Chapter 18: Wu Tang

Shenzhou is a large country in the world, and there are many small countries, many of which have the same name.

There are two countries called 'Tang', but these two Tang countries are not two unrelated countries.

The big Tang country is called 'Wu Tang', and the small Tang country is called Southern Tang, also called Li Tang.

10,000 years ago, a monk surnamed Li and a monk surnamed Wu formed a Taoist couple, and at that time it was the time of the development of the human race, the Tang State established by the two, and the Tang State at that time was not too strong, the rise of the Tang Kingdom was at the time of the Demon War, Li and Wu led the monks of the Tang State to gradually lay down a large area of land occupied by the demon clan at that time, as the human race became stronger and stronger, the demon war worsened day by day, and the Tang State became stronger and stronger, and finally, an earth-shattering demon catastrophe broke out.

The result of this catastrophe was that the human race won and sealed the demon race in the Chaoshen Mountain Range, and the human race at that time was also greatly hit, many countries were destroyed in the war, and the family was even exterminated, and the strength preserved by each country was extremely limited, so although the Shenzhou world finally gradually recovered, it was difficult to have the original situation of competing for hegemony, and the sectarian family began to be born, and several large countries that survived at that time lived in seclusion behind the scenes, preserving their strength.

And in that war, the Tang State was also rarely preserved, but a founding lord died, he was the monarch of the Tang State at that time, descendants only knew his surname Li, but no one knew his full name, and in the end, his wife became the monarch of the Tang State, and revitalized the Tang State, her name is known to future generations, called Wu Mei!

After Wu Mei became the monarch of the Tang Kingdom, in order to commemorate her husband who died in the shemale disaster, Wu Mei carved out a piece of land in the Wu Tang Kingdom and gave it to her husband's only sister. And to help it establish a country, in order to distinguish between the two Tang countries, people called Wu Mei's Tang Kingdom Wu Tang, and the other called Li Tang.

And Li Tang has always been attached to Wu Tang as a vassal state since ancient times, and Wu Tang has always regarded Li Tang as his friend, to put it mildly, that is, the emperor of Wu Tang has always regarded Li Tang as his territory.

And the Li Tang government is just a county.

Now how many years have passed, the vicissitudes of life, the generations have changed, and the relationship between the two countries has long gone underground with the passing predecessors. Today's Li Tangguo is facing a big problem.

That is, Wu Tangguo officially proposed to Li Tangguo that the whole country of Li Tangguo should be officially included in Wu Tangguo, the original minister of Li Tangguo. After the merger of Li Tang and Wu Tang, official positions could be assigned according to ability. And the emperor of Li Tangguo. You can be crowned king.

Now the court of Li Tang Kingdom can be said to be gloomy, Emperor Li Xian sat on the imperial throne with a frown, looking at the Wutang envoy below, with a deep helplessness in his eyes.

"I don't know if Your Majesty has thought about it?" The envoy looked impatient, for him, whether Li Tang Guotong disagreed or not. In the end, this matter will only be one ending, that is, Li Tangguo was merged into Wutang Kingdom, and the envoy sent at this time was just to avoid the useless disaster of swords.

"Ambassador. Can I discuss with the Zhongqing family again?" Li Xian said with a smile on his face.

The envoy frowned slightly, in his opinion, this is meaningless, but it is just a delay in time, but Li Xian is an emperor, although he is a vassal of Wutang, he is also an emperor, he is just an envoy, since the emperor said it in a low voice, it is not easy for him to refuse.

"Okay, but this envoy can only give His Majesty a period of three days, and when the three days arrive, no matter what the result is, this envoy will come to meet His Majesty and retire!" After the envoy finished clasping his fists, he withdrew from the main hall, leaving a frowning monarch and minister.

Wu Tang Kingdom, one of the seven immortal kingdoms of the Divine World, the monarch Wu Shi Chongnai is a mid-sword emperor monk, and it can be seen from this that the immortal kingdom is different from the mortal kingdom.

In addition to the Immortal Kingdom, all mortal countries, the emperor's highest cultivation is also below the Sword Sect, not that they have bad qualifications, but a country, if there is no very strong inheritance, the emperor and his courtiers will not be able to cultivate to a high level, because this matter involves another thing, luck, let's not show it for the time being.

"The first shattering of the Hangu seal has been fulfilled, and all countries have begun to prepare. In the Xuanzheng Hall of Daming Palace, Wu Shichong looked at the notebook in his hand, and then asked casually.

