Goldfinger of the Heavens

Chapter 22 Lingnan Rising

Luoyang, the capital of the gods, has a branch of the snake spirit.

"Demon Spirit, call your subordinates and set off immediately tomorrow to go to Lingnan. I have ordered people to inform the people in Seven Halls to wait. This time, I will try my best to recruit as many talents as possible to my Snake Spirit."

"Eldest sister, why bother with the seventh cousin, it is enough to have subordinates and subordinate brothers."

"I know that you are capable enough to make things happen, but this time it is related to the development plan of my snake spirit. There must be no omissions, understand?"

"Yes, big sister, this subordinate understands!"

"Well, this action must not attract the attention of the inner guards, so you only have half a month. I will pass the letter to Liutang and Xian'er. When the time is up, you will immediately hand over the follow-up to the people in Qitang. , join Xian'er as soon as possible, and win over the 36 courtiers who were exiled to Lingnan this time, it's the first time for Xian'er to participate in such a large-scale operation, and she lacks experience, so you need to give her more advice."

"Yes, I will definitely train her well."

"Well, very good. Once our operation is successful this time, if we absorb all these people, the power of the snake spirit will at least double. This time I really want to thank our good emperor."

"Eldest sister, don't worry, this subordinate will definitely accept this great gift from Wu Zetian this time, and will never let down the generous gift of our good emperor."

Xiao Qingfang, because of her meritorious service in arresting Yuan Tiangang and "hunting" Snake Spirit against the party, moved to the right to be the chief of the inner guard mansion. Because of her outstanding ability, she won the emperor's trust, so she was entrusted with important tasks by the emperor.

But Wu Zetian never imagined that Xiao Qingfang, the leader of the great cabinet he trusted, was actually Yuan Tiangang's disciple, and he was the number one person of Snake Spirit. , has developed to an extremely terrifying level, and now the halls of snake spirits have spread all over the world.

However, because of the special nature of snake spirits, there are very few people who know the existence of snake spirits, no matter in the rivers and lakes or in court.

After all, once the word "Snake Spirit" reached Wu Zetian or some people in the Neiwei Mansion, things would be bad.

In the cabinet, although Xiao Qingfang is the leader of the big cabinet and the number one in name, he is not the only one.

Wu Zetian is an excellent politician. In order to prevent the chief ministers of the Neiwei Mansion from overshadowing the sky with one hand, she adopted corresponding checks and balances. There is no strict subordinate-subordinate relationship.

The three big cabinet leaders are only responsible to the emperor, and they are at the disposal of the emperor. Therefore, the actual power of the three big cabinet leaders is the same as that of eunuchs, depending on who the emperor trusts more.

In order to fight for power, all kinds of small tricks emerged among the three chief cabinet leaders of the Neiwei Mansion, hoping that the other party would make mistakes.

Therefore, Xiao Qingfang must be very careful in every step of the inner guard, not to give the opponent any clues. Since Yuan Tiangang was arrested, not only did she not put any snake spirits in the inner guard, but she also cleaned up some of them before. Join the snake spirit members of the Inner Guard.

The word "cleaning up" was not used too much, Xiao Qingfang's methods were extremely ruthless, leaving no future troubles.

I'm afraid Yuan Tiangang didn't expect Xiao Qingfang to be so ruthless before he was imprisoned.

This is partly because Xiao Qingfang is in a different position. She is now the leader of the Snake Spirit, and her desire for power is completely incomparable to when Yuan Tiangang was in charge of the Snake Spirit.

And more importantly Wu Zetian.

Wu Zetian ascended the throne as an emperor as a woman, it was like opening a Pandora's box, allowing some ambitious women to give birth to lofty ambitions, and Xiao Qingfang is one of them, why Wu Zetian can be the emperor, but she Xiao Qingfang can't Woolen cloth?
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Luoyang, Neiwei Mansion.

"About Li Shouxin, is there still no whereabouts?"

"Report to the leader of the Great Pavilion, but there is still nothing found."

"Could it be that he, Li Shouxin, can disappear out of thin air?"

"Reporting to the leader of the Great Pavilion, I can't blame my subordinates. Except for the news that Li Shouxin appeared in Hongzhou ten years ago, there is no news about Li Shouxin. It seems that Li Shouxin really disappeared. In general, there is no trace, and 11 years have passed, even if Li Shouxin is still alive, he is no longer what he used to be, and looking for him is like looking for a needle in a haystack."

"You..." Xiao Qingfang took a deep breath and calmed down her emotions. The person in front of her was not her direct subordinate. Otherwise, how could she have the guts to talk to her? It would be a waste of time to get angry at him.

"That's fine, you can continue to search slowly. Your Majesty only gives you one year this time. If you still can't find it, hehe, you should know what the consequences will be!" Xiao Qingfang said coldly.

"what!"

"roll."

"You are."

"Teacher, teacher, what is the secret of Li Shouxin that makes you value it so much?" Xiao Qingfang muttered to himself as he watched his subordinate leave in embarrassment.

"Looks like I'm going to look at that old thing again and see if I can ask something."

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Luoyang, Zhang Mansion.

"Jing Hui, how is the situation now?"

"It's not good. Your Majesty has just ordered that all the families of the 36 courtiers be dispatched to Lingnan, and they will all leave within three days."

"Hey, the most worrying thing happened. Wu Yizong is a sinister villain. It's a pity that brother Huaiying is not in the court, otherwise there would be such a mistake."

"Ge Lao, now is not the time to talk about these things. The most urgent thing is to find a way to keep these 36 ministers. Otherwise, with Wu Yizong as a person, they may be in danger. Do you think we should contact people from Tangmen?"

"Well, you fly the pigeons to pass the letter immediately, and let De Zhen contact the martyrs and secretly protect them. I will personally go to the Ministry of Punishments to say hello. It's not too late. Let's split up immediately."

"Yes."

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Lingnan jungle.

"Lingnan in this era is really not a place for people to stay. No wonder exile in Lingnan is a punishment measure. It is estimated that few people who come here can survive." Huang Chong looked at the sword being cut into two by himself. A colorful centipede said with emotion.

Huang Chong left Yiyang County and went south to Lingnan alone.

The reason why I came to Lingnan was not for tourism. At this time, Lingnan was not a prosperous place for later generations. The degree of development here was extremely low. In a sense, people in the Central Plains even regarded it as a "land outside China".

Huang Chong came here to find some poisons, one is to refine some poisons, just in case; the second is also the most important purpose, is to find several poisons that can help him practice Hunyuan Gong.

Although this world is not the plane of Jade Blood Sword, the poison in He Tishou's memory may not exist in this world, but in order to improve his internal function to a higher level, Huang Chong decided to look for it even if there was a glimmer of hope.

(End of this chapter)