People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 385 The choice of death, advancing step by step

Under the rain curtain, two undulating waves of sabers, one in front and the other in the back, passed directly over He Lao's body, and swung from her body again in a blink of an eye, flying towards the sides extremely quickly.

Waves of swords staggered past, and finally separated in an instant.

The cold light dissipated, revealing He Lao who was covered in blood inside.

He Lao stood in the middle of the courtyard, and the rain directly washed her blood onto the ground, mixed with the rain, and dispersed.

The clothes on Elder He's body were cut into pieces, and pieces of flesh and blood were turned up on his arms, chest, back, throat, and even his face.

But He Lao still stood firmly in place.

not moving at all.

But unfortunately, the crane staff in her hand had fallen to the ground, covered with muddy water.

[He Lao, the head of the four elders of Tianyin Sect, has a surly temper, kills people like hemp, and has a great consummation after the Xuantai Realm (near death, poisoned)]

At just a moment ago, He Lao gave up the suppression of arsenic in his body, burst out with all his power, and sent Zhang Wanyu away in one fell swoop.

With Zhang Wanyu's strength, as long as she doesn't come back stupidly, she can basically escape from this place.

But Helao herself, after her kung fu erupted, quickly exhausted, and under the strangling formation of Qian Niu Wei Yan, she only had the last breath left.

There is no great method in this world to disintegrate the demons. After the explosion, the power will be weakened rapidly.

Li Xuan inserted the Eight-faced Han sword back into the scabbard on the side of the horse with her right hand.

The seven-step measure Tianlong took advantage of the situation and handed it to the right hand. In an instant, the whole body was bowed slightly, ready to sprint again at any time.

Zhou Gan came from the opposite side, the tiger's mouth on his right hand had been completely exploded, the battle armor on his chest had been split, and a mouthful of blood was swallowed back.

As the sharp blade that first attacked He Lao, Zhou Gan undertook He Lao's biggest counterattack.

On the other side, Su Baotong's situation was even worse.

His position was originally supposed to be Qiu Zhenmu's, but after Qiu Zhenmu restrained Zhang Wanyu, he could only be replaced by him who was a little less powerful.

But at the end of the day, as the grandson of the God of War Su Dingfang, although Su Baotong looks a little miserable now, he still persevered.

Passing He Lao, Li Xuan looked at Qiu Zhenmu who was opposite, and the Thousand Bulls Sword in Qiu Zhenmu's hand was raised at the same time.

"Drive!" With a low shout, the two horses rushed forward at the same time, and in a blink of an eye they had already rushed in front of Helao.

The seven-step measuring sword and the thousand-niu knife slashed at He Lao's throat at the same time.

"Get out!" In an instant, Old He opened his eyes violently, and grabbed the Qibu Liangtian Lance and the Qianniu Sword with both hands at the same time.

Incredibly fast.

In the blink of an eye, the seven-step measuring sword and the thousand-niu knife were caught by He Lao.

Grab it tightly, very tightly.

At this moment, Qiu Zhenmu directly let go of the Qianniu Dao in his hand, grabbed the saddle with his left hand, a long sword had been grabbed by him, and then stabbed forward fiercely.

The flickering sharp blade made He Lao subconsciously tilt his head slightly. At this moment, Li Xuan's arm on the other side suddenly exerted strength, and Chang Leng broke free from He Lao's palm in an instant.

Lightning pierced her throat.

"呵啦!"

He Lao raised his eyes with some difficulty, his eyes were full of unbelievable astonishment.

Li Xuan's strength was actually higher than the highest limit she estimated.

Innate divine power, there are strengths and weaknesses.

With a sound of "ding", the long sword in Qiu Zhenmu's hand had already pierced the sharp lance.

He was also full of disbelief.

He knew best how strong the grasp was just now, and he couldn't break free, but how could Li Xuan break free.

But immediately, Qiu Zhenmu smiled wryly and drew his sword.

Li Xuan's spear not only pierced He Lao's throat, but even spit out powerful real energy, which directly broke the last trace of vitality in her body.

[Old He, the head of the four elders of the Tianyin Sect, extremely loyal to the Empress, and the Great Consummation of the Xuantai Realm and the Empress Realm (died)]

The entries turned into colorful light spots and scattered on Li Xuan's body.

