After the conversation between Luo Piaoling and the old man about love and ruthlessness, Jiang Yichen's dark suspicion towards the old man completely disappeared.
Just as Luo Piaoling said, the old man was reluctant to let his friends die.
No matter how cruel you are, you will only let your friends die a worthy death, and you will never let them die worthlessly.
Although the old man's old friends on Xishan Island are already old, if half of them can still survive, even if they are just doing logistics and hunting, the manpower of the Daoyi Alliance will not be so stretched now.
The destruction of Xishan Island is undoubtedly a huge loss for the Daoyi Alliance.
The Daoyi Alliance has spent three years failing to replenish this foundation. Could it be that the old man set up a trap specifically to train Jiang Yichen?
If the old man is really such a ruthless gambler, there will only be two results.
One is that the Daoyi Alliance has long unified the world and become the overlord that rivals the imperial court, and the old man has long been on the throne of the leader of the Wulin Alliance.
The other is that the Daoyi Alliance's family fortune was wiped out by the old man early on.
That is the so-called success of the king and defeat of the bandits.
What's more, people in the world don't care about their intentions.
The past few decades have been enough to prove that the old man is not a gambler or a careerist, but just a man of the world with a moral heart.
It is true that the old man's control over the Daoyi Alliance is not as good as before, but everyone in Tingyu Pavilion has never doubted the old man.
The reason why he avoided the Daoyi Alliance and carried out operations in Pinghai alone was that he was wary of the Daoyi Alliance, not Juyuan, and not even the old man.
The old man is obviously very aware that there are problems in the current internal communication links of the Daoyi Alliance.
It's just that this is a shortcoming of the Daoyi Alliance's own system structure. Not to mention that all parties in the alliance have their own agendas, as long as they are a little slack, it is very easy for loopholes and hidden dangers to appear.
These flaws cannot be repaired in time or completely covered up by the dark department alone.
Of course, an adversary who is astute enough can seize such an opportunity.
Therefore, it is imperative that the Anbu, which is managed by Han Wuyue himself, break away from the Alliance of Justice to ensure the complete independence of the Anbu.
It not only helps prevent adversaries from infiltrating, but also acts as a deterrent.
Just like everyone in the world knows that the old man has Han Wuyue, a top killer, by his side, if he wants to harm the old man, he must first consider whether he can pass Han Wuyue. Even if there is a chance to get close to the old man, he must still be wary of Han Wuyue. The last come first.
Tingyu Pavilion is protected by ANBU, so it is even more powerful.
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dusk.
Before Meng Chaoge and his party returned home from Juyuan, the Anbu brought the latest news.
Two of them are particularly striking.
One is that ghost sightings have appeared in Huzhou County, Jiaxing County, and Haining Town south of Taihu Lake in recent days.
Another rumor is that after the Ullambana Dharma Ceremony, Master Qingming will bring the three gold seals back to Songshan Mountain.
The ghosts in the first message refer to the red ghost and the long-haired bamboo pole monster respectively.
If they didn't know the inside story, Luo Piaoling and the old man would have to combine various information to confirm their identities.
After all, just based on the word "ghost", it is easy for everyone to think that the Nether Cult is doing something weird.
The ghost in red can be a crying lady.
The long-haired bamboo pole monster should not be difficult to find in the Netherworld Cult. If you don't find enough, it is a ghost or a night ghost.
It's not that the two Nether Cult judges are not important enough, it's just that compared to Hong Shang, who can stand side by side with the leader of the Nether Cult, Styx, and Tu Wanfang, who was once the number one warrior in Wala, the combination of the first two pales in comparison.
To be more specific, Jiang Yichen was confident that he could trade his life for his wife or Ye Shang.
The two Jiang Yichens might be able to survive under the hands of ghosts.
If Jiang Yichen encountered the Nether Cult duo, at least he wouldn't be frightened.
But he was about to meet Hongshang and Tu Wanfang. Jiang Yichen didn't dare to have any luck in his heart, so he had to resort to the thirty-six strategies.
Let’s leave aside Hongshang, whom we have heard about for a long time and have never seen before.
Killing Wanfang alone is enough to make his hair stand on end.
If that day in the Secret Cave of Purgatory, there was no danger of the cave collapsing, and all seven of them were in the best condition, even if they combined their strength, they might not be able to defeat each other.
Jiang Yichen didn't know how the Red Sect had managed to create such a monster, but he had a very rough assessment of Tu Wanfang's combat power, starting with the fact that he could defeat seven of him.
In today's world, it would be difficult to find another "person" like this.
In this way, the ghosts and monsters were traveling to the southeast. Although no killings were caused along the way, it was not difficult to see that Hongshang wanted to use Tu Wanfang, a big murder weapon, to cause tragedy.
