Because some of the local ministers had participated in Zhu Yuanzhang's pacification of the world and made contributions to him, Liu Bowen knew the power of the Earth Teachers Association, and contacted some of them, hoping that they would serve the imperial court, but because of the disagreement within the Earth Teachers Association, some people held themselves high and were unwilling to accept the canonization of the Ming Dynasty, so they had to give up temporarily.

After pacifying the north, after Liu Bowen discovered the secrets left by the Yuan Dynasty, he intended to establish the Lingjian Mansion, but he would need the help of the local division, so Liu Bowen planned such a good show with some of the local masters: first let Song Kui rebel against the local division association, help the rebels, defeat the Ming army of the Qing Dynasty several times, and then besiege the local division association.

At this point, it became obvious which people in the Earth Division Association were clearly opposed to the imperial court, and the supporters secretly wrote down the names of these people, compiled a roster and handed them to the imperial court, and then secretly responded to the infiltrated Gongwei Siqi soldiers, defeating the main battle faction in one fell swoop.

The old man said: "From then on, the Earth Master Association has become the Lingjian Mansion, presiding over the study of the Five Lingjian. ”

Tang Anshu asked: "Why is the mausoleum briefly divided into five?" I originally thought it corresponded to the five elements, but although the name is so, the things contained in it have nothing to do with the five elements. ”

The old man explained: "The reason why Lingjian is divided into five is entirely because the art of war is divided into five gates, that is, measurement, soldier, Jia, power, and harmony, because these five are the five major methods of fighting the world and ruling the world. ”

Tang Anshu nodded slowly, thought for a moment and said, "That doesn't correspond?" ”

The old man said: "It's really not corresponding, the ancestors of the Earth Master Association gradually discovered that the Ming Dynasty was extremely ambitious, trying to turn Lingjian into a weapon of war, but then, because the Great Tomorrow has been decided, some things have become less important, and the role of Lingjian Mansion has also changed repeatedly, that is, in this process, Lingjian gradually determined one by one because of the preferences of the emperor who succeeded to the throne later." ”

Tang Anshu understood: "In other words, the number of tombs was not determined at the beginning? ”

"Yes, Lingjian Mansion has gone through sixteen emperors of the Ming Dynasty, and the definition of Lingjian has also changed during this period, and even changed again and again." The old man looked into the distance, a little distracted, "Until later, after the Ming Dynasty began to decline, the Lingjian Mansion was no longer valued, and the Earth Master Association quietly restored its past name." ”

The Earth Master Guild knew very well what the consequences would be if the five Lingjian were discovered, and that the Jinling Jane could easily destroy a country if it was opened alone, so the people of the Earth Master Guild decided to destroy and hide everything.

First of all, they used all kinds of similar accidental means, or deliberately framed the court officials who knew the secrets of the tombs, and at the same time destroyed all the documents in the tombs to prove the location of the tombs, but when they decided to destroy the tombs, they found that they could not do so.

Tang Anshu asked, "Why can't you do it?" ”

"At that time, the world was in turmoil, and the Earth Division would destroy the location of a mausoleum, which required a lot of manpower and material resources. The old man sighed and shook his head, "So, in order to protect Ling Jian, five people were also selected to become the five statues guarding Ling Jian." ”

"What are the Five Statues?" Tang Anshu asked again, knowing that he was close to the answer.

The old man explained: "The five respects are the people who guard the five tombs respectively, according to the gold, water, wood, fire, and earth corresponding to the harvest, Xuanming, Jumang, Zhurong and Houtu, the five are the text, and there are Ling Jianwei under the five, so that you can do the combination of civil and military, some Ling Jianwei is a person, some are several or even more, my Ling Jianwei you have seen, they are all elite soldiers trained by my own hands." ”

Tang Anshu couldn't help but raise his eyes to look at those strong archers in the woods in the distance, those guys looked like dry corpses, why were they powerful? Could it be related to Muling Jane?

The old man seemed to see what Tang Anshu was thinking: "They have taken medicines since childhood, these medicines can enhance their senses, but they will gradually make them mute. ”

Tang Anshu asked: "So, the predecessor is the Venerable who guards Muling Jian?" ”

The old man finally introduced himself: "My surname is Yuwen, a single name is a fixed word, the honorific name is Jumang, and the Lingjian Wei under my command is called Jiaomu, here, I call them night bats." ”

Tang Anshu bowed his hand: "It turned out to be Yuwen's senior." ”

After speaking, Tang Anshu suddenly thought of something: "Then Chen Boyao's predecessor who is in the prison is the Venerable Jinling Jian?" ”

Yuwen said: "That's right, listening to what you told before, although I have seen Chen Boyao, he has not revealed his identity. ”

Tang Anshu said: "Senior, what is Muling Jian?" ”

Yu Wending asked: "What is Mu Ling Jian, you can know it with your own eyes, but before that, I have to tell you that your master was not the same as ...... present, he was all killed by fierce beasts."

Tang Anshu was stunned: "Fierce beast? ”

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Yongcheng Xingang, Zhang Fuzhi's mansion, the lobby of the main building.

The lobby has been cleaned and renovated, and there is a round table in the middle of the lobby with dishes and chopsticks, but no food or drink.

Zhang Fuzhi sat at the center of the round table, and Fu Guodong sat next to him. In the past, it should be Fu Guodong who was sitting in the right seat, because Zhang Fuzhi, as a businessman, knew that even if he was Fu Guodong's financier, he would have to give him enough face in front of everyone.

