Myriad Paths

The small river beach next to Lishui should have been the headquarters of the Paibo Gang.

This is an ordinary river beach island. There are only a dozen bamboo houses with thatched mud walls. You can fish by sliding the windows. It is covered by reeds on all sides. It can only be used by trackers with no money and rich people who like to 'clean up'. Live in a place like this.

Looking at the surrounding shoals, although they have been blocked, they leak from time to time and water will flow into the house.

Paid the waves to help improve the water. The brothers are also very concerned about the place where they live. They will repair the water blockage if nothing happens. How could the river beach be left in such a broken state?

Something happened?

Li Qi looked carefully at the river beach and found that there were still people living there, but...

They were not members of the Paibo Gang, but unknown women and children. The children were playing and the women were beating clothes.

Did the brothers find new wives recently? After all, they are all trackers, and except for a few, they are all bachelors. I have given them the skills, which is the better part of their lives. At least everyone can get a wife.

With that said, Li Qi asked Lao Ma to stay where he was and walked into the river beach himself.

As soon as they walked in, they saw the women who were doing laundry by the river suddenly became alert. They immediately stood up, called their children to them, and then looked at Li Qi.

However, the moment they saw Li Qi, they immediately lowered their heads.

With clean clothes and a tall horse behind him, dressed like this, he definitely has a much higher status than them.

Looking at themselves, they are all tall and thick, with dark skin, big hips and round waists. They are good at work, but they can't be said to be good-looking.

However, Li Qi didn't care about this. Instead, he took the initiative to step forward and said, "Sister-in-law, is this the Paibo Gang's place?"

The women shook, knelt down immediately, and started crying: "Noble, noble! We didn't grab the land without authorization, they left on their own!"

This reaction made Li Qi sweat so much.

But think about it, it’s normal.

It seems that the Paibo Gang left and the place was occupied by others.

"Sister-in-laws, don't be afraid. I'm just here to see an old friend. There used to be a tracker gang here called the Paibo Gang. Do you know where they went?"

Hearing this, the stout women stopped crying, looked at each other, and then one of them said: "Is this the Paibo Gate you are talking about? Now they have moved out."

Then, another woman immediately added: "I, I heard that there are a few capable people among them who can compete with the bosses on this street, so I stopped working as a tracker and now I go outside the city. After the Paibo Gate was built, there are now respectable people, and we have long since stopped living here.”

"We came here after there was no one here, and we have never taken advantage of it!" the women reiterated again and again, looking really scared.

Li Qi also understood that in a place like this, a stronghold was very important.

If the station is occupied, it will be a life-or-death relationship.

So he nodded: "Sisters-in-law, don't worry. I'm either here to ask for punishment, or to ask for directions. You said Paibo Gang... Paibo Gate went outside the city. Where is it outside the city now?"

"Replying to your Majesty, we heard that Paibo Gate is at the south gate. It's about twenty miles straight ahead. They also have some business there, but we don't know about it." A woman knelt down and said.

"Okay, thank you to the sisters-in-law." Li Qi did not force them to stand up. After all...even if they stood up on their knees, they were still kneeling in their hearts.

This place is not like Chang'an. People who have no cultivation level always stand up with their backs straight. No matter what the cultivation level of the person in front of them is, they all have confidence because they all know that there is a law.

After thanking him, Li Qi took out a few copper coins, about dozens of them, placed them on the ground, and then left.

It wasn't much money, but it was enough for them.

If you give too much, it will be more likely to cause trouble and it will be bad for them.

Li Qi no longer cared about the happy woman behind him. He found Lao Ma and said, "They are outside the city. We'd better fly for a while, otherwise it will be too troublesome to get out from here."

Old Ma rhymed.

Li Qi can now understand what Lao Ma means. He is saying, aren't you afraid of local officials?

Yes, flying in the city is indeed a bit contemptuous of the authority of the government. After all, a strong dragon cannot suppress a local snake. The prefect of Lizhou is also a local seventh grade, so he must give people some face.

But Li Qi shook his head: "Don't worry about that. Authority is not given by others. They don't care about the land of Lizhou themselves."

