General Dong sent a letter informing him that the Liang people in the north were suspected of making an abnormality, and in order to prevent mistakes, he asked for additional troops to assist.

"I want to increase the army again, General Dong's army has exceeded 200,000 in the past two years, right?"

Shou Guogong stroked his beard and said.

The housekeeper added:

"200,000 is just on the surface, don't forget that General Dong has gathered the young people of the entire Chenzhou in the past few years, and the actual number must be far more than 200,000."

"Isn't so many soldiers enough to stop Ryoto?"

Shou Guogong muttered,

"Moreover, in the past few years, I have only said that Liangren is coming, but I have never seen ...... come."

"Master, do you want to report this matter to the court?"

"Report, such a big thing, of course, has to be reported to the imperial court.

Later, I personally revised a letter and reported it to the imperial court. ”

"Then how do we respond to General Dong?"

"Didn't we just say we're going to lay off people? Just right, send all these people directly. ”

Shou Guogong made a decision.

"Master, Rong Lao Nu said something that shouldn't be said, General Dong has too many soldiers in his hands now.

Especially after General Tang was assassinated, he was the sole ruler of the entire Chenzhou.

In the long run, I'm afraid it will ......"

"This is something that the imperial court should consider, we just need to do our thing, and we don't have to worry about anything else."

"Yes, the old slave understands."

......

"It's strange, why are there so many rat demons who have been infiltrated into the city recently, I really want to catch a few to eat!"

Tear Ling leaned on the window of the inn, looking out at the street.

That damn big devil hasn't been home for the past few days, so she can only keep guarding the two children, even if she sees a delicious rat spirit, she has to endure not to catch it, it's too tormenting.

The two children are quite happy, there is food and drink in the inn, there is no need to endure the cold and starvation, and the life is quite comfortable.

The only thing that was uncomfortable was the tuberculosis of the wild fruit, because it was a lung problem, and even the way that Yeming drained the source of the disease could not be cured.

Lang Zhong in the city is also helpless against this terminal illness.

Mai Sui was a little worried about Yeguo's condition, but she couldn't do anything but try to make her happy every day.

Therefore, so far, Mai Sui has not exposed the fact that she is actually a girl, which makes Yeguo feel that she is being taken care of by "Lang Jun".

Also, Mai Sui also enjoys being treated as a boy.

The thief saint, who had been hiding for two days, changed his appearance and entered the city again, and finally breathed a sigh of relief after finding that no one was chasing him this time, but until now he didn't understand where he showed his flaws before, and he was chased and almost caught.

The thief has always felt that he is a "righteous thief", and he is not afraid that the gods will punish him, but will go to the temple to burn incense when his heart is not at peace, in order to seek peace of mind.

The thief, who has been uneasy for the past few days, decided to go to the City God Temple to put incense on the pillars.

As the number one thief in the world, the thief saint has no observation of things, and after walking for a while, he found the abnormalities around him.

There are also too many rats around the City God Temple, which feels very abnormal.

Especially now in the winter, it stands to reason that at this time, there should be no rats out to move, but why is this year so abnormal.

When they arrived at the periphery of the City God Temple, the thieves found that most of the rats were active around the City God Temple, but they did not enter the City God Temple themselves.

This is a bit strange, the thief does not know the principle here, but these beasts are afraid of the gods.

Walking into the City God Temple, there were not many people offering incense at this time, and there was almost no queue, so it was the turn of stealing the saint and paying homage to the incense.

He put the incense into the censer, and just prostrated to the idol, he heard a voice ringing in his ears:

"A righteous thief is also a thief, a thief will never become a hero, let alone be treated as a good person, you are just a thief, a despicable thief ......"

The voice was like a magic sound, ringing in the ears of the thief saint, reminding him of countless sad pasts over the years.

How many times have I misunderstood and abused, how many times have I watched corrupt officials and evil officials harm one party, but I am a person full of sincerity, but I am excluded and wanted......

Even his childhood sweetheart was forced to be the concubine of the old thief.

Yes, he entered the Guogong Mansion and stole things just under the guise of stealing, but in fact, it was just to meet his childhood sweetheart.

For a while, the thief's heart was full of thoughts, dissatisfaction was stirring in his heart, his eyes were bloodshot, and he wanted to tell about the injustice he had encountered, but his mind was not ordinary, so he still restrained the emotions that were about to explode and continued to kowtow.

At this moment, the voice sounded in his ears again:

"You're too weak to do anything, so let the existence that can change all of this do it!

See that sword?

Unplug it, and everything will change, and there will be no more corrupt officials, no more forced prostitution, no more lovers who cannot get together......"

The voice full of bewitchment continued to sound, so that the thief couldn't help but secretly raise his head towards the tall statue of the city god in the city god temple.

In the hand of the deity, he holds an incense burner, and in the incense burner is a sword, which looks like an ordinary decoration.

This height is beyond the reach of ordinary people, and only a master like him can quickly take it off in full view.

"It's this sword, pull it out, pull it out!"

The voice kept urging, making the thief extremely uncomfortable.

He wanted to rise up and pull out the sword, but reason told him that it was not right to do so, and it would cause great disaster.

The thief's body trembled slightly, struggling, hesitating......

"Hey, I said you finished worshipping? It's been like this for a long time, do you still expect the gods to come and help you up? ”

The one in the back urged the thief to get out of the way.

As if he hadn't heard, the thief still knelt on the futon, his body trembling.

Just when the thief was extremely tormented, he suddenly heard the voice of a majestic man:

"The devil, don't give up, dare to demagogue!"

