1448. Swordsmen and shoes go to the palace, but they dont follow the court, and they dont pay tribute (Part 2)
News one after another, and voices one by one, as the monks and disciples poured into the palace, spread throughout the palace, causing the atmosphere in the palace to suddenly become like a pot of boiling water.
There are various expressions on the faces of every palace official, worshiper, and soldier.
Only when Emperor Xuanzong glanced around, the expressions on those people's faces suddenly calmed down and changed to a look of submission, as if they were still loyal to Xuanzong.
Emperor Xuanzong's Adam's apple rolled. He sat stiffly on the throne and looked outside the palace. He saw the black and yellow sky and earth outside the palace. Between the black and yellow sky and earth, he could not see any other shapes staying in it. He felt even more moved in his heart.
And full of unspeakable panic.
If you walk out of the palace now, what will happen to you?
He originally took Gun Mian and sat on the throne just to welcome Su Wu here - every ray of his soul that he had placed in the ancestral temple was killed by Zhang Wu with one arrow. Zhang Wu's golden arrow is still in the ancestral temple to this day.
Inside, it was like a steel knife hanging over Xuanzong's head. From this, he understood that even Zhang Wu's own strength was definitely beyond his reach.
What's more, the other party also has the support of Lushan Zhenren, bad people and many other forces behind him?
Under such circumstances, I am still an enemy of Zhang Wu, which is really just a stubborn resistance!
Emperor Xuanzong ordered the guards to be banned, and when he made various preparations, he already had a premonition of his final outcome - he had no chance of winning, and he would definitely lose this battle!
But even so, he didn't back down.
Defeat is nothing more than death!
Even though he died on this throne with his clothes on his head, he was still the Emperor of Li Tang!
But now a monk walked into the temple and brought him all this news——
"Your Majesty, the Marquis of Zhenguo is already outside the palace. Please come straight to see me!"
The last monk who sent back the news repeated his words again. The monk emphasized his tone slightly to revive Xuanzong's sanity, which was drifting beyond the nine heavens.
Xuanzong lowered his eyes.
Time seems to have stood still at this moment.
He expected that he would sit on the throne of Li Tang and die in full robes, but at this time, because of the news from the monks, everything came to nothing.
He had a pale face and was silent for a long time.
All kinds of incomprehensible glances intertwined in the hall.
Those eyes seemed to have never fallen on Emperor Xuanzong, but they finally crushed Emperor Xuanzong's will. After a long time, Emperor Xuanzong let out a dejected sigh: "Hey..."
Then, the saint held on to the armrest, trying to prop up his body. But at this time, for some reason, his legs were extremely weak. Even if he supported the armrest with his hands, he could not straighten up for a while. Seeing this, the surrounding palace people lowered their heads and passed by.
He supported Xuanzong's arms and lifted him up from the throne.
For Xuanzong at this time, the dozens of steps from the throne to the entrance of the palace seemed as long as walking thousands of miles.
As he approached the palace entrance, he was covered in sweat.
Approaching the entrance of the palace, he finally saw Zhang Wu standing outside the palace with his hands hanging down and a dull expression. At this time, a force suddenly came from nowhere in his body, making his legs that had softened suddenly straighten.
He pushed away the palace attendant who was supporting him and slowly approached Zhang Wu.
Emperor Xuanzong opened his mouth to speak——
Su Wu's eyes dropped.
The invisible gaze was like a mountain, which immediately weighed him down and made him unable to lift his head.
He felt extremely humiliated in his heart, and the power swirling in his body spurted out even more fiercely at this time - even if Zhang Wu killed him right now, he would not be afraid at all!
However, as Zhang Wu spoke, the will to die that had just burst out in his heart suddenly disappeared completely: "Emperor.
How about ending today's matter?
The officials and waiters inside and outside the ban will never retain the slightest memory of today's events - after one night, tomorrow will be a bright day again.
You go to court and govern the country as usual.
And I, as before, will implement the rule of ‘no treachery in the world’. How about you and I not interfering with each other?”
Su Wu thought clearly.
Although Emperor Xuanzong can be killed now, it is not good for the overall situation.
Xuanzong did not need to intervene in the matter of "governing the world," but he still needed to use the name of Emperor Li and Tang to mobilize various resources and cooperate fully.
What's more, the affairs of the world and the people's livelihood are not just about "curing evil".
Emperor Xuanzong is alive and well, and if he can cooperate with Su Wu well, it will be beneficial to the world. Taking his life at this time will instead cause turmoil in the court, and the Kaiyuan Era, which was only flourishing, will also be cut off.
Moreover, Emperor Li and Tang practiced the "Five Virtues and Body", which was also very strange. He relied on the energy of the five virtues and five directions accumulated by successive emperors to cultivate his body. At the same time, the energy of the five virtues was closely related to the fate of the country.
