Chapter 52: The Struggle for Imperial Power
Happy with the help of the master and hot black wood, his skills have increased greatly, and his cultivation is gradually getting better, his little snake can sense the opponent's magic weapon without urging and automatically appear to protect the master, not only can absorb the aura of other magic weapons to enrich himself, but also can be divided into countless bodies, the ice on his body can not only protect himself, but also turn into a sharp blade to attack the opponent, the little snake can spit out icicles in its mouth, like a long sword piercing the enemy's chest.
At the same time, the giant snake in his consciousness became clearer and clearer, judging from his depiction, it was a white python, covered with scales, looming in a thin cloud, but he could not prompt the giant snake in his consciousness to react too much, nor could he combine the two into one. To reach the highest level, young happiness requires hard work......
On this day, Zixu suddenly went up the mountain. In the hall, Qiao Zheng gathered everyone.
Zixu told Qiao Zheng that the second prince Chenjun wanted to meet with his imperial uncle, but Reheiki did not agree, he was worried that Qiao Zheng would have many dangers when he entered Beijing.
The prince has always been vicious, as long as he finds that someone supports King Chenjun, his usual method is to win over and eradicate it, no matter how powerful you are, no matter what status you have, as long as he wants to kill someone, he will persistently pursue and kill. In the past six months or so, those who have supported King Chenjun, whether it is a famous family, a knight of the rivers and lakes, or his disciples, some have been forced to neutralize, and some have been killed.
And the emperor knew what the prince was doing, but he let it do what he did, and did not interfere, perhaps, the emperor also thought that there were too many people who supported King Chenjun, which made him have a slight sense of crisis, I am afraid that it will not be the prince who will take his throne, but King Chenjun, so he needs the prince to weaken his power to achieve a balance of rights and interests.
King Chenjun is also forbearance now, he needs stronger strength to compete with the crown prince, and this person, who finally stood up in his most difficult time, is his imperial uncle, Wing King Ji Hongchen.
The Wing King of the year, although he did not want to sit on the throne, but he also had many supporters, and was chased and killed by his own imperial brother for many years, if the Wing King appeared at this moment, the supporters would definitely rise, then the prince or the emperor would be very jealous, so the King of Chenjun was eager to see the Wing King.
Qiao Zheng said: "I've been hiding for so many years, and now it's time to come out, if they are allowed to fight like this again, Liang Guo will really be finished." ”
Reheki knew that he had made up his mind, and he no longer stopped him, and asked: "The prince's eyeliner is all over the place, if the prince goes to the capital, I will accompany you, and bring Zixu's men and horses." ”
Qiao Zheng said: "It's okay, you don't worry, but what about these two children?" ”
Raise your hand happily: "I will go wherever Master goes, Master, I am no longer a child, and I can protect you." ”
Zumuretti said, "I also follow my father." ”
Qiao Zheng thought for a while and said, "Don't go with the two of you, it's not child's play to go to the capital, Min Feng once said that he wanted to take happiness to see my master." ”
Hot Kuroki asked, "You mean the Blue Blood Sword?" ”
Qiao Zheng nodded: "That's right, Min Feng and I both practiced martial arts with her back then, and her old man has not been out of the mountain for many years, she already knows about me accepting Xingxing as an apprentice, and she is willing to help him. ”
Hot Black Wood Head of the Jaw: "Blue Blood Sword Tang Zhixin, when she was young, she followed her husband to fight the sword rivers and lakes, hoeing the strong and helping the weak, and was a chivalrous person, but unfortunately, after her husband died, she lived in seclusion in the mountains and never came out again." If I am happy to have her guidance, it should be a blessing of joy. ”
Happy and curious asked, "Hearing you say this, this Blue Blood Sword should be my ancestor?" Kung Fu is very good? ”
Qiao Zheng glanced at Zixu and said, "Well, I'm going to ask your Uncle Zixu, he knows best." ”
Zixu's face was a little embarrassed, coughed lightly, and said: "Ah, yes, that's right, I used to be a defeated general under her, she is not only good at kung fu, but also very powerful in the talisman weapon Blue Blood Sword." ”
Qiao Zheng said: "We rushed to the capital, the action still needs to be secret, it is not convenient to take you, I will inform Min Feng to take the two of you with me tomorrow." ”
Zixu said: "Recently, the prince's martial arts hall has been activated again. ”
"Wudetang?" Hot Kuroki looked confused.
