"My lord, for the sake of today, we must find the princess and her party as soon as possible, and send more people to protect them, and we must not let the Lunatic Worship Sect take advantage of it, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable!" Zhang Shunyi looked at it with a serious face and said happily.

"You're right, it's imperative to keep them safe. It's just that in order to hide their whereabouts, they obviously deliberately avoided the eyes and ears of the beggars, but now it is not easy to find their whereabouts. "For Zhang Rong's carefulness, happiness is both distress and helplessness.

Although Zhang Rong's original intention was to avoid the Lunatic Cult, he also avoided the eyes of happiness, and now it is not easy to find their whereabouts, let alone escort them to Jinyang. As for how Wu Zhao learned that the Zheng family and his party were heading north, and why the Lunatic Cult was happy to ambush outside Jeju City and on the bank of the Yellow River, he didn't bother to think about it.

After pondering for a long time, two essences suddenly burst out of his happy eyes, sharp as a sword, bright as stars, Zhang Shunzhi and Xiao Ling couldn't help but be awe-inspired.

"By the way, I will let out the wind tonight, and I will say that I will go south and go to Huaizhou to recuperate."

"Do you want to, sir?" Zhang Shunzhi was dumbfounded, staring at the joy in disbelief, and hesitated: "Do you want to risk your life and use it as bait to lure the Lunatic Cult to assassinate you?" ”

"Exactly!" Happy bowed slightly, and the corners of his mouth reappeared with the warm smile of the past, revealing perseverance and confidence.

"My lord, this is absolutely unacceptable!" Zhang Shunzhi knelt on the ground with a "poof", and said with a worried face: "How can you take such a big risk?" What's more, your body has not healed, and your martial arts are not as good as in the past, how can you resist the assassination of the supreme master of the Lunatic Cult? If you have a seriously ill guard by your side, the Lunatic Cult may not dare to come! ”

Xiao Ling wrung his eyebrows and looked at the happy and said in a deep voice: "My lord, maybe the princess has never left the mansion, this may just be a deliberate remark spread by the Lunatic Worship Sect, the purpose is to lure you out of the city, so as to find an opportunity to assassinate you, you must think twice!" ”

"yes, my lord—"

Zhang Shunzhi wanted to persuade again, but Xing Xing had raised his hand to interrupt him and said: "You don't have to persuade again, I have made up my mind, carry out the order." As a son of man and a husband, if I can't protect my parents, wife and children, how can I be invincible, dominate the mountains and rivers, and benefit all people? ”

"The Lunatic Cult is targeting me, and if I keep not being able to shrink in, the people around me will be in constant trouble. In that case, we have fulfilled the Lunatic Cult's wish to fight them freely, and I want to see who dies or who lives? Hunters hunt wild boars and elk, but tigers and wolves can also be hunted for food. ”

"Since my debut, I don't know how many people want to put me to death, but I am still alive and well, if the Lunatic Sect can't come, if they really dare to come, I will let them see the means of the 'Laughing Buddha Demon Hand'!"

Happy with a faint smile on his face, his tone was also very flat, but from these bland words, Zhang Shun and Xiao Ling could both feel the infinite killing intent contained in it, and the cold and piercing killing intent was that Xiao Ling, who was born as a killer, was secretly awe-inspiring and speechless.

"Your Excellency, give the order!!" Since he couldn't be dissuaded, Zhang Shunzhi could only resolutely carry out the happy order, and at the same time secretly swore in his heart that even if he fought to the death, he would not let the adults be hurt in the slightest.

"Good!"

……

On the top of a small hill in the north of Jinyang City, Liu Zhong sat cross-legged, and the bonfire not far away was swaying, which made his eyes dazed and ethereal.

Condescendingly, looking at the majestic Jinyang City under the mountain, like a dormant beast, Liu Zhong's brows furrowed slightly, motionless like a sculpture, his gray hair fluttered gently with the mountain wind, but his mood was a little heavy and confused.

Now he looks like a lot of vicissitudes of life, although he is still in good spirits, but he is always less sharp in the past, more twilight and sparse, and there is a thick haze between his eyebrows, full of sorrow and exhaustion, and a touch of sentimentality.

"Sasha—"

Liu Zhong's body moved slightly, and a slightly hoarse voice sounded in the mountain wind: "Zhao'er? ”

"Master." In the sound of breaking the sky, Wu Zhao appeared on the top of the mountain with dexterous steps, stood still in front of Liu Zhong, looked at Liu Zhong through the jumping firelight, and a trace of puzzlement flashed on his pretty and delicate face.

"You went to see Mr. Gao?" Liu Zhong glanced at Wu Zhao, and then his gaze fell on the starry Jinyang City.

"Yes." Wu Zhao bowed his head and said: "The disciple has already told him that the princess is going north and the Zhang family is going to set up an ambush outside Jeju City. ”

"How sure are you that you killed Zhang Chong and Zhang Song?" Liu Zhong was silent for a long time and asked again.

