The mantis stalks the cicada, followed by the oriole.
Mantises are excellent hunters, but they are inevitably eaten by birds. Although the oriole can hunt mantises, it often dies at the mouth of the owl itself. As the saying goes, if the person planning the trouble is in the situation, the plan will be out of reach; if the person planning the trouble is outside, the plan will be limited.
"Grandpa Chu, stay!" Seeing the six people retreating, Xia Chengxuan remembered something and suddenly called out.
Chu Zhong had already walked outside the hall. After hearing his voice, he quickly turned back and stood in front of him. He smiled and said, "Your Majesty, what else do you want me to do?"
Xia Chengxuan made a gesture of invitation and said, "Chengxuan has a question in his mind. I hope Grandpa Chu can answer it."
"Haha, even if you don't tell me, I know why you are confused." Chu Zhong sat down at the front of the guest and chuckled, "You and Mr. Yuanchen are brothers and sisters. What we are discussing tonight is so important, and it is both emotional and reasonable. He should be here. However, he has never come. I am afraid that not only me, but a few of them have also seen some clues."
"I don't know whether I should keep this matter from Yuan Chen or not. He is my closest brother, and I should have told him everything. However, he is too kind-hearted, and he knows that his uncle was harmed by King Yi. He knows that I killed my uncle for the sake of the throne, and he doesn't know how he will look at me!" Xia Chengxuan said with a distressed look on his face. Mei Yuanchen was both his adopted brother and his only friend, and would soon become his brother-in-law. Xia Chengxuan really didn't want him to think that he was a ruthless person. For half a day, he had been thinking in his mind: "Yuanchen, if I tell you these things, will you pay attention to me?"
Chu Zhong advised: "Your Majesty, Young Master Yuanchen is the only son in the family. He grew up in a local official's family since he was a child. It can be said that everything goes smoothly. I don't know that ordinary people are hungry and struggling to survive, and I don't know that the emperor of the capital is engaging in intrigues. Fighting for power and profit. Alas, this temperament is naturally more gentle than decisive. He will know this matter as soon as he knows it, and there is no need to deliberately talk to him if he doesn't know it. It just adds to his annoyance. "
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The Yan Gang was the richest in the world, so it was natural that they also had industries in the capital. Zhang Sui settled in a house called "Ling Cheng Zhai" upon his arrival.
Lingchengzhai is located in a secluded forest in the south of the city, covering an area of more than 100 acres. It has always been the secret meeting place of the Salt Gang. It was late at night. In the past, the lights in the courtyard would have been turned off and people should take a rest. But tonight, the lights were brightly lit, illuminating the gardens and waterside pavilions as if it were daytime. It turned out that Zhang Suiguang suddenly found a fishing rod and wanted to fish at night on a whim! Li Xueci, the elder of the Salt Gang, stood aside and stood aside. He entered the capital more than ten days earlier than Zhang Suiguang. The failed assassination of Mei Siyuan caused his reputation in the gang to plummet. He came here to atone for his sins and regain his prestige.
Zhang Suiguang held the fishing rod with one hand and the gourd with the other as he drank wine. He sighed with satisfaction: "Hmm~~Good wine! Elder Li, thank you for bringing these hundred jars of 'Fubai' here, otherwise I'm so greedy! This is really well done! Haha... Uh~~ Now that we've had enough, let's talk about business."
"Yes, gang leader. The gang has gathered here in the capital. There are 350 people in total. There are more than 30 top players. They can break through even the dragnet!" Li Xuexi said excitedly, with another thought in his heart. I couldn't help but think: "If the more than two hundred killers who stormed the Anxian Salt Transportation Government House that day had half the skills of these people, it would not be difficult to chop the 100 people in the house into minced meat."
Zhang Suiguang chuckled and asked again: "Where are Wu Chuanzu and the others?"
"Back to the gang leader, the six elders from the Law Enforcement Hall and the Qinwu Hall have all arrived at the Huanzhou branch waiting for them. In addition to Elder Wu and the others, there are also more than 120 branch masters from Shanghe County and Zhulan County accompanying them. Gang Leader The order has been issued this morning. According to their schedule, it will only take a day and a half to get to Pingshangyuan at most. I think they can arrive in the fifth day of the Lunar New Year." Li Xuexi said respectfully, remembering that so many members of the gang were mobilized this time. Master, he couldn't help but be secretly frightened. "I haven't seen such a battle for many years..."
