The road bandits were wiped out a little faster than expected.

In the entire water bandit village, due to the "Huairou" policy, many people have left.

All that was left behind were dissatisfaction with the imperial court, dissatisfied with the Shen dynasty, and even criminals wanted by the imperial court.

Therefore, when the side gate and the main gate both broke through, it only took two days.

The place where the battle at the side gate is the most intense, the sea of corpses and the mountain of blood, there are soldiers of the imperial court and water bandits.

Xiong Li dragged his exhausted body, followed his memory, and kept teasing the corpses.

"What are you looking for?" The other surviving recruit sat on the sidelines, his hands on his knees, and said weakly.

"Looking for a corpse." Bear force.

"Corpses?" The man was stunned, "Looking for a corpse in a pile of thousands of corpses, what is the difference between this and finding a grain of rice in a rice jar?" ”

Xiong Li didn't answer, he continued to rummage.

Finally, the hard work paid off, and he found it.

He dug up the soldier's body from the pile.

The corpse had begun to decompose, and he carried it on his shoulders and walked into the woods.

"Hey! Why are you going? The partner shouted.

"Bury the corpse!" Xiong Li echoed and disappeared from his partner's sight.

When Xiong Li was looking for the body, Tang Zongjiu and Lin Duci bumped into each other downstairs in the main building.

"I'm going to check the arsenal."

The location of the arsenal, Lu Minghao had already drawn a sketch in advance with his strong memory and handed it to Lin Duci.

"Then I'll go find the so-called big village master." Tang Zongjiu glanced up at the main building and said.

"Stay safe."

After speaking, Lin Duci handed over the matter of battlefield liquidation to his subordinates, and organized a team of ten people to set off towards the mountain range where the Liu family had privately built an arsenal.

According to Lu Minghao's instructions, the Liu family's arsenal was located in a mine.

Walking through the woods, the mine came into view.

From a distance, the mine looks like a huge pyramid, and the mountain is majestic and majestic.

The color of the mountain is dark gray, and the surface is covered with a thick layer of ore that shimmers with a metallic sheen.

Under the sunshine, the whole mine seems to be covered with a golden coat, shining brightly.

Xi has never had such a large mine, but the Liu family has occupied this mine for many years.

Lin Duci's eyes darkened.

Obviously, the reason why the Liu family has been able to develop to such a point is inseparable from this mine.

But now is not the time for Lin to study the mines.

Walking down the mine, Lin Duci found the arsenal that Lu Minghao said.

"Leave one person here." Lin Du said.

This is also just in case, just in case, just to be safe.

After saying that, Lin Duci walked into the cave with the other nine people.

Sure enough, there was a hidden stone gate inside.

Lin Duci still left one person at the stone gate.

Entering the stone gate, there are three rooms.

The first room is an arsenal.

Inside, rows of towering weapon racks display a variety of weapons.

Knives, swords, spears, swords, halberds, axes, bows, they were so sharp that they shimmered with cold light.

Lin Duci and the team members walked into the arsenal, and the smell of metal and grease filled the air, which was intertwined with the ancient smell of the stone walls, and it was clear that it was already summer, but it couldn't help but make people feel cold sweat.

In the center of the arsenal is a large wooden table with drawings and repair tools for various weapons.

Lin glanced at the wooden tables, the drawings depicting in detail the structure and manufacturing methods of the weapons, while the repair tools were neatly arranged, each polished to a shiny finish.

"Put everything away." Lin Du said.

"Yes!"

The soldier was given the order and proceeded to pick up all the drawings and tools that could be seen on the table.

Lin Duci looked around, and on the four walls of the arsenal hung some ancient battle flags and shields, the patterns on which had faded, and the scratches and dents on the shields recorded their bravery on the battlefield.

Soon, he noticed the shabby armor and battle robes in the corners of the arsenal.

This should be what Changpeng Liu once wore when he followed Emperor Wanzhen to fight the world, and it was the glory of his life.

Soon, everything on the table was cleaned up.

They came to the second room.

The boxes were full of firecrackers.

There was still a table in the center, and this time there was no need for Lin Dusk to speak, and the soldiers consciously picked up the information.

Finally, they came to the third room.

The soldier opened the curtain, and the boxes were filled with neatly arranged explosives.

These explosive packs are carefully sorted and labeled to make it easy to quickly find the type you need. Leave enough space between the shelves to facilitate the movement of people and goods.

