Tongcheng, Taihe Prefecture, is located fifty miles north of the border line between Taihe Prefecture and Chen Guojing Prefecture in the south.

The heavy rain fell for several days, so that the streets of Tongcheng were not very crowded, and even if people occasionally went out, they only put on a good hat and rushed to their destination, and the whole Tongcheng was in a kind of extreme silence and extreme noise.

The palace of Tongcheng, all rooms, including the gatehouse, are lit with pale yellow lights, and under the clouds, there is a sense of warmth. The backyard of the government office, a small courtyard with a prescription of dozens of feet, hides countless masters. Most of them are dressed in black, with long knives at their waists, and some are equipped with long swords. These masters didn't care about themselves at all, some were under the corridor, some were in the corner of the courtyard, and some were somewhere on the roof. The rain fell from their faces, but they didn't react in the slightest, and they didn't even blink when the splash of rain hit their eyes.

The sound of steady footsteps sounded from outside the courtyard, and the sound of rustling in the rain was particularly obvious. All the guards in the courtyard were on guard, and some of the guards began to hide their figures, trying to hide themselves out of sight of outsiders.

The footsteps stopped at the gate of the courtyard, as if they were being identified by the brothers at the gate. The ridge of the courtyard gate dripped strings of water droplets and knocked on the umbrellas of the visitors, and the sound was dull.

"Please come in, it's Lord Zhou!" The guard at the door nodded lightly to Zhou Ping in front of him, and reminded the brothers in the courtyard that it was Lord Zhou who came in.

The umbrella was lifted slightly, revealing a long face, with a straight face, a slight beard on the chin, and a deep and bottomless look.

The guard heard the sound of the door opening from the inside, and hurriedly handed the seal in his hand back to Zhou Ping's hand, and the body turned to the outside side, and the rain suddenly fell on the body that had not been wet, and the chill hit the top of his head, but the guard remained motionless.

Zhou Ping put the umbrella sideways and handed it into the door first, and then walked in a few steps, some rain fell on his face, and even fell from his beard, but Zhou Ping didn't care at all, and ran directly to the main house.

Pausing at the bottom of the stairs at the door of the main house, Zhou Ping first bowed, and then sang loudly: "Subordinate Zhou Ping, come to meet His Royal Highness the eldest prince!"

The lights in the room flickered, probably caused by His Highness suddenly getting up, followed by the sound of footsteps walking to the door of the house.

"Come on in. Yang Jian opened the door and enthusiastically walked down the steps to welcome Zhou Ping.

Zhou Ping hurriedly greeted him himself, without letting His Highness get drenched in a little rain, and then the two walked into the room together.

Yang Jian was dressed in white, with a crane tattoo on it, a black hairband tied on his forehead, and in the center was a red gemstone that looked like it was worth a lot. Zhou Ping only had time to see this, and was invited to the desk by Yang Jian.

"Your Highness should also pay more attention to your body and not let yourself be too tired. Zhou Ping looked at Yang Jian's somewhat darkened eyes, a little worried and a little distressed, and immediately opened his mouth to advise.

"Hehe, Lord Zhou doesn't know, at this time, it has come to the critical moment of my Great Sui, and there are many soldiers on the front line who are working hard in a foreign country, how can I, Yang Jian, care about this military affairs because of a little fatigue?" Yang Jian poured a cup of tea for Zhou Ping first, and Zhou Ping immediately took it with both hands, and listened to Yang Jian's later text.

"And my father's health has been getting worse and worse recently, what is easy in the great Sui country? There is a dam at the mouth of Haizhou that has been washed away, and there are fifth-order beasts in Leizhou, these things have fallen on my shoulders, since I have become the great prince of thousands of people in the Sui country, I am desperate to do these things, and I have to do them well. ”

Zhou Pingyuan was the teacher of the two princes of the Sui State and had a noble status. It's just that the second prince has been working as a proton in Chen State all the year round, and the eldest prince is by his side all day long, and slowly there is a difference in his heart. Now that the two princes are getting bigger and bigger, the canonization of His Royal Highness the Prince is slowly on the agenda, and Zhou Ping has also pulled himself and some of his officialdom allies into Yang Jian's chariot.

