(This chapter is still being revised and improved. Please open it tomorrow morning.)

Since Chu Zheng and his group left Fugui Villa and began to head south, passed through Chuanzhou and turned southwest. Feng Tu, a guard who was familiar with the mountains and terrain, was used as a guide. Chu Zheng and his group did not have to worry about losing their direction at all, and they were moving very smoothly along the way.

When passing through Li's Chuanzhou, Dou Jiande's Xiazhou, and Liu Wuzhou's Xingzhou, Chu Zheng paid special attention to it.

The Li family has occupied most of the Sichuan Province, and can be seen everywhere in preparing for the horses and training soldiers. The administration is considered to be Qingming, but the levies and miscellaneous taxes are extremely heavy, and the people have complained a lot, but it has not reached the point where the people are living in poverty.

King Dou Jiande of Xia was still a benevolent lord. There were not many thieves in Xiazhou and the people lived relatively stable. Dou Jiande had no intention of entering the territory of the Young Marshal of Suizhou in the east. He had been recuperating and restoring people's livelihood, but he could win over the targets of the alliance.

However, after entering the power of Liu Wuzhou, the situation deteriorated greatly, and people lived in difficulties, and those who were not covered in clothes often fell to death on the roadside.

Chu Zheng sighed lightly. According to the information he obtained, Liu Wuzhou was cruel and exploited the people very much, making it difficult for the people to make a living, so he fled to the border Suizhou.

Liu Wuzhou was furious and asked several ultimatums of the Young Marshal's Army to return them to the people, but the Young Marshal's Army ignored them. Liu Wuzhou wanted to join forces with the Li family to attack the Young Marshal's Army in Suizhou. However, the Li family did not move. Liu Wuzhou was not sure to deal with the Young Marshal's Army alone, so he could only endure this anger.

Chu Zheng looked at the road for a while and pulled up the curtain.

This is naturally to prevent Guo Xiang from seeing these tragic scenes along the way and to avoid causing trouble.

In the next few days, Chu Zheng and Guo Xiang were separated from each other, and the guards were also broken into pieces. They were even separated from A Fei and Ximen Rou by one or two miles away, leaving only Tian Sanniang who was driving.

Fortunately, Liu Wuzhou ruled corruptly. Whenever he encountered a barrier, he could pass smoothly after giving some money to operate a little or two. He even avoided the investigation, which saved a lot of trouble.

Chu Zheng couldn't help but think that if the Young Marshal's Army had not just unified Suizhou and needed to accumulate strength and fight against the Li family, he would have taken Liu Wuzhou's Xingzhou first.

After entering Dianzhou, the situation improved again and the population returned to dense.

This is already the sphere of influence of the Duan Dynasty of Liguo.

The Duan Dynasty believed in Buddhism. Although there were tens of thousands of soldiers, it only focused on self-protection and rarely involved in the battle for hegemony in the world.

The group met again.

It was already spring in March. Dianzhou, located in the southwest, was full of flowers and green grass, and the climate was warm. Guo Xiang raised the curtain of the car and saw the wild flowers blooming outside and the colorful scene, and immediately showed a smile.

Chu Zheng simply left the carriage with her and transferred to the horse, treating it as a trip to the mountains and rivers.

On this day, Chu Zheng and Guo Xiang came to a small mountain city to stay.

According to Feng Tu, this small town is not far from Xingzhou, with a mixture of fish and dragons. Chu Zheng wanted to pass through it directly, but it was at least two days away from the next town. Seeing that Guo Xiang looked a little sleepy, he temporarily decided to rest for a night in this small town called "Qingban Town" and eat some hot rice.

The town is indeed not big, but it is quite densely populated, and the majority of people in the martial arts world are.

It is said that this place was originally a place where bandits were rampant, and there were many casinos, brothels and taverns, and fierce men with flesh-faced faces could be seen everywhere.

Chu Zheng put on a human skin mask, Guo Xiang also wore a veil, and stayed in the largest inn in the local area with A Fei and Ximen Rou.

