Perhaps it was late autumn, the cloudy and uncertain sky finally fell the last rain before the cold winter came, and under the night covered the sky, the misty Qianyang City seemed to be covered by a bleak veil, and the blurred world was full of coldness and darkness. In the entire Qianyang, only a few bits of fire still flickered around the imperial city.

In an eventful season, everyone protects themselves, and no one knows who will be in trouble at the next moment.

Late at night, from the east of the city, at the side entrance of a grand mansion, a carriage slowly drove out.

The carriage bypassed the imperial city and drove out from the northwest gate of Qianyang, this Fengxian Gate, known as the "Ghost Gate", rarely has pedestrians pass through on weekdays, because he leads to the bloodiest place in the whole of Qianyang.

Penal Department Prison.

It was dark, damp, and everywhere was scarlet blood mixed with the wails of dying souls.

The most serious criminals of the entire Dajing Dynasty are imprisoned here.

Zhang Renliang had a square face, tall and burly, and a black robe, like a judge slowly passing through this Huangquan Road. I don't know how long I walked, until I came to one of the blocked iron doors, Zhang Renliang's footsteps stopped. Just as he was about to raise his hand to push the door, he heard an old and hoarse voice from inside.

"I don't know if the prince is coming, I miss the welcome, and I ask the prince to forgive me. ”

Zhang Renliang raised his hand, and the guards on both sides bowed down and pushed down. He pushed open the door and walked into the dimly lit cell filled with the smell of must, and glanced at it for a moment before his eyes fell on Li Congjian, who was sitting cross-legged on the grass.

Zhang Renliang was silent for a moment, and looked at Li Congjian with a heavy face.

"Look at this posture, the Heavenly Master has been waiting for this king for a long time!"

Li Congjian shook his head with a smile and stared: "Poor Dao is not waiting for the prince, but just betting on whether the prince will come." ”

Zhang Renliang said: "In this way, the Heavenly Master is betting right?"

Li Congjian said: "With the talent of the prince, why is it difficult to bet on the right one?"

Zhang Renliang nodded slightly, smart people often can talk to each other in a few words. During the day, although it seems that Li Congjian's language is not good, he competes with each other. But Li Congjian's eyes were looking at Zhang Renliang, and what he was shouting in his mouth was His Majesty. If Zhang Renliang couldn't even notice this thought, then he shouldn't be sitting in this position now.

Then, Li Congjian sighed to himself: "It's difficult, but how to make the prince trustworthy." ”

Zhang Renliang doubted: "What about believing it, and what about not believing it?"

Li Congjian stroked his long beard lightly, and said in a faint voice: "Believe or not believe, there are only two results, it depends on how the prince chooses." ”

Zhang Ren's conscience was slightly cold, and he squinted at Li Congjian, thoughtful.

Li Congjian seemed to be prepared, and then took out a scroll from his arms. By the dim candle flame, Li Congjian slowly opened the scroll, and sixteen words were also written on it.

Zhang Ren's conscience was shocked, and a depression suddenly gathered in his chest, and he couldn't spit it out for a long time.

These sixteen words, each of which was like a sharp knife, pierced into Zhang Renliang's heart.

"The day the wind rises, the sun rises, the land of the heavens, the death of the gods. ”

Li Congjian said: "This hexagram is actually thirty-two characters, the first sixteen characters were stolen by thieves, and the poor Dao power should have been contributed to the people of the world, and the last sixteen words, the poor Dao is now only dedicated to the prince." This is the choice I want to give to the prince. ”

Zhang Renliang is such a mental city, after listening to Li Congjian's words, he naturally guessed Li Congjian's intentions.

"Is the Heavenly Master saying that he can find this treasure of heaven and earth for me?"

Li Congjian nodded and said, "The prince is called nine thousand years old, and he is only one step away from long live, but taking this last step is always one less opportunity. And this sword is enough to build a bridge for the prince to take this step. ”

In Li Congjian's words, Zhang Ren's conscience couldn't help but feel indignant.

