In April, the south wind barley is yellow, the jujube flowers have not fallen and the leaves are long, although the spring is late, the summer festival is coming, in this poetic and beautiful season, the atmosphere around the capital is a little tense.

The officers and soldiers patrolling the streets are more diligent and more unsympathetic than ever, and that's all, at most, people complain a few more words, but from time to time you can still see the figure of Jinyiwei haunting it, which is very scary.

Since the founding of this dynasty, Jinyiwei has been synonymous with terror, and its deterrent power can be ranked with natural disasters such as plagues, floods, and locust plagues, and has always been the biggest fear in people's hearts.

In fact, this is all the role of the Jinyi Guard that the rivers and lakes have over-demonized, as the pro-army of the Son of Heaven, they are essentially different from ordinary officers and soldiers, you see who are the people in the prison, either the prince or the noble, and the most famous powerful person in the rivers and lakes.

Ordinary flat-headed people, they can't fight with the brocade guards, if you don't have any identity, these brocade guards who stare at their exploits every day really don't take you seriously.

But obviously, the common people don't understand these truths, and they don't necessarily know any brocade guards, but as long as they see the officers and soldiers, it is right to take a detour.

By the river, several women washing clothes also whispered about the recent rumors in Beijing.

One of them said: "Alas, have you heard, Jingli has been searching for Qin criminals recently, and he went to our village for interrogation yesterday." ”

"Isn't it?" Another person accosted: "My old man was also called to ask, the officers and soldiers who came were strange and scary, all dressed in black, I heard what kind of brocade guard, I heard what the chief said, but it was amazing." ”

Another person worried: "Obediently, it's terrible, this is a big case, but don't be some kind of Jiang Yang thief who kills people and oversells goods." ”

A few people talked energetically, but there was a woman next to them who was silent from beginning to end, and one of them was strange, so he asked, "Liu family, why don't you say anything?" ”

"Huh? Oh me, that, I'm washed, and I'm going first. The Liu woman hesitated, picked up her half-wet clothes and left nervously.

"What's wrong with her? God babble. One of the women said strangely.

"Who knows, maybe there is an urgent matter at home," said the other woman gloatingly, "but I have heard that the man of his family met a young and beautiful girl in the forest yesterday." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes lit up, and they hurriedly put down the clothes in their hands and urged: "Ouch, say it quickly, what's going on?" ”

Several women gathered around, putting aside all the worries about Jinyiwei just now, and talked about the fragrant affairs of the Liu family.

But what they didn't know was that after the Liu woman returned home, the young and beautiful girl they said was staying in their house.

"Sister-in-law Liu, what's going on outside?" The girl asked, and besides her, there were four young men in the room, and a middle-aged man in a Taoist robe.

"Miss Shi, I'm afraid it's not good, I'm afraid it's not good, the officers and soldiers have already searched the next village, and I think it will be our turn soon." Liu said anxiously.

This young girl is Shi Suxue of the Hengshan faction, and the four young people in the room besides her, two men and two women, these two women are also disciples of the Hengshan faction, and these two men are the righteous people they met on the way.

The person in the Taoist robe with a bitter face, needless to say, is the central figure of this turmoil, the Nanshan Immortal.

This time, the Nanshan immortals were robbed, and everyone in the rivers and lakes was upset about it, before them, there were already many chivalrous warriors who came to help, but unfortunately they all fell under the embroidered spring knife of Jinyiwei.

Now there are only four of them left, after all, the incident happened suddenly, and it is in the land of Gyeonggi, even if there are other righteous people, I am afraid that it is difficult to save the fire from far away, and the Hengshan faction is the closest and most prestigious sect, so Shi Suxue and the others can arrive in time.

As an aside, the Wuyue Sword Sect originally had the heart of merging with the Taishan faction, and everyone was in danger, so they should have no time to take care of this matter, but thanks to the catastrophe a year ago, the Wuyue factions were forcibly split, and people with different intentions had already taken refuge in "Wudang" and "Huashan" at that time, and later they were all killed by their own people.

Because of this, although the other four factions were broken, they were fortunate to unite within the door, after all, the people with two hearts had been killed, so they were able to resist Taishan's ambitions together.

Shi Suxue brought people to help this time, also because there was no major trouble in the door, and secondly, the letter of help from the Qingcheng faction was sent in time, and their former head Shi Jiuning died suddenly, and now is the time to need this favor to stabilize the status of the rivers and lakes.

As for the reason why the Hengshan faction chose Shi Suxue instead of others, the reason is also very simple, because of the death of the head of the sect, many of the sisters in the sect were angry with Shi Suxue, and it was inevitable that there would be some bias when choosing people.

"Everyone, it's all the fault of the old way, and it's the old way that harmed you." Nanshan Immortal said with guilt on his face.

Hearing this, several young people were busy saying otherwise, and one of them said solemnly: "Don't say that, the Taoist chief, it's the mediocrity of the imperial court, and the Jinyi guards arrest people indiscriminately regardless of black and white, and the Taoist chief is innocent." ”

His name is Dong Yue, and he is one of the righteous people who came to help him.

"Alas, it's all the old ways that are greedy and insufficient, and the monks still have nostalgia for the beautiful scenery of the red dust, which caused disaster." The Nanshan Immortal said with remorse.

His words are not false, he is a man of the rivers and lakes, he went to the capital to treat the disease of the Guogong, the picture is the glory of the future, I thought it was worry-free in the second half of my life, who would have thought that such a disaster would happen.

Another young man said: "The Taoist has said it, what is the crime of the Taoist chief to cure the sick and save people, only blame the Jinyi Wei demon heart, and he can't see our rivers and lakes well." ”

This person's name is Deng Wanshui, and he is also a chivalrous man who came to help the immortals of Nanshan.

"Ugh." It's not that the Nanshan Immortal doesn't know what to do, everyone says so, so he can only sigh and shut up.

While a few people were talking, someone came in again, it was a simple-looking man, he was Liu's husband, the third in line before the separation, and the village called him Liu Laosan, and it was he who took in these chivalrous guests.

"Brother Liu, you're back," Deng Wanshui hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Please, how is the matter of big brother?" ”

Deng Wanshui and Liu Laosan have an old relationship, it was his idea to hide in this farmer's house, Liu Laosan was blackmailed by the local ruffian, and it was he who rescued him, which formed a kindness.

Now that he happened to pass through this place again, the officers and soldiers were menacing, and they couldn't outrun the Jinyi Guard on two legs alone, so he suggested hiding here for the time being, disguised as a farmer, to avoid the limelight.

However, it is a pity that Jinyiwei's attitude towards the Nanshan immortals is that they must be killed, and those officers and soldiers do not talk about any affection when they search for people, which makes Deng Wan rest his heart of hiding and fooling around, and instead asks Liu Laosan to hire an ox cart, and they will leave after disguise.

"Don't worry, brother, everything is done." Liu Laosan patted his chest and said, with a look of unconcerned generosity on his face, but in fact, he already regretted it in his heart.

Although he has the heart to repay his kindness, the officers and soldiers go door to door to search for people, and the degree of attention is also very terrifying; he is only a peasant household, and he still has his wife and children by his side, so he can not care about the bottom line at all.

But even if he had the heart to refuse, it was too late now, and he couldn't turn back when he got on the thief ship, but fortunately, these people were going to leave today, and presumably after they left, this house would be safer.

(End of chapter)