The yamen of the county government.

In the lobby, Guo Fan sat in the middle with an expressionless face.

Under the hall, the officials and generals of the county government were lined up on both sides, and they were looking back at the losses of the people in the city yesterday.

"The eastern part of the city was the most severely damaged, with almost no one in ten houses collapsed, and almost no families were spared. An official sighed and said:

"According to a rough estimate, in last night's battle, there were no less than 70,000 or 80,000 dead among the people in the county town, and even more were wounded. ”

"If you add the seriously injured and incurable, in a month, I am afraid that the number of dead can be forced to 200,000!"

"This ......"

He shook his head, his face full of sadness and unbearable:

"Woe to the people!"

The east of the city is the place where the Blood Shura Hongtian first rushed into the city, and the destruction is the most ruthless.

"Lord Wang. Qin Xuan arched his hand and said:

"Last night, there were more than 4,600 dead in the county town, and the same number of wounded, and the same heavy losses. ”

"According to our estimates, it will not take half a year, and it will be difficult to recover from the beginning!"

"More than that. The old master of the academy shook his head and said:

"The houses in the county town were destroyed, the soldiers were killed, the houses needed to be rebuilt, the soldiers needed to be repaired, and all industries were abandoned, commerce and trade were interrupted, and even food was affected, and it was difficult to support it in a short time. ”

"If you want to recreate the original scene, you don't have more than a year, I'm afraid it's impossible. ”

This is a steady statement.

What Qin Xuan said was just to restore the number of soldiers.

However, in order to raise more than 20,000 full-time soldiers, hundreds of thousands of people must be engaged in various aspects of business in the future.

Now that people have no fixed place to live, and every family has a dead person, who is in the mood to provide for others?

Without food, without armor, and with military salaries, there will naturally be no stable army.

Even the pensions of the dead soldiers are not so easy to take out in the current palace!

"Anyway. ”

Lu Ping sighed and said:

"In the battle last night, Anle County was almost disabled, and it will take a long time to recuperate. ”

Guo Fan was silent.

"Lord Wang. "There are generals in the hall and they bow their hands and say:

"I wonder who came last night?"

"If we defeat the comer, will the underworld send a master again, and what will I do at that time?"

As soon as these words fell, everyone in the audience changed color.

Quite a few people's eyes twinkled.

Apparently there is a retreat.

Now the ten-mile cloud tide array is seriously damaged, and there is no one in ten powers, and it is difficult for the army to maintain it.

After all, tens of thousands of open mouths are waiting there, just eating and drinking, it's a bottomless pit.

It won't take long!

One month.

Without the help of the people of the prefecture, the army of the county town will not be able to hold out and collapse on its own.

This is the disadvantage of the battle array, the disadvantage of mortals, inevitable.

"Don't worry. Guo Fan's face was indifferent and said:

"There will be no underworld in the future, and even if someone comes, they won't take it lightly. ”

"And ......"

He paused slightly, but in the end he still did not explain, and said:

"In short, you don't need to worry about security, and it is only right to try to restore the situation in the county. ”

"Yes!"

"Master Li. Guo Fan lowered his head and looked at an official of the county government.

"Humble duty!" Lord Li immediately bowed out.

Guo Fan spoke: "You go and light the losses of the people in the city, make a list, and rebuild the house as soon as possible." ”

"Yes!" said Lee.

"General Ming!"

"The end will be. ”

"Count the soldiers in the county town, calculate the pension gold and silver, and the money will be sent out of the palace, and the good students will settle them. ”

"Yes!"

"Elder Wang. ”

"The old man listened. ”

"The academy is as usual, and there is another orphanage hall to gather people in the city whose parents have died, so that they can give birth and raise them. ”

"For those with family difficulties, the college can come forward to arrange the young people for accommodation and food. ”

"Yes!"

"In addition......"

Above the lobby, Guo Fan gave various orders in an orderly manner, and everyone was ordered to retreat.

The whole process is smooth, and the instructions are interlocking, without the slightest mistake or omission.

This kind of overall governance ability has also impressed many people, and they dare not say more.

Not much.

Everyone in the lobby has done their jobs, and most of them have already retired.

The rest are the real core backbone of Guo Fan's forces, their own people who have been tested.

There is Lu Ping in the palace, Qin Xuan and Shang Tong in the army, and the county government has two adults who took refuge early, and four gentlemen from the academy.

Over the past year or so, all of his directives, involving the army, academies, and policies, have been implemented through their influence.

