Taiping Inn

It is really not short to travel through a prefecture from Taoyuan County to Shimen County, but as long as no one blocks the road, it is not long.

Two miles east of Shimen County, two rock walls stand like gates, so they are named after this. Compared with Taoyuan County, Shimen County is located on the border of Xiaozhou, adjacent to Jingzhou. It looks to Yunmengze in the east, Taoyuan in the south, and Dajiang in the north. It is known as the "Wuling Gateway" and the "Xiaoxiang Arctic". Therefore, Shimen County is a major military camp, with more than 3,000 soldiers stationed here. It is a coincidence that this army is in the hands of Zhao Lianggeng's eldest son Zhao Bingyu.

Speaking of the eldest son of the Zhao family, unlike the domineering third son Zhao Qingyu and the scheming of the second son Zhao Mengyu, Zhao Bingyu's biggest characteristic is to be forbearance. Although he is the eldest son, he is not much different from Zhao Mengyu's age. , and both of them were born in illegitimate children, so he, the eldest son, did not take much advantage. In recent years, Zhao Mengyu has been very close to Yin-Yang Sect and has a close relationship with Zhao Chunxiao, one of the ten-day wise officials. Therefore, the second young master became more and more powerful. Faced with the aggressiveness of the second young master and his group, the eldest young master could only repeatedly endure it. , strive not to conflict with the second son. Outsiders only think that the eldest son is unable to compete with the second son. It was not until this time that Zhao Lianggeng disappeared, the third son died, and the two sons fought for power. The eldest son showed the tip of the iceberg. It turned out that the eldest son also had a friendship with the Yin-Yang Sect, but it was not ten. The Ming official Zhao Chunxiao, but the Jiuming official Shangguan Wan.

Zhao Chunxiao is a disciple of the Earth Master Xu Wugui, and Shangguan Wan is also a disciple of the Earth Master Xu Wugui. Just like the battle between Li Yuanying and Li Xuandu, the future throne of the Yin-Yang Sect, the identity of the Earth Qi Master, and even the entire one. Whose position is the Evil Dao Saint Lord? Maybe it’s possible. Since Zhao Chunxiao chose to support Zhao Mengyu, the second son of the Zhao family, Shangguan Guan secretly supported the eldest son Zhao Bingyu.

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At this critical moment, Zhao Bingyu was not in Huainan Prefecture, Luzhou, Lin'an Prefecture, Chuzhou, and Jiangling Prefecture, Jingzhou, but came to this Shimen County located at the junction of Jingxiao.

At the critical moment of fighting for power, staying away from the center of power is a taboo, but Zhao Bingyu had to come because this was Shangguan Wan's request.

At this time, on the city of Shimen County, a man and a woman were walking side by side.

The man is Zhao Bingyu, the eldest son of the Zhao family. In terms of appearance, Zhao Bingyu is not as feminine as Zhao Lianggeng, nor as feminine as Zhao Mengyu. He has a masculine appearance, but is not rough, especially his two sword eyebrows, which exudes a firm attitude.

The woman is Shangguan Guan, the ninth among the Ming officials in the Ten Palaces of Yin and Yang Sect, and she also studied under the local master Xu Wugui, and is considered Zhao Chunxiao's junior sister.

The ranking of the Ming officials in the Yin-Yang Sect is not based on age or in the order of entry, but on the level of cultivation. However, except for the Ming officials, the other nine Ming officials have no substance in power. There is no difference in status. Shangguan Guan’s ability is superior to Zhao Chunxiao, which shows that his power is also the only woman among many wise officials, and he is deeply loved by Mrs. Leng.

Mrs. Leng once said that if there is no successor to the Female Sect in the future, she would take Shangguan Wan to become the leader of the Female Sect. The reason why Mrs. Leng did not choose Guang Miaoji is just like Li Daoxu who did not choose Zhang Haishi. One reason is that older disciples have a deep foundation and are prone to threatening the position of the sect leader. The other reason is that every time the sect leader changes, it is a power change. , frequent power changes will cause chaos within the sect, so each sect strives to maintain the sect leader's reign for a long time and maintain the stability of power. If Mrs. Leng can live safely to the age of eighty or ninety, the palace officials will be between the ages of forty and fifty. In their prime, they can still serve as the sect leader for thirty to forty years. After a year, if it is Guang Miaoji, it will only last ten to twenty years, so the palace official is Xuan Shengji. Who would have thought that Mrs. Leng’s words would come true. As the situation in Xijing changes, the palace officials broke up with Mrs. Leng. Guang Miaoji is old. As long as Mrs. Leng does not die in an accident, Guang Miaoji will not be able to inherit the throne of the sect leader. The female clan really has no successor.

Although Shangguan Wan is older than the palace official, she is younger than Guang Miaoji. It would be impossible to let her inherit the throne of the sect leader.

