The Sail Thief... In the south of Great Xia, this is a well-known name, representing a famous water thief who has been crisscrossing rivers for more than 100 years.

Legend has it that this water thief has a leader who never shows his true face, uses a big sword, archery like a god, as long as he is on the water, he is an invincible existence, no one knows his name, when talking about him, people are always used to calling him "brocade thief".

If you are not interested in small fish and shrimp, if the sail thief is dispatched, there will definitely be a large fleet of ships that will suffer misfortune, and some giant merchants or noble and arrogant families will be thrown to the shore and beat their chests.

The families that can be inherited endlessly have first-class martial arts, and the wealthy giants can also organize private escorts, and there are many professional personnel or organizations that specialize in running back and forth to provide security work, but in the face of the Jinfan thieves, they have nothing to do, whether it is a hundred people, or a thousand people, when they encounter a Jinfan thief, they can only choose whether to "obediently serve" or be "forcibly robbed", among these plundered people, it includes the "Jinyuan Li family", "Gongtai Dong family", "Dongjiang Sun family" and "Peishang Liu family" Such a top family.

Such an action, of course, can not but summon a counterattack, when the angry family owners will send out the main force in their hands, the Jinfan thief is naturally difficult to take its edge, but the southern states are deep and long, Daze thousands of miles, there are many untransformed places, when they are turned into pieces and escape into the ground, it makes the army in the hands of the family like a rat pulling a turtle, nowhere to start.

After several battles, a certain degree of balance was reached, and the Jinfan thieves began to prey more merchants or second-rate families, and at the same time, this made the main force of the four great families no longer stay in the wild.

More than 100 years have passed in the blink of an eye, although there are folk legends from time to time that the leader of the Jinfan Thief is a monster that never ages, but standing in the realm of reason, it is estimated that the Jinfan Thief should have been passed down to the fourth or even fifth generation, as for what kind of face is hidden under that mask, no one knows.

In the past 20 years, the main confrontation with the Jinfan thief is the younger brother of the Emperor Tianzi, the general who led the "Pingnan Nine Dao Military Horses" to come, the emperor is the heir, as the current emperor surname family in the strength of the art of war is second only to the emperor Shaojing one of the top powerhouses, his "Pingnan Jiudao military horse" is also completely different from those that have been seriously corrupted local army, the naval army troops "Qu Cai Yuanbo Army" and "Luo Cai Jiaoyuan Army" and the Jinfan thief launched a series of death battles, at the same time, the dark army "shadow killer" directly belonging to the emperor is also scattered into the mountains, Begin to hunt down the leader-level character of the Jinfan Thief.

… The Shadow Killer is one of the most mysterious troops today, even the Thirteen Yamen, who claim to be "omniscient", only know that they are managed by four commanders codenamed "Sword, Spear, Sword and Halberd", and only one person is loyal to the Emperor's heir, as for their combat power, no one really knows.

"Terrible, very scary."

With a very serious expression, the veteran "Huang Bo" Xiang Sun could not carefully describe the combat power of the shadow troops, as one of the very few warriors who had personally fought against the commander-level figures and survived, his opinion could be said to be extremely valuable.

"The Shadowless Spear and the Yin-Yang Sword have not appeared, and what I have fought with is the Kaishan Sword and the Qingtian Halberd, the strength of both of them was originally not at the eighth level, but everything has been strange in the past six months, maybe there will be a breakthrough."

"But the most terrifying thing about them is not their strength, but the martial arts and fighting will that they have specially cultivated for 'assassination'.

Highly appreciating the strength of the opponent, Huang Bo's words suddenly changed, saying that although the shadow troops were powerful, and the four commanders were also extraordinary, there was still a certain gap compared with the Yuntai elite soldiers and the five tiger generals.

"The horror of the shadow is only that they lurk in the dark, if the two armies face each other, they can only harass, not rank, and there are experts like Finishing under the command of the second young man, there is no need to worry too much, what really needs to be paid attention to is their leader, the great general king."

In the general information, the emperor is recorded as a general who is proficient in the art of war, strict in governing the army, but rarely visits Yashi in person, although as the brother of the martial emperor, everyone thinks that he should at least have a level of combat power, but if he is unwilling to command the army and has countless capable people in the account, no one can confirm this.

However, in the mouth of "Huang Bo", a completely different image was outlined.

"He's strong, very, very strong!"

"After repelling the Mountain Pioneer and the Qingtian Halberd successively, I also thought that there would be a higher-level offensive soon, but I still didn't expect it to come so quickly, let alone that person personally attacked."

That night, a tall black shadow appeared outside the camp of the Jinfan thieves, and remained silent, challenging only to smash the boulder that shattered the camp gate with a single fist.

"After fighting with him for about three hours, I was completely suppressed, the sword was broken and the bow was broken, and I had no choice but to use the rope ancestor."

Sun couldn't have been listening intently, and then Fang said movingly: "What, even the rope ancestor has also used it?" ”

Huang Bo nodded heavily and sighed: "I can't help it, he's too strong..."

Seeing that Sun couldn't frown and think, he said again: "Moreover, the second young man... You must pay attention to my feelings, I did surprise him with the use of the Rope Ancestor, but if he wanted to, he could still completely defeat and kill me... It was only for some other reason that he was content to banish me. ”

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About an hour later, Huang Bofang was reluctant to go, and when he left, he delayed again and again, and finally said hesitantly: "Second young man, the old slave has been in the Sun family all his life, and he has followed three generations of family masters before and after, and there are some things that I shouldn't talk about, but I really can't help but say it... Second Shao, is it really impossible to reconcile between you and Da Shao? Our Sun family's potential power in the south has always been very large, and some of them may not be fully clear to you, if you mobilize all the 'children of the six counties'...", but his voice became smaller and quieter as he spoke.

… Sun couldn't have a look on his face that would silence any of the best lobbyists.

Waiting for that Huang Bo to go far away, Tianji Ziwei Fang smiled and said, "Jinfan thief... I've heard you say it several times, but I finally saw it today, and it's amazing that it's such an old veteran. ”

Sun couldn't nod slightly, and said: "He is seventy-five years old this year, but he is still like this, and when I saw him once, I felt very better..."

