The first volume of human hatred

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The autumn wind is cold into the night, and the faint sorrow lingers in the dream;

Mo Dao has love and hatred in the world, only sighing how many people in the rivers and lakes are back?

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the world was in turmoil. The prosperous era of Zhenguan and Kaiyuan in the Tang Dynasty is long gone. The government and the opposition are treacherous and wicked, military attachés are afraid of death, civil servants are greedy for money, corrupt officials run rampant, and corrupt officials are domineering, causing the people of the world to live in a difficult situation and complaining. Some peasants, unable to endure blood, oppression, and cruel labor, raised the banner of righteousness against the Tang Dynasty......

In the southern border areas and the northern border fortresses, they are still invaded by foreign races and Hu Lu from time to time; in particular, some prosperous border towns are often patronized by bandits and robbers, who kill, loot, burn, and plunder, which can really be described as all kinds of evil. Therefore, it is not surprising that the wealthy families in the important town have their own family generals and escort teams.

At that time, the southwestern border of the Tang Dynasty was along the border between Sichuan and Yunnan. Outside, there are forces of foreign races constantly invading and attacking the borders, and there are bandits and robbers inside who are unscrupulous, with the result that the officers and soldiers are unable to take care of them and are passive everywhere; they can only wait for help and passively protect the borders. However, since the Anshi Rebellion, the Tang Dynasty has become a situation of separatism between feudal towns and towns, and each local festival envoy has done its own thing, concealed and deceived the superiors and subordinates, and is actually a prince. However, the border of the Tang Dynasty was so vast, and the troops that the court could mobilize were limited, so how could it be comprehensive?

Time: Around 870 AD.

Location: Somewhere in Nanzhaoguo. Today, the border land of Yunnan.

There is a major town in ancient and modern times, called: Babao Town. Although this town is located in a corner of the border, but the traffic traverses the north and south, and it is an important place for the bayonet to control the road, so it has become a place where soldiers must fight; and Babao Town is rich in products, the land is wide and there are many people, and it is the "hometown of tribute rice" of the Nanzhao country at that time. Therefore, Nanzhao attaches great importance to this town, and has been stationed here with nearly 4,000 elite soldiers, four large battalions in the southeast, northwest and northwest, each battalion has a commander of a thousand commanders, and 900 soldiers under the jurisdiction of each battalion, respectively, guarding the four border fortresses, although the battalions are dozens of miles apart, but they can help each other if there is a situation. Of course, these 4,000 soldiers and horses were mainly dispatched and commanded by the guerrilla generals in the General's Mansion in Babao Town. If it is said that this guerrilla general is really in power in the locality, and he holds a heavy army in charge of the army, even the local government officials and county lieutenants are respected by three points.

There are two wealthy families in Babao Town, namely Linjiazhuang and Tangjiabao. These two households are by no means comparable to ordinary people, not to mention that these two households have thousands of wealth, thousands of hectares of fertile land, and pay tribute to the grain for Nanzhao every year to account for more than eighty percent of the town. The most astonishing thing is that these two families are all martial arts families, with nearly 1,000 generals and guards, and the Lin family's swordsmanship and the Tang family's soul returning knife are extremely famous in the local area. Unfortunately, although these two families are in the same place, they are not in harmony at all, and occasionally there will be some bloody conflicts.

Perhaps, this is the reason why one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers in troubled times, right?

Chapter I

Troubled times

The turbulent times continued, and the war in the border area was endless.

One day, many people gathered outside the guerrilla general's mansion in the town, all vying to see a red list notice posted on the wall of the courtyard outside the mansion.

"The General's Mansion wants to recruit soldiers and ......," someone in the crowd shouted.

"Yes, it says that whoever can be recruited, the soldiers will be paid ten taels of silver a month......," one continued.

"There's ...... down there. Whoever is recruited can receive by force fifty taels a month for a ten-man elder, a hundred taels for a centurion, and a thousand taels for a month......" I heard one man continue to chant.

