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Chapter 555 The world is cumbersome, ugly and dirty
As Zhou Tong said, if the people in the green forest have a good life or a bad life, what they really care about is their face.Such a statement is right for other people, and it is unavoidable to attribute it to Zhou Dong himself.

As a [-]-year-old martial arts saint, there is not much to fault for the old man's behavior.For disaster relief, within a few months, he set foot on hundreds of bandit villages, heard about Ning Yi, and traveled thousands of miles with his old body.As long as it is a matter of kindness and morality, even if there is no reward and the person concerned does not know it, the old man will never be stingy to make efforts or even pay more for it.

But over the years, he has become the respected No.1 in the world.Although he may not care about this false name in his heart, the old man must be treated with respect wherever he goes, and if he puts forward ideas, others will definitely pay attention to them.There are even disciples like Yan Huan - although not necessarily smart - but because of his arrival, they can be inspired to risk their lives.

On his southbound trip, although Ning Yi was respectful to him, he didn't actually give him too much face - the two encounters between the two sides were all like this - Zhou Tong didn't think about this in his heart. He held grudges, but he couldn't put his hot face on the cold ass of a junior, so when he finished what he consciously should do the next day—after leaving behind the idea of ​​improving the game—he left directly.

When Tian Donghan handed Ning Yi the pages of the improved formation, Ning Yi was somewhat emotional.But at this time, his mind was no longer on these matters. The matter of seeking revenge and deterrence had ended after the explosion in the center of the small county. Next, he would go back to the capital, and then immediately set off for the north.Due to the incident at the wedding, things had already lagged behind the original plan - he had already sent a letter to Hongti, informing her that he was going to Lu Liang, but now he doesn't know if she was in a hurry.

Ever since he learned about Qiyan Buluo and Bo Er Zhijin Temuzhen, many plans have been redone.For Ning Yi, in the absence of a lot of information, it is difficult to calculate the end point of these plans: what enemies will I face in the future? The power of a person cannot be calculated, and the things that need to be dealt with cannot be estimated, so it is difficult to calculate where the minimum standard of self-protection will go.

The standard of things is uncertain, and the plan can have no upper limit. Therefore, how much time there is in the future is basically not enough. Even if it is only human resources, the work at hand has to race against time.And even with such pressure, he was not willing to give up his family or the people he cared about. Many times in the capital, he accompanied his wives and children.

Fortunately, he is no longer an entrepreneur who started from scratch and slowly groping. Even with such nervousness, he can still orderly release more than a dozen lines to move forward: the development of Zhuji, the training of Jiawei, yes. The control of storytelling and propaganda, the research and development of new products, the use of gunpowder, the plan to operate Lu Liang, and the concern for Miao Jiang's side... After confirming what was in mind, the plans for these things were expanding rapidly.

Although some of these things are still in the stage of laying the foundation where they can't see the effect, if you look from the back to the front, starting from February this year, the plans and projects at Ning Yi's hand have been radically inflated to almost crazy, just for the improvement of gunpowder. With the idea of ​​​​and application, he chose more than a dozen directions, including landmines and phosphorous fires, within a month, and let the firework workers in the workshop try them out.

Since most of these craftsmen are not geniuses, and their abilities are limited, even with Ning Yi's inspiration, many projects encountered problems at the beginning.The projects around Ning Yi are like walking on a high tightrope, but it won't be long before people find out that, on the whole.These projects began to grow rapidly within a few months. Although some failed and belonged to the archives, many ideas still landed on the other side of success in a crazy radical state. Walking on this tightrope is obviously a rich Experienced acrobats.

Compared with the research and development of new items, the enrichment of Zhuji products, and the expansion of business, the confrontation with the various families involved in the disaster relief incident can only occupy a part of Ning Yi's mind. As for the green forest people in Taoting County, it is even more so. A small part of a small part.It was also because there was too much chaos in the capital before. At the party where Ning Yi married Yunzhu and Jin'er, a group of people came to make trouble. Although some were captured and killed on the spot, some still escaped.

The party was not a grand one, but many people from the right minister's mansion were still present to congratulate, such as Yao Zunian, Ji Kun, and Monk Jue Ming. Although they seemed to be kind on weekdays, the relationship between these people, Which one is not intertwined.Yao Zunian, as a contemporary great Confucian, actually has his own family behind it, Ji Kun is the general manager who handles dirty work for the Prime Minister's house, and Monk Jue Ming is even more of a royal family background.Ordinary green forests and underworlders would not dare to bully these people.

