After chatting for a while, Elder Zhou said: "Actually, Elder Ben is not a light enemy, this time he specially sent a few young disciples with high cultivation led by Qinglian down the mountain, and casually let them have a chance to experience and increase their knowledge......

"Ahem, ahem!"

At this time, Guan Xinghe couldn't help but cough heavily.

"What do you kid want to say?"

Elder Zhou glanced over with a smile.

"That...... Master, disciple...... Ahem, I want to go down the mountain too. Although the disciples are not the outstanding representatives of the younger generation, it is precisely because of this that Master, you should give the disciples more opportunities to experience. ”

In fact, Guan Xinghe's strength is not weak, no matter how it is, it is also in the realm of refining qi and transforming gods.

Even if it's only the initial realm, it's more than enough to be an elder if you want to put it in a small sect.

It can also be seen from this how strong the overall strength of the Pure Yang Palace is.

Although Qinglian has cultivated for more than 2,000 years, it has only been more than 200 years since she transformed into a human form, so she is also among the younger generation of disciples.

According to the rules inherited from the Pure Yang Palace, there are generally only three generations of disciples:

The generation is a veteran, and almost all of them are the strongest ones who have entered the fourth major realm, either going out to travel in all directions, or concentrating on retreat and cultivation in the back cave mansion, impacting the real immortal path, and generally not asking about the affairs of the sect.

The second generation is headed by the head of the sect, supplemented by the eight elders, as well as a group of elders who started earlier, and most of their cultivation is in the late stage of refining qi and transforming the divine realm, or between refining the divine realm and transforming the void realm.

The three generations belong to the younger generation of disciples, there are new beginners, and there are elite disciples like Qinglian who are about to enter the realm of refining gods and returning to the void.

Although Guan Xinghe also belongs to the Refining Qi Transformation Divine Realm, the breakthrough time is only a few years, and it is still in the early stage, and it is considered to be slightly above the average among the third-generation disciples, and it is not yet an elite disciple.

"Alright, since you want to go, let's go down again. However, don't be reckless when the time comes, you must obey your Senior Sister Qinglian's arrangement. ”

Guan Xinghe was excited, and said repeatedly: "Thank you, Master, thank you, Master......"

"Okay, for the teacher, I have to go to your uncles to discuss something, you accompany the two Taoist friends around, remember not to slack off, otherwise you will be punished for ten years and will not be allowed to go down the mountain!"

Guan Xinghe hurriedly said: "Don't worry, Master, the three of us all know each other, and we will definitely not slack off." ”

Leaving the Qingxin Palace, the three of them first went to the main hall and worshiped the Pure Yang Immortal, and then went to various peaks to visit some of the monuments of the Pure Yang Palace, and enjoyed the fairyland on earth.

Sea of clouds, steep peaks, waterfalls, streams, cliffs, deep valleys, snow-capped mountains...... Here, you can almost see the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter at the same time.

After staying in the Pure Yang Palace for three days, Li Xiang felt like he was in a trance.

After all, it is a great sect of cultivating immortals, and there are too many things worth understanding here, not to mention just three days, even if you stay for three years, you may have a feeling of being at your fingertips.

Cultivating immortals is like this, the concept of time is difficult for ordinary people to understand.

Especially in the later realm, sometimes in order to comprehend a small realm, it is possible to retreat for a hundred years.

A hundred years, put in the world, what is that concept?

I don't know how many offspring there are perfunctory.

……

"Hahaha, I finally have the opportunity to go out and practice with Senior Sister Qinglian!"

When going down the mountain, Guan Xinghe looked extremely excited, dancing with his hands, as if he was going down the mountain for the first time.

"Senior Brother Guan, you are not afraid of the jokes of the two Taoist friends!"

Qinglian glared at Guan Xinghe dissatisfied.

Li Xiang smiled and waved his hand: "No, no, Brother Xinghe is a man of temperament, and we are still relatively close to each other......"

This time, the Pure Yang Palace sent seven third-generation disciples, plus Li Xiang and Zhuge Qingyun, a total of nine.

The group talked and laughed, and rushed to a valley about forty or fifty miles away from Chang'an City in a hurry.

This is the meeting point, and a few disciples from the Valley of Ten Thousand Flowers will also arrive.

There is also a disciple of Taixuguan: Li Chengze.

His identity is relatively special, and he was the crown prince of the dynasty before cultivating. As a result, by chance, he became attached to an elder of Taixuguan and accepted him as a disciple.

After that, Li Chengze gave up the beauty of the country and entered the mountains to concentrate on cultivation and pursue the road of immortality.

So far, it can be regarded as a successful cultivation, and the realm is almost the same as Qinglian, and he is one small step away from entering the realm of refining gods and returning to the void.

After a day of waiting, all the personnel were gathered.

After introducing each other, we began to discuss the next action plan.

Li Xiang first talked in detail about what he had seen and heard in Chang'an City before, as well as his confrontation with Ji Zhiwen.

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhuge Qingyun analyzed: "Judging from the current situation, these people from the Western Regions have learned the lessons of the last failure, changed their strategies, and acted more secretively and ruthlessly.

This time, they are all targeting some big people with status and status, including the court and people in the rivers and lakes.

From this, it can be analyzed that they went hand in hand, probably trying to create a big mess in the Central Plains, so as to fish in the water and achieve ulterior purposes. ”

"Brother Qingyun means that we will take action in advance to eliminate hidden dangers and prevent this big chaos from happening?"

