Chapter 466: The Court
Anyang City is heavily guarded and extremely strict.
In order to reassure the God Emperor, Anyang City strictly forbade flying in the air, and the huge city defense ban also ensured that this prohibition was perfectly observed.
And there is even a prohibition, that is, except for a very few people, no one can directly receive the spell summons outside Anyang City. This is also to reassure the Great Jin God Emperor.
As the deputy hall master of the Cardinal Palace, Zhao Xiu's communication seal in his hand can directly receive emergency information from the outside world through the city defense prohibition. As long as the level of confidentiality reaches a certain standard, urgent information can be transmitted through the seal.
Sitting in the galloping carriage, playing with the seal letter in his hand, Zhao Xiu's face was cloudy.
The alarm bell of the Imperial City has sounded, and it is obvious that the Divine Emperor has received some fatal information, but he, the deputy hall master of the Cardinal Palace, has not received the information from his subordinates for a long time......
Some people in the Hall of Cardinals seem to need a good training or two.
At the same time, Zhao Xiu had a trace of vigilance in his heart, it seemed that in the hands of the God Emperor, he also had an intelligence channel with extremely high efficiency and secrecy, which even he could not touch.
This is terrible.
The Divine Emperor's means are beyond imagination, which is worthy of vigilance.
Zhao Xiu took a deep breath, he ran the exercises with all his strength, and magnified his six senses to the strongest state. He quickly heard the dull thud of powerful horses' hooves against the stone streets in the distance.
The sound of horses' hooves came from the gates on all sides like thunder, and then quickly dispersed along the streets.
Zhao Xiu had a clear overall map of all the streets and alleys of Anyang City in his mind, his ears trembled slightly, and he could even distinguish the sound of horses' hooves near and far, which street and alley were running along which street and which alley were running to which princes and nobles' mansions.
It seems that the news has spread after all.
Zhao Xiu's fingers tapped on the car window, making an 'aggressive' sound, and the five fingers of his left hand turned the seal faster and faster, and his face became more and more ugly. But the letter has been bleak, and the news he was expecting has never been able to come back.
Zhao Xiu's mood became more and more cold, this momentum is not very right, very wrong.
Even if for some reason, he didn't receive the summons from outside the city in the first place, but since the messenger had rushed into Anyang City in an emergency, then no matter what, he should have received some rumors.
Not to mention those professional agents in the Cardinal's Palace, let's just say that the connections he has colluded with over the years, could it be that they are all dead people?
The carriage galloped forward, and at the speed of two different little donkeys, Jiuqu Xitang was not far from the Imperial City, and it didn't take much time to reach the Imperial City. It was as dull as thunder, as if the alarm bell sounded directly in his heart, and Zhao Xiu's face became more and more gloomy and cold.
He pulled out another Messenger Seal and began to quickly give orders and communicate information.
Not only to the confidants and subordinates of the Cardinal Palace, but also to communicate with those elders of the Zhao family, and also to exchange information with the ministers of the DPRK and China who held real power that he had befriended, and even took the initiative to send inquiries to several top bosses in the military department.
The seal in his hand, which had been used for emergency communication for a long time, finally lit up.
In the Hall of Cardinals, a confidant subordinate directly under Zhao Xiu appeared in a small light curtain with a gloomy face, and in a few words, he clarified the information he had just received - in the wild mountains southwest of the Great Jin Dynasty, the vanguard legion of the Great Martial God Kingdom appeared.
The army of the Great Martial Divine Kingdom has brazenly approached the territory of the Great Jin Divine Kingdom.
Zhao Xiu's body suddenly stiffened, he shivered slightly, and a large piece of cold sweat suddenly oozed from his back heart, which instantly wet his underwear.
He thought of Sima Yu and the others who were thrown to the southwest by him, and remembered the 'Huo Xiong' who was requisitioned by him with a military order!