Now he is a very popular minister, but even so, after all, he is still just a courtier, he can't do it, even if Emperor Xuan abdicates now, but for this world, such a position is suspected of stealing the country. This is also the reason why Zhang Renliang has been slow to move.

But as everyone knows today, "if you get frost, you can win the world". If only he could get the sword......

Unconsciously, Zhang Renliang seemed to be moved.

A gloomy wind drifted through, and dim candles faltered on the walls.

Zhang Renliang raised his eyes to look at Li Congjian, took a deep breath, and his brows like a long sword rose slightly. He asked in a quiet voice:

"Dare to ask what the Heavenly Master needs?"

Li Congjian was stunned for a long time before he bit out four words: "An army of 10,000 people." ”

"Shhh

Zhang Ren's conscience was shocked.

Li Congjian saw Zhang Renliang's doubts, and said in a deep voice: "There are many sects in all parts of the world, there are many sects, and there are many capable people, except for me, there are no less than 1,000 people who can calculate the strange treasures from the sky, more than 100 people who can break the Divine Sword Frost, and there are about more than 10 people who can determine the address. If I'm not mistaken, the major factions in the world have already gone out to find out the truth and the truth. And Beiliang, Dayu and other countries are also sharpening their knives and pointing directly at the gods. If there is no army in hand, the prince thinks that with the hundreds of unsuccessful Taoist priests of our Longshou Mountain, he can win the world's treasures in full view?"

Zhang Renliang gasped: "The words of the Taoist chief, my heart is very clear, it is just an army of 10,000 people, not too much, not too little, but not too much, the entire army and horses in the garrison in Beijing are only more than 20,000 people in total." What's more, the sergeant of Dajing, whose surname is Li, is only known as Chen Duyun. If there is no old marquis Chen, the officers and men of the three armies may not be willing to listen to the wanton transfer of the military department, let alone find an artifact that looks fantastical. ”

Li Congjian stroked his long beard, looked at Zhang Renliang and said, "In this case, why not take this opportunity to seize military power." I have a plan to solve the prince's difficulties. ”

Zhang Renliang's eyes suddenly froze: "I want to hear about it." ”

Li Congjian said: "I heard that the old marquis Chen has a son, who is twenty years old, and he has just reached the age of joining the army. ”

Zhang Renliang thought for a moment, and his eyes lit up.

Just mentioning Chen Duyun's son, Zhang Renliang's expression turned cold again.

Chen Duyun has been for the country all his life, and his voice is like a magpie, but until he is middle-aged, he did not have a son, and he finally regretted it.

For this reason, he visited the famous mountains of Dachuan, worshiped all the gods, Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, tasted all the elixirs, and finally when he was sixty years old, he was happy to have a son, and he was very favored. For the last bit of incense of his Chen family, Chen Duyun does not seek his all-round talent in civil and military affairs, and he is a dragon and a phoenix among people. But he asked him not to make progress and be safe and secure all his life, so he gave him a name - Chen Ping'an. I also heard that a cheap name is easy to raise, so I gave him a nickname, Ergou.

Over the years, Chen Duyun has been very pampered and connived at this little son, and Chen Ping'an has also been angry, and what he did did not insult the four words of the gentleman. According to the style of this little marquis, he was embarrassed to go out without a double-digit entourage, and he didn't have the face to greet anyone without holding a silver ticket of more than 100,000 yuan in his hand. For this second ancestor, some people in Qianyang City were happy and some were worried, some of them coaxed the little marquis to be happy, but they just opened their mouths and said a few pleasing words, and they were rewarded with eight thousand taels of thousands of children, and there were also a few people who were not long-sighted and relied on the elders in the court and some forces to follow this second ancestor for the sake of being a top brand Oiran and jealous, and finally were stripped naked and thrown into the pit. There are also some good deeds who are afraid that the world will not be chaotic and make a fuss about this to the emperor, and the next day the person who sued the emperor was found in the cupboard at home.

Let such a second ancestor lead the troops......

