Outside the capital, the west mountain to the north, came to the green and secluded mountain. This mountain seems to be ordinary, but in the hearts of the people of the world, it is quite unusual, because this is where the gate of Tianyi is located, and the disciples and grandchildren of Master Kuhe study and study here.

Today, Qingshan is not full of gloom and sadness, and all the Tianyi disciples looked at the black building on the top of the mountain with uneasy faces, clenched their fists, pursed their lips, and showed panic in their eyes, without saying a word. From time to time, people passed by the stone path and headed towards the top of the mountain, but they all kept their faces calm and didn't look at the disciples these days.

There are many people who go up the mountain, and the level is very high, including many princes and nobles in the capital, ministers and famous generals, such as Mr. Zhuang Mohan who trained Master Taifu, such as the Marquis of Changning, such as the chiefs of the temples, and about half of them, all of whom were students who went out from this mountain back then, and now they have all returned to the mountains.

In addition to the Shangshan Tiger Leader's aim in the southern Xinjiang area, resisting the attack of Nanqing Yanjing and Cangzhou's expedition to the northern camp, the Northern Qi government and the opposition, those talented and powerful figures, all gathered in Qingshan because of this incident, in other words, the Shangjing City of the Northern Qi Dynasty, the center of politics, was completely transferred to Qingshan today.

The disciples of Tianyi guessed what was happening on the top of the mountain, because only that great event would alarm so many people, and their faces became more and more sad.

At noon, His Majesty, the emperor of the Northern Qi Dynasty, dressed in civilian clothes, calmly faced and stepped on the stone path of mountaineering, beside him was the wolf peach, behind him was He Daoren, and the guards were scattered under the green mountain stone path, not wearing a dragon robe, not posing for the imperial car, but just yīn with a calm face, hurriedly walking up the mountain.

The disciples of Tianyi knelt on both sides of the stone path, feeling even more sad, knowing that the guardian of Daqi, the master who was closest to God in the world, was about to leave this world.

............ On Dadong Mountain, Emperor Qingguo's domineering true qi, which had been cultivated for decades, was poured into the body of Master Kuhe with the momentum of the royal road. Decades of cultivation and existence are like the sea, bursting the old body of the bitter lotus master in an instant.

Carried back to the territory of Northern Qi by the Uesugi Tiger, Master Kuhe sat in the Qingshan Dao Gate, without saying a word, the grain of rice was not finished, his face was calm, but the skin on his body began to gradually crack, revealing the blood veins and tendons inside, and began to disintegrate, looking very terrifying.

Fortunately, a large soft robe was covered on the body of this great grandmaster, which did not make the disciples serving beside him feel more sad.

From the early morning, there was an endless stream of people coming to the capital, and all the princes and ministers paid homage with the gift of disciples, and after meeting Master Kuhe, they knew that this should be the last time they would meet the national teacher.

Mu Peng, the second apprentice who had been nervously breathing the aura of the master before he died, had a somewhat cruel expression on his face, but he couldn't say any opinion. Because this deathbed summons was an order from Master Kuhe.

Everyone only saw each other for a moment, but when they saw Taifu, Kuhe said a few more words.

The bitter lotus has guarded this country for decades, and now it is about to leave, even though the state of mind has been clear about life and death, there is still something that cannot be let go - it is this country. This is his final farewell to this kingdom, and it is also the final confession.

Whether the Grandmaster dies or not, his words will have a great impact on this realm. Therefore, he wanted to use his last days to say a few words to these courtiers who controlled the Northern Qi court, and laid a more stable foundation for the reign of Emperor Xiàrì.

Kuhe looked at a military general in front of him, and subconsciously fell into some kind of contemplation, there is no problem with His Majesty's ability, but he is still younger, although he was severely punished, and Uesugi Tiger was obedient, but if he really died, could he have the power to control the military?

