Meiling Gate Guards Guan Xiaowei's Mansion, which is rare and pure. The courtyard is clean and thorough, and the room is peaceful and pleasant.
There is a cup of fragrant tea in front of Li Xuan's desk, and he is holding a book of Spring and Autumn in his hand. He seems to be studying it carefully, but if you look directly into his eyes, you can find that in the depths of his eyes, another world is spinning. .
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In the Tianyin Sect camp, Ye Wanwan watched Fang Fengjin smiling and being crowded into the middle tent by everyone. She lowered her head and met with a trace of doubt in her eyes.
Fang Fengjin doesn't have this kind of character.
Sure enough, as soon as he sat down, Fang Fengjin's expression suddenly turned cold.
Sitting on the high seat, Fang Fengjin looked at everyone with a murderous look: "Everyone, tell me how you were defeated in the previous battle. Today, I can't tell you one, two or three. Everyone, it will inevitably be on your necks. He's about to get stabbed."
In one word, the atmosphere in the entire camp suddenly became terrifyingly cold.
Fang Fengjin glanced at everyone, and finally looked at Xu Shan with a sneer: "Xu Shan, you say it first!"
Xu Shan stood up uneasily, held up his hands and defended: "General, it's not that we are incompetent, but the King of Nanchang has the power to move wind and rain. How can ordinary people like us win?"
"Wanting wind and rain?" Fang Fengjin felt extremely funny for a moment. Just when he was about to reprimand, he saw everyone present lowering their heads in silence and frowning: "Tell me in detail!"
"Here!" Xu Shan hurriedly told him in detail what he had encountered after arriving.
"So, several times before and after, there were strong winds, and then the army was defeated." Fang Fengjin had a trace of doubt in his eyes, and finally pointed to Ye Wanwan directly: "Candying the wind and rain, saintess, in this matter, you can Do it?"
Ye Wanwan immediately stood up, raised her hands to Fang Yunjin and said solemnly, "General, my subordinates are incapable of doing this."
Fang Fengjin was stunned for a moment, glanced at Ye Wanwan, and then waved his hand to signal her to sit down.
Ye Wanwan's knowledge in Tianyin Sect was not complete, and she didn't even know the names of many secret techniques.
"General Mingwei!" Fang Fengjin looked at Zhang Wanyu.
Zhang Wanyu stood up, picked up a secret book from one side, asked the military general on the side to hand it to Fang Fengjin, and said in a deep voice: "This is the secret book I just received today. The true preacher once had a fight with the King of Nanchang in Hongzhou. According to them, before that, the King of Nanchang had just come down from Longhu Mountain to pray for rain, and the rain lasted for three days and three nights."
Fang Fengjin's hand while flipping through the secret book suddenly stopped. He raised his head dumbly, and his eyes instantly swept over the faces of everyone present, and he could clearly see the shock on everyone's face.
The King of Nanchang actually possesses the magical power to control wind and rain. This is quite unbelievable.
However, thinking carefully about what they have experienced these days, these Tianyin Sect people suddenly cannot refute.
Fang Fengjin looked at Ye Wanwan again and asked in a deep voice: "Saintess, is there any way to stop it?"
"Yes!" Ye Wanwan's decisive words shocked everyone present.
Ye Wanwan looked at Fang Fengjin and said directly: "Follow the Taoist method, just find his Taoist altar and cut off the connection between him and the gods of heaven and earth."
This was not completely incomprehensible to everyone present.
After all, the Tianyin Sect is also one of the Taoist heritages, and they also have many things.
"Then leave this matter to the saint." Fang Fengjin nodded expressionlessly. He didn't believe much in these things in his heart.
Ye Wanwan nodded calmly and sat down again without any objection.
To prevent Li Xuan from doing things like calling the wind and rain, Ye Wanwan actually agreed.
Everyone present saw this scene and felt a little unbelievable for a moment. Even Zhang Wanyu couldn't help but look back at Ye Wanwan.
Although Tianyin Sect has many secret methods, Zhang Wanyu has never heard of the magical power that can control wind and rain, let alone the method to stop it.
Could it be said that there is really something special about the inheritance of the Saint?
Or is it just to appease people's hearts?