Zhang Renliang was a little confused: "Is the Taoist chief saying that the little marquis of the Chen family can lead the army to the west, in the name of leading the troops, and go into the wilderness to find a sword?" Zhang Renliang hesitated for a while and said: "It's just that I heard that Chen Duyun of the Great Pillar Kingdom only got such a lone seedling when he was old, and he attaches great importance to it, which makes it difficult for him to join the army." Secondly, this Chen family's second dog has never made achievements, and his qualifications are still light, so it seems inappropriate to rashly give a military position. ”

Li Congjian chuckled, shook his head and said, "The prince only knows one thing, but he doesn't know the other. It is precisely because Chen Zhuguo dotes on his only son and tolerates everything about him, so there is no need to discuss this matter with Chen Zhuguo at all, I heard that the young son of the Chen family does not learn and has no skills, has no strategy and is so happy, and has a stubborn nature, we only need a little trick to invite him into the game. At that time, we don't have to give him a big position, just give him the position of supervising the military captain in the army, with Chen Dazhuguo's reputation and qualifications, this must not be too much. After that, anyone in the army who dares to disobey and rebel will be handed over to the overseer to be dealt with according to military law, and when the time comes, we only need to slightly modify the military law, and all those who violate the military law will be ......."

Listening to Li Congjian's words, Zhang Renliang seemed to suddenly become enlightened, and he seemed to have thought of what Li Congjian was going to say next.

If these people who violated the military law were all beheaded, it would definitely cause Chen Duyun's prestige in the army to be lost. If you don't kill it, it will be Chen Xiaohou Ye himself who has violated military law, which is really killing two birds with one stone......

Zhang Renliang looked at Li Congjian, at this time, this Heavenly Master was still like a Fang Wai Immortal Master, and he was clearly a scheming strategist.

Li Congjian continued: "Not only that, as long as Chen Xiaohou Ye is in the army, we can catch Chen Duyun's pulse......

Listening to Li Congjian's words, for a while, Zhang Renliang's eyes seemed to fall into a daze, as if he had withdrawn his military power and ascended to the top of the Ninth Five-Year Plan.

Zhang Renliang was confused, and muttered: "Heavenly Master, don't forget, there is also a Tang Yin here, this person is from outside the Guan, and he has just entered Dajing to do such a thunderous move, I have always been afraid that this person will not be so simple." ”

Li Congjian shook his head slightly: "It's just a nameless martial artist outside the level, and his martial arts seem to be a little higher, but this is Dajing after all, even if he has a bad heart, he is always weak, and it is difficult to make a big wave with a lonely palm? ”

Zhang Renliang pondered for a moment, and also felt that what Li Congjian said was reasonable.

Maybe I'm really too grassy and woody.

He groaned slightly, and finally, raised his head, twisted his eyebrows, and his eyes bloomed with a terrifying light, as if he wanted to see through the person in front of him: "I met the Heavenly Master in the water, and I don't know why the Heavenly Master helped me." ”

When Li Congjian heard this, he suddenly stood up and looked at Zhang Renliang deeply: "When the frost sword comes out, the sky will be chaotic." In the rivers and lakes, this is a purge, and in the world, this is a catastrophe.

Longshou Mountain is now trapped in the whirlpool of the tuyere, and it is impossible to stay out of the matter, only by choosing a tree to live in accordance with the time of the day, there is a glimmer of life.

Looking at the whole world, there are those who have great ambitions, those who hold authority, and those who are good at strategy and work in the city, but those who have both are the king. The prince is entangled in dragon energy, the emperor has appeared, and in time, he will be a real dragon.

Longshou Mountain is willing to devote more than 800 years of foundation to bet on the prince, not to seek the respect of the prince, only to ask the prince to calm the four seas, when the sound of the universe, I Longshou Mountain Heavenly Master Dao is also the orthodoxy of the world, ten thousand sects. ”

"This" Zhang Renliang's eyes flickered, staring at Li Congjian tightly, and after a long time, he spit out two words: "Naturally." ”