In the Heavens

I don't know if it's because of the deterrent power of the Demon Cult, or because the Huashan faction's signature is easy to use. Since the news of the attack on the Zhou Mansion spread, all forces, large and small, have gathered in Pingyang Martial Arts.

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Li Mu would never have believed that the small Pingyang Mansion could gather thousands of warriors.

Although most of them are low-end crops, they are also a lot of power. If someone raises their arms and shouts, there will be no problem in taking down Pingyang City.

One can tell autumn by seeing a leaf, and there are so many warriors in Pingyang Mansion, so what about the entire Ming Dynasty?

Now Li Mu finally understood the difficulty of the court. There are so many violent elements in the Jianghu, if you don't start a war between good and evil to consume some of them, no one will be able to sit securely on the dragon chair!

I don't know if it's a test or just a big heart. The task of dealing with people from the Pingyang martial arts fell directly to Li Mu, who did not have much experience.

In the meeting hall

Although he was a guest from afar, Li Mu still took the main seat without hesitation. Now is not the time to be polite, here he represents not only himself, but also Huashan School and Wuyue Sword School.

As one of the three giants of the Righteous Way, it is inevitable to gain the dominance in presiding over the Jianghu meeting against the Demon Cult. Even if Li Mu was willing to give in, no one dared to accept it.

Looking at the anxious crowd, Li Mu comforted him: "Since ancient times, the evil has always prevailed against the good. The madness of the devil's religion is only temporary. When the righteous factions react, the situation will reverse.

The main force of the Devil's Cult was dragged to Mount Heng, and now only some young people entered Pingyang, otherwise they wouldn't dare to show their faces.

Seniors, there is no need to worry too much. As long as we find them, we can wipe them out at any time. "

It's impossible not to worry, Li Mu can calm down, that's because the Huashan faction has enough strength to deal with all kinds of emergencies.

The local martial arts people in Pingyang are different, even if the demon sect's people are really just Xiaoxiao in Li Mu's mouth, they are not able to deal with them.

Just look at the tragic situation of the Zhou family. In less than a stick of incense, there were more than a hundred casualties. This is still the largest force in Pingyang martial arts, so it barely withstood the demon's offensive, and waited for reinforcements to arrive.

If it is placed on the heads of other people sitting, it will directly destroy the family. With the sharp sword hanging above his head, he naturally couldn't stay calm.

Zhou Wenyuan replied with a bitter face: "Hero Li, the evil sect thieves have all kinds of vicious methods. Even if we get information, it will be difficult to pass the news back!"

If you talk about those sitting here, whoever most wants to find someone from the Demon Sect is him. The attack during the day directly destroyed his twenty years of hard work.

If it weren't for the support of a first-class master like him, I'm afraid that the title of the number one martial arts force in Pingyang would be lost.

Li Mu shook his head: "Hero Zhou is too worried, although the people in the Demon Cult are cruel, there are still some rules that must be followed.

It's not convenient for your people to move, isn't there still people in the yamen? Quickly arrest the government officials to inspect the law and order in the territory, they can't do massacres, can they?

Or maybe the yamen summoned the elders in the local area to discuss matters, and they couldn't stop them, right?

No matter how deeply the members of the Demon Cult hide, they will show their feet sometimes. A large number of outsiders gathered, and it was difficult not to attract attention.

There are many ways to go, I believe that as long as you want to investigate, it is absolutely impossible for the people of the Demon Cult to hide. "

It seems that the martial arts and the imperial court are two irrelevant parallel lines, but as a local snake, how could it be possible not to deal with the government?

Maybe they dare not directly control local officials, but it is absolutely impossible to give up infiltration of hereditary arresting yamen servants and small officials in various classes in the yamen.

If it is true, in the boundary of Pingyang, I am afraid that the words of the magistrate of the government office may not be as important as the group of people sitting here.

For the subordinate officials in the yamen, as long as they can unite internally, it doesn't matter even if they offend the chief official in the hall. It was not uncommon for subordinate officials to coerce chief officials once or twice in the Ming Dynasty.

But if it offends everyone in the local area, it is only a matter of time before an accident occurs. What the local big clans are capable of, the martial arts family with murderous weapons in their hands will only do it better.

As for whether doing so would offend local officials and attract suppression from the court, that was not Li Mu's concern.

The battle between good and evil is very cruel. According to the past practice, most of the people present will not survive that day.

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Pingyang Palace

Including the magistrate, Tongzhi, garrison military officer, Jinyiwei guarding hundreds of households, six gates...all the high-level yamen gathered together.

The world of martial arts dare not treat feudal lords like pigs. These people are the pillars of the old Zhu family's rule of the world, and they really played the role of sitting on one side.

Of course, suspicion is inevitable. Except for those years when the dynasty was first established, the vassal kings lost their military power and suffrage power since then.

Although the power is limited, with the resources of the royal family, many vassal kings have good martial arts, and the clan has become an important force in the hands of the royal family.

Perhaps due to the way of heaven, those who practice martial arts have gained great strength, but their fertility has also been weakened.

Just look at those well-known masters in the martial arts world. Even if there are groups of wives and concubines, the number of offspring is not many, and the children of the clan are no exception.

In a sense, this is also a good thing, at least you don't have to worry about being overwhelmed by your own family.

Looking at the king of Pingyang Zhu Xinyu, Liu Zhifu said worriedly: "Your Majesty, right now, both good and evil are gathering in Pingyang, and a war may break out at any time. If a big war breaks out in the city, I'm afraid..."

Before he could finish speaking, he was mercilessly interrupted by Zhu Xinyu.

"Instigating a war between good and evil is a grand plan set by the court, and it must not be destroyed. Everyone must have received the imperial decree. Now as long as they don't rebel, we can't interfere.

What's more, with the current situation, even if we want to interfere, there is nothing we can do. Not one or two court officials, vassal kings and clans died in previous battles between good and evil.

I don't care what you think, what's the calculation behind it, I haven't lived enough, I won't do this kind of thing, I believe everyone is the same. "

Perhaps ruthless, from the standpoint of the Zhu family dynasty, the more tragic the war between good and evil, the better. The more people die, the more stable their own rule will be.

"My lord is justified. It is really not suitable to intervene at this time. The power of the righteous side is on the surface, and it may not be difficult to let them out of the city.

However, according to the information collected by our Jinyiwei spies, there are members of the Demon Cult hidden in the city, and if they are expelled from the city, it will be tantamount to directly exposing their whereabouts.

According to the consistent style of people in the Devil's Cult, I'm afraid they will choose to kill to silence the first time.

But if we let it go, after the incident is exposed in the future, Zhengdao may think that we are in collusion with the Demon Cult..."

Colluding with demon cultists - kill.

This is the iron law established by the various sects of the orthodox martial arts. If it really cost one's life because of this, even the imperial court would not be able to say anything.