Although Feng Jingquan explicitly forbade it, no one could spread the news that Cao Qiong was killing in Qingyang City, but there was no impermeable wall in the world, and there was still gossip coming out of Qingyang City, but most of these people were far away from the center, and they were 108,000 miles away from the truth. Come to Qingyang City to shake the majesty. One of the most convincing sayings is that after Cao Qiong's divine achievements, he challenged the holy monk of Kongshan and wanted to decide the ownership of the first in the world, after all, many people had seen the figure of Kongshan in Qingyang City on the day of the incident. As for the outcome of the battle between the two, after someone saw that the Empty Mountain Holy Monk was injured and left Qingyang City, the result was self-evident. For a time, the news that Cao Qiong defeated Kongshan and became the new number one in the world spread all over the country, and the silence of the two parties further verified this conjecture of the world.

After Kongshan returned to Yunyin Temple alone, he called Liu Gongyang alone, and saw that the master's hands were injured and his face was pale, so he hurriedly asked, "Master, but what happened?" ”

Kongshan smiled bitterly: "Who would have expected that Cao Jianshen would comprehend the mysteries of heaven and earth on the line between life and death, and break through the realm in one fell swoop. This was carefully planned by Feng Jingquan to deal with Cao Qiong's death, and he was forced to break out of a glimmer of life by him with a sword, and a sword god in the Heavenly Immortal Realm, with strong killing power, unprecedented, not only broke the golden body of the teacher, but also made the teacher seriously injured, and now he has to retreat to heal and consolidate the realm, and then all the big and small matters in the temple will be taken care of by you, and the teacher will let you meditate on the side of the senior brother. ”

Liu Gongyang was suspicious: "Senior Cao really broke Master's undefeated golden body? ”

Sorayama sighed: "It's true. Since ancient times, the sword cultivation has been known for its killing power, Cao Qiong is known as the first person in the way of the sword in a hundred years, the killing power is unparalleled, when after entering the realm of immortals, Cao Qiong's killing power is strong, far from being able to compete with manpower, although the teacher blocked his last sword, but the undefeated golden body that he worked hard to build is broken, not only that, Cao Qiong's last sword, but also defeated the teacher's innocent state of mind in one fell swoop, the original increasingly stable realm has signs of loosening, and it is necessary to retreat in time to consolidate the realm and stabilize the state of mind. ”

Seeing that Liu Gongyang hesitated, he said: "If you have anything to say, it doesn't hurt to say it, as a teacher, I won't hide it from you." ”

Liu Gongyang asked: "Then the number one in the world today has become Cao Jianshen?" ”

Kongshan said with a smile: "No, although Cao Qiong entered the realm of heavenly immortals, he was lucky to win as a teacher, but most of his cultivation was ruined, and now he barely has the vision of the realm of heaven and man, and a few tricks of the realm of heaven and man, but without the cultivation of the realm of heaven and man, whether he can enter the top five in the world is a problem, of course, it is the same as a teacher, although the realm is in, but compared to Ling Xiaoyun, I am afraid that it is only between the two of them, if he meets the spear fairy when he broke into the Chu country alone, he is now the teacher, and he can only retreat." ”

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With Cao Qiong's killing in the palace, the entire Liang court was in turmoil, Feng Jingquan was full of anger and had nowhere to vent, and ordered to kill seven or eight court officials in a row before finally stabilizing the situation. And Yang Xiu, the initiator of this situation, was deliberately snubbed by Feng Jingquan and stayed away from the center from then on.

After the early dynasty, Feng Jingquan looked at the civil and military officials who rushed to withdraw from the main hall, his heart was exhausted, and he looked at it, no one in the Manchu Dynasty was credible, even Taishi Jiang Qing was getting old, and after that incident, the feelings of the monarch and the ministers were about to be exhausted, and there was originally a Yang Xiu, so Feng Jingquan did not hesitate to break the ancestral training that eunuchs were not allowed to interfere in politics, and it was because of this that this created the current situation.

