Chapter 197: Like the Wind Rising

A one-sided massacre that soon came to an end.

The monsters around the canyon were all killed by Yu Xiyi overnight. I think the people of Yuyu County will have a peaceful life, at least for a while, they will die less, although they have already There are not many people left.

Smelling the fishy smell, Chen Chaocai let go of the handle of the knife and sighed. If he were in Tianqing County, these monster beads in the mountains would be so good, he would not miss any of them, but Now he has no shortage of money. As a key cultivation target of the Liang Dynasty, naturally someone will give him everything he needs. Even if the guarding envoy wants to go back on his word, be it the second prince or the eldest prince. , I am afraid they will not hesitate to take out what Chen Chao needs.

After a night of massacre, it was daybreak. The two of them walked down the mountain road and soon entered the Yuyu County. This county was really not too big, and there were only two people at the gate. The listless guard saw the two unfamiliar faces of Chen Chao and Yu Xiyi, and had no idea of ​​intervening. The two of them walked into this county town like this, and what they saw was a lot of empty houses. There was a long street here, and probably half of the houses were unoccupied. The whole county town revealed only two deserted houses. Character.

Some houses have their doors closed, while others have their doors half-open. You can clearly see the weeds in the courtyard inside. You can tell at a glance that no one has lived in them for many years.

The two wandered around randomly and found that Yuyu County had lost as many as two-thirds of its people over the years, which was a bit shocking. Although they had been prepared before entering the city, seeing this result, the two of them were shocked. People also find it a bit surprising.

After walking through most of the county town, they found a restaurant with some figures not far away. The two of them walked into the restaurant, chose a seat by the window, and ordered two bottles of wine and some simple food.

"Monsters are everywhere in the Liang Dynasty. In fact, I don't know how many people are living in dire straits." Yu Xiyi poured himself a glass of wine and said to himself, "I also know your difficulties. The situation in the north is so difficult. Most of the national power is gone." It’s understandable that it’s placed in the north, and the monsters in this country are powerless.”

Chen Chao picked up the wine glass and said, "The imperial court is trying its best, but it's just not enough."

Yu Xiyi looked at Chen Chao who was hesitant to speak, then took over the words and said, "You still want to say that monks like us outside the country can actually stand and talk without pain. If we can do something, the situation of the human race will be worse." good."

Chen Chao thought to himself and said, "But at the same time, I also know very clearly that it is impossible for you to do anything, at least for most people. Sitting on the top of the mountain to practice, the world is suffering, What's there to care about?"

Yu Xiyi nodded and said, "That's true. In their eyes, all sentient beings really have nothing to care about. The path of cultivation is in front of you, so why care about anything else? Even if you are a monster clan, it will be fine if you are there to support them. If one day you If you can't stand it anymore, then give the Monster Clan another 30,000 miles of territory. When these 30,000 miles can't satisfy the Monster Clan, then cut off half of the territory of Daliang Dynasty? When the Monster Clan can't be satisfied, then there will naturally be a final solution. Monk Fang Wai took action. In fact, we are the most cold-blooded people in the world. After we started practicing, we didn’t care about anything, including our original home? "

Yu Xiyi had a lot of emotions. In these years of traveling around the world, what he saw was almost like this. The monks regarded human life as nothing. Even if they occasionally killed monsters, it was only because of personal needs and had nothing to do with the world.

Chen Chao had known for a long time that this young swordsman was a talker, but he did not expect that Yu Xiyi, a talker, had extremely upright ideas. This was very uncommon among monks outside the country.

Chen Chao said, "With this idea of ​​yours, you should become a swordsman."

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Yu Xiyi sneered and said, "Don't flatter me."

Chen Chao was a little helpless, he just told the truth, there was nothing he could do if the other party looked at him like this.

"Among the young people of this generation, the two Taoist sects are great, real geniuses, and Luming Temple also has a great monk. I originally thought that you in the Liang Dynasty would not have any young people who could do anything, but who would have thought that, It’s only been a few years, but you guys and a girl have appeared, but you are still younger and need to spend more time.”

Yu Xiyi smiled and said, "Song Changxi, who lost to you, can be said to be the number one genius outside the double walls of the Taoist sect, but do you know how big the gap is between him and that double walled sect?"

Chen Chao was a little confused. He didn't know why Yu Xiyi suddenly said this.

