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Chapter 516 Embers (knot)

Chapter 516 Embers (knot)

From the night of February [-]th, everything around Sipinggang seemed to move in unison.

Fan Zhong and others have mentioned before that for the pursuit of Fang Baihua and others, a result can be obtained in two or three days.But in fact, these two or three days refer to the expectation that Fang Baihua and the others will not do anything, and the pursuers will be cornered and the space for mobilization will disappear completely.But obviously, as long as there is still some brains, no one will wait until the end of the road really comes before them to resist.

With the passage of time, whether it is Tie Tianying, Zong Feixiao, Sikongnan, Lin Yechan, on the one hand, they are trying their best to search for the whereabouts of Fang Baihua and others, on the other hand, they are also using increasing vigilance. Heart, waiting for each other's final strength.

On this night, Deng Yuanjue, An Xifu and others led the dozens of remnants to suddenly turn southwest, which became the fuse for everything.

In the days after the incident broke out, the appearance of Deng Yuanjue and An Xifu was actually the force that most attracted the attention of all parties.They appeared for two days, and they hadn't fully grasped the movement and set fire everywhere. They rescued a lot of bandits who escaped and then went north. This is actually a clear conspiracy that cannot be ignored.

In this incident, the real protagonist seems to be Fang Baihua's family who want to rescue Fang Qifo.But in fact, this group of people is only related to the face of the capital, the promotion of Tie Tianying and Zong Feixiao and the symbol of the complete destruction of the Yongle Dynasty. Relatively speaking, the account book carried by Anxifu has greatly It is related to the benefits that the families behind the incident can get in the future. As long as any family can get the account book, they can first ensure that they will not be stabbed in the back. It depends on your mood.

Whether it was Tie Tianying, Zong Feixiao or Sikong Nan, they all seemed to have their own affiliations, but in fact, they all had backgrounds of some big families behind them.At this time, An Xifu was about to go north, and it was already clear that he was desperate, but his life was less important. If he handed over the accounts before he died - he didn't even have to think about who to hand it to - in the end it would be A big mess.

Even, when the momentum is big, the account book may not be true.Families who consciously fall into it will start friction on their own. This little friction may be related to the loss of several million taels of silver, and the lives of hundreds of thousands of people.

Because of this understanding, the spokespersons of the various forces, both overtly and covertly, have shown an attitude of not caring about it.On the surface, Tie Tianying, Zong Feixiao, Fan Zhong and others put their main force on the matter of rounding up Fang Baihua - anyway, they were killed, anyway, the accounts must be rumors, don't pay attention - in fact, when This evening, after realizing the news that Deng Yuanjue and others suddenly turned south, the situation near Sipinggang broke out.

The sudden movement of Deng Yuanjue and others to the southwest should have been made this morning.In the afternoon, a group of routine hunters caught up with them, and the location of the conflict had moved dozens of miles to the southwest.After this contact, with the contact point as the center, the radius of almost two hundred miles in the vicinity suddenly moved due to the speed of the news.

The ultimate goal of Deng Yuanjue and others is really not to go north!All their previous actions were aimed at attracting the chasing troops to move north, but their actual purpose was to join Fang Baihua and break through the Dabie Mountains!

In an instant, in the nearby prefectures and counties, whether officers and soldiers arrested Kuai, or scattered green forest people, the rest of the Manichaeus led by Si Kongnan.They all seemed to have received a unified order, and they swarmed out as night fell. On the one hand, they tried to block Deng Yuanjue and An Xifu who were heading south, and on the other hand, they began to flock to all directions leading to Dabie Mountain.

The first contact between Fang Baihua and the others and the chasing soldiers was not long after nightfall. At that time, theoretically, the news that Deng Yuanjue and others were chasing southwest had not yet reached this side.In the last two or three days that were available for maneuver, both sides chose this point of time tacitly and began to gamble.

The wind roared from the mountain, and the camp in Sipinggang was brightly lit. A pair of arresters and sergeants who were in charge of the communication quickly came in and out, bringing the events that happened in various places not long ago to Tie Tianying who was sitting here— In response to the different actions of the two sides, the Ministry of Criminal Justice has formulated various plans from the beginning.