The military general was the chief envoy of the Privy Council, and after receiving a few words of explanation from the national teacher, he did not hear any sound, and couldn't help but raise his head and look at it in fear. In the kingdom of Northern Qi, whether it is the royal family or the generals, there is always infinite awe for the master of Kuhe, because Kuhe is different from Ye Liuyun of Nanqing, he has sprinkled his influence and ability into every crevice of the Northern Qi court from the beginning.

Mu Peng, the second disciple of Tianyi, leaned into the ear of the master and said softly: "Your Majesty and the Queen Mother have arrived, do you want to call them in?"

In the whole world, only Kuhe is qualified to use the word "Emperor Dowager".

Kuhe shook his head calmly, the skin crack on his neck and his clothes touched slightly, tearing pain, this kind of severe pain is undoubtedly unbearable for human beings at all, but he didn't seem to feel anything, only frowned slightly.

Mu Peng knelt on the left side of Shizun, looking at the blood stains on the back of Shizun's clothes, his heart was full of sorrow, and he couldn't help crying.

This cry, the Privy Council envoy who knelt in front of Master Kuhe was also sad, coupled with the fear of the future of Northern Qi, his eyes were wet, he knelt and climbed forward two steps, kowtowed three times in front of Master Kuhe, gritted his teeth and said: "General Uesugi is in the south, I am in Shangjing, unless we die, we will not let the dynasty be damaged in the slightest...... Even if we die, we will definitely protect Your Majesty's safety!"

Kuhe glanced at him with gentle eyes, and said gently: "You have been out of the mountain for twelve years, and the future of my Great Qi requires you to work hard." ”

The Privy Council envoy kowtowed again, gritted his teeth and stood up to leave, his eyes were already slightly red when he went out, but he couldn't help but sigh when he looked at the emperor with a blue face outside the door.

The Emperor of Northern Qi had been waiting outside the house for a long time, and at this time, looking at the slightly red eyes of his subordinates, he sighed in his heart, as if he had sunk into the abyss, and he rushed into the house with a step.

The wolf peach beside him grabbed his sleeve, the emperor of Northern Qi turned around, and glared at the wolf peach coldly, and the wolf peach subconsciously gave birth to a trace of awe-inspiring - although His Majesty followed him to practice martial arts, he never had any talent in martial arts, but the power of the emperor was getting stronger and stronger.

............ "Come in, you guys." Master Kuhe's voice came out of the house lightly. The Emperor of the Northern Qi cleaned up his clothes, looked upright, turned around and took the hand of the Queen Mother, and walked into the house.

At this time, in the gates of the mountain top sky, in addition to the bitter lotus sitting on the ground like dead wood, there were only a few of his closest disciples, plus the emperor and the queen mother.

It was really like dead wood, although there was a wide and soft robe covering the body of this great master, but all the people who saw the bitter lotus were cold in their hearts, and it seemed that through the thin layer of robes, they saw the withering of the national teacher like a dry field, and ...... A faint mark of blood on the collar.

Such a serious injury, sure enough, is irreparable by manpower, the Northern Qi Emperor felt a chill, did not make any false decorations, knelt neatly in front of Kuhe, kowtowed to the other party for the last time, and said: "Uncle." ”

Everyone in the world worships the emperor, and the emperor does not worship people in his life, but in his life, the little emperor of the Northern Qi Dynasty worshiped the bitter lotus twice and kowtowed twice.

The first time was when he was very young, at that time, the first emperor was mourned, and the queen mother sat on the main hall of the beautiful palace in Shangjing with the little emperor in her arms, and kowtowed to the bitter lotus master, and the bitter lotus kept their mother and son safe for more than ten years, kept the royal family of Northern Qi and let the little emperor grow up.

And this second kowtow is the emperor of Northern Qi bidding farewell to his uncle, in his heart, he has always had a sense of estrangement and fear for this deified uncle, but more than that, he is grateful.

The Queen Mother sat beside Kuhe, bowed her head and wept, silent.

