Chapter 5: Secrets of the Empire

It was the four cultivators of the Cangyuan Courtyard who arrived, a short-haired and handsome woman named Han Xue, just looking at the sword swinging out at that time, it made the gun-wielding man's face shocked, and he knew that her cultivation was not bad, she was the highest among everyone, and she was at the sixth order of Tianxuan. The tall young man was named Chu Wei, and he had some kind of extremely domineering physical skills. Xiu Wei is around the seventh order of Tianxuan, and the young man who held the bewitching woman before that is named Bai Sen, his body is extremely flexible, and he is obviously very good at this, but Xiu Wei seems to be the weakest of the all, just climbed the threshold of Tianxuan, and is located in the ninth order of Tianxuan. And the last Confucian scholar who held the book was called Tao Ziyi, who was a cultivator of the seventh order of Tianxuan.

But talisman is the most difficult to practice, the most perceptive cultivation method, Tao Ziyi can practice to both offense and defense, in fact, among the four, if you talk about prepared battles, I am afraid that it is the strongest of the four.

After figuring out the situation of these four people in a short period of time, Yang Ze couldn't help but think of the four people who came to assassinate him this time, the four of them should all be strong men from the Eastern Continent, the man with a gun, the "giant bear" Meng Si, and the bewitching girl, all of whom were cultivators of the lower level of Tianxuan. Only the swordsman with the double knife is indeed elusive to Yang Ze for a while, the other party seems to have deliberately suppressed the cultivation, if it is not bad, the strongest link of the four assassins is on him, if the battle continues, so that his side is paralyzed and careless, the black peng double knife man will show the real cultivation for the violent killing, this may become a real killing move in tactics, if it is not him Yang Ze who escorts the car formation but others, I am afraid that the other party's success is already a certainty.

After assassinating a Qingping queen, he used four masters of the Tianxuan realm, and he was able to make a figure like Meng Si bear the danger of provoking the empire to die for him, and the forces behind this were really extremely powerful.

Seeing the skills and cultivation of Han Xue, Chu Wei, Bai Sen and Tao Ziyi, Yang Ze couldn't help but sigh a little, you must know that in places like Daye, in Dihai, a Heavenly Xuan Realm cultivator is already quite remarkable. And now before entering the Tang Empire, the cultivators of the Tianxuan Realm have already appeared in groups.

It turns out that I often hear that the empire is a strong man like a cloud, and now Yang Ze has realized what a strong man is like a cloud, although it may not be as exaggerated as the sky is full of heaven, but in that Shengjing land, presumably this proportion is still extremely high.

The appearance of the four cultivators seemed to inject an alternative vitality into Da Ye's escort team. Probably because the other party is from the Tang Empire, relatively speaking, Da Ye has collectively become restrained and humble.

Regardless of whether the other party is younger than himself or not, even the cultivators of the Autumn Dao Academy, who is very proud of the supreme cultivation holy land in Daye, are all teachers in the face of the four people in the Cangyuan at this time.

Although the cultivator is respected for his skills. However, looking at these Autumn Dao Academy teachers calling Han Xue and the others so solemnly, it still made people feel a little awkward. Although Daye is only a medium-sized country compared to the empire, the first time the two sides met, it was obvious that some etiquette still had to be relied upon. Strictly speaking, the Autumn Dao Academy can be said to be a branch of the Yan Cang Academy, and everyone in the Autumn Dao Academy is proud to be able to enter the Yan Cang Academy for further study, so there is no problem with the difference in generations, and the cultivators of the Autumn Dao Academy have given them honorific titles.

But it was obvious that Han Xue, Chu Wei and the others were extremely awkward, they wanted to refuse but couldn't refuse the Sheng Che of the Qiu Dao Academy's cultivators, seeing this funny scene, Yang Ze couldn't help but smile at the corners of his mouth.

But as soon as the smile hanging on the corner of her mouth overflowed, she was noticed by Han Xue from a distance who had extremely keen senses, she turned her head to look, and happened to see the smile on Yang Ze's face that seemed to be sarcastic and she couldn't distinguish clearly, so her brows furrowed, and the two handsome eyes like perfect willow leaves were slightly retracted, and then her eyes shot out a ray of light and swept over Yang Ze. This chilling glare is fleeting. She looked away. ..., Yang Ze was stunned in place, a little crying and laughing, this Nizi hated herself just now and threatened him?

