As Mu Shanhai issued the order again, Chen Shanzai divided all the disciples who were still in the sword pavilion into factions and told them that while respecting Elder Mu, they should also consider the feelings of the royal capital and think clearly before doing anything.
What are the consequences.
With this restriction, it was obvious that the strange voices in the Jiange were eliminated, and no one dared to challenge Mu Shanhai's authority.
However, on the surface, everything is fine and calm, but in fact, Mu Shanhai has no idea about the true psychology of the sword cultivators.
After all, Mu Shanhai has never cared about their feelings.
In Mu Shanhai's view, the sword cultivator living here is just a necessary tool to make up the sword pavilion as a whole, and everything he has done has been done with the utmost benevolence and justice.
As for the tool, it still wants to be free? Wishful thinking!
And the sword cultivators also work hard without complaint. After all, the words of the venerable elders are valid everywhere and are sacred and irrefutable. They continue to practice their sword skills every day and improve their sword skills. If the outer disciples do not go through
With my own efforts, I will never be able to enter the inner sect and learn the real fourteen swords of Zhengtian, let alone leave Muzhou and face the entire thirteen states.
This is no wonder for them, they are just ordinary monks. In order to gain powerful power and survive in this king's capital where the jungle preys on the strong, what else can be asked of them?
In this way, even though there were a few righteous people who dared to speak out for them, they were all suppressed. What was left was only fear and numbness, filling the bodies and minds of these lucky people.
However, things didn't go too smoothly.
Once Mu Shanhai's order was issued, it also aroused the indignation and opposition of a few people. These people secretly organized into another faction, continued to propose the old policy of "two elders, each holding a sword", and drove the royal capital out of the sword pavilion.
In this way, Jiange can avoid fratricide and intrigues from continuing.
During this period, the three major factions in Jiange were finally established.
One advocated that Jiange surrender to the Royal Capital, break away from the closed and self-defeating status quo, and accept the open faction of the Royal Capital; the other opposed the Royal Capital's privileges in the Jiange, and asked Elder Kong Douxuan to return, put aside his prejudices, and reunite with Mu Shanhai
The conservatives who negotiated the matter; the three garrison troops in the royal capital composed of Wang Wenjun, with the purpose of completely taming the offensive faction of Jiange.
The opposition between the three factions is actually just the words of one faction, because Mu Shanhai has turned to the side of Wangdu, so naturally he speaks mostly for Wangdu. The poor open faction is just the best one among Mu Shanhai's many chess pieces. As for the conservatives
, is the weakest party. It has no real power at all in Jiange, and its words and actions have no weight.
For a strong man of Mu Shanhai's level, with the Fifth Cultivator of Jiange as his guard, it is completely impossible to resist with force. However, it is not feasible to use emotion and reason to express his feelings. After all, he just sacrificed
The sword cultivators who advised him were all imprisoned. If they continue to follow their methods, they will be like moths flying into the flame.
They can only continue to work hard and secretly seek suitable opportunities. They will never be able to make unnecessary sacrifices with eggs against stones.
Nowadays, the situation in Jiange is becoming more and more complex, and people's hearts are gradually becoming unstable and unable to confide in their hearts. This is already the biggest change so far, and everyone is aware of it. Under such circumstances, a crisis of trust has clearly appeared within Jiange.
It is no longer as united as before.
Zhao Zhengkuan evacuated from the Jiange and has been wandering among the nearby small peaks to avoid the eyes of the royal capital and the open faction.
During this period, he had been paying attention to the changes in Jiange, constantly eavesdropping on what people around him were saying in the corner, and understood the general situation. His sister had been arrested, and he had been absent these days.
He is also wanted by the royal capital.
Seeing that he was in danger of being imprisoned if he stayed any longer, Zhao Zhengkuan quickly sat down in the surrounding Xiaofeng Village. Before a large number of people were sent out to search for his traces, he decided to take a rest. He must find Qiankun as soon as possible, meet with him, and think about how to deal with him.
My sister was rescued.
Just as Zhao Zhengkuan was lying on the stone to rest, the sound of footsteps suddenly came. As soon as Zhao Zhengkuan got up, a voice gradually sounded:
"It's me, Qiankun!"
Qiankun and Lingfeng finally found Zhao Zhengkuan. It seemed that they had been here for a long time.
Zhao Zhengkuan was overjoyed when he saw the two of them arriving so quickly, and went straight to greet them.