Fang Yunjin looked at the people in front of him and said in a cold voice: "Today we have a day off. Tomorrow at midnight, we will start to attack the city. In one battle, we will capture the entire Meiling Pass. We will kill the King of Nanchang and use his head to help me teach Nan Chu Muzhou." , Sacrifice the flag!”
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Li Xuan's eyes opened instantly, and there was another person who wanted to use his head to sacrifice the flag.
Li Xuan didn't know whether to feel honored or funny for a moment.
But soon, Li Xuan's expression became solemn.
When they came to the city wall, looking at Xu Jian and Yan Tao standing there, Li Xuan walked directly in front of them.
"Your Majesty!" Yan Tao and Xu Jian raised their hands to Li Xuan at the same time.
Li Xuan nodded slightly, then looked to the farthest point of his sight, and then said in a deep voice: "You two, please be careful tonight. The other party may steal the city tonight. Please be careful. This is not someone to be trifled with." enemy."
"I understand!" Xu Jian and Yan Tao both shuddered at the same time.
Li Xuan smiled faintly, then turned around and walked down the city gate tower.
What he just said was not false. Even Zhang Wanyu dared to do such a thing as a night attack, so why wouldn't Fang Fengjin do it.
Even though he said that in front of Zhang Wanyu and Ye Wanwan, he had enough strength not to arrange these things through these two people.
What's more, even Zhang Wanyu began to suspect that something was wrong with someone under his command. Why didn't Fang Fengjin suspect it?
Walking on the road in the city, Li Xuan greeted everyone gently, but what flashed through his mind were Fang Fengjin's fatal weaknesses.
Fang Fengjin is the first hall master of Tianyin Sect. His loyalty and ability are first-class in the entire Tianyin Sect.
If Wen Fuzhi had not been in a special position, he might not be able to match Shang Fengjin in many aspects.
This is also the reason why Zhang Wanyu got engaged to Fang Yunxiu,
The two major forces within the Tianyin Sect compromised and made peace, but now, Fang Yunxiu is dead.
This is a very delicate relationship in itself. If Zhang Wanyu has another problem at this time, I am afraid that Fang Fengjin and Wen Fuzhi will have to fall out.
If something goes wrong, what kind of thing will happen to a master like Zhang Wanyu at this time?
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The sky turned dark unconsciously, and the north gate was silent. It was not yet time to launch a sneak attack on the city.
After dinner, Li Xuan went to bed early.
Even at midnight, the shouts of death outside the north gate failed to alert him.
In the early morning, the morning light shines on the earth.
Li Xuan rode a tall horse and slowly headed towards the north gate.
Above the city gate, there are many swords and guns, flags fluttering, and blood filling the air.
"Your Majesty!" Yan Tao and Xu Jian saluted solemnly to Li Xuan, the bloodshot eyes clearly visible.
"Take your people down to rest. In the afternoon, you can bring people up to take turns." Li Xuan waved her hand directly.
He knew very well about last night's night attack. The Tianyin Sect actually sent many good soldiers to attack. If it weren't for Yan Tao and Xu Jian, these two, a former soldier Cao Canjun and a current inspection soldier Cao Canjun were there. Something was really going to happen last night.
"Your Majesty!" Qiu Zhenmu and Zhou Shen stood on the other side. They were the two commanding the battle today.
Li Xuan nodded slightly and looked under the city wall, where there were more than thirty corpses piled up, all of which were worthy warriors from the Tianyin Sect.
The bodies of these people were scattered very scattered. Most of them died ten meters away from the city wall, and several of them had already touched the city wall with one hand.
Li Xuan looked at the position of the corpse on the ground, a look of solemnity on his face.
Just from the positions of these corpses, it can be seen that the Tianyin Sect has secretly made many preparations for a siege.
The murderous intention is so hot!
"Tap tap tap" a sound of horse hooves came from the end of the mountain road in the distance.
Fang Fengjin was riding on a tall horse, wearing golden light armor. Behind him were dozens of riders surrounding him, all of them young and strong in their mid-20s, each holding a long sword in their hands and looking solemn.
Behind them were hundreds of soldiers with long swords in their left hands and square shields in their right hands. They stepped forward steadily one by one, and the shields in their hands might penetrate into the ground at any time.
