The situation in the Zhou Dynasty suddenly changed!
The old emperor Ji Pingshi issued an edict to grant the throne to the second prince Ji Yansheng on the grounds of old age and frailty. A ceremony for the throne will be held soon.
When the local cities heard the news, they were ready to take action, but they didn't know that the city lords of many cities had already been replaced by others.
In a remote town far away from Donglu City, Ye Ling and others are living here.
Ning Changge said helplessly: "Why should we get involved in the affairs of the Zhou Dynasty? Let's go back as soon as possible."
Xiao Wu leaned on the chair and said lazily: "Don't you want to find out the mastermind behind the conspiracy against us? You can swallow this breath, but the scholar will definitely not be able to swallow it."
As he spoke, everyone looked at Xu Hong who was meditating aside.
After a long time, Xu Hong slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air, woke up and said, "It seems that it will take me another three to five years to enter the realm of immortality."
Pan Yulin smiled and said: "The way of cultivation requires being down-to-earth and working step by step. You must not be greedy for speed, which will cause your foundation to be unstable and difficult to achieve. I think I was trapped at the peak of Yingchong Realm for decades and never took that step. , compared to me, the scholar is fast."
Xu Hong smiled bitterly and was speechless. In fact, his progress in cultivation was not slow, but in front of people like Ye Ling and others who could be called monsters, he seemed very mediocre.
After everyone chatted for a while, Wei Ran, Ye Ling, and Xu Nuo came back from outside and informed several people of the information they had found, mainly about the abdication of the throne of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
"demise?"
Yiwei frowned and said, "In ancient times, there was the abdication of Yao, Shun, and Yu, and recently there was the abdication by Wei who seized the Han Dynasty, but this is the first time I have heard of abdication between father and son."
Xu Hong said with a smile: "If you don't know why, you should praise the Zhou Dynasty for being worthy of the ancient dynasties and for being benevolent and courteous."
Pan Yulin asked: "Is there something fishy here?"
"The old emperor must be dead and the second prince is controlled by the Zhou Dynasty."
Xu Hong stood up and said: "The Holy Spirit Cult used this trick to capture thieves and capture kings, and they did it without anyone noticing. Even those old Confucian men who specialize in scheming others were kept in the dark."
Xiao Wu chuckled: "This is called the change of fortune!"
"But these old men should have thought about it now. I just don't know if they are willing to break up with the Holy Spirit Cult."
"Shameless?"
Xu Hong shook his head: "It's not a matter of shame now. Each of the three religions occupies three domains. This has been tacitly understood for many years. Although each religion will find ways to preach to each other's territory, it will not hurt the foundation in the end. Now The Holy Spirit Sect wants to destroy the foundation of Confucianism, and Confucianism will never sit idly by and ignore it. This battle will be a life-and-death battle!"
Xiao Wu immediately became excited: "So, there was a fight?"
Xu Hong rolled his eyes at him, turned around and asked Feng Qing, "Senior, does he know where Hua Xinfeng is now?"
"Young Master was supposed to be in the East a few days ago, but at this moment we don't know where he is."
"What did you ask Hua Xie'er to do?"
"Nowadays, what we lack most is intelligence. Only by quickly grasping the current situation can we see through the plan."
Xu Hong paused and said, "If we can buy information from Bafang Inn, we can remedy the situation. But I don't know the way and can't contact these people."
Everyone was silent for a moment, and Xiao Wu said: "It's not an option to just stay here. The enemy is in the dark and we are in the clear. I'm afraid I'll be played like a monkey again."
Yiwei rolled her eyes at him and said, "If you can speak, just say a few words to avoid others treating you as a mute."
Xiao Wu chuckled and said, "I'm worried too. The schemers over there are much better than ours. Otherwise, we wouldn't have almost lost our lives in Donglu City last time."
"Shut up, you!"
Yiwei stopped him, and several people glanced at Xu Hong in unison. Xu Hong turned his back to everyone, shook the fan in his hand a few times, then turned around and said: "The responsibility for this matter..."
"The responsibility for this is mine."
Ye Ling suddenly spoke and grabbed the words: "I lost my heart when I saw Qing Yi was captured by them.
Zhi, this caused a lot of trouble. "
"leaf……"
Xu Hong's expression changed, and then he gritted his teeth and said, "Isn't it just that the enemy is hiding and we are hiding? I have a way to force this guy who is doing trouble in the dark to come out!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Feng Qing took out a communication image stone, and Hua Xinfeng suddenly appeared on it: "I feel relieved when I hear the scholar be so confident."
When everyone saw that it was Hua Xinfeng, they all gathered around him. Ning Changge asked, "Where have you been for so long?"
"I wanted to find some help, but it backfired."
Hua Xinfeng smiled slightly and looked at Xu Hong: "Xiucai, if you want to turn defeat into victory, what do you need?"
Xu Hong shook his fan and said: "Of course it is information, the more detailed the better."
"I know something here. Now Haojing City and more than a dozen big cities have fallen into the hands of the Holy Spirit Cult. They want to use the identity of the second prince to control the affairs of the Zhou Dynasty. And as far as I know, the other princes and grandsons have been killed. .”
"Everyone has been killed? No one is left?"
Xu Hong was shocked. The Zhou Dynasty paid more attention to etiquette than any other dynasty. If the second prince was the only successor to the throne, even the old Confucianists would feel helpless.
"As far as I know, not a single person is left alive. The abdication ceremony will be held in ten days, and some representatives of Confucianism have already set off for Haojing one after another."
Xiao Wu asked: "Are they going to fight?"
Hua Xinfeng shook his head: "When the Holy Spirit Cult was born and took over the world, the three religions joined forces and couldn't do anything to them. Now only Confucianism itself can't defeat the Holy Spirit Cult, not to mention the demon clan that has appeared in the northwest border in the past few days. If there are signs of activity, Confucianism still needs to send people to guard against the invasion of demons, so the power it can put out is really limited."
