On this day, the sky was bright and cloudless, and Chen Xizhen and his gang members were having a secret conversation in his mansion.

Originally, the emperor ordered twelve strong generals to be dispatched to the frontier army to cooperate with Chen Xizhen in his crusade against Liangshan. However, Han Shizhong said that many of the generals would have to rest for a month before setting off, and the emperor agreed.

However, since the news spread that Liangshan defeated the government army twice and captured Quancheng, for more than half a month, rebels were restless all over the Song Dynasty.

Nearly thirty groups of rebels were fighting against the imperial court in various places. There were also some who, although they did not dare to raise the banner of rebellion, hid in the mountains and forests, or went to work as bandits, resisting taxes and killing officials. For a moment, the sky seemed to be filled with rebellion. The building will collapse.

Emperor Tianming was so angry that he rarely went to court. He became furious and scolded all the civil and military officials. Finally, many ministers made regulations and mobilized armies to suppress the rebellion in various places.

This court, which was already decayed in the hands of Emperor Daojun, was still decayed after it came into the hands of Emperor Tianming, but it also had a record of breaking the Xia Dynasty. In addition to the decay, there were many more emperors who far exceeded the Song Dynasty. of ferocity.

The Emperor Daojun only knows how to squeeze the blood, tears and marrow of thousands of people into useless flowers, birds and stones, squeeze them into palace wonders, flower boat tours on the lake, squeeze them into mountains of gold, silver and jewelry in Bianliang City, and even the ministers who have a lot of money in their homes. No one even cared about it until it was eaten away by termites.

However, the Emperor of Destiny plundered the people's sufferings and blood and turned them into swords and guns, which were in the hands of wealthy landlords, local officials, famous relatives, and court officials.

When the imperial edict was issued and the court's orders were suppressed layer by layer, all the private soldiers from well-known families, wealthy merchants and slaves who were not officially part of the imperial army were mobilized.

The first people the rebels killed were the evil party traitors in various places, so they had to resist and defend the Song Dynasty.

When the soldiers and generals sent by the imperial court asked them to obey orders, countless family elders and old ghosts in the ancestral hall cried out, "Like a baby looking to its parents," and they all merged under the imperial soldiers and generals.

The imperial court only sent out ten military envoys to cooperate with the local evil parties. In more than half a month, the momentum of the rebel armies in the world was completely defeated.

But it was just a setback, and it was far from a true eradication, so the Emperor Tianming issued another order to defeat the culprit first.

He sent two more handwritten orders to the border army tent, urging the twelve generals to set off overnight and gallop under the stars to reach Bianliang in advance.

In addition, in today's morning court meeting, Emperor Tianming was appointed as the general.

Order six Taoist officials including Gou Ying, the real person who binds evil, and Wang Tianba, the real person who subdues demons;

Xiantian General Fenghui, Lingying General Haransheng, Kang Jie, Kong Hou, Fan Chenglong and other 20 generals, large and small, accompanied the army on the expedition.

These six Taoist officials and twenty generals were all Chen Xizhen's party members. Originally, he asked Emperor Tianming to transfer Guan Sheng and others to the border army in order to prevent his party members from being damaged. Unexpectedly, only most of them were In a matter of months, the situation has changed dramatically, and what should be done is still unavoidable.

Gou Ying consoled him: "Daozi, the matter has come to this. It is useless to think too much. All the brothers present are also experienced people. If a big event is imminent, we are not really afraid of those grass bandits and rebels."

"The holy will has been decided, and I naturally know that there is no room for excuses."

Chen Daozi responded lazily, but his eyes were very restless.

Emperor Tianming has not been concerned with government affairs in recent years and has devoted himself to spiritual practice. Although Chen Xizhen said he was loyal and good, in fact, he could not help but have some less-than-respectful speculations in his heart.

But this time, he finally saw the emperor's brutal methods.

Over the years, officials at all levels in the Song Dynasty accumulated wealth, kept slaves, and imposed exorbitant taxes whenever they had the opportunity. The clans that had produced officials in various places also took this opportunity to cultivate private soldiers, and they grew abnormally.

