In the battle of Wudang Lotus Peak, Du Min and Du Tianxing, the heads of the Du family, were all killed, which was a great blow to the Du family.

Some business travelers who have been hit by the Du family all the year round seized the opportunity and fought back; Taking advantage of the fact that the Du family was leaderless, they won a lot of the Du family's industrial market in one go.

After this battle, the position of the Du family, a wealthy family in Jiangxia, is about to be given up.

At the moment when the news of Du Min and Du Tianxing's death came, the old man, who was the old housekeeper of the Du family, frowned, while comforting the Du family's heart, looking for the descendants of the Du family to take charge of the overall situation, and constantly stabilizing the current Du family market.

But without Du Min, the Du family's market can't keep much at all, and when he came to Du Min's room, the old man who felt powerless looked at Du Min's cabinet, and his eyes began to roll.

In this way, the old man came to Du Min's cabinet with a secret book and a dozen keys, which were very clear to the old housekeeper, and the key to the Du family's money warehouse was in it.

The old butler took a deep breath, slowly picked up the key, studied it carefully, and then said, "Master, I have been with you for most of my life, and now that you are gone, there is nothing wrong with me taking some hard-earned money." ”

In this way, on the third day after Du Min's death, the old housekeeper Du Yan disappeared mysteriously without saying goodbye; Also missing are Du Min's treasures and a box of gold in the treasury.

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The news of the death of the head of the Du family soon reached the ears of Liu Sheng, the pastor of Jingzhou, the first time he heard the news, Liu Sheng was still a little surprised and surprised, this Du Min has always been cautious, how could he be planted in the hands of a group of Taoist priests.

The head of the Du family is dead, and the power of the Du family will also plummet, which is good news for Liu Sheng, after all, no one wants to see a very powerful local force appear in their own state.

Now Liu Sheng's focus is not on the Du family, the Du family can only be regarded as an unexpected joy, and what makes him really sad is the separation.

Shenli fled halfway, and as far as Wang Chen said, Shenli did not come alone, but was accompanied by a god master.

This can create a big problem for Liu Sheng and Wang Chen, and this separation is really tricky.

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Hangang City, tea stalls outside the city.

Pei Yu was sitting precariously, even if he was drinking the cheapest bowl of tea, just the behavior of shaking the fan and sniffing the tea could give people the feeling of drinking the famous tea of the imperial tribute.

In front of Pei Yu, a shirtless, greasy man with stubble on his face was chewing on his own strips of meat while drinking tea, and there were two large knives stained with the smell of meat on the table.

After a long time, the man with stubble on his face wiped the corners of his mouth casually and said, "This is leaving?" ”

Pei Yu bowed his head slightly, shook his fan and said, "It's been a long time, it's time to go." ”

Lu Butcher took a deep breath, looked at Pei Yu and said, "Are you going to be with that kid for the rest of your life?" ”

"I don't know." Pei Yu said in a low voice.

Lu Butcher looked at Pei Yu, stunned for a long time, and finally left two copper plates and turned to leave, "Lu Butcher at the South Gate of Hanjiang City, remember to look for me if you have something, I invited this tea." ”

Pei Yu looked at the two copper plates, and his originally indifferent expression suddenly showed a subtle smile, "Then I'll invite you next time." ”

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On the way out of Jingzhou, Yu Xining's mood was difficult to calm down for a long time, as soon as she closed her eyes, Zheng Ruyan's figure appeared in front of her, if she could, she really didn't want to be a bystander.

Sanli panicked because no one spoke in the carriage, so he also found himself a horse and walked side by side with Ning Xiaochuan.

"I said Ning Xiaochuan, have you ever been to Shanzhou? Where are we going to find a miracle doctor? Sanli looked at the 100,000 mountains looming in front of him, and said with his eyebrows.

Ning Xiaochuan shook his head slightly, his eyes were always on Yu Xining, and he said casually, "I haven't been to Shanzhou, but I've seen some things about Shanzhou from books. ”

"I also heard my father say that Shanzhou is one of the three states in the south of Dafeng, the territory is full of high mountains and dense forests, and most of the people are people who have lived in the mountains and forests for a long time, the transportation is inconvenient, and the development of the Central Plains is very incoordinated, it is said that they are not as good as our Miaojiang." Shen Li muttered beside him, still muttering in his heart, why did this Liao Divine Doctor come to such a place.

100,000 mountains and 100,000 rivers, the gutter and the earth lock people's souls.

This is a poem written by a Buddhist master named Zhiming a hundred years ago after walking through the mountains and rivers of Shanzhou.

This poem was widely circulated in the Central Plains, and since then the 100,000 mountains have also become synonymous with Shanzhou.

Shanzhou is located in the southernmost part of Dafeng, there is the famous Xiaonan Pass of Dafeng, the famous generals of the past dynasties have left a figure here, and now the town is guarded here is the general of Zhennan Gongsun Changfeng,

Shanzhou is mountainous, surrounded by mountains, endless, because the mountains and forests are dense, the air is humid, the mountains and forests here are cloudy and misty all the year round, and the miasma is overflowing.

If someone who does not understand the local terrain rashly enters the 100,000 mountains, then there is a chance that they will die, not to mention getting lost and miasma, all kinds of poisonous insects and beasts in this mountain forest are enough for you to drink a pot.