After a pause, he said: "His real name is Huang Da, he is famous*, and he was later accepted by my grandfather, so he changed his name to Huang Lushao, because he was loyal and brave, he was very liked by my grandfather, and he has always been a personal guard, and he is known as 'Dongjiang Evil'." Tianji Ziwei pondered for a moment and said with a smile: "Yes, I have also heard of it, saying that he died with the old master of Sun at that time, and he had a good reputation." ”

Sun couldn't nod in a daze, and said: "It's true, but he didn't die, but he didn't have a pseudonym, and mastered this * as a 'thief leader'." ”

He also said: "That is, the Jinfan thief." ”

Fifty years ago, the then head of the Sun family, Sun Baxian, was angry at the invasion of the Jinfan thieves on his concubine's ship, so he personally took action to hunt down this army*.

In the record, Sun Baxian returned in vain, and the only gain was to make the Jinfan thief have scruples and no longer infringe on the interests of the Sun family.

"But in fact, that time my grandfather achieved an overwhelming victory, and after dispersing them with a strategy, he personally killed the leader of the other party and mastered their years of plunder, he was extremely excited, and he wanted to tell the Quartet that the Jinfan thieves had been eradicated by the Sun family."

Smiling and shaking her head, Tianji Ziwei said, "Not good." ”

Sun couldn't say: "Yes, at that time, Mr. Zhong Xiang accompanied him, and he also persuaded his grandfather to withdraw the agreement, you must know that in the south at that time, the Dong family in Gongtai was in full swing, and the Liu family was arrogant. ”

Tianji Ziwei nodded and said, "Mr. Zhongxiang... Is it the wise man who was known for his easy law and good at lobbying..."Seeing that Sun couldn't nod, he smiled and said: "The insight is indeed extraordinary. ”

Not only persuaded Sun Ba to keep a low profile, Zhong Xiang also saw that this was an opportunity, an opportunity for the Sun family to have a private soldier who walked out of the eyes of others and acted cheaply.

"Such a thing can only be entrusted to the most reliable henchman, and at that time, my grandfather trusted General Huang the most."

In this way, Huang Lushao borrowed the name of death and hiding, changed his identity and became the new Jinfan thief, and used this name to reunite the scattered Jinfan thieves, because the Jinfan thief always showed people with masks, so the implementation of this plan was surprisingly smooth, Huang Lushao soon rebuilt the Jinfan thief, and the few who doubted it were eliminated by him one by one. In the following 50 years, the Jinfan thief has been crisscrossing the southern rivers, doing many inconvenient things for the Sun family, and also mastering many things that are not easy to grasp.

"Now, there are already some people who are vaguely aware of some kind of linkage between the Jinfan thief and the Sun family, but it is generally believed that the Sun family paid a large amount of gold treasure and reached a slightly higher tacit understanding with it, but who would have thought that the Jinfan thief has always been another team of soldiers of the Sun family..."

Sighing, Tianji Ziwei said again: "Rope Ancestor... Is it the ancestor of the martial chain? Seeing that Sun couldn't nod, he said with a smile: "The divine soldier whose natal spirit is the 'Void Sun Mouse', I heard that it is the most agile and changeable of the Heavenly Divine Soldiers, and it hasn't been many years, but I can't imagine that it has already been born..."

Sun couldn't smile and said: "Actually, Huang Bo originally used iron chains, he used to use two iron chains when he did *, and he was very famous, and later his grandfather accepted him as a general, and he felt that it was not a weapon before the battle after all, so he persuaded him to change his practice of broadsword." ”

And said: "The rope ancestor is in the hands of my grandfather, because he knows that Huang Bo is good at using chains, and feels that it is the will of heaven, so he specially sent it to him, and he practiced hard for seven years, and finally invited the Yuan Ling to surrender, because it was sent by his grandfather, he cherished it very much, and because he hoped to keep some hole cards to treat people, so it was not a last resort, he would not use it, and the rope ancestor was in his hands for forty-two years, and there were only six times in total against the enemy..." But he can only rely on it to protect himself... Hey, Jiang people come out of the generation of talented people..."

He also said: "Uncle Huang is old, he just said that Xuanwu is very serious about killing the emperor Xiangxian, and there is no indulgence... You should let go of your suspicions about the Xuanwu brothers? ”

Tianji Ziwei smiled bitterly, pondered for a while, and said: "Old General Huang has been in the world for a long time, his eyesight, I can trust, to Mr. Xuanwu, I am probably indeed wrong..."

It turned out that in order to confirm Xuanwu's loyalty, Tianji Ziwei asked to arrange for him to assassinate Emperor Xiangxian, but at the same time, because of other considerations, he didn't want Emperor Xiangxian to die like this.

"As far as the general trend is concerned, if the emperor elephant dies first, it will only cheapen the emperor's pastoral style, and in the longer term, it is more likely that he is just working for the emperor's heir. Killing him would instead waste a choice in vain, and it would make those who were brewing a choice due to Emperor Shaojing's serious injury quickly decide... For us, it's not good. ”

"As far as the current situation is concerned, I can figure out about a thing or two about the Xie family's scheme, but I am not sure what kind of capital they have. And at the same time, Emperor Xiang came to Guadu like this, it should also be because Zhong Da found something, in this case, if Emperor Xiang was assassinated by Mr. Xuanwu first, it would be able to liberate the Xie family, so that they would no longer have the pressure to prepare calmly or stop temporarily... This is not in our interest either. ”

"Therefore, I want the emperor elephant to be injured first and not die, as long as this is the case, the Xie family will be shaken, and will hesitate between 'hidden standby' and 'quick launch', thinking about how to choose... In this case, there will be more flaws, more information will flow out... At that point, it should be possible to make a more precise judgment about everything. ”

Under such considerations, Sun could not secretly arrange for Huang Lushao, who had entered Guadu, to monitor Xuanwu's movements, on the one hand, because Huang Lushao had been crisscrossing the water for many years and should have the ability to stop it at a critical moment, and on the other hand, because the Jinfan thief had never been in contact with Yuntai Mountain, and the relationship with the Sun family was highly confidential, even if his identity was revealed, it would not cause Xuanwu's displeasure. Yuan Jue was extremely thoughtful, but he didn't expect a Taishi Ba to appear in the horizontal thorn, which made everyone embarrassed.