When Lao Ma heard this, he said nothing more.

Thinking about it, even if it seems to Lao Ma, this land basically relies on grassroots autonomy. Wherever you can see it, the laws are invalid and the government has no face. All it can do is harvest the popularity and use them as the composition of sacrifices. .

They use their own existing violence to tyrannically suppress the lower class and let the lower class maintain order on their own. They are only responsible for dealing with those who cause too much trouble to prevent the order from collapsing.

This attitude is neither in line with the orthodox witchcraft nor the orthodox humanity, but is somewhat similar to that of a 'demon'.

But he is not a complete devil, because the devil's way of doing whatever he wants and treating everything in the world as his own playground is hateful, but he is also unrestrained and wild. His cautious and cautious appearance does not look like a devil.

It can only be said to be 'my own way', but mixed with some ideas from other ways.

In fact, this is the current situation of most practitioners. Not everyone is a member of the Great Dao. Many small Daos follow their own paths, but they have to be influenced by the Great Dao and become incongruous.

For example, Li Weng was the "ghost" that Li Qi first encountered. He collected various fragments and groped his way forward.

However, Li Qi had lived in this place after all and experienced the embarrassment of this kind of Dao, so he had some opinions about the local government.

Old Ma figured this out and said no more. He let Li Qi ride on his back, and his hooves burst into a series of green thunders and jumped directly into the air.

He flew so powerfully, and it was not easy to restrain.

It can be seen that the local government immediately responded. Someone suddenly took action from somewhere and burst out the power of the eighth grade, but saw an invisible ripple rushing towards Li Qi.

Li Qi turned around and glared.

His eyes were bright, which was the habitat of the sun and moon gods in the small world of human body.

With just one glance, the ripples collapsed in an instant.

At the same time, in a luxurious mansion in Lizhou City——

This seems to be a stronghold of a powerful force in the city. You can see that many disciples are practicing in the courtyard outside, working hard and sweating.

And inside, there is a hall, in which sits a big man in Lizhou City, the leader of Qianjimen, who is also the Lizhou Situ, a great master of the eighth rank, who is one of the best in Lizhou City.

He sat in the room, motionless.

It's not that he doesn't want to move, but he doesn't dare to move.

On his hand, there is something like a "gaze", which nails his hand firmly to the table.

He was sweating profusely and didn't dare to move.

What kind of power is that?

Only the strongest person he has ever seen, the governor of Lizhou, can do this! ?

Is this a governor-level strongman! ?

As for the state lord level, he dare not even think about it. It is said that it is a powerful person who can roam outside the domain and control countless worlds!

The other party flew to the restricted air zone and left Lizhou City.

Must report to the governor!

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Flying in the sky, the old horse took a leisurely stroll and did not speed up, so even if the distance was only a few dozen miles, it would take a few minutes to run.

After all, it was a stroll.

He ran like this, saying: "Lululu~."

Li Qi listened to this and understood what he said: "Aren't you afraid of someone catching up?"

So he smiled and said: "It's better to catch up, isn't it just to let them catch up before you take action."

The old horse shook his head.

This bad guy, what is he thinking about?

Forget it, why worry about it? I'm just a horse.

A few minutes passed in a flash, and the old horse quickly landed outside a mountain gate.

It's not that he knows the way, but mainly because there is only one mountain gate in the surrounding area of ​​more than ten miles, and some large houses are built behind it, and there are walls around it. There are several thousand people living in this mountain house, some working, and some practicing martial arts.

It really looks like a martial arts sect, and there are even inner houses where you can see some women and children living.

Li Qi did not fly directly into the mansion in the mountains, but let Lao Ma land outside the mountain gate.

After all, they were once brothers, so there was no need to be high and mighty, so he was ready to go up and give them a surprise.

However, when he took Lao Ma to the outside of the mountain gate, Li Qi suddenly blended into nature and covered himself.

Because he saw that outside the mountain gate, it seemed that a wedding was being held.

You can see a very festive red sedan chair, surrounded by lanterns, drums and music, blowing and beating, and joyful.

Some people hold candles and wedding couplets, and some people carry bursts of firecrackers.