Yu Xiyi saw Chen Chao's thoughts and said, "Really speaking, I am one of the younger generation. You are a few years younger than me. We can be friends as soon as we meet, but as my friend, It can’t be too bad, otherwise it won’t be interesting.”

Chen Chao thought to himself and said, "You seem to be very narcissistic, talkative, and ordinary-looking. I think few women will like you."

This sentence made Yu Xiyi frown, but he quickly countered, "Your words can kill more people than your sword."

Chen Chao snorted coldly, "Why don't you and I have a fight at the level of Shenzang? Look at what you, the so-called swordsman with infinite killing power, are capable of."

Yu Xiyi smiled and said, "I don't like to do such things, so what if I win against you? Tell the world that I, Yu Xiyi, won against a Shenzang martial artist. This matter is not worth publicizing."

Chen Chao was silent for a while, wanting to refute, but somehow felt that what the other party said made sense.

Even though he had won the martial arts test, he still couldn't prove anything, at least he couldn't prove that he was greater than Yu Xiyi. Therefore, whether Yu Xiyi won or lost, it would not be a shame for Chen Chao.

On the contrary, if Yu Xiyi loses, then he will be embarrassed.

One way for men to enhance friendship, and a particularly effective way, is to ridicule each other. Obviously, the two people in front of them already understand this.

After chatting for half an hour, the feelings between the two increased.

"You haven't told me yet, is this your final destination?"

Yu Xiyi narrowed his eyes and said, "You don't stay in the divine capital, but you come so far to the south. Is there anything I don't know about?"

Chen Chao said matter-of-factly, "Since it's something you don't know, why should I take the initiative to tell you?"

"If you have nothing to do, you can actually leave."

Chen Chao waved his hand and began to issue orders to expel guests.

"Is this a restaurant run by your family? Or is this county and city under your control? I have to leave if you let me go?"

Yu Xiyi raised his brows and looked a little unkind. The young swordsman didn't care about this. He leaned against the window and began to look around.

This restaurant is probably one of the few remaining restaurants in Yuyu County, but there are actually only two or three tables of people on the second floor. Normally speaking, it shouldn't be so deserted, but since this journey, it has already After seeing the scene in the city, it is reasonable to see such a scene at this moment.

Is Yu Xiyi there?

Yawned interestingly.

He seemed a little sleepy. Killing demons all night last night seemed simple, but the consumption of his sword energy was actually not that big.

He yawned because he was simply sleepy.

Chen Chao drank the glass of wine and didn't know what he was thinking.

I don't know how long it took, but Yu Xiyi fell asleep.

He snored lightly.

Chen Chao glanced at him, frowning slightly as he didn't know what he was thinking.

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Xie Nandu left Xie's family and stood at the door. He looked at the plaque for a long time and didn't know what he was thinking.

Wei Xu slowly walked out of the door. This scholar from the capital city, as usual, no one knew what he had gone through in the Xie family, but looking at him like this, there shouldn't be any big problems.

The two looked at each other, said nothing, and just stepped onto the small canoe.

Wei Xu stood on the wooden boat and asked with some emotion, "Has junior sister finished what she wanted to do?"

The canoe moved slowly, this time going upstream. Normally this would not happen, but since Wei Xu was here, it was naturally not a big problem.

When the wooden boat went away and Xie's plaque could no longer be seen, Xie Nandu said softly, "It's done, but there are some things that senior brother also knows. I am powerless at this moment."

Wei Xu nodded slightly. He was also from a wealthy family, so he couldn't understand Xie Nandu's thoughts and situation.

"Junior sister is a woman, which is troublesome. Fortunately, she has such a temperament. If she were softer, it would be even worse. Things like marriage are an issue that has never been considered in the world, and it is also the most unreasonable thing."

Wei Xu looked at the water and suddenly remembered the dean's fishing.

"That question is quite simple. It's a question of whether you are willing or not."

Wei Xu smiled and said, "Before I became a disciple of my teacher, my family had already chosen a woman for me to marry. I can't say bad about that woman. She is gentle, virtuous, and well-educated. In fact, she is a rare woman in the world. But She is good at everything, but she just doesn't like it."

Xie Nandu asked curiously, "Since everything is fine, why is Senior Brother not happy? Is it just because he doesn't want to accept the arrangement at home?"