"Okay, who wouldn't die?" Kuhe lowered his eyes slightly, and said softly: "I have lived for so many years, and I have already picked a lot of cheapness." Everyone is going to die, and Nanqing is no exception. ”

The truth on Dadong Mountain, Kuhe did not say it in person, but it was guessed a little by the Uesugi Tiger and reported to the Imperial Palace of Shangjing. At this time, listening to Master Kuhe's words, the emperor of Northern Qi was cold, and he knew that it was indeed the case, and Nanqing's companion ...... Powerful.

Looking at the emperor's face, Kuhe said lightly: "Are you afraid?"

The Emperor of Northern Qi closed his lips tightly, not knowing how to answer, in his life, he was the goal of the Nanqing Emperor, and even faintly regarded the other party as an idol, only thinking that there was always a rì, and he would definitely knock the other party down, but now he found that the forbearance of the Nanqing Emperor for more than ten years was all an illusion, and such a far-sighted king was much older than himself.

What's more, the other party is still a great grandmaster.

"It's normal to be afraid. "When his finger hits my eyebrows, it's me...... I also felt a hint of fear. This person's imperial mental skills, grandmaster strength, there is no weakness and emptiness in his body, but the most terrifying thing is his perseverance, in order to sweep the goal of sweeping the four fields, he can plan for decades, single-mindedly, and there has never been any deviation. ”

"These kinds of characters don't look like people. ”

Master Kuhe smiled and gave Emperor Nanqing a comment, "Everyone in the world falsely claims that I am the one closest to God in the world, but I don't know, the one in the south is ruthless, hateless, loveless, and unseparated, and is the real god." ”

"Could it be...... For Nanqing, we really can't do anything else?" It was Wolf Tao who asked this sentence in a trembling voice, and he knew that His Majesty also wanted to ask this question in his heart, but as an emperor, he couldn't speak.

"A person who has stood at the pinnacle of martial arts and worldly power and wisdom is naturally unbeatable. Kuhe was a little tired, closed his eyes, and said, "It's basically impossible to defeat him from the outside." ”

The Emperor of Northern Qi was still kneeling in front of Kuhe at this time, two traces of love flashed in his eyes, and he suddenly leaned down and bowed: "Uncle, I ...... I'm going to sacrifice ...... Temple. ”

Temple!

These two words came out of the emperor's mouth, the whole room was quiet, none of the six people answered, Wolf Tao and the third junior brother Bai Shen glanced at each other, and they both saw the shock in each other's eyes, while Mu Peng gently supported Shizun's body and glanced at His Majesty in surprise. In an instant, the love in the eyes of the three great disciples of Tianyi turned to seriousness and faint excitement. Yes, in today's world, no one can defeat Emperor Nanqing, however...... There are also temples. With the posture of an immortal, is there no way to deal with a mortal?

The temple is ethereal, just a myth or a legend, but the six people in the room all know in their hearts that after Sean's death, the only one who knows that the temple really exists, and knows where the temple is located, is another.

It's the bitter lotus!

............ The Emperor of Northern Qi never had the idea of dying to sacrifice to the temple in order to obtain the support of the mysterious power, and he was bent on rescuing Sean back from captivity, and even did not hesitate to confront the forces of the Kuhe faction head-on, just because he wanted to know the secret in Sean's mind.

"Temple?" Master Kuhe slowly opened his eyes and looked at His Majesty the Emperor who was kneeling in front of him.

The Emperor of Northern Qi thought that his uncle's eyes would be very sharp and angry, because he was the only one in the world who had ever been to the temple, and he had always hidden the true existence of the temple from the whole world at any cost. However, Kuhe's eyes were only faintly mocking, with a hint of extremely complicated smile. He knew that in the face of the powerful Nanqing Monarch, including his own apprentices, everyone subconsciously had the idea of being invincible to the other party, so they would pin their hopes on the ethereal temple.

"I know where the temple is. Kuhe slowly closed his eyes again, "But I won't tell you." ”

Everyone around him looked shocked, thinking to themselves that if you were going to bring this secret into the loess, how could the Great Qi Jiangshan be protected?

