Volume 1: Seeking Immortals Chapter 35: Emperor Hao's Means (Seeking Collection)
"Fengtian carries the edict of Emperor Hao, saying: The criminal minister Li Chaoyang colluded with his friends and bent the law, and Prime Minister Fengshan was ordered to strictly investigate and found that Li Chaoyang's friends had embezzled a total of 2,35 million taels of treasury silver in the past 13 years, and now 137 people are being investigated, and all of them will be executed! The three clans were martyred! The nine patriarchs were demoted to slaves! In order to revitalize the dynasty!" The father-in-law spread out his hands and read the decree aloud word by word.
"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"
As soon as this father-in-law finished reading, the surrounding people and soldiers all shouted for the emperor's sage.
"I'm wronged, I'm wronged! I'm not corrupt and pervert the law!"
Sooner or later, the Spirit Kingdom will be destroyed in your hands. ”
"You want to declare war on the immortals, take pity on me, thousands of dawn people!
"Faint King, we will go first, and we will wait for you underground!"
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All of these 137 people shouted injustice or cursed angrily, and their voices were hoarse! But to no avail!
"Slash!"
When the time came, the warden threw away the edict, and one hundred and thirty-two heads fell to the ground!
"We're seeing you off!"
"We're seeing you off!"
"We're seeing you off!"
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In a restaurant outside the vegetable market, more than a dozen court officials dressed in civilian clothes bowed again and again in the direction of the vegetable market.
The crowd in the imperial capital was bustling, and the vegetable market was stepping on the heels of the front and the back, and more than 30 corrupt officials were killed, and the crowd was excited.
Seeing that the beheading was completed, one of the attendants beside the father-in-law took out another holy decree and presented it to the father-in-law with both hands.
Then the father-in-law took out another holy decree and said loudly to the crowded crowd: "Why do you still have a holy decree to announce!"
Hearing what the father-in-law said, the onlookers knelt down again.
"Emperor Fengtian carried the edict of Emperor Hao, saying: Half a month ago, thousands of people in Xiangma Town, Jincheng, Suizhou, were slaughtered by people, and the corpses were everywhere, including young and newborn babies, and 100-year-old men! Hearing such a tragic thing, I couldn't sleep day and night! If the immortal cultivators regarded mortals as grass mustard and slaughtered them arbitrarily without restraint, then thousands of people would die today, and tens of millions would die tomorrow! Day after day, my Great Spirit Kingdom would not be a country! The people would not be a people! Then I decided to slaughter all the sects and immortal cultivators within the Great Spirit today! Defend my people! Mortals who punish immortals will be punished by heaven! But I swear to death to punish immortals! So I issued this edict, and gathered my great spirit warriors to fight with me!"
"Swear to the death!"
"Swear to the death!"
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As the holy decree was announced, thousands of people who had been kneeling on the ground stood up one after another, and they were furious! The tragedy in Xiangma Town, Jincheng, Suizhou, had spread all over the imperial capital a few days ago, and everyone hated immortal cultivators!
The Emperor of the Spirit Kingdom was shocked by two holy decrees a day, and the monks who were originally in the territory of the Spirit Kingdom were also killed by the royal monks within this day.
Since the day one hundred and thirty-two officials of the Spirit Kingdom were beheaded, Emperor Hao collected 500,000 troops and 150,000 martial arts masters in half a month, led by 3,000 royal monks, and advanced towards the extreme west in five ways.
There is only one Immortal Cultivator Sect in the Spirit Country, and that is the Little Fire Sect! The monks arranged by the Little Fire Sect in the Spirit Country are no taller than the Soul Condensing Realm, where can they withstand the thunderous means of the royal family, and they swept away almost all the monks except the Little Fire Sect in the extreme west in one day, and the eyeliner of the Little Fire Sect was broken at once. By the time the snowball reached the edge of the Far West, there were nearly 800,000 troops.
In the back mountain of the Little Fire Sect, in a dilapidated courtyard, although the courtyard is dilapidated, it is very neat. A middle-aged man was quietly drinking tea in the small courtyard, and there were three people standing in front of him.
If there were any disciples here, they would definitely exclaim in surprise, these three people were Zhao Qi, the hall master of the Qingyou Palace, Wang Qing, the hall master of the Battle Palace, and Zhu Zhuang, the hall master of the Ascension Immortal Palace.
"Tell me, what's going on?"
The middle-aged man took a sip of tea and glanced at the three of them casually. The middle-aged man named Fang Tianwan is the contemporary sect master of the Little Fire Sect, and he is a disciple of the previous sect master Zhou Li, and the sect master of the Little Fire Sect only accepts one disciple for generations, which can be described as a sparse number of people.
"Sect Master, the royal family surnamed Li of the Lingguo has long been dissatisfied with the clamping of our sect, and the so-called slaughter of mortals was also done by Li Hao himself, and he can't complain about the disciples of my sect. ”
Zhao Qi has been in charge of the chores of the Xiaohuo Sect for many years, and after receiving the news of the rebellion of the Lingguo Imperial Family, he thoroughly investigated the disciples of the sect, and found that the disciples of the sect who arrived in Xiangma Town, Guosui Prefecture within a month were most likely to be Wang Han, a disciple of the Inheritance Hall who had just entered the sect.
"It doesn't matter who does it anymore. ”
It was drizzling outside, and the middle-aged man stood up after speaking, shaking the folding fan in his hand and pacing in the courtyard, his face sad.
"Sect Master, what should we do with the army led by the Li Clan?"
Wang Qing, the lord of the War Palace, is in charge of the army, but this time there are many people, whether to kill or not. This is not a few thousand people, this is nearly a million mortals, if they are killed, I am afraid that the impact will be even farther.
