Liang Tao didn't get angry when he heard Zhao Xiao's reprimand, raised his hand and supported his chin and said, "Everyone can talk about the big truth, but have you ever thought that your attack on the evil temple will completely disrupt the situation that was originally restrained by the Chongxuan Pavilion.

Don't forget, these goblins don't obey the king, and they have no limits to national borders. They only had some private dealings with Jiuli Kingdom before, if they were forced to switch to the enemy country, relying on the local business for many years, and come out to open the door and steal, have you thought about the consequences? ”

"The national teacher is so eloquent!" Zhao Xiao said with a smile: "Since you claim that the Chongxuan Pavilion restrains the demons and ghosts, then they disobey the responsibility of Wang Hua and pretending to be the righteous god to blackmail the people, and the Chongxuan Pavilion will also take care of it?" As soon as the imperial court pursued it, they suddenly became rebellious, Chongxuanguan used to be so restrained and educated? ”

"You are talking about this kind of official talk, but it is getting smoother and smoother, and I am sorry for your mouth if you don't seal the book." Liang Tao said as he knocked on his knee.

Zhao Xiao didn't have the heart to laugh with Liang Tao, and his expression was solemn: "Master Guoshi, whenever I have free time these days, I will collect and search for old anecdotes in the local area, and learn about your feat of patrolling the territory with a sword back then.

At that time, the Huaxu Kingdom was still in the grass, and the counties and counties were in turmoil, and even the officials who went to other places could be robbed and killed by thieves and soldiers. All kinds of demons and spirits are even more rampant, killing people and making noise in broad daylight.

As for those immortal cultivators, they may intervene in the military rivalry in the world, resulting in the accumulation of grudges that cannot be eliminated, killing each other day by day, and the inheritance is ruined; Or close the mountain gate, intending to stay away from the trouble, but they can't stop the strife from coming to the door, and even some demons are waiting for the opportunity to invade and offend.

In such a situation, it was the National Teacher who took the initiative to come forward, Yang Zhu Flying Sword to kill the King of Dragons, Songyang to move mountains and descend rohu, Linhai Flying Fu to break the mirage, and Huanqiu to punish the four monsters alone...... There are many deeds, too many to mention, and there are also great achievements in the ghost cave of Montenegro to provoke evil spirits and kill ghosts, so that the south of Huaxu Kingdom can maintain a peaceful place. ”

Liang Tao raised his head and laughed when he heard this: "Those experiences I had back then, when I came out of your mouth, it was like a miracle of immortals. ”

There was no smile on Zhao Xiao's face: "I have personally experienced the destruction of the temple, and I know very well the difficulties here. These demons who have been worshiped by incense and nourished by faith have deep roots, holes and holes, strong souls, and many party members.

Once these demons are severely attacked, they will often do their best to follow their followers and their henchmen, and they will respond in groups from all directions and come to fight one after another. As long as there is the slightest thought of retreating, the evil people will find a plan and not to mention their own suffering, and the common people will also be poisoned by it.

This kind of thing of slaying demons and punishing evil can be said to be thankless. Killing one, provoking a nest, and finding a bunch of enemies for himself for no reason is extremely troublesome for immortal cultivators who take tranquility as their business. Without a strong and indestructible mind, it is difficult to persevere. ”

"In that case, why should you bother yourself?" Liang Tao asked with a smile: "If the old situation remains unchanged, even if it is a demon, I don't dare to make waves." ”

"Master Guoshi, have you seen what kind of life the local people lived?" Zhao Huang said: "Chu Mengchun wantonly collected money to build a manor, but in the same quartz city, there are unclothed women hiding in the house a few streets away, and they can't even make a living by washing women's red clothes, so they can only sell their bodies to survive.

I had previously summoned troops and horses to search for demons, but at the bottom of the ditch outside the city, I found dozens of baby bones, most of which were from these women. Forgive my clumsiness, the great ships on the water are not so much loaded with goods and treasures as they are filled with the blood and tears of the people. ”

"Zhao Xiao, if you want to enter the realm above the Immortal Dao, don't rely too much on the skill of magic, especially not too much on the skill of your ears and eyes." Liang Tao also put away his playful expression: "The confusion of five colors and five tones is not only a temptation to pleasing the eye. Do you know why the sages said, 'Fall into limb, degrade your wisdom'? ”

"Master Guoshi, can you turn a blind eye to the suffering of the common people and not see this kind of situation?" There was a little excitement in Zhao Xiao's expression.

"Turning a blind eye can be regarded as a clever skill." Liang Tao said bluntly: "When you can see all things without lingering, this suffering will not be this pretentious posture in your eyes." ”

"Me, pretending?" The corners of Zhao Xiao's eyes twitched, and he felt more and more that Liang Tao was unreasonable.

