Zongwu: Aspiring to be the mastermind behind the scenes

Chapter 128: Traitor Zhao Zhijing, Yang Guo Makes a Plan
late at night.

In a yard in a small town at the foot of the mountain.

"Good good!"

Zhao Min laughed heartily and said, "This Sun Moon Divine Sect really makes me happy!"

The masters around him also laughed in unison.

A swordsman named Ah Da said, "The princess's plan is indeed very clever, but God helps the princess. The Sun and Moon Divine Sect has arrived, and the princess's goal has been achieved without any action."

Another expert, called Ah Er, flattered Ye: "The princess has the help of heaven, this plan will surely succeed!"

As they said, at first, those rumors came from the Yuan Dynasty.

Later, Zhao Min planned to destroy Chongyang Palace, but left some people behind to stir up conflicts between the Quanzhen faction and the northern forces.

However, the Ming court responded promptly, which slowed the progress of the plan.

Just when Zhao Min was about to use other methods to deal with it, the Sun and Moon Sect suddenly appeared, pushed her plan to the final step, and helped to take the blame.

Although it was different from her original goal, if the Quanzhen faction and the Sun Moon Sect were to confront each other, it would inevitably cause chaos in the north.

After all, although the Sun and Moon Sect has few masters, it has many followers!
Since that was the case, Zhao Min stopped adding unnecessary details and simply let things develop.

"Of course, I will always remember the help that Daoist Master Zhao provided during this time."

The middle-aged man in Taoist robes before him was Zhao Zhijing. He bowed and said, "Your Highness is blessed with great fortune and assistance from Heaven!"

Zhao Min said, "Master, rest assured. We will take action tonight to eliminate the Seven Quanzhen disciples and your competitors, and help you ascend to the position of Quanzhen Sect's headmaster!"

"Ah? Today?" Although Zhao Zhijing had thought about this day a long time ago, he did not expect that this day would come so soon.

Zhao Min said, "Speed ​​is of the essence in war. This morning, the Sun Moon Sect and all those from all walks of life have already ascended the mountain, making it the perfect time for action. I'm afraid the Quanzhen Sect wouldn't have guessed we'd be moving tonight!"

Zhao Zhijing suppressed his excitement and said, "What the princess said is absolutely right. Those people discussed countermeasures for several hours this afternoon, but ultimately couldn't come up with anything. They simply asked some of the weakest disciples to temporarily stay at the foot of the mountain, while the others remained on the mountain and are now resting.

But they never imagined that the Sun Moon Sect and the other three sects would go up the mountain in the morning and take action at night!"

"it is good!"

Zhao Min stood up and gave the order, "Everyone, change into night clothes and charge up the mountain. But remember to hide your identities and don't let anyone recognize you!"

The key point of the plan is to frame others, so that in tonight's operation, the hatred of the Quanzhen faction can be directed to the various forces in the north and the Sun and Moon Sect.

If his identity is revealed and people find out that he is a warrior from the Yuan Dynasty, wouldn't all his actions be in vain?
Zhao Zhijing said, "I will go back up the mountain to greet you all."

"it is good!"

Zhao Zhijing then turned around and ran towards the mountain. Thinking of the future prospects, he could not hide his excitement. But when he thought that everyone on the mountain would die tonight, he showed a sinister smile again.

"Master, Uncle-Master, Uncle-Master, Yin Zhiping, Yang Guo... After tonight, we will never see each other again!"

He had been fighting with Yin Zhiping for many years and had always been at a disadvantage.

That would have been fine, but the key point was that a few years ago, because of the incident involving Yang Guo, Guo Jing was forced to go up the mountain to be questioned. After Qiu Chuji investigated, he directly asked him to apologize to Yang Guo.

This incident had a huge impact on Zhao Zhijing. Not only did he lose face, the key point was that Qiu Chuji knew Zhao Zhijing's true face.

Before this, the Seven Masters of Quanzhen had been in seclusion for years, paying little attention to the affairs of Chongyang Palace. However, Zhao Zhijing had always kept it hidden from his master, which was the root of his conflict with Yin Zhiping.

But that time, his disguise was exposed.

In the minds of the teachers and leaders, their impression of him plummeted.

In addition, he also offended Yang Guo, Guo Jing, and Zhou Ming because of this.

Zhou Ming is the adopted son of the Prime Minister, and Guo Jing is the hero guarding Xiangyang.

If you offend these two people, you will almost offend the courts and the underworld of both the Ming and Song dynasties.

Not to mention that Yang Guo has become famous in recent years. With the support of the East Evil Huang Yaoshi, his martial arts skills are no less than his.

Due to the accumulation of multiple reasons, Zhao Zhijing had already lost the qualifications to compete with Yin Zhiping.