Most of the arresters placed outside now consist of a team of more than ten or twenty people, and their leaders are often experienced arresters from various regions. As long as they receive news, most of them can respond independently.When the first news reached Sipinggang, the nearby half of the disk and all the states and counties that were out of sight actually started to move.The new order was issued from Sipinggang to accelerate the change and operation of the entire layout.

For all of this, Tie Tianying, who had calculated many times in his heart, was quite familiar with it.

"...Send someone to inform the people in the north, except Chen Zhiqing and Yu Ya, the rest of the people started to chase south in an orderly manner, and notified the Wenshui County magistrate to cooperate and cut off Deng Yuanjue's back road, they can die from the heart of going north... …”

"Report, in the Jingshan area, there are traces of a group of green forest people, including Yanwu in southern Gansu, Jiangyuan in Hedong, and Li Long, a thief who has issued a document on the peak, seems to be among them..."

"Don't worry about them for the time being, order Ye Feng to go south and check the passers-by around Qiaoting, so as to prevent Fang Baihua and others from going over here. Persuade to surrender..."

"Report, at [-] o'clock, Fengtianchuan and Fang Baihua and others in Wenshui Xiaolou Bay had a bloody battle. After killing three bandits on the spot, the other party fled east."

"They want to toss all night...youshi..." Tie Tianying looked at the map, "The two teams, Lin Donglou and Zeng Xihou, are sent to the two teams. The place they guard is very important. If they encounter Fang Baihua, etc. People, you might as well fight, you need to pay attention, if Fang Baihua and the others retreat, they are not allowed to chase, and stay on the spot to avoid the trick of turning the tiger away from the mountain..."

"Chuanshan found that the thief swallowed the cloud monk..."

"Lin Zongwu and others are currently chasing south along the Wenshui..."

A group of people's news has been collected and summarized, and most of the things have long been expected for Tie Tianying.This includes a group of green forest masters who suddenly appeared - in fact, as early as two days ago, these people in Yuzhen area once held a "hero meeting" - some of them gathered because of the reward, because the court was Fang Baihua and others. The rewards set by people are really not low; some are because they want to make a name for themselves; some are because they had hatred with Fang Baihua, Deng Yuanjue and others in the past, and now they come to beat the underdogs.

Of course, there are also people secretly sent by some big clans in the south, north, north and north. They are mixed among them, but the main purpose is to kill Fang Baihua and others, and then wait for the opportunity to check the whereabouts of the account books.

The current situation is like a game of chess. Although different news are still collected, the overall situation is almost finalized, and there is basically no news that can surprise him.Even if Tian Li came here not long ago to report that Cheng Zhouhai, the Secret Investigation Division, was actually a top-notch expert—that only shows that the Secret Investigation Division attaches great importance to this matter, but more than 20 people can't stand up in this situation. to too much impact.

It really seemed that in this chess game, it was probably the forces of the three parties that determined the general situation—the Punishment represented by him, the remnants of Manichaeism represented by Sikong Nan, and Fang Baihua and Deng Yuanjue who had fled all the way.Although it is said that the rest of the people can be regarded as a fourth-party force, but after all, they are too scattered to be tied together.

With this kind of cognition, on the one hand, he was promoting the situation in an orderly manner, and on the other hand, he was constantly reflecting on the possibility that he had not calculated.Before the matter was settled, there was always the possibility that Fang Baihua and the others would escape into the mountains or even turn the entire board over, maintaining a shallow uneasiness in his heart, which could be regarded as his habit.

People around came in and out, when a new news came, new cognition was incorporated into the calculation and deduction system, and then, a series of simple orders were also issued.At this time, it was already dark, and many subordinates poured in in the wooden shed. When he issued an order requesting the nearby county magistrate to summon the township to be on guard nearby, another piece of information was sent in.

"News, news from the capital."

"...The people who have been summoned must stay until tomorrow. I can only disband if I can understand. Remember not to call villagers casually. Everyone must be known, and each place must be led by the local security chief to avoid being caught by bandits. Get in..." There were a lot of people who came to report at this time, but the news from the capital made Tie Tianying take it seriously, he just took the thing and looked at it before he let go of his vigilance again, "Yu San, what do you have? Come on, speak up."

