If anyone was to say who was happiest after seeing the Shen family’s arrest warrant for Zhang Xiaozu’s family, it was Liu Feihua, the leader of the Wentian Sect.
And after learning that Su Hanlin was going to use the whole country to protect Zhang Xiaozu's family, he even smiled with joy.
Last year, after the Da Su Empire refused to pay tribute and declared the empire independent and no longer under the jurisdiction of the Wentian Sect, Liu Feihua's first reaction was to send people to the Da Su Empire to beat Su Hanlin to death.
However, after learning that Su Hanlin also attacked the Sword Saints in his empire, he temporarily suppressed his anger and wanted to watch the fight between Su Hanlin and the Sword Saints to see what confidence Su Hanlin had.
Later, he saw that the Two Sword Saints had been hiding in the city and did not take action, and their territory was swept by Su Hanlin's Green Dragon and White Tiger Legions. He became impatient with waiting.
So he sent people to capture the crown prince Su Hui in the southern border of the Great Su Empire, and at the same time wipe out all the sects that had surrendered to Su Hanlin in the southern border of the Great Su Empire.
In this way, the Wentian Sect's thunderous methods were demonstrated, and Su Hanlin was forced to quickly fight the two sword saints, otherwise the Wentian Sect would enter the imperial capital from the southern border.
As a result, all the troops he sent to the southern border of Dasu were wiped out without returning. Immediately after the ruins were opened, he was busy looking for the space door to enter the ruins, so he put aside the crusade against Su Hanlin for the time being.
After finishing the work on the ruins, Liu Feihua learned that Dao Shengcang Yihai was defeated and moved the entire city to the border of the Western Region of Su Hanlin to guard the west gate for Su Hanlin.
Sword Saint Ye Cang'an died in battle, and the new Saint Wei Ziyu took charge of the Excalibur City, guarding the east gate for Su Hanlin.
At the same time, a monk named Wanxiang appeared in the southern border, and a new saint named King Ape also appeared in the northern border.
For a time, there were saints in the southeast, north and west of the Great Su Empire. It was said that Su Hanlin also had a national master beside him, whose cultivation was unfathomable and he once injured a saint with one move.
Su Hanlin showed the powerful strength of the five saints at once, which made Liu Feihua feel embarrassed.
The Wentian Sect only has the Nine Saints on its surface. Although including the five ancestors who cannot come out of seclusion, there are fourteen saints. Fourteen versus five, it seems that they can crush Su Hanlin.
But the problem is that he can't command these saint ancestors at all.
They would be happy to let these saint ancestors go to some empires to show their saints and promote their holy power. However, it is absolutely impossible for them to go to other saints to fight for their lives, unless the Wentian Sect is facing a life-and-death crisis.
Liu Feihua didn't complain much about this, and thought it was reasonable.
Because he felt that if he attained enlightenment and became a saint one day, he would behave like this.
I have been fighting against people and against heaven all my life, and finally climbed to the pinnacle of heaven. You still want me to find someone to fight to the death?
Are you kidding me?
I have become a saint, but I still have to tie my head to the waist of my trousers and lick the blood with the tip of a knife. Then I have become a ghost saint.
So what makes Liu Feihua very unhappy is that Su Hanlin, the gangster, found such a group of desperate saints to work for him from nowhere. It is simply unreasonable.
High plane suppression was temporarily unfeasible, so Liu Feihua chose the secular method - war.
He ordered the four kingdoms of Daya, Penglai, Daya, and Qiangxiong to launch simultaneous attacks on the Dasu Empire from four directions: east, west, north, south, and mobilize troops from empires further away to attack Dasu together.
At the beginning of the war, Su Hanlin's four legions of Qinglong, White Tiger, Suzaku and Xuanwu were almost unable to withstand the enemy's attack. However, with the addition of a mysterious legion, the border defense line was immediately impregnable.
Zhang Xiaozu and four others once discovered a secret military base of your family in Shaoshan City, Zhanzhou, deep in Donglin Mountain to the east of the city, which contained 20,000 well-trained elite soldiers.
The average cultivation level of these 20,000 elite soldiers is at the fifth level of heaven, and their combat power can even crush the black armored cavalry in the southern border, frightening the four Zhang Xiaopawns.