A cavalryman suddenly crossed Fang Fengjin and quickly came to the place seventy steps in front of the city gate. He shouted loudly: "General Manager Wu Yue is showing off his power to General Fengjin. Please ask the King of Nanchang County to come forward and answer."
Li Xuan pressed down the raised crossbow, then raised his head and said calmly: "Send the order and order Fang Fengjin, the leader of the rebels, to come forward and answer."
Qiu Zhenmu was the first to react, took a step forward, and shouted loudly: "Fang Fengjin, the traitor to fate, comes forward to listen to the lesson!"
After hearing these words, the faces of the Tianyin cultists below couldn't help but change at the same time.
"Why should the King of Nanchang ask for such advantage of words?" Fang Fengjin slowly stepped forward, and the faces of countless Tianyin cultists behind him suddenly darkened.
Li Xuan pressed one hand on the wall and looked directly at Fang Fengjin with a solemn expression: "I call you this, what's wrong?"
Fang Fengjin looked to the left and right, spread his hands, and raised his head: "We are just a group of miserable people. All the helpless actions we do are the struggle between life and death. How can we be called the last word? It's nothing more than Survive by obeying Heaven, but risk your life by rebelling against the Emperor."
With one word, everyone in the Tianyin Sect behind Fang Yunjin suddenly became extremely angry.
"Survive by obeying the sky, and risk your life by rebelling against the emperor." Li Xuan repeated Fang Yunjin's words, raised his head and looked at the dense crowd of Tianyin cultists behind him, and raised the corner of his mouth coldly: "It seems that you will not be able to survive this. The cause of the matter is blamed on His Majesty, I really don’t know how a brainless person could be deceived by such a big lie."
"Brainless person." Li Xuan's words made the crowd in Tianyin Sect below even more noisy.
"Twenty years ago, Chen Shuozhen revolted. Due to a major disaster and the government imposing additional taxes, the people were in dire straits and had difficulty surviving. They had to revolt to survive. This is what you think is the truth. However, you If you didn’t even know it, you would have been deceived a long time ago.”
Li Xuan's voice was cold, and his cold attitude made some wise Tianyin believers suddenly calm down.
The noisy voice suddenly dropped until it gradually calmed down.
Fang Fengjin looked at Li Xuan with a smile but not a smile: "Did the King of Nanchang make up any good reasons to deceive everyone?"
"Deception, do I still need to deceive? Muzhou is now in your hands. As long as you go into the vassal treasury to search and take out the records from that year, you will immediately understand the truth of that year."
Li Xuan leaned forward slightly and said in a cold voice: "Before your uprising, the taxes collected by the Central Committee from Muzhou were constant every year. Only the tax exemptions and exemptions from Tian'en have been reduced, but there have been no tax increases. What really oppresses you is, It’s the local state capital and county government. They secretly collect taxes from you that are not paid by you, and even impose taxes on you that the local wealthy families have evaded."
Speaking of this, Li Xuan snorted: "The total amount of taxes collected by the imperial court every year is constant, but the number of people paying taxes in Muzhou has decreased by half. Then the remaining half of the people will naturally have to pay double the original taxes. This is The truth of the year.”
You know, it was the early years of Emperor Gaozong and Li Zhi's accession to the throne, and there were not so many foreign wars.
Especially after he just succeeded to the throne, Li Zhi paid special attention to reducing the tax burden on farmers and strengthening agricultural policies such as irrigation projects. How could he increase taxes arbitrarily?
"Is there any difference between the emperor's tax collection and the government's tax collection? Could it be that those people in the government were not chosen by the emperor?" Fang Fengjin stared at Li Xuan coldly, his eyes full of sorrow and indignation, and his eyes full of cynicism. .
The Tianyin cultists behind him also immediately tightened their grip on the knife in their hands.
However, at this moment, Li Xuan on the city wall was terrifyingly calm.
He stared at Fang Fengjin, but his words were like swords: "If that's the case, then why did you choose a governor of the state capital who has always treated you harshly as your leader twenty years later? Could it be that he Isn’t it the main culprit that caused your tragic fate?”
"How despicable are you to choose a demon who bullies you, insults you, and even kills you at will to be your leader?"
(End of chapter)
