Chapter 153, Betrayal (3)
"Your Majesty." Xuan Yi's face was covered with frost, but his voice didn't change in the slightest, "Your Majesty knows the target of the poor road. What Poor Dao cares about is not letting Shenzhou Lu sink. Anyone can sacrifice as long as it helps with this. Moreover, His Majesty also knows that death is not the end. If Poor Dao directly stood up and confronted Heavenly Court, what kind of fate could Marshal Huang have? Poor Dao did this for the sake of Marshal Huang. Therefore, Your Majesty said that the poor way is unfaithful and unjust, which is not fair to the poor way. Moreover, His Majesty is the Taizu of the Great Zhao, but he reprimanded the poor Dao because he felt that the poor Dao was disloyal to a thief, which is not too much. ”
Emperor Taizu stared at Xuan Yi with his eyes, the temperature around him became colder and colder, and the hoarfrost on Xuan Yi's eyebrows and hair gradually turned into rime. But Xuan Yi still looked at Emperor Taizu without fear.
"Hahahaha!" Emperor Taizu suddenly burst out laughing, "You are a person, what you said is a bit reasonable. ”
With this laughter, the temperature around him quickly rose, and the rime on Xuanyi's eyebrows and hair also melted.
"Daoist," Emperor Taizu said, "what are your plans for coming to me today?" ”
"Poor Dao came this time, just to coordinate with His Majesty about the future. Poor Dao has some inferences about the future situation, but Poor Dao knows only a limited amount of things, so he doesn't know if his inferences are reliable, and he still needs to confirm with His Majesty......"
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In the deep and unknowable underworld, Emperor Taizu sent off the visiting Xuanyi Daoist, and then sat silently on his throne for a while. A eunuch walked in. Emperor Taizu said to him: "You go and call the fourth and the eldest over." ”
After a while, the two gods dressed as the Son of Heaven entered the treasure hall of Emperor Taizu.
The two gods met Emperor Taizu, and Emperor Taizu gave them a seat. Then he said, "The eldest and the fourth." Among Lao Tzu's sons, you two are the smartest. Now I have something to tell you about in detail. ”
"Father, please speak." The two replied together.
"I just met a Taoist priest, and that Taoist priest is the military advisor of Huang Zide's thief." Emperor Taizu spoke.
"What?" Both gods were taken aback.
"The strength of the Jokhang Dynasty is exhausted, and it is difficult to maintain. Fourth, you are also the son of heaven who presides over the dragon movement. Now you are also the son of heaven. Of course, you know this. Taizu said.
"The son is incompetent, and he gave birth to these unscrupulous offspring." The one who dressed up as the Son of Heaven hurriedly said.
"Less! If you want to say that you gave birth to unscrupulous offspring, it is also your father and I who gave birth to unscrupulous offspring! Emperor Taizu rolled his eyes and said, "Besides, since ancient times, how can the Son of Heaven of any dynasty not give birth to unworthy descendants?" Speaking of which, although that kid is a fool now, he can still be regarded as a fool in our family! This is also the number of days. Well, do you know what that thief Taoist priest came to you and me for? ”
"The child is dull and ignorant." The two gods hurriedly responded.
Emperor Taizu briefly explained the previous matter. Then he said, "According to the inference of that thief and Taoist." The gang of guys in Heavenly Court must have had such an idea: they first helped Huang Zide, the thief, tempted him to enter the Jingshi, and killed the current Son of Heaven. However, this dynasty still has the southeast, and the dragon qi still has a foundation, and if someone kills the king, how can the dragon qi not fight back? Then Heavenly Court took advantage of the counterattack of the dragon qi of this dynasty to help those Tartars and defeat Huang Zide, a thief, in one go. Hehe, and then took advantage of the damage to my dragon qi to go south again, destroying the remaining bloodlines of my dynasty. Hehe, Heavenly Court is really a good plan. ”
"Father, do you believe what this thief Taoist said?" The fourth, that is, Emperor Chengzu of the Great Zhao Dynasty, asked.
"Hehe, fourth, do you believe it or not?" Emperor Taizu asked rhetorically.
Emperor Chengzu thought for a moment, and then said firmly: "Father, son-in-law believe it." ”
Taizu nodded, and asked the boss, that is, the posthumous Emperor Xiaokang, "Boss, what about you?" ”
Emperor Xiaokang also replied: "The facts are there, and there is no room for the sons and daughters not to believe it." ”
Emperor Taizu nodded and said, "It's not a day or two that Heavenly Court has seen that our family is not pleasing to the eye, and it is not a day or two that it wants to subvert our dynasty. Ever since I expelled the Tartars and revived China, they have been looking down on us unfavorably. If they really let them succeed, I am afraid that my children and grandchildren will be left behind. Fourth, what kind of difficulties did you make back then, and you must know who is behind this. But boss, don't resent the fourth too much. By now, you should also understand that this incident is actually a backlash from Heavenly Court against the Dragon Vein. ”
"Erchen understands." Emperor Xiaokang replied, his voice a little bitter.
