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"I heard about you from Sanniang."

Zhu Huo looked at Gao Xu's smiling face and said, "You helped a lot in Nanyang. We in the Red Lotus Sect are indebted to you."

Gao Xu waved his hand and said, "Nanyang, I am just repaying a favor. Don't worry about it. But today, I just learned that the Red Lotus Sect dared to send people to Yizhou. Whether it is your leader or your noble character and courage, I really admire you."

Zhu Huo's expression remained unchanged: "Mr. Liu has brought you and me together, so he must have some plan. Today, I am concerned about two things. One is what you need me to do, and the other is what can our Red Lotus Sect gain?"

Inside the room, Zhu Huo and Gao Xu were having a secret conversation, while outside, Fu Yun was chatting with Zhao Yushu about what happened in the Cao Mansion's ancestral temple over the past two days.

"I was able to move freely without any restrictions. Miao Yinhai even wanted to go with me to ask for mercy from Senior Brother Wu, but I refused."

Zhao Yushu patted his shoulder and said, "That's good. No matter what her purpose is, at least she seems to be sincere to you. If the Bon religion is in decline and she has nowhere to stay, you can take her back to the Central Plains to settle down. In this world, being a couple of gods may not be worse than being a disciple of Shushan."

"Brother, you are right. I think so too. But I do have something to tell you. Although I have no evidence, I still feel that something is fishy."

Zhao Yushu suddenly became interested: "What's the matter?"

"She likes to go out every day. She went out with me these past two days, but she would go somewhere secretly every day and would not let me go with her."

"It's not surprising. She came to Yizhou with a mission, and it's normal for her to connect with various forces. After all, you are personal friends, so it's nothing for her to not bring you along on official business. What's so strange about that?"

Fu Yun's face was serious: "The strange thing is, she didn't hide where she was going from me."

"Huh? Where to go?"

"Sifang Pavilion."

Zhao Yushu smiled and said, "Miaoyinhai, you are really smart. I was wondering why your Bon religion, which is already so weak, still meddled in Yizhou's affairs. If you really wanted to gain the support of the secular monarchy of Tubo, you should have stayed in the plateau or just married Doji."

It turns out that you had long given up the fight for power in the plateau and placed your bet directly on the Central Plains.

If Tubo attacks Yizhou and wins, they will gain a large amount of territory, and Bon can continue to try to spread its religion. If they succeed, it will be good, but if they fail, it will not be any worse.

But if Tubo is defeated, the Central Plains will at best defend its territory and may further counterattack the plateau. In any case, Tubo's secular power will have to be reshuffled, and after the reshuffle, Bon's chances will be much greater. If the Central Plains counterattacks in one go, the Bon religion, which is strongly supported behind the scenes, will be able to regroup immediately.

Miaoyinhai, aren’t you afraid of being liquidated by the Tibetan Buddhist Sect?

Perhaps he was really not afraid. For this matter, King Samantabhadra even came down in person. Perhaps he was determined to die if he failed.

Last night, Cao Zheng and Du Wu had the upper hand under Doji's instigation but still did not dare to do anything to Li Qi. The deterrent effect of the Central Plains imperial power is still very strong. With the support of Bon religion from inside and outside, Li Qi's situation is very stable.

However, will Tubo and Liao let go of this rare chaos? The Liao army was delayed for a while by the killing of Yelu Yan, and they should be here now. As for whether they are going to attack the Red Lotus Sect or where else, it is still unknown.

The Tubo army should be stationed in Songzhou area now, ready to swoop down at any time, but as far as he knows, Chang'an does not have enough troops to assist Songzhou at any time. In other words, the army of Jiannan Road should have been the one to deal with this side, but now this team is still wavering.

In Zhao Yushu's eyes, the best outcome would be for him to successfully kill the leader and put an end to this disaster for the monks. As for secular wars, he really had no ability to deal with them.

Old Yang, Old Yang, it would be great if you could be more supportive. If you really have the ability to be the emperor, we can shamelessly ask the academy for help.

With a creak, the door opened and Gao Xu and Zhu Huo walked out.

"how?"

Zhao Yushu stood up and asked.

"Mr. Zhu and I hit it off right away. The intelligence that Mr. Zhu has collected these days will be of great help to what we are going to do. Mr. Fu, let's get going without further delay."

"Let Xiao Fu go back and inform Miao Yinhai first. Otherwise, if we leave rashly, Miao Yinhai will be anxious and search all over the city, and there's a chance something might go wrong."

The three of them nodded in unison, and then looked at Zhao Yushu at the same time. Everyone has something to do, what about you?

Zhao Yushu scratched his head: "To be honest, I plan to take a risk."

"adventure?"

"Yes, you guys go find a way to prevent the war from happening easily, and I will find a way to deal with the leader. To be honest, I am no match for him even if ten of me were stacked together."

"so?"

"So, I need to win over some people."

It was dark, and the Sifang Pavilion was brightly lit.

Young Master Xue had already withdrawn his troops, and when Li Qi came back, he immediately used the remaining cavalry to take over the garrison duties. It was obvious that he did not completely trust Cao Zheng.

Cao Zheng and Du Wu sent a large number of doctors and food to show their sincerity.

At the same time, when Du Wu rushed back home, he saw only the ruins of the courtyard where the guest rooms were located, and Ye Ruduoji had disappeared.

His attempt to instigate internal strife among the Tang people failed. If he stayed, he would surely be detained as a hostage. With Doji's ability, he certainly would not sit idly by and wait for death.

Before the city gates closed that night, batches of warriors of different skin colors and nationalities left Yizhou separately. For a time, the public security in Yizhou rose several levels. The timing was perfect, as the entire Yizhou was dealing with the chaos caused by the attack on the angels, and the departure of the warriors did not arouse due vigilance.

A firework suddenly rose on the Wudan Mountain in the north of the city, and then there was no movement. Zhao Yushu stood on the top of the city wall. The thief, the Western warriors, and many members of the Red Lotus Sect had already left the city. What they could do next depended on Gao Xu.

In order to implement Gao Xu's plan, Zhao Yushu did not hesitate to spend the three thousand taels he had just earned. With the deterrence of the two monks, he could ensure that those evil people would be obedient.

The story of Alibaba and the Forty Thieves is coming to an end.

Li Qi sent out another flying sword letter, which briefly stated his work progress and asked about the current location of the Liao army.

After wiping the blood off his fingertips, Li Qi sat back at his desk.

"The goddess comes here once a day. Aren't you afraid that others will get suspicious?"

Opposite him sat Miaoyinhai, her face covered with a white veil.

"There is a saying among the Tang people that no matter how good a conspiracy is, it is no match for an open conspiracy. Even if the whole world knows what I am going to do, we can only accept it with a pinch of our noses. Unless the angels officially announce it to the world, they will not help our Bon religion."

"Today I will reply to the goddess one last time. Once the matter of Yan Hui's corpse is understood, the Tang Dynasty will give you an answer. Please go back."

Miao Yinhai stopped talking upon hearing this, and simply stood up, bowed and left.

Li Qi looked at the door slowly closing, covered his forehead and drank a cup of cold tea. Now Generals Xue and Sun were both lying on the bed. Yizhou was temporarily frightened by him, but if the Emperor did not do something, he really could not hold on any longer.

With a creak, the door opened.

"Goddess, is there anything else?"

Li Qi didn't even raise his head.

"Although we haven't seen each other for a while, I haven't been to Thailand yet, so it might be a bit rude to call you goddess."

"Zhao Yushu!"