Chapter 242 Winning over the Pingtian Sect

The bright moon is in the sky, and the frosty moonlight shines on the mountains and fields thousands of miles away. A large river passes under the cliff thousands of feet high.

Two dusty figures announced their homes outside the mountain, and then, led by the white-clothed church members, set foot on the rugged mountain road leading to Nanxiao Mountain.

Walking in front is Tang Yudan from Yanshan Jieyun Palace, Lu Jieyun's direct disciple. This trip is the first time he has set foot in the territory of the Pingtian Sect. Although his master is also ranked among the eight leaders, the leader of the Pingtian Sect ranks first and last. , there is no analogy at all. For this reason, there is solemnity in his eyes, and he does not squint when walking.

Following behind was Cao Aning, who became a wanderer after losing his job in the palace.

In order to regain his position of power, Cao Aning traveled throughout the Northern and Southern Dynasties in the past ten years. This was not the first time he came to Nanxiao Mountain. He introduced Tang Yudan to Tang Yudan:

"Go past Nanxiao Mountain, even if you are out of the pass, go all the way downstream along the river. When you reach the mouth of the sea, you can see the Baichi Cliff outside Guancheng. Fengguancheng built a hut there to live in seclusion. You can climb up to the hundred-foot cliff. Chi Ya challenges the warriors in Fengguan City, and no matter whether he wins or loses, he is considered the overlord in the world.

"Pingtian Cult Leader ranks first among the eight leaders. He challenged Fengguan City on Baichi Cliff and was personally evaluated by Fengguan City as the invincible opponent..."

When Tang Yudan heard this, he looked up at the afterglow of lights on the top of the mountain and sighed:

"Although he is not the best in the world, being invincible under the mountain is also a honor that a warrior dreams of. Having the most beautiful woman in the world like the Goddess of Toad Palace as his spouse is what a true man should do."

Cao Aning smiled and said: "This is the most carefree thing in the world, we mortals can't envy you. Not talking about you and me, even the king of hell in the capital city may not be inferior to Pingtian in appearance and potential, but his wife will definitely not be able to compare. Leader of Pingtian."

Tang Yudan thought for a moment, shook his head and said:

"Yejingtang lives in the capital, and his appearance is said to be extraordinary. If the empress of the dynasty takes a fancy to her, Madam can still compare with her..."

"Eh."

Cao Aning waved his hand: "My wife's status can be high, but it cannot be too high. The leader of Pingtian and the goddess of Toad Palace can be regarded as a good match. And if King Ye Dayan is attracted by the empress, can he marry the empress? Even if he takes over When she came to Fengguan City, the empress accepted the most heroic man in the world as her concubine. From then on, 'Once she entered the deep palace, she never saw spring every year.' How can he compare with the leader Heping Tian who married into his wife?"

Tang Yudan thought about it and nodded, feeling a little more envious of the leader of Pingtian.

The two of them walked all the way and came to the mountainside of Nanxiao Mountain. There were many passes along the way, and there were countless open and secret sentries patrolling.

Above Nanxiao Mountain is the living area of ​​the Pingtian Sect's high-level officials. Outsiders are prohibited from entering. Therefore, before the two of them arrived, they were led around by the believers and arrived at a tunnel on the mountainside.

The tunnel was dug out when the Wei army attacked Nanxiao Mountain. Now it has been transformed into the main altar by the Pingtian Sect, and the interior is quite large.

After Cao Aning and Tang Yudan walked along the tunnel for a while, an underground hall suddenly opened up before their eyes.

On both sides of the hall are eighteen stone lampstands, which are lit with tung oil; and in the middle is a long path paved with stone slabs, leading to the frontmost steps of the hall.

On the steps is a stone-carved seat, with a large Bagua emblem engraved on the back, and two flags on the left and right sides.

Cao Aning entered the stone hall, looked up, and found someone sitting at the head of the hall.

The figure is wearing a white robe, with a jade crown on his head and a tall body. Although the face cannot be seen clearly due to the angle of the light, his astonishing momentum is like a powerful dragon entrenched on the top of the mountain, looking down at the two people who suddenly visited him. of ants.

Tang Yudan just raised his head and broke into a cold sweat. He quickly stepped forward and bowed:

"Junior Tang Yudan, pay your respects to the leader of Pingtian."

