Volume 1 The Emperors of the North and the South Chapter 24 Slaying the Tiger
The eunuchs were busy, and they cleaned up another open space in front of the Tenghuang Pavilion.
An executioner with a big shoulder and a round waist, holding a half-human high broadsword, stood there murderously.
Zhang Yuntao was sitting upright on the wide dragon chair that the eunuchs had just moved, and Han Hui was also given to sit beside him.
In front of the hundred officials standing opposite, Qi Gongcheng held a holy decree and read Liu Bin's crimes one by one.
No one cares what these charges are, and that's what happens when the struggle for power fails, and what to convict, it's just a high-sounding excuse.
Liu Bin had already been unloaded from the prisoner car, and several arm-thick chains wrapped it tightly, of course, in the face of a felony like him, Han Hui had already invited Mei Lanju, the four guards of the Tianlian Academy, to join forces to abolish him.
After Gonggong Qi finished reading the holy decree, several royal forest soldiers slipped Liu Bin over and knelt in front of the executioner.
Liu Bin didn't resist, his eyes were gone, and when he glanced at the executioner's sharp and somewhat reflective broadsword, the corners of his mouth actually flashed a smile of relief.
Han Hui's eyes were so vicious, his position was not far from Liu Bin at this time, and he could see at a glance what terrible torture Liu Bin had suffered.
Wen Jin's methods were so ruthless, which made Han Hui's heart feel a nameless fire, and he almost shattered the armrest of the Taishi chair under his seat.
Zhang Yuntao noticed that Han Hui was inappropriate, and immediately cast an inquiring look.
Han Hui just shook his head, signaling that everything was normal, but in fact, there were already turbulent waves in his heart: "When he first took power, he was so ruthless, it seems that it is necessary to talk to him." β
"Execution!"
Father-in-law Qi shouted, the executioner was already ready, and the big knife in his hand was raised, and he was about to cut it off.
"Wait!"
An old voice, coming from the Tenghuang Pavilion, listened to the ear like an old man whispering, and like Hong Zhong Da Lu as shocking, the strange thing is that this voice actually spread throughout the entire vast square.
The stout executioner, as if he had been immobilized, could not fall from the big knife he was holding, and beads of sweat dripped down his face, as if even breathing had become difficult.
Zhang Yuntao looked at Han Hui with a surprised expression, although he was a king, but when he first arrived in the palace, he had not yet been in power, and he still had to look at the prime minister to deal with this kind of thing.
Most of the officials on the field also looked at each other, a little at a loss.
Some of them are older and have been reflected.
"This is the pavilion elders in the Tenghuang Pavilion, they are cultivated as Tongxuan, and they are protected by the Taizu's legacy, and the nine elders only pass on one apprentice per generation, and they will not leave the cabinet for the rest of their lives after entering the cabinet, and even the court coup will not care if the coup changes hands, why are they stopped and executed now?"
On the side of the dragon chair, Han Hui's face was difficult to look at, but he immediately changed to a humble expression, bowed his hand in the direction of Tenghuang Pavilion, and said loudly: "Your Majesty ascends the throne today, the whole world celebrates, and the country thief is proud, why did the pavilion elder stop?"
In just one question, the transcendent status of the elders of the Tenghuang Pavilion was fully revealed, and even Han Hui, the de facto ruler of the Dayue Dynasty, had to give face, so he had to discuss instead of asking for guilt.
"The knife was abandoned to the old man first!"
There was another voice, and I saw the executioner snorting, the big knife in his hand was uncontrollable, fell to the side, and the whole person fell to the ground.
"What does the elder mean?"
This time Rao is Han Hui respects the Nine Pavilion Elders again, and he can't help but feel angry, the Pavilion Elder is undoubtedly slapping him and Zhang Yuntao in the face with this move.
"Tenghuang Pavilion is a place sheltered by Taizu's legacy, you can't see blood, you want to kill people, change places!"
The elder of Nage still transmits the sound with deep internal force, and he doesn't even show his real body, and his attitude is really arrogant.
"Joke!"
This sentence was not said by Han Hui, but by Zhang Yuntao.
