"It is because of these three hundred thousand taels that Yang Qingyuan and the court will not think that I have any collusion with Prince Zhao's Mansion!"
The owner of Tianji originally didn't want to talk to stupid people, but after making such a huge sum of money today, no matter how stupid his subordinates are, it doesn't matter much.
Three hundred thousand taels of gold! Let alone a fool, even if there is a pig in front of you, it still looks cute.
"First of all, we can't pretend to be innocent! With the abilities of Yang Qingyuan and the Sixth Anhui Department, they will definitely be able to find us in the end. We must admit that we sold the information. And we have to tell the court and Yang Qingyuan that we sold Zhao
The king received a total of three hundred thousand taels of gold."
"ah……"
The owner of Tianji smiled and said, "Only in this way can the court know that we deliberately cheated Prince Zhao's house. To be honest, we are not the only intelligence agencies in the world. Even if we don't sell to Prince Zhao, he can still find someone else to buy it."
!And we can let the imperial court take the initiative."
"..." The stunned subordinate asked blankly, "Master, don't we want to be neutral?! Do you want to secretly notify the court!?"
The landlord of Tianji was so angry at this idiot's men that his forehead veins exploded, and he only recovered his emotions with 300,000 taels of gold.
"I said, there is no absolute neutrality. I don't think Prince Zhao's palace has any chance of winning against the imperial court and the weirdo Yang Qingyuan!"
"Master, it's not good for us to scold Marquis Yang like this! After all, he is a lord of the imperial court, the emperor's master... Wuwuwuwu!"
Before this idiot man could finish his words, his acupuncture points were pressed by the master of Tianji, making him unable to make any sound.
"Come here, take him down! Let him wash all the dishes at the headquarters this month by himself!!"
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Prince Zhao's Mansion.
"Your Majesty, this is the information brought back from the Tianji Tower branch." The man in a black hat presented a wax-sealed bamboo tube with the complete seal of Tianji Tower on it.
If it is ordinary information, the people under my command will definitely check its content.
However, my subordinates did not dare to open this information easily.
Even if they were sold, they couldn't afford the information worth three hundred thousand taels of gold. If there was something fishy in it, if they were to open it privately, it would be a huge crime, and their small bodies couldn't afford it.
Therefore, we should give it to King Zhao as soon as we get it, so as to reduce the probability of taking the blame as much as possible.
King Zhao took the bamboo slip and saw the complete wax seal on it. He was very satisfied with the way his men did things.
The information contained here is of great importance, and even the subordinates in front of me cannot trust it.
Now that he had seen the complete wax seal on the bamboo tube, King Zhao could not help but improve his evaluation of this man in black clothes and hat.
He is a good person who works calmly and knows how to advance and retreat.
"Okay! Go down!"
"Yes!" The man in the bamboo hat saluted without stopping at all.
The next thing he knew without thinking was that it was a high-level meeting in Prince Zhao's Mansion. He walked quickly, fearing that if he heard one more word, he would not know how he died.
King Zhao opened the wax seal with his own hands and took out the information inside.
Tianjilou very thoughtfully wrapped the information tightly with waterproof kraft paper. Even if it falls into the water, this sealing can ensure that the information inside will not be soaked in water for a short time.
"As expected of the information bought with 300,000 taels of gold! Look at this package!"
The money has been spent, and King Zhao can only comfort himself, hoping that the contents will be worth the money.
The first line at the beginning made King Zhao's eyes freeze.
The mysterious masked man did not lie. Yang Qingyuan was indeed not in the Central Plains at this time, but had gone to southern Xinjiang.
What he did was the most evil sect in the world - the Blood River Sect.
King Zhao had never heard of the name Blood River Sect before. He only learned about this evil sect after someone who knew Shaolin explained it to him.
King Zhao is a man of great talent and strategy in the traditional sense. He has always compared himself to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and does not value the individual people. Therefore, he can accept some of his subordinates committing murder and arson.
After all, rebellion is not a simple matter. The first priority is talent. Wait until he has conquered the world and established himself in the country before considering appointing people with both ability and political integrity.
Most of the founding kings of the past dynasties had this idea.
But the Blood River Sect is obviously not targeting an individual, but a group of people.
Although King Zhao has no sympathy for individual people, those who are proficient in the art of emperors know that the common people are the cornerstone of a country.
Population is the labor force and is irreplaceable.
"Although Yang Qingyuan is against me, it is a great achievement to eradicate this evil sect. Even if Yang Qingyuan is not eliminated, after I ascend the throne, I will not be able to tolerate such evil heretics."
"Amitabha, Your Majesty, Your Majesty!" Du Yan, who was dressed in black monk's robes, agreed.
Putting aside the Blood River Sect matter, King Zhao could confirm it after carefully reading this information.
"Yang Qingyuan must be in southern Xinjiang at the moment."
Naturally, the information about Tianji Tower cannot be simply written about where Yang Qingyuan is.
