White Emperor City, Yong'an Palace.

At this time, in Tang Zhou's study, there were only two people, one of whom was sitting behind the bookcase, it was the owner of this place, Tang Zhou, the general of Tiangong, and sitting opposite Tang Zhou was an old man with a goatee, with a shrewd face.

This person's name is Yangzhushan, although the realm cultivation is just ordinary, but his status in the Qingyang Sect is very special, he is Tang Zhou's confidant and strategist, in many major events, including Tang Zhou's departure from the Qingyang General Altar to the Hongyang General Altar to avoid trouble, are also from this person's handwriting, which shows the status of his words in Tang Zhou's mind.

The rivers and lakes and temples have always been like this, from the officials of a place to the feudal officials, down to the ordinary gangs in the rivers and lakes, there must be such a character, or call him a master, or call him a staff member, a white paper fan, and a military advisor, regardless of force, but he will definitely be able to give advice and solve problems for the owner, such as Chu Yunshen, the unknown gentleman next to Qin Daofang, the governor of Qizhou.

On the way home, he was robbed by a strongman and was rescued by Tang Zhou, he saw that Tang Zhou talked well, in order to repay his kindness, he also fought another way out, and decided to follow Tang Zhou, Tang Zhou also taught him some qi refining methods, but unfortunately this person is not this material, after practicing for so many years, he still has not practiced any fame, but because of his several suggestions, he is valued by Tang Zhou, every time he asks for advice, he must call a sir, up and down, Qingyang Sect regardless of status, must respect him a sir, a few points of respect。

Previously, Yangzhushan stayed in the Qingyang General Altar, and after getting the message from Tang Zhou, he immediately set off, and only rushed to the White Emperor City yesterday, and today Tang Zhou immediately summoned Yangzhushan, which was for the sake of Song Fuchen and his party.

Tang Zhou said in a deep voice: "The current situation, Mr. already knows, the Holy Monarch and the Earth Master are fighting in Xijing, but they all want to pull me into the water, and they can't allow me to stand on the shore and watch the boat capsize." ”

Yang Zhushan twisted his beard and said: "Earlier, I gave the general a plan to let the general leave the Qingyang General Altar, which is too close to Xijing, and drive to the Hongyang General Altar, which is far away from Xijing, wanting to avoid the muddy waters of Xijing. But now it opens, but the tree wants to be quiet and the wind does not stop, and the general wants both sides not to be offended, but the result is that both sides are offended, and in the end, no matter who wins, he will not let the general go. At that time, they will not remember that the general did not help each other, but only that the general was not on their side, and if it was someone else, it would be just a matter of others.

However, the position of the general is too close to the northwest, and it is the so-called lying next to the couch that others are not allowed to snore, and how can the holy monarch and the earth master allow the general to be at ease? When they decide the victory, there are only two ways in front of the general, either to submit or to die, and there is no other choice. ”

Tang Zhou sighed: "What Mr. said is extremely true, so I will urgently summon Mr. to come to discuss countermeasures, now the envoys of the Holy Monarch and the Earth Master have come to the White Emperor City, and they have brought considerable sincerity, since we have to choose one side, then according to Mr.'s opinion, which side should we choose?." ”

Yang Zhushan lowered his voice and asked, "The sincerity on both sides, the general has accepted it?"

Tang Zhou nodded.

Yang Zhushan immediately understood Tang Zhou's intentions, if he made up his mind to choose one side, then he would immediately act on the other party, and the right to do it was a vote, so the two sincerity could be accepted in full, anyway, it was destined that one of the people on one side would be driven out and killed, and the things left by the dead should not be in vain.

Yang Zhushan pondered for a moment and said: "According to the reason, the general and the Song Sect Master have an old relationship, and they have been favored by the Song Sect Master, and the Holy Monarch inherits the old Ministry of the Song Sect Master. ”

Tang Zhou was noncommittal, knowing that there was still a follow-up to Yangzhushan.

Sure enough, Yang Zhushan continued: "However, in terms of reason, this is not the case. The reason why the Song sect master was able to sit on the throne of the sect master of the Wudao Sect back then, in addition to his own powerful means, the earth master also made great contributions, and it was precisely because of the earth master that the Song sect master knew the retreat of the old sect master of the Wudao Sect, and since then, the earth master has begun to secretly meddle in the affairs of the Wudao Sect. Later, Yuxu fought the sword, and the Song Sect Master was defeated by Li Daoxu, and he was nowhere to be found. From this point of view, even if Sect Master Song is still alive, the victory or defeat of the two sides is only five or five, not to mention that Sect Master Song has disappeared, and now he is a great master, and the odds of victory are even more. ”

Tang Zhou still didn't speak, if it was so simple, then there was no need for him to summon Yang Zhushan to discuss.

Yang Zhushan observed the words, and immediately continued: "The Holy Monarch also knows that the Earth Master is powerful, but he still dares to tear the skin with the Earth Master, which means one thing, the Holy Monarch has."

It can be seen that the Great Heavenly Master Zhang Jingxiu has decided to temporarily abandon the dispute between good and evil, and fully support the Holy Monarch and the Earth Master to seize power, and its intention is also obvious, a unified Great Zhou is far more terrible than a Great Zhou that orders out two families, so the intention of the Great Heavenly Master is to check and balance, at this juncture, Li Daoxu of the Qingwei Sect also acquiesced to the actions of the Great Heavenly Master, and did not provoke at this time, which shows that the two major factions of the righteous path are consistent in the point of balancing the five sects in the northwest. ”

Tang Zhou finally felt a little interesting, and looked at him intently: "Please Mr. continue." ”

Yang Zhushan stroked his beard gently: "The general knows that the position of our Qingyang Sect is a little awkward, from the perspective of the overall trend of the entire rivers and lakes, although we are close to the five sects in the northwest, we are not considered to be the people of the ten sects, and we are not far from the righteous path, and it is not a life-and-death feud that never stops." From the perspective of the situation in the northwest, the general is close to the Wudao Sect, and the general is close to the earth master, we are like the grass in the cracks of the stone, the reason why we can take root and sprout is because this stone is cracked, if the stone is closed, how can we live?"

Tang Zhou obviously accepted these words, and said in a deep voice: "What Mr. said is the truth, if the five sects are unified, our life and death will not be in our own hands, whether we are dead or alive depends on the eyes of others, and there is no longer such a good situation as now." ”

Yang Zhushan said softly: "General, now, you can't just look at the road in front of you, but also think about the body behind you, the things in the world are nothing more than the word 'advance and retreat', there is no way to only advance and not retreat, that is what the pawn on the chessboard will do." ”

Tang Zhou looked at him tightly and nodded: "That's the truth, but how to retreat?"

Yang Zhushan lifted his sleeves with one hand and wrote a word on the bookcase with his fingers: "Advance is retreat." ”

Tang Zhou fell into deep thought: "Go on." ”

Yang Zhushan said slowly: "The previous idea was to stand on the shore and watch the boat overturn, since it doesn't work, then why don't we take the initiative to attack, so that this cracked stone can never be closed, but also to make this crack bigger and bigger, so that we will grow more broadly, and one day, our roots are strong enough to completely support this stone in half." As the so-called bend and stretch is the big husband, singing and dying, everything is over, and the sending fence at this time is just to be able to ride the wind in the future. ”