Shicai Huang Lushao explained again and again, saying that he really didn't expect that this young man who had only been in the gang for a year, and the young man who called himself Taishi Ziming was the famous "No. 1 rebel in Yuntai Mountain".

"His kung fu is very hard, his mouth is tight, I like him very much, I was also thinking about testing it for a while and asking Da Shao for instructions, whether to let him know more things, that is to train him to be the next Jinfan thief, where I thought, it will be..."

Looking at the seventy-year-old man sighing, both of them had nothing to say, they could only try their best to comfort, but they were also uncomfortable in their stomachs. Now that Huang Lushao is gone, he can't complain about Sun.

"That kid, I really don't understand what he's thinking, it's enough to mess around with the Dong family, and now he has simply joined the Jinfan thief... Grandma's, I want to be a robber so much, why did I want to go out of Yuntai Mountain in the first place?! ”

In the face of Sun Can's venting, Tianji Ziwei could only smile bitterly, and after Sun couldn't complain for a while, Fang Dao: "You don't have to worry too much about Ba Shao's affairs, everyone knows that Tai Shiba is a traitor to Yuntai Mountain, and they all know that he is practicing frost transformation... Mr. Xuanwu should not have many thoughts about this. ”

Sun couldn't say angrily: "I'm not worried about Xuanwu, I'm worried about him!" I don't know how thick the sky is, I think that I can pick up ten moves is enough to be qualified to fight such a strong man... If it hadn't been for the mercy of my subordinates, he would have broken his bones in three moves! If Xuanwu hadn't let go of a horse yesterday, he would have been lying under the South Lake to feed the fish now! ”

Tianji Ziwei smiled and explained a few words, and seeing that Sun couldn't get angry, she said again: "Great Sage, what General Huang just said, it's not that you can't think about it, after all, the flesh and blood are of the same heart, if you have the opportunity, you might as well contact Sun Taibao..." I just want to ask the Great Sage, what kind of place is this, does the Great Sage know? ”

Sun couldn't be stunned, and said, "Where is it, Shengqilou." ”

The so-called winning chess building, is to say that when the Zhao family opened the country, Guadu place out of a general, Zuo Huang opened the dynasty, brilliant achievements, and then tired of returning, please resign to return home, only to Yiqi cooking fish for fun, later the emperor traveled, even passed Guadu, to the general's mansion to sit idle, the two of them, the general somehow, was aggressive in chess, killed the emperor defeated and lost, in the middle of the game and voted, although at that time forced to make a happy face, boasted of the national hand, but also personally carried the three words of the victory chess building, made a plaque, but in the end lingering this matter in the heart, Later, he found another excuse and gave the general a death. Because of this, this winning chess building is regarded as a great bad luck and is abandoned. Sun couldn't help but liked this tune, so he chose the place to meet here.

Tianji Ziwei smiled, messed up the chess game on the seat, and said, "Great Sage, please come here." Sun couldn't follow his words, and saw that the heavenly machine crape myrtle was flying, and in a blink of an eye, he had already placed forty or fifty chess moves, Sun couldn't also know the chess theory, and saw that the black chess was very bad, and frowned: "Isn't this for others to slaughter... You also play such a bad score? ”

When he spoke, Tianji crape myrtle has been placed to one hundred and thirty-two second-hand, Fang lightly stopped, this game is extremely intense, but after the four seats, the southeast corner is a scuffle, go densely, extended to the south edge, but the northwest corner is still empty, at this moment the victory has been divided, the southeast corner of the sunspot was killed cleanly, not to mention, there is still a big dragon outside without eyes, waiting to come out, but the surrounding white children are sparse, and it is also hard work when it escapes, this game is always lost.

Sun couldn't see Tianji Ziwei stop, and said with a smile: "What's the matter, the black chess piece was thrown?" But Ziwei whispered: "Yes, I voted... I voted for it more than 300 years ago! Unconsciously felt a shock in his heart, and said: "Win the chess building!?" ”

Tianji Ziwei nodded and said, "Exactly." ”

Sun couldn't stop talking, lowered his head to examine it for a while, frowned, and said, "If this is the score, then does it mean that he really had a heart of disobedience in the first place?" He saw that the white chess in the game was fierce and abnormal, broke the town and stabbed, and competed for the first, as if he was not thinking about winning or losing, but to kill the black chess to be satisfied.

Tianji Ziwei smiled bitterly and said, "Great Sage, the game of chess was broken in the middle of the road, today, let's finish it, okay?" Sun couldn't be slightly confused, but said, "Okay." He didn't dust off, so he sat down opposite the Tianji crape myrtle, picked up the sunspot, flew into the void, and attacked the white dragon instead.

You must know that at this time, the white chess in the southeast corner has become a big empty, if a big dragon of black chess desperately breaks through, and then is taken advantage of the opportunity by white chess to surround the air, then it will be defeated.

Tianji Ziwei smiled, and also fell into a son, but jumped out of the horizontal.

As soon as the chess game started, the two of them didn't say anything, concentrating on the game, and after a while, they had already played more than 100 hands, Sun couldn't be defeated at this time, but he couldn't eat the Tianji Ziwei insisted, and he was going to collect all the officials, while thinking about the fall, he smiled bitterly: "What are you doing...", after thinking for a long time, Fang fell on the corner, which is the biggest official at this time.

Tianji Ziwei smiled: "Okay! Suddenly raised his hand, and a son fell in the black array, Sun couldn't be stunned and said, "What do you mean?" ”

The cover is half a tiger's mouth, Sun can't answer the sound and can lift it, there is no borrowing at all, and it is not a robbery at this moment, it is inexplicable.

Hearing that Sun couldn't ask, Tianji Ziwei only smiled and said, "The white clouds are wild, but I want to set off the black dragon flying into the sky... Please take another look at the chess game..."When Sun couldn't frown and look closely, he was shocked and said, "How can this be? ”

It turns out that the black chess a big dragon rushed left and right, and finally aggrieved activities, but the front and back left and right were taken advantage of by the white chess into the void, the game is white boundless, black chess has been lost, but so carefully look at it, the black chess is connected to the whole world, it is like walking to make a flying dragon shape, starting from the southeast, coiled in the northwest, the body and claws, majestic, the right talent Ziwei a son into the input, Sun can not put forward a flower, there was originally a jacquard next to it, and now it is a place, it is a pair of awe-inspiring dragon eyes, showing the black dragon is very spirited, and then look at the white chess, just like white clouds, front and back left and right lined with black dragons, although the land is large, but there is no momentum at all, between black and white, the momentum of the master and servant is extremely clear.