At that time, these people became angry with gloomy expressions on their faces. Later, because the news of the Taoting County Heroes Conference was too timely, Ning Yi took the time to go south. nature.By the time the work was done and Zhou Tong arrived, Ning Yi was already dealing with other things.

A hunt in Taoting County ended quickly, and most of the problems directly involved after that were resolved by the government.Under the indirect influence of the expansion of the notoriety of the "inner demon", more people in the Green Forest are filled with righteous indignation, and there are more complicated causes and effects, which are difficult to attribute to this single matter.

In this tragedy, the only thing that could leave some traces in Ning Yi's heart was to see Zhou Tong again. Even if it was not pleasant, the existence of this old man was not easy to forget.But it's just a little memory left in my heart.

However, although the meeting was not pleasant, after leaving Taoting, Zhou Tong still ran a lot for Ning Yi's matter.It was not until a year or two later, in some rather direct information collection, that Ning Yi learned piecemeal that the old man had deliberately mentioned this matter in his meetings with many people to help Ning Yi in disaster relief. An explanation and guarantee were given for his actions, but at that time, the notoriety of the demon had spread very widely, and the tragedy in Taoting had been deliberately publicized. Zhou Tong's words and guarantees could not actually play a decisive role. .

But in any case, thinking about these things at that time, recalling these two unpleasant meetings, after all, a very complicated feeling was formed in Ning Yi's heart.

This is a later story and will not be mentioned for the time being.

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The weather is approaching summer, the distant northern kingdom, after the fall of Emperor Tianzuo's forces, the Jin kingdom is busy sweeping the land west of the fallen Liao kingdom.After Zhang Jue was killed, neither Guo Yaoshi's Changsheng Army nor the Wu Dynasty army stationed north of Yanmen Pass no longer made any major aggressive moves and began to turn into passive defense.

The situation in the north is delicate, and an atmosphere of chill and vigilance has also been brewed in the court in the south.In the spring of this year, Tong Guan was named the King of Guangyang County for his achievements in recovering the six states of Yanyun.Tan Zhen, who succeeded him, began to actively build his own political achievements: that is, he tried his best to recruit and win over refugees and bandits in the north, and tried to recruit the tiger king Wang Qing to build a defense line centered on Taiyuan in the north.

Whether such unscrupulous pulling people can play the necessary role has not yet been tested in practice, but it is conceivable that the numbers on the books can become very beautiful, and at the same time, the deficit in the logistics accounts of the Ministry of Accounts and the Ministry of War will be enlarged. with blank.Qin Siyuan and others had tried to write a letter to persuade him, but the privy envoy who had just been in the position, the emperor was willing to trust him, knowing that things would not come to an end, and after making a symbolic rebuttal, Qin Siyuan had no choice but to give up.

In any case, compared to a master like Tong Guan, in the eyes of Qin Siyuan and others, Tan Zhen can only be regarded as a bastard with mediocre aptitude, with mediocre aptitude and limited damage he can cause.

Of course, this limited qualification is also relative to Tong Guan. A slight disturbance in the court will cause great waves among the people.Since Tan Zhen's first fire requires political achievements, and the review, leadership, and control of the soldiers are not strict, the people in charge below have responded to the call of the court.

A few roads to the north, some green forest people with criminal records and mountain bandits who have robbed their homes have begun to take advantage of this shareholder wind to wash their whites, go to murder and arson, be recruited, ask the court for supplies, eat imperial food, become rich and handsome, and marry Bai Fumei. Stepping on the pinnacle of life, I remember a little excited change.At this time, this transformation is still in the beginning stage, but many people from the Green Forest have been attracted, and they have joined the related mountain camps and bandit villages, and by the way, they handed over their identities to be whitewashed.

The fluctuations caused by Tan Zhen's ascendance were naturally more than the superficial ones.Court officials are not all mediocrity and fools. When recruiting security, of course, they also want leadership, while the various bandits in the cottage intend to take the court's salary for nothing while maintaining independence.There are also some bandits who have been recruited and found themselves stupid. Others did not hand over the leadership, but they did, and they really became hard-pressed soldiers, so they started to make moves from below.

In any case, the issuance of an order from the imperial court also means the transformation of invisible dominance in several places in the north, and every change and delivery of power and interests in history, no matter how big or small, will not be quiet.The conflicts among mountain bandits, officers and soldiers, and green forests have not subsided because of recruiting security, but in the name of these immature recruiting policies, they have become more and more intense day by day.

The Northern Kingdom, Chaotang, and the land of Wu Dynasty, the survival law composed of undercurrents is like a complex food chain on the prairie, sometimes calm, sometimes violent, sometimes hidden, and sometimes brutal.And in such a world, there are more people living their seemingly simple and simple lives, only when they are watched by the cruel rules of survival, there are occasional waves.

