Chapter 468 Return to Beijing
Xu Zhenguan felt like he had a dream.
In the dream, she seemed to have returned to her childhood, walking alone in the empty palace.
She walked and walked, calling "Father" and brother's names everywhere, but no one answered.
It was not until dark that the little Third Princess finally sat tiredly on a step, her arms wrapped around her knees and fell into a deep sleep. She vaguely heard someone calling "Your Majesty".
However, the heavy tiredness made her unable to respond. She tried hard to open her eyelids, like a drowning person struggling under the deep sea...
Finally...
Xu Zhenguan broke through the water, opened his eyelids suddenly, and the scenery in front of him suddenly became clear.
She saw a dark temple ceiling covered with cobwebs. She seemed to be lying in a cold place, with the smell of blood lingering in her nose, and she could vaguely hear the rustling wind in her ears.
"Where am I..."
Her consciousness was confused and unclear, and she spent a lot of effort to finally piece together her memories from the messy sea of consciousness.
The Zen Ceremony... Wu Xiankui started a battle in advance... The leader of the Fashen Sect made a sneak attack... He fell into the sea of clouds...
Then the memory was cut off and he seemed to fall into a coma.
"No..." Xu Zhenguan suddenly panicked. She sat up suddenly and went to touch the Tai'a sword, but missed it.
The movement was too large, pulling on the wound, causing her eyebrows to tighten, and her sharp eyes swept around before she could clearly see the surrounding scene.
He was actually in a dilapidated underground temple. The temple was in disrepair for a long time, but the windows and doors were blocked with bamboo, leaving only a crack in the door, which let in a beam of dim light.
Xu Zhenguan lowered his head and found that the dragon robe on his body was missing.
Instead, there was a set of men's loose robes. Her heart suddenly tightened. She opened the collar and took a look. When she caught a glimpse of the simple bandages on her body, she turned into strong doubts.
At this moment, footsteps were heard outside the temple. Xu Zhenguan cautiously pinched his sword hand, and then saw the ajar door of the temple being pushed open, and a familiar figure walked in.
Zhao Duan was carrying a bundle of dry branches on his back, two hares and three birds in his left hand, and the Tai'a sword in his right hand.
Stepping into the ruined temple, their eyes met, Zhao Duan's eyes lit up with joy, he threw the firewood and game on the ground, rushed forward in a few steps, and said with concern:
"Your Majesty, are you awake?"
"Zhao Qing?" The vigilance in Xu Zhenguan's eyes quickly faded, and his tight body relaxed.
After confirming that only Zhao Duan was nearby, she said weakly:
"Where am I... and where are the others?"
Zhao Duan was silent for a moment and wanted to speak. Suddenly, there was a crackle outside the temple, large raindrops fell, and the sound of hitting the bamboo forest was heard. It was small at first, but within a few breaths it became dense.
The remaining light dimmed further, and Zhao Duan said: "Your Majesty, wait a moment."
He turned around and closed the temple door tightly
——During this period, he cut some bamboo and filled in the light-transmitting areas of the temple. Coupled with the rain, this ensured that even if a fire was lit, the light of the fire would be blocked.
The sound of rain suddenly subsided. Zhao Duan took out the flint and simply lit a bonfire. When the orange fire light illuminated the entire ruined temple, Xu Zhenguan, who was sitting sideways on the altar table, felt his cold body feel warm. .
"Your Majesty, I don't know the specific location here. As for Eunuch Hai and others, I can't contact you now."
Zhao Duan looked at the empress. At this moment, the empress of Yu Kingdom sitting on the altar table looked like a goddess.
A female god who is unprecedentedly weak and falls to earth.
He succinctly told how he heard Pei Niannu's words during the Zen Ceremony and made a bold association, so he ventured up the mountain and happened to see the empress fall, thus initiating the teleportation process.
Finally, I apologize:
"The situation was critical at that time. I could not ensure that Your Majesty would not be injured when he fell down the cliff, and I was also worried about the enemy chasing me, so I took this strategy. Seeing that His Majesty was seriously injured, I had the courage to treat His Majesty's injuries. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me."
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Sitting on the altar table, the empress, who looked like a mortal goddess, was stunned, as if she was digesting Zhao Duan's words.
