After the sun rises in the east, within a few hours, it slides across the middle of the sky and gradually tilts to the west.
A tall and thin man quietly left the city in Suzhou.
Although he is wearing a rough cloth robe and a blue cloth square scarf on his head, which does not look eye-catching, in fact, it can be seen from the collar that he has some padding underneath. Layers of silk clothing are not for ordinary people.
And after he left the city, he chose to walk on the wilderness trails. The further he went to the remote places in the mountains and forests, the more relaxed he became, and his speed became faster and faster.
This man's name is Lu Qing, and he is General Ningyuan, who is in the fifth rank of the Jianghuai Army.
Su Yan was ambitious and secretly expanded his military strength. He only recruited many good people over the years and found some excuses to report to the court and get official positions.
This Lu Qing was favored by Su Yan because of his excellent light-body flying skills and the fact that he had trained a large number of light-kung masters. He was the best choice for traveling far away for raids and gathering information.
Now he let go of his legs, and in just a moment, he had arrived at a small abandoned village on the edge of Taihu Lake.
There are many villages like this in the land of Jianghuai.
Although Su Yan's command of the army was well-known, he wanted to expand his troops privately and could not attract the attention of the court, so naturally he had to make the following plans.
For example, in such a prosperous land, where there are many young and strong people, he must manage it carefully and make it work harder.
But just like those places where there are many old, weak, women and children, he secretly sent out bandits to loot or kill people to collect the essence, blood, bones, soul and resentment, so as to sacrifice and refine batches of evil magic weapons.
If the trouble becomes too big, he will disperse the thieves, move the elite to other places, let the officers and soldiers take action, burn a few bandit strongholds, confiscate some of the magic weapons, and then appear in Jianghuai justifiably. in the treasury.
As for the matter of breaking up the bandits, as long as it is slightly modified, it will be another good achievement in wiping out the bandits, and I will ask the court for a reward.
However, this abandoned village is not empty.
Lu Qing walked to the depths of Zhuangzi, took out a piece of talisman paper from his arms, and waved it forward.
I saw green light flying out and submerging into the air in front of me. The air gradually rippled and the scenery changed.
What was originally a large, dirty pond has turned into a bluestone courtyard surrounded by streams.
The courtyard was well cleaned inside and outside. Twenty or thirty beautiful servants and handsome boys were walking around in the courtyard, preparing vegetables, wine and meat, and serving dinner to the master.
After Lu Qing walked in, the maze outside closed again. Those beautiful servants seemed to recognize him and saluted one after another. Wu Nong whispered, "Second Master!"
The owner of this courtyard turned out to be Lu Qing's brother Lu Kun.
The two brothers are more than forty years apart. When they were young, they were both active in the East China Sea. Very few people in the Central Plains knew about their brotherly relationship.
At this moment, Lu Kun was sitting on the soft couch in the big house, playing with a large ball of golden sand in his hand.
He was born short, only about three feet tall, so he was nicknamed the "Three-foot Earth Spirit Demon" in the world. A charcoal-colored robe.
As soon as Lu Qing walked in, gold and red colors came into view, making him blink so hard that he couldn't see his brother's face clearly.
"Why are you here?"
Lu Kun folded his hands, compressed the ball of yellow sand, shrank it to the size of a fist, put it in his sleeves, and looked up.
"This is your second visit this month. Su Yan is very alert. You have to be extremely cautious to avoid being discovered by him."
Lu Qing swallowed. Spit, sit next to me , took a cup of fragrant tea to drink, and said: "Su Yan is dead!"
Lu Kun's black and red eyebrows jumped and said: "Seriously? What happened? You saw him Corpse? ”
"I didn't see the body, but I saw the fragments of his Five Lords Heavenly Sword, and the ghosts and monsters he raised such as the Ears of Retribution were all languid and obviously lost their owners."
Lu Qing When I think of this, I Feeling dry, "It's not just him."
"King of Jinling Cao Hong and Tianxian Sect Master Feng Kun were also defeated. The person who killed them called himself Su Hanshan."
“This morning , the man came to the Jianghuai Army camp and announced the matter, saying that he was a gangster raised by Cao and Su. He provoked him and was killed by him. He went to the Jinling Palace and killed Cao Ying. The hatred deepened and he was killed. There was a big battle at Hongze Lake last night. "
"When he spoke, wind and thunder shook, lightning flashed in the sky, and the soldiers and horses were intimidated. They did not dare to act rashly. He even broke into the Governor's Mansion. In a moment, the news spread throughout the city. .”
Lu Kun also looked a little surprised, and murmured: "Su Hanshan? How come I have never heard of such a person..."
Lu Qing finished a cup of tea, with an excited look on his face: " Brother, no matter where he comes from, this is an opportunity for you and me.”
“The prince invited you and me to hide here in Jianghuai just to find the right opportunity. , causing Taihu Lake to burst its embankments, there will be chaos in the south of the Yangtze River, and even affecting the water transportation to Kaifeng."
"Whenever the imperial court sends people to investigate deeply, there will be no secrets about the past affairs of Cao and Su. , the only way to go is to rebel immediately."
