Chapter 467: The Reincarnation of Fate (5k)
The capital, deep in the Tianshi Mansion.
The green branches of the big banyan tree swayed gently in the wind. Zhang Yan held the jade slips of the Book of Heaven in one hand and performed the interpretation again and again.
"The way of heaven" cannot accurately peek into the future, but it is different if it is the "past" that has already happened.
When the latest divination image was reflected in the eyes of the old Heavenly Master, all the priests in the Heavenly Master's Mansion heard a cry.
"What happened?"
"What is that sound? It's from the direction of the palace."
A priest walked out of his respective building and looked at the palace in surprise.
I saw an illusory dragon shadow hovering in the sky above the imperial palace, to be precise, in the direction of the Imperial Ancestral Temple, and then slowly disappeared.
"The dragon energy of Yu State is declining, the national movement is turbulent, and she failed to become a Zen." Zhang Yan sighed with a complicated expression.
The big banyan tree swayed, and a voice like the wind echoed: "Did something happen to Xu Zhenguan?"
"Not dead yet, but at least he was seriously injured."
The old Heavenly Master frowned, confused. Looking in the direction of Shenlong Temple, he was very sure that Xuan Yin had not left recently.
Is it Wuxiankui? Is he so powerful? Or some hidden existence outside the Yu Kingdom?
Zhang Yanyi realized that there was something fishy in it, but the battle of "Fengchan" involved three heavenly beings, and it was difficult for him to know who was involved just based on the hexagrams.
Zhang Yanyi suddenly raised his hand and grabbed it. The pieces of letter paper floated in the air, and the handwriting emerged on its own.
He was writing a letter quickly. The recipients were six disciples, including the Little Heavenly Master, who were traveling outside the capital.
Each letter contains only one order:
"Find Zhao Duan and bring him back."
The Heavenly Master has realized that the empress "has fallen" "The eight kings must rebel, and Zhao Du's safety is in danger. He did not participate in the internal fighting in the royal family of Yu State, and only saved Zhao Duan, which is not considered a breach of contract.
From the canopy of the big banyan tree, six white birds suddenly flew out. Each of them grabbed a letter with their red claws, fluttered their wings and flew nine days away, and soon turned into cranes.
"Send the order," the old Heavenly Master looked at the priest who knocked on the door and walked into the small courtyard, "The Heavenly Master's Mansion will be closed from now on."
Not participating in the struggle for imperial power, this is the Taoist sect's general altar The foundation of one’s life.
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Just when Xu Zhenguan was attacked and fell into the sea of clouds, Feng Chan failed.
The "eight kings" who scattered the nine and eighteen palaces of the Yu Kingdom all learned the outcome of the Battle of Luoshan through the induction of dragon energy by the royal blood.
Huaishui Road, Huai'an Prefecture.
The King of Huai'an, who is rich in figure and the most wealthy in the world, has a very ugly face. He turned to look at his son and daughter.
"Father, what happened..." the elegant and gentle princess Xu Junling asked softly.
The King of Huai'an shook his head and said: "I'm afraid, the assassination attempt on His Majesty has been successful."
As one of the eight kings, the "traitor" who secretly helped the court during the opening of the market in Huating, King Huai'an did not participate in this killing.
But with his intelligence capabilities, it is not difficult to know that the other princes are conspiring and make arrangements.
Sister Huang is dead? Or seriously injured? No, this is not the key. The key is that the world is about to be in chaos... Xu Junling looked pale:
"Father, what should we do?"
The King of Huai'an said calmly:
"Order to shrink our forces. We have no soldiers and will not participate in this chaotic war. Don't block anyone who wants to borrow the Huai River. We will wait for the development of the situation."
At the beginning of the army, "Seven Kings "They all have the same goal, which is to capture the imperial court and advance to Beijing to ascend the throne.
At this time, no one will take action against the King of Huai'an, so they are safe for the time being. When the world is settled, it will be the time of "liquidation".
"Father, sister, what are you talking about, why can't I understand?"
The crown prince Xu Qian looked confused, his eyes clear and stupid.
The king of Huai'an and the princess ignored him.
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Tieguan Road.
The King of Yanshan stood on the northern section of the city wall with his hands behind his hands. Even though it was summer, it was still not warm here.
Tieguan is not considered wealthy, and the Prince of Yanshan’s palace does not have many soldiers and horses, but the most valuable thing is fineness.
"Go down with the order and prepare to go south." King Yanshan said calmly.
The staff behind him hesitated and said:
"Your Majesty, although we are close to the capital, we want to go south, but we can't get around Jubei City. Now, the northern frontier troops are all captured by Na Luo. Defeat the enemy with one hand, I'm afraid..."