Wu Zhao groaned slightly, then looked directly at Liu Zhong and said, "If the master is willing to make a move, I am ten percent sure." Now that he is happy that his serious injury has not healed, he may not be Zhang Chong's opponent. ”

"Gao Changgong has been crystal clear in Huaizhou for several years, with a deep foundation, only with the power of the Zhang family, if you want to find the whereabouts of the princess, it may not be easy, there is your credit for this, right? You deceived the Zhang family into setting up an ambush outside Jeju City, you planned to lure the Zhang family out of the city to the south, so that you could fight the Zhang family to the death in Jeju, right? ”

Saying that, Liu Zhong turned his head to look at Wu Zhao and said slowly: "You want to die in Jeju with happiness!" ”

Wu Zhao was shaken all over, and although she tried her best to maintain her composure on her face, she had already set off a storm in her heart, which could be seen from the tightly clenched fists in her sleeves. Under Liu Zhong's deep eyes, her whole person seemed to be transparent, without the slightest secret, even her strategy was analyzed inseparably.

"Do you really want to die happily, that your brother-in-law will die and make your sister miserable for the rest of your life? Do you really want to put your favorite person to death? Liu Zhong's flat voice sounded again, but like a giant hammer, it hit Wu Zhao's heart all at once, making her face extremely pale and trembling all over.

Wu Zhao was strong, pretending to be confused and innocently looking at Liu Zhong and said, "Master, what are you talking about, why can't the apprentice understand?" How could I wish to die happily? Where do I like him again? ”

Liu Zhong didn't answer, looked at Wu Zhao with a kind face, and said in a gentle tone: "Zhao'er, you are a hundred times more talented than others, and your ambitions are higher than the sky. Even if it is far away from the rivers and lakes, it can be proud of the crowd and dominate one side. It's just that your heart is arrogant, and your utilitarian heart is a little heavy.

Life is only a dozen spring and autumn seasons, glory and wealth, Wang Tu hegemony, in the end is just a mirror, passing clouds, even if the scenery is infinitely like the Qin Emperor and Han Wu, in the end it is just turned into a handful of loess. People live for a lifetime, not to be vigorous, but to have a clear conscience, and die without regrets. ”

Glancing at Wu Zhao, who was listening quietly but had disbelief on his face, Liu Zhong slowly stood up, looked at Jinyang City from afar, and suddenly said: "Zhao'er, do you know why the teacher is so supportive and happy to cooperate, and even does not hesitate to take out the Chixiao Sword?" ”

"Doesn't the master see that Gao Changgong's father and son have the highest prestige and will eventually dominate the country? I teach that only by following the trend can we obtain the greatest benefits. Wu Zhao looked at Liu Zhongdao in surprise.

Liu Zhong chuckled and said, "This is only one of the reasons, but not all. ”

Glancing at the confused Wu Zhao, Liu Zhong continued, "Zhao'er, do you know why my Moon Worship Sect was founded? ”

Wu Zhao was slightly stunned, then frowned and said slowly while thinking: "In order to inherit the academic ideas of our ancestors to govern the world and save the country and benefit all the people. ”

"And what do you think we've done over the centuries?"

Wu Zhao was stunned, with a hint of deep thought in his eyes, and Liu Zhong said to himself: "For hundreds of years, the hundred schools of thought have lost their former fame, and it is even more contrary to the original intention. Over the years, there have been two ways of good and evil, and the five major sects have fought to the death only for interests, and they have long forgotten the oath of their ancestors to govern the world and save the people, making the world more and more chaotic and the people more and more miserable. ”

Liu Zhong looked bitter and sighed: "We are all sinners!" ”

Wu Zhao's heart trembled slightly, and he looked at Liu Zhong's back fixedly, wanting to refute, but he didn't know where to start. In Wu Zhao's view, everyone in the world is greedy, and there is nothing wrong with chasing profit and fame, the so-called survival of the fittest, and the strong are kings, but it is too hypocritical to save the world and help the people. However, looking at Liu Zhong's stiff and lonely back, feeling the thick melancholy and sadness in the air, she couldn't say a word.

"Yuan Tiangang predicted that there are five people in the world who are favored by heaven and earth and can rule the world, and happiness is one of them, he has no shortage of intelligence and martial arts, but he does not have the ruthlessness of the emperor. This may seem to the world to be his Achilles' heel, but it is his greatest strength. ”

"Only those who have great love and compassion for life can truly be admired by all the people, can they completely end the pattern of troubled times, can they truly benefit all the people, and fulfill the grand wishes of their ancestors. And that's the real reason why I chose to work with Happy. ”

Liu Zhong's face was filled with reverence, and he said with emotion: "If the world is really peaceful and the people live and work in peace and contentment, what is the point of the existence of the Lunatic Cult, why should we insist on it?" ”

Wu Zhao looked at the old figure in front of him with a shocked face, who would have thought that Liu Zhongcun actually had this idea, but there was a compassionate heart in his old body, and for his insistence, Wu Zhao also sincerely rose a sense of respect in his heart.

Wu Zhao couldn't help but ask himself, did he really do the right thing? Liu Zhong's guess was right, she did have the intention of killing Xingxing and the Zhang family. The Zhang family was an obstacle for her to take charge of the Lunatic Cult, but happiness was a mountain pressing on her heart, and if she couldn't get rid of it, she would never be able to stand proudly on top of it.

Gao Changgong's unification of the Northern Qi Dynasty is already unstoppable, but if there is no successor, no matter how popular Gao Changgong is, how invincible he is, he is not afraid.

Happy, intellectual, and martial arts are all amazing, and they are really the great enemy of life, only if they are removed early, they must not be allowed to grow up, otherwise they will inevitably have endless troubles.