It was early in the morning, the convoy full of money and grain stopped outside the government office, Zhao Xiao took the books and checked them one by one, and after confirming that the number was sufficient, he turned his head to the rich man with a blue nose and swollen face and said:

"You see, your family is still able to come up with this money and food, and it is far from the point of exhaustion. I obviously have so much money and grain in the cellar at home, why don't I take it out even if the country is in trouble? ”

The rich man had long lost the confidence to speak out before, and he had to rely on the soldiers on both sides to lift it before he could stand, with a sad face and a low voice: "Marquis Zhenming, the money and food are enough, I don't know...... Can Xiaomin retire? ”

"In such a hurry? I'm also going to set up a banquet to entertain me, so that I can get to know the local people. Zhao Xiao's laughter sounded to the other party, and it actually had a terrifying power that broke the liver and gallbladder.

"No, don't bother with the Marquis of Lao Zhenming." The rich man had no water or food all night, and the injuries on his body were not treated, After such a toss, he only hoped to get away from Zhao Xiao as soon as possible.

"Let him go." Zhao Xiao was too lazy to care, and with a wave of his hand, the rich man was carried away by two soldiers.

When Zhao Huang was checking off the money and grain books one by one, a soldier hurriedly came in the distance: "Zhao Changshi, hundreds of people in Qingyan County have arrived outside the north gate, and they want us to go to meet us." ”

"It's coming pretty quickly." Zhao Xiao laughed, rolled up the book and handed it to the captain beside him: "You escort the money and grain to Pujia Pass, and go out of the city through the south gate." If someone obstructs him, he will directly erect the banner of the Wukui Army and open the way. If you dare to block military money and food, you will be regarded as bandits and thieves, and you will not be pardoned! ”

"Order!" The captain simply responded, and immediately urged the soldiers and horses to escort the money and grain out of Xinglong County.

Looking at the baggage carts and horses leaving, Zhao Xiao found the people in Qiaozhang Village by the wall in the distance, and arched his hand: "Several, the rat demon has been ambushed, and Qiaozhang Village wants to come and there will be no more demon infestation." I still have official business, so I will not accompany a few others. ”

Lieutenant Zhang has also seen Zhao Xiao's methods these days, and when he saw those rich families who were frightened and miserable, Lieutenant Zhang realized that Zhao Huang actually had a lot of restraints on soldiers when he was in Qiaozhang Village.

Thinking that he had misunderstood the other party, Lieutenant Zhang felt ashamed, and arched his hand: "Zhao Xianchang is busy with official business, so we won't bother much...... These talismans were also returned to Zhao Xianchang. ”

At the beginning, Zhang Liwei and others were asked to protect the mandala, and Zhao Xiao borrowed a few talismans to them. This move was tempting, thinking that Lieutenant Zhang and Chiyun had dealings, maybe they would quietly take these talismans and take them back to Chiyun to invite merit, but they didn't expect to take the initiative to return them before leaving.

Zhao Xiao sighed secretly in his heart, asked his subordinates to take back the Fu soldiers, and then asked Lieutenant Zhang more: "I think Lieutenant Zhang also understands that the country is in trouble, the rich contribute money and food, and the poor contribute strength, and in the future, there may be people who go to various villages to recruit soldiers." If you can, I hope that the young people of Qiaozhang Village will not all go to the mountains to build canals. ”

Zhang Liwei immediately understood that Zhao Xiao may have known about Qiao Zhangcun's deliberate evasion at the beginning, and he was in a complicated mood, and he didn't know how to respond to the other party for a while.

"I'll go first." Zhao Xiao could predict that this Lieutenant Zhang would definitely deliver the news to Chiyundu later. By doing so, he intended to use this to show goodwill to Chiyundu, hoping that these "chaotic parties" would not make trouble at the critical juncture when the two countries were fighting each other.

With more than 100 soldiers under his command, Zhao Xiao rode on a high-headed horse and walked along the county street to the north gate.

