Chapter 158: Kill the Dragon Veins!
Zheng Fan had been to the imperial palace in Yanjing before. On that occasion, he followed Wei Zhonghe and Eunuch Wei for a long time.
In fact, the Imperial Palace of Yan State is not big. Although the former emperor expanded the palace due to his greed for arrogance and luxury when he was in power, after Ji Runhao succeeded to the throne, he carried out drastic reforms in the use of the palace. .
Ji Runhao is not an emperor who likes to enjoy himself. He does not like palaces, grand buildings, or gardens. Even the royal meals on weekdays seem a bit simple.
As for women,
To use what Xiaoliuzi once said to Zheng Fan,
that is, his father should not love women,
because he has always been willing to give up on his wife. Cruel hand.
This is a cruel emperor. Xiao Liuzi has never seen a "machine". If he had seen it, he would probably describe his father as a heartless machine.
As for the concubines in the harem, he does not have too many likes and dislikes of his own. When he chooses queens and concubines, he chooses the family behind the woman. For Ji Runhao, a woman is an important person in politics and the inheritance of the family line. Tool symbol.
For every king, there are always some "romantic anecdotes" spread out, and the people also talk about them.
But Ji Runhao didn't, and he was too lazy to make such adjustments.
Two of his women had their families destroyed by him.
After meeting Zheng Fan, he once said with emotion,
Even if I don’t care about my son, can this kid not care in his heart?
This is really more than just words.
Tian Wujing killed everyone in his family. The third prince was the tool Tian Wujing used to vent his grievances. Ji Runhao acquiesced to the deal, and still "appreciated" Zheng Fan, the "tool executor" Look at this subject from his own perspective.
In many romantic dramas, there is often the pretentiousness of "the emperor is ruthless", but in Ji Runhao, there is no such impurity at all.
At this time,
In the pavilion of the Imperial Garden,
That's where Zheng Fan and Zhenbeihou were roasting lamb legs.
It was snowing outside.
Ji Runhao was sitting in the pavilion. Opposite him, an old man in a coat sat. There was a chessboard between them. The chess game was coming to an end.
It is bitterly cold in the Yan region. Even though Tiancheng County is not the northernmost part of the Yan region, its winter is still tough.
It’s just that this winter, there are so many people who have to suffer, so many that many people seem to have forgotten about the weather.
In the pavilion, a middle-aged man with a long beard and eyes closed was sitting on his knees, as if he was asleep. Behind the man, there was a young eunuch who was also kneeling there, serving tea and water according to the situation.
Wei Zhonghe, who had been inseparable from Ji Runhao, was no longer with Ji Runhao at this time.
The white-haired old man playing chess with Emperor Yan is the Minister of Rites of Yan State, and his face is already covered with some age spots.
"Haha, I lost."
Ji Runhao reached out to pick up the tea cup and took a sip of tea.
Ning Fangsheng, the Minister of Rites, cupped his hands and said:
"Your Majesty's chess skills have improved."
This is a ruthless emperor, this is also a ruthless emperor, but at the same time He is also an emperor who is easy to get along with.
When you play chess with him, you don’t have to give in, and you don’t have to deliberately try to please him.
“It makes Mr. Ning laugh, but I haven’t touched the chessboard in a few days.”
As he spoke,
Yanhuang looked at the middle-aged man kneeling next to him,
and saw him sitting slumped with his eyes closed and his lips trembling from time to time due to breathing. And if you turn it gently and listen quietly, you can still hear snoring.
Although it was snowing outside the pavilion, the surroundings of the pavilion were covered with quilts. There were wool blankets inside the pavilion, and there were three charcoal pots inside, which could be said to be quite warm.
"Zhao Jiulang."
The middle-aged man's body trembled, he opened his eyes, and then muttered with some dissatisfaction:
"Your Majesty, I finally fell asleep."
This middle-aged man is, surprisingly, The Prime Minister of the Great Yan Dynasty.
"These days, I have suffered a lot from you."
Emperor Yan didn't care about the other party's attitude.
"Bitterness is nothing. What I'm afraid of is that there's no place for suffering. I'm not afraid of His Majesty's jokes. These days, although my body is so tired that I'm about to fall apart, my heart is full of joy."
"Don't say nice words. "
"Your Majesty, you know, sir. I never say anything nice to you."
"Okay, okay." Ji Runhao waved his hand, looked at the Minister of Rites, and said, "If I remember correctly, Mr. Ning was in Qian Junior High School. Lift?”
Ning Shangshu nodded and said:
"Your Majesty is amused. When I was young, I was indeed a little unruly."
Qian State implements the imperial examination system, which is equivalent to the provincial examination.
Yan people can go to Qianguo to take part in the imperial examination.
All of this has to start a hundred years ago. After the first generation of Zhenbei Hou defeated the Qian Kingdom's army, Ma stepped on the three northern counties of Qian Kingdom and forcibly forced the original Qian Kingdom people in the three counties to move to Yan.
