Chapter 56: The Funeral of the National Teacher
I don't know how long it took for Mu Xize to slowly get up and return to his former calmness and calmness, "I'm sorry, it's me who lost my temper." ”
Ye Ningxiang shook her head and said from the bottom of her heart: "The prince and the Beiyuan National Master are also close friends, and the friend is about to pass away, so it is true that the prince should have such a reaction." ”
Mu Xize smiled, as if he still felt that his behavior was unreasonable, "He is not my best friend, he is my enemy." ”
Although Mu Xize's attitude towards Ji Beiyuan was not very good seven years ago, that day Qingming Mountain worshiped his mother, Ji Beiyuan still seemed to have the intention of spying on him, but Ye Ningxiang felt that the relationship between the two of them was very close when he returned from rebirth this time, probably except for Qin Xiao, the person Mu Xize saw the most was Ji Beiyuan, but he didn't expect the two to be enemies.
Probably didn't want to be so heavy and sad all the time, Mu Xize didn't explain in detail, but took the initiative to change the topic.
"Xiao Yezi, there is something I have always wanted to ask. ”
came, finally came, Ye Ningxiang knew that Mu Xize must have asked how he could still martial arts, and he could be mixed in the shadow guard without being discovered. Although he had already thought of a good reason, when he mentioned it, Ye Ningxiang still kept beating the drum in his heart, looking very weak-hearted.
So she pretended to be calm and said, "What does the prince want to ask?"
"A seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl, who has practiced martial arts to this point, has suffered a lot!"
"Hehe, it's not bitter, it's not bitter, my master taught me well, and he didn't let me take any detours on the road of martial arts. ”
Then, Ye Ningxiang told Mu Xize about her experience of being abducted again, but in the end, the person who saved her was changed from Xiao Qingyu to a nameless guest.
"My master is a master of the world, and I never knew his name. ”
Ye Ningxiang felt that her lies were full of loopholes, and secretly regretted in her heart that she shouldn't have followed Mu Xize into the palace, in that case, she would not have fallen off her veil and be found out by everyone to be unusual. I believe that this matter will soon reach Xiao Qingyu's ears, and I don't know how Xiao Qingyu will punish her, alas!
"When my illness is cured one day, it would be good if you would also take me to meet that worldly master!" Mu Xize actually said while laughing, as if he really took Ye Ningxiang's words as true.
In the next two days, there were no outsiders in the cell, except for some coldness, Ye Ningxiang did not feel any discomfort.
At noon on the third day, a decree came, saying that the emperor's death had nothing to do with King Ning, and that he had wronged King Ning before, and asked Dali Temple to release King Ning immediately, and also gave him a thousand taels of gold as compensation.
The first thing Mu Xize did when he got out of the cell was not to go back to the palace, but to go to the National Teacher's Mansion. Along the way, Mu Xize was depressed and didn't say much to Ye Ningxiang, and Ye Ningxiang didn't bother him very understandingly.
White flags have been hung outside the National Teacher's Mansion, and people who worship Ji Beiyuan can also be seen coming and going.
Ye Ningxiang faintly heard them whispering in private: "Isn't the National Teacher a master with boundless mana, how can he die?"
"If you want me to say that these people are actually some liars who cheat and eat and drink, what do you say about killing demons and killing demons, it's just a nonsense lie, when do you say we will see monsters when we are so old?"
People walk tea cool. Thinking about how majestic Ji Beiyuan was when he was alive, which of the people who left the country did not praise Ji Beiyuan's exploits in desperately guarding the country, and which did not respect Ji Beiyuan or even the entire Heavenly Sect. He had just died, and the people who had previously befriended him all turned against him, and they all talked about his wrongdoing. Ye Ningxiang sighed, sighing in her heart that people are unpredictable!
What Ye Ningxiang didn't expect was that the new emperor Mu Jingyuan, who had nothing to do with Ji Beiyuan, was also present. Sure enough, it is a man who depends on his clothes, and a horse who depends on a saddle. Previously, Ye Ningxiang only felt that Mu Jingyuan was handsome, but his momentum was still lacking.
Now that he has a yellow robe, I don't know if the texture of the clothes is too good, or if he will change when he becomes an emperor. Ye Ningxiang felt that Mu Jingyuan's aura in front of him was powerful, and he looked like the overlord of the world, and his eyes looked at people as if to say: I am the king of the world, whoever dares to disobey me, I will let him die a good death.
Finding that Mu Jingyuan was also there, Mu Xize slowed down, then stabilized his mood and returned to his previous calm face.
"King Ning is here!" Mu Jingyuan greeted him with a smile when he saw Mu Xize, but there was infinite hostility in his eyes.
And Mu Xize was also extremely cautious, knelt down very respectfully, and said, "The minister greets the emperor." ”
Seeing that Mu Xize, who was once higher than him everywhere, was now a minister, and had to kneel and kowtow to himself who was already on the throne, Mu Jingyuan's heart was extremely happy.
However, seeing that Ye Ningxiang was still following Mu Xize inch by inch, Mu Jingyuan's heart was suddenly full of anger, and he first helped Ye Ningxiang up with great concern, and said, "Ye Ningxiang, you get up quickly, I don't need you to say hello to me in the future!"
Ye Ningxiang's eyes widened, she couldn't believe that this was what Mu Jingyuan said, in front of the ministers, she didn't help his brother get up, but came to help her, a little maid with no status, and let her not have to ask for peace in the future in front of everyone.
Ye Ningxiang scolded secretly in her heart: Mu Jingyuan, you don't have to force me in when you go against Mu Xize, now you have become the target of everyone!
