Chapter 90: Murder
Looking at Li Yuntong and paused, "Yuan Tianshi" said again: "Because the princess is the princess of the Tang Dynasty, the princess of the Tang Dynasty should stay in the Tang Dynasty, how can she go to Tubo?" In fact, you will die a life when you go to Tubo, rather than suffer there, it is better to give up this body to do something good for the people of my Tang Dynasty. β
The words are high-sounding, it turned out that she didn't want her to marry Tubo, so she blocked it in this way, used public opinion to cover up her true purpose, and used public opinion to get out afterwards......
Thinking of this, Li Yuntong smiled coldly and said, "It's so good, but it's because someone has given you benefits, right?" Say, "Which country did the people of this country tell you to do this, and what did they promise you?" β
"Yuan Tianshi" changed his face, "Your Royal Highness the princess, don't shirk it, for the sake of the people of our Tang Dynasty, you should come up." Otherwise, it's not good to delay the auspicious time. β
The people below also persuaded each other, and if Li Yuntong didn't go up again, they would pull her up.
Seeing that the middle-aged Taoist priest was holding public opinion, Li Yuntong raised his voice and asked: "It's not impossible to let me go up, I just want to ask the Heavenly Master one more word, if I don't need to make a sacrifice today, won't this rain come?" β
"Yuan Tianshi" showed compassion on his face, as if he was really a master of Taoism and compassion.
He said solemnly: "That's right, if the princess refuses to make sacrifices today, the rain will not come, and there will be three years of drought in Weizhou, and hunger will be everywhere." Such a thing of praying for the blessing of all the people, I think the princess will not be unwilling, right? Providence has chosen Her Royal Highness the Princess, if the choice is the poor road, for the people of Weizhou, for the century-old foundation of the Tang Dynasty, the poor road will definitely die! β
Hearing his words, the people below began to discuss.
"It's better to be a heavenly master, for the sake of us ordinary people, we treat death as home......"
"That is, those royal relatives and nobles will only enjoy the worship of all peoples, and when it is really time to use them, they will all become turtles with shrunken heads."
"I can't say that, the princess is for the sake of the Tang Dynasty and the pro-Tubo ......"
"Can going to Tibet compare with the Heavenly Sacrifice? That's a benefit on both sides, this has to be enshrined to the heavens, and all the beneficiaries are our Datang ......"
Speaking of the future, they couldn't wait to rush forward and tie Li Yuntong to the Temple of Heaven.
Seeing that Li Yuntong still didn't move, "Yuan Tianshi" showed an impatient look on his face, but he couldn't bear the unhappiness in his heart, and said bitterly: "Your Royal Highness Princess, if you refuse to come up again, don't blame the poor and rude, really make it like that, even if you make a heavenly sacrifice, the people can't read your good, why bother?" Sooner or later, people will die, and what a glory it is to be able to sacrifice their lives for righteousness and sacrifice for all peoples! β
After all, persuaded the princess to take the initiative to come to the stage as a sacrifice and forcibly dragged her to the stage as a sacrifice, and when the Son of Heaven asked afterwards, the responsibility was different.
Of course, when this is done, he may not need to care about the joy and anger of the Son of Heaven, but it is always right to leave a way back for everything.
Li Yuntong smiled slightly: "Does the Heavenly Master really want to be like this? β
"Yuan Tianshi" lowered his eyes: "Really! β
Li Yuntong asked again: "Isn't the Heavenly Master really not changing his mind?" β
"I really don't change it!" Raising the dust, "Yuan Tianshi" said sonorously, "Never change, the will of heaven has chosen the princess as a sacrifice, how can the poor Dao not obey the will of heaven?" If the Son of Heaven is punished in the future, it will be borne by the poor Dao alone, and it has nothing to do with the people of Weizhou. β
"Heavenly Master, Heavenly Masterβ" There was the shallow tear nest, and he was already moved by his words and wept bitterly.
At this time, at the foot of the mountain, Li Jingheng with more than 20 guards and the guards brought by Li Yanzhi, the assassin of Weizhou, had already converged.
Li Jingheng received a message that Li Yuntong wanted to come to Phoenix Mountain to see the scenery, and he also wanted to take a look, so after finishing his official business, he brought some people up to find her.
Li Yanzhi made an open investigation and secretly visited, and found out that Cao's arson case yesterday might be related to "Yuan Tianshi", so he brought troops to ...... Because he knew the status of "Yuan Tianshi" in the hearts of the people, in order to prevent the people from stirring up a civil uprising and making a commotion, he deliberately brought more people.
As soon as the two teams arrived at the foot of the mountain, they happened to meet a guard beside Li Yuntong who came down to report the news.
"Lord Shizi, hurry up and save the princess...... "The guard gasped and recounted what he had seen and heard.
"This thief is really bold." Li Yanzhi was so frightened that his face turned white, and he was angry and anxious, "Let's go up and rescue the princess." β
Li Jingheng heard that Li Yuntong was not in a hurry when he heard that Li Yuntong was carrying manpower, with those few here, even if he couldn't get out for a while, there should be no problem in keeping his sister's safety.
He also joked with Li Yanzhi, "There are so many people on the mountain, Lord Assassin Shi should explain it, unless you have to, you must not use a knife or a gun, otherwise you will hurt the innocent, and you, the parent official, will feel sorry for the people under your jurisdiction." β
Li Yanzhi, who had a white face and a long beard, jumped to his feet in a hurry, "Oh, don't laugh at the prince, it's only right to go up and rescue Her Royal Highness the princess." β
Having said that, he still gave the order to the guards not to use their swords and guns easily, so as not to injure the people by mistake.
