Someone is coming from Prince Xiao's Mansion.
The person who came was a middle-aged man with a tall and muscular build.
Although the guards at Prince Xiao's Mansion did not recognize this person, after they went in to report, someone quickly came out and welcomed the person in.
This person is none other than Tang Sitian, the second among the Five Heroes of the Tang Sect. He was ordered by his father to tell Prince Xiao something important. However, he chased all the way, but still failed to catch up with Prince Xiao, so he had to pursue him directly to Prince Xiao's Mansion in the capital.
The person who came out to pick him up was not Prince Xiao, but Wu Buxiao, the steward of Prince Xiao's Mansion.
"Mr. Wu, where is the prince? I have something urgent to do with him." Tang Sitian said anxiously.
"The prince has gone to the palace to meet the saint, and he should be back soon. Please calm down, Tang Erxia." Wu Buxiao answered while pouring tea for Tang Sitian.
Looking at Tang Sitian's anxious expression, Wu Buxiao seemed to have something urgent to ask to see Prince Xiao. However, Prince Xiao was not in the house and he had nothing to do. But although he guessed that Tang Sitian must be in an emergency, he didn't ask too many questions. After all, if you don't know about the big things related to the royal family, it's better not to know as much as possible.
Wu Buxiao relies on his brain to make a living, and his thinking is always more complicated than ordinary people.
If people from other palaces received Tang Sitian and saw that he was indeed in a hurry, they would definitely ask what the matter was. But Wu Buxiao, as the steward of the palace, kept silent. Even if the two heroes of success and failure meet Tang Sitian, they will definitely ask questions.
Say Cao Cao, and Cao Cao will arrive.
The two heroes of success and failure also happened to come over at this time, and were naturally very happy to see Tang Sitian coming.
"Tang Erxia, why did you come to the palace in your spare time?" Cheng Shi asked with a sad smile.
"I have something important to do? I need to tell the prince immediately." Tang Si Tian Bao Quan replied.
"Haha! What's such a big deal, can you tell me and hear it?" Bai Zhonghuan was an upright martial artist. Naturally, he would not have as many scruples as Wu Buxiao, so he asked without thinking.
"Ha! It's a very important matter. I'm afraid Tang won't be able to tell you all yet." Tang Sitian said with some embarrassment.
"Haha! It's nothing. Tang Erxia came here in such a hurry. He must have something urgent to tell the prince, so we won't ask any more questions." Cheng Shiyou smiled at this time.
While the four of them were talking, the prince, Zhang Yu and others had come back by carriage. Seeing Tang Sitian at the house, they were suddenly surprised and happy, and just asked: "Tang Erxia, why are you here? The old lady is also following you. Have you entered the city together? Why don't you let him come with you? When you arrive in the capital, you will no longer stay in the inn, but stay in my palace, that will be fine." Prince Xiao said sincerely, and he really thought that Tang Mugong has entered the capital.
"Your Majesty is so polite! It's just that my father is still in Zhuozhou, and it may take a few days before he can enter the capital with Sect Master Ren and the others. This time, I am anxious to come over to see Your Majesty, but there is one important thing that must be done first. Let the prince know." Tang Sitian was naturally very polite in front of Prince Xiao.
"What's the matter?" Prince Xiao asked casually when he saw that Tang Sitian was speaking very seriously and it seemed that something was really going on.
However, Tang Sitian glanced at Wu Buxiao and the others, but did not rush to answer. When he was about to speak again, he heard Prince Xiao say to Wu Buxiao: "Mr. Wu, order the kitchen to prepare wine and food immediately. The king wants to take over for Tang Erxia. Now Tang Erxia and I are going to talk about something. When you are ready, come to my room and call us." Prince Xiao is a very smart man. When he saw Tang Sitian's expression, he immediately knew it was a secret. It was a big deal, so in order to avoid Tang Sitian's embarrassment, he took the lead in sending Wu Buxiao and others away, but he took Tang Sitian to his room.
Zhang Yu originally wanted to avoid it, but King Xiao said to Zhang Yu: "Mr. Zhang, please come together and give me some advice."
Zhang Yu is now honored as Tai Tu, and Prince Xiao also treats him like a teacher, even respects him, and does not hide any affairs in the palace from him at all.
The three of them came to Prince Xiao's room together, and then the prince personally stepped aside. Then he closed the door and asked, "Tang Erxia, if you have anything to do, just say it here! Mr. Zhang is not an outsider either."
"My father learned from a friend that a large number of barbarian warriors are sneaking into Beijing recently, and they are afraid that they will cause trouble at the martial arts conference. My father feels that this news is very important, so he specially asked me to come down to inform the prince. I hope the prince will pay attention to it. I am next. I chased him all the way, but I didn't catch up with the prince on the way, so I had to go directly to the palace to ask for an audience. If there is any disturbance, I hope the prince will not blame you." Tang Sitian said politely.
"Tang Erxia, you are so polite! It's rare that the old lady is so thoughtful and can let you inform me of this important news in time. I am naturally very happy. I am grateful to you before it is too late, so how can I blame you!" Prince Xiao replied with a smile.
"On his way back to the capital, the emperor was also attacked by barbarian masters, and the leader was Suolekang, a famous warrior among the barbarians." Zhang Yu took up the topic and said.
