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The spring breeze caresses Muye County in the morning, and朵朵cotton clouds float in the sky. From a distance, you can see the sunlight pouring down on the small county town from the openings in the clouds. The boundary of that sunlight stretches across the county town as the clouds drift. Search: \(\"End\" \"Book\" \"God\" \"Station\") to read high-quality literature for free.

After breakfast, Ning Yi and Tan'er strolled towards the river bank. They were not followed by many people, which could be considered a private moment for the couple.

The slight unease caused by Yun Zhu earlier seemed to have dissipated at this point. Afterwards, the couple would also return to Jiangning to pay respects to the family members who died in the Liangshan incident. But in fact, the time spent together this time would not be much. Firstly, because of Ning Yi's favor, there might still be some trouble, and the couple would not travel south together. Secondly, because of the situation regarding Fang Qi Fo in the south, there had been some changes in the past couple of days, making it difficult to decide how to react.

However, as long as the couple understood each other, these minor problems were ultimately not too troubling.

"...Originally, I thought those two Captains would take some time to make their move, but who knew they would do it so early? I'm afraid several major clans have already dispatched many people... With the situation so chaotic, are you really planning to intervene, my lord?"

Walking by the river, Su Tan'er spoke softly, with a hint of worry. Having managed the family for so many years, although she was a woman, she had enough decisiveness. However, she had ultimately not ventured into higher levels, and when this incident involved Grand Mentor Wang Fu, as well as several major clans near the capital, including the Cai, Han, Zuo, and Qi families, it was reasonable for her to be primarily concerned while trusting Ning Yi.

Ning Yi naturally understood this. In fact, if it weren't for the fact that he indeed owed a favor to Chen Fan, Liu Xigua, and others in this matter, even if it involved other family members, Su Tan'er would probably choose to stay far away, preferably without touching or getting involved at all.

"So, I'm considering it too." Ning Yi nodded. "Before the situation becomes clear, I'm not too sure what to do. Although the Secret Intelligence Division has certain supervisory responsibilities over these matters, the involvement this time is too deep. They don't have any large-scale weapons of mass destruction yet, so rashly intervening might easily cause public anger..."

Tan'er, who was being led by the hand by Ning Yi, frowned: "Large-scale... weapons of mass destruction?"

"Heh, just kidding."

Tan'er pursed her lips, then rolled her eyes at Ning Yi, laughing: "What time is it, and you're still joking, my lord? That Xigua girl is probably being chased right now..."

"There's nothing I can do about it..."

The news about the Fang Qi Fo incident in the south had actually arrived that morning.

Since Qin Si Yuan's return to the position of Prime Minister, the once stagnant functions of the Secret Intelligence Division had gradually recovered, but its operations within the Wu Dynasty were actually complex and diverse. Rather than a reconnaissance system controlled by royal power, it was more like a private army placed under the Right Minister to cooperate with the Northern Expedition.

After all, there were still many powerful figures in the Wu Dynasty's political arena at this time. In addition, with a developed economy, several large families were deeply entrenched after colluding with the officialdom. The current Sage Zhou Zhe was good at balancing things, and on the premise that everything was for the Northern Expedition, he then enabled Li Gang, a stubborn figure, and used Qin Si Yuan, who was powerful in both reputation and means, as assistant prime minister, and tacitly allowed the existence of the Secret Intelligence Division. If not, just those large merchants who used to do business with the Liao Kingdom and had entangled interests would be enough to prevent the prime minister's orders from leaving the capital. Even if Tong Guan and others could lead troops in the Northern Expedition, the logistics would definitely be a mess.

For this reason, after the Secret Intelligence Division was restarted, what it did more was not to maintain regional peace and stability, but to first attack the various political enemies of the two prime ministers in the court and in local areas. Although Ning Yi had participated in the Hangzhou and Liangshan incidents, they were not the main business of the Secret Intelligence Division.

What Green Forest heroes, bandits and brigands, the troubles they caused were actually not even as great as the impact of an official in Beijing secretly opposing the Northern Expedition or disobeying the prime minister's orders. The so-called "A hero is one who serves the country and its people," although it seemed interesting, in fact, considering the difficulty of command, training, and the cost of use, those unruly Green Forest figures were actually not as useful as ordinary farmers. Qin Si Yuan's indifference to Zhou Tong was not because he lacked insight, but because it was indeed the case.

