Chapter 374: Four Great Families
Everyone in the rivers and lakes knows that now there is a shortage of Shaolin and martial arts masters, and martial arts is already the world of the four major families.
The Tang Gate in Sichuan, the Temple in Beijing, the Xiaoyao Gate in Hangzhou, and the Poisonous Beast Gorge in Guangxi, these four major families are dominant, and each expands its power, so it seems that they all have the intention of dominating the rivers and lakes. It's just that the forces of the four major families have always been almost the same, and for many years, they have restrained each other, joined forces vertically and horizontally, divided and combined, and fought for many years, but no one took much advantage, and no one could destroy anyone.
However, even so, Hangzhou Xiaoyaomen, because the director of the door Xiaoyao was too ambitious when he was young, has also suffered heavy losses. Otherwise, it really has a chance to unify the rivers and lakes and dominate. Now that the owner of the Xiaoyao Gate has learned from the pain, he has successively recalled the masters of the faction, as if he has the intention of making a comeback.
Although the Tang Gate is strong, the owner of the gate, Tang Mugong, is already old, and he has no intention of competing for hegemony, and it is difficult to decide the choice of the new master for the time being. If Tang Siji, the eldest son of Tang Mugong, does not die, then the Tang Sect will soon be able to complete the replacement of the old and young in charge, and the opportunity to dominate the rivers and lakes will be greatly increased. But right now, Tang Mugong is often too busy to take care of himself, and he can't find a suitable heir, so he can't take care of his desire to dominate the rivers and lakes.
The Shengling people of the temple, based on the Jingshi, grew at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and secretly fit with Dongchang, and the natural forces were also extraordinary. Originally, today's temple is the most likely to dominate the rivers and lakes. However, Sheng Lingren was careless and lost all the games, and because of the case of Guanyin, he offended the most powerful prince in the court, King Xiao, which made him lose a lot of power at once. It's just that the new emperor of the imperial court has just ascended, and King Xiao doesn't seem to want to use swords, so even if King Xiao grabbed Sheng Lingren's handle, he didn't attack him for a while, and he also released his eldest son.
In fact, everyone knows what is going on in the case of the official bank. King Xiao and Shengshang are not fools, and Sheng Ling and Shi Zhong are not fools, but the two major factions in the court are still evenly matched, so although King Xiao has military power in hand, he still has to care about the safety of the emperor and the capital, and he does not dare to take the lead in attacking.
When you can't defeat your opponent, you can only learn to endure first.
When the emperor first ascended the throne, King Xiao had just obtained military power, but Shi Zhong, the prince of Dongchang Factory, was a relict of the first emperor, and the power of the court was still in his hands. Sheng Lingren is also in Beijing Zhili, everyone really wants to tear their faces and do a fight, and they may not see who can have the upper hand.
Sheng Ling is reckless, barefoot is not afraid to wear shoes, if you dare to touch him, he will definitely rebel. But if the emperor and King Xiao are reckless, once they are defeated, what they will lose is the entire country, and this dangerous King Xiao will definitely not dare to take it. Therefore, in fact, between King Xiao, Sheng Lingren, and Shi Zhong, they are still fighting in secret, just to see who can have the upper hand first, who can take the lead in gaining the momentum, and even cause the other party to die.
As for the Poisonous Beast Gorge, it has always been located in a corner of Guangxi, although it claims to be a sect of the Central Plains, but it is not welcomed. Its power is not weak, but if it wants to go deep into the Central Plains, it still has a lot of resistance.
Wei Yan heard before that there would be many big people coming in the Furong Building tonight, but she still didn't expect that these big people would be so big, and even the Son of Heaven would come.
Tang Mugong and Xiao Wangye had a very good relationship, so he must have come to meet him first, but when Tang Mugong saw the young man, he was still startled and almost knelt. Obviously, Tang Mugong had seen the young man, so he naturally knew his identity. However, the young man immediately stopped it, probably because he was afraid of revealing his identity! After Tang Mugong and the three elders saw Xiao Wang and the others, they saw the person with flowery hair, who seemed to feel a little familiar, but he was a little unsure.
