Heavy rain permeated the whole world, just under this rain and fog, there was an uninvited guest who took advantage of the wind and rain night, quietly came to Nanshan Park, and then met the local owner Chen Guhong.

In Chen Guhong's study, the two sat opposite each other across a bookcase.

The visitor put the lantern in his hand on the table, looked at the old friend sitting opposite, and said, "Senior Brother Chen, it's been a long time. Thinking about the two of you and I working together, looking back on it is like yesterday, in the blink of an eye, a full twenty years have passed. ”

Chen Guhong glanced at the lantern and said slowly: "If you have nothing to do, you will go to the Three Treasures Palace, you came to see me tonight, I don't think you came to reminisce about the past." ”

The visitor was none other than Qingluan, the governor of Weidu, Bai Chouqiu. He was originally a person from Liaodong, born in the Hun Tian Sect of the Ten Evil Dao Sects, and the reason why he called Chen Guhong a senior brother was because the famous master of Nanshan Garden in Jiuhe Mansion was actually born in the Ten Evil Dao Sects, although the two belonged to different sects, but because the Ten Evil Dao Sects were in the same breath, there was nothing wrong with calling him a senior brother.

Speaking of the Ten Sects of the Evil Path, I have to mention the Twelve Sects of the Righteous Path. Between the two, it can be said that the Tao and the devil are of the same origin.

After the Spring and Autumn Period, the ancestral dragon dominated the world. After Zulong, Emperor Wen admired Taoism and ruled by inaction. When Emperor Wu arrived, he adopted the advice of Confucianism, deposed the hundred schools of thought and respected Confucianism alone, and the most powerful Taoist was suppressed by Confucianism and was torn apart.

As a result, Taoism was divided into two factions, one faction was headed by the Zhengyi sect, which was orthodox, and later merged with Buddhism, gradually forming the prototype of the twelve sects of the righteous path in the future. The other faction is based on Taoism, hybrid witchcraft, magic, yin and yang, miscellaneous and other schools of thought, and became a family of its own, and then left the Central Plains and went to Liaodong. With the location as the boundary, it is divided into two major gates, north and south.

As the saying goes, the Tao is divided into yin and yang, and people have life and death. Both are based on Taoism and have the same origin, but the emphasis is different.

Taishang Taoist ancestor once had a saying that "heaven and earth are not benevolent and all things are dogs", and there are many cold-eyed words in the Tao Te Ching, which shows that Taoism has benevolence and unkindness, affection and ruthlessness. The inhumanity and ruthlessness of Taoism were inherited and carried forward by the ten sects of the North Daomen, and its founding patriarch had the saying that "the world will not be harmed by the slightest benefit, and the world will not be taken by the world", which can be seen.

And because the Ten Sects of the Northern Daomen once helped the Golden Horde invade the Central Plains and slaughter Confucian scholars, they were regarded as outliers by the Southern Daomen, and were called "evil ways".

The ten sects of the evil path are: the Daoless Sect, the Maiden Sect, the Soap Pavilion Sect, the Yin and Yang Sect, the Dao Seed Sect, the Mending Heaven Sect, the Forgetfulness Sect, the Tianle Sect, the Hun Tian Sect, and the True Transmission Sect.

Among the ten sects, the Wudao Sect is the most powerful, known as the Ten Great Elders, and the former master of the Great Grandmaster is one of them.

The second is the Lady Sect, most of the disciples in the sect are women, and there are occasionally a few men, and most of them are not in the climate. The women of this sect and the women of the Xuannu Sect who will never marry are almost two extremes, black and white.

The disciples of the Nu Sect are good at the art of collecting yin and supplementing yang, forcibly taking the true yuan of others, and taking it as their own, so the progress of cultivation is quite fast, in addition to many charm techniques, against the enemy, many realms are higher than them but those who are not strong-minded, often lose the move, so the power of the Nu Sect is second only to the Wudao Sect.

Among the ten sects of the evil path, the Hun Tian Sect has the least momentum, and the number of true sects is the least.

From this point of view, the two have some words in common.

