Ruins of the past

Zhang Jitian, who Qiao Zhi said was the future martial arts champion, walked out of Tumen Fort and headed towards the village outside the fort.

In the past two days, Chu Qiguang returned to Yaoyin Village, and Zhang Jitian took charge of many things inside and outside Tumen Fort.

For example, the 32 newly trained soldiers by Chu Qiguang were all temporarily managed by Zhang Jitian.

But it was almost an hour later today, and the new recruits hadn't come to the fort for training yet, which made Zhang Jitian feel that something was wrong.

After leaving the gate of Tumen Fort, far away from the fields, he could see the new soldiers digging soil in the fields.

The Xiaoqi people who were originally kicked out were standing aside with a smile, and together with the veterans from the past, they were pointing at the new recruits in the field.

"Hurry up! Do you hear me?"

"Do you really think that since you are a soldier, you don't have to farm?"

"The next spring plowing will be troublesome for you, so do your best."

Zhang Jitian frowned when he heard the shouts of the veterans and asked, "What are you doing?"

The veterans turned around and subconsciously took a few steps back when they saw Zhang Jitian.

But thinking about the people behind them, they straightened their backs again and started explaining in twos and threes.

"The old people in the village are sick, and no one is farming."

“We can’t delay spring plowing.”

"Mr. Zhang, we just ask them to help with the farm work, and we will let them go back when they are done."

Seeing their arrogant looks, Zhang Jitian snorted coldly: "Shut up, recruits, follow me. Others will do the farming. It's not your turn."

While the recruits in the field were hesitating, a voice sounded from a nearby eaves: "Who wants to leave?"

Zhang Jitian turned around and saw Ning Chigong sitting on a recliner at some point and squinting his eyes to look at the situation in the field.

Seeing Zhang Jitian looking over, Ning Chi chuckled respectfully and said, "Master Zhang, the spring plowing is coming, and the fields outside the fort must be planted."

Zhang Jitian looked at Ning Chigong coldly: "Did you let them farm?"

Ning Chigong stood up and said with a smile, "Huh?"

There seemed to be a slight dullness in the air.

But how could Zhang Jitian be frightened by Ning Chigong, a deputy from Baihu?

The Zhang family is also well-known as a wealthy family in Lingzhou. There are three Jinshi in the family, and Young Master Zhang is also a local bully in his hometown.

Seeing Ning Chigong's performance, Zhang Jitian laughed, and blood surged in his body: "How can you, a mere deputy of a hundred households, turn the world upside down?"

Ning Chigong looked at Zhang Jitian coldly, his violent energy and blood surged up suddenly, and the billowing heat wave seemed to overwhelm Zhang Jitian.

"Do you think...you are the only one in the fifth realm in this Tumen Fort?"

Ning Chigong patted Zhang Jitian on the shoulder and whispered: "It's not your turn to have the final say here."

After saying that, he waved his hand, and the boy behind him had already sent an invitation to Zhang Jitian.

Ning Chigong said with a smile: "I heard that Chu Baihu has always wanted to get close to local friends, so I organized a martial arts gathering for everyone, and asked him to come together tonight."

After sending away the invitation, Ning Chigong turned around and left, thinking to himself: 'You think you can just leave by bringing someone from the Five Realms? ’

'Innocent. ’

Zhang Jitian looked at the invitation in his hand and felt funny in his heart: 'You alone dare to go against the devil Chu Qiguang? ’

‘I have a wealth of money, a three-level scholarship, a jade tree facing the wind, and the talent of the number one scholar...I have observed secretly that I don’t dare to take action now. ’

'just you? ’

At this moment, looking at Ning Chigong's leaving figure, Zhang Jitian suddenly felt a little gloating.

…

On the other side, Qiao Zhimao was squatting on a wall, his eyes fixed on the Tianshi Taoist Temple in Ba Mansion in front.

‘Chu Qiguang is still guarding the blood pool in Yaoyin Village, and he doesn’t know what Gao Yi has become. ’

‘You asked me to bring the cat demon to Ba Mansion first. Alas...why doesn’t this Feng Yun come out? ’

A moment later, when he saw Zhang Fengyun walking out of the Taoist temple gate, Qiao Zhi's eyes lit up and he immediately found an opportunity to climb over the high wall of the Taoist temple.

As he climbed, he looked at the environment inside. Suddenly he stopped and saw a line of big words written on the wall in front of him.

‘Men are not allowed to enter the inner courtyard of the female consortium. ’

Qiao Zhi scanned it carefully and found the talisman paper and red thread on the edge of the wall.

‘There are so many defenses. ’

Qiao Zhi didn't go deep. He just circled around the various prohibitions in the Taoist temple. After shaking his ears a few times, he heard the voices of several women in the distance.

"Hao Xiangtong, you understood it so quickly. I couldn't succeed in this method of sitting and forgetting after practicing it for several months."