These three rooms are very clear, and the Liu family does have the intention of plotting rebellion.

After confirming this, Lin Duci made one last round of inspections, made sure that nothing was missed, and turned to leave.

And as soon as he and the ten-man detachment stepped out of the door of the explosives room, there was a sudden loud bang outside!

There were two boxes in the explosives arsenal at the same time, and the fuses of each containing several explosives were actually ignited!

Lin Duci shouted.

"Run!"

On the other side, after Lin Dusk left, Tang Zongjiu jumped and came to the conference hall of the main building.

There was no one inside.

He looked around and noticed a hidden door on his left, as if to say, I'm inside.

Tang Zongjiu fixed his eyes, mobilized his internal strength, and walked in slowly.

He saw Liu Changqing.

It was the first time he had seen this bandit leader.

For some reason, he seemed to have seen this person somewhere, but for a moment he couldn't remember it.

Tang Zongjiu has always been a person who doesn't like to talk.

Therefore, as soon as he saw someone, he went straight to fight.

Liu Changqing saw that Tang Zongjiu killed him without saying a word, and he unceremoniously jumped up from the spot to face Tang Zongjiu.

At this time, the long sword in Tang Zongjiu's hand was like a green dragon going out to sea, and the sword body was flowing with cyan brilliance, and the sword qi was vertical and horizontal, as if it could tear through all obstacles.

When he drew his sword, his body was like the wind, and in the flickering of his sword light, he had already launched a deadly attack on Liu Changqing.

On the other side, Liu Changqing's face was cold, his eyes were fierce, the sword in his hand was like a meteor in the night sky, the sword body flashed with a faint blue light, and the sword qi was cold, as if it could freeze all life.

The two swords intersected, sparks flew everywhere, and the sword qi was vertical and horizontal.

Tang Zongjiu's swordsmanship is agile and changeable, sometimes attacking violently like a raging storm, sometimes defending gently like a drizzle.

Suddenly, he swung out a sword, and the sword qi swept straight towards Liu Changqing's door for 30,000 miles.

Liu Changqing's figure flashed, dodging the fatal blow and stabbing Tang Zongjiu's empty door with a backhand sword.

However, Tang Zongjiu seemed to have expected this move, and he dodged this sword on one side of his body, and at the same time, the long sword in his hand stabbed towards Liu Changqing's back like a green dragon going out to sea.

Liu Changqing felt the sword qi behind him attacking and wanted to dodge, but it was too late, so he could only resist this move.

While he concentrated the sword qi of his whole body on a sword and swung it backwards in an attempt to resist Tang Zongjiu's attack, his figure continued to retreat wildly.

The two swords intersected with a deafening loud bang, and the sword qi overflowed, and everything around them was destroyed by this powerful sword qi.

This blow Liu Changqing lost with internal strength, which made him look surprised.

"Do you have any last words?" Tang Zongjiu asked coldly.

Liu Changqing sneered and was silent.

Tang Zongjiu walked up to Liu Changqing and raised the sword in his hand, the tip of the sword seemed to be shining with a cluster of white light.

"Brush-" With a bang, the blade of the sword pierced through the air and stabbed at Liu Changqing who fell to the ground.

However, just as the sharp sword was about to pierce Liu Changqing's heart, Tang Zongjiu suddenly stopped.

The sword had already pierced into the skin of Liu Changpeng's chest, as if it would be able to send Liu Changqing to the underworld in the next second.

But the sword just stopped in that place, and then it didn't move.

Tang Zongjiu stared at Liu Changpeng firmly.

His gaze began in the other's eyes and slowly moved downward, sweeping over the other's face, neck, shoulders, and all the way down to his hands.

His eyes were like a poisonous snake, with heavy inquiry.

Liu Changqing felt an invisible pressure from the bottom up, and involuntarily tensed his body.

Tang Zongjiu's gaze became sharper and sharper, and he stared at Wang Qiang's eyes, trying to read the other party's thoughts from them.

The atmosphere around them became more and more oppressive, and the air between the two seemed to freeze.

After a long time, Tang Zongjiu asked.

"Who are you?"

From the moment he entered the door until now, Tang Zongjiu always felt that something was wrong.

When he saw the person in front of him, he saw that this person exuded a strong aura all over his body, so he mistakenly thought that he was the leader of the water bandits.

