In the Jeju Taishou Mansion, Yin Ruoyang was seriously injured and reported to Zhang Mancheng about the assassination of Li Ming just now, Zhang Mancheng listened to the story with a gloomy face: "In other words, it is still uncertain whether Li Ming is alive or dead?" ”

Yin Ruoyang was a little helpless: "In the next last silver needle shot at Li Ming, as long as Li Ming hits one, it will be difficult to live." It's just that the masked man's martial arts are too high, and I don't have time to check if he has been shot, as long as it is a little later, I can't escape. ”

Zhang Mancheng asked curiously, "Do you know who that masked man is?" How could there be anyone in Shi Luosheng's army whose martial arts were higher than the Yin Sect Master? ”

Yin Ruoyang said: "According to common sense, it should be a person from the Heavenly Sword Sect." Shi Luosheng and Liu Zixuan are both from the Heavenly Sword Gate, but the martial arts of the masked man who attacked me are too strange, and they have both internal forces of yin and yang, not to mention that no one in the Heavenly Sword Gate understands such martial arts, even among the famous masters in the world, I have not heard that anyone will. ”

Zhang Mancheng pondered for a moment and said: "Master Yin, you can go down to heal first, this official will need the help of the master of the door in a few days, and I hope that the master of the door will help again." In addition, this time, the two disciples died in battle because they helped the official, and the official also felt deeply uneasy and guilty, and later asked the housekeeper Yu to take three hundred taels of gold from the account room to compensate the families of the two, and the master of the Yin family must not refuse. ”

Yin Ruoyang clasped his hands into fists and said: "Thank you Lord Taishou for the inferior family, go to heal first, if your lord has an order, please summon him." ”

Looking at the back of Yin Ruoyang leaving, Steward Yu said to Zhang Mancheng: "What kind of bullshit Seven Peerless Sect masters, even Liu Zixuan can't clean it up, it's really useless." Master, if Li Ming hadn't died this time, would he have confessed everything about us? ”

Zhang Mancheng sighed and said: "The top priority now is to send someone to find out Li Ming's life and death, if he dies, everything is easy to say." But he's not dead yet, and we're in trouble. At that time, there was still a place where Yin Ruoyang could be used. In addition, you will send someone to find out who the masked man Yin Ruoyang said is? I don't want this person to come out with bad things at the last minute. ”

Steward Yu agreed: "I'll arrange someone to do it." ”

Zhang Mancheng said again: "Wait a minute, you go and inform Ziming and ask him to call back all the 30,000 city defense troops, and then bring 10,000 people to surround Dongshan for me, and not let anyone go." ”

Steward Yu was shocked: "Master, is it really time to take this step?" ”

Zhang Mancheng nodded and said in a deep voice: "I'm not afraid of 10,000, I'm afraid of just in case." Although we haven't reached that point yet, once it happens, it's too late, so it's better to prepare early. Once there is news that Li Ming is not dead, let Ziming lead people up the mountain to attack the village, and no one on the mountain is allowed to let go. ”

Steward Yu asked again: "Then after killing Liu Zixuan, what should I do with Shi Luosheng?" ”

Zhang Mancheng snorted coldly and said: "Liu Zixuan is dead, Shi Luosheng will definitely not be good at resting, we will not do it, we will not stop, let Ziming sweep the Dongshan, immediately rush to Xiaqiu, and at the same time you arrange someone to notify Dong Liang and An Zhihai, and then attack from three sides, and kill Shi Luosheng, Wang Lun and others." Guo Xu, who is now in the city, also sent someone to control it, and after the matter was completed, he was sent to go on the road with Zhang Mingxuan's family. ”

Steward Yu said a little uneasily: "If Shi Luosheng and Liu Zixuan are all dead, how will the general explain it?" ”

Zhang Mancheng was a little unsettled, and shouted with a slight roar: "Confess? What do I need to explain to the General? His sons, his apprentices, and his generals all want my life, and if I don't kill them, they will kill us. ”

Steward Yu has followed Zhang Mancheng for nearly 20 years, and he has never seen him so angry, and he was a little overwhelmed for a while. Zhang Mancheng also realized his gaffe, took a deep breath, and said lightly: "Of course, this is the worst plan, as long as Li Ming is dead, none of this will happen, you go down and arrange it first." ”

Butler Yu has no way out at the moment, if he doesn't do what Zhang Mancheng said, his family will be killed by him now, and there is still a glimmer of hope for Zhang Mancheng, but how big is this hope? Once Li Ming is not dead, Zhang Mancheng will only have one way to die if he confesses that Zhang Mancheng has raised his own self-respect, embezzled military salaries, and exploited the people over the years, even Captain Tian in the middle of the court will not be able to protect him. At that time, Zhang Mancheng will not sit still, he only has one way to rebel, but he only has 30,000 city defense troops in his hands, even if he can catch the court off guard at the beginning, as soon as the time is extended, Zhang Mancheng still has no chance of winning in the end. Now all hope can only be pinned on Li Ming, who was shot to death by Yin Ruoyang's silver needle last night.

Zhang Ziming was also shocked when he received the order to lead his troops to surround Dongsan, and he didn't even believe it was true at first, as the commander of the Jeju City Defense Army, of course he knew what it meant to do this, but he had no choice compared to the housekeeper, because he was not only the commander of the Jeju City Defense Army, but also Zhang Mancheng's own nephew. Zhang Ziming's parents died early, and it was his uncle Zhang Mancheng who raised him for him to study and practice martial arts, and later recruited him into the city defense army, and finally pushed him step by step to the position of the commander of the city defense army. If Zhang Mancheng's rebellion fails, Zhang Ziming will be implicated regardless of whether Zhang Ziming participates or not, and now only by resolutely implementing Zhang Mancheng's orders can there be a glimmer of life.

