"Some of the words of the common people still make sense." Liang Tao leaned on his desk and sighed: "The favor of rice is promoted, and the hatred of rice is fought. I believe that I will let you elders enjoy all the glory and wealth. Even if the Zheng family in Jiujiang falls,
I didn't let them suffer too much. I sent Zheng Yulou to the Dongyuan Blessed Land to stay and recuperate. The juniors with advanced cultivation still studied in the pavilion, and the other ordinary disciples were assigned to various places, and they were not short of food and clothing.
You should know better."
Chu Fenggui was unforgiving: "You are clearly dividing and cannibalizing the Zheng family in Jiujiang. Do you really think that others can't understand it? Zheng Yulou is under house arrest by you. The other children of the Zheng family have no support, so they will be put under house arrest."
You treat me like a slave. Are you going to do the same to our Chu family next?"
Liang Tao did not answer directly, but said: "The current situation is not as usual, and it is time to change some of the rules in Chongxuan Hall. I plan to arrange a group of disciples to go to various places to organize shrines and altars and decorate altars. Don't
We are at a disadvantage at this critical juncture."
Chu Fenggui's expression changed when he heard this: "You actually agree with that little country leader? What about rebuilding the laws and regulations? Just give it up to others like this?"
"Only when it comes to rituals and legal affairs, Zhao Shui is the undisputed number one person in Huaxu Kingdom. The facts are before our eyes and there is no refutation." Liang Tao said: "And he is the descendant of the official of the Tianxia Dynasty, which is related to whether Huaxu Kingdom is orthodox.
, this matter can only be done by him."
Chu Fenggui was silent for a moment at first, and then his face became very gloomy: "What is the relationship between Zhao Shu and you? Does a servant who has not recognized his ancestors and returned to the clan give birth to a son?"
When Liang Tao heard this, he almost spit out the tea in his mouth. He smiled and waved his hands: "No! Do you think everyone is the same as you? There are too many concubines in the family to count."
"Then why do you protect Zhao Shu at all times?" Chu Fenggui asked: "I gathered hundreds of officials to write a letter to impeach Zhao Shu, but you didn't respond at all. The small country leader was emboldened, so he dared to order Zhao Shu to preside over the revision of the laws and regulations.
And don’t think that I don’t know that by sending the vixen from the Jiang family to Zhao Shui, you are clearly treating him as a disciple and successor!”
Liang Tao thought for a moment, and then said: "Does your statement seem a little narrow-minded? You also know Zhao Shu's ability, do you have to force this kind of person to become an enemy? I do have the intention to win over Zhao Shu, and in this way
Come on, his every move is under my control.
And I acquiesced to the emperor's decree, and also planned to send my disciples to set up altars and control the witchcraft, also in order to firmly grasp these important matters. But not only did you fail to see the key, but you also gathered people to disobey. This is not only
Disobeying the will of the king is also a demonstration against me, right?"
Chu Fenggui admitted: "That's right! You cultivated Zhao Mi, but you took advantage of our Chu family. In order to establish Zhao Mi's prestige, you destroyed our decades of business in Qingyan County! If you hadn't been by your side,
Incitement, how dare a rat like Zhao Shu do such a reckless thing?!"
"At the beginning of the Jiuli Kingdom's attack, I told you that we must restrain the people below and don't let them muddle through the work." Liang Tao supported his cheek and said: "In the end, Zhao Shu got the handle and made the matter bigger.
Who can you blame?"
"I don't have the heart to tell you this!" Chu Fenggui stood up.
"Then let's get down to business." Liang Tao flicked his fingers, and a map of the Huaxu Kingdom was unfolded beside the wall, which included mountains, rivers, rivers, cities, and roads in great detail.
Chu Fenggui saw that this picture was not an extraordinary thing. There were vaguely vivid veins spreading through it, like talismans and seal scripts, which were mysterious and indescribable. And at the joints of those "veins", there were many familiar blessed places for cultivation, caves and fairy caves.
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"In recent years, I have mastered most of the apertures and spiritual points that are used to set up mandala for qi-seeking machines." Liang Tao said: "The imperial court plans to set up mandalas all over the country, and I am afraid that Chongxuan Hall will have to donate these locations.
