Chapter 390: The Dilemma of the Netherworld
Early the next morning, it was sparse and light rain fell.
In this gloomy weather, the monkey and Yang Chan met with the envoys from all parties who came to meet at the Ten Thousand Demon Palace.
This visit has a faint sense of tribute, but it is not a formal tribute.
Huaguo Mountain annihilated the Tianhe Water Army, the main force of the Heavenly Court, and besieged the Southern Heavenly Gate to welcome the Monkey King back, which is obvious to all forces, and they all know that the current shape is Huaguo Mountain's advantage, and the position of the Heavenly Court is precarious.
However, before the Sanqing officially stated its position, Huaguoshan could only be regarded as a hegemon, and the Heavenly Court was still the ruler of the Three Realms, and the old practice of thousands of years did not allow the forces to make a formal statement at this time.
Weighing the pros and cons, although all parties sent generous gifts, most of them were in the name of private individuals, not official. At the same time, they all chose to meet alone.
In the midst of the sound of drums, the first person to go to the palace to meet was the envoy of the Four Seas Dragon Palace.
The Dragon Palace of the East China Sea sent Ao Tingxin, the Dragon Palace of the West Sea sent Ao Cunxin, and the South China Sea and Beihai each sent a prince.
With the court official's reading of the dragon king's gift list, the shrimp soldiers and crabs carried one box after another to the hall, and after tearing the seal in front of the monkey and displaying it, they were sealed by the demon soldiers of Huaguo Mountain and sent to the internal affairs warehouse.
From the outside, they are just luxury goods, such as rare red coral, huge night pearls, etc., although they are of no specific use, but they are also worth a lot of gold.
When the shrimp soldier crab was about to open the third box, the monkey couldn't help but be stunned.
"Lotus silk steps on the clouds, chain gold armor, phoenix wings purple gold crown...... These are actually these things, is it God's will?"
The monkey's eyes slowly narrowed into a slit.
Yang Chan on the side heard this. He said in a low voice: "These are all treasures treasured by the seas. It's a pity that the quality is luxurious. The actual use is average. The Dragon King of the Four Seas can really pick and choose, and give these things are all priceless, but the essence is irrelevant. On the one hand, he should be courting us, and on the other hand, he should be thinking about avoiding the reproach of the heavenly court. ”
Moving and lifting the ground, a total of more than 40 large and small boxes were loaded before and after.
This Dragon King of the Four Seas is also a big deal, and Lin Lin finally estimated that it was worth three or five million gold essences. It's a pity that I haven't seen half an elixir or half a useful weapon magic weapon.
After reading out and displaying all the gifts, Ao Tingxin, as the representative of the East China Sea Dragon Palace, the head of the four seas, presented a handwritten letter from the Dragon King of the East China Sea.
When I opened it, there was a lot of compliment in the words, but there was no mention of the rain being detained in Huaguo Mountain.
The monkey's brow furrowed slightly.
As if she understood the monkey's thoughts, Yang Chan persuaded in a low voice: "Forget it, we can rain ourselves anyway." At this juncture, the Four Seas Dragon Palace is not easy to say anything, so don't embarrass them. ”
glanced at Yang Chan lightly, and the monkey nodded silently.
There is a twofold relationship between Ao Tingxin and Ao Cun Xin. If there is no major problem, it is indeed difficult for the monkey to attack the four seas. What's more, the other party has done enough in terms of etiquette. There is no intention of embarrassing the monkeys.
After just a few polite words, the representative of the four seas took the monkey's handwritten letter to the dragon king and said goodbye.
Next to go up to the temple were the envoys of several surrounding human kingdoms.
Since they did not have a direct subordinate relationship with the Heavenly Court, they did not care about the attitude of the Heavenly Court like the Dragon King of the Four Seas, so that among the envoys sent there were even those who were themselves monarchs, and the content of the national letter to the monkey was extremely flattering, even if it was an effective letter to interpret.
However, the gifts they sent were a bit unsightly.
What does Huaguo Mountain want gold and silk? Soldier armor and the like, where can mortals use those that can get into the eyes of Huaguo Mountain monsters? As for a human monarch's ingenuity, in order to please the monkey, he sent his daughter over......
In these days, patting sycophants is also a technical job, and you have to find the right position to shoot again.
It's a pity that this ingenious monarch obviously doesn't know the market of Huaguoshan. Just as the monkey was about to accept everything the other party sent according to what he had thought before, Yang Chan's face changed next to her, and she coughed dryly...... The monarch was inexplicably blasted out, and he trembled with fright, and he was not relieved until he received the gift from the Monkey King.
The third wave of the audience was the immortal cultivators in the mortal world.
Looking at it, most of them are some low-grade Taoist temples, and the gifts sent are some relatively scarce materials. For them, the monkey was naturally not stingy in returning the gift, and several viewers were very grateful.