Stunned for a while, Sun couldn't smile bitterly, and said: "It's a pity that that guy bothered to shoot such a sycophant, but he met an impatient master, and it ended early." ”

Tianji Ziwei smiled, but continued: "The end game is in a hurry, and it is often wrong... Great Sage. ”

Sun couldn't ponder for a moment, and said with a smile: "Mr. Qu is good, I understand." ”

But he said, "But... He shook his hand and said, "Please forgive me, sir, I think I'm still not ready." ”

Tianji Ziwei bowed down and said, "Don't dare." After a pause, he said, "Thank you for your trust." ”

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"Have you heard, the person who assassinated the second prince was actually sent by the general king, and now the emperor is sick, he wants to kill his nephew and seize the throne!"

", you know a piece of, tell you..."

Speaking of this, the speaker lowered his voice, looked left and right, and then said sneakily: "It's really the old man of the Xie family in the city who can't forget the old things, and he must take this opportunity to revenge the blood feud at the beginning, otherwise, in Guaddu City, what can escape their eyes?" ”

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It was the fifth day after Emperor Xiangxian's assassination, and all kinds of rumors were burning silently in Guadhu City like wildfire. But it is also strange, all kinds of sayings are strange, and even the version that says that "the emperor is lustful first*, and he is retribution" has appeared, but there is no news about Yuntai Mountain. And if you summarize it carefully, with "Chenjun Xie Family" as the first protagonist, four or five of the ten theories refer to him as the mastermind. In this regard, the Xie family was naturally very annoyed, and they worked hard to extinguish it, but as soon as the rumors came out, they gave birth to a hundred wings and thousands of feet, and no one could control it anymore, and the Xie family's efforts to seek innocence for themselves were interpreted as a manifestation of "lack of heart" in the latest version of the rumors. Make your evaluation of the Xie family clear.

Under a positive analysis, this means that the emperor's surname has not been disturbed by rumors and still trusts the Xie family, but in the eyes of those who have a heart, they can interpret more things.

"The children of the Cao family... They are playing with fire. ”

Purely in terms of age, Tianji Ziwei is even younger than Cao Wenyuan, Cao Yuanrang and others, but this does not prevent him from evaluating these children of the Cao family with an elder's tone and eyes.

"I want to use drastic means to force the Xie family, limit the options in one aspect, and lead them to a break, so as to draw the attention of the emperor and highlight his status and value... The intentions are ruthless, which can be called a fierce medicine, but it is necessary to prevent the backlash of the medicine. ”

has been quietly observing, Tianji Ziwei has formed a very clear opinion on all this, especially after Xie Shuyuan met Emperor Xiangxian, he made a judgment, pointing out that both sides have no way out, and it is only a matter of time before the face is broken.

"That's obviously a semi-forced request for Emperor Xiang to take a stand first, and at the same time... No one knows that such a statement is meaningless. ”

Thinking that Emperor Xiangxian's high-profile praise was only in response to the Xie family's request, and that the Xie family did not expect this to represent the true attitude of the emperor's surname, Tianji Ziwei believed that Emperor Xiangxian's two assassinations had formed an irreparable rift, especially in this stormy season, the emperor family could no longer take the risk to slowly test the loyalty of the Xie family.

"It can be said that Emperor Xiangxian now knows that the Xie family may still be hesitating, and maybe there are different opinions inside, but... He can't take any more risks now to grasp everything, because he has been in danger twice and almost died, because the history of the Xie family makes him unable to expect any loyalty or affection from them, and because there is truth buried in the rumors. ”

Very optimistic about the possibility of infighting in the emperor's family, Tianji Ziwei has always thought that the "Great General Wang" who has always been in the fog has the potential to "fight in the same room" with Emperor Shaojing, and after listening to Huang Lushao's introduction, his confidence was even strengthened.

"If you don't kill General Huang, I'm afraid there will be a lot of considerations, you must know that the hands are heavy on the outside, although it looks glamorous, but it is actually hard inside."

According to Tianji Ziwei's analysis, the heir of the emperor commanded the army in the south, and in name it was a place of appeasement, but in essence, he shouldered the heavy responsibility of containing each other with the four major families.

"Gongtai Dong family, Peishang Liu family, Dongjiang Sun family, Jinyuan Li family... The three princes are all in Songming, which is something that has never happened before, and it is also something that worries the emperor. ”

After the change of Tianhai, the vitality of Taiping Dao was greatly damaged, and it was no longer enough to suffer in several states in the Central Plains, and the remnants of the people were scattered in all directions, which was simply a piece of bait for those local families. And one of the purposes of the emperor's southward movement was precisely to prevent these unions from reaching a point where they could not be tolerated.

To be able to undertake such a task, of course, the emperor must have excellent ability, but if the ability is too strong, it is also worrying.

"Emperor Shaojing... His throne was forced to come by killing his brother and father, and with such a background, of course, he could no longer be careless enough to watch others grow up slowly. ”

In Tianji Ziwei's judgment, this is the reason why Emperor Hao has not been brilliant, and it is also the reason why he is unwilling to eradicate the Jinfan Thief or some other local forces.

"Dogs are waiting for thieves, thieves don't kill dogs... Such a lesson, even if he does not know, no one will remind him. ”

From this point of view, Tianji Ziwei has always attached great importance to the "Nine Ways of Military Horse Returning" this time, and hopes to analyze it as soon as possible.

It is necessary to know that the dragon leaves the sea, it is bullied by the fishermen, the tiger falls in Pingyang, and there is the humiliation of a group of dogs, although the army in the hands of the emperor is strong, but if he leaves the south that has been in business for many years, the power will be discounted by three points, not to mention that it is impossible for him to bring the entire army back to the imperial capital. In other words, returning to Beijing is almost equivalent to a big discount on the capital in his hands. In fact, there have been more than one occurrence in the history of Great Xia that the border pass heavy general or the feudal town Jiedu was captured by the second or third samurai after being ordered to enter Beijing, and obediently accepted the head. When analyzing the "Great General Wang Beihui" this time, Tianji Ziwei even believed that if Emperor Shaojing was not seriously injured and indeed reorganized the original forbidden army, Emperor Hao's heir might not dare to come north calmly.

