45. The general trend of the world
Wang Yangming slowly brewed a pot of tea, poured it into the cup, and then picked up the teacup, and said while blowing lightly: "Brother Xiao, I said something to you when I was at the Hengshan Sword Conference before, do you remember?"
Xiao Bei thought for a while and said, "What are you talking about, but the Sword Xiao Palace is secretly manipulating the change of dynasties and fiddling with the general trend of the world?"
"Exactly, I couldn't understand why the Jianxiao Palace neither used force nor participated in politics, but only needed to send envoys, spend a few words, or do a little tricks, it could easily change the trend of history, and destroy the century-old foundation of the dynasty. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info" Wang Yangming took a sip of tea and said slowly, "But later, after a long time of communication with Tianji, I finally figured it out." ”
"Why?" Xiao asked eagerly.
"Because they have long known the direction of history, and they only need to follow the trend at a certain critical moment, and they will be like drops of water to raise waves, so as to set off monstrous waves, and then change dynasties. Wang Yangming looked at the green tea in his hand and frowned.
"Know...... Where is history headed? What do you mean...... Can they predict the future and know the future?" Xiao said in disbelief.
"The children can be taught. Wang Yangming put down the teacup, rubbed his hands and sighed.
"Could it be that the palace master of the Sword Xiao Palace is an immortal?" Xiao Qiqi said.
"No, after I have cultivated into an immortal soul, I also have this ability. Wang Yangming said solemnly, "I said that within the spiritual gate, there are traces left by all things in the past and present, and there are even things from the future, but this information is obscure, fragmented and messy, and it takes great wisdom and perseverance to comprehend it, and I am such a person." ”
Xiao Bei listened to his boasting, without any shame, and asked, "What do you mean...... You know what's to come?"
Wang Yangming nodded and said, "I already knew the outcome of the battle in Hanzhong, and I also knew what Chongzhen was going through, so I made a prophecy of three tribulations and nine tribulations in front of him. As the prophecies came true, he became more and more convinced of me, so when I said that you were his destiny, he accepted it without hesitation. I'm afraid that if I say that you are his long-lost father, he won't doubt it for a while. ”
Xiao Bei was dumbfounded and stunned for a long time, and then stammered and asked, "Then you...... Why don't you talk about others, but about me?"
Wang Yangming didn't answer directly, but stood up, paced slowly, and said: "After I had my own heart to fight against the Sword Xiao Palace, I repeatedly deduced the general trend of the future, and finally learned that my Ming Qi was about to run out, and I was afraid that in a few more years, the world would be turned upside down and the Central Plains would change hands." I know that this is a number of days, and it cannot be changed by man. It stands to reason that I should have obeyed the will of heaven, but I have a good life in life, and I thought that since I have cultivated into an immortal body, immortal and immortal, if I follow the sky, it will be boring, so it is better to act willfully and act against the sky, and see if I can change this historical torrent and make it flow to another waterway. ”
Xiao Jie listened quietly, pondered for a moment, and said, "Could it be that the number of days is not a fixed number, and there is still room for turnaround?"
Wang Yangming nodded and said, "That's right, the so-called world is unpredictable and ever-changing, and any slight move can have a huge impact on the future." But for such a major event as the change of dynasty, any personal action is like a mantis arm as a car, and it will not play any role, so my trip against the sky is really beyond my strength. But if it weren't for the difficulty of it, I wouldn't be interested in bothering with it. ”
Xiao Jie was still confused, and said, "What does this have to do with me?"
Wang Yangming raised his head, looked at the palace, and said, "I have gone through tens of thousands of deductions in the spiritual gate, and I have found that I have never been able to escape from the coffin set up for us by God. But you alone, in all the foreseeable futures, there is no end to you in the end. ”
"That's why I venture to guess that you may be the key to turning things around. Wang Yangming looked at Xiao Jie and smiled.
"There is no end for me...... What do you mean, am I gone?" Xiao Bei was stunned for a moment.
"No...... Going up in smoke is also a kind of ending. But that's not the case for you, but ...... With the fall of the Ming Dynasty, you also disappeared from the world for no reason, neither death nor life, but ceased to exist, that is, there is no trace of you in the heavenly machine. I pondered...... Something may have happened to you that caused you to never cross paths with this plane again. Wang Yangming pondered.
Xiao Bei suddenly remembered something, and asked anxiously, "What about Hongyan?"
Wang Yangming was silent for a moment and said, "She also disappeared with you." ”
Xiao Bei felt a little relieved, and said with a smile: "Won't the two of us become immortals together?"
"Perhaps, I have so cleverly pushed you to Chongzhen, so that your fate will be intertwined with his, and see if a miracle will happen to avoid this imminent doom of the last generation. Wang Yangming said calmly.
After listening to Wang Yangming's whimsical nonsense, Xiao Bei's mind was confused for a while, and he didn't know if Wang Yangming was delirious or what he said was true.
"Two Aiqing, tired of waiting for you for a long time, after the widow returned to the palace, according to the ancestral teachings, bathed and changed clothes, and worked for a while, it was not easy to come here, how about it? Chongzhen's figure walked out from the back of the hall and walked towards the two. At this time, he had changed into a dragon robe, and he looked a lot more majestic.
"How dare you. In order to listen to the emperor's teachings, let the subordinates wait as long as they wanted. Wang Yangming bowed to his knees, and then poured towards Chongzhen like a tide of words.
