Yangzhou.

The palace was decorated with lights and joy, and many servants and maids who came in and out changed into new clothes, everyone had a smile on their faces, and there was an endless stream of officials and celebrities who came to congratulate them.

Today, Wu Zhence, the king of Han, held a banquet in the palace to entertain his ministers and announced the candidates for the new queen. As long as the imperial army is defeated, the wedding will be officially held.

With the current identity of King Han, there are obviously not many wealthy families who are qualified to marry him, and those who can let him marry as the queen cannot be an ordinary family.

The new queen is from the Hong family, a top wealthy family in the Jiangnan region, and the daughter of the current head of the family, Hong Niye. Although it was only an engagement banquet, considering that she was very likely to be the future founding queen, this ceremony was quite grand. All the officials and generals of sufficient grade prepared gifts and entered the palace to congratulate them.

Although there are more than a dozen princesses in the palace of the Han Dynasty, and there is no shortage of heirs, the position of queen has always been vacant. After all, this is an extremely important political resource, and it must not be given to a woman casually. To be eligible to be his queen, his family must be able to contribute enough to his great cause.

In the past three months, the Hong family, together with several other famous wealthy families in the Jiangnan area, sent a large amount of grain and grass to the Han king, fine iron, sea salt, cloth, bows and crossbows, etc., it is with their unremitting support that the Han army can confront the imperial army to this day.

In the hall, the seats are full of friends, the cups are staggered, and countless guests toast and laugh. In the middle area, a large group of young girls are dancing, which is pleasing to the eye.

Wu Zhence sat on the main seat, his expression was relaxed and happy, his injuries after the last assassination had basically healed, and it was the elixir provided by the Daoist of Ling Cangshan.

Moreover, Luo Yanxiong, the main general of the imperial court army on the opposite side, was personally killed by the incarnation of the human immortals, although he was lucky not to die, but the masters in the army suffered heavy casualties, so in recent times, he has restrained his arrogance and stood still, and the two sides fell back into a state of confrontation.

I heard that the human immortal incarnation has gone to the land of Jingchu to assassinate Zhao Yuanjin, as long as this matter is settled, there will be no one in the south who will be his opponent.

And Luo Yanxiong can hide this time, and he will definitely not be able to hide next time. As long as he dies, he will be the rightful lord of the south, and he can operate and develop with peace of mind, accumulate strength, sit and watch the northern princes fight each other, and then raise troops to the north when the time is right, dominate the world, and achieve the great cause of the emperor.

Thinking of the smugness, Wu Zhence's mood became more and more cheerful, and when he saw the dance below, he suddenly laughed and said: "Not bad, look at the reward!" ”

The attendant next to him immediately took out a box of silver bills, and the girls each took one, and then knelt down happily to thank him.

These women are all contributed by several wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River, and their appearance and talent are the best choice, even Wu Zhence, who is accustomed to seeing beautiful colors, feels very satisfied.

On the seat next to her, Ling Cangshan's envoy had a calm expression, silently bowing his head and tasting wine, the hustle and bustle around her had no effect on her, and her mood was not very happy.

For the sake of this Han King, the investment and losses of the sect are getting bigger and bigger, and recently even the incarnation of the human immortal ancestor has gone down the mountain to make a move, it can be said that it is difficult to ride a tiger, even if Wu Zhence really opens a new dynasty in the future, the gains of the sect are only enough to make up for the losses.

She didn't understand what the head of the sect and the elders were planning, anyway, in her own opinion, the sect's decision-making mistake this time was too big. Knowing this, why did you have to choose this person in the first place?

An attendant walked over quickly and quietly stuffed a small jade talisman into her hand, she nodded quietly, and the other party bowed and retreated.

A wisp of true qi penetrated into the jade talisman, and after feeling the information inside, a look of surprise flashed in the clear illusion eyes, and he confirmed it twice repeatedly, and his expression regained his calmness.

After a while, she casually found an excuse to get up and leave the table and walk towards the outside of the palace.

"Elder, why did you come back early?"

In the mansion, several junior disciples were a little surprised to see her.

Qing Xuan's face was calm, and he said solemnly: "Gather all our disciples, immediately pack up and prepare to leave, remember to be secretive, and don't alarm outsiders." ”

“…… What's going on? ”

A female disciple asked puzzledly, why do you have to leave? Could it be that the sect is planning to give up Wu Zhence?

"Don't ask what you shouldn't!"

Qing Huan's tone turned cold: "This is the patriarch's order, hurry up and follow it." ”

"Yes!"

The disciples didn't dare to say anything more, so they hurriedly split up to deliver the news and gather all the disciples.

Ling Cangshan has cooperated with Wu Zhence for a long time, and has contributed greatly to his rise, so he is highly treated. Many of the disciples had official positions and had their own mansions and guards, and this urgent summons could not arouse the suspicion of outsiders, so it took a lot of trouble to arrange it until night.

Then Qinghuan refused to delay for a moment, and even if he took people out of the city, because he had an errand token given by King Han himself in his hand, the road was unimpeded.

It wasn't until the next morning that the officials who realized that the situation was wrong reported Wu Zhence, and the Han king was shocked and hurriedly sent someone to investigate.

The result of the feedback made Wu Zhence's face pale, all the people in Yangzhou of Ling Cangshan's lineage had left last night, and they didn't even leave a word, what does this mean, I don't know.

Wu Zhence was annoyed and felt extremely confused, if he was at the end of his rope, it was understandable that the other party would give up support, but now that the situation was very good, pacifying the south was just around the corner, and Ling Cangshan had no reason to do this? What went wrong?

In the end, he decided to send a special envoy to the location of the Lingcang Mountain Sect to inquire, hoping to get a reasonable explanation. After all, there are not many masters in the army now, and without the support of this hidden sect, many things are not easy to do.

Of course, he was destined to get nothing.

And soon, Ling Cangshan's unusual actions spread, and many well-intentioned people began to secretly speculate about the cause of the matter, and some unfavorable remarks against Wu Zhence also spread unconsciously.

In this kind of matter, the nerves of the high-level of the wealthy family are always extremely sensitive, and the Hong family immediately convened the principals of other families to discuss countermeasures, although there was no obvious action afterwards, but they have invisibly begun to stay on the sidelines.

When Zhao Yuanjin took Xiangyang City in a short period of time and became the lord of Jingchu, these families had a premonition that the situation in the south would be subject to major variables. Now the sudden withdrawal of Ling Cangshan's vein has made people have more doubts about the future of Wu Zhence Group.

A few days later, Qing Huan and the accompanying more than 200 disciples all arrived in Jingzhou, and immediately took a boat to Xiangyang City, where they were warmly welcomed by Zhao Yuanjin, the Duke of Chu.

The main peak of Lingcang Mountain.

The thick and agitated bell rang throughout the sect, eighty times in a row.

On the mountain road, people in twos and threes are in a hurry, and most of them are smiling. For the entire sect, such a grand event can be described as a rare occurrence in a hundred years. Except for those who were in retreat, all the disciples, regardless of their seniority, rushed to the main hall to gather to observe the ceremony.

Yun Qijun, the most outstanding disciple of the sect's generation, has successfully broken through the shackles and advanced to the rank of human immortal after many days of retreat, and has taken the first step towards immortality and transcendence.