Qiao Zheng gasped and said in a deep voice: "This Wudetang seems to be an ordinary place to practice martial arts, but in fact it is a secret agency of the crown prince, which was controlled by him personally in the past, but then with the Heaven Shaking Tiger, Wudetang was temporarily shelved. ”
He happily asked, "So, then Wudetang is the prince's most powerful weapon, more powerful than the Sky Shaking Tiger?" ”
Qiao Zheng said: "In the past, what Wudetang carried out was an assassination mission, but later, these things were completed by the Sky Shaking Tiger for him, and now that it is activated again, I am afraid he will have to do both." ”
He asked Zixu: "Who is in charge of Wudetang?" ”
Zixu said: "Purple Demon Whirlwind." ”
"Purple Wind?" Qiao Zheng was stunned.
"Zixu, do you mean that Sky Shaking Tiger's apprentice Zi Feng?" Hot Kuroki was also surprised.
Zixu said on his forehead: "Exactly, I took office a month ago." ”
Rehemu was puzzled and said: "Lord Wang, isn't it strange that you said this, if Wude Hall and the Sky Shaking Tiger are neck and neck, and the hall master of the Martial Arts Hall is actually the apprentice of the Sky Shaking Tiger, wouldn't his apprentice be separated from the Sky Shaking Tiger and be on an equal footing with him?" ”
Zixu said: "It makes sense, I also think it's strange, I don't know what kind of medicine is sold in this prince's gourd, so he is not afraid that the Sky Shaking Tiger will be unhappy and fall out with him?" ”
Qiao Zheng's eyes were dark, and a smile crossed the corner of his mouth, "It seems that the imperial brother and the crown prince really have the same temperament."
Hot Heimu was surprised: "How can the prince say this?" ”
Qiao Zheng said with a smile: "If the prince wants to take the throne, he must show his talents in front of the emperor, they give advice to the emperor and stabilize the country, this is a show of merit, and in private they fight each other for this throne, and they fight to the death." But in order to keep his throne, the emperor allowed the two of them to kill each other, in order to achieve their goal of restraining each other, and the current crown prince is the same, his supporters are far less than the second prince, and he is good at killing, so he raised the Shaking Tiger, and now the Shaking Tiger is becoming more and more powerful, and it is impossible for him not to have any scruples, so he pulled out the purple wind, it seems that the two institutions go hand in hand, but in fact, he also wants to deliberately cause contradictions between the two, so as to contain each other. ”
Rehemu nodded: "What the prince said is true, so it seems that the father and son of the emperor and the crown prince are really all the way." ”
Zixu said: "Zifeng is only in his early twenties, his martial arts are not weak, and the Purple Demon Whirlwind skill of the talisman has become first-class, I heard that he is still the quasi-son-in-law of the Heaven-Shaking Tiger, although he does not have the arrogance of the Heaven-Shaking Tiger, but he is also very ruthless, this person is in charge of Wudetang, and the prince is tantamount to adding wings to the tiger." ”
Reheki asked, "Where did this son come from?" ”
Zixu replied: "I heard that he is an orphan with no father and no mother, who has been fostered in Liufu since he was a child, and was accepted as a disciple by the Sky Shaking Tiger, and the daughter of the Sky Shaking Tiger is the same age as Zi Feng, and grew up together, and I think I will become the son-in-law of the Sky Shaking Tiger in the near future." ”
When Zifeng was mentioned, he was happy that his mind was full of scenes of seeing Zifeng twice. The first time was late at night, and he couldn't see his real appearance, but that time, Zi Feng's behavior was very strange, and he suddenly let go of himself when he was obviously dominant, and the second time was outside Xinzhou City, he saw Zi Feng's face clearly, at that time, he always had an indescribable feeling in his heart, which seemed familiar, but it was very unfamiliar, what was familiar was the eyes, and what was strange was the piercing chill in the eyes that were as black as paint.
When the two brothers separated, the elder brother was only eleven years old, and the elder brother at that time had a sallow, thin and short complexion, while Zifeng was nearly eight feet tall, with a fair complexion, an angular face, and a world of difference in body shape and appearance.
