Chapter 103: The Forces Behind It

Seven days later, outside the city, Loulan Guojun personally saw off Jiang Chen and the others.

Princess Loulan was also in the send-off procession. Although she and Jiang Wu have been married, they are still minors, and according to Loulan customs, women under the age of seventeen cannot perform coming-of-age ceremonies and cannot marry. And Jiang Wu still has more than half a year to turn eighteen, and he has not yet reached the age of marriage.

Jiang Wu refused to leave Jiang Chen and stayed alone in Loulan Kingdom, and Princess Loulan couldn't keep it.

"When you turn eighteen, remember to marry me!" Princess Loulan said with red eyes.

Jiang Wu nodded, and he handed the little green sword to Princess Loulan: "I'll come back, use this as a token!"

"How can sword cultivation not have a sword!" Princess Loulan returned the green sword to Jiang Wu again: "You still keep the sword for self-defense! I believe you will not break your word!"

Jiang Chen smiled at Loulan Guojun and said, "Sending you a thousand miles will take a farewell! In addition, the Loulan secret agent in the Daozi Army, it is better to ask the seniors to recall it, otherwise if it is found out, it will inevitably be dealt with by other sergeants and military laws. ”

Loulan Guojun nodded: "Don't worry, when the Daozi army withdraws from the frontier, they will leave." Fellow Daoists, there will be a period in the future! The widow is still the same sentence, if Daliang can't tolerate all Daoists, I Loulan Country has nothing to welcome!"

"There will be a meeting later!" everyone said goodbye to Loulan Guojun, boarded the horses, and galloped away.

Princess Loulan looked at their disappearing figures, waited until sunset, and refused to return to the imperial city for a long time.

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This trip to Loulan was only a few days, but it was very fruitful. not only reached a peace agreement with the monarch of Loulan, and obtained a peace letter inscribed by the monarch of Loulan himself, agreeing not to lead troops to attack Daliang for life, but also made Jiang Wu inexplicably become a horse of Loulan.

With this peace book, the charges placed by the Dao Court against Jiang Chen were self-defeating. However, the Dao Court naturally had other crimes that could be planted against them.

Two days later, Jiang Chen and others returned to the Daozi Army safely, and the three armies were overjoyed.

Jiang Chen and the others led the Daozi army back to the Descending Dragon Valley, marching slowly all the way, not in a hurry.

When camping overnight, sure enough, a Loulan spy took the initiative to see Jiang Chen. Jiang Chen never expected that this secret agent was actually a Taoist in his personal guard camp.

This Taoist pseudonym Yiqiu Daoist joined the Daoist Army early in the morning, followed Jiang Chen from birth to death, fought the demon tide, and even blocked the demon fire spit out by the demon beast for Jiang Chen. If he hadn't spit out the truth himself, it would have been difficult for Jiang Chen to suspect him.

Yiqiu Daoren apologized to Jiang Chen and said: "Boss, his subordinates are from Loulan and have only lived in Daliang for a long time. As a secret agent, he is also his own master, if there is any betrayal or offense, please forgive the boss. ”

As he spoke, he presented Jiang Chen with a peculiar orchid-shaped badge and said, "This is the Youlan Order, which is a token for Loulan secret agents, and only Loulan secret agents and a few Loulan Dao heroes can recognize this token." The monarch ordered me to hand over the token to the boss, in case the boss has any trouble in the future, I can wear this token on my waist or chest, and then there will naturally be Loulan secret agents to contact the boss and secretly assist the boss. ”

"Thank you very much for this intention!" Jiang Chen unceremoniously took the Youlan Order and hid it in his arms. He asked curiously: "When Princess Loulan assassinated Ben Shuai, you should have recognized her identity, weren't you afraid that I would kill Princess Loulan at that time?"

Yiqiu Daoren said with a smile: "When the boss handed over the princess to Jiang Wu for interrogation, his subordinates had already guessed the boss's intentions. But I didn't expect that this would instead fulfill a fate between the princess and Jiang Wu - could it be that this is also one of the boss's plans?"