——To kill Emperor Li Tang at this time would be equivalent to destroying the destiny of the country!
Today's prosperous national destiny is also a great help to Su Wu's pursuit of "governing the world".
Therefore, Su Wu's fundamental purpose from the beginning was not to kill Emperor Xuanzong and replace him - everything he did was to force Xuanzong to "turn back" and end the war with war.
Li Longji didn't know what Su Wu was thinking. He was forced by Su Wu to leave the palace and come to 'visit' Su Wu. The humiliation in his heart couldn't be increased. He had already begun to die, and he felt that his death was coming.
Muster up 120,000 courage to face his own death.
But he didn't expect to hear Su Wu speak at this moment, saying that they could still "get along well".
What is happening now should have never happened.
After this night, there will be no trace of what happened next.
Every word he said indicated that he could give himself a way out. The position of emperor was still in his hands. Such twists and turns suddenly drained all Li Longji's courage.
If everything can remain as usual, why should I want to die?
With this thought, all the strength in Xuanzong's body suddenly disappeared without a trace, and he suddenly sat down on the ground. He looked up at Su Wu, his eyes full of fear: "My life and death now depend on your thoughts.
You can kill me quickly, and there is no other person in the world who can make you pay any price.
Why...why did you..."
"I'm not doing it for this quick moment." Su Wu grinned. He knelt down next to Xuanzong, and suddenly a golden arrow appeared in his hand.
This arrow penetrated Li Tang's ancestral temple and was as light as nothing in Su Wu's hands.
Under Xuanzong's trembling eyes, he handed the golden arrow to the other party and said: "Your life is in danger, and the rise and fall of the Li and Tang imperial line is now in your own hands.
Where will the emperor go?
Will he become a sage king or become an unruly national thief?
It's all in your mind.
Emperor, just take care of yourself."
After saying these words, Su Wu stood up, and a strong wind swept up his figure. When the strong wind turned around, his figure also disappeared.
Xuanzong lowered his head and looked at the golden arrow in his hand.
The golden arrow melted into a ray of light in his palm, and then slowly disappeared before his eyes.
But in his heart, he can now sense the existence of that golden arrow all the time - that feathered arrow is still firmly nailed to the Li Tang ancestral temple. It cannot fall off for a day, and Xuanzong's spirit cannot be moved for a day.
Return to the ancestral temple and receive protection from the royal family.
This steel sword hung over Emperor Xuanzong's head for a long time!
"Huo Guang's story is here again..."
He murmured and looked at his empty palms in despair. The black wind swaying between the sky and the earth gradually subsided. When someone in the palace saw the emperor sitting in front of the palace with his clothes on his head, they were immediately frightened and hurriedly approached him, saying, "
His Majesty'.
Emperor Xuanzong turned to look at the expression on the palace man's face, convinced that the other party had no memory of what happened before.
Except for Su Wu and Xuanzong himself, no one inside or outside the forbidden palace knows what happened tonight.
"Your Majesty, the wind is strong tonight..." The eunuch helped Emperor Xuanzong up, and at the same time racked his brains to choose his words, trying to cover up the scene where Xuanzong fell to the ground in despair.
Xuanzong glanced at him, straightened up, turned around and returned to the palace.
Soon after, a decree came out of the Daming Palace and went straight to the Criminal Office.
…
The imperial edict said: Only Xuanyuan surrendered to Zuo and ushered in the fate of the Tang Dynasty... Zhang Wu, a bad commander, had both morals and conduct, talent and talent. He was awarded the title of Duke of Zhenguo. He was praised and worshiped but not famous. He entered the court without following. He went to the palace with swords and shoes.
On the 'Xuanmen Ranking', Zhang Wu ranks among the top three, holding the position of 'Leader of the Xuanmen City', prime minister of Yin and Yang, determining the world's laws and governing the world's evil.
…
The original "Delinquent Persons' Office" was once again expanded into the "Xuanmen Office" after the sage issued the decree.
There are three major agencies under Xuanmen: the Suppression Bureau, the Divine Works Bureau, and the Conspiracy Prison. All bad people are integrated into the three major agencies, and they are completely transformed into Xuanmen.
Since the 'Shen Gong Bureau' mastered the craftsmanship of the 'Sheng Ren Jia', it has gradually spread throughout the world, and many disciples from folk religions have come to join the cast.
In front of the office, there was a bustling crowd.
At this time, in a certain quiet room in the front yard of Xuanmen.
Su Wu sat upright in the main seat. On the left and right sides of his head, women with beautiful faces and moon-like faces were sitting there. Surrounded by the women, Su Wu looked at his nose with his eyes and his heart with his nose, as if he had turned into a wood carving and clay sculpture.
The breath has converged and almost disappeared.
