When the dragon boat sailed to Luoyang, the northwest wind was still howling, and it did not stop at all, until Xiao Zhuo returned to Xiao's house, and the wind suddenly stopped. Xiao Zhuo probably guessed what was going on with this phenomenon, I am afraid that it was caused by Li Mi being transferred out of the capital. However, he no longer cared about where Li Mi had been transferred, and he had to go home first and tell his father everything that had happened during the Southern Tour.

"Zhuo'er, why? Before leaving, I gave my father a thousand instructions, so that you can persuade Your Majesty more, why is it still ...... Ay! Although Xiao Yu seemed to be asking Xiao Zhuo, it was more like asking herself. Xiao Zhuoren said softly, he knew that a painter was not qualified to participate in political affairs, so he could only sigh constantly.

Xiao Zhuo didn't say much, just walked over and stroked his father's back, and waited until Xiao Yu's mood calmed down a little before he spoke: "Father, the fortunes of the Great Sui Dynasty have declined, and you and the few ministers in the court alone can't pull it back, and ask my father to make plans for the Xiao family!" ”

Xiao Zhuo's words, Xiao Yu naturally knew what he meant, it was nothing more than to let him leave the court as soon as possible, return to his hometown in seclusion, and wait for the world to be peaceful before coming out. But now His Majesty has been friends with him since childhood, how can he just leave! After pondering for a long time, Xiao Yu still couldn't agree to Xiao Zhuo against his will: "Zhuo'er, you are not a courtier of the Great Sui, there are some things you have done, but you can't do it for your father." As a father as a minister of the two dynasties of the Great Sui, he had the grace of the first emperor's appreciation, and then he had the grace of His Majesty's courtesy, if it was only because of His Majesty's immorality at this time, he would defect and leave, and he would not be able to forgive himself for his father's life! ”

"Father!"

"Say no more!" Xiao Yu stretched out a hand to stop Xiao Zhuo's words, "You just came back, I'll go see your mother later, and go out for my father." ”

"Where are you going?" Xiao Zhuo was still a little worried.

"The dragon boat has returned to Luoyang, and the things that were rewarded to the ministers by the state capitals during the southern tour should also be cashed in by the imperial treasury. Yu Wenhua and since he set up such a situation at the beginning, he will definitely do something in this link, if these things are handled by him, I am afraid that most of them will be embezzled by him, I will go to Lord Yang's mansion. Moreover, the people who came back from the dragon boat also need to be settled, although the father no longer has an official position, he can still do good deeds. ”

Xiao Zhuo knew that what his father said about Lord Yang was the only old minister in the capital who still held the power of the army, Yang Yichen, who was also an old minister of the two dynasties, and Yang Yichen also had the same integrity as his father. As soon as Xiao Yu left, Xiao Zhuo also hurriedly reported safety to Xiao's mother, in order to rush to Shangqingguan as soon as possible. He urgently needed someone to solve his problems.

When he arrived at Xiao's mother's residence, Xiao Zhuo knelt down to say goodbye as usual, and before he could say a few words, someone came to report, saying that Li Chunfeng was asking to see Xiao Zhuo outside the door, Xiao Zhuo hurriedly said goodbye to Xiao's mother and came to the door of the house, and sure enough, he saw that the young man was sitting on the stone steps outside the door waiting for him.

"You're comfortable!" Xiao Zhuo teased. And when Li Chunfeng heard someone talking behind him, he quickly turned around and stood up, saluted, and said, "The disciple has seen Uncle Shi!" ”

"You're coming alone? What about Yuanba? Xiao Zhuo continued to ask.

"Tell Uncle Shi, half a month ago, the official messenger of Jinyang escorted Huanggang to Luoyang, and at that time he also brought a letter from Tang Gong, saying that Yuanba's mother missed Yuanba very much and wanted Yuanba to go home, so Yuanba had already returned to Jinyang with them. Uncle Shi, do you have anything else to ask? Before leaving, the master explained that if the uncle had something to ask, he could say it while walking on the road, and Chunfeng would know everything. Li Chunfeng gave a deep salute and waited for Xiao Zhuo to reply.

