Chapter 18: The Dark Tide is Surging
Anyang, Tokyo, is not far from the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the lights inside and outside the city are full of singing and dancing. In the imperial city of Xuanning Palace, the smoke of incense is quiet and abnormal, and Emperor Renzong sits alone on the temple without sadness or joy. In fact, at this moment, Li Zhekai's heart is like a mess, but he can't show it in the slightest.
Not long ago, the important ministers were convened to discuss the meeting, and they were all impassioned and loyal, but secretly they were all the only hussar general Yang Lie, who was the first to look forward, making it difficult for them to make a decision in their hearts. It has been 13 years since he ascended the throne, and he has made no achievements in civil and martial arts, and the internal and external troubles have become more and more intense, which is really ashamed of his ancestors and ancestors. When Shenzong was alive a few decades ago, the Haotian tribe of Mobei, who bowed down to the vassals, is now bothering the border every year, and during his reign, there have been no less than ten wars, and the family business accumulated by the first emperor is all gone. Now Haotianbu is so arrogant that he submits his credentials on an equal footing, and he is called a friendly Chen Bing Mo in the south of Hebei, the lord of Kyushu, a big country, and he wants to exchange his daughter for a short period of peace. Fortunately, his beloved daughter got lost as he wished, or the emperor would have done his job.
Thirteen years ago, when he was still the king of Beijing, only Zuo Shangshu Yang Zhong and his family secretly supported the important ministers in the court, and his reputation was far less than that of King Xianjing. Seeing that his status as the second prince was difficult to protect, he obeyed the Yang family's plan: he showed weakness in the open, and secretly compiled evidence to dissuade him and the first emperor, so as to force the first emperor to give orders to himself.
That night, the sky was above, and I just wanted to finally exile him to Qiongzhou, and I didn't want to kill my brother's family. These are all done by Zuo Shangshu Yang Zhong and his son Yang Lie behind my back. At that time, I knew that things were not so simple: their father and son not only controlled the important ministers of the court over the years, but even my forbidden army followed the Yang family. This Yang Lie is secretly meddling in every detail, do you think I will really make your sister the queen? That is really taking advantage of your Yang family's intentions, my Li family's country is not yet the turn of my relatives to dictate.
Thinking of this, Renzong threw a pair of walnuts in his hand on the ground, and the two beautifully made carved Sunan were bounced all the way out of the hall. As if a little resentment in his chest, the Southern Yuan Emperor got up and came towards Huaining Palace. Xing Dabao, the foreman of the eunuch, came short and asked in a low voice: "Shengshang, today Yang Guifei instructed the small ones, saying that they had put a few small dishes in southern Jiangsu and waited for the saints to enjoy." I don't know if the saint is going to go here?" "Oh! Tell Concubine Yang that I won't go tonight, but Concubine Cao has lost her daughter, and I will stay with her tonight."
Flying to the pavilion to pick up the number of rooms, Dumb succeeded in changing the house as he wished, the only regret is: he didn't catch up when Qing'er left. This master hung a bamboo curtain above the cave, and finally covered it up slightly, and became more and more grateful to the old man Taixuan in his heart. It turned out that before Taixuan Zhenren became the head of the sect, he practiced here. In addition, the old man also told Dumb: In the small pond here, there will be a light blue aura overflowing every hour and every hour, and if people who are destined to guide it for their own use, they will benefit immensely from long-term cultivation here. Dumb made up his mind that he would definitely surprise the old man after deducing the jade bi, and Dumb had now vaguely guessed that the opposite side of the jade bi was the Jindan Cave in the secret land of the sect, and those light sources should be lit during the retreat of the same gate, maybe everyone was looking at the same jade bi.
At this moment, the time is approaching, Dumb is prepared this time, just to wait and see what happens. When the first trace of light blue aura overflowed, Dumb began to try to guide with his bare hands, but the aura slowly flew into the air, and it was gone.
