agreed with the elders of the beggar gang on some key points of the beggar gang's actions in the future, re-clarified the division of labor of the four elders, and asked the beggar gang disciples to cooperate with Tianxiang Pavilion to strengthen the investigation and collection of information in the world, and at the same time accept some of the beggar gang disciples to enter the national protection army and kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions. I also talked about miscellaneous matters for a long time, and seeing that the sky was already bright, I sent the four elders off and went separately to get busy.

It was almost noon when I returned to Gyeongju Mansion, and it was really unpleasant to fight on the battlefield for a night without taking a bath, and Lan Jian had already taken the first step to prepare for the bath. When I entered the backyard, I found that Yu Yan and Yinchuan were waiting for me to come back in the yard, and my heart warmed, this is the family that I will accompany for the rest of my life, since my mother died, how long have I been alone to bear the burden of the prosperity and restoration of the Murong family? It's been almost ten years.

Yu Yan and Princess Yinchuan ignored the dust and blood stains on my body, and as soon as they saw me, they rushed over and hugged me tightly, as if they were afraid that I would leave them. I hugged them quietly, and at this time, Ah Bi and Mei Lan Zhuju all quietly retreated, and there were only three of us left in the courtyard.

I kissed the two of them on their smooth foreheads, and then led them to sit down on the stone steps in the courtyard, and said slightly apologeticly: "Sister Yinchuan, this time the Western Xia army suddenly attacked at night, and Gyeongju City was almost captured, I can't keep my hands, and I took the Protector Army to kill a lot of Western Xia people, I hope you don't blame." The two armies clashed, and life and death were mutually assured, which was something that could not be reluctantly done at all. ”

Li Qinglu's eyes gloomed and said: "I know, I have never blamed my senior brother, on the contrary, this war between the two countries was caused by the invasion of the Western Xia Xing army, and the only one to blame is the person who started the war." In fact, the domestic situation in Western Xia is not the same as ordinary people think, the current military and political power in Western Xia is not entirely decided by my father, and the army in the court is mainly in the hands of Liang Qiqi and others. Liang Qiqi is said to be a disciple of the Demon Dao, who is insidious and cunning, taking advantage of the psychology of some militants in Western Xia to incite our country to invade the Great Song Dynasty, intending to obtain the gold, silver and jewelry of the Great Song Dynasty. In fact, the Western Xia Kingdom is small and widowed, how can it have the strength to compete with the Great Song Dynasty, and it is not the innocent people who are killed and injured in the end of the war. If Senior Brother has the opportunity to kill Liang Qiqi, he will help the people of Western Xia instead. ”

I gently stroked Princess Yinchuan's back, nodded and said, "Qinglu rest assured, I will be a sword and beg for the people of Song and Xia, but before that, can the two good wives serve the prime minister and change their clothes?" "After listening to my words, the two girls were blushing, but they didn't object, it seems that the relationship and training during this time are quite effective.

The Western Xia army suffered such a heavy setback, and it would not dare to continue the attack for a while, but for some reason it did not immediately withdraw from the camp and leave, I vaguely felt that the other party still had a conspiracy to carry out, but I didn't care too much. However, I, the marshal of the Protector Army, are a bit of a fool, because Zong Ze, Zhou Tong and others are very capable, and most of the work is handed over to them, of course, I am not the hand-holder, and major matters or difficult things must be decided by me. For the sake of the superior, it is a bit stupid for an emperor to know how to delegate power, and an emperor like Qin Shi Huang who takes care of everything.

On this day, when I was taking Lin Chong to wander around the streets of Gyeongju City and visit the remnants of the Demon Gate by the way, a young sergeant quickly ran up to me and said, "Marshal, there is an important task in the army, Captain Lu asked me to invite you to the barracks to discuss matters." ”

I saw that he acted competently, although he conveyed urgent matters in the army, he was very steady, quite the style of Lu Junyi, and also the inheritance of Master Zhou Dong, so he said: "I recognize you, you changed the medicine for Captain Lu when he was injured that day, you are Captain Lu's family?" ”

The young sergeant said with joy on his face: "Don't dare, the little one's name is Yan Qing, he used to be a little guy outside Lu Yuan, and now he is serving in the army with the captain, I didn't expect the marshal to recognize it." ”

I nodded and said, "Yan Qing?" I remember you, do it well, and make a great contribution to go home and marry a daughter-in-law. ”

Yan Qing said: "Marshal Xie cultivates!" ”

When I arrived at the camp, I saw that Zhou Dong, Zongze, Gongye and others were there, and there were a few injured generals standing in the camp, a little uneasy, my heart sank slightly, and I sat down in the middle and said, "What happened?" Go ahead. ”

