Zongwu: The Rise of the Little People

evening.

Dark clouds cover the sun and autumn rain is coming.

Ningguo.

Baiju Town in the south.

This town was a saltworks.

Since ancient times, although selling salt is hard work, it is a good business. In many places where there are shortages, this commodity can be regarded as hard currency and is very valuable.

In these years in Ningguo, the royal family was weak, the government was corrupt, the officialdom was dark, and the people lived in hardship. It was precisely because of the collusion between officials and businessmen that private salt became rampant.

In this era, as long as the benefits are sufficient, the government will turn a blind eye, and everyone takes this as the norm.

Salt is very valuable, and bandits and pirates are greedy and often target salt dealers. However, most salt dealers have a background in the underworld and will naturally not show weakness.

Big fish and small fish eat each other, but compared to salt dealers, bandits and pirates who rob people on the road are obviously more hateful.

In today's Baiju Town, the bureaucracy and administration are extremely corrupt, with officials and bandits mixed together, and it is difficult to distinguish who is an official and who is a bandit.

The first thunder sounded.

"kill……"

"Bang, ding, clang..."

Not far from Baiju Town, at a dock, two groups of people were fighting fiercely.

One side attacked in masks, the other side defended to the death.

On the cargo cart, a bag was accidentally cut and white salt spilled, indicating the source of the fight between the two parties.

On the river bank near the dock, in the cargo ship's cabin.

There were two black-clad masked bandit leaders, one of whom was holding a knife to a young man's neck and shouted:

"Why don't you tell the people outside to stop?"

The young man was gentle, plain-clothed, and handsome. At this moment, facing the threat, he was completely unmoved and continued to speak calmly:

"Pirates have been a constant threat for years, but not all of them are foreigners...

There are many officers and soldiers among them, pretending to be pirates, stealing from the public, just like you two..."

……

time flies.

The battle on the dock is coming to an end.

The masked robbers were obviously trapped this time. A large number of people were lying in ambush on the trucks transporting the goods.

These people suddenly appeared in the battle just now and decided the outcome of this battle in an instant.

At this moment, the young man stepped out of the cabin, leaving behind two poisoned and unconscious people.

After a while, at the dock, two salt transport leaders came up to the young man and thanked him:

"Brother Yun Xiang, thank you for cleaning up these scums for us!"

The young master Yun Xiang said modestly:

"I'm just talking!"

"No, you look weak, but you single-handedly united us, so many teams..."

……

After a while, Yun Xiang said goodbye to a group of green forest heroes and salt merchants. Seventy to eighty percent of the officials and bandits in this place had been wiped out.

Next, he would go to Baiju Town to meet Yan Luowang, the salt field and mine supervisor and the mastermind behind the creation of the officials and bandits here.

There were bursts of thunder.

We had just left the dock and walked for a while when it started to rain.

In just a moment, Master Yun Xiang, who had been so graceful and wise just now, was about to become a drowned rat.

Quite embarrassed.

Faced with the unpredictable might of heaven, Yun Xiang was helpless for a moment.

"Gulu gulu..."

"Da da da da..."

The sound of wheels and horse hooves came from far away.

Soon, a luxurious carriage, guarded by knights on both sides, appeared not far from Yunxiang.

at this time.

"Swish..." A sound of breaking air suddenly rang out. Yun Xiang's ears moved, and his left hand suddenly raised up, grabbing the object coming from the air, an oil-paper umbrella.

"Thank you!" After Yun Xiang thanked him, he opened the umbrella directly, without any shyness at all, as if he was not alert at all.

"Yuntai Yunxiang, the scene at the dock just now, the vertical and horizontal alliances, it was extremely exciting!"

The door of the carriage suddenly opened, and Zhao Xu, dressed in a luxurious white robe and with an extraordinary handsome face, walked out of the carriage and spoke at the same time.

"Not worth mentioning!" Although the other party looked about the same age as himself, Yun Xiang felt a lot of pressure in his heart at this moment.

