In the lower reaches of the Yingyue River, thirty miles away from the River Temple, there is a manor.

In the countryside of the Tang Empire, there are many manors, most of which are inhabited by clans, ancestral shrines, patriarchs, and family elders, most of whom are surnames, of course, this is the top of the manor, like those slaves, family members, and farmers who rely on the manor to live, some will follow the family surname, most of the slaves are like this, and some retain the original surname, like those who are keqing or Zhuang farmers.

In the vicinity of the city, within a radius of hundreds of miles, there are mostly such manor dock forts, and outside the manor and dock fort are fields.

The manor here is also the same, it is the place where the Xu family lives, and it is also a little famous in the local area, of course, it is not a strong man, nor is it a county, but the uncle of the Xu family has a wide range of friends, long sleeves and good dancing, and the relationship with several powerful principals in this group is very good, and even the owner of a house of Hongnong Yang also has a friendship, and there is also a connection in business, so it should not be underestimated.

Even if it is the county of this county, the Luo family, which is a second-grade gate valve in the clan chronicles, also looks at the Xu family differently.

The Xu family and the Luo family are neighbors, and they have not had a bad relationship for more than ten years, you know, most of the families that used to be adjacent to the Luo family have declined, the fields have fallen into the hands of the Luo family, and the personnel have become the slaves of the Luo family.

The reason why the Xu family can be neither humble nor arrogant is not only because the uncle of the Xu family has a wide range of friends and friends all over the world, but also because they have the confidence not to be bullied by the Luo family.

The Xu family manor is where the Ministry of Water is located.

This area, north to Hanoi County, south to the Nanyang boundary, west to Tongguan, east to Luoyang, this area of the green forest is the head of the Xu family, that is to say, on the green forest road, the Ministry of Water controls this wide area of thousands of miles.

All the high-level officials of the Ministry of Water are surnamed Xu, unlike the other four departments such as the Ministry of Fire, which are composed of several families, which is particularly valuable, because they are from the same family and have blood ties, and the centripetal force of the Ministry of Water is extremely powerful.

An innate martial artist like Xiong Kuohai, although his cultivation is strong, he can only serve as an elder in the Water Department, and he cannot enter the core level, the reason is very simple, he is not surnamed Xu, and he cannot be trusted.

The ancestor of the Xu family was the strategist of Prince Yin, and he was a confidant strategist, who once gave advice to Prince Yin, and dealt a blow to Taizong, who was still the king of Qin at that time.

After the Taizong Palace changed, Xu Shengzhi, the ancestor of the Xu family, did not die under Taizong, nor did he commit suicide, but continued to serve in the imperial court and became an official of the Taizong Dynasty.

The first reason is very simple, Taizong needs the hearts of all the officials in the court, and he has a magnificent atmosphere on the surface and an attitude of not being guilty of the past.

It's like buying a horse bone with a thousand dollars, and Xu Shengzhi is the horse bone.

You must know that when Prince Yin and Taizong were fighting the hardest, Taizong, who had always been quite deep in the city and did not show his emotions easily, roared in front of others many times, saying that he would definitely kill Xu Shengzhi one day.

If he can even forgive this person and not pursue the other party, then the other court officials who once stood on the side of Prince Yin will also be relieved.

The second reason is also very simple, human relationships.

Taizong had his own shogunate, called Tiance Mansion, and most of the strong people in this Tiance Mansion came from Kanto, because at that time, the Kansai gate lords were basically all on the side of Prince Yin, and only the people in the east supported Taizong.

During the period when Taizong was the king of Qin, he fought fierce battles in Kanto for many years, and most of his teams came from Kanto.

Xu Shengzhi is also a Kanto person, and he has friendships with many people in Tiance Mansion, some are his fellow disciples, some are former robes, and some are fellow villagers...... Therefore, when he was captured, many of Taizong's subordinates pleaded with him, so that Taizong took back his life and spared his life.

Xu Shengzhi was also reused in the Taizong Dynasty, and the official was a doctor, and Taizong also praised him in public many times.

Therefore, according to historical records, Xu Shengzhi is not a pure minister.

This is a mockery of his one minister and two masters.

In fact, no one knew that Xu Shengzhi was the leader of the Hidden Prince Water Department.

Just like Taizong has a Tiance Mansion, the prince also has a first-line heaven organization, this organization is divided into five divisions of gold, wood, water, fire and earth, and the remaining four have left more or less hidden treasures in Tiance Mansion, only the water department is very secretive, and no one knows.

This is because there is only one person in the Ministry of Water, Xu Sheng.

That is, with the help of Xu Shengzhi, the reason why the Tiance Mansion and the later Warden Department failed to track down Du Tang.

Although Xu Shengzhi's success was concealed from the majestic Taizong, however, playing tricks in front of the great grandmaster and doing tricks in front of the Son of Heaven was very bearable, and it didn't take long for Xu Shengzhi to pass away.

After Xu Shengzhi's death, Taizong often sighed, saying that he had lost a minister of humerus.

Originally, he planned to inscribe Xu Shengzhi's tombstone, but later, I don't know why he dispelled this idea, or he also felt that he was deceived by Xu Shengzhi, but he couldn't find evidence.

