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Early in the morning, Jiulan had just entered the latrine and unbuttoned her pants before squatting down, when a shrill howl came from outside the low earthen wall: There is a soldier in the family, and I am a member of the glorious army... It was the crazy father-in-law who was howling! Jiulan almost peed her pants. She tightened her belt indiscriminately and ran out of the hut. She was dumbfounded. Her father-in-law, who had been crazy for more than ten years, lived alone in the old wooden house. He had been bedridden with a cold in recent days and was seriously ill last night. Why was he running around like a normal person this morning? Besides, he was holding a mahogany box in his arms. The mahogany box is the lifeblood of Mavericks, and no one can touch it, including Jiulan. Mavericks wrapped the box in oilcloth and stuffed it under the bed. He had never opened it, and the lock hanging on the leather buckle was rusty. Jiulan was in shock. As soon as she came out of the room and entered the toilet, Lao Mu came in lightly, like a ghost.

In the thirteenth year of Hongwu's reign in the Ming Dynasty, it was mid-autumn. When the strong fragrance of osmanthus wafted everywhere inside and outside Guilin City, only the gates of Guilin Mansion were lined with soldiers and vicious dogs were running rampant, creating a gloomy and terrifying scene. At this hour of the day, several big sedans were being carried out of the government office. Chen Jun, who had been standing in front of the door for a long time, immediately bent down and bowed his knees and clasped his fists and shouted piously: "Have a good trip, Your Majesty!" The vermilion sedan that was walking slowly in the middle suddenly stopped beside him. The curtain of the sedan was opened, and the domineering King of Jingjiang, Zhu Shouqian, appeared at this moment. With a resentful look on his face, he said: "Chen Jun, you have been loyal to me for several years. This time the emperor demoted me to the border of Yunnan but you insisted not to follow me anymore. I know that you are reluctant to leave that geomantic treasure land. I will give you a sword today as a souvenir." After that, the sedan curtain fell again, and the two of them seemed to be standing in two worlds.

Shonan. Dao County. The west bank of Xiaoshui River. The clear river water sparkled in the winter sunshine. As soon as a group of waterbirds landed on the shore, they immediately jumped up into the sky with a scream, and then flew in a large circle around the river bank and flew into the distance. There are people where birds fear to land. Not just a few people, but a group of gray figures lurking in the grass on the shore. Chen Shuxiang sat under an ancient willow tree. Opposite him were political commissar Cheng Cuilin and chief of staff Wang Guangdao. Three pairs of eyes were fixed on the spread out military map. No one spoke, as if the air had solidified. After a long time, Wang Guangdao broke the silence: "The situation is clear. What is chasing us now is our mortal enemy - the Zhou Hunyuan Department of the Central Army.