Their task is to open up a secret path to the hinterland of the Great Martial God Kingdom, open up the way for the surprise attack of the army of the Great Jin God Kingdom, and make all the preparations in advance.
Zhao Xiu's plan is to let these damn guys open up the secret path, and in the end, all the credit will go to him, and he can easily let 'Huo Xiong' and others 'sacrifice their lives for the country' at a certain point in time when the secret path is opened!
As a strategic military minister, Zhao Xiu likes to use his brain to solve problems, and sometimes he doesn't like to rely too much on violence.
Of course, killing 'Huo Xiong' and temporarily suppressing his anger with the blood of his relatives is another matter.
The means used on the family members of 'Huo Xiong', Zhao Xu was not willing to use them directly on 'Huo Xiong'.
But......
But......
The Great Jin Divine Kingdom has just begun to open up the secret path, and the vanguard legion of the Great Martial Divine Kingdom has actually rushed over?
Who should be responsible for this?
Who should this black cauldron be pushed to?
Zhao Xian took a deep breath, he put away the seal letter, and took out a jade box that was more than a foot long and extremely exquisite among the many rare treasures he had just collected from the Tingfeng Pavilion.
Wan Hong still made the capital.
For the sake of the position of the head of the military department, he still made a bloody investment.
Other rare treasures, all kinds of treasures that are extremely beneficial to cultivation are left aside for the time being, Zhao Xiu gently opened the box, and there was a row of nine thumb-sized treasures inside, and the whole body of the treasure light flowed, and it was wrapped in a gentle golden flame of the 'Great Dao Cave Heavenly Treasure Flame Pill', which made Zhao Xiu quite happy.
This is the supreme Dao Dan, and it is also the highest-grade Dao Dan that can be refined with the Dan Dao skills mastered by the Great Jin Divine Kingdom.
Each Cave Heaven Treasure Flame Pill can allow a cultivator of the Fetal Treasure Realm to increase the refining degree of a Great Dao and Divine Fetus by one percent, and nine pills can increase the refining degree of this Great Dao and Divine Fetus by ninety.
And the ten-percent lotus degree is the ultimate in the womb Tibetan realm.
These nine pills can almost be stacked up to produce a master of the extreme fetal storage realm!
Even for Zhao Xiu, these nine Dao Dan are also a very attractive gift.
"It's a pity. Zhao Xiu sighed lightly: "Uncle Rong, when you go back, tell Madame that the three Great Dao Qingning Xuantan Pills and the six Great Dao Xuanshuang Heavenly Pills that I collected in the Secret Treasure Treasure Circle will be taken out, and you will personally send them to the Imperial City." ”
The white-haired old man driving the car answered, and then hesitated: "Young master, are you troublesome?"
Zhao Xiu pursed his lips.
He closed his eyes, and instead of answering the old man's words, he tapped lightly on the window.
The Imperial City was soon there.
In all directions, horse-drawn carriages quickly rushed towards the south gate of the imperial city, the 'Nine Heavens Gate', and none of the rare birds and beasts pulling the carts made a sound, and they seemed to be shocked by the solemn aura of the imperial city today.
Zhao Xiu put away the jade box, stepped off the carriage with a relaxed step, with a hint of a smile, and walked quickly towards the Jiuxiao Gate of the Imperial City.
Every time he took a step, there was an extra layer of brilliance on his body, and after taking nine steps, Zhao Xiu, who was wearing civilian clothes, had already put on a full set of robes, and his body was faintly bright, and he escaped into the Jiuxiao Gate with a streamer.
An important minister of the Great Jin Divine Kingdom rushed into the imperial city one after another, the air shook slightly, countless important ministers were communicating with each other with secret techniques, countless people's eyes flickered, and several people had a distorted smile on their faces.
Someone is going to be unlucky.
And if someone is unlucky, it represents an opportunity for others.
Several people stared at Zhao Xiu's back.
The layout of the Imperial City of the Great Jin Dynasty is roughly similar to the palace of the white pheasant and crested ibis seen by Wu Tie.