At the same time, Li Xuan's extremely sharp long lance was slowly pulled out from Helao's neck.
Blood flowed down.

Li Xuan's indifferent gaze was reflected in the blood beads.

Chang Leng retracted, Li Xuan turned to look at Qiu Zhenmu, and said in a low voice, "Behead your head and show it to the public."

After finishing speaking, Li Xuan pulled the rein fiercely, turned the horse's head, and let the horse lead him out of the courtyard.

Qiu Zhenmu raised his eyes, and he immediately understood what Li Xuan meant.

For Li Xuan, such credit for beheading He Lao, the head of the four elders of the Tianyin Sect, would not be of much use at all.

But it was different for Qiu Zhenmu, such a head would immediately allow him to be promoted directly to the rank of five-rank Qianniu Captain.

After a little hesitation, Qiu Zhenmu directly chopped off He Lao's head, grabbed her by the hair, and shouted to the crowd: "Under the concerted efforts of all colleagues, one of the leaders of the rebellion, He Lao, will be destroyed. Victory, Your Majesty! Victory!"

"Wan Sheng! Wan Sheng! Wan Sheng!" Many Qianniuwei present couldn't help shouting at the same time, with an extremely high momentum.

Qiu Zhenmu's words are tantamount to saying that he will share the merits of this head with everyone present at the same time.

Although it is said that it is a lot less for Qiu Zhenmu, but for many people present, it can save them from detours that have taken them for many years.

"Clean up the scene and kill the remnants." Qiu Zhenmu gave the order without the slightest hesitation.

The people present immediately moved quickly.

Qiu Zhenmu rode his horse and chased outside.

As soon as he met him, he saw Li Zhu coming out of the coffin. Although the long sword was sheathed, there was still blood under his horse's hooves.

Li Zhu nodded slightly to Qiu Zhenmu, then went straight to the gate without saying much.

Under the light of the fire, Li Zhu and several guards were seen standing under the gate of the workshop, with Xu Lu standing beside him.

Xu Lu who betrayed Tianyin Sect.

Under the flickering firelight, wearing a black cloak, she looked very weak.

But Qiu Zhenmu knew that if this woman fell into the hands of Nanchang King, she would immediately become his sharp sword against Tianyin Sect.

Their prince is really calculating.

Qiu Zhenmu took a deep breath, turned around, and immediately started to clean up the scene.

East across the courtyard, west across the courtyard, the coffin shop.

Those who resisted had all died under the slaughter of the blade, but there were also several people who gave up resistance in order to survive.

It is necessary to find out from them the location of the last remnants of the Tianyin Sect in Wuzhou City, as well as the whereabouts of the escaped Zhang Wanyu.

……

Li Xuan stood under the gate of the workshop, nodded slightly to Li Zhu who was walking across, and then looked at the rain curtain in front of him without saying a word.

In his body, endless primordial energy is constantly rushing, but it is being pressed into the dantian bit by bit.

The current Li Xuan didn't dare to make too many movements, lest the true qi in her body would burst out all of a sudden.

In the sea of ​​qi in the inner dantian, 360 innate true qi water droplets have gathered into a ball, and a slender and tall shadow can be vaguely seen appearing in the center of countless true qi water droplets.

The nine true channels faintly emerged in the shadow body, and countless water qi quickly gathered into the nine true channels.

It reminds me that the Yuan Qi essence extracted from He Lao's body just now is filling Li Xuan's meridians.

Then it was quickly digested, and then merged into Dantian, turning into Li Xuan's own power.

Although the shadow in the depths of the inner dantian quickly became clear, Li Xuan knew that tonight, he was overwhelmed and would step into the realm of the mysterious fetus in one step.

But definitely not now, definitely not in front of everyone.

After a long time, in the entire neighborhood, the voices fell apart.

Only then did Li Xuan gradually relax.

Turning her head, Li Xuan looked at the head of the workshop standing aside, and said softly, "Open the workshop door!"

"Here!" The workshop head didn't dare to hesitate, and immediately opened the workshop door.