"I'm afraid I can't stop ......" Zhuge Qingyun shook his head with a wry smile: "Even if I am only a shallow learner, my father's hexagram will never be wrong."

Even if we had done it earlier, the chaos would still have happened. Therefore, what we need to do now should be regarded as turning the tide and taking the lead to prevent the conspiracy of those aliens from succeeding. ”

Guan Xinghe couldn't help but say, "What if we take out all the strangers in Chang'an City and kill them one by one?" How can they create chaos when they don't have manpower? ”

Zhuge Qingyun shook his head: "It's not as simple as you said, first, it is unlikely that the other party will place all the horses in Chang'an City, and second, I am afraid that they have been laying out for a long time, and they secretly don't know how many people they have recruited......

After discussing for a while, Qinglian couldn't help but say: "Otherwise, let's disperse into the city first, and secretly find out the news separately, first find out the other party's eyes and ears in Chang'an City before making the next step." ”

"Okay, then let's go to the outskirts of the city to find another meeting point."

……

Li Xiang's figure once again appeared in Chang'an City.

He was accompanied by Zhuge Qingyun and Li Chengze, all three of whom changed into the outfits of ordinary people in the rivers and lakes so as not to attract attention.

Unexpectedly, this time when I entered the city, the atmosphere in the city was warm, tea shops, restaurants, streets and alleys, and even the mother-in-law and aunt who sold vegetables were talking about the same thing: the Son of Heaven went on patrol!

There was no need to inquire deliberately, and after listening casually on the street for a while, the three of them learned a shocking news.

Three days later, when the son was about to leave Beijing for a tour, the destination was the border with the Western Regions.

He will meet with the kings of several small countries in the Western Regions and hold peace talks. Once the negotiations are successful, they can not only quell the border war, but may even make the other side submit, which is equivalent to expanding the territory.

For a son of heaven, opening up the territory is undoubtedly the greatest achievement recorded in history, and it will be praised by future generations.

Even ordinary people would be proud of it.

It's just that after hearing such news, Li Chengze felt that something was wrong.

"Generally speaking, there is no need for the Son of Heaven to come forward in person for such a matter as peace talks, especially those small countries in the Western Regions, either the other party takes the initiative to come to Beijing, or the DPRK sends envoys to the central government, which is a bit weird."

Li Xiang also had this doubt.

Although the current imperial court has begun to decline, it is not as prosperous as before. However, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and it is also the Celestial Empire, and there are only a few small countries in the Western Regions, what qualifications do you have to let the Son of Heaven go to the peace talks in person?

Zhuge Qingyun said with a solemn face: "Judging from the current situation, it is very likely that the Son of Heaven is going on patrol this time is a conspiracy of those people from the Western Regions, and this matter must be investigated clearly." ”

"It's a simple matter, just catch a few eunuchs or palace maids and ask."

After all, Li Chengze is a former crown prince, and he is very familiar with the palace.

In addition, the three of them are all immortal cultivators, no matter how strict the palace guards are, it is useless, and it can almost be called a no-man's land.

Soon, a eunuch and two palace maids were arrested and taken to a place where no one was there for interrogation......

"What's going on? Why am I lying on the ground? ”

A palace maid sat up in a daze, subconsciously looked around, and then a chill surged in her heart, and she hurriedly got up and ran to the backyard.

She couldn't remember what happened before, she just thought she had hit a ghost in broad daylight.

On the other side, Li Xiang and the three of them sat in a dusty cold palace, and told each other about the news they had heard, and the truth of the matter finally began to surface.

Two years ago, a Persian envoy presented a Persian beauty to today's son.

This woman is known as the first beauty in the Western Regions, blonde hair and blue eyes, can sing and dance, coupled with its strong exotic style, the emperor is doubly favored, regardless of the opposition of many courtiers, canonized as Concubine Yao.

Since then, "the spring night is bitter and short, and the king will not rise early."

With a new love in an exotic land, all the beauties in the harem have fallen out of favor and complained. It's a pity that no matter how much they make trouble, they can't shake Concubine Yao's status.

As long as it is what Concubine Yao wants, the emperor will always find a way to meet it, and even does not hesitate to build an exotic courtyard in the harem, where furniture, furnishings, and even some flowers and plants are transported from the Western Regions.

From time to time, the emperor would also summon some Hu people into the palace to perform songs, dances or tricks to make the Pomeranians laugh.

For this reason, many people in the palace, especially those harem maidens, discussed in private, saying that Concubine Yao must have changed into a fox spirit, which confused the emperor's mind.

This time, the Son of Heaven went out on patrol, and there was news in the palace that it was the pillow wind blown by Concubine Yao, and the emperor would personally go out on patrol, and then he would take Concubine Yao on patrol together.

"What do you think about this?"

Li Chengze frowned slightly, looked at Li Xiang and Zhuge Qingyun and asked.

"It sounds like this Concubine Yao is indeed very suspicious, she is still so favored after two years in the palace, it is very likely that she has used some means."

"Well, I can't rule out that this is a game that has been laid out in advance...... If this is the case, the other party is clearly deliberately leading the emperor to the Western Regions......"

Hearing this, Li Xiang had a flash of inspiration and exclaimed, "Qing Wangye! ”

"Lord Qing?"

Li Xiang nodded: "That's right, I've always been puzzled by the other party's intention to win over Prince Qing." Qing Wang Ye is the younger brother of the former emperor, the uncle of today's son, and the pure royal prince.

Suppose the emperor had an accident while on his tour......

Then, it is not impossible for Prince Qing to take the opportunity to stand up and preside over the overall situation......"