Fang Tianwan didn't stop, so he walked back and forth in the courtyard without answering Wang Qing.
Seeing Fang Tiandu pacing back and forth, his face was sad, and the three of them looked at each other for a while, even though this little Spirit Kingdom royal family had some background, it was not worth the sect master's worries.
About half an hour, Fang Tianwan suddenly stopped, looked at the three of them seriously, holding a golden token in his hand, and then shouted:
"The three halls obey the order!"
"The three halls are here!" Seeing that the sect master showed the sect master's order, Zhao Qi, Zhu Zhuang and Wang Qing hurriedly bowed down to listen to the order.
"Lord Wang Qing, this sect has ordered your battle hall disciples to go in three ways to stop the mortal army!"
"Obey!" Wang Qing ordered.
"Hall Master Zhu Zhuang, this sect has ordered your disciples to ascend to the Immortal Hall to divide one-third of their strength to cooperate with Wang Qing to block the mortal army, and the remaining two-thirds of the strength will stay in the sect to stand by!"
"Obey!" Zhu Zhuang ordered.
"Zhao Qi Hall Master, this sect has ordered your Qingyou Hall disciples to divide one-third of their forces to cooperate with the Battle Hall to block the mortal army, and the remaining two-thirds of the strength will stay in the sect and stand by!"
"Obey!" Zhao Qi ordered.
When Fang Tian finished giving the order, the three hall masters all looked at each other, why not come out and directly suppress this Li royal family, but left more than half of the power in the sect, although the three of them were puzzled, they did not ask.
"This sect has to tell you, don't underestimate the enemy! This sect wants the three of you to personally lead the disciples of the sect to go, and the remaining disciples of the two halls in the sect are not allowed to go out, go down!"
After Fang Tianwan finished speaking, he closed his eyes and meditated, and Zhao Qi and the three of them looked at each other and had no choice but to retreat. The three of them retreated, and Fang Tiandu stood up.
"Shishui, you go to a place with me. ”
Fang Tianwan shouted into a room in the courtyard, and as soon as the voice fell, a young man walked out of the house.
"Master, where are we going?"
This young man's name is Sanshi Shui, and he was accepted as an apprentice by Fang Tian five years ago.
"Just come with me. ”
Fang Tian walked out of the courtyard step by step, and the young man followed.
Wang Han got out of the ice field and flew all the way with Xiaobai to prepare to return to the sect.
"How can there be so many troops here?
It took eight or nine days for Wang Han to fly all the way from the ice field towards the sect, and as soon as he reached the edge of the extreme west, he saw countless troops under the banner of the Spirit Kingdom slowly moving towards the extreme west, and after thinking for a while, he couldn't figure out the reason, so Wang Han bypassed the army and flew towards the endless mountain range where the sect was located.
The road in the extreme west was bumpy and narrow, and the army of tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands moved very slowly, and was soon left behind by Wang Han. Regardless of the wind and dust, when he arrived at the sect, he rushed directly to the mission hall, and got the Wuyang Pill first. After entering the sect, there were few passers-by along the way, and the door of the main hall of the mission hall was still open, and I was very happy in my heart.
Stepping into the main hall, I found that there were only two or three people in the hall, but they were all on a mission. In my impression, this mission hall should be overcrowded all the time.
"Senior, why are there so few people in this hall today?"
When he handed over the task, Wang Han asked the old man on the counter curiously.
"There is a big war in the sect, everyone has been sent out, and the rest are also actively preparing for war, no one dares to go out, and this mission hall is empty. ”
The old man sighed while checking the task Wang Han had done.
"What a big war?"
Wang Han was even more curious.
"Young man, this is the five yang pills you asked for and the ten spirit stones left after compensating for the thirty-five spirit stones you owed last time. ”
The old man gave the things to Wang Han, and went to settle the task for another disciple who came behind Wang Han.
Seeing that the old man didn't answer his question, Wang Han was a little bored, but when he saw the small jade box in his hand, the joy in Wang Han's heart surpassed everything.
"Against all odds, I've finally got you!"
When I opened the box, a pill the size of a dragon's eye exuded a faint medicinal fragrance, and Wang Han, who was satisfied, carefully put away the box and bowed to the old man before leaving the mission hall.
"Let's go back to the top of the buffalo herd first, maybe Li Lao knows the reason for the war. ”
Out of the mission hall, Wang Han pondered for a moment and flew towards the top of the buffalo herd. The tense atmosphere in the sect at this time Wang Han felt more depressed, and he didn't have any roots in the sect, so Wang Han decided to go back to see Li Lao first.
Everything at the top of the buffalo herd had not changed, and Wang Han flew towards the first peak after holding the identity token.
"Old Li, I'm back!"
On the first peak, the door of the small courtyard where he and Li Lao lived was still open all year round, Wang Han saw Li Lao drinking tea alone in the courtyard through the courtyard gate, so he shouted.
After entering the courtyard gate, Wang Han bowed to Li Lao and shouted, "Li Lao!"
"Hehehe, you kid, seeing that you are full of spring breeze, you must have gained a lot from going out this time. Well, yes, my cultivation has also improved a lot!"
Seeing Wang Han's face showing a spring breeze, Li Lao smiled and scolded after feeling it, and then motioned for Wang Han to sit down and poured a cup of tea.
"You're unlucky enough kid, and this kind of thing can happen to you!"
After pouring a cup of tea for Wang Han, Li Lao sat down and smiled alone.
"Huh, Mr. Li, what are you talking about?"
Seeing that Li Lao said that he was unlucky, Wang Han was a little puzzled, his journey was quite smooth, and nothing unlucky happened.