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Duanmu Huai had caused a lot of trouble when he went to Xiwulin and Beiwulin before, but this time was nothing compared to this.

Because he killed the emperor.

Some people may wonder, there was war outside for a long time, and rebels were everywhere. Everyone knew that Yang Guang's reign as emperor was over. It was the same whether he died sooner or later, so why didn't they think about it, those rebels also had their own masters, why didn't they send people to kill Yang Guang?

The reason is very simple. As long as Yang Guang was in power for one day, he was the nominal emperor and had the power to restrain the court. People like Yu Wenzhi had to take Yang Guang's prestige into consideration even if they were anxious to rebel.

But once Yang Guang died, it was like the dogs that were originally tied up were all untied, and the world was in chaos.

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

As a result, he was ambushed by Li Mi in Liyang halfway. The two sides fought a battle, and Yuwen Huaji was defeated and fled north with only 20,000 remnants. The gold, silver, treasures and beauties he looted from Sima Dekan and Yang Guang naturally fell into the hands of Li Mi.

On the other hand, after learning that Yang Guang was killed, Wang Shichong supported Yue Wang Yang Tong as a puppet emperor in Luoyang. Li Shimin, on the other hand, took advantage of the entanglement between Li Mi and Yuwen Huaji to capture Chang'an and enthroned Dai Wang Yang Yu as emperor.

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

It's just that Li Mi was one step behind. Wang Shichong and Li Shimin all found the descendants of Yang Guang, which can be regarded as holding the emperor hostage to control the princes. Only Li Mi, although he took Yang Guang's treasures and beauties, lost the righteousness. It was a typical case of picking up sesame seeds and losing watermelons. Li Mi was angry to death afterwards.

After all, although rebellion is rebellion, the reputation is still very important. Without a righteous reputation, it is not so easy to convince others to fight for the world with you. Not to mention that Li Mi rebelled before and killed his benefactor and the commander-in-chief of the Wagang Army, Huo Rang, which led to the internal division of the Wagang Army. Although Li Mi defeated Yu Wenzhi, he lost the righteousness. Coupled with the internal division of the Wagang Army, he obviously lost the opportunity to fight for the world like Yu Wenzhi.

The ancients were still very superstitious about this kind of thing. Li Mi killed Huo Rang to seize the Wagang Army, but he lost the opportunity to hold the emperor hostage and control the princes. In the eyes of many people, it is inevitable that this is Li Mi's retribution. Once more people think so, the Wagang Army will be dispersed and Li Mi will be finished.

Duanmu Huai was also unlucky.

He killed Yang Guang in public, and Duanmu Huai's characteristics were too obvious, and he killed the emperor. Everyone naturally wanted to know who was so bold that he dared 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, then it's okay.

After all, the immortal killer is notorious. He became famous in Xiwulin with one battle and killed more than 10,000 people. After arriving in the North Wulin, he was quiet for a while, and then he suddenly broke out, not only destroying the Songshan Sect and the Sun and Moon Sect, but even blasting the entire Songshan Mountain with one punch. It can be said that the people in the Wulin are already familiar with this immortal killer god. If someone else killed the emperor, it might be surprising, but Duanmu Huai... Well, judging from everyone's impression of him and his performance along the way, it seems that he doesn't surprise anyone to kill anyone.

The emperor is the same.

So Duanmu Huai was unlucky.

This is not to say that someone would kill him to avenge the emperor, although from a political perspective, being able to kill Duanmu Huai would definitely help to secure his position. But if you think about it carefully, you will know that this is impossible. Duanmu Huai killed so many people along the way, and everyone saw it. No one thought that he had the ability to get benefits from the immortal killer god.

So they changed another way, that is, to win over.

After all, Yang Guang was notorious, and the people of Nanzhou wished that he would die without a burial place. Duanmu Huai killed Yang Guang. Let's not talk about the political and military significance. In the eyes of many people, he was their great benefactor and savior. If Duanmu Huai could be persuaded and drawn to his own camp, it would be much easier to recruit soldiers. Not to mention that Duanmu Huai himself was extremely powerful and could form an army by himself. No matter how you look at it, it was a very cost-effective choice.

