Liu Xin led five hundred cavalry, and under effective encirclement and encirclement, they quickly blocked Elder Tang and others.
Seeing that something was not going well, Elder Tang actually rushed out of the encirclement alone.
The remaining people also scattered and fled, but how could Liu Xin give them this opportunity.
In the end, almost everyone was mercilessly killed, leaving only Elder Tang who was captured alive by Liu Xin.
During the entire pursuit, Qi Ji's whereabouts were not discovered.
It took them another half day to find Qi Ji's body from a haystack.
When he asked Elder Tang about it afterwards, Elder Tang said that the guard around Qi Ji secretly gave him a five thousand tael silver note and asked him to find an opportunity to kill Qi Ji after he left the city.
For Elder Tang, this is of course an extremely cost-effective deal.
Therefore, what he originally thought was to find a secluded place and kill Qi Ji once he left the city.
Take the money and run away directly.
But he didn't expect that he would be chased and intercepted by Jin Yiwei as soon as he left the city.
Liu Xin had many doubts about Qi Ji's death, but for Jin Yiwei, since Qi Ji was dead, the mission was completed.
Anyway, he will be executed after being captured. Now it doesn’t matter whether he is dead or alive.
Because the evidence in this case is conclusive, it has been made a solid case by some people, and Qi Ji colluded with the Northern Barbarians in an attempt to rebel.
His conspiracy to steal the secrets of raising horses in the Royal Horse Prison was discovered at the last moment.
The northern barbarians fled in panic after being discovered.
This big borer was found, and the spies planted by the Northern Barbarians in the imperial capital were also wiped out.
Therefore, although the emperor was dissatisfied with Qi Ji's death, the final result was acceptable.
Those who deserve to be implicated will be implicated, those who deserve to be punished will be jailed, and those who deserve to be rewarded will be rewarded.
Speaking of which, when Liu Xin arranged for people to search for Qi Ji's whereabouts, they found Liu Licheng who was seriously injured and unconscious in a pond?
His body was covered with large and small wounds, at least five of which were fatal, but Liu Licheng was still breathing a sigh of relief when he was found.
Liu Xin estimated that Liu Licheng must have received treatment from someone, but if this person saved him, why did he let him lie in the puddle.
If Liu Xin's men had not searched the area, Liu Licheng would have died.
The wounds on his body were horrifying to see.
And under another short slope not far away.
The corpses of several general flag officers of Liu Licheng's Qianhu Station and a hundred households were also piled up there.
The death was also extremely miserable, according to the clues left at the scene. There were about thirty people besieging them.
It is equal to the number of rebel bandits from the White Lotus Sect in the intelligence.
When Emperor Xuyang learned the news, he was furious and directly ordered that the next main task of Dongchang and Jinyiwei was to hunt down this group of White Lotus Sect rebels.
Liu Licheng, the few hundred households who died in the battle, and the general flag officer were all rewarded.
Liu Licheng was seriously injured and fell into a coma, and the emperor ordered the Imperial Hospital to provide all-out treatment.
If he can survive, he will be a member of the nobility in the future.
Because of his incident, Emperor Wu City issued the Order of Emperor Wu, which was also the pursuit order of Jianghu. Emperor City of Emperor Wu and the White Lotus Sect were at odds with each other and were at odds with each other.
When Shangguan Ba heard the news, he was originally more than two hundred miles away from the imperial capital, but he rode back to the imperial capital alone and traveled two hundred miles in just one night.
Later, someone broke the news that Shangguan Ba had killed six precious colts that night.
Two horses were exhausted.
Because he was walking alone at night, no one knew how many people attacked him that night, and they came from all kinds of forces.
Overnight, it was like a hundred ghosts walking in the night.
Rumor has it that when Shangguan Ba arrived at the imperial capital, the smell of blood reached the city gate three miles in advance. Everyone who saw him said they saw a blood god!
Shangguan Ba entered the imperial city directly, then went to the imperial hospital, and then a loud shout resounded directly over the imperial city.
But these are all things for later, some people are happy and some are sad.
As if being slapped in the face, Emperor Wu City suddenly erupted and showed its edge to the world.
As for others, like Liu Xin, he received awards and his position as Deputy Qianhu was completely secured.
Because of this merit, he wrote a letter and recommended two candidates from one hundred households, the chief flag officer, the small flag officer and more than ten people.
It can be said that as long as the original personnel of the Wenxuanfang Hundred Household Office worked hard in this operation, they have all been promoted, and at least they have received a large reward.
