In the soft smoke spring, Huazhou Tongzhi Liu Jiangpu was enjoying his bath when he suddenly saw the faint light of the incense burner on the shore.
Pushing away the two beauties in his arms, Liu Jiangpu took the incense burner and went to the private room on the second floor. He sent others away and quietly untied the magic circle on the incense burner.
A burst of green smoke rose from the incense burner, and the green smoke turned into two lines of words:
"Raise one hundred thousand taels of silver.
After ten days, hand it over to the Minister of War, Sui Dynasty."
Huazhou is rich, and there is no need to raise one hundred thousand taels of silver, it can be taken as needed.
But the emperor ordered him to pay the money in ten days, so Liu Jiangpu naturally did not dare to disobey him and kept the money ready to wait for news from Sui Zhi.
At the same time, Sui Zhi also received a letter from the emperor: "Huazhou will raise 100,000 taels of silver within ten days and hand it over to Aiqing. Half of it will be used by the Suppressing Army and half by the teachings. How to deal with it?"
, you will make your own decision."
This letter is interesting.
Half of the one hundred thousand taels of silver were given to the Suppressing Evil Army and the other half to the Nufu Sect. The emperor had already made a clear distinction between them, so why did Sui Zhi still have to deal with them?
Sui Zhi handed the letter to Yang Jinghuan. Yang Jinghuan read it and frowned: "Da Sima, my subordinates are stupid and really don't understand the leader's intention."
Leader is the name given to Emperor Zhaoxing by the top figures in the Nufu Sect, because Emperor Zhaoxing is the nominal leader of the Nufu Sect. Only the core figures of the Nufu Sect know about this matter, because Taotie is in Huazhou.
, Yang Jinghuan is also considered one of the core figures of Nufu Cult.
This nominal leader was neither self-appointed by Emperor Zhaoxing nor promoted by Sui Zhi and others. He was personally canonized by Nujun Tianxing and Nuzu.
Although Emperor Zhaoxing had never met Nuzu, he had seen the edict written by Nuzu written by Sui Zhi to him.
Yang Jinghuan could not understand Emperor Zhaoxing's letters, but Sui Zhi could read them clearly.
"Can you smell murderous intent in the letter?"
Yang Jinghuan was startled, then he picked up the letter and smelled it. Except for the fragrance of ink, Yang Jinghuan smelled nothing.
Sui Zhi asked: "How many days have you been hungry for the outer body of the True God?"
Yang Jinghuan sighed: "The evil-suppressing army is killing the believers everywhere. All counties are in panic and dare not collect raw food. We occasionally raise some, but they are also kidnapped by the evil-suppressing army. The outer body of the true God has been fasting for more than ten days."
Raw food refers to living people.
Due to the intervention of the Suppression Army, Taotie has not eaten a living person for more than ten days.
Sui Zhi sighed: "If I stay hungry for a few more days, I'm afraid the true god's outer body will rush into Yuling City."
Yang Jinghuan said: "Da Sima, this is no joke. The day before yesterday, I sent five inner disciples to inquire about the condition of the True God. Only one of them escaped. The True God is indeed very hungry."
"The Yin and Yang Division secretly monitors, and the evil-suppressing army takes action openly. After all, it is Xu Zhiqiong who stirs up trouble in the middle." Sui Zhi thought for a moment and said, "You wait and be prepared to go to Liu Jiangpu for money, and I will go to the evil-suppressing army."
Meet some old friends."
Yang Jinghuan's eyes lit up: "Da Sima, do you want to take action personally?"
"What action should be taken? Liang Jixiong is in the evil-suppressing army, but he asked me how to take action? I went to discuss the business with them, the business of annihilating the Blood Evil Sect."
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The heavy rain suddenly came, and Xu Zhiqiong and Liang Jixiong squatted in the grass, motionless.
Needless to say, Liang Jixiong, a person who has been on the battlefield for a lifetime can endure such hardships.
Xu Zhiqiong is used to eating and sleeping in the open air, and getting wet in the rain is a common occurrence.
Liang Xianchun was a little overwhelmed. These things were usually left to Canglongwei to do. In February, the spring was cold, and the soaked clothes were wrapped around his body. When the cold wind blew, his whole body was instantly cool. Liang Xianchun squatted in the rain for less than half a day.
At this time, I couldn't help but complain:
"As a general, you should strategize and win a victory thousands of miles away. Why bother with such trivial details..."
