That year, that cicada, that sword

Chapter 890 A group of three went to Huzhou
On the post road to Huzhou, there is a horse-drawn carriage all the way westward. Whether it is a horse pulling the cart or a horse-drawn cart, it is not very eye-catching.

Today's Huzhou is in a state of chaos. After the Jiangnan Navy was almost wiped out, Yu Kuang could only stick to the two Xiangxiang. Fortunately, Sun Shaotang, the former governor of the left army, sent troops to Baidi City, which made Xiao Jin feel afraid. Wei Guo's navy failed. Going up the river, half of Huzhou, which is close to Shuzhou, is still in the hands of the imperial court. However, in this way, the army of Wei State has already torn the entire Jiangnan from it, dividing one east and one west into two, and even from some kind of In a sense, Jiangzhou, which is close to the sea and the river, has become an isolated land.

Nowadays, the territory of Huzhou really has a taste of troubled times. The rebellious army, refugees, bandits, and the regiments formed by rich gentry and powerful people from all over the place for self-protection, plus heresy monks, Taoist people, and even The revived remnants of the White Lotus Sect, the Tianji Pavilion and the Dark Guard Mansion belonging to the imperial court, the Ghost King's Palace belonging to the Wei State, plus the worshipers and followers of the major families, it is really a mixed situation.

In troubled times, especially in troubled times involving the general situation of the world, civil servants who do not hold military power are no longer so easy to speak, not to mention those "foreign households" in Wei, but only the local Sansi yamen in Huzhou. Cheng Xuan's political envoy, Si Yamen, has no military power in his hands, so when the war broke out, he was completely reduced to the help of the Jiangnan rear army. Although the military power is not as good as the Commander's Office, it still maintains the second position. As for the most powerful of the three divisions, it is naturally the Commander's Office. After all, in troubled times, human life is the least valuable Things are also the most valuable things. Holding military power in your hands is better than holding gold and silver. As long as you have soldiers in your hands, let alone gold and silver, the whole world can grab them. Is that how it works?

So, in today's Huzhou, it is no longer the scholars who have the final say, but those warriors who are usually looked down upon by the scholars. Bullying the people is already a strict military discipline. Most of the military, whether it is the imperial court or the Wei State, have the bad habit of looting, and even many scattered soldiers and rogues simply went up the mountain without stopping and became the king of the mountain, so Today's Huzhou is very uneven, especially the half of Huzhou where Wei State is located. Now ordinary people want to go from Jiangzhou to Jiangling, unless they have the relationship with Wei State and can take the waterway, otherwise they will die, even if they are lucky. I don't know how many layers of skin will be peeled off by the soldiers and bandits along the way.

Xu Beiyou and his party had already entered the territory of Huzhou, and encountered bandits looting several times during the period, but they ended up in the wilderness with dead bodies. Xu Beiyou didn't have the slightest compassion for this kind of thing who took advantage of the chaos to make a fortune.

However, after Xu Beiyou and his party came to Jiangling Mansion, the situation suddenly improved. Although people were still panicked, there were no more rioting soldiers and bandits. It was not too different from the situation when Xu Beiyou came here last time.

Today's Jiangling has a very different status. Not only are the major families from the south of the Yangtze River gathered here, but also many high-ranking officials from the state of Wei and real people from the Taoist sect also come here. The inside of Jiangling City makes it look like the first bustling town in the southeast. Cang Yun, who Xu Beiyou wants to meet, is in Jiangling City.

After the first battle in Jiangdu, Xu Beiyou only slightly recuperated his injuries, and then left Jiangdu secretly to go to Huzhou. If there is no accident, he will never be so "leisure" in the future, so this trip to Huzhou, he also brought Li Shentong with him , It can be regarded as imitating the things he traveled to the Northwest with his master back then.

Speaking of which, Xu Beiyou really didn't have much energy to teach this apprentice in these years, and most of the time he was handed over to Wu Yu to discipline him, which also made Xu Beiyou feel quite guilty, so this time he made up for it a little.After Li Shentong heard the news, he was very happy. In his opinion, even if the master is not number one in the world, he can be the second and third in the world. In a small Huzhou, who can stop the master?This trip to Huzhou is naturally a peace of mind.

The group stopped at an inn twenty miles away from Jiangling Mansion. Unlike the inns in the city, this inn outside the city built a huge yard, about half an acre in size, enough to park more than a dozen carriages It is not crowded at all, and the stables are much larger than ordinary inns. At this time, there are quite a lot of "residents" in the stables. There are rare famous horses and scrawny horses, just like the guests in the inn at this time. , with different identities.

After parking the carriage in the courtyard, the three of them walked into the lobby on the first floor of the second-floor inn.

At this time, Xu Beiyou's image is not the same as usual, his white hair has turned into black hair, only his temples are gray, and his face has become more vicissitudes, not like a young man in his 20s, but like a man in his forties Man, in this way, he and Li Shentong stand together more like a father and son. Together with Zhang Yuping who is in charge of communicating with Cang Yun, the three of them look like a family of three.

The three of them occupied a corner table very low-key, and ordered some food. Although it was not cheap, it was not exquisite either. It's a rice grain, which has been reluctant to eat for a long time. On the contrary, Xu Beiyou and Zhang Yuping both survived the hard life, so there is no taboo, and they chew slowly.

In the eyes of outsiders, this scene is at best a tantrum child who refuses to eat, and there is nothing to make a fuss about.

The lobby of the inn is very lively at the moment, and many people inevitably drink alcohol while eating. After drinking, they naturally talk about it. At a time when the wind is turbulent, there is naturally a lot of talk, but generally speaking, it is roughly concentrated on three things. One is When King Wei will take Huzhou, one is how long the governor of Yu Kuang in Liangxiang City can hold on, and the other is how the new master of Jianzong will do next.The news of the Jiangdu battle spread very quickly. After all, Jiangdu is the most prosperous place in the world, and it is such a scene of shaking mountains and mountains. Naturally, the world has already known it. As for the victory or defeat, it is clear at a glance. King Wei The army was still outside the city but failed to enter the city, so naturally the lord of Jianzong won.

Strictly speaking, the first matter and the second matter are the same thing, and they are still important matters for the family and the country. It's all over, it's nothing more than transferring from one person surnamed Xiao to another person surnamed Xiao, success or failure or the Xiao family's rule of the world, left and right are the affairs of the Xiao family's own people, what relationship does it have with outsiders like them, how can it be compared? It's hard to fight with the gods.

It is said that this fight between the gods is different from the past, not only the master of the Demon Suppressing Hall and the Xuanjiao leader joined forces to fight against the enemy, but in the end, even the wife of the Taoist sect headed by himself, and then rescued from the hands of the master of the sword sect. Get off the headmaster in black.

Otherwise, the dignified headmaster in black would be in danger.

Besides, the lord of Jianzong is the famous Mr. Xu. Don't think that the name of the lord of Jianzong is smaller than that of the master of Zhenmo Temple and the leader of Xuanjiao. If you push forward a period of time, you will be able to sit on an equal footing with the headmaster of Taoism big shot.

(End of this chapter)