Gee...... There was a commotion in the crowd. It turned out that they were lured by the newly recruited warriors.

"Food, shelter, and ten taels of silver a month? Isn't this more than my salary for a few months, and there will be such a good thing?" I should go to the western suburbs to see the ......," another person exclaimed.

"Yes, look at ......," echoed many young people in the crowd.

......

The western suburbs of the school field, located two miles outside the west gate of Babao Town, is the largest area in the southeast, northwest and northwest four fields. It is surrounded by mountains on the other side, leans on the river on one side, and is a transit artery guarded by heavy troops in front of it......

At this time, the outside of the school yard was already full of people, and some others were coming one after another. There was a guard on the left and right sides of the school yard who was busy registering the crowd of people who had come to register, and it turned out that only those who had registered could go to the tent next to it to be examined by the camp doctor, and those who were in good health and sound were qualified conscripts. Nearly 100 soldiers of the Nanzhao Kingdom armed with swords, axes and spears stood around the school, blocking the outskirts of the school field with those who were watching and those who came to apply; only those who had already been recruited could wait under the platform.

After a short time, there were already more than 300 new recruits waiting in line under the competition stage. At this moment, a young general dressed in silver armor strode onto the stage. I saw him sweep the audience at a glance, and the most reluctant looked at the newly recruited soldiers, "Newly recruited soldiers, this deputy general was entrusted by General Deng to visit you today, and you are welcome to become a member of the pioneer battalion under the command of this deputy general. This time, 300 soldiers were temporarily recruited, mainly to maintain order in the town and crack down on robbers and bandits......"

At this point, the lieutenant general deliberately paused for a long time before continuing: "In addition, this lieutenant general will also select three centurions and thirty centurions from among you today to manage the people. Therefore, a special competition platform was set up to compete in martial arts, and those who excelled in martial arts were elected ......"

When the new recruits heard this, they all began to be moved, and several people applauded one after another.

Soon, the lieutenant general announced the official start of the competition.

The two newly recruited soldiers came to the stage from both sides of the competition platform, and after reporting their names to each other, they began to scuffle. But the two of them hugged each other on the stage, you punched me, I kicked you, it was completely a child's fighting formation. When the people in the audience saw this, they all laughed, and the deputy general frowned deeply when he saw this, and couldn't help but shake his head. But the two men disagreed, and continued to scuffle together......

Not long after, a newly recruited soldier who was in good health bravely walked up to the stage and shouted at the two who were scuffling: "Grandma, what kind of style of play are you?

When the two heard this, they really stopped. They all glared at the comers, and one of them even rebuked angrily: "Lao Tzu is trying martial arts, do you care about birds, why don't you get off the stage quickly......"

The people in Nanzhao are already rough, and these two people are angry this time, and they even drum up the rude and abusive words. This is not an uncommon thing in the local area. It seems that this ancient name of the Southern Barbarian is not false.

When the strong man heard this, he smiled and said, "You guys are also a martial arts competition, doesn't it make people laugh off their big teeth!"

The two of them were extremely angry when they heard this, and said angrily: "Grandma's sloppy, you can come up and try it if you have it?"

Unexpectedly, the man was very simple: "Okay......! You two...... It's better to go together!"

People inside and outside the school were not slightly surprised to hear this person's words. Most of them pondered in their hearts: I'm afraid that this big man really has some ability, otherwise he wouldn't be so arrogant.

After hearing the strong man's arrogant words, the two almost turned green with anger, and really rushed up to the strong man...... Looking at that frame, it was to forcibly press the strong man to the ground.

Besides, the two of them came very quickly, and they pounced with all their might under the rage, not only with calm strength, but also with both left and right attacks, and the cooperation was extremely tacit, which really caught people off guard.