He couldn't help but ask Zixu: "What is Zifeng's real name?" ”
Zixu shook his head and said: "I don't know, that's all the people who inquire can ask, there are countless young killers under the Sky Shaking Tiger, and in order not to implicate their families, most of them use aliases, and it is extremely difficult to know their real names." ”
"Oh." Happy but slightly disappointed.
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Two days later, Min Feng really came.
Qiao Zheng instructed Min Feng to take the two children to see the master, and went down the mountain with Reheimu and Zixu.
Watching them leave, he pouted happily and asked Min Feng, "Aunt Feng, where is the ancestor?" ”
Min Feng said: "It's not far, Truffle Mountain, it's only three hundred miles away." ”
"Aunt Feng, since my master is a royal family, how can you have the same master?" Happy and curious.
Min Feng said: "My master's fellow brother once served as a military general in the palace, and it was he who recommended my master to the six princes at that time, that is, your master, I followed my father to practice martial arts, and later, after Runze escaped from the palace, he invited the master, and then I worshiped under the master, so I became the master's closed disciple." ”
Happy frowned and said, "It's really complicated." ”
Min Feng said lightly: "If you know it's complicated, don't ask more, let's go." ”
She went down the mountain with joy and Zumuretti.
Zumuretti wore a white gauze hat, and his small mouth kept chattering, happy to say a word perfunctory, and seemed to be a little absent-minded.
Horses had already been prepared at the foot of the mountain, and the three of them turned over their horses and galloped along the main road.
Min Feng led the way on a horse in front, happy to be on a par with Zumuretti.
After walking ten miles, he shouted happily: "Demon, do we want to compare?" ”
Zumuretti: "Than what? ”
Said happily: "Faster than anyone!" ”
Zumuretti: "Okay, it's better. ”
The two horses raised their whips, and with a "ride" in their mouths, the horses spread their hooves and galloped forward.
At first, it was joy in front, Zumuretti fought to catch up, and gradually, Zumuretti surpassed joy, she excitedly shouted: "Happy, I won, you come after me." ”
"Okay, be careful, I'll catch up with you soon!"
The two of you chase me, no one will let anyone, after a while, Zumureti surpassed the joy again, she urged the horse to gallop all the way, so unhappy, finally able to win him once, now there is a capital to show off, she said happily:
"Haha, you can't do it now, you can't run, do you want me to stop and wait for you? There are times when the big devil is defeated?! ”
After not seeing Xing Xing catching up for a long time, she shouted again: "Happy, hurry up, if you run again, you will reach the place, and you will have no chance to win me." ”
"Glad, did you hear me? Hurry up and catch up! ”
"Happy?"
After a long time, she couldn't hear a happy answer, she couldn't help but look back, but there was still a happy figure behind her, Zu Mureti's eyes full of confusion gradually turned into anxiety, and she hurriedly shouted at Min Feng in front of her:
"Aunt Feng, Aunt Feng, stop, I'm not happy!"
The two of them hurriedly reined the horse, turned the horse's head and looked back, Zumureti was still afraid that the white gauze would not be real, so he simply lifted the gauze curtain, and sure enough, on the wide road, you can see a mile away, but where there is still half a shadow of happiness.
Zu Mureti was about to cry anxiously: "Aunt Feng, what can I do about this?" I ran too fast and lost my joy. ”
Min Feng sighed lightly and said, "You didn't lose this kid, he ran away by himself." ”
"Ran away? Where did he go? ”
"Where else can I go? I should have gone to find his master. ”
"Huh? So what do we do? ”
Min Feng said: "What else can I do, I'll take you to my master first." As for being happy, don't worry, the prince will take him to the capital. ”
Zumureti wiped away his tears and said angrily: "The big devil will lie to me, and he will say that he will race with me, but he will deliberately lose to me, so that he can escape." ”
Min Feng glanced at her and couldn't laugh: "You just know?" The bowels in the boy's stomach turned eighteen times. Let's go first. ”
She turned her horse's head and went on, and Zumuretti followed her, turning her head to look at the empty road, and muttered and scolded:
"Big devil, stinky and happy, don't say a word if you want to run, take me with you......"