Xiaocang River, the sun is shining, it is a difficult day for the green forest people who are coming.

Since Ning Yi killed the king, in the past nearly a year, there have been people from the green forest who came to Xiaocang River to try to assassinate them, in fact, every month. These people came piecemeal, or were killed, or were found on the periphery of the Xiaocang River, escaped with injuries, and also caused a small number of casualties in the Xiaocang River, which did not hinder the overall situation. But in the entire Wu Dynasty society and between the green forest, the evaluation of the name Demon has long fallen to a negative number.

For more than half a year after being assigned the task, Fan Chong, the chief catcher, has been running for this, gathering the heroes of the green forest to prepare for the attack on Ning Yi. Before this, Zhu Ji had already exaggerated Zhou Dong's assassination of Sticky Han as tragic, and when Fan Chong went to pull people, many indignant people in the green forest were instigated by Zhu Ji, such things often made Fan Chong and Tie Tianying and others find it ironic and interesting.

This time, the Green Forest people gathered outside the Xiaocang River, there were a total of three hundred and sixty-two people, three sects and nine streams were mixed, and some of the Green Forest people who were arrested by Ning Yi and surrendered, or who had a grudge before, were also called over.

For example, Guan Sheng, such as Qin Ming, they were folded in the hands of Ning Yi in Liangshan, and later entered the army, when Ning Yi rebelled, he did not pay attention to them, but after the liquidation, they naturally did not have a good life, and now they are transferred to make meritorious contributions.

And people such as Lei Heng and Li Jun, after Liangshan was broken, they were chased by the forces of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion and ran around, and they were worried all day long. After Fan Zhong found them, he promised heavy profits and threats, and they followed them.

But most of the people who had dealt with Ning Yi before had complicated faces when they saw each other.

In addition to the main gate that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, there are still rugged mountain roads around Xiaocang River that can be detoured. The timing of the attack was chosen during the day, because the concealment in the night would also make people unable to see the traps around them, and the inner demon Ning Yi was originally good at using firearms and tricks. Since this time it was an attack of several hundred people, it was chosen at night, but it could be accidentally disrupted instantly.

In any case, everyone has made up their minds about life and death. Sect Master Zhou sacrificed his life to assassinate dozens of people, and almost killed Sticky Han, and hundreds of people from his side went with him. Even if it doesn't work, it will make the demon chill.

- When making plans, everyone echoes this.

It's just that when facing life and death, I encountered embarrassment.

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In order to contain the defensive forces in the Xiaocang River Valley, the Green Forest people chose a total of three places for this attack.

First sneak up the western slope with a small number of men, and if discovered—or if not—a group of about eighty green forest skies will try to break through the main gate of the mouth of the Xiaocang River. The road is narrow on this side. It's easy to defend and difficult to attack, but there are a lot of people in the green forest who are good at flying the eaves and walking the wall, climbing and climbing the wall, these good hands attack and kill the past, the other party can't break the embankment, as long as the river embankment, the narrow place will not be too many people who fight each other, not to mention the water next to it, the green forest people. There are also a lot of water-based ones, which are carried by Li Jun. It was enough to catch Xiao Canghe's defenders off guard.

The real attack, placed on the east side of the mountain, was finally launched, and the path that had been initially explored was carried up the mountain, climbed over the past, and went straight to the lair of the demon. According to the intelligence of the Criminal Department. This time, Xiaocanghe went out of the mountain to grab food, and the defenders all dispatched, even if there were still defenders left, there must not be many. The Green Forest people may be almost killed in the battle formation, as long as they rush in. Waiting for the opportunity to kill the demons, everyone's efforts will be rewarded.

Xu Qiang lives among the more than 200 main forces on the east side, and he doesn't know what the specific situation of the other two roads is, but this road has just begun, and he has encountered problems.