"Are you, Brother Zhang?" Tang Mugong asked tentatively.
"After so many years, my brother still remembers me?" The old man smiled and saluted back.
"Huh! If it's really you, the old man still thinks that the old brother will live in seclusion in the mountains in this life and will never come out again! Tang Mugong sighed.
"After so many years, you and I are old, it's time to come out to meet old friends!" The old man replied.
"Huh! Yes, yes, then let's say goodbye and talk later! After Tang Mugong finished speaking, he went to the other side with the third elder.
Wei Yan thought that Tang Mugong was going to greet Ren Xiaoyao, but when she saw that the four of them went directly to Sheng Lingren's side, they only exchanged a few greetings, and then they came back immediately, but they didn't see the master of Ren.
"Could it be that grandpa already knows that it was the master of the door who deliberately harmed him, so he deliberately snubbed Xiaoyaomen?" Wei Yan thought to herself.
Tang Mugong and Sheng Lingren were originally opposed, but they still had to deal with it in terms of face, and there would definitely not be many words. Soon, they had finished meeting, and Tang Mugong and the third elder came back immediately.
"Grandpa, why don't you go to see the master of the Ren Sect, could it be that they are really framing our Tang Sect in secret?" Wei Yan finally had a chance to ask.
"We've seen it a long time ago. If he hadn't helped in time, I'm afraid that I, your three grandfathers, and a few uncles would still be killing each other! Someone else has harmed us, and he should be there in a moment. Listening to Grandpa's tone, he had obviously figured out what was going on.
"Then who are the people on King Xiao's side? It seems to be a big deal! Wei Yan asked again.
"That young man is the current emperor, so don't talk nonsense, and the guards around him are all imperial guards." Tang Mugong replied to Wei Yan in a low voice.
"That bearded old man, so old, is he also a royal guard?" Wei Yan didn't seem to believe it.
"Oh! He's not, he's a man of the world who has lived in seclusion for many years. When Ren Xiaoyao was still in full swing, he was the only one in the rivers and lakes who could compete with him. Because he is good at water power, he was nicknamed the rain god by the people in the rivers and lakes, and his real name is Zhang Yu. He has been living in seclusion for decades since he lost a small defeat with Ren Xiaoyao, and now he suddenly came out of the mountain, it seems that the purpose is not simple! Tang Mugong said carefully to everyone.
"That old man is Zhang Yuzhang, who was known as the god of rain back then?" The Jade Rakshasa had only heard of this name, but he had never seen this person, so he couldn't help but ask.
"That's right, he is the rain god Zhang Yu. Oh! Also, I recently heard that Zhong'er's sworn elder brother Sword Shadow Fifth Line is Zhang Yu's disciple. Tang Mugong suddenly remembered this, so he immediately added.
"What's the matter with the three grandfathers?" Wei Yan asked again.
Tang Mugong was about to answer, but suddenly saw a large group of people entering the door, and as soon as this group of people came in, everyone suddenly became a little nervous. Even a top master as powerful as Sheng Lingren couldn't help but be slightly moved, and he actually stood up and stared at the group of people. The leader is also an old man, with an eerie aura all over his body, as if he is a demon that suddenly appeared in hell.
"Mom! How does this man look like a ghost, if it is at night, I am afraid that it will really scare people to death. Wei Yan sighed.
"His real name is a ghost, can't he be like a ghost?" Tang Mugong replied with a smile.
"The Broken Tail." Tang Zhong's eyes were sharp, and he had already seen a person behind Ghost Daozi in his arms, just holding the broken tail monster cat.
"Grandpa, that cat is weird, it may have something to do with the three grandfathers killing people at night!" Wei Yan hurriedly reminded.
Before Tang Mugong could answer, Tang Muxiang had already said hatefully: "Yan'er, we already knew that it was this old ghost who was secretly harming us, and almost made the three of us lose our night!" What a vicious old ghost! ”
As soon as the second grandfather's words came out, Wei Yan was stunned, she didn't expect that several grandfathers knew better than her.