The young emperor stood up from the dragon chair, and the ministers hurriedly knelt down, the hem of the dragon robe on his body swayed with the cold wind, and an invisible coercion was slowly released.
Han Hui was secretly shocked in his heart, it turned out that although Zhang Yuntao was young, his martial arts cultivation could be listed among the masters, and this momentum was unmatched, like an angry wave crashing on the shore, wave after wave. It is the family heirloom of the Quanyue Mansion Mansion Zhenhai Dragon King Shengang.
In this way, Zhang Yuntao's martial arts must be personally taught by the Quanyue Mansion Prince.
"Under the whole world, it is not the king's land, since I have ascended to the throne and executed a national thief, do I also have to ask for the consent of the elder?"
Zhang Yuntao had a resolute look in his eyes, he had just ascended to the throne, and the regime was unstable, but he would never back down.
Even Han Hui couldn't have imagined that Zhang Yuntao's reaction would be so intense.
"Dragons have reverse scales. This is the common thought in the hearts of all officials at this moment.
"Hahaha! What a young and vigorous emperor! Do you know that he was as rampant as the abolished emperor Zhang Yue back then, and he instructed Zeng Xulou to come to the pavilion, but he was also beaten back by a few of our old things. β
"Don't think that if you put on a dragon robe, you are the biggest between heaven and earth, Tenghuang Pavilion has the legacy of Taizu, if you don't know what to do, just wait for the edict of your own guilt!"
Han Hui saw a lot of storms, and now he also understood what this group of pavilions always wanted to do, they were afraid of changing the emperor and affecting their transcendent status, Zhang Yunlan ten years ago insisted on holding an enthronement ceremony here, which had already saved their face, they took this opportunity to make trouble, bullied Zhang Yuntao when he was young and had no foundation in the court, and fiercely established a prestige, so that the court and the government from the emperor to the ministers were in awe of them.
At this time, Zhang Yuntao was speechless, just because of a strong and incomparable qi, he locked him in the air from the Tenghuang Pavilion, as if four invisible walls had been formed around him, and he was slowly squeezing him, and he could only resist with all his might.
"Yo, you're not very old, but your cultivation is very strong, old man see how long you can last!"
"Pavilion Elder is rude!" Han Hui was the closest to the dragon chair, naturally knew what was going on, his face was already pale, he really didn't expect that this Pavilion Elder would be so arrogant that he would dare to put pressure on the emperor by relying on his own skills and seniority.
Gonggong Qi, who was not far away, also changed his face, and his figure disappeared from the spot in an instant, not to escort him, but to directly sweep towards Tenghuang Pavilion.
Qi Can, as the secret envoy of the former emperor Zhang Yunlan, has forty years of death skills, and his usual kindness is pretended, but he is actually an extremely vicious killer.
He was entrusted by the first emperor and Han Hui to continue to serve Zhang Yuntao, naturally he couldn't afford to lose, seeing that the emperor could still support a moment, he directly killed Tenghuang Pavilion.
"Dare to be disrespectful to the saint! no matter what old man you are, I will catch you and tear you to pieces!"
In the midst of the lightning and fire, Qi Can's figure had swept to the door of Tenghuang Pavilion.
Suddenly, the white light between the heavens and the earth was so bright that everyone couldn't help but close their eyes, and it was difficult to see what was happening at all.
"Poof!"
In the next second, I saw Qi Can flying back upside down, the fabric on his chest was torn, and the exposed part was exactly the shape of a palm print, and blood was spraying wildly in his mouth.
A man appeared at the top of the Tenghuang Pavilion, dressed in a cyan robe, with white hair draped over his shoulders, handsome and extraordinary, with white skin that even women should be jealous of, and his temperament was dusty, like an unborn immortal, and the most eye-catching thing was a mung bean-sized mark on his forehead, like a mark like a flame, as if there was life beating.
His emotionless voice came: "Trespassing on the Tenghuang Pavilion is a capital crime, and this seat can be regarded as saving your life." β
These words were obviously said to Qi Can, and at this time, Qi Can's eyes stared at the white-haired man in disbelief, and the qi and blood in his chest were surging non-stop, so he could only sit down on the spot and exercise.