Guo Xiang obviously had never been to such a chaotic place, but she was very brave. With Chu Zheng by her side, she was not afraid at all, but instead looked around curiously.

The lobby was quite lively, with tourists from all over the world talking and bragging about wine.

The accommodation and accommodation of Chu Zheng and others was taken care of by Tian Sanniang and other guards. Chu Zheng, Guo Xiang, A Fei, and Ximen Rou directly found a table by the window in the lobby to sit down and ordered a few signature dishes.

The tourists from the world looked at the four of them for a while, but did not dare to provoke them easily. Not to mention other people, Ximen Rou's aura alone seemed to be not easy to provoke.

The four of them were eating while listening to rumors in the world, but there was nothing new to pay attention to.

Suddenly, he heard a shouting sound from outside the window. Chu Zheng and others looked in the voice and saw two worn-out men being stopped by several gangsters in good clothes and slutty clothes, asking for protection fees.

This kind of thing is too ordinary, so Ximen Rou only took a look and looked away.

Chu Zheng looked at the two men with mortification thoughtfully.

The man carrying man on the left is tall and strong, but his face is ugly and he has a white cloth on his head. He doesn't look like a Han man. Another man carrying man is a typical Han man. He is white and clean, with long fingers. He is only in his early thirties, has a little thin body, and is weak when walking. His face is sick. There are several scars on his body that are hurriedly bandaged and still bleeding.

The gangsters were pointing at the plain man and shouting: "Although you are new, you have to abide by the rules and pay the protection fee as soon as possible!"

The white man frowned and said, "What kind of protection fee?"

"You guys who carry the manure will have to pay fifty cents a month."

The plain man said, "I just worked and don't have money yet..."

"No money? Can you eat white flour steamed buns without money?" A triangular hooligan raised his hand and patted the steamed buns in the white man's hand away.

The fair man said nothing and bent down to check the steamed bun.

The steamed bun fell on the ground of the alley where sewage flowed, and was covered with stains.

The fair man peeled off the outermost layer of the steamed bun and silently bit the clean part inside.

Triangle Eye looked at him and suddenly laughed: "You have a good temper, just like the dog I raise at home. My dog ​​also likes to pick up bones on the ground to eat."

The white man said lightly: "If you say I am a dog, then I am a dog."

Triangle's eyes looked fierce: "Even if you are a dog, you have to pay the protection fee! Otherwise you will be killed!"

The fair man bit the steamed bun and shook his head and said, "I really have no money."

"No money?" The triangular eye suddenly punched out, hitting the white man's stomach.

The fair man bent down in pain.

Triangle Eyes sneered: "It seems that if you don't give you some colors, you are ungrateful. Let's go together, and I'll teach him a big lesson today!"

Several hooligans immediately punched and kicked the white man.

The fair man was beaten to the point of curling up on the ground full of sewage, but he didn't say a word, just protecting the steamed buns in his hand tightly.

Guo Xiang had already stood up, but at this time another man carrying feces beside the fair man hurriedly stepped forward and advised: "Dear masters, this is my brother. He just came here and didn't understand the rules. I will definitely hand over his share for him tomorrow morning."

The triangular eye was already a little panting. He pushed the man with feces and said, "Old Miaozi, this is what you said. If you can't see the money tomorrow morning, I will break your legs!"

The man carrying the feces smiled and said, "It must be."

Triangle Eye kicked the white man again before leaving with a urination.

The man who asked Lao Miaozi to carry the man with a feces helped the white man up and sighed: "Why don't you fight back when others hit you?"

The plain man wiped the sewage from his face and said slowly: "I used to work in a brothel, and the people there gave me a nickname."

Lao Miaozi asked: "What nickname?"

The white man said calmly: "Useless Aji."

Lao Miaozi looked at him for a while before shook his head: "Forget it, go home with me, the meal should be ready at home."

He supported the "useless Aji" and disappeared deep in the alley.

