Tao Dingwu saw through the identity of Xu Yihang's former Zhou royal family, and Xu Yihang didn't know what Tao Dingwu wanted, and the two of them thought about it for a while.

Tao Dingwu did not answer Xu Yihang, but said to himself: "My father was the governor of 100,000 soldiers and horses in the eight passes of Gyeonggi, and when the Ji family was in turmoil, my father led the troops to the king, but unexpectedly the guards of the eight passes rebelled against the five passes, and the deputy general in the army was also Ji's minions, so that he was defeated and seriously injured by the enemy inside and outside, and then escaped from death, and felt deeply ashamed of the first emperor. ”

Xu Yihang said in a calm tone: "What is the Tao Sect Master telling me about this. ”

Tao Dingwu continued: "When my father was alive, he often told me about the deeds of the first emperor, and I also had some understanding of the 'Nulin Vertical and Horizontal Sword' at that time. ”

Tao Dingwu looked at Xu Yihang as he spoke, as if he was waiting for Xu Yihang's answer.

"Alas, the Taomen Lord has decided that I am a descendant of the former Zhou royal family? Could it be that the master of the Tao Sect does not have the slightest doubt about my age? Just based on the sword moves dictated by Ling Zun, I am sure that I am the Xu family? Xu Yihang asked.

Tao Dingwu said firmly: "Tao is also a person who practices martial arts, although he is not as good as a few family treasures in the world, but he also knows a lot, Xu Shaoxia killed Huang Chao, that domineering and unparalleled body and sword moves, in today's martial arts, unseen and unheard of, only the 'Nulin Sword' in the mouth of my father is similar and extremely similar!" ”

Xu Yihang asked: "Since the Taomen Lord is loyal to the previous Zhou, what if I am not a descendant of the Xu family?" Did I steal this swordsmanship? ”

Tao Dingwu put the medicine he found in front of Xu Yihang's desk and said, "This is the Qi Pills and Essence Qi Pills, which will help restore internal strength. ”

Tao Dingwu put down the elixir and turned around to pick up the spear, and said: "If not, then don't blame you for not thinking about saving your life!" ”

Xu Yihang asked, "You're going to kill me?" ”

Tao Dingwu replied: "If you are, you are my lord!" If not, it's our enemy! ”

"Didn't you say that this sword technique has secret method restrictions, and others can't practice it?" Xu Yihang asked again.

"Tao would rather kill by mistake than protect the majesty of my Great Zhou royal family! The royal family is not allowed to be touched by outsiders! Tao Dingwu raised his voice.

Xu Yihang stretched out his hand and groped for something from his arms, put it on the table, and said, "Master Taomen, look at what this is." ”

Tao Dingwu looked at Xu Yihang suspiciously, stepped forward with a spear in his hand and picked up the object on the table, only glanced at it, but the tiger body was shocked, and he muttered: "Big... Week... Hanping... The king of the county? This system, this engraving, and the father's general token... ”

Xu Yihang got up and said, "I am the grandson of the prince of Hanping. ”

Xu Yihang originally had a murderous intention towards Tao Dingwu, but between his words, he saw that Tao Dingwu was loyal to Da Zhou and did not seem to be cheating, so he had the idea of subduing.

Xu Yihang pulled off the clothes on his left shoulder and said, "Have you ever heard of the Qilin tattoo?" ”

That Tao Dingwu was still immersed in the token of the Hanping Palace, he didn't pay attention to Xu Yihang at all, and replied casually: "The tattoo of the Great Zhou royal family is tattooed under the shoulder, the prince's tattoo is on the right, and the prince's son is tattooed on the left, everyone knows it at the time." ”

"What do you see what this is?" Xu Yihang also gave up in order to subdue Tao Dingwu.

Tao Dingwu raised his head when he heard this, only to see Xu Yihang's back and shoulders, among the messy knife wounds, an ink-colored unicorn dragon scales stood upside down, and his eyes were angry! Proud as an emperor! Although he had never seen the royal tattoo with his own eyes, when he saw Xu Yihang at this time, he was already very convinced.