Perhaps the matter was so important that she temporarily ignored the details of "healing".
"Dharma God...Xuanyin..."
In Xu Zhenguan's mind, he recalled that when he was attacked by surprise, he looked back hastily and caught a glimpse of the huge Buddhist image rising from the top of Luoshan Mountain, with disbelief in his eyes.
She did not doubt Zhao Duan's guess, because she was extremely sure that the "Dharma God" who sneaked up on her at that time, at least at that moment, did have the power of "Heavenly Man".
"Xuan Yin is the Dharma God? Or is that another clone of him outside?"
"He is actually using his avatar to practice the 'way of heaven'? What does he want to do?"
"No wonder Xuan Yin has been in seclusion in Shenlong Temple for many years and has not come out. It is not that he has not come out, but that he has wandered outside and quietly controlled the Fashen Sect..."
"No wonder... when I banned the Buddha, Xuan Yin gave in. Could it be that at that time, he joined forces with the Eight Kings? Is he unwilling to have a conflict? Just for today?"
"No wonder..."
Xu Zhenguan sat on the altar table, his face uncertain, as if covered with frost, and all his emotions turned into cold murderous intent: "Xuanyin... Shenlong Temple... I have missed you after all."< br>
The palms under her sleeves were clenched into fists, and the emotion in her eyes quickly turned to worry after the initial anger.
She was angry at being attacked, but as a queen in charge of a dynasty, she knew that anger could not solve the problem.
Almost subconsciously, she began to analyze the aftermath of Fengchan's failure and her disappearance.
After just thinking about it for a moment, the result in her mind made her face turn slightly pale:
"Prince Jing..."
Zhao Duan, who was beside the fire, said calmly: "I'm afraid it's already been reversed."
While waiting for the Empress to wake up, Zhao Duan also made deductions in his mind. At this moment, he seemed extremely calm and his thinking was clear:
"It's not just Prince Jing, I suspect. I'm afraid all the eight kings have turned against me.
The ceremony for the conferment of Zen has been in preparation for a long time. It is conceivable that this assassination must be the product of a long-term conspiracy. How can Prince Jing alone have the leverage to complete this matter?
Now that His Majesty has failed to seal the throne and his strength has been damaged, this may be the best time for them to cause rebellion. ”
After a pause, he stared into the empress's eyes and asked:
"I dare to ask Your Majesty, were there two heavenly beings on the mountain at that time?"
Xu Zhenguan gathered his thoughts, nodded with a heavy heart, gritted his teeth and said:
"The other one is Wu Xiankui..."
One person is trying to gauge his shortcomings, while two others are trying to gauge their strengths. She did not hide anything and told him everything that happened on the top of the mountain.
Qingshan's Wu Xiankui took action? That's right... Xuanyin's clone alone is not enough to succeed... At that time, Duanshui Shui was involved with Prince Jing and his son, so I suspected that there was something wrong with Qingshan...
He competed in advance, he was at the pinnacle of martial arts, but he was also a hypocrite... Zhao Duan's thoughts surged, and his blood pressure soared.
He took a deep breath and said in a deep voice:
"So, the possibility of the Eight Kings raising an army has reached 90%! Wu Xiankui, plus Xuan Yin, and the mourning god mentioned by His Majesty... Such a huge cost is definitely not just to destroy the Zen Ceremony, it must be to set aside Your Majesty is dead!
In such a situation, the Eight Kings, not to mention total rebellion, but a few people who are ready to take action, will definitely cause chaos! ”
At this moment, he felt very lucky. If Pei Niannu hadn't mentioned it at that time, he would have chosen to go up the mountain, crush the "Teleportation Jade" decisively, and escape in time.
Even if any link was missing, the Empress, including herself and others, would have died in Luoshan.
And even if they were lucky enough to escape, the situation was still extremely bad.
Without the suppression of the empress, the group was leaderless and surrounded by powerful enemies. Zhao Duan had no doubt that Prince Jing would capture the entire Jiancheng Road in a short time.
Coupled with several other vassal kings, the Yu Kingdom, which has been peaceful for a long time, is bound to fall into chaos that has not been seen in hundreds of years!
