When Lucius was busy with the war in Jiangnan, he began to clean up and integrate the demon clan in Wangjiang City and Linjiang City, and at the same time rescued a large number of humans who were sent into the enclosure by the demon clan.

In the court hall of the palace hall of Chang'an City, Jiangbei, the Holy Emperor and the Holy Queen are experiencing the difficulties and questions of the ministers of the court.

Originally, as a courtier, he was not qualified to make things difficult and question the monarch, but the current situation in the court was completely different, first of all, the Holy Emperor and the Holy Queen did not want to expose the strength in their hands, and the court was now controlled by the disciples of the three sects supported by the Immortal Domain and the Buddha Kingdom.

Therefore, when the disciples of the three sects united, when the voices of the entire court reached an agreement, even the Holy Emperor, who was the monarch, was helpless.

I could only quietly listen to the shouts of many ministers in the court: "Your Majesty, Niangniang, the old minister thinks that you should not trust that young man from a foreign country, his origin is unknown, and it is really inappropriate for Your Majesty and Niangniang to hand over the important war to pacify the Jiangnan Demon Clan to such a person." ”

The first to stand up and advise is an old man with white hair, this person is an old man of the Tang Dynasty, speaking of which at the beginning of the founding of the Holy Emperor, this old man followed the Holy Emperor, and so far he has also helped the Tang Empire to make great contributions.

It's just that later this old man believed in the true martial arts concept and believed in the Daomen of the Immortal Domain, and naturally became a chess piece of the Immortal Domain in the court, which was regarded as a landmark blade of the Immortal Domain in the Tang Dynasty.

Because the old man has a very high seniority, and he is an old minister who followed the Holy Emperor to conquer the world at the beginning, this person's opening will always bring some shock to the court, even the Holy Emperor and the Holy Queen do not dare to disobey each other's intentions too much, especially the Holy Queen Many times dare not and cannot interject.

For this situation, both the Holy Emperor and the Holy Empress are often very troubled, because such an old man who follows them, the two rulers of the Tang Dynasty really don't want to drive him out of the court.

Today, this old man is obviously instructed by some people, and he has not been in court for a long time. specially got up early to participate in the early court, and bluntly raised questions about Lucius, which really made the Holy Emperor and the Holy Queen a little unsure of how to deal with it.

However, the attitude of the Holy Emperor and the Holy Queen is still very resolute, after all, they know very well that in the current situation, they must and can only choose to believe in Lu Xiusi, otherwise if they are still punished by the Immortal Domain and the Buddha Kingdom, I am afraid that soon the demon clan will fight across the Tianjiang, and then it will be a bloody storm.

Therefore, the Holy Emperor was silent for a moment, and a smile appeared on his face and responded to the old man: "The Qing family doesn't need to worry. And listen to me tell you what happened, I believe that after you listen to the whole story, you will definitely not question the identity and ability of Lucius. ”

Subsequently, the Holy Emperor read the Jiangnan War report he received to everyone present, and learned that almost all the ministers south of the Tianjiang River had fallen, even those ministers born in the Three Sects were surprised.

And the old man who stood up was even more stunned, looked at the Holy Emperor and the Holy Empress in disbelief, and asked the Holy Emperor tremblingly: "Your Majesty, you." What you said is true? Is it true that the south of the Tianjiang River has now been occupied by the demon clan? The people south of the Tianjiang River have all been slaughtered?"

Seeing the old man's stunned look, the Holy Emperor and the Holy Empress already understood that many of the courtiers in front of them who believed in the Three Religions did not know about the crisis south of the Tianjiang River.

