At ten points on the summer solstice, it is very hot on the Great Gobi in the northwest, and it is difficult to see a little green in the desert for thousands of miles.

A group of two, riding a horse under his crotch, wrapped in a cloth on his head, pinned to his waist, and swearing in his mouth.

The person on the left weighed the water bag, listened to the sound, his face was full of discomfort, and said: "Brother-in-law, let's go back today, who is okay with this point and wandering around blindly." ”

As soon as he heard this, the man on the right smashed a scabbard on the top of his head, and said with hatred: "What do you know, do you know what it means to do a line of love and love, high risk has high reward." ”

"But, brother-in-law, you said that we ......." The voice stopped abruptly, he pointed to the large cloud of smoke and dust in front of him, and said tremblingly: "Brother-in-law, look, there are so many people, it shouldn't be a horse thief!" ”

"I despise you, what are you afraid of! We're the horse thieves! ”

He shouted and pulled the knife out of his waist, and was about to shout twice before he suddenly felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly stopped his stupid brother.

"Go back."

In two concise words, the man turned around and was about to run, but suddenly realized that the sword light had arrived.

With two plops, they both fell off their horses, twitched twice, and there was no more movement, and the man with the sword rode on his horse, and left without looking back.

There was a thunderous sound of horses' hooves, and the next few people stopped to look at the two corpses on the ground, and one of the slender men asked the swordsman, "There is nothing wrong with these two men, so why kill them." ”

"If you can't see it, you will kill it." The swordsman wiped his sword with his sleeve robe, and then he saw that the red and white mixed robe on his body actually came from like this.

"Kill and kill, brother, don't waste time for this little thing."

Seeing that the two seemed to be arguing about this, another middle-aged man with a beard came out to block between them: "There are still more than ten miles to go, and there is time for you to quarrel when you get to the place." ”

The swordsman and the slender man stopped talking, and the group marched again.

In this desolate place in the northwest, there are still many people like them, and these people are all heading towards the same place, that is, Mobei City.

As the name suggests, it is a city located in the desert of the northwest, on the frontier of the imperial court, and beyond is the territory of the aliens.

The power of the imperial court is limited, generally speaking, the closer you are to the frontier, the weaker the power of the imperial court, like Mobei City, it is even more beyond the reach of the whip.

The rivers and lakes are in confrontation with the demons, and the devil has always looked down on the righteous sects, even if those righteous sects, one by one, the mountain gate dojos, choose the feng shui treasure land with beautiful mountains and clear waters, and Zhong Lingyuxiu.

But the more good places like this, the stronger the sense of existence of the imperial court, and if you want to live in peace, you have to compromise with the imperial court to a certain extent and bow your head.

On the other hand, the Demon Dao, although they are all located in the barren land of the poor mountains and bad waters, they can be at ease and unrestrained, although the court laws are strict, but they can't be controlled in this poor and remote place.

Today, this desert north can be described as a group of demons dancing wildly, the three sects of the demon path and the nine streams have gathered, since the sword king, the ten wicked people were killed by the righteous path one after another, they inadvertently became rats crossing the street, which made these rebellious people with eyes above the top how to endure it.

Compared to the alliance created by mutual compromise between the righteous paths, the demon path is a pure plate of loose sand, and it has always fought separately, and there is no intention of uniting at all.

Five years ago, the so-called battle of righteousness and demons was just a battle between the Ten Thousand Daomen and several major factions of the Righteous Dao.

And the reason is also very simple, the people of the Demon Dao are more obedient and domineering, and they have never liked to be subservient to others, and most of them are like the ten wicked people, in groups of three or five, such as Wandaomen and Xuantianmen, who dominate one side with their sects gathering manpower, which can be said to be very rare.

However, the Demon Dao is not all crazy and fanatics, although they don't like to bend their knees with others, but they are proud of themselves, and they are proud of the Demon Dao.

There is no need for others to organize, as long as someone takes the lead, the days of this group of demons in Jiangnan are not far off.

On this day, all the famous bigwigs on the devil's road are gathered in this desert north, and as far as the eye can see, there are the bandits who are called good, the heads who drink and meat, the Taoist priests who talk crazy, and the scholars who kill people like hemp.

"Flatten the Emperor's house!"

In an instant, the crowd was excited, and the fireworks of midsummer were lit up frantically, and it would not take long for the sky in the south of the Yangtze River to be lit up.

......

Just when the Mobei Demon Dao was unscrupulously opening the oath meeting, Lu Hanjiang and his party had already returned to the Beijing Division.

It was still early, and Lu Hanjiang went directly to find the commander Meng Yuan.

Meng Yuan, who was dressed in a python robe, sat squarely in front of the case, with a non-angry and self-righteous Chinese face, gray sideburns, and a powerful figure, people couldn't help but sigh.

"I've seen the Commander."

Lu Hanjiang saluted solemnly, for this commander, he would not lack the etiquette he should have, Meng Yuan did help him a lot, this etiquette did not take advantage of him.

"Well, just come back." Meng Yuan's unsmiling expression loosened a little.

The commander made Meng Yuan and Lu Shangshu have a very personal relationship, plus Meng Yuan is over fifty years old, he has long had a grandson around his knees, and Lu Hanjiang, a kid who has not been tied up for a few years, is regarded as a nephew in his eyes.

He got up and walked to Lu Hanjiang's side, he was over half a hundred years old, and his body was not rickety at all, he didn't need to speak, but there would be a sense of oppression when he was simply face to face.

"I wonder why the adults summoned me back to Beijing?" Lu Hanjiang asked.

"Two things, one is that the trip to Jiangnan has set Qiao Qianhu, and it is not appropriate to leave you there." Meng Yuan said, glancing at Lu Hanjiang meaningfully.

Lu Hanjiang said a little innocently: "My lord, are you comparing Xiaguan to some kind of flood beast?" ”

Meng Yuan looked at him and said, "Jiang Xiao's death, some people say that it is not good for you to do things. ”

"I'm not his father, why should I teach him to be smart."

"Alright, that's the end of it."

Meng Yuan waved his hand and interrupted Lu Hanjiang, who doesn't have a little secret, to achieve the position of Jinyi Wei Qianhu, most of them are like this, as long as he can carry it clearly, he will turn a blind eye.

Besides, Lu Hanjiang is still a junior he values, so naturally he will not criticize him for this matter, he just reminded him in passing, and this matter is considered to be in the past.

"The second thing, Your Majesty's birthday banquet, there is a shortage of manpower in the capital, so if you come back, you can also make more effort." Meng Yuan's words are good, what kind of effort, isn't it just a lack of people to guard the door.