Liu Xin led five hundred cavalry, and under the effective outflanking and encirclement, he quickly blocked Elder Tang and them.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Elder Tang actually rushed out of the encirclement alone.

The rest of the people also scattered and fled, but how could Liu Xin give them this opportunity.

In the end, almost everyone was ruthlessly killed, and only Elder Tang was left to be captured alive by Liu Xin.

During the entire pursuit, Qi Ji's whereabouts were not found.

It took them another half a day to find Qi Ji's body from a messy pile of grass.

When he asked Elder Tang afterwards, Elder Tang said that the guard beside Qi Ji secretly gave him a silver ticket of five thousand taels of gold, and asked him to find an opportunity to kill Qi Ji after leaving the city.

For Elder Tang, this was of course an incomparably good deal.

Therefore, he originally thought that once he left the city, he would find a secluded place and kill Qi Ji.

Run away with the money.

But he didn't expect to encounter the encirclement and interception of Jinyi Wei as soon as he left the city.

Liu Xin had many doubts about Qi Ji's death, but for Jin Yiwei, since Qi Ji was dead, the task was completed.

Anyway, after being captured, they will be executed, and now it doesn't matter if they are dead or alive.

Because the evidence in this case is conclusive, it has been turned into an iron case by some people, and Qi Ji colluded with the Northern Barbarians in a vain attempt to rebel.

His plot to steal the secret art of horse breeding in the Imperial Horse Prison was discovered at the last moment.

The Northern Barbarians fled in a hurry after being discovered.

This big moth was found, and the spies planted by the Northern Barbarians in the imperial capital were also swept away.

Therefore, although the emperor was dissatisfied with Qi Ji being killed, the final result was acceptable.

Those who should be implicated are implicated, those who should be convicted and sent to prison are imprisoned, and those who should be rewarded for meritorious deeds.

Having said that, when Liu Xin arranged for people to search for Qi Ji's whereabouts, they found Liu Licheng who was seriously injured and unconscious in a pond somewhere?

His body was full of wounds, large and small, at least five of which were fatal, but Liu Licheng was still breathing a sigh of relief when he was found.

Liu Xin estimated that Liu Licheng should have been treated by someone, but since this person saved him, why did he let him lie in the puddle.

If Liu Xin's men hadn't searched this area, Liu Licheng would have died.

The wounds on his body were horrific to watch.

And not far away at the foot of another low slope.

Several chief flag officers of Liu Licheng's thousand households, and the corpses of a hundred households were also piled up there.

The death was also extremely tragic, according to the clues left at the scene. There were about thirty dozen people besieging them.

It is equal to the number of rebels of the White Lotus Sect in the intelligence.

Emperor Xuyang was furious when he learned the news, and directly ordered that the main task of Dongchang and Jinyiwei in the next step was to go all out to arrest this group of White Lotus Sect rebels.

Liu Licheng and the hundreds of households who died in the battle, and the chief flag officer were all rewarded.

Liu Licheng was seriously injured and fell into a coma, and the emperor ordered the hospital to do its best to treat him.

If he survives, he will be a member of the honorable family in the future.

Because of his affairs, Emperor Wu City issued the Order of Emperor Wu, that is, the order of chasing and killing in the rivers and lakes, and the relationship between Emperor Wu City and the White Lotus Sect was on the same page.

When Shangguan Ba heard the news, he was originally more than 200 miles away from the imperial capital, but as a result, he rode back to the imperial capital by one person, and it only took one night to walk 200 miles.

Someone broke the news afterwards that Shangguan Ba wasted six treasure horses that night.

Exhausted two horses.

Because he was alone at night, I don't know how many people attacked him that night, and these people came from all forces.

Overnight, it's like a hundred ghosts walking at night.

It is rumored that when Shangguan Ba arrived in the imperial capital, the smell of blood spread to the city gate three miles in advance, and those who saw him said that they saw a blood god!

Shangguan Ba went directly into the imperial city, and then went to the Tai Hospital, and then there was a loud shout that resounded directly over the imperial city.

But these are all later words, some people are happy and some are sad.

Emperor Wu City was like being slapped in the face, and suddenly burst out, showing its edge to the world.

As for the others, like Liu Xin, they were rewarded, and the position of Deputy Qianhu was completely secured.

Because of this merit, he wrote and recommended two candidates for 100 households, more than a dozen people such as chief flag officer and small flag officer.

It can be said that as long as the original personnel of the 100 households of Wenxuanfang contributed to this operation, they were all promoted, and at least they received a lot of rewards.

