"——What is martial arts?"
Following Ding Daying's cry, all the refugees who heard the words suddenly realized what was going on.
After a moment, they remembered everything.
They thought of martial arts, thought of Jiang Zhihong who taught them martial arts, and thought of Jiang Zhihong's death.
It turned out that the skull belonged to none other than Jiang Zhihong!
With red eyes, these people looked deeply at Ding Daying who was standing under the ruins, then looked deeply at the skull on the ruins, then turned around , faced the vast sea of ​​people, and shouted at the top of their lungs.
"——What is martial arts!!!"
"——What is martial arts!!!"
“…”
Shouts rang out one after another.
Everyone who regained their memory made the same choice - to shout this sentence to more people, the same words that Jiang Zhihong would shout to them every day.
The roar shook the sky.
It was not until this moment that Xu Chong finally understood everything.
Why didn't he think these people had a chance to survive?
Because once Jiang Zhihong died, there was no one to awaken the refugees' martial arts memories.
Without martial arts memories, even if they have opened many acupoints, these people can only be ordinary people.
Not to mention immense strength, they no longer even have the basic ability to eat less and live more.
This is because the strength is completely hidden within the acupoints and there is no effect of fasting.
The remaining food is not enough to get through the difficult times.
unless.
Someone continued to play the role of Jiang Zhihong, responsible for waking up these refugees every day.
But the question is, what if someone does this?
The imperial court will continue to send people to kill people.
Therefore, Jiang Zhihong did not kill Xue Rong.
In other words, his original purpose was not to kill Xue Rong at all!
All he had to do was to tell Xue Rong his guess, causing Xue Rong to become suspicious of Emperor Qing, and then he would have to try his best to delay the time it took the court to receive the news.
"I advise you to kill your men, try to delay time, and take this opportunity to escape to Taiping Road."
Was this extra time really given to Xue Rong to escape to Taiping Dao?
no.
It is the last chance to survive for these millions of refugees!
Because Jiang Zhihong had long known that someone would step forward and continue the part he had not completed.
Moreover, this person is not himself.
To be honest, even now, Xu Chong is not sure whether he will take the huge risk to ask "What is martial arts".
Therefore, Jiang Zhihong should know that there are government officials among the refugees.
For example, Ding Daying, and the other seven who chose to stand under the ruins like Ding Daying and called themselves traitors.
Are they traitors?
no.
The Taiping Dao members had evacuated several months ago.
This is what Old Lady Hua said herself.
If nothing unexpected happens, these eight people, including Ding Daying, are all local historians of Yongzhou!
Before he had enough time to accumulate contributions, he embarked on the history of martial arts!
They had no strength to protect themselves, and although they managed to survive, they had no choice but to come to Fenggu County to avoid disaster like other refugees.
After experiencing all this together with many refugees, they were finally moved by Jiang Zhihong's words and actions and chose to stand up.
Then why do they say they are the Taiping Dao?
Perhaps, he knew what would happen to him.
Or perhaps, he was speaking up for Jiang Zhihong.
No matter which one it is, this proves that Jiang Zhihong has done another stroke of genius.
Unfortunately, it is also his last work.
Xu Chong flashed to the top of the city wall and injected his strength into the Cloud Piercing Order.
"So, you really are still in Yongzhou."
Dou Tianyuan pushed the door open and sighed.
Just after saying this, he was shocked by the overwhelming applause for "What is Martial Arts".
"It is indeed Yongzhou Buwu."
Dou Tianyuan's face became serious, and he asked, "Where is Jiang Laojue? Is he alive, or has he already..."
"Look, that's the pool."
Xu Chong stood at the entrance of the city wall and pointed downwards.
“…”
Dou Tianyuan's whole body trembled violently and he lowered his head little by little.
The moment he saw the skull and the pile of minced meat, his pupils suddenly shrank to the size of needles.
“You didn’t even leave him a complete body???”
Dou Tianyuan's face trembled, and murderous intent surged from his body, "This Xue Rong..."
“It’s not that simple.”
Xu Chong shook his head and said in a low voice: "Let me tell you from the beginning..."
Just like that, Xu Chong slowly recounted everything he had seen and heard after he separated from the team of Blood-Clothed Guards.
Including the tragic situations along the way, the changes in the refugees' words and deeds as hunger deepened, and Jiang Zhihong's transition from persistence to despair, and then to determination after he guessed the truth.
And in the last moments of life, he sowed the seeds of hope.
Dou Tianyuan listened silently and closed his eyes at some point. He did not open his eyes even after Xu Chong finished speaking.
“I once heard someone say that.”
Xu Chong continued to talk to himself, "The firewood carriers must not be allowed to freeze to death in the snow... If this firewood carrier has already frozen to death, what should we do?"
“…”
Dou Tianyuan opened his eyes, his eyes full of bitterness, "You want to rebel against the court and join the Taiping Dao completely?"
"You think too much. I'm not that impulsive."
Xu Chong smiled and pointed at the eight people standing in front of the ruins: "If the one carrying the firewood freezes to death, then everyone will stand up and carry firewood."
"them……"
Dou Tianyuan exhaled slowly, seeming to admire and regret, "They are all great."
"Yeah, they're all great."
Xu Chong nodded and changed the subject: "How long can Xue Rong delay?"
"Ten days at the shortest and a month at the longest."
Dou Tianyuan's face turned serious, "No matter what, it won't be delayed until spring."
"Is that so..."
Xu Chong narrowed his eyes.
If we delay until spring, it means that the winter rice will not mature.