But he heard the partial general who took the lead salute and said: "Marshal, we were ordered to escort the military rations, but they were robbed by robbers at the Tiger Leaping Cliff, and all the 100,000 stone military rations were lost, please punish the marshal." ”

My face sank and said: "What an important thing to transport military rations, you are so hasty, and you have been robbed of grain and grass by robbers in my Great Song Dynasty!" I ask you, how many people are on the other side? ”

"Marshal, the other party has at least five thousand, and most of them carry strong bows, and the leader is strong in martial arts, and we are not opponents. More than half of the soldiers were killed or wounded, so we had no choice but to give up the grain and grass and come back to confess to the marshal. ”

Gongye Qian took advantage of the general's report to put a flying pigeon on my desk, and I read it, which read, "The grain robber, Ma Shiyao, the deputy sect leader of the Daming Zun Sect, led five or six thousand people to intercept and kill the grain protection team, and was suspected of colluding with the Western Xia army. ”

After reading the letter, I said lightly: "Losing military rations is a capital crime, although you and others work hard to protect the food, after all, the capital crime can be avoided and the crime cannot be escaped, go to the law enforcement department to receive fifty military sticks each, and Lin Chong will be imprisoned." ”

"Yes!"

After waiting for a few partial generals to go out, Zong Ze stepped forward and said: "Marshal, when the soldiers of our army inspected the city defense, they found that the well had been poisoned, and the sergeant in charge of guarding the well had been killed. It may be the hand of the demon gate in the city. ”

Zhou Tong also stepped forward and said: "Recently, the spies patrolling the army reported that the Western Xia secret agents and the Demon Gate Mending Heaven Pavilion attacked and killed the lone soldiers of our army everywhere, or simply assassinated the lieutenant generals of the army, which caused the scope of the spies of our Protector Army to be forced to narrow, and they could not detect the military situation of the Western Xia in time. ”

My heart is bright, the Western Xia army and the disciples of the Demon Sect colluded, and a plan could not be reborn, this time is to cut off my food, grass and water sources, so that my national protection army will be defeated without a fight? But Mingjiao is really good, robbing military rations in my Great Song Dynasty, is this an open fire stubbornly trying to rebel? However, it makes sense that they are so arrogant, at present, the Western Xia army is pressing the border, and the Ming Sect is taking the opportunity to make chaos in the south, and the north and south are attacking, even if the imperial court wants to clean them up, they have no effort, it is really a good calculation.

I pointed to Gongye Qiandao: "There are so many people in the Ming Sect who have lurked at the Tiger Leaping Cliff near Gyeongju City, but Tianxiang Pavilion knows nothing, your intelligence work obviously has obvious loopholes, go and look it up." You recently came up with a way to integrate the intelligence systems of the Murong family, the Vulture Palace, the Immortal Valley and the Beggar Gang, and find some clever and loyal people to strengthen the Tianxiang Pavilion, I authorize you to take full responsibility, and tell me if you have any opinions. ”

"Yes!" Gongye Qian took the order and left.

I immediately said to Zong Ze, who was at the head of the city: "The underground water source of Gyeongju City is living water, and poisoning is not so easy to succeed, so let Doctor Xue think of a way to relieve the toxicity or find a non-toxic water source." In addition, our army also has to strengthen the protection of water sources, well, the national protectors have limited manpower, so let the beggars help the disciples pay more attention and prohibit strangers from approaching the military water sources. ”

"Yes, my subordinates are commanded." Zong Ze went out to assign tasks.

I said to the remaining Zhou Dong, Lu Junyi and others: "The disciples of the Demon Gate are arrogant and domineering, and the methods are ferocious, I intend to issue a new round of demon punishment decrees, starting from Gyeongju City, please help me find out the demon demons of the Demon Gate, and I will personally lead the team to eliminate the Demon Guardian Dao!" ”

"Yes!" Zhou Tong, Lu Junyi and others were very happy, and they held their breath, it was time to settle the account with the demon of the Demon Gate.

How long has it been since the last Demon Warrant was issued? It's been more than 200 years. Since the Tang Dynasty Wu Zetian promulgated the Demon Decree, the world's demons are like rats crossing the street, everyone shouts and beats, and the Demon Gate has suffered heavy losses, and now after more than two hundred years of recuperation, it must have recovered again, and it is a good time to issue a new round of Demon Punishment Order. At my suggestion, the new Demon Punishment Decree was jointly promulgated by the Great Song Dynasty officials and me, and it is of great significance, we must not only completely kill the disciples of the Demon Sect on the rivers and lakes, but also eliminate the people of the Demon Sect in the officialdom, in the economy, and in all walks of life, and completely eliminate hidden dangers.

