"I'll do it. Zhao Que took the firewood in her hand, squatted down and stuffed it into the stove.

Li Mujin shifted his position, looked at Zhao Que and said, "I coughed a little louder last night." ”

Zhao Que smiled bitterly: "I really can't hold back." ”

The backlash of the eight-phase dragon python, he felt in a trance that day by day was getting heavier and heavier, and the time left for him seemed to be speeding up, he wanted to spend more time with his aunt in Bluestone City, but now, if he continues to stay, he can't hide it.

"Shall I go buy medicine?" asked Li Mujin tentatively.

Zhao Que shook his head slowly but solemnly: "It's okay, I'll try my best to use my true qi to temporarily suppress it, and when I can't bear it anymore, I'll take some medicine." ”

"For your aunt's sake, you have to take care of yourself. ”

"We won't be in Bluestone for long, and there are still very important things to do, so we will leave as soon as there is news. Zhao Que pulled the firewood and found the dry stuff and stuffed it into the stove.

Suppressing the eight-phase dragon python is a particularly painful thing, and personally experiencing the disappearance of the true qi that has been obtained through great hardship and the decline of the martial arts realm is tantamount to "Ling Chi" for a martial artist like Zhao Que. But there is no good way in addition, there is a saying in Buddhism, the Bodhisattva is afraid of the cause, all beings are afraid of the fruit, how much glory the eight-phase dragon python has brought to Zhao Que, and now it will be peeled off like a cocoon, peeled off layer by layer, and the pain is like a shadow.

On a rainy day, the door rang, and the sound was slight in the collision of raindrops with the ground.

Li Mujin picked up the oil-paper umbrella leaning against the wall and opened the door.

Outside stood wet Liu Jingshui, the county guard, and a middle-aged man with a Chinese face.

The two of them entered the house and curled up their hands, the rain made the temperature drop quickly, and they already felt the biting coolness.

"General Zhao, he is a county in Qingshi, from Wupin County, Yu Ping, after yesterday's incident, Yu Ping was afraid that General Zhao would not be happy, and he thought about it the next night, so he rushed to listen. "Liu Jingshui grovels, in front of the general of the auxiliary state, the five-grade county guard is really not a thing, the official who can talk to Zhao Gouchen on an equal footing, the official rank is not to mention the second-grade officer!

Yu Ping had Liu Jingshui's opening path, and he spoke casually, "General Zhao, in the past, I usually led my troops to go to Nanyangzhou Prefecture with the taxes of my county. ”

"How many soldiers and horses do you have?" Zhao Que asked, moving his arm and standing up.

"Back to General Zhao's words, two thousand, are all recruited from the local people with a little training to form an army, and it is more than enough to deal with such things as taxes. Yu Ping replied truthfully, not daring to hide it at all.

Zhao Que exhaled, in the heavy rain, the air was excellent.

"There are seven counties in one state in Nanyangzhou, eleven counties in one county, and the land in Nanyang is fertile and attaches great importance to commerce, and a rough calculation shows that the tax revenue of a state contributes a lot to the treasury of Great Xia. ”

"General Zhao is discerning!"

"There are 24 million people registered in a state, not counting the displaced people, they are counting on you Qingtian lord to govern the local area well, the tax system of Daxia is a two-tax system, divided into summer tax and autumn tax, of which the taxes are complicated, and the autumn tax is levied after the summer tax is levied, and the ordinary people who live on the land are often overwhelmed, and can only survive in the prosperous era in the mouth of the civil and military officials, and now, the autumn tax has been collected many days in advance, and suddenly the autumn tax is levied next year, what is the intention? Is it to make the people unable to live? Forced to rebel? Let me tell you, the war on the southern and northern fronts is tight, and there is a problem in Nanyangzhou, a wealthy state, whether your black yarn hat is guaranteed or not is your own business, how many people who are safe and secure are ruined and their wives are separated?"

“......”

Liu Jingshui and Yu Ping trembled, they heard some rumors in the official position of county guard and county leader, Jiangjin Prefecture suffered from a rare drought in a century, countless displaced people, and local public order deteriorated.

The two were just about to speak, but Zhao Que planned directly.