Later, after the war between the two sides, Qian Guo probably wanted to promote "kingdom" or expand his influence through "cultural" invasion, so he stipulated that the children of the original three northern counties could Enter Gan and take part in the imperial examination.
This tradition has been continued, and it has gradually been opened up to the point where literati in the Yan Kingdom, regardless of their ancestral origin, can enter the Qian Kingdom to participate in the imperial examination.
It can be said that except for the use of force, the people of Qian are very proficient in other aspects.
But correspondingly, all the emperors of Yan have maintained an open attitude in this regard.
One really dares to accept people for exams, and the other really dares to let people take exams.
As for whether there is a loss of talent, yes, there is, but there will always be people coming back.
When Ning Fangsheng was young, he passed the imperial examination in Qian State, but in the end he did not go to Beijing to continue the examination.
"What Mr. Ning said is serious. I, Dayan, did not take the imperial examination before. It is my fault, Dayan. I have treated a scholar like Mr. Ning badly."
"Your Majesty said it hard. ”
Ning Shangshu immediately knelt down.
"That's all, get up, Mr. Ning. What I mean is that next year, I will prepare to hold the imperial examination, and I will ask Mr. Ning to be responsible for running it. This is a trick to invite Mr. Ning to do it first. Take it back
Mr. Ning is also aware of my temper. I am really too lazy to deal with the drama of asking for and resigning three times. "
"My lord, as a scholar of Dayan, I would like to thank the Lord for your kindness! ”
Ning Shangshu reached out and took the note of his resignation.
The Ning family is actually a powerful family, but it is not a top family, and when the Zhenbei army stepped on the family, He took the initiative to hand over most of his land and property, so he was forgiven.
But Ning Shangshu felt that he could no longer stay in the business, so he submitted a letter to resign.
However, now that His Majesty the Emperor is about to hold the imperial examination, and Dayan has been subject to the imperial examination for the first time in hundreds of years, there is no reason why Ning Shangshu should not continue to work in this position. The significance of this matter is really too important.
In the past, not everyone in the Emperor of Yan knew the benefits of the imperial examination system, but no matter how powerful the clans were, the imperial examination was tantamount to competing for political resources with the clans. This was the root cause of the clans, and the clans would naturally not agree.
But now, the problem is solved.
Ji Runhao pointed at Zhao Jiulang and said with a smile:
"You are also from Huaiya Academy, why didn't you go to the Qianguo examination hall?"
Zhao Jiulang smiled and said:
"Why waste so much time? I want to do something, but I don't want to be a paper minister."
Ning Shangshu's face immediately turned red. .
The Minister of Rites is the most noble among the six, but he is also the one with the least power.
Especially the "etiquette" culture is not valued very much in Yan State.
It is possible to go to Qianguo and take the imperial examination and become an official after returning to China, but it is almost impossible to actually become a powerful official. After all, the background and position will inevitably be a bit ambiguous.
Zhao Jiulang’s words are undoubtedly a slap in Ning Shangshu’s face, but because Zhao Jiulang has great power and prestige in the court, and he has shown great power in the process of presiding over the liquidation of the clan. There was a sense of existence, so Ning Shangshu did not dare to express any dissatisfaction with Zhao Jiulang's words.
“You, you, can’t speak well?”
“Your Majesty, there are too many things going on, and I don’t have the energy to beat around the bush.”
“I know you are working hard. .”
Ji Runhao stood up.
After he stood up, Zhao Jiulang and Ning Shangshu also stood up.
“Open it.”
The eunuch outside immediately opened the quilt outside the pavilion.
Outside, it is still snowing, but the sky seems much gloomier this time.
Outside the pavilion, there is a chariot.
Emperor Yan walked on the chariot and sat down.
"Mr. Ning, sit down for a while. The imperial kitchen will send ginger soup soon to drive away the cold, and then leave the palace."
Ning Shangshu saw Zhao Jiulang accompanying the emperor. After walking outside the pavilion, knowing that he could not say no at this time, he immediately thanked him and said:
"My emperor is kind."
Ji Runhao looked at Zhao Jiulang again and said:
"The chariot is too small, so I won't invite you to sit with me."
Zhao Jiulang smiled and said:
" I just took a nap inside and just took a walk to relieve my fatigue."
Ji Runhao nodded,
Said:
"Qiming Hall."
"Drive the Qiming Hall!"
The team began to march. The number of people in the team was not large, and they were responsible for the front and rear of the carriage. There were four strong eunuchs and one eunuch accompanying them. In addition, there was only Zhao Jiulang.
“Kuroro, I’m curious about something.”
Emperor Yan sat sideways on the chariot and looked at Zhao Jiulang.
"Your Majesty, you say."
"The war in the south has been delayed until now. As the prime minister, you have not mentioned a word in court, not even in private. One letter, why?”