On the high platform, the leader of Pingtian did not show his face, but said in a voice that was difficult to distinguish between male and female:

"Lu Jieyun wants something from me, why doesn't he come in person?"

Tang Yudan knew that he was not worthy of being received by Leader Pingtian in person, so he took out a token from his sleeve and said respectfully:

"This junior is sent by King Yan for this trip. My master has other important duties and I cannot come in person. Please forgive me, Master."

Leader Pingtian looked at the token and said displeasedly:

"Prince Yan asked you to recruit the Anping Tianjiao?"

"No."

Tang Yudan felt the dissatisfaction of Leader Pingtian and quickly explained:

"The loyalty of the Nanshan Hou family to Dayan is obvious to all the people in the world. The imperial court allows ten thousand households to serve as marquises and serve as governors of the prefecture. The Nanshan Hous regard them as nothing, so how can the leader be recruited?

"The King of Yan is planning a major event recently. As long as it succeeds, the Wei Dynasty will fall into the hands of the King of Yan. As long as the leader is willing to assist, the entire southern territory of the state can be assigned to the leader and he can become the king..."

When the Pingtian leader heard this, he said coldly:

"Self-proclaimed king? Are you trying to compete in the world, just like a three-year-old child playing house? The empress governs the country with benevolence. She has not been able to go to war for ten years since she took the throne, and opened up the trade routes between the north and the south. No matter how you look at it, she is a benevolent monarch who does not like war. And the empress gives The price I offered was nothing more than a marquis, but the prerequisite was that I would bring my family and my family to the capital to work as cattle and horses for her. If the Pingtian Sect dared to rebel, the empress would not raise a penny, but would only send troops to attack Nanxiao. Mountain, let the people of the world understand what it means that imperial power cannot be violated.

"The King of Yan is good at conquering, brave and resourceful, but it is because of his great ambition that he may have destroyed his country through military violence. That's why Taizu of the Wei Dynasty did not give him the throne. The King of Yan can't even tolerate the Northern Liang Dynasty. You mean he promised me to establish myself as king in the south?"

Seeing that something was wrong, Cao Aning said:

"How can we allow others to snore next to the bed? If the leader restores Great Yan in the future, he will definitely not be able to tolerate Wei. Considering these things, the leader must first have the strength to conquer the world. With the current foundation of Pingtian Sect, even the establishment of Nanyan in a corner of Pian'an is not possible. Extravagant hopes, let alone competing in the world.

"Now the King of Yan has the intention to unify. As long as the leader helps, even if he does not get any reward, he can still stir up chaos among the feudal lords, causing the Wei Dynasty to be in chaos and have no time to take care of the south. This is good for the leader. All benefit and no harm.”

Leader Pingtian asked:

"How does King Yan plan to take over the throne?"

Cao Aning said seriously: "We have reliable news that the empress is in poor health and may not die soon, and the only bodyguards around her are Master Xuanji and Ye Jingtang. We will be responsible for opening up the door, and then as long as the leader helps to deal with Master Xuanji... …”

Step~

A footstep interrupted the words.

Leader Pingtian stood up, walked to the edge of the steps, and stood with his hands behind his back:

"The empress's death is not long, can King Yan just wait? The empress has no heirs. If she dies, the throne can only be given to King Yan or Prince Liang. If King Yan is thoughtful, he can hide quietly near Wuzhou, and the empress will die as soon as she dies. If he runs to the capital faster than Prince Liang, he will be able to legitimately become the emperor. Do you think Prince Yan is going to assassinate the empress at this time?"

"..."

Cao Aning was silent for a moment and said respectfully:

"The empress is young after all, and no one knows how long she can live. King Yan is nearly sixty, and he is afraid that it will last forever..."

"get out."

Leader Pingtian's voice was slightly cold: "This leader will just treat you as if you have never been here. If you make any more nonsense, I will kill you without mercy."

"..."

Cao Aning immediately shut up, looked at Tang Yudan, and silently turned around and left...

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Tread...

The footsteps gradually faded away, and the stone hall became empty.

Leader Pingtian stood on the steps with his hands behind his hands. After the footsteps completely disappeared, he sat back on the chair and frowned in thought.