Li Yuanba has returned to Jinyang! Xiao Zhuo originally just asked casually, but he didn't expect to ask this answer. He remembered that Yuan Tiangang said that Li Yuanba's Yuan Shen was the ancient divine beast Dapeng Bird, and like Yuwen Chengdu, they were their best reliance in Luoyang at this time, but they were not there at this time, in case the queen came to retaliate because of Chen Xuanhua's incident, I am afraid that the cultivation of him and Yuan Tiangang may not be able to resist it! No wonder Yuan Tiangang was in a hurry to let himself pass.

Chengdu! Xiao Zhuo thought of Yuwen Chengdu, but after thinking about it, the funeral of Mrs. Xuanhua was being handled in the palace right now, and Yuwen Chengdu, as the commander of the forbidden army, could not leave his post without permission, and it was impossible for Yuwen Chengdu to go to Shangqingguan!

"Let's go!" Xiao Zhuo was helpless, and followed Li Chunfeng to Shangqingguan, and on the way, he asked what had happened in Luoyang City in the past two months. When he arrived at the Shangqing Temple, the sky had already set, and as soon as Xiao Zhuo stepped into the gate, he felt that the entire Shangqing Temple seemed to be shrouded by a powerful spiritual power. Xiao Zhuo looked back at the top beam above the gate, and saw a red jade stone inlaid on it, the jade was in the shape of a disc, the whole body was like fire, and a firebird was carved on it.

Suzaku? Four Holy Guardian Arrays! Xiao Zhuo didn't expect Yuan Tiangang to use the Four Saints Guardian Array, because this formation was not something that ordinary cultivators could use, first of all, it required the person who set up the formation to reach the realm of knowing the destiny of heaven, and he himself was only in the realm of general personnel; The second is to seal the power borrowed from the four saints of Qinglong, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Xuanwu into the four spiritual objects, and if you want to borrow the power of the four holy beasts, you need to use the Divine Rune, and the Divine Rune also needs to reach the Destiny of Heaven to use! Xiao Zhuo also once asked Yuan Tiangang how to reach the realm of knowing the destiny of heaven, but Yuan Tiangang's answer was: Opportunity!

"Senior brother, as for using the Four Saints Guardian Array?" Xiao Zhuo saw Yuan Tiangang and asked.

"Senior brother, if you reach my realm, naturally you don't need to, but according to your current realm, even if we work together, I'm afraid we may not be able to defeat the queen's cultivation. Right now, she's too busy with the affairs of the palace to clone herself, and we still have time to discuss countermeasures! ”

"Senior brother, how can you be sure that she will definitely come tonight?" After Xiao Zhuo asked, Yuan Tiangang sighed lightly and said, "When I subdued Chen Xuanhua's demon soul a few days ago, I discovered a strange thing: above Chen Xuanhua's demon soul, there is another remnant soul ......."

"Remnants? That's one of her daughter's three souls! Xiao Zhuo interrupted Yuan Tiangang's words excitedly.

"Oh? Do you know about it? ”

"Yes! During this southern tour, Zhu Guier told me that everything the queen has done in the past 500 years is actually for her daughter. Five hundred years ago, because of the conflict with the righteous path in the world, her daughter was killed in the war just after birth, so she separated her daughter's three souls and seven spirits, and pinned them on the souls of the seven cat clans, and nourished her soul with her soul, and when the time was ripe, she resurrected her daughter with her own life, but she didn't expect it to be true! Senior brother, maybe we ......" Xiao Zhuo wanted to say if he could not kill the queen, but was interrupted by Yuan Tiangang's mouth, "Senior brother! I know what you're trying to say! But even though she has her own helplessness, she is also the one who has caused the misery of the world for 500 years, should the world be a sacrifice for her daughter? It's been 500 years, and these 500 years of turmoil, you know, are all caused by her! Yuan Tiangang tried hard to suppress his emotions. In the past few days, he has also learned from Chen Xuanhua about the beginning and end of some things, and the turmoil in the world over the past five hundred years has more or less something to do with Xiao Meiniang, which made his heart, which was originally as shaken as Xiao Zhuo, and suddenly became firm again.

