Longevity starts from strengthening internal organs

Chapter 183 The Dancing Elephant City Like Ruins
Hearing the words Qingzhuling, the expressions of Yao Wang and the subordinates behind him changed drastically.

"What's your relationship with Qingzhu Ridge?" Yao Wang asked in a deep voice.

Zhao Ya smiled, "It doesn't matter at all, I just have a bill to settle with Qingzhuling."

"So there is a grudge?" Yao Wang heard the meaning of the words, and immediately asked.

"That's it."

Only then did Yao Wang let out a sigh of relief, and said slowly: "To be honest, we also have enmity with Qingzhuling."

"Oh? What hatred?"

"Our group has been occupying Yusong Mountain at the junction of Dancing Elephant City and Guangqing City before, and Qingzhu Ridge can be regarded as a well water."

"I didn't expect that two months ago, Qingzhu Ridge suddenly invaded on a large scale. We were caught off guard, and we suffered heavy losses. We even lost the old lair that we had been running for many years. In desperation, we took our men and escaped from Wuxiang City and lived here. "

Zhao Ya secretly observed, and found that Yao Wang was angry when he said this, and his expression did not seem to be fake, so he asked.

"Then why did Qingzhu Ridge suddenly attack you?"

"I don't know, and not only us, but almost all the surrounding forces have been wiped out. This Qingzhu Ridge is like crazy, attacking everywhere, and the attack is extremely fierce."

Zhao Ya frowned and thought for a moment when he heard the words, and then continued: "I heard that there is a plague in the Elephant Dance City, and the situation is very bad. Do you know this?"

"I've heard about it, but I don't know the specifics because I haven't entered the city yet. However, the number of beasts in the mountains and forests around the Elephant Dance City has increased significantly, and they all attack people wantonly like crazy."

Zhao Ya's heart moved slightly, he secretly wrote down this information, and then nodded.

"Very well, now let's talk about your affairs. Your chief of the three villages conspired against me and insulted my female relatives, so I abolished his tricks first, but I didn't expect him to still be obsessed with it, and even ordered his subordinates to treat me badly." A siege was made, and I took his life."

"I'm here right now, anyone who wants revenge, come up, I'll follow." Zhao Ya said lightly.

There was a commotion in the crowd.

Although they were aggressive and wanted to avenge the dead Fang Dao before, when Zhao Ya calmly said, "I will follow these four words", these people were all discouraged.

No one is a fool.

In particular, being able to successfully escape from the siege of Qingzhu Ridge proves that these people are well versed in the way of survival.

This young man of unknown origin is obviously not an ordinary person, otherwise he would not dare to enter Heishui City alone.

At this moment, a hurried shout came from the street in the distance.

"Wait a moment!"

Then I saw Tian Heng running over.

He had already been injured when he fought with that Fang Dao before, but now that he ran so far in one breath, his face became abnormally flushed.

Seeing that it was him, Zhao Ya couldn't help being a little surprised.

"How did you come?"

Tian Heng said out of breath, "I...I'm worried that you will be alone, so I'm here...to help you."

As he spoke, he stood beside the carriage and looked at Yao Wang and the others with a serious expression on his face.

"Are you going to do it?"

To be honest, Tian Heng's move was beyond Zhao Ya's expectation, and even made him slightly astonished.

You must know that he and Tian Heng met by chance before, but he dared to take risks alone just for the sake of acquaintance. It can be seen that this man who is nearly fifty years old has a heart of innocence that is rare in this world.

Immediately Zhao Ya laughed.

"Don't worry, I can't move my hands!"

As he said that, he said to Yao Wang whose expression was changing, "Since no one is willing to do anything, then prepare a clean courtyard for us, and I will rest here for the night."

Yao Wang hesitated for a moment, then finally nodded, "Yes!"

Because the restaurants and inns in the whole city were not open at this time, Yao Wang simply arranged Zhao Ya in the government office.

After tidying up, Zhao Ya said to the bewildered Tian Heng, "Let's go."

It wasn't until after passing through the crowd and entering the small courtyard in the government office that Tian Heng gradually came to his senses, and then asked with a face full of disbelief.

"Is this the end of the matter?"

"Yeah, otherwise what do you think?" Zhao Ya said.

"But... Isn't Fang Dao the Lord of the Three Villages of Yusong Mountain? He died like this, don't these people avenge him?" Tian Heng still found it hard to accept.

Zhao Ya smiled, "Not everyone is like you, who value the loyalty of the world so much! To put it bluntly, this Yusong Mountain and even Qingzhuling are just a bunch of mobs."

