Pawn Crossing the River

"Yinglong" went away, and in the forest below, a line appeared out of thin air. Then this line slowly unfolded like a peacock spreading its tail, turning into a fan shape, and finally turned into a painted fan decorated with gold and silver foil. Being held in the palm of a white hand.

Tamamo Mae and Koshigomiya showed their figures. At this time, Tamamo Mae had already put away her tail, and still covered the lower half of her face with a folding fan, leaving only her eyes exposed.

Jishou Miya held "Raikiri" and "Kikuichi Mononorizon" on his waist, his face was quite calm, but his eyes were a little dazed. After a long time, he slowly said: "Did we fail?"

Tamamo Mae's voice was slightly deeper, more charming than the charming female voice: "Of course we were defeated. The Hiruzen, Koga Ninja, Ishida Kanemasa, and Shinnosuke were all killed in the battle. You were the only one who escaped with your life by chance. On the other hand, Dao Sect has almost no losses. If this is not considered a failure, then what is?"

Ji Xianggong's eyes darkened completely: "It's not just a failure, it's a disastrous defeat. I should commit hara-kiri."

For this assassination, almost all the forces of the Zunbo faction in Omi Kingdom mobilized. Asahi Jingu Shrine, Nishoji Temple, Koka ninjas, local feudal lords all came out with their best, and even used one of the three major artifacts????? ????????????"Eight-foot Qiong Magatama", but was defeated head-on. Kane Ishida was trying his best to send out the spirit of movement, but in the end, he was blocked by that terrible evil thing. The Japanese ninja were beaten to a pulp, and the new ninjutsunosuke and the Koga jounin were beheaded. If it hadn't been for Tamamo Mae's final move, she would have become a prisoner.

Tamamo Mae said: "In the words of Zhongyuan, now is the time to employ people. What you should do is to perform meritorious service instead of committing suicide to apologize."

Jixiang Palace did not speak.

The strength of the Zunbo Sect is not as good as that of the Taoist Sect. After two failed assassinations against Qingwei Zhenren and Toyotomi Hidemoto, their strength has suffered heavy losses. If she commits suicide again, it will not be of any benefit to the overall situation, but will make things worse.

Tamamo Mae's tone did not fluctuate much: "Your opponent this time should be the best among the younger generation of Dao Sect. Although I have not been able to leave Fenglinzhou these years, I have also learned something about the development of Dao Sect through other channels. Current situation. All three young people are banished immortals according to the Taoist definition, and all of them are half-immortals. In terms of status, none of them is inferior to you. Even if a future master appears among the three, I will not. It won’t be weird at all.”

After a long time, Koshigomiya asked: "Master Tamamozen, do we still have a chance of winning this war?"

Tamamo Mae said: "Who knows? Maybe you should ask His Majesty the Emperor, or Qingwei Zhenren, who is a Taoist disciple."

Jixiang Palace murmured: "Master Qingwei...the one who injured Katsura Zenyuki-sama and Tamamozen-sama?"

"The ninjas of Koga were also decapitated by him." Tamamo Mae said, "You have already met him, and it can be seen that he does not want to kill you. Of course, it is not because the prince of the Taoist sect is sympathetic to the beauty, but because he thinks you have something more. For example, it can be used to marry Guan Bai, the new regent he personally selected, to win people's hearts. "

Jixiang Palace was silent for a moment and suddenly said: "The Taoist sect's methods are very powerful. Many people expect them to bloody suppress Fenglinzhou. This will arouse the hatred of the entire Fenglinzhou, so more people will join us and fight with us." We resisted the rule of the Taoist sect together, but they did not do this, but adopted gentle methods. As a result, there were many people who had no king and no father, people who had no family and no country, people who acted according to the wind, people who were greedy for life and afraid of death, and people who were greedy for life. Wealthy people take the initiative to join the Taoist sect, but they become our obstacles. The Taoist sect divides us and makes us kill each other. "This is the old trick of the Taoist sect, dividing and recruiting, treating differently, and finally achieving the goal of using the barbarian to control the barbarian." Tamamo Mae's eyes were indifferent, "It is undeniable that this method is very useful if the Taoist sect is strong enough."