You know, the Xuanmen coup three years ago was just a "palace coup"!
There was no war that affected the entire dynasty, but this time, it was very different.
With heroes vying for the throne and wars raging everywhere, I originally hoped that with the "New Deal", the threat of the Eight Kings could be resolved peacefully, but unexpectedly, it ended up taking the worst step.
Just one step away, and the whole game will be lost!
But who would have thought that there would be a variable like the Dharma God?
In the Earth Temple, the fire flickered, the rain rustled in the bamboo forest, and both the monarch and his ministers fell into a brief silence.
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a long time. Xu Zhenguan suddenly gritted his silver teeth, his beautiful eyes reflected the dancing bonfire, and made a gesture to get up:
"If the speculation is true, I must set off immediately to take charge of the overall situation...ah..."
Sitting there, she didn't notice it. At this moment, she just put her two slender legs on the ground and tried to stand up, but her body became weak and she fell to the ground!
"Your Majesty, be careful!"
Zhao Duan stepped forward quickly, supported the empress, and then placed her back on the cold stone altar table with both arms, his eyes concerned:
"Your Majesty's injuries..."
Xu Zhenguan was stunned at first, and then a trace of panic appeared on his face. He quickly closed his eyes and looked at the situation inside his body.
After a while, her already weak face became visibly pale again!
She knew her injuries were serious, but after looking inside, she realized the seriousness of the injuries!
If she had only endured the two palms of Xuan Yin alone, the injury would not have been too serious, but the key was that at that time, she used all her strength to fight Wu Xiankui.
When he was attacked, he hastily withdrew his strength, causing the energy in his body to reverse course. In addition, the Xuan Yin had been accumulating power for a long time, and the timing of the sneak attack was extremely good.
Also, the failure of "Feng Chan" caused the dragon energy to dissipate... Many causes were superimposed, so that her injuries were much worse than expected!
Not only were the meridians all over his body almost broken and the Qi sea damaged, but what was even more terrible was that there was still a cold "palm power" left by the mysterious seal in his body.
Like a poisonous snake, it keeps swimming around and destroying her organs.
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Apart from the dragon spirit, she is still not a "human body" after all!
At this moment, the empress tried to mobilize her energy to attack the "palm power". Not only was she unsuccessful, but her energy and blood surged, and she suddenly spurted out a mouthful of blood!
How can she deal with the power of the human realm when she is in the human realm?
"Your Majesty?!"
When Zhao Duan saw the empress spouting blood, his expression changed drastically. He quickly grabbed her slender little hand and tried to cross the air supply machine to help stabilize the chaotic qi machine.
"No...it's okay..."
Xu Zhenguan opened his eyes, swayed, and subconsciously wanted to take out the healing elixir from a simple jade bracelet on his wrist.
This jade bracelet was her magic weapon for storage, but she failed.
Xu Zhenguan was stunned for a moment, and then smiled bitterly. She had forgotten that the jade bracelet on her body was of the highest quality from the royal family. It imposed many restrictions on her, and only she could open it. But in her current condition, she could not even open the jade bracelet.
He was seriously injured!
Zhao Duan looked anxious, but the elixirs on his body had almost been used up before, and the Qi of his own Divine Chapter Realm could not contain the power flowing in Zhenbao's body.
At the critical moment, he suddenly remembered that the two of them had tried to practice with "Dragon Soul" in the palace.
He immediately turned over and jumped onto the stone altar table, and said seriously: "Your Majesty, I am not cultivated enough, so I can only try to use the power of dragon soul."
Both of them cultivated the "Martial God" path, and their Qi came from the same sect.
Xu Zhenguan's breath was weak. Hearing this, he understood what he meant and nodded: "Okay..."
Zhao Duan immediately recalled how the empress used the air vent for him, and followed the same example, placing Zhen Bao in a cross-legged position.
He also crossed his legs behind her, imitating the posture of teaching martial arts in martial arts novels, pressed his palms on Yu's back, and tried... but failed.
"Is it true that I'm too weak? I can't do it through clothes..." Zhao Duan took a deep breath and his eyes narrowed.
Xu Zhenguan, who was struggling to endure the pain in his meridians, suddenly widened his eyes and felt a pair of hands entering the loose robe.
