Kim Ussy Falls.

The sun slowly sank to the end of heaven and earth, and submerged into the mountains, and the night covered the land of Kyushu like a black hand.

Fang Ping followed behind the Lianjiabao warrior and appeared outside a stone castle ten miles away in Shanyang County.

At a glance, under the darkness of the night, stands a majestic stone fortress more than 100 meters high.

Hundreds of houses stretched beneath the stone fort, surrounded by a high wall, like a barrier to defend the stone fort.

Faintly, you can hear the sound of horses' hooves, striking iron, shouting, shouting, and drifting out of the high wall with the wind.

This Lianjiabao is like a small kingdom that stands outside of Shanyang County.

"Open the door!"

The warriors of Lianjiabao, who had returned from Shanyang County, rode on their horses and shouted towards the high wall.

The private soldiers of Lianjiabao standing guard on the high wall recognized the warriors of Lianjiabao and opened the gate with a wave of his hand.

Fang Ping's eyes flickered, and through the open door, he hurriedly glimpsed the world behind the high wall.

A street that leads directly to the stone fort at the end is brightly lit, with people coming and going, and there is a lot of traffic.

The difference between Lianjiabao and the five gentry in the inner city of Shanyang County is that Lianjiabao stands outside Shanyang County, and can brazenly raise private soldiers, hide the population, and develop strength.

Take, for example, the scene behind the high walls, which is already a self-sufficient town that can run independently. The stone fort at the end of the street is the Imperial Palace, where the owner of the Lianjiabao lived.

"The peaceful and prosperous world is like a pool of stagnant water, the class order is clear, and all resources are firmly controlled in the hands of the family."

"The troubled times are different, the order is chaotic, the demons are dancing, it is a catastrophe for the people, but for those who are ambitious, capable, and have brains, it is a great opportunity to cross classes and climb up."

"Today's Daxuan Dynasty, the monarch is mediocre, the people are not living, and the state capitals are full of holes and complaints. The fact that this Lianjiabao can grow to such a point is just a portrayal of this troubled world. ”

Fang Ping stayed outside Lianjiabao until the middle of the night, when the moonlight was covered by a black cloud, his figure suddenly swept out, and he jumped over the wall more than ten meters high in an instant

The private soldiers patrolling the high wall of Lianjiabao were densely packed, and they were all holding torches in their hands, and they were stunned not to notice that someone had jumped over the wall and entered Lianjiabao.

"That even the flying tiger is the strength of the middle three grades, approaching the upper three grades! And he is not the only one in this Lianjia Fort, but fortunately, I also have some strength now, as long as I don't get close to that stone fort, there is not much danger. ”

On the roofs, Fang Ping flew flat like walking on the ground, like a gust of wind, and did not make a sound when it swept over the roofs.

Immediately outside a small courtyard, Fang Ping saw dozens of orphans selected by the Lianjiabao warriors from Shanyang County, crowded to sleep in the horse pen.

A few Lianjiabao family members who were guarding the small courtyard yawned for days, and you passed the time with a word.

"I don't know what to do with so many children."

"It's a bit strange, the dozens of orphans I brought back a few days ago have never come out after they were sent to the stone castle one by one."

"You say, could it be that the head of the family has cultivated some evil martial arts? Is it the kind of evil magic that needs to absorb the essence and blood of boys and girls? How else would all the orphans sent to the stone castle disappear from the world? ”

A family member shuddered and speculated.

The elderly man next to him slapped the former on the back of the head: "What nonsense! If the master of the family knows that you are saying such things, be careful to drive you out of Lianjiabao. ”

"I'll just say it casually...... Say it casually. The family who realized that he had said the wrong thing did not dare to say anything.

The speaker had no intention of listening to the heart, Fang Ping frowned and fell into thought, he thought that Lianjiabao had chosen orphans to train them to become slaves and private soldiers, but now it seems that there is something else hidden.

"Evil Dao Demonic Skills? In other words, these orphans will be sent to the stone castle not long ago, and then the world will evaporate and disappear into this world? ”

Fang Ping resolutely left.

This is Lianjiabao, he can come quietly alone, but to take dozens of orphans out, it is as difficult as heaven, even if they are sent out, where can these orphans go?

……

……

In a flash, it was the second half of the night.

Fang Ping's ears heard the sound of clanging iron.

Under the bleak and rich moonlight, dozens of blacksmiths with their upper bodies naked/naked were sweating in front of the fire.

Someone rotated the hammer and pounded the red-hot iron. Someone was sweating profusely pulling the bellows. There are also people who put the crafted weapons into the water to temper them, and after taking them out, they are sharp.

"This batch of weapons will be built in a month!"

The Lianjiabao martial artist with the strength of the nine grades, with vicious eyes and fierce momentum, supervised dozens of blacksmiths, and when he found that someone was lazy, he threw out the leather whip, leaving a shocking blood mark on the other party.

No one noticed a teenager squatting in the treetops not far away.

At the beginning of the crossing, Fang Ping's father and brother were captured by Lianjiabao to build weapons, and there is no news of them to this day.

Fang Ping ventured to Lianjiabao tonight to find his father and brother, his gaze quickly wandering in the courtyard.

However.

There was no father or brother among the dozens of blacksmiths.

