When everyone heard this, they all felt that this Taoist priest was very arrogant about the current emperor's speech.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Jiangxi was not angry, and asked with a smile: "Oh, it turned out that the Water Lotus View is the head of the Wind Dao, I think that the Water Lotus View is far away in the west, and the Dao Chang has come all the way to this place, what kind of important things do you want to tell me?" ”

"Can't the Holy One see it? Now, the court is besieged by thieves and ministers, and it is in danger, but the officials and troops of our court have retreated one after another, abandoning the righteousness, and the building is about to fall, isn't it a big thing? "Daoist Dao.

"What a demon, bold and bold, arguing about the government and politics, disturbing the morale of the army, come, take it with me!" Zhang Jin on the side really couldn't see it, and ordered the janissaries to say left and right.

"Hey, it doesn't have to be like this, I have something to say." Prime Minister Li Qian stopped.

"Dao Chief, now the thieves are powerful, demagoguery, and they have gained momentum for a while. If we have a mortal enemy with it, there will be many fierce and auspicious ones, so we will retreat to the south of the Yangtze River, and when the time will come, we will fight back and return to the court, how can we abandon the righteousness and ignore it? Li Qian said calmly.

"Since the founding of our dynasty, the government has been harmonious, all industries have prospered, the country and the people have been safe, and the foreign people have surrendered. How did it come to this time that the thieves were rampant everywhere, and the foreign people were eyeing them? What does the prime minister think? The Taoist asked rhetorically.

"What the Taoist chief said is not unreasonable, I made a pilgrimage to the Holy Ming, and I wanted to show my dragon power and revitalize my family and state, but I happened to encounter natural and man-made disasters, and I did not obey my wishes, so that everything did not go well. We and other mediocre ministers are now helpless. What is the best way to ask the chief? Li Qian said unhurriedly.

"Prime Minister, I can't talk about good policies, Poor Dao risked his life to stop the driver this time, but I can't get used to seeing my blind retreat towards the army, and I have grown arrogant as a thief. I implore the Holy Master to return to the court, regroup, and rebuild the country. If the wind chief said, he turned to Zhao Jiangxi and said, "I still hope that the Holy Master Mingjian." ”

"My dynasty has been fighting against that thief for many days, and I have done my best, but now the thieves are strong, what can I do?" Zhao Jiangxi said helplessly.

"Holy Lord, I don't hide it, I have something that can break the enemy, I don't know if I believe it?" Ruofeng Dao asked in a deep voice.

"What?" Emperor Zhao Jiangxi said curiously.

The Taoist untied his bag and took out a blue-colored thread-bound book from it, only to see that there were four large black characters written on it: "Lotus Illusion".

It turned out that this Ruofeng secretly coveted the legendary treasure "Lotus Illusion" in the Water Lotus View for a long time, but he didn't know where the books were hidden.

That night, I finally saw the Taoist Commander of Zhongli showing the book to Wen Yinan outside the guest room, and then followed the Taoist to ask for it unsuccessfully, so he had evil intentions, and took advantage of the Taoist Chief's unpreparedness to kill Zhongli and seize the "Lotus Illusion".

Afterwards, he hid the books on his body until he took the opportunity to go to Peach Blossom Village with Ruoyue to invite Granny Wei and Granny Tang to come and search the bodies of female guests, and was able to carry them to the Taoist Temple. Later, he pretended to have abdominal pain halfway, avoided Ruoyue's eyes, and hid the books he brought out under a mountain of rocks, and finally passed the test in confusion.

As soon as the limelight passed, Ruofeng waited for the opportunity to retrieve the "Lotus Illusion" under the mountain stone, left the Water Lotus Temple, found a secluded place, and practiced the exercises so far.

Now that the emperor Zhao Jiangxi saw this book, he asked, "What is this?" How can a small book break the enemy? ”

Ruofeng let the emperor disperse everyone, leaving only Zhang Jin and Li Qian, two close ministers, and then said mysteriously: "The title of this book is called "Lotus Illusion", which is the secret transmission of Dafa from my Water Lotus Temple. Xi can break through the wall and break the wall, practice to the highest level, and even call the wind and rain, lead the thunder and gather fire, and the power is endless, so it is enough to exterminate the thieves. ”

"Present a look with me." Zhao Jiangxi Road.

Zhang Jin stepped forward to take the book from the hands of Daoist Ruofeng and presented it to the emperor.

The emperor looked at a few pages, but saw that there were pictures and texts on them, but he didn't understand them very well, so he handed them to Prime Minister Li Qian to take a look.

Li Qian read it carefully for a long time, and then handed it back to Ruofeng Dao and said:

"According to this book, this lotus illusion has a total of nine levels, dare to ask the immortal chief, how many layers have you cultivated?" Li Qian asked.

