Ximen Yi asked, "What does Nioh mean is that Tianmen Dao is in the midst of internal strife and has no time to take care of Jinling?" ”

"Compared to Tianmen Dao, the Divine Cloth Guard is more likely." Xu Chang said: "Tianmen Dao is fighting for its own battles, and it is busy fighting for power and profit, I am afraid that I really don't have the energy to come to Jinling to make trouble." ”

Chu Huan shook his head and smiled: "King Ren, Tianmen Dao is not an ordinary bandit, as King Ren said, they can indeed be regarded as a group of rabble, but they are very different from ordinary rabble. ”

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

"Nioh thinks about it, if it's really just a group of rabble, why can the Heavenly Gate Dao people fight even before it, and even Lei Guheng can't resist and die in battle?" Chu Huan said with a straight face: "This must not be explained by morale alone. Lei Guheng is a generation of famous generals, there are many elite soldiers and fierce generals under his command, he led his troops to the southeast to quell the chaos, but there are elite twelve guards under his command, that is, but he was also defeated by the hands of Tianmen Dao! ”

Xu Chang's expression suddenly became solemn, what Chu Huan said was close to the point, but he also understood at this time that if it was not effectively organized, even if there were many people and horses, it would never be the opponent of the Qin army.

"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: "At the beginning of Tianmen Dao's method of bewitching the people, it was to use the theory of Lao Jun's incarnation, it is undeniable that at least eighty percent of the Tianmen Dao people believe that Lao Jun really came into the world, and they respect that Tiangong like a god. ”

Xu Chang clenched his fists, compared to other forces, Xu Chang's Jinling faced the most severe threat from Tianmen Dao, starting from the city of Weiling, it only took ten days from the waterway to enter the Luo'an capital, and the Luo'an capital is now under the control of the Tianmen Dao people.

Jinling is rich, and has the most abundant grain storage in Jinling Cang, which is of course the trump card in Xu Chang's hands, but Xu Chang naturally will not fail to understand the truth of his guilt.

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

The Tianmen Dao was close at hand, and he knew in his heart that the Tianmen Daoists were really like a swarm of locusts, burning and looting wherever they passed, and sweeping them away, and their storage seemed to be purely for the purpose of sabotage, and they only knew how to loot and claim the occupied land, and there was no sign that they would operate the territory they occupied, and the Tianmen Daoists not only did not organize their own manpower to carry out production, but carried out strict destruction of the production in the occupied areas.

Xu Chang has always felt that the Tianmen Daoists are a group of crazy people, they don't seem to have a long-term plan at all, sitting and eating empty, Xu Chang knows very well that if this continues, no matter how much food the Tianmen Daoists loot, it will soon be exhausted, and next, their goal is definitely not to go north to Hexi, before that, they must be pointing the finger at Jinling and snatching Jinling Cang.

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

At this time, I saw the bluestone path outside the pavilion, a figure quickly came over, Xu Chang saw the comer, got up and stepped forward, walked out of the pavilion, the figure approached, and said a few words to Xu Chang, Xu Chang bowed slightly, then turned around, looked at Chu Huan and the two of them a few times, and waited until the person retreated, Xu Chang returned to the pavilion and said, "You shouldn't have dinner yet." Raising his hand and patting it, a figure appeared out of nowhere, Xu Chang ordered: "Take the two of you down for dinner first, so that you can entertain you." ”

Ximen Yi got up and frowned, "Nioh, this is!" ”

"After dinner, this king will introduce you to someone." Xu Chang said lightly: "This king believes that after you see this person, you will be surprised." He didn't say much, it seemed that what he said to Chu Huan was very speculative before, but at this moment, he became cold, turned around and walked out of the pavilion, and his figure quickly disappeared into the night.

Chu Huan and Ximen Yi were led to a rather elegant pavilion, and soon someone brought a sumptuous dinner.

"You don't have to worry about the food being poisonous." A person next to him said, "Nioh said that there is no need to go to such great lengths to kill you. After finishing speaking, they all retreated, and only Chu Huan and Ximen Yi were left in the hall.

Chu Huan actually understood in his heart that at this time, if Xu Chang really had killing intent, he really didn't have to use the method of poisoning.

It's just that thinking of Xu Yu's inexplicable poisoning, Chu Huan was careful, and checked it with a silver needle to make sure that it was safe, so he ate and drank unceremoniously.

At such times, supplementing the body is naturally indispensable.

"My lord, in your opinion, who could have poisoned the inn?" Chu Huan took a drink of wine, put down the wine cup and asked.

Ximen Yi said softly: "Your previous guess should not be wrong, the purpose of poisoning and killing Xu Yu is to provoke the contradiction between the Northwest Army and the Jinling Army. After a pause, his brows furrowed: "Whether it is the Divine Clothes Guard, the Heavenly Gate Dao, or even the two in the south, it is possible to make a move, but the biggest possibility should be the Divine Guard." ”

Chu Huan lowered his voice and said, "But in my opinion, the biggest possibility is actually the Heavenly Gate Dao." ”

"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 will never be poisoned after entering the hall." Chu Huan was thoughtful, and his voice was very soft: "At that time, except for the servant who delivered tea in the hall, there were only three of us, and the three of us naturally did not poison it, and I also saw every move of the servant after entering the door, and it was really the servant who poisoned him, and he had already prepared before entering the door." ”

"Xu Chang seemed to be sure that the servant would never poison him." Ximen Yi said softly.

