When he came back to his senses, Wang Zhixin found that the place he was in had changed.

The scene at the top of the sky is like a dream bubble.

Instead, there is a magnificent city, the city is brightly lit, and Wang Zhixin, who has lived here for most of his life, naturally will not fail to recognize it.

Dayun went to Beijing.

The line of sight swept over the city wall of Shangjing, infinitely closer, through the streets and alleys, through the inner city, and finally entered through the main gate of the imperial city, crossed the patrol line of the Ouchi guards, and finally came to a white jade pill majesty with thousands of steps, like a road to heaven straight into the sky.

In the past, hundreds of officials entered the court and took this road.

Wang Zhixin is naturally no stranger.

And above His Majesty, a golden palace seems to stand in the sea of clouds, and at a glance, a terrifying oppression arises out of thin air, this oppression is imperceptible to non-grandmaster martial artists, because this is not the oppression on the physical level, but on the spiritual level.

In other words, it is "potential".

Dayun has been in power for a hundred years, after two generations of virtuous emperors, and Li Yun, the emperor of the dynasty, has worked hard for 20 years, and all the people in the world have returned to their hearts, how strong? And as the center of power in this huge empire, where the hearts of all the people gather, how can the Golden Luan Palace be such a simple thing?

Don't say anything else.

Why don't the people of the rivers and lakes dare to act recklessly in the imperial court? Why didn't the Great Grandmaster dare to break into the palace at night? There is no other reason, it is because if these great masters really come, I am afraid that they will be oppressed by this imperial force on the spot, and they will not be able to raise fifty percent of their artistic conception, and their strength will not be one out of ten.

Therefore, the higher the cultivation level, the more dare not come to the Jinluan Palace, only those warriors who have been canonized by the imperial court can countless such imperial powers.

Of course, this is limited to the Golden Luang Palace.

It's just that....

Wang Zhixin's eyes flashed, and he immediately moved away from the palace-like Jinluan Palace, and turned to look at the bottom of His Majesty Bai Yudan, where a young man in a five-clawed golden dragon robe looked at him expressionlessly, and behind the young man, there was a trembling eunuch kneeling.

The palm seal of the master of ceremonies, the former head of the imperial palace Tong Daofu.

After seeing this scene, Wang Zhixin took a deep breath, and immediately stepped forward and knelt on one knee.

"Weichen Wang Zhixin."

"I've seen the emperor."

"Flat."

Li Yun spoke slowly, different from when he sent Wang Zhixin away before, his voice at this time seemed very thin, this was not the attitude he should have towards Wang Zhixin.

"No."

Wang Zhixin was not surprised, and after responding respectfully, he slowly stood up.

“.... Congratulations to the emperor, it seems that the traitor has been taken down by the emperor. ”

"Nothing to congratulate."

Li Yun said indifferently: "I expected that Li Yue would bury the shadow, but I didn't expect this shadow to be hidden so deeply, and I didn't find it early, but it was my mistake." ”

"The emperor is wise."

Wang Zhixin arched his hand, but Li Yun did not respond.

For a while, the atmosphere between the two began to become silent and cold, and after a while, Wang Zhixin slowly spoke: "How did the emperor bring his ministers over?" If the minister is not bad as expected, the minister should be at the top of the sky at this time, instead of returning to Shangjing in the blink of an eye..."

“.... Don't you know? ”

Li Yun waved his hand and interrupted Wang Zhixin a little irritably.

"You are the Grand Governor of the Imperial City Division of me, a first-class official, I pulled you here with my own artistic conception, is there any problem?"

“... No. ”

Wang Zhixin opened his mouth, but Li Yun had a calm face, and he didn't mean to continue at all, and finally Wang Zhixin sighed deeply: "... Emperor. ”

"Say."

"Do you have to let the minister speak for himself?"

“......”

"In that case, the minister said."

After straightening his collar, Wang Zhixin's expression was serious: "Your Majesty, your plan is close to failure, although you have sacrificed the three grandmaster swordsmen, and the dragon vein of the Central Plains has also raised its head for the second time, but the 10,000-year-old ice on the top of the sky is too powerful, the earth fire cannot break through, and your artistic conception cannot spread." ”

“......”

Li Yun didn't respond, just looked at Wang Zhixin fixedly, but Wang Zhixin paused slightly when he said this, and then showed a smile:

"Engong, do you know, in fact, I have always been afraid of you."

“.... Why. ”

"Because I don't know what you're thinking."

Wang Zhixin's eyes showed a bit of memories: "Initially, before you ascended the throne, the first emperor died, and you united with the Zongren Mansion to take down the prince, so you broke with Niangniang, since then, I have always felt very guilty, because you obviously know that I made my own opinion, and teamed up with some ministers and eunuchs in the palace to secretly assassinate the first emperor, but you took the initiative to take responsibility for me, and even ruined your reputation." ”

"I've always felt guilty about it."