But he had never seen a water bandit leader, so how could he tell that this person was a water bandit leader?

Even Lu Minghao couldn't find out the leader of the water bandits, why was he so easily defeated?

In fact, this person is indeed not Liu Changqing.

The real Liu Changqing ran out of the tunnel after Lin Duci broke through the main entrance.

The one who stayed here to fight against Tang Zongjiu was one of the three masters of Tianzhai, Yin Wenkun.

The reason why Yin Wenkun is here is not only because he has martial arts, but also because he looks very similar to Liu Changqing.

This is also the reason why Tong Jiu was surprised when he saw Yin Wenkun for the first time.

Anyone who sees Yin Wenkun can't help but wonder if he and Liu Changqing, Liu Changpeng are long-lost brothers.

But people aren't.

Liu Changqing secretly cultivated Yin Wenkun for the arrival of this day.

Yin Wenkun looked back at Tang Zongjiu: "I am naturally the master of the village here. ”

"No, you're not." Tang Zongjiu said.

Yin Wenkun suddenly sneered: "Whether I am or not, you will die here today." ”

The instinct of extreme danger made Tang Zongjiu move his light skills to the extreme in an instant, and he jerked back.

And Yin Wenkun naturally wouldn't let go of Tang Zongjiu easily, he rushed straight in the direction of Tang Zongjiu's retreat.

As he stepped forward and rammed, he lifted the hem of his clothes.

I saw that explosives were tightly bound around his waist!

When he fought against Tang Zongjiu before, even if the explosives were damaged, he didn't show a flaw, and he was waiting for this moment.

Rao is Tang Zongjiu is vigilant, and this time he can't escape Yin Wenkun's suicide bombing attack.

When those explosives came into Tang Zongjiu's sight, his pupils suddenly shrank.

On this day, the whole south knew that the new minister had fulfilled his oath to declare war on the bandits, and had led a large army to suppress the bandits.

All eyes inadvertently drifted in the direction of the red forest.

Tingyulou was only open for half a day, and after noon, after everyone cleaned up, Shen Qi prepared to return to the Tang Mansion.

"Mrs. Tang." Cui Yushu walked over from the side, "I don't know if I can go to the Tang Mansion as a guest?" ”

That's a really strange question.

Generally speaking, a guest is a kind of mutual visit between friends.

The relationship between Cui Yushu and Shen Qi is only that of an employer and an employee, and there is no such thing as a "friend".

To be exact, even employers and employees are not, after all, the boss of the new Tingyu Building is Tang Zongjiu, not Shen Qi.

So what is there in the Tang Mansion that is worthy of his visit?

Shen Qi looked at Cui Yushu puzzled.

Cui Yushu's expression was calm, and it seemed that he really just wanted to see what the inside of the Tang Mansion was like.

Shen Qi was concerned about Tang Zong's drinking and war, and he didn't want to be too involved with Cui Yushu, so he refused: "I'm afraid it's not appropriate, my husband is suppressing bandits, you have a foreign man in the Tang Mansion, I'm afraid of causing criticism." ”

"Mrs. Tang," Cui Yushu paused, "just because Boss Tang is suppressing bandits, your safety is very important, isn't it?" ”

Shen Qi, who had already turned to leave, retracted his steps when he heard this.

She raised her phoenix eyes slightly towards Cui Yushu and looked into his eyes.

Cui Yushu's eyes are clear and transparent, like a mountain stream, and it looks free of impurities.

"Who the hell are you?" Shen Qi asked.

"Mrs. Tang, it doesn't matter who I am, the important thing is that I have no ill will towards you and want to help you." Cui Yushu's words were sincere and neither humble nor arrogant.

During this time, Shen Qi has been observing Cui Yushu, this man spends all his time listening to gossip and gonzo except for his usual work, and he really doesn't have any other actions.

But that doesn't mean Shen Qi will believe him.

"How can I trust you?" Shen Qi asked.

"Can you take a step to speak?" Cui Yushu said with a smile.

Shen Qi looked outside the door of the rain building, the sun was just right at this time, and the figures coming and going were intertwined.

After a while, Shen Qi took a step towards Cui Yushu.

Cui Yushu bent down slightly and approached Shen Qi to a suitable whisper, that is, it was not very close, and it was not very far away.

He said a few words to Shen Qi, and Shen Qi's eyes suddenly widened.

Her unbelievable appearance was as if she had seen a ghost.

