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Chapter 691 Reckless Talking About the World and Knowing New Customers Replace Old People

The big river is rushing, the sun is shining brightly, the breeze is stroking the grass and trees in the field, the roads are full of cars and horses, and people are walking like a shuttle.Around the Dragon Boat Festival in Jinghan's 14th year, the capital became lively again.

After experiencing the devastation caused by the Jurchen invasion to the south, the prosperity of the capital this summer is quite different from previous years.Business travelers and pedestrians from other places filled the streets and alleys of Bianliang more lively than in previous years. People from different directions and with different purposes gathered and communicated non-stop inside and outside the city.

Abandoned.

On the fifth day of May, small candle workshop.

The sun was in full bloom, and the inside and outside of the semicircular building was full of people.On the arena in front of the building, the two warriors were fighting furiously at this moment, and there were cheers from men and women coming up and down the building from time to time.

Xiaozhufang was originally one of the most famous brothels in the capital, but what appeared in front of this building today was not a song and dance performance.Most of the people who appeared and gathered upstairs and downstairs were green forest people and famous martial arts experts. Among them, there were original boxers and masters in the capital, and famous veterans from the Yuquan Gym. Various alien green forest people.

Some of them are tall and steady, with young disciples or entourages. They are masters who have opened a museum to teach apprentices in other places.Some carry swords and have haughty eyes, and they are often young people who have just come out to make a living in some arts.There are monks, Taoist priests, old people and women who seem ordinary but are actually the most difficult to deal with.Today's Dragon Boat Festival, hundreds of heroes from the green forest gathered here to add to the excitement of the green forest conference in the capital, and at the same time seek a way to become famous.

On the front of the floor, there are some officials from the capital city, the helmsman of the big family, who came to help the platform and select talents - although it is not the period of martial arts, but the military disaster in Beijing has just happened, and martial arts practitioners have become popular , Hidden in various things, there is also the development of this kind of grand meeting, which can be called a martial arts meeting. Although the person selected as "No. During this period of time, warriors who entered Beijing flocked to them.

Sitting a little bit away from the center of the building, there was also a person holding a giant sword in his hand, sitting upright like a pine, and occasionally commenting and discussing with the people next to him, that was the chief arrester of the Criminal Department, Tie Tianying.

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At the end of last year, a hundred miles of land near Bianliang was turned into a battlefield, and a large number of people migrated away. When the Jurchens attacked the city, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians died in various battles.In this way, by the time the Jurchens left, there would already be a large number of vacancies in the capital, vacancies for goods, and similarly, vacancies for power.

As the Wu Dynasty prospered, people from other places flocked here.

Businessmen are profit-seeking, and may be afraid of war, but they will not shy away from opportunities.In the war between the Wu Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom, they were also retreating and losing. After negotiations, they handed over old coins. It was a loss of power and humiliating to the country.The Jinren are tyrannical, but if they fight a few times at most, they may fall into the previous cycle. Although Beijing and China are not peaceful, how many times will there be such a vacuum in a hundred years?
The big merchants in other places focus on the profits of the border trade market, and the small and medium merchants can make a lot of money even if they transport goods to the capital.The gentry and prominent families from other places coveted the power vacuum in the capital at this time, pushing officials and merchants under them to enter Beijing, seizing the opportunity and wanting a share of the pie.The literati and scholars who heard about the invasion of the South came to the capital with the idea of ​​saving the country, or to promote the concept of saving the country, or to serve the officials of various parties, trying to find an opportunity to become an official.In short, the capital became more and more lively because of this.

The situation in the white way and the bright side is so prosperous, and the movement among the underworld and the green forest is not peaceful. If you learn martial arts and report to the emperor's family, even if you can't enter the high-level emperor's establishment, find some high-ranking families and families. Hugging the thighs of the rich is often a way of life for people in the green forest.At this time, all kinds of gangsters and green forest people also gathered towards the capital, either alone and wanting to be famous as a martial artist, or gangs of all sizes with their own ambitions.And after the Jurchen went, it also played a lot of role in the promotion of martial arts, so that in the recent period, every time there are grand gatherings in and out of the city where masters and masters meet friends with martial arts, there are some famous martial arts, or high-spirited The young man worked hard to make a name for himself in Beijing.

