Taihe Temple.

"Your Highness, your Highness, something is wrong!"

Cao Xu, the personal eunuch, ran into the room with a panicked face, looking hurried.

The sixth prince, Zhou Ankang's face sank, and he said, "What's the matter?" It's unseemly to shout so much! ”

He turned slowly, put down the book in his hand, and glanced irritably at the little eunuch behind him.

"Back to Your Highness, the news that has just come out of the Heaven Survey Division says that Concubine Shuniang did not die of disease, but was victimized by demons!" Cao Xu knelt on the ground, uneasy.

After a pause, he continued: "And that demon also transformed into the appearance of a lady concubine, and it is said that it is a shark from the East China Sea...... The corpse is in the Sky Survey Division. ”

"What?"

Hearing this, Zhou Ankang looked stunned, the teacup he had just picked up in his hand fell instantly, and he didn't know that the tea was splashed all over his body.

He rushed forward with an arrow step, exuding a killing intent on his body, and a strange light flashed in his eyes, and asked, "You said that there is a merman pretending to be a concubine?" ”

Cao Xu replied tremblingly: "The twists and turns of the Heaven Survey Division are indeed reported to the emperor in this way, and it should not be wrong. ”

"Then do you know who killed the merman demon?" Zhou Ankang said in a deep voice.

Cao Xu said truthfully: "I heard that it is still the young hero Zhang Tao." ”

"Zhang Tao ......"

Hearing the answer in his ear, the expression of the six princes instantly darkened, and his mouth was repeated and his teeth were gritted.

A vicious and resentful look flashed in his eyes, and he clenched the hilt of the gentleman's sword on his waist, with awe-inspiring murderous intent, and whispered: "I want you to be broken into ten thousand pieces, and I am inseparable from you." ”

"Your Highness, what's wrong?"

Seeing his master so out of shape, Cao Xu felt inexplicable, obviously that Zhang Tao killed the merman, to some extent, it can be said that he avenged the murder of his mother for the six princes.

However, looking at His Highness's reaction, it was as if Zhang Tao was not killing demons, but killing Concubine Niangniang.

"Get out!"

Zhou Ankang was tyrannical, his eyes were cold, he took out the sword at his waist, and slashed it on the table beside him.

The sword qi shook, and the killing intent did not decrease.

Immediately, he kicked the other person out of the room, and he was alone in the room and furious, thinking like he had lost his mind.

Frightened, Cao Xu trembled, and lay on the bluestone slab outside the hall spitting blood, not daring to move.

"Zhang Tao, I swear to kill you and break your body into ten thousand pieces!" He roared in rage.

A majestic and righteous body forms an astonishing storm in the room, constantly destroying the surrounding objects.

After a long time, Zhou Ankang stood with his sword in his hand, his eyes were cold, his breath gradually stabilized, and he once again returned to the image of a proud and conceited gentleman in the past.

At the center of his eyebrows, a golden glittering scale appeared, which flashed and disappeared, quickly disappearing under the skin of his forehead.

……

After Zhang Tao completed the third Huaqing Pool Demon Qi mission, he never received any more tasks related to the vicinity of the capital.

So, for the rest of the time, he spent the rest of his time cultivating in the Heaven Survey Division, occasionally taking time to go to the hook fence on Yongan Avenue to take a stroll and relax.

Three days passed.

Ever since he had condensed the power of water in the kidneys, he had made his kidneys vigorous, and he felt an inexplicable flame of restlessness burning in his body at every turn.

Subsequently, he consulted the cultivation classics to let him know that this was a manifestation of an imbalance in the power of the five elements in his body.

Condensing the power of the five elements and increasing the function of the corresponding viscera are all normal physiological characteristics.

Unless, he gathers all the five elements in his body to achieve balance again, then he will be calm again.

"It's a bit difficult, it seems that we have to search for other spiritual objects with five element attributes."