"White Fang Gun" Yu Lie stepped on the fire thunder, the whole person was blown away, and Xu Qiang was drenched in blood, this is not too strange a problem, when he set off, everyone expected that there would be traps. It's just that this trap is so powerful, the guards on the mountain will definitely be alarmed, and the "thief" He Longqian, who led the team in front, shouted: "Everyone beware of the new places on the ground!" ”

"Broken Door Knife" Li Yan said in reverse: "Anyway, it has already alarmed the mountain, I won't stay any longer, and immediately kill it-"

For a while, the crowd was excited, but the real problem occurred after running a few steps, and a shout rang out from behind: "Guan Sheng!" I knew you had a problem! ”

This is the former Liangshan hero Hao Siwen, who is standing not far away from Lei Heng and Guan Sheng, and does not move. Hearing this voice, everyone subconsciously turned their heads, only to see Guan Sheng holding a big knife, his face was cloudy. At this time, there were still some people around, and someone asked: "Guan Sheng, why don't you leave!" ”

Someone walked up: "Brother Guan, you have something to say." ”

At this time, although the attack on the mountain began, it was also the most urgent moment, just after the explosion, who knew what enemy would emerge on the mountain. Someone subconsciously surrounded him, and Guan Sheng took two steps back to the back, breaking away from the surrounding people. Seeing that he actually resisted, the people nearby subconsciously bullied forward, Guan Sheng's big knife was horizontal, and he swept out, and the weapons of the three people nearby touched his big knife, and they all retreated.

"After Liangshan, I didn't have anything to do with the person surnamed Ning. But can you go up today? ”

Hao Siwen gritted his teeth: "You were broken by that heart demon!" ”

"What is useless is just sent to death." Guan Sheng's gaze swept over the mountains of heroes, "Hmph, Hao Siwen, you think of me wrong, but one thing is right, with the calculation of that demon, how can there be no one without him in the middle?" I'm afraid it's not one or two. Fighting such a battle, I think that Fan Zhong is the person who is the devil! ”

"Sophistry! Guan Sheng, you will speak clearly, dare not admit it! ”

Someone pounced, Guan Sheng turned around, and with a flick of the blade, he forced the person away, and his figure had already stepped out of the way he came: "At this point, what good is it for Guan to say more......

Before he finished speaking, a figure on the hillside raised a steel whip and smashed the heads of the two people around him like watermelons, this person laughed, but it was the "thunderbolt" Qin Ming: "Brother Guan is right, a group of rabble came voluntarily, how can there be no spies in the middle!" He is not, but Qin is! ”

There was someone nearby who reacted quickly, drew his knife and rushed over: "Kill him!" ”

Qin Ming's steel whip swung, and the brush under his feet retreated several feet away, and the person who drew the knife rushed again, only to hear a bang. The ground exploded, sending the man flying and blood spilling all over the ground.

Qin Ming stood there, but no one dared to go over again. I saw him shake the steel whip in his hand: "A bunch of stupid dogs!" Worse than useless! still dares to call it chivalrous, but in fact it is ignorant. You came to kill people when this little Canghe was empty, but someone knows. Why is this little Canghe empty? ”

"Don't listen to his nonsense!" A flying locust stone brush flew over and was smashed open by Qin Ming.

"You can know that the whole army of Xiaocanghe is marching westward, and the 200,000 Western Xia army is now ravaging the northwest. This Xiaocanghe's whole army is fighting against the Western Xia people! Wait for the rat villain! When China fell, when the lives were devastated, they did not dare to fight with foreign tribes, but only dared to sneak here to show their majesty. Want to make a name for yourself. Let's all die here! ”

His words echoed through the mountains, and as he finished speaking, the figure flew backwards and disappeared into the rocks in the distance. Everyone on the hillside looked at each other. Xu Qiang still had blood on his face, and for a while he felt that his teeth were sore and had no strength.

A group of people are on the line of life and death, and they are going to kill the devil, and it has just begun. It is both a mole and an infighting. This iron rope crosses the river, and it can't go up or down. How can this be fought?

