CHAPTER XX: To the West
The Midyear Festival is not the kind of Zhuang Xun feels, eerie and ghostly, but a grand and joyful festival.
After burning incense and burning paper, the people put lanterns, there were performances, talented and beautiful women traveled, and Zhuang Xun remembered the video explanation he had watched.
Tang and Song are like this, and I don't know why there will be taboos in the future, taboos, and the last day of celebration has become eerie.
The prayer was chosen during the day, and the Chenghuang Temple was also very lively, but most of them were civilians, because the rich and noble families had their own ancestral halls, and the tablets were enshrined at home, and they could be sacrificed at home.
Ordinary people come to ask for a lottery, as the largest city god temple in Jinyang, to pray for a blessing, begging for wealth in the next life or good luck in the near future.
It seems that Zhuang Xun also went to the temple because there was no ancestral hall, which also seemed reasonable, and there would be no gods who felt that there was anything wrong with Zhuang Xun's actions.
After all, on such a celebratory day, who would have thought that the already degenerate Zhuang Xun Society would have to hatch a plan to escape at this time.
So Zhuang Xun took a group of entourages to the City God Temple today, and the spies had nothing to report, and they didn't think there was anything after reporting to King Zhao, and completely ignored Zhuang Xun.
Last time, I felt that Zhuang Xun had no ambition, so how could he pay attention to Zhuang Xun, although he still remembered the teachings of the Empress Dowager Jiang, but his mentality had been relaxed.
I have been informed in advance that I want to come to pray for blessings, so the City God Temple specially left an apse for Zhuang Xun to worship, and Zhuang Xun is generous and sneaky.
First of all, I took a group of people to enjoy all kinds of drama juggling, and walked around the bustle of Nancheng.
At the same time, he didn't know that his acting skills had made King Zhao and many ministers let down their guard against him, and he secretly asked Bi Yuewu and He Jung, if they were sure that no gods would pay attention.
In the end, he turned to the City God Temple, entered the temple lightly, and then used the reason of being afraid of disturbing the nobles, asked Huang Xi and He Jung, and Zhuang Xun tidied up the crown and walked into the apse.
In the apse is the ten halls of the king of Yama, Zhuang Xun is alone in it, observing these emperors of the underworld who are not very good-looking, and slowly walks to the statue of the reincarnation king.
"Please see the emperor?" Zhuang Xun prayed, recalled the scene of the last meeting, and closed his eyes.
"Which emperor is the young monarch talking about?" The voice should be gentle, but it is not the voice of the reincarnation king in my impression.
Zhuang Xun turned his head suddenly, and saw a middle-aged man who was also wearing a crown robe, but was smiling, he was holding a jade Ruyi, but there was a faint majesty on his benevolent face, looking at Zhuang Xun with a smile, and nodding his head.
"In Xia Zhuang inquiry, dare to ask the emperor?" Zhuang Xun has already seen a lot of the world, and he is not particularly surprised to see the reincarnation king, so he first bowed politely.
And the other party called him Shaojun, it should not be a hostile force, Zhuang Xun's brain was bright, and his expression was calm.
"The little minister is Ke'an, the king of Yama in the Difu, and he has seen the young monarch." The middle-aged man in the crown clothes exposed himself to his home, and his attitude was quite good.
"Xun has also seen the emperor, dare to ask where the reincarnation king is." Being able to shout the word Shaojun means that he has also been in contact with the King of Reincarnation, otherwise it would be impossible to call himself like this.
In addition, it was the King of Rotation who asked him to come over, and it should also be an ally, so Zhuang Xun steadied his position and asked politely.
"Wait in the Netherworld, and the young monarch can go to the underworld with the ministers to meet him." King Yama made a gesture of invitation, and a door opened on the side of Zhuang Xun, and King Yama left first, and Zhuang Xun followed.
"The tired emperor has greeted you, has there been something delayed by His Majesty the Rotation King?"
Zhuang Xun asked cautiously, stepping in the passage, he clearly knew that he had become a soul body, and now this path was the road to the underworld.
"Yuzhou is the jurisdiction of the ministers, and the appearance of the reincarnation king will attract the attention of other gods, so the ministers will guide them."
King Yama replied slowly, saying that his pace was unhurried, giving Zhuang Xun plenty of time to think.
Zhuang Xun woke up like a dream, no wonder things like spirit cards can't contact the reincarnation king, it turns out that there is no signal here, not in his jurisdiction.
