Hearing this, Liang Tao's eyebrows narrowed slightly, his falcon eyes sharpened, his body seemed to be alone, and his tone became cold:

"Zheng Yulou, you are also old and confused. I can allow you to speak of such a crude threat for the sake of your father's life. Chongxuanguan's achievements today are not the work of your Jiujiang Zheng family, I advise you - don't make mistakes. ”

Zheng Yulou held the dove cane in his hand, and his resentment was hard to dissipate: "Liang Tao, some words hinder the face of past friendships, and I can't say them directly." But at this life-and-death juncture, I can't care much more. Since you remember my father's life-saving kindness, it's time to repay it today! Your cultivation mana is much higher than mine, if you want to take my life, it's just a flick of your fingers, but you should know better than me about this burden! ”

Liang Tao was silent for a long time before he spoke: "Do you know that if I interfere, the Jiujiang Zheng clan will be equivalent to abandoning the Chongxuan Pavilion." You have saved the Zheng family today, and tomorrow the jackals, tigers and leopards will rush up, but the death period will be delayed a little. ”

Zheng Yulou smiled bitterly: "Liang Tao, we were like-minded back then, counting Chu Jieyu and Wang Zongran, the two of them, who worked hard to settle Chongxuan Pavilion in Dilung Mountain. A few of our old fellows will accompany you to pick the ghost caves of Black Mountain, suppress the demons of the East China Sea, and watch you climb to the top of Huaxu Kingdom step by step.

I never thought about it...... Now he has to rely on the old love of the past to save the life of the whole family. I'm glad the two of them left early, so they didn't have to see the bleak evening scene today! ”

"Zheng Yulou, you're old." Liang Tao stared at the other party and said: "How many years has the cultivation realm stagnated, and the whole person has become unenterprising, just trying to keep a family business and enjoy wealth and prosperity. If that's just the case, I don't bother to care, but you shouldn't have dealings with Anyang Hou and the others privately. ”

"You are unkind, and you want to blame me for being unjust?" Zheng Yulou retorted: "Your Liang clan has taken advantage of it, how can we not arrange a way out for the children of the family?" ”

Liang Tao seemed irrefutable, and just waved his hand lightly: "Okay, there is no need to mention this matter again." Since you ask for it, I will naturally give you an answer. ”

Zheng Yulou was about to turn around and leave, but he turned his head and said, "Liang Tao, you have changed." Why did Liang Tao, who was brilliant and honest back then, become so suspicious and suspicious now? ”

Liang Tao stood in front of the bamboo hall, without saying a word, looking at Zheng Yulou walking away with a cane, and his back gradually saw rickets.

……

Zhao Huang is sitting upright, closing his eyes and thinking about it, inspiring the sun to cover the cloth, and the acupoints around his body are gradually filled with the qi of yang and harmony, such as being immersed in the hot spring hot soup, and the dust and dirt of the body are fumigated by the qi of yang and harmony, and naturally dissolve.

The exercise was about to be completed, Zhao Xiao opened his mouth slightly, and saw a piece of five-colored brilliance spit out with his breath, hovering and tangling in front of him, but when the five-colored brilliance flow evolved into a talisman, it dissipated and disintegrated, as if it was strangled by some external force. Zhao Huang tried several times but did not succeed, so he finished his work and left his seat.

"When did you condense the Xuanzhu?" Jiang Ru, who had been watching for a long time, couldn't help asking.

"Does it matter?" Zhao Xiao asked rhetorically.

"If you don't want to say it, forget it." Jiang Ru propped her chin and looked away.

"On the eve of leaving Starfall County." Zhao Xiao saw Jiang Ru's puzzled gaze, so he said: "Cultivating diligently, sensing the gods, naturally improving, what's so strange about this?" ”

Jiang Ruyan said: "The monks of the pavilion condensed the Xuanzhu, this kind of thing should have been written about in a big book, and even invited colleagues to celebrate. As a result, you didn't say anything, could it be that you were just to let others neglect and despise you, and not anticipate your cultivation mana, so that you could show your magical powers? ”

Zhao Xiao looked at Jiang Ru, speechless for a while, and couldn't help laughing: "What am I doing with this kind of thought?" Is it such an unfathomable realm of cultivation to condense the Xuanzhu? Liang Guoshi spoke, don't I still have to listen obediently? Now in the Arrest Division's Punishment Unit, can I still force my way out? ”

A few days ago, under the guidance of Liang Tao, Zhao Huang pacified the demons and demons in Qingluoyi, and the people of the arrest department arrived later.

When the arrest division saw the corpses on the side of the ferry port and the wine jar in the boat, the shock can be imagined, and they couldn't believe that it was Zhao Huang who killed this group of demons alone.

However, Zhao Huang claimed that Qing Luoyi and others were spies of Jiuli Kingdom, and no matter how steady the arrest veterans were, they immediately took Qing Luoyi and the wolf-headed monster who had not yet died into custody, and asked Zhao Xiao and Jiang Ru to go to the arrest department and explain what happened in front of a group of officials.