As for the hidden under this wave of warriors, the assassinations and private fighting incidents that occurred due to various power struggles and interest scrambles broke out repeatedly and emerged endlessly.

The famous green forest figures and underworld figures in Beijing and China were also greatly impacted by this.The masters and bosses who survived the city defense battle were either challenged by newcomers, or have quietly retired.In the Yangtze River, the waves behind push the waves ahead, and the new generation bury the old ones. In fact, not many can survive this period of time.

During this period of time, the fight among the lower-level green forests, the strife of interests in the officialdom, and the wrestling between the rich and powerful families gathered in and out of Bianliang, a city of millions of people. At the same time, there were all kinds of new things and new policies. of the introduction.The more than [-] troops gathered outside the city have already begun planning to strengthen the Yellow River defense line.The collection of various voices and messages has brought a huge workload and dizzy working conditions to officials at all levels in Beijing and China.Among them, several departments such as Kaifeng Mansion, City Patrol Division, and Ministry of Criminal Justice are the most affected. The chief arrestees of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, including Tie Tianying, Chen Qinghe, Fan Zhong, and others, are already overloaded. It's too busy.

There are a total of seven chief arrestees of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and Chen Qinghe is usually in charge of the capital, and handles major cases.It’s just that in the past, there were many big forces in Beijing and China, but the situation in the green forest was peaceful—sometimes if something really happened, the chief arrester of the criminal department usually couldn’t control it, and it was something that the big forces would naturally solve—the situation has become worse now It was the same, Tie Tianying, who had originally returned to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to report on his duties, was left behind, and Fan Chong was transferred back to Beijing later. They are all first-class masters in the world, and their reputations spread far and wide. Sitting here, after all, they can deter many people.

Not long ago, Tie Tianying kept a close eye on Qin Mansion and Ning Yi, which was the result of trying to figure out what he wanted.The Secret Investigation Department and the Ministry of Criminal Affairs had conflicts on many matters. At that time, because the Northern Expedition was the main theme, and the family members of the Right Prime Minister's House were in full swing, even Cai Jing consciously avoided three points, and Wang Fu was even more obedient. In the incident, Tie Tianying was also sternly slapped by Ning Yi once. Now that he has found an opportunity, he naturally wants to find his way back.

After Su Tan'er's incident, Tie Tianying suddenly realized that if the two sides fight to the death, he really can't get rid of the other side - he is wary of Ning Yi's weird personality, but he is very wary of Chen Qinghe, Fan Zhong and others. People think that he is making a big fuss, and when it is confirmed that Su Tan'er is not dead, they feel relieved and hurry to deal with other things that are piled up in Beijing.

Tie Tianying is also under the pressure of various things, he is so busy that he is dizzy, but of course, if there are many things, there will be a lot of oil and water. Stand firm, apart from daring to fight and fight hard, who can not give the Ministry of Justice a little face and clear up the relationship.

The banquets are going on and on, collecting money and receiving hand cramps, or encouraging newcomers with backgrounds, or beating up guys who have crossed the border. In such a busy schedule, Tie Tianying is always jealous of Ning Yi.However, since Qin Shaoqian was imprisoned, the case of the right minister has been digging deeper and deeper. Many people who were still on the sidelines have now recognized the situation and started to join the ranks of the right minister. , It means that the right-handed system is in decline and gradually collapses.

As Ning Yi said that day, seeing him get up from Zhulou, seeing him entertaining guests, seeing his building collapse.To onlookers, every power alternation seems vigorous, but in fact there is nothing surprising about it.Before Qin Yuyuan was imprisoned or at the beginning of his imprisonment, the right ministers still had a lot of activities, and others were still watching the situation, but soon after, the right ministers turned to self-protection. In fact, in recent decades In the court of the Wu Dynasty, under the joint suppression of the Cai family and the Tong family, there were not many ministers who could resist.