Luo Keene... King Yanshan's eyes were filled with gloom and anger. If Cao Guogong hadn't been captured at the end of last year, how could he be so passive now?
"Go south. Defeat the enemy? Oh, let's see if he is still loyal when he learns that his master is gone."
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Qingzhou.
In a wealthy mansion, King Heng’s laughter attracted the attention of everyone in the mansion.
When the eldest son Xu Zudi hurried to the back house, he couldn't help but said:
"Why is my father laughing?"
The fair-faced King Heng couldn't help but hurriedly said:
"Fengchan was defeated. Your imperial sister was afraid that something was wrong, so she quickly ordered an army to raise troops. The King of Yanshan was blocked by Jubeicheng, and the King of Hejian was blocked by Tang. The experts restrained them, and King Mu and King Jing were far away, and Chen Wang, the King of Lingnan has no ambitions...
After all, our Qingzhou soldiers are the closest to the capital and have a smooth road. We may be the first to enter the capital as 'King Qin'! As long as you ascend the throne first, you will be the crown prince in the future!"
Huh? Am I going to be a prince?
Xu Zudi's heart felt hot, and he walked out excitedly. After running a few steps, he suddenly remembered something and said:
"Father, the imperial court is in danger now. That Widow Xiao used to do both good and bad things..."
"Humph, I don't know the basics. The most important thing now is to enter the capital!" King Heng was very dissatisfied, "Then the Xiao family still has value for the time being. , wait until they have gained the country, and then exterminate their clan, wouldn’t it be ."
Xu Zudi patted his forehead, nodded in agreement, his eyes were filled with hatred:
"Xiao Dong'er, this bitch, teamed up with the man named Zhao to play tricks on my son, wait until the dust settles, and then one by one. Liquidation.”
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Xiping Road.
The King of Hejian summoned his retainers for an emergency meeting to formulate a strategy to advance eastward.
But when everyone looked at the border troops led by Tang Guogong, they all felt heavy in their hearts.
In recent years, due to Tang Guogong's presence, the Hejian Palace has been severely suppressed, and his subordinates have gathered many powerful forces. However, once they advance eastward, Tang Guogong's cavalry will soon catch up.
“Humph, I still don’t believe it. Is he so loyal?”
King Hejian waved his hand with a firm look in his eyes:
"Go and send a message, I want to talk to Duke Tang Guo!"
He knew that he wanted to seize power. If he could not get the support of Duke Tang Guo, the chance would be too great. Too slim.
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Binhai Road.
On a large river, several large boats were maneuvering.
The slender King Chen stood silently in front of the deck, looking at the "dragon energy" slowly seeping into the flesh and blood in his palms, and sighed.
"Husband, why are you sighing?" The princess walked out of the cabin and asked with concern.
King Chen frowned and said:
“I have never wanted to compete in the world and fight against the imperial court. It is just to protect myself. Now that Prince Jing and others have succeeded, I, Binhai Road, have also boarded a pirate ship. What should we do?”
The wise princess thought for a while and said:
"My Binhai navy is only good at water warfare. If we want to compete in the world, we have to walk and ride. Therefore, if we stick to Binhai Road, it will be difficult for foreign enemies to attack. If we attack , there is no doubt that they will fail.
For the current plan, we can only hold on to this corner and wait for the dust to settle before negotiating for another one. "It's not too late to have a stable life."
King Chen held the princess's hand, nodded in agreement, and said to the retainer behind him:
"Send the order to block the Binhai Road waterway from now on. . Prince Jing and Prince Mu are going to the capital, so let them go as long as they don’t invade our coastal area.”
"Follow your orders!"
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The most remote and barren Lingnan Road, the only special products are lychees and "issued" prisoners.
The King of Lingnan, who was dark and skinny like an old farmer, stood in a lychee garden, mindlessly directing a group of servants to pick lychees.
Suddenly, he was stunned, pushed the straw hat on his head with his hand, and looked towards the south.
"My lord, what are you looking at?" An officer held up a large bowl of tea under the bright sun.
The King of Lingnan finally came to his senses and muttered:
"The world is going to be in chaos. But what does it have to do with me? Anyway, I can't defeat anyone. No one can be the emperor of this miserable place. If you are too lazy to grab it, let’s fight it, let’s fight it, it will save us from having to pay tribute to lychees this year.”
He muttered for a while, took a few sips of the big bowl of tea, and lay down leisurely in the tree. Continue to sleep under the shade.
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But when the world was in chaos and the kings raised their armies.
To the west of Luoshan Mountain, hundreds of miles away, there is a remote bamboo forest.
A group of crows were circling on the ground grabbing food. Suddenly they flapped their wings and flew up in fear, making a "quacking" sound.