"The prince can then profit from the chaos, develop the general trend, and directly change the dynasty."
Lu Qing smacked his lips, wiped his beard, and said, "Although Cao and Su are dead now, the overall chaos can still be stirred up."
Lu Kun's expression moved slightly.
The two brothers were secretly hired as guest ministers by the Prince of Xiangyang.
The King of Xiangyang is the uncle of the current emperor of the Song Dynasty. He has a close relationship with the Penglai Bixia Palace in the East China Sea and is quite powerful. He has long had the intention of establishing a hegemony, so he is not interested in the actions of this "comparable" King of Jinling. In order to be more sensitive, I have the intention of taking advantage.
But the Taihu Lake bursting embankment was originally intended to divert the court's attention and fish in troubled waters. Of course, it was impossible for the entire Xiangyang Palace to mobilize and attack forcefully.
Therefore, after many discussions, only the two Lu Kun brothers were invited to come over and act accordingly.
“Let’s go take a look at the dam.”
Lu Kun grabbed his brother and flew into the air, and in an instant he was on the Taihu Lake dam.
The green willows on this shore are lined up in several rows, extending out and almost surrounding Taihu Lake. The grass is green and the smell is fragrant.
The embankment is more than ten feet above the water. The two brothers stood on the embankment, overlooking the water and the smoke waves. They felt that it was vast and boundless, making people feel like they were at the seaside.
It turns out that in ancient Qin and Han Dynasties, Taihu Lake discharged into the sea, and there were three large water veins, namely the Loujiang River, the Dongjiang River and the Wusong River.
However, in the late Tang Dynasty, in the Arctic, Rakshasa Kingdom and other places, the ice and snow melted, and the cold current moved southward and invaded the Central Plains. This also caused the sea level to rise, the sea tide intruded, and the sea sand blocked the estuary of the Sanjiang River.
The Loujiang River and the Dongjiang River were blocked and their water veins were scattered and annihilated on the land. Only the Wusong River survived.
From the end of the Tang Dynasty to the present, for so many years, Taihu Lake has received water from several counties from the upper reaches, but it only relies on the Wusong River to discharge into the sea. The lower reaches are silted up, the waterway is narrowed, and the flow is not abundant.
In the Taihu Lake system, the pressure on the dams along the coast can be said to be increasing.
At this time, winter is about to pass, which can be said to be the beginning of spring. Once Taihu Lake bursts its banks, dozens of counties will immediately be destroyed. The resulting problems such as plague and refugees are countless.
Of course Su Yan must take strict precautions against this matter when he governs Jianghuai.
In addition to continuing the waterproofing strategy of previous officials, he also sent people to build 2,384 "magic needles" and entered the Taihu Lake dam.
If anything happens in Taihu Lake, Su Yan can rush here in an instant.
With his Pure Land Immortal cultivation, even if he cannot directly capture the destroyer, he can immediately repair the dam to prevent the disaster from expanding.
Moreover, he has many soldiers under his command, a treasury full of magic weapons, and Cao Hong, Feng Kun, and Zhu Liang. These three masters and allies cannot be underestimated.
Lu Kun has been having a headache about this matter and can't find a chance to make a move. Today, when we came to the embankment, the three-foot-long spirit demon sensed it again. Sure enough, he noticed that the more than two thousand magic needles, which together formed a warning method, had been relaxed.
“Humph!”
Lu Kun chuckled, walked a few steps to the side, stretched out his hand to grasp, the turf under his feet cracked, and the earth and rocks surged.
After a few breaths, a hint of red copper appeared from the ground.
This "magic needle" is one foot long and about the thickness of a goose egg. On the outside, there are engraved sacrificial inscriptions for Li Bing, the great flood control god during the Warring States Period, while on the inner wall there are engraved sacrificial inscriptions for Du Kang, the god of wine.
The hollow magic needle is filled with French wine, which is the product of Su Yan's personal supervision.
On these magical needles in the past, there were still vague thoughts projected from Su Yan's pure land.
Today, this connection has disappeared.
"Okay, okay, he died cleanly."
Lu Kun couldn't help but smile on his face.
Lu Qing said: "When we complete this matter, we can spread some rumors and put the blame on Su Hanshan."
"Although he made a declaration in the Jianghuai Army Camp , there seems to be no reason to harm Taihu Lake, but rumors can change drastically with a little push "
When Lu Qing said this, he couldn't help but smacked his lips, "I was just offended by a few bandits, and they were crushed to death by ant-like things, but he directly killed them. The Prince of Jinling refused to even give the Cao family a chance to apologize. How arrogant and domineering.”
"Once such a person is listed as a suspect by the Song Dynasty court, he will definitely cause trouble again!"
Lu Kun's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he nodded repeatedly.
"Good brother, this is a good idea. As soon as we accomplish this, we will sneak away immediately. When the disaster becomes serious in the future, no one can find us."
Lu Kun chuckled and said, "As the saying goes, those who are good at fighting have no great achievements. Our plan is unknown to gods." Unconsciously, even if the King of Xiangyang becomes a big deal in the future, he will not take the initiative to take this basin of dirty water on himself."