Zhang Tao leaned in the courtyard, one hand caressing Xiaohua's soft forehead, and the other hand pressed the back of the waist, with a thoughtful look on his face.

At this time, he was thinking about how to solve the problem of restlessness in the lower abdomen.

As for the other personnel in the Sky Survey Division, the Sky Survey Guards scattered in various states and counties were all recalled and actively vigilant to prepare for the Spring Festival Ceremony ten days later.

Among them, he met Ye Shaojun, a thousand households of the Demon Eradication Hall who had a relationship in Shuntian Mansion.

"Boy, you really didn't disappoint me!" Ye Shaojun patted him on the shoulder, his eyes showing approval.

The annual spring festival is a blessing to the sky, which is related to the luck of the dynasty and the people of the world.

For this reason, all departments in the imperial court had to go all out, whether it was the Heavenly Survey Division, or the Six Gates, Dali Temple and other important departments, they were all ready and carefully prepared to prevent mistakes.

"Zhang Tao, it's our team's turn to go out to patrol the city today."

At this time, Zhao Gongping walked in and interrupted his thoughts.

As he spoke, Zhao Gongping, Fang Zhibai, Ji Xuanxuan and Wu Yun were already standing outside the courtyard, fully armed.

They are waiting for Zhang Tao to appear.

"Good!" Zhang Tao nodded.

After the team arrived, they walked out of the Sky Survey Division and patrolled the streets and alleys of the capital to investigate all kinds of suspicious dangers.

"The closer we get to the Spring Festival, the more solemn the atmosphere in the city becomes."

Zhang Tao looked around, frowned slightly, and found that there were many more famous and decent people in the city, which made him feel that the atmosphere in the city was a little different from the past.

And those killers hidden in the city have been caught in the previous clean-up operations.

As for how many people are still lingering in the shadows, Zhang Tao doesn't know.

But through Tang Wujie's message, he knew that the shopkeeper of Louwailou, Granny Osmanthus, had secretly arrived in Kyoto City yesterday, and was currently settled in a hidden stronghold in Louwailou.

Moreover, the other two major killer organizations, Outside the Mountain and the Outer Heaven, also showed traces in the city, and even Granny Osmanthus would meet a powerful mountain lord in the Outer Mountain.

They are plotting some unknown conspiracy at this time.

Among them, the Outer Heaven is too mysterious and powerful, coming and going without a trace, and Tang Wujie does not know the specific information of the other party.

Fang Zhibai explained: "In fact, they are all people from the Taoist Gate and the Buddhist Gate who came to watch the ceremony, so they shouldn't have too many problems. ”

This time for the Spring Festival, the imperial court invited the four sects of Daomen, the four temples and one nunnery of Buddhism, almost including the entire Jianghu forces.

However, there were only three or two big factions who agreed to come, and not all of them came to the appointment.

The four sects of the Daomen, the Xuan Lonely Sect, the Beidou Sect and the Shou One Sect and the three sects, the Yaochi Sect have something to do and can't withdraw.

And the four temples and one nunnery of Buddhism, only came to Haihui Temple and Lotus Nunnery, and the other three temples did not ask about the affairs of the rivers and lakes, nor did they contaminate the cause and effect of the imperial court, so they naturally turned a blind eye and did not hear it.

"It is precisely because they are two sects of Taoism and Buddhism that I should be more vigilant."

Hearing this, Zhang Tao analyzed in a deep voice: "Now that the imperial court is declining and the power of the rivers and lakes is gradually growing, are they really willing to continue to be restrained and governed?" ”

After a pause, he added: "Three days ago, in front of the Imperial City Qintianjian Gate, the major sects joined forces with each other, and they already faintly had the intention of competing with the imperial court. ”

Hearing his words, everyone's expressions gradually became solemn.

You can't have the heart to hurt others, and you can't have the heart to defend people.

What Zhang Tao said is reasonable and well-founded, and it is difficult not to make people feel worried.

"Doesn't that mean that this ceremony is likely to have an accident?" Wu Yun said worriedly.