Behind the stone hall, Nanshan Tie Gua Zhang Henggu, who was wearing a Taoist robe, walked out slowly with his hands behind his back, thought for a moment and said:

"It sounds like Jieyun Palace is acting secretly in the name of King Yan, but this is the first time I have heard that the empress is about to die soon. According to the empress' age, there should be no mistakes."

The leader of Pingtian said: "Back then, the empress forced the palace, and only one real person, Xuanji, could not deal with Cao Qiansui. There must be an expert beside her. However, after so many years of investigation by all parties, they still could not find the expert beside the empress. For this reason, no one Dare to enter the palace rashly.

"Now that someone dares to take action, it means that they have found out the identity of the dead soldier. The empress's poor health has nothing to do with the strength of the guards. If they dare to take action because of this... it can only be the person who invaded the imperial city with Zhen Xuanji, the empress herself. , and it left hidden wounds. This news is quite important..."

Zhang Henggu hesitated for a moment:

"Last time I went to the capital to pick up my wife and Yunli, I also saw the current situation in Yun'an. In the prosperous times, the Pingtian Sect wants to restore Dayan, but the people may not agree.

"Since there is no hope of restoring Yan in a short time, the first strategy is to settle down and slowly accumulate strength. If we intervene in this matter, King Yan will not remember my good deeds if he succeeds; if King Yan loses, the empress will inevitably Let us understand what it means to ride a horse across the sky..."

Leader Pingtian nodded slightly: "Then we won't join in and let the court fight within us. We'll just wait and see what happens."

Speaking of this, Leader Pingtian thought of Luo Ning who was far away in the capital.

It has only been two days since Luo Ning returned to Beijing. The letter reporting the news was only sent out yesterday, and it is estimated that she has just passed through Xiwang Town now.

Leader Pingtian didn’t know the specific situation in the capital, so he added:

"I'm going to write a letter to Luo Ning, urging her to come back as soon as possible so as not to accidentally get involved in this matter. Ping'er has been here for so long, but there's no reply at all, and she doesn't know what she's doing..."

Zhang Henggu was in his seventies and was considered to have a lot of experience. His wife went out of town and didn't come back. She didn't say what she was doing. Normally, there would be someone else outside.

But the leader was a girl and had no awareness of this. As a protector, Zhang Henggu could not make any groundless suspicions. He left after saying goodbye...

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"Chi chi chi~..."

As the morning light dawned, a groan came from the Sun Pond surrounded by exotic flowers and trees.

The doors and windows of the main hall were closed, and the pool was filled with mist.

Ye Jingtang changed into clean clothes and lay on the beauty couch beside the hot spring pool to avoid falling asleep. The Chilong Sword with a new sheath was leaning against him.

The birds that helped patrol in the east of the city for most of the night had already flown back late at night. They were floating on the water like fat-headed geese, swimming around and chirping.

After Yuhu left yesterday, Ye Jingtang took a shower and changed his clothes. It was time for him to leave.

But yesterday, Bobozui seemed to have irritated Big Benben. He was not sure whether Benben would come back to deal with him, so he waited here and fell asleep at some point.

Facts have proved that Dongfang is very stable even though he is timid. He knew that if he came here in the middle of the night, he would be bitten, and something more exciting might happen, so he just tossed and turned until dawn, and then he brought the palace maid over to have a look.

Tap tap tap...

Lying on the imperial concubine's couch, Ye Jingtang woke up when he heard the dense footsteps in the distance. He found that it was dawn, so he stood up and washed himself in the pool, then picked up the birds and walked out of the door quickly.

Outside the Can Yang Pond, Dongfang Liren, who was wearing a silver python robe, asked the palace attendants to wait at the door. He entered the door alone. Before he had taken two steps, he saw the Night Terror Hall coming out. He paused slightly:

"Why haven't you left yet?"

Ye Jingtang came to the front carrying Niaoniao:

"Knowing that His Highness is coming, shouldn't I be waiting? If you come and I'm not here, you will be angry again..."

?

Dongfang Liren felt that this was saying that she was not easy to take care of, and wanted to say something harsh, but when he saw Ye Jingtang's face, he couldn't help but recall the moment when their lips met last night.

She snorted lightly, took the bird over, turned around and walked in front:

"I heard from the palace people that you were here, so I came here to take a look. Also, I have to remind you that you are becoming more and more unruly. You are the deputy commander of the Black Yamen, my subordinate, and I Being tolerant to you means appreciating your abilities. If you continue to be arrogant and proud..."

