After sending off a group of officials, Di Renjie summoned Yuan Xingchong, Li Rong, and Wei Chi Xiu into the courtyard where he lived, and ordered a thousand knights to guard the courtyard gate.

"Who are you?" Li Rong walked into the main hall and saw a Taoist priest in his forties standing beside Di Renjie.

The middle-aged man wore an apricot yellow robe, his hair was tied in a high bun, his skin was crystal clear, his breath was condensed, and he was a tall and dusty person, which was much stronger than Chen Wenyu, the temple of Jiang Wangmiao.

Li Rong felt not only the temperament of a cultivator from the middle-aged Taoist priest, but also the terrifying power of a martial arts powerhouse.

"Yuan Ming, this is my old friend Sima Chengzhen." Di Renjie said.

"Bai Yunzi Sima Chengzhen?" Li Rong exclaimed.

"Bai Yunzi" Sima Chengzhen is the eighth-rank grandmaster who replaced the dead "Law Saint" Yin Wencao to enter the heavenly list, how could he come here?

"You are the son of Li Hui?" Sima Chengzhen looked at Li Rong carefully and said, "Sure enough, you have your father's temperament." ”

"Exactly," Li Rong replied.

While speaking, Yuan Xingchong and Yu Chi Xiu walked in, and Di Renjie beckoned everyone to sit down.

Yuan Xingchong obviously knew Sima Chengzhen, and knew a lot about the relationship between Sima Chengzhen and Di Renjie, and happily greeted Sima Chengzhen.

Although Sima Chengzhen is a Taoist, he has a chivalrous heart. In the years when Di Renjie was in charge of Dali Temple, he asked Sima Chengzhen to hunt down and kill those evil thieves, and the famous iron-blooded six evils were Sima Chengzhen and Li Yuanfang. "Bloody" You Shan was also defeated by Sima Chengzhen, retired to the rivers and lakes, and escaped with his life under the shadow of the martial arts.

"This time, I invited Ziwei to come, which is intended to deal with Jiang Baiqing, the holy master of the Heavenly Witch Sect, the demon of the Heavenly Corpse Sect," Di Renjie said, "At the beginning of the year, Jiang Baiqing colluded with Li Zhen, the king of Yue, to rob the imperial court tribute, kill the sailors, and protect more than 100 people. ”

Ziwei is Sima Chengzhen's word, and "Baiyunzi" is Sima Chengzhen's nickname.

Jiang Baiqing's cultivation of the "Five Beasts and Seven Star Technique" is the inheritance of the ancient orthodox qi refining method, but it is not a magic skill, and there is no need for those boys and girls to practice, but the Heavenly Witch Sect is friendly with the Heavenly Corpse Sect and provides them with cultivation resources, and the boys and girls with special birthdates are one of the most important ones. They don't know how many lives they have killed, and these news are half from Sima Chengzhen, Liu Xuan and other head snakes, and half from Chen Wenyu's mouth.

"The Heavenly Witch Sect doesn't need to practice like this, but they are allies of the notorious Heavenly Corpse Sect. The exercises of the Heavenly Corpse Sect are close to the yin cold, and they need the blood of boys and girls to neutralize the yin qi and condense the true qi. Sima Chengzhen said.

The Heavenly Master taught the Shangqing faction to take root in Jiangnan and learned many secrets.

The Heavenly Corpse Sect has always been secretive and no one knows about its whereabouts, even if the various factions of the Demon Sect have not interacted with them, and the Heavenly Witch Sect is just one of them.

"This time, not only did we have Ziwei to help, but also Liu Xuan came. If Jiang Baiqing asks someone to help, it is very likely that he will ask the people of the Heavenly Corpse Sect to help, so our target is the Heavenly Witch Sect, the Heavenly Corpse Sect," Di Renjie said, "Strive to wipe them out." ”

The Heavenly Witch Sect is rich and powerful, and the Heavenly Corpse Sect is highly powerful, and the two collude, and it is difficult for ordinary forces to match, which is also where Jiang Baiqing dares to argue with Wu Zetian and gain a foothold in Jiangnan.

Yangzhou City is long from north to south, narrow from east to west, divided into two parts, Yacheng and Luocheng, of which Yacheng is the official government, Luocheng is the outer city, and the common people live in business.