"Da Da ......"

Guo Fan lightly buckled the armrest, making a rhythmic sound, and his complexion turned from indifference just now to solemnity.

They are all their own people, and they don't need to hide it.

He glanced at the crowd and said slowly:

"The person who came last night is a ghost handsome in the underworld!"

As soon as these words fell, except for Lu Ping, who had known for a long time, everyone else's faces changed drastically.

"Ghost handsome?" Shang Tong's face distorted, and he said:

"Lord Wang, you seem to have said just now, we waited for us to work together last night to kill the incoming enemy?"

"Not bad. Guo Fan nodded:

"So, the Blood Shura Hongtian, one of the top ten ghost handsomes, is already dead!"

He looked at a few people, leaned forward slightly, and said word by word:

"Die in Anle County, at our hands!"

"Bang Dang ......"

Mr. Zhao's wrist trembled, and a teacup beside him fell to the ground, splitting into pieces of different sizes.

"How is that possible?"

His words asked everyone's doubts.

"Nothing is impossible. Guo Fan's body was indifferent and said:

"There is a formation guarding this place, and you can't really see it, but you should be able to feel that breath. ”

"With the power of one person, in just a moment, Anle County will be bombarded into ruins, who else can there be in the world except for the ghost handsome?"

"But ......" Qin Xuan spoke, his eyes jumping wildly:

"There are no masters in the county town, how can they deal with a rumored ghost handsome?"

"Who said that mortals can't kill ghost handsome?" Guo Fan's face remained unchanged, and he just spoke slowly:

"The others don't know about last night's situation, and the two of you should know it very well, but you just don't want to believe it. ”

"......" Qin Xuan and Shang Tong suddenly fell silent.

After a long time, they nodded slowly, and Qin Xuan spoke, his voice was difficult:

"Battle Formation!"

"Not bad. Guo Fan should be, said:

"The power of the battle array can be mortal and reverse the immortal truth, even if it is to kill the ghost handsome, there is no problem!"

There was silence in the field.

"No wonder ......"

Old Master Qin's expression was complicated, and he said:

"No wonder the prince wants to expand the army, no wonder he wants to help the common people, and even does not hesitate to suppress the wealthy families. ”

"It turns out that it's all for today!"

When the voice fell, his expression became a little dazed.

It seems that I don't know whether this is right or wrong.

He and several gentlemen in the academy sincerely thought about the people, thinking that the same was true for the prince.

That's why we stand together.

But now it seems.

But it seems to be just exploiting!

The prince's approach has changed in his heart, he is no longer so simple and noble, and his mood has also begun to change.

"A person will only have his status if he has strength and usefulness. Guo Fan seemed to be able to see through his thoughts, and said indifferently:

"If ordinary people have no value of their own, they will only be squeezed by wealthy families, and they will not be able to do it for thousands of years, which is exactly the reason. ”

"It is good for you to have a heart for the people, but you must also understand that it is better to give them fish than to give them fish. ”

"If you can't help them find their own value, just rely on the kindness of others to live, after all, they are rootless duckweed, and they can't change anything in the end. ”

As he spoke, he gently clenched his five fingers and said:

"Only what you can control is truly your own, and everything else is a foreign object!"

The crowd was silent.

After a long time, Old Master Qin nodded lightly:

"What the prince said is very true, Qin was taught, but I thought it was shallow, I just thought that I was dedicated to the people, so I ......"

"yes!"

"Only when they have their own strength can they not be easily oppressed by others, and they can make their own decisions. ”

"That's how the world is!"

His voice was long, and his complexion changed back and forth.

"Lord Wang. Qin Xuan suddenly frowned, took a step forward, and said:

"Since we are waiting to kill the ghost handsome, the people of the underworld are afraid that they will not let me go!"

"Now the county government is in ruins, and the army is difficult to maintain, and if the master comes again, I am afraid that it will not be able to resist. ”

"Besides......"

"We will kill the living immortals with the power of mortals, and if it leaks out, the lord of the underworld will not let us go. ”

"Not bad. Guo Fan nodded, then beckoned, and took a book from the shelf not far away:

"So, you have to leave Anle County!"

"Huh?" everyone was stunned for a moment, but they couldn't react:

"Leave?"

"Exactly. Guo Fan sent the book in his hand to several people and said:

"The people of the underworld will come next time, either the top powerhouses among the ghosts such as Youruo and the Dragon Emperor, or the rumored lord of the underworld. ”

"With the current situation in Anle County, it can't be stopped at all!"