This is the most critical issue.
"If you want the Hua family to send someone to do this, I advise you not to hold out hope."
Dou Tianyuan guessed what Xu Chong was thinking and shook his head, saying, "Indeed, after the Taiping Dao people are unsealed, they will be able to play the role of awakening the refugees' memories. And with your relationship with the Hua family, it will be easy for them to send a few assassins."
"But the question is, after this incident, what realm will the next person from the court be at?"
"Well, realm is not important. What's important is, will the people coming from the court just kill people and leave?"
Before he finished speaking, Xu Chong's expression turned ugly.
Yeah, why didn’t I think of it?
If the court sends someone else, he will definitely not leave so easily.
If nothing unexpected happens, they will evacuate these refugees and keep them in various places for surveillance.
"It's not that I don't want to help you, but I don't have the ability."
Dou Tianyuan sighed, "The situation at the headquarters is very complicated, and there aren't many people I can trust completely."
"In that case."
Xu Chong narrowed his eyes, his eyes flickering, "Please arrange for me to go to the Imperial Prison. It's quiet there."
Dou Tianyuan's heart sank.
He instinctively thought that Xu Chong was disheartened and planned to imprison himself in the imperial prison.
"In fact, there is no need to do this..."
Dou Tianyuan looked at Xu Chong deeply, "Maybe there is another way to deal with this matter."
"Um?"
Xu Chong was stunned and turned his head in surprise.
"I can't say specifically."
Dou Tianyuan shook his head. "If you don't believe me and really want to stay in the Imperial Prison, that's up to you."
"Is that so..."
Xu Chong seemed to be thinking about something.
The two talked for a few more words, and Dou Tianyuan pushed the door and left.
Xu Chong didn't move, just stood quietly on the top of the city wall.
It was not until late at night that order inside and outside the county was finally restored, and the eight people discussed new methods, including how to awaken everyone's memory more efficiently, how to maintain the existing food distribution system, how to take turns leading the team to find new food, and so on.
The seeds sown by Jiang Zhihong sprouted.
Xu Chong's spirit left his body, wrapped up his physical body and left.
The Yin God was very fast and soon found the golden-armored pagoda camping on the side of the road.
The men took off their helmets, ate exquisite cakes and drank fine wine.
Only Xue Rong was sitting a little far away, looking at his subordinates with flickering eyes.
He is hesitating.
He hesitated whether to kill these men and escape to Taipingdao as Jiang Zhihong said.
To be honest, with the strength of the sixth level of body cleansing, he had no doubt that Taiping Dao would open its doors to him.
He even thought that he could get a good position in Taiping Dao.
But the thing is, he is not alone.
In the distant capital, he has a wife and children.
If I join the Taiping Dao, I will be fine, but what about my wife and children?
Xue Rong was struggling in his heart. He didn't dare to bet that Emperor Qing would let him go, but he also didn't want to lose his wife and children in vain.
At this time, everyone's fear was completely dispelled by the alcohol, and they all started chatting.
"Jiang Zhihong really deserves to die. He actually dared to teach martial arts publicly..."
"That's right. He could have retired and returned to his hometown, but he insisted on becoming a county magistrate. If he wanted to be a county magistrate, then he should be a county magistrate. What does this natural disaster have to do with him? Can it hurt him at all? Why did he do this ?"
"Well, speaking of which, why has the imperial court been so slow in providing disaster relief?"
"Could it be that, as Jiang Zhihong said... the imperial court deliberately wanted to kill the people of Yongzhou?"
"How is that possible? Are you stupid?"
"I was just saying that..."
"But I heard that it was done by the Taiping Dao."
"Taiping Dao? What does that mean?"
"I heard that the Taiping Dao robbed granaries in various places, not just Yongzhou, but also in twelve other provinces."
"Are you crazy? With so many granaries, how could the Taiping Dao have enough manpower and horses to transport them all? This is nonsense."
"I only said they robbed, not that they took away... Most of the granaries were burned down. His Majesty was furious and replaced many local officials."
"Uh... Why would the Taiping Dao do this? Burning food is a bit thankless, isn't it?"
"Nonsense, what else could it be? Isn't it just to delay the delivery of grain to the imperial court so that Jiang Zhihong can rebel?"
"So...it seems to make sense."
"The Taiping Dao is really generous this time..."
"Fortunately, the Blood Robe Guards found out in time. Otherwise, if he had succeeded, millions of people would have joined the Taiping Dao... No, millions of warriors would have joined the Taiping Dao!"
"hiss--"
“…”
The cavalrymen were shocked, and then they were overjoyed.
Suddenly, a strong wind blew.
Xue Rong appeared next to the person who had the gossip, "Where did you hear what you just said?"
The subordinate was startled and quickly replied: "I have a distant cousin who works in the Ministry of Personnel. He drank with me before he left..."
"Are you sure what he said is true?"
Xue Rong narrowed his eyes.
"Don't worry, sir."
The subordinate patted his chest and said, "I have known that cousin for a long time, and I can guarantee that he is not a person who speaks nonsense."
“…”
Xue Rong stared at his men for a while, then suddenly burst into laughter: "Hahaha, good, good! You have a good cousin, I'll introduce him to you when I have a chance, hahahaha."
"Thank you for your appreciation!"
The men were very excited.
There were still more than twenty cavalrymen under Xue Rong alive.
In the vision of the Yin God, these people originally had more red light than white light.
If things develop normally, Xue Rong will most likely choose to take action.
But now.
These red lights are fading quickly!