Neither you nor I are willing to abandon these foundations, so the best thing is to cooperate with Zhao Shu to properly arrange the mandala rituals."
After Liang Tao said this, Chu Fenggui looked at him in disbelief: "Liang Tao, what are you talking about? You will actually comply with this? Are you still Liang Tao? Yang Jingxi wants to build mandalas and amend the law.
"Yi, it's clear that he's here for us. It's okay if you don't try your best to stop us, but you still give in?"
"Submit? That's what you think?" Liang Tao's eyes showed a bit of pity: "Should I say that you are in the mountains and can't see the whole picture? Or are you picking up the ashes and ruining your brain? Don't take advantage of such a big thing.
Do you want to let the other party do it?"
Chu Fenggui's face grew colder: "I understand, this is your purpose, secretly control the country's legal affairs, and then take the entire Huaxu Kingdom into your pocket."
Liang Tao smiled faintly: "If you look at it this way, it's pretty much the same. If this happens, why not take a step back today? Many altars need the care of Chongxuan Hall disciples. I hope you can gather all the children of the Chu family, not only
Chu Mengchun and others, including those with official positions, have temporarily put aside their official duties and arranged to go to various places to protect the altar."
"Are you crazy?!" Chu Fenggui immediately refused: "This is absolutely out of the question!"
Liang Tao stopped smiling: "You are not a child anymore. Don't you still understand the pros and cons?"
"I understand! I just understand, that's why I can't agree!" Chu Fenggui refuted with a roll of his sleeves: "Only you can take advantage of this, and others will be your slaves for generations to come!"
"Don't speak so harshly." Liang Tao slowly sat up straight: "If this happens, in the future, the Chu clan will be promoted and enjoy eternal life. You, Chu Fenggui, can also be ranked as an immortal minister and take charge of the blessed land.
Or how about ensuring that your descendants will continue to enjoy blessings from generation to generation?"
Chu Fenggui laughed and said: "Liang Tao, you are really crazy. Am I that kind of ignorant villager? Who else can be deceived by these nonsense except those vixens who have no independent opinions? The founder of Qingya can't even uproot his house and fly to the top.
How can you and I do it?"
Liang Tao looked serious: "The Patriarch Qingya may not be able to compare with me."
When Chu Fenggui heard this, he was startled for a moment. Then he seemed to have figured out something and turned to leave: "You are hopeless... I won't accompany you!"
"Am I allowed to leave?" Liang Tao said coldly.
Chu Fenggui paused: "What? You want to kill me?"
Liang Tao said: "My patience is limited. I will turn back in time. As long as things are done according to my wishes, I will not hold you accountable for your offense today."
Chu Fenggui raised his head and laughed: "Liang Tao, don't be too arrogant! I have the Ziyun Tianluo personally given by the ancestor of Qingya. If you dare to attack me, the ancestor will immediately lower his immortal power and punish you severely! You
Aren’t you claiming to be better than Patriarch Qingya? Just give it a try!”
Liang Tao narrowed his eyes and remained silent. Chu Fenggui stepped forward with a flick of his sleeves and said loudly: "With your arrogant temper, you just want to intimidate outsiders, but don't you think it's ridiculous to show off in front of me? Our ancestors of the Chu family are the great masters of Qingya Patriarch.
Disciple, in terms of inheritance and heritage, it may not be any worse than yours, Yongjia Liang!"
After saying this, Chu Fenggui was about to raise his hand to swing open the door of the bamboo hall, but he heard a soft knock on the table from behind, and Chu Fenggui was immediately unable to move.
"I have watched you grow up, and I still have half of the old friendship in my heart." Liang Tao seemed to be recalling the past: "Before Chu Jieyu died, he begged me to take more care of your younger brother. In fact, you were not a child back then.
You don’t need me to take care of you anymore, but I still tried my best to make you reach a high position in Huaxu Kingdom and hold great power. I believe that I have lived up to the trust of my friends."
Chu Fenggui felt that he was restrained by an overwhelming force. Not only was he unable to speak or move, but the true energy in his body was also stagnant. He could only listen to Liang Tao's words coming gradually:
"Sometimes I wonder if I am being too indulgent towards you. You are so incompetent, yet you still have the nerve to talk about Patriarch Qingya? The Patriarch's predecessors taught you the Dharma to help you cultivate immortality and enlightenment, not to decorate your status.
