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Chapter 1077 Chapter 1018 Revitalizing 2 Year Summer

Chapter 1077 Chapter [-] Revitalizes the Summer of the Second Year

On the bank of the Yellow River, the town named Kunyu is a mixture of decay and dilapidation.

In the originally vast town, half of the houses have already collapsed, some places have suffered a fire, and the gray and black beams and columns have experienced wind and rain, and they are still standing in the ruins.In the more than ten years since Jurchen went south for the first time, wars, bandits, bandits, refugees, famine, plague, corrupt officials... one after another left traces here.

When Kunyu arrived back then, there is only a small half of the living area left. Due to the remoteness of the place, it is still a good place to retain some vitality in the scene of ten rooms and nine emptiness in the entire Central Plains.Although the access roads have been in disrepair for a long time, they can still pass large carts. Although the town has shrunk by half, in the core area, inns, restaurants and even brothels that deal in flesh and blood are still open.

In the past, many large crossings on the banks of the Yellow River were controlled by the Jurchen and Puppet Qi forces. The water flow near Kunyu was slightly slower, and it was once one of the black crossings on the banks of the Yellow River for smuggling.A few small boats and a few boatmen who are not afraid of death have supported the subsequent prosperity of this town.

During this period, there were several gangster fights, expelled by the army, and looted by bandits, but no matter what, the small town gradually came over in this cycle.The number of residents in the town was less during the war, and gradually increased when the environment was better.

In the summer of the second year of Zhenxing, the situation was relatively peaceful, but due to the easing of the situation in the world, the martial law was no longer imposed at the big ferry on the bank of the Yellow River, and Kunyu's private ferry was also affected, and the business was much weaker than last year.

May is the flood season, and there are fewer people crossing the river here.On the day of the third day of junior high school, there were not many customers in the restaurant in the town. Regular customers nearby sat at two tables in the lobby. , the middle-aged storyteller spoke a little listlessly.

Near noon, there were two figures walking towards this side along the road in the center of the town. The destination was obviously the gate of the restaurant here.The two figures were one big and one small, one fat and one thin, but they were two monks wearing shabby monk clothes.The fat monk was tall and shaped like a Maitreya. He looked a little old, with a package on his back; the thin monk was just a young novice monk who looked about twelve or thirteen years old.

Seeing such a combination, Xiaoer's face showed a bit of irritability.The monks eat ten squares, but in this time of war and chaos, who can have surplus food to do good deeds?He carefully checked that there was no weapon behind the fat monk, and subconsciously stood at the door.

"Two masters..."

Just when the slightly aggressive tone came out, the fat monk who walked towards him looked at the lobby of the restaurant and said with a smile, "We don't make alms."

"We have money." The little novice took out a sling of copper coins and raised his hand.

Xiao Er immediately changed his face: "...The two masters invite you."

Two monks walked in, and then the little novice asked, "Can I sit upstairs?"

"Of course." Xiao Er smiled, "But our shopkeeper recently hired a storyteller from the north with a lot of money, and the lobby below may be able to hear it better, of course upstairs is also fine, after all, there are not many people here today. "

Kunyu has a smuggling business. In the past, the business was good, and there were many customers here, and the smugglers were generous in drinking and having fun. There is also a row of tables and chairs on the second floor of the restaurant lobby, leaning against the railings, for the guests to listen condescendingly. Books and plays.The little novice was obviously interested in the high place, so when he opened his mouth, the fat monk said, "Let's go upstairs." Xiaoer naturally stopped talking, and accompanied the two of them towards the stairs with a smile. go up.

After being seated, the fat monk asked about today's menu, and then he generously ordered a few fish and meat dishes. Xiaoer was somewhat surprised, but naturally he would not refuse.After ordering, he told him to bring three sets of bowls and chopsticks. It seemed that there were still companions coming here.

After ordering, the waiter went down, and the storyteller sitting in the lobby considered that there were guests, so his voice was a little louder, and he was talking about the event of the World's No. [-] Martial Arts Tournament that happened in the southwest last year.The little monk was lying on the railing upstairs and listening with great interest.

