42. Evil and troubled times
Evil and troubled times
Although the imperial court is now controlled by the relatives of the noble concubine, there are also virtuous ministers and Qing officials.
It's just that because the emperor is mediocre, those virtuous ministers and clean officials all choose to stay sick at home to avoid this chaos, it's not that they don't want to die, there are already loyal and strong courtiers who died directly on the main hall, but the result did not set off the slightest ripple, but made the emperor even more disgusted.
Even if loyalty and filial piety have been taught since ancient times, loyalty is in the front and filial piety is in the back, but in the face of such a mediocre emperor, the virtuous ministers and Qing officials can only choose to turn a blind eye and protect themselves.
And Baili Yu's advice to the crown prince Li Heng is to find such ministers, unite forces, and deal with the concubine's relatives together.
After all, the crown prince Li Heng is not a fool without ambition, but he is not strong enough and does not dare to act rashly because of the demon's magical powers.
And the next morning, Bai Liyu, who had a good meal in the palace of the crown prince Li Heng and took a hot bath, was very happy to accompany the prince Li Heng to visit the minister.
It is worth mentioning that the crown prince Li Heng prepared a white-based robe for Baili Yu, which was actually somewhat similar to the school uniform of the Chunyang Palace in the Tang Dynasty where he was located.
Bai Liyu never thought that he, a big man who always wears armor, would have such a fairy look, Bai Liyu felt that just like he was now, he would go to a big girl and a little daughter-in-law to calculate a marriage or something, and he could properly abduct and bring him back to a harem, and he would not be jealous.
Of course, Baili Yu would not do such a frustrating thing, he just said it, mainly to highlight his handsomeness.
At this time, he and Li Heng were sitting in the carriage together, and Li Heng on the carriage didn't know whether he was afraid of being embarrassed or sleepy, and was pretending to sleep with his eyes closed, with a hint of immaturity and fragility on his young and immature face.
A teenager is still a child in the end, but he has to go through the process of the imminent collapse of a dynasty, and there is a real demon in the sense of the truth, and he has to fight like a savior, which is enough to make people feel distressed.
Bai Liyu strangely found that he actually regarded the Li Heng in front of him as a continuation of his Li Heng, and that kind of distress was not love...... Instead, it seems to be the feeling of treating Li Qi.
Could it be that he regarded the crown prince Li Heng as his Li Heng's child? - Bai Liyu suddenly felt so pathetic, pathetic like a spare tire who likes to be a father.
Soon, the carriage stopped, and the first stop of the plan arrivedβthe Prime Minister's Mansion of Prime Minister Bai, who was sick at home.
Prime Minister Bai is the champion of the first emperor when he was in power, two generations of ministers, is the leader of the civil officials, and is honest, most of the disciples also entered the court as officials and conscientious, the minister who died in the hall was the disciple of the prime minister Bai, the death of the proud disciple made the prime minister Bai Cheng suddenly sick and unable to go to the court, and he has been recuperating in the prime minister's mansion.
After the crown prince Li Heng and Baili Yu arrived, they asked the gatekeeper at the door to hand over the token, and after delivering the token, they were invited in after a while.
Prime Minister Bai was doing tai chi in the garden, not at all like he was terminally ill at home.
The crown prince Li Heng was overjoyed, he felt that since Prime Minister Bai Cheng saw him in a healthy state, most of them guessed his intentions and were willing to work together. So, the young prince expressed his wishes without greeting a few words, and what the prince Li Heng expressed to Prime Minister Bai was that his father was confused by the concubine and didn't care much about the affairs of the court. Of course, he also remembered that Bai Liyu's words did not mention that Pudu Cihang was a demon, after all, Zi Bu said that the strange power was chaotic, and the gods and gods were too subtle to say without evidence, and it was easy to be suspected of impure motives, after all, the next step in the current saint being confused by the monster is to seek power and usurp the throne.
When the crown prince Li Heng finished speaking, and was about to drink a cup of tea from Prime Minister Bai Cheng to quench his thirst, Bai Liyu suddenly grabbed the wrist of the crown prince Li Heng.
The crown prince Li Heng looked at Bai Liyu in puzzlement, as if he didn't understand why he suddenly made such a rude move.
Bai Liyu shook his head at the crown prince Li Heng, pulled him to his feet, and pulled the prince Li Heng behind him, and then said to the 'white prime minister': "Where is the real white prime minister?" β
The 'Prime Minister Bai' still maintained the appearance of a kind elder with a smile on his face, and asked as if puzzled, "What is this Taoist chief talking about?" The minister is the real white prime minister! β
Baili Yu looked at the 'White Prime Minister' coldly, pulled out a soft sword from his waist, and the white robe showed that he was even more immortal: "The smell of rot on your body is so obvious, you can hide it from ordinary people, but you can't hide it from the poor Dao." β
Then, Bai Liyu bit his index finger, quickly drew a spell on the soft sword with the blood of his index finger, and then slashed at Prime Minister Bai with a sword.
Don't look at Baili Yu's imposing appearance, in fact, the posture is pretended, and the charm or something was also read in a book last night-
"Ahh My skin! "In an instant, a scar from the sword qi blow appeared on the face of the 'Bai Prime Minister', but the terrible thing is that his face did not bleed because of the sword wound, but his body slowly shattered like a plaster statue - the body fell off like a broken skin, and Bai Li Yu and the crown prince Li Heng also saw the most disgusting scene they had seen since they grew up - along with the mucus, a centipede the size of a human body appeared from the body.