"But even if you leave, you have something to do, which is to spread the book all over the world. ”

As he spoke, he reached out and pointed to the book.

"Gather qi to nourish the yuangong. Qin Xuan swept over the book, his eyes flashing:

"Could it be that this exercise is the foundation of that battle array?"

"Hmm. Guo Fan nodded:

"These days, I have asked the bookstore to print this exercise day and night, and now there are 300,000 copies. ”

"One hundred thousand copies of them have been distributed through the merchants, and when you leave this time, take the rest with you. ”

"Another ......"

He clapped his hands lightly, and boxes of gold and silver were carried behind him.

"These gold and silver, for your use, whether it is to open martial arts, establish academies, or bookstores, you must gain a firm foothold in other places, and then help more people to practice Yuan Gong. ”

"I will pass on a part of the formation to you, and with a certain number of people, I can compete with Gang Qi and even the Ancestral Masters. ”

Speaking of this, he paused, looked at the people present, and said in a leisurely voice:

"Gathering is a fire, scattering into a sky full of stars!"

"What you are doing today is to spread this spark, and eventually it will become a prairie fire and sweep the world!"

"...... then"

"The world will eventually change because of you, and the people will rebel against the rich because of what you have done. ”

"Until then!"

"Princes and generals, rather have a kind!"

Several people raised their heads suddenly, their breathing was short, their bodies trembled slightly, and their eyes were filled with boundless enthusiasm and excitement.

"Lord Wang!" Master Li clenched his fists and arched his hands, and said in a solemn voice:

"When am I leaving, and where are I going?"

"Now, immediately, immediately!" Guo Fan said:

"You can tell me where you want to go, or you can tell no one at all, you can choose a place to settle down. ”

"You are the tinder, as long as you don't stop, as long as you pass on the exercises, one day, the world will eventually change because of you!"

"Yes!" shouted in unison:

"I'll do as I was told!"

"Good. Guo Fan chuckled, nodded, and said again:

"As for the underworld, you don't have to worry for the time being, the death of the Blood Shura has been pushed to the predecessor of the Thousand Machine Cave Lord Ling, and the senior has also agreed. ”

"So counting the time, the underworld will not suspect you, but just in case, you still have to leave Anle County!"

After all, there are many masters in the underworld who have the method of confusing their minds, and if you ask something from them, it will be extremely disadvantageous.

As for the others......

I don't know the method of the battle formation, and I don't have to worry about Guo Fan's planning.

"Lord Wang!" Shang Tong hesitated for a moment and said:

"What about you?"

"I've got my own place to go, you don't need to worry. Guo Fan waved his hand:

"Let's go!"

"Each...... Take care!"

"Take care!"

Everyone gave up their hands, and did not hesitate at the moment, each took a box of gold and silver, and strode out.

None of them are weak, even if they are the four gentlemen of the academy, those who can become Guo Fan's henchmen have not weak cultivation.

If you are hidden, even if you are in troubled times, the possibility of survival is still great!

As Guo Fan said.

They are the kindling of fire, which will ignite everywhere and spread all over the world.

Of course.

In addition to that, he has to make a choice.

............

The backyard of the county hall.

Ling Buxuan was holding a book of Qi Gathering and Nourishing Yuan Gong and watching it carefully.

Sometimes he frowned, sometimes he suddenly realized, and sometimes he stood up and paced.

There seems to be a lot of confusion in it.

"Crunch ......"

The door opened, and a tired Ling Ruowei walked in with a child carved in pink.

"Daddy. Ling Ruowei rubbed her eyebrows and said:

"I've made arrangements, we can leave at any time. ”

"Dandie and the others will take a carriage out of the city, we will first go back to Qianjidong to pack our things, and then turn back to meet near Qishan, and finally take refuge in Heaven. ”

"Hmm. Ling Buxuan nodded, and finally looked away from the book:

"Dingwu is not over yet?"

"It's coming. Ling Ruowei looked back at the direction of the lobby and said:

"After he settles the county town, he will come over, and by the way, he will sell all the things in the palace to support the people's livelihood expenses of the county in the next year. ”

"Anle County ......"

Zhi sighed lightly and said, "After all, I can't stay!"

Anle County has her best friends and memories of the past, but this time it seems to have become far away.

