"Li Rong and Jiang Cheng fighting?" Wang Ke said with a little surprise, "The child led people to attack the opponent's ship, and he didn't look carefully, as if Jiang Cheng was defeated and fled." ”

Wang Ke was a little arrogant, looking down on Li Rong's family background, not to mention Jiang Cheng, who didn't pay attention to the battle between the two at all, and patronized to board the ship and seize the ship.

"Alright, you go down!" Wang Xu's face was not stunned, and he waved his hand to order Wang Ke to retreat.

"Xuanjing, children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, and they can be as talented as you were back then." Liu Xuan said on the side.

"Qualifications can be ignored, but the horizon is too narrow, and it is even more frustrating not to know the trade-offs." Wang Xu said.

Wang Xu's two sons, Wang Kun and Wang Ke, are quite good at martial arts, but Wang Kun is frivolous and lacks some practical hard work, while the second son Wang Ke is more than calm and less flexible, and he can't inherit what Wang Xu has learned.

"There are a few young people like Li Rong, Jiang Cheng and Lu Ying, there were so many Xuanjing brothers back then, and you are the only one who can be promoted to the rank of grandmaster." Liu Xuan said.

"It's me who is a little greedy," Wang Xu shook his head and smiled bitterly.

It is said that Li Rong and Jiang Cheng, a young master with the hope of a grandmaster, the process is definitely worth Wang Ke's attention, and he can learn a lot of things, but he didn't expect Wang Ke to give up in order to grab a little wealth, because Wang Xu was angry. To put it simply, Wang Ke does not have the bearing and enterprising spirit of a master at all, and he is far inferior to Wang Xu back then.

Wang Xu was born in the Langya Wang family, the leading big family in the south, there were hundreds of children of the Wang family who were the same age as Wang Xu back then, and Wang Xu may have made achievements in martial arts, which shows the hardships of martial arts. 、

"Li Rong is really amazing, even the heavenly wolf Jiang Chengdu was defeated at his hands, I don't know if Lu Ying will win." Liu Xuan said.

"Count the days, Kun'er should invite Yu Ze's father and daughter back," Wang Xu said, "With Yu Ze's help, we will be able to gain the upper hand in the Heavenly Witch Sect and the Heavenly Corpse Sect, and successfully eradicate these two tumors in Jiangnan." ”

The reputation of the Heavenly Witch Sect and the Heavenly Corpse Sect in Jiangnan is extremely poor, especially the Heavenly Corpse Sect has reached the point where people and gods are angry, but with the cover of the Heavenly Witch Sect, the two sects of Buddhism and Taoism cannot eradicate it.

"That's right," Liu Xuan nodded.

The strength of the White Lotus Society is very strong, but compared with the Heavenly Witch Sect and the Heavenly Corpse Sect combined, it is still inferior, which is also the reason why Wang Xu wants to pull Lu Yuze up.

"Alas, we are fighting here to the death, but Wu Zetian is watching the excitement in the palace, and counting birds with one stone," Wang Xu suddenly sighed, "It feels really bad to be a chess piece." ”

Wu Zetian was thousands of miles away, and only sent Di Renjie, Yuan Xingchong and a few other Ququ people to Jiangnan, so he easily influenced all the forces in Jiangnan, and provoked the White Lotus Society and the Tianwu Sect to fight to the death, without paying much, but not only got rid of the forces behind the support of Yue Wang Li Zhen, but also weakened the strength of the southern martial arts, and also established great prestige in the Demon Gate by suppressing the Tianwu Sect, which is really a bird with one stone.

Of course, for the White Lotus Society, Wang Xu and others, the opportunity is also rare, and finally the Demon Sect gave up its support for the Heavenly Witch Sect, and did not take the opportunity to suppress it, and when to unify the Jianghuai underground forces, Wang Xu could not do his best.

"Wu Zetian is a political wizard who is rare in a thousand years, and his opportunities are extraordinary, not something we can compare, the key is that the strength of the south is always inferior to that of the north, and it is reasonable to be passive." Liu Xuan said.

Liu Xuan's Black and White Society monopolized the north-south shipping on the Grand Canal, and his understanding of the economy of the north and south was even higher than that of Wang Xu.

Since the Yuwen clan took the Guanzhong standard as the political concept, established the Guanlong ruling group, and after hundreds of years of operation, swept the world and mixed one in the universe. However, as the economy of the Guanzhong region was gradually surpassed by the Kanto and Jianghuai, the power of Guanlong began to decline, and Wu Zetian's ability to control the government of the government was certainly due to his own ability, which was also related to the decline of the Guanlong group. With the rise of the Shandong scholars, as for the Jiangnan power, it is slightly worse, and it cannot occupy the central position of the political map of the imperial court.

"The times dictate, but being a man feels helpless." Wang Xu said.

Some things can be seen, and he is always unwilling when he really has to face them, but even as a master of Wang Xu's grandmaster, he can't change this historical trend and reshape the power structure of the imperial court, even if he is a great master of the ninth grade, he can't do it.

If it weren't for the huge loss of true qi, Li Rong wouldn't mind having a good fight with Wang Kun and the women around him, there are not many women who can have such momentum, and Lu Ying, one of the "demon swords" of Jiangzuo's Shuangbi, is one of them, and it is also one of the goals of the south to learn the "Heavenly Machine Martial Sword" and the "Hexiang Wild Goose Xinggong" of the Wuxing Lu family.

Every duel with a master is a tempering on the way of martial arts, which is very beneficial to him to practice his sword skills and promote to a higher realm.

With new ideas and potential opponents, Li Rong had no intention of strolling around, just casually walked through the streets, and returned to the Governor's Mansion to recuperate.