The white-haired man continued: "The three elders of the three pavilions are disrespectful to Your Majesty, and this seat is here to make amends, please ask Your Majesty to move the thieves to him for execution, and we and the Nine Elders will never interfere in the affairs of the court." β
Zhang Yuntao had already sat back on the dragon chair, his complexion was not very good, and he had a confrontation with the three pavilion elders just now, and he obviously suffered a loss.
What kind of reparation? What is not interfering in the affairs of the court? Han Hui looked at the white-haired man who was high above and almost sneered.
said that these pavilion elders rebelled, he didn't think it would be, this was just the white-faced singing and the red-faced singing coming out.
If Zhang Yuntao insisted on pursuing it, they could continue to move out of Taizu's legacy, if it was really as he said, the place of execution was changed, it would be even more in their arms, wouldn't it be equivalent to clearly saying that the emperor's holy decree was not as lofty as the status of the old Tenghuang Pavilion?
"With such a vicious mind, the Liu Chan Sect is really old and immortal, it is a thief!" Han Hui scolded fiercely in his heart.
This white-haired man who looks like he is only about thirty years old is the head of the nine great pavilions of the Tenghuang Pavilion, the old Liu Chanzong of the Great Pavilion.
Liu Chanzong entered the pavilion at the age of ten and became a disciple of the old star picking Taoist of the previous generation of the Great Pavilion, practicing a fairy body holy bone and a glass of true qi, cultivating to be better than his teacher, and he was also the only one who was born after becoming an old man in the upper pavilion.
Thirty years ago, he became a great immortal, and he was really rejuvenated, unwilling to be lonely and steal out of Tenghuang Pavilion to enter the WTO, and challenged most of the Jianghu sects in just half a year, almost without defeat.
That is, on the top of Tongye Mountain in the "Martial Sect", he single-handedly picked the top ten hall masters, and fought with the Great Sword Immortal Blue Qingfeng who was in his prime at that time with three hundred moves without winning or losing, forcing out the mountain master of Tongye Mountain's retreat, and Di Xiao, who was recognized as the first master of Dayue Martial Arts.
Even in Di Xiao's hands, he went through twenty moves before he was convinced, and at the same time, he returned with honor.
After returning to the Tenghuang Pavilion, in addition to his teacher and the three who had died, the remaining five people joined forces to hold them accountable, but they were defeated by him alone, and then they sat firmly in the position of the elder of the Great Pavilion.
In the rivers and lakes of the previous generation, there was a list of the top ten masters, although Liu Chanzong only appeared in the rivers and lakes for the first half of the year, but it also ranked fifth on that list, and its strength was unfathomable.
"Your Majesty's golden mouth, how can you change it at will, or ask the old man of Liu Pavilion to ask about idle matters, and concentrate on guarding the Tenghuang Pavilion!"
Han Hui stood behind Zhang Yuntao and said in a cold voice.
His eyes are full of murderous intentions, even if Zhang Yue made the whole country stormy and the country was overturned, they never used the treasures in the Tenghuang Pavilion to save the country, what they wanted was not greedy for money, but for fame, and what they wanted was the status that even the emperor wanted to respect them.
Such a pavilion elder is no longer the protector of Dayue, but just a burden to the country.
"Today, Yuntao ascended the throne, if he gives in and bows his head in this matter, how will he dominate the ministers in the future!" Han Hui thought to himself.
Looking at the firm looks of Zhang Yuntao and Han Hui, Liu Chanzong sighed and said softly: "Why bother ...... so much"
He stretched out his slender fingers and slightly pointed in the direction of Zhang Yuntao, and a huge repulsion that he couldn't resist struck overwhelmingly.
"This seat announces that the square around Tenghuang Pavilion will be forbidden from today onwards, and those who step into it will be regarded as breaking into the pavilion, and they will be killed!"
The voice of Liu Chanzong resounded throughout the imperial city, and the military attachΓ©s and imperial forest soldiers with a little martial arts foundation felt chest tightness, and many of those civil officials and palace maids and eunuchs sat directly on the ground with weak legs.
