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Chapter 1533 The world is in chaos (it’s best to eat more and take more supplements)

Duanmu Huai had caused many troubles when he went to Xiwulin and Beiwulin before, but it was completely incomparable to this time.

Because he killed the emperor.

Some people may find it strange that the war outside has been raging for a long time and rebels are everywhere. Everyone knows that Emperor Yang Guang has reached his end. It's like dying early and dying later, so why don't they think about it, those rebels also have their own masters, why don't they send someone to kill Yang Guang?

The reason is simple. As long as Yang Guang reigns for one day, he will be the emperor in name only and will still have restraint on the court. People like Yu Wenhuaji and others must take Yang Guang's reputation into account even if they are anxious to rebel.

But when Yang Guang died, all the dogs below were loosened, and the whole world was in chaos.

The first was Sima Dekan. After learning that Yang Guang was dead, he decisively raised troops on the spot and occupied Yangzhou City, announcing the rise of a new rebel army. However, Yu Wenhuaji was not easy to deal with. Although Yang Guang's death was quite unexpected, Yu Wenhuaji also made a lot of preparations for the rebellion, so he immediately sent troops to fight Sima Dekan. Sima Dekan took back Yangzhou City and Linjiang Palace, as well as Yang Guang's gold and silver treasures and concubines, and tried to go to Chang'an to control the capital.

As a result, Li Mi ambushed Li Yang halfway, and the two sides fought a battle. Yu Wenhuaji was defeated and fled north with only 20,000 remaining troops. And the gold, silver, treasures and beauties he collected from Sima Dekan and Yang Guang naturally benefited Li Mi.

On the other hand, after learning the news that Yang Guang was killed, Wang Shichong supported the Yue King Yang Tong as the puppet emperor in Luoyang. Li Shimin, on the other hand, made a surprise attack and took advantage of the entanglement between Li Mi and Yu Wenhua to conquer Chang'an and enthroned the acting king Yang Yu as emperor.

The current situation is also beginning to move towards the direction of the heroes vying for power in the Central Plains. Of course, in Duanmu Huai's view, it is a bit similar to the Three Kingdoms vying for the world.

It's just that Li Mi made a mistake. Both Wang Shichong and Li Shimin found Yang Guang's descendants one after another, and they could be regarded as holding the emperor and ordering the princes. Only Li Mi took Yang Guang's treasure and beauty, but he lost his righteousness. He picked up sesame seeds and threw watermelons, but Li Mi was not angry to death afterwards.

After all, although rebellion is called rebellion, status is still very important. Without a righteous status, it is not that easy to convince others to join you in conquering the world. Not to mention that Li Mi had committed rebellion before and killed his benefactor and commander-in-chief of the Wagang Army Huo Rang, which caused an internal split in the Wagang Army. Although Li Mi defeated Yu Wenhuaji, he had lost his reputation as a righteous man. Due to the internal division of the Wagang Army, he obviously lost the opportunity to fight for the world just like Yu Wenhuaji.

The ancients were still very superstitious about this kind of thing. Li Mi'en took revenge by killing Huo Rang and seizing the Wagang army, but because of a small loss, he lost the opportunity to control the princes by holding the emperor hostage. In the eyes of many people, it is inevitable that they would not think that this was Li Mi. retribution. And once more people think this way, as soon as the Wagang army disperses, Li Mi will be finished.

Duanmuhuai was equally unlucky.

He killed Yang Guang in full public view, and Duanmu Huai's characteristics were too obvious, and the person he killed was the emperor. Naturally, everyone wanted to know who was so bold as to dare to attack the emperor in broad daylight. After such an investigation, Duanmu Huai's identity was naturally revealed.

After learning that it was Duanmu Huai, everyone was shocked at first, and then...

Oh, it's him, that's okay.

After all, the Immortal God of Killing has a great reputation. He became famous in Xiwulin in one battle, killing more than 10,000 people. After arriving in the North Wulin, it was quiet for a while, and then broke out in one fell swoop. Not only did it destroy the Songshan Sect and the Sun Moon Sect, it even blasted away the entire Songshan Sect with one punch. It can be said that people in the martial arts world have been very familiar with this immortal killing **** for a long time. It might be surprising if it were someone else who killed the emperor, but Duanmu Huai... well, based on everyone's impression of him, and Judging from his performance along the way, it seems that no one is surprised that he kills anyone.

The same goes for the emperor.

So Duanmuhuai was unlucky.

This is not to say that someone would kill the emperor to avenge him, although from a political perspective, being able to kill Duanmu Huai would definitely be helpful to stabilize his position. But if you think about it carefully, you will realize that this is impossible. Duanmu Huai killed many people along the way, and everyone saw it. No one thought that they had the ability to benefit from the immortal killing god.

So they changed to another way, which was to win over.