The groom rode a big horse and walked in front of the team, but the horse was not very obedient, so he held his legs tightly to prevent him from falling off.

It can be seen that the horse was not tamed, but was forced forward by force. After all, there is no way to tame animals in Lizhou, and these natural spirit animals are difficult to obey.

Li Qi knew the groom, Huang Si, a hard-working young man in the Paibo Gang. He respected Li Qi and his uncle very much. It seemed that he got married today.

If it was normal, Li Qi should show up now to congratulate his former brothers.

However, Li Qi's expression was a little wrong, because he found that the bride's face did not show any joy, but kept sobbing under the veil.

The bride's family members also followed behind, although they were smiling, but it was obvious that they were forcing a smile.

However, the brothers of the Paibo Gang were all smiling and chatting with each other.

Even, you can see that a young man was chatting with the bride's family members: "Father-in-law, I haven't gotten married yet, what do you think~?"

It seems that this is not just a simple bride's family member, but the village chief of a village.

"Uh... Sir, you haven't got married yet?" The old man immediately forced a smile and said, "I already have a wife, so I don't need one for now." The young man said, "But I have a cousin who is in need of a concubine. What do you think, old man?" "That's perfect. I have a daughter who is still young and has not been engaged yet. I want to marry you, my dear brother. What do you think?" The old man said hurriedly. The young man laughed, but pretended to control his tone and said in unfamiliar classical Chinese, "Although that boy has practiced some martial arts and entered my Paibo School, he has not made any progress yet. How dare he marry into your family?"

The old man then said, "My brother is wrong. I think your brother will be very rich in the future. I beg you to agree."

From the conversation between the two parties, it can be seen that the old man speaks in a refined manner and looks like a well-educated person. On the contrary, the young men of the Paibo Gang have a sense of being pretentious. Their elegant language is full of mistakes and mixed with vernacular and literary.

However, seeing the old man begging him, the young man smiled even more happily and said, "Thank you for your kindness, brother. I dare not refuse. I will ask how old your daughter is? I will come to marry her when I choose an auspicious day to propose."

The old man replied, "My little girl... is only fifteen years old. She was born in the 632nd year of Dalu. Her birth date is Yichou, Dinghai, Wuwu, and Renzi——"

Then, the two continued to discuss the marriage.

Li Qi listened for a while, then led the old horse to the gate of the mountain, and then released the state of being integrated with nature.

The convoy that was moving forward didn't notice it at first, but when it reached the mountain gate, it found that it was blocked by a man and a horse.

The attendant next to him immediately shouted: "What a big dog guts! Who are you from? Today is the big day of Master Huang of Paibomen. How dare you block the door!?"

After speaking, the attendant didn't even wait for Li Qi to speak. He raised his fists together, and saw a stream of martial arts internal energy rising up through his legs, linking the dragon bones, and the force rose from the ground, and rushed towards Li Qi!

This punch was powerful and heavy, with a force of ten thousand pounds. It was obvious that it exploded twice the strength of Li Liuyi!

With this move alone, he has reached the level of a master who is not in the grade. He can be a leader in a big gang in Lizhou City, and even in a big sect like Qianjimen, he can have a coach.

However, Li Qi stood still, but the old horse took two steps forward, then raised his hind hoof, and kicked out directly with a thunder.

The fist and the hoof met.

This kick directly kicked the aggressive young man away. The green lightning spread over his body, but with a click, his fist suddenly became limp, and his five fingers became soft like noodles, and his bones were broken.

For those who are not in the rank, this kind of injury is enough to prevent them from practicing martial arts for half a year, and they can't fight with others.

Along with the screams of this young man, the young people around him drew their weapons or showed their fists.

Another person came out and shouted loudly: "Which sect are you from? Please tell me your name, and make it clear if you have any hatred or grudges! It is a taboo to break up someone's marriage in the world. Aren't you afraid of being punished by the elders of the sect!"

Li Qi frowned when he heard it, so he took the initiative to step forward and wanted to say something.

However, when Li Qi just walked out, Huang Si, who was originally sitting on a tall horse, was stunned.

"Brother Li?!" He said in surprise.