Qingyang Palace, formerly known as Qingyang, is located in the southwest of the city five miles, by the bank of Huanhua River, was built in the Zhou Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty Xizong had avoided the rebellion of the Yellow Nest here, and then issued an edict to build a large palace, changed to a palace, Qingyang Palace began to have today's grand scale. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

When Sun Yueling led a group of officials to the outside gate of Qingyang Palace, a spy who had been monitoring for a long time came to report the situation. According to the spies, Qingyang Palace has closed its doors since nightfall, and has refused to worship believers and visitors. At the same time, it was found that some people with strange whereabouts entered it one after another, and they did not come out for a long time.

Sun Yueling was secretly happy in his heart, and said to Zou Ruoyu: "It seems that the so-called White Lotus Conference of the demons is very likely to be held tonight, we are divided into two ways, and I will lead people to enter from the front; Zou led people into through the back door. If a demon's hideout is discovered, rockets are used as a signal to notify each other. Then he said solemnly, "When the demons gather in one place, they will inevitably jump off the wall in a hurry, so everyone must be careful." ”

After several people responded to the order, they all led their own teams.

Sun Yueling learned from the spy that the White Lotus Sect had a secret sentry in front and behind the Qingyang Palace. Of course, this is not difficult for them, who are accustomed to hunting down thieves, and under their clearance, these two secret sentinels will be dealt with in an instant.

Sun Yueling took the lead, and was the first to cross the mountain gate and go towards the first heavy palace, the Mixed Yuan Palace. Unexpectedly, when I entered the Mixed Yuan Palace, I saw that there was no one empty.

Sun Yueling said to everyone: "The demons must still be inside, everyone follow me." He led everyone towards the depths of Qingyang Palace.

They knew the terrain long before they came. The scale of Qingyang Palace is very large, there are three palaces of Mixed Yuan Palace, Sanqing Palace, and Doumu Hall arranged in sequence on the central axis, and there are some side halls and pavilions. The demons held the White Lotus Conference this time, and the number of people would definitely not be small, Sun Yueling guessed that they were very likely to gather in the main hall Sanqing Palace, so after passing the Mixed Yuan Hall and the Bagua Pavilion, they rushed towards the Sanqing Hall along the bluestone paved road.

Along the way, he didn't even meet a single Taoist priest in the palace, and Sun Yueling strengthened his mind that the White Lotus Sect would definitely hold a conference tonight - presumably these Taoist priests who were in charge of sacrificing and sweeping in the palace on weekdays had already been excused for some reason.

The Sanqing Hall of the main hall was already in sight, and saw that the lights inside were brilliant, which was very different from the situation of the lights of the Mixed Yuan Palace, Sun Yueling turned his head and made a careful gesture to everyone, and led everyone to lean over the courtyard wall, and sneaked towards the front under the cover of the shadow of the tall trees.

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The door of the Doumu Hall of Qingyang Palace is closed, and several thick and long red candles are burned on the candlesticks in the hall, and the blood-red light is reflected on the faces of the people who are standing in the dense hall, and these people are standing on both sides of the candlesticks in the hall with serious expressions, and the whole atmosphere seems a little weird and gloomy.

Xu Chengming, who was standing in front of the bronze statue of Dou Mu Yuanjun, slowly glanced at the people present, and said in a deep voice: "Niu Shiye, you failed to assassinate and ruined the great plan of this sect, are you guilty?" ”

Niu Shiye, who was standing on the side, raised his head suddenly, the green tendons on his head bulged, and said: "Sect master, this mission failed, and I have nothing to say, you can deal with me according to the rules!" ”

Xu Chengming snorted and said to the other sect leaders: "Ma Shiliang, Liu Gongjing, this master orders you two to quickly take down Niu Shiye, remove weapons, abolish martial arts, and correct the canons." ”

As soon as these words came out, the leaders of the White Lotus Sect present were all shocked. Niu Shiye is an old member of the Southwest Sect, as the protector of the Dharma King, he has made great contributions to the sect, and is one of the left arms and right arms that Xu Chengming has always relied on very much.

Ma Shiliang and Liu Gongjing glanced at each other, and when they were hesitating whether to do it, they saw Niu Shiye's eyes widen angrily, and he said to Xu Chengming: "Zhangjiao, my Niu Shiye can have today, it is all because you saved me that day, you want to abolish my martial arts now, okay, you don't need to do it, I will abolish my martial arts!" He strode to the middle of the hall, drew the long knife behind his back, and made a gesture to slash at the tendons of his feet.

Xu Chengming suddenly pointed at Niu Shiye and scolded: "You stupid and stubborn melon baby, you are really so stupid that you can't be helped, and you refuse to admit your mistakes until now, do you still have me in your eyes?" "Although Xu Chengming is the head of the sect, his martial arts committee is really not as good as Niu Shiye, but under his planning, the White Lotus Sect has escaped the encirclement and suppression of the government several times, and it continues to grow and develop, so the previous head of the sect awarded him the position of head of the sect and ordered him to be in charge of the southwest sect affairs.

Niu Shiye is his left arm and right arm that he lifts in one hand, so he has to rely on this foolish Niu Shiye many times. Now his original intention is to cheer Niu Shiye in front of everyone, let him admit his mistakes, and show his status, which is undoubtedly very important for his appeal after the first rebellion against Ming in the future.

At this time, if there is someone who intercedes for Niu Shiye, he can go down the steps and forgive Niu Shiye. Unexpectedly, this stupid man was so stubborn that he was incorrigible, not only did he not beg for mercy, but he really wanted to abandon his martial arts on the spot.