Therefore, in the Secret Intelligence Division, the proportion of supervision over the Green Forest was not large. In principle, the imperial court did not care about the life or death of these people. Initially, Ji Kun would casually take a look while dealing with other matters. After Ning Yi joined, although it was not explicitly stated, most of the affairs were actually transferred to Ning Yi—this has always been regarded as Ning Yi's quirk—Qin Si Yuan and others were quite sorry for his neglect of his proper duties, especially after Ning Yi participated in some other detailed affairs related to overall planning, the regret increased day by day.

Of course, after all, it was a friendship between gentlemen, and there was no master-disciple relationship between them. After saying it a few times, Qin Si Yuan stopped talking about it, and regarding the Green Forest, he had the meaning of "If you want to play, then take it and play." After that, most of the news about the Green Forest would come to Ning Yi for filing.

However, this was not the later generations after all, and the transmission of information had its limitations. After Ning Yi came to Muye, many messages would first go to the capital and then be sent to Muye. Ning Yi specially asked someone to intercept them on the way, and that morning, he learned that Tie Tian Ying, Zong Fei Xiao, and others had launched an attack in advance, leading their subordinates to destroy the remnants of Fang Baihua's forces. The heavy casualties on Fang Baihua's side, without showing the advantage of a gathering of martial arts masters, proved that at least an equal force had been dispatched on the other side.

The Secret Intelligence Division did not have enough manpower arranged in this area, and the news that came was only a rough outline. Ning Yi found it difficult to understand the whole picture of the situation from it. He could only speculate that a force led by Wang Fu, or a certain family, or several families, had finally launched a thunderous blow. When these people took action together, the Secret Intelligence Division was said to have the responsibility of supervision, but in reality, it was still something they could not afford to provoke.

After he read it in the morning, he was silent for a while, then ate, exercised, teased the children, and looked as usual, but Su Tan'er naturally understood what her husband was thinking. What she said at this time was exactly what he might be worried about. The two walked along the river bank for a while, and Ning Yi did not avoid it.

"...There are some people that I really hope can live, but... the wind comes and goes, clouds gather and scatter, if things can't be as people wish, it's all fate, but it's okay, Chen Fan and the others are very powerful..."

These words could be said simply, but their actual meaning was quite heavy. The two stood on the river bank, and Tan'er squeezed his palm with both hands, without speaking. After a while, she showed a gentle smile and sighed. Ning Yi also squeezed the back of her hand.

The two sat down by the river, and then talked about the time to go south to Jiangning. After returning to the county town, near the rented courtyard, the people inside and outside the courtyard were still doing their work in an orderly manner. The construction site for building warehouses not far away was in full swing. The stewards in charge of reporting here occasionally entered and exited the courtyard gate. The cook who purchased food came in through the side door with goods. Xiao Chan pushed Ning Xi's small wooden cart to play in the courtyard. Ning Yi's several "salesmen" that he brought had been released to investigate the nearby situation.

Ning Yi would occasionally go out to see the construction site, occasionally come back to help his wife with accounting, or walk under the eaves and in the courtyard. The sun was setting, and the air was warm and pleasant. But perhaps because there was something difficult to decide in his heart, the spring afternoon felt somewhat like a dull summer.

However, not long after Wei Shi (1:00-3:00 pm), a new piece of information was passed over. After Ning Yi read it, he frowned and thought for a long time. When Su Tan'er came over with a plate of round, glutinous cakes, Ning Yi was standing under the eaves, staring blankly at the flower pot. In the flower pot was the flower planted by Xing'er, which now only had two tender shoots growing out.

"My lord, what's wrong?" Tan'er asked doubtfully, holding the plate.

Ning Yi turned his head to look at her, then smiled, but the smile was quite complicated. He thought for a moment before taking out a piece of paper from behind him and speaking: "Nothing... weapons of mass destruction... seems to be available."

"Huh?"

Tan'er's expression was slightly surprised. She subconsciously put a finger that should have been stained with sugar glaze to her mouth to lick it, then handed the plate to Ning Yi and took the intelligence in his hand. After taking a look, her brows also furrowed.

"I didn't expect it to be news like this." Ning Yi held the plate. "The Secret Intelligence Division doesn't have enough manpower in this area, but the person arranged in that area is obviously an old hand. As soon as he got the news, he felt that he could make a fuss about it and immediately passed it over. 'Mad Tiger' Wang Nantuo, I heard this name once before. In the rumors, I thought he was already dead."

