The prosperity of the royal capital cannot hide the corruption and decline of Yuguo.

Along the way, the famine was further aggravated, and even deliberately did so, creating displaced people, and then reducing them to slavery.

Enrich their own forces, and even secretly train the army, the undercurrent is turbulent.

Unexpectedly, there was also a rebellion among displaced people in Montenegro County.

Bai Qi took the order and left, taking twenty sergeants with him, and it was the elite of the four battalions who went with him to the royal capital.

They were very fast, and the weakest were all eight grades, and they arrived in Limestone City in more than two hours.

There is a rock mine near the city, which is a small vein but still thriving.

But at this time, the villages around Limestone City had all been occupied by displaced people, and all the food they could eat was looted.

Even the wheat that was not yet ripe in the field was eaten.

The gates of the city were even more confined, and the guards guarding the city patrolled day and night, nervous, and hungry victims hid in the mountains and fields in the distance, spying on them with bad intentions.

Like a pack of hyenas that smell blood.

Bai Qi is strong in martial arts, and directly crosses the city wall to show his identity.

After a short time, the lord of the city and the rich men with fat brains hurriedly came, and the dark circles under their eyes were very heavy, as if they had not rested for many days, and their spirits were haggard.

"It turned out to be the famous White Commander!"

The city lord who was holding the general's belly saw the coming, like a drowning man grasping at the life-saving straw:

"With Commander Bai in charge, we finally don't have to worry about it anymore and can sleep well!"

Those rich people had heard of Bai Qi's murderous name and knew that he was strong in martial arts, so they also complimented him again and again at this time, and secretly took out a large number of silver tickets.

Bai Qi took it quietly: "Is that thief who assassinated the official very powerful?" ”

"That thief is not as good as me, only seven grades, but the exercises and martial arts practiced are extremely skillful, I haven't fought with anyone for many years, but I can't beat it at all."

The city lord spoke embarrassedly, he had been pampered for many years, and he had almost forgotten his swordsmanship:

"And this thief is very cunning, he attacks and kills every night, he can't prevent it, and he retreats with one blow, which makes us miserable."

"Do you come every night to kill?"

Bai Qi nodded when he heard this, he didn't feel that it was tricky, but this group of people was too wasteful: "Then I'll wait for him to come to the door tonight." ”

He declined the banquet held by everyone and hid in the City Lord's Mansion.

Seeing this, those wealthy merchants and big families also crowded into the city lord's mansion for the sake of their lives.

In the middle of the night, everything was silent, Bai Qi stood on the eaves, and suddenly a dazzling red light rose into the sky in the distance, dyeing the night dome red.

"It seems that the thieves did not choose to assassinate the city lord tonight."

Bai Qi's heart moved, and the soldiers had long been scattered by him and guarded everywhere.

His true qi wandered away, turned into an afterimage, and galloped in the moonlight, rushing in the direction of the red light rising.

From a distance, he saw a man in black breaking through, it was indeed a seventh grade, but the martial arts he used were very clever.

The soldiers kept chasing and encircling him, and he had already broken through and was already close to the city wall.

"The thief is gone!"

Bai Qi's eyes were slightly cold, and he jumped up suddenly, like a shock, and the silver sword in his hand slashed down, cutting out a cold light.

The man in black felt the murderous aura, and as he fled, he swung his long knife violently, splitting it from the oblique stab.

Clang!!

The swords collided, and sparks flew in all directions, illuminating the green lion ornament on the hilt of the long knife.

The thief was masked, but his eyebrows and eyes were still familiar, and there was this slightly familiar lion beast broadsword, Bai Qi couldn't help but blurt out:

"Meng Wu?!"

The thief's figure trembled, obviously extremely surprised, and finally saw the old man clearly by the moonlight: "Bai Qi, why are you kid!" ”

Bai Qi's mood was slightly complicated, but he didn't expect to see his childhood playmate here again.

Didn't Brother Meng Wen say that this guy joined the sect?

Although he was puzzled, Bai Qi still restrained his killing intent and shouted to the soldiers who came up from all around: "You guys retreat first!" ”

He had been building up power in the Fourth Battalion for a long time, and these soldiers also saw that there was a reason for the incident, so they put away their swords and disappeared into the shadows.

Bai Qi and Meng Wu jumped to the city wall.

The hazy moonlight sprinkled gently, and the two looked at each other speechless for a while, and their hearts were rolling.

"Meng Wu, I heard your brother say that you are valued by the big sects, and your talent is good!"