"Your fiancé is chasing you all the way from Lingzhou. He is so infatuated."

"What's the point of infatuation! This kind of man treats women as decorations. I don't think it's a matter of getting married."

"My period is here and my stomach hurts."

Qiao Zhi jumped to a roof and relied on his extraordinary hearing to listen to the conversation floating in the distance.

He thought in his mind: 'After observing during this period, Hao Xiangtong should not have told anyone about Chu Qiguang's hidden strength. ’

Next, Qiao Zhi hurriedly left the Taoist temple before Zhang Fengyun came back, but was soon found by the cat demon Baimi.

Qiao Zhi yawned, stretched and asked, "What's wrong with Bai Mi?"

This time he went back to Yaoyin Village. Chu Qiguang asked Qiao Zhi to bring a group of cat monsters to act as eyes and ears. Bai Mi was one of them.

After all, Qingyang County has been almost infiltrated by the cat demons and dog demons of Yaoyin Village, and has a mature intelligence network.

As a general, Bai Mi was brought over by Qiao Zhi.

Bai Mi looked at Qiao Zhi and thought: 'Qiao Zhi just takes every opportunity to go out with Mr. Chu. This is how he became the red cat in Mr. Chu's eyes. If I can replace him, I can become the cat on the cat in the village...'

After hearing Qiao Zhi's question, Bai Micai said: "Well... Chen Gang seems to have been arrested."

…

In a small courtyard of Ba Mansion.

Chen Gang was blindfolded and tied to a chair.

Liu Yao sat aside, drinking tea and looking at Chen Gang slowly.

Ever since he learned about the situation in the Ba family, Liu Yao took the initiative to find Ning Chigong and wanted to join forces with the deputy Baihu to deal with Chu Qiguang.

However, Chu Qiguang has been hiding in Tumen Fort and never leaves home.

On the contrary, this young man under him was running outside every day, busy with various things.

So Liu Yao asked his men to tie up Chen Gang.

At this moment, one of Liu Yao's warriors punched Chen Gang in the stomach.

Chen Gang snorted and said, "Who are you? I came to Ba Mansion to seek refuge with my relatives. Did you find the wrong person?"

"Pretending to be stupid?" Liu Yao waved his hand, and after his men kicked and punched him again, he asked: "Where did Chu Qiguang get his money? Why did Zhang Jitian listen to him? What about your collection of Buddhist scriptures? do what?"

Chen Gang smiled bitterly and said, "I'm just a servant, how could I know about this?"

Liu Yao shook his head, and his men continued to punch and kick Chen Gang.

"You haven't said it yet?"

Chen Gang spat out a mouthful of blood on the ground and said with a grin, "You are dead."

A cold light flashed in Liu Yao's eyes: "Still adamant?"

…

In the mountain forest outside Ba's house, Chu Qiguang and a man shrouded in black robes fell from the Chongming Bird.

Chu Qiguang thought to himself: 'With Gao Yi's help, I will be able to get the Steel Iron Bone Kung Fu from Ning Chigong in the next two days. ’

Chu Qiguang was full of expectations for this: 'I don't know how much my understanding of the "Sumishan King Sutra" will improve this time, and how much my strength will increase. ’

Yaoyin Village, Ba Mansion, own strength... everything seems to be developing in a good direction.

This feeling that the harder you work, the luckier you get, the feeling of working quietly and reaping the rewards makes Chu Qiguang feel very good.

It wasn't until he left the man in black robe where he was and returned to Tumen Fort that his mood gradually began to change.

Zhang Jitian handed over the invitation: "Ning Chigong came to demonstrate..."

Qiao Zhi reported: "Chen Gang was taken away, Bai Mi and the others are guarding over there..."

Chu Qiguang took the invitation and shook his head: "One by one...can't you let me live a peaceful life?"

"Then let's go to this martial arts club tonight."

"But before we go there, we have to find Chen Gang first."

…

As the sun sets, the lively places in Ba Mansion are lit up with little firelights.

And some secluded corners are gradually shrouded in thick darkness.

The small courtyard Liu Yao rented was not a lively place. As the sun set, the surrounding area gradually fell into darkness.

A rustling sound came from the darkness, and a warrior said, "What is the sound?"

Another warrior looked at the white cat crossing the wall and said casually: "It's just a cat."

At the same time, two black figures arrived outside the courtyard door at some unknown time. They were Zhang Jitian and Chu Qiguang.

Chu Qiguang put on his bronze mask and said casually: "Don't let anyone go."

Zhang Jitian nodded and watched as Chu Qiguang pushed the door open and then closed it again.

After a while, there was a sound after another in the small courtyard, like a heavy object falling to the ground. The faint smell of blood floated out from the crack in the door and poured into Zhang Jitian's nose.

Zhang Jitian wrinkled his nose and thought to himself: 'So much blood? Chu Qiguang is a little angry today. ’

After a few more breaths, Chu Qiguang opened the courtyard door and walked out: "Liu Yao and two of his men went to participate in Ning Chigong's martial arts competition."