So when Zhao Min sent someone to his house, he surrendered without hesitation!

"what?"

Zhao Zhijing avoided the mountain road and rushed to the mountain, but saw that Chongyang Palace was pitch black and the sound of fighting came from afar, which surprised him greatly.

He took a closer look and in the faint moonlight he could see dark shadows flashing through the palace. When they met, they would engage in battle, and the sound of swords clashing was endless.

Got it!

Zhao Zhijing immediately thought of the reason why this happened - the Sun and Moon Sect and those people from all walks of life actually thought the same thing as them.

Take action tonight!
This is not good news for Zhao Zhijing. The two innates of the Sun and Moon Sect and those people from all walks of life may not be able to kill the Seven Sons of Quanzhen and Yin Zhiping.

If any of these people were still alive, he would never be able to become the headmaster.

Not only are the Seven Quanzhen Masters all elders, but Yin Zhiping is also Qiu Chuji's eldest disciple.

After Ma Yu's death, Qiu Chuji had the highest martial arts skills and is now the acting headmaster.

If he died, Yin Zhiping would naturally become the new headmaster.

"No! No matter who does it, we must make sure they die!"

Zhao Zhijing climbed over the wall and entered Chongyang Palace, using his Qinggong skills to search.

He had previously thought that if the plan was carried out, he would become the headmaster tomorrow. He was extremely excited and felt a sense of satisfaction that his great hatred would be avenged. Now that the plan had failed, he was extremely stunned.

The huge mental fluctuations made him careless for a moment. There are countless bad people in Chongyang Palace now, and it is not a good place for him.

Sure enough, he had only taken a few steps when he was spotted by a man in black.

The man in black came at him with a knife without saying a word.

Zhao Zhijing was at the innate realm after all, so he quickly drew his sword and fought back, but after just two moves, he was easily suppressed by the opponent.

At the same time, other men in black discovered the two and rushed over immediately.

Everyone attacked with swords and knives, and after a scream, Zhao Zhijing was chopped into pieces.

On the other side, Zhao Min and her men changed into night clothes.

"My Lord, you don't have to be there in person."

"No, I've also practiced some martial arts, so I went to the scene to make sure everything was alright. Besides, don't you have me to protect me, A-Da?"

"This... I will definitely protect the princess!"

On the mountain road, many Quanzhen disciples were patrolling, and seemed to be completely unaware of what was happening in Chongyang Palace.

Everyone avoided the mountain road, climbed up the mountain through the woods, and came to Chongyang Palace.

Just by getting close, everyone heard the sound of fighting inside.

"This is……"

Zhao Min instantly realized what was happening. "Those two factions actually have the same idea as me? Haha, well, no matter which side, or if someone from both sides breaks into Chongyang Palace tonight, I'm going to help!"

Although she insisted on being present at the scene in person, she was aware of her own martial arts skills. She immediately waved her hand and ordered the other men to take action, leaving only Ah Da by her side for protection.

Then he climbed up the big tree next to him and looked at the situation inside Chongyang Palace.

A question mark gradually formed in Zhao Min's mind. In her imagination, the situation inside should be a group of masked men in black clothes chasing after the Taoist priest in Taoist robes.

But in fact, the situation inside at this moment is that a large group of masked men in black are killing each other.

As for the Taoist priests...

I haven’t seen any so far—the one dead on the ground doesn’t count.

This situation really left her confused.

"What on earth happened on this mountain?"

In the end what happened?
Turn back time to evening.

In Chongyang Palace, several people sighed.

"So after discussing for several hours, we still haven't come up with any solution?"

"We can't help it. The situation is stronger than us." Yang Guo said, "The only people we can rely on now are the Four Great Constables. I hope they can quickly ask the court to send troops over."

Yin Zhiping said: "Even so, we can also send all the disciples in the palace who are below the post-natal realm down the mountain to ensure their safety."

"Well, that group of people made up a pretext, but they obviously didn't dare to openly target Quanzhen."

Everyone then mobilized all the disciples in Chongyang Palace whose cultivation was below the acquired level and sent them all down the mountain.

He also selected a group of acquired disciples from among the many acquired disciples to patrol the mountain roads.

The others just returned to Chongyang Palace to rest.

“Yang Guo, Yang Guo!”

Yang Guo in the room heard the two calls and smiled as if he had expected it. He then opened the door and welcomed Lu Qingdu in.

"how?"

"Just as you said, Zhao Zhijing just left Chongyang Palace quietly."

"Okay!" Yang Guo said with a smile, "You've done a great job this time. I'll take you to see Changchun Zhenren right away!"

A few days ago, the Four Famous Detectives hinted to him that there was a traitor in Chongyang Palace.

After all, matters concerning the ancient tomb and Quanzhen must be known only to high-ranking officials.

