Junzhou, Huanglongguan.

In the remote courtyard where the national teacher lived, in a conference hall, Yan Guizhen sat at the top, and kneeling below was a soldier who looked like a Taoist priest, dressed in cloth armor, bowed his head and prayed.

Yan Guizhen waved his hand and said, "I know, step down, do what I say, pay close attention, and report to me as soon as there is anything." ”

The Taoist priest below kowtowed and walked out.

After Yan Guizhen waited for him to leave, he looked tired, put his head on the high table next to him, and sighed slightly.

Suddenly, he raised his head and asked, "Who?!"

A figure slowly walked in outside the door, and without answering, walked straight in front of him.

After Yan Guizhen saw it clearly, he waved his hand to the side and said, "Sit down, why did you come out again, no one stopped you?"

The man's voice was crisp, like a mountain stream, faint and watery, but his tone was strangely cold: "In the palace of Emperor Dawu, no one has been able to stop me. ”

Yan Guizhen shook his head and said: "How many times have I told you, it's not a question of whether anyone is blocking you, but that you, as a noble concubine, must abide by the royal rules in the palace of Emperor Dawu, and you can't leave the palace without permission."

"If Emperor Wu can't find you for a while, how can you explain it?"

The person who came was the famous Taoist concubine of Dawu Country, the sister of the national teacher, Yan Guifei Yan Qing.

Her complexion was very similar to that of Yuchuni, but it was colder than that of Yuchuni, who had a strange temper, and her face was frosty and her expression was cold.

If it is said that Yuqiuni is a frosty and arrogant ice chrysanthemum, then Yan Qing is a nocturnal legend who does not show his face and only leaves legends, not only does he not want to show himself in front of people, but he even disdains to give a trace of fragrance to the world.

When Yan Qing heard the eldest brother say this, he replied coldly: "He can't find me, so he naturally knows that I don't want to see him, and when I want to see him, he will naturally find me." ”

Yan Guizhen frowned and said: "You are still like this, you are about to be divided into emperors and queens, and you are still so willful, how can you be the mother of this great country?"

Yan Qing sneered: "This Muyi world is what you want to do, right?"

Yan Guizhen said: "Whether I want to do it, or do it for the world, things have reached this point, and I can't take it back."

"I advise you to think more about how to get along with Emperor Wu in the future, otherwise the Daomen may be the next Buddhism. ”

Yan Qing sneered and was silent.

Yan Guizhen said again: "The Yihe Thousand Buddha Lantern Festival you arranged for the Queen Mother last time was magnificent and grandiose, and was praised by the people, but a thunderstorm and lightning storm that day scared the Queen Mother a lot, and it didn't take long for her to pass away." ”

"What, do you want to settle accounts with me?" Yan Qing said coldly.

Yan Guizhen said: "Even if it's not your fault, Emperor Wu must feel bad in his heart." What's more, the merit formation that he had been thinking about for many years failed again, and the Buddhism rebellion during this period of time also gave him a headache.

"You can't make him feel at ease at this time, and you still mess with him with your temperament, the royal family is as deep as the sea, and the king is like a tiger, maybe something will go wrong. ”

Yan Qing sighed softly, looked at Yan Guizhen, and said, "You better worry less, after the last Junzhou Dao Conference, he asked you to sacrifice again, right?"

"Look at your appearance, half a year ago, your hair was still blue and black, and now it's almost white, take more care of it. ”

Yan Guizhen shook his head helplessly and said: "What's the use of maintenance? Sacrifices don't work, what kind of maintenance do you take? That Junzhou Conference, the third game of the fighting method, I thought it was a bit too much.

"The Confucian Heavenly Frost Dragon personally showed his face, the Seven Star Beidou Array of the Daomen attracted the power of the Heavenly Xuanmen, and the Buddha directly introduced the true body of the Buddha Kingdom Glazed Pagoda into the mortal world, and later invited the dragon Arhat Jin to descend to the mortal world, and his strength was extremely terrifying.

"Such a huge Fighting Formation has long exceeded the level that a Second Realm cultivator can withstand. But Emperor Wu was already on the top at that time.

"In this way, the one who was most affected was the one in Yuntai, if he hadn't gathered the divine power of heaven and earth to stabilize the Dawu Emperor Palace, otherwise, the Dawu Emperor Palace would have been blown up by the three of them. Alas, the afterlife is terrible!"

Yan Qing said: "Yes, it has consumed a lot of his divine power, but now the sacrifice can't make up for it, what should we do? Could it be that the fate of the Dawu Empire is about to end in our hands?"

Yan Guizhen said: "I just got the news, although I am not very sure, but there is still a glimmer of chance. Solomon's Poya kept her mouth shut, and we had no choice but to do it ourselves. ”

Yan Qing knew what was going on, and asked, "Are you sure?"

Yan Guizhen smiled bitterly: "What is sure, but just try hard." ”

When Yan Qing heard this, he was a little moved, but he immediately stopped, and his eyes looked out of the door, the pines and cypresses outside the door were verdant, and the sun shone down, shining with oil.

Yan Guizhen continued: "It's okay for you to come today, I was just about to tell you some things, and I can save time to take them to the coffin." ”

Yan Qing said worriedly: "Big brother, don't ······ it"

Yan Guizhen stopped and said, "At this point, what else is there to taboo? Don't worry about me, I'm afraid you won't be able to tolerate what I'm talking about today." ”

Yan Qing was stunned for a moment when he heard the intention of his words, and immediately said, "You mean my daughter······?

