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Because the emperor's 100th birthday is approaching, Jingshi is very busy and lively.

But secretly there is an undercurrent surging, and the fight is endless.

After all, for mortals, the emperor is the supreme in the world, and there is no more noble status.

In the palace, Emperor Zhao Rui received a secret report that the lord of Xiyun County had indeed returned to Jingshi, and was secretly visiting several close friends of the former Xilu Marquis, and was now in one of them, Chengyang Bo's Mansion.

"Your Majesty, the Marquis of Xilu treason and rebellion, the lord of Xiyun County escaped for three years, and now he is hiding back to Beijing, and the minister thinks that he will be arrested and imprisoned, and he will be beheaded with his family."

An elderly chamberlain reminded in a whisper.

Zhao Rui glanced at the eunuch coldly, and the eunuch's face suddenly turned pale and sweat rolled down, and he knelt on the ground and kowtowed like pounding garlic and said: "Your Majesty forgives the sin, the old minister should not talk too much." ”

Zhao Rui was silent for a long time and waved his hand and said: "You get up, this matter is not as simple as you think, you quickly take someone to send the Xiyun County Lord into the palace secretly, I have something to ask her." ”

"Yes, the old minister will do it!"

The old eunuch kowtowed and got up and withdrew from the palace, half an hour later, the lord of Xiyun County was secretly sent into the palace by a group of internal guards forbidden military carriages, and only after she entered the palace did she see the figure in front of her, which was the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty who wanted to see day and night.

"Zhao Qian, the daughter of the criminal minister, meet Your Majesty!" Zhao Qian was both surprised and delighted, and hurriedly kowtowed to the ground.

Zhao Rui sat on the big chair, looked at this young woman with a haggard and frightened face, and asked in a majestic voice: "You are Zhao Chengyi's daughter?" ”

The county lord of Xiyun bowed his head and replied, "Yes, my father is Zhao Chengyi." ”

Zhao Rui said coldly: "Zhao Chengyi colluded with the Ming Kingdom to try to rebel, your whole family wants to be beheaded, you still dare to come to Beijing, do you think I don't know?" ”

The lord of Xiyun County suddenly burst into tears, and choked on the ground: "Your Majesty, my father is not a rebellion, but he was framed by the King of Pingxi. ”

Zhao Rui was furious and slammed the armrest of the chair and said: "Presumptuous, your father colluded with Zhu Youhong, the Eastern Marquis of Mingguo Town, in a vain attempt to attack the King of Pingxi, the evidence is conclusive, and you dare to quibble." ”

"Your Majesty, the people's daughter doesn't dare to quibble, there is another inside story in this, but it is the king of Pingxi who colluded with the Mingguo Xianmen Ziyang Sect to rebel, my father wanted to report to the court after he found out, and the king of Pingxi killed my father, and the people's daughter could only hide in Tibet after escaping and did not dare to return to Beijing, this time His Majesty's 100th birthday, the people's daughter was escorted by the Taiyuan Gate Immortal Master, so that she could successfully reach the Beijing Division, and was chased and killed by the King of Pingxi and the Ziyang Sect monks on the way, if it were not for the Taiyuan Gate Immortal Master, the people's daughter would have died."

As if knowing that this was his only chance to overturn the case, the Xiyun County Lord instantly became a lot bolder, straightened up and shouted at Zhao Rui.

Zhao Rui's face changed greatly, Huo Ran got up and said, "You said that the King of Pingxi colluded with the Ming Immortal Gate Ziyang Sect, but there is evidence. ”

The lord of Xiping said: "Yes, but the people are worried that the evidence will be snatched by the King of Pingxi and the Ziyang Sect, so the evidence will be handed over to the three immortal masters of Taiyuan Gate. ”

"Presumptuous, do you want to use the Taiyuan Gate to suppress me?" Zhao Rui was furious.

The county lord of Xiyun also let go, raised his head and looked at Zhao Rui without timidity: "This evidence is not trivial, the king of Pingxi colluded with the Ziyang Sect of the Ming State Immortal Gate to chase and rob, and the folk girl was alone as a weak woman, how could she be protected, if it were not for the protection of the three immortal masters of Taiyuan Gate along the way, the folk girl would not have been able to reach the capital to meet Your Majesty." My father has been guarding the Western Continent for decades, and he is loyal, and the people's daughter is not greedy for life and afraid of death, but I don't want my father to be charged with rebellion after his death, and I don't want my family to be implicated. ”

"Do you want me to make the decision for you and rehabilitate Zhao Chengyi?" Zhao Rui looked at the Xiyun County Lord with a majestic face.

"Yes, my father's death is unjust, please Your Majesty is the master of the people's daughter!" The county lord of Xiyun choked and bowed.

"Then you can tell me the reason for the incident in detail, since you dare to enter Beijing alone, there must be evidence to overturn the case." The seriousness and anger on Zhao Rui's face instantly subsided, and he waved his hand and sat down again.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The county lord of Xiyun was relieved in his heart, and then he explained the cause and effect of the whole thing, of course, she didn't say what the elixir was, after all, it involved the two major immortal sects, and saying it would cause more trouble.

Zhao Rui's face was cloudy after hearing this, and his heart was also like a raging wave, and his whole person trembled slightly.

Although he knew that Zhao Chengyi, the Marquis of Xilu, was killed by the King of Pingxi and fabricated the charge of colluding with the Ming State to rebel, he did not know that the inside story was so terrifying.

Zhao Chengyi, a mortal town in the Kaiyuan Realm, dared to excavate an immortal tomb.

What he didn't expect was that in order to get the emperor's throne, King Pingxi did not hesitate to borrow the power of the Ming Kingdom Xianmen.