You can even guess its final destination.
The answer lies in this second message.
Qingming Master, the Qingming Abbot of Songshan Shaolin Temple, will bring three Shaolin gold seals back to Songshan from Putian Shaolin Temple.
It has been more than a year since the incident, and the once-famous case of theft of the Shaolin Golden Seal has not yet been concluded, with no results in sight.
One major event after another in the world came one after another, setting off a wave of uproar that almost made this "past event" disappear from people's sight.
Regardless of whether the rumors are true or false, people's memories are bound to be reawakened.
It’s hard to say whether to point the finger at Tingyuge again, who has not yet been cleared of suspicion.
But no one would want to miss the opportunity to get their hands on the Shaolin Golden Seal.
After all, the journey back from Putian to Shaolin is long, and it is not unusual for any accidents to happen.
After all, there are three Shaolin gold seals this time. There are many people who want to take them all, but more people will feel that even if they can only grab one of them, they will be lucky.
Therefore, from temples to traders and pawns, there will be countless people who will covet it and take risks for it.
Putian Shaolin Temple will definitely become the new center of the storm.
And the storm is bound to blow bloody winds on its way north.
At this moment, Hongshang lured Tu Wanfang to Putian County, and his purpose was obvious.
It is to make this storm more violent and let more people from Zhongzhou Jianghu die for it!
In contrast, the news that Jiatang Gongdu and Dingtang Tianli were traveling north at night seemed less important.
In fact, these messages are the response and counterattack measures taken by the Red Sect after the three secret caves in Pinghai were destroyed.
It was basically within the foreseeable range of the old man and Luo Piaoling.
It's just that some things are developing in the direction they least want to see.
Gong Du and Tian Li went north, either to find someone to negotiate with in the DPRK, or to urge their allies further north.
Fortunately, the journey is far away, and the impact is difficult to see immediately.
This is something that Daoyi League and Tingyuge are happy to accept.
If the red-clothed sect's two arrangements were intended to use force to counterattack, then the first two strategies were to use the enemy's tactics to their advantage.
Zhongzhou Buddhism will choose a Buddhist temple every year to hold the Bon Dharma Assembly on the Ghost Festival on July 15th.
While promoting Buddhism, it also promotes exchanges and communication among Buddhist temples in various places.
The Obon Dharma Assembly, which is equivalent to the Buddhist festival in Zhongzhou, is also divided into a large and a small Dharma assembly.
The small Dharma assembly takes two days to prepare and lasts for five days. Buddhist temples in various places can apply to host it.
The Dafa Ceremony takes five days to prepare and lasts for nine days. It is only hosted by Songshan Shaolin and Putian Shaolin in turn.
This year coincides with Putian Shaolin’s triennial Bon Bon Dharma Ceremony.
It is true that Abbot Qingming will return to the north with Yin, and the news should have been released on the seventh day after the Dafa Conference and five days before the Songshan Shaolin representative returned.
By then, Tingyuge, Daoyi League, Buji Island and all the helpers they secretly invited were all in place, using the Shaolin Golden Seal as bait to carry out a large-scale purge of the Zhongzhou court and the forces in the world.
Do what Luo Piaoling said and erase the chess pieces that cannot fight for Zhongzhou in advance!
The action framework and general details of this big plan had been drawn up long before Jiang Yichen arrived, and the preparations were in full swing.
When it is about to be put into practice, Smiling Maitreya, Xie Fei and others peeled off clues from years of intelligence information and followed the clues to get a glimpse of the secrets involving many forces.
After all, the matter was extremely important and urgent, so Jiang Yichen was summoned thousands of miles away.
In this grand plan, destroying the Third Secret Cave of the Red Clothes Sect is just like a tangle of complications. Therefore, the personnel transfer and details are not so perfect, which can be said to be a dangerous operation.
Fortunately it turned out not bad.
However, the extraneous branch of Pinghai Chaos also has its own development.
The Red Sect quickly suppressed the negative impact and temporarily stabilized the imperial court, preventing all parties from attacking together and trying to counterattack.
As the saying goes, there is no airtight wall in the world.
Not to mention that Songshan Shaolin and Putian Shaolin are not necessarily united. Even the pilgrims who go to the mountain to worship Buddha, or the handymen who often work in the temple, etc. may be spies from other parties.
Although Luo Piaoling and others had left a sufficient time margin of up to seven days in their layout just in case, and even asked Abbot Qingming to delay their departure for two more days after the end of the Dafa Conference, it was still worse than the worst acceptable. It was expected that the news would have leaked out one day earlier.
There is no doubt that this news was leaked by Hongshang to Wutang Blood Network.
It turns out that there is a high probability that the Cardinals will be the bait in that big plan.
