The heroes are like clouds and their spirits are full of autumn.

The heart of the piano and the courage of the sword, the warm pot of old wine.

Regarding Jianghu, Cao Hua's memory is probably like this. He is a single person who crosses the six worlds with one sword, and he draws his sword to help him when he sees injustice. But in fact, Jianghu is simply "not accepting the social environment of control and legal constraints in power."

After the establishment of the Diankui Si, the eunuch Xue Jiuquan swept the world with one force, almost pulling out the hard nails from all over the place, but the world is too big, and as long as there are people, refugees and bandits cannot be banned.

After Emperor Zhao Jie succeeded to the throne, with the influence of military disasters, natural disasters, forced land acquisitions in Xicheng, and large-scale construction of Huashigang, more and more homeless people, and naturally more and more people took risks. There were only 3,000 Diankui Si, and the government's clearance was even more powerless. The bandits grew stronger and gradually formed a scale.

Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Jeju...

The people's customs in Shandong and east and west are always strong. Due to insufficient control of the government, various smuggling, looting and rebellion have always been prevalent here and have been repeatedly banned.

With the emergence of Liangshan, a flag was raised to the people of the Song Dynasty and pointed out a direction for the homeless refugees and fugitives.

The entire Shandong gathered people from all over the world, headed by the Liangshan Mountain, and all the heroes and bandits formed gangs and factions, occupied the mountains and became kings, and established forces one by one.

After the initial bloody battle and several clearings against the government, all forces occupied Shandong and gradually developed their own order, and the world was formed.

Unlike the prosperity of Bianjing, after entering the Shandong boundary, bandits became popular, and there were mostly wild ridges and barren mountains along the way. The villages were sparse, the official roads were uneven and disrepaired. When pedestrians were met on the road, they were mostly merchants, studs, and people from the martial arts world. Even caravans carried weapons.

The "three-foot sword, black horse, and white clothes to the world" in modern TV dramas do not exist at all. Most of them are wearing sheepskin coats, with messy hair, and wrapped with swords and cloths on their backs and waists. They will not easily chat with people in the wilderness, and are extremely cautious when they are in a hurry.

As for the slightly larger cities and villages, there are officers, soldiers, merchants, bandits, and gentry dependent on each other. Under the unruly customs of the people, their own rules are hidden.

People in the martial arts world also have to eat. It is impossible to rely solely on robbing. All kinds of shameful businesses are controlled by various forces. And because of the cooperation and dependence of various interests, major forces have been formed.

Liangshan is the largest one. A smaller force such as Qingzhou's "Hundred Sword Alliance" and other forces united to fight against the government. Further down are the large-scale bandits such as the Tie Xiao and the Horse Gang, while there are countless small-scale bandits. If the villages and families want to take root here without being disturbed, they have to organize their own strength. If they are better at plundering business travelers and collecting protection fees is common, they will also take on some shameful businesses, and large and small areas are connected to each other to form an ecological chain.

The government is becoming increasingly powerful and gradually becoming an outsider. As the wars are getting harder and harder, many people from the martial arts world come to Shandong every day, joining forces from all sides, making the forces from all sides grow stronger and stronger, and then attracting more people from all sides...

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Cao Hua was invited by Tie Xiao and met in Xuzhou on the first day of March. It was still early, so he set out from Bianjing and rode his horse to Yuncheng to find Mrs. Jing. Li Bairen took nine Yuhou and disguised himself and scattered and hung behind him.

Cao Hua did not go out with great fanfare. With his reputation as "Kyoto Tai Sui", if there were rumors, the bandits in Shandong would probably be attracted to them all and could take down his head. In the eyes of the people in the martial arts world, there was no big difference between them and "Killing the Bird Emperor". He didn't want to feel the "six major sects besieged Guangmingding".

Han'er often goes out to do business, and is familiar with the road, and knows all the slander codes in the world. Cao Hua disguised himself as a scholar and covered his beard. Han'er also dressed up as a little turtle girl. He was completely unstoppable along the way, and only encountered two bandits of unsightly bandits, and naturally, it was needless to say.

On the 23rd day of the first lunar month of the second year of Zhaohong, heavy snow was clear.

Cao Hua came to Taiping Town, which is still two hundred miles away from Yuncheng. Because it is located on a major transportation road, it is mixed with dragons and snakes from south to north. Several local snakes control the surrounding intersections and towns, and passing caravans all want to give them some face.

In the small wine shop outside Taiping Town, the dim wine banners shaking. The wine shop is not big, with seven or eight tables, and there are more than a dozen people sitting, ten businessmen disguised as black feather guards, and several people from the martial arts world with weapons.

Cao Hua was wearing a scholar's robe, with his hair tied around his head, holding a bowl of yellow wine to taste it carefully. A package was tied to his shoulders, which contained a change of clothes, and a sword was wrapped in cloth and placed together.

Han'er was wearing a floral jacket, a headscarf, and chewing with a steamed bun. The girl who was originally so beautiful was dressed up like a little woman who was visiting relatives with her poor husband.

Han'er grew up in Kyoto since childhood. Although she is not a spoiled daughter, she is definitely not bad and has a very good skin. Because she doesn't look like a poor woman, she even put a bit of dust on her face, looking pitiful.

Seeing the young master staring at her, Han'er looked down at her for a few times, then put down the steamed buns, and lowered her head a little shyly: "Young master, what's wrong?"

Cao Hua looked at me with a wine bowl: "Han'er, you dressed like this, just like a young wife who was abused by her husband. I feel that everyone around you despises me."

"Is that?" Han'er turned her head and looked at it. The shop was full of black feather guards, and the remaining few tourists were very honest. She was a little confused: "No."

"It's not that you despise you, you naturally can't feel it." Cao Hua shook his head, not minding.

While having lunch, a few people with weapons whispered gossips also came to their ears:

"I heard that the seniors from Qingzhou have invited many famous experts to discuss matters. It is said that it is related to which Living Hell King in the capital..."

"People are coming from all over the world. I heard that a few people came to Jiangnan..."

Cao Hua frowned, looking a little confused.

Han'er was not surprised at all: "The adoptive father cleaned up the Shandong bandits and killed them, but he did not kill anyone. Now every day there are evil people who enter Beijing to assassinate the adoptive father of the young master, but most of them died before they even entered the capital. Qingzhou's Hundred Sword Alliance comes several times every year."

Cao Hua suddenly realized and nodded. The Baidao Alliance was an organization that gathered dozens of large and small forces in Qingzhou. It was similar to the Chamber of Commerce. Because Xue Jiuquan strangled the bandits in the world that year, Shandong suffered the biggest blow. As the saying goes, "Father's debts and sons repay", this hatred naturally fell on him.

While eating, several people came to the road outside the restaurant. They were obviously in the martial arts world. When they entered the restaurant, they glanced at it: Li Bairen was so fierce that Huang Tiehai sat on two benches alone, and even Jing Feng was astonishing as the "Shame of Yu Hou"...

A few men swept around and saw a scholar in the corner look like a normal person, so he walked straight to the front. The man in charge was full of tattoos on his arm and slapped Cao Hua on the table:

"Give me some room."

"puff--"

In an instant, a few choking coughs came from the wine shop.
Chapter completed!