Chapter Seventy-Eight: Open the Door
As the saying goes, good things don't go out, bad things spread thousands of miles, although it is said that bad things will spread extremely fast and far, but it still has a speed after all.
The common people in Le'an County did not know the current situation of Chaoge Cityβat least for two days and one night, the news could not reach Le'an County.
Le'an County is still as busy as ever, full of the bustling atmosphere of a new town.
Chaoge City is already in danger.
Chenghou tangled up the princes of the Eighteen Roads, claiming to have an army of 500,000, and was assembling outside the Chaoge City.
The soldiers at the front could even see the statue of the Xuanyao with fiery eyes and vivid eyes at the head of Chaoge City.
There are only 100,000 forbidden troops led by Tiger Ben General Huang Gon and a Zhuhuang Great Array in Chaoge City, can these 100,000 people alone stop Chenghou's 500,000 army?
In the early winter, the leaves of the plane trees all over the city have almost fallen, and the dried leaves lie quietly on the ground, waiting for the fate of being swept away.
Suddenly, the ground began to shake slightly.
Deciduous tremors are slight.
Smoke and dust rose at the end of the official road outside Chaoge Castle, gradually obscuring the originally clear sky.
Thousands of troops are coming.
Huang Gon, the general of the tiger who had already received the news from the scouts, had already ascended to the high top of Chaoge City.
Huang Gon's face was very solemn today, he got up overnight after receiving the military information last night, and issued a military order in Chaoge City, and the 100,000 Praetorian Guards Tiger Ben Army had already been waiting for the enemy, ready to meet the enemy.
When Yongtan interrogated the man in black, the man in black once said the words "great god wishes".
At first, Yongtan thought that the Great God Zhu had escaped and did not die, and then he thought that it was Mr. Wu who killed the Great God Zhu, so he directly overturned this assertion.
But the great god Zhu is dead, and the layout methods he left behind have not been swept away.
When he learned that Tao Nan's assassination of Zishou failed, he didn't even wait for the news from Zu Bao and Tao Bei in Zhuhuang Palace, and left Chaoge City directly by car.
The great god Zhu originally wanted to go to Chenghou.
Their original plan was to kill Di Yi after offering medicine to kill him, and then kill the son who was most favored by Di Yi and had great talent himself. Zu Bao and Tao Bei took control of the situation in Chaoge City, and eliminated those courtiers who might become obstacles one by one. Later, Chenghou led a large army to press the border to King Qin, and entered the Chaoge City with the help of Jizi, who was only three years old at the time, to ascend to the throne.
When Taishi Wen Zhong learned the news and rushed back to Chaoge City, Emperor Yi and Prince Shou were both dead, even if Wen Zhong had Xuan Xian cultivation, he could not come back to life, and the old Taishi who was dedicated to the country had to pinch his nose and recognize Jizi, the descendant of Emperor Yi.
Later, the Marquis of Cheng took charge of the world on the grounds that the king of Shang was too young, and then looked for an opportunity to replace him and ascend the throne as the king of Shang.
However, their carefully planned situation was broken by the combination of Wu Zhiqi, who was born out of nowhere, and Zishou, who was already in the Mahayana realm at that time.
As soon as the great god Zhu came out of the court, he was killed by Wu Zhiqi in the carriage before he was far away, and the body was directly taken back to the Chaoge City.
However, Zishou also failed to find out who the great god Zhu outside the city of Chaoge was colluding with.
In the original inference of Zishou and Bigan, Xibohou Jichang was the most likely candidate.
But when Zishou first ascended the throne and the new king was assassinated, it was difficult for Chaoge, who was already in turmoil, to bear too many changes, so Zishou just purged the courtiers in Chaoge City who colluded with the great god Zhu.
Although some traitors outside Chaoge City escaped, in the past five years, the "Fuyuan Pavilion" established by Zishou has investigated and explored little by little, and has already examined those officials with major suspicions in various ways.
With empirical evidence, those traitors can't escape the fate of ruined families.
However, there are many people who are extremely hidden, and even if Fuyuan Pavilion is an espionage agency established by Zi Shou himself, it will not be able to exert much influence on the army in five years.
The priest line had a high status in the Great Shang, and even in the army, there were many devout believers.
After all, according to the tradition of the priest line that has been passed down for five hundred years, after the retirement of the great priest, it should be the great god Zhu who takes over his position, inheriting the name of "A", and the status of a single wheel, which can be side by side with the king of Shang.
Therefore, only a few of the generals who colluded with the Great God Zhu five years ago were found out in Fuyuan Pavilion, and the rest were still hidden in the fog.
And the biggest fish hasn't surfaced yet.
Until today.
Di Xin led an expedition to Dongyi, accompanied by most of the high-end combat power in Chaoge City, and Sima Yin, who was the governor of the world's soldiers and horses, also went out with the army.
Counting the days, at this time, the Zhendong Army should be fighting with the Dongyi people in full swing.
The big fish that had been lurking in the water for a long time finally surfaced at this time, revealing its true face.
One bite is meant to swallow the whole world.
Swallowing mountains and rivers, but that's it.
So deep scheming, so bold, so ruthless.
