Chapter 722: Exploring Black Mountain at Night
"It's okay for the people to be ignorant, and it's okay for the emperor to be mediocre, why has the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty become waste?"
On the way to the Magic Mountain, Zuo Qianhu's face was gloomy, and it was a little difficult to accept the words of the old man in the countryside before, and said to Zhuge Wolong: "Even my martial artist knows that this kind of human sacrifice can't be done, why didn't anyone oppose the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty?"
Zhuge Wolong said: "Because those who oppose it are either arrested or killed!"
When he said this, he glanced at Fu Tianqiu: "Master Fu, if you are in the court, you will definitely strongly oppose this kind of thing." β
Fu Tian's hateful beard trembled, and he said loudly: "Not only do I want to oppose it, but I also want to kill the person who proposed to resume the sacrifice!" This bullshit national teacher, since he became the national teacher, the country has become more and more chaotic, and the people are not living well, the old man and several old friends feel that this person has bad intentions, has no ability to govern the country, and only knows the chaos of the dynasty, so he wants to write to the emperor, remove him from the post of national teacher, and reorganize the dynasty. Unexpectedly, the incident was not secret, and the demon knew about it, so the old man was charged with plotting to communicate with foreign countries and was sent to the capital. β
"Hehe, sent to the capital, I thought I had the opportunity to meet the emperor to avenge his grievances, but now I think it's really naΓ―ve! Now the emperor has even done something to sacrifice children, it can be seen that this demon monk has a great influence on the emperor, if the old man is really taken to the capital, I am afraid that he will be put on death row and beheaded before he sees the emperor!"
Fu Tianqiu said with a smile: "When Qingfeng rescued me, I still felt that it was wrong, and I didn't want to get out of the cage yet, now it seems that how stupid it is! Zuo Qianhu, in this Manchu Dynasty, most of them should be people from the national teacher, otherwise, any official who is a little normal will not agree to the emperor acting like this." You don't believe that they will agree with the emperor to do such a thing, and I don't believe it either! As for whether it is true or not, we had better check it for ourselves!"
Zhiqiu Yiye said: "You open your mouth and close your mouth to say that the national teacher, and also say that he is a demon monk, in other words, who is this national teacher? I just went down to Kunlun, and I don't know much about the affairs of the court, both of them are court officials, and I must know a little more, can you explain it to Xiaodao?"
Fu Tianqiu said: "This national teacher's name is Pudu Cihang, he is a monk, eighteen years ago in the Beijing division showed a hand of Taoism, can call the wind and rain to scatter beans into soldiers, so he was hired by the emperor as the national teacher of the dynasty, responsible for supervising the affairs of the heavenly division. Originally, there was nothing, the position of the national teacher was actually only responsible for the affairs of ghosts, gods and celestial phenomena, and could not interfere with the court, but this Pudu Cihang means amazing, and can refine immortal medicine, and offer exotic beauties to the emperor, which won the emperor's favor, and gradually began to point fingers at many things in the court, but the emperor obeyed him. β
When he said this, he couldn't help but sigh loudly: "At that time, everyone didn't pay much attention to this person, and by the time they realized that something was wrong, it was already too late, and many people were arrested by him under various names and sent to prison. Either killed or exiled, and most of the civil and military officials in the court today are fresh faces. β
Zhiqiu Yiye shouted: "This national teacher is called Pudu Cihang? What a big breath! I really think of myself as a bodhisattva! I want to see what he is this time!"
At that moment, the four of them walked all the way to see that it was close to the Black Magic Mountain, and after discussing it, they were ready to find a place to settle down first, but when they arrived at the nearby village, they found that the people in the village had been driven out, and all the officers and soldiers were stationed inside.
I found a few villagers who were living in the caves in the woods and asked them, only to learn that the local officials had heard that the emperor was coming here to worship and make a wish, and they had already prepared in advance.
It's okay to say that these villagers were just driven out, but even the rice, flour, grain, and oil in their homes were seized by the officers and soldiers, resulting in the entire village having to move to live in nearby caves and forests, and a large number of people took refuge with relatives and friends in the distance, and the whole village was starved to death and eaten by wild beasts because of this, and there were no less than dozens of people in total.
