Martial Arts: Start by Obtaining the Wild World

Chapter 121 0120: Chang Younian’s Backhand

For the next five days, Cheng Zongyang did almost nothing else but explore the situation near the inner mountain pass, clear out unstable factors, spread the seven-herb powder, and reduce the danger of the inner mountain pass.

At the same time, I would bring something back every day.

There was enough meat at home, so Cheng Zongyang didn't take any back.

But it's either tiger bones, wild boar skin, fruit or vegetable seeds, fish fry, ducklings, etc. Almost all of them are swiped out from the inventory.

Cheng Zongyang would take some back home as long as it could be used by his family.

Especially for tiger bones, Cheng Zongyang's excuse was that he just found a dead tiger and took the bones apart to make wine.

Cheng Guangshan is also very skilled in processing tiger bones. As long as there is wine, he can make dozens of kilograms of tiger bone wine.

And his uncle also entered the rank two days ago, becoming the sixth warrior to enter the rank in the big family.

On that day, Cheng Zongyang prepared to go into the city after noon. He also asked everyone to prepare to receive the personnel. In addition, the time he and Li Lu agreed on had also arrived.

Cheng Zongyang traveled lightly, quickly left Neishankou and rushed to the county town.

An hour later.

In the woods outside the county town, Cheng Zongyang entered the wilderness, took out the prepared sack, and brought it into the city.

However, when he saw that there was no one outside the city, he was also confused.

Have all the refugees left? ?

He entered the city through a fake pass and found that most of the shops in the city were still closed, but the streets were extremely chaotic.

Almost all the refugees have entered the city.

But they either gathered in front of some shops or wandered around randomly. Many people even fought in the streets and robbed things.

When some people passed by Cheng Zongyang, if he didn't have the bow and arrows and hatchet on him, they would probably have tried to snatch the sack from Cheng Zongyang.

"What's going on?" Cheng Zongyang frowned and hurried to Li Lu's house.

When they arrived, Cheng Zongyang knocked on the door.

"Uncle Li, are you there? It's me."

After a while, only Li Wang's voice came from inside: "Is it Cheng Zong... Cheng Yang?"

Li Wang was about to call out Cheng Zongyang's name, but she remembered her husband's instructions and quickly changed her words, fearing that someone would hear that name and cause unnecessary trouble.

Cheng Zongyang was confused and could only respond, "It's me. Is Uncle Li here?"

The door was opened from the inside, and Li Wang said nervously, "Come in and talk."

When Cheng Zongyang saw that Li Wang still had a hatchet in her hand, he was puzzled and walked in quickly.

As Cheng Zongyang closed the door, he walked in and asked, "Aunt Li, what's going on? I haven't been here for a few days. Why is the county so chaotic?"

Li Wangshi put the hatchet aside and sighed:
"I heard from your uncle Li that the county magistrate let all the refugees into the city to settle and treat them, and let them find a place to live and wait for their identities to be registered. But I don't know the details. As a result, when these refugees entered the city, they robbed things everywhere and broke into people's houses. They even occupied empty houses to live in, just to have a house to live in and get a household registration. Alas..."

Cheng Zongyang understood a little bit. This was going to cause chaos in the county.

While thinking about things, he also handed the things in his hand to Li Wangshi:
"Aunt Li, I got this. Please keep it. When will Uncle Li be back?"

Li Wang was stunned, took it and looked at it, then her face froze and she quickly declined:

"No, no, we haven't finished the meat you gave us last time. This time there's so much, you can sell it for more than 300 coins per pound. Your uncle is going to do something, he should be back soon."

Cheng Zongyang smiled and said, "I made it myself, it's not worth much, if I could sell it I wouldn't bring it here. Aunt Li, it's awkward to talk about money when giving something to a friend. Take it quickly, or I won't dare to come here again."

"Hey, you, you kid. Okay, auntie thanks you today. Oh, come in and sit down. I haven't even poured you a glass of water." Seeing this, Li Wangshi couldn't refuse anymore and quickly greeted him.

Cheng Zongyang did not refuse her kindness.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door and Li Lu's voice outside.

"Open the door."

At this time, Li Wangshi said, "I'm back, I'm back."

Having said that, he walked quickly outside.

After Li Lu came in with a knife and closed the door, Li Wangshi immediately said that Cheng Zongyang had come and brought a leg of meat with him.

Upon hearing this, Li Lu's face lit up with joy and he hurried to the main room.

"Zong Yang, you are finally here. Let's go inside and talk." Li Lu said quickly.

Seeing Li Lu so anxious, Cheng Zongyang said nothing and went into the inner room.

