In the hall of the Imperial Palace, Deng Mingqing, Yao Hongyi, Toloti, Zhu Que, and a person wearing a silver mask stood on the steps of the circular hall.

Yao Hongyi said: "They agreed to our conditions, but said that there was a request before signing the sticker, which required us to let the Tianxia people in the city who were unwilling to serve the kingdom of God leave, and let them go to the overseas islands to survive. ”

Deng Mingqing said lightly: "Negotiate conditions with us, what do they rely on?"

Toloti looked at the Governor's Mansion and said, "I can sense that there is a powerful divine force there, and there should be a god protecting them." ”

Deng Mingqing looked at Zhu Que, who replied, "Captain, he is right. ”

Deng Mingqing thought for a while and said, "Toloti, can you and Zhu Que work together to suppress this god?"

"I haven't been getting this body for a long time, and although the source of the body is good, it will take a few more days to get used to it and have enough strength. ”

Zhu Que replied: "Lord Wei, that divine power is very powerful, if I am alone, I am not completely sure now. ”

Deng Mingqing knew what Zhu Que meant, he had just fought with Qi Yu, and his strength had not yet recovered, and many means could not be used, he looked at the man wearing the silver mask again, and said, "Then Mr. Yin, what do you mean?"

The masked man said, "I think I can promise them." ”

Deng Mingqing said: "Can you tell me the reason?"

The masked man faced the empty circular hall, and a slightly magnetic voice sounded: "Don't forget our first purpose, that is to establish our kingdom of God, what we need is the believers who can serve us, obey us, and worship us, those pure Tianxia people will not worship us, nor will they really be controlled by us, we let them go, but they will use the rest of the people to dominate." ”

"Then it is better to kill them and make them sacrifices," Toloti said casually. ”

The man in the silver mask looked at him and said, "Sacrifice is wanted, but not now, killing and tyranny will only plunge the whole city into chaos, it will only make them fear and resist us, it is difficult to establish an order, and it only takes a moment to destroy it, and then we need to spend more effort to appease them, it is too redundant."

Now we need to guide them and let the managers among them manage them for us, so that they feel that there is no change from the original, so that they can be subtly transformed, which is why we choose to use soft means instead of coming up and killing them. ”

"But what if everyone follows those Tianxia people?"

Yao Hongyi stroked his beard and said: "This is impossible, there are more than a million people in Ruiguang City, but there is an upper limit to the population that can be accommodated by the overseas islands, and I can ask the capital not to provide ships, so that this kind of thing can only rely on the Security Patrol Association, their transportation capacity is limited, it is good to be able to transfer twenty or thirty thousand people in a short time, and this organization is composed of pure-blooded Tianxia people, then they will definitely transport the pure-blood Tianxia people first, and the rest of the people will only feel abandoned, in this way, it is more beneficial to us." ”

Toloti thought for a moment and said: "It makes sense and is very interesting, the mortals of those tribes are very simple, enslaving them never has to think about too complicated issues, it seems that I am going to usher in a different group of believers, order is necessary, I agree with you." ”

Deng Mingqing thought about it for a while, he always felt that he seemed to have ignored something, but he couldn't think of it for a while, but he didn't object.

After he walked out of the hall, a close attendant came over and said, "Captain, the people of the Xuan Mansion are evacuating, and they are summoning people from all over the country to abandon the various branches. ”

Deng Mingqing said: "I know." He thought about it again and ordered: "Go and send a letter and call Qi Feng back." ”

The cronies and entourage said: "The captain, over there at the Honghe Pass?"

Deng Mingqing said: "There is a lot less of him, he doesn't have much strength there, and when I come back here, I feel that I can use him better." ”

At this moment, the people who were trapped in the Governor's Mansion Manor also received a reply quickly.

Mr. Yao said: "Goddess Yaqiu, they agreed, so according to your opinion, we need to wait now?"

Goddess Yaqiu said: "Yes, the turbidity tide is receding, and it has subsided very quickly in the past few days, and the longer it is delayed, the greater the possibility of success after lighting the beacon fire." ”

Wang Gong said: "But they won't give it to us for too long." ”

Goddess Yaqiu said: "It will take at least three days. ”

Liu Fengquan proposed: "We can't just wait and do nothing, before signing the sticker, we have to put forward more requirements after the establishment of the kingdom of God, the more we ask, the more they will not understand our purpose, and it can also make them think that we really accept it and think about our own future interests." ”

Mr. Yao looked at Yang Jue and said, "Governor, what do you think?"