Before he finished speaking, Liang Jixiong suddenly turned around and pinched Liang Xianchun's neck:
"If you dare to say one more thing, I will strangle you to death!"
In front of the soldiers, Liang Jixiong still gave Liang Xianchun a bit of a bad attitude. Now that there are only three people here, Liang Jixiong's attitude towards Liang Xianchun has become extremely harsh.
On the other hand, his attitude towards Xu Zhiqiong was quite different. He looked kind and cheerful, as if Xu Zhiqiong was his biological son.
Xu Zhiqiong may really be his biological son. When Liang Gongping was still alive, he once said after being drunk: Elder Shengde and Elder Shengci were having affairs outside, and sooner or later the rules of Canglong Hall would be broken in their hands.
Feeling resentful in his heart but not daring to speak out, Liang Xianchun looked at Xu Zhiqiong fiercely and wished he could kick him off the hillside.
Xu Zhiqiong poked his head slightly out of the grass, and then lowered his voice and said: "Here we come!"
In the distance, about a hundred farmers were walking along the mountain road pushing large and small wooden carts.
Among the farmers were several young and strong men, urging them to hurry up.
Seeing that he was right under his nose, Liang Jixiong glanced at Xu Zhiqiong. Xu Zhiqiong went to the rear of the team, while Liang Jixiong went to the front. The two of them moved one behind the other, sandwiching the team in the middle.
Liang Jixiong smiled and asked: "Men like you, braving the wind and rain, where are you going?"
The group of farmers thought they had encountered robbers, so they abandoned their cars one after another and said to Liang Jixiong: "Hero, if you want to steal money, go elsewhere. We are all small businesses and have no money to give you."
Liang Jixiong smiled and said: "I see that you are doing business, let me ask what kind of business you are doing?"
"We are going to Yuling City to sell wine."
"Are you wine merchants from Yuling City? The accent doesn't sound like it!"
"We are from Shuiping County."
Liang Jixiong was startled: "Shuiping County is more than three hundred miles away from Yuling City. What kind of good wine must be sold in Yuling City?"
"It's not really good wine, it's just village wine. If a hero wants it, we can just keep two barrels."
Liang Jixiong opened the curtain on the car. Each car contained three or five barrels of wine. Liang Jixiong smacked his lips and said, "How much can these three or five barrels of wine cost?"
A farmer answered honestly: "A barrel of wine costs three quid."
Liang Jixiong exclaimed: "Three bottles of wine for one barrel? This is a bit expensive!"
The farmers said: "We will agree on the price when we come..."
Before he finished speaking, several strong men came up. One of them saluted Liang Jixiong and said, "We are businessmen passing by, and we are also poor people. This good man, if you have anything to say, please tell us openly so that we can discuss anything."
A young man said to the strong man: "It's hard to discuss with him, he's an old coffin man!"
The strong man glared at the young man.
This strong man had walked through the martial arts world seriously, and he could see that Liang Jixiong was no ordinary person.
The young man standing at the end of the team was not someone to be trifled with. The two of them dared to come out to block the road, and there were probably many bandits following behind them.
Liang Jixiong smiled and said: "I'm here to buy wine, what else is there overt or covert about this? Just tell me the price."
The strong man said: "It's easy to buy wine. Just pick up which barrel you like."
"There are many brothers in the mountains, and one bucket is not enough. We need to buy more."
"Then get a few more buckets!"
"You don't have much in total. Just unload the car. I'll take all of it."
Liang Jixiong always had a smile on his face, and the strong man also smiled: "This good man, if you are short of wine money, I will treat you to two drinks."
After saying that, the strong man took ten taels of silver and handed it to Liang Jixiong.
Liang Jixiong shook his head and said, "I'm here to buy wine, not to rob you. What do I need your money for?"
The strong man stopped laughing. It seemed that he couldn't use force today: "If you insist on buying wine, I will sell it to you. A barrel of wine will cost you twenty taels of silver, no matter the price!"
"Twenty taels!" Liang Jixiong was stunned, "Are you Jin Zhizi?"
"At this price, do you want to buy it? If not, get out of the way!"
While talking, a group of men were ready to use force, while the farmers huddled on the side of the road, shivering.
Liang Jixiong looked at the strong man and said: "The farmer said three ounces of silver per bucket, but you insisted on asking for twenty taels of silver. This is a clear way to bully me."
