Jiaohua

The watchman passed by banging his clapper outside, but the light in Wang Gu's study was still on.

Zhao Tang passed by at night and saw the bright lights, so he came and knocked on the door.

Wang Gu's voice sounded: "General Zhao, please come in."

Zhao Tang opened the door and came in: "Commander Wang has a good ear, he can hear that it's me knocking on the door."

"That's right," Wang Gu said with a smile, "your knock on the door is much more elegant!"

There was a whole map of Hengxiang on the desk, including the outskirts of Hengxiang city. Zhao Tangwang saw him drawing circles around the ancient temple, and the arrow at the end led all the way to the west.

Inside the mountain stream, there are two words marked, Lin Quan.

Zhao Tang lowered his eyes and said: "Sir, you are really responsible. As soon as you responded with your front foot, you started to study with your back foot."

"There is a person named Hou Rui," Wang Gu said.

"Who is this person?"

"I found out from Mr. Zhan Jiuye and Zeng Jishi from Qingxiang Village that this man was a treacherous man. When Mr. Du Xuan and others came back from traveling to the state, they passed by the foot of the ancient temple and rescued this man from the mouth of a black bear. However, this man repaid his kindness with his revenge. A dark man next to Shen Lie was cut into pieces."

Zhao Tang was stunned: "There are still people like this!"

"I think this person and the forces behind him are related to the destruction of this ancient temple." Wang Gu raised his hand to touch his beard. "General Ali gave away so much profit, nearly 10 taels of silver. Sure enough, there is a reason. This matter is quite difficult.”

"What are your plans, sir? Should we go tomorrow, or..."

Wang Gu smiled: "Wang has been thinking about it for a long time. In fact, there are countless people in Lin Quan who can go for us."

"for example……"

"Ying Jinliang, Yan Qinglin, Tian Dayao, or those homeless soldiers wandering around, such as Li's cavalry. Well, General, it's up to you, who do you want to cooperate with?"

Zhao Tang understood: "Sir, this is where you want to be a troublemaker again."

"Hahahaha!" Wang Gu laughed loudly, stroking his beard and said, "Of course it's true, it's easy to win in chaos!"

After saying that, Wang Gu looked back at the map and said with a smile: "General Ali is very courageous. He went out to discuss learning and recruited all the talented people in the world. According to Wang, Wang can also come to a gathering of heroes to bring this world's heroes together." Let’s get together too.”

"It's better not to give it up," Zhao Tang frowned, "If these people come, Hengxiang's peace will definitely be at stake."

"So, it has to be balanced." Wang Gu picked up the ruler on the table and held it with his fingers. The ruler wobbled and finally became even. "I saw General Ali's appearance. She will not stay in Hengxiang for too long. Hengxiang affairs Although there are many, she is surrounded by capable people now, including the new Falcon Camp. You see, she doesn’t even need to personally intervene. She told me that she would not stay in Hengxiang for more than ten days at most, but I feel that she Maybe she can leave tomorrow. When she leaves, the battle in the northwest will inevitably begin, and who in the Central Plains in the rear will be idle? If I can draw the attention of everyone to Hengxiang, I will point out Maybe it will be beneficial to the world."

Zhao Tang looked at the ruler in his hand and couldn't answer.

"Otherwise, just do this?" Wang Gu looked at Zhao Tang, "General, what do you think?"

"You go ask Zhao Xun," Zhao Tang said, "I won't say anything."

After saying that, Zhao Tang turned and left.

"That's a coincidence," Wang Gu looked down at the word "Lin Quan" on the table and muttered, "The Crown Prince said that I have full authority to handle everything about Hengxiang. In that case, Wang is welcome."

Early the next morning, Wang Gu handed over the letter he wrote overnight to his men, rushed to the post station outside the city, and then sent it to all directions.

After staying up all night, Wang Gu fell asleep. On the other side, Xia Zhaoyi, who finally had a full night's sleep, opened the door and was greeted by the fat man's enthusiastic cheers.

