Time flies, and several months pass, and the world of the Sui Dynasty becomes more and more chaotic.
Similarly, Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty was dissolute and immoral, indulged in drunkenness and debauchery, and failed to govern internally and externally, which led to wars and outrageous rumors and claims that the world was condemning. The people of the Sui Dynasty were also affected by the chaos of the world. Due to the hardships of life, he began to complain against Yang Guang.
What's more, some good people even listed Yang Guang's top ten crimes and secretly spread them throughout the Central Plains. It said in a serious way: Yang Guang 'killed his father and brother' and 'incest is immoral' , 'Lewd and debauched', 'Build palaces extravagantly', 'Extort taxes and oppress the people', 'Travel and patrol to rebuild the Great Wall', 'Conquer Goryeo and engage in military violence', 'Refuse to give direct advice and kill straight men', 'The lack of integrity in the government leads to gentlemen and villains. In court' and 'not keeping one's word', etc.?
In this way, as the prestige of the Sui Dynasty government seriously declined, and as the blind people no longer trusted the government, the so-called rebels, rebels and bandits in various places became more and more rampant.
The blind people didn't care whether those things were Yang Guang's fault or not. They just blindly blamed Yang Guang's stupidity and began to more or less support or join the rebels in various places. Or maybe some emerging warlord forces just want a safe place to stay.
Among them, in addition to the original four great clans, as the dominance of the Sui Dynasty collapsed, some outstanding ones began to stand out in various parts of the chaotic Sui Dynasty world.
For example:
Li Mi, nicknamed "Pu Shanggong", the most intelligent general of the Sui Dynasty who was said to be like a god in military warfare and never defeated. After he used his conspiracy to seize the position of the leader of Zhai Rang in Wagang, the masters gathered together became more and more capable. They came more and more, and in just over half a year, they captured Wagang and captured Rongyang, and then captured Luokou Cang, the grain center of Sui Dynasty. For a time, they became so powerful that they had the potential to overtake Luoyang and sweep the world.
To the south of Wagang is the sphere of influence of Du Fuwei, who holds the world in his sleeves.
Du Fuwei, who was once the overlord of the underworld, has great martial arts skills and is known to everyone in the martial arts world as having "everything in his sleeve". After more than half a year of development, he has successfully captured Liyang, a rich and strategic place on the Yangtze River waterway. It claims to have hundreds of thousands of troops and is so powerful that it makes people look at them!
In addition to the lack of military discipline among the soldiers under his command, who committed crimes such as burning, killing, looting and looting wherever they went, and gradually began to become unpopular, he also had the faint power to dominate the world?
However, because he was defeated with a palm more than half a year ago and was seriously injured and on the verge of death. Fortunately, his subordinates desperately rescued him and barely managed to save his life. At this moment, his prestige and status in the world are no longer what they used to be.
In the northern part of Wagang Li Mi's power, Dou Jiande also took the opportunity to rise.
Taking advantage of Yang Guang's southern tour, he annexed and captured a large area of ​​the core territory of the Sui Dynasty and established himself as the "King of Changle". He founded the country with the name "Xia", made his capital Leshou, and began to invade and annex the Sui territory.
At the same time, Xiao Mian, who was guarding Baling in the south, was also ready to make a move. He began to recruit troops, forge weapons, build cities and make friends with the Song clan who were also in Lingnan, openly or covertly. His plans were huge!
As for Luoyang, let alone the original Sui Shangshu Wang Shichong.
He was domineering in Luoyang, occupying a fertile plain thousands of miles around the Yellow River Hetao. He had strong soldiers and horses, and sufficient wealth and food. He also began to obey the orders of the Sui Emperor, and his thoughts were no longer on the Sui Dynasty.
And the same!
Not to mention the three major foreign tribes, the Turks, Tiele and Tuyuhun, located in the northwest of the Sui Dynasty. They have always been eyeing the fertile hinterland of the Central Plains of the Sui Dynasty. Their people are extremely brave because they are in the dangerous borderland. They are born with
There are strong warriors and there are many masters among them, so they have long wanted to take advantage of the changes in the Sui Dynasty and trample the Central Plains with their iron hooves, just like the Wuhu Luanhua a hundred years ago.
Anyway!
The Sui Dynasty has really reached a dangerous point where a pack of wolves are waiting for it, wars are raging everywhere, and it is in danger, and collapse is only a matter of seconds.
In view of this, Li Yuan, the leader of the Li clan in the northwest, finally became the first family among the four great clans to rebel against the Sui Dynasty.
