Twelve: The world is gone, and the capital is changing
On this day, outside the city of Jinling.
"You little thief, stupid, stupid, big liar......"
On the official road into the city, a girl's scolding was heard from a distance, which caused passers-by to cast curious glances.
It's just okay not to look at it, but under this look, their eyes are straight, and they are all stunned on the spot.
But in the midst of the gusts of dust, three figures walked straight up.
The woman in cuiyi on the left is holding a green umbrella, she can't help but speak, and her mouth is scolding again and again, but her voice is crisp and pleasant, which makes people can't afford to feel disgusted. Looking at this person's face again, it was actually a beautiful face, charming and charming, stunning and vulgar, and every move, smile and smile seemed to exude the magic of seducing the soul.
But when they looked at the boy on the right again, they were all dumbfounded.
Although this person is dressed simply, he can compare his face with the woman, with a smile in his phoenix eyes, his head resting on his hands, and he walks leisurely, which is not comfortable.
And in the middle of the two, there is a white-clothed man with cold eyebrows and cold eyes, carrying a long sword, and his face is as cold as frost.
Listening to the scolding beside him, Li Xiyi sighed: "You have been scolding all the way, when will you be angry?" ”
Xie Xiaoyu said angrily: "It can't be eliminated, it will never be eliminated, who told you to lie to me." ”
The man in white was sandwiched between the two people, as if he had become accustomed to the words of the two of them.
As the sun set, the autumn breeze was bleak, and the three of them walked into Jinling City.
Li Xiyi sighed, although he ran fast, Xie Xiaoyu couldn't run away.
This man in white is not a tenacious sword idiot, he chased after a while, and simply stopped chasing, only raised Xie Xiaoyu to restrain him, and watched from a distance.
You must know that the identities of the two of them are now exposed, and I don't know how many people are fighting their ideas in the rivers and lakes, seeing the man in white acting like this, the forces in the dark only think that the time has come, and they are ready to do something to Xie Xiaoyu.
In this way, how could Li Xiyi sit idly by, so he had no choice but to turn back and walk with him.
But seeing Jinling, Xie Xiaoyu and Li Xiyi's expressions also changed a little.
Because this is not only the base camp of the "World Alliance", but also the location of the Excalibur Villa.
This man in white entered Jinling this time, and he had to fight with Li Ye'er and Xie Xiaofeng.
But what people didn't expect was that as soon as they entered the city, they noticed that something was wrong, on both sides of the Gaine Long Street, together with those restaurants and inns, there were actually a lot of people in the rivers and lakes, as well as many disciples of martial arts sects and famous families, and the atmosphere was particularly strange.
Someone looked gloomy as water and didn't say a word.
Others rushed out of the city.
The shouting, the neighing of horses, the shouting and scolding, one after another, the noise was terrible.
"Strange, isn't there something big going on these days?" Xie Xiaoyu was surprised.
"Big deal? Hehe, it's not just a big deal. The person who had that good thing answered casually, "The World Alliance, gone!" ”
Li Xiyi was stunned when he heard this, "Gone?" What do you mean? ”
"Gone, gone, gone. All the halls and rudders of the Tianxia Alliance, even the children of the alliance, except for a few major families, the rest of the people have disappeared in just seven days, and they have all disappeared without a trace, it is really ......" The man responded in amazement, but when he turned his head and saw Li Xiyi and his party again, he was stunned at first, and then his face changed greatly, "You...... Are you the son of Li Duciao? ”
In an instant, countless lines of sight converged in all directions, and they all fell on Li Xiyi's body, which was terrifying.
Xie Xiaoyu also became nervous and shrunk her shoulders, "What should I do?" ”
Li Xiyi looked left and right, "What else can I do, of course it is...... Run. ”
He grabbed Xie Xiaoyu, turned around and lifted up, flew off the wall, and swept into the distance like a bird throwing into the forest.
"The world alliance killed my brother and destroyed my mountain gate, surnamed Li, since your father can't escape from the world, then you will repay this blood debt."
"Hugh away!"
"Catch him!"
……
In an instant, hundreds of figures flew up one after another on the long street, and the rabbits were already overwhelmingly chasing Li Xiyi, and the momentum was not amazing.
The World Alliance, which dominates the martial arts of the thirteen provinces, is gone?
……
Beijing, Coal Mountain.
It was dusk, the remnant sun was like blood, and the world was bleak.
It is only said that in a Taoist temple on the mountainside, in the midst of the smoke and haze, I suddenly heard someone whispering: "The body is like a crane, and there are two scriptures under a thousand pines; I came to ask Wuyu to say, the clouds are in the blue sky, and the water is in the bottle. ”
The twilight breeze passed, and when the smoke had cleared, a man appeared.
This person sat with his back to the door, wearing a black robe swinging in the wind, wearing green silk on his back, and his aura was lofty, looking like he was a master.
A close attendant outside the door stood respectfully, bent over and slumped down when he saw the opportunity, and said flatteringly: "Isn't the emperor enlightened?" ”
It turned out that the person in this Taoist temple was the current emperor.