"You deliberately approached me in the first place!" Shen Qi said.

"Yes," Gu Wanting's tone was still warm and gentle, "The world is big, or Princess Shu Ning, you are the safest here." ”

On the first day Shen Qi came to the south, Changpeng Liu already knew her true identity and told Gu Wanting the news.

Changpeng Liu never hid anything from Gu Wanting, including his own and everything he knew.

"So what exactly are you for?" Shen Qi couldn't help but raise his voice.

For the first time in two lifetimes, Shen Qi was truly shocked.

In her previous life, she had never been in contact with the south at all, so she was not prepared for Gu Wanting's identity at all.

"I say, for a moment of freedom, do you believe it?" Gu Wanting smiled bitterly.

For more than ten years, he has not escaped, but he has never been able to stay free for a day.

Changpeng Liu seems to have an eye on his body, and he can always find him as soon as possible.

Therefore, when he heard about Shen Qi's deeds in the south, he came up with the idea of letting Shen Qi protect him.

In the end, he exhausted all his resources, after all, he had been kept in captivity like a canary by Changpeng Liu for more than ten years, and he was not unprepared at all.

He managed to escape.

Tingyulou is an existence that the Liu family has not been able to overthrow, it seems to be a shelter, allowing Gu Wanting to gain long-lost freedom.

He heard a lot of stories that had nothing to do with Changpeng Liu.

He had eaten all the food here in Tingyulou.

He felt that in this life, even if he continued to entangle with Changpeng Liu, it was worth it.

What Changpeng Liu is doing in the south, he knows better than anyone.

He never thought that he had anything to do with the entire Xi Association.

But as a Xi Guoren, he didn't want any turmoil in his country.

It's time for the Liu family to fall.

Therefore, Gu Wanting did not hesitate to "join the enemy", although the cause of the current situation in the entire south was because of Changpeng Liu's obsession with Gu Wanye, because of the pain caused by Fang Shujing personally killing Gu Wanye, and because Changpeng Liu himself deceived himself deeply and became delirious.

In the past ten years, Gu Wanting has not missed Gu Wanye.

The scene when Gu Wanye died would appear in his dream every once in a while.

Gu Wanting was tired.

It's too tiring to be alive.

Fortunately, during this time, he at least experienced the happiness of ordinary people, which reminded him of his and Gu Wanye's past days in the imperial capital.

Therefore, he wanted to help Shen Qi.

He knew Liu Changqing's hatred for Lin Duci, Shen Qi and Tang Zongjiu.

Shen Qi made him experience the fireworks in the world, and he naturally wanted to repay the favor.

"Let's go."

Originally, Gu Wanting wanted to say a few words to try to persuade Shen Qi, but Shen Qi turned around and left resolutely.

"I'll talk to you slowly on the way." Gu Wanting said with a smile.

"You'd better cut it short." Shen Qi said.

This was the first time Gu Wanting tried to tell an outsider about himself, and as he spoke, he found that it didn't seem to be that difficult.

When it came to Gu Wanye's death, Gu Wanting found that she could use the word "beaten to death" so peacefully.

After more than ten years of "imprisonment", he only used a short sentence "was locked up like this".

Soon, before arriving at the Tang Mansion, Gu Wanting finished telling her story.

"So, there has never been a woman." Shen Qi muttered.

"yes, never." Gu Wanting laughed at herself.

"It is a fact that the Liu family wants to rebel." Shen Qi said coldly.

"Yes." Gu Wanting did not deny it.

"What are you going to do in the future?" Shen Qi asked.

"Me?" Gu Wanting laughed at himself, he raised his hand and touched the tear mole in the corner of his eye, "Changpeng Liu will be here soon." ”

"It doesn't have to be fast." Shen Qi suddenly stopped, "I think he's already here." ”

In front of the Tang Mansion, Liu Changpeng was alone.

He was a majestic figure, his eyes were like torches, and he cast a deep reflection in the sun.

Liu Changpeng's gaze stayed on Gu Wanting for a long time.

"Come here." He said.

Gu Wanting stepped forward.

Shen Qi subconsciously reached out to Gu Wanting's arm.

Changpeng Liu's eyes darkened.

Gu Wanting bowed slightly towards Shen Qi, indicating that he was fine.

Under Shen Qi's gaze, he walked towards Changpeng Liu step by step.

Gu Wanye and Gu Wanting are both men and brothers.