After hearing the sound of the voice, the demonic intent faded, and the thief suddenly felt his mind clear, and his mind returned to normal.

After exhaling deeply, the Thief got up and left.

It's just that before leaving, I couldn't help but stare at the sword in the incense burner.

The situation is obvious, the dirty things in this City God Temple, if I were fooled just now, I am afraid that it will cause a big disaster.

The thief saint has always believed in these, but now that the dirty thing has not come out, he is also relieved and decides to go to the Guogong Mansion tonight to see the situation.

He went again and again, just to find an opportunity to bring his childhood sweetheart out.

......

In the past two days, Ma Zhen was a little depressed, so a pot of priceless jewelry was gone, and he was distressed to death.

According to his subsequent investigation, he already knew that those jewels were all regarded as treasures of the stolen saint and handed over to the grandfather of the country.

For Grandpa Guo, it may not be nothing, but for Ma Zhen, it is really a life-saving thing.

All he could do to persist for so many years with an old injury was to support the families of a group of old comrades-in-arms.

There is no way, the court doesn't care about the orphans of these soldiers at all, and he can only try to help.

Originally, with those jewels, it was enough for these people to live a good life, but unexpectedly, all the efforts they made when they turned their heads were lost.

He came to the barracks to look for Yeming, but was told that Yeming was now a distinguished guest in the Grandpa Guo's mansion and was not in the barracks at all.

This made Ma Zhen feel very regretful, but thinking that the other party still had to let him do things, he would definitely see himself, so he was relieved.

It's just that after hesitating left and right for a while, Ma Zhen still decided to go to the outside of the Guogong Mansion to see the situation, maybe he can meet Yang Banxian by chance?

At sunset, Ma Zhen came to the outside of the Guogong Mansion, but he was not qualified to enter, so he could only watch from a distance two streets away.

"Hey, brother, why don't you step on it too?"

A somewhat surprised voice came, and Ma Zhen looked back and saw that it was a thin man he didn't know.

It's just that this voice sounds a little familiar.

"It's me, the thief, who changed my face."

The Thief pointed to his face.

When Ma Zhen heard this, he looked at him:

"How dare you steal?"

"Who am I? Thief? There's no place in the world where I wouldn't dare to steal! ”

The thief saint gave a thumbs up and said very confidently.

"The two of you have a lot of leisure and elegance, and we chatted here."

Another voice came, and both of them were startled, and when they looked back, they saw that it was a blind man in rags.

Ma Zhen saw that it was nightlight, and was overjoyed:

"Living Immortal, do you know I'm looking for you?"

The thief didn't know Yeming, so he asked Ma Zhen curiously:

"Who is this? The light work was so good that I didn't even notice when he arrived. ”

"This is Yang Banxian, but a living immortal in the world, how can it be compared to mortals like me?"

Ma Zhen now has great respect for Yeming.

"Living immortals?"

The thief remembered what happened to him in the morning, and he didn't dare to underestimate it, feeling that he couldn't afford to provoke such an existence.

Yeming "looked" at the thief saint and asked with a smile:

"Can you still enjoy being chased two days ago?"

"It's okay, the hell let me escape......"

The thief said, realizing something, and stared at Yeming with wide eyes,

"You gave them the dog's nose?"

"Almost!"

When the thief heard this, he was so frightened that he was about to run away, but at some point, one of Yeming's hands was already on his shoulder.

"In such a hurry? Childhood sweethearts don't want to be saved? If you delay for one more day, your family will be ruined for one more day, and if you like, I have no opinion. ”

Yeming said, letting go of his hand.

This time, the thief did not run away, and looked at Yeming with horror in his eyes:

"How do you know about me, this should be known only to me and Cui'er."

"Because Yang Banxian is a living immortal who can pinch and count!"

"Yang Blow," Ma Zhen explained.

Ye Ming asked with a smile:

"I just ask you, do you want to reunite with your childhood sweetheart?"

When the thief saint heard this, how could he not understand the meaning of Yeming, and immediately hugged his fists:

"Please live the gods!"

"Well, I'll make sure you have a lover and end up married, but you also need to do something for me."

"Living immortals, please speak, but if you can do it below, you will not hesitate to do it!"

"That's what you said?"

"Forehead ......"

The thief suddenly had an ominous premonition, but if he said it and spilled the water, how could he take it back?

"It's down there."

Yeming didn't say what to ask the thief to do, but just looked at Ma Zhen:

"You want money to help the widows of your former comrades?"

"The living immortals are really powerful, and the calculations are really accurate."

"It's easy to get money and goods, help me do something, and I'll give it to you."

"Living Immortal, what do you want me to do?"

"It's nothing, it's just for you to simply assassinate Shou Guogong."

"Yes...... Yes!? Assassination, Grandpa Guo? ”

Rao is Ma Zhen has killed many people, but he can't help but be surprised when he heard that he assassinated the prince of the dynasty and the kind of person who sat on the frontier.

"Why, don't you dare?"

"How can I do this, such a big thing? I'm just a stinky hill, and the other party is a big man......"

Even Ma Zhen, who has always had a strong personality, couldn't accept it at this time, in his opinion, the existence of Guogong, even if he lived for several lifetimes, he might not be able to reach that height.

Now let him assassinate Guogong......

"Look at your unproductive appearance, you only said that you were asked to assassinate Guogong, but you didn't say that you must kill him."

"Ah, but what's the point of assassinating or not killing?"

"You don't have to worry about this, I'll ask you, if you scare Shou Guogong half to death, can you do it?"

"Don't kill the country......

No problem, you can do it! ”

"Hey, it's not good."

......