"But senior brother, I always feel that she doesn't want to be our enemy, this southern tour, I have been separated from Chengdu many times, she obviously had the opportunity to get rid of me quickly, but she didn't do anything, but tried her best to restrain the race, which is too abnormal!" Xiao Zhuo still couldn't figure out the reason, and he also asked Zhu Gui'er about this, but Zhu Gui'er didn't know why Xiao Meiniang didn't kill Xiao Zhuo.

"Maybe she didn't have the confidence to subdue you quickly! If that's the case, we may not be opponents this time against her! As soon as Yuan Tiangang's words fell, a burst of voices suddenly came from outside the courtyard: "Really? Yuan Tiangang! You're too confident, aren't you? ”

Xiao Zhuo glanced at Yuan Tiangang, and both of them knew that this was Xiao Meiniang's voice. "Yuan Tiangang! You come out for me! For the sake of the past kindness, in which life have I not shown mercy to your men? This world is no exception! Today, as long as you return Yue'er's remnant soul to me, I don't have to worry about Xuanhua and Ziyan. ”

"It's finally here!" Yuan Tiangang sighed, held his sword and walked towards the door, leaving Xiao Zhuo to ponder on the spot: Past kindness? Senior brother and this cat demon still have a past relationship?

Xiao Zhuo was still sorting out his thoughts here, and Yuan Tiangang had already come to the mountain gate and asked: "Demon, you are a disaster to the world, your sins are unforgivable, and you dare to come here to make a mistake, aren't you afraid that the Holy Ancestor of the Three Qing Sects will appear and make your soul scatter!" ”

Yuan Tiangang scolded sharply, but he didn't expect Xiao Meiniang to reply with disdain: "I'm afraid? Yuan Tiangang! When you remember the past few lives after you die, you will know that I am afraid of it! Let me ask you again, where is the remnant of my daughter's soul? ”

"She is still with Chen Xuanhua's soul, and she has thought about it in front of the Sanqing Holy Ancestor, if you want to take her away, go first and get the mountain gate!" After Yuan Tiangang finished speaking, he sacrificed Tianlan with one hand to prevent Xiao Meiniang from breaking into the view.

Xiao Meiniang glanced at the red light of the mountain gate, and said softly: "Four Holy Guardians, I want to see how much power you can borrow from the Four Holy Beasts!" After speaking, Xiao Meiniang's clothes were windless, her black hair instantly turned orange, and her two palms stretched out with her fingers, revealing sharp claws, and bursts of orange light at the same time.

Xiao Zhuo, who was in the view, felt a violent fluctuation in the spiritual power around him, and immediately raised his sword and rushed over. When he came to the place of the mountain gate, he saw that the originally huge Vermilion Bird on the south gate had already closed half to the middle at this time, but not only that, but the original fiery red of the Vermilion Bird gradually turned orange, and the range spread to the surroundings became larger and larger.

"Senior brother, get ready, the Vermilion Bird Holy Power won't last long!" As soon as Yuan Tiangang finished speaking, he only heard a squeak, and one of Xiao Meiniang's fingers had passed through the Vermilion Bird Light Wall, followed by the Vermilion Bird Light Wall, and the fiery red jade on the top of the door also shattered with a snap.