"Talk about you! Sneaking and tricking, think I can't see it! ”

The warrior of Lianjiabao in the courtyard struck a tired blacksmith in the back with a leather whip.

The skin was opened, and the blacksmith trembled all over his body.

"Huang Ye is angry, Lao Zhou hasn't closed his eyes for two days and two nights, and it's understandable that he couldn't help but hit a ton for a while."

"That's it, we don't have a penny, and we have to build weapons for your Lianjiabao all night and night, why!"

Under extreme oppression, there were a series of voices of resistance and reprimand.

The warrior of Lianjiabao snorted: "If you want to rebel, you can't do it!" I told you, this is Lianjiabao! Whoever dares to call the board is a dead end! ”

The scene was suddenly silent.

Dozens of blacksmiths gritted their teeth, eager to devour the warriors of Lianjiabao alive.

"Stopped? When it stops, work for me! The warrior of Lianjiabao urged, raising his whip and about to hit someone.

"Huang Ye, right?"

A thick and powerful palm suddenly landed on the shoulder of the warrior of Lianjiabao.

The warrior of Lianjiabao turned his head to see that a young man with a head taller than himself, a body as strong as a bull, his facial features were mediocre, and his eyes were sharp, standing behind him with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Who are you, how come I have never seen you?"

Fang Ping's voice was gentle, and he replied to the question: "Let's go, find a place where no one is around, and have a good chat." ”

"Where to go? I'm also going to oversee them crafting weapons, you...... Don't drag me...... Ay...... What are you doing! ”

The Lianjiabao warrior was frightened, and he was dragged into the distance by Fang Ping. Even the warriors of Jiabao tried their best to resist successfully, almost like a puddle of mud, dragged by Fang Ping into the darkness outside the courtyard.

In the alley where you can't see your fingers.

The Lianjiabao warrior trembled like a chicken, leaning weakly against the corner of the wall, to be precise, let Fang Ping throw it at will, and threw it to the ground.

"You're not from my Lianjiabao!" The warriors of Lianjiabao were suddenly sober, and they opened their mouths to shout.

The sandbag-sized fist slammed into the face of the Lianjiabao warrior, and when there was still an inch left, it stopped, but the cold wind that came to the face still broke the bridge of the Lianjiabao warrior's nose, and his head fell to the ground.

"You can try to see if you call for help first, or if I punch you in the head first." Fang Ping's voice was not loud, but it shocked the other party like a sharp sword piercing his heart.

The warrior of Lianjiabao wanted to cry without tears, kowtowing like pounding garlic: "Spare your life...... Heroes spare their lives. ”

"I'll answer you." Fang Ping didn't want to waste time, so he got straight to the point: "In late September last year, Lianjiabao arrested a group of blacksmiths in the outer city of Shanyang County, and now where are those people placed. ”

"In late September last year...... It seems that there is such a thing. ”

"What about people?"

"I don't know. At that time, the blacksmiths were crafting weapons in Lianjiabao, and disappeared after a few months. ”

"Missing? Missing in Lianjiabao? Do you think I'll believe you? ”

"Hero Mingjian, I'm not the one in charge of that group of blacksmiths. You can ask Lord Li Jackal, he is my immediate boss, and he knows better than anyone else about the personnel records in the family fort. ”

"Okay, tell me where he is."

"It's in the small building outside the stone castle, and I can lead the way for the hero."

"No need." Fang Ping decisively twisted the neck of the Lianjiabao warrior.

Killing people is like slaughtering a pig and slaughtering a dog, Fang Ping did not have the slightest mood fluctuation.

Half an hour later, in a room where the candles were still lit, Li Jackal, who was a martial arts eight-grade cultivator, collapsed in his chest cavity and lay in a pool of blood beyond recognition, he didn't know what was going on, and he was knocked to the ground as soon as he opened the door.

Before he could breathe, Fang Ping tortured some answers.

The blacksmith who was captured from Shanyang County in late September last year was sent to the stone fort in December, and the person who gave the order was Lian Feihong, the owner of the fort.

"In the end, it's still a mess, do you have to let me find that Lian Feihong? This Lian Feihong is the master of Lianjiabao Fort, and there is no doubt that he is a master of the middle and third grades, and I am by no means his opponent. ”

Fang Ping sighed, but there was still some harvest from tonight's trip, there seemed to be some secret in this Lianjia Fort, which was hidden in the depths of the stone fort.

The orphans who were sent to the stone castle disappeared, and the blacksmiths of the same batch of fathers and brothers were sent to the stone castle without being heard from.

All indications are that there is some kind of secret hidden in the stone fort of Lianjiabao.

Outside the window, the north wind is howling and the stone castle is towering.

Before dawn, Fang Ping came silently and returned to Shanyang County silently.

It is worth mentioning that hundreds of taels of silver were also dropped on this trip.

The next morning.

The pot exploded in Lianjiabao.

"Who did it? Check it out for me! Infiltrate my fort and commit murder? This is blatantly against my Lianjiabao! ”

Lian Feihong was furious, suspecting that it was the counterattack of the five gentry in the inner city.

His suspicions were not unreasonable, the five great gentry in the inner city were defeated in the previous confrontation with Lianjiabao, and it was normal for the dog to jump over the wall and kill several warriors in Lianjiabao.