Chapter 101: Chess Game
From the memory of the purple-clothed bishop, Xiyun learned that the original famous Blood Dragon Emperor actually defected from the Formation Sect, and in the ten years since the establishment of the Blood Dragon Sect, the Blood Dragon Emperor has continuously devoured and refined many strong people through soul magic secret methods, and his strength has gradually broken through to become an immortal emperor, and has become an existence that the Formation Sect does not dare to provoke easily, and at the same time, because of the horror of soul arts, the three ancient sects can only turn a blind eye to the existence of the Blood Dragon Sect.
"An Immortal Emperor-level soul master is indeed a terrifying existence."
Xiyun raised his hand and punched a light force towards the soul body in the purple cardinal's sea of knowledge space, and then the purple cardinal's soul body shattered from the inner backing and finally turned into dust, and the purple cardinal's soul space slowly collapsed.
"Gone."
The tide clouds in the purple cardinal's soul space turned into a white light and dissipated, and the tide clouds from the outside world opened their eyes and then signaled that the three of them could let go of the purple cardinal. As soon as the three of them let go of their control over the Purple Cardinal, the Purple Cardinal's body instantly lost all support and fell.
"Thank you, three sisters."
"You're welcome."
The three of Xue Yi people left, and then Xiyun also left and flew towards the imperial capital. He found King Jozan and then told him the news that the Purple Cardinal was dead, and King Joyama went directly to the palace to face the saint, and then the emperor acted vigorously and ordered the whole country to hunt down all the remnants of the Blood Dragon Sect. In fifteen days, all the remnants of the Blood Dragon Sect in Beiwu were wiped out, and the extermination of the Blood Dragon Sect in Beiwu indirectly affected the development of the Blood Dragon Sect branches in the other two countries, and they also died down because of the extermination of the Beiwu branch.
Because of Xiyun's merit in killing the purple bishop, Emperor Beiwu promoted the title to Xiyun, and now Xiyun is the king of Yunxian, the only king with a different surname in the current dynasty of Beiwu, and the youngest king with a different surname since the founding of Beiwu. That is, Xiyun has no position in the court today, otherwise it is really hard to say how many open guns and hidden arrows he will suffer.
Xiyun is not on duty in the court, and does not participate in any partisan disputes, and those elders in the court will not be idle and always find trouble with Xiyun. The branch of the Blood Dragon Sect in Beiwu was exterminated, although the Blood Dragon Emperor was extremely angry, but with the pressure from the Ancient Dragon Sect behind him, it was not easy for the Blood Dragon Emperor to blatantly go to Beiwu to dignitaries. Although the Ancient Dragon Sect can't deal with the Blood Dragon Emperor, the Blood Dragon Emperor can't move the Ancient Dragon Sect, and the Ancient Dragon Sect on Star Island has also sent people to station, and now the Blood Dragon Emperor can't find a breakthrough even if he wants to take revenge. Now the situation in which the forces of the three ancient sects and the blood dragon sect balance each other is the best and most balanced.
The current Hokubu Dynasty is divided into three factions: the Seogun faction led by the Governor who supports the crown prince, the Namgun faction led by the Prime Minister Shoufu who supports the three princes, and the Tojun faction that supports the Great Prince with the generalissimo as the main force.
The support of the crown prince and the eunuch, and the meaning of the eunuch represents the meaning of the majority of the ministers in the court. The three princes have the support of the first assistant prime minister, the first assistant prime minister was born in a poor family, and after ten years of hard study, he once entered the office, and the first assistant prime minister represents the students of Guangzhou. The eldest prince grew up in the army since he was a child, and the current generalissimo is the great prince's own master, and the generalissimo holds the power of the three armies, so the Dongjun faction is also full of confidence. The tripartite forces check and balance each other and stand on three sides. The Xijun faction is all relatives of the emperor, the Dongjun faction holds the military power, the Nanjun faction has won the hearts of the people, and the three forces each control the time, place, and people, and the only possible change now is the sudden rise of the army, the Yunxian Wang Xing's main Xiyun who has become famous in recent days.
First of all, behind the star lord Xiyun is the ancient sword immortal sect and the star lord family, the combined combat power of the two forces is enough to match the three armies of the Northern Martial Arts, and then the Yunxian King has successively exterminated the Black Yan Sect and the branch of the Blood Dragon Sect in the territory of the Northern Martial Arts, his prestige in the eyes of the people is extremely high, and at the same time, the Yunxian King is also the life-saving benefactor of the Dingshan King, with his support, then it is to occupy the time, the place, the people, and the three qi in one.
Because Xiyun has made it clear that he will not support either side, the three forces can only start with the people around him if they want to get Xiyun's support. Gu Jian has no intention of looking down on these worldly things, and Xingdao is too far away, and the three forces can't afford to travel so far for the support of one person, and the only ones who have a close relationship with Xiyun and are easy to get hold of are Han Suyue.
Jian Guo took the lead in recruiting Han Suyue and Su Yinye into the palace to be the crown princess, the prince's status is noble and his appearance is not bad, Su Yinye's original words are, "Although it is not as good as my little junior brother, he is also a handsome younger brother, sister, I will reluctantly accept you."
Jian Guo's original intention was to let the prince borrow the hands of the two daughters to get Xiyun's support, but the prince didn't know what to think, as a brother-in-law, the relationship with Xiyun was much closer, and he often went to Yunxian County as a guest, but he didn't say a word about the support, which made Jian Guo half angry.
After failing to start with a woman, Jianguo had no choice but to turn his target to Xiyun's senior brothers, but the generalissimo was relatively quick and directly promoted Tie Chong Fist to the army as a deputy marshal, and suddenly became the second-in-command of the three armies of the Northern Martial Arts, and the generalissimo's abacus played well.