"Shaojing is gone, among his two sons, Emperor Xiangxian seems to be in a more advantageous position at the moment, but the more so, the more he can't take risks, especially when there is a huge shadow of Emperor Hao's heir behind him, he can't take it lightly, if he has some other ideas when he first entered Guadu, then at present, he has been assassinated twice, and he almost lost his life, he will definitely not take risks casually. I think that the children of the Cao family should also see this clearly, so they will use such a plan. ”

"It's just..."

With a low groan, Tianji Ziwei said: "I still have two questions, I hope to figure them out." ”

"First, this method is a little vicious and a bit risky, not quite like the style of my junior brother, but more like Cao Zhongde's method, but he doesn't seem to have come to Guadu... Second, even if the Xie family does have the heart to break up, what kind of means is it now? ”

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“… Even if the Xie family does have the heart to break up, what kind of means is it now? ”

Raising such a question, Cao Fengxiao added a little bit of vermilion sand to a map of Guadu County, picked up a piece of yellow book paper next to him, recorded a few lines of text, dried it and collected it, and said: "... Sixth brother, what do you think? ”

"What do you think..."

Muttering, pacing behind Cao Fengxiao, Cao Zhongde, who did not even show up in the battle of Pilu Courtyard, frowned and stared at the county map.

“… No matter how you look at it, it's a mess..."

On the county map, there are dozens of red dots, scattered across the stars, surrounding the city of Guadus.

Only a little later than the appearance of rumors, bloody cases are also constantly occurring, in the large and small villages and towns outside the city of Guadu, there will be a tragedy every day, in six days, there have been a total of 47 cases, nearly 500 deaths. Moreover, every deceased person will also be disemboweled, cut off limbs and beheaded, which can be called tragic.

"However, I'm more worried about what these dead people mean..."

Er Cao first suspected that the opponent was going to carry out some big moves in the Youming Technique, and he needed to take the internal organs or limbs of the living people as sacrifices, but after personally inspecting them, he found that each deceased person had complete limbs and no lack of internal organs, and at the same time, Wang Ranzhi also determined that there were no traces of soul spells being used on the corpse, and the separation of the three souls and seven spirits was all after the death of the person.

Deeply worried about this, Er Cao had no choice but to obtain more information before making a claim, but so far, all efforts in this regard have failed.

Extremely angry about such a thing, the strong men gathered in the city of Guadu gathered the next day, and in the name of the emperor Xiangxian recruited the help of the Guadu Yamen, and began to patrol around Guadu, but, this did not change anything, indeed several times, they succeeded in stopping the massacre, but the harvest only confirmed that the killer was the "Six Dynasties Gold Dust" that had appeared twice, but could not capture any of them.

"A blind man who doesn't use ears, an earthenware that is not restrained by wood, an unbreakable stone armor... What kind of monsters are these..."

In terms of strength, Cao Wenyuan or Cao Yuanrang are confident that they can suppress anyone except Min Tianshuai in a one-on-one situation, not to mention Zilu and Wang Ranzhi, who have been famous for a long time, but this does not mean that they can achieve a "meaningful" victory.

You can have the upper hand, but you can't defeat your opponent, and you are far from being familiar with geography, and several times in a row, the good players can only watch their opponents escape without a way, and this is only when the leader of the other party does not appear.

The self-proclaimed "Min Tianshuai", Na Yong is also a man in a white robe, who has twice blocked in front of everyone, and is completely unafraid of falling into a siege, which also proves that he has such arrogant qualifications: although the truth is that he can't block Zilu's sword head-on, he can always move to the place where Zilu's heavy sword is least likely to be cut before it falls.

Being in the center of the battle group, and at the same time it seems to be the center of everything, Min Tianshuai can clearly grasp the movements of each opponent, and can always be one step ahead of others to make the most efficient defense or counterattack. At the same time, he does not limit his movements to defense, and is always able to seize the only opportunity under heavy siege, make extremely efficient counterattacks, tear the road alive, and calmly escape.

The red dot that Cao Fengxiao added just now represents the latest bloody case: an ordinary peasant family was attacked in a small town called "Taishan" in the northeast of Guadu City, and although a team of more than 50 horse troops led by Wang Ranzhi, Lu Kang, Cao Yuanrang, and Cao Zhongkang arrived at the scene in time, they could only stop the spread of the killing, and could not capture it.

"That one named Jue Yushi is definitely inferior to the seventh brother in terms of strength, and it is impossible to catch up with the second brother in terms of changes, but his body stone armor has no weaknesses, which is really a headache..."

Like Er Cao's helplessness, Wang Ranzhi and Lu Kang's alliance was indeed able to suppress the horse, but it couldn't catch this blind man who was retreating like electricity, and in the end, he could only be satisfied with driving them away.

The reason why the movements here can be discovered in time is that all the sergeants and officials in Guadu City have been dispatched and scattered to the four fields to be on guard, and at the same time, a very simple earthen platform similar to "beacon fire" has also been set up under the guidance of Cao Zhongkang Ao Xing, these generals in the northern part of the country, forming a large net that is still very simple, but barely able to fill the number, relying on it, they can grasp the beginning of the "massacre" in time and rush to the scene.

It's just that this kind of "rescue" is basically just an afterthought, and there is no way to give the frightened people "peace of mind", six days later, the surroundings of Guadu have become a boiling field, day and night restless, and some people have begun to escape from Linjun or seek refuge in Guadu City, which has been very peaceful so far, deeply disturbed by such a thing, Cao Fengxiao even once said to the emperor, hoping that he can return to the west, in order to draw salary for this increasingly complicated situation.

"Everything in front of us is extremely chaotic, but in the chaos, there must be a reason, some people, because they have to do it, deliberately guide everything, but the question is, why do they guide like this? In the midst of this chaos, what exactly do they want to get out of it? ”

used such a question as the beginning of the introduction, and after a short conversation, he bluntly said that the head of the emperor Xiangxian should be the cause of all this confusion, although he couldn't see the details clearly, but Cao Fengxiao believed that as long as Cao Fengxiao left Guadu now, everything should be calmed down.

