Chapter 4: The Millennial Covenant

In the year 500 of the Wuli Dynasty, the emperor was incompetent, increased taxes on the people, expanded the land, and waged wars against neighboring countries. The flames of war are raging, the smoke of gunpowder is everywhere, and the people are struggling to make a living.

Prince Li Yu staged a coup d'Γ©tat, and the court openly pointed at the throne, "Li Lianting!

"Wow!" there was an uproar in the court. Everyone looked at Li Yu in astonishment. Even the emperor didn't expect his good brother to point a sword at him.

"Yes, you are really my good brother! I am sorry for you! You say!" Li Lianting was heartbroken and beat his chest.

Li Yu drew his sword proudly and looked down at the ministers under the court, and said: "Li Lianting! I am unreasonable, start a war, and the people will be displaced! I will increase their taxes! You are not ashamed to live, and you should be killed because of injustice!" Before the words fell, Li Yu's sword was placed on Li Lianting's neck. With a little force, Li Lianting's head rolled to the ground.

"Li Yu, if you really do this, don't forget, I am the king of a country, even if you kill me, you don't want to leave here!" Li Lianting fell from the dragon chair in fright, but still threatened him as the emperor.

The ministers were also at a loss when they looked at the scene in front of them. They all looked at each other silently, and they all bowed their heads silently, pretending not to see. Li Lianting looked at the ministers who had flattered him in the past and didn't speak, and suddenly became anxious.

"Aiqing, save me, Aiqing! Whoever saves me, I give him a fief, and add an official to the knighthood! Ah!" Before he finished speaking, Li Lianting was dragged from the ground by Li Yu, dragged him out of the court like a dead dog, and all the ministers went out with him.

Outside the court, the Praetorian Guards in battle armor stood neatly outside, without saying a word, full of solemn atmosphere. When the first person saw Li Yu come out, he knelt down on one knee, clasped his hands into fists, and said: "Report to your lordship! 500,000 Praetorian Guards are stationed in the city, and they can attack the city at any time!"

When the ministers heard that 500,000 Praetorian Guards had arrived in the city, they couldn't help but gasp, and if they had come forward to dissuade them at that time, they would have died without a place to be buried. When Li Lianting heard this, he immediately despaired. His eyes were blank, looking at the Praetorian Guards, looking at his own Jiangshan Sheji, he couldn't help but feel a sharp pain in his chest, and he fell to the ground and convulsed, for a long time, and gradually lost his breath.

Li Yu glanced at Li Lianting, who was already dead on the ground, turned his head to look at the ministers, and looked at the group of people in front of him with a cold gaze, and said: "From today onwards, it will be changed to the Great Yuan Dynasty, and I, Li Yu, will be the emperor of the Great Yuan Dynasty, do you have any opinions?"

When everyone heard this, they broke out in a cold sweat and hurriedly nodded yes.

"Glue off Li Lianting's head and hand it over to the messenger to send it to neighboring countries, everything is precious to peace, and the war will only affect the people. I now decree that all those who have not committed serious crimes shall be pardoned, and half of the people's taxes shall be exempted, and the granaries of the treasury shall be opened, and the people shall be almsgiving. After saying that, he gave the Praetorian Guard commander a look.

The commander comprehended, took off the saber from his waist, and the knife fell in his hand, and blood was splattered everywhere, and the minister's face was also everywhere, and the minister's hand waved, and the blood on the knife was all sprinkled on the ground, and the sword shone in the sun, but in the eyes of the minister, it was a cold murderous weapon. The commander came to Li Yu with his head in his hand. Both hands presented Li Lianting's head.

"Your Majesty, Li Lianting's head has been taken down!"

Li Yu nodded with satisfaction. But he heard the commander ask: "Your Majesty, Li Lianting is now dead, so his family. . . Uh, what should I do?"