"Your Majesty, you are joking. I know what my abilities are. I don't understand the matter of fighting. Naturally, I won't ask more questions about things I don't understand."
"As the Prime Minister, You still need to understand a little bit.”
"Your Majesty, you are either proficient in anything in this world, or you know nothing about it. What you are most afraid of is knowing half of it and not knowing half of it. This is the easiest way to do bad things."
"Go back and read the book of war."
"I obey the order. I hope that after reading the military manual, I can chat with His Majesty."
"You, you."
Qiming Palace, here we are.
This palace is located in the northwest corner of the palace. During the reign of the late emperor, many new palaces were built. After Ji Runhao succeeded to the throne, they were basically converted into offices of the imperial government. However, this Qiming Palace still remains. Come down.
Because that person lives in this temple.
On the steps of Qiming Hall, there were two young eunuchs sweeping away the snow.
After seeing the emperor's carriage, he immediately put down his broom and knelt down.
The chariot stopped,
Ji Runhao got off the chariot.
At this time, a figure in black robe appeared at the door of Qiming Hall.
The five eunuchs beside Ji Runhao all knelt down and
called:
“I have seen the master.”
In the Yan Palace, there is only one person who can be called "Taiye", and he is the ancestor of all the eunuchs in the inner palace.
Even Wei Zhonghe cannot receive this treatment. Even if Wei Zhonghe comes here in person, he still has to kneel down and kowtow respectfully.
Zhao Jiulang did not kneel down but bowed down.
The old man in black robe on the steps, although his body is incomplete, has made great contributions to the entire Dayan.
Without him, there would be no His Majesty Dayan today, and there would be no great situation for Dayan today!
This time, Zhao Jiulang, the prime minister, bowed willingly.
Ji Runhao climbed up the stairs. Zhao Jiulang straightened up and followed him two steps behind.
When Ji Runhao walked up and stood in front of the old man in black robe, the old man in black robe knelt down and saluted:
"Xue Yi, your Majesty! ”
Ji Runhao did not reach out to help, but smiled and said:
"Uncle Xue, my father had decreed that you do not need to salute anyone in Dayan."
Xue Yiti He started and said:
"This is what it should be."
There is another sentence that Xue Yi did not say, but Emperor Yan understood in his heart that this may be the last salute.
"Uncle Xue, are the rice cakes ready?"
"Your Majesty sent someone to tell you this morning. Just after they are steamed, it is the time to stick to your teeth."
Yan Huang rubbed them Rubbing his hands, he said:
"Then I really can't wait."
The furnishings of Qiming Hall are extremely simple. It is said to be a palace, but there are beds and tables inside. There is also a kitchen.
On weekdays, Xue Yi would not leave the Kaiming Palace at will.
The steamer on the stove was still steaming. Emperor Yan found a futon and sat down, motioning for Zhao Jiulang to sit down too.
Soon, Xue Yi came over with two pieces of rice cakes, tore off two pieces with his hands, gave one piece to the emperor, and handed the other piece to Zhao Jiulang.
"Prime Minister, you should try it too."
Zhao Jiulang quickly thanked him and took it. In front of this old man, he did not dare to take it lightly.
Yanhuang tore off a piece, put it in his mouth and chewed it. The cake was very sweet. In fact, there was nothing added in it, but it was delicious.
Zhao Jiulang followed suit and ate the food. The more he chewed, the more delicious it became. It was indeed delicious.
“Uncle Xue’s cake, I will never forget it in my life. I want to take a few bites from time to time. It is best to use it for breakfast in the morning. After it is steamed and served with porridge, it is so comfortable to eat. "
Xue Yidao:
"I have taught this method of steaming cakes to a smart boy below."
From now on, he will cook it for His Majesty to eat.
Zhao Jiulang looked at Xue Yi and then at His Majesty. He noticed something, but there was no problem. He just focused on eating the cake.
“Drink sugar water.”
Xue Yi made two more cups of brown sugar tea.
The candy is not very pure and contains a lot of impurities, but when you take a bite of the cake and then take a sip of the sugar tea, the taste is really good.
Emperor Yan ate most of the cake by himself and said while licking his fingers:
“I still remember when we were young, what Liang Ting and I liked to do most was to pester Uncle Xue to make us cakes.”
Xue Yi Hearing this, a kind smile appeared on his face,
said:
"Zhenbei Hou rarely had any good food when he was a child, so he pestered me to make cakes for him. .”
"I have to take two cakes out later and ask someone to send them to him to taste."
It is winter now, and the cakes can be stored for a long time, even if they are frozen hard, put the stove on when cooking Steam it on the altar and it's ready to eat.
The people of Yan State like steamed cakes the most in winter, and they are also a good gift for people during the New Year.
"Yes, yes, I steamed more this time. It's enough, it's enough. I'll give it to your highnesses to try."
The highnesses, of course, are referring to Emperor Yan's. Several princes.
