"Zhao Xiao, you are ruthless enough!"

After discussing with Boss Wu properly and making a little arrangement, Zhao Xiao returned to the guest room, and Luo Xixian came up and said.

Zhao Xiao smiled: "Otherwise, like you, you will say that you want to buy dragon blood lipids?" How can anyone do that like you? ”

Xin Shunying was also in the guest room, she had already heard Luo Xixian relay the matter of Fang Cai, frowning and groaning: "But wouldn't this be too risky?" We have just arrived in Xingluo County, and the other pavilions have not yet arrived, so according to the original arrangement, we should first gather at the county government to discuss the suppression of bandits. ”

Zhao Xiao sat down and explained, "We just want to do something before the other pavilions and the imperial army arrive. Think about it, the other pavilions don't know enough about the bandits in Starfall County, but we can know the exact situation in advance. In the future, we can also intervene in how to crack down on bandits. ”

Xin Shunying asked: "Senior Brother Zhao has a different opinion on the imperial court's strategy of suppressing bandits?" ”

"Is it just relying on the army and pushing all the way through?" Zhao Xiao shook his head: "Frankly speaking, the current situation in Xingluo County is probably no longer an ordinary thief and a rebellion, but a civil uprising. Ordinary people have no way to live, and it is inevitable that they will join the ranks of thieves. ”

Xin Shunying didn't answer, Luo Xixian said with a smile: "Master Zhao, you are really strange, weren't you still extremely vicious just now, what kind of corpse Peng Ju Gu used to scare people?" By the way, do you really know which Gu lady in Jiuli Kingdom? Isn't she beautiful? ”

"That's scaring people! Where are the Gu worms in my hands? Zhao Xiao spread his hands: "As for what Gu Niang, I met one when I was a child, anyway, I don't want to see her again." ”

"If you want me to say, you shouldn't be so kind to deal with this gang of rebels and thieves." Luo Xixian's face was relaxed: "When the imperial army arrives, kill him, and then pick out the first evil and put him to death, and the rest of the people will naturally be obedient." ”

Zhao Xiao said helplessly: "The main forces of the imperial court are also used to guard against the two countries of Xiong and Jiuli, how many can really send Xingluo County?" If you do this, how long will it take for the bandits to be quelled? ”

Xin Shunying asked, "Is Senior Brother Zhao planning to suppress and appease him?" ”

"It's not my turn to decide." Zhao Xiao said: "But even if it is out of the battlefield, you must understand the enemy's situation, right?" How many thieves are there in Starfall County now? What places to occupy? Do you have a secret relationship with local officials? Where did they get their money, food, and armor? We don't know anything about these things now, so should we crack down on bandits like this? That's not how you shoot in the wild! ”

Luo Xixian sighed: "Master Zhao is our military advisor, listen to him, yes!" ”

"Give me less top hats." Zhao Xiao didn't eat this: "But this matter should not be publicized at the moment, especially not to let the local officials of Xingluo County know." ”

"You still don't think the people here can be trusted?" Luo Xixian asked.

Zhao Xiao sneered: "Don't say anything else, the bandits are so troublesome, can I still trust them?" ”

I learned from Boss Wu that Xingluo County was under the rule of Huaxu State, and the displaced people who settled here did not live a good life for a few days. In addition to reclaiming abandoned land, they also had to face the expropriation of the county guards.

The mineral deposits of Xingluo County are not only glowing stones, Panlong Mountain is rich in hardware and iron stone, and many civilians were forcibly conscripted by the county and died of exhaustion in the mines.

Therefore, Zhao Huang guessed that the bandits in Xingluo County had long been not a rebellion by a single group of people in the mountains, but a civil uprising caused by the lack of recuperation after the war and the accumulation of shortcomings for a long time.

As for the matter of Chiyundu, Zhao Huang is still not sure about the specific situation, and he must go there in person to find out the truth.

……

"This money was given to me by that Zhao Fu official."

In another guest room, Boss Wu spread dozens of silver cakes on the table and looked around at the guys: "You also understand the matter, if you don't want to do it, I won't force it, I will break up after taking the money." ”

The guys looked at each other, Scarface stared at the silver cake with his eyes shining, but he found that no one else moved, and cleared his throat: "Ahem! Boss, are you really going to mess with these court dogs? ”

"Keep your mouth clean!" Boss Wu shouted in a deep voice: "People have long figured out our situation, what kind of virtue is the person in the official mansion, and the big guy also understands, if he is willing to take out money, then it is easy to speak." If you really want to provoke them, you and I will be killed directly, and the corpses will be thrown on the side of the road, and a truckload of goods will be swept away, and we will have no place to redress our grievances! ”

There was a dead silence in the guest room, and Boss Wu pushed the silver cake: "I won't take this money, I'm going to take the goods to do something with them tomorrow, so don't come with you." ”

One of the young men asked, "Boss, do they want you to die?" ”

Boss Wu rubbed his face: "Don't ask more." I'll be back in half a month at most this trip, and if you want to wait, just wait at this station. If you don't want to wait, take the money and leave. Don't stay in Starfall County for long, there will be a war here. ”

Scarface looked left and right for a while, raised his hand and picked up a few pieces of silver cakes: "I listen to the boss, just wait at this station!" ”

Some people took the lead, and others followed suit, dividing up the silver cake on the table.