This thing quickly sent from the capital is the information of the Xiangfu Chengzhouhai, but in this situation, even if the identity of the other party's master is confirmed, there is not much need. He opened it and listened to it. Follow the reports of the surrounding subordinates.The information was still summarizing in his mind, and his eyes shrank suddenly.

"I don't know martial arts..." He whispered this in his mouth, and then went back to the beginning, "This year...32 years old..."

He waved his hand in the air, interrupting his subordinate's speech, his eyes flickered a few times, then his brows furrowed, and he handed this thing over to the attendant next to him: "Copy a copy and send it to Zong Zongzong and Fan Zongzhao respectively, and let him They paid a little attention. Also, where did those people from the Secret Investigation Division go before?"

"After catching the two bandits of Ba Dao, they also went to the southwest..."

"What do you want to do or what do you want to do..." After muttering to himself, Tie Tianying banged his fist on the table.

"...heart demon!"

According to the information, Cheng Zhouhai is over 30 years old, but the scholar who has been here for the past two days is only in his early twenties. Considering the opponent's skill, he immediately thought of the person in charge of the Green Forest of the secret investigation department. .

I have to say that no matter how much contempt he had when talking about the other party before, he suddenly realized that this madman who had personally buried tens of thousands of people in Liangshan might appear here, and even concealed his original identity for a few days, his heart still surged. There was a shadow.

what does he want to do...

But in any case, the Secret Investigation Division is also under the control of the imperial court. Even if he appears here, after all, he came too late and the manpower is not enough, so it still has little impact on the overall situation.

Time is precious. After thinking about it for a while, he immediately put aside his thoughts and focused his attention on dispatching troops again.

In any case, the overall situation is undecided, and there will always be a slight worry in my heart...

Soon after, this fear became a reality.The first factor that was truly uncalculated appeared beside him...

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Passing through the woods, Chen Fan approached the camp at Sipinggang.

The light in the camp shone from afar, and the woods here still seemed dark.Located near the camp, in the woods there are actually dark sentries arranged by Tie Tianying.But for Chen Fan, all of this would not be a big problem. Even though he was walking, his figure was always hidden in the shadows, and no one could detect his silent passing through the forest and under the trees.

Until... a cold front suddenly struck!

In the darkness, as if the wind was passing through the forest, the leaves moved, Chen Fan threw a punch, and the other side received the palm silently. Swinging a sword, Chen Fan moved back silently.

The moonlight shone in the forest, no one could be seen, only the wind moved and the shadow moved, and both sides were silent.After a while, Chen Fan in the shadow of the tree tilted his head slightly.

"Wang Shangshu..."

A slight voice uttered indistinctly from his lips, and beside the bushes on the opposite side was Wang Yin who seemed to be integrated with the surrounding environment.But when he stood there, the powerful aura could only be felt by a martial artist at the level of Chen Fan.

Then, under the moonlight, Wang Yin raised his long sword slightly, pointed to the camp on the hillside not far away, and looked at Chen Fan calmly...

That night, the Sipinggang camp ushered in the first truly unpredictable accident.

After the time passed, a small group of people headed by Chen Fan entered the camp again. At this time, Tie Tianying, who was sitting in the camp, still maintained a high degree of vigilance, but the infighting that had not been considered before broke out in the camp, killing everyone. One was caught off guard.

Since Manichaeism was introduced into China, it gradually expanded. Later, it was transferred from Sikong Nan to Fang La, and it was carefully managed for many years. After Fang La's uprising, more than 200 million people died of it one after another.Of course, some of this is a later story, but the roots of Manichaeism are really deep, and it is difficult for ordinary people to estimate.

After Fang La's death, Fang Qifo and Fang Baihua should be the most involved. At first, Tie Tianying also considered the issue of internal instability, but after several battles, such worries did not become reality. .Until this night, there were a total of three arresting heads lurking in the mutiny.As they made their move, some of the prisoners who had been captured untied their shackles.

Tie Tianying's original arrangement was effective.The captives were discovered shortly after they were untied, and then the situation in the camp finally turned into a big fight.Chen Fan killed several people in a row, and finally rescued the Seven Buddhas below, leading more than 20 people to escape from the camp, and more than [-] people were killed in the battle.And after this incident, it also means that the last bargaining chip that Manichaeism can use has been taken out.

