For the Fang family, one of the three ancient clans, they themselves probably don't know how many connections they have in the capital.
Over the years, there have been many characters like Duan Rufeng who was released.
Of course, it is not easy for someone to be favored by the ancient clan.
What they want is just the resources or intelligence in the hands of the ancient clan, and they may not really work for the ancient clan.
But then again, if we just asked them to reveal something that was not really a secret, it would be much easier.
Among the hidden lines left in the Fang family's stronghold, there is one that can directly approach the target "Xu Chong".
Gongsun Mansion.
"Introduce Xu Chong?"
Gongsun Mang was stunned, and then he said with some disdain, "Xu Chong is different from people from a small family like me. The descendants of Taizu have the support of the royal family, so there is no need for them to get involved with your Taiping Dao. I advise you to give up this idea."
"Master Gongsun, this is wrong."
Fang Lezhong laughed, "We are just admiring the outstanding younger generation, just like you did back then, to establish a good relationship in advance... Over the years, has our Fang family done anything to embarrass Lord Gongsun?"
"Indeed, I haven't. But this only proves that I am not useful enough. It doesn't prove anything else."
Gongsun Mang curled the corners of his mouth.
"Haha, Lord Gongsun doesn't want to believe us, so does he believe Emperor Yongtai?"
Fang Lezhong's eyes flashed, and he said meaningfully: "Let's not talk about anything else. In all these years, our entire Taiping Dao has never massacred civilians."
“…”
Gongsun Mang's face darkened, but he was unable to refute at all.
After what the prince has done over these days, Du Qianchuan's deeds are almost spreading throughout the capital.
Compared to before when only the participants of the grand court assembly knew about it, now almost everyone knows about it.
The difference is that more people hear the version through grapevine, which only has a rough outline and does not know so many detailed data.
The direct consequence is that the people don't believe it.
This was something that Crown Prince Jiang Xinghe, Gongsun Mang and other direct descendants of the Zhanshi Mansion never dreamed of.
In the past, for such gossips as a certain official taking bribes or a certain noble being homosexual, the people in Beijing would believe almost every word they heard.
When it was the turn for the previous emperors to hear rumors, they did not believe them.
Not only did they not believe it, but they also spontaneously defended it, looking for evidence that the late emperor loved his people like his own children from all kinds of historical materials, rumors, and even fabrications.
This made Jiang Xinghe feel extremely ironic, and also made a group of officials in the Zhanshi Mansion feel extremely absurd.
Gongsun Mang sighed secretly. "If you want to see Xu Chong, no problem, go to the Zhanshi Mansion to meet him... I can give you a one-time pass."
He was willing to relax, but he wasn't that careless.
These two people from the six major families said that they were introducing each other, but who knows what their real plan was.
It would be easier if the meeting place was changed to the Zhanshi Mansion.
"Zhanshi Mansion..."
Fang Lezhong and Fang Leshan looked at each other and frowned at the same time.
"We don't intend to harm anyone, but we also don't intend to be harmed."
Fang Leshan said coldly, "If they enter the Zhanshi Mansion, the prince can just close the entrance and exit with a thought, and then we can catch them in the trap..."
“There’s nothing we can do about it.”
Gongsun Mang spread his hands, "Xu Chong has never left Jixiangtian since he took up the post of Xima. If I suddenly invite him, let alone what will happen to me afterwards... Do you think he won't be suspicious?"
The faces of the two members of the Fang family turned ugly.
"Or, the two of you originally wanted to harm him, but you relied on your status as the Taiping Dao and thought you could escape afterward?"
Gongsun Mang sneered repeatedly.
Fang Lezhong's eyes darkened.
Now that things have come to this, there's no need to be polite.
A light breeze blew by and suddenly restrained Gongsun Mang.
"Let me tell you this."
Fang Lezhong pointed outside the study and said, "Everyone in Gongsun Mansion is normal. Why?"
"The attitudes of the two of us have given you enough face. Why?"
"Because we are afraid of you, the Gongsun family?"
"no."
"It's just because we are willing to give you and the Gongsun family a chance."
Fang Lezhong waved his hand and slightly loosened the restraint on Gongsun Mang. "If you don't want this opportunity, you can just say so ."
“Cough cough cough…”
Gongsun Mang coughed for a while, feeling extremely frightened.
It was not until now that he understood the importance of the old man in front of him.
Dharma Realm! It must be Dharma Realm!
This is just one of the two...what level is the other one at?
Dharma image? Golden body?
No matter who it is, even if he is just an ordinary person, as long as he has a Dharma image, he can easily defeat the Gongsun family.
This is the sadness of a small family.
Without the warning device made by the Ministry of Industry, no one would know if their family was wiped out by a powerful person.
