Liu Mingge, who was unwilling, went to see Liao Fan and Tan Banshan separately overnight, and he wanted an answer.

Liao Fan is a person who shares the hardships with Liu Jian, although he follows Liu Zitian under the persuasion of "Liu Mingge", he can look at Liao Fan's appearance, even if there is no persuasion from "Liu Mingge", he will follow Liu Zitian.

"I, Liao Fan, am not an unreasonable person, and I have also stayed with Emperor Liu Jian, but compared to this emperor surnamed Liu, Emperor Liu Jian is far behind! This Emperor Liu Zitian is kind and humble, and always thinks about everyone! Why am I talking so much, isn't this also your choice for Prime Minister Liu? ”

"What do you mean, even if I didn't persuade you, you would go with him?"

"Yes, this Emperor Liu Zitian is the first emperor of the Central Plains to worship our native White Tiger Emperor, and he is also the first emperor to allow us to go out of the mountains to cultivate and live on the flat land! Why don't you follow him? ”

Liu Mingge didn't expect such a reason, but after thinking about it, a soil king like Liao Fan is not an ordinary person who can be bought with gold and silver treasures. The conditions given by Liu Zitian are called respect and equality, which is something that Liu Jian has never considered.

There have always been only four Yi Binfu, and those who did not obey the king were either destroyed or driven to the mountains.

Looking at the pensive Liu Mingge, Liao Fan smiled, "You can also think that I betrayed Emperor Liu Jian, but I am for my ancestors and my people!" ”

Liu Mingge waved his hand: "You did the right thing!" You are a king of the land, not a vassal! I know your answer! ”

The two who used to fight side by side didn't have much to say at this time, Liao Fan felt that Liu Mingge was no longer the chic and witty master of the world as before, and Liu Mingge also found that Liao Fan was no longer honest.

Maybe everyone has changed, or maybe it has never changed, but the two sides are no longer as perfect in each other's eyes.

Without a few words of greeting, Liu Mingge left and went to find Tan Banshan.

Tan Banshan was also waiting for Liu Mingge, "Prime Minister Liu, I know you are coming, and you will also ask me how a pedantic and stubborn person like me can follow Liu Zitian!" ”

Liu Mingge smiled awkwardly, "Lord Tan, you still invite me to tea first, you are right, I really want to know!" ”

Tan Banshan took out a small jar from his arms and gave it to the scholar, "Go and make a cup of cloud tea for Prime Minister Liu Cheng, and fry it with mountain spring water and charcoal!" ”

Tan Banshan looked up at the crescent moon in the sky, "Prime Minister Liu, I have been guarding Ba County since I was twenty-two years old, and now I am still guarding Ba County at the age of forty-eight." I don't love money, I don't have good sex, and I don't want to be a big official, so that's all for my life. But I only have one wish, which is to be able to resign and return to my hometown to support my parents! ”

"Since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety have been in a dilemma, the court owes you too much, you have not been promoted for twenty-six years, and you will not be allowed to return to your hometown, honest people have been doing things, and it is difficult for you!"

"No, no, no, I'm not resentful, Prime Minister Liu, I'm going home in three days, I'm tired of the decades of fighting, to be honest, I really look forward to the day when this endless scuffle will end."

"Let me ask you, what do you think of this Liu Zitian? It's just you and me here, I want to hear you tell the truth! ”

"I don't jump to conclusions about who he is, he took my parents from his hometown to Yiling, and also gave my subordinates a settling-in allowance, and let them return to their hometowns if they were willing to return to their hometowns. When I came down the river, I rescued a few fishermen and built a few bridges along the way. And then there was the pardon of thousands of slaves and the regaining of their freedom. He didn't have the majesty of an emperor, he looked like an ordinary farmer, or maybe he was a farmer in the first place. I think Liu Cheng knows these things better than me! ”

Liu Mingge knew that the explanation was useless, so he tentatively asked, "If I kill Liu Zitian, will you continue to follow him?" ”

"If you kill him and continue to do what he did, we have no opinion, if you kill him, the freed people will be taken back as slaves, and the soldiers who have returned to their homeland will be requisitioned. I think their swords will make the right choice! ”

Tan Banshan was a little excited when he said it, and looked Liu Mingge up and down, "I have always regarded you as a master, but what you said today frightened me and made me dare not believe my ears." Prime Minister Liu, do you want to use us as your playthings? I'm stupid enough to understand what you high-minded people think, but you can't always treat us like mustards! ”

