180: Sacrifice
(Cat flutter Chinese) Nan Zhao frowned,
"Ninth Brother ......," Zhou Yang said in a deep voice
"My father is very taboo about me, not only because I have a spiritual seal, but also because the national teacher predicted many years ago that I will be the one who will cut off his country, so he has been guarding against me all these years. After the national teacher did it last night, I should have died, but I didn't want you to use the power of the spirit flower to save me, this matter must have been known by my father and the national teacher, and I summoned me tonight, and I specially wanted to take you there, it must be ...... Brother Jiu must not let you fall into danger because of me! "Actually, Nan Zhao had expected something to happen today last night, because when she was driving away the yin and evil qi for Zhou Yang, the dragon-headed snake-body beast she saw said a word to her at that time.
I've finally found you! It is not clear what it is that should originate from the main body of that qi, but it is not difficult to guess that it is related to the Fang Shi called Wuyanzi.
Without too much hesitation, she resolutely said to Zhou Yang
"Brother Jiu, I'm not leaving!"
"Nan Zhao, this is not the time to be rash." Her face was as pale as ever,
"I know, that's why I can't go! Brother Jiu protects me, I understand, but I, Nanzhao, am definitely not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death! "When she knew that he was in trouble, she would never do this kind of thing by herself!
Zhou Yang saw her so firm, and said ashamedly
"It's Brother Jiu's mistake!" It was indeed wrong to regard her as a ruthless and unrighteous person. Nan Zhao, whom he knew, had already experienced life and death several times, even though she was surrounded by flames, she still never fell, so how could she leave him behind at this moment?
Nan Zhao asked him
"Brother Jiu still remembers, what you said to me in those days when you were gone?" He had said a lot, but when she asked, he knew which one she was referring to.
"Brother Jiu let Nan Zhao live well, Brother Jiu's home is Nan Zhao's home, you treat me as a relative, I also think so, since my relatives are in trouble, how can Nan Zhao leave home?" Not only will Nan Zhao not leave, but she will do her best to solve problems for Brother Jiu and help him get out of the predicament.
Zhou Yang already knew at this moment that unless he tied her up and sent her away, it would be impossible to drive her away, so he dispelled this idea!
"Hey!" He sighed, and his whole body was worried. Grandpa Cao is still waiting, although it is the first time to face the saint, she doesn't have to deliberately dress up and pretend to travel, she is still in a plain white dress, clean and refreshing.
Her face is not as swollen as it was a few days ago, and her original delicate aura is gradually recovering. The carriage to Longxi Mansion bumped along the stone road, and the eunuch who led the way carried a lantern with a bright yellow cloth, and when he walked a few steps, he had to knock on a small round drum in his hand.
The sound of drums avoids evil, so that those who walk at night can pass safely.
"It's here!" Cao Gui'an got out of the car first, smiled respectfully and bent over. The golden plaque of Longxi Mansion was above his head, and it was turned gray-blue by the bright moonlight!
On both sides of the gate, there were several guards with swords in front of the palace, and even if the light was unclear, they could feel the evil aura coming from them.
Knowing that it was Gonggong Cao who went to the Guogong Mansion to announce the decree came back, Zhao Zifeng, the former golden head general of the imperial palace, had been waiting here for a long time, and everywhere it went, there was a team of iron-faced imperial guards, these people, all of them were strong in martial arts, killing people like hemp, and the evil aura around them even avoided ghosts!
Zhou Yang got out of the car with Cao Gonggong, and Nanzhao was the last, because he was a face saint, he didn't bring anything, and he was alone.
As soon as I saw that it was all these guards with knives who came to pick them up, and then I looked at the expression that her ninth brother had long been accustomed to, she knew that this was the norm!
In the past, she felt that she was disliked by her family and it was unfortunate to be shunned by her father, but when she saw that her biological father was eager to kill his son at any time, she was even more chilled.
"King Tai'an, please!" Gonggong Cao stood on the stone steps outside the gate of the mansion and raised his hand to invite. Zhou Yang stepped up, Nan Zhao walked on his side, and after entering, the tall door of the mansion behind him closed heavily, and there were guards with knives everywhere, but there was not a single human voice.