Yang Jue thought for a while and said, "I think Mr. Liu's suggestion is very good. ”

Mr. Yao smiled and said, "Governor, if you have anything in the future, please ask Mr. Liu more." He looked at the few people present and said, "Then I will negotiate this matter with Yao Hongyi." ”

He stood up, waved his hand, and said, "Liu Gong, Wang Xuanxiu, and Goddess Yaqiu, I will bother you to take care of the Metropolitan Governor here, and I will wait outside, waiting for the moment when the beacon fire is lit." ”

Several people hurriedly returned the salute.

Mr. Yao nodded and walked out.

Goddess Yaqiu looked at his back and said, "Mr. Yao, you will see." ”

Mr. Yao didn't look back, just pushed the door open and walked out in the sunlight projected outside.

In the Xuanfu, Xiang Chun was arranging the retreat in the affairs hall, when suddenly the door was pushed open from the outside, Xu Ying broke in, and asked eagerly: "Senior brother, do you want to leave here with the Xuanfu up and down?"

Xiang Chun didn't raise his head and said, "The teacher is gone, we can't fight against the Divine Captain Army, what can we do if we don't leave?"

Xu Ying said excitedly: "But how can you leave at this time?

Xiang Chun paused, then continued to sign the Chinese book, and said, "Duhufu? What does Duhufu have to do with us? According to the Tianxia ritual system, Duhufu should have been under Xuanfu, but now they don't follow the Xia system, what is wrong with me abandoning them?"

Xu Ying said: "That's different, it's different." ”

Xiang Chun said: "It's no different. ”

Xu Ying walked up and said, "Senior brother, although the teacher is no longer there, there is still Senior Nephew Ji, Senior Nephew Ji is going to be able to cultivate to the third chapter of the book, can't you wait a little longer?"

Xiang Chun said: "It's too late, in the current situation, even if there is one more of him, it is useless, and he is a person who has never participated in the battle, even if he has cultivation, what can he do?"

Xu Ying stiffened his neck and said, "Senior brother, I won't leave." ”

Xiang Chun looked at him, nodded and said, "Whatever you want." ”

Xu Ying clenched his fists, turned around, and walked away quickly.

A black-robed man who covered his head and face with a smock suddenly appeared behind Xiang Chun and said with a smile: "Senior nephew Xiang, do you need me to keep him? Actually, as long as you shout everyone together, I can keep everyone." ”

Xiang Chun said: "No need, if you want to go, you can leave, if you want to stay, I won't force them." ”

He knew that he couldn't convince everyone, but as long as the fire of the Xuanfu was kept, the Xuanfu would not perish.

Moreover, he has already negotiated with the Security Patrol Committee that he will choose an uninhabited island overseas as a new station for Xuanfu, where he will re-establish a new Xuanfu to protect the overseas islands, and wait until the turbidity tide subsides, and then send people out to find news from the mainland.

After Xu Ying left the main hall, he came to a secret room along the secret passage of Qishan, where a young scribe wearing a mask was looking at something, and when the latter saw him come in, he hurriedly saluted respectfully and said, "Uncle." ”

Xu Ying asked anxiously, "Senior nephew, have you succeeded in cultivating the exercises given to you?"

The young scribe bowed his head and did not answer.

Xu Ying hurriedly said, "What about you?"

The young scribe whispered, "I haven't cultivated yet. ”

Xu Ying asked, "How long will it take?"

The young scribe was silent for a while, then raised his head and said, "Senior nephew has not started to cultivate. ”

"What?" Xu Ying's eyes widened, and he said, "What did you say?"

The young scribe said loudly, "Senior nephew is saying that Senior Nephew has not yet started cultivating. ”

Xu Ying showed a look of disbelief, pointed with his hand, and said angrily: "You, how dare you? You say, why don't you want to cultivate?"

The young scribe lowered his head again and said, "I just don't want to cultivate. ”

Xu Ying couldn't help but be angry, and said: "I took the risk to bring you back from outside, I work hard for your affairs every day, I went to ask the teacher to pass on the best exercises to you, for your sake, I had to let the Xuan Xiu in the mansion attract danger for you, you actually said that you don't want to cultivate? That's how you repay me, repay the Xuanfu? Are you right about your deceased teacher?"

