Ming dynasty.
royal palace.
There is a quiet small courtyard guarded by dozens of imperial guards. Not only are there dozens of eunuchs and palace maids, but there are also nearly a hundred imperial guards surrounding the small courtyard. Their eyes are like eagles when they move.
The palace eunuchs or maids passing by this small courtyard looked a little nervous when they caught the sight of these imperial guards.
In the room, Zhu Wuwu was sitting at his desk, with several piles of memorials piled up in front of him.
While reading the memorial with a pen, Zhu Wuwu occasionally dipped the brush in red ink and drew annotations on the memorial.
Perhaps it was because of the dragon robe on his body, but over the past few months, Zhu Wuli's power had become stronger.
Especially when he frowned from time to time while annotating memorials, the aura of a superior person became even stronger.
Suddenly, the pen holder with the brushes hanging on the desk suddenly sank about an inch.
Noticing this scene, Zhu Wuwu narrowed his eyes slightly. After putting down the pen in his hand, Zhu Wuwu slowly stood up and walked to a wall of the room.
As Zhu Wuyi waved his right hand, two qi energies landed on both sides of a piece of wood on the beam almost at the same time.
And when the energy surged, there was a point at both ends of the wood on the beam that gradually sunk in.
At the same time, after two "click" sounds, Zhu ignored the wall in front of him and suddenly moved three inches back and then slid to the side to reveal a secret passage downwards behind it.
After Zhu Wuwen entered the secret passage, the wall behind him closed again.
As Zhu Wuwu walked along the long and narrow passage, after passing through the secret doors on a familiar road, he unexpectedly entered a secret room covered with fine iron.
In this secret room, Tang Jun stood with his hands behind his back.
After Zhu Wuwu entered the secret room, Tang Jun shook his head and said: "Although it is not the first time to enter this secret room, every time I think of there is a road from outside the capital that can lead directly to the palace. I still can’t help but be surprised by the passage, and I don’t know how many years the Lord Shen spent secretly on this passage?”
Facing Tang Jun's question, Zhu Wuwang said in a cold and deep voice: "That Cao Zhengchun is also a member of the Qinglong Society. If I hadn't been prepared in advance, I am afraid that Cao Zhengchun would have seen every move he makes now."
Tang Jun shook his head and said: "So, since ancient times, none of you who have usurped the throne to become emperor have a simple mind. It seems that you always have a back-up plan, which is elusive. I just don't know whether your majesty has treated me in the past few years." A lot of arrangements were made secretly.”
Zhu Wuwu glanced at Tang Jun and said, "Although I like to prepare for a rainy day, do you have anything else worth using now?"
Tang Jun thought for a while and said: "That's right. After all, I am alone and all the people I care about have become enemies. It is indeed difficult to start from my side."
After humming in his heart, Zhu Wuli asked: "How did you do what I asked you to do?"
Tang Jun said: "It's almost the same! Lang Fanyun, who has just broken through the early stage of the Celestial Realm of the Nu Jiao Gang, has already agreed. In addition, your righteous daughter persuaded the Divine Sword Villa before, plus the rest of the palace. The masters of the Celestial Realm and I are more than enough to deal with the Qinglong Society."
"In addition, in the past few days, I have secretly eliminated some Jianghu forces and framed the blame on the Qinglong Society. Now many forces in the Jianghu are beginning to worry that they will become the next one to be targeted by the Qinglong Society."
"Wait until the time comes to destroy a few forces, and let the powerful forces in the Ming Dynasty believe that the Qinglong Society is still the same as it was a hundred years ago, and still adheres to the behavior of "those who follow me will prosper, and those who go against me will perish", let the waves turn Yun Zai Nujiao Gang secretly invites people from various Ming forces on Nujiao Island, and then they will be able to catch turtles in a jar and catch all the people of the Qinglong Society."
After listening to Tang Jun's words, Zhu Wuli felt relieved.
Then he looked at Tang Jun and said: "After the matter is completed, I will arrange for several masters of the Heavenly Realm in the palace to accompany you to visit the Tang Clan. And in the east of the Ming Dynasty, as long as it is the Tang Clan's sphere of influence, all taxes collected in the past ten years will be returned to the Tang Clan." It’s all yours from the Tang Clan.”
At this point, Zhu Wuwu suddenly fell silent for a moment, and then asked: "Among the Tang Sect, the strongest one right now is Tang Tianqing, whose cultivation level is only at the late stage of the Grand Master Realm."