With a penetrating gaze, he revealed his background right from the start. Then, looking at the knights guarding on both sides, Yun Xiang saw the shadow of a martial arts master in them.

He is truly an absolute big shot.

Fortunately, the river on the carriage was below, and the rising sun was in the sky, allowing Yun Xiang to guess a little about the other party's origin. He did not hide anything and asked directly:

"Are you a high-ranking member of the Jinsha Gang?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Xu looked at Yun Xiang carefully and nodded.

Amazing observation and extraordinary knowledge.

The general logo of the Jinsha Gang is just a Jinsha River, but the icon used by the top leaders has a rising sun above the river.

"Nanli people!" Without giving a specific identity, Zhao Xu gave a vague answer and continued:

"It is said that the people of Yuntai are dedicated to helping the world and caring about the people!"

"Yun Xiang, what does the world look like in your mind?"

After asking this question, Zhao Xu did not wait for the other party's answer. He directly took out a white jade tablet with a rising sun pattern engraved on it, threw it into Yun Xiang's hand, and continued:

"You are a talented person, I am very optimistic about you!"

"With this token, you can find me from any property of the Jinsha Gang!"

……

"Gulu gulu..."

After a long time, Yun Xiang clenched the jade card in his hand and watched the carriage disappear in the hazy autumn rain. He had not expected to meet such an important figure when he first left the mountain gate.

Just now, after the other party got out of the carriage, the wind and rain were not able to affect him. This is an ability that only a first-class master can possess after releasing his true energy.

Although Yuntai has always traveled the world with wisdom and strategy, it does not mean that he will despise martial arts.

In this world where great power can be attributed to oneself, once one's strength reaches a certain level, it is absolutely impossible for ordinary people to easily shake it.

As a leader in Yuntai, Yun Xiang understands this point deeply.

This is an opportunity. This time he comes out of seclusion to put an end to a past event, the depth of which is still unknown.

How could this opportunity today not be a help in escaping from desperate situation?

The carriage is moving.

In addition to Zhao Xu, there was another woman in the car, serving carefully beside him. This person was Ruyi or Liuli, the maid during the Renxin period.

When one person attains the Tao, the chicken and the dog ascend to heaven.

Now she has returned to her previous position, but as Ruyi's status becomes more noble, her position is also constantly improving.

When Zhao Xu travels, there is no one to serve him, so Jin Meiniang and others feel uneasy.

Liuli's background and identity are suitable, so she was sent here on this trip to take care of Zhao Xu's daily life on the one hand, and to monitor the women who appear around him on the other.

Jin Meiniang and the others must be under control.

"Master, do you think highly of the cloud inlay?"

"Many things cannot be accomplished by force alone. Destruction is easy, but construction requires many wise men like him!"

After Zhao Xu answered softly, he stared at Liuli with a smile, and stared at her until her face turned red before he let her go.

Baiju Town is where the salt field is located and where wealth gathers. Although it is called a town, its scale is not small and is as large as a county seat.

The night seemed even darker and lonelier against the backdrop of the heavy rain, with few people on the streets.

Entering the town, the road was relatively narrow and not as wide as that outside the town, and the carriage moved increasingly slowly.

The tree wants to be calm and the wind does not stop.

Not long after the carriage started moving, a noisy sound was heard from the front.

"stop!"

"Catch her!"

……

The shouting came from far away and got closer and closer. In just a moment, it was approaching and Zhao Xu and his group were not far away!

"boom!"

"thump!"

……

The intersection where the alleys meet is much wider than other places.

The carriage stopped, and through the window, one could see a fierce battle at the intersection.

A group of dozens of people are besieging a woman in red.

The woman has extraordinary martial arts skills. At such a young age, she has already reached the level of a second-grade junior grandmaster, which shows that she has extraordinary talent.

"Master, do you need us to disperse this group of people?" The leader of the guard knights came to the window of the carriage and asked.

"Watch first!"

"Yes!"