Even so, no matter how great the losses were, how could they be compared with the fall of the three secret caves and the death of Liang Zimeng?
Now that the Red Sect has been forced to take the bait, others should not have an easy time either. It disrupts the planner's earlier plans and muddies the water even more, so that the Red Sect can win the chance to fight back.
Tu Wanfang was raised well by Hong Yi, but it was you who released him.
Don't blame the Red Sect for using Tu Wanfang to kill and increase their efforts to fight back.
Hongshang's idea is simple and his appetite is huge. He wants to collect the debts from the Jianghu people in Zhongzhou with interest!
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Jiang Yichen did not follow Meng Chaoge and the others to listen to Yuge. Instead, he took the luggage prepared by Ju Yuan and rushed to Suzhou overnight.
It must be said that the Red Sect's counterattack caught people off guard.
At this point, the people in Tingyu Pavilion who have not gone to Putian must start their journey as soon as possible, speed up their journey, and get in touch with the team that has gone to Putian in time.
But before that, Luo Piaoling still hopes to get more information to better respond.
There is another piece of information sent by the ANBU today, saying that the governor of Gusu has not returned to Beijing yet.
It turned out that Luo Piaoling had some reservations about his trust in the Minister of Civil Affairs, so he did not reveal his plans after the Bon Dharma Ceremony to him.
Today is different from the past. The Red Sect's counterattack is fierce, and there is a big variable like Tu Wanfang. It is urgent to unite all the forces that can be combined.
So Luo Piaoling decided to let Jiang Yichen give it a try.
Let’s try the real details of this governor.
Let’s see how much inside information this governor knows.
Let’s see how much help this governor can provide.
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Da da da.
A person and a rider sometimes flash across the road like a thin bolt of lightning.
Sometimes it looks like a ghost in the dark night, walking briskly through the mountains, forests and fields.
The reason why Luo Piaoling chose to let Jiang Yichen contact Feng Shan was simple, just for the sake of "fast".
After all, Jiang Yichen not only has fast feet, excellent qinggong, and the ability to evade the eyes and ears of all parties, but also has the help of General Hei who is always on standby. He can bring the news back to Tingyu Pavilion in as fast as a day and a half.
Luo Piaoling, who was racing against time, could not ask for more.
As for how to gain the other person's trust after meeting them, what to convey to the other person, and what to obtain from the other person, Luo Piaoling and the old man have already explained it in detail.
It's just that neither Luo Piaoling nor the old man seems to have known or imagined that Feng Shan would be Leng Mei's biological brother.
Along the way, Jiang Yichen was multi-tasking. In addition to rushing and being alert to the surrounding situation, he was also extremely worried about how to greet brother Leng Mei after meeting him.
It's okay to be distracted while driving on the road.
When General Black was leaping through the mountains and forests, Jiang Yichen was still so distracted that he had to pay the price.
Soon Jiang Yichen suffered.
The entire front door hit the branches and leaves at the edge of the tree crown.
The branches broke in response.
Jiang Yichen's head was buzzing, and his face seemed to have been scratched with several small scratches, and he even ate a mouthful of leaves.
What a bitter taste.
From then on, Jiang Yichen no longer dared to think wildly.
When I feel lonely on the journey, I start counting the days.
It seemed that from the day he left Luzhou County, Jiang Yichen was counting the days every day.
Either on the road to running, or preparing for the next run.
I hope such days can come to an end.
As he thought about it, Jiang Yichen felt his head buzzing again.
A Jingling thought that he accidentally bumped into something again.
After careful identification for a long time, I realized that the source of the sound was in my crotch.
It was General Black who was laughing snidely!
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Dawn has not yet arrived.
Jiang Yichen has groped his way into Gusu City.
Before entering the city, he also did some simple disguise.
Since Qingtianzhong and Hongchen Inn are silent about his whereabouts, the "Killer Night Owl" who disappeared from Sichuan and Guizhou just five days ago should never show up in Gusu at this time.
Jiang Yichen didn't rush to find the fir tree.
But he made a special trip to Yunbo Inn to bother Shen Xinling, whom he hadn't seen for a long time.
It's not that he thinks it's inappropriate to meet someone's brother with dignity, with dark circles under his eyes and the stench of sweat all over his body.
But the meeting is not just a matter of just talking, but the intentions of both parties must be clearly communicated, and there is no room for sloppiness.
After taking a short rest at the Yunbo Inn, he could recharge his batteries with peace of mind so that he could complete the task with a clear mind.
Secondly, without knowing the exact location of Feng Shan's residence, Shen Xinling can also arrange for reliable personnel to investigate the situation.
This was what the old man who knew Jiang Yichen's character specifically told him before he left.
"Don't be afraid of bothering others when necessary, not to mention the boss's wife will be extremely happy when she sees you."