The noon sun illuminates the Phoenix Mountain, there is not much green on the mountain in early spring, and there are still some winter days that have not dispersed, but by the noon sunshine, it will reflect a large piece of broken gold-like light, which looks very warm, and the Ziyang Taoist Temple that stands quietly on the top of the mountain is even more majestic under the sunshine.
With Yuan Tianshi's sonorous and powerful words, the door of the main hall directly south of the Temple of Heaven opened without wind.
The door of the main hall is dark yellow, the Sanqing Hall enshrines the dark golden Yuqing Yuan Shi Tianzun, Shangqing Lingbao Tianzun, Taiqing Daode Tianzun, the three Tianzun Dharma bodies are as high as four zhang away, the posture is solemn, the head is covered with divine light, it looks like the eyebrows and eyes are very vivid, and then the noon sun shines, and the eyes are lifelike.
"Behold, the Celestial Venerable has appeared."
"As soon as the Heavenly Master said that he would take the princess as a heavenly sacrifice, and he himself was willing to bear the responsibility for the crime, Tianzun appeared......"
Anyone who has been to the Sanqing Hall knows that the two doors are made of solid wood, and there are copper rivets on them, and a heavy person can't push them open, like this, they automatically push them open without even getting up the wind, isn't it Tianzun's manifestation or what?
Even those who had a few doubts before no longer had doubts in their hearts.
Even Dong Qing was dumbfounded: "Could it be that there are really immortals?" β
The crowd pious five-body threw themselves to the ground, bowed again and again, and even the Taoist priest who had come to arrest Li Yuntong knelt on the ground.
"Kill him!"
Li Yuntong's lips said three words coldly.
After repeated questioning, she knew that there must be no good today, and that the only way to stop this chaos with the least loss was to get rid of the first evil first.
At this time, "Yuan Tianshi" sat quietly on the futon throne, and the crowd bowed to the ground, and the best time has appeared.
Qiu Feng didn't hesitate at all, and when he jumped up, he pulled out the soft sword in his waist, the sword qi was like a rainbow, and his body was like a dragon flying towards Yuan Tianshi.
Her feet touched the heads of the kneeling crowd like dragonflies.
The Taoist priests were the first to react, and stood up to stop them, but they were cut down to the ground by the two guards beside Li Yuntong.
And in the blink of an eye, Qiu Feng had already arrived at Yuan Tianshi's side, she almost didn't land on her feet, and as soon as she raised her hand, the soft sword circled around the neck of "Yuan Tianshi".
One hit is a sure hit.
"Yuan Tianshi" obviously didn't expect that someone would dare to kill him in front of everyone, although he could divinate and pretend to be a ghost, but he didn't know martial arts at all, so he was surprised when he heard the sound of killing, and he was frightened when he saw the soft sword stabbing him, and he felt the blood gushing out, so he remembered and screamed.
However, everything came too quickly, from astonishment to horror to exclamation, but in an instant, his throat was cut, and the scream was buried in his throat by blood, and before he could even make a sound, his head gurgled and rolled on the ground, and his round eyes were full of disbelief before he had time to close.
The Taoist boy above, the Taoist priest below, and the crowd of people who bowed down opened their mouths wide as if someone had immobilized their bodies, as if they couldn't even breathe at that moment.
Moments later, like firecrackers thrown into a rat's nest, they exploded, screamed, scattered, and became angry.
Some of the timid ones had collapsed to the ground, and some women looked at the headless corpses still struggling and convulsing, blood flowing all over the ground, and the severed heads were spinning around on the Temple of Heaven like gourds rolling on the ground, and their eyes rolled and fainted.
When Li Jingheng and the others arrived, the crowd was scattered in all directions, and some were crowded in the center, and there was chaos all around, and the Temple of Heaven was even more crowded, even if they wanted to, they couldn't rush over, they could only watch Li Yuntong being submerged in the crowd.
Except for Li Jingheng and some guards with strong martial arts who took the human head as the ground and rushed to the position of the Temple of Heaven, Li Yanzhi could only lead the guards to maintain order around.
Fortunately, when they saw the officers and soldiers, the fleeing crowd felt a lot more relieved, slowly stopped the panic, and some of them were bold enough to complain to the officers and soldiers.
Under the Temple of Heaven, in addition to the frightened and frightened escapes, there were more angry, and some people who admired Yuan Tianshi very much and his disciples and grandchildren rushed towards Li Yuntong and them, gritting their teeth as if they wanted to tear them apart, and only by dividing the corpses of the five horses could they relieve their hatred.
Seeing those people rushing towards them regardless of life or death, Dong Qing couldn't help but say in a panic: "Princess, this Taoist priest has some skills and is very popular with the people, shouldn't he be killed?" β
"People who have the ability but no virtue are far more harmful than those who have no ability, and those who use and provoke public opinion like him must die, otherwise there will be chaos in Weizhou sooner or later."
Saying that, Li Yuntong frowned and said: "You think too much, so the action just now is not as fast as Qiu Feng, and there is no two of them who know how to cooperate, no one has taught you, do you have to obey the master's orders unconditionally?" What if you were the only one with me today? β
Dong Qing lowered her head in shame.
After a while, she came back to her senses, drew her soft sword, and together with the other two guards, protected Li Yuntong in the middle.
It's just that compared to the fearlessness of the two guards, she is a little dodgy, looking at the crowd of people rushing over, not knowing whether to advance or retreat.
The crowd stopped a step away from them.