Li Yu paused, hesitated for a while, and then ordered: "Li Lianting is dead, his family should go with her! Give them some silver taels, give them a place to stay, and let them stay away from the capital!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

After the commander withdrew with the Praetorian Guard, Li Yu said to the minister behind him: "Now that the overall situation has been decided, and I am about to take the throne, as for what to do, I don't need to teach you, right?"

"It's Li Lianting, a sinner, who deserves to die, colluding with the enemy country, and being detected by His Majesty, so that my Great Yuan Dynasty was spared, Your Majesty is righteous!"

"Yes, yes, Yes, Your Majesty is righteous!, Your Majesty is righteous!" everyone praised again and again.

Li Yu waved his hand, looked at them with a slightly scrutinizing gaze, and said slowly: "I don't care what you did when Li Lianting was in power? But now it's me Li Yu, flattery or anything is exempt, give me what you should do, don't let us see you using public for personal gain, do you know?"

After the ministers felt Li Yu's gaze without a trace of emotion, they didn't dare to raise their heads, so they had to bow down and say yes.

"You go and prepare first, and from now on, change your name to the Great Yuan Dynasty. I fast for seven days, and you are ready for the enthronement ceremony. After receiving it, he left, leaving only the ministers who looked at each other.

"What to do!" asked one of them.

"What else can I do, just do whatever your majesty says!"

"Yes, yes, yes, just do it. ”

"Then what are we doing here, don't hurry up and prepare, if something goes wrong, we're going to lose our heads. When the people heard this, they scattered as birds and beasts, and disappeared as soon as the smoke slipped. The figure behind him had been staring at them for a long time.

When night came, Li Yu returned to the study and skillfully lit candles. I picked up a solitary book and looked at it. Suddenly a gust of wind blew, and the window was blown open, Li Yu walked up the mountain casually, closed the window, returned to his seat, and did not read a book, but muttered to himself to the air.

"Do you think there's something wrong with my approach?" Li Yu looked at the flickering candle flame, half of his face flushed.

"You said that as long as I get the hearts of the people, the country will be mine, for so many years, I will bow down to everything, and I have won the hearts of many people, until today, I killed Li Lianting and achieved this position myself, I am still a little unreal. What should I do next?" the air in front of Li Yu quickly twisted, revealing a bits and pieces.

"I chose you because Li Yu is incompetent, brutal, and a common man, you have ambitions, but you also have a conscience. After you let Li Lianting's family go, you can see that my choice is not wrong. Starlight made a faint sound.

Li Yu looked at the starlight in front of him and asked a question that had been buried in his heart for a long time: "Who are you, or what are you?"

"To be honest, I don't remember much, but I vaguely remember that I was human, but I should be dead. As for the name, I forgot for the time being. Starlight thought for a moment and replied.

"Then it seems that your memory has been restored! The last time I asked you, you still didn't know anything!" Li Yu smiled.

"By the way, now that you are the head of a country, I hope you will be a good emperor. Before he could finish speaking, the starlight dissipated. Li Yu was also confused when he looked at the scene in front of him, so he simply didn't want to, anyway, he needed help, and sooner or later he had to come to him.

The dissipated starlight on the other side transformed into a human form in Yu Peili at this time, took out a pair of martial arts cheats and a unique book, and thought about his situation while looking at it.

"Every time I go out is longer than the last time I went out, the last time I went out for a week, I came back and slept for decades, this time it was nearly a month, the harvest was OK, the next time I woke up, I should be able to recover my memory, although I don't know when, this state is very strange, but who is that figure in my mind? ”

This person is the loneliness of death under the blood-colored thunder tribulation hundreds of years ago. In the end, when confronting the thunder tribulation, in the end, he could not resist the fierce attack of the thunder tribulation, but fortunately, when the body was damaged, the jade pendant in his arms took the three souls and seven spirits of the lonely into it, and after a hundred years of sleep, the lonely woke up and found that he had become a spirit, but he could leave the jade pendant to live, and during that period of time, the lonely traveled north and south of the river, and saw Li Yu and Li Lianting on a hunting ground. Then he followed them all the time, only to learn that Li Lianting is the current saint, and Li Yu is Li Lianting's younger brother.