"Fourth, you have a lot of ideas, what should we do now?" Emperor Taizu asked again.
"Of course we make Heavenly Court too proud, if everything comes according to their wishes, we don't know what the fate will be." Emperor Chengzu said.
When the dynasty ended, the emperor of the underworld no longer had much dragon energy to drive, and his situation was closely related to his reputation in the world. Some emperors who have a bad reputation are in a very bad situation in the underworld. For example, it is almost no different from falling into hell. And these two "ancestors" of Jokhang are not eggs without seams. With the guidance of the heart, it is easy to portray them as tyrants.
"That's what my father said." Emperor Chengzu replied, "But we can't be led away by that thief Taoist. According to the meaning of this thief Taoist, first get a three-legged tripod to stand out, they occupy the upper reaches, and they also have Sichuan and Huguang. Occupy the geographical advantage. The Tartars occupy the north, although they are actually congenitally deficient, and their luck is quite vain, but with the support of the heavenly court, they can be regarded as occupying the time of the sky. Since ancient times, those who can take the world from Jianghuai have no one else except their father. Why? Because of the topography of Jianghuai, it is not conducive to progress. If I am still the son of heaven or my father, then there is naturally no problem, but now the children and grandchildren of our Hong family are so bad. There are not many people in the departments who can use it. In addition, our court has accumulated disadvantages for a long time, and the enemy is pressing, and if it changes, it will be chaotic, and it will be taken advantage of by the enemy; If it does not change, it will be extinguished sooner or later. In this way, we are the weakest and the most hopeless. If that thief Taoist can really succeed in the Northern Expedition and sweep it over, my dynasty will definitely follow in the footsteps of the six dynasties. This thief and Taoist priest has sinister intentions, and he must not be guarded against. ”
Emperor Taizu listened, nodded and said, "What you said is very true, then what do you think should be done?" ”
Emperor Chengzu thought for a while and said, "Father, the son has a bold idea, the son wants to ......"
Emperor Chengzu said his thoughts in detail. Emperor Taizu listened, but was a little hesitant. He hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Boss, what do you think of the fourth's thoughts?" ”
"Father, this approach of the fourth brother is really ......" Emperor Xiaokang also hesitated and said, "The risk is too great, if you don't do it well, the whole thing will collapse immediately." ”
"Father, eldest brother," Emperor Chengzu said, "This is originally a means of survival in death, how can there be no reason for no risk?" If there is no risk, there is only one way to survive. ”
Emperor Taizu nodded and said, "Lao Tzu has always believed in a sentence: 'Either you don't do it, or you have to do it!'" Since we don't plan to come according to the will of the Heavenly Court, then we should not look too forward. It's just that you have to be very careful about how it works. If you're not careful, you'll lose everything. Let's take a look at it and see how to do it......"
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At this time, the soul of Xuanyi Daoist had already returned to its place, he stood up from the futon, walked to the god case, and put away the tablet. Then he stood there, silently recalling the situation of meeting Emperor Taizu just now and showing it to Huang Tian. When he was in front of Emperor Taizu, in order not to be discovered, Huang Tian hid very tightly and closed most of his senses, so the specific process of negotiation between the two, Huang Tian was not very clear. At this time, Xuanyi Daoist showed him a replay in this way.
"Senior, do you say that what Emperor Taizu said is reliable?" Xuan Yi asked.
"It's basically reliable. After all, at least for now, the common interests between you and him outweigh the mutual harm. So for now, at least, what he's saying is reliable. As for the future, I have a word for you: 'There are no permanent friends, no permanent enemies, only permanent interests.' If one day, if you sell what you can get more than you lose, he will definitely sell you without hesitation. ”
"I understand, that is to say, when cooperating with Emperor Taizu, you must be vigilant, that is, you must open one eye when you sleep at night." Xuan Yi responded.
After talking to Huang Tian, Xuan Yi ordered the soldiers to talk about Bai Man'er's idol and move it back and put it back in its place. Xuan Yi asked the soldiers to light a stick of incense in front of the statue, and then let them out again, and then called out to the white barbarian and said, "Honorable God, the poor road is disturbed." Here's a little bit of thank-you for borrowing the treasure. As he spoke, he threw a ball of light towards Bai Man'er. Bai Man'er took it and found that this light cluster was a bit of pure spiritual power. This thing is really a life-saving medicine for Bai Man'er, whose spirit body is about to be unable to maintain it.
"Thank you, Immortal Chief." Bai Man'er bowed and saluted, and then swallowed the ball of light in one gulp. His hazy body vibrated like a wave of water, and it became a little more solid.
"Do not speak of today's things." Xuan Yi said again.
Bai Man'er knew that this matter must be not trivial, she was originally worried that the Daoist would kill the gods and destroy his mouth, but when she heard him say this, she hurriedly pointed to the underworld and swore an oath, saying that she would never divulge this matter.
"This temple is too dilapidated. In a few days, I will help you find another temple to come back and help you take care of it. Before leaving, Xuan Yi said again.