Bi Yuewu didn't think that Zhuang Xun didn't know, and Zhuang Xun didn't know that he didn't know, otherwise the reincarnation king wouldn't have suffered if he didn't respond.
"Does each of the Hellmasters have different jurisdictions?" Zhuang Xun was curious, it seemed that the ten halls of Hades were each in charge of Kyushu.
"That's right, the nine Yin Monarchs are in charge of the soul of Kyushu, and the King of Equality manages the soul of the island water tribe outside Kyushu.
"Thank you Emperor Yama for your help." Zhuang Xun thanked and said, at least the emperor's temper seemed to be good.
"There is no matter, the work is done, His Royal Highness's debate in the court is very much in line with our hearts, and I already have the heart to support it, but I don't have such an opportunity, and now that the king of reincarnation is invited, we are naturally willing to do our best to help."
King Yama walked aside, stroked his black beard, nodded approvingly, and recalled what Zhuang Xun said.
"When's words, please make it clear to the emperor." As soon as King Yama said, Zhuang Xun was confused, when and what language.
"Above the court, the young monarch argues for the people, satirizes the princes of the Zhao court governing the country, the people are not clothed, and the food is not hungry, on the other hand, the politics of the secluded land are clear, the people are happy, and we all agree with the words of the young monarch."
King Yama mentioned that Zhuang Xun was drunk two months ago and couldn't help the remarks of the Yin Yang Zhao Kingdom and others, Zhuang Xun thought for a while before remembering.
One is that he is drunk and has no memory of it, and the second is that two months have passed, and he is either drunk or having fun everywhere, and he really can't remember clearly.
"Thank you Emperor Yama for your love, I'm waiting, is there anyone else besides the emperor?"
Zhuang Xun didn't expect that his speech at the welcome banquet in Zhao Kingdom would affect this god, and the king of Yama waited for me, as if there were other people.
"That's right, there are many gods who have seen it and have pity for Shaojun, but it is not easy to express it for various reasons, such as Xiaochen, looking at what Shaojun did, he does have the posture of an ancient virtuous king."
King Yama must have said that if he just knows how to play lip service, then he doesn't like it, but Zhuang Xunsheng really did it in the place he ruled.
Fifty steps is a hundred steps to laugh, under the rule of Zhuang Xun, Jiannan has fulfilled what he said, encouraging agriculture and mulberry, encouraging cotton and linen, clothing in all seasons, hard-working people are not hungry, the houses built are standardized, and the people are singing to praise his rule of virtue.
There are two days in the sky, and my family is prosperous.
There are clothes and colors, and there are Su Fengfeng.
If you do this, you can naturally point at the nose of Zhao Guo's gang of lone husbands and scold them, scolding them for turning back history and engaging in feudal slavery.
"Does the Emperor think I'm doing the right thing?" Zhuang Xun's eyes lit up, and he also had a sense of joy in his soul state.
"Of course it's right, there are three ways of heaven, earth and man, the way of heaven is that heaven and earth remain unchanged, people change, heaven and earth are ruthless and people are affectionate, young monarchs have great love, and merit is immeasurable."
King Yama praised Zhuang Xun and said that Zhuang Xun was impeccable in action and speech, and even his only flaw and lust were insignificant in him because he had no heirs.
"I thought I was lonely, and fatalistic, thinking that I was wrong to let them live normally, after all, they were all sins created in their previous lives."
Zhuang Xun felt excited, although he was ready to go his own way, but someone encouraged him.
"Fatalism? The attitude of our prefecture is like this, we will punish the sins of the previous life, and after the punishment is completed, we will go there when we should go, and when it is decided that their birth, what kind of development will not be our control, we can only control birth, but we cannot control death. β
The king of Yama said that the attitude of their gods, sinners go to hell, and they will not be born well in the next life, but they only decide this part, and what is superfluous is just the self-contempt of human beings.
These are not the original intentions of the gods, nor are they the rules of the Heavenly Dao, but they are helpless, and they have no way to change them.
It is a rule of heaven that the law is not lightly transmitted, and it is destined that they can only affect a small number of people, and this small part cannot affect this deep-rooted general trend.
Zhuang Xun's idea is not only not wrong, but it is what they support, but many gods have already bet on Zhao Guo, and Zhuang Xun has no chance to turn the tables by sight, after all, everyone has already been caught in Zhao Guo.