Liu Mingge sighed, "Alas, it's not me, it's not me, Brother Banshan, something has happened recently, and I can't explain it to you." Let me tell you this, I have an older brother who looks exactly like me, named Liu Boxian, who is still higher in martial arts than me, who once pretended to be me a few months ago, and then escaped after being discovered by everyone. I think he fled to the land of Bashu and bewitched you! ”

"Haha, Mr. Liu, I used to respect you, you made up such nonsense, could it be that we are three-year-olds? Fake, can you ask the Sword Master of the Sword Tower to come forward? Even if we don't know the goods, don't the Sword Saint seniors know the goods either? ”

Liu Mingge's face turned pale, and the situation he had been worried about was indeed true. Jianlou supported Liu Boxian, Tan Banshan was right, with the ability of the Sword Saint Ye Yunong, it was impossible to be deceived by Liu Boxian.

Then there is only one possibility left, and the Sword Saint Ye Yunong chose to support Liu Boxian, which just explains that Liu Mingge can no longer find the contact point of the Sword Tower along the road.

"Prime Minister Liu, I really don't understand, why do you want to pretend to ask me, isn't all this exactly what you expected? Your pale face must not be pretended to be like by others! ”

Liu Mingge took a deep breath and rubbed his temples with both hands, "Is the Sword Saint also in the army?" ”

Tan Banshan sneered, "When will Prime Minister Liu Cheng still play the game, the Sword Saint has always been in the army, but he has been in retreat in the past few days!" ”

Liu Mingge's first thought was to run away, he couldn't beat Liu Boxian alone, and now that even the Sword Saint has joined Liu Boxian's camp, he, Liu Mingge, may have no way back.

The idea of escaping disappeared immediately, and the sword saint Ye Yunong appeared in Tan Banshan's study at some point, "Senior Brother Liu, you came just in time, you will correct the emperor's name, and the land south of the Yangtze River can be passed on!" ”

Liu Mingge was not afraid at this moment, "Senior Brother Sword Saint, the ancestor of the Sword Tower has ancestral teachings, we only be witnesses, and do not interfere in the major affairs of the world!" How can the senior brother go against his ancestors' teachings and rebel, and now set up another emperor to disturb the world! I want you to find someone at random, and then let him memorize the genealogy of the Great Liang Emperor, and you will be promoted as the emperor! ”

"So what? Rather than waiting for a saint for hundreds of years, it is better for us to build a son of heaven according to the standards of the saint tomorrow! The Son of Heaven is just a public weapon in the world! If you are as foolish and loyal as you, and work for an emperor with a surname, can you exchange it for peace in the world? We are witnesses, but we can't always see death without help, and we can't always be alone! Today we are not born for the common people in the world, tomorrow there will be a place for us to stand? ”

Liu Mingge shook his head, "Senior brother is doing this, isn't he putting himself above the Son of Heaven and the people of the world, all laws are natural, all things are equal, you and I are not creators, we can only conform to this era, not forcibly change!" Even if you make Liu Zitian a Saint King of the Ages, but he will die, you will also die, can you still force it in the future? ”

"You are wrong, there is the art of immortality in this world, as long as we dominate the world, we will definitely be able to find the art of immortality in this Chixian Shenzhou, and then the country will be forever solid, and the people in the world will enjoy eternal peace! Senior brother, do you know that heaven and earth are unkind and regard all things as dogs, and saints are unkind and use the people as dogs! The world is the same, everyone is immortal, that is the meaning of our witness! ”

Liu Mingge suddenly understood at this time, why even people like Tan Banshan and Liao Fan were willing to follow Liu Zitian, they didn't want to follow Liu Zitian, the puppet emperor, but to chase the immortality technique that the Sword Saint promised them.

"Senior brother, you are nothing more than using the art of immortality to bewitch everyone and let them be used by you and my eldest brother. But I want to tell you, if there really is an immortality technique in this world, the ability of the First Emperor would have been obtained a long time ago, but the First Emperor is still dead after all! ”

"Senior brother, no one has been able to enter the tomb of the First Emperor so far, how can you conclude that the First Emperor has not obtained the art of immortality? The Queen Mother of Kunlun Yaochi West recorded in "The Biography of Mu Tianzi" has the art of immortality, but no one has ever been to Kunlun and has not found it! Senior brother, don't be so ambitious, if you don't want to follow us for the benefit of the world, senior brother doesn't force it, but this Liu Zitian and our sword tower are guaranteed to the end! ”

Liu Mingge knew that he couldn't convince the Sword Saint, so he bowed to the Sword Saint, "Senior brother, you are so self-conscious!" Our brothers and sisters are at the end of today! ”

Liu Mingge turned around and left, but he was frozen in place, and the Sword Master made a move behind his back and sucked Liu Mingge with both hands.

