With the improvement of the situation, the city of Guilin, which had been strictly guarded before, has gradually changed back to a new appearance, especially after the people and officers and soldiers from other states and counties have come to take refuge, the gate of Guilin is always open to these people, and there has never been an order to close the four gates again and not allow people to enter and exit during this period of time. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

But after hearing Yang Zhen's request, Tang Guangchen immediately agreed without hesitation: "Yes, this official will give an order to the four guards and convey the order not to leave the city for the time being, so that the people will know." General Xiao, you can also help mention this matter to the soldiers below. ”

Xiao Duo was slightly stunned, then nodded understandingly. He naturally knew what Yang Zhen and Tang Guangchen were thinking about, although the arrival of the people and troops in the surrounding prefectures and counties had strengthened Guilin's city defense strength, but at the same time, it also brought a lot of hidden dangers, no one knew how many White Lotus Sect or Miao Zhuang rebels were mixed in, especially the people of the former, they were all genuine Han people, and they couldn't be distinguished at all. Once these people found out the news and let the people of the White Lotus Sect know before the government launched an attack, this operation would naturally increase many variables.

Seeing that Tang Guangchen agreed, Yang Zhen nodded, stretched out his second finger, and looked at Xiao Duo at the same time: "The second request is that I hope to draw some elites from the city to listen to my command, they must absolutely obey me, and this will depend on you, Brother Xiao." ”

Hearing Yang Zhen still call himself like this, a smile flashed on Xiao Duo's face: "Xiao should cooperate with Brother Yang's dispatch." He also quickly made adjustments to his title to bring the two closer.

"I don't know if Yang has any other requirements besides these two items?" Tang Guangchen asked again.

"Well...... Yang Zhen groaned for a while and then stretched out his third finger: "I want to meet with the general who led the troops from Huguang, there are some things that need his cooperation." ”

"Huh?" Hearing his request, several people were stunned again, and they didn't know what he was still thinking. But since he had shown his absolute trust in Yang Zhen, Tang Guangchen didn't want to ask too much, so he glanced at Xiao Duo: "This matter will be handled by General Xiao, they are both military attaches and better talk." ”

Yang Zhen gave up his hand with satisfaction: "In this way, there are no other requirements for the lower officials, just these three points, as long as you adults can help me do it, once the White Lotus Sect is indeed hidden in the Baijia Village, I will definitely be able to catch them all!" ”

"Good! But I don't know when you plan to send troops? ”

"The soldiers are fast, in case there are any variables, I will start to arrange tomorrow, and within three days, I will definitely be able to see the difference!" Yang Zhen gave a deadline. He also knew that the closure of the four gates was also a lot of pressure on those officials, after all, there were no rebels outside the city now, and it was easy to cause unrest among the people, so it was the best choice to finish things as soon as possible.

Tang Guangchen was quite satisfied with this time limit, and the three days were within his control, so he nodded and agreed: "Since this is the case, then everything depends on Yang Yan's affairs!" As he spoke, he bowed his hand to him again and again, and the other officials also stood up to salute him.

Yang Zhen didn't dare to hold it up, and he also returned the salute with his fists: "Go all out when you make up your mind!" ”

Half an hour later, Yang Zhen met Qin Ze, a travelogue general who had come from Huguang, in the barracks near the city gate, and had some discussions with him, and finally got what he wanted.

At the same time, the Guilin government suddenly ordered the four gates to be blocked, and no one was allowed to enter or leave the city gate, although this caused some people to be puzzled, but in this extraordinary period, no one dared to fight against the government, and in this regard, Yang Zhen's overall plan to deal with the White Lotus Sect had been launched.

Twenty miles away, Baijia Village.

From a distance, the village, like many of the surrounding Han Chinese villages, is already dilapidated, with nothing strange except for a few ruined walls and dilapidated houses that have never fallen.

And ordinary people just get closer to this place, and they can't see anything wrong with this small village. No matter how you look at it, it is just a small village that has been completely abandoned after war, and the people in it have obviously been killed by soldiers and thieves, or have fled from their homes and fled this sad place.

But in fact, as long as you are a more thoughtful person, you can still see some problems in this village. Although the place is very desolate and dilapidated, there are even paths and houses with the corpses of corrupt villagers lying on the side. But something was noticeably missing from the village as a whole.

At the same time, in some dark corners of the village, there were pairs of vigilant eyes watching the movements, all of them hiding in the seemingly simple wooden and stone houses, constantly glancing out from the mottled and half-collapsed walls......