After a while, someone shouted: "This is a trick to confuse the people, and the demons are the best at such tricks." I'll wait here and know the danger, you can't be shaken, come, kill with me-"

Someone immediately responded: "That's right! Come on. Besides this Adversary—"

The crowd shouted and rushed up the hill, and in a short time another explosion sounded, and someone was blown out. Figures gradually appeared on the top of the mountain, and arrows began to fly down......

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In the river valley, the sound of rushing and explosions outside could be faintly heard, and in the courtyard halfway up the mountainside, Ning Yi came out with tea and pastries, humming a brisk tune in his mouth.

"A big river with wide waves...... The wind blows the rice and flowers on both sides, and my house lives on the um ~ ...... I'm used to hearing the captain's horn and seeing the white sails on the ship...... The girl is like ...... Flowers......"

By the gate of the courtyard, the old man stood there with his hands behind his back, looking up at the balloons fluttering in the sky, and in the basket where the balloons were hung, someone was holding a red and white flag, waving it there.

"This thing is about to fly out, how do you turn around?"

"Friends are coming...... There is good wine, if the jackal comes...... Well, you can't turn it, this thing can only rely on the wind, and it doesn't matter where it blows. Zuo Gong, come and drink tea. ”

Zuo Duanyou walked over, picked up a piece of pastry, put it in his mouth and ate it, then clapped his palms and continued to listen to the sound of fighting outside: "Hundreds of green forest people, rushing up and almost dead, it seems that Liheng is really not afraid of offending the whole world." The puppet is angry and blood is splashed ten steps, and you will not be at peace in the future. ”

Ning Yi drank a cup of tea: "I've been offended a long time ago, haven't I?" ”

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On the east side of the foothills, on the rugged cliff wall at the rear, two ropes hung silently, and dozens of people struggled to climb up the most impossible rock wall in the midst of a lively fight outside.

Li Pin is one of them. His face was flushed, and his hands had been torn by ropes, but with the help of his companions, he still climbed halfway up the mountain despite his frailty.

So far, they have not alarmed any of the defenders of Xiaocanghe, because this cliff is indeed difficult to go up and down. However, finding a strange person who can drill mountains and climb rocks is also Li Pin's biggest reliance on this trip.

Ning Yi had been running Xiaocanghe for a year, even if most of the troops in the mountains had gone out, it was still impossible to sneak in and assassinate. For this day's attack, Fan Chong gathered a large group of green forest people, but Li Pin didn't trust this team from the beginning - this may also be influenced by Ning Yi at the beginning, and it was useless without a strictly organized manpower.

They're just bait.

On the mountain wall here, everyone pulled on this rope one by one, and climbed forward again. The wind blew from the west, Li Pin stood on the last foothold, and was about to go up again after resting, when he was suddenly stunned, and many people were also stunned.

A huge hot air balloon floats out of the mountain and down the wind. Li Pin raised a clairvoyant mirror in his hand and looked over there, and in the basket in the sky, a person was also holding a claircase to look over, his expression seemed to be slightly deformed.

The man in the basket put down the clairvoyant mirror and shook the flag in his hand vigorously!

"Up—"

Li Pin shouted-

In the valley, a caravan of horses came running towards the cliff on this side.

Before the horse team arrived, Li Pin's men climbed this steep cliff, and the first person to come up. Began to defend and fight. On the other side, the explosion on the hillside was still ringing, braving the defenders' bows and arrows, Li Yanyi and the others rushed into the valley covered in blood, they wanted to find someone to fight, and the defenders who were on top had already begun to retreat faster. Those who rushed down fell into traps, bows and arrows again.

On the outer slope of the mountain, there were specks of blood and corpses, some of whom were already dead, and some of whom were lying on the soil and rocks of the hillside, not daring to move at this time, because they did not know where the explosion would suddenly occur, and there were also wounded people howling in pain on the foothills of the side of the hill that were gradually becoming quieter.

