Chapter 279: Veteran Heroes (I)
This person, the young man once studied the method of Qimen Dunjia in the Xidi Liuhe Mountain Dunjia faction, and then left the sect and joined the army, at that time he was a soldier and a general under the account of King Huai, until King Huai retreated behind the scenes, he took over the post of Taishi, and fought for the world for Daxia.
He was also nearly one hundred and fifty years old, and since he had abolished the Dao Law and switched to martial arts after leaving the Dunjia Sect, this age was indeed considered an advanced age. In his 100-year career as a horseman, he has never been defeated, and his brilliant exploits can be called the ancient and the present, so he is respected by the world as the god of war!
However, there is always a twilight time for heroes, and when Yu Qingwu first met Yu Tao more than ten years ago, although he was old, he was ruddy and full of energy. More than ten years have passed, but today's military god is dying and old, and he needs help if he wants to sit up. In such a state, I am afraid that the deadline is approaching.
"Xiao Wang has seen the Taishi!" After Xia Luqi helped Yu Tao to sit up, Yu Qingwu bowed and clasped his fists and saluted. Yu Tao's official rank is higher than him, but his title is higher than that of Yu Tao, so there is no need to salute him. But Yu Tao's prestige is strong, and no matter what officials and lords in the court, they have to salute when they see him, and even the current emperor Xia Lugui also respects him.
Yu Tao waved his hand, motioned for Yu Qingwu to sit casually with his eyes, and then said weakly: "I heard Your Majesty say that half a month ago, His Royal Highness went to the Chuanshan Enchantment with King Huai and the two worshippers of the Jin family, I don't know what the result was?"
Yu Qingwu sat on a dark wooden stool next to the bed, and said with a wry smile: "We did climb to the top of the boat mountain, and met the mountain guarding beast, but in the end, it was a bamboo basket to draw water, and the seniors of King Huai sacrificed ...... to protect us juniors."
"What?"
As soon as he heard that King Huai, who had the grace of knowing and teaching him, was dead, the old man leaned forward suddenly, panting and said: "Teacher, his martial arts are world-famous, although he is not invincible in the world, but there are very few people who can kill him, let alone the three of you!"
The martial arts cultivators in the middle stage of the Earth Immortal do have an invincible aura on the bright side, plus there are Yu Qingwu and the Jin family, the two masters of the three enshrinements, the four of them are united, except for those top immortal cultivators, who can be the enemy?
"Funayama is much more complicated than we thought. Yu Qingwu shook his head and sighed, "Originally, I thought that there were only three Earth Immortal-level monsters and one Earth Immortal-level demon cultivator in the Chuanshan Enchantment, if it was just these three demons and one demon, with the strength of the four of us, we would not be afraid at all." But in addition to them, there is also a peerless master hidden in Chuanshan, and it was that person who killed the predecessor of King Huai!"
"Who is it?" said in a deep voice, breathing heavier and heavier as anger burned in his heart, and finally coughed incessantly. It was as if the next moment it would be impossible to lift it in one breath and swallow it.
Xia Luqi on the side hurriedly stroked his back and used his true qi to comb the qi and blood in his body, which made him better.
Yu Qingwu also stepped forward to comb his body, but Yu Tao raised his hand to stop it, so he had to give up and said: "That person is none other than the traitor Qiankun of Shushan who was known as the sword demon a hundred years ago!"
"It's him!No wonder ......"
Yu Tao leaned down gently, his face was bitter, and his eyes were full of helplessness. When he was still in the Liuhe Mountain Dunjia faction, the name of Shushan Qiankun has spread all over the world, after he joined the army, Qiankun experienced in the world, got the name of the sword demon, known as the first in the world.
He has personally experienced the years when Qiankun has gone from glory to loneliness, and he is in awe of this 'elder' who is considered to be his peers. Qiankun is too strong, so strong that even if Shushan is dispatched, he will not be able to kill it, and it is not impossible to live to this day.
The teacher died in such a person who couldn't take revenge, and he had to sigh lightly. After a while, he turned his head to Xia Luqi and said weakly: "Your Majesty, send someone to Shushan to inform the people of the Sword Gate, just say that the Sword Demon has been born......"
"Taishi rest assured, after he goes back, he will take someone to do this. Xia Luqi nodded, helped the tired Tao to lie down again, stood up and said: "Master, pay more attention to your body, don't work hard, go back to the palace first, and come to see you tomorrow!" After speaking, he pulled Yu Qingwu and walked out.
On the way back to the palace, Yu Qingwu and Xia Lugui rode in the same car, and Xia Lugui seemed to be preoccupied along the way, Yu Qingwu couldn't help asking, "Your Majesty, what's the trouble?"
"Although I am the supreme emperor of the people, I am also a person, since I am a human being, how can I not have troubles?" Xia Luqi laughed at himself, in front of Yu Qingwu, he basically did not call himself 'lonely'. He looked back at the heavily guarded Taishi Mansion, and said abruptly: "Taishi is really old, when he went to the north, he was still majestic and proud of the world, and he returned to the imperial capital in a chariot for more than ten years!"
He has never sat on any chariot in battle, he is always riding on a chariot in armor and helmet, and riding in a chariot is an insult to him!
Yu Qingwu smiled and said, "People will be old, even immortals may not be able to live with the heavens, the earth, the sun and the moon." One of them is getting old, and there are thousands of them in Great Xia, so why are you afraid?"