The emperor sat cross-legged on a futon, stretched out his arms, raised his sleeves, and said lightly: "To put it lightly, throughout the ages, how many people can be enlightened." ”
The attendant hurriedly agreed, but he didn't even dare to raise his head.
"What's going on in the rivers and lakes lately?" The emperor asked.
The attendant replied with a smile: "Back to the emperor, if you return to your heart today, the four seas are peaceful, it is in the prosperous era, the rivers and lakes are calm, and nothing major has happened." ”
The viewer stood up, turned around and asked, "How long will my retreat last?" ”
The attendant said, "No more, no less, twenty days." ”
The emperor walked out of the Taoist temple and stood on the coal mountain, overlooking the huge Jinghua under his feet, and asked lightly, "How is the Tianxia Alliance?" ”
Compared with back then, this person has lived up to his youth, with fine lines at the corners of his eyes and a slight beard on his chin, but he is plump, showing a bit of fairy wind and bones.
The attendant said: "There is no change for the time being. ”
Hearing this answer, the emperor did not seem satisfied.
In the past ten years, the flood in Heluo, the drought in Guanlong, and the shadow of the World Alliance have all been seen in both natural and man-made disasters. But what he did was not evil, but relief to the people, and the money he contributed was simply more abundant than the treasury, and there was countless grain and rice, and gold and silver poured into the sky, which is hard to imagine.
But this may be a good thing for those victims, but in the eyes of him, the Ninety-Five, it is a great bad thing.
Even now, whenever there is a famine, the first thing that comes to mind of those people is not the imperial court, not him, the emperor, but the Tianxia Alliance.
Under the whole world, it is not the king's land, and the people have no monarch father in their hearts, how can it be a good thing?
And if it weren't for the World Alliance, he, the emperor, would not be so idle.
The world is peaceful, and there are fewer twists and turns.
And that's just the surface.
For so many years, the world's waterways and land routes have been controlled by the Tianxia League, from the people's firewood, rice, oil, salt, food and clothing, to gold, silver, copper, iron, plus the freight trade of official salt, and even the military salaries of the imperial court, the people's taxes, and the salaries of officials of all sizes, all of which are secretly related to the Tianxia Alliance.
Even if the palace rebuilt the palace, it was ridiculous that those officials would have to count on the Tianxia Alliance.
Looking at the prosperous scene in the capital, the emperor suddenly changed his temperament, clenched his ten fingers, and said in a hideous voice: "Maybe I should have fought to the death thirteen years ago, otherwise I wouldn't be like today...... The disease is not curable. ”
In his eyes, the Tianxia Alliance is a vicious disease, which has seen the signs back then, but now it is even more sick to the bone marrow, and he is weak to return to heaven.
"These thieves!"
And Li Ducian was bloodless, and without spending a single soldier, he completely defeated all his plans.
This kind of method was like a spring breeze and drizzle at the beginning, no one noticed it, and when it reacted, it was already fatal.
And this prosperity is a shame in his eyes, which makes him unable to sleep and eat, and gritted his teeth with hatred.
"Huo Tianying hasn't been out yet?" The emperor asked.
The attendant lowered his eyebrows and lowered his eyes, and said, "Back to the emperor, I haven't received the news of his exit yet." ”
"Hmph," the emperor snorted coldly, "even if he practices hard for a hundred years, it will never be possible to defeat Li Dui, not so bad then, and even more so now, he doesn't know what to do." ”
After that, he turned around and said in a deep voice: "Go back to the palace." ”
The sun is over and the twilight is deepening.
only said that there was nothing to say all the way, and when it was dark, the chariot rushed into the imperial city.
The emperor sat with his forehead propped up, frowning, still thinking about the affairs of the Tianxia Alliance in his heart, but for some reason, he suddenly had a palpitation for no reason, and felt uneasy.
"See my emperor, long live my emperor, long live long live!"
But at this moment, there was a sudden movement outside the high-walled courtyard.
"Huh?"
The emperor slowly opened his eyes, his eyes full of surprise.
There are actually people in the Forbidden City who worship the emperor?
But he is the emperor.
An inexplicable chill instantly made him sit upright, and he was silent for a while, only to see this Ninety-Five Venerable voice in a dumb voice: "Where does the sound come from?" ”
It was the attendant who answered him, "It seems to be the Fengtian Temple." ”
Unconsciously, the tone of the servant seemed to have changed from usual.
In an instant, the corners of the emperor's eyes tightened, his pupils shrank even more, and his face was gloomy as iron, and he said inexplicably with joy and anger: "Then turn to Fengtian Palace." ”
In fact, without his command, the voice of chanting long live outside the wall was getting closer and closer, as if it was approaching the Fengtian Temple.
After a while, I heard the attendant outside the chariot speak again, "It's here." ”
In just two words, there is no humility and caution in the past, but mixed with indifference, banter, and mockery.
The emperor's eyes flickered, and he lifted the curtain and walked out, and as far as his eyes could see, he couldn't help but take a deep breath.
