In the open square, flags are erected at the four corners, and all the flags are only black and white, some black, some white, quite monotonous, almost colorless. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

At this time, the golden crow had risen to a high place, and the summer morning soon made the earth hot, and the dazzling light shone on the square stone paved stone floor, and also on the two women who were surrounded by many warriors and militiamen.

One of the women, huge, can be said to be half-naked skin, looks a little dark, but this healthy complexion is not disgusting. The whole body is actually very well-proportioned, but she is too tall, the leopard skin dress with money patterns is barely half covered by her full breasts, and the thighs under the skirt attract the attention of the people around her from the beginning, and she is obviously used to being noticed by everyone.

In other words, with her size, it is really difficult not to be noticed like a rare animal.

The Chinese girl beside her, slender and slender, formed a stark contrast. The face is covered with a light veil, and there is mystery in the delicate atmosphere.

Two people in the sun together...... At the same time, he was waiting in the midst of everyone. It wasn't until their companions, dressed in light red skirts, walked out of the gate in front of them that the two breathed a sigh of relief.

"Senior sister!" The girl in the autumn-colored skirt stepped forward and said, "How are you talking?" ”

"No problem!" Chun Jianli said, "Let's stay here first, they will find a way to send people to help us avoid the pursuit of the barbarian army, and send us out of Luzhou, but what the situation is like outside, they will have to see what it will be." ”

The girl in the autumn-colored skirt nodded......

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The same sunlight shone on a group of people who meandered along the mountain road among the mountains.

Ning Jiang rode a horse and walked with Zhao Tingzhen in the team. Behind them, Zhuang Ke and the militia escorted the box cart, which contained the treasures and gold and silver that Qili Feng had desperately gathered and was about to give to the county lord of Liuman.

On one of the box cars, there were two female Taoist children with a pair of purses on their heads. At this moment, although the sun is scorching, the mountain wind is blowing, and the box car is hunting with arrows and flags.

The young Taoist and Zhao Tingzhen rode forward, and on the way, Zhao Tingzhen had nothing to do, and asked the young Taoist about the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River. The young Taoist knows everything, like Zhao Tingzhen explaining the unique gardens in the south of the Yangtze River, as well as some famous attractions, his eloquence is already good, and there is nothing else to do at the moment, so he said it all over the place, and Zhao Tingzhen was amazed when he heard it.

Zhao Tingzhen's mood was quite depressed, on the one hand, he didn't know what the prospect of his trip to Xinjin City was, and on the other hand, it was also because the King of the Underworld appeared in Qilifeng with a bone soldier last night, on the surface, he was just passing by to rest, but in fact, it was full of warning.

Immediately afterwards, early in the morning, more orders were passed down by the barbarian army, ordering Qilifeng to dispatch more people to assist in encircling and suppressing Yinze's lake bandits, it seems that this time, the barbarian army intends to completely exterminate Yinze's lake bandits. Although Yin Ze's area has many mountains and lakes, and the terrain is complicated, but looking at his father's appearance, this Hades King has come out, and Yin Ze is probably in a catastrophe this time.

Although Qilifeng and Yinze Lake bandits have had many festivals in the past, this time, the nature is different. Fully assist the barbarian army to encircle and suppress Yin Ze, that is to help the barbarian army to abuse, if you don't help, I am afraid that the barbarian army will slaughter Qili Feng in turn, as soon as I think of the more than 200 terrible bone soldiers I saw last night, Zhao Tingzhen felt cold.

Although he was uneasy in his heart, there was almost nothing he could do, and Zhao Tingzhen could only put these worries aside for the time being and talk and laugh with the young Taoist.

After lunch, the convoy rested in the woods and continued on the road in the afternoon. On the way, I met a group of mountain bandits, these mountain bandits were obviously just composed of homeless hungry people, and the bandits led by them, although they knew some martial arts, they were probably second- or third-rate at most, even before the Xuanqi Dasheng.

These mountain bandits, all in rags, skinny, with some weapons, probably saw that they were not easy to mess with, and had the intention of robbing things, but they wandered and did not dare to step forward, and finally one of Cao Ziteng's disciples who protected the convoy took the initiative to step forward and scattered some copper coins, and these people roared away.

In the evening, passing through a deserted village, the entire village has basically been destroyed by the war, the collapsed houses, the remains of the burning fire, and the mass graves outside the village that are barely used to bury the bones, which are shocking.

Everyone had no intention of staying here for a long time, so they continued to walk, and when the sun was about to set in the west, they saw a group of people and horses on the right side of the road. Everyone looked and saw that among the group of people, there were also box carts escorted, and there were many warriors in it, and the leader was a young man in brocade.

Now that the world is chaotic, people on both sides suddenly meet, and both carry weapons, so they can't help but be wary of each other. After seeing who the other party was, he made up his mind. The brocade-clothed young man rode on a tall white horse, shook his fan and smiled: "It turned out to be Sister Zhen, Sister Zhen hasn't seen me for a long time." ”

Zhao Tingzhen said: "It turned out to be Mr. Qiu, why is Mr. Qiu here?" ”

But it turned out that this young man in brocade clothes was called Qiu Zhongshu, and the Qiu family was a famous scholarly family in Anjun.