"It's not difficult to leave now, all the major families are represented in this place, we will escort His Highness away together, even if others have the power to 'annihilate together', it is difficult to make such a determination."

The truth of that night, Emperor Xiangxian did not deliberately hide it from everyone, knowing the true identity of the assassin, Cao Fengxiao did not think that anyone in the city could prevent Xuanwu from assassinating again, but the problem was that Xuanwu could not kill Emperor Xiangxian from the heavy siege without injuring others, and if it led to casualties among Zilu, Wang Ranzhi and even Cao Sun's family in the process, it would form a huge pressure that even Sun could not and could not bear. Based on the same considerations, some other forces that have not been directly named should not have such a conceit of becoming the "target of the public", so he joked about Emperor Xiangxian with a very sincere attitude, hoping that he could adopt his own suggestion, leave the melon in a high profile, and put all this to an end.

However, his suggestion was rejected.

"Nope."

The reason for refusal was simple: Emperor Xiangxian said that the current bloody case was too hateful and that there must be a result. And the murderer is too powerful, if even the many strong men in the city can't be punished, the local officials in Guadu can't be counted on. Therefore, he must not leave until everything has calmed down.

This is not surprising, in private research and judgment, Cao Zhongde even pointed out that Emperor Xiangxian actually has unspeakable difficulties: he is currently waging an invisible struggle with Emperor Mufeng, and he must not lose points so inexplicably.

"Lao Jiu, to put it bluntly, what did the emperor and elephant do when he came to melon first? What are you going to do with all of us? It's really for that ethereal Wuzhi Qi to have a ghost! ”

With an attitude similar to that of Tianji Ziwei, Cao Zhongde also understood that this was Emperor Shaojing's painstaking move in order to cultivate the prestige of Emperor Xiangxian and even the team, and because of this, Emperor Xiangxian could not casually choose such an absolutely safe path as "leaving".

"Your Majesty, he used to be among the strongest people in the world, and his personality is also extremely reverent, if he is scared away like this, he will lose at least half of his points. What's more, he is not good now, don't forget, the fief he created by pulling back tens of thousands of soldiers from Jinzhou has completely changed the territory of Emperor Mufeng, where is there still capital to lose? ”

Nodding silently, Cao Fengxiao did not refute Cao Zhongde's analysis, in fact, this was originally their prediction before going to Guadu, and Cao Zhi gave a clear instruction of "full escort", hoping to take this opportunity to fight for the Cao family to have a little more capital to settle down, at least not to become a suspicious person like the Sun family surnamed Liu now.

Having said that, the consensus has been reached, since it is good to know that there may be an abyss in front of them, the Cao family, who is determined to take this opportunity to make meritorious contributions in front of the emperor Xiangxian, must go on hard.

"I just hope that this road is not too difficult to walk..."

With a wry smile, Cao Fengxiao sighed for a long time, pushed the window, and saw that the stars in the sky were vast, and he was free to divide the starry sky into two, and saw a new moon like a silver hook, hanging obliquely in the sky.

"The New Year of July, soon, will be the day of begging..."

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At night, the wind is clear, the moon is bright, the willow branches are swaying, and there is a mist in the dark.

In the vast courtyard, hundreds of stone monuments stand silently. At that time, it was the second day of July, and the bright moon in the sky had already shown most of it, only a piece was still missing on the east side, but it did not hinder the bright moonlight from falling like water, and those night fog that were like nothing, like a layer of sarong, the stone tablet was gently covered.

Carefully inspect the text on the stele, all bodies are prepared, the real grass is under the seal, the dazzling, if the dragon and snake, gallop competition, it is really amazingly tight, but, the stele is incomplete, the wind erosion is there, the left and right are all messy grass, up and down are covered with dust, but it is decadent tight.

In the mouth of the people of Guadu, this place is called "Old Stele Forest", also known as "Leftover Stele Forest", there is more to falsely spread, called "Old North Forest", it was originally the most proud of the Xie family in Chen County, it is successively more than ten generations of family owners to collect and carve, Xie family in its heyday, every time it has been a festival, there are often bachelors from Han Qin, and this line of "Qu Shui Liuzhen" play, set the beautiful text, then immediately recruit people to carve into a stele, if it can be a good sentence, you can hear the world overnight, but later Xie Hui was convicted, the Xie family collapsed, and this place is also under the nest, Hundreds of years of hard work and savings, so far can not be preserved, or damaged or lost, the essence of which was sent to Beijing by Wanli Station, but also made a courtyard. It is generally called "Forest of Steles", and now the rest is just the remnants of those who failed to enter the eyes of the emperor.

After this catastrophe, the Xie family's vitality was greatly damaged. There is no longer the mood to play with these expensive hobbies, and this place has been ruined since then, and the four doors are locked, and it has been a hundred years in the blink of an eye.

… In the night, there are white shadows walking through the stele forest, carefully examining the inscriptions one by one, and from time to time stretching out their hands, gently rubbing along those iron and silver hooks, and whispering in their mouths.

"Get up Qionghu is silent, and when I see Shuxing crossing the river. When will the west wind come, I am afraid that the passing year will change secretly... Hey, it's also a good poem and a good word, but with the sound of the strong seal script of the dead country, it's not understandable..."

The clouds opened, and the moonlight shone out half of his face, revealing a bit of intoxication, but it was actually the heavenly crape myrtle here.

"Walk this way, go there, just look for flowers and willows, go that way, go this way, don't get tired of the golden cup of wine... Writing freely and freely, even the taste of the song, wonderful, really wonderful..."

While admiring, Tianji Ziwei actually took out a piece of tissue paper and a box of ink blocks from her arms, carefully expanded, and it took a while to be satisfied.

If it was for a while, he gradually stepped on the southwest corner, saw a stele, the remnants were broken, there was no carving, bare, there were only two lines of big characters, all of them were gray, I couldn't see clearly, Tianji Ziwei didn't think it was dirty, raised his sleeves and wiped it for a while, and saw clearly that it was two sentences of five words, "let the moon in hand, shake the wind full of arms", the font was thin and straight, like Qu Tie breaking gold, and it was excellent.

