When on Earth, before Xu Sheng traveled through time, the world was fine.
But one day, it suddenly changed!
At that time, before the world changed, who could have predicted it?
It is the same here. Although Xu Sheng only lived in the prosperous period of the Dayong Dynasty for a few decades, this prosperous period has actually lasted for two or three hundred years!
I mentioned before that when Yingying and Lingling were young, the world was relatively chaotic. It was still a prosperous time! It wasn't a chaotic time! It was just that the economic conditions were not good at that time, and the imperial court had not abolished the slave trade.
In short, the collapse of the current imperial court is basically the same as the decline cycle of ancient historical dynasties on Earth.
In fact, there had been signs of this a long time ago. After all, before in Qingyang City, Xu Sheng was able to easily corrupt so many powerful people with interests. This was enough to show that the court of the Great Yong Dynasty was already very corrupt!
The rot has been accumulated for a long time, and it will explode at the first touch!
At the beginning, Xu Sheng had already noticed that the corruption in the imperial court was very serious, but in Qingyang City, relatively speaking, the oppression of civilians was not that serious or excessive.
So Xu Sheng didn’t expect that the chaos would break out so soon!
But now it seems that the corruption in Qingyang City is just the tip of the iceberg, and the oppression of civilians in other cities is even more excessive.
Because this chaos first broke out in some other cities.
But when the chaos broke out, the court's political system was cut off from the rest of the country, and the government office in Qingyang City became weak.
Suddenly, lawless people emerged in large numbers and the place became a mess.
In the prosperous era of legal civilization, although Xu Sheng was powerless, he was still able to rely on his own brain to first achieve great success in business, and then use interests to bind various powerful people, so as to make things happen with a wave of his hand!
Respected and admired by countless people!
Even he couldn't help but feel that he was really powerful.
But after the turbulent times, Xu Sheng suddenly woke up!
Understand how weak you are!
After the collapse of the law, his so-called business methods were no longer effective.
The powerful people he was tied to were already in a difficult situation.
In fact, many people have died!
The huge wealth he had earned from business previously made him a fat sheep in the eyes of countless desperate gangsters!
This day.
Lu Ba came running over quickly.
"Oh no, sir!"
He reported to Xu Sheng with a grim expression: "The Jing family was attacked by the Shadow Blade Sect!"
Xu Sheng's wives and concubines were all shocked.
"What?" Jing Xiang's face turned pale.
"Our Jing family has fallen?" Jing Xin staggered.
"Of course, not all of them were wiped out!"
Lu Ba explained: "The Jing family should have known that they could not hold on! So they led their trusted men overnight to escort their own people out of the city in batches and in different directions! Not all of them escaped, but some of them did!"
Jing Xiang and Jing Xin breathed a sigh of relief.
"Jingqiu's team was intercepted!"
Lu Ba continued to report: "After he killed the women around him, he fought to death with the Shadow Blade Sect members..."
"What?" Jing Xiang's pupils trembled.
"Second brother!" Jing Xin also shed tears.
"Shadow Blade Sect, Xue Yidao!" Xu Sheng also gritted his teeth.
The Shadow Blade Sect is a terrifying sect that rose up in the Qingyang City area during this chaotic time.
Qingyang City has fallen!
All the constables, some fled, some died in battle!
The county magistrate had been hanged at the gate of the yamen.
The person who founded the Shadow Knife Sect is now the sect leader.
His name is Xue Yidao.
His nickname is Blood Shadow Mad Blade!
That’s right, it was the murderer who killed Liang Yikun back then!
What was his real original name? No one knows.
All we know is that he used the name Xue Yidao when he traveled around the world.
This person looks to be no more than forty years old.
But he is actually already a master of martial arts.
He has a beard, is not tall, relatively short, but quite strong!
The sword technique is very fast when performed.
When the knife was drawn, the blade light seemed like an illusion!
This person has been wandering among the green forests during the prosperous times!
The imperial court had been looking for him for many years, but they had not been able to catch him!
There were even several times when the imperial court sent large armies into the mountains to suppress the bandits, and they had clearly destroyed the mountain strongholds that belonged to them.
But Xue Yidao still escaped!
In the deep mountains and dense forests, he is a master of innate martial arts, who is extremely cautious and determined to escape, and is really difficult to deal with!
Even if thousands of arrows were fired at the same time, it would be useless!
Most of the arrows were blocked by the dense forest!
Afterwards, he escaped using his body skills!