In a flash, Gongsun Mang said, "It's not that I won't help you, but that Xu Chong really won't leave Jixiangtian... Since you are at this level, there must be other clues, right? You can find out by just asking around."
"Even so, you are the Minister of War, so it shouldn't be a problem for you to order or dispatch someone to wash the horses, right?"
Fang Leshan asked calmly.
"The position of the Chancellor is not low, and he is considered powerful in the court...but you have to see who you compare yourself with."
Gongsun Mang forced a bitter smile, "Compared to Xu Chong, I am obviously not qualified... Even if I ask him to come, he may not give me the face."
"You're lying!"
Fang Lezhong suddenly increased the force of the breeze, "Even if we don't take into account the relationship of colleagues, your fellow disciple Zhang Shunyi is Xu Chong's hometown friend... Didn't you do any investigation before we came to you?"
“…”
Gongsun Mang felt despair, knowing that he had no room for mediation.
But what can I do?
Will you sacrifice the entire Gongsun family and never compromise?
To be honest, firstly, he did not have such a strong aversion to the Taiping Dao, and secondly, he did not have such a deep friendship with Xu Chong.
The reason why he didn't want to help these two people frame Xu Chong was simply because he was afraid that the Gongsun family would still not be able to escape the blame afterwards.
After all, they are the descendants of Taizu, the descendants of Taizu that even his mentor Lu Zhong has to curry favor with.
But now, it seems that he has no choice?
In other words, who can save the Gongsun family now?
Gongsun Mang thought hard for a long time, then sighed and opened his mouth to indicate.
"very good."
Fang Lezhong nodded in satisfaction and released his restraints on Gongsun Mang.
"I will host a lot of people, not just Zhang Shunyi and Xu Chong, and I can't guarantee that Xu Chong will come to the banquet."
Gongsun Mang said, "This is my only condition, a condition that will try to get the Gongsun Mansion out of the relationship. If you don't agree..."
In his opinion, no one can help the Gongsun family now.
So he can only save himself.
As for what these two people wanted to do to Xu Chong, he was no longer qualified to interfere.
Unfortunately, Gongsun Mang guessed wrong.
There was another person who witnessed this scene at Gongsun Mansion with his own eyes.
It was Xu Chong himself.
What a coincidence.
In recent days, Xu Chong always felt that the atmosphere in the Zhanshi Mansion was not right.
Even the few insignificant officials under him often whispered to each other.
I heard that the East Palace was about to change its owner...
Something said that the Crown Prince asked everyone to be prepared to serve the new Lord of the East Palace.
The first thing Xu Chong thought of was that the prince was preparing to seize the throne and ascend the throne early.
Just as the time was coming to an end today, his soul felt a faint sense of crisis.
However, after finding the prince, he discovered that the source of the crisis was not within Jixiangtian .
Instead, it pointed outside the cave.
Since the sense of crisis was not strong, which meant there was a great chance of overcoming the danger, Xu Chong left Jixiangtian and followed the direction from which the crisis came, all the way to Gongsun Mansion... and then he saw two familiar faces.
Fang Lezhong and Fang Leshan.
These two old guys were too lazy to even do the most basic disguise and just maintained the same appearance as they did in the Spring and Autumn Tomb.
Maybe he is fearless, or maybe he is relying on the fact that no one in the outside world knows him.
In short, Xu Chong recognized him at first sight.
Now Xu Chong is still hiding outside Gongsun Mang's study, while his illusion body has gone to the Xueyi General Yamen to find Dou Tianyuan.
To deal with the elders of the Fang family, he himself is still a little powerless at the moment and has to rely on Dou Tianyuan's strength.
It’s a pity that the Cloud-Piercing Order was taken into the Spring and Autumn Tomb, and he couldn’t contact Dou Tianyuan instantly.
Although the phantom body rushed to the headquarters of the Blood Robe Guard through the One-Hand Breaking Sky, it also failed to find Dou Tianyuan.
He must have gone out for something.
While Xu Chong controlled his phantom body and waited, he continued to listen to the noises coming from the study.
"...Where is the venue for the banquet?"
Fang Lezhong asked.
"The ones I go to most often are Miaokelai and Weiyang Pavilion...both are in the east of the city."
Gongsun Mang replied.
Fang Lezhong's eyebrows twitched, revealing a slight smile, "Then let's go to Weiyang Pavilion."
"…Everyone in the capital is speculating on the background of Weiyang Pavilion. No one expected it to be the Fang family, one of the six great families of Taiping Dao."
Gongsun Mang's heart became increasingly gloomy.
"Then the two of us will pretend to be servants and secretly control Xu Chong to leave with us. You will be responsible for attracting the attention of others."