After observing for a while, it was found that the country had become weak under Li Lianting's governance, and Li Yu had long been dissatisfied with it, and his many letters and words were rejected, so he saw Li Yu on a dark and windy night and told him that under Li Lianting's governance, there would be riots within 30 years, and if the world was to be peaceful and the country prosperous, it was best to replace it.

Li Yu was also shocked at that time, and hurriedly looked around, only to find that others couldn't find the silence at all. I couldn't hear what he said, and Lili told him that if you want to succeed to the throne, you must win the hearts of the people, and now is the time when the hearts of the people are broken, as long as you gather these people, the throne will be captured.

After Li Yu went back and thought about it, the ambition in his heart was instantly ignited. He is a person with brains and knows what to do during this time period, he first contacted the major grain bosses through his own connections, and bought rice for the people out of his own pocket. Later, he went to meet with the general who was in charge of the military at that time, Wei Chi Zhixin. When General Wei Chi heard that Li Yu was coming to him, he was stunned at first, and then he was also relieved. The two made an appointment to meet, and under Li Yu's impassioned statement, Wei Chi Zhixin, who was already dissatisfied with the current government and politics, seemed to have seen the backbone of the main body, and hurriedly knelt on the ground to show his loyalty, and Li Yu hurriedly helped him up. The most difficult to deal with Wei Chi Ambition has now joined Li Yu's camp, and the other court ministers, coercion and coercion, and lure of lure, as long as they don't interfere with their own affairs. Nothing else matters, after all, there are a few ministers who can still live well by the side of the faint monarch, and there are a few who are not relying on their whiskers to slap their horses, and he Li Yu doesn't need such a wine bag and rice bag.

After years of planning and hibernation, he finally killed Li Lianting in the court and seized the throne. Seven days later, the enthronement ceremony was held. The new king Li Yu was on top of the enthronement ceremony and granted amnesty to the world. Li Lianting's head sent to a neighboring country was exchanged for peace, and various countries sent messengers to send gifts to congratulate him. The whole country celebrates, this is a hundred years.

In the 1000th year of the Wuli Dynasty, the 500th anniversary of the founding of the Great Yuan Dynasty was celebrated. The people fell down in the streets, supporting their good king. The shops are lit up and the streets are filled with a cheerful atmosphere.

"Come on, please go slowly, hey, a few objective, two, please. Is the little brother in the back preparing for housing or eating?" After Xiao Er finished greeting, he saw a man in a jade-faced scarf and a plain clothes coming over and hurriedly greeted.

"Accomodation and meals. The plain-clothed man took out a silver coin from the package and put it in Xiao Er's hand. Xiao Er smiled instantly, and hurriedly bowed his head to welcome the plain-clothed man in.

As soon as he entered the door, there was a burst of food aroma, and the plain-clothed man touched his stomach and found a clean and unmanned corner to make it. After a while, Xiao Er came to the table of the plain-clothed man with the dishes.

"Come on, this is your meal, this is the wine given by our store, please use it slowly. Xiao Er put the food and wine in front of the plain-clothed man, and went to greet the other guests.

"It looks good, so I'll try it. With that, he rolled up his sleeves and tore off a duck leg and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Hmm, it's delicious! Try this again!" the little Taoist priest's oil-stained hands reached out to the plate of beef again.

Where is the little Taoist priest still has the unearthly image that came in at that time, and now he is reincarnated as a starving ghost. I really didn't dare to compliment it, and the big man next to him silently looked at the piece of beef he had just picked up in his hand, and silently put it back.

"Smack!" the big man silently gave himself a hand. "Shame on you! ”

"Hiccup!" the little Taoist priest burped, wiped his mouth with his cuffs, and went out satisfied. No one saw where he went, only that he was walking down the street and disappeared into the crowd in the blink of an eye.

