Flag Army in Zezhou, when the Black Flag Army led the huge coup against Tian Hu, and the female prime minister was thus on the throne. You Hongzhuo saw the power of the Black Flag Army to turn his hands into clouds and his hands to rain, and also saw all kinds of tragedies in the chaos, his perception of the Black Flag Army at that time was not bad, but it was not good. It's like a giant beast rolling at will, always crushing the lives of many living beings.

Later, after hearing about the various deeds of the Black Flag in the southwest and successfully defeating the Jurchens for the first time, he had a good feeling and awe in his heart. Who knew that after arriving here, there were so many people who complained of their dissatisfaction with the Huaxia Army and said terrible prophecies, and many of them were even erudite people who read poetry and books.

At the time of Jindi, because of Lou Shuwan's woman's body, many people fabricated her various evil deeds out of thin air, but You Hongzhuo could clearly distinguish the greatness and importance of the woman's appearance over there. When he arrived in the southwest, it was difficult for him to judge the good and evil of the other party in all kinds of rumors. Some people say that he is reckless, some people say that he is resolute, some people say that he breaks the old and creates the new, and some people say that he is rebellious and incompetent......

Fortunately, he was not in a hurry to stand in line, and he also watched quietly about the various conditions in the southwest. After staying in Chengdu for a few days, he applied for a customs clearance paperwork, and left the city to come further south - Huaxia Jun was really strange, and asked him what he was doing out of the city, You Hongzhuo confessed that he looked around, and the other party looked at him, and he stamped it at will, but he told him twice not to do illegal and evil deeds, otherwise he would be dealt with strictly.

Hey, I'm going to mess around, what can you do to me!

The number of times he has fought with others in the past few years is incalculable, and he has improved rapidly between life and death, and he also has a more accurate grasp of his martial arts. Of course, since Mr. Zhao taught him to respect the rules back then, he would not easily destroy any public order and good customs with a mouthful of blood. Just thinking in his heart, he took the paperwork and went on the road.

Slow along the way. In the afternoon of this day, I walked to the edge of a small forest, went in casually to solve the problem of people's urgency, and when I went out to the other side, I passed a path and saw some movement ahead.

It was six warriors with weapons on their backs, standing on the side of the road over there, looking at the field scenery in the distance, and some people were taking a break by the roadside. When encountering such a green forest person, You Hongzhuo was reluctant to approach at will-if he was an ordinary person, and he was also carrying a knife, I am afraid that it would cause the other party to think more-just as he was about to leave quietly, but the other party's words blew into his ears with the autumn wind.

“…… When he came out of his home, he had only five days' worth of food left. Although I got it...... Adults' help, but this winter, I'm afraid it's not going to be easy......"

“…… It's all because the Jurchens didn't plant anything in the spring......"

“…… You can see how well the rice grows here, if you can drag some back......"

“…… Huaxia Jun are all traders, how many catties can you buy......"

“…… What's more, now the faces are torn on both sides......"

“…… A few days ago, the scholar surnamed Ren said that the Huaxia Army only talks about business and business, not morality, etiquette, righteousness and shame...... If you win the world, all the people will suffer......"

“…… With the death of the surnamed Ning, many things can be negotiated. Now the black flag in the southwest is incompatible with the outside, for the sake of the debt of killing the king back then, this debt is cleared, everyone is Han Chinese, all are Chinese, everything can sit down and talk about ......"

“…… It's not easy to kill people with the surname Ning......"

“…… The one surnamed Ren said that the surname Ning is not easy to kill, because the people in the past have no rules and have not formed a common force......"

“…… It can't be formed, the person surnamed Ning is called the inner demon, and he really has to work together, and I don't know how many people are internal ghosts, and if there is an internal ghost, everyone will have to die......"

“…… Then there is no need to gather righteousness, you and I are six brothers, just do your own thing...... The surname Ren said, this time I came to the southwest, there are countless people who want the life of the devil, and now the plan, even if you don't contact in private, only one person shouts, you can respond to the call, but in this situation, we can't all kill the devil......"

“…… So how? ”

“…… The one surnamed Ren gave advice. He said, the devil has a lot of generals, but after the war, the strength has been stretched, and now many righteous people have come to the southwest, only three or five masters need to assassinate the devil, as for the others, you can think about how to make the devil divide the army and distract. The surname Ren said that the devil cared about his family the most, and his family was in Zhang Village...... We don't know how the others are, but as long as we do it, or divert a group of soldiers, so that they can't catch people, they are nervous, and someone will find an opportunity......"

“…… The devil is dead, will Huaxia Army really make peace with the outside? ”

“…… Isn't it this devil who has been doing all these years? In the past, the people of the green forest came to kill him, gathered righteousness here and there, and then was served in a pot. This time, it's not just us who practice martial arts, there are so many famous scholars and scholars in the city, and those who are full of poetry and books, which one doesn't want him to die...... At the end of the month, the army entered the city, and the city of Chengdu was like an iron bucket, and there was no chance for assassination, so it could only fight before the end of the month......"

“…… Brothers, we have had many years of friendship, and I can only trust you. Our paperwork this time is to Jiading, but we only need to go to Zhangcun halfway, and no one can stop us...... It's good to be able to catch this demon's family and use it as a threat, but even if it doesn't work, if we make a mess, there will be other people who will do it......"

……

On the streets east of Chengdu, a group of scholars can be heard scolding each other on the road, and the scene is noisy and chaotic.

On the second floor of the teahouse on the side of the street, a gray-robed scholar named Ren Jingzhu was drinking tea while talking about the idea and layout of the whole incident with Chen Wei, a killer who looked ordinary and had an ordinary name.