"It's because the old minister didn't think it through, it's better to find martial arts masters from today onwards, and let them give His Highness some true qi every day. This can also strengthen the body a little, and His Highness's body still needs to be well protected after all. ”

Yang Jian smiled: "Okay, then this matter will be handed over to Lord Zhou." ”

Zhou Ping nodded, and the two were silent for a moment, after all, Zhou Ping couldn't help but talk about that matter.

"Your Highness, Your Royal Highness the Second Prince, what should I do?"

The smile on Yang Jian's face retracted, and he lowered his head and sighed.

It all started with last night's secret report from the Raven Guard. Since the last time there was information that Yang Changlin and the Jiangcheng sect in Jingzhou were beheaded together, the crow guards in Jingzhou have been exploring the truth of this news. Finally, the secret news came last night.

Someone dug up Yang Changlin's grave, and the person inside was not Yang Changlin at all, there was not the slightest trace of cultivation, and the stitched head looked different.

Yang Changlin was wandering in Jingzhou at this time, and he didn't know when he would come to Taihe Prefecture, and he might even go directly to Yunzhou to find the king of Sui directly across Haizhou in the east of Taihe Prefecture.

And the King of Sui has always favored the second son, if Yang Changlin was given the opportunity to find the King of Sui, and Yang Jian led the troops to fight outside. At that time, I am afraid that the candidate for the son of the world will fall on Yang Changlin.

Zhou Ping naturally didn't want to see the defeat of Yang Jian, who had invested for so many years and was like his own son, but from last night to today, Yang Jian had not made a decision, which made Zhou Ping feel a little procrastinated, so he came over to inquire about it on such a rainy day.

"Your Highness......" Zhou Ping called softly, Yang Jian shook it, and then smiled apologetically, he actually lost his mind.

"Your Highness, this is your most important moment, you must not have the kindness of a woman, the old minister feels that he should immediately send a crow guard to infiltrate Jingzhou and find His Royal Highness the Second Prince, whether it is to bring it back or ...... We'll all have to find him first, what do you think, Your Highness?"

"But the commander of Chang just went to Leizhou a few days ago to catch that strange beast, and there is no god refining master in the crow guard today, according to the intelligence, there are many masters of the Qi Transformation Realm around the second brother, and now send the crow guard, wouldn't it let everyone go to death?" After Yang Jian finished speaking, he felt that he might be a little misleading, and hurriedly said: " I don't want to kill the second brother, I just hope to bring the second brother back, but the second brother's guards are afraid that they won't think like this, the crow guards can't fight hard in the past, and the second brother's guards will be ruthless, which will make the situation more rigid. ”

"The old minister has been thinking about this question for a day today, Your Highness, in addition to the regular commander, there are also many masters in the crow guard, and the old minister has sent secret letters one after another to invite him to come, and he has found some masters of the great sects of Yunzhou. What's more, we have the first opportunity, we only need to send some masters to guard the road from Haizhou to Yunzhou, and some masters lead the elite of the crow guard to pursue in Jingzhou, so we will definitely be able to catch His Royal Highness the Second Prince. Zhou Ping finished talking about what he had done and his own plan, and then looked at Yang Jian's face was a little unpleasant.

"Is there anything wrong with Your Highness?"

"Well, not really. Yang Jian waved his hand: "It's just that I think that the brother who was so loving back then is now a little uncomfortable to hunt him down with all the strength in his hands." ”

Zhou Ping also sighed: "If you can, the old minister doesn't want His Highness to turn against the second prince, but the matter of establishing a prince is very big, if His Royal Highness directly gives this power to the second prince, the second prince is not right-hearted but bullies His Highness, wouldn't it be even more heartbroken?"