"Liu Chanzong, you are so daring!"
Han Hui had a powerful aura that almost bounced people away, he couldn't have imagined that the Liu Chan Sect was so arrogant.
Zhang Yuntao's skills are high, so he will not make a fool of himself on the spot, but he is also doing his best to protect himself and Han Hui, otherwise the emperor and the prime minister of Dayue will both be shocked in public, how can this govern the country?
"The elder of the pavilion is wrong. β
Just when everyone present was embarrassed by the coercion of the Liu Chan Sect, a figure swept over the hundred officials like a ghost, standing beside Zhang Yuntao and Han Hui, as if they were not affected at all.
Wu Xiaoyu put his hands on the shoulders of the two, Han Hui suddenly had no pressure, Zhang Yuntao, as a person who practiced martial arts, only felt that an incomparably pure internal force input was indescribably useful.
"Although you have the protection of Taizu, but it is only in the Tenghuang Pavilion, all the actions of Your Majesty and the hundred officials today are outside the pavilion, and the pavilion elder is aggressive, I'm afraid it's not appropriate, right?"
Wu Xiaoyu looked at the tall Liu Chan Sect with a smile, but the latter felt inappropriate the moment he appeared, and his brows couldn't help but furrow.
"Who are you?"
Liu Chanzong asked, this is not only his question, but also the civil and military officials in the audience also want to ask, compared to Jiang Chengfeng, Huo Fu, and Wen Jin, who have held positions in the court in the past two months, there are indeed few people who know Wu Xiaoyu.
"There is one grass people, and the elder doesn't have to worry about it. β
Wu Xiaoyu was humble, but he did not answer Liu Chanzong's question, but knelt down to Zhang Yuntao and said: "Wu Xiaoyu, a grass citizen, knocks to see my emperor, long live, long live, long live." β
Zhang Yuntao was also surprised, and Han Hui hurriedly explained the relationship between Wu Xiaoyu and himself in his ear.
"It turned out to be the prime minister's high feet, then I'm going to call Brother Wu, please get up quickly. β
Zhang Yuntao helped Wu Xiaoyu up and made contact for a short time, he knew very well in his heart how unfathomable the cultivation of this young man in front of him was a few years older than him.
"Your Majesty, I have one more request. β
"Brother Wu said yes. β
Wu Xiaoyu arched his hand and said, "I don't know if I don't have the honor to kill the national thief for Your Majesty?"
Zhang Yuntao was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Brother Wu has meritorious service and is a model for the country, if it is for me to kill the country thief again, it will be a great thing." β
"You dare!"
The Liu Chan Sect in the distance has amazing ears, and he can hear it clearly, he understands very well what Wu Xiaoyu is going to do, relying on his high skills, to help Zhang Yuntao find a place.
Gao, can you be higher than my Willow Cicada Sect?
He gathered his fingertips, a small white light flickered, and only when he heard the sound of "sigh", there was a small hole in Wu Xiaoyu's chest.
"Snowflake Excalibur!"
But Liu Chanzong didn't have any joy of success, he looked at it again, Wu Xiaoyu's figure gradually disappeared in place, and it turned out that he was only shooting an afterimage.
As for the real person, he had already appeared next to the immobile executioner who had been shocked by the coercion, and picked up the big knife.
Liu Bin, who was about to be executed, did not faint because of his deep foundation, and when he saw Wu Xiaoyu coming, a strange smile appeared on his face.
"General go. Wu Xiaoyu whispered in a voice that others could not hear.
"Thank you. β
With a flash of the knife, Liu Bin's body twitched and fell straight down.
And his head has already appeared in Wu Xiaoyu's hands.
"The national thief has been removed, please check it Your Majesty!"
The Willow Cicada Sect at the top of the Tenghuang Pavilion is indeed difficult to see at this moment.
Not only that, but there were eight other powerful auras rising from behind him.
Each of the eight figures occupies a golden dragon on the Tenghuang Pavilion, and with the Willow Cicada Sect, the nine elders of the Tenghuang Pavilion have all appeared!