Chapter 90 The Emperor Dies, Bringing People Back to the Valley
Mount Zhongnan, the valley where soldiers are hidden.

Shangguan Yunque was carrying a bag among the peaks. He was already panting because of the rugged stone steps on the mountain path. Especially when he looked up again, he saw that the mountain road seemed to stretch endlessly, which made him subconsciously wipe the sweat from his forehead.

This is why he never claims to be a master. Every time he climbs a mountain on foot, he feels as if he does not look like a martial artist.

When he finally reached the top and saw the buildings looming among the bamboo shadows in the valley from afar, he suddenly let out the breath he had been holding.

"Damn it, I really don't want to go down the mountain again..."

He complained in a low voice, but he took out a palm-sized bronze mirror from his bag and carefully examined the smoky makeup on the corners of his eyes. After seeing that it was not smudged by sweat, he nodded with satisfaction and muttered to himself: "I can't be careless when meeting the Marshal."

After putting away his bag, he forced a smile and walked up the stone steps very gracefully.

But as soon as he showed his head, a shrill laugh with a hint of operatic intonation rang out.

"What are you mumbling about? Shangguan, why are you still acting like a masculine or feminine person?"

Shangguan Yunque seemed to have been stepped on and was about to argue in anger, but after he recognized the voice, he looked over with joy.

On the steps, a short man was standing by the railing with his hands on his hips, staring at him with a smile.

His face was painted with funny clown, and the corners of his mouth were painted with two blushes, which was popular among actors at that time. His face was painted white, and his age was hard to tell. His hair was tied into a bun, fixed with two wooden hairpins, but he had a small bangs on his forehead, and under the bangs, two small eyebrows made him look particularly funny.

"Ouch! Little mirror!?"

Shangguan Yunque was delighted and took small steps toward hugging her.

"Get off."

The actor pushed him away, and then started to sing in an operatic voice: "You are a person, the smell of rouge is too strong, please don't touch me~"

“Mirror Heart Demon, don’t be so arrogant.” Shangguan Yunque couldn’t hide his joy and asked, “The Marshal didn’t order you to come back easily, why is that…”

"No, I came back on my own."

Talking about business, the short Mirror Heart Demon stopped teasing him, cleared his throat, and said in a normal, slightly neutral voice: "I came back this time to report something important. At the same time, it's also about the new Sky Dark Star. How come you follow the Marshal all day, and you don't know this?"

"Oh, it's him?"

Shangguan Yunque covered his mouth like a little girl, and then said with a bitter face, "I'm still talking. I just came back from Shanzhou. I'm so tired from going back and forth."

"Shaanzhou?"

Mirror Heart Demon's eyebrows instantly rose, and then he asked in a low voice: "Did you go to the Hall of Eternal Life?"

"That's right, Marshal. You ordered me to send that kid to the underground palace for training." Shangguan Yunque did not seem to be shy about it. He muttered and complained, "I went to Qingcheng Mountain first, and then to Changsheng Palace. I was busy all the way, but that kid was as cold as a stone and didn't say a word to me. I was so lonely along the way..."

"I see."

The Mirror Heart Demon's eyes turned slightly, and he had some clues.

Shangguan Yunque didn't notice his abnormality, and took Jing Xinmo's hand to go to the side hall for a long talk: "Tell me quickly, what happened to Dark Star that day?"

"The Emperor of Luoyang has collapsed."

"what?!"

Shangguan Yunque was stunned.

The Luoyang Emperor was the name they gave to Li Yu. Because the latter was established by Zhu Wen in Luoyang, he was not recognized by the Bad Commander, so they called him this in order to distinguish him.

Jing Xin Mo, however, showed no emotion and said calmly, "Shi Yao sent the news that the emperor was killed in Luoyang. I'm afraid Zhu Wen ordered someone to do it, but Zhu Wen has already put the blame on Li Keyong."

"What?" Shangguan Yunque kept rubbing his beard, not being able to sort out the clues. He was basically on the road every day because he had to send people off. Although he had vaguely heard of some anti-Jin manifesto a few days ago, he did not take it seriously. After all, he was used to it.

It would be rare if Zhu Wen did not fight a war in a certain year.

"In fact, I still find it complicated." Mirror Heart Demon bit his nails and thought: "Shi Yao's news said that Zhu Wen actually had the idea of ​​harming the emperor of Luoyang and offering sacrifices to the heavens for divination, but before the sacrifice, a riot broke out in Luoyang. In the muddy water, there were people from Qi State and Jin State. They almost broke into the palace and killed Zhu Wen..."

He paused and said, "The leader among them should be that Tian Anxing."

"Mom."

Shangguan Yunque was dumbfounded. "As far as I know, this newly promoted Tian'an Star has only been in charge of the Yanzhou branch for less than half a year, right?"

Mirror Heart Demon thought about it and shook his head.

This is where their current conflict lies.

Thirty years ago, the Bad People were disbanded, and the various branches did not even have time to reunite and discuss, and the huge Bad People organization had already sunk under the surface. Therefore, the hidden agents like them who were deployed lost contact with the various branches.

Like Shi Yao, she had joined the Xuanming Sect as "Meng Po" since its founding. Except for Shangguan Yunque, Jing Xinmo and a few people who were still in the Cangbing Valley, no one knew about it.