Guo Xiang watched the two left speechlessly. She originally felt a little pitiful to these two poor men who carried the manure and wanted to help her, but seeing that Aji looked like she was really mud and could not help her. And the matter ended too quickly, she shook her head and sighed: "That Aji is really..."

Seeing that Chu Zheng was still looking at Aji's back, he couldn't help but ask: "Little Junior Brother, what are you looking at?"

Chu Zheng drank a sip of wine silently and withdrew his gaze: "Nothing."

Seeing Guo Xiang's curiosity, Chu Zheng thought for a while and said, "That Aji is not simple."

"It's not simple?" Ximen Rou was a little amused when she heard this: "What's not simple anymore? She's spitting on her face?"

Chu Zheng sighed: "Sad people have their own sad things. He gave up on himself, so there is no need for us to meddle in other people's business."

The other three were puzzled, but when they saw that Chu Zheng didn't say anything, they didn't ask.

The next morning, the group left the inn and was about to set off.

...

But in Shaocheng, Zhejiang,

"Damn it, this winter is not only longer than in previous years, but also much colder. In previous years, there was only light snow in Shaocheng. How could it have fallen more than a dozen heavy snowfalls in two consecutive months like this? By the way, where is the guest official?"

In the early morning, Chu Zheng sat in a small restaurant, eating breakfast and looking at the rice shop opposite.

The shop owner kept talking nonsense. No wonder, there were two customers Chu Zheng and Dongfang Bai in the whole shop. Dongfang Bai was still in invisible mode and the shop owner couldn't see it.

It can be seen that the business of the shop is extremely poor after the winter begins. However, compared with other prefectures and counties, the people in Zhejiang, one of the five prefectures in Jiangnan, can at least survive. Just look at Shaocheng. Although beggars can be seen everywhere along the way, very few people starve to death and freeze to death on the streets.

Although heavy snow has caused more difficult lives for the people, it has also forced large-scale conflicts of power to stop.

At least the war that stretched out across the continent has stopped for the time being in winter, which has also saved the people from the military disasters they suffered.

Chu Zheng said casually for a few words, and finally saw the door of Qingji Mipu opposite him open. Chu Zheng checked the bill and left, pushed open the half-covered wooden door of the Mipu and walked in.

Zhejiang, where Shaocheng is located, is one of the five districts in Jiangnan and is the territory of Shen Faxing.

Chu Zheng took the sea snake to the near sea one hour ago, and then took advantage of the wind and snow to use his light skills to walk on the waves, quietly passing through the city wall, and coming to Shaocheng.

As the prefecture of Zhejiang, Shaocheng naturally has a stronghold here for the intelligence personnel of the Young Marshal's Army.

But after hearing Yang Qing said,

Ba Fenghan has half Turkic and half Han blood. From his appearance, he basically doesn't show that he is too different from the Han people. As long as he changes into the clothes of Han people, he can basically integrate into the crowd.

However, Chu Zheng still needs intelligence, especially those craftsmen who can make fireworks, so he thought carefully and decided to use the Black Wood Order given to him by Dongfang Bai to obtain intelligence from the Sun and Moon Sect's intelligence network.

According to Dongfang Bai, Shaocheng must have intelligence bases of the Sun and Moon Sect, which are usually mainly rice shops. Ninety percent of the Qingji rice shop in front of him are one of them.

When Chu Zheng pushed the door and walked into the rice shop, the guy came up and asked, "Customer, do you want to buy rice?"

Chu Zheng asked, "Can Ming rice be sold? I want to buy seven liters and eight dou." Ming is the Sun and Moon, which is the incision of the Sun and Moon God Sect, and Dongfang Bai teaches him next to him.

The guy was stunned, looked at Chu Zheng a few times, and replied, "Mingmi is very expensive, it costs nine taels and six coins per dou."

Chu Zheng then took out the black wood order and asked, "I wonder how much Minute Mi can this wooden sign be bought?"
To be continued...