So it's just that the stone falls into the water and makes a ripple, and then there is no then, so before it was said that many gods were concerned about him.
Seeing his rapid fall, how many gods sighed, including the king of Yama, as if they saw a goshawk with broken wings, a koi with a broken tail, a star dimmed, and the colorful sun halo disappeared.
But fortunately, he got inside information, these actions were made to confuse people, in fact, Zhuang Xun was ready to escape, take a thorny road.
When the reincarnation king asked him if he was willing to gamble with him, the king of Yama thought about it again and again, and followed, after all, he was also an old friend, but he didn't expect that the treasure bet by the reincarnation king was actually Zhuang Xun.
Just corresponds to his regret, what else does this say, must follow, follow immediately, as for Zhuang Xun's current predicament, he naturally knows.
If there is no difficulty, it seems that you can't make much money by lying down and winning, but deciding to help Zhuang Xun is more of a kindness and public heart.
"There are always rumors in the mortal world that there is a book of life and death in the underworld, which can determine the life and death of people in the yang world, but that is false, the underworld is only responsible for the death of the soul, how can we know how to die, everything is changing, and mortals just attach the matter of divination to the so-called book of life and death."
King Yama explained to Zhuang Xun that since there is no such thing as a book of life and death, there is no fatalism, that is, something that someone will gain in this life, and naturally, the words that he must suffer by birth are also hypocrisy, just a way of comforting himself.
"I understand, thank you for your doubts." Zhuang Xun understood, and his Dao heart became more and more firm, until he walked out of this black passage and saw the woman.
"Lady!" Zhuang Xun was overjoyed, didn't care what state he was, and hugged the woman he thought about day and night.
"Lang Jun." Siqin Mi also hugged Zhuang Xun, although she couldn't feel the temperature on Zhuang Xun's body at the moment, it also made her cry with joy, but the ghost couldn't shed tears.
I don't care what the situation is, the husband and wife see each other, only each other in their eyes, it's been two months, how worried Siqin Mi is, and how much Zhuang Xun misses his own Dami.
It's just that Si Qinmi is more mature, and she briefly controlled her emotions, pulled away from Zhuang Xun and said: "It's rude in front of several emperors, Lang Jun, quickly give a salute to several emperors." β
"There, we have to give Shaojun a courtesy, Weichen Bian Chengwang Jixing, in charge of Yongzhou, has seen Shaojun." An old man with gray sideburns smiled and watched Zhuang Xun and Siqin Mi separate, and bent down to make a long gesture.
"The emperor is polite, it's the kid who has seen the emperor." Zhuang Xun stepped forward and reached out to help King Bian Cheng.
"There is no need to be so restrained, His Majesty King Tuo Yan Luo is convenient, we are gathered here, at this moment the young monarch has fallen to the Zhao realm, the time is urgent, to make a long story short, to discuss a plan."
Zhuang Xun helped up King Bian Cheng, and the king of rotation on the side took the initiative to say that Zhuang Xun had been worshipping in the temple for too long, and it would attract people's attention, so it was necessary to solve the problem as soon as possible.
"These two are the King of Yama and the King of Bian Cheng who Weichen invited to join our team, and they are both willing to help Shaojun escape from Zhao Kingdom, Shaojun can be trusted, now let's discuss how to leave Zhao Kingdom." The king of reincarnation introduced the two kings non-stop.
"Inquire clearly, thank you for your help, now we are mainly facing the situation that Zhao Guo has many ears and eyes, not only the heavenly gods and Buddhas, but also a large number of mortal spies to monitor, and secondly, the route from Zhao State, Jinyang is thousands of miles away from the Xia border, even if you travel lightly, it will take more than ten days to reach the Xia border, and it will definitely be intercepted."
Zhuang Xun also understands that this is not the time to chat, and it is most important to convey the information of both parties as soon as possible while the intelligence communication is unimpeded.
It is also these reasons that make the king of Zhao have the illusion that Zhao Guo is full of nets, Zhuang Xun is difficult to fly, Zhuang Xun wants to flee back to Xia unless the eyes of the gods of Zhao are blind, the spies are gone, and finally the army everywhere does not act, and the border is open before Zhuang Xun can be released.
"We already know this through letters, and there is no new information." The Wheel King nodded, his face calm, already confident.
