Zongwu: Madam, please respect yourself

"Mom, what's wrong?"

Yue Lingshan walked in from the outside. She saw that Ning Zhongze's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot. She immediately poured her mother a cup of tea and came to her side, hoping to help her solve her problems.

In recent times, the Huashan Sect has been in a state of constant trouble.

Ning Zhongze did not want to conceal the fact that Yue Buqun joined the Manchu Qing Dynasty and defected to the Huashan Sect.

This gave people in the world a new understanding of this beautiful girl from Huashan, and they all gave thumbs up, saying that she was a hero among women, a heroine, a daring female swordsman, and she successfully succeeded the position of head of the Huashan Sect. .

But Jianghu style criticism is, after all, just Jianghu style criticism.

Each family sweeps the snow in front of their own door.

No matter how good the reputation in the world is, there is no way to forcefully interfere in the internal affairs of the Huashan Sect.

Ning Zhongze spent this period of time so exhausted that he could hardly get a full night's sleep.

This is all because the Huashan Sect has fallen into endless infighting due to the lack of a leader.

You know, there are two major factions within the Huashan Sect: Sword Sect and Air Sect.

Even when Yue Buqun was still the head of Huashan, he had to worry about the conflict between the Sword Sect and the Qi Sect every year, and he even had to fight in person with his fellow disciples.

If it weren't for the fact that Ning Zhongze is also a disciple of the Huashan Sect with good roots and a very high reputation within the Huashan Sect, coupled with the courage shown in this righteous annihilation of relatives, he has successfully suppressed those who want to take the opportunity to cause trouble. people.

I am afraid that the Huashan Sect has been completely split long ago, but even so, the secret struggle between the Sword Sect and the Qi Sect has completely reached a fever pitch.

Although Ning Zhongze's martial arts can reach the first-class level in the world, the Huashan sect is not a small sect after all. As one of the Five Mountains Sword Sect, it is so powerful and arrogant that even Wudang Shaolin dare not underestimate it.

Ning Zhongze did not want to be the head of the Huashan Sect. But she had to do it. There were some things she didn't have to do if she didn't want to. Before completely killing Yue Buqun, Ning Zhong could only carry the banner and do his best to suppress the ups and downs in the sect.

Look at the letter on the table.

Ning Zhong sighed.

She had no intention of hiding her daughter.

Now, there is only one person left around her who is worthy of her trust, Yue Lingshan.

Because of Yue Buqun's incident, Ning Zhongze looked at everyone in the Huashan faction and felt that they were traitors who had defected to the Manchus. Especially those sect elders and disciples who had a close relationship with Yue Buqun, Ning Zhong almost abandoned them and withdrew them all from important positions.

He reached out and handed the letter to Yue Lingshan. The latter did not hesitate too much and opened the envelope directly. The content in the envelope was only a few lines of words, but these few lines of words made Yue Lingshan deeply moved. He frowned.

"Father, that traitor is coming back."

Yue Lingshan subconsciously wanted to call Yue Buqun her father, but when she thought of what he had done, she immediately changed the title.

Ning Zhong felt that his head was extremely painful.

Originally, being responsible for dealing with some conflicts within the Huashan Sect these days has already made her mentally exhausted. Unexpectedly, Yue Buqun is about to come back. Ning Zhong, on the other hand, honestly speaking, there are solutions to the conflicts within the Huashan Sect. , that is to make a promise that as long as Yue Buqun is killed, he will step down as the leader, and the Air Sect and the Sword Sect will hold a competition again to select a new leader.

Due to Ning Zhongze's prestige and the courage shown by Ning Zhongze, the Huashan faction has accepted Ning Zhongze's proposal, and the conflicts have begun to slowly be alleviated. Ning Zhongze once again seized the opportunity and pointed the finger at Yue Buqun and the Manchu Qing Dynasty. During his return, he organized dozens of assassinations of senior Manchu Qing officials.

This also completely annoyed the Manchus.

As a result, the Manchu Qing came up with a cruel move, which was to send Yue Buqun back to Huashan.

This was also what Yue Buqun was thinking.

Yue Buqun is actually the unknown swordsman who has recently emerged in the Manchu Qing Dynasty. After fully learning the evil-repelling swordsmanship, relying on the rich foundation laid by the Zixia magic skill in his early years, coupled with the weirdness of the evil-repelling swordsmanship, Yue Buqun This strength has already passed the first-class level and reached the peak of first-class strength, becoming one of the most powerful swordsmen in the world today.

The poison in his body has long been resolved by himself, and he is no longer restricted by the Qing Dynasty.

Of course, the Manchu and Qing senior officials did not know this.

Now that the situation has suddenly changed, Yue Buqun does not want to betray the Manchus.

Especially within the Qing Dynasty, Yue Buqun has always been unpopular. Even though he has great strength, he is suppressed everywhere. He can't even get an official position and is driven around like a dog by the Qing Dynasty every day. kill.

Now, Yue Buqun has the opportunity to leave the Manchu Qing Dynasty and return to the Huashan Sect.

Naturally, he is unwilling to give up such an opportunity.

Of course, he also understood that what he would gain by going back now would be a dead end.

