In the drizzling rain, near the mountain road not far from the cottage, a group of soldiers were placing all kinds of items needed for the formation under the guidance of Zhou Ping and Qi Laosan, ranging from metal utensils to rough wooden statues. And the Five Elements Formation here gradually changed in the direction required by Zhou Ping with the arrangement of these items.

"If there are no accidents, this rain should be the last rain of the year."

Watching the two soldiers join hands to wedge a copper rod into the ground, Zhou Ping said while combing the clothes on his body, probably because it was not enough to seal, although there was no rainwater flowing through the clothes, but Zhou Ping still felt that his clothes were soaked.

"Huh?"

Zhou Ping's words had no beginning or end, Qi Laosan didn't react a little, he tilted his head slightly, and there were some doubts in his eyes.

"After this rain, the temperature will drop, the frozen road will not be so muddy, and it will not be in the way of walking - Kabasaka is guarding it."

Zhou Ping took out a talisman and shook it in front of Qi Laosan, the ink on it shone with a pale golden light, as if someone was urging it from afar.

"Congratulations to the virtuous teacher, the Taiping Army will finally live up to the expectations of the virtuous and virtuous teacher."

"I can't say any congratulations, if I can't even cure those village thugs, I will really be busy all this time; Besides, the Taiping Army can only be regarded as just starting out, both in terms of numbers and strength, it is far from my expectations, if you really want to talk about high hope, at least it will have to wait until it grows to the level of the current Hundred Beast Battalion. ”

Zhou Ping shook his head, saying that he was ambitious, or that he was ambitious, but he did feel that Pusaka was really not a qualified stage for the Taiping Army.

"Beast Battalion, ......"

Listening to Zhou Ping's words, Qi Laosan sighed with some emotion, he sighed, shook his head and said.

"If that Zhang Yan hadn't recruited our people who knew magic before, the size of the Taiping Army would definitely be much larger than it is now."

The training of the soldiers of the Taiping Army is not as good as that of the Hundred Beast Battalion, and theoretically everyone can practice the five bird operas of the Hundred Beast Battalion, and the difference between people is only the speed of practice. But the Taiping Technique requires the support of talent, even if the Heaven and Earth are full of true qi and the entry threshold is greatly reduced, but if it is compared, the Taiping Technique is still considered strict.

"Alas......"

Zhou Ping also sighed, Qi Laosan undoubtedly talked about his sore spot, that Zhang Yan recruited the talents that should have been attributed to him to form the Wind Thunder Battalion, and used this as a bargaining chip to find Yuan Shao's stubble, defeated not to mention, and made the situation turbulent and rumored. If this Zhang Yan is honestly a bandit and leaves the soldiers of the Wind and Thunder Battalion to form the Taiping Army, then he will not be defeated, and he will also have a Taiping army with full men and horses, which is simply a win-win situation.

“…… It's already a boat, and it's useless to think so much, so let's take care of what is in front of you......"

If this group of people from Hebei County is defeated, and then those clan families in Puban settle accounts, then even if he Zhou Ping has a firm foothold in the entire Puban City, he will naturally have more soldiers, and the expansion of the Taiping army will not be as difficult as it is now.

……

It was past noon, and the sun shone through the gaps in the dark clouds, and although the sky had begun to clear, there was still a fine cold rain in the air. On the rugged and winding mountain road, the long snake-like procession marched through the mud, the team was huge, roughly estimated to be even a mile long, although they were all from the clan of the clan, but this mob from Hebei looked far more formal than the local ones in Pusaka.

Pitchforks and hoes can still be seen in the ranks, but they have become a minority, and more are swords of the official and military standards, but I don't know whether they are imitations or smuggling. Regular armor can also be seen, but after all, armor is a more severe control product than a sword, so most people still wear thicker clothes.

In the middle of the procession, two squires rode tall horses, led by domestic servants, and looked at the outfits of these two, which should be a classic combination of the old man and the butler. Although Hedong County is on the edge of the state, and even sometimes it is assigned to the division, as long as you have money, it is still easy to get a few good horses.

"Here...... Sir, this is it! We were robbed here a year ago! ”

As the procession progressed, the butler looked around, comparing the mountain scene with the one in his memory, and finally suddenly realized.

“……”

The old man, who was also being dragged by the servant, did not speak, but looked at the butler in silence, and then turned his gaze away.

Although they are called the master and the housekeeper, the two are related by blood, and if it weren't for this blood relationship, the master would not have used such a stupid housekeeper.

"Sir! It's here, you see, the wheel, it's still there, a year has passed! ”

The butler's voice was louder, and he pointed to the broken wheel lying in the ravine not far away, as if it were made of gold.

“……”

The old man continued to be silent, he lowered his head and glanced at the servants who were leading the horse, the servants who were originally covering their mouths and smiling noticed the stern gaze of the old man, and quickly adjusted their expressions to normal, but the housekeeper was still indulging in memories and lost the ability to observe words and colors.

"Now that I think about it, it was really dangerous, the silver money we hid in the mezzanine under the car was found by the gang of bandits, they shouted to kill us, fortunately we can bend and stretch, and kneel and beg for mercy, the gang of bandits spared our lives, but they never imagined that it is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, we don't need to be ten years, we can get the field back in one year!"

Looking at the team that could not be seen, the butler had a feeling of raising his eyebrows, he looked at the master with a smile, and continued.

"When the time comes, these bandits will be solved, and we will also set up a few checkpoints here, and taste the taste of blocking the road and robbing and collecting the road money!"

"Shut up!"

The old man finally got angry, if he said some stupid things, he could still bear it, but as a family, especially a family that will be in charge of a county in Hebei in the future, it is intolerable to say such words that go against the teachings of the sages.

"Go down! Go on your own! ”

With a flick of his hand, the whip was drawn at the butler, who subconsciously wanted to dodge, but the balance on the horse's back was so easy to grasp, and he fell off the horse.

"Eh!"

The butler fell to the ground, his face covered in mud, and the group of servants who had been trying to hold back laughter finally burst out in laughter.

"Hahaha......"

The butler in the mud laughed with the servants, and he was about to get up with his face when he accidentally glanced at the sky. I saw that the sky that should have been clear was filled with thick clouds again at some point, and the clouds rubbed and collided with each other, colliding with thunder that should not have appeared in late autumn and early winter.

Seeing the butler staring at the sky in a daze, the others also subconsciously looked up at the sky, and in just a moment, intertwined thunder nets were all over their heads.

This is definitely not normal!

"Sir!"

The butler in the mud didn't think about it, and immediately pounced on the old man who had taught him before, and at the same time, a thunderbolt fell down in an instant.

"Click!"