"How's it going at Prince Yun's Mansion? How many people have been sent here?" Zhang Suiguang asked as he put the wine bottle on the stone table aside and looked at the movement in the water.
Seeing Zhang Sui's eyes hard, Li Xueci picked up a lamp from behind, held it by the pool, and replied: "I underestimated Prince Yun's Mansion before, but they sent two hundred and thirty-five people this time, and they all turned out to be very skilled. Not weak, I’m afraid it’s much stronger than the 350 people we have here!”
"Haha, if you don't have any strength, how can you dare to fight for that position? Prince Yun's palace is far more powerful than this!" Zhang Suiguang was not surprised at all and said calmly.
On the surface of the pond, the fish float suddenly shook heavily, as if a fish had bitten the hook.
"Did you see it? There's a fish biting the hook! Come on, come on, net bag!" Zhang Suiguang hurriedly left the stone bench and shouted excitedly, "This fish is so strong that it almost pulled me down!" Li Xuecizheng I bent down to get the fish bag. After hearing what he said, I staggered and almost fell down.
The fish was pulled up. It was a big catfish weighing three to four pounds. Zhang Suiguang threw it to the ground and flapped its tail vigorously.
"It's such an ugly thing!" Zhang Suiguang said with a depressed face, "Oh, I thought I could catch a catfish, but it was an ugly toad fish!" After saying this, he threw the fishing rod aside with a look on his face. His interest was dull, he returned to the stone bench, grabbed the wine gourd, and asked: "Have you figured out all the guards around Xia Muren?"
"Our people have been staring there for nearly a month, and they have found out everything clearly. In addition to the three hundred divine sentry battalions, there are eight personal guards and brothers Ping Bufan and Ping Buyong from Zhuzhou. In addition, the soldiers from Kuchan Temple Xuan Yue and five great monks of the Dharma generation are also here." Li Xuici said with some worry. He originally thought that Zhang Suiguang would have a look of surprise on his face, but he didn't expect that he actually chuckled and said, "If I hadn't answered the emperor's call, I would have really wanted to meet that old monk Xuan Yue!" Apparently! , he already knew that these monks had gone to Pingzhou.
"It turns out that the gang leader already knows about this!" Li Xuexi lowered his head and thought: "Looking at this, the gang leader has no fear of the world's number one monk Xuan Yue. Could it be that he has already saved himself a chance to win? How many seconds have passed since then? In the year, the gang leader’s martial arts has actually reached such a level?”
"Where is the young prince in the Prince's Palace? Is there any movement?" Zhang Suiguang raised his head and asked with a smile. Prince Zhi's family, including the elder and younger ones, are not in the capital, so they won't take any action. However, the prince of Prince Jia's palace is still in the palace, so they may not stand by and watch.
The Yan Gang was preparing for major events and was naturally well prepared. There were spies in several princes' palaces. As soon as Li Xuici came to the capital, he took over these reports and immediately replied: "Back to the gang leader, as of today at Youshi, I haven't found out what they have done."
Zhang Suiguang nodded and murmured softly: "Is it possible that they will be honest when Xia Muchao is away?" Seeing Li Xueci's doubtful face, he said: "There is no need to worry about them. Their enemies are King Yi and King Yun, and We don't have any conflict. At most, we won't take action against King Yi." He twisted his neck from side to side and called Li Xuici softly: "When you get down in a while, you can go find Bodhicitta. Just tell him that the people from Jiudian have arrived at Pingshan. Then he hid first and let the people from Prince Yun's Palace and the Yan Gang take action. With 800 people from Prince Yun's Palace and the Yan Gang, Xia Muren couldn't survive. Once those old guys from Kuchan Temple took action, they would let the people from Jiudian Go deal with them. Those monks are very powerful in martial arts, and only Jiudian can deal with them!" The people of Jiudian are different from ordinary martial arts masters. All their martial arts are for killing people. Because of this ruthlessness, they can often survive even when faced with people whose martial arts skills are much stronger than theirs. If they survive, the enemy will not survive.
"Yes!" Li Xueci calmed down his thoughts and replied respectfully. He knew that people from Jiudian also went to Pingzhou, but those people were led by Bodhicitta, so he didn't know much. Only then did I realize that he was going to deal with the monks from Kuchan Temple.
"I'm drunk again today and very sleepy!" Zhang Suiguang said with a yawn. He stood up from the stone bench, shook his arms, and said in a cold voice: "After killing all the people in Prince Yi's Mansion, you and the people in Jiudian will work together to kill the people in Prince Yun's Mansion too!"