After about a quarter of an hour, another figure came from outside. This time, it was a burly Jianghu man with obvious features. He had scars on his face and disheveled hair. not to be trifled.The man had just entered the door, the little bald head upstairs waved his hand vigorously, he went upstairs, the little monk saluted him, and called: "Uncle." He also said to the fat monk: "Brother."

The three people who appeared here were naturally Lin Zongwu who was number one in the world, his younger brother "Crazy Tiger" Wang Nanda, and the little monk.

During this period of time, the land of Jin has gradually become calm after the departure of the Jurchens. Lin Zongwu led his disciple Ping An to live in seclusion for a period of time, mainly to strengthen Ping An's martial arts foundation - actual combat can certainly train resilience, but on weekdays The basic skills are equally important.After he came out of the hermitage with peace, he felt that the land of Jin was becoming less and less interesting, but the south was turbulent, and there was a looming big event, which was the most suitable for experience, so he simply took him all the way to the bank of the Yellow River.

In recent years, he has not cared too much about the religious affairs of the Manichaeism, and the only person who knows about his itinerary in private is Nanda, the mad tiger king.Knowing that his brother and nephew were going south, Wang Nanda wrote a letter and made an appointment to meet at Kunyu.

The three of them sat down, and Xiao Er had already served dishes one after another. The storyteller downstairs was still telling interesting stories about the Southwest. Lin Zongwu and Wang Nanda exchanged a few words before asking, "What's going on in the south?"

"The sword is on the verge." Wang Nanda smiled: "Liu Guangshi paid a big price and got the first batch of military funds from the southwest. His desire to take the south of the Yellow River has become obvious. Maybe Dai Mengwei is also involved and wants to share a piece of it." Soup. Chen Shiquan in Bianliang, Yin Zong in Luoyang, Zou Xu in Funiushan and others are now forming a gang and are ready to fight."

"Chen Shiquan, Yin Zong... probably can't beat Liu Guangshi."

"Liu Guangshi is strong in soldiers and horses, but Zou Xu is a tough idea on Bianliang's side. He was trained by Ning Liheng himself. Although he is said to be a traitor, he is very good at training soldiers. Luoyang and Bianliang are now doing their best to support him. The entire south of the Yellow River is tightly controlled by the 4 people in Zou Xu's hands...they have nothing to do. Even if Yin was the boss in the past, now, Zou Xu doesn't play tricks or play tricks, just relying on his people , both Yin Zong and Chen Shiquan have to call him big brother."

Lin Zongwu nodded: "Even if these 4 people are half as powerful as Southwest Black Banner, I'm afraid Liu Guangshi's heart will be beaten..."

"Liu Guangshi was not so timid after he received assistance from the Southwest. I heard in private that the guy from the Southwest was also encouraging Liu Guangshi to fight. He seemed to say that after Zou Xu was arrested, he would return [-]% of all the transactions he had made with the Southwest. So Liu Guangshi wants Zou Xu's head, but when it comes to fighting, things are not necessarily simple. That old man Dai Mengwei colluded with Liu Guangshi in private to take the Central Plains, but when it comes to Zou Xu's matter, he also hopes to be in the middle Mediate, persuade Zou Xu, Yin Zong, and Chen Shiquan to surrender, and all parties form an alliance to resist the southwest. So, what will happen, I don’t know now.”

Wang Nanda paused: "But no matter what, in the second half of the year, there must be a fight."

Lin Zongwu nodded, and then said a few more words, and someone came in from the lobby downstairs.There are eight people in this group, all of them are arrogant-looking green forest people carrying swords, guns and weapons. The leader is dressed in noble clothes, holds a long knife, has triangular eyes, and has a sinister face. It seems that he is from Kunyu. A mafia figure who is very familiar with the boss.