"You, Bai Mi and the others, take Chen Gang back. Remember to dispose of the body before leaving."

Zhang Jitian hesitated and said: "Disposal of corpses? This...I don't know how..."

Chu Qiguang waved his hand and walked into the darkness: "Ask Bai Mi and the others more."

Zhang Jitian looked at the white cat jumping down from the wall and heard the other person say: "Don't worry, I'm familiar with this."

"By the way, is there a river nearby?"

…

At the same time, Ning Chigong's house was already brightly lit.

The magistrate and edict of Ba Prefecture, as well as several well-known martial arts figures, people from the four major local tribes of Cao, Miao, Bai, and Luo...

It can be said that Ning Chigong's martial arts meeting invited all the famous people in the Ba family.

"This is Liu Yao, the inspector of the Northern Martial Arts School, a martial arts scholar in the sixth year of Yong'an, Jiang Longyu of the Seven Kills School, that is his younger junior brother."

"I have admired you for a long time."

"Brother Liu, let me introduce to you. This is the father-in-law of my Ba family, Lu Renjia."

"Brother Ning, you really have a lot of friends. You even know the masters of the Seven Kills School."

Ning Chi raised a glass of wine and looked at the crowd of distinguished guests in the house, feeling a little proud.

However, after listening to the boy's report, Chu Qiguang still hadn't come yet, which made a hint of displeasure flash across his face.

He swung the glass and said casually: "Shameless."

At the banquet, as a few glasses of wine were consumed, everyone talked about martial arts, and the atmosphere became more and more intense.

A member of the local Miao family, a wealthy family, suddenly said: "Didn't the hundreds of new households from Tumen Fort come to the banquet?"

As he took the lead, everyone seemed to criticize Chu Qiguang.

Although Ning Chigong didn't speak, there was a smile in his eyes.

At this moment, the boy on the side came up and said, "Chu Qiguang wants to see you."

Ning Chigong was slightly surprised: "He's here? Then let him come in."

When Chu Qiguang entered the courtyard where the banquet was held, countless pairs of eyes swept over him, some were curious, some were malicious, some were gloating, some had matters that had nothing to do with him...

Chu Qiguang didn't care and casually sat down at the last seat assigned to him by Ning Chigong.

But the entire martial arts meeting that followed seemed to have nothing to do with him. No one spoke to him, and no one toasted him.

Chu Qiguang seemed to be completely ignored and isolated, sitting silently in the corner drinking tea alone.

In comparison, Liu Yao, who is also new to Bafu, is more popular.

Liu Yao looked at Chu Qiguang's cowardly look and became more and more puzzled: 'This man is so much worse than me, will Hao Xiangtong like him? Are they really just ordinary friends? ’

For Ning Chigong, this was a very successful party.

He effectively showed Chu Qiguang his connections and influence in Ba Mansion, and kept everything within control.

He believed that the other party should feel tremendous pressure at this time. Faced with so many local forces connecting and involving each other, Chu Qiguang's only choice was to compromise with him.

At the same time, a figure wrapped in a black robe slowly walked to the gate of Ning's house.

Beside the river south of Ba Mansion, Zhang Jitian was watching corpses being slowly sunk into the water.

At the entrance of the Taoist temple, Qiao Zhi monitored Zhang Fengyun's whereabouts.

In front and back of Ning Mansion, the eyes of more than a dozen cat demons swept around, seeming to be staring at something.

The next moment, in front of the Ning Mansion... a horrified scream pierced the sky.

At the banquet in the house, large swaths of black mud suddenly crossed the night sky and fell towards the scene.

Ning Chigong looked at the black mud falling from the sky with red eyes, gritted his teeth and said: "Gao! Wings!"

Amidst the screams, the few guards blocking the front were killed by a few punches from the expressionless Gao Yi.

Several powerful people from the Five Realms stood up at the scene, including Ning Chigong, Liu Yao, the magistrate, Jiaoyu...

Amidst the screams in the atmosphere, heat waves bursting out of Qi and blood swept across the courtyard, and several warriors on the scene had already surrounded Gao Yi.

Chu Qiguang smiled and retreated slowly, his body seemed to gradually melt into the darkness where the lights could not shine.

‘There are still too many big families in Ba’s house. ’

‘It’s up to you, Gao Yi. ’

But the next moment, Chu Qiguang's footsteps paused slightly, and a trace of stiffness flashed on his face.

'Oh shit. ’

Familiar spasms and twitches emerged from his body, and intense pain surged into Chu Qiguang's brain.

Cold sweat broke out on Chu Qiguang's forehead: 'This is a damn problem. ’

‘I obviously just want to live a peaceful life and become stronger silently. ’

'Why...why does the disease want to find me? ’

The two chapters were published together, totaling 4139 words, including WORD. Usually a chapter is 2,000 words.