Should it be said that Baili Yu's physical qualifications are indeed good? Just by reading the book once, you can draw a spell that is really harmful to the centipede spirit.
"Tsk, it turned out to be a centipede spirit!" Bai Li Yu was actually disgusted, but he forcibly said it calmly, and successfully exchanged for an adoring look from the crown prince Li Heng.
If Prince Li Heng knew that Bai Liyu was using Gao Leng to disguise disgust at this time, and this spell was purely learned and sold last night, I don't know what kind of expression it would be.
"You've ruined my skin, I'm going to kill you!" After Prime Minister Bai's version of the centipede made a sound out of nowhere and said cruel words, he jumped directly at Bai Li Yu and Li Heng, Bai Li Yu pushed Li Heng, and then took the sword to meet him.
Although the crown prince Li Heng was also worried about Baili Yu, he also knew that he could only add chaos if he stayed here.
So he didn't learn from some TV series where the heroine who was obviously left behind and could only drag her feet must live and die with the male protagonist, but chose to escape very unkindly.
He ran out of the Prime Minister's Mansion and got into the carriage, and then said to the coachman who seemed to have been waiting for a long time: "Hurry up!" Get out of here! β
The coachman looked at Li Heng puzzled, and asked casually, "Prince, you are in such a hurry, are you being chased by a ghost?" β
The crown prince Li Heng stroked his chest in shock, and said very unvividly: "Young poor mouth!" But you're right, it's not a ghost, it's a big centipede, a disgusting big centipede! β
At the same time, an even more terrifying scene appeared.
I saw that the coachman didn't drive away immediately, and he didn't complain about how terrible the centipede was.
Instead, he ripped off his face with both hands, and then threw his body away like a skin, revealing a centipede that was slightly smaller than the 'White Prime Minister', and then in the frightened eyes of the prince Li Heng, the 'coachman' asked: "The prince, are you talking about such a centipede!" β
"Ahh The half-dead prince Li Heng, who was scared and disgusted, finally roared out uncontrollably, and then didn't know where the strength came from, he pushed away the 'coachman' version of the centipede that pounced on him, and ran off the carriage with a crawl, and he had always been clean-minded because of the mucus on the palm of his hand when he pushed away the 'coachman'.
The scream was too loud, and Bai Liyu, who was dealing with the 'White Prime Minister', naturally heard it, he kicked away the difficult 'White Prime Minister', and then rushed out, just in time to see the crown prince Li Heng who was screaming with his hands raised.
Baili Yuxin said that his Li Hengke was much calmer than him, and he was still so calm when he pointed at him with a sword, this little prince was babbling, but he was really immature.
And the crown prince Li Heng saw Baili Yu as if he saw a savior, so he hurriedly ran over, threw himself into Bai Liyu's arms, and said in a soft and almost crying voice: "The 'coachman' has also become a centipede, and they are all centipedes......
And Bai Li Yu also found the problem at this time, a centipede is still so difficult to deal with, if there are a few more centipedes, he and the prince Li Heng may really die here.
He is not willing to die here...... At this time, Bai Liyu, who had a stern face, looked at the two approaching centipedes, and suddenly remembered that he seemed to have a trick.
So he took out from his waist the bamboo flute that broke Pudu Cihang's life-saving Sanskrit sound yesterday, and then blew the red dust killing song that Wang Yifeng had taught him and used by him to catch koi last night.
As soon as the music came out, there was no sound, and the two centipedes were really frozen in place and could not move.
Baili Yu didn't know if the centipede, a knotted creature, had only one heart, but he didn't dare to be careless, he took out two charms from his arms - according to the calligraphy and painting last night, he directly ignited it with internal force, and then used internal force to hit the 'Bai Prime Minister' version of the centipede and the 'coachman' version of the centipede.
In an instant, two huge centipedes were ignited and emitted a disgusting stench and shouting sound, which was as tragic as purgatory on earth.
And at this time, Li Heng also moved his face away from Baili Yu, looked at the two burning flames, and then looked at Bai Liyu with a cold face...... He suddenly felt that a man could be so good-looking, and a man could also be ...... It's exciting.
Baili Yu didn't know that his heroic act of saving the beauty had captured the heart of a young man, but said to the prince Li Heng with some sternness: "Prime Minister Bai and the coachman have been parasitized by centipede essence, centipedes are easy to reproduce, I don't know how many centipedes, how many ministers are parasitized, according to the poor Dao's opinion, let's leave here first......"
Li Heng was very scared now, but he didn't want to express it, feeling the greasy on his hands, he especially wanted to go back to take a bath at this time, especially to wash his hand that caught the centipede, so he asked, "Do you want to go back to the palace?" β
Baili Yu shook his head and said with some solemnity: "No...... There is such a big commotion here, Pudu Cihang may already know about it, and it is hard to guarantee that the crime of Prime Minister Bai Cheng's death will not be planted on you and me, so we will leave the capital first and go to find Yan Chixia......"
Li Heng raised his head slightly, opened his eyes wide, and asked, "But, didn't you say that you don't know where Yan Chixia is?" β
"No matter what, you can't stay in the capital and wait for death." Baili Yu's face was solemn, and he said in his heart that he really couldn't do it, so he could only go to Lanruo Temple...... Even if there is a tree demon grandmother in Lanruo Temple.
Wait, Grandma Dryad...... A terrible thought appeared in Bai Liyu's mind, and it was out of control.