From Taoyuan County to Shimen County, it is not a short journey to cross the land of Yifu, but as long as no one stands in the way, it is not too long.

The county seat of Shimen County is two miles east of the two rock walls stand like doors, so it is named after this. Compared with Taoyuan County, Shimen County is located on the border of Xiaozhou, adjacent to Jingzhou, looking at Yunmengze in the east, Taoyuan in the south, and Dajiang in the north, known as the "Wuling Gateway" and "Xiaoxiang Arctic". Therefore, Shimen County is an important military town, and there is a team of more than 3,000 soldiers and horses stationed here, which is also coincidental, and this army is in the hands of Zhao Lianggeng's eldest son Zhao Bingyu.

Speaking of the eldest son of the Zhao family, different from the third son Zhao Qingyu's domineering, and also different from the second son Zhao Mengyu's scheming, Zhao Bingyu's biggest feature is forbearance, although he is the eldest son, but there is not much difference in age from Zhao Mengyu, and both of them are concubines, so he, the eldest son, did not occupy too many opportunities. In recent years, Zhao Mengyu has been very close to the Yin Yang Sect, and Zhao Chunxiao, one of the Ming officials of the Ten Palaces, has been inextricably intertwined, so the second son has become more and more powerful, and in the face of the aggressiveness of the second son, the eldest son can only endure again and again, and strive not to conflict with the second son. Outsiders only said that the eldest prince was unable to compete with the second son, until this time Zhao Lianggeng disappeared, the third prince died, and the two sons fought for power, and the eldest prince revealed the tip of the iceberg.

Zhao Chunxiao is the disciple of the earth master Xu Wugui, and Shangguan Guan is also the disciple of the earth master Xu Wugui, just like the dispute between Li Yuanying and Li Xuandu back then, in the future, the position of the sect master of the Yin and Yang Sect, the identity of the earth qi master, and even the position of the entire evil path saint monarch, who is it, maybe. Since Zhao Chunxiao chose to support Zhao Mengyu, the second son of the Zhao family, Shangguan Guan secretly supported the eldest son Zhao Bingyu.

At this critical time, Zhao Bingyu is not in Huainan Mansion in Luzhou, not in Lin'an Mansion in Chuzhou, not in Jiangling Mansion in Jingzhou, but in Shimen County, which is located at the junction of Jingxiao.

At the critical moment of the struggle for power, it is taboo to stay away from the center of power, but Zhao Bingyu had to come, because this was Shangguan Guan's request.

At this time, on the head of the city of Shimen County, men and women walked side by side.

The man is Zhao Bingyu, the eldest son of the Zhao family, in terms of appearance, Zhao Bingyu is not like Zhao Lianggeng, nor is he as feminine as Zhao Mengyu, he has a masculine appearance, but he is not rough, especially the two sword eyebrows, revealing a resolute attitude.

The woman is Shangguan Guan, who ranks ninth among the ten palace officials of the Yin Yang Sect, and also studied under the earth master Xu Wugui, and is considered to be Zhao Chunxiao's younger sister.

The ranking of the Ming officials of the Yin Yang Sect is not based on age, nor on the order of entry, but on the realm of cultivation, but except for the Great Ming Official, there is no substantive difference in the authority of the remaining nine Ming officials, and there is no difference in status. Shangguan Guan's ability to suppress Zhao Chunxiao is powerful, and she is also the only woman among many Ming officials, and she is deeply loved by Mrs. Leng.

Mrs. Leng once said with a smile that if there is no successor to the Lady Sect in the future, she will go to Shangguan Guan and become the sect master of the Lady Sect. The reason why Mrs. Leng did not choose Guang Miaoji, just like Li Daoxu did not choose Zhang Haishi, is because the older disciples have a deep foundation and are easy to threaten the position of the sect master, and the second is because every change of sect leader is a change of power, and frequent power changes will cause chaos within the sect, so each sect strives to keep the sect master in power for a long time and maintain power stability. If Mrs. Leng can live to be eighty or ninety years old, the palace official is just between forty and fifty years old, and she is in her prime, and she can serve as the suzerain for thirty to forty years, but if it is Guang Miaoji, it will only be ten to twenty years, so the palace official is Xuan Shengji. Who would have thought that Mrs. Leng would become a prophecy, with the change of the situation in Xijing, the palace officials broke with Mrs. Leng, Guang Miaoji is old, as long as Mrs. Leng does not die in an accident, it is impossible for Guang Miaoji to inherit the position of the suzerain, and there is really no successor to the Lady Sect.

Although Shangguan Guan is older than the palace official, he is younger than Guang Miaoji, and it is not impossible for her to inherit the position of sect master.

Zhao Bingyu asked, "Shangguan, what are you asking me to come to Shimen County in a hurry?"