In China, where Confucianism is respected, the name of "scholarly family" is not something that a rich person can have, first of all, a well-known local squire, and secondly, someone in the family must have something to achieve in the imperial examination.

The Qiu family is in Anjun, and they are the most famous gentry, and the head of the Qiu family is the chief of Anjun. After the barbarians occupied the entire Luzhou, the Qiu family was almost the first batch of wealthy families who took refuge in the barbarian army, not only keeping their wealth and wealth, but also taking advantage of the war to make a lot of war money, and now they are in high spirits. And this Qiu Zhongshu is the second son of the Qiu family, who practices literature and martial arts, and claims to be a master of writing and sword.

First, Anjun was originally a neighbor from Qilifeng, and secondly, this Qiu Zhongshu had also admired Qilifeng Zhaojiazhuang before, seeking art from her father, and if she insisted on climbing the relationship, she could barely be regarded as half of Zhao Guipan's disciple. The two families naturally knew each other.

Although Zhao Tingzhen disdains the Qiu family, in the final analysis, why is Qilifeng not attached to the barbarian army now? Seeing Qiu Zhongshu at this moment, he couldn't cool his face, so he could only smile and say hello.

Qiu Zhongshu shook his fan and smiled: "Looking at this posture, isn't Sister Zhen also planning to go to the New Golden City to participate in the county lord's birthday celebration?" ”

Zhao Tingzhen said: "Exactly." ”

Qiu Zhongshu said: "The same is true for Brother Yu, since people on both sides are heading to Xinjin, why don't you set off together?" ”

Zhao Tingzhen couldn't, so the two parties were together and continued on the road. On the way, Zhao Tingzhen asked, "Why did Young Master Qiu go to Xinjincheng to celebrate the county lord?" What about Ling Zun and Brother Ling? ”

Qiu Zhongshu said: "Under the order of the marshal, my father has already led his troops to set off, wanting to help the barbarian army encircle and suppress those bandits in Yinze. Hmph, those guys in Yin Ze, who used to rob homes and rob houses and harm the people, now they are even more resistant to the heavenly soldiers, and the heavens are intolerable, and now the commander finally wants to completely exterminate them, which can be regarded as their own suffering. ”

Zhao Tingzhen thought to herself, although those people in Yinze said that they were occupying the mountains, it was difficult to say that they were harming the people. As for the barbarian army, how did it become a "heavenly soldier"? They burned, killed and looted everywhere, invaded China, is it wrong to resist them?

She said, "Yin Ze those righteous ...... Those thieves, relying on the complex terrain and intricate lakes in that area, when the literary atmosphere was still in the past, the government sent troops to encircle and suppress them several times, but there was no way to take them, although the barbarian army was good at horse warfare, but in the area of Yin Ze, horse warfare was useless, and it was probably not easy to exterminate them. ”

Qiu Zhongshu said disdainfully: "This time is different from the past, this time, in order to exterminate them, I heard that the god not only sent a bone soldier, but also dispatched the king of the underworld. Coupled with the all-out help of all parties, I don't believe that they can't be destroyed. ”

looked at Zhao Tingzhen's side again: "This Taoist is ......"

Zhao Tingzhen said: "This is Xiaobai Daochang, a famous doctor from Jiangnan. ”

Qiu Zhongshu was stunned: "Jiangnan? Then he smiled and said: "Yes, although Zhou Ting is still alive in the south of the Yangtze River, but the king is faint and mediocre, the mandate of heaven has been lost, the people's hearts have been lost, sooner or later they will be destroyed by the heavenly soldiers, and the Taoist will come to the north, and he can be regarded as abandoning the darkness and turning to the light, and knowing the times." ”

The young Taoist praised: "What Brother Qiu said is exact, or Brother Qiu is good." It is a pity that Brother Qiu was not able to use it early, and he had the will of the people in vain, resulting in the destruction of more than 200,000 troops, which is a pity, a pity. ”

Qiu Zhongshu stagnated for a moment.

This Taoist priest's tone was so sincere that Qiu Zhongshu couldn't figure out whether he was making sarcastic remarks or polite and false words.

Zhao Tingzhen said curiously: "I don't know what happened in the war in the south?" Will the Leopard King's army be wiped out? "For them under the rule of the barbarian army, seeing with their own eyes the almost unbridgeable gap in strength between the barbarian army and the Huaxia army, except for the battle between Mengyu and the Weiyuan army last year, the barbarian army is almost rampaging in the entire land of China.

And the leopard king Cha Cut, and one of the three major generals under the Tiger Throne, when the Zhou court's Changhe water division was defeated, almost everyone thought that the fall of the Zhou Dynasty was a foregone conclusion, and no one could have imagined that the later battle situation was so surprising, it can almost be said that the earth was turned upside down, completely subverting everyone's speculation.

