Taiping Inn

It was late at night, and lanterns were hung in the Qizhou Guild Hall.

Li Xuandu sat in the main hall. At this time, besides him, there was only Lan Xuanshuang in the hall.

Li Xuandu not only learned about the matter of Caisheng Zhema from Lan Xuanshuang, but also informed the Confucianists. The two sides quickly reached a consensus and set the tone that this was a crime committed by the people of the Demonic Path. So Li Xuandu sent Shangguan Wan to check the matter, and the Confucianists also sent Ziyanshanren.

In a sense, the people of the Demonic Path are a basket, and everything can be put into it. Unlike the Taoist, Confucian, and Buddhist systems with clear inheritance relationships, the so-called Demonic Path is just a general term. There is no inheritance relationship between the many people of the Demonic Path, and they are even enemies of each other. The only thing in common is that these people of the Demonic Path act arbitrarily, do not abide by the rules, and cause great harm. Therefore, once they are crowned with the name of "demon head", they are not tolerated between heaven and earth, and everyone can kill them.

When Song Zheng was given the name of "Demon Blade", he was actually in a very dangerous situation, which shows that there were many people who opposed Song Zheng, whether they were righteous or evil. Going a step further, the "Demon Blade" was turned into a demon head, and everyone attacked him. This was also the reason why Song Zheng did not dare to continue to recuperate in the Wudao Sect after being defeated by Li Daoxu, but fled in a hurry, because at that time he seemed to be sitting on the crater of a volcano, and he didn't know when the volcano would erupt and his body would be gone.

Because of this, people in the demon path may not necessarily practice demon path skills. They may also be people from the Taoist, Confucian, or Buddhist sects, and the skills they learned were just and grand, but they were eventually classified as demon heads because of their perverse and cruel behavior.

Li Xuandu even had a kind of enlightenment. If he failed and died, his name might appear among the demon heads after so many years. After all, the dead will not argue.

But that's all later. The problem now is that this sudden demon head disrupted Li Xuandu's plan. Li Xuandu originally planned to attack Queen Mother Xie Zhi after determining everyone's attitude. This is a big deal. Once Li Xuandu takes action, there is no turning back and it is difficult to stop. So now there are two choices in front of Li Xuandu. One choice is to solve the devil's matter first, and then attack Xie Zhi. The other choice is to ignore the devil's matter for the time being and deal with it after solving Xie Zhi.

The difference between the two choices is only in the early and late, not in whether to deal with it or not. As for why Li Xuandu must deal with this devil, the reason is very simple. There is no relationship between ability and responsibility. There is no such thing as greater ability and greater responsibility, but there is an inseparable relationship between power and responsibility. In other words, the greater the power, the greater the responsibility. You can't just enjoy power without taking responsibility.

Now, Li Xuandu is not the Grand Master, but he has exercised some of the power that belongs to the Grand Master, just like half of the master of the Dao Sect. Many Dao Sect members obey his orders and are respectful to Li Xuandu, so he must bear the corresponding responsibilities. Suppressing the demons is one of the responsibilities, and Li Xuandu has no choice but to do so.

Similarly, as the orthodox sect in the world, the Confucian sect must also bear certain responsibilities, so the two sides can quickly reach a consensus and define the matter.

The consensus of both parties is that the demons must be eradicated, but the consensus that has not yet been reached is how to eradicate them and when to eradicate them.

Now, Li Xuandu is still hesitating and has not made a decision. He does not want to act arbitrarily and wants to listen to the opinions of Lu Yanbing, Shangguan Wan, Shen Shuangmei and others.

Lan Xuanshuang saw Li Xuandu's hesitation and did not rashly put forward her own suggestions. In many cases, she prefers to be an executor rather than a counselor who makes suggestions. At the same time, she was a little curious. Li Xuandu was not surprised by this sudden appearance of the demon, as if he had known about it for a long time.

In fact, this is true. Li Xuandu was not surprised by the so-called demons, but felt that "it's finally here".

After the Taoist Conference ended, Li Xuandu went to Tangjiabao in Shuzhou to investigate the Tang family. He encountered a trap left by the geomancer in the White Emperor's Mausoleum. In the end, Tan Taiyun showed up, interrupted the earth veins, and rescued Li Xuandu. This is one of the reasons why Li Xuandu did not take advantage of the situation to put Tan Taiyun to death.

This matter also involved Li Feiyan.

After Li Feiyan and Zhang Haishi killed King Jitian, they returned to Longmen Mansion to participate in the Taoist Conference. On the way, they met a man who was being chased. She didn't want to cause trouble, but she saw that the man was with a young girl. After all, Li Feiyan was old and not as cold-hearted as she was in her early years. She felt compassion and rescued the man.

The man was grateful to Li Feiyan and told her all about his origins. His name is Chen Anjing. He was originally from Chenjiazhuang, Beiyang Prefecture. Two years ago, he went out to make a living, but when he returned, Chenjiazhuang had been burned to ashes. His brother Chen Anju, his nephew Chen Fangzhi, and many farmhands were all dead. He didn't know who did it, so he asked around and accidentally met this little girl. The little girl was alone, without parents or anyone else to take care of her. Chen Anjing had no choice but to take her with him. Who would have thought that he would be hunted down by a group of people of unknown origin. Fortunately, Li Feiyan rescued him, otherwise he would have died.