"With your strength, it is easy to replace him. Why do you have to use your hands to let me send out troops and masters from the Heavenly Realm?"
Listening to Zhu Wulan's inquiry, Tang Jun sneered: "It is easy for me to kill Tang Tianqing and even the elders of the Tang clan."
"But what I want is not to simply kill them. What I want is to stand in front of those people in the Tang Clan in glory. What I want is to be seen by everyone in the Tang Clan. After leaving the Tang Clan, I, Tang Jun, What a sight.”
Facing what Tang Jun said, Zhu Wulan narrowed his eyes slightly, but immediately returned to normal.
For people like Zhu Wuli, it is naturally clear that there are some people in the world who value dignity even more important than everything else.
Including his own life.
Tang Jun, who was once expelled from the Tang Sect after being extremely humiliated by the Tang Sect, was obviously such a person.
Afterwards, after continuing to give Tang Jun a few more instructions, Tang Jun left.
After Tang Jun left, Zhu Wuwu did not leave in a hurry. Instead, he waited in place for a while before re-entering the secret passage through the door on the side.
A quarter of an hour later.
As Zhu Wuwu returned to the room where he had reviewed the memorial through the secret door and just sat down, a voice came in from outside.
"Your Majesty, Miss Haitang wants to see you."
Hearing the sound, Zhu Wuli said: "Xuan."
Not long after, as the door of Zhu Wuwu's room was pushed open, Shangguan Haitang quickly stepped into the room and bowed: "Haitang has met his adoptive father."
Facing Shangguan Haitang, Zhu Wuwu glanced outside the door.
Noticing Zhu Wuwu's actions, Shangguan Haitang whispered: "Haitang came here just now after Cao Zhengchun left due to something."
Hearing this, Zhu Yiyi nodded slightly and asked, "What's the matter?"
Facing Zhu Wuwu's question, Shangguan Haitang shook his head and said: "Back to my adoptive father, according to the report of the people below, there were traces of fighting in the Shenjian Villa at Xu Shi yesterday. It was also an invasion by a foreign enemy."
"Furthermore, according to the informants we placed around Shenjian Villa, three days ago, there were 137 new faces doing business at Cuiyun Peak and Green Water Lake where Shenjian Villa is located, and they suddenly appeared overnight. Yes, it is very likely that he is from the Blue Dragon Society."
Zhu Wulan narrowed his eyes and said, "Did Xie Xiaofeng take action?"
Shangguan Haitang shook his head and said: "The person who delivered food to Xie Xiaofeng found traces of fighting near the thatched cottage where Xie Xiaofeng lived, but the news did not spread to the Shenjian Villa. Even the ordinary disciples of the Shenjian Villa did not know it."
After hearing what Shangguan Haitang said, Zhu Wuli said: "Since he can hide the news, it means that the person who broke into the Divine Sword Villa last night will not be much worse than Xie Xiaofeng."
While speaking, Zhu ignored the thoughts in his mind and immediately fixed his gaze on the great dragon head of the Blue Dragon Society that he had never seen before.
"Sure enough, the Qinglong Society has also noticed the Excalibur Villa. It seems that the next thing must be started as soon as possible."
After thoughts were flowing rapidly in his mind, Zhu Wuwang looked at Shangguan Haitang and said, "You should continue to arrange for people to keep an eye on the Shenjian Villa. If there is any news, report it as soon as possible."
Shangguan Haitang nodded and said: "Haitang understands, my adoptive father can rest assured."
Immediately afterwards, Zhu Mingwu asked as if he had thought of something: "Is Chu Qinghe back yet?"
Hearing Zhu Wuwang's mention, Shangguan Haitang shook his head and said: "There is still no news from Yushui City. I guess Chu Qinghe has not returned to Yushui City yet."
Finally, after a pause, Shangguan Haitang continued: "Although the Song Dynasty has made arrangements, they are scattered. In addition, they are far apart. Even if Haitang has secretly sent a message to inform him, it is still far away from Chu Qinghe last time. After the news came that several people were going to Yanzhou City, there was no new news."
"Yanzhou City, next to Shaolin in the north of the Song Dynasty?"
After listening to what Shangguan Haitang said about Chu Qinghe's location, Zhu Wuwu frowned.
"Did that guy know something and go out to hide on purpose? Is it just a coincidence?"