"The golden light is fast, protect me!" Yuan Tiangang and Xiao Zhuo, who were originally silently reciting the golden light mantra in their hearts, recited the last sentence at the same time, and the two golden lights spread around the two of them, and at the same time, the two also ushered in Xiao Meiniang's merciless blow. "Heaven and earth are one!" The two of them quickly intertwined Tianlan and Diqi in front of them, and after striking each other with their palms, they both slapped towards the sword body. I saw that Tianlan was urged by the two of them, and a Liangyi Bagua formation appeared in front of him, and after receiving the blessing of mana, this formation also expanded from the original size of a disc to a radius of five feet, blocking Xiao Meiniang from the position outside the mountain gate.

The blue light flickered, the orange light was dazzling, although Xiao Meiniang was blocked, she didn't see her panic in the slightest, but after confronting Yuan Tiangang and Xiao Zhuo for a while, she said: "I have some ability in this life!" After saying a word, the ears on the side of Xiao Meiniang's face also changed from round human ears to pointed cat ears, and the slender jade hands also changed into cat claws.

"Senior brother, look!" Xiao Zhuo was surprised that Xiao Meiniang's attack was so fast.

"Look at what! Cats are four times faster than other animals, isn't it rare! At the same time that Yuan Tiangang counted Xiao Zhuo, his left hand touched the sword body, and small characters glowing with blue light immediately appeared around his body: Heaven and earth are not benevolent, and all things are used as dogs; The saints are unkind, and they use the people as dogs. Between heaven and earth, is it still a sword? Void but unyielding, moving and out. It's better to keep the middle than to talk too much! Seeing this, Xiao Zhuo immediately made the same action, but because his Taoism was not as good as Yuan Tiangang, he could only recite his natal mind sentence by sentence: "Tao is Tao, very Tao; The name is famous, and the name is not very famous. Nameless, the beginning of all things, famous, the mother of all things. Therefore, there is often no desire, to see its wonder, and there is often desire, to observe its subtlety. These two are the same and have different names, the same name is the mystery, the mystery is mysterious, and the door of all wonders. ”

Xiao Zhuo was really afraid that when he finished reading, Xiao Meiniang had already killed in front of him, so he glanced forward, but found that Xiao Meiniang was just standing in place after breaking the Liangyi gossip, and she didn't mean to continue to make trouble, but looking at it like that, she just wanted to see what else he and Yuan Tiangang were capable of.

"Senior brother, deal with it carefully, the more true characteristics that demons and spirits reveal, the stronger the demonic power will be! Her true form is not revealed now, you and I must not take it lightly! Yuan Tiangang saw that Xiao Zhuo had finished preparing, and gave another command, and then pointed his sword straight at the sky. Immediately, Xiao Zhuo followed suit.

"Heaven and earth are one! I'm really underestimating you! Xiao Meiniang in the distance watched Yuan Tiangang and Xiao Zhuo have a word "heaven" and a word "earth" under their feet respectively, and she was also glad that she was really lucky five hundred years ago, if it wasn't for Xiao Zhuo's state of mind that he had lost his mood and couldn't use the unity of heaven and earth, with his cultivation at that time was only a thousand years old, I am afraid it would be difficult to get out of the Pure Yang Palace. However, at that time, Tianlan Earth only had four hundred years of spiritual power, and it was not necessarily not an opponent when he really fought. "But that's the end of it!" Xiao Meiniang's figure suddenly moved forward quickly, but she still didn't have time to stop Yuan Tiangang and Xiao Zhuo from activating the formation. At the same time as she attacked, where Yuan Tiangang and Xiao Zhuo were, Yin and Yang Pisces appeared, and then on the edge of Yin and Yang Pisces, a richer blue light also protected the two of them in the middle, and in the inner Qingguang Perimeter, the small characters on the sides of Yuan Tiangang and Xiao Zhuo were also immediately filled with the inner space.

"Oh dry! Pull! ”

"Earthly Branch! Pull! ”

Yuan Tiangang and Xiao Zhuo shouted at the same time, and then the yin and yang double fish under their feet began to rotate, and the original cyan wall of light also rotated faster and faster, becoming more and more blurred.

