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Returning to the inn room, You Hongzhuo excitedly reported the information he had inquired about to Mr. Zhao, who was drinking tea and reading a book. But clearly, the two seniors already knew about this information. Search: \(Finish Book Website\) to read high-quality literature for free. Mr. Zhao simply smiled and nodded after listening. You Hongzhuo couldn't help but ask, "Then... are you two seniors also going to Ze Prefecture for that righteous man, Wang Shitong?"

The other party simply smiled and shook his head, "We couple don't participate in matters of Jianghu gatherings. Passing through Ze Prefecture, it's fine to watch the excitement. If you're so interested, you can also take a look along the way, but the Ze Prefecture Branch of the Great Brightness Sect, whose leader is Tan Zheng, your fourth brother might appear if he really is a traitor to his brothers. You have to be careful."

"Mm." You Hongzhuo calmed down slightly and nodded. After a moment, his heart couldn't help but surge again, "The Black Flag Army shook the world a few years ago, and only they could resist the Jin invaders without defeat. If they can reappear in Ze Prefecture, it would truly be a major event..."

"After the three-year battle of Xiaocang River, the Central Plains suffered a loss of vitality. The Hua Xia Army could hardly escape unscathed. Two years ago, Xin Mo died in battle, and the Black Flag retreated south. Later, the remaining troops took root in Tibet and Sichuan, bordering Dali. If you're interested, you can travel there in the future to take a look." As Mr. Zhao spoke, he turned the page of the book in his hand, "As for Wang Shitong, it's hard to say whether he's a remnant of the Black Flag. Even if he is, the chaos in the Central Plains is difficult to restore. The Black Flag Army has worked hard to leave some strength behind, and they shouldn't expose themselves for this matter."

"...Why?" You Hongzhuo hesitated for a moment.

"What good would exposing themselves do? The Wu Dynasty retreated to Jiangnan, and the so-called Great Qi in the Central Plains is just an empty shell. The Jin people will come south again sooner or later. Two years ago, the Black Flag was defeated, and the remaining people shrank in the corner of the southwest. The Wu Dynasty, Tibet, and Dali didn't dare to touch it for a time. No one knows how much power it still has. However... once it comes out, it will inevitably be a Bolang blow against the Jin Kingdom. The forces left in the Central Plains will certainly be useful at that time. At this time, not to mention some hidden forces, even if the Black Flag is powerful and occupies the Central Plains, it would just be at the forefront of future battles..."

Mr. Zhao stopped talking here and shook his head, "These things are uncertain, and we'll see when the time comes... Go, practice your swordsmanship and rest early."

Only then did You Hongzhuo bid farewell and leave. He returned to his room, his eyes still a little dazed. This inn was not small, but it was already somewhat dilapidated. Voices came from upstairs and downstairs, the air was stuffy. You Hongzhuo sat for a while and practiced a little in the room. In the time that followed, his heart was not very peaceful.

In fact, what really touched him suddenly was not Mr. Zhao's words about the Black Flag, but the simple sentence "The Jin people will come south again sooner or later."

There were many things that he was still young and hadn't thought about much in the past. After his family was destroyed, he killed those monks and stepped into the outside world. He could still look at this Jianghu with fresh eyes, fantasizing about becoming a generation of heroes who would be respected by the people of Jianghu. Later, when he was hunted down and hungry, he naturally didn't have too many thoughts. But these past two days traveling together, and hearing what Mr. Zhao said today, suddenly, he felt a little unreal in his heart.

When the Jin people come on a large scale again, new conquests will arise.

--All of this will be gone in the future.

He was a martial artist, and he wasn't afraid of fighting, killing, or even death. In the past, he hadn't felt much when he saw people dying on the road, dry fields, beggars, or even when he was starving to death. The world was like this, nothing surprising. However, when he thought that these things in front of him would be gone, he suddenly felt that it was already very miserable.

Thinking about these things, he gradually became more diligent when practicing his swordsmanship that night, thinking that if there was another great chaos in the future, it would just be death. By the early hours of the next morning, when the sky was just beginning to light up, he got up early again and practiced his swordsmanship repeatedly dozens of times in the courtyard of the inn.

After breakfast that day, the three of them set off again, embarking on the road to Ze Prefecture. The summer sun was scorching, and the long-neglected official road was not easy to walk. Low grass and dwarf trees surrounded them, and low mountain ravines ran horizontally. Occasionally, when they saw villages, they all looked desolate and decadent. This was the ordinary atmosphere in a chaotic world. There were a few travelers on the road, more than yesterday. Obviously, they were all travelers going to Ze Prefecture. Among them, they also encountered many Green Forest people carrying swords and weapons. Some of them had special yellow cloth belts tied around their waists, which were the symbols of the Great Brightness Sect's secular disciples and guardians.

That day, around noon, they saw a team of carriages, horses, and soldiers coming from the road in a mighty manner.

