On the way back to Xin'an from Qiushan, above the blue sky, the flying geese moved south, and the carriage creaked and walked on the official road, and there were Ning Xiaochuan, Yu Xining, Han Zhan and Liu En sitting in the carriage.

All this experience in Sushan Palace made Ning Xiaochuan have a lot of doubts, and then asked, "Xi Ning, what the hell is going on?" Why did you come to Qiushan? ”

Yu Xining also shook her head, "It was Uncle Gu who called us to come together, saying that he was here to pick you up, and I wondered why Uncle Gu would come to pick you up in person." ”

"We must have been calculated by Lord Gu, but I can't see what this is for, and Lord Gu doesn't look like the kind of villain who calculates others." Han Zhan said puzzled.

Ning Xiaochuan recalled his words with Zhang Kuai, and muttered to himself: "Maybe Lord Gu knows more about Zhongfu than I do, and since we sent the letter, this is a gamble that is destined to end." ”

"What?" Yu Xining looked at Ning Xiaochuan, "What do you mean by that?" ”

"Do you know what Senior Zhang Kuai told me?" Ning Xiaochuan pretended to smile mysteriously, and then said all the words of Zhang Kuai in the study, and Han Zhan next to him listened to Ning Xiaochuan's words and fell into deep thought.

Liu En looked at Ning Xiaochuan, his eyebrows full of surprise, "So, the loss of "Qianyuan Jue" is closely related to Zhongfu?" ”

"Eighty percent is like this, before going to Qiushan, Lord Gu also talked about Zhongfu in the chat, at that time I just thought that Zhongfu was an assassination organization organized by His Majesty today, and now it seems that it is not so simple." Ning Xiaochuan said with a frown.

Yu Xining looked at Ning Xiaochuan and sighed, "Ning Xiaochuan, I think you have to have a good talk with Uncle Gu." ”

Ning Xiaochuan nodded undeniably, "That's true." ”

While everyone was talking, the carriage stopped abruptly as it walked.

Qian Sheng helped Gu Chen get off the horse, "My lord, what are you ......?"

Gu Chen casually patted the dust on his body, wrapped the robe on his body, and said with a smile, "It's okay, you continue to hurry, I'll go to the car." ”

The sudden pause of the carriage made Ning Xiaochuan hesitate, and he opened the door curiously, just in time to see Gu Chen walking towards their carriage with a smile.

"Ning Xiaochuan, let's talk." Gu Chen said with a smile.

Ning Xiaochuan also smiled, sighed, and arched his hand at Gu Chen, "Lord Gu, please." ”

……

Outside the carriage, Yu Xining, Han Zhan and Liu En stood idly outside the carriage.

Yu Xining looked at the carriage with a resentful face, and stomped her feet angrily, "It's embarrassing to let me stand outside on such a cold day." ”

"That's Lord Governor, do you still let the old man stand outside?" Han Zhan said curtly.

Liu En couldn't help but smile, "Bear with me, but from here, the scenery of Xiangzhou is not bad." ”

Indeed, Xiangzhou is known as the granary of the Central Plains, more than eighty percent of the territory is plains, fertile fields for thousands of miles, it can be said that half of the grain in the Yindu treasury is contributed by Xiangzhou.

The breeze is blowing, and the people who look at this picture of a thousand miles are indeed comfortable.

In the carriage, Gu Chen smiled lightly and said to himself: "Are you a little angry, angry that the old man didn't tell you what happened, so he sent you to Sushan Palace?" ”

"It's not angry, it's just that there are some doubts that need to be answered." Ning Yan said calmly: "Also, what does Qianyuan Jue have to do with Zhongfu?" ”

"It's not bad, I've seen this, which proves that you are also a little smart, since you have asked, then the old man will tell you about it." Gu Chen let out a long breath and said slowly.

In the first few decades of the founding of the country, the states in each state had three steps and a sect, and five steps and a mountain, because of gang conflicts that led to the death of the people.

Emperor Gaozu had to announce a ban on martial arts, but the effect was very small, and even in the army, it had a certain negative impact, and he was defeated in foreign wars repeatedly, so that Emperor Gaozu had to abolish this ban on martial arts.

But after this incident, the sects in the martial arts also began to converge, and the entire Dafeng martial arts began to prosper from this time. Gu Chen stroked his beard and said.

"For thousands of years, the martial arts sect has continued to merge and fight, and the imperial court has also turned a blind eye to this, and even in some special years, the imperial court has also played a role in fueling the flames.

This situation has continued until His Majesty ascended the throne today, and in the twenty years since His Majesty ascended the throne, Dafeng Wulin can be said to have changed greatly......"

At the mention of this, Gu Chen became serious, "First, the bizarre infighting of the three major sects in the south was finally reaped by the Ming Mansion and became the first sect in Yunnan, and then it was the reshuffle of the Shanzhou sect, and the Dongyue Wumen became a powerful sect that shocked the Quartet.

After that, similar situations happened in various states, which seemed to be sect infighting, but careful scrutiny will find that all this is too abnormal. ”

"What you said is not normal, is it that these things happened during the Taijia period......" Ning Xiaochuan said with a frown.

"Indeed, Xiangzhou was originally a prosperous land of rivers and lakes, and there were many sects, during my tenure as the state pastor, Yulongzhai and Dingshanmen, two sects that had been inherited for three hundred years, disappeared overnight, and the masters of the sect disappeared mysteriously, and their whereabouts are still unknown.

At that time, the old man suspected that it was a ghost from Sushan Palace, so he began to investigate, and this investigation found that the person behind this was not Sushan Palace, but Zhongfu. Gu Chen's words shocked Ning Xiaochuan in his heart.