A quarter of an hour later, after listening to Li Lu's words, Cheng Zongyang was silent for a long time, and finally sighed:

"This Chang Younian is really cruel."

In just a few days, Chang Younian let all the refugees into the city in the name of resettlement and treatment. He gave the refugees three meals a day, which seemed to be to use up all the food in the city or feed them. But when the new county lord changed the three meals a day back to one meal a day, it would be easy to cause problems.

Later, the medicinal materials that were about to be delivered were quietly destroyed, and the county city was asked to send medicine on the grounds that the medicinal materials were "exhausted", but it was not said what medicine to send.

Later, due to a shortage of manpower, the work of digging wells and extracting water was stopped...

In short, all the measures previously arranged were terminated, and the refugees were allowed to occupy the city.

The new county magistrate could see through this tactic, but Chang Younian's name still stood up - resettlement, treatment, free food, but there were not enough people, the medicine had run out, and they would take their time, etc.

But don’t forget that the epidemic has not been truly eliminated!

"Who is the new county magistrate?" Cheng Zongyang asked.

"Luo Dingran from Guang'an County, Linchuan Prefecture." Li Lu said, his face became solemn. "He is from the aristocratic Luo family. By the way, I also heard a piece of news. The drought in the past two years started in Linchuan, and then covered the four prefectures of Xiangyang, Xichuan, and Beiding!"

"People from Guang'an said that Linchuan is the worst hit among the four prefectures."

In order to move up, Li Lu also spent a lot of effort and got some superficial information from the newcomers. But the information he heard was enough to shock him!
After hearing this, Cheng Zongyang's heart sank.

After a moment, he continued to ask about the county. Now, only the situation in the county was what he cared about.

Through questions and answers, Cheng Zongyang finally understood the overall situation.

Just as he had guessed a few days ago, Chang Younian not only disrupted the original treatment plan, but also added more trouble.

At least this epidemic is enough to give Luo Dingran a headache.

Even if the other party has a way to cure the epidemic, it will take time and effort to obtain the medicinal materials.

What is more important is that Chang Younian allowed Wang Tianfeng to completely unify the power of the county, forming a monopoly situation. Chang Younian also obtained support from his family to support the development of the Wang family's power in Yufeng County, thereby secretly confronting the new county lord.

To put it bluntly, we can't let Xinxianzun have an easy time. Yufeng County, they haven't given up either!
Wang Tianfeng has the support of the Chang family in the county city, so he is naturally bold. Although he cannot do it openly, he can do things secretly without evidence. Luo Dingran naturally cannot do anything wrong. But the affairs of the government office can still be handled.

The people from the Inspection Office were replaced by those brought by Luo Dingran. Qi Yue and others could only follow Chang Younian to Linchuan Guang'an.

Due to a shortage of manpower, Li Lu, a warrior, was the first to join the team. Naturally, he also became the new constable and was personally received by Luo Dingran.

The positions of the two chief constables are temporarily vacant, which means that the constables now have slightly more power.

After Luo Dingran inquired about Li Lu's work experience and ability, he also made a promise - as long as he was strong enough, he would have the position of head constable.

As the first warrior official to surrender and a local, he made this promise not only to facilitate future work, but also to win people's hearts and let others see the attitude of the new county lord.

This is also the reason why Li Lu was so anxious after seeing Cheng Zongyang.

After Cheng Zongyang knew about it, he asked, "Where is the warrior?"

Li Lu sighed and said, "During this period, Wang Tianfeng arrested many uncooperative warriors in order to quickly unify all forces before the arrival of the new county lord. There are more than a dozen in the prison. In order to prevent them from turning to the new county lord in the future, Wang Tianfeng also crippled their hands and feet so that they can no longer fight. Even if they are cured, they will be no different from ordinary people."

Cheng Zongyang was also shocked. Wang Tianfeng was really decisive and ruthless. He didn't leave any room for the other party.

"Okay. Then can you do it?" Cheng Zongyang whispered, "Six! After killing them, immediately send them to No. 28, Lane 6, Nantang. No more than one day. I will take care of the rest, and then I will give you a way to cultivate to the eighth level within two or three months."

When Li Lu heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up and he looked excited: "Are you sure? Are there any side effects?"

Cheng Zongyang smiled and said, "Yes, it will hurt. If you can endure it, you will succeed. If you can't endure it, you will fail."

"Hahaha, the pain is nothing!" Li Lu was very excited. "Then I'll go take care of it now. I'll be there at midnight tonight!"

Cheng Zongyang nodded: "Okay! Then I will..."

"Oh, by the way, one more thing."

Li Lu remembered something at this time, and interrupted Cheng Zongyang and said quickly: "Your wanted order has been revoked. After Chang Younian left, I told Lord Luo about some of the circumstances, and he revoked the wanted order for your two families. But in order to avoid potential trouble, you should be careful now."