"Seeing that you are weak, they will bully you, but once your strength surpasses them, they will immediately persuade you."

"To put it bluntly, they are all begging for food. How many people are stupid enough to work hard for others?"

Tian Heng was silent.

Although he is not young, but he has not been in the rivers and lakes for a few years, so Zhao Ya's words shocked him a lot.

"If others don't take revenge, Yao Wang, as the head of the great village, doesn't dare to express his opinion. Isn't he afraid that his subordinates will be dissatisfied?" Tian Heng couldn't help asking.

"Critical virtue?" Zhao Ya sneered, "You think too highly of these people, but they are just a bunch of gangsters who bully others, how can they have any virtue?"

"And this Yao Wang is obviously a smart person, otherwise he wouldn't be able to escape from the siege of Qingzhu Ridge, so he won't do any tricks, unless he doesn't want to live."

The facts were just as Zhao Ya expected.

After returning to the government hall, no one dared to mention the word revenge.

Some people even secretly rejoiced Fang Dao's death, because in this way, there would be one less person to distribute the money.

As for Yao Wang.

Ever since he was attacked by Qingzhu Ridge and even lost his old lair that he had been running for many years, Yao Wang has been disheartened, and he no longer has the ambitions of the past.

At this time, he only wanted to earn enough money as soon as possible, and then find a place to live and die.

As for brotherly loyalty... How much is that thing worth?
In fact, Yao Wang had a deeper reason hidden in his heart that he did not reveal.

That is, if this boy can really challenge Qingzhu Ridge successfully, then his own Yusong Mountain may be able to get back.

of course.

Even Yao Wang himself felt that this idea was a bit absurd.

After all, it was the Qingzhu Ridge that was rampant for a while, and no one dared to mess with it!
No matter how strong this boy is, he can't be a match for a group of thugs.

But for some reason, Yao Wang always vaguely felt that this young man really seemed to have the hope of destroying Qingzhuling.

In this weird atmosphere, the night passed safely.

In the early morning of the next day, Zhao Ya and his party finished their breakfast, and then Yao Wang sent two minions out of the city in a tacit understanding.

After walking not far, they came to a fork in the road. Tian Heng wanted to go east to catch up with Gao's caravan, while Zhao Ya wanted to go west to Wuxiang City.

So the two parted ways here.

Before parting, Zhao Ya said to Tian Heng: "Commander Tian, ​​you are loyal and honest, which is an extremely precious virtue, but people in this world are unpredictable, so you have to be more careful."

"The same goes for Zhao Shaoxia. When you go to Wuxiang City, you must be careful and don't be impulsive."

Zhao Ya smiled casually, then clasped his fists together, "There will be a time later!"

"There will be a period later!"

The two ran in opposite directions, and after walking a few steps, Zhao Ya suddenly thought of something, turned around and shouted: "Commander Tian, ​​if you need anything in the future, you can come to the Dingtai Martial Arts Hall in the county to find me!"

"Okay!" Tian Heng shouted from afar.

Meng Shiwen couldn't help asking: "You seem to value this Tian Heng very much?"

Zhao Ya sighed, "I just think that there are fewer and fewer people like him, so it's a good idea to help one."

The rest of the journey was safe and sound, except for a group of unscrupulous little thieves who blocked the road and robbed them. After being taught by Zhao Ya, they entered the boundary of Wuxiang City smoothly after four days.

Looking at the gradually familiar scenery, Zhao Ya also felt a lot of emotion.

When I left, I was just a warrior of the three realms, and I was hunted down all the way. Although relying on my super visceral talent, I barely managed to win the round, but in the end I ended up going away.

But now when he came back, he had already advanced to the half-step five realm.

Finally, the grievances and grievances from the beginning were sorted out.

"Go back to Dancing Elephant City first!" Zhao Ya said.

Zui'er and Meng Shiwen had no objection.

So the carriage traveled west along the official road, and finally arrived at the foot of Wuxiang City two days later.

Looking up, the city wall was even more dilapidated than before, and weeds grew on the road in front of the city gate, making it a dilapidated scene.

There was not even a guard in front of the gate, so Zhao Ya first let Zui'er and Meng Shiwen take the pill that could prevent the plague in advance, and then drove the carriage straight into the city.

Inside it was even worse.

Many houses on both sides of the street had collapsed, and the vulpes built their nests in them openly, and stared at Zhao Ya's carriage with mung bean-sized eyes, and crows circled and croaked overhead, like a doomsday scene.