"We have been looking for you for so long, and finally we found you."
Qiankun said, hugging Zhao Zhengkuan, and he was able to escape successfully.
"It's urgent now, let's keep the story short!"
In this way, Zhao Zhengkuan told Qiankun one by one about the current situation of Jiange's division into factions and the fact that more and more people were being imprisoned. Hearing this, Qiankun frowned frequently and looked ugly, feeling very dissatisfied with Mu Shanhai's actions.
"This Mu Shanhai, I have long felt strange. When I saw him meeting someone in the middle of the night, it was most likely an outsider. Now it seems that he has so many evil thoughts." Qiankun sighed, his tone was very serious.
disdain.
"But the evidence is in hand, so don't be afraid of Mu Shanhai's quibbles!"
Zhao Zhengkuan felt much better after hearing this. He finally had the capital to fight against Mu Shanhai.
"We can actually join forces with the conservatives in Jiange to rescue Elder Kong and others first, and then make long-term plans." Zhao Zhengkuan analyzed calmly.
"The key is how to find them? It's impossible for us to go back. They have to come to us!" Ling Feng thought for a while and felt that Zhao Zhengkuan's method was indeed feasible, but it was indeed very difficult to implement.
"Then it depends on whether the liberalists are more anxious than us." Zhao Zhengkuan thought of this and smiled.
…
"I'm not a conservative! I really am not, let me go!"
A sword cultivator was struggling and yelling, and several sword cultivators raised their arms, pressed their heads, and dragged him outward.
Everyone seemed to have found another suspicious person. Since the news leaked for some reason that there was still a hidden danger of conservatives in Jiange, Chen Shanzai began to arrest conservatives, whether they were conservatives or not.
, anyone who behaves abnormally will be pulled for interrogation.
Soon, the swordsman was brought to Chen Shanzai.
Chen Shanzai looked at the sword cultivator, pulled out the sword from his waist, inserted it into the stone, squatted down, grabbed the sword cultivator's head, and asked sternly:
"Okay, I'll let you form a faction, and you can find me a conservative, tell me! What other comrades do you have!"
"I'm really not..."
Jian Xiu still wanted to make a quibble, but was knocked to the ground by Chen Shan with a slap. Blood oozed from the corners of his mouth, and several of his teeth were broken. He collapsed to the ground, but still insisted not to say anything.
Chen Shanzai saw that he was still stubborn, frowned in disgust, and continued to reprimand: "You want to sneak into the prison in broad daylight, don't you want to help the traitor escape? You still don't admit it! Someone, take him directly down to the prison!"
"
Chen Shanzai's order was very effective. Several swordsmen came forward and immediately grabbed the sword cultivator's body and prepared to take him away without any further explanation.
"slow!"
The two sword cultivators stood up, with a high air of dignity and generous words: "We are their accomplices, please arrest us too!"
"Assuming you know each other, for the sake of your deep brotherhood, I can consider putting you in a prison."
Chen Shanzai saw that two more idiots were caught, so he waved his hand and captured these two people together.
The bodies of the two people were lifted high and carried on their shoulders. At this time, a few strange-shaped leaves that were tucked well on the heels fell to the ground.
"Who else?"
It was completely silent. No one wanted to provoke Chen Shanzai any more, for fear that they would be next.
All this was seen by Qian Kun and Zhao Zhengkuan, who were hiding in the woods and observing. Their expressions became very ugly. Once again they witnessed an atrocity happening with their own eyes, but they were powerless to do anything.
After all these people left, Zhao Zhengkuan saw the two leaves left on the ground, recalled the actions of the two people just now, and couldn't help but feel moved in his heart.
"Brother! Are those leaves the secret code they left behind?!"
Zhao Zhengkuan's words reminded him, and Qiankun immediately responded: "I'll pick up those leaves, and let's go back and study them!"
As he spoke, he rolled his body quickly and quickly, and went forward to get it.
"well!"
Zhao Zhengkuan just wanted to stop Qiankun's reckless behavior, but within a few seconds, Qiankun turned back and revealed three leaves in his hand.
"No one saw me, right?" Qiankun took a breath and asked.
Zhao Zhengkuan was dumbfounded. He didn't even react. Who else could see it?
Zhao Zhengkuan looked around and found that no one was around, so he felt relieved.
"It's better to leave quickly and stay away from the place of right and wrong first!"