Bang bang! Xiao Meiniang's four palms were slapped in an instant, but she found that she hit a different word every time, and she hit it a few times with reluctance, but she was still stopped as before! . But Xiao Meiniang still didn't mean to give up, the orange light flashed around her, an orange tail was revealed under the hem of her clothes, and three orange cat shadows appeared beside her. The cat has nine lives, this is the embodiment of her other three lives, although the strength is not as strong as the main body, but to break the defense of Yuan Tiangang and Xiao Zhuo, she thinks it is enough! The four cat demons hit the wall of light at the same time in four directions, and after each blow, they did not withdraw their claws, but slowly eroded their own demon power into the wall of light through their claws, and sure enough, as the time passed, Xiao Meiniang obviously felt that the speed of the wall of light slowed down.

"Li Chunfeng! Let me out! Your master and uncle can't win! In front of the Sanqing statue in the main hall, Chen Xuanhua, who was in the furnace, kept begging Li Chunfeng. She wasn't sure that Xiao Meiniang would definitely be able to defeat Yuan Tiangang and Xiao Zhuo, but she knew that Xiao Meiniang would definitely do whatever it took for her daughter's remnant soul!

"No! Master said that your physical body has been ruined, your skills have been greatly reduced, and you can't help when you go out! Li Chunfeng looked inside the room, he was ordered by his master to gather all the Taoist priests of Shangqing Temple in the main hall, and use the spiritual power of the Sanqing Holy Statue to prevent it from being affected by the overflowing demonic power. Originally, he still had confidence in his master and uncle, but as the battle became longer and longer, and Chen Xuanhua kept telling on the side, his confidence was also a little shaken.

"You're stupid! That's my sister of the same clan, and I still have a trace of her daughter's soul in me, how could she hurt me! Hurry up! Otherwise, your master will die! Chen Xuanhua was anxious, Li Chunfeng was finally moved by her, opened the furnace, Chen Xuanhua immediately floated out of the hall, but happened to see Yuan Tiangang and Xiao Zhuo's formation was broken by Xiao Meiniang. Originally, she was worried that after the formation was broken, Yuan Tiangang and Xiao Zhuo would also face life worries, but after the light wall was broken, she saw that Yuan Tiangang and Xiao Zhuo were pointing forward at the same time, and the positions of the two were also one after the other, and a huge golden sword blade was running between the two, Yuan Tiangang was at the tip of the sword, Xiao Zhuo was at the hilt, and the place where the blade was pointing was Xiao Meiniang's body!

The next moment, Yuan Tiangang and Xiao Zhuo stabbed forward at the same time, and the golden blade stabbed at Xiao Meiniang suddenly. Xiao Meiniang didn't expect that the two people who had been defending would hide a trick to attack, and they couldn't avoid it when they were caught off guard, and they immediately gathered more powerful demonic power between their hands, and they blocked the momentum of the blade's advance with their claws. But she still underestimated the power of this blow, although the blade was pinned down by her, the momentum was still fierce, and she herself was constantly retreated by the impact.

Whoosh! The three cat shadows returned to the body, and finally Xiao Meiniang stopped retreating, but the Taoist classics that had originally dissipated around Yuan Tiangang and Xiao Zhuo also resurfaced and merged into the sword blade. Seeing this, Xiao Meiniang's face suddenly turned into an orange cat's head, her left hand stretched forward, and she grabbed the blade of the sword, the cat's mouth opened like a tiger, and she bit the sword body. The golden blade didn't last for a moment, it was bitten by Xiao Meiniang, and Xiao Zhuo was no longer able to support the operation of the formation because of his lack of Taoism, and he was half-kneeling on the ground panting. Yuan Tiangang was in front of Xiao Zhuo, seeing this scene, and hurriedly swung his sword to stab Xiao Meiniang, but saw that Xiao Meiniang quickly raised her right hand, and only pinched the tip of the sword with two fingers and claws, Yuan Tiangang could no longer score half a point.