Jiang Baiqing and his entourage lived in a luxurious mansion in Luocheng, which was the asset of the Yangzhou branch of the Tianwu Sect, which was relatively secret, and was used as the residence of the general altar for entertaining.

Jiang Baiqing was still in a feather coat and scarf, his expression was calm, and he looked indifferently at the deacons of the sect who were lined up on both sides, and his slender eyes shot a sharp light from time to time.

"Holy Lord, my subordinates have loaded eight big ships with the assets in the temple and are ready to transport them back to Jiangnan, and the land and shops under the name of the ancestral temple have also been transferred to others, and they will not be found by the government." Deng Ziyuan, the owner of the Yangzhou branch altar, said flatteringly.

"Very good," Jiang Baiqing said, "Send someone to closely monitor the movements of Di Renjie and his party, and any movement of the Governor's Mansion must be reported immediately." ”

Deng Ziyuan hurriedly replied, thinking about handling this matter well, and then being able to enter the general altar and take his position to a higher level.

On Jiang Baiqing's right hand sat a young man in his early twenties, burly and almost stout, wearing tight linen clothes, and his clothes were still a little tattered, looking impatiently at Deng Ziyuan, who was chattering.

Of course, the deacons did not look at the Mai man with a very friendly gaze, which seemed to be respectful, but in fact implied contempt.

Who is called the Heavenly Witch Sect is rich and rich, and the ordinary disciples are all clothed and fed, not to mention these middle and high-level deacons of the sect who enjoy wealth and wealth.

The man in sackcloth usually wears ordinary linen clothes, and he doesn't pay attention to dressing up, just like a hunter in the mountains, no wonder the deacons look down on him, he is one of the five elders of the Heavenly Witch Sect, "Heavenly Wolf" Jiang Cheng.

The saint Zhang Zichen and "White Tiger" Zhu Huizhen sat opposite Jiang Cheng, looking at Jiang Cheng helplessly, not understanding that Jiang Cheng He was unwilling to take off his hunting suit, which made the relationship with the middle and high-level of the sect tense.

Jiang Chengnai is the distant nephew of the Holy Lord Jiang Baiqing, and the blood relationship between the two is quite distant.

The Tianwu Sect was originally created by Jiang Ziwen, the "Witch Emperor" in the late Han Dynasty, who integrated the scattered witches at that time to establish the Tianwu Sect. Hundreds of years have passed, and the Jiang family has become a large family with flourishing branches in the south of the Yangtze River, with hundreds of thousands of clansmen.

In order to keep the position of the suzerain of the Jiang family, the ancestors of the Jiang family set strict clan rules, and every year they would select the school-age children of the clan with martial arts talents to be cultivated, regardless of the rank of these children. After all, over the past few hundred years, there have been so many clansmen, and it is inevitable that some people will be rich and some will be poor. Although Jiang Cheng is a member of the Jiang clan, he has a bad background, his father and ancestors are all hunters in the mountains, and he was accepted as a disciple by Jiang Baiqing with his excellent martial arts talent, but he has always maintained his true character as a hunter, and he is unwilling to wear that satin dress, and even Jiang Baiqing can't be convinced.

Speaking of the five elders, in addition to the "Dark Leopard" Ande who works in the Yue Wangfu, there is also an elder "Hidden Bat" who has never appeared and is not even known to the disciples in the sect. In fact, the high-ranking members of the sect are all in the hall.

"Holy Lord, in order to vent his anger for the imperial court, Di Renjie took our Heavenly Witch Sect to open the knife, should we back down a little, and wait for him to leave, and then make plans." Zhu Huizhen said.

"The power of the government is not terrible, and it is not impossible to retreat," Jiang Baiqing said, "The key is the White Lotus Society hidden behind it, without their help, the imperial court can't help us." ”

On the bright side, the ancestral temple is nothing more than a pile of buildings, which is not worth much, and the money accumulated in the temple can be transported away at any time. The many lands, shops, and scholar-merchant relationships controlled by the ancestral temple are the capital of Tianwu Sect to operate Jiangnan.

The reason why the White Lotus Society attacked the Heavenly Witch Sect was basically to compete for these things, compared to Qian Bao, they were a cornucopia that continuously generated profits.