It is said that he was always hesitant in Guanzhong, but in the end, because the "Dongming faction's weapons account book" was about to be leaked, he had to rush to rebel against the Sui Dynasty and proclaimed himself a general, with his eldest son Li Jiancheng and his second son Li Shimin.
As the commander-in-chief and deputy commander of the three armies, he also joined forces with the Turks and sent troops out of Taiyuan to threaten Chang'an. He was huge and located in the land of Old Qin, where he could advance, retreat or defend. He had the strength to dominate the world almost instantly.
And at this critical moment!
The rumored disciples of the fourth greatest master in the world, Gao Zhong and Xu Ziling, who possessed the secrets of the "Secret of Immortality" and the "Yang Gong Treasure House" and whose reputations were rising like rising stars in the world, actually became the disciples of the fourth great master in the world.
On the pretext of presenting "Secret of Immortality", he tried to cooperate with the foolish emperor Yang Guang to kill Yu Wenhuaji?
However, they never thought that the two of them were alone and weak, and coupled with the diminutive emperor Yang Guang, they finally failed to achieve their goals. They only jointly killed the first-class master of the Yuwen Clan, Yu Wenzhi, and then calmly retreated without trace.
As for the 'foolish king' Yang Guang, he was naturally killed by the Yuwen Clan who successfully launched a rebellion and spread the news to Jiangdu, causing panic and chaos in the entire Jiangdu, that is, around Yangzhou.
Immediately afterwards, on the fifth day after Yang Guang was executed and it was announced that the Sui Dynasty had officially begun to decline, Li Zitong brazenly led an army to attack Jiangdu. However, Yu Wenhuaji, who had not yet stabilized the situation, had to take the initiative when he thought he was outmatched.
Give in and hand over Yangzhou to others.
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Later, Yu Wenhuaji, who fled back to Chang'an in embarrassment, did not dare to stand up for himself under the charge of regicide. Instead, he supported Yang Guang's nephew Qin Wanghao as emperor, and wanted to continue to control the puppets.
The Sui Dynasty that had been completely destroyed by him?
Seeing the rare opportunity, the Li Clan in Taiyuan took their second son Li Shimin as their commander and led his troops to march towards Chang'an. A war between the two sides was about to break out!
Of course, the general trend of the world has nothing to do with certain people, especially those who are rich and powerful.
No matter how chaotic the world is, it's just ordinary people like ordinary people who have to endure the pain of war, lack of food, and displacement. For some upper-class 'big rats', they still have to suffer.
You should eat and drink and take shelter in time, but how can you care about the life and death of ordinary people in troubled times?
Isn’t this?
In Luoyang, on this evening, Wangtong's mansion in Yuexiu Village was holding a birthday banquet with lights, colors, singing and dancing.
Outside the gate of the village, there was an endless stream of traffic and guests!
In particular, I don’t know which good person spread the news, saying that Shi Qingxuanshi, who is extremely good at music and has a long-standing reputation, combines beauty and talent, will come to the birthday banquet in person and present a song to Wang Tong?
then!
After hearing the news, many people with ulterior motives, whether they really wanted to listen to the music, just wanted to see the beauties, or wanted to come to pay homage to his birthday, all came to Wang Tong in the name of paying homage to his birthday.
The large courtyard of Yuexiu Village, the family's residence, was bustling with people eating and drinking.
And the same!
After leaving the Dongming No., they traveled around for more than half a year, defeated and defeated many masters, and made a name for themselves in the arena. Gao Zhong and Xu Ziling also changed into new clothes and looked like a dog.
After giving him a modest gift, he easily blended into the birthday banquet.
"Young Master Zhong!"
"Look, there are so many people!"
"From this point of view, the rumors in the world are indeed correct. Wang Tong is indeed a great scholar of the generation. He is very famous both in the government and in the world. People really respect him very much."
"Um!"
"But some of them are extremely vulgar. They are obviously just here to see beauties."
"ha!"
"it's okay!"
"It's as if you and I are really here to celebrate the birthday of that old man Wang Tong?"
"!
"
"Can that be the same?"
"We are handsome, young, rich and talented in martial arts. How can we compare to those fat-headed guys?"
"Besides!"
"Ziling, you have a mother-in-law. If you can't survive any longer, you can just run back to the Dongming Sect and marry your sister Wanjing according to the order, but I can't. I, Uncle Kou Zhongkou, am already seventeen years old this year.
I’m eighteen and still single, so I can’t be in a hurry!”
"But……"
"You are sure that Shi Qingxuan is really a beauty. Have you ever seen her?"
"What if she is the same as Miss Zhai?"
"!
"
"Shut up!"
"From now on, Ziling, don't break my illusion until you see the true face of Master Shi!