Because of the topography, it has also caused the phenomenon of a corner of Shanzhou, where the Central Plains culture spreads very little, except for the white feather army of Gongsun Changfeng, there is hardly any Central Plains civilization here.

Even the Shanzhou Mudu was elected from among the local prestige Tusi, and these Tusi only needed to pay a certain amount of tribute every year, so as not to offend the Yindu royal family, and there would hardly be anyone from the imperial court to disturb them.

Although today's Shanzhou is much better than the Guanwai Mountain, it is still very different from the Central Plains culture.

Toast is a unique name in Shanzhou, only in charge of one side, the powerful people will be called Tusi, now there are three Tusi in Shanzhou, in charge of Teng Snake, Chongming, Jiaozhi three cities, and these three cities are also the only three big cities in Shanzhou, today's Shanzhou Mu is Jiaozhi Tusi has a house.

Before, when Ning Feng left Dafeng, he wrote to his family about the situation in Shanzhou, and it is not too much to describe it as dirty and messy, the people here are not clothed and hungry, because there are many mountains and forests, and there is very little land that can be cultivated, and these lands are more or less occupied by the local Tusi, and the people can only survive by renting the Tusi land.

Because of the large number of people and the lack of land, there were often rebellions among the people in Shanzhou, but most of these rebellions ended in the victory of Tusi, and those who lost lost their lives forever, and their families were reduced to slaves, which were called objects to trade.

Today's Shanzhou is also the only state in Dafeng where slaves still exist.

Along the Xiangjiang River, through the Lingnan Mountain, you will come to the Shanzhou region.

When the time came to May, the temperature in May in the south had begun to warm up, the air was hot and damp, Ning Xiaochuan and others, as northerners, suddenly came to such a hot and humid Shanzhou, which was extremely uncomfortable, Yu Xining sighed while wiping the sweat beads on her face, "Why is this place so hot." ”

Ning Xiaochuan and them, as martial arts cultivators, can also luck blocking moisture, but Su Su and Jiujiu in the carriage are not so lucky, just over Lingnan Mountain, the two began to vomit, fever, all kinds of discomfort, and later gave the two of them a unique pill, this symptom was improved.

In the words of Sanli, the climate here is humid, and some people who have just arrived but are not in good health are prone to this situation, and this situation will also occur when there are more traders in the Central Plains who come and go every year in their Miaojiang.

So, their people made this pill to deal with this kind of emergency.

Maybe it's because the mouth of eating people is short, and the hands of people are short, since taking the pill of Shenli, Jiujiu and Susu's attitude towards Shenli has also eased a lot, although it is not to open their hearts, but it is not as cold as a mountain before.

Ning Xiaochuan looked at the dense mountain peaks in front of him and sighed silently, "If there is no guidance from the locals in this place, we are afraid that we will not be able to go to Dongyue Wumen." ”

"What is the origin of this Dongyue Wumen, this is the first time I've heard of it?" Shenli looked at the map he bought before he came, and said confusedly.

At this time, Kong Zhenxuan, who was in the carriage, said, "Dongyue Wumen is a sect formed by a group of martial artists who are dissatisfied with the rule of Tusi in Shanzhou, and it has a history of more than 300 years.

However, Dafeng enshrined Shanzhou Tusi as the state pastor, so opposing Tusi was against the imperial court, and after several fruitless battles were interfered by Dafeng's army, Dongyue Wumen was not rebelling against Tusi, but slowly developed into a local sect force, and these Tusi fought against each other.

As the oppression of the people by the Tusi became more and more serious, the development of Dongyue Wumen was also getting faster and faster, and to this day, it has been called a big force that is enough to give Shanzhou Tusi a headache. ”

After Ning Xiaochuan heard this, he frowned and said, "In the realm of Dafeng, there is such a wild place, which is really surprising. ”

Dongyue Wumen is the martial arts sect of Shanzhou, and most of the martial arts cultivators in the door are local martial artists in Shanzhou, just like Miaojiang's martial arts cultivation is supplemented by poison, and their cultivation is supplemented by witchcraft.

Master Zhiming's "gutter and earth soul locking" is talking about Shanzhou's witchcraft.

Shanzhou did not belong to Dafeng in ancient times, but under the management of the king of Yue, since the failure of the northern expedition of the king of Yue, after the death of hatred, the local Tusi of Shanzhou saw that the Dafeng army was strong and strong, and knew that he was not an opponent, so he chose to surrender when the army marched south and the army pressed the border.

It is precisely because of this surrender that the descendants of the Xu family, who wanted to rely on the 100,000 mountains to continue to deal with Dafeng, were completely desperate, and they had no choice but to flee to the mountains and mountains.

Dafeng built Xiaonan Pass in the southernmost part of the 100,000 Great Mountain, and the construction of Xiaonan Pass also made Shanzhou completely part of Dafeng's territory.

Although these Tusi surrendered to Dafeng, because the location of Shanzhou is too special, it is difficult for the Central Plains culture to penetrate, so Shanzhou has not been much influenced by the Central Plains culture, of course, this also includes the Central Plains martial arts.

This also led to the fact that their local martial cultivators did not use their true qi to resist the enemy like the Central Plains martial artists, but retained their witchcraft skills.

The reason why Dongyue Wumen is called Wumen is also related to their practice of witchcraft.