Daming Palace is one of the three major imperial palaces in the entire Shenzhou world, and is as famous as the Afang Palace of the Qin State and the Weiyang Palace of the Han State.

If you want to talk about the Xuanzheng Palace, you must first talk about the Hanyuan Palace.

Hanyuan Hall is the main hall of Daming Palace, located in about 600 meters north of Danfeng Gate, the south edge of Longshouyuan, is the place where major celebrations and court meetings are held, also known as "Outer Dynasty". The main hall is 11 rooms wide, 13 rooms together with the sub-steps, 4 rooms deep, and 6 rooms with the sub-steps, each with a width of 5 meters. The base of the temple is 15 meters higher than the flat ground, about 200 meters long from east to west, about 100 meters long from north to south, covering an area of 41 acres, and there are sub-steps with a width of 5 meters around it. In the southeast and southwest directions of the main hall, there are Xiangluan Pavilion and Qifeng Pavilion respectively, each is connected with the main hall with a curved ruler-shaped corridor, and the whole group of buildings is in the shape of "concave". In front of the main hall is a dragon's tail road about 78 meters long, with stairs and slopes interspersed, divided into the middle of the royal road and the side roads on both sides, and the surface is paved with tiles. There is also a palace gate in front of Ryuwei Road, and there are partition walls on the left and right that run through the east and west. Hanyuan Hall is majestic and magnificent, the field of vision is broad, can overlook the whole capital, someone once wrote a poem to praise "thousands of officials look at Chang'an, all countries worship Hanyuan" to describe its majestic momentum.

About 300 meters north of Hanyuan Hall is the Xuanzheng Palace, which is the place where the emperor listens to the government in the court, and is the "Middle Dynasty". The base of the temple is 70 meters long from east to west, and more than 40 meters wide from north to south. In front of the palace, there are Zhongshu Province, Menxia Province and Hongwen Museum, History Museum, Yushitai Museum and other official offices. One hundred and thirty meters in front of the palace, there are three gates of Xuanzheng Gate side by side, the left and right are the horizontal palace walls, and the larger courtyard is formed between the wall and the hall.

And the Zichen Hall is located in the north of the Xuanzheng Hall ninety-five meters, for the "inner court", the ministers here to meet the emperor, called "into the cabinet".

"Yes, Your Majesty, the Qi Kingdom, the Jin Kingdom, and the Song Kingdom are already making preparations, and it is reported that there has been a large influx of Confucian scholars in these two countries recently, and the entire capital is full of soldiers with innate cultivation patrolling, and even Sword Sect-level generals can be seen. A military general in silver feather armor stood up and said.

"Confucian?" Wu Shichong raised his head, his eyes a little surprised, "Why do Confucian scholars in these three kingdoms gather so many Confucian scholars?"

The minister didn't know, but according to the news he heard. These Confucian scholars are different from the previous Confucian scholars, and they have a shocking temperament. The general said.

"What temperament?" Wu Shichong looked at the notebook in his hand again, as if he didn't care at all.

"Haoran is righteous!" the military general said.

"What??" Wu Shichong suddenly raised his head and looked at the general, "Are you sure they have Haoran righteousness?"

"That's how the people I arranged in these three countries reciprocated. Wu Shi Chong looked at Wu Shichong a little inexplicably, and couldn't help but bow his head and say.

"You, give me a good look, and you'd better find a way to confirm it with your own eyes. Wu Shichong said to the general.

"Yes, Your Majesty. The military general responded. Then he stood back in the official column.

Suddenly, on the purple gold case in front of Emperor Wu Shichong's throne, a square seal that exuded hazy seven-colored clouds suddenly emitted a earth-shaking dragon roar, and then I saw a strong and brilliant glow suddenly erupt from the jade seal. Subsequently, above the Xuanzheng Palace. The colorful auspicious clouds that had existed for tens of thousands of years were tumbling violently at this moment. The sound of dragon groans came from the auspicious clouds, and a golden dragon shadow continued to roll and hover in the auspicious clouds.

"Huh?" A fine light flashed in Wu Shichong's eyes, and then his body suddenly turned into a white light and disappeared into the Xuanzheng Palace.

And in the auspicious clouds above the Xuanzheng Palace, Wu Shichong stood in the air, holding the imperial sword. The golden dragon was entrenched at his feet, and the Xuanmian dragon robe and the crown of the twelve chapters on his body also exuded a shining golden light, and a huge imperial aura instantly enveloped the entire Wutang capital.