The ministers hurriedly walked around the cloud towers of the palace, crossed the golden bridge over a river shaped like a rainbow and as wide as a thousand zhang, and came to a large hall located on a high jade platform.
On the lintel of the main hall, the three golden characters of 'Jiuxiao Palace' on the black background plaque are quite eye-catching.
The ministers of the Great Jin Dynasty entered the hall with a serious face, and quickly stood in the hall according to their respective ranks.
The large hall that was enough to accommodate tens of thousands of people was quickly filled by the emperor's relatives and important ministers wearing vermilion robes, and everyone was silent, one by one with their hands in their sleeves, like wooden stakes, standing where they should be.
The left minister of the Great Jin Dynasty ordered the fox to be green, and the right minister of the Great Jin Dynasty was the third worry, and the two highest-ranking ministers of the Great Jin Dynasty stood in the first place of the civil and military trains, and their positions even surpassed those of many princes of the Great Jin clan.
Ram Sanxi's face was relaxed, even with a faint smile.
And Ling Hu Qingqing's face was dark, although he stood there with his head bowed, but the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty had an illusion, as if Ling Hu Qingqing's eyes were wide, staring at them viciously face to face.
Therefore, the atmosphere became more and more stagnant.
Dense footsteps came from behind the screen of the jade platform at the end of the main hall, and after nine consecutive rapid jade chimes, Sima Xian, the contemporary god emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty, strode out from behind the screen surrounded by countless eunuchs and palace maids, and stood behind the long case on the jade platform that was brilliant and exuded huge fluctuations.
Sima Xian, who was one foot tall, had a thin body, had a three-inch short beard, and had an elegant breath that was more like a gentleman, stood behind the long case, looked down at the dense civil and military courtiers under the jade platform, and then slapped his palm on the long case.
With a loud bang, the long case of the acquired Lingbao-level was slapped by Sima Xian, and the huge sound shook the hall continuously, like countless thunderbolts rolling around and shaking.
"The Cardinal's Hall belongs, out of the ranks. Sima Xian's face was expressionless, and he scolded in a cold tone.
Linghu Qingqing raised his head slowly, but he didn't say anything.
The cardinal hall master Ling Hu walked out of the train with an expressionless face, and behind him, followed by Zhao Xiu and other twelve deputy hall masters, as well as dozens of high-ranking officials who were qualified to go to the court and belonged to the cardinal hall sequence.
"Drag it out, a thousand rods for each man. Sima Xian grabbed the golden dragon paperweight on the long case, slapped Chang'an desperately, and roared hysterically: "You group of waste, what use do I want you to do? Drag it down, hit hard, hit hard, hit hard, beat hard, a thousand rods, no favoritism, who dares to show favoritism, I want his head." ”
The faces of Zhao Xiu and the others suddenly became extremely ugly.
A thousand rods of court staff, even if they are all monks of the womb realm, if this thousand rods are taken down, half of their lives will be removed. After all, the executioners are also all cultivators in the Womb Hiding Realm, and they are all specialized in physical cultivation, and the court staff used is also a Heavenly Dao Divine Soldier-level treasure.
A thousand rods?
And is it to hit hard, hard, and hard?
It's going to kill you!
Linghu Qingqing took a few steps forward and walked out of the train, and he solemnly bowed to Sima Xian slightly: "Your Majesty, meritorious service will be rewarded, and mistakes will be punished. ”
"However, it is also necessary to distinguish between primary and secondary responsibility...... Linghu is worry-free, he is in charge of the Cardinal Palace, responsible for the operation of the Cardinal's Palace, he is at fault, but he is not directly responsible. The other deputy hall masters are even more innocent, all the way to the southwest, the sudden killing of the Great Martial God Kingdom, the culprit is ......"
Sima Xian raised his eyebrows, and suddenly laughed: "Zuo Xiang is reasonable. Well, let's make the fox worry-free, hit it with thirty canes, and fine it for another three years, what does Zuo Xiang think?"