This time, the bronze talisman guide took an hour, and although there were stumbles, it was much smoother than the first rush. In the stone room, more than 20 eight-treasure lotus lamps flashed together, and the light blue crescent moon did not enter the stone wall, coming and going silently, and entering the stone like chopping melons and vegetables. No matter how hard Dumb tries, he just can't make some thunderous momentum. This master sighed, after all, he still practiced the kung fu of an assassin, and those heroic demeanors seem to have nothing to do with me.
The lotus lanterns prepared in advance are placed on the lamp holder cut by the water moon, and there is a light source every ten zhang. This master set up a pause, and only then came to the jade bi, hidden in the darkness ten zhang away. The lights on the opposite side were bright and did not stop all night, and it should be that there were still inner disciples who were in retreat. The dumb man snickered in his heart: It's nothing more than chiseling the wall to steal the light. Spread out the paper and translate the ciphers into a common text and record them, and an article of more than 300 words jumped onto the paper.
can ponder and ponder, the more I look at it, the more confused I feel, the record in the text is simply incredible, and I see that this master is confused. The notes in it are quite similar to the steps of a certain mechanism in "Heavenly Creation", but where this mechanism is, where the so-called array eye is, and what the essence stone required for triggering is not explained. According to common sense, the words engraved on the opposite side should be closely related to this text, which makes Dumb yearn for the content of another article. After thinking about it, I only took the lead in the internal test a few days later, and then I went to teach the old man this way.
Dumb returned to the stone room, took out the bronze talisman and looked at it carefully under the light, and after a long time, the master cheered: "It turns out that Lao Tzu has been carrying this key in his arms for seven years, without knowing it." 'Innate Spirit' 'Innate Spirit' - this is the eyestone of that mechanism, with which you can trigger that mechanism." But where is that mechanism, and will it happen when it's triggered? But no one knows. Dumb, who calmed down, began to plan for the second fork in the road.
In the mansion of the old Cao Ge in Qingkai City, when the old man Xixian was sitting in danger, the door of the main hall was wide open, as if waiting for someone to visit. It was late autumn, the courtyard was full of fallen leaves, and a bleak place, and a cup of tea in front of the old man was only warm. Cao Menglong, the housekeeper next to him, also seemed to be in deep thought and forgot to change. The Cao family has been an official for generations, and there are only two words that they believe in'stability', and the old man Xixian seems to have taken these two words to the extreme in his life. The eldest daughter Xu to King Beijing, in order, should have been the queen of the world at this time, and the second daughter Xu to King Xianjing did not have a good death, but for the original marriage choice among the eight princes, this is already the best result. The old man Xixian has been a student all over the world all his life, known as the contemporary Hongru, and above the temple, he is a scholar of Dongtuge University who has only studied books and established a biography all his life, and has never joined any faction, let alone participated in any fighting. has been stable, thinking that he can be alone, but unfortunately the good days are coming to an end.
At this time, a man and a woman walked quickly in the courtyard, the man seemed to be a middle-aged fat man, with a smile and two deep dimples, a harmless appearance of humans and animals, but a red tassel was exposed in the long burden behind him; The face is like a peach blossom in March, and the body is like a willow by the lake, but it is difficult to guess the age. When they went into the house, they did not answer, but sat down in the guest seat with a little salute. Cao Ge Lao bowed slightly, but did not answer, his eyes were still looking out of the door, as if everyone had not yet arrived.
At this moment, a tanuki came out of nowhere, squatted lazily in the corner of the door, raised one of its front paws and kept licking, and smeared it on its face, looking at the people in the house as if it were nothing, yawning lazy a lot, and finally rolled on the spot and curled up to sleep. Cao Ge Lao smiled slightly, and said in his heart: It seems that the old man really didn't see the wrong person. Shaoqing, the three old men walked into the house, and they only gave a salute, and sat down without making a sound. Just when he looked at the pair of men and women just now, he was stunned, and his eyes were quite surprised.
When the cool breeze blows, the door of the house closes silently, and the three large characters written with tea on the table of the Eight Immortals are still clearly visible: Qing-Jun-side. Immediately after that, the people around him got up in turn, and under those three words, they wrote another word, without any hesitation, and it was, kill, kill, kill, .........kill,