The children of the Xu family did not go out, but returned to Kanto.

The position of the Ministry of Water was passed on, at first, only the patriarch knew about it, and later, gradually, the core figures of the Xu family knew about it, and after that, there were peripheral organizations, and the Ministry of Water slowly spread.

It's just that until now, the real core characters are surnamed Xu.

Xu family ancestral hall, pine and cypress Sensen.

The side hall of the ancestral hall is the place where the Xu family deliberates, at this time, the core high-level of the Xu family gathered, several people sat left and right, and the boss of the Xu family sat silently in the first place, and no one spoke, it was very quiet.

The word that should have been said was said more than a month ago.

Du Tang's first one was the Xu family he was looking for.

At the beginning, the Xu family assisted Du Tang in the transformation of the silkworm, and the head of the Xu family at that time once participated in the operation of going to the murderous realm to capture the evil ghost, and that time, he lost a lot of good hands, so Du Tang successfully captured the evil ghost alive.

Of course, when Du Tang used the evil charm to turn around, he was alone, even if he was a believing henchman, he dared to hand over his life to the other party.

Of course, when doing this, he had some arrangements, otherwise, there would not have been a subordinate who put his soul into the body of a blind Taoist who was still an infant more than ten years ago, and they all had the means to make his subordinates still listen to his orders decades later.

Only the Xu family has a heritage, and they know how terrible Du Tang is.

Like Huo Lingzi, their ancestors suffered heavy damage, although the incense has a heritage, it also has a deficiency, so they dare to speak disrespectfully behind their backs, slander Du Tang, and want to go out independently.

Of course, the end must be extremely miserable!

Du Tang came to Xujiazhuang at night, and after showing the supreme order, the boss of the Xu family did not hesitate at all, and immediately staged a scene of bowing his head, with tears in his eyes, and an expression that he finally waited for you, without the dignity of an old congenital powerhouse at all.

Tomorrow is the meeting of the Ministry of Water and the Ministry of Fire, after the consensus is determined, the two communicate with each other, and the territory is also connected, and after that, there will be an alliance and meeting with the Ministry of Gold, the Ministry of Wood, and the Ministry of Earth, until the five elements are one, and the first line of heaven officially returns.

Now this situation can be said to be a mixed blessing for Du Tang.

The imperial power is declining, the prestige of the central court is insufficient, the ruling foundation has become weak, and the plan of Du Tang will not be too much of an obstacle, but because of this, if he wants to inherit the throne of the Tang Dynasty and put things right, it is also difficult, not only to face the Chang'an court, but also to face the separatist forces in various places.

Of course, his obsession is here, even if he is reborn a hundred times, it will not change.

After a while, someone sighed.

It didn't take long for the voice to speak.

"Big brother, will we let that one do it?"

The person who spoke was the second eldest of the Xu family, Xu Yong, known as Zhi Duoxing, all along, the development and expansion of the Xu family was due to his planning, if Du Tang did not appear, the Xu family would develop in the land of Jingxiang next.

Now, the plan has stopped, and everything must be arranged by Du Tang.

The boss of the Xu family didn't speak, his hand held his chin, his fingers gently stroked his beard, his eyes were attentive, and he fell on the floor in front of him, and he didn't leave for a long time, as if he hadn't heard what Xu Yong said.

Xu Yong continued.

"If the one in the River Temple is really a royal family, a prince or a prince, if he disappears in Fenglindu, the attention of the Warden Department will definitely be thrown here, now, although the Warden Department is not as terrible as before, but if you concentrate your strength, many things will not be able to cover up, if it is exposed, the Warden will fight, and our Xu family will not be able to block this blow!"

Xu Yong's tone was a little bitter.

Xu Wen, the boss of the Xu family, sighed, turned his head to look at Xu Yong, and said in the same bitter tone.

"Er, you think I don't know this? The question is, that one is His Highness's envoy, I have no authority to order him, he hears this message and wants to capture the prince to His Highness, what can I say? ”

"Alas......"

Everyone let out a long sigh in unison.

These people of the Xu family are all ordinary people, and they know very well that they and others have lost the initiative, in order to survive, sometimes you have to be patient, and if you don't want to be patient, then you can only perish.

At this time, the temple of the river.

The wind and snow still swept the land, and the singer entered the river temple.

It was a swordsman in green clothes in his early forties wearing a hat, with eyebrows like swords, a body like a sword, a nose as straight as a sword, and eyes like a sword, like a long sword unsheathed......

He had just entered the main hall of the River God Temple, and Yue Chong stood up.

The two innate sword qi collided from afar, and there was a faint roaring sound.

"No Return Sword Gate!"

"Huashan!"

There are many rival sects in this world, just like the football derby in Du Rui's previous life.

The life-and-death enemy of Huashan Sword Gate is the Sword Gate of No Return.

The sword intent of these two is similar, and they both pay attention to the sword from the point of return, however, each other thinks that they are authentic, and the other party is just an impostor, Xibei cat......

Over time, it never stops.

This time, of course, is no exception!