Volume 1 Imperial Palace Boy Chapter 2 Sword in the Arrow
The Great Zhou Palace, located in the east of Yujing City, symbolizes the meaning of sunrise in the east.
The splendid palaces of gold bricks and blue tiles are next to each other, there seems to be no end, Dali blue rock is paved on the ground layer by layer, until the end, the stone steps paved with white jade go straight to the sky.
The human dynasty that has inherited thousands of years has reached a peak at this moment, and in the depths of the palace, the tumbling purple luck is as amazing as a dragon, showing the strength of this ancient dynasty.
However, in the eyes of some wise men, in the rising fortune, a trace of decay has gradually been revealed, although it is not obvious, but it has begun to appear.
The Great Zhou Dynasty was established ten thousand years ago, and since then, the autumn wind of the Great Zhou Dynasty has swept away the leaves, calmed the world in one fell swoop, and established an immortal cause.
The 10,000-year-old ancient dynasty, after a hundred generations, has been strong and undecenched, invincible for 10,000 years, and mighty for 10,000 years.
The entire Dongtu Shenzhou is vast and boundless, there are many dynasties, the sect is entrenched, thousands of years have passed, the dynasty has changed, and the sect has changed several times.
Only the Great Zhou Dynasty stands at the top of Shenzhou, entrenched for 10,000 years, rooted for 10,000 years, never falling, and extremely prosperous.
Everything in the world will come to an end, and after the peak, it will inevitably be the beginning of decline.
In the past 200 years, natural disasters have occurred frequently, man-made disasters have continued, and dark tides have surged, and people's minds have been floating.
The Great Zhou Dynasty seems to have exhausted its good luck, the emperor generation is not as good as the generation, the loyal ministers withered, the mediocre ministers were full of dynasties, the ministers appeared, the ten directions of the Daohou supported the army and respected themselves, the imperial power of the Son of Heaven was weakening day by day, and the internal worries were gradually exposed.
The Imperial Dynasty is in the twilight of the West Mountain, and there is no deterrence at its peak, the Northern Wilderness Snow Country is fierce and powerful, and it is becoming stronger and stronger, and the Southern Lingnan Kingdom has annexed the surrounding small countries, and the national strength is growing, and the Yin-Yang Divine Cult that has been silent for 50,000 years has surfaced, and the southeast Wa Kingdom is eyeing the tiger......
For thousands of years, the world has been peaceful, and the development of the sect has been even more rapid, and even the hidden sect that has been inherited for thousands of years has also had disciples born.
For a time, the world is gathering, and a troubled era is coming.
However, the Great Zhou Dynasty has always been the strongest force in Shenzhou, although it has declined, it is still there, and there are not a few strong people at the peak, and all forces do not want to confront this behemoth that has accumulated for 10,000 years for the time being.
Although the contemporary Zhou Emperor is not a generation of Ming monarchs, he has not been mediocre and incompetent to the extreme, although he has no power to expand the territory, but he has the ability to defend the old industry of the city.
At present, the biggest enemy of the Great Zhou Dynasty is the threat from the Northern Wilderness Snow Country.
Ten years ago, a generation of national ministers was born, three years to rectify the dynasty, three years to conquer the surrounding small tribes, three years to fight the horses, and the national strength is getting stronger.
Until a year ago, the Snow Country had a million soldiers, and they were outside the Tianmen Pass.
The Snow Country Knight Battalion has harassed Tianmen Pass several times, devouring the majesty of this 10,000-year-old ancient dynasty little by little, and the border pass has been in an emergency several times, asking for more troops to suppress it.
In the Great Zhou Dynasty, the loyal and mediocre ministers insisted on their own words, the loyal insisted on the main battle, and the mediocre advocated peace, and the two factions fought against each other, which became more and more intense.
Emperor Zhou had an indecisive temperament, suffered from gains and losses, and for a while, he could not decide.
What made Emperor Zhou's heart tremble even more was that the Yin-Yang Divine Cult was born, and according to the Great Zhou secret agents, this Divine Cult, which had been silent for tens of thousands of years, reappeared, and I don't know how many storms it would set off.
The sun and the moon are the same day, and there is no tomorrow!
This is a few words left by the dynasties for tens of thousands of years, warning future generations to beware of the Yin-Yang Divine Cult.
The origin of the Yin-Yang Divine Cult is unverifiable, and the ancient records only have records of 50,000 years, and 50,000 years ago, the records of the world disappeared completely, and there were no clues.