"Hahaha, okay, then thank you Uncle Li." Cheng Zongyang clasped his fists happily.

"It's just a piece of cake." Li Lu waved his hand.

After dealing with this matter, Cheng Zongyang left without staying and went to his own residence. However, before leaving, he remembered Ma San's matter and asked Li Lu to wait for news.

Back to the direction of Nantang Lane, according to what Li Lu said before, refugees came into the city and occupied empty houses, and even robbed houses, so it goes without saying what the situation was with his house.

A moment later, seeing the door being violently kicked open, Cheng Zongyang walked in with a cold face and a bow and arrow.

As it turned out, there were more than a dozen men inside, all of them were grabbing things recklessly. It seemed that the rooms had already been divided.

"Get out, you little brat! There's no room here!" A skinny young man pointed at Cheng Zongyang with an unwavering expression.

Cheng Zongyang raised his hand and pulled the bowstring, then loosened his right hand. Suddenly, while the opponent's hand was still pointing at Cheng Zongyang, the wooden arrow had already penetrated the opponent's head and exited through the back of his head.

At this point, the rest of the people were so frightened that their faces changed drastically and they turned around and tried to run.

Cheng Zongyang didn't give them any chance at all and shot them one by one at an extremely fast speed.

After a while, three people with tears streaming down their faces knelt in front of Cheng Zongyang, and said indifferently:

"I'll give you half an hour to put all the furniture back in place, take the bodies outside, and clean up the blood. Otherwise, I don't mind finishing you off right now."

"Okay, okay, I'll do it now. Sir, don't kill me, kill me!"

A middle-aged man with a pale face kowtowed repeatedly, then stood up to move the furniture. But his legs and feet became weak, and he knelt on the ground again, stretching his knees several times before he hurried to do his work.

The other two also acted as if they had been pardoned. They ran to do their work in a hurry, fearing that they would be killed if they were a step slower!
Cheng Zongyang looked at the gate and greeted all of Chang Younian's ancestors.

He still had a lot of things to do and couldn't stay here. But now he could only wait for these three guys to clean up their house.

A quarter of an hour later, a man came to Cheng Zongyang with a sad face and said tremblingly: "Sir, there is no water in this well!"

"Move all the bodies away first!" Cheng Zongyang shouted.

"Ah, yes, yes~!" The man was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground, and then crawled to work.

Another quarter of an hour passed, and the three men fell to their knees on the ground, exhausted, shaking like sieves. Their tattered clothes were soaked with sweat, and no one knew whether it was because of fear or the sweat from working.

"Leave far away!"

Cheng Zongyang was too lazy to kill them and had to clean up the mess himself.

He closed the door he had just closed and checked again.

Overall, it was fine, not damaged. He ignored the bloodstains on the ground for the time being and went straight to the inner room. Then he entered the wilderness world to practice the Wind Step and waited for the night to come.

He still had two things to do tonight.

Time passed quickly and it was already Chenshi.

At the door of the market hut, Cheng Zongyang wiped the sweat off his face, looked at the progress of his Wind Steps, and breathed a sigh of relief.

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Wind Step (1/1000, beginner)
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In his mind, his new understanding of the Wind Step was gradually being digested and absorbed, turning into a brand new experience.

Although it does not have the same effect as the body-building exercises, he has also mastered the basics of this body-building exercise.

After looking at the wall clock, Cheng Zongyang put down his sweat towel, gave some instructions to Ma San, and left the hut.

Ma San was waiting in the hut.

Appearing in the outside world, Cheng Zongyang adapted to the darkness in the room, then quickly left his residence and headed towards the east of the city.

According to what we have learned in the past, the granaries of the wealthy families and government offices are basically located in the east of the city.

This time, he wanted to take some refugees back, so he naturally had to prepare more food. He was still happy to buy it for free.

He was dressed in black, with a black cloth covering his face. He took special steps and his body was as swift as the wind. He took one step forward and one step forward, and the distance between them was about three meters.

The first level of Wind Step: Follow the wind!

Like the willows swaying in the wind, the speed is not very fast, but with a steady breath and a specific pace, the body seems to be floating in the wind. Each step covers a distance of three meters, which is much faster than normal walking.

The most important thing is that his breathing is steady, his body is light, his steps are silent, and he is like a ghost in the dark night.

Half a quarter of an hour later, Cheng Zongyang arrived at the first granary where the Wang family was located.

　It's late today, I just finished writing now, sorry. It's the last day, March is here, I hope you will make a lot of money in the new year and have good luck.

　　
　
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