Seeing this inscription, Tianji Ziwei seemed to be surprised, and after tasting it for a while, Fang smiled bitterly: "The words of the Duke of Dusk are a poem that disobeys the order... Hey, what a master, so scathing, and I'm not afraid of hurting and..."Fu said again: "But it's also a loss that I haven't been dragged into Beijing, and I don't suffer from separation..." In such a place, I still want to fight and kill, a few people are really burning the piano and cooking cranes..."Saying that, he raised his head, smiled with his hands, and saw that seven or eight steps ahead, on a stele, there was a man standing with his waist crossed, shirtless, wearing only a pair of calf-nosed shorts, the muscles on his shoulders and legs were distended, and his eyes turned white.

Hearing Tianji Ziwei say this, Yu Yuma laughed dryly twice, and said: "Lao Tzu is a rough man, he doesn't know what poetry or lyrics are, and he doesn't need it." Lao Tzu has always been just hard to find a woman, or throw some silver, never bother to make any sour words to coax people, there is a fart for learning these! Hearing this, Tianji Ziwei frowned and shook her head, and said again and again: "It's vulgar, Your Excellency is really... Alas. ”

He still refuses to speak ill of people here, but there is no patience over there, so he howled and said: "Although Lao Tzu has no knowledge, he still knows a few words, since you like it, I will give it to you!" As he spoke, he flicked his legs, and he turned over and jumped up, kicking in a row, conjuring up many leg shadows, connected like dragons, and swooping down viciously towards Tianji Ziwei.

"There is a way in heaven that you don't take, and there is no way to come in to hell!"

When the menacing horse was still outside the room, the front of Tianji Ziwei's forehead had been stirred by the fierce wind and was tightly attached to his forehead, but he had no intention of avoiding it, just standing there, looking at the horse that was approaching like a hungry dragon, smiled faintly, slowly, raised his left hand, and put his index finger out.

"Stop..."

In a low whisper, Tianji Ziwei waved her hand to the side, and at this time, the horse had already pounced in front of him, and he was about to kick him in the throat, but he was suddenly shocked, and he really snorted, and he turned his body to the side abruptly, and with a loud bang, he kicked the ground so hard that even one of his right legs fell into it!

"Huh!?"

Needless to say, the change of direction was extremely costly, and the horse seemed to be distracted for a moment, his face was in a trance, as if he didn't understand how to kick the ground inexplicably, and before he could come back to his senses, a slender and white finger had gently pressed on his left neck.

"Defeat you... Even to kill you, I'll just use this one finger... Do you believe it or not? ”

There was no question or answer to the question of Tianji Ziwei, and the answer was the long sleeves that were rolled up to the ground like two big snakes.

"Chen Chuxiang..."

Gently snorting, Tianji Ziwei withdrew her left hand, her body rotated slightly, and somehow she had come out of the sleeves - but it was only for a moment, and in the blink of an eye, she saw the long sleeves like a strange python turned up on the spot, as if she wanted to choose someone to devour, and viciously slashed her head under the cover.

"The same finger is enough to deal with you..."

Speaking contemptuous words, Tianji Ziwei used the middle finger of her right hand this time, and while waving it slightly, there seemed to be a beautiful and almost cold silver thread slashing through the air, with a titicap sound, and disappeared in a flash. Then, the sound of the explosion line sounded in a row, and what appeared in the darkness was Chen Chuxiang, who looked frightened.

"You, you..."

Even the Heavenly Divine Soldiers, who had to combine correct tactics and repeat dozens of times to destroy, were easily cut off like old paper in front of the middle finger of Tianji Ziwei, and lay on the ground heavily.

One horse and one phase were ineffective, and then there was a flank attack from both sides, a few mixed red faint blue light swirling from a distance, and at the same time, the short and fat body of the Jue Yushi was also outflanked from another direction.

"Wind Cannon, Gentleman... With the two of you, you're still not qualified to let me use 'two hands', hey..."

Void and raised her sleeves, Tianji Ziwei didn't seem to be able to dodge the attack of Qingguang, and was shot in front of her chest and abdomen, and the whole person who hit her flew out upside down like a broken paper owl.

It was light as if it had no weight, and a gust of night wind blew and made Tianji Ziwei turn over in mid-air, and in a blink of an eye, it actually fell behind Jue Yushi: Jue Yu Shi was not in a hurry, he was not good at being quick and fast, and he was fighting with a pair of iron fists and a horizontal practice. Who would have thought that Tianji Ziwei only turned on one side, and his right palm was lightly printed on his back, and he lifted it in a flash, and he heard a miserable howl, and Jue Yushi stumbled away a few steps, desperately trying to grope his back, but he couldn't touch it.

A gust of wind passed, and a few pieces of broken clothes were rolled off from the back of the Emperor Jue Yushi, which was exactly where Ziwei had pressed it, and then saw it more clearly, the clothes were torn and the armor appeared, and the crystal armor that had made the emperor Xiang Xian, Cao Wenyuan, Cao Zhongkang and others helpless, actually had a crack the size of the pot!

Easily chased away the embarrassed warriors, Tianji Ziwei had no intention of pursuing, standing in her clothes--- she could see clearly between her chest and abdomen, she was still dressed in white, and she didn't leave any traces--- her left hand finger and little finger poked out together, pointed to another messy monument, and said coldly: "In my eyes, every stone tablet here is more valuable than a human life, so if you dare to play any trick of 'gathering stones for soldiers', I will have to kill you first... Got it? ”

has always been known as a "wise man", but, at this moment, there is a feeling sharper than a sword from the body of Tianji Ziwei, that kind of pressure... So that the chariot really did not dare to do anything, and hurriedly stood up from the darkness, and raised his two hands high to show that he had indeed "done nothing".

However, there are also those who are not convinced. From the other direction, there was a wooden and cold look, locking every movement of Tianji Ziwei, and there was no fear at all.

Subsequently, a gentle laughter sounded from a pavilion in the middle of the courtyard, and at the same time, bright lights were lit, a total of four, divided into the corners of the pavilion, illuminated as bright as day, saw a table and four chairs, Min Tianshuai occupied the west head, raised his hand to Tianji Ziwei, and said with a smile: "The army came in a hurry, no tea and no wine, so I had to talk... What if you don't know what to do? As he spoke, he raised his eyebrows slightly, and saw that the six of them bowed down and retreated.