On Shandong East Road, in a small village near Yuying County, Lin Chong was sitting under a tree beside a field, watching a stream flow quietly in front of him.

The spring ploughing season has passed, and now this time is the leisure time in the countryside.Lin Chong often went out to see if he had anything to do.Sometimes he followed a nearby man named Fang who was quite capable to do some short-range dart-walking work, but the long-range, too troublesome, he still didn't want to do it.

For the current life, the days in the countryside.He thought he was content.But many times—such as now—he doesn't want to go home, and just wants to sit by the stream for a while and think about it.Sometimes it takes half a day to think about it.

Last winter, after seeing Gao Yanei in Daming Mansion, the confusion in his heart became more and more obvious. This confusion was mixed with great hatred, self-blame, and pain: that day he followed Gao Yanei to the end, thinking that Thinking that he should start and risk everything, the time has come for this beast to be full of evil.However, in the end, he still failed to kill him, so he suddenly found that he was so weak.

The Widow Xu in the village—now his woman—is able to satisfy him in a sense. This satisfaction does not come from her appearance, and he doesn’t pay attention to these anymore.She made him feel warm. Although the widow felt savage and even tyrannical at the beginning, since she was with him, the woman has indeed been obedient to him. Perhaps because of the death of a husband, she cherished the sight in front of her very much. of this man.She relies on him, and he even has some kind of dependence on her, like the only treasure left after everything is lost.

However, since last winter, the pain and hatred in his heart often made Lin Chong reluctant to return home too soon.He vaguely thought in his heart that he shouldn't be so willing to enjoy that kind of warmth. If he enjoys it, wouldn't it make him more cowardly?He has such a deep revenge, and he has a reason to take revenge, but not only did he not take revenge, but he was still here, feeling the warmth...

At the same time, the other part of his heart, which was like ashes, was telling him that he should forget everything. In this small mountain village, he could just live his life peacefully. This was what he thought, until the Daming House saw At the moment of Gao Muen, the pain piled up again.

During the occasional meeting with the "Big Brother Gao", he could also hear some news from the outside world, mostly from the green forest, such as how Da Guangming taught how to teach, and how to do Zhou Tong, the most complicated thing for him now is probably I heard the master's name.These emotions made him sit under the tree, reluctant to go home, feeling depressed.

But anyway, when the sun went down, he got up and walked back.The woman will wait for him at home, cook the meal, and at night, she will try her best to please him with her body and make his heart feel warm.Thinking of this, he felt guilty for his late return.That is, on this day, when he walked outside his courtyard, he heard a loud noise.

"Get out! Get out! I chopped off your hand...you try..."

"Hey, you woman dare to be ripped off, your concubine hasn't come back, do you know that he doesn't want to come back at all..."

"Fuck you, did you know he came back to kill you..."

"Kill me, come! Kill me! You slutty whore, you are my cousin's woman..."

"I'll give you everything I owe your family, get out—"

"Hmph, you're still full, let me tell you, your wild man is not a good person, looking at the scars on his face, he must be a fugitive arrested by the government, stabbed... Do you want me to sue the official? —"

"Go and sue, you go and sue, I tell you, you made a mistake, get out now, my mother doesn't care about you, if you don't get out, if you keep making rumors here, I will kill you with a knife. Then kill your whole family. People, it's a big deal that I, Xu Jinhua, will be buried with you alone, see if I can do it—"

Lin Chong's face turned gloomy. He also knew the man who was arguing with Xu Jinhua in the courtyard. He was the cousin of Xu Jinhua's original husband. He was usually called Geng Erfeizi, but he was a well-known lazy man in the village.Because he was idle and had nothing at home, no woman was willing to marry him, and because of this, he became a little confused when he saw a woman, and he was beaten many times by the villagers for this.

After the death of Xu Jinhua's husband—that is, his cousin—he probably had not missed Xu Jinhua's idea. Lin Chong also noticed this at the beginning, but he had just arrived here, he looked tall, and Widow Xu had He didn't dare to do anything. He probably felt that he knew Lin Chong's weakness now, so he couldn't help but touch the door. I'm afraid it's not the first time.

The affairs of men and women in the countryside are far simpler than those in the cities, but in many respects, they are far more chaotic than those in the cities.This kind of idler came to the door and made rumors about a widow. If he resisted less, it might not be impossible for him to be raped.Such people are already notorious, and there is not even a sense of shame. In many villages, there are more or less one or two people.