After the conversation between Queen Qingping and the four cultivators of the Cangyuan Academy. Only then did everyone know that the four of them were a secret escort specially sent by the Imperial Seminary, and they were originally going to pick up everyone at the border of the empire after Aoki Castle, but their journey was about two days later than expected. The four of them couldn't bear the loneliness, so they entered the land of Aoki Fort and met along the way they came.

Hearing this, Da Ye felt the thrill of this, if it weren't for the fact that they were not in a hurry, the road was two days late, and they were afraid that they would have entered the other party's ambush circle early, but this time there would be no four people from the Cangyuan to help. The situation may be very different.

The ambush chosen by the other party is also carefully chosen, because if it is before, the convoy will have a high level of vigilance. And it happens to be in the land of Aoki Fort, which has not yet entered the empire, where the jungle is lush, the forest is quiet and peaceful, and it is the end of the journey before the empire, it is easy for people to relax their vigilance, and then attack, and the success rate will increase in a straight line. If it weren't for the cautious behavior of the team, Yang Ze himself would have become the most conspicuous target in the car formation in the most gorgeous car, and the other party would have hit the deputy car by mistake, but he was afraid that Queen Qingping would be in danger at the moment, and it was not clear.

The driver took a short rest, abandoned some luggage and heavy belongings, and met with Han Xue and the other four imperial cultivators, and this time headed towards the entrance of the imperial border.

Yang Zewo was in the car of Queen Qingping, he served as the important task of the queen's safety, and it was not rude to enter the queen's car to ride together.

Sitting in the simple and unpretentious car, Yang Ze lifted the curtain and saw Han Xue, Chu Wei and others riding in the car with him, Chu Wei, Bai Sen, and Tao Ziyi nodded to Yang Ze as a greeting. Only Han Xue glanced at him, then turned her head away, her slightly brown pupils looked at the road in front of her, and seemed to ignore him. It also happened to avoid having to say hello to him.

In fact, when the other party made a move, they had already arrived, and during this time, they used a method of closing their breath for a short time to avoid leaking out to be known by the assassin, and observing from the side, the reason why they did not shoot at the first time was to see the reality of the other party, and then when the other party's flaws were exposed, they launched an attack.

So the whole process, Han Xue saw it in her eyes, from beginning to end, when she knew Yang Ze's identity, she didn't expect that such a guy who didn't look very good could be responsible for the safety of Queen Qingping?

She is a person who can't hide things, since she has a bad first impression of Yang Ze, she doesn't need to greet him with a false greeting, she doesn't even seem to have the intention of greeting Yang Ze and nodding and intersecting.

Closing the curtain of the car, Yang Zeju spoke into a line and sent it into the ear of Queen Qingping, "The other party is not from the Orthodox Church. ”

In the previous battle, Yang Ze had said that the assassins were not from the sect, but now, he was very sure that these were not from the Orthodox sect.

"The news of the queen's departure from Beijing is extremely secretive, and even I only found out about it the day before. And I have the Heavenly Prison Jade Plate in my hand, which the queen knows, so I can know a lot of things, including how many people will know the news of the queen's departure, and then what people have seen and whether they have leaked it. If I didn't make a mistake with this net. Then the only thing that can be known is that the leaked information must come from within the Tang Empire. ”

"Because the queen's route was passed through the unique contact information of the Autumn Dao Temple, it was passed to the Imperial Cultivation Academy, and then presented to the Emperor. The Emperor, your father, arranged this matter, but on the way, something must have gone wrong, and it can be said that the Empire has mastered the queen's entire plan for the return route. This can also explain why the other party was able to choose the land of Aoki Fort to launch the final assassination raid on us. It can also avoid the receiver sent by the Cang Cultivation Academy. So it's very likely that within the empire, there are people who don't want to see the queen return to the empire, and some people don't want to see, the queen, you're still alive. ..., probably the thrill of that assassination, probably thinking of the empire that she regarded as her motherland, and gradually returning home, someone wanted to erase her, so even with the strength and calm of Queen Qingping, her face was slightly pale at this time. Her hands were clenched tightly, and her knuckles were too hard to bulge.

"So I'm wondering, who are these people?"

The queen grinned, "The third prince is embarrassing me, how do I know who will assassinate Ben Hou?"

