Chapter 120: The victory and loss are unknown (Part 1)

Tonight, under the careful arrangement of Xuangang Tianmo, he could be said to have won a great victory. Although Xu Changqing saved the Zhengxiao Taoist and Wu Wu who should have died, he lost the masters such as Zhengqing. The Xuangang Tianmo not only eliminated the three-time living Buddha Ma Zhengyan, who made him worried, but also obtained an unpredictable Buddhist master. After that, even though Xu Changqing saved most of the powerful lower nine-rate sidemen, the Xuangang Tianmo's purpose of knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger has been achieved. After tonight, I am afraid that there are very few lower nine-rate sidemen who dare to stay behind to participate in this matter.

At present, most of these authentic immortals and Buddha masters were destroyed in the Temple of Heaven again, and Yan Feng and others were blocked in Anding Building. The entire plan to eliminate demons can be said to be completely bankrupt. Fortunately, Xu Changqing did not intend to rely on these authentic immortals and Buddha masters and lower-level people from the Nine-Rank side sects from the beginning. These people were all chess pieces he used to disrupt the sight of Xuangang Heavenly Demon. The number of casualties would not affect his plan at all. To put it cold-blooded, even if all these people died, he was still confident that he would beat Xuangang Heavenly Demon. The only difference was the chance of winning.

In Xu Changqing's view, his battle with the Xuangang Heavenly Demon had just begun. On the surface, Xuangang Heavenly Demon won, but after tonight, all the strength of Xuangang Heavenly Demon has been on the surface, while Xu Changqing's real killer move is still intact and hidden very deeply. Just as Xu Changqing often thinks, the hidden power is far more powerful than those exposed powers.

After Xu Changqing left the Temple of Heaven, he sneaked all the way and took advantage of the chaos in the east of the city by those fake ghost soldiers and sneaked into Sheng Xuanhuai's home. Perhaps because of his trust in the evil witchcraft of Xie Yangzi, the demon cultivator who monitored Sheng Xuanhuai was weak and he was completely ignorant of Xu Changqing's infiltration. In this way, Sheng Mansion could be considered a relatively safe place compared to other places outside.

In Sheng Mansion, Xu Changqing not only met Sheng Xuanhuai, but also unexpectedly met Xu Shichang who came to ask for advice. Facing Xu Changqing who suddenly appeared in Sheng Mansion, Xu Shichang seemed particularly calm. Perhaps he had guessed that this matter was related to Xu Changqing. Later, after Xu Changqing removed the insect for him and presented Zhao Banqian's token, the relationship between the two was considered a bridge. Xu Changqing also slightly deleted the plan of Xuangang Tianmo at this time, making Xu Shichang think that Xuangang Tianmo wanted to be the emperor, so he actively handled this matter of defiance and change fortune.

I don’t know if it was Xu Changqing’s words that moved Xu Shichang or if the Xuangang Demon was too erratic recently, Xu Shichang immediately agreed to help Xu Changqing act without any hesitation.

For the people in the capital, the night from the third day of the fifth month to the fourth day of the fifth month is definitely a sleepless night that makes everyone unable to rest. First, there was a natural vision, and the earth dragon turned over, and then there were rumors that the Beiyang New Army and the foreign army rebelled. Not long after, the rumors turned into the ghost army's resentment. At this moment, the Forbidden City caught fire again, and then a large number of legendary ghosts rushed into the capital and made trouble everywhere. There were more than a thousand people who saw this scene. So the next morning, the people in the capital felt particularly gloomy, as if the sun had lost the original temperature.

This series of events that can be said to be incredible gave many people the excuse to create rumors. For example, if a country is about to perish, a monster will surely be born. It quickly spread throughout the streets and alleys of the capital, and together with what happened last night, it became a topic of discussion for various teahouses. At this time, some newspapers' morning newspapers also reported from Tianjin that the Beiyang New Army was about to rebel, and all the strange things in the capital were published together, and then they connected them together, claiming that this was a warning to heaven and earth. Some revolutionaries who were active in the capital also took the opportunity to write various slogans and secretly spread them to all the alleys and alleys of the capital. Most of them claimed that the Beiyang New Army had defected to the Revolutionary Army, and intended to force the Qing court to rebel.

Compared to the uneasyness of the people in the capital about the current situation, Feng Guozhang, who was called into the palace overnight, seemed much calmer. He sat in the sedan chair and closed his eyes, quietly thinking about the whole thing, trying to sort out a clue.

Most of the matters of using force to force the palace, eradicating Zaifeng, and assisting Yuan Shikai to regain power were planned by him from beginning to end. However, since he heard Sheng Xuanhuai suddenly say to him not to act randomly and beware of fraud, he became alert. After that, Cao Kun, who should have acted secretly, suddenly entered the capital to meet the saint and reported to Zaifeng for his work. Although he did not say a word to him from beginning to end, he already understood what Cao Kun meant and knew that they had been targeted.

Later, Feng Guozhang sent people to various local forces to be reorganized on the grounds of reorganizing militia. On the surface, he still acted according to the original plan, but in fact he had secretly notified people from all parties to stop the activities. When Zaifeng transferred all Tieliang's first town and his own two associations to abruptly, Feng Guozhang had already completely confirmed that Xu Shichang's previous plan to force the palace by force was a big trap. Although he didn't know whether this matter was related to Xu Shichang, what is certain is that Zaifeng must have known it, so he has been a perfunctory these days and dared not cross it at all, so as not to be caught.

When Feng Guozhang heard from the servants that the Beiyang New Army and the foreigners rebelled from the servants, his first thought was that the Qing court had received the news that it had planned to stop, and deliberately found someone to pretend to rebel as the Beiyang Army, in order to be detrimental to them, the Beiyang Sect. Later, the soldiers sent from the Eight Banners Camp in the capital were named as protection, but in fact they were house arrest, surrounding his entire mansion. He could imagine that other Beiyang Sects except him were probably all under house arrest at this moment.

Although Feng Guozhang didn't know why the Qing court was so sure to handle the Beiyang New Army, since he had already started using troops, he must have confidence. So after the house was surrounded, he had already washed up, then put on clean clothes, and sat quietly and peacefully in the main hall waiting for the deadly imperial edict.
Chapter completed!