But today he didn't give Fu Guodong face, so Fu Guodong knew very well that such an arrangement was tantamount to telling him - the current Yongcheng does not matter what Fu Guodong said, it is Zhang Fuzhi who is in charge.

Fu Guodong glanced at the other people at the table, Zhang Pei'an, Jiang Boqi, Li Songming, as well as Zhang Dingfeng and two foreign representatives, the American Thomas. Holder, Englishman John. Salidan.

Although the lobby is very lively, it does not have the slightest lively atmosphere, on the contrary, it is a little frighteningly quiet, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is dead.

In the back hall, there was a well-dressed Rong Pingye, who waited quietly with his eyes closed, and there was a loaded Bergman submachine gun on the table next to him, and across from him, there were several gunners standing in good order.

In all corners of the lobby, murderous gunmen are also hidden.

All it takes is one signal, and Rong Pingye will rush into the lobby with the gunmen and beat Fu Guodong and his guards into meat sauce.

However, to the surprise of Zhang Fuzhi, Rong Pingye and others, Fu Guodong went to the meeting alone this time, without even bringing a driver, and came by himself.

Moreover, Fu Guodong didn't even wear a military uniform, but wore a suit at the right time, as if he was telling Zhang Fuzhi in this way that he would not have any conflict with Zhang Fuzhi.

"Why aren't you serving food yet?" Zhang Fuzhi finally spoke, "Pei'an, go and take a look, urge the kitchen, just don't want those troublesome dishes." ”

"Yes." Zhang Pei'an understood, got up and left, "Everyone, I'm out of company." ”

Zhang Pei'an walked out of the lobby, and after turning the corner, he signaled to the gunman in the corner, and the gunman immediately retreated, and he went around the side path to the back hall.

The moment Zhang Pei'an walked into the back hall, Rong Pingye's blood of revenge, which was still boiling, calmed down, and he knew that today's assassination had been canceled.

"Why?" Rong Pingye asked puzzledly, "This is different from what I said before!" ”

Zhang Pei'an said: "I don't know, I'm just passing the word for my father." ”

After Zhang Pei'an finished speaking, Rong Pingye got up: "Young Master Zhang, isn't Master Zhang a hexagram?" ”

Zhang Pei'an stopped: "My father doesn't want to kill an unarmed and unmotivated person. ”

Rong Pingye said indignantly: "Excuse! ”

Zhang Pei'an turned around, walked to the table next to Rong Pingye, picked up the submachine gun and handed it to him: "I said, I just passed on the word, my order is only issued to the subordinates in the family, you are not the Zhang family, naturally you can go in the left ear and out the right ear, so you can go out and shoot Fu Guodong indiscriminately now, but you will bear the consequences." ”

Zhang Pei'an's words made the surrounding gunmen turn their eyes to Rong Pingye, and Rong Pingye immediately felt the strong killing intent coming to his face.

The meaning of Zhang Pei'an's words couldn't be clearer, this is Zhang's mansion, his father has the final say, what are you Rong Pingye?

The deeper meaning is that whether it is Zhangfu or Yongcheng, Zhang Fuzhi has the final say now, and it is not Chen Bozhong's turn to bark at his dogs.

In the end, Rong Hirano just took the gun, put it on the table next to him, and sat down in silence, suppressing the anger in his heart.

When Zhang Pei'an returned to the lobby, the table was already full of wine and food, and the originally expressionless crowd began to talk and laugh, and the previous weird and tense atmosphere completely disappeared.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Pei'an, after looking around, suddenly felt that he didn't seem to have learned anything from Liuyang, and he also felt that his father was right, the ink in his stomach was not enough to fill his stomach, let alone for the sake of the country and the nation.

"Let's have a seat." Zhang Fuzhi, who was full of smiles, picked up his wine glass, "But before the banquet, let me say a few more words, and I hope not to ruin everyone's interest." ”

Everyone looked at Zhang Fuzhi and nodded again and again.

Zhang Fuzhi's face sank: "First of all, the first glass of wine, I propose, we want to pay tribute to the dead people of Yongcheng." ”

After Zhang Fuzhi finished speaking, he slowly poured the wine on the ground, and the two foreigners were surprised at first after hearing Zhang Dingfeng's translation, but they still followed the appearance of others.

"Second wine! I have to respect our handsome! Zhang Fuzhi looked at Fu Guodong, and Fu Guodong hurriedly got up with a cup.

Zhang Fuzhi said: "If it weren't for Fu Dashuai, I'm afraid Yongcheng would have died!" ”

Zhang Fuzhi had something to say, and he didn't tell Zhang Dingfeng that he was going to say this at first, so after Zhang Dingfeng heard this, his brows furrowed slightly, but he immediately expanded it.

Fu Guodong said: "Where, as the governor of Yongcheng, these are all internal affairs, but I pity those innocent people." ”

Zhang Fuzhi nodded slightly: "Then for the third glass of wine, I have to work tirelessly and come from afar to help Commander Chen in Yongcheng." Since it is inconvenient for Commander Chen to be present today, please ask Mr. Zhang to do it for you. ”

Zhang Dingfeng picked up the cup and got up: "Master Zhang is polite, Commander Chen and Fu Dashuai are both pillars of the country, and it is right to do so." ”

As he spoke, Zhang Dingfeng smiled at Fu Guodong, although Fu Guodong also smiled and signaled, his eyes were cold.

After a few glasses of wine, although everyone was warm, their throats were still uncomfortable, the wine was indeed mellow, but the words were so spicy and harsh.