Of course, there were also casualties in the thousand-household office, and the bereavement of several people who died was doubled, and one person in the family was selected to replace the original position.

This time, the sacrificed family didn't have much sadness, but came to thank Liu Xin.

This scene made Liu Xin inexplicably sad.

When someone died, he still had to be grateful to Dade.

What kind of world is this?

And this group of White Lotus Sect rebels had already mixed into the imperial capital.

It's just that the White Lotus Sect has a huge foundation among the vast number of people, and they are hidden in the homes of many believers.

The situation of eating so many mouthfuls of food for a single household or two households is not easy to detect in a luxurious city like the imperial capital.

In the imperial capital, even ordinary people sometimes add food to themselves.

Therefore, the task of searching the White Lotus Sect did not make any progress for a while.

The people down there can't even do an investigation.

Although Jinyiwei and Dongchang had secret detectives, they understood that the remnants of the Lotus Sect were hiding among the residents of the outer city.

But these people were already afraid when they saw Jinyiwei and Dongchang.

He is also very wary of strangers. Of course, there are many secret agents of the Jinyi Guard hidden among the people, but even the secret agents of the Jinyi Guard, most of the hidden ones are in the homes of ordinary people.

And most of the places where the White Lotus Sect hides are slums.

Dongchang and Jinyiwei couldn't find them in a short period of time, and they didn't dare to check them.

On the contrary, several underworld forces in the outer city, such as the Blue Coat Sect, began to secretly connect with the White Lotus Sect's rebels.

Among the many underworld forces in the imperial capital, the Blue Coat Sect has made the biggest moves recently.

Because of a certain woman's relationship, they lost a lot of silver.

With a surplus of nearly a month, the Blue Cloth Sect, which was already spending a lot of money, couldn't eat it.

They were one of the most important sources of economic support for Tuoba Yunhan's expansion of power.

At this time, the upper class does not pay attention to numbers, and spends as long as there is a need.

So the pressure fell on the head of the president of the Blue Coat Society.

When she noticed that the remnants of the White Lotus Sect were hiding in the slums of the outer city, instead of reporting it, she secretly contacted the White Lotus Sect.

The White Lotus Sect is known to be rich, and even the wealth of the White Lotus Sect can be described as endless.

A large part of the huge base of the common people were merchants and landlords.

They did not trust the imperial court, but believed in a cult like the White Lotus Sect even more.

And Taoism does not come out, these people, rich businessmen have no object to believe, just as the so-called restless heart has nowhere to place.

Buddhism, on the other hand, focuses on the emptiness of the four major bodies, and the teachings of Buddhism will make you donate all your property to them, and when you are empty, you will be worthy of Buddhism.

Therefore, for the White Lotus Sect, which has half of the foundation of Taoism, it has become the object of faith of these people.

I don't know how many silver taels are offered every year, but they are gathered together, making the wealth of the entire White Lotus Sect also belong to the top among the several existing Demon Dao major sects.

Maybe it's only Liangshan's kind of robbership. The speed of the money that comes can compete with that of the White Lotus Sect.

The president of the Blue Coat Society found the traveling Taoist priest He Gan through the means of the underworld and offered to shelter them.

As a result, it was even more difficult for Dongchang and Jinyiwei to search for this group of White Lotus Sects.

Even this news reached the ears of the Duke of Jiangyin, who directly and secretly reached an agreement with Wang Zhongjie, the commander of Jinyiwei.

Jin Yiwei can be regarded as sticking to his own theft.

And all this happened in this huge imperial capital.

It was impossible for the emperor not to know, but he watched from the sidelines.

In the imperial capital, in addition to Jinyiwei and Dongchang, they are still working there.

The attention of the rest of the people has already been focused on the upcoming Zhengyang martial arts competition.

In addition, there are also several major events in the imperial capital that have erupted among certain groups of people.

Senior Brother Cheng and the members of the Secret Investigation Team carried out a killing against the White Lotus Sect and the Martial Emperor City Wuhou.

The cause of the incident came from the fact that when Liu Xin left the imperial capital for Hanzhong, Emperor Wu of the city of Wu carried out an expulsion against the Holy Sect's secret investigation team.

Brother Cheng was injured in this expulsion. There was a large-scale battle between the covert investigation team and the Marquis of Wu, as well as the affiliated forces of Emperor Wu City.

Today's imperial court has always turned a blind eye to this kind of martial arts battle, as long as you are in the circle drawn by Emperor Xuyang, you can fight as much as you like.

Emperor Xuyang actually wished that the people in the rivers and lakes would kill each other.