Their messages have been transmitted through a fixed single line for decades, and they have never contacted other bad people, to prevent their identities from being exposed. In addition, the bad people are now in a completely paralyzed state, and the branches do not even know each other, let alone the communication between branches.

And the most important point is that among the 36 branches in the world, there are very few bad people who are in a position to know the location of the Cangbing Valley. Most of the branches are even completely disconnected. If they can get in touch occasionally, they can only communicate with the main branch. After all, the commander's order has been handed over to the head of the main branch, Sanqianyuan. Therefore, they can only judge everything that happened in Luoyang based on the information known by Shi Yao. But Shi Yao has the identity of "Meng Po" and cannot be easily exposed to other bad people, so she has no idea about the inside story. She even doesn't know whether the bad people in the Luoyang branch have taken action in this matter. In other words, they were kept in the dark about the turmoil in Luoyang and the death of the emperor.

If one wants to change this situation, the only way is to let the Marshal restart The Bad Guys.

pity……

"What is the purpose of this newly promoted Tian Anxing doing all this?" Shangguan Yunque pinched his orchid fingers in horror and asked, "In other words, he was the one who killed the Luoyang Emperor?"

"It's not clear yet, we need to find out more."

Jing Xin Mo sat in front of the steps, tapping his knees with his fingers, and said, "What Shi Yao said is that the boy wants to stir up trouble in the Daliang officialdom. According to her guess, he may have planted a commander of the imperial guards, Zhu Hanbin, in the Zhu Liang Dynasty."

At this point, his face wrinkled, as if he didn't understand how it was done.

"hiss……"

Shangguan Yunque was already confused. In his cognition, his impression of the Yanzhou branch was still stuck in Caozhou a few months ago. At that time, he thought that Xiao Yan had just taken charge of the Yanzhou branch, and although he had dealt with the five Yama Kings of the Xuanming Sect, he should continue to lie dormant.

Unexpectedly, he had been away from Cangbing Valley for more than a month and lost his source of information for such a short time, but he had already been active in Luoyang? He even turned the leader of the Liang army into his own man?

Thinking of this, Shangguan Yunque asked: "Then why did he do all this? Didn't the Marshal let Shi Yao secretly manage the Xuanming Sect..."

"The Xuanming Sect is nothing more than a martial arts organization after all."

Mirror Heart Demon frowned slightly and said, "Besides, that kid shouldn't know Shi Yao's identity..."

Shangguan Yunque smacked his lips.

He lifted a strand of long hair that was floating in front of his forehead and was about to ask again, but when he looked up, a trace of panic flashed across his face and he bowed down unconsciously.

"See the Marshal."

Mirror Heart Demon also stood up from the steps suddenly, and then bowed: "General."

Under the single-eaved hip roof, in the long corridor, a figure in green clothes and a bamboo hat has quietly arrived.

He still wore a dark mask on his face, and he exuded a domineering aura that made people feel fearful. Especially Shangguan Yunque, who was both respectful and afraid of him. Usually, he dared not even breathe in front of him.

After all, he is Yuan Tiangang who has lived for three hundred years.

"Have you completed the task of sending the fake Li to the Changsheng Palace?"

"I just came back from Shanzhou, but I haven't had time to pay my respects to the Marshal yet..." Shangguan Yunque crossed his arms and saluted, "Also, Fake Li asked me to pass on a message to you, saying that when he comes out of the underground palace, the Marshal will definitely look at him with new eyes..."

"Ah."

Yuan Tiangang let out a sound that sounded like a chuckle, but more like a mockery. But he did not continue the topic, but walked to the jade-white stone railing and pondered for a moment.

Shangguan Yunque didn't understand what he meant, and subconsciously thought that he had not done it well. He then looked at Jing Xinmo with some embarrassment, wanting the latter to plead for him.

Mirror Heart Demon cleared his throat, stepped forward and saluted.

"General, I have returned to the Tibetan Soldier Valley without permission this time. I have something important to report."

"Tell me."

"The first is the incident that the Dark Star stirred up the situation in Luoyang. This incident involves a wide range of people. In addition to Qi and Jin, it seems that we, the Bad People, are also involved..." Jing Xin Mo hesitated and said, "I know that the Marshal does not want to care about the secular world, but if the incident is too big, will it alert Zhu Wen? If he realizes that we, the Bad People, exist in the Xuanming Sect, it may affect the Marshal's future layout. I hope the Marshal will think twice..."

In front, Yuan Tiangang still just stood there with his hands behind his back calmly, and asked, "What's the other thing?"

Seeing that he didn't seem to care much, Jing Xin Mo was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head, "Second, there is a change in Hebei, and Lulong is caught in a civil war, which may lead Mobei to move south. At the same time, Li Keyong seems to be particularly interested in Lulong. Do you think I need to inform the headquarters in advance to prevent Jin from becoming too powerful..."

"You can ignore it."

"This..." Jing Xin Mo was shocked, but he did not dare to refute. After pondering for a while, he asked, "Also, what about the death of the Luoyang Emperor?"

This time, Yuan Tiangang pondered for a long time.

Jing Xin Mo looked up carefully, and saw that the Marshal was clearly calculating with his fingers.

He was suddenly startled.

Then, a hoarse voice was heard.

"Shangguan Yunque, please go down the mountain. Bring back the boy from the Xiao family for me."

"what……"

Shangguan Yunque, who was still carrying the bag on his back, looked up in astonishment, then made a bitter face and said with a cupped hand: "I'll do it right away."

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