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Chapter 122 Blood City
The [-]th day of the eighth month is the day of the Taiyin Dynasty. On the [-]th day of the fifth year of Zhenglong, Wang Chongyang, the founder of the Quanzhen Sect, met an immortal in Liquan and was taught by the immortal.Therefore, this day has a special meaning in Quanzhen sect. It is necessary to keep vigil and burn incense, and worship the moon quietly.

Of course, for Tai Chi Palace, an important religious stronghold located in Zhongdu City, this is also a good day to make money.

Although Chongyang Daoist once said that being greedy for money outside and spending money inside is not enough to attract evil in this life, and avoid retribution in the next life, but the whole Quanzhen Sect has developed to such a scale that it has to be thoughtful inside and out, and spending money is like sand.It all depends on a powerful disciple like Chong Xuanzi to do his best to maintain it.

Therefore, every year on August [-]th, Chongxuanzi set up a nine-day feast in the Taiji Palace to pray for the blessings of many believers.

This year, because of the invasion of the Mongolian army, many dignitaries and dignitaries worshiped the Dharma devoutly in the Tai Chi Palace, asking about their future and safety.This is something Chong Xuanzi is very good at.Of course, he cheered up and used his mana to make the whole feast brilliant, making the believers in the audience mesmerized.

But in the past few years, he has been pampered and pampered, his belly is bigger than when he was young, and in his forties, his energy is not strong after all.For several days in a row, he sang, recited, fought, and stepped on foot. In the end, his muscles and bones ached and he couldn't hold on.

On the night of August 23rd, he really didn't have the strength, so he found an opportunity to ask a disciple to come forward to replace him and go through a few insignificant procedures.The family retreated to the quiet living room outside the courtyard, took off their robes, lay down on a soft couch to drink water and rest.

In the middle of the night, when he was sleepy, the door of the room was suddenly pushed open, and a trusted disciple entered in panic, holding Chong Xuanzi in his arms and shaking, "Master! What a disaster! What a disaster!"

Chongxuanzi was furious and kicked the disciple away: "What are you yelling about!"

Immediately, he came to his senses, got up on the soft couch, and grabbed the disciple: "What's going on? Could it be... the Mongolian army?"

Speaking of the Mongolian army, Chong Xuanzi couldn't help but shudder.The year before last, the Mongol army rushed to Zhongdu and attacked the city for more than a month. Tens of thousands of generals were killed or wounded defending the city.Outside the city of Zhongdu, across Ping and Luan in the east, and Qing and Cang in the south, no less than a dozen military prefectures were burned and turned into white land, with mountains of corpses and ghosts crying everywhere.

In November last year, Chongxuanzi's master Changchun Daoist came to Zhongdu specially, entrusted by the emperor, to summon the souls of the victims in that war and pay homage.

This time the Mongols came again, and the embarrassment of the court was even worse than before.Chongxuanzi had made secret preparations a long time ago, intending to sneak out of the city and take refuge in the mountains...but this came too soon, right?My God, I haven't cleaned up my gold and silver treasures yet!
"Not a Mongolian!" The disciple shook his head again and again, and turned to hold Chongxuanzi's arm: "Master, follow me!"

Seeing his disciple's serious expression, Chongxuanzi put on his clothes and walked out with him.

The scale of Taiji Palace is huge, with more than ten buildings in front and back.The place where the fasting ceremony is being arranged is the main hall of the palace, and a special place has been set aside outside for the servants and entourages of those high-ranking officials and nobles to rest.

It was late at night after all, and most people were sleeping soundly.The handymen in the temple were supposed to be serving, but now they all went to sleep.

The disciple led Chong Xuanzi, walked along the long corridor through several doors, until he reached the back of the main entrance.

With so many nobles in the hall, the main entrance was of course tightly closed.Just in case, Chongxuanzi also greeted Yousi in advance, and dispatched Weijie soldiers to stand guard in front of the gate.

This kind of thing should have been sent out by the police patrol.

However, because of the thieves who set fire to the imperial palace a few months ago, the entire police patrol had suffered. The court envoys, judges, and officials had all been changed, and Chong Xuanzi was a little unable to control the new officials who took office.

Secondly, since the Mongolian army has invaded, God knows when the war will start.The archers of the Weijie Army of the Arch Guard Command Division are all well-selected players. In case of a fight, they are indeed more reliable than the hooligans of the Police Patrol Academy.

The person assigned to guard the gate of Taiji Palace tonight is a member of the Weijie Army, who is under the jurisdiction of the Ninth Rank Commander, leading 20 archers under his command.

