Chapter 4 Intrigue
Baling sponsored Xiao Xian as a descendant of Emperor Wu of Liang of the Southern Dynasty. After Yang Guang's death, Xiao Xian restored his old country name and became the emperor by building a capital in Baling City. The country was named "Daliang". Without the baptism of war, the Baling area maintained prosperity and peace, and was ready to rush the army north at any time to compete for the Central Plains, achieving the hegemony of the emperor that will never be defeated.
Xiao Xian’s palace was rebuilt from the original general administration, which lacks the majesty of ordinary imperial palaces, but has an added sense of simplicity and not luxuriousness.
At this time, the palace was brightly lit, singing and dancing, and palace maids holding various scenic foods were constantly shuttled through the courtyard, and bursts of cheerful laughter came from the hall with beautiful music. The seat in the courtyard was a man of about 35 or 36 years old, strong and majestic, and tall. This person was the former leader of the Baling Gang, and now the emperor of Daliang - Xiao Xian!
Xiao Xian recently hosted a banquet for officials in the palace. There was something that made him happy. All officials were suspicious, but they kept their mouths tight and didn't ask much. Many of them were old ministers in Baling of the Sui Dynasty. They have been officials for many years and they could never understand the principles in the officialdom. "Don't ask what should not be asked, and don't say what should not be said." As long as the emperor is happy, everything is fine. With such an official, how can the Sui Dynasty not perish?
At this time, I saw Xiao Xian full of glory, and he picked up the wine glass with a smile, laughing: "General Xiang is not a loss, but I am the mainstay of Daliang. Why worry about the hegemony of Daliang if I have General Xiang? Come, everyone, let us give General Xiang a cup to General Xiang, and General Xie worked hard for me Daliang."
How could everyone ignore the emperor's words? They all smiled and picked up the wine glasses and toasted Xiangyu Mountain. Xiangyu Mountain stood up and said respectfully to Xiao Xian: "Xiangyu Mountain thanked my king for giving me the kindness of wine. I will do my best to serve my Daliang, devote my whole life to it, and die." After that, he picked up the wine glass and looked up.
Xiao Xian smiled happily, and glanced at the two strong men standing behind Xiangyushan with their hands behind their backs. He was filled with praise in his heart and asked Xiangyushan: "I don't know who is standing behind General Xiang? I look at his appearance, which is quite majestic."
Xiang Yushan said respectfully: "Back to the emperor, these two are two master generals recruited by Weichen in the world recently, and are responsible for the position of Weichen in the safety of Weichen. You two are not going to introduce them to the emperor quickly."
After hearing this, the two big men behind Xiangyu Mountain knelt on one knee and bowed to the ground, saying, "Little Sun Zhong, Sun Yi, come to the emperor."
Xiao Xian said to himself, "Sun Zhong, Sun Yi?" Xuan said happily again, "Haha, both loyal and righteous, good name. Come and reward each of the two Qing families with ten taels of gold. Please come and ask the two Qing families for a 100-tall gold."
Sun Zhong and Sun Yi expressed their gratitude in unison: "Thank you for the reward of the emperor." Then he stood up with joy on his face.
Xiang Yushan thought to himself: Xiao Xian is indeed cunning, and is so good at winning people's hearts. If an ordinary warrior in the martial arts world had inevitably been recruited by him, he would definitely not be working hard for me. Humph, it's a pity that you made the wrong plan.
Xiao Xian smiled heartily and said, "In the future, General Xiang's safety will be done to the two Qing families."
Sun Zhong and Sun Yi quickly agreed respectfully.
The banquet lasted for an entire hour, and it was late at night before the end of the song. Xiang Yushan and others told Xiao Xian to retreat and went back to their homes. When they walked out of the gate of the palace, Xiang Yushan's face became gloomy again, his eyes kept turning, and his expression on his face was also gloomy. Sun Zhong and Sun Yi walked in front and behind respectively, protecting him in the middle.
Xiangyushan, as a capable official of Xiao Xian, was granted the title of general. The general's mansion, which was rebuilt with a large mansion, did not value majesticity, but was free from the awe-inspiring spirit of a military aircraft.
Xiangyushan walked towards the courtyard, walked straight to the bedroom, drank the guards on both sides, and then flashed into the bedroom. He walked carefully to the head of the bed, gently rotated the finely carved eagle's eyes at the head of the bed, and the wall in front of him quietly opened a secret door. Xiangyushan walked in gently, and then closed the stone door inside. Behind the stone door was a short and short winding corridor, with many arrow holes drilled in the wall, and there was a poisonous arrow that had been wound in each air. On ordinary days, if you accidentally step on the mechanism in the tunnel, the poisonous arrow would not be fired. In times of crisis, as long as the mechanism is turned on in the secret room, the launching devices of these poisonous arrows will be activated.
Bypassing the winding corridor, Xiangyu Mountain came to a gray-white stone gate. Just as he was about to open his mouth, he heard a strong and powerful voice coming from inside, "Is it Yushan? It's time. I haven't fallen asleep yet."
Xiangyushan heard the sound, pushed open the door and walked in. The decorations in the stone room were extremely ordinary, except for a stone table and several stone benches, there were some tea sets. Two meters from the left hand of the stone door was a circular arch, which was covered by a dark curtain.
The sound just now was from the mouth of a figure behind the curtain.