Who would have thought that Chenghou, who had spent thirty years drinking and drinking, ransomed an Oiran a few days ago, and then accepted her as a concubine in the mansion, would have such courage?
When did he collude with the Great God Zhu, and how many years had he been preparing for this day?
Perhaps no one in the world can answer this question except himself.
The Great God Zhu is the first disciple of the High Priest, and he has always been a person who is dedicated to the hegemony of the great business and the future development of the human race.
Perhaps the two brothers Zu Bao and Tao Nan and Tao Bei are really not satisfied with their status and want to leave a name in history after killing the emperor and rebelling, so that they can reach the peak of power in the world.
But as far as the great god Zhu himself is concerned, even Zishou will not think that he has the selfish intention to seek the dynasty and usurp the throne.
Even the always silent high priest once personally stepped over his great disciple, saying that this son's heart was as calm as water, and his faith was pure, which was rare in the world.
It stands to reason that Zishou is very diligent in learning to handle government affairs and martial arts practice, and his own talent is extremely strong, whether he is the king of Shou or the king of Shang, he is an extremely perfect prince and monarch.
Why did the great god Zhu, who was dedicated to serving the nature of heaven and earth and wanted to lead the human race forward, take such drastic means as rebellion, and even did not hesitate to kill Emperor Yi to achieve his own goals?
In a word, if the Tao is different, it is not the same.
As a god, he must consider the future development of the sacrificial lineage and the progress of the entire human race.
The priest line had extremely extensive rights in the Great Shang, not only to determine the government by virtue of the tortoise shell in his hand, but also to choose an heir for the emperor.
For each prince, the priesthood will have a special way of evaluating and judging, and from the beginning of the prince's birth, they will begin to rigorously and continuously investigate.
Zishou was the prince who was personally judged by the great god Zhu back then.
The Great God Zhu watched this child, who was born with the blood of the colorful phoenix and got rid of the curse of being unable to cultivate the descendants of the Shang king, grow up little by little.
From a naughty child to a young man.
The child had been uninterested in the worship of ghosts and gods since he was a child, and as he grew older, this disinterest gradually turned into boredom and hatred.
The old man Chu Shu cured the fire poison that was deeply rooted in the blood veins of Di Yi's body, so such a character was naturally under the supervision of the priest family.
In the autumn of that year, the old man Chu had a drink with a very decadent-looking man in a tavern in Chaoge City.
Later, Zishou had more martial arts teachers.
Although the Great God Zhu didn't know who the man who looked like a waste man was, he knew that once he entered the realm of Yizishou, once he entered the path of cultivation, his realm strength would definitely improve by leaps and bounds.
He originally thought that as Zishou's strength improved, his awe of this heaven and earth would become more and more obvious, and his attitude towards the ghosts and gods of heaven and earth would gradually change.
Because only the farther you go can you see more scenery, and after reaching the top of the mountain, you will know that there is a higher mountain waiting for him in front of him.
The deeper the realm, the more you will know that the heavens, earth, ghosts and gods are the most worthy of fear.
So he didn't pay attention to Zi Shou's cultivation with Wu Zhiqi, but was just looking forward to the change in the young man's attitude.
That's 10 years.
Dashen Zhu finally discovered that this young man, who had not respected ghosts and gods since he was a child, had naturally lost his awe of heaven and earth as he grew in age and realm strength.
He only believed in his own fists, and he thought that this heaven and earth were his courtiers.
If such a young man ascends the throne as the king of Shang, he will lead the Terrans to a very different path than it has been for countless years.
Contrary to the priestly lineage, it was in sharp conflict with the ideals of his life.
The great god Zhu personally entered the palace and persuaded for a long time in front of the throne of Emperor Yi, wanting His Majesty to change someone to inherit the great treasure.
But Di Yi really loves his young and promising son, and for the first time in his life, Di Yi's will has a serious disagreement with the priest line.
Then the great god reversed.
Di Yi also died because of this.
The great god would rather bear the infamy of the ages, but also try to murder this young man, so that Zishou will not lead the human race away from the right path in his eyes.
But later, with Wu Zhiqi coming out, all his plans came to naught.
The battle of the avenue is, to some extent, a battle of life and death.
Whoever can practice his way to the end will have the right way.
Because of the contradiction with Wu Zhiqi and Zishou, the great god blessed him as a martyr.
From this point of view, Dashen Zhu is actually an idealist, who does not hesitate to bear infamy and burn his life for his beliefs and ideals.
It's sad, but it's respectable.
Compared with the Great God Zhu, the purpose of Chenghou who came to Chaoge City today by a big chariot is very simple and direct.
He just wants to attack Chaoge and then take back the throne he lost back then.
He just wanted to rebel.
Therefore, this middle-aged man who must have been a beautiful man when he was young stood on top of the chariot, built a pergola with one hand, and looked at the neatly draped Huang Gon at the head of the city with the other, and said in a very sincere tone like his title:
"Lao Huang, my poor nephew has died in the East China Sea, and the 180,000 people of the Zhendong Army have also died. β
"As Uncle Wang, I have to go back to Chaoge as the regent, and then help him take revenge. β
"So you open the door, they are all the people of my big business, let's have fewer dead people here. β