"Senior brother, you know, I can't beat you, why do you have to attack behind your back?"

"I won't kill you, I'm going to let you stay and witness our cause! I'm going to let you know you're wrong! ”

Liu Mingge was defeated by the Sword Saint Ye Yunong, and was directly sucked over, Ye Yunong did not hurt the killer, and sealed several acupoints of Liu Mingge with a few fingers.

"Master Tan, my junior brother will be handed over to you, you must not beat and scold him, and you can't eat three meals a day without wine and meat! Kabuki is also indispensable when necessary! Every day, the court still has to carry him over! ”

Liu Mingge closed his eyes, more painful things were still to come, if Liu Boxian didn't show up to replace him for a day, he would have to suffer this kind of torture all the time, no one understood, Liu Zitian's army went east, Liu Jian would definitely regard Liu Mingge as a traitor, no matter who wins or loses, he Liu Mingge's notoriety is back!

After the Sword Saint subdued Liu Mingge, he disappeared into the night, leaving only Tan Banshan and a few personal soldiers to carry Liu Mingge into the wing room to rest.

Liu Mingge was dumbfounded, and he couldn't say anything if he wanted to, Tan Banshan waited for everyone to leave, and quietly took a pen and handed it to Liu Mingge, Liu Mingge gestured on the paper with a pen in his mouth, and Tan Banshan also wrote down what he wanted to say.

It turned out that Tan Banshan's words before were all because the Sword Saint was here, and I have to say that now Tan Banshan told Liu Mingge that there is only one way to stop the Sword Saint, that is, Liu Mingge and himself to persuade Liu Zitian to let Liu Zitian give up the throne, and no matter whether Liu Zitian chooses to give up or not, Tan Banshan will kill him and then commit suicide, ending all this with this way of destruction.

Liu Mingge's eyes widened, and he quickly wrote crookedly on the paper with a pen in his mouth, in Liu Mingge's opinion, this is to hit the stone with an egg and seek the skin of the tiger, even if Liu Zitian and them are dead, the sword saint will not be reconciled.

Tan Banshan wrote down a few words on the paper: "Honey Dan, sulfur, saltpeter charcoal burns people"

Liu Mingge suddenly remembered that when he was alchemizing, he blew up the Dan furnace several times, and the most powerful thing was that the alchemy room was blown up.

Tan Banshan took out saltpeter powder and sulfur powder from his arms and told Liu Mingge that as long as he buried enough honey in the house

The elixir made of sugar, sulfur, saltpeter and charcoal may be able to give it a try.

Liu Mingge nodded and wrote down a few more lines, asking Tan Banshan to give him a chance to meet the Sword Saint.

The next day, without waiting for Tan Banshan to find the Sword Saint, the Sword Saint came first, and the Sword Saint unlocked Liu Mingge's dumb hole, "Senior brother, I will give you another chance to achieve a great cause with us!" Otherwise! ”

Liu Mingge immediately agreed, "Promise you, but I have conditions, I don't lead troops for officials, find me a place for alchemy, if this condition can't meet me, then kill me!" ”

"I know, you care about reputation, and you don't want to face Liu Jian and Li Xiaofei and others! Yes! Yes, it just so happens that we also need water avoidance pills for soldiers who are not accustomed to water! ”

Hearing the Sword Saint say the Water Avoiding Pill, Liu Mingge's face changed slightly, this Water Avoiding Pill is made of mercury mandala and other poisons, after eating it, people will feel like walking on the ground when they are bumped on the boat, but after a long time, they will die of poison.

"You don't want to refine the Water Avoiding Pill? Then the Fire Evasion Pill is also fine! ”

"Alchemy is my biggest hobby, any pill will do, senior brother, don't say anything, take me to the Danfang!"

Liu Mingge entered the Danfang alchemy as he wished, and soon bought honey sulfur saltpeter, and personally wrote a letter to Liu Zitian asking them to come to the Danfang to taste the pill.

On the third day of Liu Mingge's alchemy, Liu Zitian took the sword saint Tan Banshan Liao Fan and many soldiers to the outside of the Danfang.