After solving all the motions, it was the turn of the "thorn head", and the one who was arranged at the end was the envoy of the Ten Palaces Yama.
When they saw Niu Tou Ma Mian stepping into the main hall with a few ghosts, the monkey and Yang Chan, who had been smiling all morning, immediately accepted their expressions.
"In the lower underworld, the head of the cow. ”
"In the lower underworld. ”
"See the Monkey King!"
The deep voices of the two echoed in the main hall for a long time.
The posture of bowing and bowing his hands was maintained like this, and no one called them "free of courtesy" for half a sound.
"In the Lower Yin Cao Difu Niutou (Horse Face), see the Monkey King!" the two glanced at each other and repeated in unison.
Whether it was the monkey or Yang Chan, or even the court officials serving around him, they were motionless.
Niu Tou Ma Mian faintly felt that something was wrong with the situation.
A member of the Qing family bowed down to the monkey and presented a fold, saying, "Great King, this is a gift list from the Ten Palaces Yama. ”
The monkey only glanced at it and threw it directly into the cow's face.
More than ten zhang away, the paper fold directly made a blood mark on the face of the bull head.
The two of them were startled, but they didn't dare to move, so they could only maintain the posture of bowing down. On his forehead, beads of sweat the size of beans slowly dripped down.
After a long time, the bull licked his shriveled lips and said in a low voice: "I don't know if we have accidentally offended the Monkey King, and I ask the Monkey King to make it clear." ”
"Are you really stupid or fake stupid?" the monkey laughed, stretched his waist and sat on the throne, staring coldly at the bull-headed horse standing in the middle of the main hall and said, "Send some alchemy materials, just want to perfunctory me?"
Hearing this, Ma Mian hurriedly said: "The Monkey King is angry." We are not perfunctory. These materials are rare in the underworld. It is the Yamas who have carefully selected ......"
"Fart-!"
With a loud drink, the tea cup fell heavily on the hall and exploded, and the court officials in the hall all shrank their heads, and the bull head and horse face were so frightened that they knelt on the spot.
Suddenly, the entire hall fell silent.
The monkey slowly stood up with his handrails and said coldly, "What do I want you to do?"
He walked down the steps step by step to the bull head and horse face, and lifted up the bull's head, which was more than a foot tall and prostrate on the ground.
The horses on the side were stunned.
I saw the monkey grinning and baring its fangs. He said viciously to Niu Tou: "I heard that they have knocked the undead of my Huaguo Mountain to the eighteenth layer of hell, right?"
Hearing this, the bull's head trembled. He unconsciously avoided the monkey's close eyes and replied in a low voice, "That...... It was the holy decree of His Majesty, and the Yamas did not dare to disobey it...... Please also ask the Monkey King...... Monkey King, please...... Lot...... Bear with me......"
The monkey stared at the bull's head and said coldly: "Bring all the things back and sue them for me, I will only give them a month." Find all the undead in my Huaguo Mountain and send them to reincarnation. And they must be reincarnated into rich and noble families. If I can't do it, I'll wave my army to the underworld. Do your own cooking. Do you understand?"
"Understood...... Got it. ”
"It's good to understand. ”
The monkey smiled faintly, and as soon as his hand was released, the bull's head and body became weak, and he sat down on the ground.
Glancing at the huge face of the horse on the side, which was huddled on the floor and did not dare to move, the monkey laughed, raised his cloak and turned away.
Behind him, the court officer shouted in a long voice, "Send, envoy-!"
......
Heavenly Court, Lingxiao Treasure Palace.
King Qin Guang, the head of the Ten Halls of Yama, was prostrate on the ground, looking up.
The Jade Emperor sat on a high dragon chair, his face turned blue.
The immortals in the palace did not say a word.
After a long time, King Qin Guang said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, in this matter, you have to make a decision, otherwise you ......"
The Jade Emperor's hand slowly clenched, and his teeth rattled.
King Qin Guang didn't dare to continue.
Any of the immortals present understood at this moment that once they withdrew the holy decree that they would be defeated by the demons of Huaguo Mountain to the eighteenth layer of hell and never be reborn, and let them re-enter reincarnation, as soon as this example was opened, the Three Realms would let Huaguo Mountain do whatever they wanted.
Since Huaguo Mountain can force the Jade Emperor to change his will at will, will the forces of all parties continue to obey the dispatch of Heavenly Court?
At that time, even if the three Qings do not speak, the Heavenly Court's domination of the Three Realms will also exist in name only.
But if you don't agree, what should Huaguo Mountain do when the time comes? What if Huaguo Mountain really wields an army against the underworld......
Although there are hundreds of thousands of ghost soldiers in the underworld, those ghost soldiers are okay to deal with souls, and they have no power to fight back against millions of elite demon troops. What's more, there is no such natural danger as the South Heavenly Gate in the underworld, even if the Jade Emperor ordered to mobilize the military forces of the entire Heavenly Court to rescue, I am afraid that it will not be able to resist the attack of the demon army.