Tianji Ziwei smiled and said, "It's better to be respectful than to obey your fate." Saying that, he really walked into the pavilion slowly and sat opposite Min Tianshuai.

The two of them sat down, they were speechless for a while, Min Tianshuai looked at the heavenly machine crape myrtle for a long time, Fang Yi smiled and said: "The great military division... You are indeed weak. ”

If this is actually strange, Tianji Ziwei just easily repelled the "Six Dynasties Gold Powder" with a leisurely stroll, if he is "weak", then what are these people? But Tianji Ziwei only smiled in return, and said, "Yes... I'm really weak, and even if I catch up with the opportunity now, I still won't be able to break through the boundaries of the seventh-level power. ”

"Hmm..."

With a long sigh, Min Tianshuai supported himself with his hand, and said calmly: "But you have a peerless wisdom, a kind of wisdom that can judge the weaknesses of our people even if you listen to others... Hey, when a person has been so loved by God, if he gives you more strength, what will it do? ”

With his fingers crossed in front of him, Tianji Ziwei silently stared at Min Tianshuai, and only after he finished sighing did he say, "Your Excellency... Are you a native of Guadu? ”

Min Tianshuai shook his head slightly and said, "Who knows?" Who remembers... The day is thin, where is the countryside... Family? Only 'people' have homes, townships, and counties, but what 'home' do we have? He laughed loudly, but there seemed to be sadness in the laughter.

Tianji Ziwei's eyes flashed, and she said: "Yuntai Mountain is big, and the Juyi Hall is wide... I am willing to make my home with the heroes of the world... Do you care? ”

Min Tianshuai's laughter suddenly stopped, and he was stunned for a while, before he said: "The army division wants to persuade him to surrender... Is this what Sun Dasheng meant? But he shook his head and smiled: "If you ask more, Tianji Ziwei's words are equivalent to the meaning of the Great Sage of Chaotian, who doesn't know..."

After being silent for a while, he shook his head lightly and said, "The great military division is kind, and my brother understands it." ”

Tianji Ziwei did not look surprised, but said: "I would like to hear it in detail." ”

Min Tianshuai smiled bitterly and said, "Who are we?" ”

"We are the 'gold dust of the Six Dynasties'."

"The gold powder is prosperous, and it has been proved that there are 800 floors and 10 miles of lotus... Only now, the prosperity of the old times is gone with the rain and wind, the building is no more, the flowers are no more, and the gold dust is no more... The sound of the lotus has become a perfect sound, if the volume leaves this place and is re-laid, it is just a business song across the river, how can it be the same as the spring night law pipe and Yushu silver flower of the day? ”

With a light sigh, Tianji Ziwei arched her hand slightly, and said: "The healthy cannot be reluctant, and the ambitious cannot be strong... It's a faux pas. ”

He also said: "However, there is still a word of persuasion below." ”

Min Tianshuai said solemnly: "Please." ”

Tianji Ziwei hesitated, and said, "This calamity... Do you still feel safe to get through it? ”

Min Tianshuai snorted and said: "The world is so big, how many people can there be like Mr. Zhiru?" People who can see through my brother's weakness can't come to this melon capital city? As he spoke, he smiled and said, "If this is the case, then my brother's life has been counted, what can I say?" ”

Tianji Ziwei looked calm and said: "Your Excellency is so well-understood, I don't need to say more, but what I just said will always be valid, please remember it." As he spoke, he got up and said, "Bother, I'm leaving." Min Tianshuai stretched out his hand and said, "Slow." He also stood up and said with a smile: "The great army division is a famous man in the world, it is rare for the jade toe to be stationed here, there is a stele, and I want to invite the great military division to take a look." Saying that, he walked out of the pavilion, Tianji Ziwei groaned slightly, and also rushed behind, but he didn't leave. The two walked towards the depths of the courtyard, and in a blink of an eye they had entered a place, all of which were half-made monuments, only those that had not yet been polished, and those that had carved a few lines of words, all of which were abandoned on the ground.

Min Tianshuai led the way in front of him, and said slowly: "When the stele forest was in its heyday, there were hundreds of craftsmen here, making endless works, and then it was destroyed overnight, and it was abandoned in a hurry, and it became like this..." ”

Tianji crape myrtle saw that the stele is eight feet high, very thick, has seven or eight percent of the work, the top seat is complete, the patterns are ready, but the text has not yet landed, only the upper part of the seal has two lines of drunken grass, it is "eternal to the end of one death, drunk village burial ground has a plateau." ”。 The lower part is still empty.

Min Tianshuai saw that Tianji Ziwei was concentrating on appreciating the monument, and said with a smile: "This place is full of unsuccessful things, but somehow, I just fell in love with this piece, but unfortunately the bottom is not complete, and I feel very uncomfortable... The great military division is a high talent, can you give two lines of poetry to complete here? ”

Tianji Ziwei heard him say this, and said with a wry smile: "Fierce poetry, but it is also a quatrain... Under the dog's tail, how to continue the mink..."After a long silence, Fang smiled and said, "It's ugly." Stretch out your hand and press it on the stele, gently grind, after a while, Fang removed his hand, and saw that there were two more lines of text on the big stone, all deep and inch, generally drunk grass, and the penmanship was the same as the first two sentences.

"If a talented man is really peerless, he is pitiful and a king... Hahahaha, good, good continuation! Well continued! ”

After reading it several times, Min Tianshuai laughed wildly, and said, "It's really wonderful..." ”

Tianji Ziwei smiled and said, "Farewell." When Fang wanted to turn around, Min Tianshuai said again: "Please stop." He said, "I also want to ask about the Great Army." ”

"I'm living here in seclusion, and I haven't revealed the slightest flaw, how can the army division go straight to it?"

Tianji Ziwei pursed her lips and said with a smile: "Speaking of which, or if Your Excellency is not convinced, Guadu Stele Forest is famous all over the world, and I have already admired it, and I have the ambition to reward it, and it is really an unexpected joy to meet a few." Hearing this, Min Tianshuai's face was cloudy, and after a while, he smiled bitterly: "Providence is unpredictable, Providence is unpredictable..." ”