The arrest department's move is in line with the laws and regulations of Huaxu State, and it is blameless, but Zhao Huang is not an idle person, this matter implicates the Jinding Division and Chongxuan Pavilion, even the arrest department does not dare to treat Zhao Huang as a prisoner, so he and Jiang Ru are placed in the reward and punishment courtyard.

Although there is no shortage of daily necessities in it, the entire courtyard is shrouded in a forbidden formation, and it is difficult for the monks in it to perform spells, just to prevent the monks from escaping.

Zhao Huang has stayed in the reward and punishment courtyard for the past few days, but it is rare to be idle for a while, except for the officials of the arrest department who come to visit and inquire every day, the rest of the outsiders are not allowed to meet with Zhao Xiao.

"I suspect that you deliberately hid in the arrest department." Jiang Ruyan said.

"Oh?" Zhao Xiao had a look of indifference on his face.

Jiang Ru got up and picked up a pot of boiling tea, fiddled with the cup and said, "I didn't understand it at the time, but after thinking about it carefully, you had already expected that Qingluoyi was from the Jiuli Kingdom, right?" ”

Zhao Huang said: "I just think that with Zheng Tunan's heart and the status of the Zheng clan of Jiujiang, even if he has a grudge against me, he can't commit such a trick as assassination." Assuming that I really died in the Jackpot Pavilion, the imperial court will definitely investigate to the end, and the Hatojiang Zheng clan is very suspicious, and it will not benefit them at all.

At that time, it will be difficult for Liang Guoshi to get out of the bread, and he will treat the Zheng family as an outcast in order to preserve the status of Chongxuanguan. Unless Liang Guoshi plans to completely tear his face, kill inside and outside the government and the opposition, and even set up a new monarch. ”

Speaking of this, Jiang Ru's hand moved, and the teapot in his hand almost fell, Zhao Huang saw her like this, and said: "Look, you are also close to Liang Guoshi in Chongxuan Pavilion, and even you don't know about it, I guess Liang Guoshi is not so prepared." This proves that the Zheng clan of Hatojiang did not intend to kill me, and Zheng Tunan did not have such guts, because he must know that he alone could not deal with me. ”

Jiang Ru poured Zhao Xiao a cup of boiling hot tea soup and put it in front of him: "But why do you think that Jiuli Kingdom wants to deal with you." ”

"Because the imperial court has recently asked the Jinding Division to refine the talisman pills, almost all of them are used to repel snakes and insects and ward off plague miasma, and the number of people required is so large that the manpower in the division has to be rotated almost day and night, all the time." Zhao Yan said: "What kind of opponent do you think is the imperial court that urgently needs these talismans and pills?" ”

"In the Jiuli Kingdom, miasma snakes and insects permeate the mountains and wilderness, and it is something that the Wuzhu Gu masters of the Jiuli tribes are good at manipulating." Jiang Ru sighed: "Recently, the imperial court has made frequent moves, and it is the establishment of the Jinding Division and the preparation of a new army, and it is impossible for the Jiuli Kingdom to be unaware. In the face of such a situation, instead of fighting the battlefield, it is better to take the lead in assassinating the important members of the Huaxu State court, disrupt the situation, and let the Jiuli State have the opportunity to prepare for war. ”

Zhao Xiao gave a thumbs up and pointed to himself: "And I'm so immortal, I happen to sit in this key position." The other court ministers are either difficult to deal with, or it is useless to kill them. And as long as the assassination can be successful, I, the deacon of the Jinding Division and the Sanqing of the Huaiying Pavilion, will die at the hands of the eldest prince of the Zheng family of Jiujiang, guess what will happen next? ”

Jiang Ru's face changed slightly: "Are they trying to provoke the dispute between the pavilions of Huaxu Kingdom?" ”

"The dispute between the pavilion and the hall may not be, but turmoil in the court is inevitable." Zhao Xiao knocked on his knee, looking a little trance: "The teacher may not necessarily avenge me, he estimates...... It will still be based on the stability of the country. ”

Jiang Ru looked at Zhao Xiao, her eyes were a little stunned, Zhao Huang was a little uncomfortable stared at by her, and asked, "What?" ”

"Zhang Shouzuo is your mentor, if you are assassinated by Zheng Tunan, how can he turn a blind eye?" Jiang Ru was puzzled, she even wondered if Zhao Xiao's master and apprentice were suffering from some serious illness.

"What I can think of, the teacher will definitely think of." Zhao Xiao looked at Jiang Ru: "What's more, my father also died at the hands of Chongxuan Pavilion." ”

"What did you say?!" Jiang Ru stood up abruptly.

"Don't be nervous." Zhao Xiao shook the teacup and took a sip: "My father, as a suspicious soldier, led the army of the Bear Kingdom to the Mirage Valley, which caused the Chongxuan Pavilion High People's Law to cause a flood and annihilate the enemy army in one fell swoop, and he was also buried in it...... Looking at you like this, it seems that this is the first time you have heard of this? ”

Jiang Ru's chin trembled slightly: "The person who cast the spell to attract the flood...... Yes, it's the first one. ”

Zhao Xiao's movements froze, then he slowly put down the teacup and nodded: "That's right, besides Liang Guoshi, who else has such mana?" ”

"What about you...... What's the plan? Jiang Ru became nervous inexplicably.