"That Fengming Gumen man named Lu Wangji, you have also seen it." Liang Tao asked rhetorically: "Do you think there was that suffering in her eyes?" Will the music she plays soothe those secret prostitutes who sell their bodies? ”

Zhao Xiao shut up, and Liang Tao seemed to see through him, and said bluntly: "But you admire her very much, and think that she is a model of a person who cultivates immortals and learns the Tao." Why, then, do you demand so much from me? Or even give birth to unrealistic fantasies? ”

"If you are a mountain monk, not involved in the world, not seeking worldly interests, I naturally have nothing to say." Zhao Xiao retorted: "But you are a national teacher, and there are many people with the four surnames of the Chongxuan Pavilion Immortal Sect, not to mention that they occupy the fields and have a group of slaves. If you have worldly interests, you will have worldly affairs, this truth could not be clearer! ”

"Speaking of which, I am not allowed to argue?" Liang Tao spread his hands.

"Instead of wasting saliva arguing with me, the National Teacher should recreate the power of slaying evil in the past!" Zhao Yan said: "It is no accident that the demons and spirits of Qingyan County have fled without a trace, and they have disappeared all together. Thinking that it was after the three thousand volts of Lao were punished, they secretly communicated the news and abandoned the altar together, preparing to gather a crowd to fight back. ”

Liang Tao raised his eyebrows lightly: "You want me to deal with these demons?" ”

"These demons and demons were originally the fish that slipped through the net when the national teacher patrolled the realm with swords, and now they have completed the calamity, which can be regarded as a complete merit." Zhao Xiao replied.

"So you've put your mind to work here." Liang Tao laughed and said: "If I kill the demons and punish the evil, it will not only end the troubles for you, but also completely break the private collusion between the Chongxuan Pavilion and the demons and spirits in various places." It seems to be for my sake, but in fact, I still have to fold my wings. ”

"Wings? And such obscene ghosts and gods, and evil spirits are also worthy of being used as wings? Zhao Xiao said: "I really don't know, why are these demons worthy of being so cherished by the National Teacher? ”

"For example......" Liang Tao rolled his eyes: "Jiang family? ”

Zhao Xiao frowned and asked, "It turns out that the Jiang family was subdued by you when you were patrolling the border with a sword?" ”

"It's better that they took the initiative to defect." Liang Tao is quite complacent.

"Judging from Jiang Ru's words and deeds, they have experienced indoctrination, and they are no longer demons in the mountains and wilderness, so naturally they cannot be treated as equal." Zhao Xiao shook his head and said.

"Tut-tut, Marquis Zhenming is forgetful." Liang Tao's words were sarcastic: "The rat demon didn't care about it, and directly greeted the past with thunder and arrows; Because the fox demon has cultivated a good skin, he stayed by his side as a concubine, and Zhenming Hou enjoyed it. ”

Zhao Xiao's face was slightly gloomy: "So that the National Teacher knows that the first time Jiang Ru revealed his original body in front of me, he intended to disturb the altar, but he was almost killed by me." ”

"Don't be in a hurry to show off your pedantic temperament." Liang Tao waved his hand: "I can make a move, but I don't have the leisure to slowly search for traces of demons." Unless ......"

Zhao Xiao was a little uneasy when he heard this, and Liang Tao looked like he had succeeded in his plan: "Unless you use yourself as bait to lure these demons to appear." ”

"The national teacher is so calculating!" Zhao Xiao's face was gloomy, and Liang Tao clearly wanted Zhao Xiao to follow in the footsteps of his father Zhao Ziliang.

"Zhenming Marquis praises." Liang Taohun shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly: "But don't worry, I won't let you be buried in the belly of the demon, after all, your rituals and rituals are indispensable for my future great cause." As long as you can draw out this group of demons, I will definitely take action. ”

Since Zhao Xiao dealt with Liang Tao, he knew that he was not a man of broken promises. And judging from the current situation, it is indeed difficult to find those fleeing demons and spirits just by opening the altar.

Considering that Zhao Huang had destroyed temples in Xinglong County to punish evil spirits, all kinds of ghosts, gods and demons in Qingyan County have regarded Zhao Huang as a great enemy. These demons may not dare to be openly enemies of the Huaxu State Government, but if they only take revenge on Zhao Xiao, they probably won't worry too much.

Now that Zhao Xiao is in the quartz city, there are a number of pavilion monks around him to assist, and there are a large number of soldiers and horses stationed in the city to guard, if the demons and spirits want to attack the city, they must carefully weigh the consequences, and dare not act rashly.

"Okay, I can be used as bait." Zhao Xiao stared at Liang Tao and asked, "But how can I lure them out in groups?" If it's just one or two, I'll deal with it myself. ”

"Isn't there a fox demon next to you?" Liang Tao replied with a smile.

……

Jiang Ru sat behind the bookcase, by the light of the candlelight, staring intently at the books on the case, annotating a few words from time to time.

A gust of night wind blew into the house, and the curtain was lifted lightly, extinguishing the candle flame. Jiang Ru hurriedly pressed the book with a paperweight, and was about to perform a spell to light the candle, but saw that the candle was in tears, and the wick was gone.

When Jiang Ru was about to rummage through the candles, she raised her eyes and saw Zhao Xiao holding the candlestick, and her steps came quietly.

"Zhao Gongzi, why are you here?" Jiang Ru asked.

