The south gate of the capital city of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Yang Sheng's men had all assembled and were waiting for Li Yuanlin's men to arrive.
At this moment, Chen Da suddenly crept up to Yang Sheng and whispered in his ear:
"Boss, I've heard lately that Eunuch Han has a bad reputation; he's harsh and ungrateful to his subordinates."
If they get things done, that's fine, but if they fail, they'll either beat or scold them, and they always like to push someone else to take the blame.
Therefore, the captains and chief officers of the Imperial Guard have become accustomed to going through the motions without putting in any effort, and they are too lazy to take on tasks that don't offer any reward.
Since they're too lazy to do it themselves, why should we be so eager to help that old eunuch?
Chen Da has a rough and bold personality, but it is precisely because of this personality that he made many friends soon after joining the Guardian Division.
There are quite a few roughnecks in the Imperial Guardian Bureau, and when they drink too much, they can say anything.
Yang Sheng looked out of the city and said calmly, "To put it bluntly, the Imperial Guard is just the royal family's personal army, so there are limited opportunities for advancement."
Those people only reached the level of captain and chief clerk, so they naturally didn't bother to take on extra tasks.
But we're different; there's still a lot of scenery waiting for us up there.
Chen Da scratched his head, looking puzzled.
Above the Imperial Guard Commander and the Chief of Staff, only Eunuch Han remains. Could it be that the eldest brother wants to enter the palace and become the Grand Eunuch?
If that's really the case, he'll have to give his boss some advice.
It seems the eldest brother has never even been to the Eight Great Hutongs, let alone tasted the flavors of a woman. How could he possibly enter the palace like this?
Ye Meiniang smacked Chen Da on the head: "What can you possibly understand with that head of yours? Following the boss, do you think you'll suffer losses?"
After a few words of laughter and conversation, Li Yuanlin arrived late, bringing only a dozen or so people with him.
Yang Sheng only brought about twenty people with him because he only had about twenty people under his command at the moment.
Li Yuanlin, however, was a veteran of the Imperial Guard, with over a hundred men under his command. He only brought a dozen or so people with him, which clearly indicated a lack of enthusiasm and willingness to slack off.
However, Yang Sheng didn't seem to care.
His goals don't conflict with Li Yuanlin's, as long as Li Yuanlin doesn't hold him back.
Eunuch Han is very close to the Emperor of Great Zhou, but if Yang Sheng gets even closer to Eunuch Han, he might one day be able to step over Eunuch Han to meet the Emperor.
The two exchanged a perfunctory greeting and headed straight for Yi County.
The geographical location of the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty was actually not very good.
The capital city was surrounded by plains and county towns for hundreds of miles, making it easy for the enemy to advance unimpeded.
The Great Zhou court was aware of this, so its defense against Great Zhou was based on a tight external and internal defense with a looser middle defense.
The border armies are the true elite troops of the Great Zhou, while the Imperial Guards in the capital are the most diligently trained and the most luxuriously equipped, all gathered in the capital.
Therefore, the strength of the local prefectures and counties was naturally not very strong, and the dozens of counties surrounding the capital did not even have any decent armed forces.
Yi County is located in the southeast corner of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and it is usually the kind of place that no one would pay attention to.
This is why the Great Light Cult chose this place as its missionary site.
Yang Sheng and his men from the Imperial Guard arrived in Yi County in the afternoon, but they didn't sneak into the county until late at night.
After all, Eunuch Han required them to be alive. If they launched a surprise attack during the day, and the enemy resisted arrest and they were accidentally killed, then this mission would be meaningless.
"According to the intelligence, all the wealthy families in Yi County have already joined the Great Brightness Sect, and even the county magistrate has become a puppet."
"Yang Sheng, are you really confident you can capture that sorcerer from the Great Bright Cult alive? Don't let things go wrong and drag us both down with you!"
Before even arriving at the hiding place of the Great Brightness Sect's heretics, Li Yuanlin began to pour cold water on their plans.
Yang Sheng glanced at the other party and said indifferently, "If Lieutenant Li doesn't want to do this, he can leave now. I won't report you to Eunuch Han."
Li Yuanlin snorted when he heard this. How could he possibly believe such a thing?
The group moved stealthily along the edge of the dark street, making almost no sound.
Yang Sheng was able to remain completely silent because his physical enhancement through blood and qi, as well as the physical enhancement through the power of Ying Gou, had surpassed the limits of ordinary people, giving him astonishing control over his physical body.
However, the other members of the Guardian Division were able to do this because they channeled their inner energy into their feet, making their footsteps light and silent, which Yang Sheng found quite strange.
Internal energy seems to be quite versatile.
A moment later, the group climbed onto the roof of the largest mansion in Yixian County, the Hu Family Mansion.
Everyone cautiously peered into the courtyard.
The courtyard was packed with hundreds of people, almost all of whom were prominent figures in Yi County.
At this moment, the prominent families in the county town were all kneeling there, staring longingly at a man in the center of the courtyard who was dressed in a yellow robe, with a buzz cut, and who looked neither like a Taoist priest nor a monk.
The man then produced a strange statue. The statue had four faces and eight arms, displaying joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness, but each face was extremely distorted, making it indescribably bizarre.
The four arms were of different lengths and slightly deformed, lacking any divinity and instead appearing eerie.
"The Holy Ancestor descended to protect all living beings."
May the world endure, and may we forever enjoy the light!
As the crowd chanted in hushed tones, the members of the Great Bright Cult formed hand seals, and the strange statue's belly opened, spewing out a dark, gooey substance.
The dark thing looked like a big clump of snot or jelly, but strangely, it seemed to be alive and wriggling.
Yang Sheng possessed strong mental power and keen eyesight; he could even faintly see vein-like structures pulsating on the object.
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