Nine idlers

Chapter 120 The outcome is unknown (Part [-])

Under Xuangang Tianma's series of careful arrangements tonight, he can be said to have won a complete victory.Although Xu Changqing saved Taoist Zhengxiao and Fei Wu who should have died, he lost Zhengqing and other experts, and Xuangang Tianmo not only eradicated Ma Zhengyan, the third living Buddha who made him jealous, but also gained a powerful man. The master of Buddhism.After that, even though Xu Changqing rescued most of the powerful low-level outsiders, the Xuangang Heavenly Demon’s goal of knocking the mountain and shaking the tiger has been achieved. Very few.

Right now, most of these authentic masters of Immortals and Buddhas have been trapped in the Temple of Heaven, and most of them have been wiped out. Yan Feng and others are also blocked in the Anding Building.Fortunately, Xu Changqing didn't plan to rely on these authentic masters of the immortal Buddha and low-level outsiders from the beginning. These people are all pawns he uses to confuse the vision of the Profound Handle Demon, and the death or injury will not affect him at all. plan.To put it in a cold-blooded way, even if all these people were dead, he would still be sure to defeat the Xuanhand Heavenly Demon, the only difference was the odds of winning.

In Xu Changqing's view, the battle of wits between him and the Xuanhand Demon has just begun. On the surface, the Xuanhand Demon has won, but after tonight, all the strength of the Xuanhand Demon has been put on the bright side, and Xu Changqing really But the trump card is still intact and deeply hidden.Just like what Xu Changqing often thinks, the hidden power is far more powerful than the exposed power.

After Xu Changqing left the Temple of Heaven, he sneaked all the way, taking advantage of the chaos in the east of the city by those fake ghost troops, and sneaked into Sheng Xuanhuai's house quietly.Perhaps out of trust in Xieyangzi's head-lowering Gu technique, the disciples monitoring Sheng Xuanhuai's strength were low, and they were completely ignorant of Xu Changqing's sneaking in. In this way, compared with other places outside, Sheng's mansion can be regarded as a relative place. safe place.

In Sheng Mansion, Xu Changqing not only met Sheng Xuanhuai, but also unexpectedly met Xu Shichang who came to ask for advice.Facing Xu Changqing who suddenly appeared in the Sheng Mansion, Xu Shichang looked extremely calm. Perhaps he had already guessed that this matter was related to Xu Changqing.After Xu Changqing removed the Gu worms for him and presented Zhao Banqian's token, the relationship between the two was bridged.At this time, Xu Changqing also explained the plan of the Xuangang Heavenly Demon with a slight cut. If there was nothing, it made Xu Shichang think that the Xuanhandang Heavenly Demon wanted to be the emperor himself, so he was so active in "fucking" this rebellion. A change of luck.

I don't know whether it was Xu Changqing's words that moved Xu Shichang, or the Xuangang Demon's behavior was too perverse recently, Xu Shichang immediately agreed to help Xu Changqing act without any hesitation.

For the people in the capital, from the night of the third day of May to the morning of the fourth day of May, it was definitely a sleepless night that made everyone feel uneasy.First, there was a natural vision, and the earth dragon turned over, and then there were rumors that the Beiyang new army and the foreign army rebelled, and it didn't take long for the rumors to become ghosts. At this moment, the Forbidden City caught fire again, and then a large number The legendary ghost rushed into the capital and made troubles everywhere, and thousands of people saw this scene.So much so that the next morning, the people in the capital felt extraordinarily gloomy when they went out, as if the sunlight had lost its original warmth.

This series of unimaginable events gave many people with an excuse to create rumors, such as the country is about to perish, there must be evildoers, and so on, quickly spread throughout the streets and alleys of the capital, and what happened last night Together, they have become the talking points of various teahouses.At this time, the morning papers of some newspapers will also come from Tianjin with the news that the Beiyang New Army is about to rebel, together with the weird incident in the capital last night, they will all be published together, and then they will be linked together by catching wind and shadow, claiming that this is a harbinger of heaven and earth warning .Some revolutionaries who were active in the capital also took the opportunity to write various slogans, which were secretly spread in all the alleys and alleys of the capital. The Qing court 'forced' the Beiyang New Army to rebel.

Compared with the uneasiness of the people in the capital about the current situation, Feng Guozhang, who was called into the palace overnight, seemed much calmer in his heart.He sat in the sedan chair and closed his eyes, quietly thinking about the ins and outs of the whole thing, trying to sort out a clue.

Regarding the use of force to "force" the palace, eradicate Zaifeng, and assist Yuan Shikai to regain power, most of it was planned by him from the beginning to the end, but since the morning court a few days ago, he heard Sheng Xuanhuai suddenly say to him "Don't do it" After being chaotic and guarding against fraud, he became vigilant.Afterwards, Cao Kun, who was supposed to act in secret, suddenly came to Beijing with great fanfare, and asked Zaifeng for payment. eyeing.

Later, Feng Guozhang sent people to various local forces for the purpose of reorganizing the militia. On the surface, they continued to act according to the original plan, but in fact they secretly notified all parties in the know to stop their activities.When Zaifeng transferred all the troops from Tieliang's first town and his own two associations abnormally, Feng Guozhang was completely sure that Xu Shichang's previous plan to 'force' the palace by force was a big trap.Although I don't know whether this matter is related to Xu Shichang, but it is certain that Zaifeng must know, so these days he has been in a good manner, and he dare not go beyond the slightest, so as not to be caught.

When Feng Guozhang heard from his subordinates last night that the Beiyang new army and the foreign people were rebelling, his first thought was that the Qing court had received the news that the plan had stopped, and deliberately found someone pretending to be the Beiyang army to pretend to rebel, and wanted to punish them. People from the Beiyang faction are disadvantaged.Afterwards, the soldiers dispatched from the Eight Banners Battalion in the capital were called protection, but they were actually under house arrest, and surrounded his entire mansion.He could imagine that other than him, the other members of the Beiyang faction were probably all under house arrest at this moment.

Although Feng Guozhang didn't know why the Qing court was so confident in dealing with the new Beiyang army, but since he had already started using troops, he must have confidence.So after the house was besieged, he had already washed up, put on clean clothes, and sat quietly and peacefully in the main hall waiting for the fatal imperial edict.

However, what happened next seemed to have completely exceeded Feng Guozhang's expectations. The housekeeper at home suddenly reported that it was not the rebellious Beiyang new army, but the ghost of the Eight-Power Allied Forces who died near the capital, and the Forbidden City was also unknown. Surprisingly, it burned.