"There's no way around it. Ling Buxu spoke:

"Youruo's stand-in and Blood Shura Hongtian are both dead here, and the underworld will definitely find out the situation. ”

"Whether he died in Anle County or was killed by the old man, in the end, Zhu Dingwu could not escape the relationship, and he would definitely go on a journey. ”

"As for pushing it to the Heavenly Court......

He shook his head slightly:

"There are several masters in the Heavenly Court, but they don't have such means, and the people of the underworld are not dry food, and they can't hide it for a while. ”

In a word.

Whether they want to or not, others can stay, but Guo Fan, Ling Ruowei and the others must leave Anle County.

Gentleman, don't stand under the wall!

"I can't think of it. Ling Ruowei also knew this, and could only sigh when she heard this, and said in a complicated voice:

"He can really kill the ghost handsome with the body of a mortal!"

"More than that. Ling Buxuan's eyes shrank and said:

"The power of that formation is terrifying, the opportunity to control the changes of yin and yang and the five elements, unpredictable, and find another way, which can be called incredible. ”

"Hong Tian's cultivation is no less than that of an old man, but he is trapped in the formation, and he has no power to fight back. ”

"He couldn't even touch Zhu Dingwu's side, and his skills had nowhere to show, so he was easily killed!"

"And ......"

His eyes changed, and he said:

"The power of that formation is far from being exerted to the limit, and Dingwu should also be the first time to try, and the operation is rusty. ”

"Otherwise, I'm afraid that if it's the second change, you can kill Hong Tian!"

"So strong?" Ling Ruowei frowned:

"In that case, wouldn't it be as long as Anle County is firmly controlled, and there is no need to be afraid of the underworld?"

"How can it be so easy?" Ling Bu smiled:

"Although the formation is good, it needs to raise hundreds of thousands of people, which is not something that a small county town can do, and after the first war, the losses are heavy, and it is even more difficult to support. ”

"After all, it's a formation, or countless people are there, it's far less flexible and casual than one person, let alone ......"

Speaking of this, he looked solemn:

"Even if you launch the formation with all your strength, with just one county, you may not be able to stop Youruo and the Dragon Emperor. ”

"Not to mention the Lord of the Underworld!"

"Daddy. Ling Ruowei's beautiful eyes rolled and asked curiously:

"Is the Lord of the Underworld strong, and why is your expression so serious every time you mention him?"

"Not very strong. Ling Buxuan shook his head and said:

"It's ......"

"Invincible!"

His eyes flickered, as if fear:

"The Lord of the Underworld is more powerful than everyone imagined, and such an existence should not have appeared in this world. ”

"But ......"

"It's different now!"

Ling Buxu looked out of the door, smiled lightly, and said:

"Judging from the power revealed by the Dingwu Formation, as long as there are hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers, some of them are masters, even if they are the masters of the underworld, it will be difficult to compete!"

"The seniors are full of confidence. Guo Fan walked in with a smile and said:

"However, hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers are not so easy to raise, and the strength of the whole country is not even so, and it is even more difficult to control. ”

"That was before!" Ling Buxu put down the book and said:

"Nowadays, if ordinary people also practice this Qi Gathering and Yuan Gong Gong, they may not be able to gather so many people. ”

"There's finally some hope!"

"Not bad. Guo Fan nodded:

"There is indeed some hope, but the younger generation is very curious, and the seniors took a big risk to betray the underworld for the sake of these hopes?"

"Hehe......" Ling Buxu chuckled and said:

"After all, we are our own family, and if it is not a last resort, the old man does not want to make a move on you. ”

Guo Fan seemed to be smiling, obviously not believing it.

"Okay. Ling Buxuan sighed and said:

"This is one of the reasons, on the other hand, you make such a big fuss, as a father-in-law, I can't get out of it, and Qianjidong has been restrained for thousands of years, and the old man is unwilling to continue. ”

"Restraint for a thousand years?" Guo Fan frowned:

"What do you mean by that?"

"You don't think that the underworld came out of nowhere, do you?" Ling Buxu looked sideways and said quietly:

"In fact, thousands of years ago, the lord of the underworld already existed. ”

"Even the Thousand Machine Cave was created by him!"

......Hearing this, Guo Fan's body stiffened, his eyes were dazed, and he slowly shook his head after a long time, with a solemn face:

"It can't be!"

"Although the living immortals are really long-lived, they have a lifespan of more than 200 years at most, and it is impossible to live that long!"

"Impossible?" Ling Buxuan sighed and said:

"When the old man became the master of the Thousand Machine Cave, he also felt that it was impossible, until he ......"

"Witness his presence with your own eyes!"