"Poor Dao knows the importance of this book, and with diligent practice, he finally achieved a little success. It's just that the poor Tao is shallow in learning, the qualifications are reckless, this book has many mysteries, I don't understand it very reasonably, I want to think of my dynasty, there are many talents, and the high priests are like clouds, so I want to ask the saint for permission, ask for advice and go to the first or two, to solve the confusion. But when this technique is achieved, the thieves can be destroyed, and the world can be peaceful. "That's what the Taoist said.

"Then the immortal chief can follow the saint to the south, and it's not too late to practice this technique, so why should he return to the imperial capital?" Li Qian asked again.

"The success of this technique is imminent, and it can be used to conquer the city in time, and the capital is my thousand-year-old holy capital, how can it be trampled by thieves. Once it is breached by thieves, the city will no longer be a city, and the country will not be a country. Ruofeng insisted.

"I see." Li Qian and Zhao Jiangxi glanced at each other and said:

"Come on, arrange for the immortal chief to rest first. What the immortal chief said, we will discuss it again. ”

After Ruofeng Dao Chang withdrew, Emperor Zhao Jiangxi asked Prime Minister Li Qian how he was.

Li Qian said: "You can't believe the words of this Taoist chief, and you can't believe them all. ”

"Prime Minister, what do you say?" Zhao Jiangxi asked.

"Just now I took a cursory look at the "Lotus Illusion", which records that the exercise is practiced to the highest level, and it can indeed have the power to call the wind and rain and destroy the city, but those who practice this technique must not only have talent, but also have the help of time, place, and people." Li Qiandao.

"Let's not talk about anything else for the time being, just say that this location is advantageous, and the book says that this technique originated in Middle-earth, and it originated from the beginning. Then the native gold, that is, to live in the west, to live is to live. Jin Shengshui, that is, formed in Beijun, is completed. Aquatic wood, improvised in the east, flourished improvised. Wood makes a fire, that is, finally Jiangnan, and finally ends. The chief insisted on going to the North County, but he was afraid that it would have something to do with the fact that this gold was born and then became in the North County. ”

Li Qian said again.

After listening to Li Qian's words, everyone suddenly realized.

"Then Aiqing, what do you think of this matter?" Zhao Jiangxi asked.

"Then return to Beijun with him, and when he is successful, how about retiring from the thief?" Commander of the Praetorian Guard, Zhang Jindao.

"No, in my opinion, although this "Lotus Illusion" is very powerful, if it is successful, it is by no means an overnight achievement, and it is not an idle person who can achieve its great success. If you can't achieve the highest level, the power of the enemy will be greatly reduced, but it is only slightly higher than ordinary martial arts, and it will definitely not be invincible to thousands of troops. In this way, it would be too risky to go with him. Li Qian analyzed.

"In this case, our army continues to move south, so let him go." The emperor said.

"Holy one, never. Although this "Lotus Illusion" is difficult to achieve positive results, it is by no means child's play, once the long way is released, I am afraid that it will be used by others in the future, which will be greatly detrimental to my Huang Dynasty. Li Qian objected.

"Then it's better to simply kill this bull-nosed old way to prevent future troubles." Zhang Jindao.

Li Qian looked at Zhao Jiangxi, as if asking for the emperor's opinion.

"If you kill him, I am afraid that the people of the world will despise him and be detrimental to my dynasty's reputation." Zhao Jiangxi hesitated.

When Li Qian heard this, he said: "Then for the time being, he will be ordered to accompany the army, and he will not leave without authorization, and another attendant will be sent to take care of him, so that he can be monitored, how about it?" ”

Zhao Jiangxi nodded in agreement.

On this day, before preparing to cross the Huai River, in order to reduce the burden on the army, according to the suggestion of Prime Minister Li Qian, it was decided to place the accompanying people, especially the old, weak, sick and disabled, women and children, in nearby villages and prefectures along the way.

Some people were reluctant to leave, preferring to follow the emperor until the tide was far away, so the team was chaotic several times.

"If we don't leave, we'll go wherever the saint goes, won't we?" An old man shouted.

"Yes! We're not leaving! We just don't go! For a time, the crowd was agitated and difficult to control, and serious clashes broke out between the people and the officers and soldiers who asked them to stay in custody, and the situation got out of control for a while.

Li Qian rushed over when he heard the news, and loudly dissuaded the people: "Folks, everyone left today so that they can come back tomorrow and we will meet again." If you don't leave today, the Holy Lord will not be able to leave, and if the enemy army catches up, then none of us will be able to leave. ”

"We don't care about this, we just want to follow the saint! Follow the Holy One! Someone shouted, and the line went into chaos again.

At this moment, the two guards who were assigned to take care of Ruofeng Dao suddenly ran to Li Qian in a panic and reported: "Prime Minister, it's not good, something happened. ”