Xiao Bei couldn't help but feel sick when he saw Wang Yangming being so flattering, but now that he was in the palace, and the emperor was at present, he had to bow to him, so he had to learn from Wang Yangming's appearance, knelt on Chongzhen's knees, and kowtowed.
Chongzhen said with a smile: "The two of you are flat, and in three days it will be the time when the competition will be held, not to mention that Gao Yingxiang, the head of the world's anti-thieves, has recently been ambushed, which can be described as double happiness, so I have two things to discuss with you, one is my personal safety at the conference, and the other is to discuss how to better raise funds to deal with the current situation." ”
Wang Yangming stood up straight and said: "This emperor is safe, with Xiao Daxia here, there is no need to worry about it, as for this financial problem, although it has been collected through Mandarin Duck Gold One million taels of silver, but this is not a long-term plan after all, and we need to think of a way to broaden the financial route." ”
After that, Wang Yangming and Chongzhen began to discuss with each other.
Xiao Bei didn't know anything about government affairs, he only listened to yawning again and again, and it was difficult to sit down, so he had to stand aside and close his eyes to recuperate.
Suddenly, Xiao Bei's ears moved, and he heard a soft sound of landing in the northwest corner of the hall. Although this sound was subtle, it was tantamount to thunder in Xiao Bei's ears, just because the sound was made by a human foot on the ground. Xiao Bei hurriedly opened his eyes, followed the prestige, and saw that there was already a vague figure in the shadow in the corner.
"Who's coming!" Xiao Bei didn't have time to think about it, jumped forward, and threw himself at the figure.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Bei was in the air, and suddenly felt an alarm, wrapped his left hand around the purple lightning, and grabbed it in front of him. I only heard the sound of "Zizi", and the purple electricity turned into a purple line and extended to the top of the temple. But then the purple line crooked, fell from the sky, and then disappeared.
"It's ...... Fire silk?" Xiao Bei's heart sank.
"Dog Emperor, take your life!" The figure in the corner let out a sharp scream, waved his hands continuously, threw out several black hidden weapons, drew several arcs, and shot towards Chongzhen from all directions.
Seeing that the angle of the attacking thing is tricky and the direction is changeable, Chongzhen is not spared. At this critical moment, he only heard Xiao Bei's long roar, turned into several clones, resisted highly, and unexpectedly resolved all the hidden weapon attacks, while Chongzhen was unscathed.
Seeing that it didn't work, the figure didn't pursue, and his body trembled, as if it was suddenly torn apart, and disappeared into the side hall in a blink of an eye.
"Xiao Aiqing, chase after him, don't let him run away!" Chongzhen gritted his teeth and said.
Xiao Jie shook his head and said, "The enemy is not alone, don't fall for the plan to divert the tiger from the mountain." ”
When Chongzhen heard this, his heart was terrified, and he immediately shouted loudly, ordering the Jinyi Guard and the forbidden army to pursue, and at the same time patted Xiao Bei on the shoulder and said: "Xiao Aiqing, I owe it to you, otherwise I am afraid that I will have to worry about my life." ”
Xiao Bei was submissive, his eyes glanced at the top of the hall from time to time, and a trace of confusion flashed in his heart.
Wang Yangming walked to the place where the hidden weapon fell, picked up one of them with his sleeves, and looked at it carefully.
Chongzhen saw that he was looking carefully, and he was curious, walked to Wang Yangming's side, looked down, and saw that the secret weapon was in the shape of an octagonal, dark body, with sharp edges, and it looked quite terrifying.
"Wang Aiqing, is this secret weapon famous?" asked Chongzhen.
"Emperor Qi, this secret weapon is called 'octagonal pyramid', which is commonly used by people in the rivers and lakes, and after it is thrown, the flight trajectory can produce a variety of changes with different techniques, which is the most difficult to prevent. However, the wound caused by it is relatively shallow, and it cannot hurt the muscles and bones, and if it is used for assassination, its blade is often coated with poison, but there is no sign of poison on this piece. Wang Yangming groaned.
"No poison, what do you mean?" Chongzhen then asked.
"Perhaps the assassin was in a hurry and didn't have time to poison him. Or...... He didn't mean to take your life. Wang Yangming frowned.
If it weren't for Xiao Aiqing just now, I'm afraid I would have turned into a honeycomb. Wang Aiqing, you might find out the origin of the assassin from this secret weapon?" Chongzhen said with a sigh of relief.
"Hmm...... Although this octagonal pyramid is common, if it is not quenched poison, it can be regarded as a more compassionate secret weapon, and it is used more by monks on the plain rivers and lakes, especially Wudang and Shaolin. Wang Yangming said hesitantly.
"Shaolin Wudang? That's right, Wudang head Li Daoyi and Shaolin abbot Xuanwu Zen Master happened to come to participate in the recruitment conference this time, and now they are resting in the nearby Taoist Buddhist temple, I announced that they came in to inquire. Chongzhen became excited.
"Your Majesty, in the opinion of your subordinates, you should not startle the snake, so as not to give the assassin an opportunity. This secret weapon will send someone to investigate secretly, and the emperor will also preside over the recruitment meeting, please take care of the dragon's body. Wang Yangming said with concern.
"Okay, it's up to you. Chongzhen patted Wang Yangming on the shoulder cordially.