This little girl was "Long'er" who Tan Taiyun used to conceal his identity. Li Feiyan took her with him, and Tan Taiyun was able to follow Li Feiyan to Xuannv Sect, Shuzhou, and finally to the White Emperor's Mausoleum.

After Tan Taiyun revealed his true identity at the White Emperor's Mausoleum, Li Xuandu specifically mentioned this matter.

Originally, Li Xuan thought that those who pursued Chen Anjing were arranged by Dan Tai Yun, but Dan Tai Yun personally denied: "Those people were not arranged by me, nor were they among the ten sects. They seemed to be in the devil's path that had disappeared for many years. People, I heard that some people in the devil took advantage of the troubled times to search for girls and good-family girls everywhere, and I don’t know if they want to practice martial arts or other reasons. If Li Feiyan hadn’t happened to appear, I would have killed those people. ”

Because of this incident, Li Xuan was not surprised by what happened today.

The devil's people took advantage of the troubled times to search for girls and good-family girls everywhere, and even accidentally hit Dan Taiyun's head. And according to what Dan Taiyun said, she was early. I heard about it, but it was seen that this incident was not a day or two, but it was not discovered because of the war. Or someone discovered it, but thought it was not a big deal, and didn't pay too much attention.

Since Li Xuandu arrived at the imperial capital, he temporarily suspended the regular meetings of the Qingping Association and Taiping Inn. Otherwise, he really wanted to ask the palace officials if there is any news about this.

Because only Dan Taiyun heard about this, most of the people below reported it to Dan Taiyun, and Zhang Jingxiu, Li Daoxu, Qin Qing and others had no similar news, including Li Xuan, which shows that people in the Demonic Dao do not often Activities in Jiangnan, Jiangbei and Liaodong. So Li Xuandu judged that people in the Demonic Way were likely to be hiding in the northwest area.

This is reasonable. The northwest prefectures were the most severely affected by war. The government system was almost completely disbanded, and even the gentry and clan forces were greatly damaged. The population was withered. Although the Northwest Great Zhou Dynasty was carried out to a certain extent. Repair, but the time is still short and the results are not obvious. In addition, the strategy of Dan Taiyun and the Earth Master's westward advancement, vigorously developing the Western Regions and participating in the internal strife of the Golden Treasure also reduced their control over the northwest, which is most suitable for those in the devil's way to hide it.

In contrast, the government structure of Jiangnan and Jiangbei has remained intact, but it gradually escaped from the control of the court, and has not suffered heavy damage, and has even developed to a certain extent. At the same time, the powerful sects and gentry are extremely powerful, and the Confucian sect is the largest landlord, so it is very It's hard to hide it from their eyes and ears. As for Liaodong, there is no need to say that although Liaodong is vast and sparsely populated, under the vigorous purge of Qin Qing, the Governor's Office has a strong control over the three prefectures of Liaodong, and there is almost no soil for people to survive in the magic path.

Now, these people in the Demonic Way are no longer satisfied with remote places and directly reach out to the imperial capital, which is a taboo.

There are some things that can’t be weighed if you don’t have a scale, and you can’t even hit a thousand pounds if you don’t have a scale.

In the past, people in the devil's way acted secretly, and Confucianism and Taoism were busy with disputes between Confucianism and Taoism, even disputes between temples and worlds, so they turned a blind eye to themselves and had no time to take care of them. Now the man in the Demonic Dao reached out to the Imperial Capital and was arrested. He undoubtedly slapped the two companies hard. He couldn't pretend to be unable to see them, so he could only solve the problem seriously.

At this moment, Shangguan Wan and Lu Yanbing came back.

Li Xuandu signaled the two of them to take their seats, and then asked, "Where is Miss Shen?"

Lu Yanbing said, "The prisoner is going to be interrogated and the coroner is going to be a post-mortem. She can't get rid of her body for the time being."

Li Xuan clicked and said, "What have you all discovered?"

Lu Yanbing and Shangguan Wan looked at each other, and Shangguan Wan took the initiative to speak, "Let me say it. This matter involves an ancient devil, called the "God of the Five Mountains of Yunxiao", also known as the "Five Demons Leader" , 'Yun Demon Lord', 'Zhao Ancestor', this demon is one of the few people with orderly inheritance among many demons, so these names do not refer to one person, but are passed down from generation to generation, the last generation of Five Demon Sect Masters It appeared during the Great Jin Dynasty and once gathered millions of people to capture 52 counties, including the entire Jiangzhou, Luzhou, southern Chuzhou, and northeastern Wuzhou. "

Li Xuan was stunned: "Is that Fang Shisan?"

In the late Jin Dynasty, the court was corrupt. Before the Jin Tent army headed south, Fang Shisan was born in poverty and had a generous temperament. He advocated that "the law is equal and there is no distinction between superiors and inferiors." He raised the rebel army to resist the harsh government of the Jin Dynasty, but the vitality of the Jin Dynasty was still there. He was quickly suppressed, and Fang Shisan himself was defeated and died.

Shangguan Guan shook his head and said, "The Five Demon Master is not Fang Shisan, but the two have a great connection. Fang Shisan was once a subordinate of the Five Demon Master. Later, the people in the Joint Sect drove the Five Demon Master away. Fang Shisan did not inherit the Taoist tradition of the Five Demon Sect Masters, but ascended the throne and became emperor. From this point of view, the two should be considered enemies."