Xuanyuan Shao's expression showed that he was very curious about this matter and full of doubts, but Chu Huanxin still couldn't guess what Xuanyuan Shao was thinking for a while.

After all, he is just a head of the household, although his position is quite important now, but he is not an important minister of the imperial court, Xuanyuan Shao is an outstanding military general in the empire, and his personal and family behind him have a very high status in the empire, such a person has doubts about this strange stone, but he asks a head of the household for advice, which always makes Chu Huan feel a little uncomfortable.

However, it is possible that it is indeed because Xuanyuan Shao has been unable to solve the secret of the strange stone for a long time, and he can't see through what is strange about it, and he happened to be assassinated again tonight and ran into Chu Huan, so he was interested, and suddenly asked for advice, it may not be impossible.

Seeing Xuanyuan Shao's puzzled expression, Chu Huan cautiously asked, "General, the lower official took the liberty of asking, if you can't get a clue from the assassin's mouth, why doesn't the general start from the source?" ”

"The source?" Xuanyuan Shao was stunned for a moment, then understood, and sighed: "You mean the source of this strange stone?" ”

Chu Huan bowed slightly.

Xuanyuan Shao shook his head and said: "This stone was obtained from a dead man, I don't know where that person came from, he handed this stone to my hand, and he died before he could ask." Ben will find out the identity of this man, but he will find nothing, and to this day Ben will not know where he came from or why he would give this strange stone to Ben General. His white eyebrows were locked together, and he looked suspicious.

Chu Huan naturally felt that it was very weird, and said softly: "Since that person sent this stone to the general with his life, it is indeed very important to think that this stone is really important. Since the assassins have come to seize it, they must be very concerned about this stone, and they will inevitably want to get something from this stone, as long as the general waits patiently, the secret in it will be revealed sooner or later. ”

When Xuanyuan Shao heard this, he groaned slightly, and said with a smile: "What you said makes sense, some secrets take time, and when the time comes, they will naturally surface." Shaking his head and sighing: "Actually, Ben Jiang doesn't care what secrets there are, but Ben Jiang heard that there is a group of demons in the empire, and this white strange stone came suddenly, Ben Jiang is worried that it is related to that group of demons, if so, I don't know what kind of conspiracy is hidden here." ”

"Demons?" Chu Huan showed a puzzled look: "What does the general mean by the demon?" ”

Xuanyuan Shao said: "Lord Chu doesn't know if he has heard of Tianmen Dao? ”

"Tianmen Dao?" Chu Huan was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said: "Although the lower officials are lonely and unheard, Tianmen Dao has still heard people talk about it, and it is said that Tianmen Dao is now very rampant in Jianghuai Dao. ”

Xuanyuan Shao said lightly: "Not only Jianghuai Dao, but also Jinling Dao and Donghai Dao in Jiangnan have traces of Tianmen Daoist activities. In particular, Tokaido is said to spread very quickly and has a strong momentum, and in addition to Ganghuai Province, Tokaido's Tianmen Daoists are the most popular. He frowned and said: "Lord Chu may not know, there has been news recently, Jianghuai Dao Huizhou has had a change, Tianmen Dao demon flag waved, has gathered tens of thousands of people, in Huizhou City should be outside, into Huizhou City, although the official army immediately encircled and suppressed, but the chaotic people under the bewitchment of the demons, not only looted the grain depot and silver treasury in Huizhou, but also set fire everywhere, killed officials and robbed the rich, under the banner of Tianxingdao, but burned countless houses, countless innocent people died tragically in the ...... of war! ”

Chu Huan was taken aback.

Jianghuai Dao Tianmen Dao is rampant, and Taoist disciples are all over all levels, Chu Huan also has some understanding of this matter, and he judged early on that if the imperial court is not able to suppress the Tianmen Daoists of Jianghuai Dao as soon as possible, and appease the people of Jianghuai, then it will not be long before Jianghuai Dao will inevitably rise wolf smoke.