Kuhe closed his eyes and whispered, "Temple...... It's just a pair of eyes, it has never done anything in the world, so why bother. ”

Without waiting for everyone to answer, a self-deprecating smile appeared on the corner of Kuhe's lips: "Besides, you think the temple is really omnipotent?"

He opened his eyes, stared at the Emperor in front of him, and said earnestly: "Don't pin your hopes on something that does not exist in hope. ”

"陛xià...... Before I went to Dadong Mountain this time, I had a meeting with Sigu Jian and was fully prepared for the situation on the top of the mountain. Kuhe looked at him and said quietly: "Do you know, what we guessed Emperor Qing's last hole card?"

The Northern Qi Emperor shook his head a little confusedly, although he was the supreme in the world, he was still terrified by the strange existence of the Great Grandmaster and the Temple.

"Sigu Jian and I thought that Emperor Qing's last backer was from the temple. Kuhe laughed softly, while the others in the room were shocked, could it be that the emperor of Qingguo had a secret connection with the temple?

Kuhe smiled and said: "If it is only from the temple, there is no need to be afraid, what I am afraid of is that the temple has broken its own rules, and then Emperor Qing does not have the ability to do this." ”

No one in the world knows the temple better than Bitter Lotus, although his understanding is only a shallow layer on the outside, but it is enough for him to understand that person. The temple doesn't do worldly things, but if someone really comes to help Emperor Qing, then the blind man in black on the top of the mountain will definitely stand on the other side of the temple. That's why Kuhe never worries about it.

"There is no immortal emperor in the world, and there is no savior. Kuhe sighed, thinking of what the little fairy had said to him and Sean many, many years ago, "When you reach the realm of the Great Grandmaster, you will appear, and the temple is actually nothing more than that, what is the difference between a being that does not appear in the world and a dead thing." ”

Although he was about to die, his faint words revealed an extremely calm, calm and accurate evaluation of the temple.

"So what should we do?"

Although the fire in the heart of the Northern Qi Emperor was still burning, and he would not discourage the idea of looking for the temple because of Master Kuhe's two words, he knew that he couldn't ask anymore, because Uncle Kuhe didn't have much time.

"When a person can't knock him out from the outside, one can only hope that something goes wrong with him inside. Kuhe said softly: "If Nanqing wants to march north, it will take at least three years, and His Majesty will have to do everything possible to delay this time even longer." ”

"Delaying time?" the Northern Qi Emperor repeated in his heart, his brows furrowed, this is just a palliative measure.

"The longer it drags on, the better it will be for us, because no one knows what will happen to Nanqing. ”

"You mean...... Fan Xian?" Emperor Beiqi looked at Kuhe's old face in surprise, pursed his thin lips, and shook his head resolutely, "Fan Xian is not enough to change Emperor Qing's mind, no one can...... And after all, he is a Qingguo person, and it is impossible for him to stand on the side of my Daqi. ”

"Who knows?" Master Kuhe looked at him with a peaceful look, "Fan Xian is no different from anyone else. ”

"He is the illegitimate son of Emperor Qing, and ...... Emperor Qing trusted him. The Northern Qi Emperor calmly expressed the opposite opinion, "What I can give him, Emperor Qing can give him more...... Besides, even if he votes for me, it is impossible to cause any damage to the general trend of the world. ”

"But you forget, he is also the son of Miss Ye. Kuhe's smile looked a little weird, "And you still underestimate Fan Xian's role, don't always treat him as a poet immortal, a prince of Nanqing, a powerful minister, these seem to be very important figures." His most important identity is actually the son of Miss Ye's family, and he has inherited and mastered many very important things. ”

The Emperor of Northern Qi was shocked in his heart, and looked up at Master Kuhe in amazement, and his heart was churning with huge waves, he understood what his uncle said, but he couldn't believe it at all. Being able to pass through Fan Xian's hands and share the benefits brought by the Jiangnan Inner Library is already the best situation that the Northern Qi Emperor can imagine, but listen to the meaning of his uncle...... Was...... Counting on Fan Xian to move the entire inner library to Northern Qi?