Zhao Bingyu asked, "Shangguan, why did you hurriedly ask me to come to Shimen County?"

Shangguan Wan's appearance is very beautiful. The beauties in the world have their own advantages, just like the flowers in the world, plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemums, each with their own shapes and colors, but there are their own flowers and their own eyes, and some of them are their own flowers. Like peonies, everyone knows them, and everyone loves them, but some flowers are unknown, and few people know them.

As the ten-day wise official of the Yin-Yang Sect, Shangguan Guan should not say that he is an ordinary person in the world. Even the disciples of various major sects know very little. Naturally, he is not famous in the world and cannot be with Su, Yu, Qin, Gong, etc. People are in line with each other.

The woman wore a black long dress, which made her face look as white as snow and her hair as ink. In her every move, a touch of snow-white wrist occasionally showed her cuffs, which was extremely stunning.

The woman stopped, reached out to support the battlement, and looked out of the city: "Jin Shiyan, dead."

Zhao Bingyu, who had been deliberately not looking at Shangguan Wan, couldn't help but turn her head to look at Shangguan Wan's side face.

Shangguan Wan was still looking at the "Stone Gate" in the distance and said softly: "I can't believe it. Mrs. Leng personally led many masters of the Pin Nu Sect to go on an expedition. Half of the Six Girls of the Pin Nu Sect came, and there were four Yin and Yang Sect on it. Mingguan helped, and there were Zaoge Sect's corpse to open the way. No matter how you look at it, it would be a victory. But in this case, the female Sect suffered a great loss and suffered heavy casualties. Not only did Mrs. Leng suffer from injuries, Yin Yang The sect also lost a Ming official. You should know that Jin Shiyan's ranking in the Tenth Palace's Ming official is higher than Zhang Zheng and Wei Zhen."

Zhao Bingyu took a deep breath and asked softly, "Is there any expert?"

Shangguan Wan said "Yes": "According to Wei Zhen's message, the man held Zhengyi Sect's famous sword "Qingyun", broke his "Brave Mountains and Rivers" with one sword, injured Jin Shiyan with another sword He killed Jin Shiyan. Such a realm should be famous on the Taixuan List, but why was there no news before? "

Zhao Bingyu knew a lot about the Yin-Yang Sect's background and said, "Aren't the Ming officials also not on the Taixuan List?"

"That's right." Shangguan Wan sighed: "Taixuan List was made by Taiping Sect. Taiping Sect is still working on exploring the virtual and realities of other sects. If you want to explore the background of our Yin-Yang Sect, you will not be able to match it. .”

Zhao Bingyu was in a serious mood and said, "Where did those people come from?"

Shangguan Wan's fingers gently stroked the brick surface of the battlements, and a mark was drawn from her nails. She said softly: "It was not clear before, but now it has been verified that Li Daoxu's beloved disciple Li Xuandu and Zhang Jingxiu's beloved disciple Yan Feiqing, Bai Xiushang's beloved disciple Su Yunba, as well as the palace official and Song Fuchen, as well as the master who killed Jin Shiyan, and the order of the emperor Zhao Lianggeng was also entangled. "

When he heard the three words "Zhao Lianggeng", Zhao Bingyu's eyelids twitched slightly, his eyes were dark and his expression was complicated.

It is said that the Heavenly Family has no relatives, why? For power. The son is a natural competitor of the father, especially when it comes to power disputes, but there are various secular moral constraints between father and son. The father kills the son for being unkind, and the son kills the father for being unfilial, and the son also makes In the power struggle, the father and son were covered with a veil of warmth that was unknown whether it was true or false.

For Zhao Bingyu, his father's disappearance was too sudden. He was not ready to take office, nor did he feel that he could control the overall situation. In addition, his years of father-son relationship, from this perspective, he did not want his father to have anything. accident. But this is also a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. As long as he seizes this opportunity, he will immediately gain half of his father's authority. If he missed this opportunity, he might have the opportunity to inherit all his father's authority, or he might have nothing, so he would have it. He felt hesitant and hoped that his father would really not come back, so he helped him make a choice without having to bear any conscience and moral condemnation.

Under this contradictory mentality, Zhao Bingyu naturally had a lot of thoughts when he heard the news from Shangguan Wan.

Shangguan Wan chuckled: "Zhaobutang cannot die yet. If he dies, Jingzhou, Chuzhou and Luzhou will all be in chaos. At this time, there will be no chaos."

Zhao Bingyu hesitated for a moment and asked, "Is this what the Earth Master means?"

Shangguan Wan lowered her eyes: "It's the Di Master's meaning."

Zhao Bingyu knew that Xijing had made a choice for him, so he let out a long breath of turbid air: "I understand."