Xu Hong's brows gradually furrowed as he listened to Hua Xinfeng's analysis. The current situation was indeed very passive.
"Xiucai, do you have any ideas?"
Ning Changge asked inappropriately.
Xu Hong shook his head slightly and looked at Hua Xinfeng: "Is the Wanbao Chamber of Commerce planning to evacuate the Central Region?"
Hua Xinfeng's eyes changed slightly: "Yes, my father doesn't want to get involved in the affairs of the Central Region, and the Wanbao Chamber of Commerce's power is gradually withdrawing."
"How much power of the Wanbao Chamber of Commerce can you still use now?"
"Not much, but at least I can do something."
Pan Yulin asked: "Xiucai, do you have any idea?"
Xu Hong smiled confidently: "If you rely on conspiracy to break the conspiracy, both sides will lose in the end. The best way to deal with people who only dare to make trouble behind the scenes is to use an upright conspiracy to break it!"
"Conspiracy?"
Everyone was puzzled and looked at Xu Hong. Xu Hong waved his fan and said, "From now on, everyone just listens to my arrangements."
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In Haojing City, the princes and officials who were massacred were all labeled as rebels. Those who should be traced were investigated, and those who deserved to be killed were killed. Countless people died.
The remaining officials either surrendered voluntarily or remained silent. The abdication was carried out smoothly. People from the Holy Spirit Sect also began to enter the court and hold important positions. Officials in various cities were also replaced one after another without incident.
A group of powerful Confucianists once appeared outside Haojing City, but for some unknown reason, they did not appear again, as if they had disappeared out of thin air.
But in the past few days, rumors suddenly began to spread in the Central Territory, claiming that the Great Zhou Dynasty had been controlled by the Holy Spirit Cult, and that the Holy Spirit Cult was a religion controlled by beings from outside the territory. They had united with the demons to occupy the Central Territory, and then with The extraterrestrial beings outside the city in the southwest joined forces to capture the five regions and massacre the human race.
This news spread widely, not only in the Central Region, but also in the Eastern, Western and Northern Regions.
This was naturally Xu Hong's plan, but it was impossible for Hua Xinfeng alone to do it. It was only with the help of Qian Ruyu and the other three that the news could be released so quickly.
Soon, a piece of news spread like wildfire across the Five Realms. A dozen important Confucian scholars were imprisoned by the Holy Spirit Sect!
This news exploded across the five regions,
Even the Buddhist and Taoist families who had been watching the fire from across the bank were a little unable to sit still.
The three religions are inextricably linked. If Confucianism is really completely crippled by the Holy Spirit Religion, it will be a disaster rather than a blessing for both Buddhism and Taoism.
Confucianists from all over the Central Region are also verifying, and the results confirm that this news is not groundless. There was no news after some great Confucians from the Holy Dao Academy and Jixia Academy went to Haojing City.
This made the Confucian forces unable to sit still, and they sent people to Haojing to investigate. As a result, these spies all disappeared.
Regarding the cause of death of these people, news came out again that it was the Hades killer hired by the Holy Academy!
One piece of news spread across the land of the Central Territory, but without the several leading Confucian officials from the Holy Academy and Jixia Academy, Confucianism seemed to have become a piece of loose sand, and so far there has been no action.
In the palace of the city lord of Yaocheng, a small city near the west in the Central Region, Xiao Xuanyu, the holy son of the Holy Spirit Sect, and Xie Xuan, the young master of Hades, and Duanmujie, the young master of Bafang Inn, exchanged cups.
Xiao Xuanyu said: "Brother Duanmu, the news about Bafang Inn has spread like wildfire these days, but it has caused a lot of trouble to our Holy Religion."
Duanmujie smiled slightly: "I am a businessman after all. As long as the price is right, I can sell any information. As for how people use it after buying it, it is not my responsibility at Bafang Inn. Business is business, Brother Xie thinks that is not the case. reason?"
Xie Xuan waved his hands and said: "I heard that your sect has gained a new hero, called Sima Hanguang. The plan to use the demons and Ye Ling to attract the attention of all parties, and then occupy Haojing City in one fell swoop was this person's work. With him here , what else does your religion have to worry about?"
"Huh, he's just a self-righteous scholar."
Xiao Xuanyu didn't seem to like Sima Hanguang: "If the great cause of our holy sect needs one person to succeed, that would be a real failure. Our holy sect has been planning this for many years, is it just one Sima Hanguang that is missing?"
Xie Xuan smiled and said: "I'm not curious about this person, but I really want to know who is instigating the Five Realms behind this time."
Xiao Xuanyu also looked at Duanmujie immediately, and Duanmujie was not polite: "I'll give you a price, and I'll tell you everything."
Xiao Xuanyu smiled and said, "When will I pay you back?"
"The Holy Son is really happy. These news were spread by the four major families of the Wanbao Chamber of Commerce. But they did not spread it randomly. Every piece of news is connected with each other. Some are true and some are false. There are experts behind it!"
"Flower fountain?"
Xiao Xuanyu frowned: "He promised me that he would never interfere with the affairs of the Holy Religion."
"President Hua still keeps his word, but his son is not a peaceful person. He has an irreconcilable relationship with Ye Ling. What happened this time was caused by him and three boys of his generation."
"It's Ye Ling again!"
"I have said before that Ye Ling is no longer what he used to be. He wants to work hard for the demon clan. Let him do it. There is no need to actively provoke him. Now it seems that he has to intervene in the affairs of the Central Territory. .”
Xie Xuan smiled and said: "It is precisely because this person cannot be ignored, so we should find a way to get rid of him!"