Of course, there were also casualties in Qianhu House. The pensions for those who died were doubled, and one person from the family was selected to take over the original position.
This time, the sacrificed family didn't feel much sadness. Instead, they came to thank Liu Xin.
This scene made Liu Xin inexplicably sad.
Even after a person died, he still had to be grateful.
What kind of world is this?
And this group of White Lotus Sect rebels had already sneaked into the Imperial City.
It's just broken into pieces. The White Lotus Sect already has a huge foundation among the common people. They are hidden in the homes of many believers.
In a luxurious city like the Imperial Capital, it is not easy to notice that one or two households eat an extra mouthful of food.
In the Imperial City, even ordinary people sometimes give themselves extra meals.
Therefore, the task of searching the White Lotus Sect did not make any progress for a while.
The people below can't even investigate.
Although Jin Yiwei and Dongchang had spies, they found out that the remnants of the Lotus Cult were hiding among the residents of the outer city.
But these people were afraid when they saw Jin Yiwei and Dongchang.
He is also very wary of strangers. Although there are many spies of Jin Yiwei hiding among the people, even the spies of Jin Yiwei are mostly hidden in the homes of ordinary people.
Most of the places where the White Lotus Sect hides are in slum areas where no one cares.
Dongchang and Jinyiwei couldn't check them in a short time, and they didn't dare to check them.
Instead, several underworld forces in the outer city, such as the Lanyi Sect, began to secretly contact the White Lotus Sect rebels.
Among the many underworld forces in the imperial capital, the Blue Clothes Sect has made the most recent moves.
They lost a lot of money because of a certain woman.
Nearly a month's surplus has made the Lanyi Sect, who was already spending a lot of money, a little overwhelmed.
They are one of the main economic sources supporting Tuoba Yunhan's expansion of power.
At this time, the upper management does not pay attention to numbers when spending money, and they will spend it as long as it is necessary.
Therefore, this pressure fell on the head of the president of the Blue Club.
When she noticed that the remnants of the White Lotus Sect were hiding in the slums of the outer city, instead of reporting them, she secretly contacted the White Lotus Sect.
It is well known that the White Lotus Sect is rich, and the wealth of the White Lotus Sect can even be described as endless.
A large part of the huge civilian base is merchants and landlords.
They did not trust the imperial court, but instead believed in cult organizations such as the White Lotus Sect.
Without Taoism, these common people and wealthy businessmen have no object of faith. As the saying goes, there is nowhere to rest their restless hearts.
What Buddhism emphasizes is that the four elements are all empty. Buddhist teachings will ask you to donate all your property to them. Only when you are empty can you be worthy of joining Buddhism.
Therefore, the White Lotus Sect, which is half Taoist, has become the object of belief for these people.
An unknown amount of silver is donated every year. Together, the wealth of the entire White Lotus Sect is among the top among the existing major sects of the devil.
Maybe it’s just Liangshan’s kind of robbing people. The speed of money coming in can rival that of the White Lotus Sect.
The president of the Blue Club found the wandering Taoist He Gan through underworld means and offered to protect them.
As a result, it will be even more difficult for Dongchang and Jinyiwei to search for this group of White Lotus Sect.
This news even reached the ears of Duke Jiangyin, who actually directly and secretly reached an agreement with Wang Zhongjie, the commander of the Jinyiwei.
Jin Yiwei can be regarded as insisting on stealing.
And all of this happened in this huge imperial capital city.
It was impossible for the emperor not to know, but he looked on with cold eyes.
In the imperial capital, except for Jinyiwei and Dongchang, they were still busy there.
The rest of the people's attention has already been focused on the upcoming Zhengyang Martial Arts Competition.
In addition, several major events broke out among specific groups of people in the imperial capital.
Senior Brother Cheng and members of the secret investigation team carried out a killing spree against the White Lotus Sect and Wuhou in Emperor Wu City.
The cause of the incident was that when Liu Xin left the imperial capital for Hanzhong, Marquis Wu of Emperor Wu City carried out an expulsion against the Shengzong secret investigation team.
Senior Brother Cheng was injured during this expulsion. A large-scale battle broke out between the secret investigation team and Wu Hou, as well as the affiliated forces of Emperor Wu City.
Today's imperial court has always turned a blind eye to this kind of martial arts struggle. As long as you are in the circle drawn by Emperor Xuyang, you can fight however you like.
Emperor Xuyang actually wanted the Jianghu people to kill each other.
