On the top of Dadong Mountain, the morning fog has been gone, the mountain wind is blowing strongly, the clouds are gradually broken, and the true face of the temple has appeared. Emperor Qingguo, who was dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe, stood quietly by the railing, waiting for Ye Liuyun's arrival. When the foot of the mountain was surrounded by five thousand longbowmen, especially among the rebels, there was a trace of the nine rank masters of Dongyi City, and His Majesty, the emperor of Qingguo, who had always had no last resort, seemed to have finally discovered that the situation began to be beyond his control for the first time, and a faint sorrow rose between the middle-aged man's eyebrows.

In the old temple community with black eaves and round eaves, a bell rang out, refreshing, moving, and calming people's minds, but it made the world restless. The edict used to worship the heavens was burned in the furnace, the green smoke curled, and the various sins of the prince that Emperor Qing had experienced seemed to have been sacrificed to the ethereal temple and the even more ethereal providence.

Sacrificing to the heavens, Emperor Qing's most important task has been completed, all he needs is to return to Kyoto with those unwarranted revelations from heaven, depose the crown prince, and then choose a pleasing successor.

However, a hat slowly crossed the line of the last stone step on the top of Dadong Mountain at this time, and naturally suddenly appeared in front of the Qingguo officials in front of the temple.

............ The emperor looked at that place calmly, at the ancient face under the hat, at the pair of clear and gentle eyes like autumn water, and said slowly:

"Uncle Liuyunshi, you're late. ”

Ye Liuyun stepped on the mountain step by step, no one could stop him, and he was silent for a long time to the temple at this time. All the officials on the top of the mountain, including the Ministry of Rites Shangshu and Ren Shao'an and others, all subconsciously bowed to the great master of Qingguo.

In front of Ye Liuyun, only Emperor Qing was still standing upright as usual, and although the old eunuch Hong who was not far from his side was around, everyone knew that this old man was leaning over all the time, as if he was looking at the ants on the ground, but it was not because he wanted to pay tribute to Ye Liuyun at this time.

"How can it be said to be late?" Ye Liuyun looked at the emperor and sighed, his tone was full of indescribable helplessness and regret, "Your Majesty's trip to worship the heavens, could it be that you have obtained the mandate of heaven?"

"Destiny is mine, I am not afraid of hardships and dangers, I have come all the way to Dadong Mountain, and naturally my wish has come true. The emperor said coldly.

Ye Liuyun lowered his head slightly, thought for a moment and said, "Destiny is always difficult to figure out. Although His Majesty is very human, he still should not punish on behalf of Heaven. ”

The emperor looked indifferently at Ye Liuyun, who was more than ten zhang away, and said, "Uncle Shi came here today, isn't it just to admonish, but he doesn't mean to be angry on behalf of the sky?"

Ye Liuyun smiled bitterly, his right arm was slowly raised, and the cuffs faded slightly, revealing his right hand without a trace of dirt, and his fingers were smooth and neat, definitely not like the limbs that an old man should have.

His right hand pointed to the pool of blood in front of the Qing Temple, and the sacrifices of the Qing Temple in the pool of blood.

"陛xià...... The one who is angry is yourself. Ye Liuyun said compassionately: "The sacrifice is the ascetic who serves the temple, even they know that His Majesty's trip to sacrifice to the heavens is a chaotic fate. If the king has a chaotic life, the ministers cannot accept it, nor can the rituals be accepted...... That's why you killed them. ”

Yes, the emperor's book on the crime of worshipping the heavens came from the hands of the inner court, and the crimes chosen were only vague matters such as covetousness, accumulation of concubines, and misconduct, and this was the expression of the prince a few years ago, and it was completely different from the calm and filial prince today. The abolition of the prince in all dynasties has never had such a stupid will, and the nonsensical sacrifice to astronomy.

Dadongshan Qing Temple has a long history, although it is not in Kyoto, but several major sacrifices of Qing Temple are often cultivated here, but with the bizarre death of the big sacrifice, the two sacrifices and three stone masters were killed by arrows, and the Qing Temple was weakened by Emperor Qing The strength of the shape is not much. Therefore, all the way up the mountain gate, the sacrifices of the Dadong Mountain Qing Temple showed such humility and obedience.

However, when Emperor Qingguo officially began the process of sacrificing to heaven and abolishing the crown prince early this morning, there were still some sacrifices who bravely stood up and expressed their opposition fiercely, and sacredly pointed out that Qingmiao would never become a sharp blade in the hands of a faint monarch.

The secret invasion of Qingmiao by the imperial court, and the successive deaths of the two leaders, made the sacrifices of Qingmiao on Dadong Mountain feel infinite anger, and the arrival of the rebels under the mountain gave these people infinite courage.

So these sacrifices turned into a few dead bodies in front of the temple with black eaves, and their courage turned into the blood of the stinking flies.

When someone dared to disobey the will of His Majesty the Emperor, he had always been not afraid to kill, even if it was a sacrifice on Dadong Mountain. The only people that Emperor Qing didn't dare to kill were those he couldn't kill for the time being—like Ye Liuyun.