"But the days have gone by."

"I have to admit that the more things I know, the more suspicious I am about what happened back then, and I don't want to pursue it, but I have to think about it."

“... Was it really me who made my own decisions? ”

"At that time, I was cultivated by Engong since I was a child, you taught me, cultivated me, and I have been thinking of repaying my kindness, and the reason why I assassinated the first emperor was because I heard two eunuchs in the palace say that the first emperor was seriously ill and might pass on the throne to the second prince, which is unacceptable to me."

"When I was younger, I was determined not to let this happen."

"But afterwards."

"After I took over the helm of Ouchi, I accidentally found in the list of eunuchs that the two eunuchs I saw in the past all died unexpectedly."

"One is a sudden illness, and the other is a taboo in the palace."

"It's actually quite normal."

"But.... Could it be too much of a coincidence? ”

Wang Zhixin deliberately looked away as he spoke, did not look at Li Yun, and just said to himself: "I don't know what is behind this, the more I think about it, the more scared I become, and finally even give up the investigation, just treat this incident as if it never happened, and continue to be my metropolitan governor." ”

"For twenty years, I have watched with my own eyes, Your Majesty, you eliminate dissidents and rectify the dynasty, your success is unprecedented, but your means and calculations.... I've seen them all, and the more I see them, the more I can't help but think, did you count me in the first place? ”

"Even broke with the mother... Also in your calculations? ”

"I don't understand."

"Later, at the Mausoleum of the First Emperor, you didn't come forward, and you killed the great master of the Xiaoyao Sect in a single calculation, Xiao Rumo, the sword master of the rivers and lakes, died, and the blood demons in the emperor's tomb were also suppressed, and many grandmasters were killed by the way, compared to it, there were almost no casualties on the court side."

"What did you calculate for this sword test meeting?"

"At the beginning, I thought you were calculating to create a new Jianghu sword and the world's number one swordsman to replace Xiao Rumo's position, so as to command the rivers and lakes."

"Later, I found out that I was too superficial, Niangniang, ten thousand slaughterers, the grandmasters of various factions came one after another, and the mysterious Mr. Li from before also reappeared, plus so much gunpowder, I thought you were planning to let me kill the gathered grandmasters and reproduce the calculation of the tomb of the First Emperor."

"But I was wrong."

"The Three Absolute Swords sacrifice themselves and activate the appearance of the Central Plains Dragon Vein."

"At that time, I thought you were planning to use the second aura ascension to break through the realm, but when I got here, I found out that I was wrong again."

"Eun Gong...."

Speaking of this, Wang Zhixin finally lowered his head slowly and met Li Yun's gaze: "... When did you break through to the Great Master Realm? ”

The artistic conception spans infinite regions, pulling the spirit of a great grandmaster from the top of the sky to the capital?

No kidding!

This is not something that a Great Grandmaster can do at all!

Can do this....

.... Only enlightenment!

No one has ever reached the realm of the rivers and lakes! In the court, the Jinluan Palace was trained by an emperor who was supposed to be negligent in martial arts!

"When?"

Hearing this, Li Yun finally spoke slowly: ".... Three months ago. ”

"I see."

"That's why you started the calculation of the First Emperor's Mausoleum."

"That's the premise."

Wang Zhixin gently exhaled a breath of turbidity, shook his head with a wry smile: "... I'm still too stupid to keep up with Eungong's footsteps. ”

"I also understand now, why did you send me to the top of the sky, Your Majesty."

"If you want to activate the dragon vein, just let the Three Absolute Swords go clearly and secretly, why do you want me to make a big fuss and even hold any sword trial conference?"

"I see.... I've been deceived. ”

"Everyone is calculated by you."

At this moment, Wang Zhixin only felt that his thoughts were extremely clear, as a person who had personally experienced all these plans, he had not seen the true face of the plan until now:

"The Mausoleum of the First Emperor, killing Xiao Rumo and suppressing the Blood Demon is just the beginning."

"Is the sword test meeting for the Supreme Prince to appear?"

"You have long expected that the ambition of the prince will not die, and even the prince's sword was given to him by you at the beginning.... You may have known that the sword of the princes is wrong? ”

"You're deliberately fueling his ambitions."

"You deliberately let the news leak out through Tong Daofu, the prince has been sunk for so many years, suppressed for a long time, and has been waiting for such an opportunity to break out for a long time, so you conclude that he will definitely come, he wants to take revenge on you, and the best way to take revenge on you is to kill me and Niangniang."

"So you expected that the prince would bring his mother with him."

"And ten thousand people slaughtered.... He came here for his brother, but why did his brother run near the top of the sky? The Lion Tiger Gate personnel are complicated, and it is not difficult to stuff an undercover agent into it, as long as there is a little guidance, it is not difficult to get Wanlixing to the vicinity of the top of the sky, and the Supreme Prince happens to be there..."