"Daddy......" Xu Chongshan walked into the house quickly, and Chongzheng, who had half-closed eyes, didn't know whether he was exercising or thinking, Xu Jinghong arched his hand and said, "What are your instructions for finding a child?" ”

Xu Jinghong opened his eyes, looked at his son solemnly and asked, "Did the men and horses who were sent out by us to deal with the officers and soldiers have responded?" ”

"Most of them have already sent the news back, and they have set up ambushes in various Miao Zhuang villages, which has indeed caused the officers and soldiers to suffer a lot of losses, and it can be regarded as temporarily curbing this practice of the officers and soldiers."

"Hmm, what about Liu Sanyuan? Did he send someone back with news? ”

"Not really. What's the matter, Dad is worried about what will happen to him? This shouldn't be possible, Elder Liu is a first-class master of my Holy Sect......"

Waving his hand to interrupt his son's adjective, Xu Jinghong frowned: "It stands to reason that with his strength all the way, there should be good news coming early." ”

"Maybe he wants to make more meritorious contributions, so he has been out for a long time." Xu Chongshan was busy comforting.

"Perhaps. Lately, though, I've been a little uneasy, as if something is in trouble. Xu Jinghong frowned, and said with some uneasiness: "So I want to transfer him back and help watch here." ”

Xu Chongshan couldn't take this, he didn't think there would be any danger here. Although this place is only twenty miles away from Guilin City, Baijia Village, as the head of the Holy Sect, has never been discovered, and now it has done enough cover-up work, so it is not afraid of being seen by others.

Xu Jinghong glanced at his son, thought of something and asked, "What news do you have to bring back from Guilin?" "As Yang Zhen judged, while people were constantly entering Guilin City, the White Lotus Sect also sent a lot of eyeliner in, and these people would always report the situation in the city on time.

Xu Chongshan hurriedly said: "The news that everything is as usual came back half a day ago, there should be no change." Dad, don't worry, everything is under our control. ”

Hearing his words, Xu Jinghong just smiled faintly: "Really? But the worry in my heart did not diminish a little. People like him who have practiced martial arts to an extremely high level, coupled with the fact that they have experienced many storms and have lived an unsightly life all day long, have a premonition of danger that ordinary people do not have. However, this hunch is somewhat reliable, but even he himself is not sure.

Xu Chongshan saw that his father was jealous, so he hurriedly said: "Dad, if you feel uneasy, we can leave here for the time being, anyway, this Guilin can't be taken down for a while, and it's not too late to settle the officials and troops elsewhere before coming back." ”

Xu Jinghong groaned slightly, but still shook his head: "There is no need for this, forgive those people in the government who don't have this ability." What I'm most worried about now is Yang Zhen of the brocade guard, I don't know where he is in Guangxi now, if we can get rid of him earlier, we can feel much more at ease. ”

"The child thought that maybe Elder Liu thought the same way, which is why he was delayed outside for so long."

"Well, maybe. You should tell everyone who is watching outside to be careful, and not to be the slightest bit lax, although this village is not noticeable, but you still have to be careful. Xu Jinghong finally let go of the uneasiness in his heart for the time being, and commanded.

"Yes!" Xu Chongshan then withdrew from the house and went outside to arrange everything.

Seeing him leave, Xu Jinghong slowly stood up from his seat and slowly paced to a Buddhist shrine in the corner of the room. Surprisingly, what is enshrined in this Buddha shrine is not the Maitreya Buddha or the god tablet of the lifeless old mother that the White Lotus believers believe, but the spiritual seat of a person, on which a few words are written vigorously and forcefully - the spiritual seat of the senior brother Zhang Tianqian.

For ordinary White Lotus followers, Maitreya's incarnation and the absence of a childless mother are their most firm and unshakable beliefs. But people at the level of Xu Jinghong do not believe so much in this kind of statement that is used to deceive the minds of the sect and make them loyal. Maybe when he faces other people, he will pretend that he is very religious, but when he is really alone, or with the people closest to him, no Maitreya Buddha or no mother will appear in their minds, let alone offer these things.

Xu Jinghong stared at the spiritual seat for a long time with a complicated expression, and then sighed softly: "Senior brother, I won't be moved when you persuaded me to stop, because I still have big things to do, so I will take your life." But now ......"

Saying that, he took a sharp breath: "I really understand your hard work, and some things are really hard to ask." Although the commotion we made this time was not small, it was obvious that it was still too far from what I expected to see before, and there was a big gap between our White Lotus Sect and the imperial court after all. Even if we try our best, the court has a way to deal with it. And even if it succeeds, the real benefit will not be me, but ......."

Speaking of this, Xu Jinghong's mind came up with the appearance of a calm and gloomy middle-aged man, Yang Yinglong's forces in Sichuan and other places had already completely covered up the White Lotus Sect, which was also the reason why he was in a hurry to return to Guangxi, he didn't want even this last place of foundation to become someone else's bag.