Lin Chong touched a stick and walked in from the door. At the door of the room over there, Eryan Geng noticed Xu Jinhua's gaze, turned around and saw Lin Chong, his eyes winced.

"You, you, what are you going to do... What are you doing with the surname Mu..."

Lin Chong raised the stick to him. Although he was cowardly in some aspects, he was still half-length. He was full of martial arts, murderous aura, and scars on his face. When he really showed murderous intent, not many people could stand in front of him. Hold on to your emotions.The wretched village man's legs almost trembled: "You, you, you want to kill... You can't... Do you know that if you kill me, someone from the government will come, the surname is Mu, you are a fugitive, your face The scar must be tattooed, you dare to kill me..."

Lin Chong's stick was fixed for a while, and at this moment, Xu Jinhua rushed out from the room and overturned Geng Eryan on the muddy ground in the yard: "Get out! Get out of here—"

The village man got up from the ground, but stared at Lin Chong: "Haha, I'm right, the surname is Mu, if I report to the official, what will happen to you... Haha, there is a way to kill me, you kill me... ...Xu Jinhua, you adulterers and prostitutes, you must have teamed up to kill my cousin, you will have retribution, you..."

He saw Lin Chong coming straight, staggering under his feet, and rushing out of the courtyard gate, urinating from his butt.Lin Chong stood at the gate of the courtyard and was held back by Xu Jinhua.His eyes were bloodshot, and his whole body was trembling. After a while, he waved the wooden stick in his hand, only to hear a bang, a crack was split into a piece of bluestone in the yard, and the front of the wooden stick was also split. Crushing, buzzing.If anyone who knew him before met, he might be surprised that his martial arts were so advanced.

In fact, with his martial arts, if he really wanted to kill that Geng Eryan, why would he need a stick, and how would he find out, walk in directly, and stab him to death with a single finger.But he is indeed afraid of the government's intervention, he is just afraid of disrupting Widow Xu's life and causing her to be involved in all kinds of troubles.

He stood at the gate of the courtyard for a while, and Xu Jinhua stretched out his hand behind him to cheer him up: "You calm down, you calm down, he doesn't dare, he doesn't dare."

But after a while, Lin Chong finally said, "I'll kill him."

Widow Xu hugged his hand suddenly, her eyes were complicated, she didn't know what she was thinking, she just shook her head subconsciously, after a while, she looked at Lin Chong: "Don't kill him, let's go, you take me away Bar……"

Lin Chong's body froze, and he turned to look at the woman behind him.

"You...will...come with me?"

"I-I don't want anything. I gave them all the things that belonged to the Geng family. If I can return them, this family is empty. They still come here every three days. You are my man, you go. I'll go wherever I go. You...you can't leave me."

After rescuing Lin Chong, although she didn't ask, she must have guessed in her heart. Whether Lin Chong is a strongman, a bandit, or a wanted criminal, she doesn't care. In fact, she definitely doesn't care if Lin Chong wants to kill Geng Erfei Yes, just worried that Lin Chong would kill someone, so he wanted to run away alone.

"The rice in the field... just planted..." After a while, Lin Chong said subconsciously.

"No, not Tian." The woman shook her head, "You, can't you get a job? I'll follow you, and I'll be happy to eat chaff and drink water. Take me with you, and we'll find a place where no one knows each other. Stay here, I'll help you have a baby, you don't want to go alone..."

The woman was also a little emotional when she said this.Lin Chong stood there, and after a while, he tilted his head slightly.

As night fell on this day, they packed up their little things and money and left the small mountain village. They agreed that they would live in an unknown and friendly place and plant a few acres of land. , gave birth to a group of children, and grew old.This is theirs, another, a new beginning.

At the same time, a little bit to the north, a woman named Lou Shuwan was sitting on a step in the cottage, looking up at the stars.This is a cottage under the command of the tiger king, Tian Hu. When she sat here, there were many men pointing and pointing at her.

Once upon a time, she may have liked the feeling of being watched, and she also enjoyed the interaction with certain men, but now whether it is a scholar-like little white face or a rough green forest hero, in her heart, only Ugly impressions and disgusting feelings remain.

Although many people were watching her, not many men dared to come and say something and do something.She has her journey, just passing by here for a night.Tomorrow, the woman who accepted the order of the Tiger King will lead her escort team to the northwest.Her purpose is to go to Luliang Mountain, contact and cooperate with a big cottage there, and open up a way to do business.

Since returning to the Tiger King, she has accomplished a lot.

This time, there will be no problem.

She thought so, looking into the distance.In his eyes, he was full of confusion.

(End of this chapter)