Ordinary disciples at the bottom level, like Lu Qingdu, didn’t even know Yang Guo’s origins before, so how could they know this secret?
Therefore, the traitor who leaked the information must be one of the senior executives.

But how many senior officials are there in Chongyang Palace?
Apart from the Seven Masters of Quanzhen, there are probably only two candidates for the position of leader, namely Yin Zhiping and Zhao Zhijing.

The first person Yang Guo suspected was undoubtedly Zhao Zhijing.

After observing Zhao Zhijing's every move, he indeed found that there was something wrong with him. At the same time, he also found that Zhao Zhijing often beat or scolded Lu Qingdu, and his attitude was extremely bad.

So, Yang Guo thought of taking advantage of it.

This is why Lu Qingdu came to report the incident today.

Yang Guo then took Lu Qingdu to find Qiu Chuji. When Qiu Chuji heard this, he was so angry that he smashed a table.

"Zhao Zhijing! I will kill him!"

Yang Guo said: "The most urgent thing right now is to check if there are any other traitors!"

Qiu Chuji was very reluctant to believe that there would be a traitor among his disciples, but with Zhao Zhijing in front of him, he really couldn't say anything.

He randomly checked other places and fortunately did not find anyone else not in the palace, which made Qiu Chuji very relieved.

This action also attracted the attention of others. Qiu Chuji had no choice but to call Liu Yugu, Yue Buqun, Yin Zhiping and a few others to his room and told them about this matter.

"What? Zhao Zhijing actually..." Yin Zhiping looked angry.

The others remained silent.

After all, he was in front of the Seven Masters of Quanzhen. No matter what he wanted to say in his heart, it would not be appropriate at this time.

"When that traitor comes back, I'll clean up the mess myself!"

Qiu Chuji said sternly.

Yang Guo said: "Before that, let's think about how to spend tonight!"

"Tonight?"

"Yes, I'm afraid someone will attack Chongyang Palace tonight!"

Yang Guo said: "The Sun and Moon Sect, other sects, and the Yuan Kingdom that has been hiding... No matter which force Zhao Zhijing is colluding with, tonight is the best time for them to act.

Therefore, we may be facing masters from multiple factions!"

"This..." Yin Zhiping thought for a moment and said, "This is a bit alarmist."

Yang Guo looked at the others: "What do you think?"

"I think that makes sense!" Liu Yugu said, "Speed ​​is of the essence in war, and sooner rather than later... They'll definitely think so."

Yang Guo said, “Our hope is that the Four Great Constables might be able to mobilize the imperial troops. However, they will also know about this matter, so this matter must be resolved as soon as possible. We cannot delay, otherwise once the imperial troops arrive, everything will be over!”

Qiu Chuji thought for a moment and said, "That makes sense... Fine, I'll send all my disciples down the mountain right away."

"That would only lead people down the mountain."

Yang Guo said, "How many night clothes are there in Chongyang Palace?"

"Night clothes? There aren't many. Why do you ask?"

Yang Guo said: "Judging from their actions today, it is obvious that these people do not dare to openly target Quanzhen, and when they take action, they will definitely hide their identities.

So, I have a plan... fish in troubled waters, how about that?

The so-called fishing in troubled waters means waiting until those people enter Chongyang Palace, and then they all put on night clothes and blend in.

"If there are two or three forces, we can instigate a fight between them, but if there is only one, retreat immediately!"

Yang Guo said: "This plan requires the executors to have high martial arts skills, especially good Qinggong skills, so it would be best if only a few people stayed behind.

The others took the Chongyang Palace disciples away directly to provide protection. In order to avoid leading those people down the mountain, these disciples could only hide behind the mountain.

Liu Yugu said, "It's dark. Your plan does have a chance of success, but in such a dark night, how can we distinguish our own people?"

Yang Guo said, "There's no need to distinguish. We just need to remember a few rules of conduct. First, when we encounter the enemy, we must retreat instead of fighting. Second, if we have to fight, we must only injure, not kill. Finally, we need to set a signal. Once it's shouted, everyone will retreat immediately!"

In this way, even if one of us encounters one and cannot tell the difference, at most we will just get hurt, and it won't be a big deal.

But there are still huge dangers involved, so only a few people with the highest martial arts skills can stay!"

After discussion, four people, Qiu Chuji, Wang Chuyi, Liu Chuxuan and Tan Chuduan, were left in the Quanzhen Sect.

Only Liu Yugu and Yue Songtao remained in the Huashan Sect.

"I'll stay too!" Yang Guo said.

"No, Young Master Yang is so young, how can you take such a risk?"

"Haha, don't worry. I've fought many battles outside Xiangyang City, so I'm actually more experienced than you in this area. Besides, if I stay, I can adapt to the situation!"

(End of this chapter)