Chongxuanzi has always been a good man, he specially ordered people to prepare wine and meat in the evening, and he also had a chat with Na Dujuan himself, asking him to watch carefully so that no accidents would happen.

"What's the matter?" He trotted here, panting a little: "Could it be that those archers were drunk and started fighting? Or, they bumped into the nobleman?"

The disciple made a silent movement, tiptoed to the side of the main door, and pushed the side door slightly open.

"Master, look!"

Chongxuanzi stretched his head out to take a look, his face instantly lost all color and turned pale.

The weather has been weird these days, with heavy fog all day long.At this moment, there is still thick fog on the street, and it is difficult to see clearly from a little distance.But as far as he could see, right in front of the main gate of Tai Chi Palace, Chong Xuanzi saw clearly that there were dozens of corpses arranged here and there.These people were the ones he had seen today, and they were the Weijie army archers he had transferred to be on duty!

The archers all looked terrified, their postures were distorted, and all of them were pierced by arrows like hedgehogs.The blood hadn't solidified yet, and it gurgled along the neat white stone steps, and a strong smell of blood came to the nostrils.

Chongxuanzi's feet went limp, and he fell backwards.

The disciple hurriedly rushed to support him.

"What's going on? In Zhongdu City, is it allowed to kill people like this? Who did it?" Chong Xuanzi asked anxiously.

The disciple said: "Master, soldiers passed by the door just now!"

"Been in the army?"

"I just passed a group of soldiers and horses, about 500 people, and their armor and armaments are extremely sophisticated. It seems that they came in from Huicheng Gate. They walked south along the street and passed in front of the gate. The Weijie army was drinking. , Immediately got up and asked. The soldiers and horses entering the city ignored them, and when they got close, they suddenly shot randomly with bows and crossbows... all twenty Weijie archers were killed in an instant!"

Chong Xuanzi gasped.

The death of twenty Weijie soldiers is not a big deal in itself. The thieves killed Zhangyimen a few months ago, and then it just passed away with thunder and rain?The problem is that Huicheng Gate is the north gate of the Central Capital, and going south from Huicheng Gate is directly facing Tongyuan, the emperor's daily life!

In the middle of the night, an army entered the city and headed straight for the emperor, that was no small matter!

"When did that soldier pass by?"

"When that soldier broke out into trouble, I happened to hide in the corner of the side door and escaped. Then I immediately found Master without delay... Master, that soldier passed by not long ago. If you go out and look around, maybe I can see it!"

Chong Xuanzi sneered repeatedly.

He suddenly turned around and ran to the back of the temple.The disciple thought that he was going to inform the nobles who participated in the fasting ceremony, so he hurriedly followed him.

But he never thought that he ran past the Sanguan Hall with melodious music, suddenly turned into a corner, pushed open the side door, and continued to run wildly.

Behind the side door is a corridor sandwiched by high walls on both sides.At the end of the corridor is a small courtyard.

Chongxuanzi rushed into the courtyard, knocked on the door repeatedly, and shouted in a low voice: "Open the door! Prepare the car immediately!"

Without yelling twice, the people in the room opened the door and came out. It turned out that they were already awake.Seeing Chongxuanzi yelling, two people hurriedly rushed forward to cover his mouth: "Be careful! Be careful!"

Chongxuanzi struggled at first, but then understood.He stopped moving, closed his mouth, and started to be dazed.

He heard voices coming from outside the courtyard.

This courtyard was secretly arranged by him on the east side of Fengxianfang, and it was specially used for contacting Tu Shanhang.The front of the courtyard is a shop in disguise, and the main entrance of the shop is on Tongxuanmen Street.

Tongxuanmen is the north gate of Zhongdu.The Lifangs on both sides of Tongxuanmen Street are open, without high walls, and the houses and shops along the street are very dense.Go south along Tongxuanmen Street for two miles, pass through Yanqingfang and Ganquanfang, and you will arrive at Gongchenmen, the north gate of Miyagi.

In the middle of the night, it should be quiet.But at this moment, on Tongxuanmen Street, there were the sounds of heavy footsteps, the clang of armor, the sound of horseshoes stamping on the ground, the neighing of horses, and soldiers shouting and urging orders to move forward.There were even faint sounds of swords and swords cutting into flesh, as well as suppressed crying and moaning.

All these sounds gathered together, like some kind of wave rolled up from the deep sea, slowly engulfed the city of Zhongdu.

(End of this chapter)