Mingjiao Xiangyang rudder.

This place is located in a large compound in the west of the city, and the courtyard is deep and heavily guarded.

Although it was late at night, the lobby was still brightly lit.

Guo Sheng, the helmsman of the Xiangyang rudder, played with a string of prayer beads and lived in the hall.

Li Buyi, the hall master of Qinglong Hall, stood in the hall and reported respectfully: "Lord of the Helm, just now a brother from the sect came to report that he found the traces of Li Mochou, the Red Lian Fairy, in the Laifu Inn in the city. ”

"The people who accompanied her were two of her disciples, and one of them seemed to be the ghost who claimed to be the left envoy of the Ming Sect."

Guo Sheng's eyes narrowed slightly, and he asked, "Have the brothers in the sect shown their tracks?" ”

"Back to the helper, those two brothers have no martial arts, and they are cautious, Li Mochou and his apprentice did not realize it, and now they are already staying at the Tongfu Inn." Li Buyi replied.

Guo Sheng kept turning the beads in his hand and said, "Send someone for me to stare them to death, no matter where they go or what they do, they must report in time." ”

"Yes, helmsman." Li Buyi respectfully agreed.

Guo Sheng looked at him and said with a chuckle: "This time the Qinglong Hall brothers have done a good job, and then keep an eye on Li Mochou and them, I will naturally not be stingy with rewards." ”

Li Buyi hurriedly shook his head and said, "Thank you, helmsman!" ”

Guo Sheng nodded, stretched out his hand and made a gesture of please: "They are all their own brothers, don't be so polite, sit down!" ”

"Thank you, Lord Helm!" Li Buyi still did not exceed the slightest rule, and sat down after saluting.

After he sat down, Guo Sheng looked left and right, in addition to Li Buyi, the hall master of the Qinglong Hall, there were three people lined up on both sides.

Due to the special geographical location, the rudder of Xiangyang City has developed very strongly, and there are four halls under its command, which are Qinglong, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Xuanwu.

Among them, Qinglongtang is responsible for spying on the news, and many of the sects under its command are ordinary people in Xiangyang City and the surrounding areas, all over the three religions and nine streams, rooted in the people.

The White Tiger Hall was mixed in the army, especially in Xiangyang Chengbei County, which was directly led by Guo Sheng.

Suzaku Hall specializes in assassination and destruction, and is the elite of Xiangyang City's rudder.

The Xuanwu Hall is responsible for collecting materials, whether it is gold and silver treasures, swords and armor, bows and arrows, all need their support.

Guo Sheng looked at Xuanwu Hall Master Wang Fugui, and asked in a light tone, "What is the progress of the preparations for the Night Owl Operation?" ”

When Wang Fugui heard this, the fat on his body couldn't help trembling slightly, and a layer of cold sweat had already appeared on his forehead, and he hurriedly said cautiously: "Lord Rudder, the sword and spear have almost been prepared, but the armor and bow and crossbow are very tightly controlled by Zhao Fan, and there is still a big gap. ”

Guo Sheng frowned slightly, his subconscious small facial expression made Wang Fugui's heart tighten suddenly.

"Be quick, if you can't do it, let Suzaku Tang cooperate, even if it is an open robbery and assassination, it must be all ready before the end of this month!"

Guo Sheng said.

Wang Fugui was in a dilemma, but he didn't dare to hesitate for half a minute, and responded: "Yes, helmsman, my subordinates will hurry up and collect when they go back, and complete the task at all costs." ”

Guo Sheng nodded, and said to Xu Tianjiao, the hall master of the Vermilion Bird Hall on the side: "Old Jiu, this time, you have to cooperate with them, and you can't go wrong." ”

The hall master of the Vermilion Bird Hall was a thin man, with gray hair, a shriveled face, and a cruel look in his eyes.

This person's name is Yin Jiu, and his actual age is less than thirty years old, but because he has cultivated an evil martial art that burns life, he looks like an old man of sixty or seventy years old.

This person is not only strong in martial arts, but also ruthless, and the disciples of the Suzaku Hall under his command are all killers who are proficient in assassination, and they are the most feared among the four major halls.

The other three hall masters didn't dare to look at him at all, and even had a hint of fear.