"It's Your Majesty, it's Your Majesty the Emperor. ”

"His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. ”

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live. ”

Time. The entire Wutang capital saw Wu Shichong surrounded by dragon qi in the sky, and felt the majesty of the emperor descending from the sky, whether old or young, whether male or female, regardless of the people, they all knelt on the ground at the same time, and sent their respectful voices to the emperor who controlled their fate.

In an instant, the sound of the white people's kneeling and worshipping swept in, shaking the entire Wutang Imperial Capital, and the mighty sound rose to the nine heavens.

And Wu Shichong, his eyes skimmed over anything in the imperial capital, and looked at the nine-curved high-arched mountain range in the distance, only to see that the dragon qi there was soaring, and there was even a faint tendency to surpass the dragon qi of the Wutang Imperial Capital.

"We have to hurry. Wu Shichong looked at the Jiuqu Mountain and muttered to himself.

Subsequently, under the support of the dragon qi in the sky, Wu Shichong stepped on the auspicious clouds and returned to the throne of the Xuanzheng Palace, and those people who worshiped him, he only looked at it once from beginning to end, he was their king, a god in their eyes, so he must maintain the majesty of a god.

"Prime Minister. Wu Shichong shouted.

An old man dressed in the prime minister's court uniform walked out quickly, "Your Majesty." ”

"How is the preparation of the Great Sacrifice?" Wu Shichong asked as he looked at the old man, Di Ling, the prime minister of the Wutang Empire.

"It's almost, it's just," Di Ling hesitated.

"Just what?" Wu Shichong's eyes were like torches, looking at Di Lingdao.

"Master Lingzhi, who was originally scheduled to preside over the main festival, said that he did not need to come to this festival in person, and only sent one disciple to come. Diling said.

"Ridiculous!" Wu Shichong suddenly shouted: "This big sacrifice is to worship the ancestors, to sacrifice the ancestors of Wu Mei, it is his glory to let him come, he even dares to put up a fight for me, do you really think that I can't deal with these monks?"

Wu Shichong's sudden anger made Di Ling so shocked that he hurriedly knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, please calm your anger, although Master Lingzhi is in the future, this disciple he sent has extremely profound Buddhism, and he is not much worse than Master Lingzhi." ”

"It's ridiculous, do you believe all what he says about Lingzhi? How can such a big sacrifice allow a young monk who has no worldly affairs to come? You immediately send someone to give me an edict to Lingzhi and let him enter Beijing within three days to prepare for the big sacrifice. Wu Shichong said.

"But what if the Spirit Master insists on not coming?" Di Ling asked again.

Wu Shichong frowned, and then said, "If he insists on not coming, I will personally invite him." ”

"Your Majesty's golden body, how can you be cheap now, the minister must do his best to invite the Lingzhi Master to the capital. Di Ling suddenly said with sincere fear.

"Very well, I hope the Prime Minister will not disappoint me. After Wu Shichong finished speaking, he suddenly stood up and looked at the hundred officials in the hall. Said: "This great sacrifice is a great sacrifice that has never been seen since ancient times, all affairs must serve this great sacrifice, and all state affairs must not disturb the regulations of the great festival and disperse the dynasty." ”

"Long live my emperor, long live. The officials knelt down again.

When Wu Shichong walked to the door of the Xuanzheng Palace, he suddenly turned around and asked Di Lingdao, "What is the name of the disciple sent by the Lingzhi Master?"

"Back to Your Majesty, I called one. Di Ling said on his knees.

Then, Wu Shichong walked out of the main hall and left without looking back.

It wasn't until Wu Shichong left completely that the civil and military officials stood up and walked out of the Xuanzheng Hall in groups.

Only Di Ling left the palace with a sad face.

The river is clear. The willows are still clinging, and the breeze blows, bringing bursts of gloom and taking away pieces of fallen leaves.

A pair of crystal jade hands reached into the cold river water, picked up a stream of clear river water and sprinkled it on his face. 'Whew' he let out a long breath of turbidity, and narrowed his eyes comfortably under the stimulation of the cold water.

He was a very handsome young man. But it's strange. He didn't have any hair on his head, but he was a young and handsome monk, and his bare head was exposed in the air, but he didn't feel cold.

He was dressed in a white monk's robe, with sleeves held high at his elbows, and his skin was white and smooth enough to make all women jealous.

"Hey. Little Master, come here, don't go there. Suddenly, a woman's voice came from behind him. The young monk stood up, shook his monk's robe gently, and tidied up his demeanor, always with a gentle smile on his face, and his eyes were full of compassion.