Tao Dingwu put down the token, hugged his fists and knelt on the ground and bowed: "Tao Dingwu, the grass people, meet His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

Xu Yihang sorted out his clothes, stepped forward to help Tao Dingwu, and said: "The prince of Hanping is my father, and I am just a Jianghu person now. ”

Tao Dingwu, a fierce man, still has a bit of a mighty appearance, his eyes are already red, and it seems that the lost loyal dog has finally found its owner again.

Xu Yihang wondered: "Why is this old Tao so excited?" When Da Zhou died, he should have been just a child, and he had such deep feelings for Da Zhou? ”

Xu Yihang knew that Tao Dingwu was deeply "poisoned" by his father Tao Wenqian, and was instilled with the idea of loyalty to the monarch by Tao Wenqian since he was a child, loyal to the Great Zhou and loyal to the Xu family, and so for more than 20 years, the concept of "loyal ministers of the Great Zhou" has long been engraved into Tao Dingwu's bones.

Xu Yihang broke away from Tao Dingwu's clenched hands and said, "Old Tao, the words have been discussed, but your wish has been granted?" ”

Tao Dingwu gathered his thoughts and said: "Your Highness, rest assured, no third person will know about His Highness's life experience!" ”

Xu Yihang waved his hand and replied: "You suspect my identity and force me to tell the truth, and that's it?" ”

Tao Dingwu thought for a moment and said: "From now on, His Highness will be my lord!" ”

Xu Yihang was secretly happy in his heart, and said tentatively: "Okay, I want to take revenge on the Northern Zhou and Southern Qi, do you dare to go with me?" ”

Tao Dingwu clenched his fists and bowed again: "Tao Dingwu swears to follow His Highness to the death!" The Emperor and the Queen of Heaven, the ancestors of the Ming Ling, I Tao... ”

This Tao Dingwu actually made an oath.

Xu Yihang slapped his forehead, hurriedly interrupted Tao Dingwu's poisonous oath, and said, "Okay, okay, don't worry about it first, listen to me first." ”

Tao Dingwu said: "But according to His Highness's orders. ”

Xu Yihang thought about it for a while and said, "Can you still call back your spear disciple?" ”

Tao Dingwu did not hesitate at all, and replied: "As long as the grass people say a word, the disciples will obey the order and return." ”

"Oh? Lao Tao, you have so much confidence in those apprentices? ”

"Don't hide it from Your Highness, there are more than 140 disciples under him, except for the dozens of disciples who were just accepted a few days ago, the rest of the people are orphans who have been adopted by his subordinates for more than ten years since the opening of the sect, and Huagunmen is the home of these people."

"I didn't expect you to have compassion for you, Lao Tao."

"His Royal Highness praises falsely, and his subordinates pity them for being lonely and helpless, mainly because they don't dare to accept apprentices at will, for fear that the family martial arts will be learned by the people of the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Southern Qi Dynasty."

"Okay, I want you to continue to accept disciples and strengthen the sect, as for the criteria for selecting disciples, I don't need to say more."

"The grass people understand that this matter does not need to be bothered by His Highness."

"Don't be a grass people, it sounds awkward."

"This? Subordinates listen to orders. ”

Xu Yihang suddenly remembered something, and asked again: "In addition to offending Zhao Mao in Southern Qi, you didn't provoke the King of Qi, right?" ”

Tao Dingwu replied: "A few years ago, the King of Qi sent someone to recruit me to serve as the head of the gun and stick sect of the Wangcheng Forbidden Army, but my subordinates refused. ”

Xu Yihang said: "King Qi won't be so stingy, right? Just because you refuse to be solicited, you will destroy your sect? ”

Tao Dingwu noticed the difference in Xu Yihang's words and asked, "King Qi?" Could it be that His Highness is here to deal with his subordinates for Nanqi? His Royal Highness is the person of King Qi? ”

Xu Yihang said: "Yes, I am now the five-grade supervision envoy of Nanqi, and I use this as a cover for my identity to secretly accumulate strength. Having said that, now the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Southern Qi Dynasty are all worried about your Flower Gun Gate, but your Flower Gun Gate is located in this small coastal county, so it is of no use to them? ”

Tao Dingwu said: "Your Highness, the king of Tiqi, his subordinates have a conjecture, I am afraid that the Northern Zhou and Southern Qi are all here for my Tao family's marksmanship." ”