This specially made piece of paper records Yang Qingyuan's rules of conduct in detail.
After disappearing from Jinling Mansion, he appeared suspected of appearing in Yuzhang County... The last time Yang Qingyuan could be roughly located was in Hepu County, Jiaozhou.
At this time, combined with the time when the Shaolin Sect received the notice and sent people to set off, and the time when the Shaolin disciples sent back the news, it can be concluded from various sources that Yang Qingyuan arrived in southern Xinjiang and participated in the encirclement and suppression of the Blood River Sect.
"It is indeed a Tianji Tower!" King Zhao admired after reading it. In terms of the completeness and detail of this information, there may not be another one in the world that can compare with it.
King Zhao also made great efforts to cultivate his own intelligence agency, and the results were good, but only in the land of Yan and Zhao.
After Yanzhao, even the Xichang, which has the weakest comprehensive intelligence capabilities among the Six Dark Departments, can't compare.
The current King Zhao is envious of this kind of intelligence ability. If he had such a powerful intelligence organization under his command, he would be at least 10% more likely to achieve great things.
"It's a pity that Tianji Tower can't be used by me! Otherwise, why should I be afraid of Jin Yiwei and Dragon Guard Villa!"
Hearing the regret in King Zhao's words, Du Yan consoled him, "Since the establishment of Tianji Tower, it has never been attached to any sect or organization. Its image in the world is neutral. It is not the prince's fault that he cannot conquer them."
Then Du Yan continued what King Zhao just said, "The Jin Yiwei may be loyal to the emperor, but Dragon Guard Villa may not be our enemy!"
If you want to rebel, you must carefully study the characters in the imperial court. As the owner of Hulong Villa, Hou Zhuwuwu, the Iron-Courage God, is naturally within the scope of research by the think tanks of Prince Zhao's Mansion.
This iron gall god once defeated the undefeated naughty boy Gu Santong, cracked the indestructible magical power of the Vajra, and established a great reputation in the world. However, because he wanted to marry a married woman, Taizu did not like it and cut off the king.
It was not until Taizong succeeded to the throne that he resumed his title of county king.
Judging from his daily behavior, he seems to be loyal and courageous, but there always seems to be a part of him hidden in the shadows that makes people unpredictable.
During his lifetime, Emperor Taizong Wen also had many restrictions on his younger brother. With Taizong's ability, he probably noticed something.
The final definition of the Prince of Zhao for the Tiedan Shenhou is that his ambition is not small.
His ambition is not small, and the words come from the "Book of Liang" written in the late Tang Dynasty. It was Zhu Wen's evaluation of Li Cunxu, Emperor Zhuangzong of the later Tang Dynasty.
This is how you should be when you give birth to a son, and if you use it well, you will not perish! He is as good as my son, with the ears of a pig and a dog! I have been running the world for thirty years, but I didn’t expect the remaining evil in Taiyuan to become more like this!
I see that his ambition is not small. God will take away my years again. If I die, I will not be my enemy, and I will have no place to bury me!!
The ending was exactly as Zhu Wen expected.
From then on, the phrase "his ambition is not small" was used in court struggles, and it was a very useful accusation.
Attacking a powerful minister or general with high ambitions can easily arouse suspicion in the minds of those in authority.
How much ambition is too small?! Is there any greater ambition in the world than ascending to the throne?!
As for Zhu Wuli, although he does not know his purpose, his ambition is not small, which can completely describe this person.
"Master, what you mean is that Zhu Wuwu will be willing to stand on my side!?" There was a thoughtful look in King Zhao's eyes.
Unite all the effective forces that can be united.
Although King Zhao could not say these words, he always did so.
"Amitabha, please think carefully, Your Majesty, Zhu Wuwu is unwilling to be inferior to others, so what is the benefit of following Emperor Linde?! With Wang Hua in literature and Li Chengen in military affairs, Zhu Wuwu has come to an end as the owner of Hulong Villa.
If the prince is willing to repay the land of a state, are you still afraid that Zhu Mingli will not be moved by the favor of breaking the earth?!"
King Zhao doesn't care much about the land of a state. He can give it to him now, but he can take it back twenty or thirty years later.
Breaking one's word is an essential skill for a person in power.
"The Jing Nian Zen Sect has made good friends with the Lord Tietan. I can use his name to contact the Lord Tietan."
"Good, then Master, please take the trouble!"
Of course, these are all small things. For King Zhao, the next decision is the big thing.
"Then, has the prince thought about whether to raise an army?!"
King Zhao was asked by Du Yan and fell into a temporary silence.
Thirty years of forbearance, from being a vassal at a young age to a powerful borderland, from Taizong Bintian to Emperor Linde succeeding to the throne, he has been waiting for an opportunity.
Now, a great opportunity was placed in front of him. He didn't know if this was the only opportunity in his life. But if he missed it, King Zhao felt that he would die with his eyes closed.
"Inform all ministries and order troops!"
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"Roar!"