Guo Sheng continued: "Now the contradiction between me and Yang Yu is getting deeper and deeper, and he reported to Zhao Fan a few months ago that I intended to rebel. ”

"Zhao Fan sent three groups of people to summon me back to Xiangyang, and I used the excuse that I was busy with military affairs and delayed it for several months, but now it has reached the limit."

"Early tomorrow morning, I will go to the prefect's yamen, this time I am afraid it will be very dangerous, even if there is no fear of life, it is very likely that I will be directly taken away from the military power."

"Once I lose my military power, our entire Xiangyang rudder will be wiped out, and the brothers of the White Tiger Hall will all be exposed."

"Now that the matter is imminent, the reason why I urgently summoned everyone here is to discuss with you brothers how to deal with the next situation."

His voice fell, but there was a dead silence in the hall, and no one spoke for a long time.

Seeing that the atmosphere was becoming more and more dull and depressing, Wang Fugui suddenly couldn't sit still, and hurriedly opened his mouth to break the calm, "Lord Helmsman has always been a last resort, brave and strategic, whatever you say, I will do it." ”

"As long as you give an order, even if you let the brothers go to the prefect's yamen, my king Fugui will never say anything."

At this time, Guo Yong, the hall master of the White Tiger Hall, also spoke, this person was wearing armor, carrying a long sword at his waist, and his figure was very burly, "Helmsman, the conflict between the northern army and the southern army of Xiangyang City is becoming more and more intense, and it has almost become a situation of fire and water. ”

"I secretly develop the sect, and there are two hundred henchmen who can serve the death, and it is enough at the critical moment."

Guo Sheng remained silent, the master of the White Tiger Hall was his nephew, and now he was an officer in the northern army of Xiangyang City.

And Wang Fugui is his confidant, in charge of the money bag of the entire rudder.

Although he is the helmsman of Xiangyang, he sits in the Tangzhou Army on weekdays, commanding an army of 20,000 people, and has a pivotal position in the entire Jinghu region.

It's just that he has a grudge with Yang Yu, the governor of Tangzhou, and this person is staring at him all the time, eager to get rid of him quickly.

Although he also sent his brothers in the sect to assassinate him many times, wanting to get rid of this person directly, Yang Yu seemed to have masters around him, and he failed to do so several times.

Yang Yu naturally knew who sent someone to come, and he hated him even more, and this time he grabbed some of his handles and reported to Zhao Fan, the prefect of Xiangyang, that he was plotting to rebel.

You must know that he is a person in the Ming Sect, and he can't stand scrutiny at all, and there have been a lot of small actions under his hands over the years, once he is discovered, it will be a big crime of raiding his family and exterminating the clan in a blink of an eye.

Guo Sheng had already made up his mind that if Zhao Fan wanted to seize his military power, he would do whatever it took to rebel, even if he surrendered to the Mongols.

But the reason why he was able to control the Tangzhou army was that the two most important ones were the hall master of the Qinglong Hall and the hall master of the Vermilion Bird Hall.

These two people are ordinary cultists and intelligence sources who control the helm of Xiangyang; The other is an elite master who holds the rudder of Xiangyang.

And he, Guo Sheng, was originally just the master of the White Tiger Hall, and he was on an equal footing with these two, and he seized the opportunity after the fall of the previous helmsman, and climbed to this day step by step.

However, the hall master of the Qinglong Hall and the hall master of the Xuanwu Hall still firmly controlled his own hall, although he tried to mix the sand many times and wanted to completely control it, but he still did not succeed.

Today's gathering is actually to test the hall master of the Blue Dragon Hall, Li Buyi, and the hall master of the Vermilion Bird Hall, Yin Jiu, only with the support of these two people, he will have a greater chance of rebelling this time.

Guo Sheng moved his gaze to Li Buyi, the hall master of the Qinglong Hall, and asked, "Buyi, what do you think of the current situation?" ”

Li Buyi shook his head slightly and said, "No matter what kind of plans the helmsman has, his subordinates think that now is not the best time. ”

"You must know that now Guo Jing, Guo Daxia and the leader of the Beggar Gang Huang are both in Dashengguan, not far from Xiangyang City, these two people have always been jealous and hateful, loyal to the imperial court."

"Once they notice the movement here, they are likely to take the initiative to intervene."

As the master of Qinglong Hall, he controls the intelligence system of the entire Jinghu area, and Guo Sheng wants to raise troops to rebel, so naturally he can't hide it.

