Daizhou is located on the northeastern border of the Northern Han Kingdom, it is bordered by Shuozhou, one of the sixteen Yanyun in the north, and Wutai Mountain in the south. It borders Dingzhou, the northernmost part of the Great Zhou Kingdom, and is in an important geographical location, and has been an important city for soldiers since ancient times.

Compared with other cities in the Northern Han Dynasty, Daizhou obviously has a bit more desolate and solemn atmosphere, and it is also a border city of the Northern Han Dynasty, which is a little less prosperous than Baishuiguan, and has a few more sharp and solemn atmospheres. Because this city is a border between the three kingdoms, the security of this city is relatively much stricter than that of other cities.

On this day, the sun was shining, and the cold and dry breath was surging, enveloping the city of Daizhou. The defenders above the city couldn't help rubbing their hands back and forth with white breath in their mouths, and then they felt the slightest warmth. Several veterans looked out of the city with grim eyes. There was no wind or grass in the four corners, and everything was exceptionally quiet.

"Alas, this damn ghost weather, why is it so cold, I heard that the imperial court has issued a recruitment order again. I don't know if there is another war, although our area is poor and remote, we can't take it lightly. ”

"Who says it's not, the fifteen or sixteen-year-old men in this city have been forcibly recruited into the army, and I think maybe the war will start before the Chinese New Year."

"Yes, the Khitan thieves in the north are eyeing us, and the Great Zhou Kingdom in the east is not a fuel-efficient lamp."

"Shhh, be quiet, I heard that the emperor of our Great Han Kingdom recognizes the emperor of the Khitan Kingdom as his uncle, and he is almost an old man, and he even recognizes the barbarian emperor as his uncle, which is really a shame on my Great Han Kingdom."

"I also heard that our general is going to attend the birthday of the old lady of the Feng family today, and look at the family, all men are exempt from conscription. This family can send a lot of silver taels to our generals and this generation of state capital Yin every year, which is also a lot of blood. ”

"Who says it's not, in the past, the Feng family was the first big martial arts family in Daizhou, and there were countless disciples under it, and the business of the Feng family ran through the business of the Han, Zhou, and Khitan Kingdoms, how majestic it was."

"Alas, it's just that the Feng family has been worse every year in the past few years, and thanks to the help of our general, otherwise, this generation of the state's number one family would have been drowned long ago."

"Yes, this Feng family doesn't know who or what force they have offended in the past few years, and they have allowed such a big family to fall to such a state. However, this is not something that our big soldiers can say, so let's keep our mouths shut, so as not to get angry. ”

"It's not okay to talk about it, besides, it's illegal for anyone to stipulate it, and besides, this ghost weather is even freezing the ice chain of urine, how can there be such leisure to supervise us."

"Hehe, the officials above have all accompanied our general to drink the old lady's birthday wine."

"I heard that the Tan family will also go, although there has been some friction between the two families in recent days, but this old lady is the first prestige person in the state, and his old man is generous, and he actually sent an invitation to the Tan family. It's just that when the juniors of the two families meet, there will inevitably be a dispute. ”

"No, the Tanjia will also send someone to ,??????"

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This kind of dry and cold weather is really unacceptable, but this year it is even colder than usual. There were few shops on the streets, and the shopkeepers of several shops were listlessly guarding their shops, hoping that the ghost weather would pass soon, so that their business might flourish.

At this moment, the sound of horses' hooves broke the silence and desolation of the city. A few tall horses galloped through the streets and alleys, heading in the direction of the east of the city. On horseback sat several soldiers in cold and glittering iron armor, and they rode their horses with great momentum.

At the head was a thin but heroic man, with an endless awe-inspiring light in his eyes, and a silver armor shining brightly in the sun. This man sat firmly on horseback, his posture was as straight as a pine, and his momentum was as strong as a tiger and leopard. There was a strong bloody aura all over his body, and his eyebrows, which were not thick, had a heroic temperament. This person's eyes are bright, and his emaciated face has a few traces of the vicissitudes of life that have been destroyed by the years, which shows that this person is not young, about forty years.

A few horses galloped through the street, bringing up a puff of dust, and hurried away, and the roar of the passers-by who walked on the street was so frightened that they avoided it for fear of being struck by the horse.