Xinglong County ordered that his hands were bound by hemp rope, and the other end of the hemp rope was held by Zhao Huang, like a high-ranking family selling slaves and maids, and passed directly through the city.

Some people secretly scolded the county magistrate for being corrupt officials and deserved to end up like this, and some people praised Zhao Xiao, saying that he had eliminated two evils for the local people, one was to work for 3,000 people, and the other was to make the county magistrate prosperous.

Zhao Huang came all the way to the north gate, and saw a mass of coke in the open space outside the city, and there was a Beijing view made of skulls on it. If you look closely, those non-human heads are all rats that have been killed before.

There are a large group of demons under the command of Lao Sanqian, but few can change their human form, a few can stand up, and they don't have many magic skills, and the rest are some unintelligent rats, facing the prepared Wu Kui army, they were killed in an instant.

After the death of these rat demons, Zhao Xiao asked the soldiers to cut off all their heads, and formed a Jingguan in the north of the city, and summoned the people of the county to come and watch. Zhao Huang himself used talismans to set fire to the corpse's skull and burn it into charred ashes.

This move is to make it clear to the local people that the golden immortals they used to worship in the past are just a group of filthy rats, and they are not worth bowing to.

After all, the daughter of the great immortal is not like the true monarch of the void sun, and Xinglong County is not Qiaozhang Village, so Zhao Huang cannot be allowed to slowly gather the hearts of the people.

Moreover, Zhao Xiao's move was also a demonstration to the ghosts and spirits of other counties, if they still didn't know what to do, Zhao Huang didn't mind killing in Qingyan County.

"Stop!"

When Zhao Huang was thinking about it, a group of chariots and horses outside the city came to cheer, and several messengers tried to stop him, but He Dangguan took the lead in clapping his horse forward, and with a wave of his long sword, the sword flashed, leaving a sword mark on the ground.

"Presumptuous!" He Dangguan shouted loudly: "Before the Marquis of Zhenming drives, how can you be allowed to wait for the noise?" Don't want to retreat quickly? ”

Seeing this, the officers retreated, and someone in the rear retorted: "What a Zhenming Marquis!" Openly destroying the shrine of the gods, privately seizing a county order, and even extorting money and food from civilians, such atrocities, unexpectedly stealing a high position! I have submitted an impeachment to the lord of the kingdom, not only to hold you accountable, but also to arrest you and put you in prison! ”

Looking up, he saw a person wearing an official uniform and holding a long sword, Zhao Xiao asked expressionlessly, "Who are you?" So what's going on? ”

The other party stood on the wheel of the car and shouted at Zhao Xiao: "This official is the county guard of Qingyan, and he has noticed that there are thugs who have made a disturbance in Xinglong County, so he has made a special trip to ask for the crime!" Why don't you get off your horse and get bound? ”

When Zhao Huang heard this, he looked puzzled: "Qingyan County Guard, it seems to be called Chu, Chu...... What's going on? ”

"Chu Mengchun!" Qingyan County Shougao shouted.

At this time, the Xinglong County Commander, whose hands were tied, shouted: "Lord Chu! Hurry up and save the officer! ”

"Up!" However, this Lord Chu was unceremonious, and with a wave of his hand, he let his servants surround him.

"Hehe, if you are wholeheartedly attached to the Chu clan, people may not look up to you." Zhao Xiao whispered to the Xinglong County Order: "If he doesn't want to cut you to death in the chaos, he will lie that I killed you." ”

Hearing this, Xinglong County's feet weakened, and he fell to the ground almost in despair.

Ignoring the county order, Zhao Xiao raised his eyes and glanced at it, and found that there were not only ordinary officials under the command of the Chu County guard, but also two or three hundred soldiers, each holding a spear and shield, and the armament was not much inferior to that of the Wukui army.

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However, Zhao Xiao didn't care too much, he looked at the few people beside Chu Mengchun, three of them were similar to He Dangguan, all of them were carrying five-foot long swords, with strong physique and sharp eyes. In addition, there is a woman in white wearing a hood, holding a yaoqin, and her body is mysterious, as if there is an invisible rhythm lingering to support her.