Yang Ze looked into her eyes and said seriously, "I am responsible for the queen's safety, the Qiu Dao Academy cultivators outside, the elite generals of the Daye military, and the personal guards sent by the Son of Heaven, and even the four young cultivators of the Yan Cang Academy outside, all have to bear your safety, which is equivalent to their fate, and they have been firmly tied to the queen." If something happens to you, each and every one of them will be ruined at the same time. ”

After staring at Yang Zejing for a long time, the queen finally turned her head slightly sideways, sighed, and said, "If someone wants to kill me, it is naturally because my return will bring disadvantages to the other party, so the other party does not want to see it."

"One of the aspects is very likely to come from Xiangguo Liu Shulou. ”

Yang Ze's eyebrows tightened, "Uncle Liu?"

"Liu Shulou is the lord of the empire, he controls a lot of government and power, and he can almost compete with the imperial power, Liu Shulou is a rare talent, such a person, if the emperor is strong, he is naturally the most powerful assistant. However, the disadvantage is that if the emperor declines, then the power of Xiangguo will slowly rise. The empire has been in trouble for so many years, in my father's generation. My father had no children, so the question of inheritance became a big problem. And now the father is getting old, and his heart for the government is not as good as before, like a lion, although he still has wild ambitions, but he will be tired and tired because of old age, so it will lead to the Lord Xiangguo taking the opportunity to take over the government but military power, and still unbreakable grasp in the hands of his father! That is the case, Xiangguo absolutely does not want to see because of my ethereal reason for Da Ye, so that the Tang Empire is ready to start a war against the Gaowen Empire. Once preparations are made for war, the sleeping lion of imperial power will awaken and reclaim the power that should have been in the hands of this lion. The empire is in a state of war readiness, and the imperial power and military power will be supreme, and at this time, even if Liu Shulou is the prime minister, he will be suppressed so much that he can't raise his head when the imperial power rises. ”

The queen sighed and said, "So Xiangguo Liu Shulou has been laying out for so many decades, how can he be willing to make the empire enter a state of war because the Gaowen Empire has a small chance of starting a war against the Tang Empire, so he wants to get rid of me quietly." to keep his power. This is one of the possibilities. ”

Yang Ze nodded, thinking that this was really the ruthlessness of the person who held the authority, Queen Qingping was in a high position, so she could naturally figure out the power struggle at the top level, if it was someone else, she was afraid that she would die countless times and still didn't understand what was going on.

"It's very likely, you say it's just one of them, is there anything else?"

"The second is that it may be the four powerful lords of the empire, Song, Qi, Liang and Chen, maybe one of them, or maybe the four tyrants are unwilling to see them come back alive. ”

Four tyrants. It has been around since the founding of the empire, and will most likely continue forever. The change of imperial power will not affect any changes in the entrenched four valves. Because every emperor succeeds to the throne and governs the country, the first thing that must be consolidated is the interests of the four tycoons. The Xiangguo adults also have to take care of their interests, because often the power they hold in their hands affects the stability of the empire.

If the emperor controls the imperial power and the Xiangguo controls the government, then the four major lords grasp the upper social discourse power of the entire empire. ..., however, there is one variable.

That is Queen Qingping.

"Why are the four tyrants?"

The queen looked at Yang Ze quietly for a long time, that kind of look made his back a little chilly, and then she said, "Because back then, something happened." ”

"The four tycoons have been deeply rooted in this land since the birth of the empire, and they are deeply rooted, and the four tyrants also know how to protect themselves in moderation and wisdom, often just infiltrating every inch of the empire's bloodline, faintly controlling the economic pillars, resources and cultivation forces behind it, but rarely interfere with the government or imperial power."

"Because the four tycoons understand that their way of survival lies in deep integration with the land of the empire, and with every inch of the empire. ”

"The biggest mineral veins of the empire, to have their background, the vast resources of the empire, to have them involved behind their backs, the powerful cultivators of the empire, most of them must be people of the four valves. This is the way to survive, so that the empire can't cut off the meat of the four valves instead of interfering with the decision of the emperor or the prime minister. ”

"But thirteen years ago, the four tycoons gathered their strength in a rare way, and they exercised those energies that had been lurking in the empire for thousands of years, and affected the entire empire."

"The purpose is to get the emperor to kill his favorite daughter. ”

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