In the governor's yamen, after Sun Yueling told Zhu Xieyuan about the White Lotus Sect's intention to assassinate the court officials, Zhu Xieyuan also looked solemn and said to Sun Yueling: "Sun Xun, how do you think we should deploy next?" ”

Sun Yueling said: "My lord, according to the lower officials, the White Lotus Sect convened the so-called White Lotus Holy Society this time to plot a rebellion, and planned to assassinate the court officials, which shows that they are already at the end of their rope and have to take a risk. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info So, this time for us, maybe it's an opportunity to catch them all. ”

"Oh?" The fat on Zhu Xieyuan's round face moved, and he said, "Go on?" ”

Sun Yueling continued: "However, this time the target of their assassination was the imperial court, and it was very likely that it was the governor himself, so the lower official suggested that he secretly ordered the envoy to mobilize capable soldiers and horses to protect the yamen and the lords, which was one of them; Second, the Chengdu government and county governments were ordered to strengthen prevention and vigorously investigate suspicious persons, especially strangers who entered and exited suspiciously; Third, the lower official decided to lead the people of the Yamen of the Inspectorate to inspect the micro-service, and strive to find out the hiding place of the demon from the Qinglou wine shop, teahouse and bookstore, I don't know what the adults think? ”

Zhu Xieyuan nodded and said, "What you said is right, this is also what this official thinks." It's just that secretly mobilizing troops and horses to protect the yamen from all walks of life is afraid that it will cause the demons to notice, which will not be conducive to our next actions......"

Sun Yueling hurriedly said: "But if you don't mobilize troops and horses to protect your lords, in case an adult suffers an accident, I'm afraid that the whole of Sichuan will be leaderless, and the rebellion of the White Lotus Sect may take the opportunity to attack Chengdu, this is the most important thing, and adults must consider it carefully." ”

Zhu Xieyuan thought for a while, and said: "Since the White Lotus Sect plans to rebel, it must be secretly watching our military camp station, if the soldiers and horses move, they will definitely know, and maybe they will not take the risk." After a pause, he continued, "For the sake of the disaster in the southwest, what is the personal safety of this official?" Moreover, there are also many patrols and arrests in the yamen, and they want to assassinate their own officials, but it is not so easy. ”

Sun Yueling admonished again: "Adults must not be in danger, it is better to mobilize soldiers and horses to take precautions secretly......"

Zhu Xieyuan interrupted him with a wave of his hand and said, "This matter is settled, there is no need to say more." Go to the yamen of the inspector as soon as possible, there should be a lot of things waiting for you to do. ”

Sun Yueling was helpless, so he had to obey the order: "The lower officials obey the order, and please pay more attention to the adults, don't take advantage of the opportunity with the demons." ”

Zhu Xieyuan smiled and said, "The old man is naturally saved, and Sun Xun can rest assured." ”

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In the third year of the Apocalypse, the third day of March, the ugly hour is three moments.

Sun Yueling dragged his tired body back to the post house located in the southwest of the Shu Palace. For three whole days, he and Zou Ruoyu took a group of cadres and officials from the Yamen of the Inspectorate to inspect in civilian clothes, whether it was Dacheng, Zicheng, or South and North Cities, the restaurants, neighborhoods and alleys in the entire Chengdu City, they were all turned over, and still no trace of the White Lotus Sect demons was found.

Sun Yueling was a little discouraged and felt a burst of depression. These demons of the White Lotus Sect are really hidden very deeply, even though they found a few strangers with suspicious appearances, but after investigating them one by one, they were completely denied in the end, and they have not yet grasped any useful clues.

It stands to reason that when the White Lotus Sect convenes this meeting, the leaders of the sect committees in the southwestern state capitals will certainly gather in Chengdu City, and these people are all leaders of the White Lotus Sect in various places, and according to the inspection department and the officials of the Chengdu Prefecture are all over the city, and they are familiar with the situation of the cult, there is no reason why they cannot be identified under the painted figures. But the strange thing is that even if they searched all the inns and wine shops in the city, they didn't even find a single leader of the White Lotus Sect.

Could it be that Xu Chengming did not set the venue of this meeting in Chengdu City, but held it elsewhere?

- Zou Ruoyu swore in front of him that Xu Chengming would definitely hold a meeting in Chengdu City, and according to the information he had, the White Lotus Sect demons were planning to assassinate important officials of the government, and there was no reason to hide in the field.

However, why can't we find the slightest trace of them?

Sun Yueling was puzzled.

Entering the post house and passing the front yard, Sun Yueling walked towards the backyard while thinking. This post house has always been used to entertain those imperial court officials and Qincha, so the Sichuan government yamen has greatly renovated it, and it seems to be very large-scale. The front yard is used for work and deliberations, and the back yard is used for rest and accommodation.

In order to please the errand, when the Sichuan government expanded the post house, it also deliberately built the backyard beautifully, not only the corridor of the courtyard, but also the rockery pond, the courtyard is full of hibiscus, peach willow and other flowers and trees, so that the whole backyard is different from the front yard, and has become a garden with good scenery.

At this moment, Sun Yueling strolled along the cobblestone path mixed with flowers and trees, and walked towards the two-story attic in the backyard where he usually rested. The whole backyard was quiet, only the cries of some insects and frogs came into the ears, and the nose was filled with the fragrance of various flowers and trees.

