The next day, the Song army was about to leave Mingshan Island and return to Guangzhou. Xu Hai ordered Xu Jiang to stay on Mingshan Island, pack up his things, arrange for his family to leave Mingli Island, and left twenty boats. He took his wife Ji Xiangqiong, together with more than a dozen servants, and followed Yang Yan back to Guangzhou. Yang Yan also left Lai Wenzheng and five hundred soldiers, five boats on Mingshan Island, to help Xu Jiang deal with affairs, and then he set sail with a large fleet and went back to Guangzhou.

The news of this victory had already spread back to Guangzhou, and the Song army defeated Meng Heng and subdued Xu Hai, which caused a great sensation, Yue Lin and Zhao Ruyu brought Guangzhou officials, as well as famous people from all walks of life in Guangzhou, and businessmen of all sizes were at the dock to Gong Yang Yan. Therefore, as soon as the Song army's fleet docked, a tsunami-like cheer immediately sounded on the shore.

Because it was Xu Hai's appearance, it caused countless exclamations. Because many people in Guangzhou know Xu Hai and know that he is the second largest force in the South China Sea after Meng Heng, and now people finally believe in the fact that Xu Hai surrendered, and it seems that it is really not far from exterminating the pirates.

The next step is to attack Hidden Dragon Island and eliminate Meng Heng. However, with the current strength of the Song army, it is not enough to storm Zanglong Island. It is necessary to wait for the convoy to return, and then draw some troops. Moreover, the newly acquired warships must also be staffed, and many warships also need to be repaired. Therefore, Yang Yan decided to rest in Guangzhou for a few days, wait for the escort fleet to return, and then organize troops to attack Zanglong Island.

The gains from this battle were very huge, and the money accumulated by Xu Hai plus the property collected on Shangchuan Island and Xiachuan Island, and the property obtained from the conquest of Huangyan Island, were only four or five million yuan in total, and the property seized by Cheng Yuanzhou when he raided his house in the early stage, and now Guangzhou has accumulated no less than six million yuan in the economy. Yang Yan put all this money into the treasury, and instructed Zhao Ruyu to take good care of it, and registered it in detail, just waiting for Meng Heng to be wiped out, and then escorted back to Lin'an and handed over to the treasury.

"Even Xu Hai surrendered Yang Yan with the scriptures?" It was a young woman's voice that spoke.

"That's right, sect leader, now that Xu Hai has surrendered and Meng Heng has been defeated, it seems that our plan to unite with Meng Heng to deal with Yang Yan will be difficult to implement." This time it was an extremely tall and burly man who spoke none other than one of the Manichaean apologists, Ming King Zhao Cao. And the woman who spoke to him was the new leader of Manichaeism, Zhong Xinyu.

Zhong Xinyu was slightly stunned and said, "Then what should we do now, whether to stay in the Great Song Dynasty or go overseas to hide." ”

Since Zhong Ziang's death, Zhong Xinyu led the remnants of Manichaeism to escape from Hainan, but the search of the Song army was very strict, so they did not dare to return to the Great Song Dynasty, and fled to Mayi for several months, but they did not dare to act blatantly, only established a secret general altar in Mayi, and gradually recruited nearly 100 disciples.

Originally, Zhong Xinyu planned to hide overseas for a few years as Zhong Ziang said, and then return to the Great Song Dynasty after developing and growing. But then I heard the legend of the merchants who came and went that the Song army was at war with the three pirates of the South China Sea. Chen Ziming and Zhong Zhenxian argued that although Manichaeism had clashed with pirates before, Yang Yan was now a common enemy of both sides, so he should return to the Great Song Dynasty and unite with pirates against Yang Yan.

Zhong Xinyu was originally reluctant to return to the Great Song Dynasty so soon, because the foundation of Manichaeism in Mayi was not stable now. However, many people in the sect agreed with Zhong Zhenxian and Chen Ziming's proposals, and Zhong Xinyu had just become the sect leader and did not have much prestige in his own right, so he had to agree.

Now most of the leaders of Manichaeism have also been demolished, after Zhong Xinyu succeeded as the leader, in order to appease Zhong Zhenxian, let him serve as the left envoy of light, there are still Zhao Cao, Chen Ziming, Xiao Tinglan among the guardians, only Cao Yan is left among the five scattered people, only the two flags of the giant wood flag Li Jin and the flood flag Shan Huaiyi are left, and only Wang Shuquan of the Tianmen and Lu Qi of the wind and the wind are left in the four gates of heaven and earth. Among Zhong Ziang's four disciples, there are also Qinglong, Vermilion Bird, and Xuanwu.

Everyone discussed and decided to leave the only Wusan Cao Yan, and the remaining two of the four gates of Heaven and Earth Fengyun Wang Shuquan and Lu Qi to continue to secretly create a foundation in Ma Yi, and the others returned to the Great Song Dynasty with Zhong Xinyu, trying to unite with the pirates, and come back on standby. Among the many disciples, only eighteen disciples with higher martial arts were selected to accompany Zhong Xinyu and others, and her disciples also stayed in Mayi.

Although the Manichaean rebellion was quelled, the Great Song Dynasty still searched the Manichaeans very strictly, so in order not to attract attention, so everyone was divided into three groups, returned to the Great Song Dynasty separately, and reunited after arriving in Guangzhou. Zhong Xinyu, Xiao Tinglan, Zhao Cao, Qinglong, Zhuque, Xuanwu, and four disciples as a group, as soon as they arrived in Guangzhou, they learned that the Song army had defeated the Mengheng coalition army at sea, and Xu Hai had surrendered to Yang Yan. Zhong Xinyu immediately discussed with Xiao Tinglan and Zhao Cao what to do next.

Xiao Tinglan said: "Sect Master, since it is no longer possible to unite with pirates to follow the scriptures, and now that the Song army is tracking down very closely, I don't think it is appropriate for us to stay in the Great Song Dynasty for a long time, it is better to go back to Mayi as soon as possible." ”

Zhong Xinyu nodded, and asked Zhao Cao again: "What does King Ming think?" ”

Zhao Cao said: "Sect Master, I think it's better to wait for the other two groups of people to gather, and then discuss and decide." ”

Xiao Tinglan snorted and said, "Everyone is here, Zhong Zhenxian and Chen Ziming must have other reasons to stay in the Great Song Dynasty, I think he clearly doesn't want to stay in Mayi and suffer." ”

Zhao Cao said: "Spirit King, I see that you have some misunderstandings about the Wing King and the Left Envoy. ”

Xiao Tinglan said: "Misunderstanding? King Ming, you should be very clear about what they really think. I don't think I need to care about them at all, leave them a code, let's go back to Mayi first. ”

Zhao Cao said in a deep voice: "Spirit King, no matter what they really think, since we have come to Guangzhou, we can't throw them down and leave." Now my sect is in danger, and we need the unity of the disciples in the sect to overcome the current difficulties together, and I have sworn in front of the old sect leader that I must support the sect leader and revive the holy religion, although I will not change in death. ”

Zhong Xinyu saw that the two of them were talking more and more intensely, so she hurriedly interrupted them and said: "Master, King Ming, you don't need to say anything, I think King Ming is right, no matter what, we can't leave the others alone, and we should wait for everyone to gather before discussing the big matter of staying." I'm sure they'll be there soon, so let's talk about it when everyone arrives. ”

Xiao Tinglan saw Zhong Xinyu say this, so she had no choice but to say, "Yes." ”

After the two withdrew, Zhong Xinyu sighed softly, and found that the future was confused.

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