Wei Xu shook his head and said, "They are both flowers. I like a pear blossom, but she is a peach blossom. How can these be compared?"

Xie Nandu nodded, naturally understanding the difference.

Wei Xu said, "But if you don't become a teacher, or if you just become a teacher, you can't go further. It's nothing more than changing from this flower to that flower. Flowers are very good and worth holding for a lifetime." , just unhappy, that’s all.”

"Senior brother speaks in a Zen-like way. I'm afraid he also went to Luming Temple to practice?"

Xie Nandu rarely joked, his voice was gentle.

Wei Xu glanced at the junior sister and did not answer the question. He just looked at the river and said calmly, "I just received a letter from the teacher. The teacher is also in the south now."

Xie Nandu frowned, "I heard that the teacher rarely leaves the academy and travels around."

Wei Xu nodded and said, "Of course, so something big must have happened, otherwise the teacher wouldn't have let me return to the academy right away."

The academy is by the lake, but the lake is in Shendu. Logically speaking, nothing will happen, because His Majesty the Emperor is still there in Shendu.

Xie Nandu frowned, she had some thoughts

Not sure anymore.

Wei Xu looked at her and said, "I heard that His Majesty is going to conquer the country personally."

Hearing this, Xie Nandu felt a little dazed.

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The city of Shendu is not at peace these days. To say that it is not at peace, I cannot say where it is. It is probably just because the Emperor of Liang revealed his idea of ​​going to the north personally at the court meeting, and then the courtiers exploded.

As the situation in the north deteriorated long ago, the imperial court sent many monks to the north. Originally, they thought that would be enough. However, who would have thought that the major construction bureaus behind the Divine Capital would put the forging of military equipment on the agenda again. Many craftsmen from all over the country were summoned to the Divine Capital to build the military equipment needed in the north overnight.

The Daliang Dynasty has been established for more than 200 years. The north and the demon tribe have fought a war, but in the past half century, the demon tribe has been much more stable. There have been constant small fights and no major events. However, only the real big men can see that the demon tribe in the north just wants to recuperate. When they think the time is right, a war will inevitably break out.

Originally, people thought that the war would happen when the Daliang Emperor started his army to seize the throne more than ten years ago, but it did not happen. Instead, the Daliang Dynasty was given more than ten years of recuperation. Until now, there has been this war.

The war broke out, and the entire Daliang Dynasty was actually very nervous, but as long as the Great Wall was still there and not crossed by the demons, everything was not too bad. After all, there was the Daliang Emperor in the Divine Capital, and who could stir up trouble?

But now they have to face the problem that the Daliang Emperor will personally lead the army to the northern border.

This is what the court officials are worried about.

After the Daliang Emperor goes north, who will sit in the Divine Capital? If the Divine Capital is in chaos, then the entire Daliang Dynasty will also be in chaos. Then, no matter what the situation in the north is, the Daliang Dynasty will naturally be in chaos.

So no one wants the Daliang Emperor to personally lead the army and leave the Divine Capital, because no one can calm the Divine Capital except him.

But the problem now is that the Dean of the Academy is not here.

Many years after the national teacher left the world, the two people the Daliang Emperor trusted most were the Empress and the Dean of the Academy.

But now the Empress has passed away, and the Dean has left the Divine Capital.

So who else in the Divine Capital can persuade the Daliang Emperor?

Many people cast their eyes on the residences of several princes, and some looked at the residence of the garrison commander.

But people are still very worried.

In the restaurant of the capital of gods, these things are the most discussed things recently.

"I heard that the eldest prince has been coughing badly these days. He was weak in his early years and has not recovered in these years. I don't know if he really won't live long?"

"If that prince won't live long, then the throne will belong to the second prince? But with the ability of the second prince now, can he control this capital of gods?"

"If your majesty really wants to go north, then who will supervise the country is a big problem!"

"But it seems that no matter who supervises the country, it doesn't make any sense, because they can't control the capital of gods either."

"At the moment, I am actually more curious about why your majesty has to go north. Is it because the queen has passed away, making your majesty have some thoughts of abandoning the world."

"Speaking of it, if the queen is still alive, there will be no such things. Your majesty listens to the queen the most..."

Noisy voices have been heard all the time, not just in one place, but in many places.

Now, the entire Divine Capital has a question: why does His Majesty the Emperor want to lead the army in person?