Right, a simple word, is the root of the chaos in this world.

From small gangs to large state apparatus, the struggle for power has never stopped since ancient times.

Nine times out of ten, the "theft of the country" that will happen or is happening now is that power has moved people's hearts and blinded them.

After all, as the "Ninth Five-Year Honor", that feeling of controlling the world is enough to make many people crazy. Some people don't dare to take a step beyond Lei Chi in a regular manner, not because they don't want to, but because they don't dare to use their peaceful life as a bet to fight for that impossible glimmer of hope.

As the saying goes: "The emperor takes turns to do it, and he will come to my house next year!" As long as there is an opportunity, some people don't mind being the "bandit who steals the country"!

Today's Tang Kingdom is indeed an undercurrent, Li Zongsheng and others obviously went to Jiangling City to perform a top-secret mission, but they were betrayed to the enemy.

In fact, if you think about it, the betrayed deputy commander is not the key, how can he control the general trend alone?

There was a problem with the task from the beginning, and the problem was at the top.

Today's situation can be regarded as the world's war against the Tang Dynasty, and between internal and external troubles, it seems that the Tang Kingdom has begun to come to an end!

Regardless of the attacks of the Western Wilderness and the Northern Desert for the time being, the southern barbarians occupy the prosperous Jiangling, which is like a fish in the throat for the Tang Kingdom, which makes people desperate to get rid of it quickly!

Moreover, Gangneung Castle has many properties of the ministers of the DPRK and China, and now it has fallen into the hands of the enemy, which is a huge loss to them. These people are always thinking about taking Gangneung City back as soon as possible, and this has a great impact on the war situation.

Fortunately, not everyone could not distinguish the overall situation, and after Li Zongsheng and others worked hard to deliver the news, several teams sent troops, and then launched an attack on the barbarians in Jiangling City.

Now that the horse farm has been destroyed, the number of remaining war horses is limited, and the new war horses are difficult to be replenished in a short period of time.

It's a pity that not everyone is so sober, or maybe they don't want to be sober, at this time, they still have a little Jiujiu in their hearts, giving priority to their own interests.

In this way, although it dealt a lot of blows to the barbarians in Gangneung City in a short period of time, the city was not broken, and the reason for this was that it was difficult to cooperate with each other.

Li Zongsheng and the others finally fought with their lives, and the opportunity was buried in vain!

Now, although the barbarians have lost a lot, they still firmly control Jiangling City, and when the new war horses arrive, the Tang people will lose all opportunities.

However, Li Zongsheng has no way to deal with this, it is a miracle that he is still alive now, and he is powerless to wrestle with those bigwigs behind the scenes.

It's just that there is still disappointment and worry in his heart, if he continues like this, the foundation of the Tang Kingdom will be shaken, and he will really die at that time!

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In addition to investigating the true identity of the "thief who stole the country", Lin Yan himself is also paying attention to the movements of some forces.

Needless to say, with their tense relationship with the Tang Kingdom, Xuantian Sect was easily listed as a key suspect by Lin Yan.

In fact, if it weren't for the delicate situation in Chang'an at this time, Lin Yan would probably have already faced off with Xuantian Sect.

In addition, there is another force that cannot be ignored, and that is - the academy!

Originally, the academy ignored the court disputes of the Tang Kingdom, showing a detached attitude. But now the situation is changing rapidly, and it's time for the academy to take a stand!

On weekdays, the academy can naturally be transcendent, but after all, the academy is the academy of the Tang Kingdom, and once there is a problem in the Tang Kingdom, the academy will show its posture!

Although the so-called "cold lips and teeth" are also listed as one of the three religions, unlike the other two religions, the academy itself does have a close relationship with the Tang Kingdom, and the fate of the Tang Kingdom will also have a great impact on the academy to a certain extent.

However, Lin Yan thought about it again and again, but he did not recklessly break into the academy directly. Not to mention whether the academy is willing to get involved in today's affairs, the exposure of his own identity alone will cause a lot of trouble.

In fact, Lin Yan could understand after a little thought that there must be Xuantian Sect's eyeliner in this academy, and if he was not careful, he would be snooped on by the enemy. And now, it's not time to reveal your identity.

There was a knock on the door, and it was Monk Chen and Guo Toad who came in, and the two of them had been sent out by Lin Yan before, specifically to investigate around the mansions of some high-ranking ministers.

Lin Yan said: "How is it?" ”

Monk Chen replied: "Childe, sure enough, those ministers are being targeted, and we went to several houses one after another, all of them!" ”

Lin Yan continued: "Who are those who are stalking? ”

Guo Toad took over and said, "They have a clear purpose and are well-trained, and there is a high probability that they are from the same force or organization. ”

"The monk and I tried to track down some of them, trying to find some clues, maybe we can find their lair and find out who is behind the scenes."