"It's all a coincidence, do you remember the ancient ruins that we were trapped in when we were children?"

Meng Wu took off his scarf and stood there with a long knife like a knight:

"Someone got the inheritance of the ancient sect of Shique and rebuilt the powerful Qingshi Gate, and I was accepted as a disciple because of this lion-handled broadsword."

He sighed slightly, his wrinkled face when he was a child was completely open, he looked handsome and extraordinary, and his eyes were full of confidence and calmness.

The originally thin figure has become stronger, and you can see that there are faint bulges of muscle mass.

Suddenly, there was a sudden shout of killing at the base of the city wall, and the red torches gathered into a sea, and it turned out that a large number of homeless people were attacking the city.

Bai frowned, and was about to make people on guard, but Meng Wu suddenly stopped him: "This group of refugees came because of me, thinking that I was arrested, I just went and explained." ”

With that, he jumped straight off the wall.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the homeless people to retreat directly, and Meng Wu turned back and brought two pots of wine.

"Monkey, you've changed a lot."

The wine was spicy in his throat, and Bai Qi's expression was complicated: "How did you become the leader of the homeless people, this is a rebellion, and Brother Ling is still a clerk in the army!" ”

"Haven't you changed, I still remember, you kid was going to be a chivalrous man all day long, why are you also doing things for dog officials now?"

Meng Wu snorted and took a big sip: "The officials and businessmen of Gray Rock City colluded to deliberately raise the price of grain by nearly a hundred times, and even kidnapped and trafficked human beings, I really can't see it before I take action!" ”

"What, there's this!"

Bai Qi was taken aback, he didn't expect a few small families to be so rampant.

"Don't believe me? I'll take you to see it myself! These days, I've made it clear where the homeless people are being held! ”

Meng Wu crushed the wine jug in his hand, toed a little, flew between the eaves, and Bai Qi hurriedly followed.

It turned out to be under the county office, and the original dungeon was expanded tenfold, after the stun guards walked in.

The stench is overwhelming, like canned sardines, but it is filled with people, although the number is less than that of the Black Wind Village, the tragic situation is not much weaker.

Bai Qi walked out with a gloomy face, and there was murderous intent steaming in his heart.

"Peace, the roots of Yuguo are rotten, and the country is hopeless!"

Meng Wu sighed deeply, his expression full of anger and hatred: "All the way I have traveled, every city has had such tragic things, but some are light and some are serious. ”

"Those high-ranking officials and nobles, who have hoarded enough food for hundreds of millions of people to eat for several years, deliberately allowed this famine."

"I understand your ambitions, but you can never do anything to serve the imperial court, these moths themselves are officials and scholars, and only our Jianghu people are the real hope of Yuguo."

"So, join us at the Leo-Leo Gate!"

Bai Qi clenched his hands into fists and looked straight at the plaque hanging above the government office not far away.

Fair!

The four big characters with hot gold seem to be dripping with blood, and the eyes of people are stinging.

"Commander Bai, why are you here!"

There was a commotion, and a group of people rushed anxiously, it was the city lord and several wealthy merchants.

They were told that their cornucopia was about to be served, so they hurried with their slaves, but they didn't expect to meet an unexpected figure.

"Commander Bai, it's really hateful that group of outcasts just now who want to storm Greystone City again, I think you should arrest them!"

"Yes, yes, you can't let go of any of them, grab them hard!"

The rich businessman chirped like flies buzzing around carrion, and his eyes were full of greed and ugliness.

Bai Qi was noisy and had a headache, and slapped it with a palm, and several fat pigs were slapped into meat puree.

Everyone's faces turned pale suddenly, frightened and shocked, broken bones and blood were muddy, the city lord trembled, and his teeth chattered:

"Commander! Lord Commander! But not satisfied with the silver two? You say the number, let's go and make it up, we also have it over there! ”

Bai Qi was unmoved, just pulled out the Yinjun sword and sighed softly: "But I think your head is more valuable!" ”

The sword is out, and the head is down.

The screams, wailings, and cursing stopped abruptly, and the yamen was restored to purity and solemnity.

The hot blood gushing out of the neck, like a fountain, dyed the "Zhengda Guangming" plaque red.

Zheng!!

With a flick of his wrist, the long sword turned into a silver light and was nailed to the plaque.

The plaque cracked in half, falling in the mud.

Surrounded in the middle is the round head of the city lord, who is dead and blind.