Many of the immortal treasures in the ancient tomb, King Pingxi, must have been handed over to the Ziyang Sect.

And what the evidence that fell into the hands of Taiyuan Gate was actually he didn't want to know at all, or even if he knew, he couldn't do anything about it, because those things were not something that he could be contaminated with as an emperor of the mortal world.

Even if it doesn't fall into the hands of Taiyuan Gate, it will eventually fall into the hands of Ziyang Sect or Yuqing Palace.

And he doesn't have a few years to live now, all he wants is to let the crown prince inherit the throne smoothly

But the eighth king, Zao Wou-ki, is the biggest threat to the crown prince's succession.

Not only did he hold hundreds of thousands of troops to guard the western frontier, but he also colluded with the third-ranked large Xianmen Ziyang Sect in the Ming Kingdom.

Although he is standing behind the Yuqing Palace, the largest immortal gate in the Song Kingdom, the Yuqing Palace will not necessarily stand out for him, after all, the opponent is a large immortal gate, and the affairs of the immortal world are completely different from the mundane, especially for the monks of the Danyuan Realm and the Transformation Spirit Realm who are bent on chasing immortality to the Dao, they will not care too much about life and death in the mortal world, and whoever is the emperor in the people will not affect them.

Unless this evidence can make the elders of the Yuqing Hall particularly excited.

But if you want to reach that height, how can you put it in the hands of the Xiyun County Lord for three years.

What's more, this piece of evidence has now fallen into the hands of Taiyuan Gate.

He is a disciple of the outer sect of the Yuqing Palace, so he naturally knows everything about the affairs of the fairy world, although the person who cultivates immortals is indifferent and does not chase fame and fortune, but if it is a real treasure of heaven and earth, it will be more ferocious to snatch it, not to mention that when he gets something in his hand, how can he spit it out.

Therefore, if he wanted the Yuqing Palace to fight against the Ziyang Sect, he had to hand over the evidence, but he would definitely offend the Taiyuan Sect because of this.

Although the strength of Taiyuan Gate is far inferior to that of Yuqing Palace, it is also a regular Immortal Gate with more than ten immortals, and the worst disciples are all higher in cultivation than him, not to mention that there are strong people in the Danyuan Realm.

He couldn't afford to offend Yuqing Hall in the slightest, and he couldn't afford to offend Taiyuan Gate either.

Thinking about it, Zhao Rui's heart was in a mess, and he waved his hand to let the Xiyun County Lord take care of it, and after pondering for a long time, he instructed the chamberlain: "Go to the Treasure Pavilion and invite Deacon Tong into the palace." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" There is an inner waiter who promises to leave.

Half an hour later, the half-hundred-year-old man in the late Kaiyuan Realm who had received Xu Chen and the three of them in the Treasure Pavilion entered the hall with the inner attendant.

Zhao Rui had been waiting at the gate of the palace for a long time at this time, and when he saw it, he hurriedly saluted and said, "Zhao Rui has seen Deacon Tong." ”

The old man bowed slightly and saluted: "Senior brother doesn't need to be polite, what is the so-called thing about calling me into the palace in a hurry?" ”

Zhao Rui introduced the old man into the palace, and let the eunuchs and palace maids retire after serving fragrant tea, and then carefully told what the county lord of Xiyun said.

The old man was very angry after hearing this, and glared: "How did you become an emperor, why did you delay such a big thing until now." ”

Zhao Rui said with a bitter face: "Senior brother taught me a lesson, but I have just learned about this matter, the Eight Kings are so bold, not to mention the private excavation of the immortal tomb, and also colluded with the Ziyang Sect to try to rebel, I originally wanted to take advantage of this hundredth birthday to pass the throne to the crown prince, but now I am afraid that there will be some trouble." ”

The old man's anger decreased slightly, and he pondered for a moment and said: "You also know the rules of the fairy world, the inheritance of the throne is your royal family's own business, and the Yuqing Palace will not interfere, but the eight kings colluding with the Ming Kingdom Immortal Gate must be unforgivable, but those immortal treasures have now fallen into the hands of the Ziyang Sect, there are not enough benefits, and the elders of the Yuqing Palace are afraid that they will not agree to make a move, because once they do it, it will be a battle between the two immortal sects, and the consequences are very unpredictable. ”

Zhao Rui said: "The elixir that fell into the hands of Taiyuan Gate, should it stop here?" ”

The old man shook his head seriously and said, "If I had known about this half a month ago, maybe the elder group would have been moved, but now I will definitely not be able to tear my face for a piece of elixir and Taiyuan Gate that has no value at all." ”

"Why?" Zhao Rui asked urgently.

The old man's finger lightly tapped the tea case and said, "Because the Danchenzi of Taiyuan Gate will soon become a great cultivator of the Spirit Transformation Realm, so even if it is a third-order or even fourth-order supreme treasure, it is impossible for the Yuqing Palace to come forward, let alone make a move." ”

Zhao Rui's face changed greatly, and he stood up and exclaimed, "Danchenzi is actually about to break through?" How did the senior brother know? ”

The old man didn't hide it, and told Danchenzi about going to Yuqing Hall to meet Baiyun Zhenjun before, and finally said:

"Danchenzi became a great cultivator, it is a first-class event for my Great Song Immortal Realm, and it cannot be disturbed by half a minute, even if it is because Zhao Wuji colluded with the Ziyang Sect to rebel, and the Yuqing Palace wants to clean up the source, at least it needs to wait until this matter is over before making a move, the Ziyang Sect dares to take my Great Song Immortal Treasure and secretly fund the rebellion, and will definitely find them to theorize in the future, but it is not now, do you understand?"

Zhao Rui's face turned pale and colorless in an instant, and he sat back on the back of the chair in a daze.