Chapter 294 How can we forget the ideals of the past? The world should not be like this
The imperial capital is closed.
Soldiers wearing armor and holding weapons began to move around, covering every street in the imperial capital.
The whole city is under martial law and there is a lot of noise.
I don’t know how many people were trembling, frightened and frightened.
Bang.
A loud noise was heard.
A big man holding a huge shield as tall as a man directly knocked open the door.
As the door shattered, a sword light bloomed instantly, like a peacock opening its tail, filled with dazzling colors and magnificence. Black light emerged from the giant shield, and strands of light gathered from all directions. Like hundreds of rivers returning to the sea.
With a bright and stunning sword, the light of the sword began to disappear, and finally the giant shield easily held the sword.
A cold voice sounded: "Another thief."
"Kill!"
The word "kill" sounded.
The soldiers poured in from behind and roars were heard.
After a while, the soldiers walked out, one of them holding a broken corpse in his hand.
A scribe in official uniform walked slowly from a distance. He covered his mouth. After taking a look at the body, he shook his head and said, "You are too cruel, and it is no longer possible to check the identity."
Immediately took a pen and started writing on the book, a seventh-grade unknown thief.
He left in a hurry immediately. Not only were the soldiers busy, but the clerk was also busy.
This time, the imperial capital was sealed off, the whole city was under martial law, and a frantic search was carried out for the Eighth-generation Heavenly Corpse Master.
Not only for the sake of the Eighth Heavenly Corpse Master, the Left Prime Minister Shangguan Taishi requested an order to purge the imperial capital of evil spirits and heretics.
For a place like the Imperial Capital to impose martial law once, the price would be too high.
Goods from outside the city can't come in, and people in the city can't leave. I don't know how much loss this will cause.
It may make a wealthy businessman go bankrupt overnight and become a beggar on the street.
So it is difficult for the imperial capital to close the city gates and impose martial law. What is even more difficult is to mobilize the army to search the entire city, and the county government, Liumen, garrison department, criminal department and other departments work together.
It would be too wasteful to just use it to deal with the Eighth Generation Celestial Corpse Master. It would be better to clean out the imperial capital directly.
The imperial capital is too big and harbors filth and evil. I don’t know how many evil spirits are hidden there. There are also some despicable gangs who do unscrupulous things.
In the past, Shangguan Taishi was not unclear, but it was very easy to deal with one or two of them.
No one dares to go against him. Even if it involves relatives of the emperor, it is easy for Shangguan Taishi to deal with it, but what about one or two people, ten or eight people, or even dozens or hundreds of people?
Even if he is the left prime minister, with a high position and power, one person is inferior to ten thousand people, he is still powerless.
But now the opportunity came, Shangguan Taishi took them all with one stroke of his pen.
No matter what their reasons are, those who dare to take the initiative will be killed without mercy.
Abducting, stealing, wounding, etc., the lighter cases will be arrested, and the serious cases will be killed.
If your identity is unknown, if you do not actively cooperate with the searchers, etc., you will be killed without mercy.
Kill, kill, kill! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
As a result, outside Shangguan Taishi's mansion, even if the whole city is under martial law, there is still a lot of traffic, completely blocking the streets. Various people in gorgeous clothes are now wiping the sweat from their foreheads and standing outside the mansion. I want to ask to see Shangguan Taishi.
backyard.
Shangguan Taishi was sitting by the lake, holding a fishing rod in his hand and looking at the calm lake.
A young man walked over in a hurry, looked at Shangguan Taishi who was calm, and shouted directly: "Father."
"Why did you arrest Brother Wang too?"< br>
"Brother Wang is a kind man and has never done anything harmful to nature. Now Brother Wang and his wife are kneeling outside. It is really pitiful. Let him go quickly."
Shangguan Taishi held a fishing rod in his hand and said coldly: "The first wave of temptation."
"It is indeed you, an incompetent guy."
"Brother Wang of yours, man People are said to be good, but it can be said that they are all powerful and aristocratic. He spends a lot of money, makes friends with heroes, and spends money like water. This is Where did the money come from?”
“The antiques, calligraphy and painting, and the magical skills that I gave you all cost tens of thousands of gold.”
“His apparent fortune must have been taken care of long ago. He couldn’t hold back, but instead of living beyond his means, he became more and more aggressive.”
"It's because one-tenth of the brothels in the imperial capital are his property, and forcing girls into prostitution is considered a minor offense. But when he sees a beautiful woman, he even dares to directly kill a whole family and arrest her into a brothel."