The Holy Sect cannot accept provocation. Although everyone in the world now says that Emperor Wu City is the undisputed number one in the martial arts world, defeating the Holy Sect and the evil sect.
However, the centuries-old majesty of the Holy Sect cannot be challenged, and the leader of the Holy Sect personally issued a secret order.
This is the highest secret order level of the Holy Sect. Once armor comes out, the Holy Sect is complete.
Everyone from the elders to the ordinary outer disciples will be deployed.
This counterattack, mainly carried out with the power of the secret investigation team, swept across the entire vicinity of the imperial capital and even half of the country.
This martial arts battle formed a huge whirlpool.
The Holy Sect made use of all its connections, and many sects that were originally neutral factions only revealed their true attributes at this time.
The Holy Sect gave an order, and dozens of righteous martial arts sects responded to the call.
Emperor Wu's city was not to be outdone and showed its fangs.
The fangs that had been hidden since he unified half of the world eleven years ago were revealed.
This time, the competition will be a competition between intelligence organizations from all forces.
All major forces in the world unanimously agreed to this decision.
Among them, the evil sect's Anzi acted as the middleman, and many other forces, such as Emperor Wu City, Shengzong, the evil sect, Luoshen Villa, etc., all sent their own capable people to gather in Fair Town.
In Fair Town, all the big guys gathered together to play a big game of chess.
The two hidden parties are the Holy Sect and some Zhengdao sects who have joined forces to fight against Emperor Wu City and its affiliated forces.
Another purpose of this competition is to remove themselves from the storm behind them before the high-end forces such as the Holy Sect, Evil Sect, and Emperor Wu City sense the coming storm.
Almost all major forces with intelligence organizations have vaguely noticed a certain trend.
Doing these things in a big way is also a kind of helplessness. The purpose is to let the court know that we have no other changes and all our actions are carried out within the scope of Jianghu.
As a middleman, the evil sect does not participate in the fight between the two parties, and this fight is also called by the martial arts people as a battle for the leader of the righteous rivers and lakes!
Fair Town, Liuxianju.
At a huge round table, there were more than a dozen people in different costumes sitting.
To the north is the seat of Emperor Wu's city.
Emperor Wu City sent Shangguan Ba’s third disciple, Cheng Biyu, this time. He is also the current chief guarding disciple of Emperor Wu City, and he and the acting city lord Shangguan Dao jointly rule the Emperor City of Emperor Wu.
Cheng Biyu wears a green shirt, has a Chinese character face, and a rounded mandible, and does not look ostentatious. There is a sapphire scabbard on hand, and inside it should be his exquisite sword: [Han Jade]
This exquisite sword is a sword inherited from Cheng Biyu's family. The Cheng family in Hebei Province is also a powerful family in the martial arts world.
To the south is where the Holy Sect sits.
The Holy Sect here sent the third personal successor of the sect leader, and the Jianghu people sent He Zuoyuan, nicknamed "Proud Fox".
He Zuoyuan was dressed in shorts, revealing his dark skin and a pair of shorts. He looked like an old farmer who had just returned from the fields.
To the east is the seat of the evil sect.
There is only one person sitting here, with a mask on his face and the leader of the Demon Lord covered in a black cloak.
On the west side of the round table is a huge wooden wall with a map of Zhengyang hanging on it, with eleven locations specially marked.
We used eleven cities as battlefields for competition.
The battle began only three days ago.
Emperor Wu City has conquered three cities in a row.
Win three more games and you can immediately declare victory.
Therefore, the Holy Sect started the Imperial Capital battlefield in advance and put most of its power into the Imperial Capital.
Emperor Wu City also invested most of its power into the imperial capital.
In the Liuxian Residence in Pinghe Town, Cheng Biyu and He Zuoyuan will wait until the results of the competition come out.
Imperial capital, inner city, Liu Mansion.
"Senior Brother Cheng, why did the sect suddenly receive the First Secret Order, and Yan Chun actually came as well? Did something big happen to the sect?" Liu Xin looked at the First Secret Order in his hand with a worried expression.
When he came back from duty today, Senior Brother Cheng called him over, showed him the Jiayi Secret Order, and told him that Senior Brother Yan Chun was coming to the imperial capital soon.
Senior Brother Cheng is wiping his sword, an imperial-level sword.
He was wiping the sword in his hand very carefully, but upon hearing this, he raised his head and glanced at Liu Xin, who looked worried.