When most of the people in the school field saw it, they were all surprised, and they all pinched a cold sweat for the strong man. But no one was surprised that they didn't look at the ...... with wide eyes

When the two of them pounced in front of the strong man, everyone saw it: the strong man first pushed flat with both palms, and then swirled with his palms, and the two figures flew upside down in the air, like a kite with a broken string...... Fell under the table in unison.

A groan of pain came from the audience, but the two men did not get up for a long time. Immediately afterwards, a burst of fierce applause and shouts broke out inside and outside the school field......

"Okay, good fight......" Many people in the competition stage shouted to themselves.

Seeing this, the strong man immediately hugged his fists around the stage and said, "In Xia Chenggang, I am from Mengshe." Today, I am here to recruit for the position of centurion of the pioneer battalion, I wonder if there are any other heroes in Lu Dao who will come to the stage to compete with me?"

Everyone in the audience was impressed by the bravery of the strong man Cheng Gang, and there was no movement in the audience for a long time. When everyone was about to be disappointed, they heard that one of the newly recruited soldiers said coldly: "I'll try ......"

Cheng Gang jumped to the front desk with an arrow step when he saw the comer, and his body was clean and neat, showing that his light body kung fu was excellent. I couldn't help but admire: "Your Excellency is so handsome......"

At this moment, everyone also saw the face of the comer: nearly thirty years old, thick eyebrows and big eyes, plus a square Chinese face, and a strong and mighty body, although wearing a coarse cloth green shirt, but could not hide his strong physique.

"Under Liu Lei, I came to teach ......," the man saluted Cheng Gang with a fist.

"Isn't this person from Linjiazhuang?"

"Yes, he is the new son-in-law who joined the Lin family a few days ago......"

"I didn't expect him to come to recruit ......"

There was a lot of discussion in the audience, and the identity of the visitor was spread for a while, and they were all surprised.

When Cheng Gang heard this, he hugged his fists and smiled: "Please ......"

Seeing that the two of them no longer laughed, they both pulled out the frame by themselves: Cheng Gang stepped on the middle palace, crossed his arms vigorously, and made a tiger descending the mountain. Liu Lei protected his chest with his left palm, blocked his face with his right fist, and crossed his legs into a non-stop-eight trend.

At this time, it was past noon, the scorching sun was in the sky, and the scorching air flow was extremely uncomfortable. But the crowd did not disperse, but rather gathered more and more.

After a gust of breeze, there was a change on the stage: Cheng Gang made the first move, seeing that his left palm pushed straight into the opponent's chest, and his right fist sank to the waist. This is just a very ordinary punch called "Push Palm".

Liu Lei saw that Cheng had just made this move, although it was just an ordinary boxing technique, he could smell the whistling palm wind in his ears, and he knew that his strength was not weak, and he didn't dare to underestimate it. But he didn't mean to dodge, and he also made a move to 'step up and push the palm' according to the gourd painting scoop......

Seeing the docking of the two palms, a crisp sound broke out, and both of them were shocked back by the strength of each other's palms.

"Good ......" applause from the audience, and the applause was endless. Everyone has seen that the first move of the two to fight each other is to be equal!

At this time, the two stared at each other, and there was no more casual expression on their faces. Almost at the same time, the two attacked......

Cheng Gang stepped up with a wrong palm, cut down with both palms, attacked left and right, and turned into a move "Wild Horse Mane". Liu Lei was not to be outdone, raised his knees and crossed his legs, turned his left palm into a claw, and his five fingers became hooks, and he hit the opponent's heart up and down in the air, which was called "Black Tiger Heart". After Liu Lei made this move, he really dissolved Cheng Gang's move, and forced him to retreat.

Cheng Gang saw that the move was getting old, so he had to withdraw his palm and spin, swept out with his left leg, and then kicked Liu Lei off the plate. This kind of change of move is very fast, and the moves in the hand are only finished, and the kung fu on the feet is evident again. When others saw it, they couldn't help but praise it in their hearts.