There was a sound of dragon roar.
Facing the fourth elder's demonic and powerful Heaven-Removing Claw, Yang Qingyuan chose to use the most powerful and upright Dragon Subduing Palm to deal with it.
Yang Qingyuan's right palm is slowly pushed out, which is exactly the "or leap into the abyss" in the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms. However, this is just the beginning of Yang Qingyuan's palm movement, not the end. After this palm, the left hand pushes on top of the right palm again,
One move shocked Baili, and he followed it up immediately.
Either jumping in the sky, or sinking in the abyss. When jumping in the sky, the good wind helps me; when sinking in the abyss, it is my intention. Or jumping in the abyss, it is the combination of yin and yang.
Shocked for hundreds of miles, the yin and yang energy in the Dantian was transported to both palms, creating thunder and shaking for hundreds of miles.
Or leap into the abyss and take advantage of the shock of hundreds of miles, and suddenly the power of the palm doubles.
With the blessing of this force of heaven and earth, the power of Blood River's Sky-Tearing Claw increased dramatically, and it actually tore apart Yang Qingyuan's two palms.
"The Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms of the Beggar Clan? Nothing more than that!" As he spoke, the fourth elder's claw force directly hit Yang Qingyuan's heavenly spirit.
Just when he thought that Yang Qingyuan's power had been exhausted, things would turn upside down, and he would regret it if he was too strong.
The third palm hidden or leaping behind the abyss and shocked hundreds of miles has the power of the extreme sun. When the crossbow is at its end, if you regret it, you will get good luck, if you are stingy, you will get bad luck.
"Kinglong has regrets!"
One of Yang Qingyuan's tricks was learned from Guo Jing, like a dragon entering the sea, a vast ocean.
From the most rigid to the most soft, the wonderful effect seems to be an understatement when it is first launched, but when it encounters resistance, it can continuously increase its stamina in an instant. One line is as strong as the other, one after another, and it is really invincible and unbreakable.
The claw strength, which was originally extremely sharp and could tear apart the true essence, was actually blasted away by this palm force.
At the same time, Yang Qingyuan handed over the Zhanlu Sword in his left hand. The sword's energy was hesitant, and it went straight to the face of the fourth elder.
Seeing that he was outmatched, the fourth elder did a backflip and landed on the ground, avoiding the oncoming sword energy. However, it took him more than ten steps to stabilize his body and relieve his strength.
Although Yang Qingyuan's palm was powerful, the four elders were not afraid because they had the power of Liuhe as their backing.
"The majestic Wudang Sword Lord Qingyuan uses the martial arts of the Beggar Clan, which is simply ridiculous!"
Although the situation was not optimistic, the fourth elder still spoke harshly. Of course, this was not a simple mockery, but he wanted to find a flaw by stimulating Yang Qingyuan.
"If you want to see my true martial arts, then I'll let you do it!"
I saw that Zhan Lu in Yang Qingyuan's palm suddenly changed in aura, and even the man with the sword was completely different from the previous painting style where the sword was full of energy and unparalleled sharpness.
Seeing this, the fourth elder hesitated for a moment, then shot out quickly, trying to attack.
Although he didn't know what kind of martial arts Yang Qingyuan wanted to use, judging from the previous confrontation, this person's martial arts was superior to his own, so he had to strike first and use the Blood River Sky-Removing Claw to suppress Yang Qingyuan and gain the initiative in the situation.
The fourth elder struck out with a claw, and the force of the claw that tore gold and stone went straight to Yang Qingyuan's chest.
However, Yang Qingyuan did not hurry up and draw an arc in the mid-air with the Zhanlu Sword. The originally indestructible claw force was actually eliminated by this sword.
"This?!" The fourth elder's eyes narrowed, this martial arts was beyond his understanding.
"Let me see how many times you can resolve this?!"
The fourth elder's claws came out at the same time, and his attacks became faster and faster. There seemed to be a bit of Shaolin Tathagata Qianye's hand in it, which could only be learned by the direct descendants of the Shaolin abbot line.
Of course, this was given to the Blood River Sect Master in vain. When the four elders studied the Blood River Divine Claw, they mixed it with Tathagata Qianye Hand.
But when I saw the fourth elder, one claw suddenly turned into two claws, two claws turned into four claws, and four claws turned into eight claws. In just an instant, they transformed into one hundred and twenty-eight claw shadows, moving towards the central figure from all directions.
Yang Qingyuan launched an overwhelming offensive.
The transformation and fusion of the Blood River God's Claw and Tathagata Qianye's Hand alone makes the four elders the best in the Blood River Sect.
It's just that this overwhelming claw strength means nothing to Yang Qingyuan.
The Zhanlu in his palm just keeps drawing circles. No matter how domineering and cruel the claw force is, it will turn into the simplest yin and yang energy in front of him. It seems that no offensive in the world can break through this circle.
Tai Chi divides Yin and Yang, and one sword transforms two rituals.