The people who rushed into the valley rushed forward and killed for a while, and finally someone came out. Fight them. The team of three or five people rushed towards the lone green forest people, slashed and ran away. "Burning City Gun" Zhu Biao, Yuwen Feidu, Xiao Hei and others unexpectedly harvested the lives of lonely people. This battle, which was not fair in the first place, was like falling into a quagmire for the attackers. They continued to attack towards the courtyard on the mountainside over there - this valley was not big after all, and when they came in, they saw Ning Yi and the others on the other side of the courtyard from a distance.

On the other side, Li Pin and others also fought hard in the "kite" tactics of the horse team. The people around him after a big battle on the cliff. There are still more than 40 people left, and these people are relatively strict and disciplined. It's a hard bone that is not easy to gnaw.

Of course, Ning Yiyuan didn't plan to fight with them.

Chen Fan and Ji Qian'er, the elite of the defenders, were near the courtyard at this time, waiting for the arrival of Li Pin and others.

Zuo Duanyou looked at the group of killers on the northeast side of the hillside, and frowned slightly: "You don't plan to kill them immediately?" ”

"After all, there will be some casualties in the assault, so kill here. Their hearts are about the same. Ning Yi held the teacup in his hand and glanced at it, "There is also a friend in the middle, I haven't seen him for a long time, I should always see him." Zuo Gong should also meet him. ”

"Oh?"

"It's called Li Pin. He once guarded Taiyuan with the eldest brother of the Qin family, and died nine times for life. People have been trained, good readers. Ning Yi tilted his head towards the left end, "Okay...... Inheritance of Confucianism. ”

"Legacy?" The old man frowned.

Ning Yi nodded without explanation.

Not long after, two groups of people met in front of the open space about dozens of meters in front of the side of the small courtyard, ready to kill. On this side of the courtyard, more than ten large shields were dragged out, and they were set up in formation, standing like a wall, and the people in charge of guarding Xiaocanghe rushed out from all directions, pointing their bows, knives and guns at that side.

There were only more than a hundred people who could rush here, but at this time, there were as many as three or five hundred people rushing out from the vicinity, surrounding the hillside. In fact, from the moment Li Pin and the others were discovered, these people had no chance, and now, a charge will be seen.

Xu Qiang was mixed in with these people, and there was a desperate and cold emotion in his heart. As a person who practices martial arts, he didn't think much about it, at the beginning he said that he would put life and death out of the way, and then he just subconsciously rushed to kill, and when he got to this point, he knew that such a rush might really only bring a shock to the other party. Death, but it's really coming.

Moreover, when he got here, he didn't even fight anyone, he was injured by an explosion once, he was hit by two arrows, and the rest of the time, he just wielded his weapon and desperately dodged. If you really want to say that you will be shocked by the other party, I'm afraid it's unlikely.

Ahead, a voice rang out, delaying the time of his death.

"Brother Li, it's been a long time, let's come and catch up."

In the crowd, Li Pin lined up everyone and walked out with difficulty, he looked at the more than 100 people around him, and then walked towards the opposite side.

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Beyond the shield wall, in the courtyard, Ning Yi raised his teacup at him.

"There are more than 300 people in the green forest, and dozens of officials are catching fast...... Even if Xiaocanghe is exhausted, three or four hundred people will definitely stay. Are you dizzy? Come over for tea. ”

In the small courtyard, the voice of this voice was plain and simple, Li Pin saw Ning Yi's figure, took a deep breath, and straightened his clothes. At this time, he knew that he was going to die, but he didn't know how far the current conversation would go.