Among the few passers-by who fled on the street, there was a young man in a dark clothes who frowned at the few horses that had gone away. This young man is quite tall, with a pair of starry eyes embedded in a handsome face. Although the young man had a somewhat embarrassed look, it was difficult to hide his excited attitude. He was carrying a huge big knife, and the whole person was like a god of war, standing proudly on the streets of this generation.

This young man in Xuanyi is Ling Tianyun, since he escaped from Lanzhou, he parted ways with the old monk and the old thief, and came to this city alone. Along the way, he carried the big knife and encountered a lot of trouble, but he was still reluctant to discard the big knife. After all, it was the relic of that Xiao Long Knife, and he just wanted to find an appropriate time to return it to the Big Knife Gate.

The old monk and the old thief had to deal with their own affairs, so they first hid in the canyon of the "silver line", and after a few days, they came out of the canyon after the wind and waves were calm. Later, I learned that the Zhong family's martial arts field had been burned by a fire, and it was unknown who burned it. However, the Zhong family in Jinyang Mansion issued a huge reward order to arrest Ling Tianyun and the old monk and Shi Yinggong.

Ling Tianyun also encountered the Zhong family's people who surrounded him several times along the way from Lanzhou, but he easily escaped and killed several Zhong family warriors. There were no dangers on the way from Lanzhou to Daizhou, but it increased Ling Tianyun's inexplicable hatred for the Zhong family. When he was about to reach Daizhou City, he almost killed more than ten warriors of the Zhong family who surrounded him, although they were all low-level warriors, but it took him a lot of effort to kill them all.

Thinking that his grandfather's birthday was approaching, he couldn't help but speed up his pace, during which he also ran all the way and was tired and surging out. Finally rushed to Daizhou City on the day of his grandfather's birthday, and the state had long been beyond the Zhong family's sphere of influence at this time, so he was relatively safe when he arrived in Daizhou.

Looking at the soldiers who were gradually moving away, Ling Tianyun's mind turned slightly, and he learned from the conversations of passers-by who stood on the street to escape those horses that these soldiers who had just passed were the commanders of this generation of state border army guards and their subordinates. And he also learned that they were on their way to the Feng family, and they were attending the birthday banquet of the old lady of the Feng family.

As for the Daizhou City Feng family, Ling Tianyun had come once when he was a child, but his memory was blurred after a long time. He only remembered the approximate location of the Feng family in the east of Daizhou City, but he didn't remember the specific location and was not very clear. Since this group of soldiers went to the Feng family, then as long as they followed the sound of the horse's hooves, they could find the Feng family. More than ten years have passed, although his memory has been blurred, he still vaguely remembers some streets and alleys, and there is still no big change here, but things are not people.

Carrying a big knife, Ling Tianyun walked alone on the deserted street, occasionally only one or two people could be seen in a hurry, striding in a hurry, not at all like Ling Tianyun striding leisurely. Such a cold Daizhou City seems to be brewing a strange atmosphere, with few people and few shops.

The sound of horses' hooves had long since disappeared, and Ling Tianyun could only shuttle through the streets and alleys with his senses, heading towards the Feng Mansion. Such an inseparable person strolling through the streets and alleys really makes people feel a little conspicuous, coupled with the big knife he carries, outsiders still think he is a ruthless character, so none of the gangsters in this generation of state cities dare to provoke without opening their eyes, but it is just limited to some ordinary gangsters.

Although Ling Tianyun was dressed ordinarily, his handsome appearance and unique temperament made people with a discerning eye not know that he was not a local. There was really an eyeless thug in the city who looked at him, thinking that he was a fat sheep that could be slaughtered at will, but completely ignored the big knife in his hand that had killed people with a trace of blood.

Ling Tianyun strolled through the street, while desperately recalling the location of this Feng family, in fact, he could have asked people all the way, but he felt that it was still early, and he still had to reminisce about some of the past when he came here when he was a child, so he didn't rush to the Feng family in a hurry.

Just as he was thinking about it, he was unexpectedly approached by a man who was in a hurry, and he could have avoided it according to his vigilance. But he found that the other party had some sly eyes and a trace of unkind expression in his eyes, and he knew in his heart that he had met the local snake thugs and the like here.