But Li Buyi was not optimistic, and he was unwilling to surrender to the Mongols with Guo Sheng, so he proposed Guo Jing and Huang Rong and his wife, trying to persuade him to dispel his thoughts.

However, Guo Sheng seemed to have expected what he said, and just said with a smile: "Buyi, I naturally can't afford to provoke Guo Jing and Huang Rong, but now they are holding a hero conference with the intention of fighting against the Great Mongolia and offending people who should not be offended." ”

"As far as I know, Mongolia has sent a master to participate in this heroic conference, and the two of them are too busy to take care of themselves, I am afraid that they will not have time to find our bad luck."

Guo Sheng's words were completely unexpected by Li Buyi, he only thought about it for a while, and then he had some understanding in his heart, "It seems that Guo Sheng has secretly contacted the Mongols, otherwise it would be impossible to know such a secret news." ”

"It seems that this person has made up his mind to surrender to the Mongols, and now he is going to be in trouble."

Guo Sheng saw that Li Buyi didn't speak for a long time, but he didn't care, and then turned his gaze to Yin Jiu and asked, "What does Brother Yin think?" ”

"Since I have come here with the Bright Left Messenger, where will my brother in the rudder go, he should naturally follow the arrangement of the Left Messenger." Yin Jiu said in a light tone.

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the hall suddenly became even more depressing, and Guo Yong, the hall master of the White Tiger Hall, couldn't help but stand up, and said angrily: "What kind of bright left envoy, it's just a milky child, relying on Li Mochou's support, killing a few Mongolian officers, he dares to ignore the height of the sky, and claim to be the left messenger of my Mingjiao light." ”

"The rudder of Xiangyang City can have today, it is all the brothers who exchanged their blood and lives with a knife and a gun, why should they listen to the words of outsiders."

"I don't care what you think, this so-called left envoy, I don't recognize it in Baihutang, let alone listen to his orders."

Yin Jiu raised his head for the first time, and there was no whites in his eyes, which looked pitch black, like an abyss, which made people feel extremely frightened.

"So, you're going to break the rules of the sect and commit the following?"

Guo Yong was young and vigorous, although his uncle Guo Sheng reminded him many times not to offend Yin Jiu, but at this time, in front of many hall masters, he was unwilling to lower his head no matter what, so he immediately stiffened his neck and said, "Yes and ......."

Before the words fell, a gust of wind suddenly blew in the hall, and the flames on the candles flickered, making the lights in the hall turn on and off, and the light and shadow were intertwined.

The gust of wind came and went quickly, but at this moment, a hysterical wail suddenly erupted.

"Hurt me!!" Guo Yong's arm was twisted off like a twist, scarlet blood kept flowing out, his face was pale, and he almost fainted in pain.

Guo Sheng blocked him behind him, his face became extremely pale, and he looked at Yin Jiu opposite and said, "Brother Yin, why bother with the children!" ”

"What's more, now that a catastrophe is approaching in the rudder, isn't it a joke from outsiders to kill each other like this?"

Yin Jiu just calmly tucked the two blue-gray claws into his sleeves, and said lightly: "Guo Sheng, your Great Sage Splitting Heaven Skill not only did not improve, but it was even less refined than before. ”

"If I want to kill you, you won't be able to last thirty moves!"

Guo Sheng clenched his fists tightly, the evil anger in his heart was rolling, and he couldn't wait to give an order to summon the brothers in the sect to hack this person to death.

But he also knew that he was not in the army at this time, and in the face of a killer leader like Yin Jiu, it was really not the best choice to directly break out contradictions and conflicts.

He took a deep breath, barely showed a smile on his face, and said, "Guo Yong said the wrong thing, and Brother Yin also taught him a lesson, why don't you just stop there, okay?" ”

In fact, if he hadn't stopped it in time just now, Guo Yong would have directly broken his neck, instead of just missing an arm like now.

Yin Jiu didn't answer his words, but asked, "I want to ask Master Guo Helm, do you think you can disobey the orders of the Zuo Envoy like your nephew?" ”

Guo Sheng was forced to ask by him like this, his face turned blue and white for a while, and it was difficult for him to get off the stage, but fortunately, he was able to lead an army of 20,000 and sit on the helmsman's position, and the depth of the city was by no means comparable.