"Oh! So you have already fought against them?" Tang Sitian was even more surprised when he heard this.
"Not only did we fight with them, but we also captured one alive. It's just that the barbarian traitor was very stubborn and couldn't find any clues. We don't know what their intention was in entering the capital?" Prince Xiao added.
"Your Majesty, did you catch anyone alive?" Tang Sitian asked even more surprised.
"That's right. It's a pity that it's useless. So far, I still can't figure out what they want to do? And how to do it?" Prince Xiao shook his head helplessly.
"But as far as my father knows, these barbarians should be spies who came to the capital specifically to gather information. Not only that, they may not be acting alone. There are most likely spies in the capital to cooperate with them." Tang Sitian further said.
"Indeed. I was a little puzzled before. Not many people knew about the emperor's departure from the palace. Why these barbarian assassins could accurately find our whereabouts and dare to attack us directly. If not There is no way they would have gotten such important information if there was an insider tipping them off." Prince Xiao immediately agreed.
"But only the prince, Eunuch Shi and I know the news about the emperor leaving the palace, but who else will reveal the news to those barbarians?" Zhang Yuyan said, as if he was still worried that the prince would suspect him of leaking the news.
"Besides us, there is another person who also knows that the emperor is leaving the palace." Prince Xiao said immediately.
"Who?" Zhang Yu didn't know now and just asked.
"Sheng Lingren of the temple." Prince Xiao said calmly, with a hint of fierceness in his eyes.
"Could it be him again, deliberately colluding with the barbarians at the border?" When Zhang Yu heard Prince Xiao say the three words "Sheng Lingren", he was very surprised at first, but in a flash he agreed with him.
"This person is getting more and more hateful. One day, I will uproot him and his temple." King Xiao thought of this, and suddenly punched the table with his right hand, obviously filled with hatred. Extreme.
"Right now, Sheng Lingren has quietly gathered all his cronies and allies in the temple around the capital. I'm afraid there are no less than ten thousand people. If the prince attacks him now, I'm afraid it will scare the snake and force him to jump over the wall!" Zhang Yubu! Said without any worries.
"Haha! If it weren't for this, I would have sent troops to capture him long ago. It's just that I don't look down on those rabble. I just don't understand now. Among all the imperial guards in the capital, as well as the masters in the palace, , how many people are also from the temple. If we don't know this, I will have no way to deal with Sheng Ling, and may even be beaten up by him." Prince Xiao finally expressed his biggest worry.
Among the four major families in Jianghu, although they are all powerful, they also have many masters. For example, in the Xiaoyao Sect at its peak, in addition to Ren Xiaoyao, the best master in the world, there were also four sons and four disciples under him, but they were all top-notch masters in the world. Another example is the current Tang Sect and Dushou Gorge, which both have at least ten or so famous masters in the world. It is precisely because there are so many masters under their sect that they can be ranked as one of the four major families in the world.
According to this, Sheng Lingren's temple cannot be compared with the other three sects at all. Apart from Sheng Lingren himself, the only other members of his family were his two sons, Sheng Zhiqiang and Sheng Moming, who were considered to be of minor importance in the world. Although Qin Gang and Xiao Yurong also worked for him, they were not Sheng Lingren's real confidants at all, but were only used by him.
Although Qin Gang and Xiao Yurong are among the best in martial arts and fame, they are not actually members of the temple. They only used each other, and they never had the same intention. Sheng Lingren did not regard the two of them as his confidants at all. On the other hand, Sheng Lingren only coveted Xiao Yurong's beauty, and at most regarded her as an extremely wonderful tool to vent his anger. Of course, in his temple, there were actually many, many women like Xiao Yurong, but Xiao Yurong was more capable, so he was even more reluctant to let her go.
If a man wants to stand firm in the world, he must have good skills, and it is best to be able to handle everything around him; if a woman wants to stand in the world, she must have good skills in that area, and it is best to be able to handle everything around her. The man who helped her climb up.
Obviously, Qin Gang achieved the first point, but Xiao Yurong took the second point to the extreme.
If a man can conquer a woman to the point of submission, then the woman will most likely love him so much that she forgets about herself, and she will not be able to drive her away even if she wants to.
If a woman can make a man experience an absolutely unique sense of conquest that he has never had before, then the man will most likely fall under her skirt with all his heart. Even if he is always surrounded by thousands of flowers and plants, hugging each other, and beauties like clouds, he will still fall under her skirt when this woman appears again, and become her servant willingly. .
In this way, Qin Gang and Xiao Yurong are actually Sheng Lingren's two slaves at most. Even with the two of them included, the temple's apparent combat power is just the same as that of Xiaoyao Sect, which is now in decline.
However, the reason why the Temple is still among the four major families is not because of how many masters it has under its sect, but because, in the vicinity of the entire capital, it can be said that the Temple's influence is almost non-existent. Whether it is above the palace or temple, or among the local beggars on the street, it is said that the shadow of the temple can be seen to some extent.
Therefore, the power of the temple is not only on the surface, but more hidden in the dark. This is the most terrifying thing about it.
Because no one knows where these people are hiding and how many there are?
Therefore, there was no complete certainty near the capital, and no one dared to offend Sheng Lingren easily, not even Prince Xiao, who held the power of the imperial army.
The most terrifying enemy in the world is not how powerful it is, but that you don't know where it is.