"
After sneaking into the venue, Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling did not go to express their birthday wishes to the three people sitting on the steps in the courtyard, that is, the Confucian king who was sitting in the three rosewood chairs, nor did they get along with each other.
Next to Wang Tong, Wang Shichong, the tycoon of Luoyang, and Ouyang Xiyi, the famous martial arts star "Huangshan Yimin" who was the same generation as Sanren Ning Daoqi, said hello. Likewise, they had no intention of sitting down, so they just said that there were at least dozens or hundreds of tables there.
The spacious manor courtyard where the banquet was held and the banquet site where numerous guests gathered were wandering around and chatting.
Because they didn't know those three people at all, they just took the opportunity to sneak in, waiting to listen to the music and prepare to see what the beauty Shi Qingxuan looked like. If they ran over to celebrate her birthday, wouldn't it be a big reveal?
"!
"
"very?"
"Ziling, be careful!"
"Ouch!
"
And just when Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling, who were dressed like dogs, were walking through the crowd and pretending to greet some guests they didn't know at all, suddenly, two sugar-roasted chestnuts flew from nowhere, and they thought they were
The first-class masters, even Yuwen Zhiji and the two people they killed, couldn't dodge, and then they took a solid blow on their foreheads, and let the chestnuts break into pieces on their foreheads?
"asshole!"
"Who doesn't have eyes?!"
While crying out in pain, the two people who were attacked and in a state of embarrassment, of course angrily pressed the handles of the long swords and scimitars at their waists, and immediately stared in the direction in which the two roasted chestnuts came.
go.
"!
"
"?!"
However, it didn't matter if they looked over, as soon as they looked over, Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling seemed to be frozen, and they were stunned for an instant, and the murderous aura that was originally about to burst out disappeared in an instant, and those two pairs of eyes were also full of murderous intent.
All that was left was a look of disbelief and surprise.
"Hi~!"
(???????)
"Are you two idiots okay?"
(?￣??￣??)??°
That’s right!
The attacker who had just attacked them with two candied chestnuts and made the self-proclaimed martial arts masters unable to resist was none other than their cheap master, the fourth best martial arts master in the world.
Grand Master Annie!
However, at this time, she was sitting at a banquet table that was almost full of guests, eating and drinking, while the men and women in rich clothes around her did not move at all, they just used that kind of fear and fear.
He waited on her carefully with anxious eyes.
"!
"
"Very good!"
Seeing this, Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling looked at each other again and rubbed their eyes. After realizing that they had seen correctly, they were naturally overjoyed. Then they did not bother to think so much and rushed over on the spot and were about to kneel down and
Shout out and salute.
"Teacher, teacher..."
"??"
However, before the two of them could shout out and attract the attention of the people around them and Wang Tong, Wang Shichong, Ouyang Xiyi and others on the middle steps of the manor, two big, white stuffed birthday bags flew out in time.
It reached their mouths and blocked their throats in time before they could speak out their words.
At the same time, the two of them felt as if their bodies were out of control. They involuntarily sat on the two empty chairs at the table, as if they had taken the initiative to join the banquet. Their movements were done in one go, without causing any disturbance to the surroundings.
anyone's attention.
"Cough! Cough!"
"Master?"
"you……"
"Why are you here too?"
Knowing that it was their own Master Anne, they didn't want them to attract too much attention, so Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling, who understood it, first took out the birthday bags from their mouths and put them on the table, then opened their eyes wide and couldn't wait to lower their voices and whispered.
asked.
"??"
(???.???)????
"You can come, why can't others?"
(*?～?*)oChew!
Anne glared at the two of them angrily, then continued to eat her food, as if she didn't want to answer their boring question.
"Is that so?"
"That……"
"Master!"
"I wonder who these people are..."
Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling looked at each other again in confusion. They probably knew that their cheap master might really come to eat. They thought about it for a moment, then hesitantly looked towards their master, themselves and others who were sitting next to them. However, they suddenly
The unknown men and women in fine clothes with strange faces and no movement asked.
"Them?"
Σ(°△°|||)︴
"They are good people who voluntarily bring people in for a meal, right?"
(゜▽＾*)
Although it was easy to sneak in and eat and drink for free, Annie didn't want to attract attention, and she didn't want to sit at the same table with some children. Therefore, in the end, she had no choice but to let it go half way.
A well-known family brought her in and found a table like this to sit down at.
(…)
(●￣?￣●)
"Yes Yes Yes!"
"That's right!"
"What this gentleman is saying is that some trivial matters are not worth mentioning. That is my honor!"
"Yes, it is naturally voluntary."
"There is absolutely no reason to force it!
"
"Yep!"