At that time, they thought this was a private soldier raised by your family, but they did not know that it was a private soldier raised by Su Hanlin.
Su Hanlin had a total of 800,000 private soldiers like this. It was obvious that he had been preparing for the Wentian Sect's war encirclement and suppression for a long time.
The 800,000-strong army was divided into four groups to join the battlefields in the southeast, northwest, and defended the precarious border.
In fact, the key to allowing Su Hanlin to defend this war with a huge disparity in military strength was not all the credit of these 800,000 secret legions, but also the support of the people of the empire.
The common people heard that there was fighting on the four borders and that the enemies wanted to invade and overthrow Su Hanlin's rule, but they all refused to agree.
They only kept enough of the newly harvested grain that year to feed their own families, and donated the rest for free. Men from every household bravely joined the army, and they continued to flock to the borders of the four directions.
Su Hanlin changed a new world for them, allowing them to live a happy life that they had never dared to imagine. They were willing to devote their efforts to protect this country for Su Hanlin, for themselves, and for future generations.
The old Zen Master Wanxiang once said to Su Hanlin: "Your Majesty has a lamp in his heart, and the people also have a lamp in their hearts. Your Majesty lights the lamp in the people's hearts with your own lamp, and the people will give you light in the future."
That's what it says.
The Dasu Empire worked together and devoted all its efforts to win the war, causing the four countries of Daya, Daya, Penglai, and Qiangxiong to withdraw in embarrassment.
The plan failed, and Liu Feihua was furious.
Just when he was about to issue a hunting order against the Su Empire, the Shen family's wanted order was delivered to his desk, and he was so happy that he didn't close his mouth for a long time.
He wished that the Shen family would go crazy and tear this blind thing like Su Hanlin alive, and then he would immediately support a new emperor and establish an obedient Taiping Empire.
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The third day of December (the twelfth lunar month).
Zhang Xiaozu and his group of twelve people finally returned to Qingzhou from Central China and set foot on the land of the East China Sea of the Su Empire.
It was many days slower than the spread of the Shen family's wanted order.
They did not rush to the imperial capital to pick him up, but first inquired about the situation.
When he first heard the news of Butcher Zhang's death, Zhang Xiaozu's first reaction was that it was not true, but after learning that Butcher Zhang's soul lamp in the Eternal City was extinguished, he felt like he was struck by lightning and had to believe the bad news.
"Junior brother, the old man has passed away. Please express your condolences and be strong. Everyone is waiting for you to make a decision. What are your next steps?" Taoist Qinglian comforted him.
Zhang Xiaozu took a deep breath, suppressed his sadness, turned his head and wiped the tears from his face, then looked at everyone and said, "Since Your Majesty allows me to live in Guowei Mansion, then I will accept this emperor's favor and live in Guowei Mansion."
"Your Majesty dares to let you live here, then he will definitely have the confidence to protect you. This is the blessing of the old man. You can just enjoy it with peace of mind." Ye Mingyue said.
Zhang Xiaozu sighed: "Grandma is getting old, it would be best if she didn't have to live around.
In addition, I live in Guowei Mansion, so those who come to kill me can have a clear target, so that they will not find me and bite people like a mad dog."
He was worried that his disciples would be harmed, but he didn't know that Yu Chengyang had already prepared for the coming disaster. He gave an order to turn Sanqing Temple into an empty temple.
Yu Chengyang himself went to the imperial capital and set up a fortune-telling stall in front of the Guowei Mansion to tell fortunes for passers-by.
The stall was deserted, and because his calculations were not accurate at all, he didn't care. He sat there leisurely and drank the good tea sent by Guowei Mansion.
"Lord Godkiller, come out." Zhang Xiaozu suddenly raised his head and looked at a place in the sky, and said to the empty sky.
The location they were currently in was in a deserted suburb outside a town. Because there was a portrait of Zhang Xiaopou on the Shen family's wanted notice, they immediately came out of the city after inquiring about the information in the town.
Zhou Jianlai and others all frowned and followed Zhang Xiaopou's gaze, feeling slightly startled because they didn't notice anyone was there.