Nan Zhao thought that when he went to the underworld, he had also been to many places, and the deepest impression was the City God Temple, which was crowded with all kinds of inconsistency.
And this royal place is even more gloomy than the underworld. When the underworld committed a crime, the record of the past life is clear and clear, and the judge says what way to enter, without wrongdoing, everything is subject to the laws of the Three Realms and the laws of hell.
The yang world is different, no matter where it is, there are many people who play tricks, and people's hearts are the most unpredictable, at this time, Nan Zhao will remember what Shen Rugu said to her before.
Everyone is afraid of ghosts, but it is often people who harm people! They followed Gonggong Cao in the courtyard of the palace, here is the first emperor reign, built in Yunzhou Palace, in the center of the entire Yunzhou City, is the largest mansion in the whole city, the landscaping, architecture, and the mansion of ordinary big families are also different from the mansion of ordinary big families.
The vegetation in the garden is a treasure that is difficult to maintain, and the pruning is unique, and they walked half a column of incense before they arrived at the emperor's place.
It was also outside the front yard of the house, full of imperial guards, and before entering, a royal attendant came to search their bodies and made sure that they did not have any weapons on them before they were released.
Before entering, Zhou Yang's deep gaze met Nanzhao's eyes, she knew that Brother Jiu must want to say something to her, but there were many people here, and every pair of eyes were staring at them, so she didn't speak.
Nan Zhao nodded at him, reassuring him. Everything should come, it will always come, she has already been prepared, life and death are not in the sky, even her name is crossed on the life and death book of the underworld, and it is not the turn of the emperor of the world to have the final say!
The two of them went in one after the other, knelt on the ground and greeted the emperor. The emperor is over sixty years old, and he is dressed in a black dragon robe, which should be heroic, but he is leaning on a chair with a dragon's head inlaid with gold at the moment, and he is gently holding his temples with one hand, looking a little weak.
Nan Zhao gently swept over that face, although he was old, it was not difficult to see that face, when he was young, he must have been handsome and extraordinary, ordinary people would almost get lucky when they reached this stage, but Emperor Yan was very thin, his face was tense, his eyes were cold, as if he never smiled.
"Yang'er is here—" He turned his face slightly, and his elongated tail note exuded a strange atmosphere.
"I wonder if my father's head disease has improved?" Zhou Yang was still kneeling on the carpet in the outer hall, deliberately not looking directly into Emperor Yan's eyes.
Nan Zhao buried her head slightly, although she didn't look everywhere, she had basically confirmed that in this room, in addition to Cao Gui'an, the crown prince Zhou Zheng, and the four guards with knives in front of the emperor, there was another person behind the dragon chair where the emperor was lying.
These Xuanmen people like to act in the dark the most, and they must be the national teacher called Wuyazi!
This person is claimed to be a disciple of Cangbei Mountain, Nanxian Mountain is the southernmost in Kyushu, and Cangbei Mountain is in the northernmost part of Kyushu, separated by 108,000 miles, and are the two best holy places for cultivating immortals.
There are many people from these two factions, because most of them are cultivators who are indifferent to fame and fortune, and many of them do not even have honorific titles, let alone be officials in the court, so Lu Donglai looks down on this person very much, and he has long heard that this person is around Emperor Yan to bewitch the public, in order to help Emperor Yan seek the method of immortality, he has done many ridiculous acts, and Emperor Yan is even more obedient to him, over the years, there are many loyal and good people in the court who have died under his mouth.
At this time, Emperor Yan asked
"The woman kneeling next to Yang'er below, but the woman named Nanzhao?" Nan Zhao replied
"It's the people's girl!"
"I heard from the prince that you have a glowing flower on your hand, but is there such a thing?" She answered truthfully
"It's true!" The emperor was half-lying in his chair, but when he heard this answer, he suddenly sat up with great interest and ordered
"Raise your hand and show me!" Nan Zhao slowly raised his hand, and the crimson spirit flower came to life in the palm of his hand, which was shocking.
Emperor Yan only felt that he couldn't see clearly enough, so he immediately stood up, walked in two steps, came to her, and asked again after seeing the spirit flower thoroughly
"I heard that this spirit flower has infinite power, is it true?" She replied humbly
"Your Majesty, the people's daughter does have a slight setback, but it is still far from infinity, and there is no such infinite power in this world!"