Feng Jingquan felt powerless for the first time, turned around and walked to the dormitory, intending to find Qu Huaier to solve his doubts.

The master and apprentice met in the secret room, Qu Huaier didn't like to drink, Feng Jingquan was full of bitterness and had nowhere to talk, so he specially brought a jar of wine, and at the same time did not forget to bring a pot of good tea to the emperor.

The room was small and the aroma of wine was strong, and after Feng Jingquan opened the wine jar, the whole secret room was full of wine. After pouring himself a cup, he drank it all, and was about to pour tea for Qu Huaier, but was stopped by the latter, Qu Huaier grabbed the wine jar and poured himself a glass, Feng Jingquan looked surprised: "Does the emperor want to drink with me today?" ”

Qu Huaier said with a smile: "Wine is the food of the saints, and it is okay to have a drink once in a while." ”

Smash it, smash it, smash it, Qu Huaier laughed at himself: "Good wine!" It's a shame to say that the reason why the old man doesn't drink alcohol is because the amount of wine is not good, others are only slightly drunk when they drink, but the old man is drunk, but in recent days, you have been the emperor for His Majesty to say that everything is not going well, the old man, who is a master, can't help a lot, but it doesn't hurt to accompany you to drink a few glasses of wine. ”

Feng Jingquan sighed: "I listened to Yang Xiu's words, and wanted to get rid of Cao Qiong as soon as possible, I thought that there would be a holy monk from Kongshan to make a move, and an old sword god was not ready to be captured, but I never thought that Cao Qiong was old and strong, and turned Qingyang City upside down. ”

Qu Huaier said with a smile: "Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, even if Your Majesty is destined to return, it is impossible to have smooth sailing, compared to Hong Jiang of Xiping Kingdom and Li Chengzhi of Yan Kingdom in the past, Your Majesty's luck is much better." ”

Feng Jingquan was full of sorrow and said: "Having said that, but now that Cao Qiong's incident has affected his whole body, the State of Chu will definitely take this opportunity to send troops south, with the support of the two generals Sikong Li and Baili Jin, who in the whole country can stop it?" ”

Qu Huaier smiled: "Your Majesty, can you listen to the old man?" ”

"Does the emperor have a way to solve Quan'er's worries?"

"First, Yang Xiu can't be neglected, but he must be entrusted with great use!" Qu Huaier took another sip of wine and said, "Although the Liang State established the rule that eunuchs should not interfere in politics when it was founded, but extraordinary means should be used in extraordinary times, firstly, Yang Xiu is loyal, heaven and earth can be learned, and he obeys His Majesty's words, even if he has a little selfishness, it is harmless." And Yang Xiu is a martial artist, not greedy for power, let alone fornication harem, now His Majesty is on the occasion of employing people, although the territory of Chu is small, but it is full of talents, whether Li Jian or Wei Qing of Liang State, although they are all generals, but they can meet the martial arts master Sikong Li and Liu Huailiang, but they can only be beaten, and Yang Xiu, as the only remaining martial arts master in the officialdom of Liang State, still has the power to fight against these two people, so as not to make the battle situation one-sided. ”

Feng Jingquan frowned, because Cao Qiong's incident was unexpected, there was a gap between him and Yang Xiu, the two monarchs and ministers, and now he asked him, the king of a country, to take the initiative to show goodwill, but Feng Jingquan was a little reluctant.

Seeing this, Qu Huaier sneered: "Your Majesty thinks that face is important or lining?" Cao Qiong killed all sides in the imperial city, it was not Yang Xiu's crime, why should Your Majesty be angry with this person. Now that Cao Qiong's matter in Qingyang City has already spread all over the world, I believe that the state of Chu will inevitably send troops to attack Liang in a short time, if His Majesty wants to seize the opportunity in the war between the two countries, the only way to strike first is to strike first, and take advantage of the time when Sikong is recuperating from his injuries, and strike first. ”

Feng Jingquan cautiously probed: "The meaning of the emperor is to send troops to the north, and take advantage of the fact that the Chu State has not yet gained a firm foothold to send troops first, so as to catch him off guard?" ”