Therefore, he wrote a letter to Ning Zhongze in advance, hoping that Ning Zhongze would help him return to the Huashan Sect. For this reason, he was willing to use more than a dozen high-ranking Manchu officials and captives to whitewash himself, thus giving himself a He endured the humiliation and shouldered the burden of assassinating the skin of the top management of the Qing Dynasty.

Yue Buqun's idea was very simple, but the method he thought of was indeed effective. Looking at the names provided on the envelope, if Yue Buqun could really catch these high-ranking officials, then everything he had done before seemed to be true. It can be completely ignored.

However, Ning Zhongze was not willing to believe him anymore.

Just based on what Yue Buqun did that day in Mantuo Villa, Ning Zhongze could not forgive him.

"Shan'er, what do you think?"

Yue Lingshan was silent for a while and said, "Everything is up to the mother, and my daughter will listen to you."

Ning Zhong smiled bitterly and lowered his head again, lost in thought.

After a while, she raised her head, a trace of determination flashed in her eyes, and said: "In this case, regardless of whether this is a conspiracy or not, let's make a plan first. Even if we kill the senior officials of the Qing Dynasty, Yue Buqun must not stay. Lingshan, you won’t blame me, right?”

Yue Lingshan shook her head and said: "Mom, since he has done such a disgusting thing that day, then I will pretend that I don't have this father. I just hope that when the time comes, I can let him die more happily without leaving too much pain." , this can be regarded as fulfilling my daughter’s filial piety.”

Ning Zhong nodded and said, "This is natural. We are a husband and wife. Even if he is unkind, I cannot be unjust. However, his swordsmanship is powerful. Just relying on the masters of the Huashan School's Qi Sect and Sword Sect, I'm afraid If it’s difficult to kill it, we have to look for foreign aid.”

Yue Lingshan rolled her eyes. She remembered the intelligence from the sect a few days ago, which said that Guo Jing and Huang Rong had gone to Xiangyang and were now stationed there to defend against the possible Mongolian invasion from the south at any time.

The Xiangyang defense line is not only composed of the imperial army. All the major sects in the rivers and lakes have strongholds there. How can it be possible to defend the Mongols with just the army of the imperial court? It has not been the initiative of these major sects in the rivers and lakes for so many years. Organize disciples to join the imperial army. Only then could the Xiangyang defense line with only tens of thousands of people be held.

"Mother, why don't we set the location in Xiangyang. Heroes gather there, the Huashan Sect has a stronghold there, and there are many other masters. We will definitely be able to find suitable helpers there."

Ning Zhongze's heart moved.

Xiangyang is indeed a good choice.

Especially if Huang Rong is there, that guy should be there too.

However, the internal situation of the Huashan Sect is currently unstable. If she leaves, something may change.

Ning Zhong fell into hesitation.

"Let me think about this matter again. After all, the sect is currently at war with each other, and everything still focuses on the safety of the sect."

——

In comparison, Ning Zhongze was suffering during this period.

Miejie Shitai is relatively easy, but only relatively speaking.

During this time, she has traveled back and forth between Bashu and Jiangnan several times.

Because of the formal war between the imperial court and Duke Wu, the originally stable trade routes in the south became extremely dangerous.

In desperation, Master Jiejie could only lead his own team to trade.

All this is due to the lack of support within the Emei Sect.

Except for the only top master, Master Miejie, the others were all second-rate or third-rate.

It's really useless.

Fortunately, Wu Gong returned the Yitian Sword to the hands of Master Miejie through Li Qingluo, which allowed Master Miejie's strength to reach the top level in an instant. Many martial arts of the Emei Sect can only be used by relying on the Yitian Sword, which is equivalent to the inheritance of the Emei Sect.

Back then, after Gu Hongzi, a good-for-nothing, was defeated by Yang Xiao, he actually lost the Yitian Sword alive. This caused the Emei Sect, which was originally in the development stage, to stagnate before it could develop in a drastic way, causing an abrupt situation. This is a phenomenon of inconsistency.

If it hadn't been for Master Jiejie to hold up this banner, the Emei Sect would have been doomed long ago.

Now that she has the Yitian Sword in her hands and a trade route that can steadily earn a large amount of money, Master Miejie is confident that she can build the Emei Sect into a first-class sect in the world within a few years, and she has now begun to select a successor. .

Wait until the day when you become successful.

Master Miejie no longer has to carry this set of heavy shackles.

"Master, the senior sister who went to explore the road sent a message. The road ahead is blocked again. Two cavalrymen, the imperial court and Wu Guogong, are fighting each other in the valley and hills ahead. Should we change the road?"

Beside him, the disciple's voice brought Master Miejie back to his senses.

He glanced at the precious silk wrapped in black cloth on the carriage behind him.

After a little hesitation, she made her decision.

These silks are half the value of the Emei Sect.

It was bought from Li Qingluo at a price lower than the market price.

As long as it is transported to Bashu, a large amount of money can be exchanged, enough to support the operation of the sect for several years.

Master Jiejie had already found a buyer before leaving Bashu, and he could get the money as long as the goods were shipped there.

So there must be no problems with this batch of goods.

"Detour, take the water route. Go ashore from Xiangyang, return to Bashu by land, and send a message to my disciples to meet us in Xiangyang."

As Master Miejie said this, a shy smile flashed across her face. She also knew that Guo Jing served as the governor of Xiangyang and as the general of Zhenbei. Since Guo Jing and Huang Rong were there, shouldn't he be there too?