burning nations

Chapter 30

The next day, Shen Yiqi was greatly frightened by ten thousand points.

"What did you say?!" Shen Yiqi was so startled that he jumped up, "All the masters of the 19 halls died from the dragon sky and the tiger land?!!!"

"What kind of god is this person surnamed Zhang?! He killed all the 20 hall masters of my Salt Gang! None of them ran back! What about this kid? I'm going to get rid of him with my own hands!!!"

The person who reported the letter below replied tremblingly: "I report to the leader, the whole ship is dead, I don't know where the man surnamed Zhang is."

"I don't know? What do you mean I don't know!!! He killed 19 hall masters of my Salt Gang, and 19 masters fought against him alone. Isn't he injured?! Didn't the fight leave no traces on the boat?! He just didn't On the boat, didn’t the brothers on both sides of the strait find someone injured and swim ashore?!” Shen Yi Qisheng roared angrily, he has been in the rivers and lakes for so many years, and he has never suffered such a big loss!

The 20 hall masters are all the top experts of the Salt Gang. After this battle, the Salt Gang will definitely not be accepted. His Shen Yiqi's strength is not as good as Zhuo Sanmu's!

Shen Yiqi couldn't swallow this breath at all: "Where's that boat? Take me to see it!"

The subordinate panicked: "Boss, the Imperial Yangtze River Fleet is here. Brothers dare not attack the official army. The ship has been taken away by the official."

Shen Yiqi gave him a kick after hearing this: "Trash! A bunch of trash!!!"

After calming down, Shen Yiqi said gloomyly: "Send brothers to continue the search, and at the same time send people to find old friends to check, let those Donglin Party members find out for me, what the hell is the origin of this Zhang!"

"No!" The subordinate who was kicked ran away.

At the same time when Shen Yiqi was furious, Zhang Cai, who had finally come ashore from the Yangtze River, dried his clothes and bags, and went to a city to rest.

Looking up at the name, it is Wangjiang County, which belongs to Huainan Shuzhou.

He was raised in Wangjiang County for ten days, and at the same time he was avoiding the limelight. After ten days, his internal injuries were almost healed, so he walked to Qizhou and returned to Ezhou by boat.

Walking this circle, I just returned before winter.

When Zhang Cai came back, he didn't forget to inform the butler Qi Daqi.But who is Qi Da?It's a veteran who followed the old man Qi Qi to roll in circles on the battlefield and retreated together. Those tricks are very poisonous, and Zhang Cai's temperament is a little different at a glance.

What's the difference?Qi Da sniffed out that Zhang Cai had killed many people, and if he remembered correctly, the weapon Zhang Cai carried was not a steel knife, but a long sword.

"Girl, you've worked hard. Did you encounter any danger on your travels?" Qi Da asked tentatively.

Zhang Cai pretended to be cute and replied: "No, the law and order in various places is good. Although there are occasional petty thefts, on the whole, they don't pick up lost items on the road and don't close their doors at night."

Qi Daxin said nonsense, do you really think I am dementia?What ethos phenomenon I don't know yet?

So he asked again: "Did no one bully you on the road? Girl, you didn't kill someone, did you?"

Zhang Cai replied: "Yaya abides by the law and has never killed anyone."

That's right, I haven't killed a single person, so there must be nearly a hundred quack killers.

Qi Da understood that he couldn't ask any more questions, so he smiled, and fulfilled his duties as a housekeeper to inform Qi Qi, and didn't ask any questions about the rest.

Zhang Cai watched Qi Da leave with a smile, walked slowly back to her boudoir, closed the door, and sat down on the ground with her delicate body leaning against the door, giving Panasonic the anger that had been raised in her heart.

"It's safe to go home." Zhang Cai said quietly to herself.

Lying back on the soft bed, closing his eyes and recalling the scenery of this trip, thinking about what he saw and heard, thinking about the battle in the field and the battle on the passenger ship, Zhang Cai couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat.If Zhu Ting was a step slower at that time, if he hadn't killed all the 19 masters of the Yan Gang, what would have happened to him?Perhaps death is considered luck bestowed by the gods.And in the same way, Zhang Cai's attitude towards the Donglin Party has become extremely different. People's livelihood is separated by the Yangtze River. What is Jiangnan like Jiangbei?Heaven on one side and hell on the other.Moreover, in terms of methods, the Donglin Party and Jianghu gangs are unclear. They hired the Xian Gang to kill the women and children of Zhu Tao's family, and the Salt Gang. boat people!Some killers are even on the government's most wanted list, they are criminals!Hanging out with a group of scumbags and beasts, how about the Donglin Party?I fucked your mother!
Turning my head and thinking about it again, it seems that Qi Qi was dismissed from office just because he supported the Donglin Party and angered the emperor. I really feel worthless for Qi Qi.
At this point, Zhang Cai suddenly opened his eyes!

[Do you want to tell the adoptive father about these things? 】

After careful consideration, Zhang Cai chose to bury the matter in her heart. After all, even the emperor couldn't stop it. How can she control Qi Qi's mind just because she is a girl?Besides, the older a person is, the more stubborn he is.

[Let’s wait for the opportunity to go to Xiangyang again and chat with Zhu Wu and Zhu Ding brothers. 】

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Time flies, and the first snow fell in the south of the Yangtze River in the 39th year of Zhangwu. The snow scene in Ezhou is as beautiful as that in Qizhou, but the winter in the south is colder than the winter in the north. Moisture.In the north, the wind blows people as if a blunt knife is scraping the flesh on the cheek; while in the south, it pricks people's bones and feels like cold air is penetrating into the body.

