[Tianxia 3][Ghost ink X Wumeihou] I can't see the sky

Outside the city of Shuzhou, there is a river named Wenjing.For hundreds of years, the river has been flowing turbulently, half a circle around the city, all the way south, and merged into the Minshui River.

Qianzhu traveled upstream along the river for about thirty miles, and it was easy to find clues in a very hidden valley.He cautiously climbed to the top of a nearby banyan tree, and looked down to see hundreds of monsters and bandit troops shuttling around the mountain rocks. They actually built a dam against the river to block the water flow, and it was formed in the middle of the mountain. A huge barrier lake.At the same time, on the other side of the dam, half of the new river channel has been opened and will be completed soon.

Seeing this scene, Qian Zhu couldn't help being startled.This strategy of the demon army is extremely sinister. After the dam was built, the flow of the originally dangerous and turbulent river was greatly slowed down. The former site of Jiange detoured to Tianhe Pass——on the other hand, the newly built river channel actually pointed directly to Shuzhou City. When enough water was stored, the water was directly diverted to attack the city, and the torrential waves rushed down the hillside. It's impossible to resist the enemy, and I don't know how many more underwater dead souls will appear.

Although Qianzhu was shocked, she didn't lose her sense of control. She glanced at the scene in the valley again and recorded it carefully in her heart. Then she stepped off the tree lightly and sneaked back to Shuzhou.

When Sikong Mo heard the news, his face turned pale, he stood up immediately, and said: "This matter is important, and it must be reported to General Tianlie to know."

Qian Zhu shook his head and said: "No, if there is a spy, he must have a very high status, and if there are any deployments in the army, he will definitely be aware of it - and my brother firmly believes in his brothers. Maybe, this time, we have to deal with it ourselves.”

Sikong Mo immediately sat back beside him, frowned and said worriedly: "You brothers... Oh, it's true. Everyone in the world says that you are a scholar who is useless. Even your elder brother is not immune to the prejudice. Qingwen, I and other scholars can never show our ambitions, we are always constrained, and we are really cold."

Qian Zhu shook her head, and said calmly: "I do what I think is right, what does it matter what the world thinks? - Sikong, with your ability, it shouldn't be difficult to get some sulfur and saltpeter, right?"

Sikong Mo asked in surprise: "Are you going to blow up the dam? But do you know where to bury the gunpowder? If all goes well, the water accumulated in the lake can go around the city along the old Wenjing River Road, and the natural crisis will be resolved. But if you One accidentally blows up in the wrong place, and the flood rushes down, it will be a disaster."

Qian Zhu said with a smile: "I am good at numerology. In the past, in order to earn some food money, I often helped the villagers dig mountains and open roads. I have some experience in gunpowder."

Seeing that his expression was full of confidence, Sikong Mo nodded and said: "Okay! I believe you! This matter is not enough for only one person, so I will call my disciples to advance and retreat with you."

***

When You Huang said this, he paused, as if he was recalling all the details of that day.

Chief sat on the side and looked at him sideways, as if reacquainted, with surprise in his voice: "This happened in the 533rd year of the Great Desolation Calendar?... I also heard about it in Beiming at that time, and the Youdu Army was planning to attack it for more than a month. The plan of water attack was completely destroyed by mortals with just a few packs of explosives, and many low-level monsters were drowned. I also laughed at Luo Hu several times because of this, but I didn’t want it to be you... From this point of view, you are in the military. He is also very talented.”

You Huang smiled and said: "It's just a little cleverness." Turning around and seeing that the chieftain had transformed into a mortal, but the pair of blood-colored pupils had not disappeared, he sighed bewilderedly: "At that time, I would never have thought that one day To sit in a small pavilion in a half-collapsed mass grave with a Youdu Demon Marquis and talk about these old things."

Chief shook his head and said: "The world is unpredictable. I never thought that I would--" He stopped suddenly, changed the subject and said, "...What happened next?" As soon as the words came out, he felt a little regretful, because he knew what would happen next. The ending is bound to be bad.

"Later..." You Huang tilted his head, and said succinctly, "The operation took place at night, and I failed to escape in time, so I was caught by Zhang Xianzhong. ——Well, he was very angry." The tone was relaxed, confused own business.

The chief stared at him intently, but his expression became more serious.

***

In the night, the sound of the water was shaking, and the huge waves several feet high reflected the pale moonlight. They rolled over the broken dams and roared down the almost dry river, sweeping away many Shu bandits and demons downstream who had no time to escape.Unexpectedly, the trip went so smoothly, Qianzhu was surprised for a while.He was supposed to leave as soon as he got it, but in order to protect two children who strayed into this place, he was accidentally discovered by the fleeing bandits, and was tied up in front of Zhang Xianzhong, the leader of the Bashu bandit.

For some unknown reason, that Zhang Xianzhong was famous for valuing martial arts and despising literature, and he treated martial and brave people with courtesy, but he extremely hated literati.