Everyone thought they were doing something smart. They exploited the people below and flattered the people above. Everything was done so that the government officials could rest assured, and everyone behaved decently.

But in recent days, it seems that even if the Emperor of Destiny is living in seclusion in the palace, he seems to be kept in the dark. He seems to know the current situation of the world well, and the fat and white "smart people" he raises are just using them.

They are just cattle and horses that have been thoroughly tamed to enjoy the benefits and can be safely commanded when necessary.

Chen Xizhen even vaguely felt that the emperor had known for a long time that the people of the Song Dynasty were going to rebel in the past few years.

Son of Heaven.

After the turmoil, the Song Dynasty still had to support the aloof emperor until he reached the age of 100 and successfully ascended to heaven, or failed and ascended to heaven.

However, the momentum of the rebellion may have been a little earlier and stronger than Emperor Tianming expected. This was the real reason for his displeasure in the court.

After thinking for a few seconds, Chen Xizhen said: "The officials have ordered so many soldiers and horses, and the soldiers and horses gathered from various places to Jingdong East Road, totaling one hundred thousand, must be not only to kill the culprit Liangshan, but also to kill him."

We will also carefully clear out places such as Qingzhou Bandit Village and completely pacify Jingdong East Road."

Xiantian General Feng Hui was familiar with the art of war and the terrain. At this moment, he said: "Jingdong East Road is adjacent to Kaifeng Mansion, and it also echoes the Liao Kingdom. How can such a big disaster be tolerated on the side of the couch? If you want to bring peace to the world, you must first suppress this place, so that even an inch of resistance can be suppressed.

My heart doesn’t dare to rise again.”

"good."

Chen Xizhen said, "To satisfy the officials, we must not only win this time, but also reduce the damage. We must do things beautifully, and I must try my best to protect my brothers."

He made up his mind, nodded and said, "If you want to fulfill your wish, you must invite two more people to accompany you."

At that moment, Chen Xizhen went to the palace to ask for an order to let "Mr. Huayang" Liu Hunkang and "Mr. Dongwei" Wang Laozhi lead the troops together.

Emperor Tianming was in the Cuiyun Pavilion in the imperial garden, tasting the precious elixir and drinking French wine. After hearing Chen Xizhen's request, he did not even look at him.

After two quarters of an hour, when the wine was gone, Emperor Tianming smiled warmly and asked Chen Xizhen not to stand outside, but to sit down in the pavilion.

"It has been less than two hours since the morning court, and you have already learned how to enter the palace to ask me for such a request. You are really able to understand my heart."

Chen Xizhen didn't even dare to say: "The humble minister is stupid, but he is just doing his best for the officialdom."

Emperor Tianming said: "These two people are both pillars and masters in the practice of immortality. Over the past few years, I have asked them to study many secrets of practice for me. It's just that such an expert will continue to stay in Bianliang.

If you really can't make the best use of the material, don't let them lead the army, let them have a name under your account."

Chen Xizhen was overjoyed. After thanking En for receiving the order, he first visited Wang Laozhi's house.

Wang Laozhi was practicing elixirs. He unfolded the edict and nodded slightly: "It will take seventeen hours for me to prepare the elixir. The army will set off at any time. I will naturally catch up with you."

Chen Xizhen asked: "What elixir is so important?"

Wang Laozhi said: "Originally, it didn't have to be so troublesome. It's just that the purple spirit sand from Cangshan Mine was not delivered this year. I couldn't stay away from it until I was halfway through practicing the elixir, so I had to invite your old friends Xu Hulin and his family to come and prepare it for me.

Blowing fire only delayed a few more days."

Chen Xizhen's face changed slightly.

Wang Laozhi smiled and said: "After all, I am your friend and an official of the imperial court. I only ask them to spend some cultivation to defend the furnace flame. I don't ask them to pay too much."

Chen Xizhen smiled and exchanged a few words with Wang Laozhi.

After leaving the mansion, he immediately ordered someone to deliver a message to check on the life and death of Xu Hulin's family.

Purple Qi Shen Sand is mainly extracted from the red crystal mine in Cangshan Mountain, and this type of ore is not actually produced naturally.