"Oh?" The emperor squinted at her, then looked at Zhou Yang and said in a deep voice
"Yang'er, although my father's head disease has improved a little since you left last night, it has been painful again since the evening, which is really sad!"
"Father should rest more, don't be burdened by troubles." Emperor Yan didn't want to listen to this kind of casual words, he palmed his forehead and said with a headache
"The national teacher said that he wanted to cure the disease of my head, and the previous method was to cure the symptoms but not the root cause, and there was only one way to eradicate them all-" As for what the method was, he didn't say any more, as his son's Zhou Yang, he naturally asked with concern
"How?" Emperor Yan asked him
"This method is not easy, is Yang'er willing to help his father?" Zhou Yang knew what it meant to answer, he lowered his head, struggled for a moment, and replied in a deep voice
"If the second minister can do it, he will do his best!"
"Very good, it's not in vain that my father has high hopes for you!" Emperor Yan sighed, and the crown prince Zhou Zheng, who was standing on the side, sneered when he heard this, everything was in his calculations.
"The national teacher and Master Jiuwu have studied a method, which can not only cure my father's head disease, but also make my father live a long life, and from now on, he will not be troubled by birth, old age, sickness and death!" After Emperor Yan finished speaking, he pointed to a room next to him and said
"There is a treasure mirror in it, and there is a god in the mirror, as long as he is offered what he needs, he will fulfill a wish of mine, even if he is free from birth, old age, sickness and death!" Zhou Yang naturally knew what that treasure mirror was, that was the magic mirror of the national teacher named Tan Mirror, two days ago, he knelt in front of and behind that mirror, and he collapsed from exhaustion.
But every time, as long as he loses his vitality, Emperor Yan's head disease will be much better, and his spirit will be the same.
Therefore, Emperor Yan relied on that treasure mirror very much. At this time, the prince, who had never lied, spoke
"The first few times, the reason why my father's head disease was only relieved for a while was because the power of the mark on your body, ninth brother, was too weak, so it could not cure my father's head disease, as long as you found someone who was several times stronger than you, not only could you cure your father's head disease, but also let my father live forever!" Eternal generations?
Nan Zhao glanced at the prince who spoke, and his intuition was hypocritical. If the emperor sits on the dragon chair for thousands of generations, he is afraid that the first person who wants the emperor to die is this prince, and at this moment he comes out and says this sentence against his will, it is just an excuse to find them to die, as for whether the emperor can live forever, it is all up to the mouth of the boundless son, whether this is the case, it is unknown!
Zhou Yang was still kneeling on the ground, and after he heard these words, he was silent. Needless to say, almost all of them already knew what the Yan Emperor said was the method of doing it once and for all!
Nanzhao! The infinite power that Emperor Yan wants to pay tribute to Tan Jing is Nan Zhao, who has a spirit flower in his palm and can control the power of the spirit flower!
When they announced the decree, Nan Zhao was already in their pockets, so in order to let Zhou Yang willingly hand over Nan Zhao, he specially gave him a jujube and sealed the prince's order.
But compared to Nan Zhao's life, the Prince Order is worthless in his eyes! Emperor Yan stood tall in front of him, looking down at Zhou Yang who was kneeling below, why was he silent for a long time this time?
He called out deliberately, and his voice was cordial
"Yang'er—didn't you say that you would do your best?" Zhou Yang still has to ask again
"What does Father mean?"
"This spirit girl Nanzhao, the spirit flower in the palm of her hand has infinite power, she is the best candidate to pay tribute to Tan Jing!" Thinking that he would soon live forever, Emperor Yan took the tribute sacrifice for granted in front of Nan Zhao without any taboos.
She was stunned for a moment, maybe in the eyes of this Ninety-Five Venerable, she was just a grass people, and she couldn't help but have the final say in her life.
Look, the emperor asked Zhou Yang, because they all knew that she was Zhou Yang's sister-in-law, and she had such a name there.
The Bodhi Festival is imminent, this emperor wants to live forever, and he doesn't want to be scolded by the world, so he wants to find Zhou Yanglai and let him nod his head first, and the rest, after the fact, you can just find an excuse to spread it, saying that she suddenly died of a serious illness, or anything else, anyway, there are only a few people here who know about it!
