"Brother Xu dares to take the responsibility of disobedience and come to me for something important, but it doesn't matter, I will definitely do my best to help you. The head of the state religion pushed the teacup on the wooden case in front of Xu Guogong, looked at his solemn expression, and asked in a low voice.

Xu Guogong grabbed the teacup on the wooden case with his right hand, looked at the mask of the national sect leader painted with ink and water, and said in a hurried tone, "Do you remember the great battle in the Thousand Snake Caves in Southern Xinjiang more than a hundred years ago?"

"A hundred years ago, the battle in which the Eight Factions exterminated the Barbarian King?"

"Exactly, the eight major factions of that war became famous all over the world, thus laying the foundation of the eight major factions led by Tianxianglou...."Xu Guogong picked up the teacup and took a sip gently, hesitated for a moment, and looked at the head of the state religion and said in a relaxed tone, "Martial arts orthodoxy." ”

"Martial arts orthodoxy?" the state sect leader snorted coldly, and said angrily, "They just claim to be martial arts orthodox, and I also learned a thing or two from the sect leader's predecessors back then." However, what does this have to do with Brother Xu's search for me today?"

Xu Guogong drank the tea in the teacup in one gulp, looked at the person opposite who was currently the only one who could help him see Emperor Taizu, and did not care about it as usual, he waved his right hand, sat on the soft collapse, and said squarely, "The Broken Military Mansion recently got the news that there are changes in the north and south of Xinjiang, and all of this is inextricably linked to a mysterious sect. ”

"There is a new force in the rivers and lakes? Could it be that Brother Xu is too worried?" The head of the state religion picked up the teapot on the wooden table and slowly poured half a cup of tea into Xu Guogong's cup, he chuckled, "Even if there is any mysterious organization, it will not make Brother Xu work so hard and go to the Purple Mountain in person." It's not going to be...."

"Yes, this mysterious sect is hidden in the depths of southern Xinjiang, and many of the elite agents in my broken military mansion have died, and some of the news they brought back is basically fragmented. Xu Guogong took out a fragment of a broken blood book from his arms, carefully placed it on the wooden table, his eyes were fixed on the mysterious totem in the corner of the blood book, and said in a low voice, "Does the sect leader recognize this totem?" Xu Guogong put the index finger of his right hand in the upper right corner of the broken blood book, and the faint afterimage of snakes and scorpions was faintly displayed in the blurred imprints.

The leader of the state religion stared carefully at the place where Xu Guogong's fingers were pointing, his eyebrows under the mask were tightly locked, and the signs of various remnant forces in the world flashed in his eyes, without the slightest impression. His eyes lit up, and his eyes were all fixed on the almost indistinguishable serpentine remnant, and he exclaimed, "This, it shouldn't be the totem mark of the barbarians, right?"

"They may not be the remnants of the barbarians, but they have an inseparable relationship with the barbarian king. Moreover, the news sent back by the secret agents of the Broken Military Mansion is that this mysterious force is called the Five Immortal Sect, and they are not only active in the depths of southern Xinjiang, but also frequently appear in Yanyun, Qinchuan and Luobei in the north in recent years. ”

The Sect Master of the State Religion gasped, as if he had thought of something, his eyes never took his eyes off the afterimage of the snake and scorpion, and he wondered, "These three places?

"Although these three places are guarded by the three princes of King Qin, King Fu, and King Yan, after all, the remnants of the Northern Imperial Mongolia, they may be negligent in local affairs, giving this Five Immortal Sect the opportunity to infiltrate. Xu Guogong's eyebrows were tightly locked, he looked worried, looked at the state sect leader and said eagerly, "Therefore, this time I have no choice but to ask the sect leader to enter the palace with me, present this matter to Your Majesty, take precautions, and prepare early." ”

The head of the state religion hesitated for a moment, he got up from the soft collapse, stood in front of Xu Guogong, leaned over and said softly, "This matter is indeed very important, but why didn't Xu Guogong directly present His Royal Highness the Crown Prince first, why..."

"This.... The old man originally wanted to face the prince first, but.... When I was breaking the military mansion, I suddenly received an order from the prince of the Shadow Wind Guard. And this matter is very wide-ranging, if it is true..."Xu Guogong raised his head and looked at the state sect leader with an embarrassed expression.

"You are worried that the affairs of the southern Xinjiang are more or less implicated with the princes of the north, and if you directly present it to the prince, it will cause unnecessary trouble. The leader of the state religion stood up straight and slowly walked towards the entrance of the main hall. Xu Guogong got up and followed him, with a sad face, and secretly said in his heart, since the crown prince took power, although the kings did not oppose it openly, they acted frequently in private, but Taizu has been deep in the palace. If the prince is really informed of this matter directly, it will inevitably cause a shock in the imperial court, and even affect the foundation laid down by Taizu.

"In this way, Brother Xu, stay here for a while, and I'll go change my clothes and go down the mountain with you. The head of the state religion stood at the main entrance of the Great Light Palace, looking at the slightly thin figure of Xu Guogong in the hall in the distance, and suddenly felt an inexplicable sadness.

"That's great. Xu Guogong quickened his pace and walked to the door of the hall, and two purple-clothed waiters respectfully greeted him from the wooden corridor outside the door.

The head of the state religion glanced at the two attendants and said loudly, "You greet the distinguished guests of the deity, and I will come when I go." ”

"Yes. The two purple-clothed attendants stood respectfully on the right side of the main entrance of the main hall, while Xu Guogong stood on the wooden corridor outside the main hall, looking at the distant figure of the national sect leader.

......

In Jinling City, the Shadow Wind Guard outside the Ning Mansion changed his position in real time, monitoring every move in the Ning Mansion. Ye Lin came to the stone archway of the street outside the Ning Mansion, looked at the sparsely populated streets and the deep courtyard of the mansion, and disappeared like a swift wind above the street, flashing from the side of the high walls of the mansions around the Ning Mansion, dodging all the dark whistles of the shadow wind guards, and went straight to a high wall near the backyard of the Ning Mansion to watch every move in the mansion.

I saw Feng Han spinning the Yan Fei fan in his hand, walking briskly under the wooden corridor outside the Nanyin Pavilion, with a nervous face. Ye Lin jumped forward, passed through the wooden corridor of the Ningfu Hall, flew over the giant tree on the right side of the bamboo forest opposite the lotus pond outside the Nanyin Pavilion, and lay under the dense leaves to observe the movements of the Nanyin Pavilion.

"Squeak" Feng Han pushed open a wing room in the easternmost part of Nanyin Pavilion, and a brocade guard at the door was broken away by him.

"Senior Brother Feng. Chai Wuming never expected that it would be his fellow senior brother Feng Han who came to see him, he hurriedly pushed away the wooden chair, stood up straight, and shouted respectfully with his hands clenched into fists.

Feng Han turned his head, coughed dryly, and shouted to the Jinyi guard who had just been pushed away by himself in the distance, "Bring breakfast to everyone, and bring me the green leaf tea rewarded by Lord Ning to this room by the way." He shouted loudly, intending to let the people in the west wing know. At the same time, he also wanted Chai Wuming to understand that they belonged to the same family, and he would not ignore Chai Wuming.

Feng Han walked into the room, waved his right hand lightly, and motioned for Chai Wuming to sit down. He inserted the Yan Fei fan into his waist, came to the wooden case, looked at the blank confession on the table, sighed and said, "Nameless, although you are not the same master as me, we belong to the sea of freedom." ”

"Senior brother, I...."