"Through indulgence, King Zhao hasn't been looking for me much recently, it seems that he is dealing with Jing Zheng's problems, the number of spies has decreased, and the coup d'Γ©tat in Yu State seems to have affected Zhao State a bit."
Zhuang Xun said the newly perceived problem, and King Zhao didn't have time to pay attention to Zhuang Xun, but he gave him a lot of time to investigate and find out the general situation of Zhao Guo.
"The problem is dismantled, we will solve it one by one, the first is the problem of gods and Buddhas, there are many gods and Buddhas in Zhao Kingdom, but the top one is Xuannu Niangniang, Xuannu Niangniang is in retreat, so through the king of Yama, I can cover it up for you and hide it from the gods and Buddhas in the sky."
The big guys who want to be detached all eat alone, and the biggest cake Xuannu eats it, which is enough to support her detachment, and those who are at the same level as her will not come to grab food, and now that Xuannu is in retreat, most of the rest are at the same level as the three Yin Monarchs or even one level shorter.
According to the system of Heavenly Court, the Nine Heavens Xuannu belongs to the high-level, or the top of the high-rise, the ten Yin Monarchs belong to the middle level, and the last time Zhuang Xun saw that King Chai belonged to the bottom.
If the Xuannu is normal, they still have to consider this and that, but the Xuannu are all in retreat, then it is easy to say, they are all strong people of the same level, what are they afraid of, it is not difficult to reach the sky by hiding the past.
"Please rest assured, in the land of Yuzhou, to protect the young monarch, this king still has confidence." King Yama assured that he was blessed by a local god, and he was also at the top of the mid-level immortal system, and if the Xuannu was not there, he would not be able to hide it, then he would have no face.
"The second question, the road is far away, Jinyang is thousands of miles away from Jizhou, but it is only thousands of miles away from Jingzheng, if it is fast, it will be possible to cross Zhao State in two or three days, and reach Jingzheng, and then bypass Yongzhou, go north and south, and go north and south can bypass Zhao State, and reach Xia Land through the wild land or over Taihang Mountain."
Don't choose to go home directly, choose to go around a big circle, so as to avoid contact with Zhao Guo, although this circle is a bit big, but the safety factor has indeed increased by half.
"The situation of Yu State, there is no winner in half a year, there will be no victory in November this year, the heavy snow will only drag on next year, we have time to go back and clean up the mess, and as long as Lang Jun you escape, we can attack, we have already ordered General He Chen Bing to the border, ready to attack at any time."
Because it had been discussed in advance, Si Qinmi added that these could not be written in the letter, and it was safest to convey them in person.
"Uh-huh...... "Go around in a circle?" It's not that it's unacceptable, it's good to escape, it's just that the circle is a little bigger.
"There are too many gods and spies in Zhao State in Yuzhou, even if it is Jing Zheng and Zheng, it is not 100% safe, and it is safe to go around Yongzhou."
It seems that Zhuang Xun is a little disgusted with Zhuang Xun, so King Bian Cheng explained that it is safe to escape from Yuzhou, which is why the King of Rotation invited him to join the gang.
"Is that so?" Zhuang Xun nodded understandingly, and he understood.
"Chengguo has also explained clearly through Sister Li's letter, and promised us to be a minister in exchange for forgiveness, no longer afraid that you will be captured by the gods, now as long as you escape from the territory of Zhao State and go to Yongzhou first."
Si Qinmi took the initiative to find a step for Zhuang Xun, explaining the existing preparations, as long as he left the border of Zhao State, he would be a bird in the sky, and he would be unfettered by the fish.
"But now there is another problem, that is, how to hide from the mortal spies of Zhao State, this is not a problem that the gods can solve, you have to solve it, Shaojun."
The King of Reincarnation said to Zhuang Xun that the impact of the gods' interference in the mortal world was known from the Xuannu's retreat, it was really serious, and they didn't have the Xuannu's great magical powers, great mana, and great merit, so it would be worth the loss to kill themselves when the time came.
"Lang Jun said, King Zhao has relaxed Lang Jun's guard because of Lang Jun's depravity and ignoring personnel, here you can make an article, such as chasing prey, for several days, let the spy sentry follow, and then go back to the city, repeat it several times, slowly test out of the border, chase the prey to the west, and then kill the sentry and escape from the border of Zhao to the west."
When it was the turn of the mortals, Siqin Mi thought about the suggestion, and there was already a perfect escape path.
"You can try."
(End of chapter)