After Chen Fan fled with Fang Qifo on his back, Tie Tianying also led the team to the southwest, chasing him all the way.

At this time, with Sipinggang as the center, along the road extending southwest to Dabie Mountain, the whole night has been boiling.All the way to chase and kill, people in the green forest cross the hills and ridges, and the court's arresters and soldiers burn torches from the villages to chase.Occasionally, small-scale fights occur. In some villages, the barking of dogs is suddenly heard, and then it returns to silence. Often, people passing by the green forest kill the local dogs who warned them.

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With Fang Qifo on his back, Chen Fan ran between the rugged mountains, with more than [-] people behind him, trying his best to follow.

After being captured, Fang Qifo was seriously injured. Later, he was imprisoned in a prison cart and wore a pipa bone. Rao is that he had cultivated to the sky in the past, but now he has become a cripple. Only one left hand can move slightly.

Among the rugged mountains, the road is extremely uneven, but with Chen Fan's martial arts, he can run like the wind without moving his upper body, and there is not much sense of bumps.Because of this, Fang Qifo, who was seriously injured, did not bleed too much.It's just that although he was rescued, he didn't have much joy.Chen Fan originally thought that Master's injury was too serious and he was waiting for a rest, but after adjusting his breath slightly, Fang Qifo first asked in a low voice about the process of his rescue.

Chen Fan ran while he met Wang Yin and listened to the other party's arrangement.

"...Wang Shangshu said, after I save you, go to the southwest as soon as possible. There are many crowded places around here, and the only chance to escape into the mountains is the only chance. I heard that the princess, Master Deng, An Xifu and the others are at this time. It has also moved there, this night is the only chance, it's a pity..."

After saving people, Wang Yin disappeared, probably to lure away Tie Tianying's pursuers and become a bait.When he said this, his mood was slightly depressed, and after a while, he said: "Master, the other party's camp originally arranged for an internal response, why didn't you use it before, could it be... You are still calculating more things?"

In the camp of the other party, there are still the forces of Manichaeism, which is the most strange thing for Chen Fan.If he knew it before, he wouldn't have to follow him all the way without a clue, and he would be wiped out in the end.And if there was such an arrangement, he wondered why Master didn't make it clear to Fang Baihua.However, after a while, he felt Fang Qifo shaking his head slightly behind his back.

"I... don't know."

Chen Fan's heart sank, and after a while, he heard Fang Qifo sigh: "In the future, you have to worry about Wang Yin."

Chen Fan is also a smart person. After a while, he thought of the worst possible possibility...

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Running wildly, fighting all the way, after midnight, the fleeing groups of people gathered in the woods not far from the mountain.It was also because there was too much movement at night. After fighting all the way, most people in the Jianghu with a keen sense of smell were able to grasp the changes in the whole situation. When the collection was finally completed, there were only more than 70 people.

At this time, a group of masters belonging to Sikong Nan had already attacked from the side, and the arrests from the Ministry of Punishment were also gathering to outflank, getting closer and closer.In the nearby mountains and forests, some unknown masters appeared.Fang Baihua and Deng Yuanjue were disabled all the way here, and even though Fang Qifo's rescue had inspired people's hearts for a while, it actually turned into a deadly poison.After a little excitement, what was left for them was almost a dead end.

If these people were scattered one by one in the middle, perhaps some of them still had some vitality. Only the gathering at this time made the whole situation a situation where either all died or only a few people could escape.And because of the appearance of Fang Qifo, his serious injury and cohesion became a burden.

On the other hand, after learning the news of Fang Qifo's escape, Zong Feixiao, Fan Zhong, Tie Tianying and the others in the Punishment Department bit them like crazy and turned into even more vicious ghosts. .

"Hahaha, Xiao Qi, I haven't seen you for a few days, are you alright, I heard that you were rescued, I'm really happy, hahahaha... Why don't you come out, see the old man before leaving——"

Everyone fled from the woods, and when they heard the laughter of the woman resounding through the woods, a figure suddenly came from the west side of the woods.It was Sikong Nan who was following him all the way. At this time, the speed of Qing Gong was astonishingly fast.The two masters of Fang Baihua's subordinates blocked the face, and suddenly, it turned into a monstrous rain of blood...

　This is the last chapter of June... um, you won't really believe me if I say that...

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