The chubby dog ​​pounced directly on her. Xia Zhaoyi hugged it quickly, and the dog rubbed her shoulders and neck.

Xia Zhaoyi smiled and stroked the dog's head: "Even if you are dirty, you are still clean. You are so close to me."

Xu Yinjun said: "Dad, it's quite clean. This dog likes to take a bath."

When the big fat guy got tired of playing, he stopped huffing and sticking out his tongue, Xia Zhaoyi touched its head and said to Xu Yinjun: "Help me feed the horse, I will go out of the city later." Xu Yinjun said: "Yes!"

"Let's go," Xia Zhaoyi put down his big fat, "come and eat with me."

"Woof!" Big Fatty shouted happily at her.

After breakfast, Xia Zhaoyi went straight to Ruan's house after leaving the city alone.

The mountain behind Ruan's house was now heavily guarded. He saw Xia Zhaoyi riding a horse from a distance. Zhao Ya, who was responsible for guarding the place today, thought he had made a mistake. Then he asked someone to bring the horse over. He rode up to meet him: "Second Miss, what are you doing? coming!"

Xia Zhaoyi smiled and said: "Vice General Zhao, let me take a look at the goddess statue."

"Come on, Miss Second, come over here!"

Zhao Ya is the deputy general of the Jian army. During these days, he and Xia Junnan's deputy general Xia Shui took turns leading troops to guard this place. They knew the terrain here well and had discovered countless shortcuts.

Xia Zhaoyi went with him, followed by several of Zhao Ya's guards.

On the way there, Xia Zhaoyi asked if there was anything unusual here these days. Zhao Yaru told him, and finally raised his hand and apologized: "The other party is playing tricks on us and treating us like monkeys! Several of them are elusive and come and go like the wind. , I will be waiting for you, I am really incompetent!"

Xia Zhaoyi said: "I don't blame you. Military strategists are engaged in conquests. They discuss formations, consolidation, and morale. Jianghu people like them pay attention to fighting alone and moving lightly. It's not surprising that you can't keep up with them. , let alone incompetent."

"The body of the female assassin is still there. They wanted to take it away, but it was difficult to take it away."

Xia Zhaoyi said: "They should be allowed to take it away so that we don't have to deal with it again."

Zhao Ya said sheepishly: "Then, I will definitely do it next time!"

Take the shortcut and soon arrive at the long hall.

In an empty Netherworld, even if the sun is high in the sky, the light inside is difficult to see far.

The followers behind Zhao Ya quickly went to light the lamps, and the huge hall gradually became brighter, illuminating the white bones piled at the foot of the goddess's stone statue.

As it was then, so it is now.

Xia Zhaoyi took the lantern from Zhao Ya's hand and walked towards the stone statue of the goddess.

Zhao Ya also followed behind, carrying a lantern.

After being only ten steps away from the nearest bones, Xia Zhaoyi stopped and looked up at the statue of the goddess hanging high in the air.

The faces of the goddesses in each bottle are different, some are kind and compassionate, some are charming, some are scornful and dissolute, and some are sarcastic and disdainful.

Zhao Ya stopped behind Xia Zhaoyi and looked up at the goddess statues following her gaze.

Xia Zhaoyi suddenly said: "Let's find more people tomorrow to transport these bones and bury them."

Zhao Ya said: "Yes."

"We must dig a very deep pit," Xia Zhaoyi said. "When it is filled, we can plant some trees on it."

"Okay, Second Miss, where is the female assassin named Chu inside?"

Xia Zhaoyi frowned and said slowly: "Pack up her body, send it to Yong'an, and throw it in front of Song Zhiyi Palace. At the same time, leave a note to thank Yan Qinglin."

Zhao Ya paused and laughed: "The second young lady's move is powerful. I heard that Emperor Daping is increasingly dissatisfied with Yan Qinglin. Isn't this move urging them to fall out?"

Xia Zhaoyi also smiled: "Yes."