Chapter Two Hundred and Nineteenth Chapter Lingzhou Dark Pavilion Sub-rudder
What happened in the court of Da Chu naturally had nothing to do with this world.
Whether it is to expand the army or to do whatever else, these Jianghu people have no interest at all.
If I have the time and energy to care about these news, I might as well make an appointment with a few friends and invite a few famous people to my home to make friends with martial arts.
But no matter what happened in the world, Da Chu's plan to expand its army by 50,000 was implemented at an extremely fast speed after it was unanimously approved by the monarchs and ministers of Da Chu.
All departments involved in this matter gave the green light for this, and even Zhao Yunqing, who always claimed that every penny should be broken in half, reluctantly allocated a large sum of money to the military.
Three days later, several confidants under the second prince and several generals with real power in the military left the capital and rushed to Yuzhou.
There were only a dozen or so people in this group, and from the outside it seemed that there were only people from the second prince and the military.
But officials in the capital all know that among these people there must be people inserted by various parties.
Fifty thousand black-armored knights are a big piece of cake, and all forces in the DPRK and China naturally want to come in and get a piece of the pie.
But these had nothing to do with Ergou. After getting the news he wanted, he took He Huaichun, the young monk and a few others to Changping County, Huai'an County, Lingzhou.
But what Ergou didn't know was that the person he was looking for was no longer in Lingzhou, or even in the Southern Tang Dynasty, but had rushed to the far distant Southern Tang Dynasty.
The ghost lord who led the team to annihilate the Jiang family has now entered the territory of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and has even approached the Hollyhock Province where the Southern Tang Ange's headquarters is located.
Ever since the scholar sword of Ange took over the mission from his ancestor, Ange has taken root in the Southern Tang Dynasty.
But over the years, the pace of Ange's deployment in the Southern Tang Dynasty has slowed down countless times.
Along the way, Gui Xiao deliberately asked people in the Southern Tang Dynasty whether they knew there was a secret pavilion in the Southern Tang Dynasty.
However, most of the news they received said that Ange was not a political force in Dachu, so how could it suddenly come to Southern Tang Dynasty.
Besides, the Dark Pavilion is powerful, and the forces in the Southern Tang Dynasty are not vegetarian. Not to mention the Wuji Palace, the Enyi Gang and other forces that barely have a first-class master in charge, but the Taixu Sect and the recent compilation of the twelve earthly branches are in the limelight.
The prosperous Tianwu Tower will definitely not agree!
Naturally, Gui Xiao would not argue with those quacks. After learning the general situation, he rushed all the way to Hollyhock Province. He wanted to see what the scholar's sword had to say.
Although the territories within the secret cabinet are clearly divided, the intrigues between the Tianzihao killers are extremely serious.
Whoever can dig out a piece of meat from other people's rice bowls is considered to be very capable.
Although there were rumors before that the scholar's sword had broken through to the first-level realm, but Gui Xiao was naturally not a vegetarian, and now that he was a quasi-first-level swordsman, he had nothing to fear.
As long as Scholar Sword is still in the secret pavilion, Scholar Sword cannot kill him. If only he dares to take action, Ghost Lord is confident that he can escape from a first-class master, and Scholar Sword will face the cleanup of his ancestors.
The portal.
What Gui Xiao wanted to do when he came to Southern Tang this time was not just to grab a piece of meat from Scholar Jian's bowl, but to try to see if he could snatch Scholar Jian's job and take over Ange's job in Southern Tang for him.
Business.
After carefully planning this trip to the Southern Tang Dynasty, Gui Xiao was 70% sure of how to kill Scholar Jian.
Of course, it was impossible for him to do it, but I heard that Jiang Ergou had been in the first rank for some time, so it shouldn't be a big problem to kill a scholar with a sword.
As for the scourge Jiang Ergou, just wait until the ancestors take action to deal with him. He just needs to prepare to take over the Southern Tang Dynasty.
However, I am afraid that Gui Xiao has not realized until now what kind of relationship this Jiang Ergou has with the Jiang family that he destroyed twenty years ago.
But you can't blame him. The destruction of a second-rate martial arts family may have been a sensational event at the time, but after so many years, few people can really remember this event.
As for the child who was rescued by a stranger, the ghost lord also sent people to search carefully afterwards, but then nothing happened.
So now, the destruction of the Jiang family has long been a thing of the past in Gui Xiao's heart. In the past few years, he has not even thought about it.
Over the years, Gui Xiao himself didn't even know how many aristocratic families he had participated in destroying, and how many enemies he had escaped during this period, but he never thought that any of these people could seek revenge from him.
He will become a real first-class master in a year or two. By then, those clowns will only create some trouble for him. No one can really threaten his life.
The grudge between Ergou and Gui Xiao was suppressed for the time being. The main purpose of Gui Xiao's coming to Southern Tang this time was to kill people with a borrowed knife.
But this time, I used the sword from outside to kill the people in the dark pavilion!
Hollyhock Province has high mountains and long roads, so even if Ange wanted to take root here, it would not be easy.
In the past two years, the news that the person in charge of the Ange in the Southern Tang Dynasty had reached the first rank has vaguely spread among the high-level martial arts circles in the Southern Tang Dynasty.