It's just that Jiangnan is too far away from Luzhou, how did the south defeat the leopard king, the process, everyone still can't figure it out, some say that it is the Taoist priest of Longhu Mountain who assisted the imperial court and summoned heavenly soldiers and generals, and some said that it was Ning Hanlin's divine calculation, laying down the strange array of heaven and earth nets, and cutting into the formation by mistake.

All kinds of gossip are quite exaggerated, just because in the hearts of many ordinary people in the north, unless it is a strong resistance like a miracle like a heavenly soldier and an ancient strange array, it is almost impossible for anyone to stop the barbarian army.

But people like Zhao Tingzhen and Qiu Zhongshu can't believe in the so-called heavenly soldiers and generals like ordinary people at the bottom after all. The only possibility is that the strength of the south is not as weak as everyone thinks. Still, they wondered how those people in the south did it.

In their inquiry, the young Taoist said, "When the war broke out in the south, the poor Dao had already entered the Central Plains, so it was not too clear. I only heard that it seems that the Leopard King misjudged the situation, and in order to chase and kill the Son of Heaven, he went deep into the Yueling area, but fell into an ambush laid by the Weiyuan army...... Well, I don't know exactly how it was done, but it should be in general. ”

Qiu Zhongshu snorted: "In the final analysis, it's just a return to the light, even the Confucian family where the Holy Duke Yan is located has said that Zhou Ting has no way, and the Mandate of Heaven is in the north." ”

The young Taoist smiled and didn't say anything more.

At this time, it was getting late, and it was almost midnight when they came to a county seat. Naturally, this county town has also been occupied by barbarian troops, and the outer city walls have basically collapsed. Entering the city, I found an inn that was barely in business, and stayed for the time being. During this period, although Qiu Zhongshu was generally polite to Zhao Tingzhen, in line with his identity as the son of the family, he also said some almost provocative words from time to time, but unfortunately Zhao Tingzhen was never moved.

Stayed here for one night, and on the second day, they continued on their way. On the way, Qiu Zhongshu continued to show Zhao Tingzhen his unique style of writing and sword, sometimes chatting about the world, sometimes pointing out the country.

Perhaps in his opinion, with his identity as a scholar and sword heirloom, the son of a wealthy family, he is so attentive to Zhao Tingzhen, who is just the daughter of a powerful man in the rivers and lakes, is already enough to give face.

But Zhao Tingzhen was always indifferent, at most it was just a polite meeting with acquaintances, and gradually, some impatience began to appear on his face.

Zhao Tingzhen didn't want to have much contact with the Qiu family, let alone have much friendship with the second son of the Qiu family, so naturally he didn't pay much attention to it, he just wanted to find a way to reach Xinjincheng so as to get rid of this annoying fly. didn't bother to bother with him, just asked the young Daoist beside him, "I don't know where the Daoist is going to go after arriving at the New Golden City?" ”

The young Taoist waved the dust and said, "After two days of playing in the new golden city, I will go to Caizhou about the time." ”

Zhao Tingzhen said regretfully: "The Taoist is a person who travels to the party, and he probably won't meet again in the future, now the world is difficult, and there is chaos everywhere, so the Taoist chief should take care." If you need to, you can turn back to Qilifeng at any time, and my father and I will always treat each other with courtesy. ”

Qiu Zhongshu said with a bit of yin and yang: "It's a pity, it's a pity, this little white brother is a person who has joined the sect, otherwise Sister Zhen is afraid that she will have to make a promise." Having said that, people say that there are three unfilial pieties, and no queen is the greatest, hehe, it is also now that Confucianism and Taoism are not prosperous, otherwise, just this practice of not marrying and not marrying, I am afraid that I will not be able to see my ancestors and ancestors in the future. He saw that Zhao Tingzhen's attitude towards this little white Taoist was even better than that of him, an "old acquaintance", and he couldn't help but be a little angry at this moment, and directly made sarcastic remarks.

Zhao Tingzhen didn't expect him to speak like this, and couldn't help but be annoyed: "Young Master Qiu, Confucianism is Confucianism, Taoism is Taoism, they are originally irrelevant, it is his freedom for the Taoist to marry or not, and others have no right to talk nonsense." ”

Qiu Zhongshu sneered: "Where did I say something wrong? Hmph, the inheritance of the family is originally a ritual ......"

"Wait a minute, what the hell are you talking about?" The young Taoist turned his head and looked at them in surprise, "Ah, yes, although they are both Taoists, there is a huge difference between the northern and southern sects. The Taoist priests you know who don't marry or marry are all from the Quanqing faction, right? But Poor Dao is not a pure disciple? Our Taoist priests in the south, with Longhu Mountain as the authentic one, can marry wives and have children! ”

Zhao Tingzhen and Qiu Zhongshu: "Huh? (To be continued.) )