After cultivating the immortal way and mastering the indestructible golden elixir, if you still fail to reach the state of ascension, you will become closer and closer to the earth's energy. When you are a hundred years old, you will bury yourself in the ground, which is the so-called "

"Dismemberment".

Of course, if you have no nostalgia for the world and are less than a hundred years old, you can also bury yourself first, such as a certain Yuanmiao Mr. Lin Daozhang, but he has become more and more passionate about life in Liangshan recently.

In fact, these "corpse-dissolving immortals" did not die, but entered deeper and deeper dormancy, and over the long years, they continued to sink underground, ten miles underground, a hundred miles underground, and thousands of miles underground.

If during this process, a zombie happens to encounter a mineral vein, the aura breathed out by the whole body will cause the mineral vein to gradually change.

The Purple Qi Shen Sha must have happened to meet a certain Corpse Executioner who practiced the "Purple Banyan True Art" hundreds of years ago.

Xu Hulin's family has inherited this technique. When necessary, it can be used to replace the Purple Qi Divine Sand. This substitution can only consume the cultivation level, but it can also directly use the cultivator as a medicinal material.

Fortunately, Chen Xizhen received a reply soon. Xu Hulin and his family were in seclusion for self-cultivation and everyone was still intact.

In fact, demonic practice also has a situation similar to "corpse dissolution". Demonic masters who are unable to ascend will choose to live in higher and higher places after they are a hundred years old, until they go deep into the Nine Heavens Gang Wind and no longer fall, or even

Go outside the Gangfeng layer.

There is an old saying that goes, "The corpses of the immortals are dissolved, and the demons chase the sun." This is what happens.

Chen Xizhen went to the Taoist temple where Liu Hunkang was.

The courtyard of the Taoist temple is full of white cranes, each walking and playing.

Liu Hunkang was drowsy on the couch made of bamboo and rattan. When he heard the imperial edict came, he reluctantly cheered up and stood up to receive the edict.

"The army outside the city will set off tomorrow morning."

Chen Xizhen reminded, "Master Liu, don't miss the time. Why don't you follow me to the military camp to rest now, so that you can sleep peacefully for a night and set off together in the early morning?"

Liu Hunkang looked sleepy, yawned and said, "It's okay, it's okay."

The Taoist boys and attendants in the Taoist temple immediately became busy.

Chen Xizhen stood aside and watched the brisk pace of those people, frowning slightly, and suddenly glared at the Taoist boy passing by him.

The boy turned around in astonishment, and with a cry, he shrank into a golden bean and fell to the ground.

"Hey, what is Chen Daozi doing?"

Liu Hunchang bent down and picked up the bean, blew on it, and the bean flew out. He turned back into a Taoist boy and looked at Chen Xizhen timidly.

After Liu Hunkang waved his hand to him, the Taoist boy dared to leave in small steps.

Chen Xizhen looked around and said, "I haven't visited Zhenren Liu's house for a long time. Why do all the Taoist boys in this palace seem to be servants enlightened by the art of spreading beans to make soldiers?"

Liu Hunkang waved his hands lazily and said: "The old people don't like to make noise, so those Taoist priests and Taoist boys let them go to other temples in Bianliang to busy themselves. The people transformed by these little beans are all well-behaved and smart.

He talks very little, which is suitable for an old man like me."

"Really?" Chen Xizhen chuckled, "Zhenren Liu, your Maoshan Qingzong..."

"Speaking of which, Chen Daozi's daughter also likes these Taoist boys very much."

Liu Hunchang sat back on the recliner, took a cup of tea from the side, blew on the hot air and said, "She hasn't been to my place for a long time. Is there any chores that are bothering her?"

Chen Xizhen's face darkened, and he completely forgot what he was thinking before, and sneered: "My bastard... Liqing's whereabouts, does Mr. Liu really not know what's going on?"

Liu Hunkang's eyes widened a bit and he said blankly: "What?"

Chen Xizhen looked at him, unable to see that the old man was disguised at all, and couldn't help but look suspicious on his face.

He had long suspected that Chen Liqing, the villain, suddenly knew about Taiqing Tianxin Lun, and was secretly instigated by someone with intentions.
To be continued...