Therefore, in the Hollyhock Realm, even forces such as Tianwu Tower are willing to sell Ange to save face and not argue too much with them.
After all, in addition to this newly-promoted first-class man, Ange also has an ancestor who ranks among the top three in the list of twelve earthly branches.
However, although Ange is somewhat famous in today's world, not everyone is afraid of him. And Ange himself knows these interests, so he did not rush to expand after the Hollyhock Province stabilized.
Since Gui Xiao entered Hollyhock Province, he has been secretly inquiring about news about Ange. As a member of Ange, he naturally knows how the people in Ange communicate and how they pass on news.
After looking at it all the way, Gui Xiao had to say that this scholar's sword was still somewhat of its own, and it had accumulated a good fortune for him.
Shujiang, the capital of Shukui Province, is one of the few big cities in Shukui, and now Ange's largest branch in the Southern Tang Dynasty is also located in this city.
Shujiang City was bustling with people coming and going. The major forces of the Southern Tang Dynasty also had spies in the city.
But when it comes to having the final say in Shujiang City now, apart from the government forces on the surface, everyone knows that the Dark Pavilion Branch is another giant in the city.
However, Ange has been able to maintain his composure over the years, and with the announcement of the Thirty-Three Rules of Assassination by Ange in the martial arts world, the bloody era of Ange has passed.
Especially in the past two years, the branch of the Ange in Southern Tang Dynasty, although it also made money by taking orders and killing people, has gradually changed from black laundering to relying on buying and selling information.
There is a small courtyard in the north of Shujiang City. Judging from the size of the courtyard, it can only be regarded as a wealthy family with some wealth.
The courtyard of this family is filled with peach blossoms surrounding the courtyard wall. Every year at the end of March or early April, when the peach blossoms are in full bloom, the fragrance can spread far and wide.
The peach blossoms inside the wall are fragrant outside.
But now it is the beginning of May. Logically speaking, the peach blossoms have already passed their flowering period and should wither. But here
But there are still a few peach blossoms scattered here and there.
In addition to the higher terrain of Hollyhock Province and the mild and suitable temperature, it is not difficult to see the effort that the owner of this courtyard has put into these peach blossoms.
The mistress of the courtyard loved peach blossoms, so the man tried his best to find all kinds of peach blossoms from all over the Southern Tang Dynasty for her.
It's a pity that the hostess can't see it, so she can only sit quietly in the yard and smell the fragrance of the flowers every year when the peach blossoms bloom.
In order to allow his beloved woman to enjoy such a quiet time, the man of the courtyard tried his best to extend the flowering period of the peach blossom.
At this time, a calm and gentle woman was sitting in the middle of the courtyard. Her eyes were tightly closed. Even if she tried hard to open them, she couldn't. From her slightly bulging abdomen, it was easy to see that she had
Pregnant.
The man named Bai Zhiqiang stood beside her quietly without saying a word. He seemed to be very satisfied just looking at the woman in front of him.
The best thing is to be able to look at it like this for a lifetime without blinking, then open and close your eyes and continue looking at it in the next life.
In fact, the woman did not accept this man at first because she did not know who this man was or what he did. Although the woman who had lost her sight since childhood had good intentions, she was always wary of the world.
It wasn't until last year that she followed this man whose face she had never seen all the way from Taiyuan Prefecture in the East China Sea Province to Shujiang City in the Hollyhock Province and heard the peach blossoms filling the courtyard, that she completely let down her guard.
Ever since she saved this strange man, he has been by her side. At first, she was not happy and even told him to leave, but he never left.
In fact, most men in the world do not have high requirements. It would be nice to have a gentle woman who always cares about him and spend his whole life in a muddle together.
When Bai Zhi met Bai Zhiqiang, he was never willing to let go! Even though this woman didn't really miss him at first.
In fact, Bai Zhiqiang had also thought about whether his status was suitable for being around a woman.
At the beginning, he always felt that if you like someone, you should always think about her. If she doesn't like you, you should leave her. If it may bring her danger, you should stay away from her.
But now Bai Zhiqian feels that there is nothing wrong with staying by her side for nothing, because he knows that in this world, no one except him will be so kind to this woman.
Ever since he met this girl named Ling'er who was just like his dead wife, Bai Zhiqiang had already given up his original identity as a scholar and swordsman.
If it weren't for avoiding the trouble that would follow from the secret chamber, I'm afraid he would have withdrawn from this world with his woman long ago.
But Jianghu is a road that has both advance and difficulty, and Ange is a road that has neither advance nor retreat!
Even though he has broken through the shackles of his mental state and reached the first level by living a peaceful life these years, the so-called freedom is still far away from him.
Perhaps, one day, when his level of martial arts is higher than that of his ancestor, he can truly leave this world without any scruples, which has never made him happy.
While the men and women in the courtyard were enjoying such a peaceful time, an uninvited guest had already arrived outside the courtyard. Bai Zhiqian felt the person's aura earlier, frowned slightly, and then heard a slightly cold joking voice.
"Jie Jie Jie, what a scholar Jian, we are fighting to the death outside, but you have already found a wife, you are living a comfortable little life well!"