As for Chu Mengchun himself, Zhao Huang could sense that he was breathing in an orderly manner, and at least he had some cultivation mana in his body. And from his surname, it can be understood that this person is from the Chongxuan Pavilion Immortal Blood.

In the face of this posture, Zhao Xiao in the past estimated that he would be calm on the spot, but now he is calm, riding on horseback and laughing indifferently:

"Chu Junshou, I was ordered to search for the ominous, you are blocking the front, are you going to be in the same stream with obscene demons and evils?"

"Come on, take it for me!" Chu Mengchun didn't intend to talk nonsense with Zhao Huang, and with a wave of his hand, the troops were divided into left and right wings and went up, and the three swordsmen under his command held their swords on their shoulders and rushed towards Zhao Huang.

As soon as Zhao Xiao raised his hand, the surrounding Wukui soldiers immediately lined up to resist the enemy, and at the same time summoned the true form of the Divine Tiger, and an iron-cast black tiger fell heavily to the ground, stopping the three swordsmen on the other side.

Seeing this, the woman in the hat beside Chu Mengchun saw this, and the Yaoqin in her arms was horizontal, without a few cases, she played with her ten fingers, hooked and picked, and the sound of the piano was high-pitched, like a long breath of a phoenix.

Zhao Huang swept his sword finger in front of him, and when he used the Ying Xuan Zhaojing technique, he saw that the qi in the surrounding heaven and earth was affected by the sound of the piano, and gradually formed a formation invisibly.

This piano sound formation greatly boosted the spirit of Chu Mengchun's subordinate soldiers, and a layer of defensive power also protected the forward, which was similar to Zhao Xiao's original golden armor talisman.

Zhao Xiao was also not polite, took out the Jincheng Yonggu Seal, which had not appeared for a long time, buttoned his fingers, and shouted in a low voice: "Taibai is a soldier, and the blade will not hurt!" ”

As soon as the spirit spell came out, the golden seal flew into the air, and the soldiers under Zhao Xiao's command were also shrouded in a layer of white golden light. They were no strangers to this, shouting in unison, stamping their feet forward, swords and spears like a forest. Even if the number of people is not as good as the other party, it is like a big mountain in front of you, which makes people feel that they cannot be crossed.

Zhao Xiao's hand also seemed to surprise the woman in the hat slightly, her hands and ten fingers did not stop, plucking the strings to change, turning and killing, the sound of the piano rippled between the heavens and the earth, hooking the sharp qi, turning into an invisible blade to attack.

"Tsk, insidious tricks."

Such an invisible blade cannot be seen by the naked eye, if it is only based on spiritual sense to sense the change of qi, I am afraid that the moment you perceive it, you will encounter the sharp blade, which is much more clever than Zhao Xiao's Blade.

But now, how can Zhao Xiao be an idle person? He clamped his legs and suppressed the instinctively frightened horses below, and the five qi around him swelled like a robe, blocking the invisible blades like raindrops.

At the same time, He Dangguan fought with the three swordsmen under the cover of the Divine Tiger's True Form.

He Dangguan has been dialed by Zhao Xiao, and his cultivation has improved a lot in the past year, although he can't do it at will, but his swordsmanship is more ingenious, and he can always anticipate the enemy's sword strokes, and then hand out a sharp sword, and the sword bursts out, forcing the enemy's long sword to get out of his hand.

At this time, the monks of the Zhenzhen Pavilion who followed Zhao Huang were also ready, the flags were standing in all directions, and a golden axe appeared in the air, taking advantage of the momentum of opening the mountain, and slashed down towards Chu Mengchun's chariot and horse.

"Humph!"

This time it was finally Chu Mengchun's turn to make a move, he raised his hand and offered a copper coin, and the nine-colored glory bloomed in the square hole, and the golden Yue in the sky was like the snow melting in spring, quickly dissipated, and the magic qi was restored and dispersed.