"He will never be able to atone for his sins. Not only will he die, but all the supporters behind him will be liquidated one by one. He cannot sustain such a big business."
"Go to Liumenmen and surrender. , if you are deceived, then the truth will naturally be revealed to you. If you are also a participant, I am not a heartless person. I will give up my cultivation, be sent to the frontier, and leave the Middle-earth China far away. Whether it is life or death, it depends on yourself. Good luck.”
“Father.”
A cry came out.
A man with a black beard shouted loudly. The beard above his lips was thick. The corners of his mouth were trembling at the moment. He said in disbelief: "The fourth child is just deceived."
"The fourth child is a human being. A kind person would never do such an evil thing."
"It is enough to lock the fourth child in the house and prevent him from going out."
Shangguan Taishi slowly. He put down the fishing rod in his hand, then turned to look at the middle-aged man and said, "Dalang, at this time, you should be working in the Ministry of Rites, rather than leaving privately."
Shangguan Taishi answered the question, but the middle-aged man stepped forward Taking a step, he stood in front of the young man, looked straight at Shangguan Taishi, and said in a deep voice: "Not long ago, after you returned to the mansion, you sighed deeply."
"At that time, I didn't know why you were worried, father. I thought it was because of His Highness."
"But now it seems that is not the case, but that you have other thoughts."
"Is it true that father Do you want to destroy your relatives for justice?”
“Yes? It’s my father’s intention to kill the family members out of righteousness, so let’s deal with it together. My mother and I can’t live together, but we can die together.” Family affairs, state affairs, world affairs.”
"Everyone has seven emotions and six desires. You can be upright and upright when it doesn't concern yourself. But when it involves you, you will inevitably take into account family ties. In the end, officials will protect each other and relatives will hide from each other."
"The fourth child came too quickly this time. You came back too soon."
"It proves that there is a hand behind the scenes that is controlling you. It seems that I am using the search for the Eighth-generation Heavenly Corpse Master to cut off the evil in the imperial capital and restore peace to the imperial capital. , which has offended the interests of many people.”
“Even you are just minions, and this is just the first step.”
“Next, someone with high authority will come forward to benefit. , coercion and inducement, and in the end they will even promise me that they will support me and clean up the imperial capital together, but don’t go into details.”
"This is good for you, good for me, and good for everyone."
"I have an explanation for the world, and they just lost one spokesperson, and they can support another one afterwards,"
中The young man couldn't bear to say: "My father has been doing things like this since he was the Prime Minister of the Left."
"Without smooth handling, playing both sides, and making political deals, how could my father be where he is today?"
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“The prime minister’s duty is to reconcile yin and yang, ease the relationship between officials and the emperor, and maintain the stability of the world.” “When it is time to step back, it is natural to take a step back.”
"Now that the imperial capital is under martial law, those gangsters and evil heretics will be killed."
"Even if many people are being raised, they will not see the light of day. A few people just participated in the shares, and were deceived like the fourth child, so they will be prosecuted. The implication is too wide. "
"Who dares to say that he is innocent? "
"Involving all the nobles, my father will stand on the opposite side of the world."
"Even if my father is the left prime minister, everyone will rebel against his relatives, and everyone will cry out for beatings. The good result is just to be dismissed from office, and he can't even have a good death. If the situation is a little worse, the family will be confiscated and the whole family will be exterminated."
"I This time I came back not only for my fourth son, but also for my father and the whole family. Young and old, think about it.”
“Father understands people’s hearts and is not such a stubborn person. How could he do such a thing today?”
“Please think twice.”
< br>The middle-aged man finally knelt down and hit his forehead heavily on the bluestone ground.
Shangguan Taishi watched this scene quietly. After a while, he spoke bitterly: "I have been enlightened since I was a child. I am talented and have little success. My teacher once asked me about my ambition."
"I didn't know how high the sky was at that time. , the words of the sage blurted out.”
“With the world in mind, I will bless the common people.”
“As an official, I will definitely benefit the people, so that the people will not pick up things on the road, and the houses will not be closed at night. I am the prime minister, and the world will be governed.”
“Back then. The teacher shook his head and said nothing."
"At first, I thought my mentor underestimated me. I must impress my mentor in the future."
"When I was seventeen years old, my mentor recommended me to become an official."
"I was warned at that time that the officialdom would be ups and downs. , people's hearts are fickle, don't forget your original intention. I was very high-spirited at that time and believed that there was nothing impossible in the world. The teacher warned me and dismissed it."