After the eight people who were shouting and drinking came in, they looked around and saw that the previous two tables were all locals, so they waved their hands and raised their eyebrows to say hello.It was only later that I saw the three people upstairs, and two of the ruffians carrying knives came upstairs, probably to check whether the three "outsiders" were threatening. Zhang Fang sat down at the table, and said in his mouth: "Old Xia, talk about something exciting, if there are women, don't keep talking about Lao Shizi's Southwest."

"Hey, hey..." The storyteller nodded quickly, and started to talk about a certain green forest story with a hero and a chivalrous woman, and the triangular eyes were quite happy.The young monk upstairs pursed his lips, leaned back to the table with some grievances, and began to eat.

The two ruffians walked to the side of the square table and looked at the three people here. They might have wanted to make trouble, but seeing Wang Nanda's fierce face, they didn't dare to do anything for a while.Seeing that the three of them did not have any conspicuous weapons, they showed off their power and made a signal of "don't make trouble" before turning around and going down.

"How is Jiangnan?" Lin Zongwu asked Wang Nanda with a smile.

"The Fairness Party has a huge momentum, and now it is advancing rapidly, and its soldiers have exceeded one million." Wang Nanda said, looking at Lin Zongwu, "Actually...my visit this time is also related to the Fairness Party. , I want to talk to you, brother."

"I guessed what's going on with you." Lin Zongwu smiled, "There's no need to hide anything between you and me, just tell me."

"The leader of the Fairness Party is He Wen, but although He Wen used the banner of the Southwest at the beginning, he is not actually a member of the black banner. Brother should know about this."

"I heard that there is actually a discrepancy between his and Ning Yi's ideas. He also said this to the outside world."

"Beginning last year, He Wen played the banner of the Fair Party, saying that the land should be divided, the rich and the poor should be divided, and the landlords and gentry should be eliminated to make everyone equal. At first glance, it seemed a bit crazy, and what everyone thought was at most Fang La's back then. However, He Wen did learn a lot about Ning in the southwest. He grasped the power in his hands and tightened discipline. Crimes, but indiscriminate killings are strictly prohibited. In just one year, the Fair Party swept all over Jiangnan, from around Taihu Lake, to Jiangning, to Zhenjiang, and all the way up almost to Xuzhou. The whole Jiangnan is now mostly owned by him. gone."

Lin Zongwu frowned slightly: "Tie Yan, Wu Qimei, just watched them get into such a situation?"

"The people in Lin'an are unstoppable. They have sent troops three times, and they have been defeated repeatedly. Outsiders say that the people of the Fair Party are desperate in wars. They are comparable to those in the Southwest."

"Then what you want to say is..."

"The Fairness Party is so powerful, the main reason is that the method He Wen found from the southwest is easy to use. Although he attacks the rich, divides the land, and lures them for profit, he restrains the people at the same time, prohibits indiscriminate killing, and has strict military laws. These things Being ruthless makes the army under him more capable of fighting on the battlefield. However, this matter has become so big, and there are various forces in the fair party. Xu Wenxia, ​​who is called one of the "five tigers" by outsiders, Zhaonan, in the past, was one of our subordinate altar masters."

"You want me to help him?" Lin Zongwu's face darkened.

"Brother, listen to me, Xu Zhaonan has nearly 20 people under his command now, but he has always regarded his identity as the Manichaeism first, and he has always respected the elders of the religion. This person is good at training and using soldiers. At that time, he talked about things in the Southwest. Zhou Tong used to combine what he had learned all his life and left Ning Yi with a set of methods of cooperation and martial arts on the battlefield. The so-called special forces were organized to assassinate leaders and decapitate generals on the battlefield, and they made great achievements repeatedly.”

Wang Nanda said: "Senior brother, the so-called special forces are, to put it bluntly, those green forest people with high martial arts skills, but in the past, people with high martial arts skills were often proud and arrogant. I am afraid that only close relatives often use the method of cooperative martial arts. Training. But now it is different. The enemy is at hand, and Xu Zhaonan has summoned many people to train such a strong soldier. Therefore, I also told me that in today's world, I am afraid that only the leader can come up with something comparable to Grandmaster Zhou. There is a way to train soldiers. He wants to ask you to come over and give some pointers."