If it were a spacious plain outside the forest, even a master of innate martial arts would be shot into a hedgehog if he encountered a large army firing thousands of arrows at him.
But it is really difficult to deal with it when it roams in the deep mountains and green forests!
I originally thought that was all.
This person may live in the green forest all his life!
When a roaming gangster commits a big crime!
But unexpectedly, troubled times came!
Give this kind of people a stage.
He took advantage of the situation and rose to power directly!
The core team is composed of the brothers he conquered in the mountains!
He single-handedly created the Shadow Blade Sect!
He first gathered a lot of heroes from the martial arts world!
This in turn absorbed many people who had no food to eat due to the chaotic times!
It even wiped out many hostile forces in the surrounding areas!
Now they are attacking cities and strongholds, and are about to establish their own territory!
After the Shadow Blade Sect invaded Qingyang City, ordinary families without any armed forces were brutally plundered, burned, killed, looted, and trampled upon by the Shadow Blade Sect members!
All the major families have troops to protect themselves!
There were also some families that could not withstand the attack, gave up resistance, and actively sought peace!
But even if I gave up all my wealth!
Still the whole family suffered!
All the men were slaughtered and all the women were turned into playthings!
The Shadow Blade Sect's methods are extremely cruel.
They are also very bossy.
I'm too lazy to play along!
I don't care about playing tricks!
They are confident that their strength is enough to sweep across Qingyang City!
"What's the situation now?"
Xu Sheng asked in a deep voice: "How long can our Xu Mansion hold out?"
"Master. I can't hold out for much longer. Three days at most."
Lu Ba said in a hoarse voice: "It could be tonight, or even the next moment!"
Xu Sheng also fell silent.
"Fortunately, the master had the foresight to send our families and others to a safe city!"
Lu Ba added: "For us, there may be no way out! Unless we wait for the imperial army to arrive, but now it seems that there is little hope..."
Yes, the current situation is very bad.
The Shadow Blade Sect is wreaking havoc in the city!
Big families like Xu Sheng can only hold their ground with their troops!
As a person who has been wealthy for most of his life.
Of course, Xu Sheng also raised a group of armed forces of his own.
Over the past few decades, after acquiring huge wealth, Xu Sheng has always attached great importance to winning people's hearts!
He has won the hearts of many heroes in the martial arts world!
The general approach, of course, is to make the other party owe you a favor!
All kinds of favors I owe myself!
The more you owe, the better!
In prosperous times, there are some people with great martial arts skills who would resort to force to break the law.
But I don’t want to be a desperate fugitive!
Or maybe you are in financial distress but don’t want to break the law and rob people!
The saying "a penny can make a hero fall" is true even in prosperous times.
Basically, whenever Xu Sheng meets this kind of people, he will try to win them over.
Throw money down to show favor!
Use your connections in the government to help him solve his problems and show his kindness!
Then hire them as security guards to protect yourself!
Over the past few decades, Xu Sheng has given them a good life, helped them solve various problems, provided them with various resources for practicing martial arts, provided a good living environment for their families, and found good teachers for their children to study!
These things will be buried in everyone's heart.
Therefore, when troubled times came, these people tried their best to protect Xu Sheng!
After all, most people are grateful!
Of course, when the troubled times first came, Xu Sheng had already asked his trusted confidants to send his children to cities that were still safe in the world.
Although he also has many descendants hidden in other parts of the world.
But we definitely cannot ignore our own people in Qingyang City.
At the beginning, although Qingyang City was in chaos, Xu Sheng remained unmoved under the protection of his own armed forces.
But who would have thought that war would break out all over the world later!
The imperial court is overwhelmed!
Various martial arts sects emerged to take advantage of the chaos!
Now Qingyang City has fallen.
Xu Sheng had not even had time to take his wives and concubines away from Qingyang City!
Because the Shadow Blade Sect's attack came suddenly.
Xu Sheng didn't expect this either.
Now I am trapped.
Soon, Lu Ba left.
"What should I do? What should I do?"
"Why did the world suddenly become chaotic?"
"Why are the people from Shadow Blade Sect so cruel?"
"Can we escape?"
Xu Sheng's wives and concubines standing beside him also looked pale.
The world changes suddenly!
No one expected it!
No one can escape Hong Tao!
"We can only wait and see what happens."
Xu Sheng also frowned and said in a deep voice: "I have sent people to contact the leader of the Shadow Blade Sect to see if there is any room for recovery. If not..."