"My lord is planning to use this to make a fuss?"

"I'm still considering how to intervene... The information is too little after all."

Ning Yi put a cake into his mouth and said in a low voice. The news that came in the afternoon was a supplement to the situation in the south. In this siege of Fang Baihua, there appeared a figure suspected to be the "Mad Tiger" Wang Nantuo of that year, and among the participants, there seemed to be many old members of the Manichean sect of that year.

"If what it says above is true..." Tan'er thought for a while, "This matter may even involve that... Si Kong Nan you mentioned before?"

Green Forest intelligence is often based on conjecture. It's a little hard to believe that the troubles of Fang La can still involve the internal strife of the Manichean sect more than ten years ago, so Ning Yi shook his head.

"There are also some ambiguous things in this news, so it can't be completely believed, but if it really involves the Manichean sect, it's not impossible. More than ten years ago, the Manichean sect itself was a major folk religion. After Fang La drove away Si Kong Nan, he also carried out internal cleansing. Some powerful people seized the opportunity to give these people shelter. It's not something difficult to imagine. With this excuse, if the Secret Intelligence Division really wants to participate, there is a reason, but I can't grasp exactly what to do and to what extent."

Tan'er held the paper and hesitated for a moment: "If we go there... we can see it more clearly..."

"..."

"...Then let's set off earlier." After she finished speaking, her eyes became clear, and then she sighed, sniffed, and looked at him with a smile, "Is it delicious?"

"This?" Ning Yi held the soft cake in his hand, "Not bad."

"I just made it, I'll pack it for you to eat on the road." She came over to take the plate from Ning Yi's hand, and then bumped her head against Ning Yi's shoulder, "These little things, come home when you have a clue, I'll wait for you in Jiangning." Ning Yi smiled and patted the back of her hand.

The reason was one thing, but when you encounter this kind of thing, it's not easy to decide whether to get involved or not. After Tan'er left, Ning Yi stood under the eaves for a long time before sighing and calling Zhu Biao.

"Notify everyone to prepare their weapons and prepare to set off. We have a project... You've always been thinking about martial arts masters."

"Ah? Who is it?" Zhu Biao's eyes lit up, and Ning Yi smiled and showed him the news.

"'Mad Tiger' Wang Nantuo, he was a great master more than ten years ago. This time, it may also involve more powerful characters. Anyway... prepare first."

"Yes." Zhu Biao took the order and went to gather people happily. Ning Yi then called another steward of the Secret Intelligence Division in the team.

"Notify the Chongping County area, including the contact person who sent this message, all available manpower. This is a major event, we have to go for a trip."

That person took the order and went out. Ning Yi packed his luggage in the room, including firearms, crossbows, lime powder, etc. When he went out, he saw Xiao Chan holding Ning Xi standing on the corridor outside the door looking at him. Little Ning Xi opened her arms to let him hug her without any care, but Xiao Chan blinked her eyes, wanting to speak but feeling a little embarrassed to open her mouth. Ning Yi went over to hug the child and also hugged Xiao Chan: "It's okay, this time it will be fast, we'll see you in Jiangning."

"My lord, don't get hurt..." Xiao Chan said softly.

Ning Yi thought for a while and nodded with a smile.

*******************

In the afternoon, hundreds of miles away in the southern mountains and hills, it was raining. The spring rain, like oil, soaked the whole world, and the rustling seemed to leave nowhere to go. Not long ago, large and small battles between martial arts people had broken out in this mountain field, but at this time it has gradually become silent. The heavy rain scattered the blood, soaked the corpses, and began to blur the traces on the ground that could be traced, so that one side that was originally passing through this mountain field and in a disadvantageous position got a little respite.

In a nunnery located in this continuous hilly mountain field, the sound of moans due to pain occasionally came from under the dripping eaves. A figure carrying a raincoat passed through the courtyard. When he opened the raincoat, he revealed Xigua's face, which was a little pale and haggard. She looked at Fang Baihua, whose face was even more haggard due to the injury, and shook her head.

"The surroundings are temporarily okay, no one is chasing after us..."

