Chapter Twenty-Four: The Inner Ghost
The national teacher understood the hint in Princess Zhaoning's words.
"I'll go over there myself and see what they're doing." He spoke. He knew that at this critical juncture in the country, he had to take the lead.
"But you alone, you can deal with it—" Princess Zhaoning was still a little worried.
"—It's a bit difficult," the national teacher responded, "However, I'll go to Lingshan Temple to see if Master Jueming is willing to help again."
"In addition, it has been a long time since the Luoshui Conference, and Luo Chuan's injuries should be almost recovered. Although he is not very capable of fighting, his ability to deduce the heavens can give us a great advantage in terms of intelligence. ”
While speaking, the national teacher couldn't help but recall the scene when Luo Chuan was in front of the palace gate on the day of the Luoshui Conference, and was beaten by Zhao Changying's trick and Zhenyuan fainted to the ground.
He thought, if Zhao Changying's strength became stronger after the retreat, then under the premise that Emperor Tianxing didn't make a move, would they really be able to stop these rebels?
At this moment, an uninvited guest appeared out of thin air on the other side of the long table.
"I heard you need my help."
The person who came was dressed in a crane, with long hair scattered, looking like a fairy wind and bones, floating out of the dust.
It's just that his face is slightly pale compared to before.
It was Luo Chuan, the head of the exorcism division who was recently "lying in bed to recuperate" in the house.
At present, he only revealed his true position in front of Gu Xu, Xu Man, the father and daughter of the Zhao family, and the members of the "Qing Ming" organization, and everyone in the "Qing Ming" had made an oath of secrecy.
In the eyes of the Great Qi court, he is still a conscientious and conscientious chief of the exorcism department and a loyal minister of the country.
In fact, Luo Chuan had considered disclosing the title of "Wenchang Xingjun Reincarnation" to the world, so as to build momentum for Gu Xu.
But after discussing with Gu Xu, he found that the identity of the "head of the exorcist division" could also play a great role in the follow-up rebellion-
Not only can you be the first to know the movements of the Great Qi court, but you can also try to mislead them into making wrong decisions.
It's like a nail, driven deep into Daqi's heart.
"Your wounds healed?" The national teacher looked at Luo Chuan and asked.
Luo Chuan covered his face with his hands, coughed dryly a few times, and responded in a somewhat hoarse voice: "It's not completely good." Zhao Changying's traitor is too heavy.
"But since Daqi needs me now, no matter how big the difficulties are, as an official who eats the country, I am duty-bound."
Seeing his appearance of supporting his sick body, and hearing his brave and loyal statement, Princess Zhaoning looked at him with heartfelt respect in her eyes.
"Luo Sitou should still focus on his body," she said in a concerned tone, "Don't affect the injury because of overwork on state affairs." ”
"Your Royal Highness Princess, what you said is not right," Luo Chuan shook his head lightly and said with a serious expression, "The prosperity or decline of a country is the unavoidable responsibility of every Qi person. An old bone like me, who is fortunate to receive the emperor's kindness, has to do his best and die, how can he be greedy for life and afraid of death, cowering, and abandon the fate of the country because of a little injury or pain? ”
"Luo Si is worried about the country and the people, and the palace admires him very much," Princess Zhaoning arched her hand slightly towards him, "Now the enemy is unpredictable and unpredictable. We were just thinking, how great would it be if the head of Luo Si could use the celestial deduction technique to help us find out the reality of the enemy? ”
"Since the princess has a life, how dare Luo disobey?"
As Luo Chuan spoke, he simply waved his hand neatly and beckoned his bronze mirror and placed it on the long table.
Liangzhou, Linqiang, Zhaowu, Zhangye...... The six castles are like reflections in the water of the lake, one by one on the surface of the bronze mirror.
Through the bronze mirror, the national teacher and Princess Zhaoning clearly saw the collapsed city towers, as well as the newly appeared large-scale murals on the city wall.
This made them have a more intuitive feeling of Gu Xu's strength level and runic attainments displayed in the siege battle.
A moment later, with the ripples of the mirror, the scene shifts to a spacious conference chamber.
They saw that Gu Xu, dressed in a brocade robe and wearing a jade crown, was sitting at a long table, discussing affairs with Zhao Changying and Xu Man, who were sitting on both sides—the faces of these people did not show the joy of surrendering without a fight, but instead looked worried and serious, so that the atmosphere in the entire hall was like frost.
"Although the strength of these anti-thief leaders is not bad," Luo Chuan pointed to the bronze mirror and explained on the side, "but compared to our Daqi, the foundation is too weak, and there are not enough backbones under his command."
"They have the ability to conquer cities, but they have no ability to defend them. The more land they have laid and the longer the battle line stretches, the more they will be unable to do so.
"Besides, our Emperor Daqi is the true son of heaven appointed by God, and he is the desire of the people of the whole world. These rebels may be able to force the people to submit by force for the time being, but they cannot really convert the people.
"I think it may take a little bit of waiting for these thieves to break themselves up under internal and external pressure.
"When the emperor comes out, he can wipe them out without much effort.
“……”
Princess Zhaoning listened to Luo Chuan's statement while paying careful attention to the dialogue of the thieves in the bronze mirror - for them, conquering the city was not a successful result, but the beginning of a difficult one; Like now, they are arguing because they can't find the right talent to govern the area.
Princess Zhaoning was not surprised by such a situation.
These traitors come from different forces and have different origins and backgrounds.
Perhaps because of their common purpose, they hit it off and raised the flag to rebel.
But the haste of the move, the weakness of the foundation, and the problems brought about by the distribution of benefits must exist among them - like a seemingly tiny anthill, which continues to encroach and expand over time, and finally cause the embankment of a thousand miles to burst in one fell swoop.
Thinking of this, Princess Zhaoning sighed from the bottom of her heart, Luo Si Shou's heavenly deduction technique was really powerful, and she was able to clearly show the secret discussion within the enemy in front of her eyes.
With such a method, the enemy, which originally seemed unpredictable, suddenly became transparent.
Her mood instantly relaxed a lot, and one countermeasure after another quickly popped up in her mind.
But there is one thing she still has questions:
"Luo Si Shou, do we have to wait until our father is out of the customs before we can completely solve these anti-thieves?"
Hearing her words, Luo Chuan sighed and nodded: "That's right."
"I've already calculated with the Heavenly Machine, Master Jueming shouldn't help us this time.
"And that Zhao Changying is a veritable true monarch powerhouse, and I and the national teacher together are not his opponents. Now they are coming in a rage, as long as we can stabilize the situation, we will ......"
Speaking of this, Luo Chuan's face suddenly showed an extremely painful expression.
He bent over, his head bowed, his hands over his eyes, and his teeth clenched.
The picture on the bronze mirror vanished, turning into a chaotic and blinding cloud of light and shadow, illuminating the whole room like ghosts.
"Zhao Changying has discovered me," he frowned, his voice hoarse and painful, "he is interfering with my Heavenly Technique......
"Boss, stop!" Princess Zhaoning immediately shouted.
She could see that he had been eaten by the Celestial Machine.
(End of chapter)