Chapter 51: The dispute in the Tianlan court
Yang Yixin, a Buddhist Arhat level figure of Hongchen Enlightenment, is one of the top ten in the world.
Ling Wushuang, the master of the Heavenly Gate, cultivating the Purple Thunder Heavenly Technique holds the world's first magic sword, not in the top ten, but terrifyingly strong!
Can the two really distinguish between the two of them? It's very difficult, so after the monstrous waves, there is calm, they are both people at the pinnacle of the world, and it is not yet time for a life-and-death battle.
"It is said that the last master of Lingchan Temple, Master Withered Leaves, was born when he passed away and gave birth to a rare relic for hundreds of years, he has two disciples in his life, the current temple master Tianjue Zen Master, and you Yang Yixin"
Ling Wushuang looked at Yang Yixin and smiled, "You and I are of the same generation, you are only forty years old and you have cultivated to the realm of Buddhism and Arhat, this is not the talent you showed back then, you swallowed that relic, right?"
"Amitabha, Master of the Ling Sect" Yang Yixin looked at Ling Wushuang and said, "Thinking back to the past, you are also a talented rookie in the rivers and lakes, fighting the sword rivers and lakes at ease, you and Mo Shaoqing were the most eye-catching Tianjiao in the rivers and lakes back then, but then you disappeared, and decades later, a behemoth called Tianmen appeared in the world......"
Ling Wushuang grinned, and that smile was full of bitterness, "But Mo Shaoqing, or you, those Tianjiao who were as famous as you and me back then had great forces behind them, only I was helpless, and every time I came out in blood and fire."
"Do you know why I admire Xiahou Xiongba? Because in that era, only he was the most similar to me, and he was alone and had no backer!!"
As he spoke, Ling Wushuang's eyes were a little bloody, and his voice began to be low, "It is precisely because I am a helpless person that I was the one who was abandoned in the ruins of that year, and I failed to protect the woman I love the most......"
"I have long seen the sanctimony of the Eight Great Sects, and I have been abandoned by this world"
Ling Wushuang clenched his fists, and a trace of the emperor's aura was unintentionally revealed, "Now that I hold the Heavenly Gate in my hand, I already have the ability to ignite a flame that burns the world!!"
"Alas, when is the time for retribution," Yang sighed heartily
"All your tears are a river that crosses you, and all your sufferings will light the way ahead you; The years have never spared us,
We can't live up to the years either."
"Do you understand?Brother Ling!!" Yang Yixin stared at Ling Wushuang and said word by word.
Brother Ling, it seems to have pulled the time back to that era, the era when there was no heavenly list and no top ten, only belonged to them, and they were full of spirit and spirited to fight the world of swords!
"Single-minded monk, I can't go back and can't let go" Ling Wushuang silently shook his head and turned around, "Let's leave, no matter when Tianmen will not make a move on the Lingchan Temple, although it has not helped me, but the Lingchan Temple has never fallen into the ground......"
"Whew!!" "Whew!!"
The wind was howling, looking at Ling Wushuang, who had disappeared, Yang Yixin clasped his hands together and muttered silently
"This river and lake will always be indispensable for grievances and hatreds, so let it be......"
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In the city of Yuzhou, the sky has already dawned.
Mo Fan sat on a chair and drank tea, while listening to Murong Qing talking about what had happened in the world recently.
"A few days ago, Wuyan in the northwest section announced his withdrawal from the heavenly list, which is a big deal"
Murong Qing said and glanced at Mo Fan, "This Duan Wuyan is really a little different."
Mo Fan just smiled and didn't answer, because he couldn't comment on this righteous brother.
"A few days ago, the Guiyun Empire launched a large-scale attack on the Tianlan Four Seas Defense Line, and the people who led the troops were the new general Baili Ruofeng, and Wen Xuan, the commander of the Guiyun Navy."
Murong Qing's voice involuntarily increased as he spoke, and he read the contents of the letter several times.