At this time, he thought about it for a while, but said with a smile: "Guo Yong doesn't understand the rules, how can an old man in the sect openly violate the rules?" ”

"Brother Yin is right, since the left envoy has come, he should naturally preside over the overall situation."

"In this way, in my opinion, this matter should be sooner rather than later, why don't I send someone to ask the left envoy now, and ask him to get a charter for us, how about it?"

When Yin Jiu heard this, his whole body didn't move slightly, and he didn't turn around, and he was already like a ghost, fluttering on the chair behind him.

Wang Fugui on the side seemed to be frightened by the conflict of Fang Cai, and then said tremblingly: "I have no opinion, I have no opinion, I will do what everyone says." ”

Li Buyi's mind was in a hurry, even he didn't know why Yin Jiu would suddenly do this, was it really to abide by the rules of the sect?

He was a little suspicious, judging from Yin Jiu's previous style of acting, this person was ruthless and unscrupulous, to say that he would be a fanatic and diehard in the sect, it didn't look like it.

It was Guo Sheng's plan, but he saw that it was nothing more than wanting to bring trouble to the east, and let the left messenger come forward when the time came.

Now the situation in Xiangyang City is changing, and there are even Guo Jing and Huang Rong and his wife joining in the fun.

Guo Sheng was also forced to be in a hurry, so he wanted to take a risk.

If the left envoy is willing to be the leader and get rid of Yang Yu and even Zhao Fan, all the crises can be solved.

If the left envoy can't do it, he will naturally not be qualified to lead everyone, and the entire Xiangyang rudder will face a huge crisis.

Guo Sheng, as the commander of the Tangzhou army, has an army of 20,000 under his command, and once something goes wrong, he will be the backbone and support of the entire rudder brothers.

At that time, the so-called left messenger will become a joke.

Li Buyi's mind turned, and he already had an idea, no matter how in this situation, it would not be harmful for him to bring outsiders into the game.

"Lord Helmsman, I have no objection to this matter."

A glint flashed in Guo Sheng's eyes, and he said, "Since everyone has no opinion, then I will send someone to invite the left envoy." ”

Seeing that no one spoke, he opened his mouth to summon a confidant, and after a few explanations, he let the man go in a hurry.

There was silence in the hall for a moment, only Guo Yong let out a painful moan.

"Useless stuff." Guo Sheng scolded, and then shouted: "Come on, take him down for me." ”

Afterwards, four or five Mingjiao members rushed in and carried Guo Yong out.

When Guo Yong was carried away, Guo Sheng returned to his seat, and there was a dead silence in the field, and everyone had their own thoughts, waiting for the arrival of the left messenger of light.

……

At the same time, at the Tongfu Inn, Lu Nianchou held Li Mochou and Hong Lingbo in his arms on the left and right.

Li Mochou was immersed in his emotions, but he didn't notice that Lu Nianchou didn't know when he opened his eyes.

When he found that Li Mochou was unable to fall asleep, he tightened his right arm, let Li Mochou stick it tightly to his chest, and asked softly, "Master, what's wrong?" ”

Li Mochou didn't look up, listening to his concerned greetings, for some reason she felt a little aggrieved in her heart, she had always been ruthless and murderous, and she couldn't help but shed tears.

Lu Nianchou felt the coldness in his chest, and knew that something must have happened to make Li Mochou feel so low, slowly bowed his head, kissed her forehead, and said softly: "Mochou baby don't cry, there is a husband!" ”

Li Mochou didn't speak, just hugged him tightly, feeling the warm embrace of this man.

Lu Nianchou didn't force her, gently kissed the tears on her face, and said gently but firmly: "Don't be afraid, everything has me." ”

Li Mochou gradually calmed down, looked up at him and said, "Nian Chou, what if I can't break through the heavenly man?" ”

"Fool, so you're worried about this!" Lu Nianchou smiled lightly, playing with a ball of snow, which caused Li Mochou to snort dissatisfiedly, "What do you say, if I can't break through the heavenly people, when the time comes, you will have three wives and four concubines, hugging left and right, and I can't bear it, what will you do......"