Koshigomiya asked: "Master Tamamoae, what should we do?"

Tamamo-mae folded the folding fan in his hand, with a sarcastic smile on his face: "Today's Taoist gates are equipped with millions of armors and thousands of good generals. How can the fluorescence of rotting grass compare to the bright moon in the sky? If you change sides, take off your armor, and surrender with courtesy, you will still be defeated. Isn’t it wonderful to be a wealthy man and have the country safe and the people happy? At worst, let Master Qingwei swear an oath on Miluo Yuan to keep your family in peace.”

Of course, Jixiang Palace could hear the sarcasm in Tamamo Mae's words, and couldn't help but feel speechless.

Now that I have chosen this path, where is the way back? What to do? Naturally, the road will lead to darkness. At this time, let alone surrender, anyone who dares to make peace will be punished by the radicals.

On the other side, under the personal protection of Master Qingwei, there was no further trouble and they arrived at the Xiujing camp on the same day.

The Taoist sect has arranged a welcome ceremony in advance. In addition to the people of the Taoist sect, many ministers and ministers of the prime minister's house and the lords of the daimyo domain have been invited to come and are waiting here. When Master Qingwei and Hidemo Toyotomi walked down the gangway hand in hand, "Yinglong" fired a salute, the spiritual officials lined up in an array saluted, and then Taoist people played music , the momentum was so great that many senior ministers of the prime minister's office couldn't help but burst into tears.

What does this scene mean?

In all Western countries, kings must be crowned by the Holy See Pope.

In Dongyang Fenglinzhou, Qingwei Zhenren, the real person in charge of the army, took on the role of pope. His move was equivalent to crowning the new regent Guan Bai.

Qingwei Zhenren gave a speech, reviewing the past friendship between Taoism and Prime Minister Toyotomi, saying that Taoism would definitely assist Prime Minister Toyotomi in stabilizing the situation and putting down the rebellion. At the same time, he warned all reactionary forces who respected the pro-war faction not to speak unpredictably.

Military affairs have always been a continuation of political affairs. From the beginning to the end, the Taoist sect has emphasized one issue, that is, the division must be famous. This is true from the grand public sacrifices held by various coastal prefectures to pray for the common people, officers and soldiers, and all the souls who died at the hands of Japanese pirates, to the two speeches given by Qingwei Zhenren.

As long as this issue is clarified, and driven by the powerful strength of the Taoist sect, the next thing will fall into place.

After Qingwei's speech, the future regent Guanbai spoke again.

Toyotomi Hidemoge first thanked the Taoist sect for its help to Prime Minister Toyotomi, and then also reviewed the long-standing friendship between the two, dating back to the Daqi period. He also denounced the Zunbo Sect and made it clear that the Zunbo Sect was the continuation of the Japanese pirates back then. They are all the culprits that undermine the relationship between Fenglinzhou and the Central Plains. For their own selfish interests, they do not hesitate to use war and must be resolutely eliminated.

What he said was sincere and impassioned, as if the Taoist clan used "Yinglong" to bombard Hidekyo Castle and forced Toyotomi Prime Minister to bow his head had never happened.

This is a very qualified regent Guan Bai.

Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu watched indifferently on the flying boat.

Between countries, there is no morality, only interests.

It’s not that we shouldn’t be moral, it’s that the world has not developed to the point where we can be moral.

Any morality that is too advanced is outdated, and outdated morality is destined to bring greater destruction.

After all this was over, Qi Xuansu was planning to go back and take a rest. Before getting down to business, he would first deal with the background of Fan Ji's fellow Taoist priests.

However, as soon as he returned to his camp, he was notified by the secretary of Master Qingwei and summoned by Master Qingwei.

