Meng Shanming listened carefully. After listening, he looked thoughtful and said: "He is indeed a capable person, but his methods are not very bright. This person is between good and evil! But in this troubled world, too
Excessive light may not be able to help justice. This Shangqing Sect missed a talent, but it helped the prince a lot. Alas, it is a pity that Mr. Dong Guo’s painstaking efforts, the Shangqing Sect has completely declined... The prince has been wronged! "
He turned back to look at the memorial tablet of Prince Ning in the main seat of the hall, and let out a long sigh. The son of the dignified Prince Ning was actually in a position to depend on Feng Lingbo. I guess Jiang Guiyuzun would be looked down upon even if he married Feng Lingbo's daughter.
, I think it’s cheap for Shang Chaozong.
After that, Shang Shuqing told him about the plan drawn up by Shang Chaozong and Lan Ruoting to occupy Qingshan County. This was not her own idea, but what Shang Chaozong and Lan Ruoting had told her before she came. She wanted to hear about it.
Meng Shanming's opinion. Again, the Golden Wings subpoena may not be safe. The matter is so important that it is inconvenient to detail it in a letter.
And Meng Shanming was once the number one general under King Ning. He had his own strategy, so I wanted to ask for his opinion.
Meng Shanming thought for a while and said slowly: "I have been away from the situation outside for too long, and I can't say anything for a while. The princess asked me to think about it carefully before I respond."
Then he asked some other questions and asked someone to take Shang Shuqing to wash up and rest.
After that, the wheelchair was pushed to the study. Meng Shanming wrote a secret letter in his own handwriting and had someone send a golden wing message to the Shang Chaozong, saying that Shang Shuqing had arrived safely and asking the Shang Chaozong to rest assured...
In the evening, Niu Youdao, who was standing on the mountain with his sword and watching the sunset, looked calm. No one knew what he was thinking.
Shan Hu and another young man named Lu Dasheng went up the mountain and came to Niu Youdao to greet him, "Master!"
Niu Youdao turned around and asked with a smile: "Are you on duty tonight?"
Shan Hu said: "We are on duty tonight."
Niu Youdao warned: "You are on duty, but remember, no matter what you see or hear, you are not allowed to ring the bell to call the police without my permission."
The two of them nodded. They had already received instructions from Yamashita before coming, telling them to listen to the rules.
Watching the red sunset disappearing on the other side of the mountain, the sky gradually darkened.
As the bright moon rose into the sky, Niu Youdao sat on a stone outside the thatched pavilion, holding his sword in one hand and silently closing his eyes, as if he was asleep.
The breeze, the bright moon, the chirping of insects, the occasional call of a night owl, and the faint sound of waterfalls in the distance.
The night is dark, and the lights in the village at the foot of the mountain correspond to the stars in the night sky.
Normally, the two night watchmen would have been here chatting and laughing to pass the time. Today, with Niu Youdao here, the two of them couldn't help but find the time unbearable. They didn't dare to walk around or talk nonsense for fear of disturbing Niu Youdao.
Neither of them understood why Niu Youdao was sitting quietly.
Two hours later, it was late at night, and two more people came to change shifts. When Shanhu and others left, they gently conveyed Niu Youdao's instructions to the person who changed shifts.
The exchangers also don’t understand what Niu Youdao means by sitting here.
Until the middle of the night, in the cave not far away, bang! There was an unusual movement.
Movements were heard one after another. It seemed that they were quite deep inside the cave, and the movement outside was not very big. However, in the dead of night, it was very clear outside.
Niu Youdao, who was sitting in meditation, suddenly opened his eyes, raised his sword, floated up, and landed at the entrance of the cave. He was about to break in, but found that the movement inside had stopped, and immediately shouted into the cave, "Old Bear!
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Yuanfang's erratic response soon came from inside, "Master Dao, I caught it!"
After a while, Yuanfang pulled someone out, an old man in white with disheveled hair.
The two people on the other side of the Maoting could not see the old man in white. They only noticed that Yuanfang's movements when he came out of the hole were strange, as if he had pulled something.
"Caught it!" Yuan Fang said cheerfully after coming out of the cave: "You dare to do something bad if you don't have any skills. As expected by Master Dao, he was indeed groping for this exit. I hid by the side and wanted to wait for him to come out so that I could block his escape.
, Who would have thought that this old ghost is very careful, and actually searched all the way, even where I was hiding, so I had no choice but to expose myself and take action. "
Niu Youdao looked the other person up and down with his discerning eyes and asked, "Did you destroy the torch on the way?"
The old man in white clothes said in fear: "Master, have mercy! Master, have mercy! I will never dare to do this again!"
Niu Youdao asked: "Where is the accomplice?"
The old man in white clothes was stunned for a moment, and said in fear: "There are no accomplices, no accomplices, just the little old man. Master, I really don't dare to do it anymore."
Niu Youdao: "How did you get into that underground place?"
The old man in white said tremblingly: "I was hunted down a few years ago. When I was hiding in the mountains, I accidentally found a hole and crawled in..." He rambled a lot.
Niu Youdao was not interested in listening to his ramblings. He turned around and put his sword on the ground, "Old Xiong, keep looking back inside. If you find that he has accomplices who dare to lie to us, we will kill him immediately!"
The old man in white: "Master, I promise, I really don't have any accomplices. If there are any, I will confess to killing him and behead him!"