Emperor Yan shook his head and said with a smile:
"These brats can't look down on this kind of food. Alas, they have never lived a hard life."
"Your Majesty, the predecessors So isn’t it just to endure hardship so that future generations can enjoy happiness?”
Emperor Yan nodded, "Uncle Xue is right. The predecessors endured hardship just for the enjoyment of future generations."
"Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow... Crash..."
Outside, there were bursts of noise.
Zhao Jiulang looked outside the palace and said to the emperor:
"Your Majesty, it is hailing in the sky today."
Emperor Yan stood up and walked to the entrance of the palace.
Above the palace, there was a huge darkness, and small hailstones fell in large pieces.
Xue Yi walked up to Emperor Yan, bowed and said:
"Your Majesty."
Emperor Yan's face remained calm,
said slowly:
< br>“What is supposed to come, will come.”
"Roar!"
A low roar came from below Qiming Hall.
According to legend, in the Imperial Palace of the State of Yan, there lived a great master who had all the eunuchs;
It was also said that in the Imperial Palace of the State of Yan, there lived a brave man with the highest bloodline.
"Your Majesty, I have been nourished by Yan Ding for decades and I am ready. I have been worried that I will die of old age before this day.
My ancestors bless you, Your Majesty, you cannot make me wait any longer. ”
Suddenly,
more than a dozen eunuchs wearing red eunuch uniforms appeared in the small square in front of Qiming Palace.
These eunuchs, all He was the talker of one of the yamen in the palace. He was a prominent figure both inside and outside the palace.
At this time, more than a dozen red-robed eunuchs knelt down together:
"This servant is here to see Your Majesty, and this servant is going to say hello to Your Majesty."
On the palace wall, groups of forbidden troops began to set up defenses.
Ji Runhao waved his hand and said
“Such a big battle really gives them face.”
Xue Yi then said:
"Your Majesty, why don't you give them this little face?"
Said,
Xue Yi stepped forward and walked out of the palace door. A layer of black energy began to surround his body, and when the hailstones in the sky were about to touch his body, they turned into mist and dispersed.
The Emperor Yan stood with his hands behind his back,
He opened his mouth and said:
“Xue Yi, listen!”
…………
“A sneeze! A sneeze! A sneeze!”
The old man sneezed several times in a row,
Then,
Pinch the tip of his nose with two fingers,
“Humph…………”
Walk his hand,
Then Wiped it with his sleeve.
The downtrodden swordsman smiled and said:
“Tell me, what would the disciples and grandsons in the country look like if they knew that their ancestors came to Yan country and almost died of cold?”
The old man glared at the down-and-out swordsman angrily,
said:
"I am cultivating the great road. What do you know? This is called sacrificing one's own body to pursue the great road!"< br>
"Yes, yes, everything you say is right, everything is right."
This is a thatched house in the suburbs of Beijing. The old man sat down cross-legged, and then spread his hands.
For a time, eighteen white lotuses rose up in the dark room.
Inside the house, lotus flowers are immediately fragrant.
“Eighteen white lotuses, seventeen have bloomed, why is one still wilted?”
The old man replied:
"When it comes to things in this world, you are most afraid of going too far and not going as far as you want. Leave a thin line in everything, and that is the right way."
"Don't talk nonsense, it is obvious that you will not be able to raise the last flower."
“Shut up!”
“I said, why don’t you borrow some luck from the Emperor of the Zhao family and open this last lotus for you?”
"Oh, do you think I can be like the one in the palace above, able to be blessed by the fortune of the country and practice?"
"Tsk, this Emperor Yan is also a generous man, he even borrowed this thing just because he asked for it. , our emperor seems a bit stingy.
I heard that the man in the Yanhuang Palace saved the lives of the Yanhuang family. Why didn't you come to me earlier? I'll find someone. Opportunity, assassinate the emperor of our family, you come out to save me, why would you let me get involved without any reason?” The fortune of the country is like boiling water. If you divide it into pieces, you will be divided. What is our Emperor Zhao like? "
The downtrodden swordsman shook his head and said:
“I can only practice swordsmanship, but I don’t understand your sects. I think you old man is very interesting. Are all you Qi practitioners like this? , until the end of practice, no one has the power to restrain a chicken?”
< br>“It is natural to practice cultivation, resonate with heaven, and give up the physical body. Moreover, if you stay in the human world, every move you make is easily involved in cause and effect. Therefore, you should not kill people at will. Cause and effect are easy to tie but not easy to unravel.”
“It’s so annoying.”
"Just wait and see. The paths we take are different. Your sword can kill people, but my sword can kill the fate of a country!"
"Okay, I'll wait and see."< br>
After that,
the poor swordsman pushed open the broken door of the thatched house, walked out, and closed the door smoothly.
In the courtyard outside the door, there is a eunuch wearing a green robe standing. Who is it if it is not Wei Zhonghe?