Zhao Xiao put down the candlestick and sighed lightly: "Didn't I tell you not to call me that?" ”

Jiang Ru closed the doors and windows again, and asked with a smile: "Then what do you want me to call you?" ”

"It's good to be the same as everyone else, Deacon Zhao, Marquis Zhenming, whatever you want to call it." Zhao Xiao picked up a book and flipped through it at will.

Jiang Ru saw that he was absent-minded, and complained slightly: "I just put this batch of property books in place, don't mess up it for me." ”

Zhao Xiao was stunned for a moment, his mouth opened slightly, so he had to obediently put the book back in its place, and then scratched his ears and cheeks boredly.

"What's wrong with you?" Seeing this, Jiang Ru asked, "It's rare to see you like this, could it be that you have encountered something difficult?" ”

Zhao Xiao nodded, his tone a little hesitant: "I...... I plan to arrange a few rituals to take the opportunity to lure out those ghosts, gods and demons who have escaped and destroy them in one fell swoop. ”

Jiang Ru was surprised when she heard this: "This is too risky!" I heard what you said earlier, even killing a rat demon is so painstaking, how can you deal with it if you want to kill all the demons in Qingyan County? ”

"I know, but I have to do it." Zhao Xiao said: "These demons have fled when they hear about it, and they are advancing and retreating in unison, obviously they have already gathered in private to form a party, if they don't take the opportunity to be punished, they will be more difficult to deal with in the future." ”

Jiang Ru was a little angry: "Enough! I know you're not doing it for power, fame, and fortune, but you also have to think about yourself! If you can't do anything, don't go crazy and dive into it! ”

Zhao Xiao looked up at Jiang Ru, and saw that the other party was staring at him tightly, the two looked at each other, Jiang Ru knew that something was wrong, and took the initiative to avoid it.

"Don't worry, I'm just bait." Zhao Xiao chuckled: "I plan to take advantage of the fact that the turmoil is still unsettled, and the demons and evil hatreds are flourishing, and take the initiative to lead the evil to appear." And the person who really slays the demon and punishes the evil is the first seat of your Chongxuan Pavilion. ”

Jiang Ru was shocked when she heard this, even if she knew that Zhao Xiao and Liang Tao had a private conspiracy, she didn't expect that the two would actually set up this game. But Jiang Ru was quick-witted, and she immediately thought of Zhao Xiao's father.

How does it feel to know what happened to your father, but to repeat it?

"Having said that, it's not easy to lure the crowd into the crowd." Jiang Ru shook his head gently.

"So, someone has to tell the demon the news." Zhao Xiao's tone was tangled.

Jiang Ru immediately understood when she heard this: "Do you want me to let out the news?" ”

Zhao Xiao nodded very reluctantly: "I heard Liang Guoshi say that your Jiang family was active in the neighborhood back then, and later devoted himself to Chongxuan Pavilion, so there should be a way to contact the local demons." ”

Jiang Ru covered her mouth and chuckled: "There are some doors, even if I claim that my ancestor is a heavenly fox, the Jiang family has been wandering in the mortal mountains for a long time." I came to the south with you to help deal with evil spirits, and now is the occasion for me to show my skills. ”

"It's too dangerous." Zhao Xiao's expression was solemn: "You are from Chongxuan Pavilion, everyone knows it, and those demons will not believe it." ”

Jiang Ru's eyebrows and eyes showed a bit of charm, without the need for powder, the makeup on her face was very delicate, and her face and temperament were completely different.

"You're underestimating me this time." Jiang Ru turned around on the spot, and the original moon-white skirt turned into a full-breasted shirt skirt with a gold pattern and red background, revealing a piece of snow and greasy and fertile under her neck, and the whole person was as beautiful as a peach and plum, and as bright as a cloud.

This time, it was Zhao Xiao's turn to avoid his gaze and said, "It's just an illusion, it's still not appropriate." ”

"You don't believe me?" Jiang Ru saw that he seemed to be shy, and couldn't help but laugh and said, "You, a little chick who has been nesting in the study for the first half of your life, how can you understand our mountain and wild monsters?" I think that I can find a wonderful way to defeat the enemy by burying my head in the pile of old papers, but how can it be so easy?

Most of the goblins and goblins bully the soft and fear the hard, even if they gather in groups, they are easy to contradict each other because of different races and different natures, and it is difficult to work together. Unless there is a strong leader, or a demon king, or a ghost handsome, who relies on his strong power to subdue all parties, it is difficult to dominate all demons.

If you want to deal with these demons, the best thing is to strike while the iron is hot, and don't give them a moment to prepare. Now that the news is released, they are coming in like a rabble, and there is nothing to worry about. And I'm able to sneak in and spread the word with ease. ”

Jiang Ru saw that Zhao Xiao didn't answer, and there was a reproach in her words: "I understand, you think in your heart that I am the kind of weak and incompetent little woman, and I can't be entrusted with important tasks, right?" ”

"I don't think so, it's just ......" Zhao Xiao felt a little irritated inexplicably.

"I can take care of myself." Jiang Ru showed a soft smile: "Thanks to you, I understand that it is not others who are really worth relying on, but only myself." ”

Zhao Xiao looked up at Jiang Ru, and finally made up his mind: "Okay, just do as you say." ”

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