Clang! There was a sword cry, Niu Youdao suddenly drew his sword out of its sheath, and a cold light flashed under the moonlight.
"Ah!" A shrill scream echoed.
Whoa! The long sword disappeared in a flash and was returned to the scabbard standing on the ground. Niu Youdao held the sword and turned his back. His whole body seemed not to have moved, and his expression was cold under the moonlight.
Yuanfang was startled. He didn't expect that Niu Youdao would suddenly kill him. He let go of the old man. It was really inappropriate not to let him go. The old man in white had been slashed in half by Niu Youdao's sword.
I saw flying smoke, but no blood.
This scene fell in the eyes of the two guards at Maoting, but Niu Youdao swung his sword and let out a sharp scream, and a man in white appeared out of thin air and fell to the ground.
Under the moonlight, the man in white, who was split in half, seemed to be still twitching. He fell to the ground and emitted black smoke. His body was quickly reduced to ashes and disappeared completely.
This scene made the people in the pavilion shudder. They realized what Niu Youdao was killing. They didn't expect that there was such a ghost in the place where they usually guarded. They were scared just thinking about it.
After all the ashes were gone, Niu Youdao, who was staring at the movement on the ground, turned back to look at the village in the mountains with a calm expression.
Under normal circumstances, he doesn't like to fight and kill with his own hands, let alone kill people. If he does this kind of thing too much, it will easily affect his mind. A good warrior is used to the pleasure and does not want to use his brain, and often cannot control his impulses.
, must like to use force to solve problems.
He often said that it doesn't matter whether it's wind or rain!
When you go out to hang out, you may encounter anything. It's better to be kind. If you are always fighting and killing, there will always be times when you can't fight and encounter tough obstacles and step into pits and stumble.
Just because he is not bloodthirsty and doesn't like to fight and kill doesn't mean that he has never done such things, nor does it mean that he won't do such things!
Yuan Fang was a little confused. He just told him to go back and keep watching to see if there were any accomplices before dealing with him. Why did he just turn around and kill the ghost cultivator? It was so capricious and scary!
As everyone knows, if this ghost cultivator admits that he has an accomplice or refuses to let go, Niu Youdao will not kill him yet. He has to find a way to deal with his accomplices. Who knows that this ghost cultivator must ensure that he has no accomplices even if he admits to killing him. Even if Yuanfang went back and stayed there, he wouldn't be able to scare him away. Why would Niu Youdao keep him?
Different from the situation when he left Yuanfang behind, Niu Youdao now has no energy to spend it slowly, no time to slowly understand the character of this ghost cultivator, and no time to slowly search for it. In addition, Yin and Yang have different paths, decisive Kill it!
Yuanfang turned around and looked at the cave, and tried to ask: "Master Tao, should I continue to stay inside?"
"You don't need to bother." Niu Youdao said lightly, then raised his hand and waved to the people in the thatched pavilion.
The two people in the thatched pavilion hurried over and saluted with lingering fear, "Master!"
Niu Youdao: "Go and ask General Luo to bring a few people over."
"Yes!" The two of them agreed, saying a few words to each other, and then one of them quickly went down the mountain.
Soon there were torches flashing in the village at the foot of the mountain, and they headed all the way up the mountain. Not long after, Luo An arrived with a dozen people, and Yuan Gang also followed.
The person who went to report also told what happened. Luo An already knew that a ghost had just been killed here.
"Master, what are your orders?" Luo An stepped forward and cupped his hands.
Niu Youdao pointed sideways at the entrance of the cave, "General Luo, please organize some people to move some rocks, block the entrance of the cave first, and send a few more people to take turns guarding it for a month."
Luo An tried to ask: "Didn't the mage already kill the evil ghost?"
Niu Youdao smiled: "Just in case, if there is no movement within a month, it should be fine."
He is indeed taking precautions, no matter whether there are any future troubles, he must take precautions. When he breaks through in seclusion, he is at his weakest. He will not have the ability to resist at that time. If something happens, he must be warned in advance to facilitate evacuation. A month later, he will be normal. , can also cope with difficulties.
Seeing him say this, Luo An agreed, "Okay!"
"Then General Lao. Old Xiong, you stay here and wait until the cave is sealed before going down the mountain." Niu Youdao warned Yuanfang.
Yuanfang nodded and understood what he meant. If there were ghosts coming in and out, ordinary people wouldn't be able to see it. Once the hole was blocked, there would be movement of ghosts coming in and out, and ordinary people would be able to detect it. Now he needed his help to keep an eye on it.
Niu Youdao punched Luo An, then turned around and left. Yuan Gang followed him down the mountain.
At the foot of the mountain, he met Meng Shanming and Shang Shuqing, who were waiting for news because of this news. Meng Shanming naturally had to be polite with them, and then asked about the situation just now. Because it was too late, he didn't talk too much. Someone took the two of them to rest.
Naturally, the resting place was prepared early. As soon as the two of them arrived at the house, Yuan Gang poured a cup of tea and placed it in front of Niu Youdao.
After serving tea to moisten his mouth, Niu Youdao asked lightly: "What's going on here?"
Yuan Gang: "The points are a bit scattered, the time is short, the specific situation is unclear, and the number of people is unknown for the time being. There are many people with disabled hands and feet. Judging from the scars, they should have been on the battlefield. They should all be Prince Ning who lives here in seclusion. There are many craftsmen in the old department, most of whom have families. To be precise, this is more like a secret base for the production of ordnance."