In desperation, Ye Ningxiang smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, it's better to follow the rules." ”
"I'm the emperor, I'll do whatever I say, King Ning, are you right?" Mu Jingyuan looked at Mu Xize who was still kneeling on the ground with a smug expression.
The ministers present seemed to smell a hint of *, and they all hung their heads and did not dare to interject.
Mu Xize was not annoyed, and replied with a slight smile: "Yes, everything the emperor said is right." "It's like a funny laugh when you see a child messing around.
felt that Mu Xize didn't seem to eat his own set, Mu Jingyuan felt very bored, and then said coldly: "Okay, you can be flat!"
After Mu Xize got up, Ji Beiyuan's apprentice Ji Lingchen handed him three sticks of incense at a very timely time. Under the guidance of Ji Lingchen, Mu Xize carefully inserted the incense into the incense burner, and then bowed respectfully in front of Ji Beiyuan's spiritual seat.
"This is what the family teacher entrusted me to give to you before he died", Ji Lingchen didn't know when there was an extra wooden box in his hand as he spoke.
Mu Xize carefully opened the wooden box, which contained a very delicate wooden dagger, and then Mu Xize touched the dagger very carefully, and then showed a pleased smile.
"What else?" Mu Xize asked Ji Lingchen.
"No, the tutor only left you with this one thing. ”
"What about the scepter?"
"The Master doesn't know the whereabouts of the Scepter. ”
Scepter, Mu Xize even knew about the scepter! Ye Ningxiang couldn't help but be shocked, but she was wondering what this scepter was, and it would become a treasure to be fought for by many parties.
However, Mu Jingyuan obviously didn't know about the scepter, and instead paid more attention to the wooden dagger in Mu Xize's hand.
"King Ning, I like the dagger in your hand very much, it's good for you to give it to me!"
Mu Xize's originally calm face suddenly became serious, and a trace of coldness flashed in his eyes, "No, this thing has a special meaning to the minister, and it can't be given to the emperor." ”
Unexpectedly, Mu Xize, who had been obedient before, suddenly became disobedient, and Mu Jingyuan suddenly felt very shameless, "I am the emperor, as long as I want it, you have to give it if you don't want it." ”
Hearing this, Mu Xize's eyes suddenly became like ice, and he walked up to Mu Jingyuan, and said fearlessly: "There are many good-looking daggers in the world, why should Your Majesty cling to this peach wood dagger." ”
It's that kind of look again, Mu Xize was like this when he captured King Duan that day, although he was blind, but just looking at his eyes was enough to make people feel cold and gloomy, as if he would kill himself in the next moment.
didn't expect Mu Xize to respond to himself in such a way, Mu Jingyuan was a little stunned for a while, in the end, he still underestimated him, even if a person who became famous at the age of thirteen or fourteen experienced the pain of losing his wife and prison, but a tiger is a tiger after all, and it is full of deterrence to suddenly exert power.
But now that he has the power of the army, if he really fights, he has no certainty of victory, but it is not good to have any reaction, so Mu Jinghong shook off his sleeves and said angrily: "You wait for me!"
Afterwards, Mu Jingyuan left the National Teacher's Mansion with his entourage.
"His Royal Highness King Ning, please!" Ji Lingchen said with a look of vigilance.
"Xiao Yezi, I'm going to talk to Master Ling Chen, I'll come out later, you wait for me outside first. ”
What are you going to do again? Ye Ningxiang just wanted to follow quietly, but as soon as she moved, she was stopped by the little Taoist boy on the side.
"Hehe, I just want to move after standing for a long time, I don't mean anything else!" Ye Ningxiang smiled bitterly.
Ji Lingchen led Mu Xize to the side hall and ordered no one to approach.
"I am a disciple of the family teacher, and the unfinished business of the family teacher should be completed by me, and the prince is offended. ”
Then, Ji Lingchen began to chant some mantra in his mouth, as if he was performing some spell, Mu Xize was affected by this spell, and he had a splitting headache for a while, and his eyes turned red.
"No, it's not worth it, you're still young, you don't cultivate enough, you will soon be dragged down by me like Ji Beiyuan!" Mu Xize looked at Ji Lingchen very earnestly, and his eyes, which were originally blind, were as intact as before.
Is it younger, hearing Mu Xize's words, Ji Lingchen was a little hesitant to act.
"You don't need to connect your life to me, human life is only once, you should live for yourself. ”
"For the sake of the world, what's the harm in sacrificing me!"
"The power of the Bone Eater is huge, even if you don't do anything, I won't do anything for the world. ”
He, Ji Lingchen, watched his master grow old little by little, weaken his body, and finally die tragically because of the restraining of Mu Xize. Although he shouts about the people of the world, when he really sacrifices his life for righteousness, how many of those so-called people in the world can remember their own good?
"Let's go. Don't make me regret it. Ji Lingchen was a little helpless, a little lost, and a little sentimental in his words.
By the time Ye Ningxiang and Mu Xize came out of the National Teacher's Mansion, the sun had already set, and it was getting late. It's just that Yong'an Street, which should have been gradually quiet, is still crowded with people at the moment, because everyone wants to see the demeanor of a person. This person is Lin Shicheng, the new general of Zhenguo who was just canonized by the emperor yesterday.
This General Lin was originally a hussar general who left the country, served in the army for 20 years, established countless military exploits, and now because of the successful repulsion of the invasion of the Swiss country, he has defended the country and made great contributions, and the people in the city all applauded, revealing deep love.
Under the thousands of calls of the people, this general Lin and his subordinates rode a tall horse slowly on the streets of Yong'an.