"The method of falling the treasure?" Ling Xiao secretly reminded Zhao Xiao and said: "The magic weapon in Chu Mengchun's hand has the magic weapon of falling magic weapon and the wonderful use of the diffuser, which should not be underestimated. ”

"Understood!" Zhao Xiao saw that the woman in the hat was playing more and more rapidly, and the formation was running in mid-air, and when he looked up, he saw that the knife mountain was hanging upside down, and the cold light was like scales, as if it was about to fall in the next moment.

At this time, the three swordsmen had already been defeated, and the true form of the divine tiger opened its mouth and roared, and the tiger mighty spat out, like a flood of waves crossing the border, directly attacking Chu Mengchun and the woman in the hat.

Chu Mengchun was dumbfounded, he didn't seem to expect Zhao Huang to do such a desperate thing, he dared to attack and kill him directly, and immediately sacrificed Luobao money, and the nine-colored glory in the square hole was brilliant, and the tiger roar was wiped out.

"Don't hesitate! Descend directly to the Knife Mountain! Chu Mengchun shouted angrily: "I deliberately forced him to comply, but I didn't expect this Zhao Huang to resist even more!" ”

However, for some reason, the sound of the piano was suddenly interrupted, and the Heavenly Sword Mountain lacked the formation maintenance and dissipated.

Chu Mengchun turned his head to look, and the woman with the hat was held by several soldiers and horses, and her body was wrapped with illusory shackles.

"The formation is not bad, and the magic weapon is also wonderful." Zhao Xiao rode forward and said lightly: "It's a pity that I don't care about my head and don't care about my feet, and I don't have any left and right arch guards when I fight." If it was Liang Xiao, he would definitely not make such a mistake. ”

"Zhao Xiao!" Chu Mengchun also wanted to urge the magic weapon, but He Dangguan flew in three or five steps, and hit Chu Mengchun's chin with a knee, directly knocking him out.

Zhao Xiao shook his head slightly, and a few tendons flew out with a flick of his fingers, binding Chu Mengchun's hands and feet, and taking advantage of the situation to make up a forbidden charm for the woman in the hat.

In fact, this time the fighting method is also quite thrilling, Chu Mengchun is worthy of being a child of the immortal family from Chongxuan Pavilion, and the treasure copper coin in his hand is quite able to restrain a monk who relies on magic weapons like himself, and he still has to rely on a swordsman like He Dangguan to approach the front of him to deal with it.

And the woman in the hat cultivated mana even more profoundly, obviously no less than Zhao Xiao. She arranges the formation with piano music, blesses the soldiers, and hooks the sharpness, which may not be clever when fighting alone, but the auxiliary military formation is greatly powerful.

If it weren't for Zhao Huang secretly summoning the soldiers and horses of the altar with a token, taking advantage of the fact that this woman in a hat was fully focused on the operation of the formation and had no time to take care of herself, it would be really difficult to hold this woman in a hat. If she descended the sword mountain, even if Zhao Xiao himself was fearless, the soldiers under his command would suffer many casualties.

But fortunately, Zhao Xiao's magic methods are endless, and he can also come up with countermeasures in the face of different enemies. What really made him feel difficult was precisely the martial arts swordsmen like Liang Xiao and Luo Xixian, who were physically strong, firm in spirit, and keen in spirit, if they rushed to the front of him desperately, Zhao Xiao could only deal with it in a hurry.

"What are you—what are you going to do?" Chu Mengchun was picked up by Zhao Huang, and said with a frightened face: "I am the Qingyan County Guard!" My father is a courtier! I'm still a disciple of Chongxuanguan! ”

Zhao Xiao threw him to the side of the carriage and said, "Do you really want to move these names in front of me?" You shouldn't be as closed as the Xinglong County Order, what kind of reputation do I have in Dongsheng, do you still not know Lord Chu? ”

Chu Mengchun immediately remembered the fate of the Zheng clan in Jiujiang, and it had already been rumored in the government and the opposition that it was Zhao Huang who slandered the lord of the country and completely brought down the Zheng family, could it be that Zhao Xiao also came to poison the Chu clan on behalf of the lord of the country this time?