The Holy Emperor immediately thought to the courtiers and said, "It seems. You don't know the crisis in Jiangnan now, now Jiangnan can be said to have all fallen, if it weren't for the danger of the Tianjiang River, I'm afraid the demon clan has crossed the river and invaded Jiangbei. It can be said that the country of Datang is now in jeopardy. ”

Immediately afterwards, the Holy Emperor said to the boss: "But you can rest assured, not all the people in Jiangnan have been slaughtered at the moment, judging from the news that Lucius came back a few days ago. Those demon clans did not kill everyone, but concentrated on those people, and he began to think of ways to save people. ”

Speaking of this, the Holy Emperor looked around the entire hall, his gaze swept over the faces of every courtier present, and finally fixed on the face of the old man and said, "Aiqing, you have also seen that there is no general in the court who can take on such a heavy responsibility now, so I can only let Lu Xius go." ”

Lucius nodded, but then changed his words and said: "Your Majesty, although now that the demon clan is aggressive, we really have no way out, but the old minister still feels that we should not trust an unknown foreign visitor lightly. ”

"Actually, Your Majesty should know very well that you can ask the three sects for help, the old minister believes that whether it is the True Martial Arts, the Wuxiang Temple, or the Divine Sect, they will not sit idly by, and if the three sects come forward, those demon clans will naturally be able to solve it easily. ”

The words of the old man made the Holy Emperor feel very helpless, and the Holy Emperor's momentum had long been clear that the other party would definitely turn the spearhead to the three sects, and would blame the Holy Emperor and the Holy Queen for not using the power of the three sects.

After all, in the entire Eastern Middle Earth, the teachings preached by the three sects and the impression that their followers appeared in front of the eyes of the world were actually a group of guys who eliminated demons and defended the way, and naturally they would not be merciful to those demons of the demon clan, as long as the Holy Emperor and the Holy Queen spoke, I believe that the Three Sects would inevitably move.

In the hearts of this old man who firmly believes in the three religions, or in the hearts of most of the ministers in the court who have taken refuge in the three religions, the three religions are their saviors, and the three religions will inevitably take action to solve those evil spirits that endanger the lives of the people when they absorb a large number of believers to worship.

It's just that the Holy Emperor and the Holy Queen are very clear that this time the matter is probably initiated by the Immortal Domain and the Buddha Kingdom behind the Three Sects, if you want to ask the Three Sects to help, I am afraid that you will pay a great price, so huge that the Holy Emperor and the Holy Queen and even the entire Tang Dynasty may not be able to afford it.

Therefore, for the Holy Emperor and the Holy Empress, they would rather let Lu Xiusi, who is not yet fully trusted, take action, to avoid being robbed by the Immortal Domain and the Buddha Kingdom behind the Three Sects, and at the same time, it is also to verify the strength of Lu Xiusius's ally, which can be said to be a good way to kill two birds with one stone.

However, in front of many courtiers in the court, the Holy Emperor and the Holy Empress could not tell the truth from the bottom of their hearts, they could only explain it in another way.

Because most of the courtiers believe in the three religions, if they say in front of them that the three religions are not good and there is a problem, I am afraid that most of the courtiers will not hesitate to stand up and argue with reason, and then the Holy Emperor and the Holy Queen do not want to see chaos in the court.

The Holy Emperor lowered his head and thought for a moment before responding to the boss's doubts: "Aiqing, in fact, you should also understand that the three sects are now at the point in time to open the mountain gate, and I also want to preserve the strength of the three sects by doing this. ”

The Holy Emperor's words made everyone a little unable to refute, just as the Holy Emperor said, the three sects are now the time to open the mountain gate to recruit disciples.

For the three religions. Opening the mountain gate is the top priority every year, and the three doors of the three sects will only be opened once every four years, which means that the three sects will only recruit disciples once every four years, which has become an unwritten rule, and most people follow this rule.

Even if the Southern Demon Clan invaded and completely occupied the south of the Tianjiang River, it would not be able to affect the prosperity of the Three Sects.

The Holy Emperor's explanation made the old man stunned for a moment, lowered his head and thought about it, and said tremblingly: "It's that the old minister is confused, and he forgot that now is the time to open the mountain gate, but even the three sects need to open the mountain gate." But Majesty and Niangniang should not be entrusted with a heavy responsibility to a foreigner. ”

Seeing that the old man was always holding on, the Holy Emperor and the Holy Queen really felt a little annoyed, but when facing this old man, the Holy Emperor and the Holy Queen did not dare to show their embarrassment, so they could only try to appease him, rather than directly reprimanding each other.