The down-and-out swordsman didn't seem to be surprised at all by Wei Zhonghe's appearance.
He just carried his sword and said
"Thank you, Eunuch Wei, for welcoming me."
“On your Majesty’s order, I am here to welcome Mr. Baili.
Although it was an imperial order, our family was lucky to see Mr. Baili in person. ”
Bailifeng, nicknamed Baili Sword.
In the early years, there were good people in the world who commented on the swordsman list, the clichéd "Four Swordsmen", and it was extremely clichéd with four The great states belong to one.
The state of Jin has a sword master, and the state of Chu has a sword maker.
These three are all figures in the world of martial arts. They are carefree and carefree, which is in line with people's imagination of swordsmen in the world of martial arts;
The sword master of the Jin Dynasty is a swordsman who travels to various countries to practice swordsmanship, looking for people to challenge him. ;
No sword maker in Chu State has seen him take action, but the Sword Master's sword and Baili Feng's sword were both presented by him. In his opinion, only a true swordsman can Worthy of the sword he forged.
Perhaps it was due to the mutual praise between the two sides. The reason why the Chu sword maker who had basically never made a move was ranked among the four great swordsmen was because of the words of the Jin sword master:
The reason why he is making swords is to make a sword that he thinks can match him.
The world needs praise, and this compliment from the Sword Master of the Jin Kingdom directly raised the status of the sword maker.
I don’t know if this was a compliment that the sword master said after receiving his sword.
The other one, that is, the one from the Yan Kingdom, is not a person from the Jianghu. Zheng Fan has met him. His name is Li Liangshen, and he is one of the seven generals of the Zhenbei Army.
"Tsk, tsk, Eunuch Wei, stay out of sight, I can't speak." Baili Jian replied.
Wei Zhonghe shook his head and said:
"I just ask Mr. Baili, please don't think our family is too verbose."
"Where is it? But why are you the only one here, Eunuch Wei?"
The Baili Sword is in hand. The scabbard of his sword pierced into the frozen soil under his feet, he rested his hands on it, and asked while looking around.
"The Jianghu matter is the Jianghu matter."
Wei Zhonghe placed his hands by his side, with a faint green light lingering, and continued:
"None of our family came here as the Master of Ceremonies."
"Oh, Emperor Yan is quite brave. I was thinking that this sword would make me drink more." There is some blood.”
“Mr. Baili is joking, your sword can kill our family, but after killing our family, you will The sword is mostly useless.
Of course, if Mr. Baili is willing, our family is willing to just accept the sword intention that has been stored for so long. Even if we die, it will be us. The honor of the family.”
“Eunuch Wei, I don’t look down on eunuchs.”
"Yeah."
"But I still feel that if my sword intention falls on you, I feel a bit disadvantaged."
"That's fine, you don't use that sword intention , if you can’t kill our family, our family can always stand here, and you can’t go anywhere.”
Baili Jian turned his head and looked at the thatched house behind him,
said. ：
"Where are the people there, you just don't care?"
Wei Zhonghe smiled and said:
"Your Majesty said, if you care too much about the affairs of Jianghu people, it will seem too cheap."
"Ouch, tusk tusk, it's a pity that your Emperor Yan doesn't practice swordsmanship."
Wei Zhonghe smiled and said nothing.
"That lunatic from the Jin Kingdom, with just one sentence, forcefully pushed the sword-making idiot to the seat of the Four Great Swordsmen. If His Majesty Emperor Yan also practiced swordsmanship, wouldn't he be able to seal him out of this world casually? The Eight Great Swordsmen or even the Eighteen Great Swordsmen?”
Wei Zhonghe continued to smile without saying a word.
Seeing that Baili Jian received no response,
continued to say in an extremely puzzled tone:
"You guys really don't care about that old kid?"< br>
Wei Zhonghe smiled and shook his head:
“I don’t care.”
“Then I have traveled thousands of miles to come here to you, hungry and cold, so don’t I have nothing to do?”< br>
The old man came with Baili Jian,
just to ask Baili Jian to protect himself.
Because the old man needs to be close to Yanjing City, it takes a certain amount of time, and he needs someone to protect him.
Wei Zhonghe pointed behind him and said
"If Mr. Baili is willing, there are warm wine and hot dishes ready under the city wall."
< br>“No, no, no, no…”
Baili Jian shook his head,
"That would be too shameful. The old kid inside is too stingy. Let's just stand like this. If you don't move, I won't move either."
Wei Zhonghe nodded,
"Okay."
"Yeah, but it's still too boring. You are a eunuch, and I can't talk to you about dirty things. It's boring."
< br>
Wei Zhonghe continued to smile without saying a word.
“Li Liangshen is not in Yanjing?”
Wei Zhonghe shook his head,
“General Liangshen is not in Yanjing.”
“It’s outrageous. It's outrageous. You knew I was coming, but you didn't ask Li Liangshen to come and accompany me. This is so disrespectful. I'm really afraid that my sword heart will be itchy and I won't be able to control it."
