One morning in mid-June, after hearing the crowing of roosters outside the window, Tan Zong, who was sleeping in the bed, slowly opened his eyes, then put his hands behind his head, and looked at the roof intently.

After several months of careful planning, it was finally time to close the net today. Qiao Yu had secretly mobilized 8,000 elite city defense forces from Guangdong and Guangxi, hiding out at night, quietly entering Huguang, and lying around Liu Town, the town where the Merit and Demon Church is located.

According to the plan formulated by Tan Zong, the eight thousand city defense forces will attack Liuzhen this afternoon and destroy the Merit of Deity at the Liuzhen headquarters. In this way, the Merit of Deity of Deity in Huguang will be left without a leader and fall into chaos.

Just after breakfast, Huang Weijie called Lian'er and Bai Yu over. Looking at the backs of the two of them leaving, a hint of unaware smile appeared on the corner of Tan Zong's mouth. He had been pretending to be crazy for several months, and he could finally get rid of this torture this afternoon.

When Lian'er and Bai Yu came to Huang Weijie's room, they found that Ye Zhenshan and others were all in the room. Huang Weijie took out a secret letter he had just received and circulated it to everyone. The content on the secret letter surprised everyone.

The secret letter was sent by Huang Haiyang, Ye Hainiu and You Wuniang, who not only told Lian'er, Huang Weijie and others that Dongting Lake had surrendered to the court, but also told them that the government army was preparing to attack Liuzhen this afternoon, so that they could defend themselves in the yard and never conflict with the government army.

Huang Yanghai, Ye Hainiu and You Wuniang left code words and marks on it that only Huang Weijie, Ye Zhenshan and Lian'er knew. If there were only one or two code words and marks on it, then the letter might be fake, but now there are three code words and marks on it, then it must be true.

After reading the secret letter, Ye Zhenshan and others looked at each other. No one expected that things would change so dramatically. They all knew that Dongting Lake had started a war with the Wuchang Navy and the Changsha Navy. They thought they would fight to the death with the government army, but they transformed into people who helped the court to wipe out the meritorious religion, which was incredible for a moment.

"No one should go out today." After everyone finished reading the secret letter, Huang Weijie burned the secret letter and said to everyone with a serious expression, "Give me instructions, everyone will stay in the mansion today and be on guard in secret."

As Lian'er, Ye Zhenshan and others left, the yard they lived in immediately showed a loose outside and tight inside. The followers did not know what was going on, and no one could leave the yard.

Shortly after Lian'er returned to her yard, Lei Ting came to visit the mansion. She had made an appointment with Lian'er and Bai Yu yesterday and would go shopping with the two of them today.

Considering that the government army launched an attack on Liu Zhen in the afternoon, in order not to alert the enemy and aroused Lei Ting's alertness, Lian'er and Bai Yu went shopping with Lei Ting as promised, and the two decided to come back after lunch.

When Lian'er and Bai Yu went shopping, Tan Zong was naturally indispensable. Tan Zong followed them happily, looking as if nothing had happened.

Everything was going well, but after lunch, Lian'er and Bai Yu found that Tan Zong was missing. They asked the waiter of the restaurant and found out that Tan Zong followed a group of children playing in front of the restaurant.

When Lian'er and Bai Yu hurriedly found the group of children mentioned by the waiter, Tan Zong had already left. As for where he went, no one knew, which made the two of them anxious. Seeing that the government army was about to attack Liuzhen, Tan Zong would be very dangerous if he was outside.

"Don't worry, everyone in this town knows Mr. Li. He is a distinguished guest of our Deputy Gangmaster Liu. No one dares to be detrimental to him. Besides, with Mr. Li's skills, not to mention five or six people, even a dozen people cannot get close to him." Lian'er and Bai Yu anxiously looked for Tan Zong on the street. Unfortunately, there was no clue about Tan Zong. Just when the two were anxious and angry, Lei Ting smiled and said to them, "I'll ask someone to find Mr. Li, you can go back first. When there is news, I'll let someone come over to tell you. Maybe Mr. Li has already gone home now."

"Thank you, Sister Lei." Although Lian'er was anxious, she couldn't show it and said to Lei Ting with a smile.

Tan Zong ran out to play from time to time during the past few months in the town. Sometimes the guards responsible for protecting him lost their target halfway. Lian'er and Bai Yu were also worried at first, but every time Tan Zong could come back safely, and over time, the two of them felt relieved about him.

As Lei Ting said, since Tan Zong was wandering around Liu Town all day, no one in Liu Town now knew him. Everyone knew that he was a guest invited by Deputy Gangmao Liu. Who was so full that he went to cause trouble for him? Also, although Tan Zong was stupid, his skills were outstanding in the town. A dozen people were no match for him at all.

Faced with Tan Zong's sudden disappearance, Lian'er and Bai Yu were shocked in order not to arouse Lei Ting's suspicion, so they had no choice but to give up looking for Tan Zong and go back nervously.

