The battle between the martial arts and the green forest in front of the city of Chengshi, although it was the first time that the two families clashed each other, and they explored each other's details and realities, but they were also earth-shattering, crying ghosts and gods, with many casualties.

This battle is not only the attention of the first two sides.

On top of the imperial court, Prime Minister Cui Yanzhao repeatedly sent people to Caozhou to investigate, after all, this martial arts alliance and even the war with the green forest were arranged by him. Tian Lingzi watched the play coldly, he didn't seem to care much about the victory or defeat of these two, in his opinion, it was not a good thing for anyone to dominate the rivers and lakes, and dividing and ruling was the best policy. Outside the imperial court, Tian Lingzi preferred to pay attention to Wang Duo and Song Wei.

The grass army is naturally also concerned, this battle is in Caozhou, on the territory of the grass army, Wang Xianzhi, Huang Chao, and Shang Junchang are also well aware of the impact of the victory or defeat of the green forest on them. Not to mention Ling Xiao in Juancheng and Lei Yuan in Taihu Lake, the victory or defeat of this battle is even related to whether the entire Jianghu is surnamed Wu or Green.

In addition to this, Manichaeism had long been well prepared and had to wait until the time was ripe.

In the underground palace of Wanqiu, Chenzhou, the main altar of Manichaeism, Fang Jie asked: "How are the two families of Wulin and Lulin fighting?"

The Lord of the Yang Realm replied: "The front part of the martial arts and the green forest in the city of the Cheng clan have clashed several times, and each has been damaged, but the three factions of Tianren, Shaolin, and Maoshan have not yet participated in the war. ”

When Fang Di heard this, he was dissatisfied in his heart: "Until now, even the Hinayana clan can't be defeated, when will you get Taihu Lake?

The Yang Realm Lord's voice was as usual: "That person said that the Cheng clan has come with a group of green forest masters to reinforce it, I'm afraid that if you don't have to go to Taihu Lake, presumably the three major factions of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism will have to take action in advance." ”

Fang Di pondered for a moment: "Who can force the three factions to attack?"

The Lord of the Yang Realm said: "At present, I only know that there are Changbai, Thief Door, Demon Monk and others. ”

Fang Di sneered: "Heh, Bingmen and Changbai don't hide well to enjoy the blessings, do you also come to this troubled water?" Very good, hahaha, very good!"

In this huge world, in addition to these forces, there is still one side of the battle of the martial arts and green forests, and that is the Tangmen in Shuzhong.

In the Tang Family Fort in Shuzhong, the old lady Tang Mei's body and bones are getting thinner and thinner, and all the rooms in the fort are beginning to fight for power and profit openly and secretly, and they have to break their heads.

Tang Mei's vein is the Tang Sect's long house, but he only gave birth to two sons - Tang Jianzheng and Tang Jianqi. Tang Mei's eldest son, Tang Jianzheng, has been sick and died for many years, leaving only one son, Tang Jue, who is not yet twenty years old.

That Tang Jianzheng was also unlucky, a few years ago he was in the prime of life, and he died mysteriously. Everyone in the Tang Sect believed that Tang Mei's second son Tang Jianqi killed his brother and sister-in-law, and Tang Jianqi had already escaped from Tangjiabao, he was only in his early twenties that year, and before he married a wife and had children, he took on the reputation of a traitor to the Tang Sect and was exiled.

Tang Mei's only two sons died and fled, only to feel that their liver and intestines were broken, so they devoted all their thoughts to their only grandson Tang Jue, and cared for and taught him in every way. Tang Mei didn't believe that his second son Tang Jianqi would do such a degrading thing, but without the two brothers Tang Jianzheng and Tang Jianqi, the long house had already begun to decline. Tang Mei secretly checked for a few years and didn't have very much evidence, but he knew clearly in his heart that it was not the work of any one room to deal with the Changfang lineage, and without the cooperation of five or six rooms, they would never dare to make such a big move.

However, Tang Mei was nearly seventy, coupled with hard work day and night, and his thoughts were heartfelt, and finally reached the point where the lamp ran out, which also meant that the Tang Sect's Changfang vein had gone from decay to despair.

There are a total of eight rooms in the Tang Gate in Shuzhong, of which the head of the four rooms, Tang Fang, is the most ambitious. He often muttered at night, "The Tang Gate has been in the hands of the Changfang for thousands of years, and it's time to change positions." ”

The other rooms with the same mind did not have Tang Fang's ability and means.

The old lady Tang Mei still left after all, he did not designate his grandson Tang Jue to be in charge of the Tang Gate, he only called Tang Fang to him, begging him not to kill them all, and leave a little blood for the long house. When Tang Mei was dying, he no longer had the arrogance and majesty of the past, begging Tang Fang like an old dog, and only when Tang was too addicted did he close his eyes and die.

Tang Fang is Tang Mei's younger brother, but the two are half-siblings and are not affectionate. He is only in his early fifties, but he is already the head of the house. And now, he is the master of one sect, the master of the Tang Sect.