When he said this, the little monk Ping An who had already finished his meal stood up and said, "Master, uncle, let me go down for a while." Not knowing what to do, he walked downstairs with his rice bowl.

Wang Nanda was trying to persuade Lin Zongwu, and continued: "According to what I saw in Jiangnan in the past, there may not be much confrontation between He Wen and Southwest Ningyi. In today's world, the Southwest Black Flag is considered to be the first-class one. The big one is Liu Guangshi. Among the groups of people in the east, there is only the Fair Party, which has been developing continuously and has no bottom. I guess if one day the black flag leaps from the southwest, maybe the Jiangnan of the Central Plains will already be The fair party's territory has been lost, and there may be a war between the two sides."

"In the past, senior brother stayed in Jindi, so it's inconvenient for me to say this, but this time, since senior brother wants to travel around the world with peace, I think Xu Zhaonan should go and have a look... eh? Ping An is here What are you doing?"

When he said this, he realized that there seemed to be something wrong with the situation downstairs. Ping An held the rice bowl and approached the triangular eye who was listening to the book. The swordsman who followed the local snake stood up, and seemed to be talking to Ping An impatiently. In other words, since he was a child, although everyone had never faced a big enemy, the atmosphere was by no means relaxed.

Lin Zongwu smiled: "Walking here yesterday, I met a man crying on the side of the road. That man was taken over by a strong gangster and killed his family members. He was also seriously injured and dying. It is very pitiful. Ping An ran up to ask..."

Having said that, Ping An downstairs staggered and fell amidst people's pushing and shoving, and blood rushed to the sky, but a piece of broken tile directly scratched Triangle Eye's throat.Afterwards, the thigh of the person who pushed Ping An suddenly burst into blood. Before everyone could react, the little monk became shorter and rushed directly past the two square tables from below.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-"

"catch him--"

"My boss—"

"Kill him kill him—"

The voice below suddenly exploded.

"...As a result of the questioning later, the one who did good deeds was, of course, the one below. He was said to be a tyrant in Kunyu, named Geng Qiu, who usually bullied men and women and killed many people. Then I found out that he Recently, I like to come and listen to books, so I happened to drop by."

The scene in the lobby was in chaos, and the little monk took advantage of the cover of tables and chairs to knock down the two of them.Some people lifted tables and chairs and smashed them, and some people slashed with knives. For a moment, the room was filled with fragments, bloody smell, and dazzling.

Wang Nanda smiled and nodded: "So that's the case... It seems that Ping An will be a good knight in the future."

"Whether he is a hero or not depends on himself." Lin Zongwu sighed in the chaotic fight, "Look at these people, and they say that Kunyu eats green forest food, and the three types of people that green forest should be wary of most are women and the elderly." , child, you don’t have any vigilance at all... Is Xu Zhaonan really reliable?"

"He is a person who does things. Although he is ambitious, I forgive him for not daring to mess around in front of us."

"Forget it, this time I'm going south, if I drop by, I'll go to him and have a look."

Wang Nanda laughed: "Brother and Ping An are going out of the mountain this time, there will be troubles in the world."

"Liu Xigua wrote a poem back then," Lin Zongwu said, "The world is out of my generation. As soon as I entered the rivers and lakes, I was reminded of the years, talking and laughing with grand plans and dominance. I can't live a drunk life... We are already old, the next rivers and lakes , it belongs to Ping An and their generation..."

"Liu Xigua can also compose poetry?"

"This seat also finds it strange..."

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Ping An has already rushed out of the back door of the restaurant and is nowhere to be found.

The triangular-eyed man named Geng Qiu was sitting on the seat, and he had already died. Several of his servants in the store were injured, and some were not injured. Seeing this fat monk and the vicious Wang Nanda, someone rushed wildly. come over.This is probably Geng Qiu's confidant, Lin Zongwu smiled: "Have the guts." He reached out to grab him, and the next moment the man flew out, and a hole was smashed into the gray wall next to him, and he was slowing down. Fall slowly.