As a patrol officer, Sun Yueling was placed alone in the elegant building of this post house, while his subordinates Zhang Pengyong and Yi Fei were placed in an ordinary house in the west of the backyard. After entering the backyard, the three of them separated and went down the road where they lived.

After crossing a small stone bridge, the attic where Sun Yueling lived came into view, standing in the faint moonlight. Sun Yueling walked forward, and was about to go towards the door, when he suddenly felt something strange, and it seemed to be different from usual, and he was slightly surprised, and immediately understood.

Although he always goes out early and returns late these days, the old postman in the post house has already instructed the post keeper that no matter how late he returns, he must light the wind lamp in front of his porter to clear the way for him, but now, the wind lamp hanging in front of the attic is not lit, it is dark and dreary, and he can't see the steps under his feet at all.

It seems that the postman didn't know that he had come back so late this time, and after lighting the wind lamp, he was lazy and left, and the wax oil in the wind lamp had already burned out, so it was extinguished.

Sun Yueling smiled dumbly, gathered his eyes, and slowly walked towards the attic door. Although he was busy with political affairs, he did not stop practicing martial arts, every night he would carry the Ziwei Doujue mental method to practice internal strength, and in his spare time, he would also practice the Sealing Demon Stick Method and the Liaoyuan Hundred Killing Marksmanship.

But he regretted that since he had practiced the Fifth Gravity Method Heavenly Prison of the Ziwei Doujue, he had never been able to make a breakthrough, and it was difficult to operate the luck methods and essentials contained in the Sixth Gravity Method, and he had always stopped within the Fifth Level. However, the two techniques of sealing the magic stick method and burning the plain hundred kills, on the contrary, are becoming more and more proficient, and gradually tend to be unified, sometimes the stick method can be used as a marksmanship, and sometimes the marksmanship can be used in the form of a stick.

With a "squeak", the door of the attic was pushed open by him, and Sun Yueling stepped inside and closed the door reflexively. Since the entire attic was blinded by black lights, he had to use the Ziwei Doujue technique to gather his eyes so that he could barely see the situation in the entire attic.

Just when he closed the door and was about to plug in the deadbolt, he suddenly felt something different, and under the traction of the qi machine, he felt that there seemed to be a pure strength above his head that was faintly about to move, ready to go.

Sun Yueling was shocked, and before he could turn his head to look back, that exquisite energy had already turned into a surging wave, hitting the back of his neck in a violent way.

In the event of this change, Sun Yueling couldn't parry, so he had to gather his whole body, and his palms suddenly pushed forward, and with a "bang", the two doors were directly cracked open by his palms, and he was like a rabbit, the whole person bent down and rushed out of the door.

With a "snort", Rao was like this, and he still felt a cold chill behind him, as if a sharp weapon had slashed across his back.

He jumped out of the door, and after he stood still, he turned around, and then he felt a hot pain in his back, and he couldn't help but touch his backhand, and he still saw the bright red of his hand in the faint moonlight, and he was shocked.

Sun Yueling hurriedly urged his internal strength to travel around his internal organs, and when his strength wandered away, he immediately calmed down. Fortunately, it was only a skin injury, and the internal organs and meridians were not injured, although this knife was ruthless and domineering, it did not seriously injure him after all.

I saw that in the attic in front of me, a tall figure walked out of the darkness, a sharp blade in his hand reflected the light of the moon, it was a glittering long knife, this person was wearing a black dress, and covered his face with a black scarf, but it looked blurred, but it made people feel the murderous aura of the long knife.

A deep voice came into his ears and said, "Dog officer, you can actually dodge my killer knife, and sure enough, there are two hits." ”

Sun Yueling took a deep breath and said, "Who are you who dare to assassinate the current patrol?" If it weren't for the fact that he found that the wind lamp in front of the attic was extinguished, he would have gathered the strength in his body to open his eyes, so he could react quickly and dodge this blow in time, otherwise this knife alone would have cut him to death.

The man raised the long knife in his hand, sneered, and said, "Dog Officer, let you die clearly, I am the White Lotus Sect Protector Niu Shiye!" The figure moved forward and slashed towards Sun Yueling's head again.

At this moment, on both sides of the stone bridge behind Sun Yueling, seven or eight masked black-clothed men suddenly appeared, holding long knives and sharp swords in their hands, surging towards him.

These people have been dormant in the dark for a long time, so it is easier to see Sun Yueling in front of him clearly, but he suddenly fell into the darkness, and his eyes were difficult to adapt for a while, and he couldn't see these black-clothed people from front and back clearly.

The moonlight was dim, and only the faint lights hanging in the distance through the courtyard path were faintly visible.

Due to the large number of these assassins, he was wounded, so he was surrounded by these people in the middle, and it was difficult to break through. Sun Yueling didn't dare to be careless, his luck Ziwei was really strong, and he was fighting to the death with this group of assassins by induction.

"Bang bang bang", the sound of bursting energy and the exchange of blades is endless.

He didn't have a blade in his hand, otherwise he might have been able to fight his way out of the circle, and now he could only use his fists to defeat these sword-wielding assassins. Under his frenzied urging and counterattacking with all his might, these people couldn't help him for a while.

Under the struggle, Sun Yueling found that although there were many assassins in this group, only Niu Shiye, who had been ambushed in the attic and tried to kill him with a knife, and a person with a long sword behind him were strong in martial arts, forcing him to only parry; The martial arts of other people are average, and they don't pose any mortal threat to him, so it is these two people that he has to guard against wholeheartedly.

If these two had not been in the group, he would have killed them or subdued them all.