Tang Fang is angular and angular, with eyebrows like a tiger, dressed in purple, luxurious but not vulgar. He didn't choose to kill Tang Jue, half because Tang Jue was insignificant, and his wisdom and martial arts were not outstanding among the young children of the Tang Sect, and the other half was naturally because of Tang Jue's mother, Yi Chengcheng.

This Yi Chengcheng is Tang Jianzheng's wife, Tang Jue's biological mother, and the most beautiful woman in the Tang Sect. The people in the Tang Gate don't need to compare her with the people outside the Tang Gate, the Tang Gate is the most beautiful, that is, the most beautiful in the world. "Love at first sight", her beauty is not as elusive as a delicate girl in the painting, nor is it as difficult to describe as a fairy in the sky, but the beauty of a living person, but it is unforgettable to see and think like crazy. Although Yi Chengcheng was nearly forty years old, her face was still soft, almost blown, and she looked less than thirty. If you want to save Tang Jue's life, it is not enough for the old lady to beg before she dies, but also to put on her body.

Tang Jue didn't know all this, and he had always endured his father's death and hatred. He is used to forbearance of everything, including the defection of his second uncle. As for the sacrifice of the old lady Tang Mei and his mother Yi Chengcheng, he still doesn't know.

The status of the Changfang One Pulse has plummeted, and Tang Jue's mother and son are the same.

When Tang Fang succeeded as the head of the Tang family, he only asked Tang Jue one sentence: "If there is chaos today, where should the Tang family go?"

Tang Jue's answer is the same as that of the old lady Tang Mei, the same as his father Tang Jianzheng, and the same as the heads of the long houses in previous dynasties: "If you don't go out of Bashu, you don't ask about the rivers and lakes." ”

This is the purpose of the Tang Gate in the past, or in other words, the purpose of the Tang Gate Changfang.

Wanting to let the Tang Sect go further, it is the voice of many houses except Changfang, but for thousands of years, the Changfang vein has been too stubborn and powerful, and they have a weak heart, until Tang Fang, who is unparalleled in wisdom and scheming, appears.

Tang let off his breath and smiled: "Sure enough, sure enough! Changfang has always been this kind of virtue! I think my Tang Sect is talking about heritage, strength, and prestige, why can't I go in and out of the rivers and lakes and do a big job? It is his turn to let the Salt Gang and the Heavenly People send these people to show off their power in front of the people? A hundred years ago, in the Anshi Rebellion, our ancestors missed the opportunity, this time Wang Huang raised troops, I, Tang Fang, will never let the Tang Sect miss the domination of the world again!"

Tang Jue listened to Tang Fang's arrogant words and didn't say another half a word, because no matter what he said, it was useless. He was young, but he knew it.

Tang Fang also ignored Tang Jue anymore and began to deploy a series of arrangements for Tangmen to go out of the mountain.

The rivers and lakes have long been divided into two by the green forest and the martial arts, and if the Tang Sect wants to go further in the rivers and lakes, it can only take food from these two mouths. Tang Fang knew very well that the four words "distant friendship and close attack" were the simplest and most effective strategic arrangement since ancient times, and Qin Xiang Fan Ju said that "the king is not as good as a distant friend and attack closely, and the inch is the king's inch, and the ruler is also the king's ruler", so that the Qin State was able to gradually swallow up the six countries. So, Tang Fang repaired a letter and sent someone to communicate with Wulin Ling Xiao, so that Ling Xiao could deal with the green forest in Huaibei with peace of mind, and south of the Huai River, there was Tang Men to help.

The Tang Gate first began to deploy and annex the green forest forces in the Bashu area, and then planned to move eastward, all the way to Taihu Lake, to the helm of the Yan Gang, and change the word "green forest" to "Tang Gate" - in the future, there will be no green forest in the world, only Tang Gate!

The subversive arrangement of the Tang Gate shocked everyone in the fort and was full of expectations. The people of the Tang Sect gradually faded away from the leisurely and leisurely in the past, and began to become busy and competitive.

It is not only the people in the Tang Sect who are shocked, but also the outsiders in the Tang Sect. No, the person who was hiding on the roof to eavesdrop, when he heard the news, kicked the uncovered green tile frizzily - a common and stupid miss.

The eavesdropper was a middle-aged man, dressed as a subordinate of the Tang Sect, and at this moment he was shocked by Tang Fang, so he ran away. At the same time, Tang Fang sent someone to chase after him.

In just one incense stick, hundreds of people were dispatched in the entire Tangjiabao to search for and hunt down this eavesdropping thief. This man couldn't get out for a while, so he had to go into an incense room and hide. The reason why it is a "fragrant room" instead of a "wing room" is because this house is the residence of Yi Chengcheng, and the fragrance inside is slightly drunk and smells very good.

Yi Chengcheng had already heard the shouts outside, and when she saw someone breaking into the room, she was calm: "There is a secret door here, you can hide first." ”

The man was a little surprised by this, but seemed to trust him very much, and got into it without saying a word.

The people of the Tang Gate rummaged through the cabinets and did not find this eavesdropping thief, and the secret door in the Yiqi City House, they did not find it, and they did not dare to search it, even if the long house has lost its position now.