After all, Yang Guang was notorious, and the people of Nanzhou wanted him to die without a burial place. Duanmu Huai killed Yang Guang, not to mention the political and military significance. In the eyes of many people, he was their great good man and great savior. If Duanmu Huai can be persuaded and drawn into his camp, it will be much easier to recruit soldiers and horses. Not to mention Duanmu Huai's own superior strength, one man can form an army, which is a very cost-effective choice from any aspect.

Therefore, after that, Duanmu Huai and the others were often harassed in various ways. Either other rebels wanted to win him over to join their camp, or some rebels wanted to join him and let Duanmu Huai lead them to conquer the world. Just give him the position of Conglongzhichen.

This made Duanmu Huai extremely annoyed. If he had known that killing Yang Guang would cause so much trouble, it would be better to spare Yang Guang's life than to be pestered like this.

So in the end Duanmu Huai decided not to take the boat anymore. The yacht was too conspicuous, and the Yangtze River was a direct route, making it too easy for the other party to block people. So he discussed with Wang Yuyan and Xiao Longnu and decided to take the boat and take the land route. Anyway, Duanmuhuai has a master's mansion, so he doesn't need to stay in an inn like others. As long as he finds some less traveled roads, it won't be a problem. Got into too much trouble.

"What bad luck."

While walking on the road, Duanmu Huai also cursed and complained at the two women.

"No matter whether I'm in the west or the north, people are avoiding me wherever I go. Now it's better. I can still avoid others one day."

"If you, sir, wanted to join the army, you wouldn't have to go to such trouble. Aren't many of those gangs and gangs coming for you, hoping that you will lead them to conquer the world?"

Hearing this, Wang Yuyan also smiled and said, while Duanmu Huai shook his head.

"Only ghosts do such boring things. In the final analysis, these people only want high-ranking officials and rich salaries. To put it bluntly, they are no different from the guys they want to overthrow. It's just that they were the oppressed before, and now they want to become the oppressors. If we really want them to succeed, they will probably be more oppressed than the officers and soldiers. There is nothing to lead in this kind of team, and I am too lazy to provide them with ideological and political education, which is a waste of time. "

After all, it is not that easy to truly build an army with faith and ideals, let alone a world with masters. Therefore, not only must the generals below be unanimous, but even the martial arts masters must also agree.

The question then becomes, is such a thing possible?

Just like in the world of Faerûn, a magician can easily use fireball to destroy a village. Why should he be restricted by these country men? The same is true in the world of martial arts. Those knights come and go, and after all kinds of hardships, they have acquired martial arts skills that are far beyond ordinary people. If you want them to lower their heads to ordinary people, that is absolutely impossible.

Just like Liu Zhengfeng of the Hengshan sect in the Northern Wulin who bowed his head to officials, everyone looked down upon him. Even if the guests invited by Liu Zhengfeng are not bad people, they still dislike people in the government. In their view, no matter how powerful those officials were, they would cut them off with just one blow. The reason why they did not cut them off was simply because they did not want to cause trouble.

Therefore, it is not difficult to raise troops to rebel in such a world, but it is another matter to want to follow the same example and build an army with ideals and beliefs that are willing to fight for life.

Duanmu Huai felt that he did not have the ability or the patience, but he was also unwilling to lead a group of bandits to conquer the world. The Inquisition also has goals and ideals, and they are not bandits...well, not most of the time. After all, those things originally belonged to the Inquisition, so taking back what belongs to you is not stealing or robbing.

"Where are we going next?"

Xiao Longnu asked, and Duanmu Huai obviously already had the answer.

"Pegasus Ranch, I heard that the owner there, Shang Xiuxun, is a very good eater."

"………so what?"

"Since she is good at eating, she must also know where there are famous chefs. If you want to find a good cook, you have to find someone who knows the business. Only gourmets know where there are good cooks, right?"

"..." How should I put it? It fits Duanmu Huai's style very well.

For the three of them, traveling in the mountains and fields is not a chore. In the past, Wang Yuyan was holding back, but now she has learned the Nine Yin Scriptures and practiced with Duanmu Huai. Her own strength has grown rapidly, and her Qinggong skills are also under the guidance of Xiao Longnu. Quite accomplished. So this time Duanmu Huai didn't even need to mount a mount, and just took the two of them along the way. In just over half a day, they arrived near Pegasus Ranch.

It was already evening, and the three of them arrived at a small village near Pegasus Ranch. However, to their surprise, the village looked neat, but no one lived there.

"It's really weird."

While walking in the village, Wang Yuyan looked around and frowned in confusion.

"Judging from the objects here, the people here are not driven away like other places, but more like they left in a hurry. Is there some kind of war going on here? But it doesn't look like there is going to be war around at all?"