It's just that he didn't expect that things would develop so quickly, and the Tianmen Daoists of Jianghuai Dao had already begun to start an incident.

Chu Huan could imagine the consequences of the Tianmen Daoist uprising in Jianghuai Dao.

Jianghuai Road is located in the southeast of the empire, its east is the East Sea Road by the sea, its west is Jinling Road, the three places form horns with each other, is the granary and money bank in the southeast of the empire, if Luo'an Jingcheng is the political heart of the empire, then Jinling Road is the economic heart of the empire, the main gathering place of the empire's silk, porcelain, tea and other items is in Jinling Road, and the Jianghuai Plain, rich in grain, was once called the granary of the empire, Donghai Road is the barrier of the East China Sea, there are many aquatic products, rich resources, These three have always been the guarantee of the Empire's finances.

As soon as Jianghuai Road is in chaos, the granary of the empire will collapse, and then the Jinling granary, one of the four major granaries of the empire set up in Jinling Road, will not be able to get grain replenishment from Jianghuai.

Chen Yang, Xiaohu, Jiping, Jinling four granaries, Jinling granary scale is the first, the largest storage of grain, has always been the last grain guarantee of the empire, once the Jinling granary has a crisis, the foundation of the entire empire will also be hit hard.

Chu Huanxin is even more clear, once the Tianmen Dao incident of Jianghuai Dao cannot be extinguished quickly, if the Tianmen Dao people form a real military force, the consequences will be unimaginable, Jianghuai is in chaos, the East China Sea, Jinling and the second Dao will never be peaceful, Tianmen Dao will definitely turn the southeast of the empire upside down at that time, plus Hebei Dao still has the power of the Qingtian King, and the three northwestern Dao are still facing the threat of the Western Liang people, so that half of the empire has been shaken, and chaos in the world is inevitable.

Chu Huan was even wondering if it was the people of Tianmen Dao who knew the news of the Xiliang people's request for peace, so they suddenly started an incident, so that the southeast of the empire was in chaos, and they would not be able to focus all their energy on the northwest, and the result would be that the Xiliang people were very likely to rebel, and the original desire for peace would continue to advance because of the chaos in the southeast of the empire.

"This stone is strange and inexplicable, and its origin is unknown." Xuanyuan Shao frowned and said: "The Tianmen Dao Demon Dao is rampant, and a group of ghosts and ghosts are worried about whether this stone hides the secret of this Tianmen Dao biting people, and the heart of the ghost is unguarded." ”

Chu Huan arched his hand and said, "The general is very worried. However, it is not easy for the Tianmen Demon to set off waves in the capital. ”

Xuanyuan Shao smiled, waved his hand and said, "That's it, it's too much." Staring at Chu Huan and said: "I heard that you have practiced three levels in the Iron Blood Garden, and Xuanyuan Shengcai was defeated by your men, it seems that your archery skills are indeed extraordinary!" ”

Chu Huan immediately said: "General Xuanyuan made fun of it, if there are still people in this world who dare to talk about archery in General Xuanyuan, it is undoubtedly an axe." Xuanyuan Wuwei is clever in archery, Chu Huan's arrow book must be under him, and he was just opportunistic and lucky to win that day. ”

At this moment, I heard the sound of horses' hooves, and a team of people and horses galloped over, all wearing the clothes of the Ministry of Punishment, and one person came over, turned over and dismounted, and walked quickly to Xuanyuan Shao and said: "Yao Tong, the head of the Criminal Department, meet General Xuanyuan!" ”

Xuanyuan Shao said directly: "Bring a horse over!" ”

A horse was brought over, and Xuanyuan Shao asked people to hand over the reins of the horse to Chu Huan, and said, "The carriage you are riding in was destroyed because of me, and you can use this horse first." Turning to Yao Tong and said: "Deal with the scene, so far, don't make a show!" Turning around and leaving, he suddenly thought of something, turned back to Chu Huan and said, "Chu Huan, if you have time, you can go to Ben General's Mansion, Ben Jiang really wants to see your archery skills!" "Without further delay, he strode away.