"Know it……"

Ye Jingtang listened carefully to the Queen's instructions and accompanied her to the horse and carriage prison. After they had finished talking, he looked at the hem of her skirt:

"Is your leg okay?"

Dongfang Liren blinked his eyes and turned to look at Ye Jingtang's body:

"It's okay. What about you? Are you healed?"

"It's just a scratch, no traces can be seen."

"snort……"

Dongfang Liren thought of the way Ye Jingtang risked his life to protect her last night, and was reluctant to continue preaching. After the palace servants moved the carriage over, he boarded the carriage and sat down on the couch:

"You were just injured and you need more rest, so come up."

Ye Jingtang didn't refuse when he saw this. He took Niaoniao to the carriage, sat by the window, and fed Niaoniao breakfast.

Dongfang Liren had kissed Ye Jingtang on the cheek before, but it was an accident. It was different from yesterday. Now that we were in the same room together, he always felt a little awkward. The Queen couldn't show off her aura, so he simply took out a bag from the wooden box next to him. In this booklet, I took out Xiaohao's sketch and made it look like an office.

Ye Jingtang didn't bother him at first, but after feeding the birds for a while, he suddenly noticed that the majestic queen who was working hard was making a few strokes on the booklet, and then she would raise her eyes to look at him, and then continue.

?

Ye Jingtang's heart moved slightly, so he put the bird in the food box and let it eat by itself, and then, while Dongfang Liren wasn't paying attention, he leaned towards him.

The result was no surprise. The front of the booklet was white paper, and half of the picture had been drawn. It was a scene of the little thief and the chivalrous girl pouting.

The tall chivalrous woman sketched in plain brush has the same height proportions and curves as Dongfang Liren, but her face cannot be seen.

The little thief, on the other hand, could clearly see the expression and demeanor, and pressed the beauty's back with one hand, as if he was kissing her forcefully.

Snapped--

Dongfang Liren was caught off guard and closed the book suddenly, his eyebrows standing straight up:

"Who asked you to come here?"

Ye Jingtang quickly sat back and said with a smile:

"Isn't this a reward for my painting? I'll just take a look..."

Dongfang Liren's face turned red. He had no choice but to deal with this villain. He raised his hand to signal outside:

"You go down."

Ye Jingtang didn't say much, got up and got out of the car, and walked by the car window.

Wow——

Dongfang Liren closed the car window and didn't even let him look.

However, while walking in the Night Terror Hall, I could still hear the sound of birds immersed in cooking, and the soft sound of the pen touching the paper...

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The carriage drove through the straight streets and soon left the imperial city and arrived outside Prince Jing's Mansion.

Ye Jingtang was not invited to sit in this time. With the mentality of coming here, after watching Benben enter the palace, he took Niaoniao to the black office behind the palace.

There was trouble in the east of the city last night, and the police were working overtime to patrol, but the experts who could lay traps in advance were not so easy to catch, and no results were found in the search.

As soon as Ye Jingtang walked into the gate of Hei Yamen, before asking anyone to ask, he found Iron-armed Wuchang She Long running over. He held his hands in his hand and thanked her from afar:

"Master Ye, thanks to your ability to predict what happened last night, if Liu Qiansheng was really killed by the Hongshan Gang, my joy would be in vain..."

She Long himself is an entry-level master. It is indeed a rare opportunity for his son to be favored by the old Wu Kui as a closed disciple. Liu Qiansheng was almost killed yesterday. She Long was so frightened that he could not sleep now and wished he could stay in front of Liu Qiansheng as a bodyguard.

After Ye Jingtang raised his hand to signal, he asked:

"What happened to the two people captured yesterday?"

"Shi Yanfeng was poisoned by several kinds of poisons, which were extremely poisonous to his heart. Doctor Wang could hang himself, but it was of no use. He died in the morning. The body was sent to Zhang Jinglin and asked him to study the golden scale skin.

"As for Zheng Kun, he was tortured all night and was very harsh. He would rather die than confess..."

"Really? Go over and have a look..."

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As I write this, it’s almost 12 o’clock and my full attendance will be cut off. I’ll write out the rest and update it early tomorrow or2!

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