Linghu Qingqing nodded and said indifferently: "It's very appropriate." Your Majesty, it is indeed sage. ”
Sima Xian's eyes rolled, he looked at Zhao Xiu and the others again, and he said in a deep voice: "I only heard a few days ago that I, Dajin, am also opening up a secret path to the hinterland of the Great Martial God Kingdom, who is in charge of this matter?"
Zhao Xiu's body shook, he suddenly lifted the front hem of his robe, knelt heavily on the ground, and slammed his forehead on the ground: "Your Majesty, minister, the crime deserves death." ”
Sima Xian smiled and nodded slowly: "That's right, it's very reasonable, you are indeed guilty of ten thousand deaths." ”
Sima Xian grabbed the golden dragon paperweight violently, and was about to smash it into Sima Xian's head.
Sima Xian's cultivation is extremely strong, and he is cultivating the Great Jin Imperial Secret Divine Technique, so you can imagine how strong his strength is. Although this golden dragon paperweight is just a gadget, it is also an acquired spiritual treasure, hard and abnormal, heavy and abnormal, this blow is smashed, if Zhao Xiu does not make any resistance, it will definitely be the end of the whole body.
Linghu Qingqing coughed: "Your Majesty, please also pay attention to your system." ”
Sima Xian was silent for a while, he dropped the paperweight and pointed at Zhao Xiu: "Drag it down, together with his direct subordinates, drag it down, 1,000 rods per person, and then talk about the rest after the fight is finished." ”
A group of wolf-like guards rushed up, quickly dragged Zhao Xiu and several of his henchmen to the outside of the Jiuxiao Palace, and directly fell to the ground outside the hall, picking up the special court staff and beating it heavily.
Linghu took the initiative to walk out of the hall and took the initiative to accept the punishment of the court staff.
Thirty court canes were just a blink of an eye, and it didn't take long for the fox to walk back, and after kowtowing to Sima Xian calmly, he got Sima Xian's consent, and then returned to the train lightly.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the thirty rods that Ling Hu Wu suffered without worry, it is estimated that those guards have no strength.
"Prime Minister Zuo, pass on the military information you just received to your ministers...... Hehe, I'm Dajin, it's lively now. Sima Xian's forehead was bulging with green tendons, he gritted his teeth, and squeezed out the words from between his teeth with extreme coldness.
"Sima Sheng, who rebelled six thousand years ago, his two orphan daughters, with a group of remnants of the East Palace, are resisting the Dawu Vanguard Legion. ”
"Everyone, everyone, all my ministers, my ministers!!"
Sima Xian was like a sheep's horn, his hands were raised high, and he screamed hysterically: "The remnants of the East Palace, help our Great Jin resist the sudden killing of the Great Martial Vanguard Legion!"
"If it is Sima Sheng, I will admit it, after all, he is the eldest brother of my mother's compatriots, everyone in the world knows that he is wise and martial, and his talent exceeds that of me by hundreds, thousands, ten thousands, and 100,000 times!"
"However, it wasn't Sima Sheng's dead ghost, it was a pair of orphan girls he left behind......! A girl under 20 years old!"
"I have so many Wenchen fierce generals, hey, Gonggong Zhugong, who can tell me that if those two bastards of Great Wei and Great Wu know that I have to rely on the two orphan girls left by Sima Sheng to help me resist the Great Wu army...... Do you want this face of mine?
Sima Xian stretched out his hand, slapped his cheek vigorously, and roared hysterically: "I, do you want to be shameless?"
Linghu Qingqing sighed, he saluted Sima Xian, and said softly: "Your Majesty, although this matter is urgent, it is not a big deal, in the southwest, there are nearly 100 newly opened states, even if they are all occupied by Dawu, what about it?"
"The minister has a plan, this matter, maybe it is still my chance to become a big jin. ”