“.... In order to muddy the waters, the probability of the Supreme Prince killing Wanlixing is very high. ”

"In this way, the massacre of 10,000 people will come."

"As for the other Grandmaster Swordsmen, it doesn't matter if they come or not."

"On the other hand, since the Supreme Prince dares to come, he is naturally confident, and you probably have already received the information, he has already attracted the great masters of the eight major factions, the Dharma Temple and the Qixian Villa, right? After a few calculations, with the prince as the core, you have brought together four great grandmasters! ”

"In addition, the sword of the people, the sword of the princes, and the hidden ancient demon soldiers among them have also been gathered by you."

"Most of the power of the rivers and lakes is here."

"On this basis, you have activated the Central Plains Dragon Vein."

“..... It's all up to you. ”

"Tong Daofu, the Supreme Prince, the Sword of the Princes, the Sword of the Shuren, the Niangniang, the Ten Thousand Slaughter, the Great Grandmaster of the Qixian Villa and the Dharma Temple, and some Jianghu Grandmaster Swordsmen, all of them were calculated by you and acted according to your ideas, but Rao is so, there are still some people you haven't counted."

"Mr. Li and his companions, as spoilers, you didn't count."

"And one more person...."

“.... It's me. ”

Speaking of this, Wang Zhixin paused for a moment for the second time, and this time it was Li Yun who looked away.

"You didn't calculate me?"

"That's not right."

"You even calculated the three absolute swords, how could you not count me?"

"I'm insurance, right?"

"The dragon vein of the Central Plains has recovered, but the earth fire has not rushed out of the Xuan Ice Terrace, and your artistic conception is also locked by the Ten Thousand Years Xuan Bing, there is no way to really spread over, you need one person to break the Xuan Ice Table, but once the Xuan Ice Platform is broken, the one who shot will bear the brunt, and will definitely be completely swallowed by the earth fire..."

“.... So you didn't tell me. ”

"If the earth fire successfully breaks through the Xuan Ice Platform, everything will naturally be treated as if it never happened, but if the local fire does not break through the Xuan Ice Platform, it will be my turn."

"Eun Gong.... Emperor. ”

"Is that so?"

Wang Zhixin said word by word, but in his mind, a conversation involuntarily flashed, at that time he had just been adopted by Li Yun, and he was only about ten years old.

"Zhixin, do you know what the Son of Heaven technique is?"

"Son of Heaven Technique...?"

"Not bad."

"The so-called Son of Heaven is actually the way of employing people, no one in the world is unavailable, nothing in the world is unavailable, and since you want to use people, you can't be trapped by feelings, otherwise it will be a failure, if you become my right-hand man in the future, this art of employing people, you must also learn."

"But isn't this the Son of Heaven technique? Will I be taboo if I learn? ”

"Hahaha, I will be the Son of Heaven in the future, I said that you don't commit taboos, who can say that you commit taboos? You are still young, and if I die in the future, I will still wait for you to be my minister! ”

............

"Your Majesty, the minister is jealous."

"Flat." Li Yun's voice was still flat, and he couldn't hear any emotion.

“... The minister deserves death, and today he will step down from the position of the governor of the Imperial City Division, and ask the emperor to ask for another master. ”

“.... I give you peace. ”

"The emperor is wise and martial, and the minister has retired."

"I'll get you up!"

Li Yun's voice finally had a trace of emotion, and Wang Zhixin, who was keenly aware of this... But he smiled rarely: "Your Majesty... Engong, Zhixin roughly guessed what you were going to do, but Zhixin was stupid, Zhixin didn't know whether what Engong did was right or wrong. ”

"But Zhixin believes you."

"It's just that Zhixin may not be able to witness this prosperous world with you anymore."

"In the past, Engong you went to such a name for Zhixin, saying that life in the world is only faithful and righteous three words, but you don't like loyalty, righteousness and I am not suitable, so I left a letter word, and at that time, Zhixin said bluntly, I will definitely repay your kindness, and now it can be regarded as trustworthy, right?"

“.........”

After finishing speaking, Wang Zhixin slowly straightened up, took a step back, and straightened his back.

"Your Majesty, the minister went, failed to become the emperor's minister, the minister is ashamed of the emperor, if there is an afterlife, I am willing to do my best for the emperor again, and then die."

“.... Engong does not need to blame himself, this is what Zhixin should do. ”

“.........”

The Son of Heaven stood there quietly, without tears or words, his expression was still majestic and unshaken, like a stone statue that had been preserved for eternity.

It's just that from now on, yin and yang are divided, and heaven and man are separated.

The majestic son of heaven, the heroic young man, how noble is the five-clawed golden dragon robe? How supreme is the Son of Dayun? How clever is all the calculations? Why is Enlightenment so powerful?

But this time I looked at it....

..... But he was a lonely man.

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