The tall man knocked the scholar to the ground with one foot, and stomped a few times until his ribs were broken and he vomited blood. Then he stretched out his hand and squeezed his chin to look carefully: "You scholars are the most hateful, all of you are so white. Jingjing looks like a big girl, she looks harmless to humans and animals, but she is more sinister and ruthless than anyone else in her actions. The bad guys have big plans. Today you will destroy all the achievements of my brothers for more than a month, and you will harm them even more. Few people lost their lives, but have you ever thought about how it will end?"

Qian Zhu was in pain from being pinched by him, she struggled and panted and said: "If you hadn't colluded with the demons and wanted to murder hundreds of thousands of people in Shuzhou City, why would I have to do this crime? I did it, one person does it and one person does it. If you want to kill, you can do whatever you want!"

Zhang Xianzhong frowned, as if the scholar's attitude of preferring death to surrender made him even more annoyed, and said: "You are pretending to be arrogant. It's just that you're really arrogant, and you'll see it in a while. I hate your pretension the most in my life. For a person who is noble and pretends to be extraordinary, it’s no big deal to be able to read a few words! You can lose your dignity and beg for mercy in a flash!” After a pause, it seemed that he had thought of a brilliant idea, and his mouth grinned extremely Seeing the malicious smile in Qian Zhu's eyes, she suddenly felt startled, only to hear Zhang Xianzhong continue: "Do you know what the best way to humiliate people like you is? It's to tell you to behave like a man. About women. I myself only love soft, white and tender beautiful girls, but there are quite a few of my brothers who like beautiful husbands. —— You said, you caused me a lot of losses, but you only use your body to pay for it, don’t you? Earn it instead?"

Qian Zhu opened her eyes wide, and after reacting for a while, she finally understood what it meant, she hurriedly backed away, but was firmly held down, she couldn't help struggling desperately, and said in shock: "If you want my life, just take it! Use such a method How can torturing people be considered a manly act!"

Zhang Xianzhong just sneered, and said: "Whether you are a real man or not is not up to you. Now that the matter has come to an end, I have to persuade you to be obedient. Maybe the brothers can be more considerate and let you suffer less."

***

Standing by the Wenjing River, Tianlie was amazed at the roaring and passing whitecaps. He didn't understand why the already dry river surged so suddenly overnight.At this moment, there was a scholar in a hurry to see him, his hair was disheveled and he was in a panic, it was Sikong Mo.Sikong Mo told Tianlie the cause and effect, and said that when the number of people was counted at dawn, only Qianzhu was missing. He was worried that he would be in danger, so he came to ask for help.

When Tianlie heard this, he was naturally anxious, and was about to dispatch troops to look for his younger brother, when suddenly another person rushed over, it was the ancient animal husband who was also the guard of Shuzhou with Tianlie.The ancient beastman looked strange, quietly pulled Tianlie aside, and presented him with a letter, which was written to the bandit leader Zhang Xianzhong, in which he talked about attacking Shuzhou by water, and listed all the arguments to prove that this plan was not feasible, so he signed the letter The person did not leave a name, but hastily drew a few bunches of bamboo branches.

As soon as this happened, things became confusing again.It is not impossible to say that the dam was blown up by the demons and gangsters who thought it impossible to succeed, and the bamboo branches painted at the end of the letter added a bit of suspicion.

Holding the letter in his hand, Tian Lie couldn't help frowning, he was never good at scheming, so he didn't know who was right and who was wrong, let alone what to do.The ancient animal husband persuaded: "I know that my brother's whereabouts are unknown, and brother Tianlie must be concerned about it, so there will be chaos. However, the defense in the city is currently empty. If you use troops without authorization, I am afraid it will be very inappropriate. What's more, although I have no doubts about your brother. The meaning is just in case... in case this is a trap, let those monsters and bandits know what's going on in the city and sneak in while we're out, and the people in the city will be in danger."

Hearing what he said, Tian Lie felt a pain in his heart, and said: "Yes... I am the guard, and I must not put 10 people in the city at risk for my younger brother's life alone."

Sikong Mo watched from a distance, although he couldn't hear what the two of them were saying, but seeing Tianlie's expression, he understood in his heart, and said: "...you don't believe him after all."

Tianlie was still struggling in his heart. After a while, he finally clenched his fists and said through gritted teeth, "That's not the case. I just have a heavy responsibility and I can't act rashly. What's more, this letter——"

Sikong Mo laughed twice, his eyes darkened, and said: "I just sigh for Qianzhu—life and death are always the king, you don't know the pity."

※Ancient Shuzhou is now Chongzhou City, next to Wenjing River.Kangxi's "Chongqing Zhouzhi": "The late crossing of the Xijiang River governs the five miles to the west." "The late crossing of the Xijiang River" is one of the eight scenic spots in Shuzhou. Here, the Xijiang River specifically refers to the west section of the Wenjing River around the city.There is also a poem that says: There are three thousand tourists who cross the Xijiang River late, and the fight for profit and fame is separated by the whip.Zhouzi is recruiting people, Wan is here, sailing through Qianchuan with full sails and wind and rain.

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