Zhou Yang was silent for another moment, and finally opened his mouth to say word by word
"Although Nan Zhao is the righteous sister of Erchen, she was born as a human being, and I can't decide whether she lives or dies!"
"Yang'er?" Emperor Yan's complexion changed,
"Do you know what you're talking about?"
"The son has no right to decide her life and death, father!" He repeated it again, and this time, he looked up.
In the past twenty-eight years, even if his father wanted his life, he never said a word in front of this Ninety-Five Venerable.
He was also very scared, and wanted to please one of his father's children! How he wished that one day his father would treat him like any other child, so he walked on thin ice in every word he said and did everything.
Over the years, he has not changed, in the same way, with the blood of the Sima family, loyalty and filial piety in his bones, he can hate this different birth, but he dare not admit that he hates his father!
Therefore, in front of Emperor Yan, he is a complete coward! Even he himself didn't expect that one day, he would tell Emperor Yan what he thought in his heart, and he would no longer be at his mercy!
On the contrary, Zhou Zheng was pleased with what was happening so far, and he immediately came over to add fuel and vinegar
"Father, have you seen it, in his eyes, you are not as important as a random woman outside!" Emperor Yan was so angry that his face had already changed, and he could be called ruthless, he raised his eyebrows and said
"Yang'er, over the years, many people around you have said that you have hidden evil intentions, but your father is still a father-son friendship at an old age, and you have no second heart, but your words are unfounded, you need to prove your loyalty to your father to your father!" Loyalty?
Zhou Zheng had no choice, if he didn't agree to let Nan Zhao go to sacrifice to Tan Realm, he wouldn't have much way to retreat, but he almost didn't think about choosing the former, so the courage in his heart rose at this moment, and he said in a tone that he had never said to Emperor Yan
"Father, when you were eight years old, you asked your sons to drink poison and treat your eldest brother, and your sons didn't blink their eyes, and when you were fourteen years old, you asked your sons to kneel down in front of the concubine's coffin and confess, and the sons did not argue for themselves, as long as you can make your father feel at ease, your sons will not hesitate, but today you say that your sons are disloyal, and you want your sons to sacrifice the lives of innocent people to a demon mirror, which is ridiculous......"
"Presumptuous!" Emperor Yan roared
"You dare to call the treasure mirror a demon mirror, you are simply rebellious!" Zhou Zheng smiled proudly, Nan Zhao had a full view, but as one of the parties, she did not show the slightest sense of panic on her face that she was about to lose her life, and the appearance of kneeling there and staying out of the matter made Wu Yazi standing behind the dragon chair a little surprised.
I didn't expect this spirit girl to be so old, and the power of the spirit flower she controlled was so powerful! Emperor Yan has completely changed his face this time,
"Do you think that if you don't agree, you won't get what your father wants? Don't forget, my father is the emperor, and everything in this world belongs to me!! When Gonggong Cao saw that Emperor Yan was angry, he immediately knelt down and persuaded him
"The emperor is angry! Oh, lord, you are a smart person, why bother to go toe-for-tat with the emperor for a woman, has this done you the slightest benefit? He wants to remind Zhou Yang that no matter whether he agrees or disagrees tonight, the outcome will not change, so why not choose, the best result for himself?
Only stupid people care about the so-called love and right and wrong! Because the emperor was angry, Gonggong Cao didn't dare to say more, and the huge room was filled with a solemn atmosphere.
Suddenly, a clear female voice rang out.
"That's right, the emperor is the emperor, the ninety-five, the world's mundane things are all at your fingertips!" Everyone looked at the source of the voice and found that it was Nan Zhao, who had not spoken for a long time!
"Nan Zhao ......" Zhou Yang's face showed fear, he was afraid that Nan Zhao was willing to sacrifice himself if he opened his mouth at this moment to protect him.