At this time, everyone was shocked, Mo Fan, Ye Qingcheng, Xiahou Xiongba, Iron Red Blood.
"Guiyun started a war?" Mo Fan scratched his head while shocked, "How is it possible, where does Guiyun get the confidence?"
Murong Qing suddenly grinned helplessly, "How is it impossible?" My father's and brother's letter said that the imperial capital court has been divided into two factions."
"One faction is the main battle faction headed by Prime Minister Qi Yan, and the other faction is the main peace faction headed by the regent Xia Yun......"
"The regent Xia Yun proposed that the defense line of the four seas be withdrawn, and Guiyun should unify the land of the four seas to protect the friendship between the two countries......"
"Bang!!" Mo Fan slapped the table directly and stood up, "What?"
"This old immortal, Tianlan's strong national strength can completely resist Guiyun and unify the land of the four seas, at this time he actually talks about friendship in a grand manner?"
Mo Fanqi's body trembled, and then he asked, "What does King Changping mean?"
"Silent, didn't say anything" Murong Qing looked at the letter and then put it away, "Tianlan is now suffering from internal and external troubles, and he has not sent troops until now"
"It's been three days, and only tens of thousands of soldiers and horses sent by Zhao Tong, the king of Yuezhou, have gone to support!!"
Mo Fan rubbed his head vigorously and said, "I don't know if my father has gotten news from far away in the northwest, I hope my eldest brother can hold on for a few more days......
"You can rest assured that the Metropolitan Governor Ji Mingyue is the strongest city wall in the Four Seas Defense Line."
Saying that, Murong Qing frowned, "It's just that the regent Xia Yun is a little difficult to understand, he has never asked about the affairs of the court, and now he suddenly asks His Majesty, and he definitely doesn't know what to do, and the status of the regent throne in the court is only comparable to the old prince of Northwest Tiantu, and he is also a member of the royal family, the younger brother of the first emperor, and the imperial uncle of His Majesty......"
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There was a strange atmosphere on the Tianlan Hall today, and all the officials were whispering below, because everyone knew about the attack on Guiyun, but the regent Xia Yun sent someone to send a message saying that he would give up the land of the four seas to Guiyun, and today was the day when the court decided, and all the big characters would come.
On the dragon chair, Emperor Xia Han had already sat up, and the prime minister Qi Yan and Changping Wang Yuwen Tiantian below had also stood in their positions.
There are also two princes of His Majesty the Eastern Emperor's younger brothers, the King of Qi and the King of Jin, as well as Dong Chan of Shangzhu State, Wei Lin, Taiwei Wang Yaozong, one of the five generals, Lei Hong, one of the five generals, Wang Jinshu, the imperial historian, Xu Xiao, Shangshu Ling, and all the people who stood at the peak of the Tianlan Dynasty came, including the six Shangshu, and the assassin history of the states near the imperial capital also arrived......
The atmosphere in the main hall was a little heavy, and at this time, a father-in-law outside shouted, "The regent Xia Yun has come to the court......"
I saw an old man walk in outside the main hall, his white hair was clearly visible but his face was not so old, wearing a black python robe, his eyes were deep, the old man was Xia Yun, the regent of Tianlan, the only younger brother of the first emperor, the imperial uncle of Emperor Xia Han, one of the old men who came all the way from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period!!
"Uncle Huang is here......" Xia Hanhuang said with a smile as he sat on the dragon chair.
The old man walked to the front of the hall and knelt down and shouted, "Chen Xia Yun, see Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live."
"Uncle Huang is exempt!!"
Emperor Xia Han looked at Xia Yun and thought for a while, and said, "Yesterday, Uncle Huang came with news that he did not support the war, and I want to ask Uncle Huang today...... reason."
"There is no reason, if the country is peaceful today, once the war starts, the peace that was finally obtained from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States period will be broken again."