Jiang Baiqing understands this truth, and Wang Xu and Liu Xuan are no exception. As for Wu Zetian and Di Renjie, they have risen to the level of the national court, and out of the help of cutting off Li Zhen in Jiangnan, they must put Tianwuzong to death. I won't let go of even the slightest possibility.

If Li Zhen takes advantage of the chaos to raise an incident in the south of the Yangtze River, with the help of Zhao Gui, the assassin of Shouzhou, and the help of Zhao Zhenjin, the assassin of Sizhou, and the support of the Tianwu Sect hidden in the people, I don't know how much turmoil it will set off, even if the imperial court can quell the rebellion, the price paid is immeasurable, so it is an inevitable choice to destroy the Tianwu Sect no matter what.

In the final analysis, Jiang Baiqing's vision was lower, and he also underestimated Wu Zetian's determination.

"The White Lotus Society has always been eyeing our sect, and its influence in Yangzhou is not small, so we must pay attention to the fleet that transports assets and cannot be taken lightly." Zhu Huizhen said.

Jiang Baiqing frowned, this is a problem. Now that everyone has torn their faces, if the White Lotus Society sends someone to hijack the fleet, the loss will be great.

"Jiang Cheng, you take someone to escort the fleet back to Jiankang in Huizhou, be careful all the way to prevent the enemy from sneaking attack." Jiang Baiqing said.

Jiang Wei didn't want to take care of these idle things, and he was even more at odds with the deacons in the sect, but his skills were superb, and Jiang Baiqing was willing to let him take on this responsibility.

Jiang Cheng did not refuse, nodded in agreement.

"The Yangzhou branch of the Tianwu Sect is ready to load the property in the temple and transport it back to Jiankang." Wang Xu got the news from his subordinates.

The action of the Yangzhou branch altar can not be said to be imstrict, but there are nearly ten big ships, tens of thousands of property, the target is too big, it is difficult to avoid the eyes of people with hearts, not to mention that the White Lotus Society's power in Yangzhou is still above the Tianwu Sect. As soon as Deng Ziyuan made a move here, the White Lotus Society over there discovered their actions.

"Jiang Baiqing doesn't suffer the immediate loss, why did he go earlier? No matter how strong the gang is, can it oppose the government? Liu Xuan said, "He is used to being arrogant, do you really think that Li Zhen, the king of Yue, will ascend to the throne?" ”

"Jiang Baiqing is just making a bet, and by the way, he takes advantage of it, so what ambition does he have?" Wang Xu sneered.

"That can't be cheap, it's better to go and grab something." Liu Xuan said.

"It's okay to grab it, just send someone, the two of us can't go, Jiang Baiqing's eyes are staring," Wang Xu shook his head and said, "Don't forget his embarrassed partner, the old immortal corpse Wang Yin is unharmed." Jiang Baiqing dared to leave his nest and come to Yangzhou, I don't believe that there was no yin and no injury to accompany him. ”

"The old zombie is indeed a little troublesome," Liu Xuan frowned and said, "Who to send?" ”

Liu Xuan once fought with the "Immortal Corpse King" Yin Wuxian, but his skills were not as good as others, and he was injured and defeated.

"Inform Di Renjie and let them take action." Wang Xu said, "Jiang Baiqing and Yin Wushu will not do the work of guards, it is estimated that it is likely that his disciple Jiang Cheng will make a move, and Di Renjie's side Yuan Xingchong will not move, Li Rong is very likely to make a move, let's see what is the level of these two young Junyan?" ”

The news reached Di Renjie's ears through a secret channel.

"Yuan Ming, you go out and rob the fleet of the Heavenly Witch Sect, which is enough to cover the missing tribute." Di Renjie said.

"Could this be a trap deliberately laid by the Heavenly Witch Sect to lure us into falling for it." Yuan Xingchong said.

"It may be, but with Wang Xu and Liu Xuan staring at it, nothing big can happen." Di Renjie said.

"I'll see you then!" Li Rong said.

Yuan Xingchong needs to be by Di Renjie's side at all times, and Wei Chi Xiu is lonely to lead a thousand horsemen, and his martial arts are almost there, so Li Rong can only come forward.