"However, although these people are not too strong, they are very vigilant, and even we were almost discovered. In order to avoid being alarmed, we just didn't continue to track! ”

Lin Yan nodded, agreeing with Guo Toad's judgment.

Although it is a great good thing to be able to find any clues from these people now, it is obvious that things will not be so simple to succeed, and the mastermind behind the scenes will not make such a low-level mistake and be found by others to find a breakthrough from the stalker.

Lin Yan has reason to believe that these stalkers should be a group of people with relatively low status in the organization, and they should not be able to access the real secrets.

In other words, the people in charge of keeping an eye on them are a bunch of proper tools, and even if they are caught, it will be useless!

Sometimes, it's not that these people don't want to recruit, but they really can't do anything about it, because they really don't have access to things that are too secret.

Lin Yan thought for a while, and then said: "Let's keep an eye on it, but don't pay too much attention, now we just need to know that there is such a force secretly monitoring Chang'an City, this is enough!" ”

As for who the person behind it is, Lin Yan couldn't confirm it for a while. But these are not important, for Lin Yan, as long as the Tang Emperor is not dead, rescue him, all the crisis can be solved!

Since the other party chose to monitor the ministers of the DPRK and China, it means that his control at this time is not very strong, otherwise, he will directly reveal his identity and force these ministers to stand in line, which will save a lot of trouble.

According to common sense, when the Tang Emperor died or was controlled, the greatest benefit should be those princes. Because they can gradually put their personal power on the surface, in the name of loyal savior, it is difficult for others to say anything.

If the Tang Emperor really died, then these princes could justifiably gradually control the court, but things may not be as simple as imagined.

Moreover, Lin Yan instinctively felt that it was not normal, because those princes were not stupid, they would not choose such a risky and inefficient course of action.

The royal people naturally have corresponding scheming and means, which they need to learn since childhood.

At this time, a person's name did not appear in Lin Yan's mind, that was the prince of the Tang Kingdom! Oh no, it's the former prince!

Although he had not seen the scene when the eight thousand white clothes attacked Chang'an, he also knew afterwards what a disgraceful role the prince played in it.

Later, the crisis was resolved, but the prince was rescued by Xuantian Sect, which is a mystery!

Lin Yan is not an idealist, so since Xuantian Sect has gone to great lengths to save the crown prince, it is impossible to treat it as an ornament, it must have been carefully considered, thinking that they play a different role.

And in case the Tang Emperor is really manipulated by the people behind the scenes to pass on the crown prince, then Xuantianzong can get the Tang Kingdom without much effort.

After all, the prince's bloodline is pure, and when the time comes, with the help of Xuantian Sect, get rid of the rest of the princes, then the right to speak is the prince's alone!

The more Lin Yan thought about it, the more he felt that the possibility of this matter was not small, and now if he wanted to really understand something, he had to go through Xuantian Sect!

After discussing with Ming Ya and the others, Lin Yan no longer hesitated, and after nightfall, he moved towards Xuantian Sect.

With Lin Yan's current realm, it is not difficult to break through some outer defenses, but what is really tricky is something in the inner layer.

In the base camp of the other party, there must be many strong people, even the ancestor of the Xuantian Sect is also on the mountain, and no one knows how strong it is now!

Therefore, Lin Yan's infiltration is a great risk, after all, the other party is not a small sect, but one of the three sects, the leader of the Dao Sect!

This time, Lin Yan went alone, after all, one more person would be more dangerous, and the realm of the rest of the people was a little far behind him, so it was better to be safe than himself.

It seems that Xuantian Sect naturally has a great array of protectors, but it is not open all the time on weekdays. Because the energy consumed by this kind of large array is not a small amount, even if Xuantian Sect is rich, it will not be able to withstand such a squander, and it will only be opened at a critical moment.

Lin Yan was dressed in a night suit, and even if he didn't fully activate the Sect Protector Array, he could warn him, but now he didn't react at all, and let Lin Yan pass through.

At this moment, he seems to be one with the surrounding environment, incarnating into wild grasses and trees, flowers, birds, fish and insects, becoming a part of this nature.

This is a method in the "Ink Jue", called "Tianzhi", which originally means to perceive the personality of "Tian", and then gradually move one's spirit closer to it, so as to achieve the effect of blending into nature.

Lin Yan did not disappear, but distorted the perception of others, and did not feel a sense of disobedience in him that was different from the surrounding environment, so as to achieve a good hiding effect.

He sneaked all the way, and before he knew it, he had reached the halfway point of Xuantian Peak......