But I saw that the Fengtian Temple was brightly lit, and there seemed to be hundreds of officials gathered, and there were even guards guarding it.
"Who's inside?"
The servant is more than half a hundred years old, an old face is full of wrinkles, and the corners of his mouth show a weird smile, "You won't know if you go in yourself." ”
The emperor said expressionlessly: "Jumping beam clown." ”
With his hands behind his back, his palms were secretly lucky, his five fingers were stretched, and he was already striding towards the Fengtian Palace.
As the steady and rhythmic footsteps stretched out, the situation in the Fengtian Hall was gradually revealed in the eyes of the emperor.
The lights in the hall were bright, but I saw that on the dragon chair at the end, there was a person wearing a dragon robe, sitting still, most of the contours of his face were hidden in the shadows, and only a white chin was exposed under the lamp, as if smiling.
And under the dragon chair, I saw all the officials kneeling on the ground and bowing their heads, shouting long live.
The emperor's eyes flickered, he slowly walked into the hall, glanced at the ministers and officials, and finally looked at the end of the hall, and said in a fierce voice: "Who are you?" What is the sin of daring to sit on my dragon chair? ”
I didn't want that person to reprimand in a deep voice: "Bold, who are you? How dare you talk to me like that? ”
The emperor's eyes widened sharply, and then he looked at the other party a few times in a uncertain manner, before he was surprised: "You are not from the World Alliance?" ”
The mysterious man sat quietly for a moment, finally smiled faintly, and said softly: "Naturally not." Let me tell you this, my master is of the same clan as you, and his surname is Zhu. ”
The emperor's breath froze, "Who?" ”
The mysterious man smiled and said, "I don't know his name either, but Li Ducian and those people used to call him Zhu Da." ”
Zhu Da?
The emperor's color changed, but then he asked sharply: "In this case, shouldn't it be Li Ducian that you have to deal with?" ”
The person on the dragon chair still had that calm tone, and said gently: "Li Ducian I have to deal with it, you ...... I'm going to clean it up too. This Zhu family was originally my master's, but don't worry, for the throne, my master can't look down on it, and I don't look down on it, the reason why I sit on it is because I want to give it a try. ”
The emperor said in a deep voice: "What to try? ”
The mysterious man said condescendingly: "Hehe, everything in this world, there are good and negative, good and evil, just like Li Xunhuan and Shangguan Jinhong, Li Ducian and Zhu Da in the past, they are all unique." And as a disciple of Zhu, I also want to live uniquely, since Li Ducia is right, then I have to try to be the evil world, stir up the world, and be the enemy. ”
Speaking of this, a trace of confusion flashed in this man's eyes for a moment, until when he said the four words of the wicked world, there was a flash of light in his eyes.
But this sentence made everyone present shudder.
One thought is evil, doing what you want, lawless, indifferent, this is simply a chaotic existence.
The emperor's face turned pale, and he was speechless for a while.
The mysterious man said casually: "What's more, you don't like government and politics, and only like to retreat and cultivate, now is a good time." And you, the lord of the world, are now subject to Li Ducian everywhere, but you are still powerless to fight back, since you are so aggrieved, why don't you give up your seat to me, okay? ”
Hearing this, the emperor squinted his eyes and said coldly: "Delusional." ”
However, he noticed that the hundreds of officials and ministers in the palace were all fakes, just wearing official uniforms.
"Hehe," the emperor sneered, "just with these unpopular rats, you want to steal my Zhu family's country, it's really a fool's dream." When the palace guards arrive, all of you traitors will be killed, and I will definitely cut you and others with thousands of knives and divide the corpses of five horses. ”
The attendant was already standing respectfully at the foot of the jade steps at this time, and said with a smile: "The palace guards have already been secretly replaced by me, and these twenty days are enough time for a lot of things to happen. ”
And under the emperor's wide-eyed gaze, the mysterious man on the dragon chair slowly revealed his true face, and it turned out to be exactly like him.
The mysterious man said slowly: "This is the thaumaturgy of the Western Regions, which is to plant a very rare poisonous insect into the face, and then lure it with strange medicine, this insect can wriggle between the tendons and flesh, gnaw off the excess flesh and oil ointment, and then use a sharp blade to repair the bones and grind the face, supplemented by the art of changing shape, which is enough to confuse the real with the fake." ”
Hearing these words, and seeing the face that was exactly the same as himself, the emperor's cheeks twitched, and a monstrous killing intent suddenly burst out from his originally horrified eyes.
"Rebel thief, give me death!"
But what made him desperate was that the palm he had gathered by condensing his life's work was actually ......
The mysterious man didn't move, and with a wave of his sleeves, he had dissolved the palm power of the turbulent waves in front of him.
"With such a means, you also want to be the enemy of Li Ducian?"
The emperor didn't know whether he was shocked or angry, and he was swept away by the strong wind, and the person fell to the ground like a broken kite, vomiting blood.
But there was already a deep disbelief in his eyes, and he hissed: "Wedding dress magic? Thief! ”
The mysterious man was unmoved, and said lightly: "Now, you should call me the emperor!" ”
(End of chapter)