Chu Huan groaned slightly, turned around, and saw that the driver who was driving was still lying on the ground, and said softly: "The prince is still in the prince's mansion, you go to the car again, so as not to pick up the prince by mistake tomorrow!" "Without delay, he turned on his horse and slapped his horse away.

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In the Jianghuai rebellion in Huizhou, Chu Huan quickly became clear about the specific situation, he was in the household department, although the news was not as well-informed as the military department, but the Jianghuai turmoil inevitably involved the pacification of the chaos, and the use of troops inevitably involved money and food, so it was not too late for the household department to get the news.

According to the information that Chu Huan knew, the Jianghuai Tianmen Dao incident was really accidental, but the cause was related to a county order surnamed Ling.

According to rumors, he heard that there was a young woman with a letter in a village under his jurisdiction, who had a good reputation in the local area and had a very beautiful face.

It's just that Ling County Commander didn't expect that this time he brought someone there, not only was he able to snatch the young woman back, but he left his life behind.

It turned out that the young woman's family were all disciples of the Tianmen Dao, and learned that the county order led people to rob, and it happened that there were Tianmen Dao people living in the local area, so they begged the Taoist to help, and the Daoist people were also happy that day, and immediately gathered several village men, gathered hundreds of people, and ambushed them in advance, and waited until the arrival of the Ling County Order, and the villagers under the leadership of the Taoist, the Ling County Order and the dozens of officials brought by them were all killed, and then they did not do anything endlessly, and gathered into the county seat.

No one expected that in less than ten days, with that county town as loyalty, those Tianmen Taoist priests who had been hidden in the people have summoned disciples to start up, the target is directly aimed at Huizhou City, and tens of thousands of people who believe in Tianmen Road from all directions have risen up, and have played the Taiji Bagua Laojun Banner of Tianmen Road, gathered from all sides, and with the help of Tianmen Daoists in Huizhou City, they should join forces to attack Huizhou City.

After the Tianmen Daoists entered the city, they burned, killed and looted, like bandits, the granary and silver treasury were robbed, the city was set on fire everywhere, hundreds of people fled, and the Huizhou Zhizhou was also under the protection of the Huizhou army, and killed a road to report to the Jianghuai Daofu City.

The governor of Jianghuai Province mobilized the Praetorian Guard, the state army of various states to encircle and suppress the Tianmen Daoists, but in a short period of time the Tianmen Daoists were driven out of Huizhou City, but the situation did not improve because of this, the Jianghuai five states, Huizhou took the lead in chaos, and the Tianmen Daoists in other states responded in groups, although they could not resist the official army for the time being, but more and more people joined the Tianmen Dao uprising, and even some officers and soldiers were also bewitched by the Tianmen Dao, and they changed their bodies, and the anti-water changed from the official army to the chaotic army.

Jianghuai Dao is now in chaos, and the officials and troops are encircling and suppressing the Tianmen Daoists every day, but the news from there that the Tianmen Daoists have not weakened because of this, but are increasing in extremely large numbers every day.

After Chu Huan also got the news from Xuanyuan Shao, but in just three or five days, news came from Jianghuai that Tianmen Dao had occupied several county seats, and in the land of the five states, there had already been a large-scale riot in the land of three states. Chaos, its momentum and spread, even far more than the previous rebellion of the Qingtianwang in Hebei Province.

In desperation, the gentry from all over Jianghuai Province gathered private armed forces to protect their wealth, the Praetorian Guard, the state army, private armed forces, the Tianmen Rebellion, and the bandits who took advantage of the fire to rob, Jianghuai Road became a nest of porridge, and the military department and Dali Temple were full of spies every day, and the head of the household department also began to be nervous.