" Hundreds of millions of living beings in the contemporary era will never know about this Taihu disaster in the history books of the future. The real culprit can’t be found, hahahaha!”
Miles away, among the jungle.
Wrapped in inert vitality, the two invisible people floated quietly in the air.
Su Hanshan picked out his ears: "I can understand the excitement of being famous forever and flaunting the annals of history. What is there to be excited about when they do this kind of thing?"
Ouyang Chun thought: "Perhaps for them, there is a sense of accomplishment in fooling the whole world? "
Su Hanshan gave a weird laugh: "At that time, I made a declaration in the military camp. Everyone in the entire military camp was shocked, horrified, or confused, and some were sad and angry. He was the only one who wanted to come to me to fight for his life. Who can be deceived by someone who is overjoyed? ”
Back then, when Su Hanshan was still in the Qi Sea realm, he had already developed the Seven Emotions Destroying God Style. Later, he cultivated to the multiple extreme realms, using Qi to stimulate the body, using the body to refine the spirit, and creating his own small Five Elements to generate and restrain the techniques, all of which were now in their intricacies.
With his current state, although he does not know what others are thinking specifically, in an instant, no one who is excited within a radius of several miles can escape his sensory discrimination.
At that time, he secretly paid attention to Lu Qing.
When Lu Qing left the city, he and Ouyang Chun followed him. Both of them were masters of meditation, and even Lu Kun couldn't find any clues.
“Speaking of which, we just defeated the King of Jinling, and here comes the King of Xiangyang.”
Su Hanshan shook his head and said, "You think there are too many princes in the Song Dynasty who want to rebel."
Ouyang Chun smiled and said: "Maybe he inherited the tradition of the old Zhao family."
In this world, there are not a few people who have a life span of hundreds of years due to their advanced cultivation.
For these people, they may live longer than a dynasty.
It is not strange to ask those old-timers who are still alive today to recognize themselves as Han people, but to ask them to recognize themselves as Song people is really a joke.
And the junior disciples of those masters are also somewhat affected by their thinking.
Ouyang Chun naturally had no burden when joking.
Su Hanshan's eyes darkened, and he said: "It doesn't matter if you want to rebel, but if you do anything against me, it's a bit like seeking death."
He raised his hand, The right hand glowed with a thick silver luster.
Ouyang Chun held the knife in his arms, and with a flick of his thumb, it was unsheathed three inches.
A light blue light flashed from the blade and landed on Su Hanshan's right hand.
That is not a water-repelling magical sword that cuts through memories, but a sword that is formed by mixing demonic energy with one's own skills.
Su Hanshan's fist used the Dharani fist. He gathered all his heart and soul and suddenly flicked out a finger. The force of his thoughts was as fast as Baoyuejuekong, and its lethality was extraordinary.
But Lu Xingxian’s endurance and vitality are no small matter after all.
Ouyang Chun has an extraordinary talent. When he saw Su Hanshan kill Cao Hong with one finger at Hongze Lake, he recognized the mystery of this move and took the initiative to help.
The knife contains demonic energy, which fits Su Hanshan's idea of seduce and destroy demons with his fingers.
After Lu Kun on the Taihu Dam crushed a magic needle, he clenched his fist and stared at the land below.
When he was in the Demon-Conquering Realm, he trained the invisible demon into a real supernatural power, and obtained the method of controlling the earth. When he became a Land Walking Immortal, he transformed into a magical power that can affect the entire body and mind, and can escape and travel through the earth. Like a fish in water, it can also affect the movement of soil and rocks on a large scale.
The Taihu Dam is extremely well built. Even if Su Hanshan hits it with all his strength, it will only create a gap of two to three miles at most.
But Lu Kun used his earth-bending magical power to gather momentum and punch down. The entire Taihu Dam would spread cracks on its own, leaving a gap of more than five miles long. Moreover, the earth and rocks were like powder, making it difficult to backfill.
Although the old saying goes that a dike thousands of miles long will collapse in an anthill, however, the bigger the initial gap is, the faster the subsequent collapse will be.
After a while, the entire Taihu Lake overflowed, and everything was about to turn into a flood zone. Even if Su Yan and the other four masters were resurrected and surrounded at the same time, it would be difficult to recover.
However, just when Lu Kun was immersed in the earth element energy, he suddenly felt a terrifying omen coming from the land several miles away.
"What..."
Before he could think about it, a silver light flashed in the distance behind him.
Lu Kun's head had a small hole punched out from back to front. The inside of the brain hole was yellow, as if there was no brain or flesh and blood.
But the aura of the three-foot-long spirit demon suddenly declined. The earth element energy that had just been sensed collapsed, and yellow light seemed to flow and fly on the ground.
The wound felt like a soul-breaking pain, causing him to let out an earth-shattering roar.
"Ah!!!!!!"
Lu Qing, who was standing next to him, was caught off guard. His whole body was directly shaken into a bloody mess by his brother's painful sound wave. dust.
(End of this chapter)