"Three ounces is the capital, twenty taels is the current price, and he didn't explain it clearly. I want to ask you if you want to buy it or not!" The strong man suddenly showed a fierce look. If he were an ordinary grass bandit, he would be frightened by his face. Ran.
Liang Jixiong's eyebrows moved slightly. The fierceness of the Taoshu will cause fear to cultivators of all levels, but the impact of this fear on Liang Jixiong is limited to this.
The strong man was shocked and was about to lead his men to attack Liang Jixiong. Unexpectedly, Liang Xianchun suddenly jumped in front of Liang Jixiong from the grass and subdued the strong man with a move of the python.
Liang Jixiong was secretly happy. Liang Xianchun had been causing trouble to him these days, but he finally got back to business this time.
This strong man is obviously the leader of this group of people, and capturing him alive is the biggest reward of this trip.
The strong man's expression became more ferocious, and he tried his best to break free from the shackles of the python technique.
Liang Xianchun saw that the strong man had amazing strength and added some energy to his skills.
The strong man exerted his strength, and Liang Xianchun also exerted his strength. Liang Jixiong saw that the situation was not good, and was about to stop him when he heard a crisp sound and the strong man's neck was broken.
The most important target of this operation was dead.
Liang Xianchun turned around and said with embarrassment: "He refuses to submit to the law..."
Liang Jixiong gritted his teeth and kicked Liang Xianchun into the haystack.
I wanted to save some face for her, but the second elder couldn't bear it.
The remaining group of young and strong men were planning to escape when Liang Jixiong suddenly unleashed the power of Dragon Fury, and everyone immediately bowed their heads.
Xu Zhiqiong controlled the Yuanyang Blade with the power of imagery, quickly picked the hamstrings of the men, took the ropes, and tied them up together with Liang Xianchun.
Liang Xianchun didn't want to look at Xu Zhiqiong. She was so embarrassed and angry that she really wanted to scold Xu Zhiqiong. But in front of Liang Jixiong, she didn't dare to be presumptuous. She only dared to complain in a low voice: "No matter what I do, I will never do it." Disgust our ancestors!"
Liang Jixiong raised his foot to kick her again. The group of farmers were still standing aside. If he talked too much and let them hear, could he let these people go?
Xu Zhiqiong took out some scattered silver and handed it to the group of farmers: "You can divide this money among yourself and use it as travel expenses. You can push it into the car and go back."
If you want to sell wine in the future, you should weigh it yourself and figure out how much the wine you brew is worth, and how many fools there are in Yuling City who insist on spending three ounces of money to drink your wine!"
The farmers loaded their carts and hurried away. Xu Zhiqiong escorted the prisoners and Liang Jixiong back to the camp.
It doesn't matter whether these people are taken back or not.
They are all disciples of the Nufu Cult. They tricked these farmers into feeding Taotie. With Tao Huayuan's information, Xu Zhiqiong has intercepted more than a dozen waves of Nufu Cultists who were feeding Taotie. These people They all have a common feature: only the leader knows the inside story, and the rest follow orders.
Just like the strong man just now, he was the only one who knew the purpose of his trip. The others only knew that they were going to use these people to sacrifice to the Star Lord. They didn't even know which Star Lord to sacrifice.
"Yao Tao Cultivator, Taotie Cultivator, Nu Fu Cult, Nu Jun Tian Xing..." Liang Jixiong called Xu Zhiqiong to the camp alone and asked, "Zhi Qiong, I always feel that these people are not the same as the Blood Evil Sect. Lu, are you hiding something from me?"
"It's not that I'm hiding it, but that I won't have the opportunity to tell you that these people..." Xu Zhiqiong stopped talking.
Liang Jixiong looked outside the tent door and shouted: "Come in and talk!"
Liang Xianchun walked in with his head lowered: "Ancestor, the imperial court has sent someone here."
"Who did you send?"
"Sui Zhi, Minister of the Ministry of War."
"What is he here for?"
"They said they sent us reinforcements and food."
Liang Jixiong thought for a moment and said, "Does he know I'm here?"
Liang Xianchun said: "He didn't mention it."
"Have you mentioned me to him?"
Liang Xianchun shook his head: "Our ancestors have given orders first, so we will naturally keep our mouths shut."
Liang Jixiong looked at Xu Zhiqiong and said: "Zhiqiong, you go with Xianchun to deal with Sui Zhi. If Xianchun says something wrong, stop her. If you can't stop her, then put her mouth in front of her." Sew it up!"