"This kind of thing as a great grandmaster can be used to disrupt the country, but it can't be used to conquer the country and build the country. Kuhe said gently: "Emperor Qing will not single-handedly pick the world, military strength, national strength, indispensable, the war to the end, still rely on national strength." ”

"Unless Emperor Qing comes to Shangjing City to be the enemy ......of ten thousand people," Kuhe's smile became amused, "but he is a person who is so strict and so eager to write a glorious name in the history of Qing, how can he be as crazy as a sword." ”

The Northern Qi Emperor's lips were a little dry, and he still couldn't believe Kuhe's judgment, Fan Xian Fan Xian, he was a good and decent prince, why did he vote for himself? Could it be because of the agreement between Aunt Haitang and him, but who would believe that an empty agreement could make Fan Xian pay such a big price.

The others were silent, listening to the conversation between Kuhe and the Northern Qi Emperor. Kuhe looked at the emperor and said softly: "But even if you pin your hopes on Fan Xian, in the past two years, you can't show anything." ”

"Understood, I immediately started to arrange and attack Fan Sizhen. ”

Kuhe nodded, and his heart was full of relief, His Majesty was really smart, and he only mentioned it slightly, so he knew what to do, so as not to arouse the suspicion of Emperor Nanqing.

"As I said before, it takes time. Kuhe bowed his head and said: "After I die, Mu Peng, you will immediately go down the mountain and go to Nanqing." ”

Everyone looked at Kuhe in surprise, not knowing why he had to assign a task to the second apprentice Mu Peng at this time, although there were not many disciples in Tianyi, but among the four major apprentices, Mu Peng had always been the most low-key and weakest link, except for medical skills, there was nothing to rely on.

"You live in the mountains all year round, and few people in the outside world know what you look like. Kuhe coughed lightly twice, but covered it with his hand, did not let the blood spurt out, looked at the second disciple beside him and said in a harmonious voice: "I want you to go to Nanqing, you don't have to do anything, just find a way to treat Chen Pingping." ”

Everyone was even more shocked, what kind of person is Chen Pingping, Emperor Qing's most intimate and loyal courtier, whether it was thirty years ago, or just happened in Kyoto's Dongshan, Chen Pingping played the greatest role in it, hearing that this old black dog of Emperor Qing is getting worse and worse, seeing that he will not live for a few years, the people of Northern Qi Dongyi are happy...... And Master Kuhe actually let his apprentice with excellent medical skills go to treat him!

Kuhe stared at Mu Peng sternly: "No matter what, I want you to guarantee that Chen Pingping can live and will not die of natural causes due to illness or something!"

These are very heavy words, although Mu Peng is unclear in his heart, he still bows his head in response. Everyone else in the room looked at Kuhe, as if they wanted to hear an explanation, but Master Kuhe was silent.

This is the last move of Kuhe before he died, after stabilizing the internal government of Qi State, he turned his eyes to the south, and two moves have been thrown out first, and Chen Pingping's side is the sticky one he stopped.

Master Kuhe is not the emperor of Qingguo, he did not weave a shocking situation for decades, but only based on the understanding of the little fairy a long, long time ago, the snooping on people in his decades of life, and the existence of some things that are slightly out of the situation in the matter of Dadong Mountain, and he is extremely keen to capture a touch of light.

He guessed, he guessed that the inside of Qingguo, behind the current calm, there was still an old trouble that tore people's hearts. And if Chen Pingping dies of illness and dies of natural old age, then Kuhe's guess about people will not play any role, so he must ensure that Chen Pingping can live well until one day in the future, someone doesn't want him to live anymore.

Everything seemed to be arranged, and Master Kuhe had no more expectations for this world, and he closed his eyes, as if he was about to fall asleep.

The Queen Mother forcibly concealed the sadness and fear in her heart, and said in a trembling voice: "What to do with the Daomen Rì?"