However, as Zhang Xiaopou's words fell, a sudden space fluctuation occurred at a position fifty steps away in the sky. Then the leader of the Killing Sect wearing a black skull mask walked out of the folded space with a slight tone.
He was surprised and said: "Zhang Hou's sense of smell is really sharp!"
What shocked him was that Zhang Xiaozhu not only discovered him, but also sniffed out his identity.
"Did Sir happen to be passing by, or did you come here specifically to see me?" Zhang Xiaozu asked curiously.
"Of course I came here specifically to see Zhang Hou."
"Less than an hour after I returned from overseas, your Excellency came to find you. Your skills are really extraordinary."
"How can there be any extraordinary means." Killing God shook his head and smiled, "The East China Sea coast is already covered with people from six doors, all waiting for Zhang Hou to come home."
Hearing the word "go home", Zhang Xiaozhu could not help but tremble in his heart, and his emotions rippled in his heart.
To be honest, he never thought that Su Hanlin would dare to open the country and take in their family.
"Your Majesty, do you have anything to give me?" Zhang Xiaozu asked.
"Old General Zhang will be buried on the 15th of this month. Your Majesty asked Marquis Zhang to rush back to the imperial capital to see Old General Zhang on his last journey."
"Thank you for informing me, sir. I'll...come back soon." Zhang Xiaozu suddenly choked with sobs in his throat.
"Your Majesty told me that if Marquis Zhang comes back early, he should walk slower; if Marquis Zhang comes back late, he should walk faster.
Today is twelve days away from the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month. Zhang Hou should walk slowly so that friends from all over Jiuzhou know that Zhang Hou is back."
"Yes!" Zhang Xiaozu knew that Su Hanlin wanted him to fight all the way back to frighten those who wanted to kill him.
It just so happened that he was holding a lot of anger in his heart and had nowhere to vent it, so he would just kill him.
Zhang Xiaozhu looked at Shen Wenjun and asked, "Mom, do you want to go back first? My father is weak and I'm worried that he won't be able to handle it. You go back first and help him."
"Okay." Shen Wenjun was silent for a while. In fact, she wanted to stay with Zhang Xiaozu, but she thought that staying would only become a burden to Zhang Xiaozu, so she finally nodded and agreed.
Zhang Xiaozhu turned his eyes to Qi Yoyo. Before he could speak, Qi Yoyo shook his head and said, "I'll stay with you."
"I will go to the imperial capital with my mother." Zhang Xiaobing knew that his cultivation was weak and staying would only hinder him.
"Da Wa, please go for a run." Zhang Xiaozhu looked at Niu Da Wa and said, he did not ask God Killer to send Shen Wenjun and Zhang Xiaobing because he couldn't trust them.
Shen Wenjun is worth six hundred star pills, which is a tempting number that tests human nature. Zhang Xiaopeng does not dare to use the safety of Shen Wenjun and Zhang Xiaobing to test whether God Killer can withstand the temptation.
"Be careful on the road!" Niu Dawa warned Zhang Xiaopou, and then used Thousand Miles of Flash to leave with Shen Wenjun, Zhang Xiaobing and Jin Zhihui.
"Don't be afraid, everyone in the Killing Sect is secretly protecting you." God Killer said.
"It's them who should be afraid." Zhang Xiaozhu's eyes shot out two murderous looks.
Rumble——
A series of dull and ear-splitting rolling thunder suddenly sounded in the cloudless sky.
Everyone looked up in surprise, only to see a strange spectacle appearing in the sky, auspicious clouds covering the sky and the sun, and fairy sounds curling up.
Dragons soar, tigers roar, cranes chirp, phoenixes chirp, basalt unicorns - auspicious beasts all appear, half-hidden and half-revealed in the auspicious glow of the glow, jumping for joy.
The sky of the entire Dasu Empire was covered with auspicious clouds at this moment, as if the door to the fairy world had been opened, and immortals were about to come to the world.
The auspicious clouds in the sky rolled up with bursts of thunder, opening to both sides like dazzling roller blinds.
Then someone in the sky seemed to be holding a huge writing brush, dipping it in gold juice and using the sky as paper, writing stroke by stroke under the open curtain.
Saint’s order!
Three golden characters stretched across the sky, suffocating countless people.
This chapter has been completed!