"When you went to Hanzhong, Marquis Wu of Emperor Wu City attacked us, and the secret investigation team was pushed out of the imperial capital. Our people resisted, and many of our brothers were injured as a result. You know this."
Liu Xin nodded.
Senior Brother Cheng's eyes suddenly became sharp and he said slowly:
"Of course the sect couldn't let this happen without saying a word. So we directly turned over the table and challenged Emperor Wu City to fight openly and openly.
I heard that Cheng Biyu from Emperor Wu City and his third senior brother set up an arena in Fair Town and bet on the outcome of the showdown in eleven cities.
But in three consecutive games, Emperor Wu's city was victorious. In order to boost morale, the sect used the humiliating imperial city as a counterattack.
For this reason, the third senior brother directly asked junior brother Yan Chun to come to the imperial capital to help, and many key members of the secret investigation team gathered here.
Aren't you looking for some of your junior brothers? There is one among the people who came this time. "
Liu Xin asked in surprise: "Who is it?"
The sharpness in Senior Brother Cheng's eyes faded and he said with a smile: "Zhao Shaolei!"
"Xiong Er!" Liu Xin's eyes shone.
"Why did he come?"
The next moment, I thought that there must be a lot of danger in this fight. Xiong Er has not yet opened the second line of Ren and Du, so it is not dangerous to come here.
A look of worry immediately appeared on Liu Xin's face.
Senior Brother Cheng seemed to have seen through Liu Xin's thoughts and said with a smile:
"This junior brother of yours is not a simple one. I heard that he participated in this fight as the leader of a secret investigation team in the northwest.
To be able to achieve the position of team leader, one must at least be at the Dacheng realm. "
Liu Xin was astonished that Xiong Er had already opened up the Rendu lineage and became a Dacheng realm warrior after not seeing him for two months.
What about the others, Siniang, Xiaoqi...
"Can I join the battle too?"
Liu Xin said suddenly.
Senior Brother Cheng thought for a while and said:
"It's possible, but you have to hide your identity. This time it's a battle between the intelligence departments of two major sects.
Cheng Biyu and the third senior brother both represented the heads of the intelligence departments of their respective sects.
Once the identity is exposed, it may cause some extraneous troubles.
But you don’t have to worry, the main thing is the struggle between the secret investigation team and their Wuhou.
Although we have lost three games, after all, the secret investigation team has shrunk its strength in these years. With the full support of the sect this time, I, the disciples of the Holy Sect, are not afraid of the Martial Emperor City, which has only risen in more than ten years. "
Senior Brother Cheng's words sounded nice, but Liu Xin could clearly tell that Senior Brother Cheng was not very confident.
After all, Emperor Wu City is the name of the shadow man of the tree. The arsenal of Emperor City of Emperor Wu is said to contain millions of books. The average strength of the entire Zhengyang court has been greatly improved because of Emperor City of Emperor Wu. The power of his sect has not been revealed for more than ten years. .
Although Liu Xin has confidence in his sect, the other party is definitely not simple.
He also asked in detail about the method of competition.
In fact, the struggle between intelligence agencies is simple. It is about who can find the top line of the other intelligence department first.
Speaking of which, this is not considered a fight.
It's more like a competition of strategies.
But in the affairs of the world, it still depends on whose fist is bigger.
Resourcefulness is also a matter to be discussed when the fists of both parties are about the same size.
When you first start, you must first look at the force. Only when the force is similar can you sit down and compete for wisdom.
The third senior brother's plan is very simple. From the very beginning, he will pin down the opponent Wuhou's people and beat them.
Although Emperor Wu City has developed rapidly in the past ten years, strong people have emerged in large numbers.
But after all, most of the talents in Emperor Wu City have entered the imperial court and filled various key positions.
These people cannot be mobilized no matter what.
Wu Hou himself also followed the elite route, and his strength was only about the same as that of the secret investigation team.
But the real high-end combat power and the foundation of Emperor Wu City are still a bit poor. The Holy Sect started to reduce the number of disciples from Liu Xin's generation. In He Zuoyuan's generation, that is, Senior Brother Cheng's generation, the Holy Sect recruits disciples every year. There are thousands of people, and the number of disciples who enter the inner sect after some screening is also in the dozens every year.
At that time, the world was still headed by the Holy Sect. No young person in the world who wanted to join the Holy Sect would be proud to be a disciple of the Holy Sect.
The subsequent trend only changed suddenly after Emperor Xuyang ascended the throne.
But when it comes to the background, Emperor Wu City does not dare to challenge the Holy Sect.