Shangguan Guan's appearance is very beautiful, the beauties in the world have their own merits, just like the flowers in the world, Meilan bamboo chrysanthemum, each has its own shape, each has its own color, but there are each flower into each eye, some flowers such as peonies, known all over the world, no one does not love, some flowers are nameless, few people know.

Shangguan Guan, as the Ming official of the Ten Halls of the Yin and Yang Sect, said that he was an ordinary person in the rivers and lakes, and even the disciples of the major sects knew very little, so he naturally had a poor reputation in the rivers and lakes, and could not be ranked with Su, Yu, Qin, Gong and others.

The woman wore a dark long dress, which made her face as white as snow and green as ink, and between her gestures, occasionally a touch of snow-white wrists was revealed from the cuffs, which was extremely amazing.

The woman stopped, stretched out her hand to hold the battlements, and looked out of the city: "Jin Shiyan, dead." ”

Zhao Bingyu, who had been deliberately not looking at Shangguan Guan, couldn't help but turn his head to look at Shangguan Guan's side face.

Shangguan Guan still looked at the "stone gate" in the distance, and said softly: "I can't believe it, Mrs. Leng personally led many masters of the Lady Sect on an expedition, and half of the six concubines of the Lady Sect came, with the help of the four Ming officials of the Yin and Yang Sect, and the living corpses of the Soap Pavilion Sect to open the way, no matter how you look at it, it is also a sure victory, but in this case, the Lady of the Lady Sect was defeated and lost, with heavy casualties, not to mention that Mrs. Leng was injured, and the Yin Yang Sect also lost a Ming official, you must know that Jin Shiyan's ranking in the Ten Palaces Ming Officials is higher than Zhang Zheng and Wei Zhen. ”

Zhao Bingyu gasped and asked softly, "Is there a master?"

Shangguan Guan said "um": "According to Wei Zhen's message, that person was holding the famous sword 'Qingyun' of Zhengyizong, and he broke his 'splendid mountains and rivers' with one sword, injured Jin Shiyan with one sword, and killed Jin Shiyan with another sword. Such a realm should be on the Taixuan list, but why didn't there be any rumors before?"

Zhao Bingyu knew a lot about the details of the Yin Yang Sect, and said, "Isn't the Great Ming Official also not on the Taixuan List?"

"That's right. Shangguan Guan sighed: "The Taixuan Bang is made by the Taiping Sect, and the Taiping Sect is quite good to explore the reality of other sects, and if you want to explore the details of our Yin Yang Sect, you will not be able to do it." ”

Zhao Bingyu was in a solemn mood and said, "Where did those people come from?"

Shangguan Guan's fingers gently rubbed the brick surface of the battlements, her nails made a notch, and she said softly: "It wasn't clear before, but now it has been confirmed, Li Daoxu's beloved apprentice Li Xuandu, Zhang Jingxiu's beloved apprentice Yan Feiqing, Bai Xiu's beloved apprentice Su Yunming, as well as the palace official and Song Fuchen, as well as the master who killed Jin Shiyan, in addition, Lingzun Zhao Lianggeng was also engulfed. ”

When he heard the words "Zhao Lianggeng", Zhao Bingyu's eyelids jumped slightly, his eyes were dark, and his expression was complicated.

It is said that the heavenly family has no relatives, why is it for the sake of power. The son is the father's natural competitor, especially when it comes to the struggle for power, but there are all kinds of secular moral constraints between the father and the son, the father kills the son for unkindness, and the son kills the father for unfilial piety, and the father and son are clothed in the power struggle, clothed with a veil of warmth that does not know whether it is true or false.

For Zhao Bingyu, his father's disappearance was too sudden, he was not ready to take the position, and he didn't feel that he could control the overall situation, coupled with the father-son relationship for many years, from this point of view, he didn't want his father to have any mistakes. But this is also a golden opportunity, as long as he seizes this opportunity, then he can immediately get half of his father's authority, if he misses this opportunity, he may have the opportunity to inherit all his father's authority, or he may have nothing, and he hesitates, faintly hoping that his father really can't come back, so as to help him make a choice without bearing any conscience and moral condemnation.

Under this ambivalence, when Zhao Bingyu heard the news from Shangguan Guan's mouth, he naturally had a lot of thoughts.

Shangguan Guan chuckled: "Zhao Butang can't die yet, if he dies, Jingzhou, Chuzhou, and Luzhou will all be in chaos, at this time, they can't be messed up." ”

Zhao Bingyu hesitated for a moment and asked, "Is this what the Earth Master means?"

Shangguan Guan lowered his eyes: "It's the meaning of the earth master." ”

Zhao Bingyu knew that Xijing had already helped him make a choice, so he let out a long breath of turbidity: "I know." ”