Xu Ziling's trip to Shu was not perfect, because when his little master Anne had escaped alone and did not know where she had gone, Shi Qingxuan suddenly changed her mind for some reason and said she was going to go there first.

She will stay in the small secluded forest for a while, and then go to Yuhang to meet friends next time she has a chance. This time she won't go back with Xu Ziling?

In the end, there was no other way. Although he felt a little resentful, Xu Ziling still refused to be troubled by the powerful beauty. He had to bite the bullet and stay for one night. He said goodbye early the next morning and set off to the east alone, preparing to

He returned to Yuhang as alone as when he came.

After all, including the time spent on the road, he himself has been tossing around Sichuan and Sichuan for nearly two months. At present, the Lingnan army led by Song Que, the "Heavenly Sword" of the Song Dynasty, has joined forces with the Shuanglong Army led by his brother Kou Zhong.

Having captured the two key areas of Jizhou and Qianzhou of the Chu State respectively, and having successfully reunited not long ago, Lin Shihong's Chu State will soon disappear like Lin Shihong himself. At this time, of course, he, the young commander of the Shuanglong Army, is

You need to rush back as soon as possible.

Furthermore, winter is coming soon. If we don’t leave Shu soon, it will be snowy and freezing. I’m afraid it will be even more difficult to travel on the Shu Road, which is already difficult to reach the sky.

Otherwise!

Just after leaving Shu along the waterway to Jingzhou, Xu Ziling faintly noticed an abnormality from some rumors and intelligence. It seemed that Wang Shichong of Luoyang, who had an alliance with their Shuanglong Army, was involved in some kind of trouble. Someone was trying to attack Wang Shichong and

Luoyang takes action?

Originally, Xu Ziling didn't want to cause trouble. He just wanted to rush back to Yuhang as soon as possible.

However, when he got more information along the way and discovered that the matter was vaguely related to Cihang Jingzhai and the Li clan, he was afraid that it was some kind of city-capture plan carried out by Li clan or Cihang Jingzhai against Luoyang or something else.

After that, he couldn't sit still anymore.

Although I don’t know whether it’s true or not, given that the Shuanglong Army still needs Wang Shichong and Luoyang City, Xu Ziling, who doesn’t want to see the Central Plains being interfered with by someone or the Li clan too early, after thinking about it again and again, hurriedly found a Shuanglong in Jingzhou

After setting up the army's secret contact point and having someone bring word of mouth back to Yuhang, he resolutely turned north and finally returned to Luoyang before winter.

"ah!"

“It’s just winter and there’s so much snow!”

"It is indeed very different from Jiangnan."

And when Xu Ziling finally returned to his old place and quietly returned to the city walls of Luoyang City, it was already snowing heavily in the sky.

Although the Luoshui River was not frozen at present, the magnificent sight of the frozen ground that day still made him sigh with emotion.

After all, after all, this is his third visit to Luoyang.

When he first came here, it was during Wang Tong's birthday party. At that time, although he and Kou Zhong had achieved some success in martial arts, in the final analysis they were just two little gangsters wandering around. And if they hadn't happened to meet each other at that time,

Their little master Anne, I am afraid that by that time, he, Xu Ziling, would have already been defeated at the hands of that terrifying Ba Fenghan.

Thinking about it now, he suddenly became curious about the situation of Ba Fenghan and his godmother's sister Fu Junyu. After all, he hadn't heard from those two people for a long time, and he didn't know what their situation was like.

, has he returned to Goryeo and sent the news about him and Kou Zhong back at the same time?

The second time I came here was of course the time when the 'He's Bi' was born and the concubine of Cihang Jingzhai 'selected the king' for all the people in the world.

At that time, they had gone from two little gangsters to the overlords of the large area of ​​land along the river from Yuhang to Jiujiang, and owned Du Fu and Lin Shihong, Zhu Jie, Xiao Xian, Li Zitong, Shen Faxing and the Jianghuai Army.

The powerful forces and heroes had the ability to confront and challenge the heroes, and their military strength reached 100,000 and was claimed to have 200,000 people. It could be said to be the most dazzling emerging force among the heroes in the world at that time.

Then, fortunately, their Master Anne was also in Luoyang at the time. So, relying on their little Master Anne's unparalleled martial arts and shelter, they survived one crisis after another without any danger, and finally succeeded.

Winning the 'He's Bi' in one fell swoop not only greatly improved their martial arts, but also made their 'Double Dragon Army' unintentionally become the so-called 'Chosen Ones' circulated in the world, making Cihang Jingzhai's

Shi Feixuan and others stole the chicken without losing the rice, but also lost a lot of face. They severely damaged the opponent's reputation in one fell swoop. It was really satisfying!

And then, let alone the matter of them and the three of them secretly going to Chang'an to retrieve Yang Gong's treasury and the 'Evil Emperor's Relic'.

The 'Evil Emperor's Relic' there not only greatly increased their skills, but also laid a solid foundation for the future development of the Shuanglong Army, especially the various weapons, armor, large amounts of copper coins, pearls, gems, and jades in the treasure house.

The value of gold, silver, ritual utensils, antiques, etc. is enough to allow the Ssangyong Army to almost not have to worry about military resources in the next few years. It can be said to be even more powerful for them.

But...

I thought of my third visit to Luoyang, and of the many ruined towns I saw on the way here, the displaced people, the desolate farmland, the starving people on the road, and the scenes of corpses strewn in some places. I also thought of the scene in Bashu ten months ago.