With what he knew about her, she could definitely do this kind of thing. Nan Zhao smiled at him and said in a relieved tone
"Brother Jiu, the emperor values you, and it is up to you to decide such a matter that is related to his life, whether you believe in you, you shouldn't let down his hard work!" As soon as he heard her say this, Zhou Yang knew that what he was worried about had happened, and he whispered to her
"Nan Zhao, this is not the time for you to be reckless, do you know how dangerous that mirror is?" He knew that there was a spirit beast living in the mirror, this beast was very powerful, for thousands of years, it had absorbed a lot of aura in the world, and the reason why he was still alive two days ago was that Wu Yazi deliberately left it, in order to lure Nan Zhao behind Zhou Yang to make a move, in order to find out what level of her cultivation had reached at the moment, and the final result was simply overjoyed by Wu Yazi!
Within one day, Nan Zhao actually rescued Zhou Yang, who was trapped by the Yin and Evil Qi, and even restored the Spirit Flower Seal, which only proved one thing, this Spirit Flower had grown big enough, and it was time to pick it!
Nan Zhao was still in that indifferent state at this time, she said to Zhou Yang with a smile
"Brother Jiu, since you have said that my life is my own, then how to use it, I have the final say, right? Brother Jiu doesn't have to put himself in danger for me! She stretched out the end of the next words, and Zhou Yang could hear that she was asking him to cooperate with her.
But he really didn't know what she was going to do, so he didn't say anything more. At this time, Nan Zhao said to Emperor Yan in front
"Your Majesty, the country and the people are safe in this world, all thanks to the emperor's wisdom and martial arts, if the little woman alone can protect the foundation of the world for a hundred generations, the little girl is willing to put it all in!" Emperor Yan was angry because Zhou Yang didn't know how to lift up, and when he heard Nan Zhao's words at this moment, his face finally eased.
Zhou Zheng next to him didn't know which play she was singing, and said in a weird way
"Look at this awe-inspiring righteousness, ninth brother, you have to study hard!" Nan Zhao directly skipped the prince's words and said to Emperor Yan
"What the emperor said just now, the little girl also understood, the little girl volunteered to sacrifice, but before that, the little girl wanted to say a few words to the emperor and the national teacher Wuyazi alone!" Emperor Yan looked at it suspiciously, this woman was so young that her actions were really difficult to figure out.
Zhou Zheng immediately said alarmistly
"Father, no, the power of the spiritual flower in this woman's palm is very powerful, I'm afraid that when I want to lead my father to talk to her alone, it will be unfavorable to my father!" Nan Zhao got up slowly, with a light smile on his face, and looked at the speaker with faint eyes
"As His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said, the spiritual flower in the palm of the little girl's hand is very powerful, if it is really unfavorable to the emperor, why wait until there are few people?" After saying that, she waved her right hand, and in the room they were in, all the items placed on the ground flew up from the ground and hung in the air.
Seeing this, Emperor Yan was really startled, and those imperial guards drew their swords and pointed at Nanzhao as soon as possible. Nan Zhao immediately withdrew her hand, and those things slowly returned to their original positions, and she bowed respectfully to Emperor Yan
"The emperor doesn't need to panic, the little girl just wants to prove a point, if the little girl wants to commit murder, even if there are 100,000 troops here tonight, they can't stop me, if you don't believe it, the emperor can ask the national teacher behind the dragon chair!" was named by her in public and eavesdropped on the back, although Wu Yazi was on fire, but after all, he was a senior, he stepped out from behind the chair in a few steps, but he wanted to hear what tricks this woman was going to play, he said to Emperor Yan
"Your Majesty, this woman is right, with the power of the spiritual flower in her palm today, even Weichen can't stop her!" The emperor was suspicious, but he was convinced of the words of the national teacher, and when he heard the affirmative answer of the national teacher, when he looked at Nan Zhao again, he thought that he was talking about sacrificing her in front of this woman, and he couldn't help but be afraid for a while!
Seeing that the national teacher didn't want to object, he immediately ordered
"You guys retreat first, just stay here!"
"But Father!" Zhou Zheng had a bad premonition. Emperor Yan didn't look at him, and said coldly
"Get out!" Zhou Yang got up from the ground, glanced at Nan Zhao worriedly, and finally had to go out with Gonggong Cao and the others.
The door closed, and Emperor Yan looked at the woman in front of him. Nan Zhao stood there neither humbly nor arrogantly, and said in a brisk tone
"What Fang just said to the emperor is not true, but the little girl has one condition!" Cat flutter Chinese