At that time, Heavenly Court sent troops, but the underworld was still forcibly entered by Huaguo Mountain, and the consequences were not as simple as losing troops and losing generals.
At this moment, the Jade Emperor is almost dead.
The original decision to knock the souls of the demons of Huaguo Mountain down to the eighteenth layer of hell was originally intended as punishment, but who would have thought that it was themselves who would be punished in the end?
After being silent for a long time, he pursed his lips and said softly, "What do you Aiqing think about this matter?"
Hearing this, King Qin Guang hurriedly looked left and right, but saw that the immortal families present all shrank back one by one.
King Qin Guang was about to cry urgently, he hurriedly climbed forward half a zhang, knocked on the steps and shouted: "Your Majesty, that demon monkey only gives a time limit of one month, and one month in the Nether Realm, but it is equal to an hour in the Heavenly Court!
The heads were banging.
This trouble, the Jade Emperor's heart suddenly became even more annoyed, and he slapped his palm on the dragon case: "I know!"
With a loud shout, even the immortals including King Qin Guang were suddenly shocked.
The entire Lingxiao Treasure Hall was so quiet that there was no sound.
After a long time, the Jade Emperor took a deep breath, forcibly suppressed his anger and whispered: "Everyone, put forward opinions, hurry up!"
The hand tightly clasped the armrest of the dragon chair, and the green tendons on the back of the hand were exposed.
In the middle of the sound, a lowly immortal family walked out from among the immortals with a bow, and reported in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the demon monkey is 'the drunkard's intention is not to drink'." ”
The Jade Emperor was slightly stunned, half-squinted at the crane and said, "How do you say this?"
The immortal family took a deep breath, looked left and right again, and then said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, think about it, the demon army of Huaguo Mountain has always taken away those souls who died in battle, and did not deliver them to the underworld. Now, there are only hundreds of souls detained in the underworld, and they are all little demons, so how can the demon monkeys fight for these little demons?"
The Jade Emperor raised his head slightly, stroked his long beard and pondered.
Seeing this, the immortal family stretched his neck and whispered: "The minister thinks that the demon monkey should be for a name." ”
"Reputation?" The Jade Emperor frowned slightly, pointed at the immortal family, and said, "Let's talk about it carefully." ”
Hearing this, the immortal family smiled, and finally had some confidence, and said loudly: "This demon monkey is cunning by nature. His Majesty thought about it, now that Lao Jun has not come out of retreat, the demon monkey can be so arrogant. But how could Lao Jun stay in retreat? Once he was out of the customs, how could this demon monkey ignore such a big crime?"
After a slight pause, the immortal family continued: "If that demon monkey can ask for His Majesty's pardon before Lao Jun leaves the customs, it will be equivalent to getting a gold medal for avoiding death. After Lao Jun is out of the customs, it will be impossible to pursue him again. If you have no name and cannot be pardoned by Your Majesty, then ...... The day Lao Jun leaves the customs is the time when the demon monkey dies!"
All the immortals nodded silently in agreement.
At this time, the Jade Emperor smiled bitterly in his heart.
is to give him a name, and it is easy to force him to rebel. But...... Who can guess Lao Jun's intentions?
When Lao Jun personally opened his mouth to protect the monkey, the Jade Emperor was surprised. After that, if it weren't for Lao Jun's sentence to the Jade Emperor before his retreat: "Make your own decision", how could the Jade Emperor rashly act against the monkeys and force the monkeys to rebel when Lao Jun was in retreat?
It was even more bizarre in the back, and the monkey was sent to Tushi Palace by all means, and he originally looked at Tushi Palace and was willing to accept it, thinking that Lao Jun was willing to take care of this mess, but he actually let the monkey go.
Not only was it released, but even King Kong Zhuo was taken away by the Xian'e wind chime......
In the final analysis, this defeat of the Heavenly Army is not so much because the demon army is strong and the Heavenly Army is unfavorable, but because the Jade Emperor will be wrong about Lao Jun's intentions. Even...... was deceived by Lao Jun at all.
But why did Lao Jun want to be like this?
This made the Jade Emperor puzzled.
Those "wind chimes fake Lao Jun's letters, wind chimes privately release Qin criminals" and the like, are just scenes for outsiders to hear. The dignified Taoist ancestor is a retreat, and it is impossible to be closed to the point of not knowing what is happening in his palace.
If it weren't for the fact that letting the demon clan enter the Heavenly Court was not in line with Sanqing's idea at all, the Jade Emperor almost thought that Taishang was ready to let the monkey take over his throne.
In this case, we still have to hope for Lao Jun...... In addition to sighing, what else can he do with the Jade Emperor? (To be continued......)
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