The Holy Father cannot accept provocation. Although now in the rivers and lakes, everyone says that Emperor Wu City is now the well-deserved number one in martial arts, overpowering the Holy Sect and the Evil Sect.

However, the hundreds of years of majesty of the Holy Sect could not be provoked, and the Holy Sect Sect Master personally issued a secret order.

This is the highest level of the Holy Sect's secret order, and as soon as the first one comes out, the Holy Sect is complete.

From the elders to the ordinary outer disciples, they all have to be deployed.

This counterattack, which was carried out with the strength of the hidden investigation team as the main body, swept the entire vicinity of the imperial capital and even half of the country.

This martial arts battle formed a huge whirlpool.

The Holy Sect used all his connections, and many sects that were originally neutral only revealed their true attributes at this time.

The Holy Sect gave an order, and dozens of righteous martial arts sects responded to the call in unison.

Not to be outdone, Emperor Wu City showed his fangs.

The fangs that had been hidden since dominating half of the rivers and lakes eleven years ago were revealed.

This time, however, the contest will be conducted between the intelligence organizations of all forces as a means of struggle.

The major forces in the rivers and lakes unanimously agreed to this decision.

Among them, the shadow son of the evil sect plays the role of the middleman, and many other forces, such as Emperor Wu City, Holy Sect, Evil Gate, Luoshen Villa, etc., have sent their own characters who can speak to gather in Fair Town.

In Fair Town, all the bigwigs gathered together and sat down to play a big game of chess.

The two hidden sides are the Holy Sect and some of the Righteous Path Sects joining forces against Emperor Wu City and its subsidiary forces.

Another purpose of this competition is to pluck themselves out of the storm behind them in advance before the high-end forces such as the Holy Sect, the Evil Sect, and the Martial Emperor City sense the coming of the storm.

Almost all the big forces with intelligence organizations are faintly aware of a certain trend.

It is also a kind of helplessness to carry out these things with great fanfare. The purpose is to let the court know that we have no other changes, and all our actions are carried out within the scope of the rivers and lakes.

As an intermediary, the evil sect does not participate in the battle between the two sides, and this battle is also called the battle of the righteous way of the rivers and lakes by the martial arts people!

Fair Town, stay in Xianju.

At a huge round table, more than a dozen people in different costumes sat down.

On the north side, it is the seat of Emperor Wu City.

Emperor Wu City sent the third disciple of Shangguan Ba this time, Cheng to avoid the rain. He is also the chief guard disciple of Martial Emperor City today, and he is in charge of Martial Emperor City together with the acting city lord Shangguan Dao.

Cheng Yuyu was dressed in a green shirt, with a Chinese face, and a rounded jaw, which did not look ostentatious. There is a green jade scabbard in his hand, and inside it should be his exquisite sword: [Hanyu]

This exquisite sword is the heirloom sword of Cheng Yuyu's family, and the Cheng family in Hebei is also a strong family in martial arts.

On the south side is the seat of the Holy Father.

The Holy Sect sent the third person of the sect master here, and the people of the rivers and lakes sent He Zuoyuan, who was nicknamed [Jiaohu].

He Zuoyuan was dressed in a short dress, revealing dark skin, and a pair of shorts underneath, and the whole person looked like an old farmer who had just returned from the field.

On the east side is the seat of the evil gate.

There was only one person sitting here, with a mask on his face and a black cloak shrouded in a black cloak.

On the west side of the round table, there is a huge wooden wall with a map of Zhengyang, and eleven of the locations have been specially marked

Eleven cities were used as battlefields for the competition.

The battle began only three days ago.

Emperor Wu City has already connected three cities.

Three more wins will be a direct victory.

Therefore, the Holy Sect activated the battlefield of the imperial capital in advance and invested most of the forces in the imperial capital.

And Emperor Wu City also invested most of its forces in the imperial capital.

In the Liuxian Residence in Fair Town, Cheng Yuyu and He Zuoyuan will wait until the results of the competition come out.

Imperial capital, inner city, Liufu.

"Senior Brother Cheng, why did the sect suddenly send a secret order from Jiayi, and Yan Chun actually came, did something big happen to the sect?" Liu Xin looked at the armor in his hand with a worried face.

When he came back from duty today, Senior Brother Cheng called him over, showed him the Jiayi secret order, and told him that Senior Brother Yan Chun was about to come to the imperial capital.

Senior Brother Cheng was wiping his sword, an emperor-level sword.

He had been wiping the sword in his hand very carefully, and when he heard this, he looked up at Liu Xin, who had a worried face.