"That's right. Xia Luqi nodded, no longer thinking about the old man, but asked about the specific experience of Chuanshan. After listening to Yu Qingwu's narration, he sighed again, no matter what, King Huai is his grandparents, although he is not his own grandfather, but there is still some affection between them.
"Your Majesty doesn't need to worry about the matter of the Sword Demon. Yu Qingwu patted him on the shoulder and said, "The Taishi asked His Majesty to send someone to inform the Imperial Sword Gate, precisely to use the hand of the Imperial Sword Gate to get rid of the sword demon and avenge King Huai." ”
When Yu Tao told Xia Luqi to send someone to inform the Shushan Imperial Sword Gate, Yu Qingwu admired this old lady in his heart, and secretly said that Jiang was still old and spicy, this is completely a clever trick to kill people with a knife, and it is also reasonable. I believe that once Shushan learns that the sword demon has been born again, it will definitely go out to encircle and suppress the sword demon as it did a hundred years ago, and Daxia doesn't need to exert any strength at all, just watch from the side.
After accompanying Xia Lugui back to the palace, Yu Qingwu said that he was going to see Prince Chunwei, but in fact, he went to check the dragon pendant that contained the soul of Yingji, and then blessed the dragon pendant before returning to the palace. Since then, everything has returned to its usual state, the ministers should go to the court, and occasionally the ministers go to the Taishi's Mansion to visit the Taishi, and Xia Luqi, who has always been inseparable from Yuxi, and only knows how to have fun, has also converged a little.
On the surface, it is calm, but in fact there is an undercurrent. Yu Qingwu was in the palace, but he had insight into the storm brewing in the imperial capital, because Yu Tao was in such a hurry to return to the court, not only a big victory, but also to clear the filth in the court!
As Yu Qingwu expected, in half a month, many ministers in the court were invited to the Taishi's Mansion, but they did not come out again after entering. Among these people, there are high-ranking officials in Jiuqing, and there are also internal officials and close ministers who serve Xia Lugui, but without exception, they are all people who instigate and accompany Xia Luqi every day to have fun.
Half a month later, in a court meeting, Xia Luqi was about to retreat from the court and return to the harem, but who wanted to be Tao Tao was sitting on the Taishi chair and was carried into the hall. Compared with half a month ago, this old lady's complexion is much better, at least she will not be as short of breath as before, and she will not be out of breath as before.
"Why is the Grand Master here today?" asked Xia Luqi, who was sitting on the throne.
Yan Tao put his hands on the armrests of the chair, and his old eyes swept over all the ministers present, and said: "The old minister is afraid that if he doesn't come again, this righteous and bright Taihe Hall will become a filthy wine-colored place!"
After hearing Yu Tao's words, most of the people in the hall had two expressions, one was expectation, and the other was apprehension. Huai Jian, Zhong Gu and others are naturally looking forward to it, and Yu Tao will appear in the Taihe Hall today, afraid that they will take some tough measures to do extraordinary things, which is something they have always wanted to do but couldn't do.
And the apprehension is naturally Zhao Liang and others, in the past half a month, many officials have been 'invited' into the Taishi's Mansion and then no longer come out, these people have a close relationship with them, and their daily contacts are relatively close, they are afraid that the spearhead of the old Taishi will be aimed at them.
Xia Luqi frowned, knowing that this was the Xingshi question, but he asked, "What does the Taishi mean by this?"
Yu Tao didn't reply, just raised his hand, and after a while, more than ten soldiers escorted more than ten people in prison uniforms to kneel outside the hall, and it was only at this time that Yu Tao looked at Xia Luqi on the high seat and said, "Your Majesty knows these people?"
These twelve people are the officials who were invited into the Taishi Mansion in the middle of the month, and at this time they were all wounded, and their anger was like a gossamer, if it weren't for the soldiers who pressed their bodies, I was afraid that they would fall directly to the ground.
"They are all the pillars of my Great Xia, can they be lonely?" said Xia Luqi with a frown.
"Dong Liang?" Yu Tao sneered, raised his finger, and the twelve soldiers outside the hall pulled out the swords on their waists, only to see that the swords in their hands fell, and the twelve officials fell to the ground one after another, and blood flowed all over the ground.
Hiss......
The ministers gasped, they never thought that Yu Tao would dare to kill those officials in front of the human emperor, and Xia Luqi, who was the human emperor, also got up at this time, pointed at the indifferent Yu Tao, and said in a trembling voice: "Taishi, you ...... You ......"
A pair of withered claws staggered to his feet. Although he was approaching, he still straightened his waist at this time and looked directly at Xia Luqi who was so angry that he couldn't speak on the high seat, and his old body exuded a compelling momentum.
"The old minister has only been away from the imperial capital for a few years, and during this time, what have you done......, Your Majesty? Forget it if you indulge in wine all day long, you are in the company of ministers to persecute Zhongliang!"
"The death of Yingji Niangniang, on the surface, may be implicated in the enemy's family, but Taifu Qiu Meng has been loyal to Daxia all his life, even if his descendants have really done disloyal things, how can they be guilty of him? But what about you? Just because he told Huang Tu bluntly about your sins, you were not afraid that when you came back from your midnight dream, the ghosts of these two people haunted you?"
The more he talked, the more excited he became, and finally he even fell back into his seat because of his lack of energy. He trembled and pointed to the twelve headless corpses outside the hall, and said word by word: "Today, the old minister has done a great rebellion in front of you, and he is as blunt as the dragon about your sin, do you also want to take away the old minister's life?"