Now those who have the ability have run away, and those who have no ability can only endure in the mountains, only hoping that when the officers and soldiers are gone, and the emperor's sacrifice is over, they can return to their residences and start a new life.
"Heaven is angry and people are resentful!"
After Fu Tianqiu heard this kind of thing, his angry beard and eyebrows trembled, and he shouted: "The faint king and traitorous minister, misunderstand my court......! I'm so angry with the old man!"
Zuo Qianhu said: "Don't be angry, boss, let's see the emperor and then make plans!"
Although he was comforting Fu Tianqiu in his mouth, he had already made up his mind in his heart, as long as he saw the national teacher Pudu Cihang, he would sacrifice his life and kill this person first!
His family has been an official for generations, but he is loyal and good, so he basically does things for the sake of the court and the country.
The four of them thought about it, found a cave halfway up the mountain nearby, and stayed for the time being.
Zhiqiu Yiye is looking at the black magic mountain not far away every day, his face is becoming more and more solemn, every day on the rune paper to draw runes, just a few days, has drawn a thick pile of runes, and finally stopped drawing, gave everyone a few sheets, said: "This Black Magic Mountain's Black Mountain Old Man Temple is extremely strange, I am ready to enter it in advance, explore the bottom of it, and wait for the emperor to go up the mountain, let's do it again." You can put away these runes closely, and they are a little useful in the face of monsters. β
After resting for a day, in the early morning of the next day, he secretly went to the Black Demon Mountain.
At this time, there have been a lot of officers and soldiers stationed on the Black Devil Mountain, patrolling the mountain every day, the precautions are extremely strict, and it is difficult for ordinary people to enter at all, but with the ability to know Qiu Yiye, it is difficult for him, taking advantage of the slack of officers and soldiers in the early morning, he posted a stealth rune, and secretly touched the mountain with a retreat technique.
Zuo Qianhu, Ning Caichen and the others originally thought that with Zhiqiu Yiye's skills, they would definitely not have a problem lurking in the Black Devil Mountain, but not long after he sneaked into the mountain, a shocking wave suddenly erupted in the entire Black Devil Mountainside Black Mountain Old Master Temple, and then Zhiqiu Yiye's voice sounded in the night sky: "Hurry up and find Senior Li to make a move! This monster is very tight! You quickly retreat!"
Zuo Qianhu and Ning Caichen and the others were shocked at the same time, Zhuge Wolong reacted the fastest, and shouted: "Hurry up! No, hold your breath and hide!"
As he spoke, he reached out and took out a rune from his arms, and shouted softly: "Wow!"
The rune suddenly exploded, turning into a layer of transparent water vapor, sealing the cave where they were, so that everyone's breath could not be exposed.
After punching out this rune, Zhuge Wolong shouted: "Lie down, don't look out!" Senior Brother Yan said, the master can even sense his gaze! Boss, close your eyes quickly, don't look out!"
After everyone lay down, Zhuge Wolong took out a bronze mirror from his arms, hung it on the side of the cave wall, and said in a low voice: "Look at the mirror!"
Except for Fu Tianqiu, Ning Caichen and the others all focused their eyes on this bronze mirror.
Although it is dark at this time, after all, there is still a little bit of starlight, if ordinary people look at the mirror in the cave, they naturally can't see anything, but whether it is Zuo Qianhu or Ning Caichen and Zhuge Wolong, the cultivation of the three of them is not low, and their eyesight is amazing, and they can see the picture reflected in the mirror only by relying on the faint reflection outside the cave.
There was no movement outside the cave at first, but after a few moments, a black mist flew in from a distance, lingering in the sky for a long time, through the forest and around the mountains, until the sky was bright, and then disappeared.
"This isn't a monster we can deal with!"
After this black cloud disappeared, Zhuge Wolong said softly: "It seems that I can only invite Senior Li to come out!"
Ning Caichen said: "I wonder if Senior Brother can deal with this person?"
Zhuge Wolong said: "Then do you want to inform Senior Brother and let him deal with this matter?"