In the middle of a jungle, full of vegetation and vines, it was clear that there were no creatures here, because there was not even a single bird, and for some unknown reason people did not want to come here. A figure flashed by, came to a lake, washed his hands, and looked like himself. Take out a small flower from your arms, if anyone is present, you will be able to recognize what kind of flower it is, the world's first treasure, the Nine Ghost Mandala!

The little Taoist priest put it on the water surface and recited the incantation, the flowers scattered and the leaves fell, and then took out the jade pendant and threw it into the air, a breeze blew, the water surface produced ripples, take a closer look, there was a naked long-haired man standing on the lake, the little Taoist priest saw the man appear, hehe smiled. Threw him a set of clothes in the package.

"Brother Lone, I haven't seen you for a long time, are you sleeping well?"

Silence looked at the scene in front of him blankly, full of question marks. "How did I come back to life?

The little Taoist priest smiled and said, "Have you forgotten the Nine Shadow Mandala? The jade pendant I gave you to protect your soul, let you cultivate your body for a thousand years, and the Nine Shadow Mandala will reshape your body for you." How's it going?

"Nine Shadow Mandala, wasn't that already found by me, and was destroyed during that tribulation?" Thinking of this, Lonely Detachment was depressed, and after all, he still didn't succeed in changing his life against the sky, and finally failed.

The little Taoist priest saw the loneliness of loneliness, and also told the truth: "You don't have to be too sad, in fact, Li Ruoyu should have come back to life." ”

"What! Ruoyu is alive! really?" Hearing this, he excitedly grabbed the little Taoist priest's shoulder and asked.

The little Taoist priest was a little dizzy when he was shaken, and explained: "Do you remember that jade pendant, it was two pieces of heaven and earth, yin and yang, one was given to you, and one has been on Liruoyu's body, so you have the opportunity to use the Nine Ghost Mandala, otherwise even if the gods come, they won't be able to save her." But if you don't let me go first, I'm dizzy. ”

When he heard this, he quickly let go of his hand and said embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, I'm too excited." So where is she and how do I find her?"

The little Taoist priest stretched out his hand to stop him and said, "You can't find her now, because her life is covered by the way of heaven, unless you have the opportunity to meet in the future, and she recognizes you, otherwise the two of you will be like two threads that will never intersect, and they will live each other's lives." ”

The news was like a bolt from the blue for Silence, but after a while, he smiled again: "It's okay, I'll find her." Definitely. ”

The little Taoist priest looked at the loneliness who was talking to himself, but said: "Actually, there is no need to be pessimistic at all, because your life character has also disappeared, of course, you are not hidden, but erased." There is no loneliness in this world, maybe the two of you who have no life will pull each other, maybe it's hard to understand. ”

"That's right. With that, he turned and left.

The little Taoist priest hurriedly chased after him, "Do you know where to go?"

"Go to the restaurant. Isn't that where you came from?" and walked outside without looking back.

"How do you know I'm coming out of the restaurant?" the little Taoist priest wondered.

"The smell of vegetables on your body makes me hungry, go, eat, I haven't eaten in a thousand years. Silence smiled, words full of anticipation. But when he arrived at the tavern, he realized that his dream had been wrong.

Looking at the little Taoist priest in front of him with duck legs in one hand and beef in the other, he couldn't help asking, "Aren't you a Taoist priest?"

"Woo woo!" the little Taoist priest tried to express something as he gnawed on the duck leg in his mouth.

Lonely smiled bitterly: "You eat what you eat in your mouth first and talk!"

"Ao!" the little Taoist priest swallowed hard, the food in his mouth finally went down, and he said: "Please, I'm a Taoist priest, not a monk, I can please my wife, okay?"

Lonely also looked at the little Taoist priest in front of him with a confused face, how do you think that this thousand years have passed a little long, or the memory has not been recovered, how do I remember that this little Taoist priest was once a gentle and elegant gentleman, where did the hungry ghost in front of him come from.