Before she could finish her sentence, tears fell first.

Yan Guizhen saw her like this, sighed, and said: "I know, although the Queen Mother was dissatisfied with the fact that the child of the Taoist sect had ruined the reputation of the Wei royal family, not to mention that she believed in Buddhism, and she couldn't tolerate that child, so she sent someone to discard it."

"I'm also worried, worried that the kid - the Wei clan may not be able to tolerate her, so I didn't go to her, you have been blaming me for this matter for many years, right?"

Yan Qing's eyes were red and he didn't speak.

Yan Guizhen had no choice but to continue: "Some time ago, Xiao Yu took her to Junzhou City, she was a member of the Buddhist Sect, and that child was also thrown into the Buddhist Sect.

"During that time, Emperor Wu was very sensitive to our three sects, and I was afraid that there would be another incident, so I didn't tell you the news. Just quietly went to see her. ”

When Yan Qing heard this, he asked eagerly, "Then does she know?"

Yan Guizhen nodded and said, "Xiao Yu told me that I don't plan to tell her the truth, since we haven't taken care of her since we were young, it's better to let her be a real orphan." ”

With tears in his eyes, Yan Qing said, "I'm not worthy of being her mother." ”

Yan Guizhen also said: "I am not worthy of being her uncle." But she has the right to know all this, and as for what she chooses after she knows, it is up to us. So, I still told her the truth. ”

Yan Qing hurriedly asked, "What about her? What did she say? Does she want to see me?"

Yan Guizhen said: "After she heard it at the time, she was not very happy, she was a little lost, she didn't say anything, she didn't ask for anything. Just asked me about the bracelet. ”

"Nine Extremes Exquisite Bracelet?" Yan Qing hurriedly asked.

"Yes. Yan Guizhen nodded and said: "It's just that this thing was originally created by the two of you, and I don't know a lot, so I just told her that this treasure was given to her by you, so that she can treasure it." As for the function, I really couldn't tell her. ”

Yan Qing asked: "Then where is she now, has she already gone with Xiao Yu? Xiao Yu is also really, she didn't come to come to see me when she came to Junzhou, and she didn't tell me about such a big thing." ”

Yan Guizhen said: "You are in the deep palace, how can she see you? What's more, the position of Buddhism in Junzhou at that time was so delicate, you know, you have to poke out some basket!"

"That's the point of what I said, I learned that she is now in the prince's mansion, you know, the prince has never dealt with you, and I don't want you to go to her. ”

Immediately, his tone was much heavier, and he said: "Now the head of the Taiqing Sect is acting strangely and paranoidly, and he is not a great talent as the leader of the Daomen.

"If you continue to sacrifice like this, I can't say that I will die that day, and in the future, you will be the emperor and queen, and you will be the highest person in the Daomen next to Emperor Wu, and I will hand over the Daomen to you.

"I hope you can act more in the interests of the Daomen, and don't live up to my and the Daomen's entrustment and expectations for you, our lineage can only be inherited forever, and cannot be broken. ”

Yan Qing lowered his head and thought for a long time, and said, "Now that the situation is so complicated, if your sacrifice and that glimmer of hope still fails, can the Wei clan still tolerate Taoism?"

"If Emperor Wu knows about his biological daughter, can he tolerate our mother and daughter?

"Moreover, regarding the astral arts, which is related to the key fate of the Dawu Empire, except for you in the Dao Sect, I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to continue!"

Yan Guizhen tightened his brows and said in a deep voice: "I will do everything I can to make up for the defects of the Yuntai formation, if it is difficult to succeed, you must remember that you must clear the Dao Gate in time, reduce it to one-tenth, and only retain a small part of the living force."

"When the time comes, you will also hide in the mountains and forests and practice purely, which is called leaving the green mountains behind. Don't be like Buddhism, waiting to be completely wiped out.

"A sect that has no use value, for the Wei royal family, that is a nail in the eye. ”

Yan Qing nodded solemnly, and said: "Even if I don't go to her, then she is now at the prince's place, and the prince has a gap with me, so what will he do to her, will it be unfavorable to her?"

Yan Guizhen said: "I sent someone to lurk there, and now the prince doesn't seem to be unfavorable to her, otherwise I would have rescued her a long time ago."

But the prince's attitude is not very clear. No matter what, I will not let her worry about her life, Daomen has been rooted in Junzhou for thousands of years, and I still have this confidence. ”

After speaking, the two were silent for a long time.

Yan Guizhen urged: "You go back quickly, otherwise even if Emperor Wu doesn't do anything to you, he won't look good on his face." The face of the Wei royal family is very important to him. ”

Yan Qing nodded, got up and walked out of the door, and when she was sent to the door, she turned around and said, "Eldest brother, don't send it, if you have time, you can nourish your spirits more, Buddhism is so chaotic, maybe one day, Xiao Yu can come back." Don't wait for her to come back, but her eldest brother is gone. ”

Yan Guizhen stopped, nodded, and Yan Qing walked outside the courtyard.

Walking to the gate of the courtyard, as soon as the courtyard gate was closed, she covered her face with a black veil, put on a hood, looked at the center of Junzhou City under the mountain, and then turned her head to look at the north.

After hesitating for a moment, her figure flashed and disappeared.