Therefore, after that, Duanmu Huai and his men were often harassed in various ways. Either other rebels wanted to draw them to join their camp, or some rebels wanted to join his army and let Duanmu Huai lead them to conquer the world. In the future, they only needed to give them a position as a minister.

This annoyed Duanmu Huai. If he had known that killing Yang Guang would cause so many troubles, he might as well have spared his life, which was better than being harassed 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 oppressed before, and now they want to become 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 industry. Only gourmets know where there are good cooks, right?"

“…………………………”   How to put it, it is very consistent with Duanmuhuai’s style.

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.

"Perhaps there are also female ghosts here 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 entire 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, a cold light flashed, and a sharp sword shot out from it, stabbing straight at Duanmu Huai. Facing this sudden attack, Duanmu Huai didn't care at all, just stood there. The long sword flickered and finally stopped in front of Duanmu Huai's neck.

Duanmu Huai turned his head and saw a woman in military uniform holding a long sword in her hand, staring at him vigilantly. And there were several people behind her scattered around. Seeing Duanmu Huai, the woman was shocked and hurriedly stepped back. When he saw Wang Yuyan and Xiaolongnu coming out from behind Duanmu Huai, he breathed a sigh of relief and asked.

"Who are you and why are you here?"

"Shouldn't you introduce yourself before reporting your name?"

Duanmu Huai folded his arms, stared at the woman, and snorted. Hearing Duanmu Huai's cold snort, a man next to him shouted in a low voice.

"Bold lunatic, this is Shang Xiuxun, the owner of Pegasus Ranch, why don't you show your courtesy?"

"You are 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 playing hide-and-seek?"

"We............"

However, before Shang Xiuxun finished speaking, he heard a chaotic sound of footsteps coming from outside. Turning his head, he saw that the originally dim village also became bright under the illumination of torches. Seeing this, Shang Xiuxun also gritted his teeth, motioned Duanmu Huai and others to come in, and then closed the door.

"Hey, you really shouldn't come here and encounter this disaster..."

What's going on?

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

At this moment, the footsteps stopped in front of the courtyard, followed by a rough voice.

"Hello, business owner, I am Xiang Batian. My friends in the underworld who like to joke gave me the nickname 'No grass grows', all because of the misunderstanding of not knowing me. In fact, I am a person who loves flowers. If you don't believe me, just try to commit yourself to me for three days, and I promise to come out to correct the world's wrong idea."

As these words were said, there was a burst of laughter outside, and Duanmu Huai raised his eyebrows when he heard this and looked at Shang Xiuxun.

"Are you fighting with the four major bandits?"

Before coming here, Duanmu Huai also learned that there was a group of horse thieves wandering around nearby, known as the four major bandits. There is a folk saying that calls them Xiang Batian, who leaves no chickens or dogs, Jian Ding, who scorches thousands of miles of earth and encounters Mao Zao, and Cao Yinglong, who cries and screams. These four major bandits are roaming everywhere, burning, killing, looting and doing all kinds of evil. Duanmu Huai wanted to see them, but he had never met them. Unexpectedly, he met them here.

But this is also good.

"I leave it to you."

Duanmu Huai turned his head and looked at Wang Yuyan and Xiaolongnu.

"It's good to accumulate more experience. If you come to me, I'd rather kill you."

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

After hearing Duanmu Huai's words, Wang Yuyan and Xiaolongnu didn't say anything, but Shang Xiuxun frowned in dissatisfaction.

"You are new here, I'm afraid you don't know the situation here. The four major bandits are going out in full force this time to deal with my Pegasus Ranch. There are probably thousands of bandits surrounding it outside. Since you are not accomplices of the bandits, why don't you leave with us? There is a secret passage here. If you delay any further, it may be disadvantageous..."

However, Duanmu Huai was too lazy to listen to Shang Xiuxun's words, and just made a gesture to the two. The latter looked at each other and then nodded.

"I leave it to you."

"Okay, sir."