That night when he was at Duzun Castle, Xu Ziling couldn't help but feel a layer of gloom in his heart when he thought of what the master concubine Xuan had said to him.

At present, it is a certain fact that the Lingnan elite of their Shuanglong Army and the Song Clan will destroy the Chu Kingdom. Next, I am afraid that Xiao Mian and Zhu Jie will also be exposed to the powerful front of their Ssangyong Army and the Song Clan's coalition. By then,

If Bashu's Duzunbao can really respond to them, then the ownership of Bashu will not change much. In that case, in the end, the only one left to compete with the Shuanglong Army for hegemony in the Central Plains and then seize the world is the current unity.

They have entered the pass and are sweeping the north. At the same time, they are also eyeing Luoyang, Hetao and other splendid places in the northwestern Li Clan.

When the time comes, when the two powerful forces are fighting each other, I'm afraid the scenes he saw when he came all the way to Luoyang will only become more common?

And then, once the worst-case scenario that Shi Feixuan mentioned actually happens, it might really be another round of disaster for China!

When the time comes, Xu Ziling simply cannot imagine what terrible things will happen in this land!

"cough……"

As I thought about it, I recalled everything I had experienced and grown up over the past two years. I thought that before, I and Kou Zhong were just two thieves and gangsters in Yangzhou City, and they had to make a living under the hands of that bully boss. Every day I just thought about...

I wish I could touch a few more coins on those rich people, look at my sister-in-law more often, and wait until I have collected enough money to go to the land of fireworks and willows for a happy night, but now I have become a young man of a certain force.

The sharp contrast between being handsome and thinking about the welfare of all people in the world made Xu Ziling sigh with emotion again.

Although Xu Ziling also knew that what Shi Feixuan said that night was just working as a lobbyist in the Li clan, but it cannot be denied that the situation mentioned by the other party is indeed very likely to happen, and once it finally leads to

In that case, all of them will really become sinners through the ages, there is no doubt about that!

Therefore, he didn't know how to avoid that situation or how to break the situation, and he became more and more confused.

"..."

Now, when I think about it carefully, it seems that the fate of Xu Ziling and Kou Zhong began when they were so bold that they reached into the pocket of their little Master Anne and successfully stole the bag of gold coins.

Thinking about it now, it was a good thing that the person they met and stole at that time was their Master Anne, a man with a broad mind who did not care about them and had great magical powers. But if it had been replaced by someone else, such as Du Fuwei,

Yu Wenhuaji or Han Gaitian and his like, I'm afraid their two brothers have already lost their bones now, right?

Thinking about it, while Xu Ziling was in a daze facing the slow flowing water and falling snow on the river that was so calm that it was almost freezing, while he was sometimes melancholy, sometimes reminiscing about the past, and sometimes thinking wildly with a sad face...

"!

"

Suddenly, his heart suddenly shuddered, and then he was startled and regained consciousness. He immediately raised his head and looked towards the other end of the wooden bridge.

"Well?"

"It's him?!"

Then, after seeing the person clearly, Xu Ziling's expression couldn't help but change, and at the same time, he couldn't help but exert a little force with his left hand holding the scabbard of the Shattered Snow Sword.

"Amitabha!"

"Good, good, good..."

"Almsgiver Xu, I haven't seen you for a long time. Are you okay?"

That’s right!

The person who was walking over step by step and saluting Xu Ziling was no one. It was the abbot of Jing Nian Zen Temple, the one who had been stolen by them and their Master Anne...well, by their Master.

After taking away the "He's Bi", he was so angry that he broke his 20-year silence on the spot, and then he was beaten innocently in Luoyang City. It is said that Master Liao Kong almost died!

"you……"

"ah!"

"I wonder what your master is doing?"

After confirming that the person who came was none other than Monk Kong Kong, Xu Ziling exclaimed inwardly and said something bad in his heart. He quickly tried his best to put on an awkward smile and returned the salute, while secretly raising his inner strength and silently being vigilant.

He knew without guessing that this time, the other party would definitely come with bad intentions and good intentions!

Anyway, he didn't believe at all that the other party could be so generous that he would ignore the past grudges and go out on this snowy day with a big, cold bald head to talk to him and have a friendly chat.

Originally, he was just thinking about how the other party knew that he had come to Luoyang, but when he thought that Jing Nian Chan Monastery was just outside Luoyang City and that the other party had been here for who knows how many years, let alone how many informants and influence there were, he was very worried.

Almost relieved.

"Amitabha……"

"Donor Xu!"

"I wonder if the donor can follow the poor monk back to the monastery and stay for a while?"

Under Xu Ziling's slightly startled, uneasy and vigilant gaze, the monk Guokong did not hide the purpose of his trip at all, and he was not long-winded. He made it clear from the moment he opened his mouth that he came here to bring Xu Ziling to purification.

The plan was to move to a Zen monastery and be placed under house arrest.

Of course, 'house arrest' doesn't sound good, so what he said was that he only hoped that Xu Ziling would 'stay for a while'. As for how long he would stay and what he would do during his 'stay', that was all they wanted to do.

The masters of the Zen monastery have the final say.

"!

"

Hearing this, Xu Ziling's heart skipped a beat and he thought to himself, "Oh no."

"Ashamed!"

"Master Liao Kong, Zi Ling has important things to do when he comes to Luoyang this time, and the master must be very busy, so Zi Ling won't bother you?"
To be continued...