Nowadays, with all the heroes vying for hegemony, it is not incomprehensible for ordinary people to leave their hometowns in order to avoid the war. Along the way, Duanmuhuai encountered similar places. Some villages were even massacred, which was extremely brutal. However, the situation here is different. There doesn't seem to be any fighting around. As Duanmuhuai walked along, he didn't see any rebel troops nearby, but the people in this village looked like they hadn't been gone for two days. , which is very strange.

"This reminds me of the movie I watched before."

Duanmuhuai laughed and said.

"Maybe there are female ghosts here as well, who killed all those people, and their corpses are standing in the ancestral hall now. If we go to the ancestral hall now, we can see the corpses of the whole village standing there coldly. Then look at us..."

"Hey...Sir, stop talking."

After hearing the ghost story told by Duanmu Huai, Wang Yuyan turned pale, covered her ears and hid behind Xiao Longnu. Duanmu Huai also laughed when he looked at her.

"Is that so? Let's go and see."

Just as they were talking, the three of them also arrived in front of the tallest house in the village. Then Duanmuhuai opened the door and walked in.

However, at this moment, too late, there was a flash of cold light, and a sharp sword shot out from it, stabbing straight towards Duanmu Huai. Facing this sudden attack, Duanmu Huai didn't care and just stood there. The long sword was seen flickering and finally stopped in front of Duanmu Huai's neck.

Duanmu Huai turned around and saw a woman in military uniform holding a long sword in her hand, staring at him warily. There were several people scattered around behind her. Seeing Duanmu Huai, the woman looked shocked and hurriedly stepped back. When he saw Wang Yuyan and Xiao Longnu coming out from behind Duanmu Huai, he breathed a sigh of relief and asked.

"Who is your honor and why are you here?"

"Before giving your name, shouldn't you introduce yourself first?"

Duanmu Huai crossed his arms, stared at the woman, and hummed softly. When he heard Duanmuhuai's cold snort, a man next to him shouted angrily in a low voice.

"Bold maniac, this is Shang Xiuxun, the owner of Pegasus Ranch. Are you still not polite?"

"Are you Shang Xiuxun?"

Hearing this, Duanmu Huai was stunned for a moment and looked at the woman in front of him.

"This is not Pegasus Ranch. Why are you hiding here with a few people? Are you hiding and seeking?"

"us………"

However, before Shang Xiuxun could finish speaking, he heard the sound of chaotic footsteps outside. He turned around and saw that the originally dark village had become brighter under the light of torches. Seeing this, Shang Xiuxun also gritted his teeth, motioned for Duanmu Huai and others to come in, and then closed the door.

"Hey, you really shouldn't have come here and encountered such a disaster..."

What's going on?

Seeing this, Duanmu Huai looked at Wang Yuyan and Xiao Longnu in confusion. Could it be that he and others came at the wrong time?

Just then, the footsteps stopped in front of the courtyard, followed by a rough voice.

"Hello, mall owner, I gave me the nickname 'No Grass Can Grow' to Ba Tian, ​​a joke-loving friend in the world. It was all due to a misunderstanding caused by not understanding me. In fact, I am a lover of flowers. If you, the business owner, don’t believe it, just try to commit yourself to yourself for three days, and I guarantee that you will come out to correct this hugely wrong idea of ​​the world.”

Along with these words, there was a burst of laughter outside, and when Duanmuhuai heard this, he also raised his eyebrows and looked at Shang Xiuxun.

"Did you get involved with the Four Bandits?"

Before coming here, Duanmu Huai also learned that there was a group of horse thieves wandering around nearby, known as the Four Bandits. There is a popular saying in the folk saying that they are not able to grow a blade of grass and go to the sky, chickens and dogs are not allowed to leave a room to see the cauldron, and the scorched earth is thousands of miles away. The name of the crying ghost is Cao Yinglong. These four bandits were running around everywhere, burning, killing, looting and doing all kinds of evil. Duanmu Huai wanted to see them, but he had never met them. He didn't expect to meet them here.

But that’s fine too.

"Leave it to you."

Duanmuhuai turned his head and looked at Wang Yuyan and Xiao Longnu.

"It's good to accumulate some experience. If you don't kill me, I won't kill you for nothing."

"What nonsense are you talking about."

Hearing Duanmu Huai's words, Wang Yuyan and Xiao Longnu didn't say anything, but Shang Xiuxun frowned dissatisfied.

"You are new here, so I'm afraid you don't know the situation here. The four major bandits have mobilized their entire army this time to deal with our Pegasus Ranch. There are probably thousands of bandits surrounding me. Since you are not fellow bandits, why don't we make peace with them? Let's leave together. There is a secret passage here. If we delay it any longer, I'm afraid it will be detrimental..."

However, Duanmuhuai was too lazy to listen to Shang Xiuxun and just made a gesture to the two of them. The latter looked at each other and then nodded.

"Leave it to you."

"Okay, sir."