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From this night of February 16th onwards, everything around Sipinggang seemed to move in unison. Search: \(?Complete? Book? Divine? Station) to read high-quality literature for free.

Previously, Fan Zhong and others had mentioned that the pursuit of Fang Baihua and others would yield results in two or three days. However, in reality, these two or three days referred to the expectation that Fang Baihua and the others, doing nothing, would be driven to a dead end by the pursuers, completely eliminating any room for maneuver. But obviously, as long as they had any brains, no one would wait for the dead end to truly arrive before resisting.

As time went on, whether it was Tie Tianying, Zong Feixiao, or Sikong Nan, Lin Echan, on one hand, they were fully searching for the whereabouts of Fang Baihua and others, and on the other hand, they were waiting with increasingly high vigilance for the final strike from the other side.

And on this night, the sudden move of Deng Yuanjue, An Xifu, and others, leading dozens of remnants southwest, became the fuse for everything.

Since the outbreak of the incident a few days ago, the appearance of Deng Yuanjue and An Xifu was actually the most attention-grabbing force. They appeared for two days, lighting fires everywhere before they could be completely grasped, rescuing many escaped bandits, and then feigning a northward movement. This was actually a blatant, undeniable, open scheme.

In this incident, the real protagonist seemed to be Fang Baihua's faction, which wanted to rescue Fang Qifo. But in reality, this group of people was only related to the face of the capital, the promotion paths of Tie Tianying and Zong Feixiao, and the symbol of the complete annihilation of the Yongle Dynasty. Relatively speaking, the account books carried by An Xifu were extremely related to the future benefits that several families behind this incident could obtain. Any family that could get the account books first could ensure that they would not be stabbed in the back. As for stabbing others and obtaining benefits, that would be a matter of deciding based on their mood later.

Tie Tianying, Zong Feixiao, and Sikong Nan all seemed to have their own affiliations, but in reality, they all had the background of some large families behind them, to varying degrees. An Xifu's feigned northward movement at this time was already a clear attitude of not cherishing his life, but his life was a small matter. If he handed over the accounts before he died—he didn't even need to consider who to give them to—it would ultimately be a huge mess.

Even, when the momentum became great, the account books didn't even have to be real. Families that felt involved would start their own friction. This little bit of friction might involve the loss of tens of millions of taels of silver and the lives of hundreds or thousands of people.

Because they understood this, all the openly and secretly representatives of the various forces involved in this matter showed an attitude of not caring about that side. Tie Tianying, Zong Feixiao, Fan Zhong, and others superficially placed their main forces on the encirclement and suppression of Fang Baihua—that side was just courting death anyway, the accounts were definitely just rumors, and there was no need to pay attention—but in reality, when they noticed the news of Deng Yuanjue and others suddenly turning south this evening, the situation near Sipinggang completely erupted.

The sudden southwestward movement of Deng Yuanjue and others should have been made this morning. In the afternoon, a group of routine investigation officers ran into them, and the location of the conflict had already shifted dozens of miles southwest. After this contact, with the point of contact as the center, a radius of nearly two hundred miles around suddenly moved due to the speed of the news spreading.

Deng Yuanjue's final destination was indeed not to the north! All their previous actions were to attract pursuers to move north, and their actual purpose was to join forces with Fang Baihua and break through the Dabie Mountains!

In an instant, whether it was the government soldiers and police in nearby prefectures and counties, or the scattered Green Forest people, or the remnants of the Mo Ni Religion led by Sikong Nan, they all seemed to have received unified orders, and poured out as the night fell. On the one hand, they tried to block Deng Yuanjue and An Xifu who were heading south, and on the other hand, they began to flock to various directions leading to the Dabie Mountains.

The first contact between Fang Baihua and others and the police pursuers was also shortly after nightfall. At that time, in theory, the news of Deng Yuanjue and others chasing from the southwest had not yet reached here. In these last two or three days for maneuver, both sides had tacitly chosen this time to start a desperate gamble.

The wind howled from the mountain, and the camp at Sipinggang was brightly lit. Pairs of police officers and soldiers responsible for transmitting messages quickly went in and out, bringing Tie Tianying, who was sitting here, the events that had occurred in various places not long ago—various pre-arranged plans had been set for these different actions on both sides.