Before Cheng Gang's swept leg hit him, Liu Lei had already turned over and jumped back, and actually made a "iron plate bridge" to avoid it. And at the moment when it landed, Liu Lei kicked out a deadly chain leg with the power of his palms to support the ground, and rushed towards Cheng Gang......

Cheng Gang didn't expect Liu Lei to change his moves so quickly, and he was secretly frightened, and he was about to turn sideways to avoid the surging momentum of the chain legs. However, Liu Lei's chain leg method is already known for its illness and ruthlessness. Although Cheng Gang had avoided the legs of the chest and side kicks, the next two legs were still imprinted on his back......

At the same time, everyone saw that Cheng Gang turned around and rolled to the ground, and also jumped up in the air with the power of rolling, and struck a blow in the air after splitting out with one palm, which happened to hit Liu Lei's left shoulder before he could close his legs......

The two immediately separated, and after standing firm, they were about to attack. But he was stopped by a person drinking: "Stop......"

It was the young general in silver armor who shouted, and he jumped to the front with an arrow, just in the middle of the two.

"I think both of them are very good players...... There is no need to compare any further, so as not to hurt the harmony. This vice admiral hereby announces: The two of us have officially become centurion of our pioneer battalion today, and each of them will lead a new recruit of 100 brave soldiers......"

When the two of them heard this, they were really happy and said, "Thank you, General......"

The lieutenant nodded slightly at the two and motioned for them to step down first. After seeing Cheng Gang and Liu Leiqi saluting the stage, they stepped down separately and did not mention it.

"Originally, I wanted to pick out three centurions today, but just now General Deng sent a message to say that another centurion has been chosen...... Therefore, the number of centurions is complete, and they are dismissed. The next step is to select thirty tensons from among you......"

At this point, the deputy deliberately cleared his voice and continued: "If the ten-man commander is selected and continues to compete in the two-person ring, it will be too time-consuming. Therefore, the deputy general came up with a way to quickly select the candidates......"

"Tell me...... Speak quickly...... "The impatient people have begun to shout.

When the adjutant general heard this, he said with a smile: "I have an iron spear weighing fifty pounds and six feet seven inches long, as long as someone can catch a blow from my iron spear, it will be considered a pass......

As soon as the adjutant general finished speaking, he saw a soldier bravely deliver a pitch-black iron spear to his hand. Then, I saw two soldiers bravely carrying a large stone and going up to the competition platform......

Everyone didn't know what was going on, and they only stared at the deputy general.

The lieutenant was always smiling, but that smile was unsettling.

After the two soldiers bravely let go of the boulder and stepped down, the adjutant general suddenly shouted softly, and after the iron spear in his hand shook in mid-air and drew an arc, it landed on the boulder......

There was a loud bang, the stone cracked, and everyone was shocked.

In the newly recruited soldiers in the audience, there was a lot of commotion, and they were all talking about how the deputy general really had two ......

But in the final analysis, in order to get the extra ten taels of silver every month, there are still many people who have come to power one after another......

The cold light flickered, and the shadow of the gun waved. Although there were constantly people who were picked off by the iron spear of the lieutenant general, after all, there were still some people who used their strength to eat milk, and caught the blow of the iron spear hard, and barely passed the test.

"Ten people passed, twenty people ...... Twenty-nine people ......" someone in the audience was counting clearly. As long as the people who can take the blow of the adjutant general have retreated from the station and lined up in a row, and then their own military warden stepped forward to register their names without saying anything.

"There is still the last one left, who will come again......" The lieutenant general was waving the iron spear at this time, and shouted straight to the audience.

However, the people in the audience saw that the deputy general was brave and the iron gun was powerful. None of those who were knocked out of power were bruised and swollen by the fall, and even those who barely caught the blow of their iron spears were numb in their arms, their mouths were almost cracked, and their bodies were very uncomfortable......

After the adjutant general scolded for a long time, no one dared to come to the stage again, and just when he was disappointed, he saw a man slowly coming out of the ranks......