Behind Fangmen, all the chief officials in Wuzhou, headed by Zhang Yi, the recorder, Du Bixing, Hu Cao, Han Jiang, Cang Cao, Li Yuanyi, and Cao Cao, Xu Jian, stood outside respectfully.

The door of the workshop opened, and everyone immediately cupped their hands and said: "See the prince."

"Yeah!" Li Xuan nodded slightly, and then said directly: "Decree, from now on, in the city of Wuzhou, every grain store, medicine store, silk and satin shop, coffin shop, timber yard, dye factory, etc. Where there are workers employed, the Tianyin Cultists are strictly checked, and if any Tianyin Cultist is found and refuses to sever ties with the Tianyin Cult, they will be expelled from Wuzhou City immediately!"

"Here!" Zhang Yi, as well as the parties behind him, immediately handed over their promises.

Li Xuan nodded and continued: "From today until the end of the autumn harvest, the city gates will open half an hour earlier and close half an hour later every day. Everything is for the early completion of today's Autumn Fu."

In the past, the city gates were always closed half an hour earlier, but now they suddenly close half an hour later, and open half an hour earlier in the morning.

Although some people were puzzled, they didn't open their mouths to ask questions, and they all handed over: "Here!"

"Order Lanxi, from now on, all the officials in Lanxi, yamen servants, arresters, and soldiers will all enter the countryside and fields to grab the summer tax. The summer tax does not need to be transferred to the Lanxi county treasury. There is no delay in sending a ship from Wuzhou."

"Here!" Many high-ranking officials in Wuzhou who were present at the scene, when they heard Li Xuan's words, they all agreed deeply, and no one objected.

Up to now, in the whole Wuzhou, there are only two autumn harvests in two places, and they have not started to rush.

One is Longyou and the other is Lanxi.

Longyou County is located in the far west of Wuzhou, but it is surrounded by plains and there is no danger to defend, but the same is true, once the Tianyin Sect enters Longyou, it will immediately become the target of public criticism.

Lanxi, a county in the northwest of Wuzhou, is behind Muzhou.

In the whole of Wuzhou, Lanxi is the place where the most immigrants from Muzhou live besides the city.

Over the years, Tianyin Sect has been cultivating deeply in Lanxi.

I don't know how many Muzhou immigrants are flooding various places in Lanxi County. As long as the Tianyin Sect attacks Lanxi with all its strength, it will not take half a day for Lanxi to fall.

"From tomorrow onwards, the immigrant servants recruited by the state government will no longer go to Jinhua, but instead go to Lingdong. Starting from Lingdong Pass, they will send people into Lanxi to harvest summer grain every day. After the tax grain is harvested, it will be shipped directly Enter the state city."

After a short pause, Li Xuan looked at Hu Cao joining the army Han Jiang, and said seriously: "Han Hu Cao personally went to the Lingdong, and used the household registration books in the prefecture to collect summer grain. shall prevail."

"Official, obey the order!" Han Jiang immediately stepped forward and bowed to promise.

All the people present understood that Li Xuan was going to attack Lan Xi.

After Dongyang, Jinhua, Yiwu, Pujiang, Wuyi, Yongkang, and Pan'an, Li Xuan finally attacked Lanxi.

And from the very beginning, he put on a posture of complete distrust of Lanxi county officials.

But these have nothing to do with the people present.

Li Xuan stared carefully at the hosts present, and said in a deep voice: "From now on, the entire Wuzhou will enter the summer harvest and busy season, and we will do our best to complete this year's summer harvest plan. There must be no negligence or paralysis of actions, otherwise, you will be dismissed from office. , and only in an instant.

"I don't dare to be an official." Many officials present at the same time clapped their hands in response.

"Also, the last point, the whole city raided the Tianyin Sect Zhang Wanyu, and the whole city issued a prison sentence; this king wants the people in the whole city of Wuzhou to know that the head of the Tianyin Sect was kicked out like a dog in Wuzhou Running around." Li Xuan's face revealed a hint of ruthlessness.

"Send an order to let Fangzheng and the chief of each party stare down all abnormal people from all parties, and there must be no mistakes."

"Here!"

　I wish you all a happy May Day and peace of mind!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)