"How could you..."
After saying these words, she suddenly remembered a key thing:
Since there are only two monarchs and ministers here, the wounds and bandages on her body...
"Your Majesty, don't look back. I am...obeying authority in urgent matters."
A warm current flowed from her back into her meridians, and Zhao Duan's Qi seemed to have returned home after being exhaled by the dragon soul.
When Xu Zhenguan also subconsciously adjusted her breathing and exhalation to match Zhao Duan's rhythm, the disordered energy in her body gradually calmed down, and the pain faded away like a tide.
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Breathe...
Breathe...
The rain outside the temple fell.
After a while, Xu Zhenguan's pale and almost bloodless face finally regained some rosiness, but Zhao Duan still did not stop.
When there is no medicine for wounds, the best medicine for wounds is to use dragon soul to breathe and practice.
It's a pity that even if the empress falls, there is still a big realm between the two sides, and the use of dragon soul is only superficial, and it is completely unable to exert its true effectiveness.
"Now that I have fallen into the highest rank in the world, and with my serious injuries, I am not even as good as a mortal monk." Xu Zhenguan suddenly laughed at himself.
In such a situation, it has become a joke to talk about going out to "take charge of the overall situation".
Without the ability to protect yourself, showing up rashly will lead to death.
Zhao Duan said calmly while crossing the air supply machine:
"Your Majesty, if the eight kings rebel, I'm afraid it won't be long before Prince Jing's soldiers and horses begin to search for us all over the country.
Although I don't know the specific location, there is a limit to the transmission of orbs. I have a hunch that we are still in the built road at this moment, and there is no guarantee that the traitors are already on the way to hunt us down.
Eunuch Hai and other Fengchan troops don’t know what the situation is now, whether they are also facing danger..."
Xu Zhenguan analyzed calmly:
"Hai Chunlin leads all the masters in the palace, plus the strong men in the army, so it is not so easy for things to happen.
Although Wu Xiankui is hypocritical, he will use the name of early competition to cause trouble for me. Even for the sake of Qingshan's reputation, he will not take action against the Fengchan team that is far weaker than him. As for the 'Dharma God'...
Oh, let’s call him the ‘Dharma God’. Although I was attacked by him, in a hurry, I saw that he was not a real ‘Heavenly Man’.
It should be that Xuan Yin used a secret method to use the clone of the 'Dharma God' to briefly enter the realm of heaven and man... But after half a step into heaven, he is not yet a man!
Forcibly interfering in the fight between me and Wu Xiankui, and taking action again and again... there will be backlash! Even if this clone is not destroyed, the injuries will definitely not be minor! ”
Zhao Duan was thoughtful:
"So, Eunuch Hai and the others are still safe."
Xu Zhenguan continued:
"But I can't join them. I'm afraid they will also be anxiously looking for my traces. With Prince Jing's thoughts, I'm afraid they will deliberately indulge and stare at them.
Once you lure me out, you will snipe me again. Although there are a large number of worshipers in Ouchi, if King Jing is determined to get rid of me, he will be surrounded by a large army and it will be difficult to resist. ”
In other words, you cannot go to Eunuch Hai... because you will fall into a trap... Zhao Duan nodded and agreed with this judgment:
"For the same reason, we cannot rashly contact local officials or even the military government, because they are guaranteed to have been infiltrated by the kings."
Xu Zhenguan nodded weakly, but his thinking was extremely clear:
"We can rest here for one night at most. We must set off tomorrow, avoid everyone, and return to the capital as quickly as possible."
Return to Beijing!
Yes, under the current circumstances, returning to Beijing is the wisest decision.
As long as Zhenbao returns to the capital, by virtue of her status as the emperor, she can use the strongest dragon energy in the capital to regain some strength. By then, she will occupy the throne and stabilize people's hearts, and then there is hope for a comeback...
Zhao Duan felt moved and said in a deep voice:
"Your Majesty can think of this, and so can the Eight Kings."
Xu Zhenguan nodded and turned to look in the direction of the capital. His face was like warm jade in the firelight:
"Yes, it won't be peaceful on the way back to Beijing."
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Set a flag and force yourself to write more words tomorrow
(End of chapter)