Izumo, Shuoyang City.
One of the backyards of an unassuming grocery store.
This was originally the secret property of the Zhang family, but since a few people came half a month ago, the Zhang family has all withdrawn.
At this time, a man was standing there with his hands behind his back, looking at a map in front of him.
Dayao's soldiers are still hundreds of miles away from Shuoyang City, and there is Suyang City in the middle.
"Master, Yang Jiu is missing." A man walked up behind the man and said.
"Oh?" The man turned around when he heard the words: "What happened? When did you disappear?"
This man was fifty or sixty years old, dressed in a blue shirt, and his appearance was calm and majestic.
It was Ren Baqian's old acquaintance, Zhan Changkong, the master of the Golden Ring Sect.
He was one of the hundred households transferred from the Land of Sky View to Izumo this time.
"Yang Jiu said last night that he was going to investigate the barracks, but he didn't come back after leaving. I went to search, but I didn't find any traces." The man said.
"Did you get arrested?" Zhan Changkong frowned.
"I think...maybe..." The man hesitated to speak.
"What could it be?" Zhan Changkong's face suddenly darkened.
"Maybe he ran away! I feel that something is wrong with him these days, as if he was preparing for something. And although he is not very skilled, he is alert and good at hiding. No one knows our details. He was caught. The possibility is extremely small. Combined with his performance these days, I think he has a relatively high chance of running away."
"I've long felt that Yang Jiu is cold-hearted and unreliable!" Another middle-aged man shouted loudly when he heard this.
"Is there still a chance to catch it?" Zhan Changkong asked with an ugly face.
"If we left the city in the middle of the night yesterday, we will not be able to catch up now. After all, we are short of manpower." The man said.
"Sect Master, it's okay if he runs away, I'm afraid he will go to inform you, I can't stay here any longer."
"If he informs, people from the army have already arrived. But to be on the safe side, you really can't stay here. Liu Dong, you go and inform the previous contact person and ask him to arrange a residence again.
Xu Yi, you go and tell the others to pack up and evacuate temporarily.
And you... You go and find out if there is any whereabouts of Yang Jiu, maybe something happened to him. " Zhan Changkong arranged them one by one.
After all the people were arranged, Zhan Changkong turned his head to the last man who covered his face with a cloth and only showed one eye, and said, "Ling Zekuan, tell me, if Yang Jiu really ran away, would it be okay?" Go inform and sell us?"
"Sect Master, only you and Liu Dong know about the connections. Even if he informs, Izumo only knows that there are people like us. Just be more careful in the future." Outer Sect Deacon Ling Zekuan said. During the investigation mission back then, he was the queen of Zhan Changkong, and half of his face and one eye were cut off in the end, but he survived.
Zhan Changkong and the others changed their residences and monitored for a few days, but found that there was no movement, so they were a little relieved. Even though Yang Jiu ran away, he still had some friendship after all, so he didn't sell all these people.
However, at this time in the capital of the Izumo country.
"Master Prime Minister, the defenders of Xuancheng caught a man while they were patrolling. It is said that he came from Dayao, so they brought him here overnight." A scribe in a long gown, a square scarf on his head, and a long beard said.
"Oh? From Dayao? The ancient family?" The man called the prime minister is a man in his fifties or sixties, but his body is rounded into a sphere, or two spheres connected together, with a pair of small eyes on the smaller sphere Glittering.
He is the Prime Minister of the Izumo Kingdom, and now he is angered by the scholars in the city as a traitor. The one who controls the power in the court, sets up the emperor as a puppet, forms a party for personal gain, blocks the way of speech, denounces those with different political opinions, and now only cares about infighting That traitor—Zheng Chengmian.
"No, it is said that he came from the land of Tianjing. And he also said something." The scribe said.
"What?"
"The land of Tianjing was pacified by the ancients, half a year ago."
"What?" Zheng Chengmian was startled when he heard the words: "It's been half a year since the ancient clan pacified Tianjing Land?"
"Yes, my lord."
"Those barbarians have been pacifying Tianjing Land for half a year, and they still act like it hasn't been pacified... Why do you think he is?" Zheng Chengmian got up and took a few steps in the room, almost every step down covered his body. His flesh is trembling.
It can be said that the whole person is made of fat accumulation.
"If the news of Tianjing Land's recovery spreads, Da Xia will definitely not send troops easily. They only need to face us Yun Guo and Chen Guo, but they concealed the news and pretended that the Southern Protectorate was destroyed. The appearance of being dragged into a quagmire.
Now Daxia has replaced the troops from all over the country with recruits again, gathering a full 530,000 troops, and they are still guarding the news.
I guess, their goal is the army of Daxia, in other words, their goal is Daxia! "
"Yes, the old man's guess is the same. Otherwise, they have no reason to keep this news tightly, unless their goal is Daxia!" Zheng Chengmian laughed loudly, and looked at the middle-aged scholar with a smile after laughing: " So they attacked me this time Izumo..."
"Same as before, for looting! The barbarians don't build, they only destroy, they don't occupy, they only loot." The middle-aged scribe said firmly.
"Hmph, I know this is the case. Since this is the case, the news that the barbarian has pacified the Tianjing Land cannot be leaked out, and Daxia must be dragged in. Kill him!"
"yes!"
However, neither of them knew that the man still had one piece of news to say.
This time, more than 400 people were sent by the Guard Duwei Mansion into Izumo to inquire about the situation in each city.
The reason why I didn't say this news was not because of love, but because I wanted to use this news as a way to save my life and even invite rewards after seeing Minister Izumo.
However, it was this little thought that made him never have the chance to tell the news.
It also made the two of them no chance to know the news, otherwise they would definitely rethink Dayao's goal of attacking Izumo this time.
However, the current news made them misjudge Dayao's goal again, continue to immerse themselves in the internal struggle, and work hard for a more important goal.
For them, it is a good thing that some cities are breached.
Those city lords support their own troops, and it is difficult for the court to govern. This is the situation that has formed since the establishment of Izumo Kingdom.
Originally, this situation was hoped to be broken decades ago, but the emperor and the prime minister at that time were short-sighted and missed this opportunity.
But this opportunity they will not miss again.
Now that the city is broken, those city lords will either die or flee, and even after the barbarians retreat, their foundations will be wiped out. The imperial court can hold all those cities in their own hands, and the imperial court's control can be greatly increased.
It even created a centralized court like Daxia.
This definitely does more harm than good for the Izumo country, and it can even be said to be a merit for thousands of years!
What do those scholars who are yelling and scolding every day in the city, counting Zheng Xingmian and the court's crimes know