The air was distorted, and two figures appeared out of thin air, falling heavily into the forest covered with rotting leaves.
"Hmph."
Zhao Duan groaned, and before falling down, he subconsciously held the empress in his arms to his chest and landed on his back.
Unluckily, he fell on a rock, grinning slightly in pain.
Without time to complain, Zhao Duan rolled over and climbed up, nervously calling to the woman in his arms:
"Your Majesty? Your Majesty? Wake up!"
But no matter how he shouted, the unconscious empress showed no response.
In Zhao Duan's eyes, Xu Zhenguan was quite miserable at this moment. The dragon robe on his body was stained red by large amounts of blood, the crown on his head was lost when he fell off the cliff, and his black hair was messy and scattered.
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A face was as pale as paper, his eyes were tightly closed, his silver teeth were clenched, and his breath was extremely weak.
There were also waves of light cyan "qi" flowing on her face, making her peerless face seem to be covered with a layer of deathly energy.
She still held Tai'a Sword tightly in her hand, even though she was unconscious, she still didn't let go.
"Your Majesty!?"
Zhao Duan looked ugly and quickly touched the artery on the empress' neck with his hand, then forced his eyelids open and looked at her pupils.
When he realized that although the Empress' energy seemed to be as weak as silk, her inner pulse was still strong, he breathed a sigh of relief and his expression changed:
"It's okay...it seems like she is. Seriously injured, but far from life-threatening... Yes, Zhenbao has the power of heaven and man after all. Even if he is one against two, he will not die in battle..."
"I don't know where I am now. This teleportation gem is completely random, and I'm not familiar with the terrain here...I can't judge it at all!"
"But Luoshan can't be seen from here...it means escape. The distance is still enough, but I don't know if the 'Dharma God' and other enemies can catch up..."
Zhao Duan's thoughts flashed, he took a deep breath and forced himself to think calmly.
The top priority is to save the empress, rather than continue to run away without any purpose. Once you choose the wrong direction, you will be seeking death.
As for the chain reaction caused by the failure of Feng Chan and the disappearance of the empress... He could only force himself not to think about it for the time being.
Zhao Duan carefully picked up the unconscious female emperor with both hands, stood in the bamboo forest and looked around, and vaguely glimpsed a house in the distance.
He immediately hugged the empress and ran forward in large strides.
After a while, the scene in front of him gradually became clearer. Zhao Duan suddenly stopped and froze, with a sense of absurd fate appearing on his face.
I saw an earthly temple that had been abandoned for who knows how long standing in the bamboo forest. The temple was almost the same, not to mention that it was leaking air everywhere.
Of course this is not the southern suburbs of the capital, and what is in front of him is not the Earth Temple that he first saw after traveling to this world.
Just a coincidence.
After the big change, when I saw the temple again in the bamboo forest, why didn't I feel a sense of fate in my heart?
A year ago, he appeared outside the temple in the bamboo forest on the outskirts of Beijing and found that his life and death were hanging by a thread, with enemies everywhere.
A year later, he appeared again outside the Bamboo Forest Temple. His life and death were once again threatened, and everyone in the world was his enemy.
Shaking his head, Zhao Duan stopped thinking about it, kicked open the door and entered the Earth Temple.
The temple is not big and has a clear view. Perhaps because hunters who come into the mountains occasionally stay overnight, it is not that dirty inside.
In the temple, there was a tattered statue of a god hanging with cobwebs, half of its body and its head collapsed.
However, the stone platform in front of which the tributes were placed was still intact. Zhao Duan blew away the dust and placed the empress horizontally on the stone platform.
Immediately, he took out a lot of bottles and jars from the Taixu scroll, all of which were the various elixirs he had carried with him before his trip.
It mainly focuses on healing wounds, restoring Qi and mana, and detoxifying.
At this moment, he ignored everything and poured out the elixirs that he found useful. He opened the empress's red lips and stuffed them in one after another.
"Your Majesty? Have you taken the medicine."
Seeing that she couldn't swallow it, Zhao Duan took out the water bag on his body again, lifted her up slightly, and patted her back gently to invigorate her. Help her swallow the pill.
After doing this, Zhao Duan noticed that there was blood dripping down the edge of the stone platform.
His expression changed and he realized that Zhenbao's injuries were mainly on his back.
Zhao Duan climbed onto the stone platform and carefully turned the unconscious empress over, letting her lie on the stone platform. Then his eyelids twitched wildly and he found that the entire back of the dragon robe was soaked in blood.
"Your Majesty, I have been offended!"
According to the urgent matter, Zhao Duan whispered, then pierced the collar of the empress's dragon robe with his fingers, and gently dyed the dyed The bloody dragon robe was peeled off bit by bit.