Yi Chengcheng summoned Tang Jue again, and only then did he invite this eavesdropper. Tang Jue was surprised when he saw this person, but he didn't say anything, and only relied on his mother's arrangement.

The eavesdropper, about thirty years old, although covered with the clothes of the Tang Sect, still looked very sloppy, with hanging eyes and broom eyebrows, he unscrupulously found a stool to sit down, and looked at the mother and son.

Yi Qingcheng bowed and said: "I don't know where Mr. is, what is the so-called matter of coming to my Tang Sect?"

This man coughed a few times and took off his green hat, which turned out to be a bald monk, and then he spoke: "The old man's surname is Yan, and the person who gave him the nickname 'Wild Monk' is also." I came here to look for people for many days, and I didn't want to hear Tang Fang's. ”

Yi Chengcheng's mother and son were surprised when they heard it, Tang Men did not ask about the affairs of the rivers and lakes does not mean that the news in the rivers and lakes was cut off, the name of this "wild monk" is still quite loud, especially his pen, that mouth, there are many anecdotes in the world.

Yi Chengcheng asked, "I don't know who Master Yan is looking for, maybe the concubine can help one or two." ”

The wild monk looked at this crystal clear beauty, pressed down and was impatient, and did not hide it: "Her name is Yan Rushi, and she is my apprentice, do you know?"

It turned out that the wild monk was trapped in the "glass world" by Ye Lianxue, and the demon monk deliberately left some inconspicuous clues in order to get rid of the entanglement of the wild monk, so that he thought that he chased Huang Zhen to the Tang Gate in Shuzhong. After the wild monk got out of trouble, he thought he was smart but ran to this remote place stupidly.

With the means of wild monks, it is easy to sneak into Tangjiabao. It's just that after he entered the fort, he didn't find any trace of Huang Zhen for many days, but he saw Yi Chengcheng, a beautiful woman who captivated the country and the city, and he couldn't extricate himself for a while, shaking the Buddha nature, so he lingered in Tangjiabao for a few more days. Fortunately, the wild monks were affectionate and polite, and there was no wrongdoing. He witnessed Tang Mei's death again, and knew that the Tang Sect was about to change, so he secretly paid attention to Tang Fang's actions.

Yi Qingcheng heard this name, and after thinking about it, she said: "It seems that there is no such person in the Tang Sect......" As she spoke, she looked at Tang Jue again.

Tang Jue understood, and also spoke: "There is indeed no one named Yan Rushi in the fort. ”

The wild monk first caught a glimpse of Yi Chengcheng's slightly frowning eyebrows when he was thinking, he was very good-looking, he was not fascinated, he didn't want to be caught by Yi Chengcheng, he was embarrassed for a while, and finally said angrily: "What a 'demon monk', I deceived Lao Tzu and ran away for thousands of miles, see if Lao Tzu goes back and doesn't stink and beat you!"

Yi Chengcheng didn't blame the wild monk for his rude eyes, and suddenly he was a blessing again, and said sadly: "Master Yan, the concubine has one thing to ask for, and I hope it will be fulfilled." ”

Tang Jue and the wild monk were stunned at the same time.

Yi Chengcheng continued: "The Tang Sect Changfang has withered, and now only Jue'er is left, and I am afraid that I will inevitably be bullied in the future, and I will even worry about my life at any time. The concubine begged the master to take him out, not to learn how many skills he could learn from his side, to gain a little knowledge, but to be safe and sound. ”

When Tang Jue heard this, he felt uncomfortable in his heart, and choked up: "Mother...... I don't leave ......."

Before he finished speaking, he was cut off by Yi Chengcheng, but his tone was gentle rather than harsh: "Jue'er, you listen to your mother, you can't stay in Shuzhong any longer, and you will come to see your mother again when you have the ability in the future." ”

Sad and sad, for a while, life and death parted.

The wild monk couldn't bear the endless sorrow of the beautiful and weak son in front of him, and patted his chest and promised: "Madam, relax, the old man will not only ensure the safety of Linglang, but also let him increase his knowledge, grow his knowledge, and make heroes, and in a few years, he will be able to come back and take charge of the Tang Sect again......"

The more the wild monk spoke, the more outrageous he became, and the more he blew, the more capable he became, until he found that Yi Chengcheng's mother and son were dumbfounded, so he coughed twice to hide his embarrassment. Seeing that this wild monk was open-mouthed, Yi Chengcheng also hesitated for a while to hand over his son to this monk who didn't seem to be very reliable, but fortunately, even if the wild monk was unreliable, it was better than being scared in Tangjiabao.

After hiding for a few more days, the rumors in the fort gradually passed, and the wild monk and Tang Jue secretly left the fort at night. Yi Qingcheng hid the hatred and sorrow of the mother and son in the bottom of his heart, and after quietly instructing him, he asked Tang Juemo to worry about the things in the castle, and she would take care of it to keep the long house alive. And only Yi Chengcheng knew that now in this Tang Family Fort, she was not at the mercy and ravages of Tang Fang, otherwise she would not have pinned her hopes on the wild monk she had never met.