Ten thousand years ago, the Great Zhou Taizu's martial arts reached the pinnacle of the world, leading the army to strangle a large number of Yin Yang God Cultists, and finally leaving only the remnants to escape, hiding in the darkness.
Now, thousands of years have passed, the dusty history has opened again, and the world will fall into turmoil again.
In the middle of the night, the sky is like a curtain, and the cold moon is like a hook.
In the depths of the palace, the palace lights are lined up, and the lights are as bright as day.
On the hall, the three divisions sit on the half-platform, close their eyes and are silent, the left and right sides are separated from each other, the civil officials are on the left, and the military attaches are on the right, and the atmosphere is dull.
On the high platform of the Taihe Palace, on the throne of the golden lacquer carved dragon, there is an emperor who looks down on the world, wearing a yellow robe in nine dragons, the instrument is lofty, the majesty is coming, and the ministers are terrified.
At this moment, Emperor Zhou's eyebrows furrowed slightly, looked at the civil and military officials below, and said: "The Northern Wilderness Snow Country has Chen Soldier Millions outside the Tianmen Pass, what do the Qing family think about this matter?"
"My emperor, the snow country gathered troops and horses to the south, the heart of aggression is clearly revealed, my Great Zhou Dynasty Wannian Dynasty has been repeatedly provoked, the majesty has dropped to the freezing point, the northern soldiers are really aggrieved, if they don't face the battle again, the soldiers in the world are afraid of cold!"
"Seriously, the Snow Country is just stationing troops there, and there is no intention of attacking on a large scale, if my dynasty takes the lead in raising troops, the war rises, and the people of the world are left behind, and then the blood will flow like a river and the people will be displaced, who will bear this responsibility?"
"Moreover, if the forces of all parties are ready to move today, especially the resurgence of the Yin-Yang Divine Cult in the West, if there is a war, the Yin-Yang Divine Cult will attack from behind, it will be a two-front battle, not to mention, there are also the Wa Kingdom and the Southern Kingdom eyeing each other. ”
"Hmph! You civil officials, you are afraid of this and that, the territory is fought out, if you don't beat them down, they will only shout even more!"
"I am a soldier of the Great Zhou, an iron-blooded man, not afraid of life and death, why not fight!"
"Hehe, the courage of the horseman, he can only speak quickly, and he doesn't know how to judge the situation!"
"You ......"
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On the top of the main hall, the civil official faction and the military attaché faction were-for-tat, refusing to give in to each other, the quarrel was extremely fierce, the prime ministers on the left and right did not say a word, and the third division closed their eyes and turned a deaf ear.
The practice of the Great Zhou Dynasty is that if it does not endanger the state affairs of the dynasty, the three divisions will not pay attention to it, only listen to the government, do not participate in the politics, and will be handled by the Zhou Emperor with full authority.
Emperor Zhou looked at the two factions arguing with His Royal Highness, glanced at the three divisions, and then looked at the left and right prime ministers, and said calmly: "What are the countermeasures of the left and right prime ministers?"
Zuo Xiang is the head of the heavenly officials, also known as Wen Xiang, the emperor asked, Wen Xiang bowed and said: "My emperor, the minister thinks that since the snow country has stationed troops, the heart of aggression has appeared, there is no need to doubt it, but the reason for not attacking is nothing more than two points, one is not fully prepared, and the other may need an excuse, after all, the division is unknown." ”
"The most important thing at the moment is to find out whether there is room for the war to turn around, and secondly, not to give Snow Country any excuse to send troops, and it is really the best policy for the Imperial Dynasty to send troops at this time. ”
Emperor Zhou nodded, thought for a moment, and then looked to the right.
The right minister is the head of the military attaché, also known as the military minister, seeing the emperor's eyes fall, he bowed down and said: "My emperor, the minister agrees with what Wen Xiang said, but it is still that sentence, just a million soldiers and horses in the snow country, and I have nearly 10 million soldiers in the Great Zhou, and I am at war with it, so what are you afraid of." ”
Wen Xiang frowned, looked at Wu Xiang, and asked, "If the Snow Kingdom goes to war, and the forces such as the Wa Kingdom, the Southern Kingdom, and even the Yin Yang God Sect send troops at the same time, what will happen at that time?"
As for the southern country, it is good at fighting but war-weary, and as for the Yin Yang Divine Sect, which has no splashes, if it can be defeated by Taizu once, it can be defeated a second time. Wu Xiang had a violent personality and said disapprovingly.
Wen Xiang's face sank, and he said angrily: "Reckless words!"