Under the dragon robe, there is a pair of slightly deformed golden soft armor woven with gold threads.
"Armor?"
Zhao Duan was not surprised. Zhen Bao Feng Chan wears a self-defense weapon as a matter of course, and this golden armor must be extremely good.
But at this moment, a handprint was clearly imprinted on the golden armor, almost dented in, and the golden thread was stained red by the blood that seeped out.
Zhao Duan carefully took off the golden armor and put it aside, leaving only the white inner garment.
When his hands gently peeled off the last layer of clothing on Xu Zhenguan like an onion, the fair jade body of the Empress of Yu Kingdom came into view unpreparedly for the first time. The man's eyes.
Under her slender goose neck, her delicate and white skin was like a lamb, emitting a gleaming light.
The muscles are rich but the bones are weak, and the skin is as good as snow. A little too much is too much, and a little too thin is too thin. The black hair hangs down messily, lining the beauty's jade back, almost dazzling.
However, Zhao Duan was not in the mood to appreciate it at this moment. When he took off his inner clothes, a bloody palm print was faintly visible on the empress's back.
What kind of vicious slap was that?
The skin and flesh were almost cracked, and the perfect snow skin seemed to be crushed to pieces. The flesh and blood were blurred and dripping with blood, and it was almost stuck to the clothes.
"Dharma God! Mysterious Seal!"
Zhao Duan stared at the palm print, relying on the 'green lotus' in the sea of consciousness, he could vaguely detect the breath of Buddhism that was still lingering on the wound.
A rage burned in his heart, burning his reason.
Zhao Duan took a deep breath, and when he opened his eyes again, his eyes had returned to calmness, but the coldness between his eyebrows had solidified as if they were real.
Without hesitation, he flipped his wrist, took out the Black Turtle Seal and threw it into the air.
The Black Turtle Seal rotated slowly, and clear water shot down, washing away the blood on the Empress Jade's back. Zhao Duan turned his hand and took out the Golden Crow Flying Knife.
After pondering for a while, he took out another candle, lit it, fixed it on the stone platform with wax oil, and carefully burned the Golden Crow Flying Knife with the flame. Then he carefully used the hot blade to deal with the black and green knife, which was full of dirt. Bloody wounds.
"Half a step into the heavenly realm, I should be able to withstand the broken wind...but there is no need to take risks."
It was very quiet in the earth temple, with only the sound of wind and the crows in the bamboo forest. scream.
After a long time, Zhao Duan finally finished treating the wound, then kneaded the elixir in his palms and slowly pressed it on the empress's wound.
“Well…”
Even though he was in a coma, Xu Zhenguan seemed to feel the pain, and he groaned instinctively, his beautiful eyebrows slightly frowning.
On the back, thin, almost invisible body hair also stood up, as if resisting the strange man's touch against his owner.
"Your Majesty, I have been offended."
Zhao Duan whispered, covering the wound with his big hand and slowly rubbing the medicine in.
I just pretended not to hear the empress’ moans of pain.
Wait until the application is completed.
He hesitated for a moment, took off his coat, and used a flying knife to cut a piece of the brand new pajamas he had changed into for Zen today, cut it into strips of cloth, and made a simple bandage. The process He tried his best to avoid the place where he shouldn't look.
After doing all this, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and took out his spare set of gowns from the limited space of the Taixu scroll.
Putting it on the comatose empress - the blood-stained dragon robe is not the key, the problem is that it is too eye-catching.
When the empress put on his clothes, she changed from a majestic emperor to a weak woman.
"Well, the clothes are a bit too big, just put them on."
Zhao Duan looked down at Zhenbao, who looked a bit smaller because of his change of clothes, twitched the corner of his mouth and explained:
"The space in this scroll is limited, and there are no women's clothes."
"Well..." The unconscious empress frowned slightly, and she didn't know if she heard it.
When Zhao Duan said these words, he did not expect her to hear them at all. He laid the unconscious empress on her back on the stone platform and put the blood-stained dragon robe into the space.
As for the Tai'a Sword, just hold it in his hand for self-defense.
This magical weapon that outsiders could not hold was extremely peaceful in Zhao Duan's hands, trembling slightly with a hint of intimacy.
"Oh, now you are no longer the magic soldier of the country, and there are only three of us left here." Zhao Duan stroked the hilt of the sword, enjoying the pain.
He took a deep breath, cheered up and walked out of the temple, looking up at the sky.
Feng Chan was at noon, it was still afternoon, but there was a gloomy dark cloud slowly floating in the distance in the sky, covering the sky and the sun.
"It's going to rain..."
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