Jiang Chen laughed: "There is a plan, but I didn't know that she was a princess at that time, and I just wanted to create a little opportunity for my younger brother." Unexpectedly, his routine is deeper than mine, and he will become a colt in three or two clicks! Your princess, no matter how arrogant and willful she is on weekdays, is now dead set on him!"

Yiqiu Daoren also laughed a few times, and then asked in a low voice: "The boss is now full of ambition and high spirits, I don't know if he intends to go further and make great achievements?"

Jiang Chen shook his head: "You should know Ben Shuai's thoughts, the commander of the army sitting on this word is like sitting in the crater, and he accidentally lost his life." ”

Yiqiu Daoren nodded and said, "Since the boss retreats bravely, then his subordinates will say a few more words." Does the boss think that there is something strange about the arrival of these 100,000 Dao troops?"

"That's true!" Jiang Chen said: "Jianghu Dao Heroes have always been used to being scattered, a plate of scattered sand, it is difficult to condense, how can they gather into a hundred thousand Dao troops in a month, it is really incredible! Do you know any clues?"

Yiqiu Daoren said: "The subordinates didn't dare to say what clues they had, but the subordinates found that this time the Daozi army was assembled, and other forces were secretly pushing behind it." ”

"Which force?" Jiang Chen hurriedly asked.

Yiqiu Daoren said: "This should be carefully verified by the coach, and the subordinates have no conclusive evidence, but they are suspicious." ”

Jiang Chen's heart moved, and he said: "You write down the name of the suspicious force, and Ben Shuai also writes one, and then pair each other!"

The two of them wrote their names with pen and paper on their backs, and they were paired with each other, Jiang Chen wrote "Shuntianzong", and Yiqiu Daoren wrote "Daliang Imperial Court".

"Sure enough!" Jiang Chen frowned. The current Emperor of Daliang is the son of Shuntianzong, and the current court is the power of Shuntianzong.

According to the rules of the Daoting Heavenly Three Sects, the Great Liang Imperial Court is controlled by the Heavenly Three Sects in turn, and it is replaced every hundred years. Although those high-level cultivators have faded out of the world, for a sect, being able to run the imperial court naturally has many advantages.

Counting up, in a few more years, it should be the abdication of Shuntianzong, and Chengtianzong will take charge of the throne and the imperial court. Therefore, the second prince and the seventh son, who had the highest voice under the knee of Emperor Pei Xuan, the sect leader of Chengtian Sect, fought openly and secretly for the throne. However, Suncheonzong is probably not willing to give up the throne like this.

Of course, Shuntianzong did not dare to challenge the rules set by the Dao Court for many years, so he could only delay the timing of the transfer of the throne by other means. For example, if the Great Liang is mired in internal and external troubles, the transfer of the throne can be postponed in order to maintain stability. If there is a big conflict between the Dao Court and the Sanxiu at this time, the Shuntian Sect will have a reason to postpone the transfer of the throne. The gathering of 100,000 Dao troops in the rivers and lakes is a great threat to the Dao Court, and it is also a very good chess piece for the Shuntian Sect.

"It seems that I want to meet Lan Jiusi and carefully interrogate him to find out how he recruited tens of thousands of Dao troops!" Jiang Chen secretly said in his heart: "If the speculation is true, there is another person, I also want to meet him." ”

Jiang Chen asked Han Banxian to make a move, flew with the sword overnight, and invited Lan Jiusi, and the next day he saw Lan Jiusi in the army.

After carefully inquiring about the details, Jiang Chen was even more sure that if there was no imperial court behind him to help him secretly, Lan Jiusi would never be able to smoothly purchase a large amount of military supplies, grain and grass, let alone gather a large number of Daoists in a short period of time and send them to the frontier to serve in the army.

Jiang Chen sighed: "The Dao Court is really intrigued! It's just that some loose cultivators are slaying demons and destroying the enemy and defending the frontier, and there is such a complicated power struggle behind it. It seems that it is time to meet Ziqing Daoren, he is scheming, and he is a person in the Dao Court. Let the Daoting court solve the matter by themselves!" (To be continued.) )