Today I hold the world

The more foggy it is, the more it proves that there is a lot of strangeness involved. The rise and fall of the two dynasties cannot be completed overnight. If someone can control it in the dark, it must be very powerful.

After staying in Zhang's mansion for ten days, he talked deeply about Liang Guo's government, laws, taxation, and anecdotes from various places every day, and unearthed three particularly important clues from them.

One is that every eight to ten years, there is bound to be a natural and man-made disaster in a part of the Liang country. .

The second is that the selection of Wenqu by the imperial court has been greatly improved in recent years, but the number of Wuqu has been decreasing year by year. On the contrary, there have been several prestigious local military names in various counties and counties, all of whom are skilled fighters, and many of the leaders are Zhang Mingyuan The subordinates who have brought.

The third and most important point is that just last month, the people in Fuzhou and Yanzhou mountainous areas were all forced to flee their hometowns by natural disasters.

Apart from these three points, there are some noteworthy anomalies. For example, the Yuan City in the northeast of Liang State was slaughtered by monsters and turned into ghosts. The remaining three or two are still lingering, and there are some strange drought disasters in some places, which are rumored to be caused by the beasts.

After deduction of these things, it is not difficult to find that in the future, the country will be completely governed by Taoism and Confucianism. With the increase of the troops of the county kings in various places, wars will break out, and Jiang Guo will inevitably repeat the same mistakes in 40 to [-] years.

Zhang Mingyuan's family, as the backbone builders of Daliang, followed Zhong Ziyan to discover these problems step by step, they all had ugly faces and heavy hearts.

Ordinary people's family and country feelings are far more important than those of Zhong Ziyan, who live a short life. The Tao they stick to is not exactly the same as the Tao that monks stick to, because they can see fewer things than monks, and the civilization they can experience is extremely limited.

On the evening of the tenth day, a Taoist priest in purple robes came outside the gate of Zhang's mansion. He had a short mustache, black hair, and a thin figure.

In the current situation in Liang State, the Taoist walks among the people and is unknowingly praised by the people. In addition, the Taoist is followed by a black panther. The guards at the gate dare not talk for a moment. They only asked their surnames and hurried into the mansion to ask for instructions. Patriarch.

Zhang Jinnan hurried out to salute, "Dare to ask what is the important thing for the real person to come to the door?"

The man responded with a smile: "The poor Taoist came to look for his brothers and sisters. They are in your mansion. One is named Zhong and the other is named Chang."

Zhang Jinnan looked startled, "Oh? That's really neglectful, please come in!"

The Taoist was exactly Tao Hanting who had been separated from Zhong Ziyan for half a month. Zhang Jinnan entered the mansion from a distance, and soon saw Zhong Ziyan, and briefly treated Zhang Jinnan politely. After he left, his expression suddenly became gloomy:

"Master, Qingling Mountain has been closed, and many places in Fuzhou are occupied by ghosts and evil spirits. I don't know if someone released them on purpose, or those evil spirits were driven by the big monsters and sent to occupy them on purpose.

I traveled around from Fuzhou, and then went east and out of the country of Liang. The few sects that invaded my mountain gate in the past are still Liujia, Xianjumen and Lingxi sect. All the paths in the Puyang River Basin have not fought much with each other in the past 50 years, and the development has been smooth, which is really hateful! "

Zhong Ziyan and Chang Zizai did not experience the destruction of the old mountain gate back then, and the hatred in their hearts was not as strong as Tao Hanting's. They were just curious about the current strength of the several schools.

Although they haven't experienced the destruction of the old mountain gate, since they are members of the Chilongmen and have inherited the orthodoxy, they naturally have to bear the grudges of the past. Compared to Tao Hanting, the two of them are more rational.

Tao Hanting took out a spiritual map, pointed to the red dot near the Puyang River and said, "The three families have built a market together on the longest road leading to the Puyang River. After staying in a hurry for two days, I rushed back.

After a rough inquiry, the Liu family is the strongest among the three factions. It is said that someone has already gone to Shouqiu to seek a chance to conceive a baby. Now the person in charge of the Liu family is Liu Jiangning who presided over the attack on Qingling Mountain. Except for him, outsiders know The number of golden elixir is not less than three.

Among the other two factions, Xianjumen and Lingxi faction each have two golden elixirs, and there is no way to know more information behind the scenes. It has been too long, so we need to check more.

Looking at it now, it may be difficult to defeat the enemy based on military pressure alone. Even if we win, our losses will be heavy. It is quite tricky to weaken the strength by a few percent first..."

Tao Hanting talked about it, and finally fell into contemplation and began to presuppose various methods.

Zhong Ziyan saw it, and suddenly remembered what Tao Fangyin told Zizang Fengshan before leaving, saying that Tao Hanting had already become obsessed with the destruction of the mountain gate, and if he didn't control it, he might do crazy things.

Back then, the branch of the Tao family in Qingling Mountain was almost completely wiped out by the enemies who broke through the Chilong Gate. Tao Hanting was able to survive, thanks to Tao Fangyin's rescue.

Thinking of this, Zhong Ziyan said with a gentle smile: "Hanting, this matter will not be accomplished overnight, you'd better sit down and drink a cup of hot tea after working hard for half a month."

After pulling him to sit down, Chang Zizai poured a cup of tea, and changed the subject to the matter of the Liang Kingdom they had been talking about for the past few days. Unexpectedly, Tao Hanting also discovered something, and rushed to say: "When I came back from the east, I saw a There are black-feathered beasts all over the top of the mountain. Although the cultivation level of those animals is not high, the number is terrifying. According to my estimation, there are at least [-]. They guard the mountains to the east of Liang Kingdom. It seems that someone specially reared and hatched them. from.

Their intelligence is not high, but they are extremely greedy, and they will eat wherever they go. I think this is an important clue! "

It can be heard that Tao Hanting is still thinking about the enemies of those families inside and outside the words, because Qingling Mountain is within the territory of Liang State, so he can only barely refer to Liang State when he talks about it.

When the hall fell into silence, the three of them were silent for a long time, Tao Hanting suddenly seemed to get out of his mind, and said to Zhong Zi: "Master, have you found any of your blood relatives?"

Zhong Ziyan nodded and smiled shyly: "My cousin's dead bones are about to be blown away by the wind, only my cousin gave birth to a pair of children, and the remaining two grandchildren, this time I will take them over to be raised by me, what will you say in the future There will also be a chance to accomplish something!"

When the topic came to this point, Zhong Ziyan only took the initiative to talk more about Zhong Shouyi, and the other matter was too big to discuss in detail for a while.