"Zhongfu?" Ning Xiaochuan was puzzled, "Then the disappearance of "Qianyuan Jue" is also Zhongfu?" ”

"If it weren't for Zhongfu, there would be no such thing as today." Gu Chen said helplessly, "The old man is the pastor of Xiangzhou, and there is no old man who doesn't know what happened in Xiangzhou, including the people from Zhongfu secretly entering Luozhou City, and you going to the Hundred Burial Valley......"

"You know all this......" Ning Xiaochuan stood up directly.

Gu Chen smiled and beckoned Ning Xiaochuan to sit down, "Don't worry, it is precisely because Pei Yu saw you that I had such a bold idea, the old man knows that with Pei Yu's strength, even in the Zhongfu, there should be few people who are his opponents, so I can rest assured that you will enter the game." ”

"Master Gu, you are really calculating, they all say that you are a leisurely state pastor who doesn't care about anything, and you will only protect yourself, now it seems that you are the most scheming person, not only deceived His Majesty Yindu, but also deceived the people of the world." Ning Xiaochuan said with emotion.

Gu Chen smiled disapprovingly, and continued, "If this is not the case, how can you know that this world is so filthy, and the Zhongfu's meddling in the martial arts is no longer a simple control, but a kind of slaughter similar to the extermination of the species."

A large number of sects have been destroyed, and bizarre incidents have occurred one after another, and the disappearance of "Qianyuan Jue" is even more so, and now the small and medium-sized sects of Dafeng have either become minions of the Zhongfu or have been completely destroyed, so they have begun to attack the big sects. ”

"So where is "Qianyuan Jue" now? What exactly did you just give Zhang Kuai's senior? Ning Xiaochuan seemed to have a conjecture in his heart, but he still wanted to hear the answer from Gu Chen's mouth.

Gu Chen smiled and did not answer Ning Xiaochuan's question, "You should have your own judgment on this matter, the old man is inconvenient to say." ”

"Then getting rid of these people in the middle government today is your real goal, and any letter delivery is a disguise." Ning Xiaochuan did not continue to ask, but changed the topic.

"The martial arts sect is the backbone of Dafeng, do you know why the Northern Barbarians have not dared to go south easily for thousands of years? In addition to those border soldiers, the more important thing is Dafeng Wulin, although Dafeng Wulin has some competition, but it is unanimously firm in its external position.

Five hundred years ago, in the first battle of Jingzhou Shanhaiguan, 28 gods and spirits of martial arts led their sect to defeat the 300,000 army of the Northern Barbarians, and established a prestige in the first battle.

If Dafeng has no martial arts, then these barbarians will have no shackles, barbarians, they are greedy, murderous, if there are no shackles, once they start crazy, the consequences will be unimaginable. Gu Chen sighed.

Ning Xiaochuan frowned, he also understands this truth, Dafeng Shangwu, these martial arts sects are the best witness, if there are no these Jianghu sects, then how can we talk about martial arts, but the Zhongfu is attacking the sects in Dafeng, this move is undoubtedly self-abolishing martial arts and breaking the backbone.

"The people of Zhongfu because they infiltrated Sushan Palace to kill me, they don't dare to put this matter on the surface, whether it is to assassinate me or sneak into Sushan Palace secretly, it is not a good thing, so they will not ask the master of Sushan Palace for this, but will act more cautiously in order to avoid exposure, and even do not make any changes in a short period of time, then the other sects will also get a short respite, Lord Gu, your trick is high." Ning Xiaochuan snorted coldly.

Gu Chen stroked his beard and looked at Ning Xiaochuan, "This is just one of the meanings, and there is another layer of meaning that you don't see." ”

"I want to hear about it."

Gu Chen pointed at Ning Xiaochuan and said slowly: "That's you, after listening to me say so much, do you think the Zhongfu will turn a blind eye to your behavior?" ”

Ning Xiaochuan's eyes flashed, "The news spread by Zhang Kuai's predecessors is that I know the whereabouts of Qianyuan Jue, and I don't know at all, but Zhongfu doesn't know, according to their style of acting, they would rather believe what they have than what they don't, and they will definitely chase me even more frantically." ”

Gu Chen nodded, "That's right, that's what it means." ”

"Master Gu, you're killing me." Ning Xiaochuan got up helplessly and said.

Gu Chen waved his hand again and motioned for Ning Xiaochuan to sit down, and smiled lightly, "Don't forget, it's true that the Zhongfu regards you as an enemy, but you are not alone, the entire Dafeng Martial Arts, there are many sects, these are the capital for you to compete with the Zhongfu." ”

Ning Xiaochuan suddenly became serious, "Master Gu, what do you want to say, behind the Zhongfu is Your Majesty, you are trying to make me an enemy of Your Majesty, you are trying to harm my Ning family." ”

"What is Your Majesty's attitude towards your Ning family, you know better than the old man." Gu Chen said unhurriedly, "The old man doesn't want to disobey His Majesty, but he doesn't want Dafeng to cut off his backbone and eat the consequences." ”

"So, you don't hesitate to make me this great traitor and an enemy of Your Majesty?"

"Today's Dafeng can make His Majesty not afraid much, the Ning family is one, and you are the best candidate for the Ning family."

"Good a good candidate, after this incident, I, Ning Xiaochuan, am afraid that I will never be able to return to Yindu."

"Then why don't you go back!"

"Ning Xiaochuan, the temple is high, the height is in the hearts of the people, the rivers and lakes are big, the big is in human nature, today, the old man is doing the game, please enter the rivers and lakes!"