Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 1041 Xiaoyao Villa and Yu Laojiu
When the power of the court held by the seven clans and five surnames disappeared, the seven clans and five surnames developed and expanded among the people to the point that they had great influence, extremely huge power.They have huge wealth, perfect intelligence network, criss-cross contacts and even powerful force.If the strength of all these seven clans and five surnames is concentrated, it is enough to establish a country and destroy a country.

But at this time, that is, nearly a hundred years ago, the hidden forces of Qinghe Cui's family summoned a son-in-law. , It forced the forces of the seven clans and five surnames to unite from a loose alliance into a strict, mysterious, and extremely strict organization. This organization is called Jisitang, and they also call themselves the Holy Church.And he became the first generation head of the church.The heads of the seven clans are elders.

According to the thoughts of the head of the holy hall, the inheritance hall should never be exposed to the light, but should hide behind the scenes, support an emperor, and control the general situation of the world.In fact, in the past 50 years of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, many countries were established and destroyed by them behind the scenes.

Therefore, the Holy Church has always been not a Jianghu gang, nor a religious force, but a special force that combines literati, Jianghu masters, and mysterious inheritance.

More than 20 years ago, in order to practice magic skills, the old demon Yu Laomo, the master of the temple, killed his wife Cui and his whole family with hundreds of members.Only a baby who was a few months old at that time survived by chance, and this baby was Cui Xi.

Four years ago, Old Demon Yu was murdered by Yufeng in collusion with Lou Yanming. The temple was once controlled by Yufeng, but then Ye Chen led the Huaxia Weifu to attack him several times, causing heavy losses to Yufeng's direct lineage. The second elder of the temple, Li Mingxuan, the head of the Li family in Longxi, took the opportunity to fight Yufeng openly and secretly, and now he is not only fighting against Yufeng, but also because Li Mingxuan helped the Song Emperor to overthrow the power minister Zhao Pu, Li Mingxuan became the prime minister of the Song Dynasty , Li Siyan became the queen of the Song Dynasty.Therefore, Li Mingxuan has already overwhelmed Yufeng in the holy hall, occupying a dominant position.

There is also the most special character here, that is Cui Xi, the grandson of the previous generation of the Lord of the Temple, Yu Laomo, and the new generation of Demon Lord Cui Xi.Yufeng was worried that Cui Xi would ask him to avenge his father's death, so he tried his best to suppress him. Although Li Mingxuan had once cooperated with Cui Xi, he was also worried about raising tigers, so he was extremely guarded against Cui Xi.So the two intentionally or unintentionally suppressed Cui Xi's influence in the Holy Church, and now Cui Xi has almost no relationship with the Holy Church.

However, even though Old Devil Yu killed all of Cui's direct lineage, most of the assets left by Cui Xi have not been lost. In these years, Cui Xi has tried every means and unscrupulous means to improve his magic power, and at the same time, he has found Some branches of the Cui family then used extremely bloody means to kill an unknown number of people and took back most of the property that should have belonged to the Cui family, and firmly controlled it in their own hands.

Therefore, although Cui Xi lost the support of the Holy Church, he also has a powerful force under his command. He even used his financial resources as a support to forcefully revive the Demonic Dao in the past few years and established the Demon Sect.Once the demon sect appeared in history, it would attract the hostility, siege and persecution of almost all forces from the Jianghu forces, Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism, and even the secular court, thus exterminating the sect.Therefore, Cui Xi did the matter of rebuilding the Demon Sect extremely covertly. It was not even called the Demon Sect in name, but an upright Jianghu gang.

This rivers and lakes gang is called Xiaoyao Villa.

In recent years, four great powers have risen successively in the Jianghu, known as the two villages, one government and one religion.The two villages refer to Xiaoyao Villa and Tiejian Villa, one mansion is naturally Tianji Mansion, and one teaching is Huanxijiao.

The three forces of Xiaoyao Villa, Tianji Mansion and Huanxijiao are extremely mysterious because Cui Xi, Ye Chen and Lou Yanming are behind them respectively.However, Xiaoyao Villa may be able to hide from ordinary forces in the world and even the largest intelligence organization in the world, the Ministry of Security of Xiangfu Country, but it cannot hide people like Lou Yanming and Zhang Wumeng.It's just that the two didn't announce the news to the world for various reasons.Duan Siyue is the number one general under Lou Yanming's command, but Lou Yanming told him about Xiaoyao Villa and Mozong, so Duan Siyue knew that Xiaoyao Villa was Cui Xi's lair.

As for the location of Iron Sword Villa in Suzhou, it is the most well-known force in the world. Almost everyone even thinks that Iron Sword Villa is the sword village of the Bai family in Yangzhou back then. , and changed its name to Iron Sword Villa, otherwise how could this Iron Sword Villa have so many powerful swordsmen.Hu Sanguang once asked Bai Zixuan, the master of Tianji Mansion, about this question, and the latter just smiled slightly, neither affirming nor denying.So even in Xiangfu Kingdom, Hu Sanguang, Shangguan Bingyun, and even Ye Chen believed that Iron Sword Villa was the inheritance of the Bai family in the south of the Yangtze River.