"Let's all go to sleep, I'll leave early tomorrow morning." Boss Wu blew out the oil lamp, and the guest room fell into darkness.

……

Boss Wu was tossing and turning in bed, and he felt like he was back in the army.

Ten years have passed since the Great War of the Five Kingdoms, but those memories are like imprints, deep in my heart, and once I close my eyes, I can see them.

The neat and dense military formation, with guns and halberds like a forest, and flags covering the sky, slowly advanced towards the front amid the passionate shouts and cheers of the soldiers.

Suddenly, the earth shook, and a majestic terracotta figurine broke through the ground, and Boss Wu found that he was no longer as high as his knees.

The terracotta figurines hold a three-cut halberd, as if the palace beams and pillars are hung with a giant scythe, sweeping the ground.

With just a slight wave, hundreds of soldiers in the front row of the army were killed in an instant. Boss Wu only saw that the three halberds brought up a monstrous wave of blood, like a crimson scarlet hanging high in the army.

Comrades on the left and right cried and ran and trampled on each other, lest they fall behind. Boss Wu froze in place, just numbly watching the huge terracotta figurines harvesting the lives of the robes.

When the terracotta figurine came to Boss Wu, he raised the soles of his feet and stepped on them heavily.

"Ho-"

Boss Wu woke up in an instant, he didn't even scream loudly, just with a cold sweat and a heavy gasp.

The sky outside the window was already dark, Boss Wu got up and wiped his face, put on heavy clothes and came to the stable, just in time to see Zhao Xiao.

"Zhao Fu?"

At this time, Zhao Xiao changed into an old leather jacket, no longer the appearance of yesterday's green shirt and wide sleeves, Zhu Wen's white ribbon, and his face seemed to be smeared with a layer of ash, looking like a merchant from the rivers and lakes who traveled south and north.

"Can't sleep?" Zhao Xiao glanced at Boss Wu: "The three souls are uneasy, and they are self-inflicted." It seems that those who have experienced the Great War of the Five Nations may not be able to polish a strong heart. ”

Boss Wu didn't understand too much, Zhao Xiao clasped his hands in his sleeves and asked, "Have you had a nightmare?" ”

The other party nodded in acknowledgement, and Zhao Xiao said again: "It seems that what I said last night reminded you of the experience on the battlefield." ”

"Zhao Furen is really ...... Clever calculations. Boss Wu smiled bitterly and said, "Could it be that you can really see through Xiaomin's mind?" ”

"Guess." Zhao Xiao shrugged his shoulders and smiled: "Don't worry, I don't like to let others die in vain." The money that was given to you last night was to let you settle the other guys and save you a lot of effort. ”

Boss Wu actually felt a little grateful in his heart, but it was difficult to speak. I saw Zhao Xiao take out a talisman folded into a triangle, raise his hand and hand it over: "Take it with you, don't lose it." ”

"This is ......," Boss Wu took carefully.

"Great blessing for controlling evil, calming the soul." Zhao Xiao said: "Commonly known as amulet, you can bring it, just in case." ”

Boss Wu stuffed the charm into his arms and asked, "Could it be that we really encounter any monsters?" ”

"Hopefully not." Zhao Xiao turned his head to the side, and more than a dozen monks and swordsmen who were also dressed in old clothes and disguises arrived, and took the carriage carrying dragon blood lipids out of the post station.

After thinking about it last night, Zhao Xiao didn't plan to let Boss Wu's other guys get involved in this matter. Considering the possibility of a battle, these merchant men were not skilled enough to deal with the powerful thieves and potential demons, so it was better to bring a group of magic masters, including Luo Xixian and several southern swordsmen he had recruited.

As for the Huaiyingguan convoy, they will temporarily stay at the post station for a few more days, and there is no need to rush to Shiozawa City, the county office.

……

The carriage carrying the dragon's blood lipids went all the way to the northwest and went all the way into Xingluo County, and for four or five days in a row, it did not encounter robbers and robbers.

More precisely, there weren't many living people encountered.

Zhao Xiao and his entourage slept along the official road, and finally came to a small town, where they found that the civilians had either fled without a trace or were slaughtered. Most of the people killed were old women, women and children who had no time to escape, who were either stabbed to death on street corners, or burned to death by the stove, and babies who were hung by spears and frozen into ice sculptures in the cold wind.