The emperor calmly looked at Ye Liuyun on the side of the stone steps, and said, "Uncle Shi, you are not a stupid people, you naturally know that these sacrifices are just mortals, even if I kill them, what does it have to do with the will of heaven?"

Ye Liuyun frowned slightly, and said: "Even if the sacrifice is a mortal, but this temple is not ordinary, presumably His Majesty should know better than me, when killing people at the main gate of the temple, blood flows into the steps, isn't His Majesty worried about the wrath of the Heavenly Father?"

The emperor was indifferent, put his hands behind his back, and said word by word after a while: "You and I live in the world, not the end of the sky, so in my life, I never respect ghosts and gods, only Uncle Shi." ”

Ye Liuyun was silent.

The emperor turned to the side, quietly looked at the eaves of the black temple, the old tiles on the eaves shining solemnly in the early morning sun, and said, "So I have invited an old man to come and meet Uncle Shi. ”

............ There are not many people in this world who are qualified to be called Ye Liuyun's old man by Emperor Qing, but there are only a few people in Liao Liao. So when the bell of the Qingmiao rang again, the wooden door of the side courtyard creaked open, a gust of mountain wind swept over the top of the mountain, and the five bamboos tied with a black cloth came out of the door...... Ye Liuyun just smiled, of course, there was a little more emotion and bitterness in the smile.

"It has been many years since I left Shanzhou, and I haven't heard the news of you for more than two years. He looked at Wuzhu and said kindly: "I thought you had gone back, but I didn't expect you to be on Dadong Mountain." ”

In the summer of two years ago, the Northern Qi National Master Kuhe was injured in a secret duel, and Ye Liuyun, as one of the four great grandmasters, could naturally guess that it was Wuzhu who did it, so it has been more than two years since he heard this unheard of the king.

And Ye Liuyun's sentence "I thought you had gone back" hid too much swiftness, but except for him and Wuzhu in this world, no one may be able to understand the conversation under the cliff in Shanzhou back then, Fan Xianyuan was on the cliff and didn't hear it at all.

Wuzhu was as clean as usual, and after saying two words, he stood at the door of the small courtyard, without moving another step to the field, facing Ye Liuyun from afar, but the distance from the emperor was closer.

The two words he said were, "Hello." ”

――――――――――――――――――― two words of hello made Ye Liuyun even more shocked and moved than he had seen him come out of the courtyard before, and he couldn't help but laugh with relief, and the laughter was very sincere.

Then the laughter stopped abruptly, Ye Liuyun turned to face the emperor's majesty, bowed slightly, and exclaimed: "Your Majesty's clever calculation, no wonder there will be a trip to Dadong Mountain to worship the sky, even this monster has been dug up by you, I just don't want to admire it." ”

When the emperor heard this, he didn't have the slightest change in his expression, but the corners of his eyebrows trembled twice that was extremely imperceptible, yes, sacrificing the sky was originally a game against Ye Liuyun, and when Wuzhu was about to stand up, Ye Liuyun did not react when he fell into the game.

This kind of thing, it has always been you and me, and the emperor's eyes were hidden with a trace of worry, presumably because he knew that the big incident that he and Fan Xian had guessed was finally going to become a reality.

The emperor glanced at the old eunuch Hong beside him, his eyes were calm, but there were many meanings, as if he was asking, why didn't he make a move right away? With the realm of the Great Grandmaster, even if it was two against one, if he couldn't seize the previous moment, Ye Liuyun's heart was loosened because of the mysterious appearance of Wuzhu, and if he wanted to snipe Ye Liuyun on the mountain, it would still become an extremely difficult task to complete.

Old Eunuch Hong didn't pay any attention to the emperor's gaze at this time, his eyes stared at the front with unusually hot eyes, passing through Ye Liuyun's shoulders and straight to the mountains and forests below the stone steps.

He took half a step forward, stood in front of the Emperor, and then slowly straightened up.

It seems that Gonggong Hong, who has been bent all his life, suddenly straightened up, and it was such a simple change in action, and an indescribable momentum began to surgingly fill his body, emanating majestically towards the top of the mountain...... Obviously, everyone knew that Gonggong Hong's body had not become bigger, but everyone had an illusion at this moment, it seemed that Gonggong Hong had become an invincible god, and his body exuded a dazzling light, completely covering Emperor Qing behind him.

The intensity of this true qi is even faintly beyond the limit of what a mortal body can hold.

Domineering to the extreme.

............ This is the first poem that Fan Xian copied in Kyoto, and regardless of whether the big characters of the river are appropriate or not, this poem has been praised in this world.

People who are fortunate or unfortunate to be on Dadong Mountain on this day, at this moment, are all associated with the first half of this poem.

Because they felt a sword aura rising to the sky, raging in the mountains and forests below the stone steps, even the distant mountain tops were invaded by this extremely fierce sword qi, and the green trees began to shed their leaves for no reason, and the fallen leaves became green piles.

Ye Liuyun looked at Gonggong Hong and said, "Qingben is a beautiful woman, why should I be a slave?"

Gonggong Hong's silver-white hair fluttered in the wind, and he said in a hoarse voice: "The great masters are all slaves, I am the slave of His Majesty, and you ...... It's just a slave in this world, what's the difference?"