"I also know your difficulties, the orders issued by the household department, no matter what, you have to obey, I hope you will abide by it, think more for the local people, you can change places and continue to be officials, they have to live here for generations, okay, hurry back to deal with official business, the rain is heavy, I won't send you." ”

Yu Ping threw himself at Zhao Que to the end, and Liu Jingshui hugged his fists, his eyes were complicated.

After they left, Li Mujin asked, "How can things get worse like that?"

Zhao Que smiled: "Sooner or later, something big will happen in Jiang Jinzhou." ”

"The world is calm on the surface, but the wind is surging below, Jiang Jinzhou is the first to take the lead, I'm afraid there will be a big mess in Great Xia. "Li Mujin boiled herbs for Zhao Ya, and according to Zhao Ya's body, she could stop the medicine after four or five days.

The rain was so strong that it seemed to crack in the sky, and the immortals poured water.

Porridge was cooked in the pot.

Light, sweet and fragrant.

I scooped it with a spoon and put it to my mouth and tasted it, and it was almost hot.

He crouched down and turned over the dry wood in the stove.

Looking outside, the rain line blurred the vision, and the water vapor was wanton, making Zhao Que, who was accustomed to the dry wind and sand in Xisai, uncomfortable.

"Do you remember the blind guy in Yuhua Building?" Zhao Que asked suddenly.

Li Muhibiscus nodded, and Zhao Que suddenly asked, which surprised her, Li Muhibiscus, who has always had a quick instinct for danger, did not detect abnormalities in the blind little girl.

"He's a miserable child. ”

Zhao Que continued.

"At some point, the blind little man was of some use to me, and it was the cause, and I had to solve the effect, though the effect between him and me was not worth mentioning. ”

I don't understand how a subordinate can be useful to Zhao Que, but Li Mujin understands Zhao Que's feelings, he and his aunt desperately gained a foothold here when he was a child, and he must have pushed himself and others, thinking that the blind little guy was also crazy and wanted to live, and now it is true.

In the end, how useful the blind little man was to him, Zhao Que did not say.

The right hand suddenly clenched.

He looked out the door.

Lee is equally cautious.

The murderous wisps drove the silk knife that she did not leave her body, and the knife groaned crisply.

"It's a pleasure to have friends from afar. Zhao Que sneered and groaned, the same frequency as the knife's groan.

"General Zhao is so Yaxing, he is hidden in the city, but I am afraid that the people nearby do not know that the general of the auxiliary country is under the same roof as him!"

It's like an old friend talking, and the tone is relaxed.

Even though the rain is pouring down, it sounds like people are talking.

Gather voices into a line!

Zhao Que stepped out of the house and walked into the rain, his momentum changed completely, and he seemed to have become the general of the Cisse who was on the horse again!

"I'll go to entertain guests, and you will have breakfast with your aunt at home. ”

"Yes. ”

Li Mujin could only nod his head in agreement, and it was a coincidence that the porridge in the pot was just right.

Zhao Ya opened the door, clasped her hands in front of her chest, and looked worriedly at Zhao Que who opened the door and walked to the street, not forgetting to turn around and close the door.

Sewing Alley, empty.

When he stepped onto the masonry, it was as if the rain between heaven and earth had suddenly stopped.

The rain that hit the earth rolled into a ball, and then slowly grew out, turning into a dragon, instantly biting Zhao Que.

Jiaolong rain composition, every time you cruise a distance, the higher the momentum, in front of Zhao Que, it seems to be a fierce beast living deep at the bottom of the pool.

The kind of momentum that it has become by itself, like the rain that is about to be pressed horizontally, dare not fall to the ground!

"I can't help myself!"

Exhale lightly and mix in the moisture.

Zhao Que's right hand holding like a knife slashed forward, the knife qi broke through the body, and suddenly the big day in the rain!

As soon as the dragon encountered the sword qi, it seemed to have encountered a natural enemy, and it dispersed at the touch of a button, exploded into countless water droplets, and merged into the pouring rain and landed on the surface again.

There was a river in the sewing alley, and it rolled fiercely towards the low-lying places, and flowed into the front of the people's doors and poured into the houses, and the surging places knocked down the courtyard!

A man in black appeared on the street, far away, and he could vaguely see the man clapping his hands, praising the dignified auxiliary general for his worthy name.

The martial arts realm of the people who came was extremely high, and just the trick of Ning Jiaolong had the color of the heavenly extreme.