It's just that Zhu Qingwu has always had a hard time seeing through Chu Qinghe, and the guess in his heart at this time is naturally difficult to determine.
Therefore, after pondering for a few breaths, Zhu Wuwu said to Shangguan Haitang: "In the past few days, you secretly led people to the Nujiao Gang to secretly control the identified informants of the Qinglong Society, and also secretly informed Wan Sanqian, Let him lend me the Four Ghosts of Western Hunan."
Shangguan Haitang cupped his hands and said, "Haitang understands."
After saying that, Shangguan Haitang left quickly at Zhu Wuwu's signal.
After Zhu Wuli was the only one left in the room, thoughts were flowing in Zhu Wuli's eyes, and a fierce murderous intention gradually accumulated in his eyes.
In a mountain forest less than three miles east of the capital city, a mountain wall originally covered with moss suddenly slid aside to reveal the entrance of the cave inside.
Immediately afterwards, Tang Jun, who had met Zhu Wuwu before, walked out of the cave entrance of the mountain wall.
After glancing around, Tang Jun quickly left using his Qinggong movement.
But, after ten breaths.
Less than ten feet away from the mountain wall, several figures slowly fell from the leafy trees.
The leader wore a metal mask on his face, and his long snow-like hair was draped casually on his shoulders.
Who else could it be if he wasn't Gong Ziyu?
After glancing in Tang Jun's direction, Bai Xiaosheng, who was beside Gong Ziyu, said, "It's rare to see you come here to monitor someone in person."
After hearing Bai Xiaosheng's question, Gongziyu's gentle voice slowly rang out from under the metal mask.
"After all, it's not stupid for Zhu to ignore it. Only by seeing it in person can you feel more at ease."
After saying that, Gong Ziyu looked at Bai Xiaosheng and said, "According to your news from Bai Xiao Pavilion, what is Brother Chu's situation recently?"
Bai Xiaosheng shook his head and said: "Little friend Chu went to the Great Song Dynasty this time quite blatantly. According to the latest news that came back, he was still in Yanzhou City and has not left. Now counting the time, the Great Yuan Kingdom should have been there yesterday. Northern Shaolin has taken action, I'm afraid that little friend Chu is also secretly watching the show."
Hearing this, Gong Ziyu smiled and said, "As people's minds get older, they often like to watch dramas, just like we are now watching Zhu Wuwu perform this drama of digging a grave and setting himself on fire."
Bai Xiaosheng thought for a while and then smiled and said: "Yes, it is the last step in the end, so there is nothing wrong with being more focused."
At this time, Gong Ziyu seemed to have thought of something and said: "You said that in the future of the Ming Dynasty, Brother Chu will have beauties around him, but Brother Chu has three beauties, but this Ming Dynasty is alone. An emperor’s throne.”
"Is it possible that Brother Chu will go to the Song Dynasty this time, or maybe he will take advantage of the Yuan Dynasty's opportunity to target the martial arts of the Song Dynasty and take the Song Dynasty into his hands?"
Faced with what Gong Ziyu said, Bai Xiaosheng shook his head and chuckled: "That Meng Chixing has reached the perfection of the realm of heaven and man, the three flowers of heaven, earth and man are condensed. It is only slightly worse than Ling Donglai. Even Na Chu No matter how talented I am, I’m afraid it will be difficult for me to take a piece of the pie from a strong man like Meng Chixing.”
Perhaps because he felt that there was no point in discussing this topic with Bai Xiaosheng, Gong Ziyu changed his words and said: "I don't know if Brother Chu can catch up with the big drama that will follow."
twenty.
Great Song Dynasty.
Bianjing.
Unlike the Ming Dynasty, which had a grand and magnificent palace city like the Forbidden City, the size of Bianjing in the Song Dynasty was only one-tenth the size of the Forbidden City.
In total, it is not much different from Yanzhou City.
However, as the most prosperous imperial city in the Song Dynasty, it had a small population, numerous merchants, and officials everywhere. It was conceivable that it was prosperous, even worse than Yanzhou City next to Northern Shaolin.
However, although it is an imperial city, prices in Bianjing are much lower than those in Yanzhou City.
In the inn, after the girls had tidied up the rooms where they were going to live, Chu Qinghe said, "Let's go! After eating, we have to go to the palace."
After hearing what Chu Qinghe said, Qu Feiyan said in shock: "Are you going tonight?"