Wei Zhonghe still maintained the same smile that seemed to have remained unchanged for thousands of years,
said:
"If Mr. Baili feels itchy in his sword heart, you can come to my Dayan Jianghu, my Dayan It is not as large as the Qian Kingdom, but the world of Dayan is also It's equally exciting."
"Oh, I don't have that much time."
"Mr. Baili can also go to Yinlang County, or to the three sides of Qianguo. I, Dayan Iron Cavalry, are here. Mr. Baili is waiting there.”
"Are you threatening me?"
Wei Zhonghe nodded and said:
"You finally heard it."
"Oh, you Dayan Cavalry is amazing. !”
Wei Zhonghe continued to nod and said:
"It's really amazing."
"..." Baili Sword.
While the two were talking,
in the thatched house,
suddenly a loud shout came out,
Sounds like thunder from the sky rippled out:
“I have hidden my master, and I have seen His Majesty the Emperor Yan!”
………
“I have hidden my master, and I have seen His Majesty the Emperor Yan! Your Majesty!”
On the field outside Qiming Hall,
An old man's shadow appeared.
Beside the old man, eighteen lotus flowers were looming.
As soon as the old man appeared,
more than a dozen red-robed eunuchs immediately surrounded him.
Xue Yi took three steps forward,
Facing the old man,
he said:
“Master Zang, I have admired you for a long time.”
In the east, the trend of Qi refiners is prevalent.
As small as telling fortunes on the street, eating, drinking and making money, as big as deciding the fate of the country with a single word.
Different from the four great swordsmen and the four great kingdoms,
among the Qi Refiners,
only one person stands at the top,
that is Zang Fuzi of Qian Kingdom .
"How long have you admired me?" Master Zang looked at Xue Yi standing on the steps in front of him, with a disdainful smile on his lips, and said: "Only you, if you hadn't been able to survive by inhaling the fortune of the Yan Kingdom for decades, You are not even qualified to stand in front of me!”
Xue Yi nodded and said:
"It is true."
The style of Qi refiners is the most popular in the Qian Kingdom, because including the predecessor dynasty of the Qian Kingdom and the Qian Kingdom itself, there have been many obsessed The Emperor of Qi Practitioners.
What is good at the top will be bad at the bottom.
Xue Yi was not the most talented Qi practitioner. He was able to achieve his current state because two generations of emperors of the Yan Kingdom allowed him to use the Yan Cauldron to absorb the fortune of the country and practice.
Master Zang’s eyes passed through Xue Yi and looked at Emperor Yan who was standing behind him.
He said:
“Your Majesty, Emperor Yan, the common people in the countryside want to negotiate a deal with you. .”
Emperor Yan did not speak.
Zangfuzi continued with a smile:
"Your Majesty, Emperor Yan, you see, your great country of Yan is really enviable." Three lotuses collapsed directly.
The next moment,
above the Qiming Hall,
An illusory black dragon figure appeared, like a mirage.
The black dragon is circling, its head facing the sky, with the aura of looking down on the world!
A few months ago, all qualified Qi practitioners in the world were shocked by the power of the black dragon when they took risks and paid a huge price to predict the fate of the country!
This means that the power of Yan State, like burning oil cooking in a raging fire, has reached its peak!
When Tian Wujing committed suicide and destroyed his whole family, his uncle also said similar words to him.
Zhao Jiulang still held the rice cake in his hand. He took a bite, looked up, took another bite, and looked again.
In my heart, I actually feel quite satisfied.
Because he knows that this black dragon also has his contribution.
Xue Yi spread his hands, and black energy rose rapidly from his body, echoing the black dragon in the sky.
"Master Zang, since I am here, I want to see if you can cut off my Great Yan Dragon Vein!"
The disdainful smile on Master Zang's face still did not dissipate,
said:
"Okay, I really don't believe you can stop me, but I am here just for peace. His Majesty, Emperor Yan, makes a deal behind you Business.
Your Majesty, Emperor Yan, I don’t have to kill you, but I want you to withdraw your troops immediately and issue an edict in person. You will not go south to attack Qian for the rest of your life!"
Said! by
Another lotus collapsed next to Master Zang,
A silver wave of air swept up, forcing the black dragon shadow upwards,
"Otherwise, your Great Yan Dragon Veins will no longer exist today." Exist! ”
The best qi master in the world today enters the imperial city based on his form and spirit, and uses the dragon vein as a guide to force the king of the world to give in!
Xue Yi raised his head and looked forward,
Said:
“Try it!!!”
A sad will to die has already spread out.
Zhao Jiulang put the last bit of rice cake in his hand into his mouth, and then imitated the emperor's previous actions, putting his fingers in his mouth and licking it a few times indecently.
I thought to myself, no wonder I felt strange when I saw the master of the palace eunuchs today. The previous scenes were just to explain the funeral arrangements.