Zhou Hangwu was in the Imperial Library, and no matter how much the generalissimo had the means, it was not easy to get someone from the hands of the Prime Minister of the First Assistant, and the Prime Minister of the First Assistant, as a big man with the same power as the prison country, also promoted Zhou Hangwu for the first time and brought it with him. The position he gave Zhou Hangwu was a young master doctor, and he also had to take him to preside over the next merit examination, the so-called "public examination" is the test for students all over the world to gain fame, and Zhou Hangwu to preside over it, this status is self-evident.
After successively winning over Tie Heavy Fist and Zhou Hangwu, the prison country turned his target to Li Yuanfei, but Li Yuanfei belonged to the Shenji Battalion, and the Shenji Battalion had a special status and only belonged to the emperor's jurisdiction, and no matter how long the prison state's hand was, he would not dare to rob people with the emperor.
"You're here to persuade me to make a statement?"
On this day, Tie Chongquan and Zhou Hangwu came to Xiyun again, and it happened that the prince's family was also in Xiyun Mansion.
"Sit down, it's all your own."
The two of them were also a little surprised to see the prince's family, but Xiyun didn't treat them as outsiders and let them all sit down.
"You don't have to come to me over and over again, I said that if I won't support any party, I will definitely not support any party," Xiyun brought tea for a few people, "I don't embarrass you, let alone you, even if the master comes, I will be the same." ”
"We don't want to come to you either, but who keeps the big man on our head from stopping." Zhou Hangwu took a sip of tea.
"Actually, I don't have any interest in the throne," the prince also took a sip of tea, "but who let me marry the daughter of the prison country and become a concubine." ”
"Okay Youlin, don't think about those worries." Su Yinye comforted. The crown prince's name is Wu Youlin, and he is also a guy who is afraid of trouble like Xiyun, so it is very credible for him to say that he has no interest in the throne, and he was only chosen as the crown prince because he was born to the queen and the eldest son.
"In this way," Xiyun also took a sip of tea, "Brother-in-law, you can stay with me for a while longer, there is no one who can take people away from my Yunxian County, even if the prison country knows where you are, it is useless." Wouldn't it be nice for you to listen to that woman's nagging with me?"
"Good idea." Wu Youlin raised his glass to signal Xiyun to clink glasses, and Xiyun also raised his glass and clinked glasses with Wu Youlin in the air.
"After the two senior brothers went back, they directly told the two old guys, saying that the prince has been placed under house arrest by me in Yunxian County, and now the prison country is very vulnerable, and whoever can take the lead in pulling the prison country off the horse will support whomever I want. As long as the balance between the three forces is broken, then there are people who are busy. ”
"Little junior brother, how do you have such a brain?" Zhou Hangwu took Xiyun into his arms and said with his hand on Xiyun's head.
"Go away!"
Xiyun pushed Zhou Hangwu away and gave a thumbs up to Zhou Hangwu.
"Go!" Zhou Hangwu glanced at Xiyun but quickly returned to seriousness, "Then we'll go first." Zhou Hangwu and Tie Heavy Fist got up and saluted Wu Youlin and left.
After they went back, they informed the Prime Minister and the Generalissimo that the prince was under house arrest according to Xiyun's meaning, and this word reached the ears of the prison country, so angry that the prison country vomited blood and fainted, and the most angry thing was that the emperor ignored it and completely let Xiyun do anything, and the prison country was so angry that he vomited blood three liters after learning about it. The crown prince was "under house arrest", the emperor was silent, the prison country was temporarily unable to manage affairs, and the ministers of the court and the central government were leaderless and soon collapsed. By the time the prison returned to the court, most of the ministers in the court had already taken refuge in the prime minister, and the emperor abolished Wu Youlin's crown prince in the court, and established the third prince as the crown prince.
"Concubine Ai, I have ruthlessly abolished your position as queen."
"The position of the queen is on the cusp, Lin'er is the prince, I don't know how many pairs of eyes are on him and the concubine, you have also made the concubine feel a lot more at ease."
"Lin'er has been used to being casual since he was a child, so let him be an idle prince at ease with King Yunxian and live his life in peace."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
It turned out that the emperor had already thought about it, he abolished the previous queen, made the biological mother of the third prince the queen, abolished Wu Youlin's crown prince, and named him the king of Beijun with no fief and no real power. Wu Youlin's biological mother was demoted to the imperial concubine, although she is not the queen anymore, but the most favored concubine in the harem is still this imperial concubine.
The fall of the prison state, it stands to reason that the prime minister of the first assistant should be the biggest winner, but the emperor did not play his cards according to common sense and directly let the prince of the state of the prison instantly disperse the power of the prime minister and the crown prince. Well, now that one side of the forces went down, the two forces that survived in the end were still evenly matched.
"Hahaha, His Majesty the Emperor is a good means."
Xiyun burst into tears of laughter when he heard Wu Yufeng's report, easily resolving one side of the forces but still maintaining the balance of the court. Wu Youlin is in Yunxian County, and the relationship with Xiyun is not ordinary, and if you want to move the imperial concubine in the harem, you have to weigh it, the imperial concubine is fine, there is no queen mother and the emperor on the queen's head, the life and death of the queen can be decided, and the harem can't afford to make any big waves. Now, the emperor can sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight with peace of mind, and see what tricks the remaining two forces can play.
"Landlord, who do you think will win this game of chess in the end?"
"I'm black."
"Then I'll bet on white chess." Xiyun said and dropped a white piece on the chessboard.