Now, most of the police officers placed outside were in teams of ten or twenty people, and their leaders were often experienced captains from various regions, who could independently respond as soon as they received the news. When the first message reached Sipinggang, almost half of the area that could not be seen with the naked eye and various states and counties had already begun to move. And new orders were issued from Sipinggang, accelerating the changes and operations of the entire layout.

Tie Tianying, who had calculated all this many times in his mind, responded to it with relative ease.

"...Send someone to notify the people in the north. Except for Chen Zhiqing and Yu Ya's units, everyone else begins to chase south in an orderly manner. Notify the magistrate of Wenshui County to cooperate and cut off Deng Yuanjue's retreat. They can give up on going north..."

"Report, traces of Green Forest people were found in the Jing Mountain area, including Yan Wu from southern Jiangxi, Jiang Yuan from Hedong, and..."
"Li Long, a major thief wanted by the superiors, seems to be among them..."

"Don't worry about them for now. Order Ye Feng to go south and strictly check the passing personnel in the Qiaoting area to prevent Fang Baihua and others from taking advantage of the chaos to pass through this place. Also, strictly order Ye Feng, if he encounters bandits, he doesn't have to engage in a prolonged battle. As long as he bites them tightly, he can persuade them to surrender all the way..."

"Report, at You Shi two quarters, Feng Tianchuan and Fang Baihua and others had a bloody battle in Xiaolou Bay, Wenshui, killing three bandits on the spot, and the other party fled east."

"They want to toss and turn for a night... You Shi..." Tie Tianying looked at the map, "Order Lin Donglou and Zeng Xi's two teams, the place they are guarding is very important. If they encounter Fang Baihua and others, they can fight, but they need to pay attention, if Fang Baihua and others collapse, they are not allowed to chase, they must stay in place to avoid falling into a ruse to lure the tiger away from the mountain..."

"A major thief, Monk Swallowing Cloud, was found in Chuanshan..."

"Lin Zongwu and others are currently chasing south along Wenshui..."

Messages from one group of people after another were gathered and summarized. Most of the things were expected by Tie Tianying. This included groups of suddenly appearing Green Forest masters—in fact, these people had held a "Heroes' Conference" near Yuzhen as early as two days ago—some of them gathered because of the bounty, because the reward set by the court for Fang Baihua and others was indeed not low; some of them wanted to make a name for themselves; and some of them had old grudges with Fang Baihua, Deng Yuanjue, and others, and came to kick them when they were down.

Naturally, there were also people secretly sent by some large families in the north and south. They were mixed among them, but their main purpose was ultimately to kill Fang Baihua and others, and then take the opportunity to find out the whereabouts of the account books.

The current overall situation was like a game of chess. Although different messages were still constantly being gathered, the overall situation was already almost finalized. There were basically no messages that could surprise him. Even if Tian Li had previously reported that Cheng Zhouhai of the Secret Investigation Division was actually a super-first-class master—that only showed the importance that the Secret Investigation Division attached to this matter, but twenty-odd people could not have too much impact in this situation.

It seemed that in this chess game, the power that determined the general trend was probably the three forces—the Ministry of Justice represented by himself, the remnants of the Mo Ni Religion represented by Sikong Nan, and Fang Baihua and Deng Yuanjue who were fleeing all the way. Although the remaining people could be regarded as the fourth force, they were too scattered to be twisted into a single rope.

With this understanding, while orderly promoting the situation, he was also constantly reflecting on what possibilities he had not calculated. Before the matter was settled, there was always the possibility that Fang Baihua and others would escape into the mountains or even the entire situation would be reversed. Maintaining a faint sense of unease in his heart, this could be regarded as his habit.

People came in and out around him. When a new message was transmitted, a new understanding was incorporated into the calculation and deduction system. Then, simple orders were issued. At this time, it was already dark, and many subordinates poured into the wooden shed. When he issued an order requiring nearby county magistrates to summon local militia to stand guard nearby, another piece of intelligence was sent in.

"Report, news from the capital."

"...The people who are summoned must stay until tomorrow. I said they can be dismissed before they can be dismissed. Remember not to summon villagers casually. Everyone must be known by someone, and each place must be personally led by the local Baozhang to avoid being mixed in by bandits..." At this time, many people came to report, but the news from the capital made Tie Tianying pay more attention. However, after taking the thing and looking at it, he relaxed his vigilance again, "Yu San, if you have anything, say it quickly."

