This is no small thing to be taken lightly.

Therefore, Zhou Xiuying hurriedly put down the work in her hand and told Xu Hongru, who was in retreat, about the situation she was facing.

Unexpectedly, Xu Hongru didn't pay attention to such a predicament at all, and just said: "Doing a good job in the great ceremony is the most important thing now, and the rest of the things must be put forward." The deity has already calculated that as long as the deity succeeds in becoming the emperor, he will be able to reverse the mandate of heaven, and from then on attacking the imperial eagle dog will be like a bamboo. What is there to worry about about those clowns outside the city? ”

Zhou Xiuying listened to Xu Hongru's words, and couldn't help showing an extremely surprised look on her face, staring at Xu Hongru as if she didn't know her.

Xu Hongru, the leader of the White Lotus Sect, is very famous in the rivers and lakes, in addition to his strong martial arts can be called the first in the world, it is also said that he has the ability to call the wind and rain and scatter beans into soldiers.

However, Xu Hongru scoffed at this, and often said to Zhou Xiuying: "What is sprinkling beans into soldiers, if I really have such ability, why bother to collect silver taels and recruit soldiers and horses?" Just go to the market and buy a few more bags of soybeans and sprinkle them with your hands? These words are all to deceive those ignorant people, but they can't deceive themselves. ”

It was such a very enlightened White Lotus Sect Master, and now he actually believed that some "Mandate of Heaven" was coming, and he actually wanted to change the Mandate of Heaven with the ridiculous Ascending Ceremony.

This made Zhou Xiuying suddenly feel a sense of strangeness and alienation from the sect leader father who had raised her for nearly twenty years, and asked coldly: "Daddy, do you believe this kind of thing yourself?" ”

"What! What did you say? What do you mean by that?! When Xu Hongru heard this, he immediately became angry and scolded, "Tell you, I'm the one who wants to be the emperor!" Is that how you talk to me? ”

Zhou Xiuying was raised by Xu Hongru since she was a child, just like his biological daughter, when she was naughty when she was a child, and when she was growing up, she often couldn't avoid Xu Hongru's reprimand, but she had never been scolded by Xu Hongru so unreasonably.

This made Zhou Xiuying feel more and more unfamiliar with the familiar person in front of her, and couldn't help but take half a step back and explained: "Daddy, I'm also kind-hearted......"

Xu Hongru was still angry: "Kind, kind, you are kind, I don't have a good heart?" Let me tell you, now that the deity has ascended to the extreme and become the emperor, it is the biggest thing in this sect, that is, now that Ji Qingwen, a thief, has come in, he has to finish this matter first! ”

Zhou Xiuying no longer contradicted Xu Hongru, so she had to sigh, casually said a few words like taking care of her body and withdrew.

saw Xu Daoqing waiting at the door of the room, saw Zhou Xiuying walking out with a sad face, hurriedly took half a step forward, and asked in a low voice: "What?" Hit a nail on the Master's side again? ”

Zhou Xiuying smiled bitterly and nodded, and when she walked to a secluded place, she said to Xu Daoqing: "It seems that the sect leader is angry, and he has lost his clarity......"

In the past few days, Xu Daoqing has also done things with a belly of anger, so he took advantage of the situation and said to Zhou Xiuying: "Holy daughter, looking at the current appearance of the sect leader, I'm afraid this Wenzhou city can't hold it." And even if we can keep it for a while, we can't keep it for a lifetime, we have to think about it in the long run, and think of another way to get out. ”

Zhou Xiuying frowned and said, "That's nature." But this is a big deal, and it can't be done without the sect leader in command. You can only make the next step by completing the Dengda Ceremony first, and letting the sect leader be satisfied. ”

Xu Daoqing raised his eyes and glanced around, and saw that no one was eavesdropping, so he lowered his voice and said, "Joke! The sect leader is almost seventy years old, do we still have to coax him and tease him to do things? What a joke! ”

Zhou Xiuying glanced at Xu Daoqing with approving eyes, but she didn't let go, and said: "You can't say that, it's okay to lift the morale of the army with half a ceremony." I don't think the official army has any plans to attack the city, so it's not impossible to hold a ceremony first......"

Xu Daoqing was not very sure when he heard Zhou Xiu's tone, and suddenly had an idea, and said in a voice that was almost inaudible: "It's better to be like this, let's just leave." Rather than everyone die together, it is better to get rid of one by one, and I don't know what the saint will do......"