"But the year my teacher passed away, I sat in front of his grave and compromised the world. The words of the saint were all lies and empty words."
"If you don't make friends with big families, how can you collect taxes? If you don't make friends with aristocratic families, they will control public opinion. Who will speak for you?"
"I colluded with the powerful to suppress the people, bully the casual cultivators, obtain money, use it to bribe officials, make friends with the children of aristocratic families, and let them speak for me."
"Since then, my official career has been prosperous, and everyone has praised me. Whenever a place leaves, the powerful will control the people and send them the umbrella of the people. "
"Shangguan Taishi is poor and honest, loves the people like a son, and lives in the sky."
"Where did he come from to fight against the common people. The right to speak, what they listen to, what they believe, and what they say are all controlled by us.”
“When my mentor was alive for nearly fifty years, my official career was bumpy. It was difficult to get promoted, but I could die in my grave. After enlightenment and awakening, it took me less than ten years to be promoted to the head of the Sixth Department.”
"It will take more than ten years for me to rise to the rank of left prime minister."
"In this life, I can't even be called a mixed blessing, but it has been completely stained, and I am collaborating with the big clan."
"Establishing a party, excluding dissidents, and even seeing through the thoughts of Tianfei in power today, he began to secretly send Qingliu to attack Tianfei. The woman in power is Sichen the hen. She is a demon concubine, causing trouble in the world."< br>
“Now that the world is in chaos, it’s all because of the Demon Concubine. If the Demon Concubine falls, the government will definitely be peaceful and harmonious.”
“The pressure from the court forces Your Majesty to support the Concubine Tian more, so The number of dissatisfied people increases, and I can attract people's hearts and obtain their expenditures, and my power will increase day by day."
"This creates a situation where we are competing against the demon concubine. No one is dominant. This is the most stable situation for the emperor."
"Today, I use the concubine to suppress me, and at the same time, I use me to contain it. Concubine Tian, this is in line with the wishes of the emperor, so I have remained standing for so many years."
"Everything I have done has gone against my original intention."
< br>“The former Shangguan Taishi, who was full of passion and wanted to bring great order to the world, has long since died.”
“Not long ago, someone sent a relic of his mentor, which is a mirror.”
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"A very simple bronze mirror. When I looked into the mirror, I felt so strange to myself."
"Even I felt scared."
"I knew that this mirror was not my mentor. It was sent by future generations, but it was done intentionally.”
< br>"The purpose is also very clear. Tell me not to forget my original intention."
After listening to this moment, the middle-aged man finally changed his expression and spoke quickly: "Tianfei's cultivation has increased recently. According to legend, It was when Fairy Xuan of the Qing Dynasty came into the palace and gave her some advice.”
"The last step in the realm of heaven and man is the mind, the heart."
"This last step, whether it is strong or not, depends on whether the mind is strong or not."
"Being in the same realm, the strength is heavenly. "It's a big difference."
Shangguan Taishi nodded with satisfaction and said: "Dalang, you are as talented as me."
"You have grasped the key point." br>
"The touch of the Concubine, coupled with the relics of my former mentor, the words of advice, and a series of methods, this is completely tailor-made for me. It can be said to be perfect."
"I am moved."
“ The ideals of the past cannot be forgotten, and the world should not be like this."
Hearing this sentence, the middle-aged man's face suddenly changed and became pale and colorless. His lips began to move, and he was vomiting. Not a word came out.
After a while, he spoke hoarsely: "You have to change your way of living."
"Become a good official who is beneficial to the people of the world."
"This is not wrong. I have always advised my father that money is an external possession. How much is more."
"If you don't bring it with you in life, you won't take it with you in death."
"But my father went to realize his ideal, but now he has to take the lives of his relatives. How can this be okay?"
"Isn't it too much? Are you ruthless?”
"If my father hadn't been so disheartened and too lazy to teach the fourth child as he taught me, the fourth child wouldn't have become such a person who doesn't distinguish between good and evil."
"The fourth child's guilt lies with my father. "Half of it."
Shangguan Taishi didn't wait for the middle-aged man to finish, and waved his hand to interrupt the sermon: "Da Lang."
"You are simple in nature and kind. Ordinary people would not achieve what they have today.”
“Although I didn’t personally teach Shiro, I did invite famous teachers to teach the scriptures. He took the wrong path and it was entirely his own fault and he had no one to blame.”< br>
"I want to rectify my roots."
"How can I sweep the world if I don't sweep one house."
"From today on, I want to be a good official."
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