"If you do this, the Huaxia Army will inevitably receive rumors." Raising the teacup, looking downstairs at Chen Wei, who was scolding the scene, said so.

"It doesn't matter if I hear about it, and now I don't know who will go where, or even whether they will go, it's hard to say. However, when the Huaxia army received the wind, it had to take precautions, and there were some people here and there, and there were fewer people who could really be used in Chengdu. What's more, it is not only you and me who came to Chengdu this time, but only know that when chaos is together, someone will inevitably echo it. ”

Ren Jingzhu stuffed a broad bean into his mouth: "When the time comes, there will be a mess, maybe these downstairs will also take the opportunity to come out and make trouble, you, Qin Gang, Xiaolong...... I just need to take one chance, although I don't know where that opportunity is......"

"I guess it's only these two days?"

"After all, after all, there is no chance." Ren Jingzhu also turned his head to look at the scholar's scolding, "It's really not good, I can start the game." ”

Chen Wei nodded and was silent for a moment: "Do you know who I saw in the city." ”

"Huh?"

"Wang Xiangfo, I don't know who invited him out of the mountain...... Here in Chengdu, I don't know much about him. ”

"It's not surprising, the one who invited Wang Xiangbuddha is estimated to be Tie Yan." Ren Jingzhu thought for a while, "It is estimated that there will be other masters who we know and don't know will come here, and those who can resist not participating in the martial arts competition have many schemes." ”

"It's a mess, but everyone's purpose is the same, there hasn't been such a thing in this river and lake for many years." Chen Wei smiled, "You belly full of bad water, you have never seen the light in the past, this time with the demon who is powerful, can finally have a result." ”

"Just do what I can to make some trouble for him, now he is wearing shoes, I am barefoot, and if I win, I will not win." Ren Jingzhu analyzed it like this, but in the depths of his eyes, there was also an unspeakable arrogance lurking in it. He is Chinese New Year's Eve two years old today, perennial in the Jiangnan area to take orders to plot murder, although Ren is young, but in the road has already won the reputation of the ghost, but compared to the world-shaking demons, the pattern always seems smaller, this time at the invitation of Wu Qimei came to Chengdu, the face is naturally modest, but the heart has a certain self-confidence.

Such a chaotic market, and unable to unite everyone openly, other people have to communicate with each other, only he chose to stir up the whole situation more chaotic, I believe that even if the demon is in Chengdu, he will feel a headache about such a situation.

He held up his teacup: "I've done everything I can, I wish you the best of luck." ”

Chen Wei raised his glass and touched him: "This time, for the world." ”

……

As the sun set, in the south of Chengdu, Mao Yishan led the team into the camp and signed the documents for entering the camp.

The clerk who saw him signing had already known him, and when he saw the team he was carrying, he sighed: "Captain Mao, this time you came over, you want to be in the limelight at the martial arts competition, right?" The people in your area are all ......."

"Elite!" Mao Yishan raised his thumb backwards, "However, it's for the task." It's not that you don't know my kung fu, it's not good to fight alone, it's not suitable for fighting, I really want to go to the ring, Wang Dai is first-class, and Niu Chengshu's gang of the Seventh Army, the Liu Muxia who said that he didn't want to be a squad leader for the rest of his life and just wanted to rush to the front line...... Tsk, I remember, it was really ruthless. There are also those around Mr. Ning, Boss Du, with them, what kind of ring will I go to. ”

He signed his name and knocked on the table.

"Your kung fu is indeed ...... You can't fight when you laugh, you can't fight when you laugh, you can kill when you do it, it's only suitable for the battlefield. The clerk over there smiled, then leaned over and whispered, "...... It's all here. ”

"Huh?"

"Wang Dai arrived yesterday, in the camp. Niu Chengshu and them, I heard that the day before yesterday entered the city from the north, you enter the city early, look for it near the guest house, you should be able to see it. ”

"Hey, then I'll have dinner with them at night! Niu Chengshu beat me up last time, this time he wants to have a treat, will you come at night......"

"I'm not going to do it today, I have to do something here."

"Then I'll go find Wang Dai's livestock first......"

People giggle. In the city of Chengdu, the noisy of the scholars continued, and Mao Yishan, who had changed into civilian clothes, and a group of companions entered the city in the light of the setting sun.

Chen Wei and Ren Jingzhu walked down from the upper floor and left separately; Not far away, a strong man who looked like a cow squatted on the side of the road eating sugar gourds, his face was so sour that his face was distorted and his teeth were bared, a child saw this scene, laughed and showed half of his white teeth, not many people can know the expression of the strong man on the battlefield when he said "kill people to celebrate".

Wang Xiangfo also watched people's profiles and stories on the sign outside the competition venue. In the noodle shop with the best reputation in the city, Liu Muxia finished eating egg noodles and paid the beautiful little girl in the store with a smile.

An old Confucian named Guan Shanhai was pouting while holding the girl. In a market store separated by two streets, Wen Shoubin greets the friends he will make in the new day, and prepares to start a new conversation. Qu Longjun sat in the pavilion and watched the sunset, rather than clumsily sewing and mending his accidentally torn pants in the yard.

The six knights set foot on the road to Zhangcun, and out of a certain mentality of memory and remembrance, You Hongzhuo followed behind......

There are many more ordinary people. Ordinary people have ordinary desires, different goals, and lives like this. They staggered in the surging crowd. Even if they rub shoulders with each other, at this moment when it still seems warm, they have not yet intersected......

(End of chapter)