Xia Yun looked at the ministers who were talking about it and said, "I know you will say that it is not that you have not fought, but it is just a small fight, now Guiyun is attacking the whole country, why does it have such courage?
It was suddenly quiet below, and many people didn't come from the Warring States Period, so they couldn't say anything about Xia Yun, who had experienced a large-scale war.
"The regent's worries are not unreasonable," at this time, Taiwei Wang Yaozong stood up and said, "But if you back down and hand over the Four Seas Defense Line to Guiyun, let's not say whether it can conquer the Four Seas, but say that without the Four Seas Defense Line, then Guiyun will enter the territory of Tianlan as if entering a no-man's land, who will be responsible for it then?"
At this time, a middle-aged man in black armor also stood up and said, "The minister seconded the proposal, Lord Wang is right."
"The momentum of Tianlan's prosperity has surpassed the former Tang Dynasty, why be afraid of returning to the clouds?
"I, Wei Lin, am willing to be the first pioneer"
The middle-aged man who spoke was called Wei Lin, who was the general of the Tianlan military expedition to the west, and was awarded the title of Shangzhu State for his outstanding military achievements.
"I, Lei Hong, seconded the proposal on behalf of the five legions, and what General Zhengxi said is exactly what the five legions meant!!"
On the side, wearing a blue battle armor, Lei Hong, the wild thunder general who had quelled the border rebellion and slashed Guan Yifei with one sword, also spoke.
"The minister seconded the proposal!!" "The minister seconded the proposal!!"
Many ministers opened their mouths to second, and the Tai Lieutenant, Shangzhuguo, and the General all spoke, and it was difficult for them not to second.
"You are all reckless people," Xia Yun turned his head to look at everyone and said, "This king will never agree to go to war and return to the clouds, the royal family has reached the peak now, and there is no need to shed blood and war......"
"The minister thinks what the regent said is reasonable, and the minister does not support the war!!"
On the side, a middle-aged fat man in gorgeous clothes spoke, his name is Dong Chan, Shangzhu State, and he is the general of Pingnan.
At this time, Xia Hanhuang didn't know what to do, he looked at the person he trusted the most in his heart, Changping Wang Yuwen Tiandu.
"King Changping, what do you think?" Xia Hanhuang looked at Yuwen Tiandu and asked.
Yu Wentian, who had been silent, glanced up at Xia Hanhuang and then said word by word
"The minister joined the army at the age of thirteen, and at the age of eighteen, he followed General Mo Wentian to level the last remaining three kingdoms of the Spring and Autumn Seven Kingdoms, the Yue Kingdom, the Later Tang Dynasty and the Great Chu, and then the three points of the world and the battle of Guiyun, the battle of Jiuyang, which made Tianlan become the real overlord of the world after the Spring and Autumn Period, Tianlan has been a hundred years since the beginning of the Spring and Autumn Troubled Times, and the minister only knows that there is no unconquerable country and no unconquerable people in the Tianlan Iron Cavalry, so why be afraid of returning to the clouds?"
"Yuwen Tiandu is the king of Changping thanks to the grace of heaven, and now he is returning to Yunlai to fight against the enemy, how can he talk about peace?"
At this time, Wang Jinshu, the imperial historian on the side, opened his mouth and said: "What the king of Changping said is right, the minister got the urgent play of Jiangnan last night, and Xiao Changfeng, the king of Zhennan, is the main battle, if the imperial capital has any scruples here, then he will send the Zhennan dragoon to Beihai......"
"Is it, is that what King Zhennan meant?" Xia Hanhuang nodded expressionlessly, no one could figure out what he was thinking, the most difficult thing to guess in ancient and modern times was the emperor's heart.
"This Tianlan, is it my Xia's Tianlan or your Tianlan with a different surname?"
At this time, a sentence broke the deadlock, and a middle-aged man in a python robe spoke, "King Tiantu, King Changping, King Zhennan, King of Eastern Liao, King of Xiliang, King of Northern Desert, King of Yuezhou, this Tianlan is full of seven kings with different surnames, is it you or my Xia clan that owns the world?"