Just as Lei Ting sent Lian'er and Bai Yu home, Tan Zong held two strings of candied haws in his hand and walked towards Liu's mansion while gnawing.

"Mr. Li, what's wrong with you?" The two big men guarding the gate knew Tan Zong, and one on the left asked with a smile.

"The deputy gang leader is going to treat me to delicious food tonight. I'll see what they are." Tan Zong smiled slightly when he heard this, swallowed the candied haws in his mouth, and said happily to the big man on the left.

Hearing this, two great men let Tan Zong in. Deputy Gangmao Liu fought hard for the meritorious religion in order to win over Dongting Lake, and took great care of Lian'er, Huang Weijie and others. Therefore, after hearing Tan Zong's words, the two great men thought that Deputy Gangmao Liu would invite Lian'er, Huang Weijie and others to have dinner at home in the evening, so they put Tan Zong in.

No matter what, the two great men could have imagined that in their eyes, Tan Zong would deceive them, which would kick off the destruction of the merit religion in Huguang area.

After entering the yard, Tan Zong swayed towards the yard where Deputy Gangmaster Liu lived while gnawing on the candied haws. He heard Lei Ting say that Deputy Gangmaster Liu was at home today and did not go out to do business.

Tan Zong walked along the way without any obstacles. When the maids and servants along the way made way when they saw Tan Zong, they made way. It was obvious that everyone knew him. Since he could enter the yard, he was a guest of the Liu Mansion. Who would dare to tell him anything?

However, when he came to the courtyard where Deputy Gangmaster Liu lived, Tan Zong was stopped by Deputy Gangmaster Liu's personal guards who were guarding the door. The guards did not receive news that Tan Zong wanted to see Deputy Gangmaster Liu, so he could not let him in.

"Tell your deputy gang leader that I am here to play chess with him." Seeing this, Tan Zong said calmly to the guard at the gate of the courtyard.

Upon hearing this, a personal guard immediately went in and reported to Deputy Gang Leader Liu. He soon transferred back and invited Tan Zong back.

When Tan Zong walked into the study, Deputy Gang Leader Liu was sitting leisurely on a chair drinking tea. He was surprised by Tan Zong's sudden visit and vaguely felt something was wrong.

"Young Master Li is here, I don't know what to give me advice?" Deputy Gangmaster Liu put down the teacup in his hand, stood up and smiled and said to Tan Zong.

"I'm here to play chess." Tan Zong smiled slightly when he heard this, sat down on the chair beside him, and said carelessly.

"Oh? I didn't expect that Mr. Li had some research on chess." Deputy Gang Liu saw that Tan Zong had sat down without anyone else, and seemed to not take him seriously. At the same time, he was quite surprised that he chose chess instead of Go, because Go was the leisure method for people in the upper class, and chess belonged to those ordinary people. As a rich child, how could Tan Zong choose chess?

Deputy Gang Leader Liu frowned slightly, then smiled and ordered the maid in the room, "Go and find a pair of chess."

The maid quickly brought a pair of ivory chess, and Tan Zong and Deputy Gangmaster Liu sat on both sides of a table, clearly placing carriages and horses on the chessboard, preparing to kill a plate.

Facing Tan Zong sitting opposite him with chess pieces in an orderly manner, Deputy Gang Leader Liu felt that Tan Zong seemed different from usual, and suddenly felt a strong uneasy in his heart. He couldn't understand where this uneasy came from, it was just an instinctive feeling.

Tan Zong plays red chess, and Deputy Gang Leader Liu plays black chess. After all, Deputy Gang Leader Liu is also a member of Uncle Tan Zong. In order to show respect for the chess players, Tan Zong took the initiative and took the lead in playing chess.

Although Deputy Gangmaster Liu is a Go master, his chess skills are only slightly higher than Tan Zong. The two sides fought back and forth, but I don’t know how long it took, Deputy Gangmaster Liu straightened up and a smug smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

On the board, the black chess has formed a siege against the red chess. Tan Zong only has the defense and has no offensive ability. He will lose as long as he takes a few more steps.

"Young Master Li, you are defeated." Sure enough, after a few steps, Deputy Gang Leader Liu placed the car in front of Tan Zong's handsome man and said to him with a smile.

"Deputy Gang Master Liu, have you heard that there are unexpected situations in the world?" Tan Zong glanced at the chessboard. His handsome guy had black chess around him and had no way out. So he stretched lazily, smiled slightly at Deputy Gang Master Liu, and then made an amazing move, reaching out and taking away the general on Deputy Gang Master Liu's chessboard.

"Deputy Gang Master Liu, if that happens, will you win this game or will I win?" Facing Deputy Gang Master Liu who stared at him with surprise, Tan Zong put the opponent in front of him and said with a smile.

At this moment, a man rushed in from outside, without asking Deputy Gangmaster Liu for advice, came straight to him, leaned over and whispered in his ear.

"What?" Deputy Gangmaster Liu was shocked when he heard this. His face turned pale. He seemed incredible. He grabbed the man's collar and asked with a gloomy face, "Say it again!"
Chapter completed!