In the eyes of many people, the old man is relying on the old and selling the old, but he has the qualifications to rely on the old and sell the old, after all, he is much older than the Holy Emperor. And he used to be a friend of the Holy Emperor's father.

According to the folk name, the eldest is even the uncle of the Holy Emperor, and the superposition of such an identity and background does make the Holy Emperor feel distressed. There was really no way to take the other party, so he could only compromise again after being stunned for a while: "Okay, then Aiqing, who do you think you should let go?"

"Or, Aiqing, how do you think you should deal with the demon clan in Jiangnan. You must know that the army of the demon clan is now on the other side of the Tianjiang River, as long as they successfully cross the Tianjiang moat, the next thing is a horse and a flat river. The army of the demon clan can drive straight into it without any scruples and directly attack Chang'an City. ”

In the face of Lucius's questioning, the old man was suddenly a little confused, lowered his head and thought for a long time before he spoke: "Your Majesty, because of this, you should not trust a foreign visitor, you should pin your hopes on the Three Sects, the Immortal Realm and the Buddha Kingdom, and you should not pin your hopes on an outsider. ”

The old man's words soon caused a fierce discussion in the court: "That is, that is, or the old man is right, why would His Majesty and Niangniang prefer to believe such an outsider?"

"I heard that in order to let that foreign boy take charge of the Southern Expedition, even the national teacher who came forward to advise was seriously injured by the master, and now he can only return to the True Martial Arts Temple to recuperate. ”

"Oh? Is it still the case? Could it be that a few days ago, it was said that Suzaku suddenly woke up, and it was the national teacher who used Suzaku to stop the boy from a foreign land? But with Suzaku in hand, will the national teacher still lose to the master? How strong must the master be?"

"Hmph, what do you know? The master is a contemporary of the Vermilion Bird painter back then, how can he be controlled by the Vermilion Bird? And you haven't seen that the Second Sage has already made it clear that he wants to shelter that foreign boy?"

There was a lot of discussion in the court, and it could be said that the discussions of the courtiers were becoming more and more unfavorable to the Holy Emperor, and it seemed that even those courtiers who were not born in the Three Sects began to question the decision of the Holy Emperor and the Holy Empress, as if they felt that the Holy Emperor and the Holy Empress should not trust an outsider like that.

Looking at the gradually chaotic situation in the court, the Holy Emperor couldn't help but feel a little annoyed, he felt that this group of courtiers in the court was simply challenging his authority.

As the monarch of the Tang Empire, he can't even use a small appointment directly, and after the appointment, he still has to be questioned by the courtiers, this feeling makes the Holy Emperor go crazy, and he can't wait to directly withdraw all the people in the court and behead them.

However, after all, the Holy Queen was present, so she naturally would not let the Holy Emperor do anything excessive, so as not to cause the dissatisfaction of more courtiers, and when the time comes, she will lose the support of the people, but it will allow the Immortal Domain and the Buddha Kingdom to take the opportunity to seize power.

The Holy Empress calmed the Holy Emperor, and then said in a loud voice: "Enough, what kind of system have you become, you are actually making noise above the court, what kind of place do you think this is? Is it the place where you scold the street like a shrew? ”

The Holy Queen's strong opening immediately shocked everyone, even the old man was stunned for a while, and he didn't dare to open his mouth to interrupt the Holy Queen.

Looking around at everyone, the Holy Queen snorted coldly and said to the old man: "Elder Sun, you have one mouthful of three sects, one mouthful of three sects, one mouthful of three sects, it seems that my Tang Dynasty has nothing to rely on except for the three sects, right?

The Holy Queen Niangniang unceremoniously made sure that the big hat was directly buttoned down, but let the eldest grandson with the surname of the revert. The oldest senior man was speechless, and some didn't know how to respond.

Although the elder grandson said that he believed in the three religions and had already begun to join the Dao sect of the immortal realm, he still maintained a sense of sanity, that is, loyalty to the Tang Empire, which can also be said to be loyalty to the Holy Emperor.

Because the Holy Emperor is the nephew of the Elder Grandson, and the Elder Grandson is the maternal uncle of the Elder Emperor, he is punished with this selfishness. The eldest grandson will not allow anyone to harm his nephew.