It was one of the princes of Tianlan who spoke, His Royal Highness King Qi, the fifth brother of Emperor Xia Han.
"Brother Huang is right, this is my Xia family's world," a middle-aged man in brocade and jade robes also stood next to Xia Yun and said, "Uncle Huang is the regent canonized by the first emperor, when will it be your turn to refute?"
At this time, it was Xia Hanhuang's sixth brother, His Royal Highness the Prince of Tianlan and King Jin......
Tianlan Emperor Xia Yu has four sons, three daughters, the second prince of the year, that is, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince passed away because of some accidents, and the third prince Xia Hanhuang inherited the throne, the fifth prince Xia Qi was named the king of Qi, the sixth prince Xia Jin was named the king of Jin, the eldest princess Xia Ji lived in Yaoyue Palace without leaving home, the fourth princess Ziyan Princess married Changping Wang Yuwen Tiandu, and the youngest Shuiyue county lord was the sweetheart of the town palace general Yunxiao.
At this time, because of the words of the two princes, the entire hall was completely silent.
Yes, Tianlan has seven kings with different surnames who hold military power, not to mention the 300,000 iron cavalry in the northwest, just Changping Wang Yuwen Tiandu has 70,000 Changping troops, Zhennan King Xiao Changfeng has 100,000 Zhennan dragon horses, Yuezhou King Zhao Tong is the former general of the Yue Kingdom, because of the chance to save the life of the first emperor, so after the destruction of the Yue Kingdom, he was canonized by the first emperor with a different surname, holding 120,000 old Yue countries.
Luo Yan, the king of Xiliang, a famous general in the Later Tang Dynasty, served as the chief soldier of Xiliang in the Later Tang Dynasty, and Qin Weilong was known as one of the pillars of the Later Tang Dynasty......
There is also Zhang Xiao, the king of Eastern Liao, one of the veterans of the Spring and Autumn Period who followed Xia Yu to the south and the north, with great achievements in battle, and there are also 80,000 fanatics in his hands......
Then there is the king of the Northern Desert, Jiangzuo, who has guarded the desert for decades, and there is a small country with a population of two million in the desert called Jinlou Country, and he has not dared to cross the border for half a step for decades!!
If you really want to say it, these kings with different surnames do control half of Tianlan's country, so what the two princes said is not wrong.
"This world will always be the Xia family's world, and the two princes are serious"
Yunxiao, the general of the town hall who had not spoken on the side, said, "Please be cautious about the two princes, the major feudal kings are loyal to their respective territories, and it is precisely because of them that I am able to stand on the top of the world, don't make people ......feel cold."
"I Tianlan established the country with martial arts, and the Spring and Autumn Period came from blood and fire, and now I have reached the peak but I dare not start a war against Guiyun, who has only about 300,000 troops in the whole country?
"What the Great Commander of the Clouds said is right, and the ministers also support the war with Guiyun"
"The minister supports the war!!" "The minister seconded the ......"
The ministers below opened their mouths one after another, Yunxiao never favored any side in the court, as the commander of the Royal Forest Army, that is, the commander of the Imperial Guard, he was the closest person to His Majesty's side, and he was also the general of the Yipin Zhendian who was personally appointed by His Majesty, not to mention that his parents were all brave and loyal, so he could still drive many people when he spoke, because there may have been only Yunxiao's speech in the court hall without any selfishness.
The hall was speechless again, obviously for the matter of Guiyun's attack, the court has been divided into two factions, the main battle and the main peace, this was originally something that Xia Hanhuang thought had never happened when he succeeded to the throne, but he knew that sooner or later there would be such a day......