Fang Baihua nodded, and Xigua turned to go elsewhere. There were not many people gathered here at this time. More than half had already been injured. Xigua walked to the place where Fang Shuchang and others gathered. Their injuries were either light or severe. The most serious was Du Sha. During the battle, his arm was poisoned, and in order to save his life, his entire left arm was cut off by Fang Shuchang on the spot. At this time, the man with only his right hand left was lying on the ground, and blood was still seeping from the bandage at the broken end of his left arm. No one knew if he could survive this.

Dozens of miles away from this nunnery, in the mountains, another figure was traveling through the grass and trees. Chen Fan carried Ji Qian'er, with "Mandarin Duck Sabers," all the way forward, and the two blocked the rain with a large coat hastily woven from artemisia. Because Ji Qian'er's injuries were not light, Chen Fan almost tied her to his back, which caused a lot of protests.

"...You put me down, I can walk by myself."

"...If you come down now, you want to burden me, right? I haven't gotten rid of those bastards, so save your strength."

"Put down this old lady and you'll know who's burdening whom!"

"...I'm not a twelve-year-old child anymore, so you can't fool me? Don't make noise."

Although carrying a person, Chen Fan's breath was long and his steps were swift, and his speed in crossing mountains and ridges was extremely fast. In fact, martial arts practitioners usually learn medicine, at least in terms of internal and external injuries, no one can hide from anyone.

"...Hmph! I don't want to argue with you, but... now the dangerous place hasn't been escaped, it's good if you can save me, if you can't save me and you take me with you, I'd be reluctant to die as a ghost..."

"...Rest assured, I, Chen Fan, will be invincible soon, you... be careful..."

"Be careful!"

The two spoke almost at the same time. Chen Fan suddenly stepped aside, and Ji Qian'er swiped a saber to smash open a flying locust stone. The next moment, Chen Fan's body broke through the rain curtain, rushing out like a mad tiger, rushing towards the bushes in front.

In the bushes, before one person could hold up a long spear, Chen Fan had already rushed over. With a bang, he slammed with a single arm, and in the rain curtain, there was a loud noise. Water splashed, the long spear was broken, and the man and the spear were directly smashed into the grass and mud behind him. Fresh blood burst open for a moment. Another person slashed with a knife, but Chen Fan blocked it with one hand, rushing, leaping, rolling, and Ji Qian'er's twin sabers brushed out lines of blood in the air. When Chen Fan got up from the ground with Ji Qian'er on his back, one of the single sabers in Ji Qian'er's hand flew out, slashing and spinning along the grass on the ground. Following closely behind was a stone thrown by Chen Fan. The saber and the stone hit an enemy hiding a few feet away almost at the same time.

When Chen Fan stood firm, in just a short moment, the four people ambushing here had all died.

"...Cough..." Ji Qian'er took a few deep breaths on Chen Fan's back, "Your reaction

is a little slow."

"Although Sister Qian'er, you taught me how to use a knife, but now everyone's realm is different, I think it's a little difficult to accommodate you."

Ji Qian'er struggled to raise her left hand, then slapped Chen Fan on the head with a snap. Chen Fan tilted his head and smiled. When he felt the person behind him breathing evenly, he took a step forward and pulled out the saber thrown by Ji Qian'er from the corpse.

"If you don't want to burden me, hold the saber."

"Do you need to tell me! I will never be without my saber."

After she finished speaking, her body suddenly shook, and Chen Fan felt a hot, sticky liquid spit on the back of his neck, which was a mouthful of blood. But he lifted Ji Qian'er's legs, as if he hadn't noticed.

"Let's go."

"You better hurry up, don't be slow like a woman."

Slightly squinting his eyes, Chen Fan still walked steadily towards the front, seemingly unaware of the harsh fact that he was trapped in the center of the enemy's pursuit.

"After passing this journey, we'll meet up with Xigua and the others, and that's it. Then I can let go of you as a burden, and come back and kill that guy named Wang Nantuo. He has a lot of strength. It's quite handy to fight with him. It's been many years since I've fought so smoothly... Give me some spirit, Sister Qian'er, I let you ride on my back because I hope you can see people higher. If you fall asleep and your forehead is shot by an arrow because it's too conspicuous, I'll laugh to death..."

"...Cough, Xiao Fan, do you know... you're getting more and more verbose..."

********************

It was raining, and in the camp also soaked in the rain, Fang Qi Fo slightly raised his head to look at the rain falling from the sky.