You must know that at the beginning, the Holy Emperor's father expanded his territory and rose in the midst of war, and the family of the eldest grandson was the first family to support the Holy Emperor's father.

Even the elder grandson's own sister married the Holy Emperor's father, but later the Holy Emperor's father died in the battle for hegemony in the territory, and the Holy Emperor's mother was martyred, leaving a mess for the Holy Emperor, who was still very young at the time, almost cutting off the road to the rise of the Tang Dynasty.

In times of crisis, the eldest grandson turned the tide. Regardless of the opposition of some people in the eldest grandson family at that time, he insisted on leading the eldest grandson family to support the Holy Emperor to sit on the throne as the head of the eldest grandson family.

In the subsequent opening of the Holy Emperor's territory, the eldest grandson and elder used all his strength. In the end, the Holy Emperor succeeded in unifying the whole of Middle-earth, making the Tang Empire a powerful empire that could dominate Middle-earth in the East after the Han Empire.

Because of such a relationship, the eldest grandson even believed in Taoism later. He became a disciple of one of the three sects, Zhenwuguan, and even came into contact with the fairy realm through Guò Zhenwuguan.

However, he has always been the Holy Emperor's maternal uncle, so naturally he will still come forward to help the Holy Emperor. There is no doubt about the loyalty of the Holy Emperor, but he has always hoped that the Holy Emperor can return to the Immortal Domain, so that the Immortal Domain can truly dominate the entire East, so that the Tang Empire can live forever.

In fact, the eldest grandson did not have selfish intentions in doing this, he just wanted his nephew's dynasty to survive forever, so that it would not fall apart after dozens or hundreds of years, like the previous Han Empire, and eventually turn into ruins.

But this old man didn't know that the Holy Emperor had already made his own decision in his heart, and he didn't want the Tang Empire that he had fought hard to fall into the hands of the Immortal Domain, and he didn't want to become a puppet of others.

The Holy Emperor actually knew very well in his heart what kind of existence the Immortal Realm and the Buddha Kingdom were, for those two places, if they were allowed to dominate the Tang Empire, it would definitely not be the blessing of the people of the Tang Empire, and those gods who only wanted to collect a large number of power of faith would not pay attention to the suffering of the people at all.

They will only play with one individual between applause, let those people die in a mess, and collect the power of faith that those people have given them.

The fate of all people is nothing more than a wisp of green smoke on the palm of their hand, and they only need to move their fingers lightly to extinguish that wisp of green smoke.

Although the Holy Emperor and the Holy Empress did not have the same lofty goals as Lucius, they were also ambitious, wanting the people of the Tang Empire to get rid of the control of the Immortal Realm and the Buddha Kingdom, and to be able to hold their own destiny in their hands, so as to create a more brilliant life.

In this respect, the Holy Emperor and the Holy Queen are very similar to the ideals of Lucius, who wants everyone to be able to control their destiny and have the power to choose for themselves.

At least let everyone's efforts be rewarded by fate, instead of being controlled by the gods, and fate will become uncertain with the mood of the gods.

Therefore, it was impossible for the Holy Emperor and the Holy Empress to accept the peace of the Elder Sun and the Elder, and it was even more impossible for them to bow their heads to the Immortal Realm or the Buddha Kingdom.

Over the years, because of this incident, the relationship between the Holy Emperor and the Elder Grandson was very stiff, but after all, the Elder Grandson was the maternal uncle of the Holy Emperor, and finally made concessions, and did not force his nephew aggressively, but chose to leave the court to live in seclusion.

It can be said that many of the elder Sun elders no longer ask about the world, nor do they ask about the affairs of the Tang Empire, and they don't care about the movements of the outside world.

Until they heard about the invasion of the demon clan's army, and the Holy Emperor and the Holy Empress actually used a boy of unknown origin as a general to conquer the Jiangnan demon clan, and handed over all the things to deal with the Jiangnan demon clan to such a guy.