Faced with this situation, the Prime Minister of Dayan did not have any fear.
In fact, when Tian Wujing killed his family, Tian Wujing's uncle once warned Tian Wujing to be careful of those who practice mysticism in the world and come with extraneous techniques.
Now, the prophecy of the Tian family’s uncle has come true.
Faced with this threat,
Yan Huang’s face still showed no fluctuation at all,
He just said:
"Xue Yi, listen to the order!"
The old man in black robe in front trembled when he heard the words, and turned back to look at his Majesty with some confusion, but still He walked back a few steps, knelt down,
and said sincerely:
“I am here!”
"Return to the Qiming Hall and don't take action."
Xue Yi looked up at his Majesty with some surprise,
You know,
This dragon vein, even if he fights to protect it, , there is a certain probability that he will not be able to save it. If he doesn't take action, the hidden master will definitely be able to cut off the dragon's veins!
“Accept the decree.”
Emperor Yan spoke.
Xue Yi looked struggling.
"Xue Yi, accept the order!"
Xue Yi finally lowered his head,
kowtowed:
"I, Xue Yi, accept the order!"
Xue Yi stood up,
walked back to Qiming Hall and stood beside Zhao Jiulang.
The Emperor Yan raised his head, looked upward,
smiled:
"This is the first time I have seen such a scene above the palace where I live."
Master Zang looked at the Emperor of Yan with some confusion.
Emperor Yan looked at Master Zang. This was the first time Emperor Yan opened his eyes to look at him when Master Zang appeared here!
"Quick, quick, quick, don't you want to cut off this dragon's veins? Show it to me, I'll wait and see."
"..." Master Zang.
"..." Xue Yi.
"Haha." Zhao Jiulang smiled, walked out of Qiming Hall, stood behind Emperor Yan, looked up to the sky, and said: "Your Majesty, don't talk about you, I am also waiting to see this strange thing. Where is the scene?”
Master Zang looked at the pair of Yan kings and ministers inexplicably.
The Emperor Yan pointed at Confucius Zang and urged:
"There are still many memorials in my imperial study that I haven't read yet. Don't delay and pick them up quickly."
Master Zang sneered,
said:
"Your Majesty, Emperor Yan, cuts off the dragon vein of a country. Even this old man cannot bear the backlash. But, Your Majesty, Emperor Yan, are you really?" Don’t you dare?”
The Emperor Yan stood with his hands behind his back and said:
"Behead quickly!"
"Okay, today I will cut off your Great Yan Dragon Vein and cut off your Ji family's blessings!"
The next moment, nothing but the wilting flower will appear around the old man. The lotus flower still exists, but the rest of the lotus flowers all collapsed.
Zangfuzi pointed his finger at the sky,
A powerful wave of air was shot into the sky from somewhere,
Immediately afterwards,
a ray of glow fell,
and fell directly on the black dragon shadow.
"Buzz!!!"
The black dragon's shadow split, and the thick blackness disappeared.
Coming from the underworld, and returning to the underworld.
On Master Zang’s body and mind, a flame began to burn, but his expression was not painful. He just stared at the king coldly and said in a somewhat erratic voice:
"Emperor Yan, your great Yan Dragon Vein It's been broken!"
Emperor Yan kept looking up at the changes in the sky. When the black dragon dissipated, the dark clouds dispersed, and the light shone down, Emperor Yan took a deep breath and said
：
"It has been hundreds of years since our country, Yan, was established. The difficulties of founding the country and the difficulty of protecting the country are all imprinted in the hearts of every Yan people.
The reason why Yan can last for hundreds of years has never been That bullshit dragon vein is not what you Qi refiners call luck! < br>
Dayan,
Damn it, for hundreds of years, Dayan Erlang rode his horse to the northern Xinjiang with a knife, staining the desert with blood!
Damn it, it’s the Ji family! The ancestor emperor died in battle and the new emperor took over the throne and continued to conquer in person!
What he relies on is the war horse, the saber, and the backbone that generations of Yan people have fought against!
I am the Son of Heaven!
I don’t believe in fate. If there really is a fate, then this fate can definitely be changed by others! ”
In Emperor Yan’s mind,
the image of Zhenbei Hou Li Liangting watching him eat chicken legs and drooling when he was a child emerged,
The roar of Jingnan Hou Tian Wujing's "The Great Yan Clan's overthrow of my Tian family began" emerged!
It emerged that I personally held a lamp and looked at the reflection of the Great Yan Territory Map before falling asleep every night!
My fate,
Dayan’s national fate,
You said it can be changed by changing it?
You said it can be cut off?
Then what’s the point of having these hundreds of thousands of cavalry for Dayan?
Then why do I, the Great Yan, need the two princes of the north and the south?
Then what use do you need me, Dayan?
Zang Fuzi’s body and soul were about to be annihilated, and these words of Emperor Yan echoed in his ears.