When Anne asked, several members of the family hurriedly responded loudly with smiles that were uglier than crying, and then continued to sit in their seats, not daring to say too much, and not daring to make a fuss.
The movement attracts attention.
"..."
"..."
Come on!
Judging from the appearance of those people, Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling roughly knew what was going on. It was simply that their master Anne used her own name or force to intimidate the family, and then successfully sneaked in and occupied the house.
Delicious food on this table?
It's no wonder. They were just wondering why the people at this table had weird expressions and didn't dare to move quickly. Is this what emotions are like?
Presumably, even Wang Tong, Wang Shichong, Ouyang Xiyi and others on the middle steps of the manor would not have imagined that the fourth greatest grandmaster in the world, who is currently in the limelight of martial arts, would be hiding in the banquet they had set up.
Eat and drink in a grand manner, right?
"Master!"
"Where have you been these past six months?"
"Zi Ling and I have been looking for you for a long time but still haven't found you!"
"yes!"
"Master, you make it easy for your disciples to find you!"
Then, knowing that the other people at the dinner table would not affect each other's conversation, Kou Zhong was completely relieved and began to ask and act coquettishly towards their Master Anne with a shy face, regardless of the fact that he was already a
It is such a disgusting thing for a martial arts hero to act coquettishly to a little girl.
"??"
(???.???)????
"Why are you looking for someone else?"
(￣～￣)Chew!
"Besides, where do people go to care about your business?"
(ˉ▽￣~)Cut~~
Annie turned her head away with disdain, saying that she didn't believe the nonsense that Kou Zhong said. The important thing was that she didn't need to report to the two of them when she was going around by herself!
"It's you instead!"
(￢д￢.)
"Why did you run out again if you didn't practice well?"
(?~?)
Before, after these two guys got the "Secret of Immortality", they learned it for half a year and then ran out to make a living, and almost got hacked to death by the gangsters of the Haisha Gang?
And now, after getting the secrets she gave her, it seemed that it had only been more than half a year, and she actually ran away again. Anyway, she never believed that these two people had really mastered those secrets.
!
In her opinion, it would take ten or eight years for these two people to master those secret books to a small degree, and if they wanted to achieve great success, it would take even tens or even hundreds of years!
As for cultivating to the extreme, which is what she considers to be the level of 'celestial being', it depends on the nature and understanding of the two people. Anyway, it is absolutely impossible in half a year, and half a lifetime or even a lifetime is probably a bit uncertain?
"Master!"
"We came here to practice. We left the Dongming half a year ago."
Seeing the sullen look on Annie's face, Xu Ziling did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly told Li Er and Li Xiuning, who had met Li Clan on the Dongming six months ago. Then Kou Zhong was trapped by love and stimulated, and finally decided to come out and make a living.
He told everything about his desire to be emperor and make people look up to him.
"??"
!!(?Д?ノ)ノ
"Strive for world supremacy?!"
=????(???*)
"Just you?"
(??ω???‖)?
Anne found this statement quite surprising and novel, and then, feeling a little amused and surprised at the same time, she hurriedly continued to ask:
"So how did you do?"
(???.???)????
"How many cities were captured?"
(?Д?≡?д?)!?
"How many soldiers and horses do you have under your command?"
?(⊙?⊙)?
Seeing that the two men were dressed very differently from before and appeared in Luoyang, Anne subconsciously thought that the other party was preparing to attack Luoyang, and now he was personally gathering information.
?
"this……"
"Well……"
However, Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling's faces were stunned, and then they looked at each other unconsciously and ashamedly, and then became hesitant, unable to say a word for a long time.
"Master!"
"Before, we planned to take the opportunity of presenting the "Secret of Immortality" to kill Yu Wenhuaji and quickly find an official position and a city to get started while the faint emperor Yang Guang still has some power."
"But I don't think so..."
"That Yu Wenhuaji was so ruthless. We couldn't stop him and let him kill the foolish emperor Yang Guang. We had no choice but to escape in the chaos."
Although he was very reluctant, after hesitating for a while, Kou Zhong still had to reveal their original plan, but in the end they were slapped in the face by reality.
"but!"
"At least we also killed one of Yu Wenhuaji's brothers. Can we get a little revenge?"
After Kou Zhong finished speaking, Xu Ziling on the side quickly added, telling vividly the process of how they joined forces in the chaos and successfully killed Yuwen Zhiji.
"..."
(*ˉ?ˉ*;)
"That is to say, you have been out here for more than half a year, but in the end it's all useless, right?"
o(*?^?*)o
"You guys are really bad!"
