The heavenly wolf was panicked at this moment, he didn't expect Qu Caifeng to propose such a proposal, he was at a loss for a while, and was stunned in place.

Qu Caifeng looked up at the wolf and sighed softly: "Li Cangxing, in fact, I know very well that you only have Mu Lanxiang in your heart, and I only have Xu Linzong in my heart, although you and I admire each other and can entrust our lives, but that is not love, at least, you don't love me." Therefore, what I said about marrying you is just a temporary expedient move, and I can only use this action to let you join the Wushan faction, maybe this is the only way to protect our Wushan faction. ”

The heavenly wolf shook his head: "Miss Qu, it's not like this, Wushan faction, I will try my best to protect it, but doing so, it's too wronged for you, I think, there is more than this." ”

Qu Caifeng said with a straight face: "Li Cangxing, I have seriously considered this matter, it is definitely not a whim, Lu Bing attaches great importance to you, if you join the Wushan faction, he should dispel his concerns, so that more than 100,000 people in the Wushan faction have a way to live, and if he sends other officials of the Jinyi Guard to take over the Wushan faction, or forcibly disbands it as you said, then I will die, and I will not turn a blind eye." ”

The wolf was speechless for a long time, and after a long time, he sighed: "I am not as important as you think, and if Yan Song falls and changes the ministers of the Qing faction to power, he may not be in a hurry to attack the Wushan faction, and if the world is peaceful and the people live and work in peace and contentment, then even if we don't need to disband, everyone will go down the mountain to find their own way out. ”

Qu Caifeng's eyes became a little lonely: "Li Cangxing." In fact, I know that you are unwilling to agree to this, mainly because you have Mu Lanxiang in your heart, so you don't want to marry me. Even if it's just in name, right? ”

Heavenly Wolf's heart was like knocking over a five-flavor bottle, with mixed tastes, and finally sighed: "I don't know, although I try my best not to think about the little junior sister, but when it comes to life and death, her shadow always appears in front of me." Miss Qu, you were right last night, I still care about her. But there is no possibility for me and her in this life, so my love will go away with her. It wouldn't be fair to you if I were to marry someone I didn't love. Miss Qu. ”

Qu Caifeng shook his head: "This marriage." It's not about love. In this way, I will help you finish this matter first, if things take a turn for the better in the future, and our Wushan faction does not have such a great pressure to survive, this matter will not be mentioned. But Li Cangxing, if Lu Bing insists on destroying or disbanding our Wushan faction in the future, I hope you can promise me. ”

Sky Wolf hesitated for a moment. Still shook his head firmly: "Miss Qu, emotional matters." I don't want to trade it off, if two people who don't love each other are together, it's just torture. ”

Qu Caifeng gritted his teeth: "Follow me!" Before the words fell, his body moved, and a red cloud shot out of the cave quickly, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

The wolf followed and chased out, today's weather is very good, the daylight is abundant, even in this dense forest, the sunlight is sprinkled on the ground through the gaps in the woods, the forest is full of the fragrance of various wild flowers, there are patches of sun spots everywhere, the wolf looked back at the cave, the entrance of the cave was tightly covered by vines, and it was in a backlit place, it was not for Qu Caifeng to lead the way, it was really difficult to find such a cave.

The wolf followed Qu Caifeng for more than ten miles, out of the forest, on a cliff, this run, the wolf pulled Qu Caifeng down two or three zhang, this time it was not as intentional as last night, but because yesterday the wolf lost too much blood, for a long time, the internal force was a little weak, and he was a little dizzy when he ran, and even the operation of the true qi was a little stagnant, and his stomach became hungry, and this feeling did not appear again for many years.

Qu Caifeng ran to the top of the cliff, wearing a red dress in the mountain wind, and her frosty white hair complemented each other, the elegance was peerless, she looked back at the sky wolf who was panting and her face was a little pale, and suddenly understood, and there was a little more apology in her tone: "I'm sorry, it's me who didn't think it through, do you want it?" ”

Sky Wolf stopped, adjusted his breathing, and squeezed out a smile: "I'm fine. Miss Qu, what advice do you have for bringing me here? ”

Qu Caifeng nodded, and pointed to the bottom of the mountain with his bare hand: "Look, this is what our Wushan Sect really looks like." ”

The wolf walked to the cliff and looked down, and saw that it was a valley in a few places, and the valley was full of high and low fields, similar to the terraces of the northwest, and some of the highlands were also reclaimed on all sides, and crops were grown, and the peasants drove their cattle to and fro the fields, and in the few cottage squares that had not been cultivated as farmland, hundreds of children were jumping and chasing and playing.

These squares were built in the middle of a number of cottages, with low loess houses and stilted houses made of bamboo, through which the wolf could see the women spinning and weaving their clothes, and their faces were full of happy smiles.

The wolf looked at it for a long time, and suddenly found that there were almost no young men in this valley, there were many young women, but most of them were old and weak women and children, and those who ploughed the fields were either old men or some disabled people with incomplete limbs, and in this valley, he did not see a disciple of the Wushan faction with a gun and a knife, and there was no murderous aura like a great enemy and a forest of knives and guns at the helm, what was here was just the tranquility and peace of paradise.

Heavenly Wolf understood, and he turned to Qu Caifeng: "Are these the old and weak women and children you want to protect?" I think there are tens of thousands of people, where did you find so many orphans and widows? ”

Qu Caifeng nodded: "Yes, Li Cangxing, what you see now is our real Wushan faction, the world thinks that our Wushan faction has tens of thousands of soldiers in its hands, and its power is powerful, and it even poses a threat to the imperial court, in fact, what we really want to protect is just these poor women and children who have lost their families in war and famine, or in this dark world, and have no way to make a living." ”

"A few years ago, hundreds of thousands of people were displaced by the floods in the south of the Yangtze River, and the disaster relief money and grain allocated by the imperial court were exploited by corrupt officials and corrupt officials.

Heavenly Wolf thought of the hellish post-disaster tragedy he saw in Shanxi this time, his heart was sad, his eyes became gloomy, and he nodded: "I have seen it in Shanxi this time." Fortunately, you have come to help these victims, otherwise these women and children would not have survived. ”

Qu Caifeng sighed softly: "They are often the whole family to vote, young and middle-aged men learn martial arts and join the cottage guards to guard the helm, and these orphans and widows are farming and weaving in the secret valley of the mountain behind the Wushan faction, Li Cangxing, you always say that we are cottage bandits, we will only rob homes and houses, and do not produce, you see this now, you should understand that we are not unearned people." ”

Heavenly Wolf's eyebrows moved: "In that case, why do you want to charge such a high protection fee to the caravan that is traveling in the seven provinces of Jiangnan?" ”

Qu Caifeng smiled slightly: "That is my master's idea, she took in many people who had no home in the war and disasters, in fact, they can live simply by relying on these people to farm and weave, but in this way, the court will feel that a large number of people have been lost, these people do not pay taxes to the court in our Wushan faction, so if the court investigates, it will find our secrets, they can tolerate robbers who rob houses, but they can't tolerate hundreds of thousands of ordinary people who break away from their rule, because these people are the best to oppress, It's not as difficult to tame as bandits and robbers, since ancient times, the government has been bullying the weak and afraid of the hard, Li Cangxing, do you agree? ”

Heavenly Wolf laughed: "So if you collect tolls like this, the government will not suspect your source of income, these people who are hiding in your Wushan faction will be safe, but the paper can't contain the fire, you have collected too many refugees, won't the imperial court find out at all?" (To be continued......)