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Ximen Yi asked: "What King Ren means is that Tianmen Dao is in civil turmoil and has no time to take care of Jinling?"

"Compared to Tianmen Dao, Shenyiwei is more likely." Xu Chang said: "Tianmen Dao is fighting on its own and is busy fighting for power and profit. I'm afraid they really don't have the energy to come to Jinling to make trouble."

Chu Huan shook his head and said with a smile: "King Ren, Tianmen Dao is not ordinary bandits. As King Ren said, they are indeed a group of mobs, but they are quite different from ordinary mobs."

"Oh?" Xu Chang stared at Chu Huan: "How do you say that?"

"King Ren think about it, if it's really just a group of mobs, why did the Taoists of Tianmen have been able to win consecutive battles before, even Lei Guheng couldn't resist, and died on the battlefield?" Chu Huan said seriously: "This must not be done just by morale. Explanation. Lei Guheng is a famous general of a generation, and he has many elite soldiers under his command. When he led his troops to the southeast to quell the chaos, he had an elite twelve guards under his command. Even so, he was also defeated by Tianmen Dao... ..!"

Xu Chang's expression suddenly became serious. What Chu Huan said was close to the point, but he also understood at this time that if there is no effective organization, even if there are many troops, it is absolutely impossible for the Qin army to be an opponent.

"Tianmen Dao looks like a mass of loose sand, but they have one thing that can make the scattered sand condense." Chu Huan said slowly: "Tianmen Dao's method of bewitching the people at the beginning was to use Laojun to come into the world. It is undeniable that at least [-]% of the Tianmen Taoists believe that the old man really came to the world, and they respect that Tiangong as a god. Once the Tianmen appears and orders the bandits, the Tianmen Taoists will soon gather .”

Xu Chang clenched his fists. Compared with other forces, Jinling, where Xu Chang lives, faces the most serious threat from the Tianmen Dao. Starting from Weiling Prefecture, it takes only ten days to enter the capital of Luo'an by water, and the capital of Luo'an is now in the Under the control of the Taoists of Tianmen.

Jinling is rich, and has the Jinling warehouse with the most abundant grain at present. This is certainly the trump card in Xu Chang's hands, but Xu Chang naturally understands the truth of the crime of embracing biscuits. Sitting on a treasure warehouse, many people covet it.

After Chu Huan entered the customs, Xu Chang was worried that Chu Huan would take advantage of the situation and go south to attack the Jinling warehouse. But before that, he built the Jinling warehouse like an iron bucket, not only deploying heavy troops, but also forming a navy to control the waterway. The most worried force is actually Tianmen Dao.

The Tianmen Dao is close at hand, and he knows in his heart that the Tianmen Daoists are really like a swarm of locusts. Wherever they pass, they burn, kill, loot, and wipe them out. Their existence seems to be purely for destruction, to destroy the occupied land. , only know about looting and extortion, there is no sign at all that they will manage the land they occupy, and the Tianmen Daoist not only do not organize their own people to carry out production, but seriously damage the production in the occupied area.

Xu Chang always thought that the Taoists of Tianmen were just a bunch of lunatics. They seemed to have no long-term plans at all. Xu Chang knew very well that no matter how much food the Taoists of Tianmen looted, they would soon be exhausted. Next, their goal is definitely not to go north to Hexi. Before that, they must point the finger at Jinling and snatch the Jinling warehouse.

Although Xu Chang regarded Tianmen Dao as a mob and didn't care about their combat effectiveness, once a million people flooded into Jinling after Tiangong's order, the consequences would be unimaginable.

At this time, he saw a figure approaching quickly on the bluestone path outside the pavilion. Seeing the person, Xu Chang got up and walked out of the pavilion. After the figure approached, he whispered something to Xu Chang, Xu Chang Slightly nodded, then turned around and looked at Chu Huan and the two of them. After the man retreated, Xu Chang returned to the pavilion and said, "You probably haven't had dinner yet." He raised his hand and patted, A figure appeared from nowhere, and Xu Chang ordered, "Take the two of you down for dinner first, so I can entertain you."

Ximen Yi stood up and frowned, "King Ren, this is...!"

"After dinner, I will introduce you to someone." Xu Chang said calmly, "I believe that you will be surprised when you see this person." He didn't say much, as if he had said to Chu Huan He was still very speculative, but at this moment he became indifferent, turned around and left the pavilion, and his figure quickly disappeared into the night.

Chu Huan and Ximen Yi were led to a rather elegant kiosk, and a sumptuous dinner was soon served.

"You two don't have to worry about the poison in the food." A person next to him said: "King Ren said that you don't need to spend so much trouble to kill you." After finishing speaking, they all retreated, and only Chu was left in the hall. Huan and Ximen Yi.

In fact, Chu Huan also understood that at this time, if Xu Chang really wanted to kill, there was really no need to use poisoning.

Just thinking of Xu Yu's inexplicable poisoning, Chu Huan was cautious and checked with a silver needle to make sure that there was no danger, so he began to eat and drink unceremoniously.

At this time, replenishing physical strength is naturally indispensable.

"My lord, in your opinion, who is going to poison the post?" Chu Huan asked after drinking a glass of wine and putting down the cup.