With the imprisonment of the right prime minister, the Yao family, a prominent family in the capital, was most involved. During the reign of the great Confucian Yao Zu, many children of the family were arrested by the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and the foundation of their foothold was shaken.Zen Master Jueming, who originally had a deep relationship with the Qin family, was ordered to contemplate in the temple not long after, and could no longer come out to run around.Some disciples and family members who had a close relationship with Qin Yuyuan were more or less affected.As for Ning Yi, during April and May, when rookies came out in large numbers in the capital, the bamboo records under his command were also closed everywhere.

If Cai Jing, Tong Guan and others hadn't paid attention to this person, in the context of the downfall of the right minister, perhaps not many people would have noticed this faction related to the right minister.No matter how big Zhuji's business is, its status as a businessman will not attract too much attention. Every big family has such customers, but they are just pawns.It was also under the attention of Cai Jing, Tong Guan and others, such as Wang Fu and other senior officials, that they noticed the most special person among the staff of the Qin family. There are achievements.It's just that after running around at the beginning, this person quickly settled down, especially in late April, when his wife survived after being affected, and the power under his command quickly fell silent on the lively capital stage. I'm going to make trouble again.

Everyone also turned their attention back.

Only Tie Tianying still has a heart at this moment.In the capital, "Taiyi" Chen Jianyu became famous, Tang Hensheng, the "Dongtian Shenquan" in the southern green forest, and his disciples kicked eighteen martial arts consecutively, and the heroes of Longxi entered Beijing. In the background, every time he passed the closed Zhuji shop, he would have a bad premonition floating in his heart.

At the level he once knew, in the past few years, with the power of the right minister's mansion, the "heart demon" Ning Yi has played a pivotal role in the Bianliang underworld.Although he doesn't mess around with naive things like kicking the hall, but the few gangsters in the capital back then, no one dared not to give Zhu face.This is of course due to the face of the right minister, but there are many people in the green forest who want to kill him to become famous. After entering the capital, they often come and go. Li firmly suppressed the Great Guangming Cult in the south and could not go north. This is strength.

For big figures such as Cai and Tong, they don't even bother to look at this kind of low-level strength, but after the downfall of the right minister, he has the most power on hand.Although Zhuji's store was shut down and many people left it, its core strength has not been affected.

Based on Tie Tianying's understanding of Zhuji these days, the structure of the shop established by Ning Yi is quite different from that of the outside shops at this time. A series of "shows of grace" and "blessings", the core members are often extraordinarily loyal.Over the past few years, most of them lived together one by one, living and encouraging each other, meeting and chatting together every few days, and having performances or competitions every once in a while.

They have experienced several major events, including the early disaster relief propaganda, and later the fortification of the walls and clearing the fields, and resistance to the Jurchen. Zhuji internally publicized these events with extra enthusiasm.If it weren't for the lack of teachings like Manichaeism and Great Brightness, Tie Tianying really wanted to shape them into an underground cult and report to the top.

And during this period, the part belonging to Zhuji's guards was particularly tenacious, and some of them believed in Buddhism, talked about gods and gods, and performed ascetic practices, which was completely different from ordinary warriors.The Ministry of Criminal Justice has preliminary news that they were once Liangshan bandits, and after repenting, they joined Zhuji for atonement. Tie Tianying doesn't believe it at the moment.But these people take pleasure in self-torture when they fight with others, and they are not afraid of death, which is extremely troublesome.The other part is the green forest warriors that Ning Yi has taken in one after another. After several major incidents, the loyalty of these people to Ning Yi has risen to the level of worship. They often think that they are for the country, the people, and the people of the world. Tie Tianying sneered, but if he wanted to instigate rebellion, he had no way to start.