"Zhang Hucao, Yangzhou Houtu Temple, how many lands and shops are under the name of Mars Temple, and there have been any changes recently?" Di Renjie summoned the Governor's Mansion to join the army, and Zhang Qian asked.

After some conversation, Di Renjie was disappointed to find that Changshi Gong Peng Zu was stubborn and incompetent, and was faintly dissatisfied with Wu Zetian's control of the government. The latter point is understandable to Di Renjie, but I can't be slacking off on political affairs and doing nothing because I am dissatisfied with that person!

As a result, Di Renjie took over the power of the Yangzhou Governor's Office in the name of the governor's envoy.

Zhang Qian is a native of Qinghe, Hebei, and his father Zhang Wenqian served as the prime minister during the Zhenguan period, and his own ability is not bad, if he does not support the overall situation and manage finance and taxation, the tax collection of Huainan Province under the management of Yangzhou is difficult.

"Recently, Houtu Temple and Mars Temple have sold all the assets under their names, and there is not much left." Zhang Qian said respectfully.

From Zhang Qian's words, it can be seen that he noticed the order conveyed by Di Renjie, and paid attention to and understood the affairs of the Heavenly Witch Sect, otherwise Di Renjie would not know if he asked in a hurry.

"It's not slow, but it's exactly what I expected," Di Renjie said with a stroke of his beard, "Find out the names of the people listed on the transaction documents and submit them as soon as possible." ”

Di Renjie's order came to Yangzhou, Gong Pengzu did not implement it as soon as possible, giving Tianwu Sect time to transfer and move, but Di Renjie didn't care, Tianwu Sect can give up the gold silk floating wealth, but it can never give up the land accumulated for a hundred years to others, and the person who takes over the land shop must have some kind of relationship with it, just to catch it all in one go, and destroy the power of Tianwu Sect as much as possible.

"Yes," Zhang Qian said excitedly, bowing and leaving.

From Di Renjie's words, Zhang Qian can be sure that if he handles this matter well and gets the approval of Di Renjie, the big man, if he says a few kind words from the Holy Mother and Emperor, it will be very beneficial to his future. It is true that he has a father who was a prime minister, but after all, his father has long passed away, so he can not get much help, but Di Renjie, the celebrity in front of the Holy Mother God Emperor, is different. Another point, Zhang Qian is not a southerner, he is an official in Yangzhou Mansion, and he is mostly suppressed by the officials who are in collusion with Tianwuzong in the mansion, and he is depressed, and Gong Pengzu is weak, which makes him even more depressed.

"Follow me to the Governor's Mansion tonight," Jiang Baiqing summoned Zhu Huizhen and Zhang Zichen in the evening.

Jiang Chengzhen's qi consumption was huge, and he was still pranayama in the quiet room, because Jiang Baiqing was not prepared to let him go.

"The Holy Lord is going to the Governor's Mansion to kill Di Renjie?" Zhu Huizhen exclaimed.

"Not impossible. I suddenly remembered something, the day before yesterday, I heard Deng Ziyuan say that the land and shops under the names of the Houtu Temple and Mars Temple belonging to the sect were all transferred and sold, which seemed to have fallen into Di Renjie's trap. In case he follows the plan, finds out the people who are connected with our sect, and arrests all of them, our losses will be great, and we must destroy the transaction documents of the Governor's Mansion to reduce the losses. Jiang Baiqing said.

The title deeds of the imperial court are sent from the county to the state every year, and the state is sent to the capital and kept for archiving. If Wu Zetian insisted on embarrassing the Heavenly Witch Sect, just confiscating the land under the name of the Heavenly Witch would be enough to make it suffer heavy losses. Di Renjie seemed to really want to bring up the Heavenly Witch Sect, which meant that the Heavenly Witch Sect's efforts for nearly a hundred years were in vain.

"Originally, I thought that Wu Zetian was just warning me and asked me to give up supporting Li Zhen, this morning Di Renjie and Wang Xu robbed our sect's fleet, it can be seen how resolute his heart is to destroy me, since I tear my face, I don't need to endure it anymore, and I don't mind taking Di Renjie's life." Jiang Baiqing continued.

"Do as the Lord commands." The two women said.

The night sky is full of stars, the sultry air is full of humidity, the breeze is not enough, people do not feel a trace of coolness, the southern autumn time is later than the north, Yangzhou at this time is still hot weather.

Jiang Baiqing did not hide his figure, still dressed in white, Zhu Huizhen and Zhang Zichen were one left and one right, one white and one purple gauze, with a light veil on their faces, and followed Jiang Baiqing's side.

Yangzhou City is only fifteen miles north and south, and it is an instant for a master like Jiang Baiqing.

In less than half an hour, Jiang Baiqing and the three of them easily crossed the city wall of Luocheng and went straight to the governor's mansion, and the soldiers patrolling and guarding the city did not notice it at all.

"What is the matter with the Holy Lord's fierce killing of the Governor's Mansion?" Yuan Xingchong suddenly appeared on a house in the Governor's Mansion and said leisurely.

"Ice Demon Yuan Xing Chong?" Jiang Baiqing's eyes shrank slightly.

Yuan Xingchong called himself "Ice Spirit", but when he walked the rivers and lakes in the past, he was ruthless, but he had the nickname of "Ice Demon", and everyone in the Demon Gate knew it.

"I've seen the Holy Lord!" Yuan Xingchong said with a smile and arched his hand.

"Did Wu Zetian send you to destroy my Heavenly Witch Sect?" Jiang Baiqing said angrily.

"Don't dare, a few days ago, the imperial tribute was robbed, who knew that when I met two prisoners, the imperial court was insufficient, and we always had to recover the tribute to support the military." Yuan Xingchong said softly.