Fang Lezhong said calmly: "Don't worry, no one will suspect you... In addition, as long as Xu Chong is willing to cooperate with you, there is no need for me to kill him."
After hearing this, Xu Chong finally understood why Fang Lezhong and the other man were looking for him.
No form clothes.
Come to think of it, apart from this, nothing else would make the Fang family focus on the identity of "Xu Chong".
"Luckily I came out today... No, with the Spiritual Warning, it's hard for anyone to plot against me."
"Moreover, after I found out who the enemy was, the warning from my soul completely disappeared..."
Xu Chong curled the corner of his mouth and once again felt the power of the Purple Mansion Seed Dao.
As far as we know, only the Fang family has successfully planned to capture a powerful Yangshen.
The conditions here are very harsh:
First, the Spring and Autumn Tomb wrapped in the forbidden coffin blocked the Fang family’s evil thoughts towards Lin Kuang.
Second, what the Fang family revealed to Emperor Yongtai was just a rumor.
3. Emperor Yongtai was smart enough.
4. Emperor Yongtai owned Eternal Heaven.
5. Lin Kuang is very stubborn...
All of the above conditions are closely linked and none of them can be missing.
It should be said that it was Emperor Yongtai and the Fang family who joined forces to complete the plan against Lin Kuang.
Xu Chong was just thinking when there was a noise coming from his phantom body.
"Hey? Are you willing to come out of the East Palace?"
Dou Tianyuan appeared in the backyard as usual.
"There are two people in the third realm of the Seed Dao. They are now in the Gongsun family's study. They are the elders of the Fang family of the Taiping Dao."
Xu Chong controlled his phantom body and went straight to the point, "They are planning to secretly arrest me and get the Wuxiang Yi from me."
“…”
Dou Tianyuan was stunned for a while, and after a long while he couldn't help but say: "I believe you, but how did you know? An incarnation?"
Dou Tianyuan couldn't help but be surprised.
Being able to tell what is happening somewhere else even though it is right in front of you...it seems like an avatar outside of your body.
Xu Chong had been prepared for this: "I pushed Ge Wanshan's greed for light to the side technique. This is an illusory body, not an external incarnation..."
"...I'll settle the score with you when I get back!"
Dou Tianyuan gritted his teeth, glared at Xu Chong fiercely, then reached out to push the door.
"Wait...are you alone?"
Xu Chong was somewhat stunned , "These are two people at the third level of the Tao."
"If you think you're not careful, what does it matter if they are at the peak of the third realm?"
Dou Tianyuan curled his lips and took a step forward.
Almost instantly, Xu Chong, who was eavesdropping outside the Gongsun family's study, heard two muffled sounds.
What followed was Gongsun Mang’s exclamation.
"Master Dou?!!!"
Damn, so fast???
Xu Chong showed up and broke into the room.
Fang Le fell to the ground with a bloody hole in his heart, his eyes closed, and it was unknown whether he was alive or dead.
Around him, transparent fragments were scattered all over the ground.
The fragments shone with a gorgeous and dazzling light, as if they were some kind of powerful protective treasure.
Fang Leshan was grabbed by the neck by Dou Tianyuan and lifted into the air, with his head half flattened, and he seemed to have lost consciousness as well.
The two were both considered powerful men in the Fang family and in the capital, and they were captured without any resistance.
Even though Xu Chong had imagined Dou Tianyuan to be as powerful as possible, he was still shocked.
Dou Tianyuan...how strong is he?
As for Gongsun Mang, he was not only shocked, but also scared.
fine!
Fortunately, the cooperation with the Fang family is still under discussion and has not been implemented yet.
Otherwise, even if he only booked a seat in Weiyang Pavilion, "being coerced" would no longer be an excuse to escape punishment, and the charge of colluding with the rebels would be confirmed.
"Lord Dou..."
Gongsun Mang's legs went weak, "Thank you, thank you for saving my life..."
" We'll talk about your business later."
Dou Tianyuan ignored him, looked at Xu Chong, snorted coldly and said: "Did you see clearly, this is the Nine Transformations of the Golden Body, combined with the most advanced One-Handed Sky Breaking... Why practice Greedy Light when there is such a broad road instead of taking it?"
"That's what the adults have taught me."
Xu Chong smiled and looked at the two unconscious old men, his eyes flickering.
"The Fang family, is it one of the three ancient clans?"
Dou Tianyuan suddenly realized, "How do you know they are from the Fang family?"
"That's a long story..."
Xu Chong thought about it and decided to tell Dou Tianyuan something. "Let's talk somewhere safer."
"There's something I want to tell you."
"In addition, these two people are of great use, perhaps..."