In the camp of the Dongshan Forbidden Army, a person sneaked in at night and went straight to Liu Zixuan's camp.

"General Liu, there is a change in Jeju, Zhang Mancheng asked his nephew Zhang Ziming to lead the troops towards Dongshan, now that the army is about to arrive, it is too late for us to retreat." The person who came was Guo Xu.

Guo Xu received a message from Liu Zixuan, and immediately packed up his things and prepared to flee back to Dongshan. When leaving, he found that Zhang Ziming was mobilizing the city defense army to prepare troops to surround Dongshan.

Liu Zixuan saw Guo Xu's heart a little relieved: "It's great that Mr. Guo can escape, but I didn't expect Zhang Mancheng to strike first, is he going to rebel now?" ”

Guo Xu said: "He should just plan for the worst in advance, whether he will rebel depends on Li Ming's life and death, if Li Ming dies, he will definitely collect troops and return to the city, if Li Ming is not dead, Zhang Ziming will bring someone to kill." ”

Liu Zixuan said: "I also thought of this, so the news released was that Li Ming was severely injured and is now unconscious, so that Zhang Mancheng can be temporarily stabilized." Zhang Mancheng must be in a dilemma now, this rebellion is not, and it is not a rebellion. In addition, I have already sent someone to deliver a letter to the general and Luosheng, and Zhang Ziming is a step too late to close the mountain even if he comes now. This step is slow, step by step is slow, and Zhang Mancheng finally loses. ”

Guo Xu praised: "I always thought that the general only had Wu Strategy, and today Fang Zhi General's Wen Tao is not inferior to Wu Strategy." ”

Liu Zixuan touched his head and smiled: "Mr. praised it falsely, I usually have been with you for a long time and learned from you, hahaha." ”

On the side of the Taishou Mansion, Zhang Mancheng finally received the news from Li Ming, this news made him embarrassed, if Li Ming died, then everything would be fine, if he didn't die, then there was only one way to rebel. Now the copper plate is also thrown, and it falls neither front nor back, it actually stands there.

Zhang Mancheng has been an official all his life, and of course he knows how low the chances of victory of the rebellion are now, and a few years ago, when Song and Chu were still at war, there was still a possibility of success in the rebellion. Now don't say it's Deng Yuanjue, even if you pick a random general from Deng Yuanjue's army, it's not something that a civilian official like him who has never fought a war can win. If he could choose not to rebel, Zhang Mancheng would certainly not be willing to rebel.

Steward Yu was also at a loss, and asked cautiously, "Master, what should we do now?" ”

Zhang Mancheng sighed and said: "It's difficult, this Li Ming will really have a problem, but now that he is seriously injured, Ziming has blocked the way down the mountain, they don't want to invite a doctor, and the few military doctors in the army are estimated to have been taken away by Shi Luosheng, wait a few days to see, without a doctor to see if he can still stand it." ”

Steward Yu was still worried: "Do you want to let Yin Ruoyang go up and have a look?" If you have the chance, you can kill him directly. ”

Zhang Mancheng shook his head: "What you said is not unreasonable, but that masked man is also in Liu Zixuan's army now, and it is not his opponent to let Yin Ruoyang go up, and he gave his life in vain." Let's wait a few days and see, if Li Ming is really not dead, then let Ziming lead the troops directly. ”

It turned out that Zhang Mancheng asked the housekeeper Yu to inquire about the whereabouts of the masked man that day, but there was no news, so Zhang Mancheng mistakenly thought that the masked man was now in Liu Zixuan's army, which made Zhang Mancheng miss the last chance to turn the situation around.

After two days of sleeplessness, Shi Luosheng also caught up with Wang Lun, and there was still a day's trip to Dong Liang's Dazhai. Shi Luosheng said to Wang Lun: "Sir, I see that the time and distance are about the same, let someone tell Dong Liang to prepare to retreat." ”

Wang Lun said with a smile: "I have already arranged it, whether An Zhihai chases Dong Liang or not this time, he is finished." After all, he was born as a mountain bandit, and his intelligence ability is still a little weaker. We're all here, and he's still in the dark. ”

Shi Luosheng also felt the same way: "Yes, the fact that Dongshan has been able to suppress bandits so smoothly is largely because we have done a good job in intelligence work, and we will strengthen our capabilities in this area in the future." After exterminating An Zhihai, the next thing we have to deal with is Zhang Mancheng, the old fox, I don't know if Zixuan's side can deal with it. ”

Wang Lun said: "This general doesn't have to worry, General Liu and you have studied art together since childhood, Wen Taowu is naturally not a problem, if Zhang Mancheng just treats him as a martial artist, it will be a big loss." Besides, Mr. Kwak is still in Jeju, and if there is any problem, there is also someone to talk to. ”

Shi Luosheng laughed: "I thought that only me and my two teachers knew about Zixuan's Wen Taowu strategy, but I didn't expect that Mr. didn't get along with him for a long time, and he could see it so clearly." ”

Wang Lun smiled: "When General Liu came to persuade me to surrender, I felt that he was not simple, and later he hit Xianghu to confirm this, on the surface, General Liu listened to my strategy, but in fact, it is not so simple, he can't replace Li Hai." ”

Shi Luosheng was very excited when he heard Wang Lun, who was known as a think tank, also commented on his friend: "From then on, I still have to let my father-in-law add a burden to Zi Xuan, and I can't let him be too idle." ”