The young scribe also suddenly erupted under his angry reprimand, and yelled at him, "But I just don't want to cultivate!"

He tore off his mask, revealing a very immature face, at most fourteen or fifteen years old, and he said loudly: "You have dressed me up and worn these propped up clothes and shoes every day, saying that it is not for people to find out their age!"

He pointed to the ground, "He also put this mask on me, saying that he was afraid that people would find out, and I did it, but why, why can I only stay in this dark place all day and can't go out? You know? I feel like a prisoner, forced to do things I don't want to do every day, I don't want to cultivate! I want to go out, I want to go home!"

Xu Ying's fingers trembled and pointed at him, and said, "You, you...... Don't you want to get revenge on your teacher?

The young scribe whispered, "I don't remember him. ”

"What did you say?"

The young scribe raised his voice and said, "I said I don't even remember him! He just instructed me to leave for a month and a half, and then you came, saying that you wanted revenge, I don't understand, Daddy asked me to come, take care of me, I will listen to you, and say that I will do whatever you ask me to do, I listened, but do you know, uncle, I don't like this place at all, I don't like such days with no end in sight!"

Xu Ying trembled all over, and said, "Okay, okay, you don't want to be here," he pointed outward, "You go, you go, I won't stop you......"

The young scribe looked at him, brushed past him, and ran out.

Xu Ying took a few steps back, lost his eyes, and sat on the stone bench weakly.

After a while he looked up, saw the young scribe standing before him, and asked, "What are you doing when you come back?

The young scribe hesitated for a moment, and then said in a low voice, "Uncle Shi, are you okay? I was so rude just now, I shouldn't have yelled at Uncle Shi like this." ”

Xu Ying shook his head and said, "No, you're right, I was too harsh on you before," he smiled bitterly, "Why do I have to impose on you what I can't do myself?"

He looked up and said, "Go ahead, do what you like." ”

The young scribe hesitated for a moment, raised his hand and waved respectfully at him, he walked to the door, turned around and said, "Uncle Shi, I know that I am a disciple of Xuanfu, I will go home to see my father and mother, and I will come back." After speaking, he saluted again, and hurried away.

Xu Ying seemed to think of something, stood up suddenly, came to the door, and looked at him: "It's not peaceful outside, be careful all the way." ”

The young scribe's voice came from far away at the other end of the passage, "I see, thank you, uncle." ”

Xu Ying watched him leave, stood silent for a long time, and then turned around and turned back to Xuanfu.

In the southern wasteland of the Duhu Mansion, outside a deserted mound, a red light fell, and the peach charm brushed away the light, and walked out from the inside, his eyes flashed with fire slightly, looking at the surface.

After a while, a unique trace appeared on the ground, stretching towards the mound in front of him, and he thought to himself, "What are these people from the Restoration Society doing here?"

Following the traces, he found a small cavern on the back of the mound, but when he entered, he found that there was a huge cavern with various golden lines carved into it.

He glanced at it and said, "This is ...... The secret mansion set up by Xuan Xiu?"

It's just that this place looks dilapidated at the moment, as if it has experienced a fierce battle, there are several corpses of Xuan Xiu on the ground, he walked all the way to the inside, and saw a huge hole like a wellhead on the ground.

And a man dressed in a Xuanfu robe, leaning on the wall of the well, saw that his chest was collapsed and his limbs were broken.

Tao Dingfu looked at it, but found that this person still had a breath, he immediately stepped forward, reached out and pressed the person's forehead, and sent a ray of vitality into it.

This Xuan Xiu was nourished by vitality, and after a while, he slowly opened his eyes, but he was hit hard, and his vision was blurred, but he vaguely saw that it was a person dressed as a Taoist in front of him, and he immediately wrapped his smashed palm with his heartlight, and grabbed the hand of the peach charm.

Tao Dingfu looked at him like this and said, "Fellow Daoist, if you use your heart again, I will save you from coming back." ”

That Xuan Xiu didn't let go, grabbed his hand tightly, and said, "The north, the pass, the Zhenyuan point, please." With that, his hand suddenly let go.

Tao Dingfu was stunned for a moment, sighed, and said helplessly: "I really don't want to care about Xuan Xiu's affairs." He gathered all the corpses of Xuan Xiu for a moment, and then walked out of it, and when he got outside, he raised his head and said, "The north is it." ”

With a bang, a red light rose from the flat ground, drawing a long rainbow through the sky, and flew far to the north.

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