"Senior brother!" Xiao Zhuo saw that Yuan Tiangang was restrained, and a sword slashed out a blue light, but Xiao Meiniang waved her other hand, the blue light immediately dissipated, and another claw swung out, and three claw shadows hit Xiao Zhuo's chest, Xiao Zhuo hurriedly protected the ground in front of him, but he was still beaten upside down and flew out.

"Sister! Exercise restraint! Chen Xuanhua, who finally found an opportunity to step forward, shouted in the distance, and Xiao Meiniang's hand stopped half an inch away from Yuan Tiangang. Sister, Yue'er's remnant soul is still with me, beg my sister not to kill again! While Chen Xuanhua spoke, he also separated the remnant soul in his body, Xiao Meiniang glanced at it, then turned to Yuan Tiangang and asked, "Where is Yue'er's other remnant soul?" Give me back and I can spare you! ”

"What another remnant soul, did you still raise two remnant souls on her? If you want to kill, you can kill, why make excuses! Yuan Tiangang said indignantly, not understanding what Xiao Meiniang meant.

"On the way south to Jiangdu, I sent someone to send Ziyan back to Luoyang, but now Ziyan is not in the palace, and no one has seen Ziyan return to Luoyang, near Luoyang, is there anyone else besides you who have the ability to kill her?" Xiao Meiniang asked in a word, and Xiao Zhuo, who rolled down in the distance, was also taken aback, and blurted out: "What? Yuan Ziyan didn't return to Luoyang! ”

"Sister!" Although Chen Xuanhua grabbed Xiao Meiniang, he didn't dare to forcibly pull Xiao Meiniang's hand away, "In the past three months, Yuan Daochang has been busy dealing with them in Luoyang, and he has never left Luoyang!" And in the past few days, I haven't felt that there are other remnant souls in Yue'er, and the matter of Ziyan may have nothing to do with Yuan Daochang! ”

Xiao Meiniang looked at Yuan Tiangang and Xiao Zhuo, still a little hesitant, the two of them joined forces before, if it wasn't for Xiao Zhuo's lack of Taoism, now who will lose and who will win is probably unknown, if he stops, he may have endless troubles in the future.

"Sister! Finding Ziyan right now is the most important thing, in case that wisp of remnant soul in the moon goes missing, won't your years of hard work be in vain! Chen Xuanhua saw that Xiao Meiniang was a little moved, and persuaded again.

Bang! Xiao Meiniang pushed Yuan Tiangang away a few feet away with one palm, and her sleeves brushed past Chen Xuanhua's body, and after taking away the wisp of remnant soul, her figure disappeared in place. When Yuan Tiangang stood up, he saw a whisper in the air: "Yuan Tiangang, Xuanhua has abandoned evil and followed good, you are a person in the Daomen, if you can't treat her well, I will take your life!" ”

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"Yuwen Chengdu!" Yang Guang glared angrily. The danger of mutiny is imminent, and at this time he can only entrust the great task to Yuwen Chengdu.

"The minister is here!" Yuwen Chengdu immediately knelt on the ground, and his voice was no longer as rigid as before.

"Chengdu, you are my most trusted courtier, and I am also my most cherished friend, and I know that what your father did today has nothing to do with you. But now, you have to help your father.

"Your Majesty!" Yuwen Cheng couldn't cry, and could only kowtow to express the grief in his heart. The rebellion of his loved ones reduced him to the point of disloyalty and unfilial piety, but what he didn't expect, the Holy One still believed in him!

"Chengdu, I'm dead, it's nothing! But my Great Sui bloodline can't die, and now you can only protect my son by standing on your father's side! Only in this way can the Great Sui have a chance to make a comeback. When the time comes, you will be the real humerus of my Great Sui, the real Tianbao General of the world! Do you understand? ”

"Obey orders!" After Yuwen Chengdu finished speaking, he bowed to the ground for the last time.