Wu Xiang seemed to hate this statement very much, and looked at Wen Xiang angrily, but Wen Xiang was unmoved, and he also looked at each other without giving in.
"Okay, two Qing family, you don't have to be like this, what you say makes sense!"
Emperor Zhou waved his hand to stop the two from looking at each other, glanced at the third division, and saw that the three of them were still closed and didn't say anything.
The lamps were changed again and again, and when the night passed, everyone's faces could not hide their tiredness, and Emperor Zhou looked at Zhongqing with a touch of sorrow, and then looked at Zhongqing, and sighed lightly: "The sky is dark, Zhongqing has worked hard, let's retreat." ”
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
The sound rumbles, covering the four fields.
"Whew!"
A faint sound of breaking the air sounded, covering the sound of retreat.
Then, a silver light swept from the depths of darkness like lightning, and struck directly at the figure on the dragon throne.
The ministers only felt a flower in front of them, and before they could see what the silver brilliance was, they saw it approaching the dragon seat in the rear.
The three divisions who closed their eyes opened their eyes almost at the same time, looked at the silver brilliance that attacked, and stood up in unison, their expressions all changed.
The figure of Taibao, who was the most powerful of the three divisions, flashed, came to the front of the dragon seat, raised his arm, and grabbed the silver brilliance.
"Drink!"
Taibao drank lightly, his official robe flew, and his thick arm instantly grabbed the silver brilliance, and the moment he entered it, his knuckles clicked.
The light trembled slightly, dissipating the light, and it was a black feather arrow, and the feathers of the arrow swayed, as if it was about to struggle to fly out.
The black arrow has a spirit and is unwilling to be bound.
"Presumptuous!"
Tai Bao slammed his force, and the black arrow suddenly stopped, as if it was out of danger, like an ordinary black arrow.
"Taibao, be careful!" Taishi and Taifu said anxiously.
Just as he was about to breathe a sigh of relief, Taibao heard the reminder, and was shocked, looking at the black arrow.
I saw that the black arrow came out of the hilt of the arrow, turned into a small silver sword, and came out directly through the body, bringing up a bloodflower like a waterfall, and continued to shoot towards Emperor Zhou.
"The sword is hidden in the arrow, so clever!"
Taibao roared angrily, his arm fell down, and he fell straight down.
A stunning arrow, an unexpected sword, silent, without breath, between square inches, a peerless edge.
Emperor Zhou watched Taibao fall down, a chill rose in his heart, and then looked at the darkness outside the hall, he didn't care about the short sword that shot at him.
The next moment, the strange and unpredictable silver sword, half a foot in front of Emperor Zhou, was grabbed by a big wizened hand like tree bark.
Behind Emperor Zhou, a black-robed figure appeared in front of the dragon throne, firmly grabbed the short sword, and blocked the fatal sword for Emperor Zhou.
Emperor Zhou still looked at the darkness, his eyes were as cold as ice, who was it that dared to stab?
What a daring!
For thousands of years, no one has dared to assassinate Emperor Zhou in the palace, he was the first emperor to be assassinated, and he almost came to an end.
"There are assassins, protect our emperor!"
At this moment, the courtiers shook their heads, their faces changed greatly, and they shouted loudly.
Seeing that Emperor Zhou was fine, Taishi and Taifu hurriedly came to Taibao, the former took Taibao's pulse, and the latter pushed his back with his hands and sent Zhenyuan wildly.
After a few breaths, Taishi's expression gradually became solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "The sword is poisonous!"
Taifu hurriedly asked, "What poison?"
"Mandala!" replied the Grand Master.
Taifu's heart sank, mandala, one of the world's strange poisons, there is no antidote in the Great Zhou Palace, it is rumored that there is only a mandala antidote in the land of the north and east, and there is an antidote to the mandala in the Liao Palace......
"Strict investigation!"
On the dragon seat, the emperor was angry, the ministers were awe-inspiring, and the thoughts in their hearts turned, this time the emperor was really angry, the Great Zhou Palace, there were assassins lurking, this time it was not good, I don't know how many people want to lose their heads.
Then, one after another imperial decrees came out, the palace was banned, the twelve palace doors were closed, and no one could leave the palace without the emperor's edict.
Outside the palace, more than 10,000 Janissaries surrounded the palace, and the censorship was so strict that not even a fly could fly out or enter.
In the palace, thousands of internal guards searched overnight, and the assassin must still be in the palace, as long as the palace is investigated layer by layer, it will eventually be found.
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