Not far from the two of them walking out of the restaurant, Ping An came out from nowhere and walked towards the pier together with them.

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In the afternoon, they had boarded the bumpy ferry, crossed the turbulent water of the Yellow River, and headed towards the southern world.

"It's safe." Lin Zongwu called a somewhat excited child: "Xing Chivalry, are you happy?"

"Hmm." Ping An nodded repeatedly.

"Do you know that although Geng Qiu has a bad record in Kunyu, it is because of him that some people outside Kunyu did not break in. You killed him today, have you ever thought about what will happen to Kunyu tomorrow? Sample?"

"Why, how is it..."

"The fight is going to start tomorrow. You just killed Geng Qiu today. He brought a few people in the store. You were soft-hearted and didn't make any real killers. But then the whole Kunyu, I don't know how many times there will be fights. I don't know how many people will die. I estimate that dozens of people will definitely die, and the people living in Kunyu may also be involved. Thinking of this, don't you feel sad? "

"But...but I am doing good deeds, I...I just want to kill Geng Qiu..."

"You killed Geng Qiu because you wanted to do something good. But after Geng Qiu died, dozens of people died, even those innocent people, just like today's shopkeeper and waiter in a restaurant. They may also have accidents. This is really true. Is it a good thing, and who is it good for?"

"Then... what should we do?" Standing on the boat, Ping An turned his head to the bank of the Yellow River, which was already far away, "Or go back and save them..."

"Turn around and go back to Kunyu. There are bad guys coming. It's a good way to kill them and beat them away. From today on, you have to stay there and take care of these people in Kunyu. You want to stay there forever Is it here?"

"Master, what exactly do you want to say? Then what should I do..." Ping An looked at Lin Zongwu. In the past, this master would always say things that were difficult for him to understand and imagine.At this time Lin Zongwu smiled.

"Geng Qiu is dead. There is no boss here, so we will fight. Last night, my teacher visited the second most powerful local snake in Kunyu. His name is Liang Qing. My teacher told him that at noon today, Geng Qiu will die, let him quickly take over Geng Qiu's territory. In this way, Kunyu will have the boss again, and the others will slow down, so we won't be able to fight here, and there will be no need to kill too many people. By the way, help For doing him such a great favor, I even took a little silver taels from him as a reward for my teacher. This is what you earned, so it can be regarded as the money for our master and apprentice to go south."

He untied the burden on his back and threw it to Ping An. The little bald head stretched out his arms to hug him, a little surprised, then smiled and said, "Master, you've already made up your mind."

"Feel happy?"

"Ah."

"But, when you come back here in two years, you can see if the boss here is still the one called Liang Qing. You will see that he is just like Geng Qiu. Here, he will continue to show his authority. Fu, he will still bully men and women to make people ruin. Just like the poor man we saw yesterday, this poor man was killed by Geng Qiu, and Liang Qing will kill the poor people in the future. If it is So, do you still feel happy?"

The monk looked at the child with a confused look on his face, and then he became aggrieved: "Master, I can't figure it out..."

"Everything with action is like a dream." Lin Zongwu said, "Ping An, sooner or later, you have to think about it, what do you want? Do you want to kill a bad guy, just be happy in your heart, or hope that all You are only happy when people can get good results. You are still young, and now you want to do good things and feel happy in your heart. You feel that you only have good things in your heart. Even if you have suffered so many things in Jindi these years, you I also feel that I am different from them. But one day in the future, you will discover your sins, and you will discover your evil."

He put his finger on Ping An's small chest: "Right here, everyone in the world has sins, there are good ones, and there are bad ones, evil comes out of good, and good comes out of evil. Wait until you see clearly the meaning of your sins." On that day, you will slowly know what it is you want..."

His eyes were serious, looking at the child like a questioning and trial, Ping An still couldn't understand these words.But after a while, Lin Zongwu laughed and touched his head.

"Think slowly, don't worry." He said, "The future world is yours."

The great river goes east, and there is a bright sunshine in the world in early May.

(End of this chapter)