Cui Cheng was so excited that he lifted up his hem, knelt on the ground and kowtowed, saying, "I thank you for your kindness."
After Cui Cheng left, Queen Mother Yang gradually calmed down. She knew that this matter was of great importance and there was no room for failure.
She took out a beaded hairpin that she had worn for many years from her jewelry box and said to Liu Yan: "Liu Yan, go to Linglong Taoist Temple and find a Taoist named Zhang Kui and arrange for him to enter the palace secretly."
Liu Yan was stunned for a moment and was surprised. He didn't expect that Queen Mother Yang would still have someone in the Taoist temple. This was really unexpected.
"Yes, empress."
Liu Yan agreed, turned around and left the palace.
Soon, Liu Yan found Linglong Taoist Temple and looked for Zhang Kui.
Not long after, a Taoist priest appeared in front of Liu Yan. He saw this Taoist priest with sharp eyebrows and starry eyes, and a tall and straight figure. He looked to be only twenty-two or thirty years old. Liu Yan was confused and said, "Are you Zhang Kui?"
The Taoist priest did not answer, but just asked: "May I ask my father-in-law if you have a token of faith?"
Liu Yan took out the pearl hairpin and handed it to the Taoist priest.
The Taoist priest took the pearl hairpin, looked at it for a while, and finally said: "Pindao's Taoist name is Linglongzi. Zhang Kui is Pindao's father. He drove to Hexian three years ago, but his promise is still valid, and he still asks his father-in-law to lead the way."
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Liu Yan didn't think much, and secretly entered the palace with Ling Longzi and arrived at the Cining Palace.
Empress Dowager Yang looked at Ling Longzi and saw that he was too young and obviously had no great abilities. She was very dissatisfied. She frowned and said, "You said your father's promise is still valid, but you are still young, how can you fulfill your promise?"
Linglongzi was not angry at all, just showed a kind smile. Without waiting for Queen Mother Yang to continue speaking, he raised his hand and threw out more than a dozen pieces of white paper. Then with lightning speed, the darts in his hand flew out like shuttles.
The white paper slowly falling in the sky hits one by one!
In the end, all the white papers were nailed to the wooden beams in the hall. After counting, there were actually eleven white papers nailed, and none of them touched the ground.
Empress Dowager Yang and Liu Yan were both surprised and dumbfounded by this ability.
Linglongzi said calmly: "No one can survive within ten steps of a poor man."
After being surprised, Empress Dowager Yang clapped her hands and praised: "Well, the Taoist priest can take care of the sorrow of the Ai family."
Linglongzi asked: "May I ask, Madam, who do you want to kill?"
Empress Dowager Yang did not hide anything and said truthfully: "I am an official now, but I can kill you or not."
"What do you mean by your words?"
"It's very simple. If the Ai family can successfully take power, there is no need to kill him, but if the situation is critical, he can be killed."
Linglongzi was silent and did not speak. Empress Dowager Yang was displeased and asked: "Why, can't the Taoist master do it?"
"It can't be done." Ling Longzi replied calmly.
Queen Mother Yang was unhappy when she heard this, her eyes widened, "Why? Are you going to break your promise?"
Ling Longzi raised her eyes and looked at Queen Mother Yang, her sharp gaze reaching into the heart of Queen Mother Yang. Queen Mother Yang trembled in shock, and the hairs all over her body stood up.
Without saying anything, Linglong raised his hand, and three darts flew out from his palm.
Queen Mother Yang was so frightened that she fell backwards and tried to avoid it, but lost her center of gravity and fell to the ground.
Liu Yan was also extremely surprised and instinctively hid behind him, not caring about Empress Dowager Yang.
However, these three darts flew around in the air, and finally flew towards Linglongzi's heart one by one.
"Puff puff."
Three darts flew into Linglongzi's heart, and he immediately bled and fell to the ground.
Empress Dowager Yang was still in shock. Linglongzi said: "The official family is the hope of the world. If there is any damage, the country will be overturned and the people will be in ruins. How can a poor man dare to hurt it at all? In the past, my father owed his life to my mother, and today I have paid it back.
From now on, the Zhang family has nothing to do with you."
After saying this, Linglongzi breathed his last and died.
Empress Dowager Yang was furious and cursed: "Stupid, common man."
Empress Dowager Yang was furious and cursed like crazy. There was no trace of the empress dowager's demeanor, she was like a shrew.
Outside Chui Gong Hall and Funing Hall, Xia You patrolled back and forth with his people, keeping his eyes alert at all times.
"The officials need to be more guarded here, do you understand?"
"yes."
After a round of inspection, there was nothing unusual. Xia You turned around and went back. When he walked to Li's main gate, he found a group of people gathered around him. Two of them were competing in a martial arts competition. The person clapping and applauding was the deputy commander Feng Yan.
Xia You frowned, pulled his face, and said coldly: "What are you doing? You dare to play and play while on duty. Are there any rules?"
Everyone stopped joking one after another, but their expressions showed that they were still unsatisfied.
Feng Yan came over with a smile on his face and said: "Commander, please don't be angry. This is the general's test of this new kid. This guy has real abilities. Many of us can't defeat him."
Feng Yan is an old man in the front office of the palace, and his qualifications are even older than Xia You's father Xia Zhen. Therefore, he has great prestige. He is a well-known person in the front office of the palace, so Xia You has to give him some respect.
Reaching out to avoid hitting the smiling man, Xia You's expression improved slightly, and then he said: "We are the last link in protecting the official family. We must not take it lightly. General Feng needs to respect himself."
"This is nature, this is nature."
Feng Xian nodded, smiling to please him. Finally, he said a few polite words and then turned the conversation to the new guard.
Feng Chu summoned the man to him and introduced to Xia You: "Commander, look, this boy is called Chen Ba. His kung fu is very powerful. Even I can't walk a few rounds in front of him. Brothers."
I was so happy that I tried to compete with him, but no one could beat him."
Xia You looked at it curiously, and saw that Chen Ba was just a middle-aged man. His figure, body shape, and appearance were all inconspicuous when thrown to the front office of the palace. Is he really so powerful that even Feng Yan looked at him with admiration?
Seeing Xia You's doubts, Feng Yan took the opportunity to say: "We can't beat him, why don't you, Commander-in-Chief, fight with him and open our brothers' eyes too."
As he spoke, Feng Yan winked at his subordinates, who understood and encouraged him.
"Yes, yes, Commander, please teach this boy a lesson, we can't even defeat him."
"That's right, that's right. The palace commander is invincible with his fists and kicks. It's easy to deal with him."
Xia You was told by them that it was impossible to establish authority by provoking a general in this way without showing his skills. Moreover, he was also very suspicious of Chen Ba and wanted to compete with Chen Ba, thinking that he could not be that powerful.
"Okay, I will come and meet him."
Xia You was not afraid at all, he took off his weapon and dueled with Chen Ba with his bare hands, and the two of them started fighting.
Chen Ba was really powerful, his punches were like thunder, his tigers and tigers were like wind, and he was extremely powerful. He almost hit Xia You several times, but thanks to Xia You's excellent martial arts skills since he was young, he was able to escape.
However, Xia You was not weak, he was also very powerful. He jumped around and deftly neutralized Chen Ba's power, making it impossible for Chen Ba to gain any advantage, and Xia You still had the upper hand.