Ruins of the past

Qiao Zhi shook his head: "The cat who reported the news said that he came in by climbing over the wall. There should be no witnesses outside."

At this moment, he nodded and opened the door after listening to Qiao Zhi's words. He saw Lin Zifeng taking a chair and sitting in the middle of the small courtyard. Second brother Chen and third brother Chen were kneeling in front of him. Chen Gang fell to the ground, his face swollen like a pig's head, and in his hands. Still holding a brick firmly.

Lin Zifeng's eyes finally lit up when he saw Chu Qiguang, and he said slowly: "You are Chu Qiguang, right? You flatter traitors, harm loyal people, and make me surrender to the demon clan. Today I am here to do justice for heaven."

After saying that, Lin Zifeng already held the scabbard in his hand and walked towards Chu Qiguang step by step.

Chu Qiguang directly threw the wrapped lime powder out, but Lin Zifeng easily dodged it. Looking at the lime powder that exploded after hitting the ground, he sneered: "Throwing lime powder? It's really an evil heretic!"

Lin Zifeng was about to rush towards Chu Qiguang, but saw Chu Qiguang move his hand and another bag of lime powder was thrown at him, followed by the second bag, the third bag, the fourth bag...

Qiao Zhi was shocked when he saw it, and smiled secretly in his heart: 'It's coming, it's coming! I recognize Chu Qiguang’s Cloud Dispelling Palm! It’s the waves of the sea of ​​clouds! Chu Qiguang still used this move in this life. I wonder if I will still have the chance to see the gloomy cloud move of Paiyun Palm. ’

At this moment, Chu Qiguang's blood surged all over his body, and waves of hot energy erupted.

In the past two days, he not only consumed 37 Yiqi Pills, but his martial arts broke through to the level of the fourth realm. He also used Liger Bone Replacement Cream, and all his bones and bone marrow began to be reborn, climbing towards the limit of the fourth realm. And go.

Now he relied on the explosive power of a Four Realm warrior to throw away more than a dozen bags of lime powder in one breath. Most of the small courtyard was almost covered with lime powder. Lin Zifeng couldn't dodge them all. After all, it was scattered all over. Noh immediately closed his eyes and couldn't see clearly what was happening around him.

At this moment, an astonishing heat wave spread to his location in the small courtyard, and Lin Zifeng was shocked: "The energy and blood power of a fourth-level warrior? Who is it? This direction..."

The next moment, a rumble broke through the air, and a huge stone lock was thrown over by Chu Qiguang. Before Lin Zifeng could avoid it, the second and third things were thrown at him.

He finally dodged the first, second, and third objects thrown at him with his sword, but he felt the third object hit the scabbard and burst, and a large pot of water was directly in front of him. It exploded and spread all over him. It was mixed with lime powder and caused a strong burning sensation.

Lin Zifeng groaned and found more bricks and stones being smashed by Chu Qiguang and Qiao Zhi. Knowing that he couldn't go on like this, he could only bite the bullet, close his eyes, choose a random direction and rush out.

Immediately afterwards, he noticed an astonishing wave of heat sweeping from his right side.

‘Well done! ’ Lin Zifeng had long expected that the other party would chase him, so he just wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to fight back.

Then he saw the long sword in his hand tremble, and the energy and blood on his body began to roar. Along with bursts of energy explosions, the sword thrust out, and the atmosphere instantly erupted with a sharper scream.

But when he struck the sword with all his strength, he heard a soft popping sound, and Lin Zifeng immediately felt that something was wrong in his hand, and the sword was stuck on something.

The next moment, Chu Qiguang had pushed the entire door panel and hit him in the face with a bang, knocking Lin Zifeng straight out.

Until he fainted, Lin Zifeng was still in disbelief.

His mood probably went from 'this wave is a sure win. ’ to ‘Chu Qiguang is already a fourth-level warrior? How old is he? How did you practice it? ’

And finally, ‘How could there be such despicable and shameless people in this world? ’

Chu Qiguang looked at Lin Zifeng who was lying on the ground, and ordered Qiao Zhi: "Ask him why he came to deal with me, and then deal with it the old way."