Only Liu Zitian, Tan Banshan, and Liao Fan Sword Saints entered the Dan room. The rest of the soldiers were waiting outside, ready to receive the water pill.

Liu Mingge looked at the four of them, and was looking for an opportunity to light a fire to die together, when the Sword Saint spoke first, "Senior brother, this honey, sulfur, saltpeter and charcoal mixed together will explode, senior brother found out thirty years ago, you pretended to obey me to alchemy, but just to fight and die with me!" Haha, senior brother go! ”

After the Sword Master finished speaking, he jumped back, and the whole person flew out of the door: "Now you can light the fire!" I know you're not afraid of death! I'm going to see how you treat your old friend! By the way, this Liu Zitian is kind and kind-hearted, I also want to see how you can do it! ”

Liu Mingge, who was holding a torch in his hand, was stunned, but Tan Banshan spoke, "Don't hesitate, light the fire!" ”

Liao Fan drew his knife and pointed at Liu Mingge: "Why should an honest man be sacrificed!" Why did Liu Zitian want to sacrifice? ”

Liu Mingge was speechless, but Liu Zitian walked to the torch by himself, "I'll tell you!" If we spare our lives today, then in the future, everyone in the world will be forced to take these highly poisonous pills, and everyone in the world will become slaves of the Sword Tower! ”

The Sword Master laughed outside the door, "If you die, there will be a new emperor and soldiers and horses to follow me, what a bunch of stupid idiots!" ”

Liu Mingge sighed, "My senior brother Sword Saint is right, as long as he doesn't die, there's no point in us dying like this!" ”

Liu Zitian leaned over to the torch, his clothes immediately caught fire, Liu Mingge and they wanted to put it out, but Liu Zitian walked to the corner where the pills were stacked, "Leave me alone!" You guys go out quickly, Prime Minister Liu, I ordered you to compete with the Sword Saint for the last time as the emperor, Lord Tan and King Liao Tu tried their best to pour water on the Sword Saint, and the Sword Saint will die today! ”

Liu Mingge knelt down towards Liu Zitian's back, "Obey the order!" ”

Liu Mingge ran out with his sword in both hands, the sword saint shook the long sword in his hand at will, and Liu Mingge had a few cuts on his body, "Senior brother, your swordsmanship is like chopping melons and vegetables against ordinary people, but you are just an ordinary person in front of me!" What do you compare to me! ”

Liu Mingge didn't answer, he swung his sword again, and with a loud bang behind him, the Danfang was razed to the ground, and the soldiers outside also blew up a large area.

Tan Banshan and Liao Fan led people to splash water on the Sword Saint in the chaos, and the Sword Saint swung his sword to block all the water. At this time, the sky was overcast, and there was a muffled sound from time to time.

The Sword Master looked at the crowd who couldn't stop splashing the water, and smiled contemptuously, "The grasshopper shakes the tree, and it can't help itself!" Delusional to lead the sky and thunder to split the old man, it is too much to underestimate the old man! The old man will give you a ride! ”

The blood flashed, Liao Fan Tan Banshan and the soldiers were all killed by the sword qi, Liu Mingge took advantage of this gap and stabbed him with a sword, just as the sword saint used his scabbard to resist "Senior brother, you are almost the same as them!" Go to hell! ”

Liu Mingge jumped backwards quickly, but his right hand was still cut off by the Sword Saint, and the Sword Saint pointed at Liu Mingge, "Stubborn!" I'm going to clean up the portal today! ”

As soon as the words fell, the Sword Master trembled, and looked down to see that there was a giant sword piercing out of his chest!

It was Liu Boxian, the sword saint roared wildly and broke the giant sword, and as soon as he turned around and swung his sword, he cut off Liu Boxian's half-pulled body, "Idiot!" Bad for me! ”

Liu Boxian looked at Liu Mingge before falling to the ground, "My good brother, my brother finally did the right thing this time!" ”

Only then did Liu Mingge understand that the previous bombing of the Danfang and splashing water to attract the thunder were just to attract the attention of the Sword Saint, and it seemed that this Liu Zitian knew the Sword Saint very well.

The sword master was too confident, so he was carelessly stabbed by Liu Boxian.

At this time, the Sword Saint was already crazy, swinging his sword and slashing indiscriminately, Liu Boxian had disappeared to the ground in a moment, Liu Mingge concentrated his mind on holding the sword in his left hand and jumped up and ran towards the Sword Saint again.

Juggernaut swung his sword to block, and at this time, there was a loud bang, and a huge fireball smashed between the two.