So he replied, "I'm dizzy?" Are you just dizzy? Everyone in the world says that the demon is counted in ten steps, and there is no last resort. But he didn't expect that he would kill the king in anger and be the enemy of the world. You're not just dizzy. It's even more insane! ”

"Killing Zhou Zhe is just a trivial matter, I am determined to rebel. Oh, by the way, the left end of the left side of the left Gong. ”

Li Pin walked closer, was slightly stunned, and then arched his hand: "Li Dexin, the junior of the last school." I've seen Zuo Gong. ”

Zuo Duanyou stood there and nodded: "It's good that you help the Qin family guard Taiyuan and put life and death out of the way." ”

"This is the duty of the juniors. Taiyuan was finally broken, and the lives were devastated, and it was not very good. With that, he went out into the courtyard, picked up the teacup on the table, drank it all, and then drank another.

"The rebellion is decided?" Li Pin was silent for a moment. Only then did he speak again and said, "There is a way to rebel against the rebellion, the Golden Palace kills the monarch, the prince of heaven and earth, you can't go anywhere!" Ning Liheng, you are stupid! I die here today, and you will die tomorrow! ”

"Rebel ......" Ning Yi smiled, "Then Brother Li might as well talk about it." What is the path of rebellion? ”

"You have a lot of roads, and you have the help of Luliang Mountain. There is the right phase of the legacy, to the south, you have Kang and Ma as friends, and you have the relationship of Kang Wangfu. King Kang is now going to be a great treasure. In any case, you just have to take it slowly, all the way. will go better than what you are looking for. But you chose the most reckless path...... No, there is no road in the place you chose. ”

Li Pin shook his head and looked at Ning Yi, who was standing there with a smile all the time. He poured the tea again: "Do you still drink it?" ”

"That's it."

"Okay, then let's talk about the difference between rebellion and killing the emperor." Ning Yi clapped his hands, "Brother Li thinks, why did I rebel and why did I kill the emperor?" ”

Li Pin was slightly silent for a moment: "For the weakening of the Wu Dynasty, for the loyalty of the ministers, for the efforts to achieve no results?" ”

"Suffering for all peoples." Ning Yi added.

"Is there one?"

"Yes, you always like to look at the big picture, Qin Lao is a loyal minister, he suffers, that is, he suffers, others are not? I was fighting in Xia Village, and I saw a woman who was raped by the Jurchens, and she was rescued, skinny, very pitiful, and rested for a few days, got up to cook for the soldiers who rescued her, bandaged their wounds, and some people said that they wanted to marry her. On the last day of the Battle of Natsumura, she rushed out with a knife, and you see, she learned to get it and became a real person...... Died on the battlefield. ”

Ning Yi shook his head: "In order to defend Bianliang City, how many people died, those people in the city and outside the city, in Xia Village, they died to save Wu Chao." After death, there is no result. An emperor has the lives of hundreds of millions of people in the world on his shoulders, weighing and weighing is like a child joking, without any responsibility, if he doesn't die, who will die? ”

"Is this for the people?"

"We have very different accounts of the suffering of all peoples, but I rebelled for the sake of these good things, things that make me feel weighty, precious things, and people. Is this understandable? ”

"You're damned, but understandable."

"Well, then what does Brother Li think is the most important thing about such a big rebellion?"

Ning Yi asked this sentence, Li Pin looked at him and did not answer, Ning Yi smiled.

"You, you, many people think that how to implement, how to plan step by step, slowly figure it out. You do this kind of thing as a kind of cold case analysis, a simple thing, tear it down, and see how it can be done. But I don't agree: any major event, a major event that is so high as a rebellion, the most important thing for him is his intention! ”

Ning Yi raised a finger, and his gaze became cold and harsh: "Chen Sheng and Wu Guang have been oppressed, saying that the prince will have a kind of Xiangning; Fang La's rebellion is equal to the law. You are stupid to read and read, thinking that this kind of ambition is just shouting out for fun, coaxing those farmers. He reached out and slammed it on the table, "—that's the most important thing!" ”

He smiled: "Then why did I rebel?" He who has done good deeds dies, he who deserves good retribution dies, he who deserves to live dies, and he who deserves to die lives. I'm going to take the first step in changing these things, I'm going to figure it out slowly? ”

Li Pin said coldly: "Then you want to kill the king?" ”

