As we all know, the 17-year catastrophe during the Chongzhen period began with the great drought and famine in Shaanxi.

Although it is still March at the beginning of the year, Shaanxi has not seen rain for several months, and the signs of a major drought have already appeared, followed by rising prices and fluctuating people's hearts.

Because of this, the scenes Lin Zhongtian saw along the way were far more shocking than what he saw on TV and books.

To take the simplest example, in this month, he encountered countless thieves, strongmen and bandits on the road in the forest, but the first time he personally killed someone, it was when he killed 27 officers and soldiers in a certain county town.

At that time, he was passing through a village and saw two or three people sitting on the ridge of the field resting, and was about to go over to ask for directions, when he suddenly heard someone shouting in panic, "Officers and soldiers suppress bandits."

The people who were resting on the ridges of the fields were suddenly frightened and fled in all directions.

Lin Zhongtian was still a little puzzled at that time, why did the people run away when the officers and soldiers suppressed the bandits?

But in the next second, he saw that the officers and soldiers who arrived grabbed a farmer who was running slowly and slashed him in the neck.

Only then did Lin Zhongtian realize that he had encountered a pickled incident of killing good people and risking his merits.

Without any hesitation, the furious Lin Zhongtian rushed forward, grabbed the neck of the officer and soldier, twisted it with a force, and then picked up the long knife dropped by the other officer and soldier, and stabbed it into the chest of another officer and soldier with his backhand.

Seeing that some people dared to resist, the officers and men were not surprised and rejoiced, and surrounded them one after another.

It's a pity that they misestimated Lin Zhongtian's strength, thinking that he was the kind of ordinary master of the rivers and lakes who could be strangled by the siege of the military array, but they never thought that the strength of the other party far exceeded their imagination.

In just a dozen seconds, Lin Zhongtian killed seven or eight officers and soldiers like chopping melons and vegetables.

When he had no weapons, he snatched them from the officers and soldiers, and when the weapons broke, he simply killed them with his right hand.

Anyway, after so much gray mist strengthening, the bone spur on his right hand was already harder than Jin Tie.

Seeing that more and more of their fallen companions were falling, the officers and soldiers surrounding Lin Zhongtian realized that this person in front of them was an existence they could never afford to provoke, so the officers and soldiers fled in all directions with frightened expressions.

But how could their speed be comparable to Lin Zhongtian, and they were chased and killed by Lin Zhongtian one after another.

Only three officers and soldiers escaped in time because they were on horseback.

Lin Zhongtian did not dare to chase after him, because he found that on the ridge outside the village, there were several ragged and hungry homeless people staring at the corpses of the officers and soldiers and farmers at his feet......

Seeing this scene, Lin Zhongtian couldn't help but tremble a little in his heart.

Even if he had the invincible force in the world, he could not deal with the absurdity in front of him.

After hesitating for a long time, Lin Zhongtian still turned around and left.

What happened after that, he didn't want to care, he didn't even dare to think about it.

After leaving this place, Lin Zhongtian was wanted by the government.

The fleeing officers and soldiers saw his bony right hand and gave him the nickname of the Bone Demon Hand.

Of course, at this time, Lin Zhongtian was only wanted by Bai Dao.

As for being hunted down by the rivers and lakes temples, black and white, that's another matter.

At that time, Lin Zhongtian came to a county seat, and the powerful clan in the county was quite prestigious in the vicinity, and the patriarch at that time was a well-known old-timer in the rivers and lakes.

This senior in the rivers and lakes has heard of the name of the White Bone Demon Hand, and threatens to hold a banquet to entertain this rookie in the rivers and lakes.

Lin Zhongtian thought at first that this was a Hongmen banquet set up by the other party's joint government, so he ran to the banquet with great interest.

But who would have thought that this old-timer who is known as a chivalrous man really wanted to make friends with him, the 'devil', and called him a brother and brother as soon as they met, and it was clear that he wanted to recruit him under his command.

After being rejected by Lin Zhongtian, this senior in the rivers and lakes was not annoyed, and he changed his words and wanted to ask him for a favor.

Lin Zhongtian asked curiously, and only then did he learn about the troubles of this senior in the rivers and lakes.

To put it simply, last year's harvest was not good, and it was already difficult for the local squire and landlord to collect rent, but at this time, a person suddenly appeared and called on the villagers in ten miles and eight towns to rise up to resist rent.

The predecessors of the rivers and lakes recruited him to get rid of this person by his hand.

As long as Lin Zhongtian agrees to make a move, he is willing to give fifty taels of gold as a reward.

In addition, he also promised that he could spend money to get Lin Zhongtian through the relationship and get the government to withdraw the sea fishing documents against him.

Hearing this, the weather in the forest smiled, and sighed that this world is really black and not black, white and white.

After pondering for a moment or two, Lin Zhongtian agreed on the surface, and then quietly sneaked into the target's side, secretly investigated the target's intelligence, and found that he was quite brave and chivalrous.

For such a person, Lin Zhongtian still has a good impression.

Just as he was about to show up to make friends with him, he suddenly found that several strange men in black had come to his room at night and had a secret conversation with him all night.

Lin Zhongtian improvised the body of a sparrow and flew to the windowsill to eavesdrop.

Only then did I learn that there was actually an organization behind this person, called the Alliance.

At present, the League is recruiting righteous people from all over the country and plotting an uprising.

But the purpose of their uprising was not to rebel, but to disturb the court's sight and let the court take care of itself, and at the same time take this opportunity to recruit some available masters to go to the capital to rob the law field and rescue their boss.

Lin Zhongtian became interested and left quietly, wanting to go to the capital and meet the boss in the prison.

But the day after he left, a news spread across the rivers and lakes.

It was said that Fu Qingyun, the white bone demon hand, was dissatisfied with the attitude of Liu's predecessors at the banquet, so he angrily took action and slaughtered the Liu family.

In order to avenge the blood, the orphan of the Liu family who worshiped under the gate of the Sword Pavilion poured out his family wealth and hung out a bonus of 1,000 taels of gold in the Hanging Gold Pavilion.

Countless masters of the rivers and lakes chased and killed Lin Zhongtian for this, but none of them could get Lin Zhongtian's head, which made the name of Fu Qingyun, the white bone demon hand, more and more famous.

Thinking of this, Lin Zhongtian couldn't help but snort lightly.

If he guessed correctly, the news should have come from the Alliance.

It may be them who slaughtered the Liu family, or they conspired to form a rebel army.

Lin Zhongtian was very dissatisfied with the fact that the alliance would frame the crime against him, but he didn't bother to go back to trouble the other party, anyway, these people would come to the capital to rob the Dharma field in a short time.

As long as he stays in the capital, he can sit and wait for the other party to take the bait.

At that time, Lin Zhongtian will make another move, and settle a general account with them......

Lin Zhongtian thought about it as he threw a few taels of silver at the guards at the city gate.

The city gate guard saw that Lin Zhongtian was handsome, fair-skinned, and the clothes and ornaments on his body were all valuable, and his attitude towards the city guards was extremely arrogant, as if he was treating his own servants, so he thought that the other party was the noble son of a family in the capital, but he didn't even dare to ask, so he flattered him into the capital.

Entering the capital, looking at the seemingly prosperous streets in front of him, Lin Zhongtian sighed faintly.

He never thought that he, the most wanted criminal wanted by the government, would be able to enter the capital in such a grand manner.

It seems that the Ming Dynasty has indeed fallen into the country......

Lin Zhongtian sighed in his heart, his eyes swept left and right, locked on a teahouse and walked over.