But he is the main target of the lingering eyes of Danjia, Ding Ling, Jiang Yingying, Qingzi, Ping Lingzi, Zhuoma Zunsheng and other women here. Even though he can suppress his own aura, he cannot hide himself.
His existence - in this way, because most of the women's eyes were focused on him, his presence was even more highlighted.
He then turned his gaze to the table in front of him and carefully observed every texture and carving on the table.
"Your Majesty, your current aura is just like that of an ancient Buddha carved from clay and wood.
It seems that you have deep Buddha nature, but in fact your internal organs are filled with soil and wood. Your heart is solid, so how can your nature and mind be empty?"
Danjia, who was sitting first on the right side, glanced at Su Wu who was sitting on the main seat, snorted softly from his nose, raised his white jade-like chin, and asked Su Wu with a smile.
The resentment in her words was extremely clear. Now it seemed that she was discussing Buddhist practice with Su Wu, but in fact she was taking the opportunity to annoy him for being like a piece of wood in such an occasion and not saying a word in such an occasion.
Ding Ling, who was sitting opposite Danjia, glanced at her and suddenly said: "The body has been trained to look like a crane, and two scriptures are written under a thousand pines. I came to ask and I can't help but say, the clouds are in the sky and the water is in the bottle."
For example, practice - standing high on the mountain top and walking deep under the sea.
Some people's minds are not empty and cannot be pure, and they don't know that heaven and earth have all returned here and have never been transferred."
The unspoken meaning of Lushan Zhenren’s comment on the Tao is to ridicule Danjia. The practice of high and profound realms has always been there and has never been transferred. However, Danjia has no eyes of wisdom and his mind cannot be pure, so he cannot understand clearly. Therefore,
Looking at senior brother Su Wu, one would think that he is just a piece of wood.
In fact, the real elm-headed person with a mortal body is none other than Danga himself.
Danjia turned his head when he heard the sound, with the smile still on his beautiful face, and asked Ding Ling: "The Taoist priest has a pure mind, has he 'forgotten his love'?"
"Tao can be entrusted to all things in the world, and it can also be returned to oneself.
All nature, all kinds of things, and those who are sentimental and forgetful of emotion can be the 'Tao', and it does not necessarily have to be 'the supreme forgetfulness of emotion'." At this time, before Ding Ling could speak, Jiang Yingying, who had been sitting in the corner with Haruko Inoue, suddenly became timid.
Be timid to speak out.
She looked timid, but the words coming out of her mouth were quite fluent and organized.
After hearing what he said, Ding Ling glanced at Jiang Yingying. She didn't know what she was thinking of, but she looked at Jiang Yingying with a somewhat complicated expression.
Su Wu, who was sitting in the main seat, saw that the women present were about to start a Taoist debate. Finally, he couldn't help but raise his eyes and glanced at the door of the quiet room.
Now he not only invited the girls, but also Tao Zu, Jianzhen, Hong Renkun, Ji Xingzhou and others.
However, the girls had gathered here early, but Tao Zu, Jian Zhen and others were still missing.
Without these people present, he was already unable to cope with the current situation and could not withstand it.
"Master." Su Wu called to the door of the quiet room. As soon as he spoke, he suppressed the "Tao discussion atmosphere" that was getting hotter in the room. "Since you are outside the door, why don't you come inside to meet us?"
outside the door.
Tao Zu held Jianzhen in his left hand and Ji Xingzhou in his right hand, winking at each other with Hong Renkun.
"Listen, listen, they are going to kill each other soon!" Tao Zu gloated.
Hong Renkun couldn't suppress the corners of his mouth that were raised crazily, grinning endlessly: "How could I have seen Su Wu look like this before?
Ha ha!
It’s fitting that he deserved this calamity!
I’m going to make him suffer severely!”
The old god Jianzhen, who was being held by Tao Zu's arm, was there. There was no expression on his thin face, and he didn't seem to care about the farce at the moment.
But now he could easily break away from Tao Zu's arm and push the door open, but he never moved an inch.
Only Ji Xingzhou pursed his lips and whispered: "Su Wu should have something important to discuss with us, so it would not be good to leave him alone in the room like this..."
"You are a kind person!" Tao Zu glared at him.
Hong Renkun looked solemn and patted Ji Xingzhou on the shoulder: "All the women in the room are confidantees that Zhang Wu met in various periods.
Now we leave space alone for him and the girls to communicate with each other. What's wrong with this?
He was grateful that we were too late, so what’s wrong with that!”
Ji Xingzhou opened his mouth when he heard the sound, but couldn't say anything else.
Just as everyone heard the verbal exchanges in the room becoming more and more intense, and everyone's eyebrows were dancing, Su Wu's voice suddenly came from inside the door: "Grandmaster, since you have arrived outside the door, why don't you come inside to meet us?"