"It's up to me whether I have the ability to kill the king." Ning Yi said, "If I don't have the ability, of course I will be Xu Xu Tuzhi, if I am Chen Sheng Wu Guang, or Fang La, of course I will Xu Xu Tuzhi, but I am not, this possibility is in front of me." I want to rebel, he has to pay, I can kill him without killing him, then I don't have to rebel in the future. ”

There was silence in the courtyard for a moment, Ning Yi picked up the teacup and took a sip: "It's like this in life and everything, in the end, your standards will retreat to a certain extent, because the world is harsh." You have a maximum standard, the standard of life and the standard of doing things, if it doesn't work, you can retreat a little, you can compromise a little, but your final achievement lies in how much you retreat. Rather die than retreat, those who survive can achieve great things, and those who talk about it from the beginning, no matter how clearly they think about it, they can only achieve nothing. ”

"Have you ever thought about ...... What will happen to the people of Bianliang? What will happen to the world? ”

"Nonsense." Ning Yi drank all the tea in his hand, "They have to die." ”

Bang! Li Pin's palm slapped on the table: "They have to die!?" ”

Ning Yi's eyes were calm: "Of course you have to die if you choose the wrong side, do you know that when Lao Qin was in prison, they poured feces on Lao Qin." ”

Li Pin had already shouted word by word: "Is that their fault? ”

"It's not their fault?" Ning Yi spread his hands, then shrugged his shoulders, "Oh, it's not their fault, they're innocent." ”

After Ning Yi finished saying this, there was pity in his eyes, but he had already begun to become stern, and he shook his head slowly and firmly: "No, it's their fault!" They are not innocent! They are from the Wu Dynasty! If the Wu Dynasty can't defeat the Jurchens, they will die innocently-"

His voice was strong, and his internal force was agitated, and later, the voice had already vibrated all around and spread far away: "You are reasonable, because you formed a martial dynasty!" The peasants ploughed and weaved, the scholars studied and ruled, the workers repaired their houses, and the merchants traded in all directions! You survive together! The country is strong, and the people benefit from it! The country is weak, and the people are innocent! This is heavenly punishment! Because the country is facing this piece of heaven and earth, heaven and earth are unreasonable! There are only eight words in Tianli......"

His voice came out, word by word: "- Natural selection, survival of the fittest!" ”

The voice was faintly like thunder, Li Pin frowned, he wanted to say something, Ning Yi on the other side suddenly laughed after acting like this: "Ha, I'm joking." ”

At this moment, even Zuo Duanyou next to him was frowning, unable to figure out what Ning Yi wanted to say. Ning Yi turned around, went to the box next to him and took out a few books, and walked over while talking.

"Indeed, the people of Bianliang are very innocent, why aren't they innocent, they don't know anything in their lives, the emperor did something wrong, as soon as the Jurchens came, they died humiliatingly, and when people like me rebelled, they died humiliatingly. Whether they know the truth or not, it is useless for them to speak, and they can only continue whatever falls from the sky...... Now, Li Pin, this is a book left by Qin Xiang, for you a set. ”

Ning Yi threw the book on the table: "So, in the middle, didn't you find anything wrong?" They are so innocent, which in itself is wrong, how can they be innocent after doing such a wrong thing? So I'm thinking, how about giving them a country to talk to how much it can be useful? In this way, if something happens, people will die innocently, and the truth will be complete. ”

In this babbling voice, something was faintly brewing, and Ning Yi sat there, his fingers tapping his knees, as if thinking. Li Pin knew that he was acting without purpose, and he was still thinking about the deep meaning of his words. On the other side, Zuo Duanyou frowned and opened his mouth.

"The people may let it be done, but they cannot know it. The truth in this is not just talk. ”

Over there, the fingers tapping on his knees stopped, and Ning Yi raised his head, and there was no longer the slightest banter in his eyes.

Soon after, what he said was as terrible as an abyss...... (To be continued.) )

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