I heard that the Demon Punishment Order was unanimously approved by the officials of the Great Song Dynasty and the ministers of the imperial court, and it is also that although there may be demon disciples in the imperial court, it should not be able to control the government. Eliminating the disciples of the Demon Sect can consolidate the society of the country and maintain the rule of the Zhao family, which is beneficial to the imperial court as a whole, and in the past two years, the Demon Sect has amassed a large amount of wealth through various means, confiscated the property of the Demon Sect, and enriched the increasingly embarrassing treasury, which is really a great move to win the hearts of the people.

After leaving the barracks, I went alone to a mansion in Gyeongju City, with the word "Xufu" written on it, knocked on the door and entered, and was led by a maidservant to a study. Xu Zhiwei was quietly making tea, my heart moved slightly, I untied the Xiaoyao Sword, took a breath lightly and said: "Zhiwei still has the heart to sit here drinking tea, the disciples of the Demon Sect have been wreaking havoc everywhere in the past two days, killing many soldiers of our Protector Army, and Gyeongju City was almost captured for a time, doesn't Jingzhai know anything about it?" ”

Zhiwei said softly: "Jing Zhai and Changsheng Gu are both outsiders, abide by the precepts of the door, many things cannot be done, and it is strictly forbidden to intervene in large-scale killing battles. Jing Zhai can only provide some clues within his ability, in addition, I have never sent many heirs, and my strength is limited, so the arduous task of subduing demons and eliminating demons still requires a mountain protection elder like Murong Gongzi to take action. ”

I said dissatisfiedly: "Then Zhiwei just watched Murong Fu fight outside and died, and didn't care about anything?" Cihang Jingzhai takes the maintenance of peace in the world as its own responsibility, and it is also the right thing to kill demons, hey, no" I suddenly reached out and grabbed Zhiwei's veins, Zhiweiyu's wrist retracted but did not avoid my claws, and she stopped struggling.

However, I felt that the other party's breath was a little unstable, so I went out to investigate, and sure enough, I found that the true qi in Zhiwei's body was a little disordered, and some of the poisonous internal forces were still lingering. I thought about it for a while, first used the Northern Spiritual Skill to dissolve the yin poison internal force in the opponent's body, and then used the longevity technique to help the other party sort out the true qi. This longevity recipe is really the world's first-class Taoist exercises, for enlightening the human body's potential, healing injuries and curing diseases have miraculous effects, I don't know how amazing the ancestor who created this exercise is the dragon and phoenix among the people.

After the end of the exercise's healing, I found that Zhiwei's jade wrist was still buckled in my fingers, and a smooth and smooth excellent feel continued to come from between my fingers, I couldn't help but stroke it gently, but I was immediately retracted by the other party, and I felt a little regretful in my heart.

Zhiwei's breath was a little unstable, her face was red, and she didn't dare to look at me when she turned her head sideways, but it was the first time I saw Zhiwei's shy appearance. All of a sudden, there was a bit of a charming atmosphere in the study where the Buddhist scriptures were placed.

But I didn't want to continue to be abrupt, and asked softly, "Who hurt you?" Why didn't you tell me if you had already done it? Do you want to quietly get rid of the demon gate? ”

Zhiwei was quiet and said: "Conquering demons and eliminating demons is what Jingzhai should do, and since Zhiwei has seen it, she can't ignore it." After this visit to Gyeongju City, Zhiwei discovered that the power of the Demon Gate is probably beyond your imagination. After the two factions and six paths of the Demon Gate were attacked by the Tang Dynasty's Demon Punishment Order, the Yin Kui Sect completely disappeared, but the Heavenly Lotus Sect, the Evil Extreme Sect, the True Preaching, the Demon Dao, the Flower Sect and the Mending Heaven Pavilion and other sects have all recovered and developed greatly, and it seems that there is a hidden inheritance in the Demon Gate, and whenever it suffers a major blow, it will come out to re-teach the disciples and pass on the inheritance of the Demon Gate. ”

I nodded and said: "During this time, I also learned about the history of the development of the Demon Gate, in fact, in the early days, the Demon Gate was not an evil demon, but a kind of thought like Confucianism and Taoism, but later after the book burning pit Confucianism and the deposition of the hundred schools, the Demon Gate gradually changed its flavor and went astray. Now the disciples of the Demon Gate are invincible, can Zhiwei take me to the lair of the Demon Gate that he masters, Murong also wants to see

Zhiwei nodded lightly and said, "It's rare that Murong Gongzi also has such a deep understanding of the Demon Gate, okay, let's go together." ”

Ichiban. ”