"Yushan, how is the matter going?" said the black shadow.
Xiang Yushan replied respectfully: "Everything is going according to our plan. Xiao Xian is still ecstatic about this plan? Don't you know that Song Hui is the one who really serves us, not him. The disciple has already told Song Hui that he will definitely keep the evil monk in one breath. Then we can watch Lin Shihong and Xiao Xian fight to the death, and I will benefit from it."
The black shadow said in a deep voice: "Yushan must not be eager for quick success or instant benefits, otherwise it will be a disaster in the future. 'The lean camel is bigger than a horse' Xiao Xian and Lin Shihong's respective foundations are already very solid, so we must not be careless. Even if our plan is successful, both of them will not fight as you imagined. After all, this is a fight for the world, not an ordinary fight in the martial arts sects. So you must be careful in doing things and must not leave any clues. If they are aware of it, they will inevitably join hands to deal with us. We will be the one who is unlucky at that time."
"Don't worry, master, my disciples have always been cautious in their work and will never reveal any flaws." Xiang Yushan replied.
"Is that so? I don't think it looks like it!" The black shadow suddenly raised his voice, strengthened his tone, and asked.
Xiang Yushan was so scared that she shivered all over her body. As the saying goes, she felt guilty and a cold sweat of beans immediately emerged, but she still gritted her teeth and said with a hard temper: "Yushan has always followed the master's teachings and has no disobedience at all."
The black shadow snorted coldly and said, "Okay! Don't pretend to behave in front of me. Have you sent someone to ambush Xiaoyaoke's carriage again in secret?"
Xiangyu Mountain was confused when he was called to death, and was scared to death for a moment, but he was also a cunning person. His eyes turned and he immediately thought of an excuse.
So he went to the black shadow and said, "Since the master already knows this, my disciple will no longer hide it. I originally wanted to report it to you after the matter is successful, so as to give the master a surprise. My disciple actually did this carefully and was completely for the master."
"Is that?" said the black shadow coldly: "I think it's for you. You want to take this opportunity to avenge your personal revenge and take the opportunity to plunder his stunning beauties for your own enjoyment."
Xiang Yushan hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, "Master, I will never dare to think about this. The disciple is indeed good for the master."
"Oh? You're talking about it."
Xiangyu hurriedly said, "Although Xiaoyaoke's martial arts is powerful, he also has a weakness, that is, this person has a strong sense of emotion. According to legend, this person knows the whereabouts of Yang Gong's treasure, and now all major forces are secretly attacking him. As far as the disciple knows, the Yinkui Sect is also searching for the whereabouts of Yang Gong's guaranteed. I think this will not be just a place where treasures and weapons are buried, otherwise the Yinkui Sect would not work so hard. Maybe there is the 'Evil Emperor Relic' that the master has been searching for in the holy sect that the master has been searching for!"
When he heard the four words "Evil Emperor's Relic", the dark shadow's eyes immediately shone brightly, and the muscles on his face kept twitching, and an incomparable desire and possessiveness flowed out of his eyes.
After a while, the shadow calmed down and his voice became a little calmer. Obviously, his anger had been half gone, and he said calmly: "Continue."
Xiang Yushan was secretly happy and continued, "As the disciple said just now, Xiaoyaoke is a person who values feelings and loves his wives very much. If he knew the location of Yang Gong's treasure, he would never hide it from his wives. Therefore, the disciple secretly sent three hundred masters left by the master to his disciple, and even used Xiao Xian's plan to surround the Song family to lead Xiaoyaoke away. The disciple got the exact news and had already predicted their itinerary, and there were only eighteen people accompanying him, who were Dugu Sheng's old subordinates, Dugu Sheng.
After Sheng died, these eighteen people surrendered to Xiaoyaoke, which was not worthy of fear. Besides, we were afraid of Xiaoyaoke. I thought that his wives had only average martial arts. We were ambushing in the secret, so we would be able to capture them without any effort. As long as we captured his wives, we would be able to pry open their mouths and learn about the secret location of Yang Gong’s treasure. At that time, we could still take them to our brothel. With their appearance, even though they were broken flowers and willows, we could still make us rich."
After hearing this, the black shadow laughed, then stopped and asked, "What if they don't know the location of Yang Gong's treasure?"
Xiang Yushan said: "Even if they don't know, we can use them as hostages and force Xiaoyaoke to exchange the secrets of Yang Gong's treasure, and we are not afraid that he will not agree!"
"Haha..." Heiying said: "A clever plan, a clever plan! You get up Yushan, you are the only good disciple of the master."
Xiang Yushan was so scared that he was sweating coldly. At this time, he took a lot of effort to stand up from the ground, and his legs were still shaking slightly, obviously because he was extremely afraid of his master.
The black shadow asked, "What else is there? Where are those two kids now?"
Xiang Yushan replied: "These two are in Jiangyin City at this time. Xiao Xian also values these two people and has ordered someone to invite them. I think they will arrive in Baling in a few days. Should they...?"
The black shadow waved his hand and said decisively: "If you are not busy, keep their lives first. First, avoid making enemies with the Xiaoyaoke before we find out the details of the Xiaoyaoke. Second, the existence of these two people can also break the original balance of the world, which may be very beneficial to our future development. The teacher will leave Baling tomorrow and have some things to deal with. You should take care of yourself. Okay, go out now, and the teacher will have a short rest."
Chapter completed!