"The time you went to Hanzhong, the Marquis of Emperor Wu City attacked us, the secret investigation team was expelled from the imperial capital, our people resisted, and as a result, many brothers and sisters were injured, you know this."

Liu Xin nodded.

Senior Brother Cheng's eyes suddenly became sharp, and he said slowly:

"Of course, the sect can't let this happen without saying a word. So he directly flipped the table, shouted with Emperor Wu City, and grabbed a game with a clear sword.

I heard that Cheng Yuyu and the third senior brother of Emperor Wu City set up a ring in Fair Town, and bet on the winner of eleven cities.

But in three consecutive battles, Emperor Wu City was victorious, and in order to boost morale, the sect used the imperial capital that brought shame as a counterattack.

For this reason, the third senior brother directly asked Senior Brother Yan Chun to come to the imperial capital to help, and many backbones of the secret investigation team were gathering here.

Aren't you looking for a few of your juniors, there is only one of them who came this time. ”

Liu Xin was surprised and asked, "Who is it?" ”

The sharpness in Senior Brother Cheng's eyes faded, and he said with a smile: "Zhao Shaolei! ”

"Xiong Er!" Liu Xin's eyes lit up.

"How did he come?"

The next moment, thinking that there must be a lot of danger in this battle, Xiong Er has not yet opened the second pulse of Rendu, wouldn't it be dangerous to come here.

A look of worry immediately appeared on Liu Xin's face.

Senior Brother Cheng seemed to see through Liu Xin's thoughts, and said with a smile:

"This junior brother of yours is not simple, I heard that he participated in this battle as the leader of a secret investigation team in the northwest.

Being able to achieve the position of team leader is at least the cultivation of Dacheng Realm. ”

Liu Xin was surprised, it had only been two months since he had seen him, and Xiong Er had already opened up the second vein of Rendu and became a martial artist in the Dacheng Realm.

What about the others, Siniang, Xiaoqi...

"Can I go to war too?"

Liu Xin said suddenly.

Senior Brother Cheng thought for a while and said:

"Yes, you can, but you have to hide your identity, this time it's a battle between the intelligence departments of the two major sects.

Cheng Yuyu and the third senior brother both represented the heads of the intelligence departments of their respective sects.

Once the identity is revealed, it may cause some troubles.

But you don't have to worry, it's mainly a fight between the covert investigation team and their Wuhou.

Although we have lost three battles, after all, the strength of the secret investigation team has shrunk over the years, and this time with the full support of the sect, my Holy Sect disciple is not afraid that he has only risen for more than ten years in Emperor Wu City. ”

Senior Brother Cheng's words are good, but Liu Xin can clearly hear that Senior Brother Cheng is not very confident.

After all, Emperor Wu City is the name of the shadow man of the tree, and the arsenal of Emperor Wu City is said to contain millions of books, and the average strength of the entire Zhengyang Imperial Court has increased a lot because of Emperor Wu City, and the strength of his own sect has not been shown for more than ten years.

Although Liu Xin has confidence in his own sect, the other party is definitely not simple.

I asked in detail about the way of the competition.

In fact, the struggle between the intelligence departments is also simple, it is to find the top line of the other party's intelligence department first.

Speaking of which, this is not considered a martial arts.

It's more like a ploy.

But the affairs of the rivers and lakes still depend on whose fist is bigger.

Gambit is also a matter of discussion when the fists of both sides are about the same size.

As soon as you come up, you must first look at the force, and only when the force is close can there be a time to sit down and compete in resourcefulness.

The third senior brother's plan was very simple, as soon as he came up, he would press the other party's Wuhou people to fight.

Although Emperor Wu City has developed rapidly in the past ten years, there are many strong people.

But after all, most of the talents in Emperor Wu City have entered the imperial court and are filled with various key positions.

These people cannot be mobilized in any way.

Wuhou himself is also taking the elite route, and the strength of the secret investigation team is only between him.

But the real high-end combat power, the foundation of Emperor Wu City is still a little worse, the Holy Sect here began to reduce the number of disciples from Liu Xin's generation, in He Zuoyuan's generation, that is, Senior Brother Cheng's generation, the Holy Sect recruits thousands of disciples every year, and the number of disciples who enter the inner gate after some screening is also dozens every year.

At that time, the rivers and lakes were still headed by the Holy Sect, and the young people of the righteous rivers and lakes, who did not want to join the Holy Sect, were proud to be disciples of the Holy Sect.

The later weather vane was changed abruptly after Emperor Xuyang ascended the throne.

But when it comes to the background, Emperor Wu City didn't dare to argue with the Holy Sect.