The soldier team was about three to five hundred people, guarding the carriages of several Jin noblemen. Wherever they went, they ordered passersby to kneel and bow their heads. You Hongzhuo and the other two were resting on a hillside near the post road, just watching this scene from afar. When the convoy passed by, they saw the curtain of the carriage in the center of the team being blown open by the wind. Inside, a gorgeously dressed girl vaguely peeked out. Although she was a Jin person, she didn't look very ferocious.

"If I were below, and suddenly launched an attack at this time, I could probably chop off her dog's head with one knife..."

You Hongzhuo was a young man, and seeing that everyone along the way of this carriage was

forced to kneel, he was most indignant. As he was thinking this, he saw someone suddenly rise up and launch an attack from the crowd, a sleeve arrow shooting towards the woman in the carriage. This person rose up suddenly, and many people had not yet reacted. The next moment, a mounted soldier beside the carriage pounced on her body, blocking the sleeve arrow with his body. The soldier fell to the ground. When the surrounding people reacted, they rushed towards the assassin.

The assassin missed with a sleeve arrow. Taking advantage of the cover of the surrounding crowd, he immediately retreated. The guarding soldiers rushed over. For a time, the surrounding area seemed to explode. The civilians kneeling there blocked the soldiers' path and were knocked into the blood. The assassin fled towards the hillside. A large number of soldiers drew their bows and shot arrows, brushing two rounds of arrows. Several civilians were affected and shot dead. The assassin was shot twice in the back and fell dead among the gravel on the hillside.

The sudden assassination changed the atmosphere around the post road. The surrounding passersby could not help but be trembling. The soldiers ran around, cut off the assassin's head, and searched for the assassin's accomplices among the surrounding Green Forest people. The soldier who selflessly blocked the arrow for the Jin people did not die. After a slight check, the surrounding soldiers cheered.

This team of soldiers was all Han Chinese.

That day's journey only had such a small episode. The three of them were not affected. Around Shen Shi, a yellow ancient city surrounded by a river appeared in the distance of the winding official road. Ze Prefecture had arrived.

Ze Prefecture is an important geographical hub in the Taihang and Hebei areas of the Central Plains, a majestic town in southern Hebei, surrounded by water on all sides, and the city is strong. Since Tian Hu occupied it, he has been carefully managing it. At this time, it is an important border area of the Tiger King's territory. During this period, due to Wang Shitong being escorted over, Tian Hu's army and surrounding Green Forest people have gathered here, and Ze Prefecture has also strengthened its city defense and vigilance. For a time, the atmosphere outside the city was quite lively.

The military-filled city gate was quite troublesome to guard and check. It took the three of them some time to enter the city. Ze Prefecture has an important geographical location and a long history. The houses and buildings in the city can be seen to be somewhat old. The market is dirty and old, but there are many pedestrians. And at this time, the most frequently seen are soldiers who have taken off their armor but have not unloaded their military uniforms. They are in groups of three or five, wandering in the streets of the city, making loud noises. This makes Ze Prefecture even more lively.

The three of them found an inn in the city to stay. After a little inquiry, You Hongzhuo learned about the development of the matter, but for a moment, he was a little dumbfounded.

——The rebel Wang Shitong and a group of his accomplices were escorted to Ze Prefecture the day before yesterday, and are scheduled to be executed in six days. The person in charge of escorting the rebels was Sun Qi, a general under the Tiger King. He led his 50,000 troops, together with the 20,000 troops originally stationed here, and is now stationed in Ze Prefecture, sitting in the surrounding area.

Now, Ze Prefecture alone has 70,000 troops gathered under the Tiger King. Although most of these troops are arranged to be stationed in the military camps outside the city, after the great victory in the battle with the "Hungry Ghosts", the military discipline of the army is not very well maintained. Every day, a large number of soldiers enter the city, either whoring, drinking, or making trouble. This adds a bit of liveliness to Ze Prefecture at this time.

However, with 70,000 troops sitting here, how much of a wave can the gathered Green Forest people or the rumored remnants of the Black Flag stir up here?

As the sun sets, it shines on the simple earthen building of a small inn in Ze Prefecture. For a time, You Hongzhuo, who had just arrived, was a little confused. And upstairs, the Black Wind Twin Fiends, Mr. and Mrs. Zhao, opened the windows, looking at this simple city, covered in a quiet, bloody sunset.

The liveliness in the city also represents rare prosperity. This is a rare and peaceful moment.

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All things have cause and effect. The birth and death of one thing must be accompanied by the disturbance of another inducement. If there is a supreme being in this world, in his eyes, the world may be countless running lines. They appear, develop, collide, diverge, twist, and annihilate, and continue with time...