This thing quickly sent from the capital was the information of Cheng Zhouhai of the Xiangfu, but in the current situation, even if the other party's master status was confirmed, there was not much need. He opened it while listening to the reports of the surrounding subordinates. He was still summarizing information in his mind, and his eyes suddenly shrank.

"Cannot do martial arts..." He said this in a low voice, then returned to the beginning, "This year...thirty-two years old..."

He waved his hand in the air, interrupting his subordinate's speech. His eyes flickered a few times, then his brow furrowed, and he handed this thing to the accompanying servant: "Copy a copy and send it to General Zong and General Fan respectively, so that they can pay attention to it. In addition, where did those people from the Secret Investigation Division go before?"

"After capturing the two bandits with the Overlord Saber, they also went southwest..."

"Want to share the credit or want to do something..." Muttering to himself, Tie Tianying slammed his fist on the table.

"...Heart demon!"

Cheng Zhouhai on the data was already in his thirties, but the scholar who had been coming over these two days was only in his early twenties. Considering the other party's skills, he immediately associated his thoughts with the Green Forest person in charge of the Secret Investigation Division.

It must be said that no matter how much contempt he had when talking about the other party before, he suddenly realized that this madman who had personally buried tens of thousands of Liangshan people might appear here, and even concealed his original identity for a few days, a shadow suddenly surged in his heart.

What does he want to do...

But in any case, the Secret Investigation Division was also under the control of the court. Even if he appeared here, after all, he came too late and did not have enough manpower, so it did not have much impact on the overall situation.

Time was precious, and after thinking about it briefly, he immediately put aside his thoughts and focused his attention on deploying troops.

In any case, the overall situation was not settled, and there would always be a faint worry in his heart...

And not long after, this worry turned into reality. The first truly uncalculated factor appeared beside him...

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Through the woods, Chen Fan approached the Sipinggang camp.

The light in the camp shone far away, and the small woods here still seemed dark. Located near the camp, there were actually sentries arranged by Tie Tianying in the woods. But for Chen Fan, all this would not be too much of a problem. Even if he walked leisurely, his figure was always hidden in the shadows, and no one could detect his silent passing through the forest and under the trees.

Until... a sudden attack of cold!

In the darkness, it seemed that a wind passed through the forest, and the leaves moved slightly. Chen Fan threw a punch, and the other party silently took a palm. After the mysterious and soft palm met, the other party silently stepped back and swung a sword. Chen Fan also silently moved back.

The moonlight sprinkled on the forest, and no one's figure could be seen. Only the wind moved, and both sides were silent. After a moment, Chen Fan in the shadow of the tree slightly tilted his head.

"Minister Wang..."

A slight sound was imperceptibly spit out from his lips. Next to the bushes on the opposite side was Wang Yin, who seemed to be integrated with the surrounding environment. But standing there, the powerful aura could only be felt by martial artists at Chen Fan's level.

Afterwards, under the moonlight, Wang Yin slightly raised his long sword and pointed to the camp on the hillside not far away, and his calm eyes looked towards Chen Fan...

That night, the Sipinggang camp ushered in the first truly unpredictable accident.

After Xu Shi, a small group of people led by Chen Fan once again broke into the camp. At this time, Tie Tianying, who was sitting in the camp, still maintained a high degree of vigilance, but the infighting that had not been considered before broke out in the camp, catching everyone off guard.

Since its introduction into China, the Mo Ni Religion has gradually expanded. Later, it was transferred from Sikong Nan to Fang La, and it was carefully managed for many years. After Fang La's uprising, more than two million people died because of this incident one after another. Of course, some of this happened later, but the depth of the Mo Ni Religion's roots was difficult for ordinary people to estimate.

After Fang La's death, Fang Qifo and Fang Baihua should have been the most deeply involved. At the beginning, Tie Tianying had also considered the problem of internal instability, but after several battles, such concerns did not become a reality. Until this night, a total of three police captains who had secretly been lurking betrayed. With their actions, with intention and without intention, some of the prisoners who had been captured were released from their restraints.

Tie Tianying's original arrangement was effective. The prisoners were discovered not long after they were released from their restraints. Then, the situation in the camp finally turned into a major fight. Chen Fan killed several people in a row, and finally rescued Fang Qifo, leading more than twenty people to escape from the camp. More than forty people were killed in the battle. After this incident, it also meant that the last bargaining chip that the Mo Ni Religion could use had been completely used up.