After sitting up from the chair, Chu Qinghe stretched himself first, and then continued: "In a few days, the Zhenlong chess game will begin. It will take three or four days to get to the Deaf-mute Valley from Bianjing, so hurry up. Good order.”
Now that the Zhenlong chess game has been laid out and he invites the world's heroes in such a high-profile manner, it is obvious that Wu Yazi is preparing for his funeral.
It was really late to go, and all I would see then was Wu Yazi's body.
After saying that, Chu Qinghe slowly stood up and walked outside. As he walked, Chu Qinghe yawned.
After all, the official roads in the Song Dynasty were really shoddy. Even if Chu Qinghe's carriage was specially equipped with shock absorbers, he would inevitably feel some bumps during the ride.
It made me want to rest in the middle of the Chuqing River, but I couldn't rest well.
From time to time, you may have to use the ground as your bed and the sky as your quilt outside.
If it weren't for the jellyfish Yin Ji and other girls accompanying him, I'm afraid sleeping in the open air would be a bit desolate.
However, while walking, looking at Jellyfish Yinji who was full of energy and still had a sweet face, Lianxing couldn't help but touched Qu Feiyan and said: "Why do I feel that Sister Situ is in great spirits every day and is not tired at all?" look like."
Listening to Lian Xing's question, Qu Feiyan nodded and said, "I feel the same way. Anyway, as long as I go out, I feel that Sister Situ's energy is not bad. On the contrary, Master feels even lazier than when he is at home."
Lian Xing thought for a while and said, "Could it be that my brother-in-law made some supplements for her alone and only for her to take?"
Qu Feiyan touched his chin and said, "It stands to reason that it shouldn't be the case. After all, with such a thing, the young master and Sister Situ will not hide their secrets."
Lian Xing glanced at Qu Feiyan and said, "Then how do you explain this situation?"
Qu Feiyan spread his hands and said, "How about you go and ask?"
Listening to the mutterings of the two girls behind, Jellyfish Yinji couldn't help but look at Chu Qinghe next to her with a sweet look on her face, and the smile on her face became a little thicker.
There are some things that young people don’t know how to taste, but after tasting them, they regard them as treasures.
It has to be said that after being with Chu Qinghe for a long time, Jellyfish Yinji sometimes even feels like she regrets meeting him too late.
When you meet the right person, even boring things will be filled with some special interest.
Not to mention something that is particularly special in itself, which naturally makes people understand the taste and be fascinated by it.
After several people found a restaurant in Bianjing that looked good and had many diners and slowly finished their food, under the guidance of Chu Qinghe, they all walked slowly towards the palace.
Relying on the cultivation and strength of Chu Qinghe and others at this time, coupled with the effect of breath gathering powder, for Chu Qinghe and others, there is no big difference between the presence and absence of heavy guards in the Song Dynasty palace. .
On the way to the palace, Chu Qinghe also released the element-eating mother-glazed glass Gu.
Not long after, with the help of the element-eating mother-glazed glass Gu, Chu Qinghe quickly discovered two heavenly-human realm warriors in the palace in a courtyard deep inside the palace.
One is in the early stage of Heaven and Human Realm, and the other is in the middle stage of Heaven and Human Realm.
Actually, there are not even masters in the late stage of Heavenly Realm.
It's no wonder that Meng Chixing didn't pay attention to the two masters of the Heavenly Realm in the palace back then in the Northern Shaolin Mountains.
After confirming the cultivation level of these two Heavenly Realm warriors, Chu Qinghe frowned slightly.
After thinking for a few moments, Chu Qinghe's figure flashed towards the distant courtyard.
When Chu Qinghe and the others landed in the courtyard, and when they noticed the fluctuations of zhenqi in Xiao Zhao and Qu Feiyan, the doors of the two rooms in the courtyard were blocked by an invisible force almost in no particular order. Pushed away with strength.
Immediately afterwards, the two Heavenly Realm warriors who were originally in the room moved out of the room and into the courtyard.
The man on the left who was in the early stage of the Human Realm had a rough appearance and a strong build. He was just a little shorter, but he was almost the same as the jellyfish Yinji.
In addition, the man who was in the middle stage of the Heavenly Realm had a decent appearance and was thin.
And when the two of them appeared in the courtyard for the first time, they all looked at Chu Qinghe and the others who broke into the palace uninvited.
(End of chapter)