Lu Nianchou looked at the beautiful and delicate woman in front of him, and said seriously: "Master, you are already extremely talented, and now you are only in your thirties, and even Wang Chongyang will only realize the Heavenly Enlightenment at the age of fifty-eight, why do you need to be so urgent?" ”

"Whether it's a problem with the exercises or a lack of mood, we can find a way to solve it."

"If you really fall into a desperate situation......

He smiled and said, "I will give you the Buddha bone relics, with the help of that supreme treasure, you will definitely be able to take the last step." ”

When Li Mochou heard this, he looked at him in a daze, and his heart was moved like never before, you must know that the Buddha bone relics are treasures that even a master like Meng Chixing has to compete for.

"Are you really willing?"

Lu Nianchou couldn't help but squeeze it hard, making Li Mochou can't help but exclaim, and then looked into her eyes and said, "You are the most important thing in my heart, what is the Buddha bone relic?" ”

Li Mochou couldn't hold it back anymore, all the tenderness and emotion in his heart were filled with emotion, and he only felt that with this man who loved him, even if he died now, it was worth it.

She leaned into Lu Nianchou's ear, and said in a somewhat seductive tone: "Good boy, you want me!" ”

Lu Nianchou instantly boiled the yang energy in his body, and he wanted to clean up this goblin fiercely.

However, at this moment, a throwing knife suddenly slammed into the wooden window.

"TMD is disturbing people and good things at this time, and it can't be found dead?" Lu Nianchou was annoyed in his heart, so he didn't care about it at all, directly broke his body, and continued his actions.

Li Mochou was short of breath, and hurriedly persuaded: "Let's go and see first, in case there is something urgent!" ”

"Hmph, what urgent matter can there be, more important than the two of us now?" Lu Nianchou didn't pay attention to it at all, but became even more violent, "You can still speak, it seems that I don't work hard enough!" ”

Li Mochou originally wanted to persuade him, but his mind was instantly blanked, and he could only let him go.

The Ming Sect disciples who were waiting downstairs at the inn waited in the cold wind for a long time, but they still didn't notice any movement, and they didn't even take away the flying knives they had thrown.

"It shouldn't be, if ordinary people naturally can't find the movement of the flying knife, Li Mochou's martial arts should have been awakened a long time ago!"

He waited for another quarter of an hour, and when he saw that there was still no movement, his eyes moved, and he took out a willow leaf flying knife from his sleeve, and then took out a big red invitation, stuck it on the tip of the knife, and suddenly threw it towards the window where Lu Nianchou was.

Bang!

As soon as the flying knife pierced the wooden window, the window opening was opened, and a black shadow suddenly smashed down, hitting the head of the Ming Sect disciple with great precision.

Poof, he didn't even see what it was, and he didn't have time to react, so he fell directly to the ground in front of him.

Only then did a black boot fall to the side.

In the room, Lu Nianchou scolded and said: "I don't know whether I am alive or dead, I have disturbed Lao Tzu again and again, are you in a hurry to reincarnate?" ”

Li Mochou had already arrived several times at this time, relieved himself a little, and hurriedly persuaded: "Let's go and see it first, right?" ”

Seeing that this guy looked dissatisfied and his eyes were red, he leaned into his ear and said, "When you come back, people will serve you well, okay?" ”

Lu Nianchou's heart was restless again, and he said in a hoarse voice: "This is what you said, no matter what I want at that time, you must cooperate obediently." ”

Li Mochou looked at his ill-intentioned gaze and knew that he must have some bad ideas, but this was to coax him, and he could only persuade him like a child: "Good, good, good, everything will depend on you when the time comes." ”

"This is my good master!" Lu Nianchou wreaked havoc a few more times, and then he retreated, put on his robe neatly, and took off the flying knife and invitation inserted in the window.

He opened it and looked at it a few times, and Guo Sheng, the helmsman of the Xiangyang branch of the Mingjiao, invited him to the banquet.

"In the middle of the night, please invite me to the banquet? I think it's a Hongmen feast! ”

He muttered, closed the invitation, turned around and walked to Li Mochou's side, and said softly, "Baby Master, I'll go see what kind of demon moths those rats are going to make trouble with." ”

"When they're settled, I'll come back and clean you up!"

Li Mochou never thought that someone could say such a sensual thing, he was sad and sad just now, and it was just that, when he heard what he called baby, his body was crispy.

"Go quickly, I'll wait for you to come back."

(End of chapter)