Xu Yihang wondered: "Marksmanship? To tell you the truth, although your martial arts are not weak, the disciples of your sect are really ordinary, and this marksmanship is really not outstanding. ”

Tao Dingwu said: "Your Highness doesn't know, the flower gun is not called the flower gun, but the gun, in addition to a set of excellent marksmanship, there is also a set of advanced gun formation tactics, when the father used to teach his own soldiers, hundreds of people are invincible, if more than a thousand spears come out, can be the enemy tens of thousands of troops, breaking the enemy will be easy. ”

Xu Yihang looked at Tao Dingwu suspiciously.

Tao Dingwu said with some embarrassment: "My subordinates have not taught the disciples in the sect the method of spear array coordination, so the disciples are vulnerable in front of His Highness. My father once told me that this method should not be passed on, and his subordinates only learned marksmanship in the second half of their lives, and did not study gun formations. ”

Xu Yihang nodded thoughtfully and said, "Well, if that's the case, it's easy to do." ”

Tao Dingwu replied: "What does Your Highness mean? ”

Xu Yihang explained: "Since the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Southern Qi Dynasty are all coveting your Tao family's gun array, they must feel that this gun array is very powerful and want to use it for their own use, but you have been picked by me, which is obviously very weak, I estimate that the Northern Zhou Dynasty will not come to trouble you again, as for the Southern Qi, I will deal with it." ”

"Thank you, Your Highness."

Xu Yihang and Tao Dingwu were chatting, but they could hear the noise of people in the outer courtyard, and they only heard someone shouting: "Master, I'm waiting for my brother to come back!" The apprentice is willing to live and die with the Master! ”

The two saw Deng Jin and Song Yu running into the inner courtyard with dozens of people and running towards the hall, but most of them were covered in mud and disheveled, as if they had just fought with someone.

Tao Dingwu strode out of the hall and asked, "Didn't you leave a long time ago?" How did you come back again? What's going on with this injury? ”

At this time, Zhou Zhong also entered the inner courtyard and shouted: "Grandma, Lao Tzu went to the government to receive a reward, but he was blocked by your apprentices, fortunately, Lao Zhou and I are agile." ”

Deng Jin looked back at Zhou Zhong, and said with some embarrassment: "Back to Master, after I left yesterday, I didn't go far, all the brothers and sisters scattered in several villages outside the city, and just heard that an enemy came to the door, so they all hurried back, and met this Zhou Daxia on the road, and they fought without anger for a while." ”

Tao Dingwu hurriedly said: "The teacher was intercepted and killed, fortunately, this Xu, Xu Shaoxia and Zhou Daxia helped to get out of the whole body, you are really too reckless!" ”

Song Yu stepped forward and said, "Master, we have already apologized to Zhou Daxia after we know the truth." ”

Zhou Zhong grinned and said: "Don't blame these disciples, Old Zhou, I didn't suffer a loss, just pay me one hundred and eighty taels of silver." ”

Tao Dingwu looked stunned.

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A few days later, outside the gate of the West City of Guang'an County.

Tao Dingwu and other people from the Flower Gun Gate bid farewell to Xu Yihang and Zhou Zhong.

At this time, Tao Dingwu and others have changed into yellow clothes, "yellow" is the color of the Great Zhou soldiers' uniforms, which also shows Tao Dingwu's determination, and the soldiers of "Qinwangzhai" have been wearing yellow clothes.

Of course, Xu Yihang's identity is still secret, and the disciples of the spear only know that this Xu Shaoxia saved their master's life, and the enemy has become a benefactor.

Xu Yihang has also repaired a book, and found an official post to report to Jiang Baihua, the marquis of the canal, in the letter, he detailed the refusal of the flower gun door to the Northern Zhou incident, and also intentionally or unintentionally ordered the flower gun door flower fist embroidered legs, which is not worth mentioning, which is naturally to let the king of Qi dispel the idea of seizing the practice of the gun formation.

Everyone didn't say much, hugged their fists and said goodbye, Xu Yihang and Zhou Zhong got on their horses and left, and the next stop was the southeast coast of Qidi and the East China Sea Gang.