Sure enough, the man didn't dodge it, he directly hit Ling Tianyun's body, and then fell to the ground, wailing loudly in pain. As soon as his wail rang out, a dozen or so menacing thugs with long sticks suddenly burst out of the streets and alleys.

The leader is an open-chested villain with a hideous scar on his face, a pair of big copper bell-like eyes under his hanging eyebrows, and those eyes shoot a vicious and fierce light, which is really terrifying.

Ling Tianyun looked coldly at this group of evil gangsters surrounding him, but he didn't make a sound, he wanted to see what kind of character the other party was, and he wanted to slander people and actually slander him. And the big knife in his hand has been carried on his right shoulder and has not been put down.

This group of gangsters was also stunned, the other party was so calm and calm, but there was no trace of panic, but seeing that this young man was very angry, he couldn't help but increase their confidence. All they had in their hands were ordinary wooden sticks, and they didn't have any decent weapons.

When the fallen and wailing saw his companion appear, he quickly got up from the ground, patted the dust on his body, and stood smartly in the crowd of companions.

"Boy, the face is very raw, you bumped into our brother today, you see that my brother was injured all over his body, so I have to give my brother some compensation. Don't say that the brothers are bullying you outsiders, and you don't want to lose too much, just a few dozen taels of silver is enough. The evil man who was the leader stepped forward and glared at Ling Tianyun for a while, and then said with a high spirit.

When Ling Tianyun heard this, his heart suddenly became happy, the other party actually asked him to pay a few dozen taels of silver, and they didn't look at it, they didn't have any bags on their bodies, where did they hide these dozens of taels of silver. This group of thugs really disappointed him, they were not professional at all, and they wouldn't look for targets.

"This eldest brother, I came from the countryside, and I entered the city on the first day today, and I didn't have any silver on me at all." Ling Tianyun pretended to be a pitiful country man who had never seen the world, and said timidly to the evil man who was the leader in his voice with an endless honest tone.

"It's a hillbilly, what are you doing in the city without money, what should you do if you hurt my brother." When the wicked man heard this, he suddenly became angry, and a nameless anger arose in his heart, but he didn't expect that this decently dressed guy didn't bring silver taels with him.

The evil man at the head showed a chilling fierce light in his vicious eyes, and he stretched out his hand and pointed at Ling Tianyun and said, "Little ones, search for Uncle Ben." ”

He still didn't believe that the other party would have entered the city without the silver two, this young man looked as strong as a tiger's body, but there were so many of them who would not be afraid of him alone. So the villain who was the leader relieved his heart and sent someone to search the other party's body.

"Wait." When Ling Tianyun heard this, he suddenly let out a loud shout, and immediately shocked the few splashes who were eager to try to search their bodies, they hesitated for a while, and a pair of thief eyes showed a puzzled look. They all looked at the leader of the evil man, waiting for his next command.

"Boy, what, it's not the other way around, can't you think of a little silver tael if you hurt our brother, how can there be such a cheap thing in this world. But you don't have silver taels, it's okay, Uncle Ben looks at the big knife on your shoulder, it's good, since there is no silver tael compensation, put this big knife on Uncle Ben here for a few days. The man at the head saw that it was indeed impossible for the other party to hide silver taels on his body, so he immediately aimed at the big knife on his shoulder and started the idea of this big knife.

Ling Tianyun's sword eyebrows raised lightly, and he took the big sword off his shoulder with one hand, and then slammed it on the ground. Holding the knife in his right hand and crossing his waist with his left hand, Ling Tianyun at this time was simply like a god of war, exuding a solemn aura all over his body. It made the hearts of the splashes around him tighten, and they couldn't help but take a few steps back. They even had the illusion that the young man in front of them was a country boy who had just entered the city, and he was simply like a god general on the battlefield.

Feeling the majestic aura on Ling Tianyun's body, the faces of the dozen or so splashy people changed suddenly, but they fixed their eyes and found that this young man was still the country boy who felt honest at this time, and he had not changed at all. With a slight turn of mind, although the villain who was the leader felt a little strange, the most powerful gangster leader in this generation of the state city was afraid that he would be easily intimidated by this seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy.

"Yes, if you can handle this big knife, then why not give this big knife to you if you are small." Ling Tianyun held the big knife and said to the evil man in a flat tone.