Now, in order to save Lou Yanming, Duan Siyue brought Shangguan Bingyun and hundreds of shadow guards under his command to Xiaoyao Villa, which is located in a mountain town a hundred miles outside Daming Mansion (later Beijing) on ​​the North East Road of Song Dynasty.

When Shangguan Bingyun came, it was just in time for New Year's Eve. Daming Mansion obviously had a heavy snowfall recently, and it was much colder than Yingtian Mansion, so the whole world was covered in snow and white.Just seeing a few spots of red in this snow-white, it is very dazzling.

These points of red are the red couplets at the gate of Xiaoyao Villa and a dozen red lanterns on the gate and on the wall.

In the snow-white world, apart from Shangguan Bingyun and his party, there were no other moving objects. On the outskirts of Xiaoyao Villa, the garden was silent, as if they were already outside the world of mortals.

No one can come here easily, even those masters with unique skills and self-esteem, no one dares to take a step forward. In recent years, the prestige of Xiaoyao Villa has almost reached the level of the Maitreya Sect and the Northern Taiping. teach.

But what is presented before Shangguan Bingyun's eyes is just a peaceful and festive New Year's Eve winter light, without any sense of imminent killing, and without the weird and terrifying feeling that a demon sect should have, and it doesn't even have strict security .In fact, Shangguan Bingyun did not find a single guard.

Shangguan Bingyun didn't know who was helping Cui Xi manage the Xiaoyao Villa, but with this method alone, he had to admit in his heart that this person was really great.Some people say that such a place is the Demon Sect, who would believe it?
There are nine elders in the holy hall, seven sects and five surnames occupy seven positions, and the other two are the direct disciples of Old Demon Yu.After Yu Feng deceived his master to destroy his ancestors and caused Yu Laomo to die, it was exposed to the world, Yu Laojiu, who was sincere to Yu Laomo like a master and a father, rebelled against the holy hall, and followed Yu Laomo's true successor, who was also the relative of Yu Laomo. Grandson Cui Xi, to help him do things.

Yu Laojiu is a very mysterious person. The killers in the temple, whether they are black crows or white crows, were all created by him and trained by him.But he is also the most low-key person among the top-notch masters in the Jianghu.Few people know his past and origin, and even apart from the killers he trained, very few people have seen him.

Of course Shangguan Bingyun knew about Yu Laojiu's defection from the holy church, she even knew that Yu Laojiu had taken some of the black crows away, so she had a fight with Yufeng because of this, this happened not long after Xiangfu Kingdom was established, Although the black crow that Yu Laojiu was going to take away was almost killed and injured, the few masters under Yufeng's command also suffered heavy losses.

These intelligence and security departments have already inquired, and Shangguan Bingyun has always known, so the moment he saw Xiaoyao Villa, for some reason, Shangguan Bingyun thought of Yu Laojiu.She had a vague premonition that it was Yu Laojiu who would take care of Xiaoyao Villa for Cui Xi.

Shangguan Bingyun had been waiting in the living room of Xiaoyao Mountain Manor for a long time, she was the only one waiting, of course she brought that big box with her.The more than 100 shadow guards she brought were led by Zhong Sanhe who rushed back after trying to track down Cui Xi, and Duan Siyue was waiting at the gate of Xiaoyao Villa.Because the owner of Xiaoyao Villa only agreed to see Shangguan Bingyun alone, Shui'er was in the hands of the other party, and he was thrown into the trap.

At the end of the corridor, there were finally gentle footsteps, and a woman in a floor-length skirt walked over with an extraordinary and elegant demeanor.Although her age has passed, she is absolutely unwilling to use makeup to cover up the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes.

Her beauty and elegance are like a long white cloud outside the distant mountains, but her eyes are full of confidence like sunshine.

Shangguan Bingyun looked surprised, as if he had suddenly become insane.

She herself is an extremely outstanding woman, and she has seen quite a few women of peerless beauty, but she has never seen such a woman, nor has she ever imagined that a woman can maintain such extraordinary beauty after her youth fades away.

"Young lady is Shangguan Bingyun." She looked at Shangguan Bingyun with a smile, her voice was also elegant and extremely pleasant.

"Just pasted the Spring Festival couplets and hung up the red lanterns in the morning, the girl came in the afternoon, just in time for eating dumplings on New Year's Eve."

It's a pity that Shangguan Bingyun didn't come to eat dumplings.

"Madam is Senior Yu Lao Jiu?" Although Shangguan Bingyun was sure, he still couldn't help asking again at the end.

The woman smiled slightly and said, "That's right, I am Yu Laojiu."

On the smooth cypress floor, there is a low tea table full of ancient style. There are three or five white chrysanthemums inserted diagonally in the bottle in winter, which shows that the room is as warm as spring at this time.Moreover, it is very likely that there is a large hot spring in Xiaoyao Villa.

Shangguan Bingyun didn't look at the flowers.She was looking at this mysterious, elegant and beautiful woman sitting on the brocade pier opposite her.

(End of this chapter)