He could only follow his secretary to the main account of Master Qingwei. He couldn't help but wonder, why he summoned him again after he had just met him?

Arriving at the big tent, Master Qingwei said straight to the point: "I called you here because there is an emergency that needs you to deal with."

After saying that, Master Qingwei handed a dossier to Qi Xuansu.

Qi Xuansu took the file and looked through it carefully.

Although most of the support supplies are concentrated in Qizhou, some supplies are still transported directly from Jiangnan Province. The deputy governor of Jiangnan Province, Zhang Juquan, was in charge of this area. The deputy palace lord was born in the Zhang family, and relying on the family's power to serve as deputy palace lord, he was quite satisfied.

However, he has two major hobbies, one is making money, and the other is lust.

There is a deacon named Su under Zhang Kuquan. He is not the Su family of Qingqiu Mountain, but the Su family of Cihang real person Su Yuanyi. He is beautiful, but his qualifications and abilities are not good. In addition, he is from a sideline and lacks family support. I haven't been able to get promoted over the years.

Seeing that he was getting older, Deacon Su had some evil thoughts and frequently went to Deputy Palace Master Zhang's signing room to report and ask for advice, and then seized on Deputy Palace Master Zhang's weaknesses????????? During the ????????? stage, he attacked fiercely and captured Deputy Palace Master Zhang in two or two strokes. He was soon promoted to the Taoist priest in charge.

This Chief Su is different from Chief Su of Qingqiu Mountain, who is full of ideas of defending Taoism. He is very understanding of the world and likes to support the younger generations. He also introduced several junior sisters to Deputy Palace Master Zhang, sisters who fight tigers, and sisters who go into battle. Under the guidance of the senior sister, the junior sister also became a deacon Taoist priest at a young age. In addition to enjoying the fun, the group of people also did not forget to work together to make a fortune.

These people are also "loyal". When they become prosperous, they don't forget to help other sisters. Over time, more than half of Deputy Palace Master Zhang's men became women's soldiers. For this, he was praised by the superiors, saying that he did not engage in discrimination and understood the concept of equality.

From then on, Deputy Palace Master Zhang lived an imperial life in the Three Palaces and Sixth Courtyard, and he was somewhat neglected by his old love, Chief Su, which made Chief Su very dissatisfied. Later, the two had a big dispute because of the uneven distribution of the spoils.

In anger, Deputy Palace Master Zhang threatened to remove Principal Su from her position as principal. Although the personnel power at the principal level was not in his hands, his words were very powerful and could either lift her up or trample her to death.

Director Su was so frightened and angry that he refused to do anything and went to Fengxian Hall to report to the Fengxian Hall that Deputy Palace Master Zhang was corrupt and perverting the law, and secretly misappropriated the flying boat transporting military supplies for smuggling.

Fengxiantang and Beichentang belong to the sphere of influence of Taiping Dao. Since it is during the war and it involves military support, this matter is naturally handed over to the master in charge of the army, who will handle the military affairs.

After reading the file, Qi Xuansu hesitated and said: "Master, this case should be jointly handled by Fengxian Hall and Beichen Hall. It seems more appropriate for Deputy Hall Master Yongyan to come forward."

Qi Xuansu is naturally unwilling to get involved in this matter. His relationship with the Zhang family has just eased. If he comes forward to handle this matter at this time, what will the Zhang family think?

Master Qingwei smiled and said: "It is indeed more appropriate for Yongyan to come forward. He will rush to Jiangnan Daofu in person to arrest Zhang Juquan and Yiying people. Your mission is to arrest and investigate Yiying Taoist priests and spiritual people involved in smuggling. official."

Qi Xuansu was sent to Fenglinzhou with two main responsibilities. The first one was to help resolve the dispute between the three Yu families, which has now been completed. The second responsibility is to supervise the allocation, transshipment, storage and other matters of grain, grass, ammunition and various materials.

This matter was just within his responsibilities.

Qi Xuansu could only respond: "I will obey the order of the real person in charge of the army."