Food and money were looted, and many houses were left in the ashes of the burned, and scavenging wild dogs and crows feasted on the front and back of the houses.

"The bandits in Starfall County are even worse than I thought." Luo Xixian's face was gloomy when he saw these scenes.

There was no joy or sorrow on Zhao's face, he fled with his grandfather when he was a child, and he had seen the rural market towns that had been raided by the rebels, and the situation was often even more tragic than it is now.

Compared with other monks of the same age and from a wealthy background, Zhao Xiao is used to seeing life and death in the world. Even a person like Luo Xixian, who had killed the demons and spirits with his own hands, felt sick to his stomach when he saw this miserable situation, and a few others leaned against the wall and vomited.

"Cultivators should not go near the filthy and bloody corpses, not only to prevent contamination with filthy and turbid gases, but also to avoid unclean scenes that damage the state of mind." Ling Xiao reminded: "The immortal cultivators cherish the physical body and regard it as a treasure raft for the world. If you look at it for a long time and are unclean, it is easy to give birth to a heart that abandons the human body, and it is a self-deprecating immortal path. ”

Zhao Xiao sighed helplessly: "But I've been used to seeing these things since I was a child, is it really like Wang Miaoshou said, I'm a cold and ruthless person?" ”

"Not necessarily." Ling Xiao said.

"Zhao Fu." Boss Wu came over and whispered, "I've looked for it, but the joint staff arranged by Chiyun is not here." ”

"When Chiyun came to you, he said that he wanted to send dragon blood lipids to this town?" Zhao Xiao asked.

Boss Wu looked around vigilantly: "They said that the town's warehouse has arranged a connector manpower and will take us to other places for delivery." I just didn't expect this town...... What now? ”

"The thieves raided this place, it should have been a few days ago, and it won't be too long." Zhao Xiao didn't have much to do at once: "Settle down in the town tonight and see what happens." ”

Luo Xixian also stepped forward, and Zhao Xiao smelled the wine on him: "What? Stand? ”

"It's fine." Luo Xixian said reluctantly.

Zhao Xiao comforted: "Seeing so many dead people at once, I really feel uncomfortable. After all, this is not a battlefield, there is no shouting of fighting with each other, there is no blood and courage, only tyranny and brutality. The ferocious qi is insufficient, but the resentment and filth are accumulating a lot, and you are sensitive to the qi, and you will inevitably feel uncomfortable. ”

Luo Xixian stared at Zhao Xiao and said, "I see that you look like usual. ”

Zhao Xiao didn't answer, but pondered for a moment: "I have a way...... Get some corpses. ”

"What are you going to do?" Luo Xixian was taken aback.

"Don't ask, just do what I say." Zhao Xiao also simply rolled up his sleeves, ripped off the corpse of the baby picked up by the spear, and put it in the open space in the center of the town.

It didn't take long for seven or eight bodies to be piled up in a nearby house. Zhao Xiao said to Luo Xixian: "Keep an eye on the corpse, don't look around." ”

Luo Xixian knew that Zhao Xiao's magic methods had always been endless, so he had to endure the discomfort in his heart, staring at the frozen corpse, while Zhao Xiao next to him was chanting a spell in a low voice.

The sound of incantation lingered in his ears, Luo Xixian was in a trance for a while, only to feel that the vision in front of him was gradually filled with corpses, and those dead seemed to be alive, their pale and hideous faces were facing him, and they quickly decayed, emitting a pungent stench.

Just when Luo Xixian thought that the corpse had changed, he heard a crisp bell ringing in his ears, and then the raging flames devoured all the corpses, completely incinerating all the filth and uncleanness!

Luo Xixian froze in place, his face red from the flames, as if the flames not only burned the corpse, but also the filth and impurity in his heart.

Luo Xixian stared at the flames like this, until the corpse was burned to white ashes, and the filthy and unclean scene in his heart disappeared completely. The icy night wind blew, blowing the ashes away from nowhere to be found.

Breathing out the turbidity in his chest, Luo Xixian felt that his body and mind were quiet and refreshing, he looked left and right in surprise, and saw Zhao Xiao sitting on the wooden pier on the side in a daze.

"What just happened? Hey, why is it dark? Luo Xixian asked.

"You've been standing for almost two hours." Zhao Xiao rubbed his somewhat stiff face: "You don't know much about Jing Si Cun, this is the method of watching the fire and burning yourself." After practicing this method for a long time, I can ward off evil spirits and gain insight into the internal organs, but I have only slightly changed it. First, use illusions to confuse your mind with the evil vision, and then burn the corpse with a fire, and successfully incinerate every unclean thought in your heart. ”