Bai Chou Qiu said: "Since the previous generation of the Holy Monarch ascended a hundred years ago, there has been no one in my Ten Sects of the Evil Dao to succeed to the position of the Holy Monarch, so that it has been torn apart, and the rivers are declining, if it is not maintained by the Holy Maiden over the years, I am afraid that even this Central Plains will not be able to step forward half a step." ”

Chen Guhong said indifferently: "How about the Ten Sects, what does it have to do with me?"

Bai Chouqiu said: "You are a person from the Ten Sects, how can you say that it has nothing to do with you?"

Chen Guhong sneered: "When I was hunted down and killed by the people of the Zhengyi Sect back then, where were the people of our Ten Sects?"

Bai Chouqiu said softly: "In today's imperial court. ”

The expression on Chen Guhong's face suddenly froze, and he wondered: "Imperial court?"

Bai Chouqiu nodded and said: "You have lived in seclusion in a corner of the country all these years, and you don't know how many major events have happened, under the integration of the Holy Maiden, except for the five sects of Wudao, Maiden, Dao Seed, Soap Pavilion, and Yin and Yang, the other five sects have all entered the capital when Tianbao was five years old, and obeyed the dispatch of the Holy Maiden." ”

Chen Guhong sneered, "What about the five most powerful sects? I'm afraid they are not all in the northwest! People are torn apart in the northwest to seal the king, and Taiyun is elected as the new holy monarch, but our five sects can only survive under the roof of other people's houses." ”

Bai Chouqiu's face was slightly embarrassed.

The Ten Sects of the Evil Path are naturally not monolithic, and the various disputes in them are not necessarily worse than the Twelve Sects of the Righteous Path. The ten sects originated in Liaodong, but the five major sects moved to the northwest one after another, and the time was even earlier than the founding of the Great Wei Dynasty, which led to today's northwest moves.

After a moment of silence between the two, Chen Guhong spoke again: "Okay, don't talk about this. When you came to see me this time, I don't think you want to tell me how the situation is in the imperial capital, so please speak up if you have anything to say. ”

Bai Chouqiu stopped going around the bend and said bluntly: "As far as I know, you have received several guests. ”

Chen Guhong played with taste: "So what?"

Bai Chouqiu said: "That's the Qin criminal of the imperial court, I was ordered by the governor to arrest the important criminal, and now they are hiding in your Nanshan Garden, so I want to ask you to help one or two." ”

Seeing that Chen Guhong was indifferent, Bai Chouqiu added, "This is not only the meaning of Lord Dudu, but also the meaning of the Holy Maiden." ”

Chen Guhong chuckled lightly and said sarcastically: "Holy Maiden, what is a Holy Maiden? The patriarch's testament clearly stated that the Holy Maiden must abide by chastity, not be bound by red dust, not be affectionate, and not have desires, but which one of our Holy Maidens has done? They are all married and have children, where can they still be worthy of the word 'holy'." ”

Bai Chouqiu was suddenly silent and speechless.

According to the reason, if the Holy Monarch is not there, the Holy Maiden is the person in power of the entire Ten Sects of the Evil Dao, but it is precisely because the Holy Maiden has already married that she has lost the name of righteousness, which makes it possible for the other five sects to openly disobey the Holy Maiden's orders, and even promote Taiyun as the new Holy Monarch, openly making enemies of the Holy Maiden.

However, Bai Chouqiu will not retreat because of this, since it doesn't make sense to talk about feelings and righteousness, then the coercion is enough, and he said with a needle hidden in his words: "Senior Brother Chen, you can not help, and I can't do anything to you, but after all, this errand was ordered by the Governor, and it will be difficult for the Governor to investigate it in the future." ”

Chen Guhong sneered, "Since Qingluanwei is so powerful, why do you ask me for help? Besides, I was never afraid of the great Zhengyi Sect back then, so will I be afraid of you Qingluanwei today? I want to see how I can't be good." ”

Bai Chouqiu saw that Chen Guhong did not let go at all, after all, he was asking for help, coercion was not good, and he could still be tempted, so his tone softened again, "Then do you want to re-establish your true lineage?"

Chen Guhong's face was expressionless.

Bai Chouqiu added, "With the support of the imperial court." ”

Chen Guhong's face still didn't have much expression, but his pupils suddenly became a little larger at this moment.