At the same time, to the south, on the official road still hundreds of miles away from here, there was a glimmer of hope he had laid out, and at this time it was galloping from the official road. That was a group of nine riders composed of merchants and wealthy young masters, galloping quickly in the rain. In terms of this identity, they should not have been rushing so urgently, but considering some things, they could only do so.

If there were people with particularly good memories, who had also stayed in certain places in Fang La's army, they might have a certain chance to recognize that the nine riders in front of them basically belonged to a very special unit in Fang La's army. This team was nominally under Fang Baihua, and was called the Black Feather Guard.

The most elite military law team under Fang Baihua, originally composed of hundreds of people, could only gather these people together now. Having received the news, several people who were still secretly active in the south quickly went north, hoping to catch up with Fang Baihua and others in time and bring them some hope. At this time, several people were galloping wildly in the rain, and no one knew whether they could catch up or had already missed the opportunity. And just as they turned a muddy bend ahead, several travelers wearing raincoats suddenly came into view.

Among the nine people, the wealthy young master at the head suddenly pulled up the reins, and at that moment, the traveler's raincoat in front unfolded.

The saber light slashed out, like snowflakes permeating into the heavy rain.

With a few swipes, the blood spurting from the running horse's body shot into the air, like large patches of scarlet blood clouds. The wealthy young master drew his saber in the air and fought with that man for two rounds, and then was suddenly knocked away. Also because the running horse was too fast, the man did not continue to slash after drawing his saber, but used a seemingly light but actually powerful leaning technique to knock half of the horse's body and the wealthy young master out together. In this impact, the wooden leaves of the raincoat stood upright like swords, and then whizzed back.

The corpse of the running horse flew in all directions, and the blood soaked in the rain. The wealthy young master was knocked into the mud three feet away and struggled to get up. Swords were drawn on both sides of the road, and then, in the heavy rain, only the person in the raincoat opened his mouth without joy or anger: "An Xifu."

The wealthy young master was covered in mud. After standing up straight, his body swayed a few times. After a long while, he nodded: "Wang Yin... Minister Wang... Why?"

There was silence on the other side for a moment, with some sighing: "I don't want to either... but you should know, things have come to this, there is no reason for luck..."

Under Fang La, Minister Wang Yin was proficient in both literary and martial arts. Although he did not take action much, in the eyes of many experts, he was even more terrifying than Shi Bao, Si Xingfang, Li Tianrun, Deng Yuanjue and others. After Fang La died, he had disappeared from everyone's eyes for a long time, but at this time he appeared again, blocking this road. No matter what the inside story was, perhaps it really meant that there was no reason for luck anymore. An Xifu nodded, and after a while, nodded again and laughed: "Hahahaha... Hahahaha..."

In the heavy rain, his face was pale, and the laughter was particularly tragic. Then he suddenly drew his sword and rushed towards Wang Yin!

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Muye.

When he went to find Zhu Biao, there were more than twenty people checking the weapons and crossbows in their hands. In this era, crossbows with mechanically wound strings were forbidden objects like guns in later generations. Ordinary troops could not get them, and they were the most lethal weapons in everyone's hands. Ning Yi roughly talked about the destination of this southward trip.

"...Regarding the specific situation, we may only know when we reach the Chongping area, but this

time it may be related to the remnants of the Manichean sect, and it will be a tough battle. You have been training for so long. Although your martial arts have improved, no one should take it lightly. Including Zhu Biao, I know you have long wanted to find a master to fight, and there will be opportunities..."

Hearing him talk about Zhu Biao, everyone laughed, and Ning Yi raised his hand to press in the air.

"I'm not joking. In addition, the demons of the Devil Cult are cruel, ruthless, treacherous and cunning, and everyone must punish them. Once it is determined that they are really involved this time, then I have to remind you that when dealing with these treacherous villains, there is no need to talk about any Jianghu morality with them. We are officials, and they are thieves. Remember that clearly!"

"Yes—" Everyone said righteously, in unison.

"Okay, just remember it." Ning Yi's tone turned gentle, and he also shook the crossbow in his hand, then as if he suddenly remembered something, "By the way, also, this time in order not to scare the snake, I will not call myself Ning Yi."

He thought for a while: "No matter who asks... I'll call myself Cheng Zhouhai."

Compared to the heavy rain hundreds of miles away in the south, the sun was still falling from the gaps in the clouds to the earth at Muye at this time. Not long after, several carriages left the small county town, carrying these mere twenty-odd people, and then leisurely drove towards the south...

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