"Plans? Nothing to do. Zhao Xiao sat up cross-legged: "I just expected that there might be chaos in the court now, and I might be able to relax for a while by hiding in the arrest department." When those big people explain it, someone will naturally ask me out. You are different from me, if you want to leave, just tell Captain Lu, I guess I won't stop you. ”

"That's not right!" Jiang Ru shook her head quickly, as if she was greatly confused: "That's not right!" ”

"What's wrong?" Zhao Xiao raised his eyebrows.

"Is your heart made of stone?" Jiang Ru finally lost his temper and scolded: "Liang Tao killed your father, don't you have the slightest hatred?!" And why do you think that Zhang Duanjing will be like you and turn a blind eye to your death?! Are both of you masters and apprentices so cold and ruthless?! ”

Zhao Xiao blinked again and again, he didn't deliberately tease Jiang Ru, he didn't expect the other party to change so suddenly, and he was scolded for a while.

In the end, Jiang Ru turned around and took a deep breath to calm down.

"I don't think I'm cold and ruthless, and it's not like you haven't seen me lose my temper." Zhao Xiao looked up to the sky and sighed: "As for hate...... It's useless to hate, I can't beat that national teacher. In that case, why write all your thoughts on your face like Zheng Tu Nan? And it's not that the teacher is like me, it's that I'm the teacher. My father was also his student, and he could endure it, so why couldn't I? ”

"This is the revenge of killing my father, can this kind of thing be endured?" Jiang Ru felt ridiculous in her heart.

"It's not a father's revenge." Zhao Xiao's face became gloomy: "I think you are under the protection of Chongxuan Pavilion, and you have lived a good life for too long, and you have completely forgotten how miserable the War of the Five Kingdoms was. Since my father was on the battlefield, he could not guarantee that he would be able to survive with all his body.

The battlefield can't tolerate personal enmity, not to mention the same thing, you think I haven't experienced it? I'm just very clear about the priorities. The war between Hua Xu and Jiuli is about to restart, and if the ministers of the DPRK and China still have to argue and bite each other because of the assassination, this is the provocation of the Jiuli Kingdom. ”

Jiang Ru turned around: "Since you can calculate it so clearly, why was you assassinated?" Aren't immortal cultivators good at avoiding misfortune and avoiding disasters? The matter of the Jackpot can be regarded as the misfortune of your sword soldiers. ”

Zhao Xiao was not angry, and spread his hands: "I said that condensing Xuanzhu is not a high-level cultivation, I am not a Dao immortal family, it is impossible to expect everything in advance, and I only figured out those words after the fact."

It's just that I figured it out earlier than you, so I was able to be well prepared when facing Qing Luoyi. This is also a part of the monk's fighting method, I don't have the physique of a swordsman, and I don't have the ability to run around with a sword when I encounter demons. ”

"You-" Jiang Ru heard that Zhao Xiao was sarcastic again, and her willow eyebrows were raised, and she was about to get angry.

"But I suspect that your Liang Guoshi probably really expected this." Zhao Xiao interrupted Jiang Ru's anger.

"Why do you say that?" Jiang Ru asked.

Zhao Xiao smiled: "Isn't this obvious enough?" I was assassinated the night before, and the next day all kinds of news inside and outside Dongshengdu were still in chaos, and Liang Guoshi sent you to ask me to intercept Qing Luoyi and others, and the timing was exactly right.

Moreover, he also handed over Qing Luoyi and the others to me to deal with, which clearly expected the subsequent evolution of the situation for a long time. If it is really as Jiuli Kingdom expected, someone in the DPRK plans to use Zheng Tunan to participate in the assassination case of the Treasure Pavilion, involving the entire Chongxuan Pavilion, and Liang Guoshi wants to clear the suspicion, the best way is to assist me, the owner of the assassination, to kill the demon of the enemy country with his own hands. ”

Jiang Ru suddenly realized in her heart, she remembered the previous experience of telling Liang Tao about the news in the ghost market, although Liang Tao did not say it explicitly, he seemed to be aware of it. Looking back now, I'm afraid that Liang Tao had long expected that Qing Luoyi was going to murder Zhao Xiao, and he had already started to prepare.

"You think I'm calculating, but you don't know that Liang Guoshi has counted me into account this time." Zhao Xiao scratched his head and said: "Although this time I personally disposed of the demons and demons of Qingluoyi, in the final analysis, I still rely on the help of Liang Guoshi.

After I vented my anger, I immediately understood this, Liang Guoshi not only easily cleared the suspicion of Chongxuan Pavilion, but also made me owe something. As long as I came to the arrest department to explain what happened, Liang Guoshi was already in an invincible position, and now I am afraid that everyone in the DPRK and the central government thinks that I can only kill demons and punish evil with the guidance of Liang Guoshi. ”

Jiang Ru was puzzled: "Why does the first seat make you owe him something." ”

Zhao Xiao put his hands behind his head: "Then I don't know...... When are you free, ask him for me? ”