Zhao Que still held his right hand weakly.

It seems to be holding Cisse's sword.

Many Xisai soldiers know that Zhao Gouchen has a knife technique called Rolling Dragon.

The rain gradually stagnated behind him, flowed into his right hand, and coalesced into a water knife.

The true qi in the body is surging, and the eight-phase dragon python no longer eats the master, senses Zhao Que's fighting intent, and reproduces the ferocity of the past when Xisai was fighting.

A drop of blood oozed from the corner of his mouth, which was suddenly dispersed by the rain.

The man in black's eyes narrowed slightly, and he saw Zhao Gouchen's abnormality, and the rumors on the rivers and lakes seemed to have been confirmed.

"Up!" the man in black spat softly.

Six people suddenly appeared around Zhao Que, and the real qi swept away the heavy rain, taking his life.

Rolling Dragons!

The rain knife pressed down violently and rolled over, like a ground dragon turning over, a landslide and a tsunami!

Lift!

Slash!

Coherent.

There was no special sight, Zhao Que was expressionless, and only took a step.

Knife stop.

The bodies of six people were shattered!

Flesh and blood were all over the ground, beaten by heavy rain, and quickly turned red to the ground.

Not to all,

The man in black rushed forward, his two-handed sword filled with dense water vapor, and his figure flickered left and right, flashing continuously.

The corners of Zhao Que's mouth hooked up a sneer.

There are many flower shelves!

After all, it is a fight on the rivers and lakes!

No matter how gorgeous its moves are, as long as you kill the enemy in front of you and ensure that you don't die, it's a good style!

The waterjet pointed at the man in black.

There were about four dragons and four dragons roaring in his body.

The knife shattered in his hand, and shot at the man in black with the rain-condensed blades.

And, behind the blade, Zhao Que once again appeared a water jet in his right hand.

It's a rolling dragon again!

The!

He easily summoned a water dragon!

Behemoth! Scales and armor are exquisite! Vivid!

The water dragon rubbed against the surface, and the stones were crushed into countless cracks.

Tumbling in a circle, the faucet is facing up, up!

It's called, the dragon looks up!

The man in black slowed down, the water vapor around him was washed away, the heavy rain was still pouring in, he fell to the ground without knowing whether he was alive or dead, and the blood on his body was scattered by the rain.

Zhao Que let go of his right hand.

The water knife fell to the ground in a puddle of water, and then mingled silently into the ground.

The water dragon was still there, hovering in the sky.

He looked up, and the four dragons in his body echoed from afar.

The water dragon seemed to have a different mind, his eyes swept over the houses in Sewing Alley, lowered his height, and he was eager to try, and seemed to be extremely worried about Zhao Que, and roared at him.

"Hey, little loaches, don't you even listen to the general?" he asked.

The real anger suddenly stopped.

Zhao Que opened his mouth and spurted blood.

The water dragon in the sky became a source of water, and it exploded with a bang, helping the heavy rain to fall mercilessly on the earth.

The Divine Eight-Phase Dragon Python slowly curled up, Zhao Que took a few breaths of tightness, and intermittently entered some rain, which made him cough again.

"Tiger fell in Pingyang and was bullied by dogs, I was worse than dead by you little loaches, I have to wrap you in flour and fry it crispy in the future!"

As he spoke, he squatted next to the man in black and stretched out his hand to pull down the mask.

It was a middle-aged face, with horror and disbelief! It seemed that he had misestimated Zhao Gouchen's true combat strength!

For him, this face is very unfamiliar.

It's long gone.

Under the successive domineering sword techniques, the man in black had not yet had time to show his true combat power, and he would have died, if he had known in advance, he would not have wanted to die so much!

The "belated" lark recorded his appearance, and retired to find out who it was.

Zhao Que stood up leisurely, closed his eyes, and recovered his disordered qi.

Under the backlash of the eight-phase dragon python, it is really not an easy thing for him to forcibly kill the man in black.

Open your eyes.

It was not this person who judged that the footsteps he heard that night.

Meaning, there are other masters hidden behind the scenes.

Sneer.

Go home and drink a bowl of hot porridge.

The heavy rain was destined to cause the water level of the river in the city to skyrocket, and he was able to kill the assassin by his auxiliary general!

Even compared with the peak, the combat power is only sixty percent.