A middle-aged woman, dressed in a coarse linen dress worn by ordinary people, carried a vegetable basket in her hand, her hair was coiled up, and her eyes were nervously looking at the young monk by the river.

"Donor, what's wrong?" the young monk walked over slowly, the woman's expression was a little strange, she had never seen a monk with such a temperament.

Although monks are no longer uncommon in Li Tang and Wu Tang, it is indeed rare to see a monk with such temperament as a young monk.

"Little Master, there are monsters in this river, don't lean over. Although she felt strange in her heart, the woman said kindly, and when she said about the monster, there was a clear trace of fear in her eyes.

The young monk glanced lightly into the river, and then smiled, "I'm just here to wait for it." ”

"Waiting for whom?" the woman didn't seem to react.

"Didn't you say there are monsters in this river?" asked the young monk, looking at the woman.

The woman reacted, and a ray of horror appeared on her face again, and said, " There is a snake demon in this river, the towns near this used to rely on this river to fish for a living, but three years ago I don't know what happened, suddenly a very big snake appeared, this snake injured five people in a row, at that time this matter was in an uproar, and then the government also sent people to kill the snake, not only did not kill the snake, even those soldiers who came to kill the snake were eaten by this snake, and then everyone invited a lot of immortals, but in the end without exception these immortals were also eaten by the snake. ”

The woman continued: "Later, the snake took over the river, but the snake had a habit, that is, as long as someone did not come near the river, it would not come out and hurt people, and then no one dared to approach the river again, and gradually, a lot of people in the vicinity moved away, after all, the river can no longer be fished, so little master, you must not go near this river, otherwise it will come out and hurt people." ”

"It's just a snake, but it's just a big beast, why can it be called a monster?" the young monk laughed.

"This snake can understand human speech, and sometimes it glows white. The woman said.

"Good. The young monk suddenly nodded inexplicably.

"Okay, what's good?" the woman was confused again, and some of the monsters said it was good, what kind of monk is this?

"Actually, I'm here to wait for this snake. After the young monk finished speaking, he turned around and walked to the river.

In the end, no matter what the woman said or how she persuaded her, the young monk only smiled slightly, and in the end he even sat down on the spot by the river, and the young monk was obsessed with the woman's sword, and did not dare to step forward to pull him back, so he sighed, shook his head and left here.

The young monk folded his hands, looked at the river without a trace of waves with soft eyes, and gently recited verses in his mouth, and his body gradually began to be filled with white holy light.

After about a cup of tea, the surface of the river in front of him suddenly burst into huge waves, and the white waves swept in, slapping the river bank fiercely, and an inexplicable demon wind blew, blowing the willows on both sides of the river swaying.

The young monk suddenly smiled at this time, "Finally can't help it?"

There was a violent explosion on the surface of the water, and I saw a long and big white snake rushing out of the river and rising into the air.

Hidden Sword Sect, Ye Qing sat in a courtyard full of verdant bamboo forests, holding Taiyi Sword, staring straight at the row of green bamboos in front of him.

There is no life and no death, watching the leaves fall and the flowers wither. There is no reality and no reality, and the ups and downs of the world.

The whole courtyard is full of fallen bamboo leaves, silent and endless.

"In this life, you don't know what you want until you get something. When you don't get it and you want it, that's desire. The pursuit of desire is never the main pursuit of a person or a swordsman. ”

"What is the mission of a swordsman? Is it to become stronger? Is it to save the common people? Is it to get everything you want? No, the mission of a swordsman, in my opinion, is a kind of fate, the fate of life and death, the fate of success and failure. ”

"What's the most important thing in a swordsman's life?"

"Pursuing kendo?"

"No, it's to find your heart, where is your heart?"

"On the chest?"

"If your heart is in your chest, you'll never know what 'kendo' is."

Ye Qing was immersed, immersed in the communication he had with Master Yun Yilan, and Ye Qing was slightly distracted.

Suddenly, a bamboo leaf that fell in front of Ye Qing trembled, and a brilliant sword light burst out on the bamboo leaf in an instant, and then shot to Ye Qing's left, where it was the entrance to the courtyard.

Ye Qing's gaze followed the bamboo leaves, and he saw a personable, gentle, and handsome man standing there, looking at him with a smile on his face. (To be continued......)

PS: Let me explain, there was an error in the previous chapters of the emperor's dragon robe 'thirteen chapters', recently I checked some information, and found that I wrote one more chapter, which is 'twelve chapters', this blames me, the knowledge is not enough, I lost the adult, and I am sorry to affect your reading, I have understood, and I will not be wrong again, thank you for your support