Seeing this shocking scene, Zui'er's face paled, and he whispered: "Little... Brother Xiaoya, what's going on? Is there no one in the city?"

"There should be someone else."

Zhao Ya looked into the distance, it was approaching evening, and there were faint lights flickering in this ghost-like city.

really.

After going further in for a while, the houses on the side of the road appeared to be more orderly, and occasionally a figure could be seen swaying behind the window, probably secretly peeping at Zhao Ya and the others.

Zhao Ya didn't say anything, and continued walking inside.

Finally, the walls of the inner city appeared in front of them.

Compared with the dilapidated outer city, the inner city wall is much better, at least there are guards in front of the gate.

It's just that these guards are listless, with sunken eye sockets and shabby clothes. It's obvious that they are not living a good life.

Even when Zhao Ya's carriage approached, the guards didn't move, they just raised their eyelids to take a look, and then lowered their heads again, as if they didn't see it.

Zhao Ya's carriage passed through the city gate in such a grand manner, and came to the inner city.

The situation in the inner city is better than the outside, at least there are pedestrians on the street.

Although they were in a hurry and dressed in rags, they added some popularity to the city.

But compared with the bustling scene in memory, the gap is still too big.

So much so that Zui'er couldn't help asking: "What the hell happened here? Could it be that there was a plague that killed all the people in the city?"

Zhao Ya didn't speak.

In fact, he has been observing carefully since he entered the city, which really allowed him to find some clues.

For example, there is obviously a rotten smell in the air. Although the smell is very mild, Zhao Ya's five senses are different from ordinary people, so he can still feel the ominous smell in this smell.

How to describe it.

It's like the long-lasting strange smell after the corpse rots.

It's just that this smell obviously cannot be formed by one or two corpses.

Secondly, Zhao Ya noticed that there were no traces of human damage to these dilapidated houses, which also cut off the possibility of a war.

Then there may only be one.

What Tian Heng said is true. There was indeed a great plague that swept across the city.

Zhao Ya didn't say anything, so Zui'er naturally didn't dare to speak anymore.

The carriage continued to move forward, and after turning a street corner, the former Song's Manor was in front of it.

It's just that at this time, this once magnificent manor has long been abandoned, and even the gate wall has collapsed in half, exposing the weeds all over the yard.

Zui'er covered her mouth, her eyes were full of sadness.

At the beginning, she lived here with Zhao Ya for a long time, but she didn't expect that everything has changed with the passage of time.

Zhao Ya's face also became more and more solemn.

In the past, the Hong and Yang families did not hesitate to start a war in order to obtain the Song family's meat field cultivation technique, but now the Song family has been abandoned, which obviously shows that there is something wrong with the two families.

as predicted.

When he followed the old route to the front of Yang's house, Zhao Ya found that this place was also deserted.

But unlike others, there were obvious traces of battle on the ground and walls of the Yang Family Manor.

Seems like someone had a big fight here.

Zhao Ya got out of the car and checked briefly, then walked towards Hong's house again.

The situation of the Hong family is obviously better.

At least the door wall here is still intact, but the door is closed tightly, and there are many fallen leaves in front of the door, obviously no one has cleaned it for a long time.

Zhao Ya broke the door latch with one palm, and after entering, he turned around inside and out, but found no one there.

However, traces of struggle or fighting can be clearly seen in the back house and some places.

It's just that these traces are very slight, as if the battle was forcibly stopped as soon as it broke out.

Zhao Ya let out a breath.

"I understand!"

"Brother Xiaoya, what do you understand?"

"The reason why the Dancing Elephant City has become like this is indeed related to the plague. At least many people in the outer city died in this plague, but the inner city is different."

"Most people in the inner city, including Hong and Yang's family, should have been kidnapped!"

"Abducted?" Meng Shiwen was taken aback for a moment, but immediately thought of a place and couldn't help but blurt out.

"Green Bamboo Ridge?"

"That's right, it's Qingzhu Ridge!" Zhao Ya's face sank like water.

"And I suspect that this plague should also be related to Qingzhuling."

"But... why?" Meng Shiwen asked.

"Yeah, why?" Zhao Ya sighed, also a little puzzled.

Although it is a group of bandits who occupy the mountain as king, they have to rule the people to have wealth to plunder.

If there were no chickens crowing for thousands of miles, then the gangster would be at home.

Combined with the other gangsters who attacked the neighboring cities aggressively before, even the Hong and Yang families who were in a cooperative state were not spared, so what exactly does Qingzhuling want to do?
(End of this chapter)