Ximen Yi said softly: "Your previous guess should not be wrong. The purpose of poisoning and killing Xu Yu was to provoke conflicts between the Northwest Army and the Jinling Army." It’s still Tianmen Dao, and even those two in the south, they are all likely to make a move, but the biggest possibility should be Shenyiwei.”

Chu Huan lowered his voice and said, "However, in my opinion, the biggest possibility is actually the Tao of Heaven."

"Oh?" Ximen Yi put down the wine cup: "Why do you say that?"

"There should be nothing wrong with the poison in the tea, but that cup of tea was definitely not poisoned after entering the hall." Chu Huan was thoughtful, and his voice was very soft: "At that time, except for the servants who brought the tea, It was only the three of us, and the three of us naturally did not poison, I also saw every move of the servant after entering the door, and it was really the servant who poisoned, he had already prepared before entering the door."

"Xu Chang seems very sure that the servant will never poison him." Ximen Yi said softly.

Chu Huan nodded and said: "If it can be arranged in the post house, the servants there should be Xu Chang's confidantes, and they are used to monitor us. I think these people should not be poisoned." Wei Yi pondered, then said : "But since the other party poisoned, it must be silent. There are such invisible masters in Shenyiwei and Tianmen Taoism. If they are really lurking in the post house, they have the ability and opportunity to poison the tea. , and won’t be discovered by that servant.” Wei Yi pondered for a while before saying: “I’m just a little confused now, the two cups of tea that were sent in at that time, were both of them poisonous, or only Xu Yu’s cup of tea was poisonous?”

"Only one cup is poisonous." Ximen Yi said with certainty, "Although I didn't drink tea, my cup of tea is definitely not poisonous."

"It seems that my guess is not wrong." Chu Huan nodded slightly, obviously already guessing in his heart: "The opponent may not be targeting Xu Yu. Poisoning adults to death will cause conflicts, but once both cups of tea are poisoned and both of them die, then everyone knows that someone else poisoned them, so there will be no conflicts."

Ximen Yi smiled lightly and said: "It seems that the other party has succeeded in his trick, but he is a bit lucky. If the cup of poisoned tea is delivered to me, Xu Yu will be safe from drinking the tea, and I will not drink that cup of poisoned tea. They The plan will not succeed."

The lights in the hall were flickering, and the surrounding area was quiet.

"I suspect that the possibility of Tianmen Dao is more likely, just because Shenyiwei may not have the energy to come to Jinling to cause trouble." Chu Huan said softly: "Dingwu should control Shenyiwei, there should be nothing wrong, but Shenyiwei's The yamen is in the capital, how many Shenyiwei went to Hexi, and whether there are still Shenyiwei in the capital are unknown. As far as I know, there should not be too many officials directly under the Shenyiwei. Yiwei has many spies all over the place, but the main task of these people is to collect intelligence, and those who are really capable of planning actions are the directly subordinate officials of Shenyiwei."

Ximen Yi stroked his beard and said, "Although the capital is in chaos, there must be Shenyiwei lurking in it."

"If this is the case, there will not be too many officials directly under Shenyiwei gathered in Hexi." Chu Huan said: "The selection of officials by Shenyiwei is very strict, and if there are too many staffs, the goal will be bigger. After so many years Lai Shenyiwei has always kept secrets, and there should not be too many officials directly under him, so as to ensure their secrecy. Shenyiwei is the trump card in Dingwu's hands, and it is also the dark team he relies on most at the moment. He must completely control To live in Hexi, I am afraid that a large number of Shenyiwei will need to be deployed, and it is hard to imagine that he can deploy too many people to other places."

However, Chu Huan did not say something clearly. Hexi and his party knew a lot about the secrets of the Shenyiwei. Xuanyuan Pingzhang, the governor of the Shenyiwei, was also seriously injured. It is impossible to lead the Shenyiwei in a short time. In the hands of Luo Duo, Shenyiwei could be said to have been severely injured. Under such circumstances, Chu Huan could hardly believe that Shenyiwei could lurk in Jinling and carefully plan this conspiracy.

"According to what you said, the possibility of Tianmen Dao is even greater." Ximen Yi slightly nodded, "Instigated a fight between the Northwest Army and the Jinling Army, and then took advantage of the turmoil in Jinling to sneak in."

Chu Huan's eyes flickered, and he touched his chin and said, "This may be the purpose of Tianmen Dao, but... I always feel that Tianmen Dao is very strange, and what that Tiangong did doesn't seem to be for the purpose of seizing The world is not even for the promotion of Taoism, his... His purpose seems to be to make the world turbulent, let the forces of all parties kill each other, and the Tao of Tianmen seems to exist for destruction and death."

"I've thought about this too." Ximen Yi's expression became serious, and he said, "If you say that Tiangong is a mediocre person, but he was able to use Tianmen Dao to confuse millions of people, and even provoked a storm The bloody fight in the southeast. But if you say that he is a man with outstanding strategy, this person has no strategic vision, he only knows how to provoke and attack, but he has no long-term plan...!" His eyes also showed doubts : "I have never been able to figure out what the real purpose of that man is? Sometimes I even think that man is just a lunatic who only lives for killing and violence."

Chu Huan was also quite puzzled, and then asked softly: "My lord, Xu Chang said he wanted to introduce us to someone, who is he talking about?"

"I've thought about it too, but it's hard to guess." Ximen Yi said: "Xu Chang said he wanted to surprise us, it seems that the person has a lot of background."

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