Niu Shiye heard that there seemed to be something in his words and scolded inexplicably, and he was immediately stunned and at a loss.

A tall, thick-eyed and black-faced man clasped his fists at Xu Chengming and said: "Zhangjiao, this assassination of the imperial court patrol, Niu Protector has done his best, if it weren't for the officials of the government to come in time, we would have succeeded a long time ago......"

After Xu Chengming saw this person speak, he was even more angry, pointed at this person and said: "Lin Chunwei, this is not your bad idea, if the target this time is the governor Zhu Xieyuan, maybe he will have succeeded a long time ago, and he has to provoke Sun Yueling, who has studied martial arts." ”

Lin Chunwei looked embarrassed and explained: "My subordinates also didn't expect that this Sun Yueling's martial arts have improved a lot, otherwise, this mission will not fail." ”

Xu Chengming was about to scold again, but he saw Hu Bo, the military master of the sect, come forward and said to him: "Teaching, Niu Protector is also an old brother of the sect, and has made a lot of contributions to the sect. ”

These words came too late, but they were finally spoken. Xu Chengming forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, and said hatefully: "In this case, according to your words, first write down Niu Shiye's sins, and let him make meritorious contributions, if he is still so unruly in the future, he will not forgive." ”

Niu Shiye was happy when he heard that he was fine, and shouted: "Don't worry, as long as you give me another chance, I will definitely bring the head of Sun Gouguan to see you." ”

Xu Chengming raised his hand, calmed everyone down, glanced at everyone again, and said in a deep voice: "This time the army is against Ming, we need to start from the state and county where the government is weakest, and plan properly, you all talk about it, how should we act?" ”

Before the words were finished, there was a sudden loud "bang" from the back of the hall, and I saw a firelight rushing to the sky in the darkness, reflecting the entire back of the hall with a bright light.

At the same time, a shout reached everyone's ears, shouting: "According to the judge's yamen, the demon of the White Lotus Sect will be captured before he can tie his hands." Then there was a loud shout, and it seemed that many people were coming from behind the temple.

It was a team of people led by Zou Ruoyu who came from behind the Dou Mu Palace, because he entered through the back door and was closest to the Dou Mu Palace, so he discovered the White Lotus Sect demon earlier than Sun Yueling.

After Zou Ruoyu ordered people to sneak near the Dou Mu Palace, he determined that it was the White Lotus Sect demon who was gathering inside, so he no longer hesitated, and while sending out a rocket warning, he was ready to lead people to attack it.

"It's from the government?" Hu Bo looked at the blazing fire burning outside through the window in the hall, and exclaimed, "Zhangjiao, what should I do?" ”

Xu Chengming shouted: "What's the panic, everyone has taken their weapons and is ready to fight." Before he could speak, there was a "whoosh" sound, and a sharp arrow shot straight at his face.

Xu Chengming hurriedly dodged sideways, took out a long knife, and with a brush, cut out the three big red candles in the hall, and the hall suddenly fell into darkness. Immediately afterward, the sound of countless sharp swords whistling sounded, and the people in the official mansion outside had already begun to shoot with random arrows.

Everyone in the hall hurriedly dodged, and in a moment, several people had fallen to the ground with arrows.

After a pause in the arrows, Xu Chengming let out a low cry and shouted, "Go out from the front." He opened the door of the temple and rushed out with his leader, and as soon as he escaped from the gate with all the people in the sect, he saw a group of men and horses rushing towards them in front of him, and one of the leaders was holding a spear in his hand and rushing straight towards him.

It turned out that when Sun Yueling saw the rocket signal, he immediately led everyone straight to the apse, and just collided head-on with Xu Chengming and others who escaped from the hall.

Xu Chengming suppressed the anger in his heart, pointed at Sun Yueling and said, "Kill this one for me." When he landed, a group of people rushed towards Sun Yueling.

The two sides immediately fell into a hand-to-hand battle and fought each other.

It was Niu Shiye who rushed straight towards Sun Yueling, and he shouted loudly and shouted: "Dog officer, I didn't kill you last time, and you will die here today." The long knife in his hand turned into a sharp ray and slashed at Sun Yueling's head.

Sun Yueling sneered and said, "Niu Shiye, you are really unashamed, and you dare to be stubborn when you die." With a shake in his hand, he grabbed it and walked towards Niu Shiye.

At this time, Zou Ruoyu and others, who were chasing from behind, also joined the battle group, and under the front and back attacks, the demons of the White Lotus Sect were immediately surrounded in the center, but there were many of these thieves, and they were all outlaws, knowing that the consequences of falling into the hands of the government were unimaginable, so they also fought back desperately, and the two sides were in the courtyard in front of the Doumu Palace, and it was difficult to distinguish between them.

Sun Yueling caught a glimpse of Zou Ruoyu and Lin Chunwei fighting, but Xu Chengming, surrounded by several henchmen, fled towards the northwest of Qingyang Palace, and hurriedly shouted: "Don't go away with the demon head." I wanted to chase after him, but the long knife of Niu Shiye in front of him generated one fierce force after another, forcing him to be difficult to pursue, and he could only fight with him.

His henchmen Zhang Pengyong and Yi Fei were also fighting with the rest of the demons, and it was difficult for them to come over to help.

Seeing that Xu Chengming was about to retreat to the courtyard wall of Qingyang Palace, as long as he climbed over the courtyard wall, he would be able to escape, Sun Yueling was anxious, and shouted violently, the spear swept, and the energy was agitated, and he shouted: "Death to the one who stands in my way." A shot swept on Niu Shiye's knife, swept him aside with a knife, jumped up, and jumped in the direction of Xu Chengming.

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