The Central Plains in the eighth year of Jian Shuo of the Wu Dynasty and the sixth year of Da Qi was a chaotic land that had lost most of its order. In this land, the rise and fall of forces, the success and failure of ambitious people, the gathering and dispersal of crowds, no matter how bizarre and abrupt, were no longer surprising things.

Because of the unreasonableness of gatherings and dispersals, all major events seemed ordinary. Of course, perhaps only the participants in each gathering and dispersal could feel the suffocating heaviness and unforgettable pain.

The Central Plains, Weisheng, is now a pivotal place in the Central Plains.

Because King Jin, Tian Hu, has his capital here.

King Jin, commonly known as the Tiger King, was originally a hunter who raised his banner and became king when the Wu Dynasty was still prosperous. To be fair, his strategies were not profound. All the way here, whether it was rebellion, land grabbing, or proclaiming himself emperor, he didn't seem clever. However, time has passed, and in the blink of an eye, more than ten years have passed. The rebels or heroes of his era have all retired from the historical stage. This Tiger King, taking advantage of the Jin invasion, relied on his clumsy but flexible and forbearing ways to build a large country, and its foundation has become increasingly deep.

For more than ten years, although nominally still subordinate to Liu Yu of Da Qi, the leaders of many forces in the Central Plains understood that, in terms of strength alone, the forces under the Tiger King's command had long surpassed the nominal Da Qi Dynasty. In the few years since the establishment of Da Qi

, he occupied large areas north of the Yellow River, buried his head in development, and maintained the safest area north of the Yellow River and even north of the Yangtze River in this chaotic situation. In terms of foundation alone, he was the deepest "prominent family" compared to Liu Yu, who had only been established for six years, and many other forces that had risen in a shorter time.

Of course, even so, there would be struggles in the Jin King's court.

In the more than ten years of "nation-building", the Jin King's court has experienced dozens or even dozens of political struggles, large and small. New talents who rose in the Tiger King's system fell one by one, and batches of popular court figures gained and lost power. This is also a test that a rough regime will inevitably have. In May of the eighth year of Jian Shuo of the Wu Dynasty, the court of Weisheng experienced another upheaval, and an "old man" under the Tiger King, who had once been quite important, fell. For the people in the court, this was a small matter.

Parallel to this matter was the migration and border intrusion of hundreds of thousands of hungry ghosts outside the borders of the Jin King's territory. Therefore, at the end of May, the Tiger King ordered the army to be dispatched - by now, this matter has already had results.

A great victory.

As evening approached, the entire city of Weisheng seemed prosperous, but teams of soldiers were constantly patrolling the streets of the city, with extremely strict security. The palace where the Tiger King was located, "Tianji Palace", which had been built for more than ten years, was equally heavily guarded. The powerful minister Hu Ying passed through the layers of corridors of Tianji Palace. After being reported by the guards all the way, he saw the Tiger King, Tian Hu, sitting in the palace.

He was there to report the most important series of recent events, which included the progress of Ze Prefecture. The "Ghost King" Wang Shitong was the most critical link in the series of actions by the Jin King.

"...It can now be confirmed that this Wang Shitong was indeed a remnant of the Black Flag in Xiaocang River back then. No obvious action by the remnants of the Black Flag has been seen in the Ze Prefecture area. The Green Forest people have passed by a lot under the instigation of the Great Brightness Sect, but they are not enough to worry about. All other places have been closely monitored..."

Hu Ying reported the situation one after another. Tian Hu listened quietly, his sturdy body stood up. He looked at Hu Ying coldly for a long time, and finally slowly went to the window.

"Xin Mo Ning Yi is indeed a demon in people's hearts, Hu Qing. I have prepared for this matter for two years. If the Black Flag is not eliminated, it will be difficult for me to make any major moves in the Central Plains. You must keep an eye on this matter. I will not treat you badly."

"Your minister has also prepared for this matter for two years, and will definitely do his best, and will not fail your Majesty's trust!"

When Hu Ying expressed his loyalty, Tian Hu looked at the scenery outside the window, his eyes fierce. Two years ago, Xin Mo Ning Yi's death surprised the world, but many subsequent messages also made many forces in the Central Plains unable to advance or retreat, like a thorn in their throat. In the past two years, although the Central Plains region no longer mentioned the Black Flag, Ning Yi and other matters, all the rising forces in this area were actually uneasy. No one knew how many Black Flag pawns had been quietly infiltrating the interior of every force since five years ago.

However, what can be clearly determined is that these things are not groundless. In the two years of peace and chaos, whether it was Liu Yu's Da Qi Dynasty or the Tiger King's court, they had actually caught or discovered the shadows of the remnants of the Black Flag to varying degrees. As a king, how could he tolerate such unfounded suspicions?

After these two years of peace and chaos, King Jin, Tian Hu, who had the deepest control over his own power, finally began to take action to pull out the poisonous thorn in his body in one fell swoop!

A storm is coming. The entire Tiger King's territory has actually become desolate and silent——

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