(lll￢▽￢)
It took more than half a year to win the battle for world hegemony, but it couldn't be done. Not only could it not be done, but it didn't even have a soldier, a city, or a land. In Anne's opinion, it was simply terrible!
Anyway, back then, she, the Head of State Anne, had unified countless planets in the entire Koprulu sector and three major races in a short period of time. Wherever these fools are, they are getting worse and worse, even if they say it.
To make her lose her own life?
"..."
"..."
"yes!"
"Master taught me this!"
Hearing this, Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling looked at each other again, and then knowing that it was the truth, the two people naturally did not dare to refute, and just bowed their heads and accepted it.
"Master!"
"us……"
boom!
"?!"
at this time!
Just when Xu Ziling and Kou Zhong wanted to say something more, suddenly, the gate of the Confucian Wang Tongna Yuexiuzhuang was knocked down in an instant.
What's important is: in such a desperate situation, a servant with a knife who vomited blood actually flew in and smashed through the screen wall in front of the courtyard door, and let the gravel of the screen wall move towards their originally relatively peripheral and remote area.
Table splash coming?
"!
"
snort!
Seeing this, Xu Ziling of course didn't even think about it. He stood up and unsheathed the 'Broken Snow' hanging on his waist, and then used the extremely fast 'Returning Wind Luoyan' to instantly kill those few shredded snows with one move.
Shi Gei used his inner strength to bring order to the chaos and blasted them out again from the smashed door!
"Who's making the noise?"
"The master is having a banquet here. It's such a beautiful time, why are you acting so recklessly?!"
Then, holding the sword in his hand and successfully attracting the attention of the three great Confucians Wang Tong, Wang Shichong and Ouyang Xiyi on the steps, Xu Ziling was the first to speak out and shouted towards the door like he was taking over the host.
He had to do it!
Because their Master Anne was eating at this table. If she was disturbed, not only would the visitor be in bad luck, but the two of them as apprentices would also be in bad luck! Therefore, in order to prevent themselves and Kou Zhong from being unlucky,
He had to stand up.
Besides, they came to join in the fun to see the beautiful lady Shi Qingxuan and listen to the song. Now they are nowhere to be seen and the song is not heard. Moreover, someone disturbed the situation and interrupted the conversation with the master whom they had not seen for a long time.
It was absolutely impossible for him not to be angry!
"Hahaha!"
"I'm in Tujueba Fenghan!"
"Originally I came here to learn about Ouyang Xiyi's clever tricks, but I didn't expect that there are people like you here, so why don't I ask you for advice first?"
With a loud laugh, a man with tawny hair, about 20 years old, with a strong build, even taller than Xu Ziling and Kou Zhong, strode to the Yuexiu Village with a sharp knife hanging across his waist.
In the courtyard.
"Ba Fenghan?"
"whispering sound!"
"When will it be the turn of a Turk to stir up trouble in our Central Plains martial arts world?"
Saying that, after hearing the other party say that he should ask for advice first, Xu Ziling took the initiative to stride out after looking at each other with Kou Zhong, standing behind the destroyed screen wall, and talking to the man who claimed to be Ba Feng.
The cold men confronted each other.
You know, the last time, he and Kou Zhong were begged for the "Secret of Immortality" by a group of Turks who claimed to be the disciples of "Martial Lord" Bixuan with eighteen riders. At that time, they had already suffered a lot of humiliation.
, but now it’s good that a mere Ba Fenghan dares to come and cause trouble. Do you really think that there is no one left in their Central Plains martial arts world?
"..."
"..."
"..."
Seeing that there was an unknown young hero standing up for him and others, the great Confucian Wang Tong, the powerful man of Luoyang Wang Shichong and the famous martial arts star "Huangshan Yimin" Ouyang Xiyi who were sitting on the steps in the courtyard almost looked at each other.
He made up his mind in an instant and did not rush to react. Instead, he prepared to continue sitting, as if he wanted to see the situation before speaking?
Different from Xu Ziling, it is not difficult to know from their fearful eyes and serious expressions that they obviously recognize Ba Fenghan and know his deeds. Therefore, when they see that the person who comes is evil and cunning, they will of course have other plans.
.
After all, as far as they knew, since Ba Fenghan arrived in the Central Plains, he had challenged and defeated dozens of famous masters, many of whom were older martial arts masters who were not inferior to Ouyang Xiyi, and since there is now a
The young heroes volunteered to come forward. Ouyang Xiyi and others, who are famous martial arts veterans, were naturally prepared to rely on their old age and wait for an opportunity to spy on Ba Fenghan's moves and methods. They were naturally waiting for a good thing to be picked up for free.
Desirable.
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Chapter completed!