Xia Hanhuang glanced at everyone below, and then he spoke faintly
"Proposed purpose, Changping Wang Yuwen Tiandu is the commander, the young guard general Yuwen is the vanguard, with eight deputy generals, and mobilize 100,000 soldiers and horses from the states near the imperial capital as the vanguard troops, and the wild thunder general Lei Hong is responsible for leading the wild thunder army as a follow-up force to support"
Saying that, Emperor Xia Han glanced at Yunxiao next to him and said, "The Great Commander of the Imperial Guard Army, Yunxiao, led the Fulong General Bai Shuangcheng and the Fulong Army out of the imperial capital, detoured the East China Sea, and attacked the ten islands of the Holy Land Endless Sea.
"Command!!" Yunxiao shouted on one knee.
"The ministers are ......," Yuwen Tiandu and the others also knelt down and responded.
Xia Hanhuang stood up and didn't speak again, and left the hall directly.
And the regent Xia Yun below sighed deeply, in his eyes, this Tianlan world is too dangerous, and he has never been able to truly rule the world like Yanhuang eight hundred years ago.
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Leaving the palace and walking on the long road of the Imperial Heaven Gate, Yuwen Tiandu was parallel to Lei Hong, and he opened his mouth and said, "General Lei, the Changping Army can't leave the Imperial Capital, so this time please leave your Wild Thunder Legion"
"The five legions are directly under the royal family, and they will not intervene in any factional battles, so King Changping can rest assured," Lei Hong said with a smile.
Yuwen Tiandu glanced at Lei Hong, and then smiled the same: "It seems that General Lei Hong is not only a martial artist, but he can really sit in the position of a general, and he does not rely only on force."
"Under the eyes, the eyes are very bright, and I can see everything clearly," Lei Hong was silent for a while and said, "But seeing clearly does not mean that it can be said that it can be done, Lei Hong has no other ideas!"
"I understand!!" Yuwen Tiandu deeply believed Lei Hong's words.
The two of them were speechless like this, and silently walked out of the palace and out of the imperial city.
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In an inn in the imperial capital.
In the delicate room, An Yiyi, one of the four major Oiran of Qionghua Building, was quietly brewing tea where she looked up at the man in front of her and said gently
"The war in Beihai seems to be very tight, and the court is divided into two factions, but Your Majesty still decided that Yuwentian, the king of Changping, will take command of the expedition......"
The man was Duan Wuyan, and when he heard Yuwen Tiandu's name, he frowned, and then he was relieved, "Then the victory and defeat in Beihai have been divided!"
"Is this really the case? According to Qionghualou's news, the main general of Guiyun is a hundred miles away, and the general of Guiyun is in the same vein," An Yiyi poured tea into Duan Wuyan's cup and said.
Duan Wuyan picked up the teacup, took a sip, and smiled, "Although the generals of the Guiyun Kingdom have amazing talents, Ji Mingyue, as a disciple of his father-in-law, is not so easy to deal with......
Saying that, Duan Wuyan slowly stood up and walked to the window, the white clothes were blown by the wind, as if the people of the Mo family liked to wear white clothes......
"Besides, now there is Yuwen Tiandu going, one of the kings of Tianlan"
Duan Wuyan remembered the face that had warmed his life in the past years, and muttered, "He is a man who can be compared to his father-in-law, Yuwen Tiandu and Ji Mingyue, one is the Heavenly King who is on par with his father-in-law, and the other is a disciple of his father-in-law."
"Whoever loses the two of them means that the father-in-law has also lost"
Saying that, Duan Wuyan's eyes were full of confidence, and he said, "No matter when the stepfather is gone, he will not lose, even if he has passed away......
Yes, in Duan Wuyan's eyes, no one in this world can be compared to Mo Shaoqing, he doesn't care if Tianlan can win, and he doesn't care if Yuwen Tiandu and Ji Mingyue can win, but if they lose, it means that Mo Shaoqing loses, so he firmly believes that Tianlan will win.
It is a kind of faith, but also a kind of morbid worship and respect and affection......