Anyway, Zhang Cai, a northerner, couldn't stand the winter in the south. She refused to go out and planned to go out. Except for daily martial arts, she just hid in the room holding the stove.

As the Spring Festival approached, the entire Qi family began to prepare, killing new year pigs, making rice cakes, rice cakes with red bean fillings, and spring rolls with fish fillings. Doing everything related to the Spring Festival.

Even the vendors stopped selling rice bento, and started selling red beans, barley, buckwheat, and red dates all over the city.

At the juncture of the new year, most of the enlisted soldiers like Qi Xing, Qi Tong and his sons have returned. Only a few officers are still working hard on the frontier, sacrificing themselves in exchange for a good year for the whole empire.

After Qi Tong came back to meet Qi Qi, he came to find Zhang Cai, a familiar and unique woman.

"Hey Zhang Cai, I'm back, why didn't you greet me at the gate?"

Zhang Cai moved the "Military Training Notes" and gave him a white look: "Oh? Which country has the young master destroyed, and it is worth it for me, Zhang Cai, to brave the severe cold to go to the door to welcome you back to your hometown?"

Qi Tong was about to quarrel with him, but suddenly stopped, his eyes dodged to the side and did not dare to look directly.

"I said Zhang Cai, can you put your socks on first?"

It turned out that Zhang Cai was lying on his side on the bed at this time, holding his head in one hand and holding a book in the other, and a pair of tender jade feet were sticking to the side of the brazier, enjoying the warmth brought by the raging flames inside.

After Zhang Cai heard this, he snorted softly, put on his white socks and sat up, and asked Qi Tong for a gesture of invitation.Seeing Zhang Cai put on his socks, Qi Tong stopped looking away, walked into the boudoir and consciously pulled out the chair and sat down.

"Zhang Cai, this young master finally made it through the Chinese New Year vacation and came home. I came to see you when I saw my grandfather. Can you swallow me without talking?"

Zhang Cai said lightly: "Okay, it's freezing cold, I don't want to go out."

"I didn't see you so lazy when you were in Qingcheng Mountain." Qi Tong was very curious.

Zhang Cai's tone remained unchanged: "Jiangnan is good, the water and soil in the south of the Yangtze River support people, there is no need to worry about eating and drinking, so naturally be lazy"

"Come on, don't think I don't know that in summer, grandpa can't take care of you, so you go on a trip alone, and you don't come back until winter." Qi Tong stepped forward and asked, "Tell me, you all Where did you go to play?"

"Where else can I go? Poyang Lake in the east, and Dongting Lake in the west." Zhang Cai deliberately erased Xiangzhou and other places, saying this to everyone.

"Oh~~~ By the way, I heard an interesting rumor on the way back, do you want to guess?" Qi Tong said mysteriously.

Qi Tong didn't know that when these words came out, Zhang Cai's heart was twitched, but she had experienced a lot, so she kept her face unchanged, and her tone became naughty and cute.

"I guess? Where should I guess? A certain Jianghu master accidentally peed his pants while he was doing justice?"

As he said that, Zhang Cai laughed by himself, and Qi Tong couldn't help laughing too.

"What is it? It is like this. It is said that half a year ago, the Xiazhou Fiber Gang was attacked by a group of mysterious Jianghu people during a mission. After a fierce battle, the Fiber Gang killed hundreds of people, plus four The head of a master in the gang was picked up by Zhu Tao's family in Xiangzhou to ask for credit. Then a few months ago, the Anzhou Salt Gang also encountered this mysterious person. The two sides fought on a passenger ship. All the guests died, the mysterious person disappeared, and all 20 top experts of the Salt Gang were collectively killed. These two incidents aroused great attention from the local government, and also caused shocks in the world. Now both black and white are digging hard to dig out this mystery Who the hell are people?"

Qi Tong talked a lot, and did not forget to pour himself a glass of water: "The crime took place in Shuzhou, and the Shuzhou government has already announced that as long as this mysterious person is willing to work for the government, he is willing to recommend him as Huainan ten Headhunters from the four states."

Zhang Cai was surprised by this, because she didn't know that she was already so hot.

"The head arrester of the fourteen prefectures in Huainan?" Zhang Cai wondered, "Is there such an official position in the empire?"

"Hey~~~ To put it simply, it is a head catcher, leading a few fast arresters." Qi Tong pointed to himself, "For example, if I am a head catcher, if I am not good enough, I will be very powerful, and the gangsters will sell me face , With the prestige of commanding the Jianghu, let alone the head arrester of the fourteen prefectures in Huainan, even the head arrester of the six, eight, and twelve states of the empire can also be the head arrester."

Zhang Cai made a long voice: "Oh~~~ It's a lie."

"It's not wrong to say that." Qi Tong spread his hands.

"Tell me about you, where were you assigned to fight for the empire?" Zhang Cai asked.

Qi Tong said sadly: "Songzhou, Jiannan Road, there is a division of the Faqian Army stationed there, and I will be a small corps leader there."

"Songzhou?" Zhang Cai frowned, trying to remember for a long time before finally knowing the approximate location.

"It's quite biased. If I remember correctly, the old man built a city and fortress there, and there must be a stockade." Zhang Cai was surprised, "You didn't even get into a village?"

Qi Tong sneered and said: "Zhang Cai, my father can make me a corporal commander, and at least I can have a big soldier under his command. I am already very content. Zhizhai? Don't dare to think about it, don't dare to think about it."

(End of this chapter)