Before he finished speaking, he saw Zhou Xiuying's wrist suddenly shake, and he took out a short knife out of nowhere, pressed it straight against Xu Daoqing's throat, and asked, "Xu Daoqing, let me ask you, who else did you say this?" ”

Xu Daoqing was so frightened by Zhou Xiuying's sudden move that he sweated, and hurriedly explained: "No, no, I didn't tell anyone...... I'm just improvising......"

Zhou Xiuying slowly withdrew the dagger in her hand and said, "That's good, you have to mention this kind of thing again in the future." We, the White Lotus disciples, share blessings and hardships, so how can we abandon our brothers and sisters and run away by ourselves? I think you have the kung fu to say such nonsense, it's really better to go and handle the matter of ascending to the great ceremony. ”

With that, Zhou Xiuying left with a wave of her sleeves.

Xu Hongru made the chickens and dogs jump in Wenzhou City for a "ridiculous" ceremony, how could he hide such a big movement from Ji Qingwen's ears and eyes.

The day after Xu Hongru made this decision, the Jinyi guard commanded the envoy Li Yuanyin to arrange a sentry post in Wenzhou City to spread the news outside the city.

And when Ji Qingwen heard the news, he couldn't believe how much authenticity it could have, after all, this Xu Hongru is also a character who has been fighting with him for several rounds, and he shouldn't be able to do such a mentally retarded thing.

However, after repeated inquiries and mutual corroboration with the messages sent by other spies, Ji Qingwen finally came to a conclusion: it seems that Xu Hongru has really become a mentally handicapped person, and he actually dreamed of being an emperor in a lonely city surrounded by the imperial court like an iron bucket.

Therefore, Ji Qingwen was quite disdainful of Xu Hongru's inexplicable approach, and said nonchalantly: "Xu Hongru is in a daze, let him be the king and hegemon in Wenzhou City alone, see if his emperor's name can be eaten as a meal, I don't know how long he can support it in the empty city." ”

Li Yuanyin, who was also discussing in the big tent of the Chinese army, said: "Lord Ji, this matter is not something that can be laughed at. The so-called 'no two days', if Xu Hongru really succeeds in becoming emperor, then there will be a scandal of someone setting up another court on the territory of the Ming Dynasty and fighting against the emperor, and the face of the court will be lost. ”

Even Li Yan said: "Brother Ji, Commander Li is right. If this kind of thing happens, the face of the court is indeed disgraceful, if the emperor knows about it, I am afraid that the wrath of thunder will come down again, and maybe someone will be unlucky again. ”

Ji Qingwen thought about it, and suddenly smiled: "It seems that Xu Hongru is the emperor, not for his own pleasure, but to frame the court officials." ”

Saying that, Ji Qingwen turned his head and glared at Shen Liangzuo, and asked, "Gonggong Shen, you are a person from the emperor's side, what do you think of this?" ”

Shen Liangzuo was the chief eunuch of the ceremonial superintendent, and theoretically, the forbidden army of the Jingshi battalion who participated in the suppression of the rebellion this time should be under his command. However, Ji Qingwen saw that Shen Liangzuo was not familiar with military affairs, so he asked him to temporarily hand over the military power to the Shenji Battalion, which went south with the Beijing Division, to calm down Chengyi.

It is precisely because of this that in the process of counterinsurgency, Shen Liangzuo's sense of existence was too low, and no one had ever put him in the corner of his eyes, but now Ji Qingwen suddenly asked for his opinion, which made him a little flattered, and hurriedly replied: "My lord, the miscellaneous family does not understand military affairs, but they also know that the emperor of the rebellious ministers and thieves must be the emperor's taboo." The miscellaneous family thinks that anyway, Wenzhou City is almost surrounded now, and if it can be beaten, it will be done quickly. ”

Ji Qingwen thought about it, and suddenly felt that the Ming Wu army under his command was almost rested, and Wenzhou City was almost ripe, so he said, "Okay." But I'm not in charge of that. Gonggong Shen, here is your official university, please take a trip to inform Lord Liu Kongzhao, let him Lord Liu make the final decision to attack the city? ”

After all, the siege of the city is a matter of extremely consuming troops, and the Ming Wu army under his command, as well as the white pole soldiers and the Jingshi battalion under his command, are too small to break through a large city. For such a big operation as the siege, you have to find two cannon fodder.