All of these people have rarely met opponents in Beijing, and many of the remaining ones have even faced the Jurchens' test on the battlefield.Right now, rookies are coming out in large numbers in the capital, but they have restrained themselves and are hiding in the dark.Ever since Ning Yi said to him, "I won't give you Fang Qifo's head again", Tie Tianying has always had a premonition that that man will never let it go.

Even if his wife is safe, he will choose revenge.

Because of this feeling, during the days from the end of April to the beginning of May, on the one hand, he was dealing with various affairs in Beijing, and on the other hand, he was also trying to spare no effort to investigate and infiltrate Zhuji, to find out the other party's thoughts and arrangements. It's a pity that after the Jurchen siege, the Ministry of Punishment has not enough manpower, and he doesn't have much energy to do this for the time being.When Chen Qinghe and Fan Zhong didn't want to get involved in the muddy water, at the end of April, he wrote another letter to Zong Feixiao, asking him to pay more attention to Zhuji's movements.

A few days ago, it was Zong Feixiao who forced Su Tan'er into the river. If Ning Yi wants to take revenge, he must bear the brunt of it. Tie Tianying believes that Zong Feixiao will understand the severity of it.

On the one hand, while doing these things, on the other hand, the trial of Qin Yuyuan in Beijing seems to have come to an end.Up and down the bamboo notes, there is still no movement.On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, Tie Tianying was invited to the martial arts conference in Xiaozhufang, and then he heard about Ning Yi again.

That person is Ren Hengchong, a famous person from Huainan Lulin, nicknamed "Red Fist". After entering Beijing, he singled out two famous experts. He has the notoriety of 'heart demon', this person hides in the capital, and with the influence of the right minister, he commits all kinds of evils, during this period of time, dragons and tigers gather in the capital, and the situation changes, but I have never heard his name appear."

A person next to him said: "This person is famous for his power, and now the right minister has a bad reputation, and his reputation is ruined. He is a running dog, how dare he come out to be arrogant again. Besides, I have heard of the name of the devil. Most of them use heresy and take advantage of the situation to win, and the world will win." People with knowledge don’t even bother to mention it. Now that there are so many heroes gathered in the capital, this person must have gone into hiding.”

"He is indeed hiding." Someone spoke not far away. This person was holding a sword and his figure was as tall and straight as a pine. He was the "Taiyi" Chen Jianyu who had become famous in Beijing in the past two months.His nickname was originally "Taiyi Sword", but later people felt that the word "sword" already existed in this person's name, so they removed the sword from his nickname and took "Taiyi" as his nickname. momentum.

Everyone looked at him, Chen Jianyu looked at the competition on the ring, and said: "This demon lives in the capital. If you want to inquire, it is not a secret. He lives in Huangbai Hutong, and the mansion is heavily guarded. He is probably afraid of people Seeking revenge, not even daring to be famous. Recently, many people have come to challenge me. I went there yesterday and issued a letter of challenge openly. Hmph, this person dared not take up the challenge, and only dared to come out as a housekeeper... I heard people say in the past, This heart demon has nothing to do with killing people in the green forest, and he could faintly compete with Master Zhou Tong for number one in the world, only now did he realize that meeting is not as good as being famous."

"Hahahaha." The "Red Fist" Ren Hengchong laughed loudly, "The number one in the world, how can it be his turn. In the green forest back then, there were rebels Fang La and Fang Qifo named Zhen Tiannan, although they were rebels , the martial arts are really high-strength, Sikong Nan is a master of lightness kungfu, and it is impossible to defend against a magic sword. Master Zhou is invincible with an iron arm. In my opinion, these great masters are all yellow flowers in the green forest now, and there are a few people who can compete for it. For example, the rebel Chen Fan is a disciple of Fang Qifo. When Naishi took revenge, he beheaded Sikong Nan with his own hands, which can be counted as one of them..."