After all, Lin Zifeng saw Chu Qiguang's fourth level strength, which Chu Qiguang had no intention of exposing at this stage.

Even if he takes part in martial arts in two months, he only intends to expose his strength at the third level of martial arts.

After all, it is too appalling to break through to the fourth realm in such a short period of time.

…

Bai Mi: "Shenjiang set meal for one person."

Lulu: "This is the fate of those who go against our Cat Party."

Qiao Zhi shook his head after peeing: "Be a good person in the next life."

As Lin Zifeng was buried in the river, Chu Qiguang saw that the matter was over and turned around to leave.

Not long after Chu Qiguang and the three cats left with their tails wagging, a head floated up from the river again. It seemed to be a little fluffy, and it was looking at the place where the three cats left with wide eyes.

Chu Qiguang, who returned to the yard, murmured: "The influence of Feiyi's chief assistant is indeed very great. Someone wants to take action on me so quickly."

He thought of the Chen family in Liyang County next door mentioned by Lin Zifeng. He knew that this Chen family was probably from Fei Yi's faction, so they would encourage such a martial arts scholar to deal with him.

The Chen family in Liyang County is the largest family in the county, the richest man in Liyang, and a martial arts heirloom. There are now three martial arts scholars alive in the family. The oldest of them, Chen Zimo, who has been an official for many years, once served as a Hanlin scholar. He is the master of the academy and a bachelor of the academy. He has presided over many examinations in liberal arts and martial arts and has countless students and former officials.

After Chen Zimo returned to his hometown as an official, he has been working hard to run his family business. He has donated money many times to support potential young people from poor families, and he is admired by countless northern warriors.

But on the other hand, some people began to accuse him of occupying land and committing murders by his servants after he returned home... However, the magistrate had been replaced four times, but he had never been brought to court.

In the past, most of the cotton for the Ding family textile workshop was provided by the Chen family.

…

A few days later, in the Chen family’s house in Liyang County.

In the newly built Huiyuan of the Chen family, there are five steps to the first floor and ten steps to the pavilion. It is as big as a palace.

There were also people who accused Huiyuan of their family for violating the etiquette system, but in the past they were suppressed by Fei Yi's chief minister.

Chen Zimo sat in the main hall, frowned and said, "Lin Zifeng is missing?"

The steward in front of him nodded and said: "Our people didn't find him in Qingyang County, and we don't know what happened."

Chen Zimo said: "Didn't he teach Chu Qiguang a lesson? He immediately asked someone to investigate. How can a dignified martial arts practitioner just say no?"

After discussing Lin Zifeng's matter for a while, the manager of the Chen family added: "I heard that the Wu family got involved with the Taoist temple and took over the Ding family's textile workshop. They also recruited a group of craftsmen and female workers. I'm afraid they want to squeeze in. Come to do the cotton business.”

The Chen family owns a large textile workshop and 500 looms. They are considered a big merchant of cotton cloth in the north. However, the quality and output are not as good as those in the south. The north also has some technical problems due to the dry weather. It was not solved, so production has not been expanded.

Now that the mutual trade is about to happen, when he heard that the Wu family also wanted to make textiles, Chen Zimo immediately ordered to spend money to expand production and recruit a group of craftsmen from the south of the Yangtze River.

Anyway, from Chen Zimo's point of view...the Chen family has plenty of money, and it can be enough to cause the Wu family to lose money, and they can also make a fortune by taking advantage of the mutual market.

…

On the other side, Chu Qiguang was inspecting the textile machines and looms of this era in the Ding family's textile workshop.

Today, the textiles in the world are most respected in the south of the Yangtze River. On the one hand, it is due to the climate. Regardless of temperature and humidity, the south is more suitable for weaving and silk.

But Chu Qiguang didn't care about this. In his mind, what he wanted was the lowest-end cotton cloth, not quality but quantity.

So now, with the help of the Wu family and Taoist temple, he summoned a group of craftsmen in the textile industry, as well as carpenters and blacksmiths to study the water-powered spinning machines and water-powered looms he drew.