Tianyi Daomen is deeply rooted in the country, and the ascetics are in most of the world, vaguely, and there is still some connection with the Qingmiao system in Nanqing, such a great power, after the death of the bitter lotus, how to arrange, this is also the top priority. It's just that at this time, there are three disciples of Kuhe in the door, and these three people can't ask because of their identities.

Master Kuhe still closed his eyes, seemed to be a little tired, and said softly: "The Dao Gate is handed over to Begonia." ”

Everyone bowed down to obey the order, and the three big disciples, including Wolf Tao, were not surprised, and the emperor and the queen mother also knew that many years ago, Master Kuhe had already made this decision, and everyone had already regarded Miss Begonia as the next generation leader of Tianyi.

It's just that where are the begonias today?

Everyone has doubts in their hearts, it is said that Begonia was still on the mountain last night, but at this time it was nowhere to be found, when Master Kuhe was dying, this most beloved apprentice, the successor of Tianyi, was not by the master's side.

"Begonia is going to do something. Master Kuhe closed his eyes and said softly, "In the past three years, she will not come back...... The matter of Tianyi is handed over to the wolf peach, and this green mountain is handed over to ...... Your little sister. ”

He said this to the three of Wolf Peach, although the outer matter of Tianyi was handed over to Wolf Peach, but Qingshan ...... It is the foundation of Tianyi, little junior sister, the three disciples of Wolf Peach looked at each other, did they mean ...... Miss Fan?

The Northern Qi Emperor's pupils shrank, and he immediately understood the meaning of this sentence, and began to prepare in his heart, how to make this matter work - suppressing Xia Mingji, but letting Fan Ruoruo's name shine on the green mountains, the national teacher is really a good means, the more he does this, the more Emperor Nanqing is suspicious of the Northern Qi deliberately provoking, but he will not be suspicious of Fan Xian, and it is even safer for the last survival of the Northern Qi.

It's just that the Emperor of Northern Qi still can't believe that Fan Xian will one day come to his country with an incomparably rich dowry.

After explaining all the mundane things, Kuhe closed his lips and said no more words. He quietly felt the passage of life in his body, and in addition to being slightly confused, he had a slight sense of joy, and all the past over the years seemed to emerge in front of him, and those pictures finally stopped decades ago, staying on the snow that seemed to have no end.

In his final moments, Master Kuhe remembered the scavenging vultures screaming in the sky, the subordinates who had fallen in the way.

The never-ending darkness, the glimmer of light in the tent in the night, the silent Sean, and the neatly stacked human arms on the edge of the tent.

The one built against the mountain, the incomparably majestic black and green sè temple.

The blind man who came out of that temple.

The little girl who ran out of that temple.

Human flesh is not very delicious, I have lived for so many years, I know what the temple is like, what is there not to be satisfied with?

............ On an ice field in the north of the Northern Qi Dynasty, a girl wearing clothes woven from animal skins was greeting the people of the tribe in barbarian language. The girl's face was red and full of smiles, but there was a touch of sadness and confusion in her eyes.

After several years of snowstorms, it was impossible for the Northern Barbarians to survive in this wasteland. As a result, the tribe of the famous Uesugi Tiger that could not be ambushed for several years began to bypass the high heavenly veins and move towards the warmer south.

Many tribes have settled in the grasslands of the northwestern part of the country, but they have paid a lot of lives to be accommodated by those distant relatives.

And there are some tribes, as well as the old, weak, women and children, who survive on the ice and snow wasteland in the north, perhaps because the tribes have decreased a lot, so the few prey actually support these people to survive.

Not long ago, a girl who was said to be a lost member of the Kharna tribe came to these tribes and began to hunt and herd sheep with the big guys. Everyone liked this girl's house, because she was very diligent, she was very capable, and no matter how fierce the horse came to her, only the obedient, no matter how fierce the beast, seemed to be afraid of hurting her and fled far away.

The honest and straightforward barbarians just didn't like the way the Kharna girl walked, because in such a difficult environment, the way of walking in one step and three rocks was too wasteful.

But everyone thought her name was nice, Songzhi Senling - it seemed to mean some kind of flower blooming.