"If you really want to say that you are number one in the world, the old man knows someone, but you can do your part." Before Ren Hengchong finished speaking, someone from a seat not far away interrupted him and interjected.It was Tang Hensheng who was known as the "Eastern God Fist". He founded the "East Heaven Martial Arts Hall" and had many disciples in the southeast. Gao Jue, who is upright and kind-hearted, helps the poor in emergencies, and is now number one in the world, apart from him, there is no one else who can be the second."

That Ren Hengchong said: "Old Tang, number one in the world, you can only know it after you try it. It's not something you can count on by comparing your character."

Both of them are famous for their boxing skills. Although Tang Hensheng is highly skilled in martial arts and has a great reputation, red boxing is not easy to fight. It's not a strange thing for people in the martial arts world to not let it go.At this time Tang Hensheng smiled: "Brother Ren, what do you think of Tang's skill?"

In this matter, Ren Hengchong didn't want to offend him too much, and cupped his hands: "Master Tang's boxing skills have reached perfection, and Ren is also a boxing practitioner, and I admire this."

Tang Hensheng smiled proudly: "Tang's kung fu is not the best in the world, but he has already recognized the kung fu realm. At the beginning of last year, Tang once joined hands with Master Lin of the Daguang Sect, and a few years ago , Tang also asked Master Zhou Tong for boxing skills. To tell you the truth, Tang was defeated twice, but he can speak for the level of martial arts."

Zhou Tong with the iron arm and Lin Zongwu, the leader of the Great Brightness, the two of them, one in front and one behind, can be regarded as figures standing upright in the green forest. Half a year ago, they still had the position of inner demon, so they were naturally scoffed at by everyone at this time.Tang Hensheng was able to join hands with these two one after another, so it was no wonder that he was able to fight all over the capital at this time. Everyone was yearning and stopped to listen to him.

I just heard him say: "Master Zhou Tong, Mr. Tang has always admired him very much. In terms of martial arts, both of them have reached the perfection level. For the past and the present, it is still half a chip higher than Master Zhou. You have never been lucky enough to work with Master Lin. If you have a chance in the future, you may wish to ask him for advice. Master Lin is open-minded and open-minded. , for those who compete with him, he is not only not annoyed, but also has a lot of advice. Tang once got the advice of Master Lin and benefited a lot. There are many talents under his command, such as Crazy Tiger King Nanda, Kuaijian Lu Bingyuan, Monkey King Li Ruo Those who are in need are all master-level masters... It seems that today we are talking about demons and the like, but we are nothing more than a local chicken. But since we talked about it today, we might as well go to the residence of the demons in these two days and ask them In the next gauntlet, challenge yourself."

While talking, Tang Hensheng suggested this.Right now everyone here is going to be famous, like the "Tai Yi Sword", he has never invited people to challenge him before, so others don't know his heroic demeanor that he challenged the heart demon but was avoided by the other party, it is a pity that he did it this time Say it at the rally.Someone proposed this time, and everyone responded one after another, and decided to go to the house of the demon tomorrow together, and challenge him with a letter.

Hearing their calculations, Tie Tianying's heart moved, and he intuitively felt that Ning Yi would not be moved by it, but in any case, if he could cause some trouble for the other party and force him to go crazy, he might be able to find the loophole and catch it. If you grasp some of Zhuji's handles, you may also have the opportunity to see Zhuji's hidden power at this time.Thinking of it this way, he immediately spoke out to encourage him.

Of course, these people are also partial forces who can't get on the stage in Beijing.Neither they nor Tie Tianying expected that a few days later, a huge battle involving Zhuji's power, which they could not get involved in at all, would appear in front of them.

All of this started when the Qin Yuyuan case was finally settled. Although there were some clues to the subsequent development, it was beyond Tie Tianying's expectations...

　I thought it would only stop for one day, but something happened and it stopped for two days. I'm really sorry.Last night, I accompanied my girlfriend to the hospital for injections until early in the morning, and the notice was not issued in time.

Well, this chapter is six thousand words.

　
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