After Chen Fan escaped with Fang Qifo on his back, Tie Tianying also led the team to kill southwest, chasing all the way.

At this time, with Sipinggang as the center, the entire night had been boiling along the southwest extending towards the Dabie Mountains. Along the way, they were chasing and killing. The Green Forest people passed through the hills and ridges, and the court's police officers and soldiers chased from village to village, burning torches. Occasionally, small-scale clashes would occur. In some villages, a dog bark suddenly heard, and then it would return to silence. Often, the Green Forest people passing by killed the alert dog in passing.

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Chen Fan carried Fang Qifo on his back, running between the rugged mountains, with more than twenty people behind him, trying their best to follow.

After being captured, Fang Qifo was seriously injured. Later, he was imprisoned in a prison car and had his Pipa bone pierced. Even though he had had Tongtian cultivation in the past, he was now a cripple, with only his left hand able to move slightly.

The roads between the rugged mountains were extremely uneven, but with Chen Fan's martial arts, he was able to run like the wind, with his upper body not moving and without too much bumpiness. It was also because of this that Fang Qifo, who was seriously injured, did not bleed too much again. However, although he was rescued, he did not have too much joy. Chen Fan thought that his master was too seriously injured and needed to rest, but after a slight adjustment, Fang Qifo first asked in a low voice about the process of his entering the camp to save people.

Chen Fan then ran while telling him about meeting Wang Yin and acting according to the other party's arrangement.

"...Minister Wang said that after I save you, I should go southwest as soon as possible. There are many densely populated areas nearby. Only by escaping into the mountains is there a unique opportunity. I heard that the princess and Grandmaster Deng and An Xifu have also transferred there at this time. This evening is the only opportunity, but unfortunately..."

Wang Yin disappeared after rescuing people, probably to lure away Tie Tianying's pursuers and become bait. He said this, his mood was slightly low. After a moment, he said again: "Master, there was originally an internal response arranged in the other party's camp. Why didn't you use it before? Could it be... you are still calculating more things?"

There was still the Mo Ni Religion force in the other party's camp, which was the most surprising thing for Chen Fan. If he had known before, his side would not have had to follow aimlessly all the way, and eventually be wiped out in one fell swoop. And if there was such an arrangement, he was surprised that his master had not made it clear to Fang Baihua. However, after a moment, he felt Fang Qifo shake his head slightly behind him.

"I...didn't know."

Chen Fan's heart sank. After a while, he heard Fang Qifo sigh: "In the future, you have to worry about Wang Yin."

Chen Fan was also a smart person. After a moment, he thought of the worst possibility contained in it...

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Crazy running, all the way to fight, after midnight, the fleeing groups of people gathered in the woods not far from the mountains. It was also because the movement this evening was too great, and after fighting all the way, the Jianghu people with keen sense could grasp the changes in the entire situation, and finally there were only more than seventy people when the assembly was completed.

At this time, a group of masters belonging to Sikong Nan had already killed from the side, and the police officers of the Ministry of Justice were also gathering and encircling, getting closer and closer. In the nearby mountains and forests, there were also some unknown masters appearing. Fang Baihua and Deng Yuanjue's side were injured all the way. Even though Fang Qifo's rescue cheered people for a while, it had actually become a poisonous medicine that urged people to die. After a little excitement, what was left for them was almost a dead end.

If these people were scattered one by one along the way, perhaps some people would still have a little vitality, only the gathering at this time made the whole situation become either all dead, or only a very few people could escape. And due to the appearance of Fang Qifo, his serious injury and cohesion also became a burden.

On the other hand, after learning the news of Fang Qifo's escape, the Ministry of Justice people led by Zong Feixiao, Fan Zhong, and Tie Tianying almost bit over like crazy, and turned into more ferocious death-urging ghosts.

"Hahahaha, Xiao Qi, long time no see, are you alright? I heard that you were rescued, really congratulations, hahahaha...Why don't you come out and see me before you leave—"

As the crowd fled from the forest, when they heard the woman's laughter echoing through the forest, a figure suddenly passed through the forest on the west side. It was Sikong Nan who had been tailing all the way. At this time, his light work was used, and his speed was amazing. Two masters under Fang Baihua went to block him head-on, and suddenly, they turned into a bloody rain...
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