Suddenly,
he felt a little confused,
the emperor of Yan,
his attitude, his words, his look,
It actually made Master Zang feel a little shaken by what he had practiced all his life.
Emperor Yan walked down the steps.
As he walked down the steps, he said:
“There are so many qi refiners!
The qi refiners in the countryside use divination. Qian Hongbai makes a living by deceiving the people!
Perhaps, you will feel that you are different from them
But in my opinion,
they deceived the foolish people,
and you deceived the kings and generals!
It’s just that the targets are different, but they are all deceiving. Sometimes, they even deceive you so much that you believe them.
I am very disappointed.
Qian Guo also disappointed me!
It seems that Qianguo is really depleted, and he actually wants to rely on a charlatan to make things happen!
I don’t want you to die, I hope you can continue to live, I want you to see with your own eyes, the dragon veins cut off by you, the blessings of Dayan cut off by you,
It The iron cavalry,
how to conquer your glorious world! ”
Zang Fuzi's form and spirit were annihilated at this moment. Before the annihilation, he stretched out his hand and wanted to point at Emperor Yan, but he could not complete it.
......
Inside the thatched house,
the aura suddenly dissipated.
Baili Jian looked back with some confusion,
Murmured:
"Is it over?"
Wei Zhonghe loosened his sleeves,
As a Qi Refiner, he has naturally sensed the person in the hut. The world's best qi refiner has run out of gas.
Wei Zhonghe bowed his hand to Baili Sword and said:
"Mr. Baili, Dayan's palace is ready for you to come and sit at any time;
Dayan's cavalry is also waiting for you at any time."
Baili Jian's eyes condensed, and his sword The momentum suddenly rises!
Wei Zhonghe sneered, and there were lines of training flowing between his sleeves!
“I really didn’t expect that. I have always said that the Yan people are arrogant, but I didn’t expect that the father-in-law in the Yan people’s palace would be so arrogant!”
Wei Zhonghe grinned and said:
"Mr. Baili, in your eyes, the world is just Jianghu."
Baili Jian frowned slightly.
Wei Zhonghe continued:
"But in the face of a national war, rivers and lakes are nothing."
Wei Zhonghe took two steps back,
said:
"Mr. Baili should first hide Master's dying Take the body back, maybe you can send it back to the mountain gate for another look.
Of course, Mr. Baili doesn’t need to enter the palace, and he doesn’t hold a sword to block my Dayan cavalry;
But Mr. Baili, if you dare to kill innocent people indiscriminately in our country, Dayan, if you kill one Yan person, our Dayan cavalry will kill ten people!
You kill a hundred Yan people, and I, the Yan cavalry, will kill a thousand Gan people!
You,
just kill me! ”
After that,
Wei Zhonghe turned around, waved his sleeves, and left.
…………
In Qiming Hall,
Emperor Yan sat on his chariot again. His figure looked a little lazy, as if everything that had just happened was just an extra game of chess played between himself and the memorial.
Xue Yi stayed in Qiming Hall and knelt down again.
The world only knows that the late emperor was greedy for arrogance and luxury,
but Xue Yi once heard the late emperor say from his own mouth when he had tea with him,
The emperor said: His greatest achievement in his life was to win the throne and pass it on to his son.
The late emperor said: He knew that he had no ability and no great talents, so he just enjoyed it a little, was a little greedy, and was a little ridiculous.
First of all, when I was a prince, I had to live with fear every day. After becoming an emperor, if I don't live a good life for a few days, I always feel that I will suffer a loss in this life.
Secondly, if you are a little more ridiculous, it will be easier for your son to correct the chaos after he succeeds to the throne, so that your son's reputation can be directly established.
The late emperor also said: In fact, he did not live enough, but he was afraid that he would sit on the throne for too long and delay his son's time.
So, he knew that the pills made by the alchemists were poisonous, but he still insisted on taking them.
The late emperor said: It is much better to use this method to die early than to die in other ways. If he died in other ways, if the records in the history books are unclear, his son may have a bad reputation.
Xue Yilao burst into tears.
The Emperor Yan, who was sitting on the chariot, said:
"Uncle Xue, you have to continue living. I don't care about the dragon veins or not, but I do care about the insecurity of the Jin and Chu countries. , if in the future If there is any change in the two countries, please ask Uncle Xue to learn from the previous one and go to their palace to scare them."
Zhao Jiulang came out of Qiming Palace.
The current prime minister held two rice cakes in his hand and walked to Emperor Yan's carriage with a smile.
The Emperor Yan pointed at the rice cake and said
"The pavilion is so good for this, so I sent someone 800 miles away to deliver it to him in a hurry."
“I obey the decree.”
"In addition, I would like to give a message to Liang Ting and Wu Jing."
"Please give me your Majesty's instructions."
Queen Yan leaned back on the chariot seat,
He patted the chariot frame lightly with his palm,
said:
"Let's do it." (End of Chapter)