Chu Huan nodded and said: "To be arranged in the post house, the servants there should be Xu Chang's henchmen, just to spy on us, I think these people should not be poisoned." Wei Yi pondered, and then said: "But since the other party is poisoned, it must be quiet, there are such invisible masters in the Shenyi Guard and Tianmen Dao, if they are really lurking in the post house, they have the ability and opportunity to poison the tea, and they will not be discovered by the servant." Wei Yi groaned, and then said: "It's just that I have some doubts now, when the two cups of tea were sent in, were both cups of tea poisonous, or was only Xu Yu's cup of tea poisonous?" ”

"Only one cup is poisonous." Ximen Yi was very sure: "Although I didn't drink tea, my cup of tea must be non-toxic." ”

"It seems that my guess will not be wrong." Chu Huan bowed slightly, obviously having a guess in his heart: "The opponent may not be at Xu Yu, in the other party's opinion, whether that cup of poisoned tea poisons Xu Yu or poisons adults, the result will provoke contradictions, but once both cups of tea are poisonous and both of them are poisoned to death, then everyone knows that it is someone else who poisoned them, and they will not be able to provoke contradictions." ”

Ximen Yi smiled faintly: "Now it seems that the other party's trick has succeeded, but there is also a bit of luck." If that cup of poisoned tea is delivered to me, and Xu Yu drinks the tea unharmed, I won't drink that cup of poisoned tea, and their plan will not succeed. ”

The lights in the hall flickered, and the surroundings were quiet.

"I suspect that Tianmen Dao is more likely, just because the Divine Clothes Guard may not have the energy to come to Jinling to make trouble now." Chu Huan said softly: "There should be no mistake in Dingwu to control the Shenyi Guard, but the Yamen of the Shenyi Guard is in the capital, how many Shenyi Guards have run to Hexi, and whether there are still Shenyi Guards left in the capital, this is unknown." As far as I know, there shouldn't be too many direct officials of the Shenyi Guard, although the Shenyi Guard has many eyeliners all over the place, but the main task of these people is to collect intelligence, and the ones who really have the ability to plan the action are the direct officials of the Shenyi Guard. ”

Ximen Yi stroked his beard and said: "Although the capital is in a mess, there must still be a god-clothed guard!"

"If that's the case, there won't be too many officials directly under the Shenyi Guard who really gather in Hexi." Chu Huan said: "The selection of officials by the Shenyi Guard is very strict, and there are too many establishments, the bigger the target, the Divine Yiwei has kept it secret for so many years, and its direct officials should not be too many, so as to ensure their secrecy." Shenyiwei is the trump card in Dingwu's hands, and it is also a dark team that he relies on the most at the moment, in order to completely control Hexi, I am afraid that it will be necessary to call on a large number of Shenyiwei's forces, it is hard to imagine that he can also transfer too many people to deploy to other places. ”

Chu Huan didn't say some things explicitly, Hexi and his party, he knew a lot about the secrets of Shenyiwei, Shenyiwei Governor Xuanyuan Pingzhang was also seriously injured if he didn't die, and it was impossible to command Shenyiwei in a short period of time, and Qinglong Qianhu fell into the hands of Luo Duo, Shenyiwei can be said to have suffered heavy losses, in this case, it was difficult for Chu Huan to believe that Shenyiwei could lurk in Jinling to carefully plan this conspiracy.

"According to what you say, Tianmen Dao is more likely." Ximen Yi bowed slightly, "Provoke the Northwest Army and the Jinling Army to fight, and then take advantage of the turmoil in Jinling to enter the situation." ”

Chu Huan's eyes flickered, touched his chin and said: "This may be the purpose of Tianmen Dao, but I always feel that Tianmen Dao is very strange, what that Tiangong did did not seem to be to seek to seize the world, or even to promote Taoism, but his purpose seems to be to make the world turbulent and let all forces kill each other, Tianmen Dao seems to exist for the sake of destruction and death." ”

"I've thought about this too." Ximen Yi's expression became solemn, and he said: "If that Heavenly Father is a mediocre person, but he can use the Heavenly Gate Dao to bewitch millions of people, and even provoke a bloody battle that swept the southeast. But if he is said to be a person with outstanding strategy, this person has no strategic vision, only knows how to provoke killing, but has no long-term plan! There was also a look of doubt in his eyes: "I have never been able to guess, what is the real purpose of Tiangong?" Sometimes I even thought that the man was just a madman, born only for killing and rioting. ”

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

"I've thought about it, but it's hard to guess." Ximen Yi said: "Xu Chang said that he wanted to surprise us, it seems that that person's origin is not small." ”——

PS: Thank you to the "Drifting Island" brothers for their efforts, I am grateful, the brothers team of the desert is still very powerful.

In addition, the book has entered the end stage, according to the outline, the next should be three stages of climax, and then the total climax, the whole book has been in accordance with the established outline, and there is no deviation, writing to more than six million children can still be like this, I feel really not easy.

Of course, the epilogue does not mean the end, and the book will never be unfinished, and the outline has been rigorously reviewed by the editors and will not cause major problems.

I hope you will continue to support the desert and let us walk through the last few months of this book together. R1058