After careful inquiry, he learned that the other party was from the West, which made the old man feel deeply uneasy, so he had to go out of the customs to meet the Holy Emperor, wanting to persuade his nephew not to trust the kid from the West, and not to hand over the fate of the Tang Dynasty to such a person.

It's just that the boss didn't expect that his nephew and nephew and daughter-in-law would trust that kid of unknown origin to the point of no return, and they couldn't listen to his advice at all.

After a long silence, the old man suddenly knelt down, and this kneeling alarmed everyone, and everyone looked at the old man in astonishment.

The Holy Emperor hurriedly stood up from the dragon chair and said tremblingly: "Uncle, you, what do you mean by this? You, you shouldn't be like this, if you have anything to say, you can say it directly to Zhi'er, Zhi'er will definitely promise Uncle you, you, you hurry up." ”

As he spoke, the Holy Emperor walked down the stairs quickly, wanting to step forward to help the eldest grandson up, after all, the other party was his maternal uncle, and it was really inappropriate to bow down to himself like this.

The eldest grandson held the Holy Emperor's arms, stared at the Holy Emperor and said, "Your Majesty, the old minister begs you, I beg you to call back that kid of unknown origin, don't let him take charge of the affairs of Zhengnan, even if the old minister gives up this old face and begs you." ”

Saying that, the old man actually wanted to kowtow to the Holy Emperor, and the Holy Emperor naturally didn't dare to let the other party kowtow, so he quickly held the other party and said, "Uncle, you, you don't have to be like this, you don't have to be so ......"

Just when the Holy Emperor and the Elder Sun were at a stalemate, a voice suddenly sounded in the main hall: "Hahaha, it's really ridiculous, ridiculous." ”

Everyone looked over to the laughter, and saw a young courtier standing there, who seemed to have something to say, and deliberately used wild laughter to attract the attention of the Holy Emperor.

When the Holy Emperor looked over, the young courtier immediately knelt down, and very sincerely wanted the Holy Emperor to kowtow and say, "Your Majesty, Pavaro thinks that Your Majesty must not agree to the eldest grandson, and the eldest grandson should not threaten His Majesty with his own identity." ”

Seeing Pavaro stand up and say this, all the ministers present were shocked, including the Holy Emperor and the Holy Empress.

It's just that the Holy Emperor and the Holy Queen were shocked because they didn't expect that Pavaro would actually stand up and speak for Lucius, knowing that the other party almost died at the hands of Lucius when he was in Fuso.

In the hearts of the Holy Emperor and the Holy Empress, Pavaro should have hated Lucius to the core, how could he choose to support Lucius? But at the moment, when none of the courtiers stood up, it was actually Pavaro who stood up, and he stood firmly on the side of the Holy Emperor, the Holy Queen, and Lucius.

The eldest grandson seemed to feel a little annoyed, and felt that Pavaro should not stand up and interject, so he couldn't help but scold: "Pavaro, don't forget your identity, is this the place where you interject at will?"

Pavaro was not afraid of the boss's accusations, but met the boss's gaze with a smile: "Hehe, eldest grandson, you can threaten Your Majesty with your own identity, why can't I say some of my thoughts above the court?"

"You ......" Hearing this, the eldest grandson suddenly blew his beard and glared, but he only stared dryly, and did not really threaten Pavaro.

And the latter was even more bold, and continued to say to the Holy Emperor: "Your Majesty, in fact, the current situation is very unfavorable for us, those demon clan armies dare to invade like this, they must be prepared, but now our Tang forces are not sufficient, and we want to deal with those demon clan ......"

Speaking of this, Pavaro paused deliberately, and then continued, "Hehe, to put it mildly, our Datang is only afraid that the current strength of the Tang Dynasty is not as good as the demon clan." ”

Immediately afterward, regardless of the surprise of the surrounding ministers, Pavaro continued: "So I think it is the best way to let Lucius go, because Lucius has a powerful mechanical warrior similar to a mechanical puppet in his hands, and such a powerful army is enough to fight the demon clan." ”

Parvaro's words completely stunned everyone, even the elder grandson was dumbfounded, everyone looked at him in surprise, and no one spoke for a while. (To be continued......)