"People are like this, when it is time to fight, you naturally have to fight, otherwise others will step on your head, what is the purpose of me assisting His Highness to fight for the position of the son of the world? For the glory and wealth of the old minister? The old minister has no children under his knees, and he is also prosperous in the Sui Kingdom, why do you want to do this for those things? The old minister just doesn't want His Highness to give up the position of the prince to the second prince in the future. After all, the second prince has been in Yangzhou for so many years, and no one knows what he has become now. If it's still the same as back then, it's fine, but if it's tainted by Chen Guo and becomes a deep-thinking person, Your Highness ......"

"Say no more, I know. Yang Jian motioned for Zhou Ping to stop.

"Just do it according to Lord Zhou's arrangement, but there is one thing to let everyone go...... The person who brought back the second brother knows. Yang Jian raised his finger: "Whoever dares to kill my second brother, I want that there is no place for anyone close to him in the whole world." ”

Zhou Ping frowned, and said in his heart that you are still too indecisive, and you are still thinking about your brother's safety when it comes to this.

"How is the battle on the front line of Dongyang Lake?" Yang Jianming didn't want to talk about this topic anymore, but Zhou Ping made his own plan in his heart and began to discuss the war on the border.

"General Wang Chenghu's naval army is strong, but after such a long confrontation with General Su, as well as the consumption of Haizhou naval forces and some large warships, the strength of Wang Chenghu's command has been reduced to the extreme, according to the secret report of Yawei, there were nearly 25,000 soldiers on the south bank of Dongyang Lake last night. ”

"Oh? Chen Guo has already started sending new soldiers to the battlefield?"

"That's right, these 25,000 people should be newly recruited soldiers in Jingzhou, and even some peasants have used their weapons, and General Su plans to attack the enemy camp two nights later, trying to penetrate Wang Chenghu by these 25,000 people. ”

"In this case, Dongyang Lake will be defeated within ten days?" Yang Jian calculated in his heart, a little surprised.

"Yes, if everything goes well, in ten days, His Royal Highness can go to Dongyang Lake to boost morale and march towards the entire Jingzhou, if Wang Chenghu retreats in the face of difficulties, then Jingzhou can still defend it, if Wang Chenghu dies in Dongyang Lake, the Great Sui will go down to the entire territory of Jingzhou within a month!"

Yang Jian's left fist hit the palm of his right hand, and he said excitedly: "Okay! In this way, my Great Sui's hundred-year-old revenge will be avenged!"

"Not bad. Zhou Ping imagined that scene, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but hook.

In this way, the prosperity of the Sui Kingdom also has the help of me Zhou Ping!

The pale yellow light at the window mouth burned until late at night, and Zhou Ping left the small courtyard where Yang Jian lived temporarily, and several guards sent him out of the mansion and did not stay away.

A few days later, the heads of the four major sects in Yunzhou successively received a secret letter from Zhou Ping inviting him and promising a reward after the success.

In the command department of the crow guard, in addition to the commander who went to Leizhou to catch strange beasts and a deputy commander, two deputy commanders and a thousand households with strong martial arts also began to rush to Taihe Prefecture.

Everyone received only one task written on the secret letter.

Encirclement and suppression of Yang Changlin...... The killer has a bounty of 10,000 taels, and you can choose a place in Yunzhou to be crowned an earl!

These people arrived in Taihe Prefecture one after another, except for the three Yawei who could be instructed to go to Haizhou to seal the road together, the four masters of the rivers and lakes all went to Jingzhou to arrest Yang Changlin.

In the meantime, there are swordsmen, known as fighting all over Yunzhou. Never met an adversary.

Youdaoke was originally a general of Wupin in the Wei State, but he was dissatisfied with his boss and resigned from his official position and came to the Sui State to establish a sect.

There are boxing masters, and I heard that he once killed a fourth-order tiger beast with three punches and two kicks.

There is Lu Evil Tiger's brother Lu Evil Zen.