Second, I dare to compare myself to Patriarch Qingya, not because I am arrogant, but because I have real understanding."
Chu Fenggui was extremely horrified. At this moment, his true energy and magic power were completely unable to function. He could only pray to the Patriarch to punish him quickly so that this arrogant person would be shattered to pieces!
"You see, a person's character can be tested only at the critical moment of life and death." Liang Tao stood up and came to Chu Fenggui. He raised his hand to take a photo, and a ball of dense purple air floated out through his robe and fell into his hand.
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Chu Fenggui was greatly shocked when he saw this. He was clearly given a magic weapon to protect himself, so how could it be taken away by Liang Tao so easily?
"The person who gave you the Ziyun Tianluo more than seventy years ago was not the Qingya Patriarch." Liang Tao raised his eyes and said calmly: "It was me."
Chu Fenggui almost thought that he heard wrongly. He tried his best to persuade himself that Liang Tao was terminally ill and every word he said could not be trusted!
"In the year when the late Emperor Tianxia burned himself in Tongtiantai, Qingya Fairyland was invaded by evil gods from outside. The ancestors were defeated by the evil gods, the true spirit was lost, the immortals were destroyed, and most of the cave sky collapsed." Liang Tao said calmly:
"If I hadn't been lucky enough to have the Xuanzhu rise into the Niwan, connect with the Dharma, and take over the control of the cave in the face of great difficulties, where would there be a Chongxuan Pavilion today? How could you achieve what you have today? I'm afraid it would have been a long time ago
He is going to die in the chaos of war."
Liang Tao lowered his head and looked at Ziyun Tianluo, which was like a cloud of smoke in his hand. With a flick of his five fingers, he could see the Cave Heaven Palace that was vaguely transformed inside.
"When I first took charge of Dongtian, faced with the chaotic situation, I persuaded the other three disciples to move the Chongxuan Hall away from the Imperial Capital. I killed many madmen and cruel monsters along the way, so that the Chongxuan Hall could be established in Difei Mountain.
Let’s settle down.” Liang Tao shook his head helplessly:
"But even so, the eastern land of Kunlun is not necessarily peaceful. In order to preserve the Chongxuan Pavilion and stabilize everyone's hearts, I had no choice but to pretend to be the Qingya Immortal Ancestor and pass down the Immortal Urn and Magical Treasures several times, and you are one of them.
To be honest, I really didn’t expect you people to have such high cultivation and magic power before, and I was even wary of you. If you find out one day, I will not end well.
It is this kind of walking on thin ice and trembling with fear that has allowed me to continuously improve my cultivation. Over the past few decades, you have been far behind. When I look back, I find that each of you is intoxicated with gentleness and wealth, which makes me feel more relieved."
Liang Tao put away the Ziyun Tianluo, and suddenly sighed and said: "But now that I think about it, this deliberate indulgence has its disadvantages. I can't find anyone in the Chongxuan Hall who can understand what I want to do. You would rather guard it.
The current worldly wealth and wealth are unwilling to take another step forward, which is extremely short-sighted. Zhao Shu is right, it is just a bunch of flower displays, not of much use, and it has no sincerity at all."
Liang Tao thought for a long time, raised his hand and patted Chu Fenggui on the shoulder: "I originally wanted to spare your life, but thinking that an incompetent person like you would definitely be too smart, it's better to stop here."
After saying this, Liang Tao raised his hand and pointed his sword. A cloud seal hung on his fingertips and was printed directly between Chu Fenggui's eyebrows.
Chu Fenggui's body was shaken, his eyes were gleaming, and his vitality was suddenly cut off. If he hadn't been restrained by the air restraint, he might have fallen to the ground on the spot.
Liang Tao opened and closed his lips, reciting the mantra silently, and the cloud seals flew along the sword finger into Chu Fenggui's lifeless body, drawing back the dying soul, and condensing it in the Niwan Palace.
Construct the mind.
After a moment, Chu Fenggui's eyes glowed again and he stood firmly on the spot.
Looking at the dull face, Liang Tao said to himself: "Although it is not a long-term solution, it is enough to cope with the current situation."
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Zhao Shu looked at the large boxes of books in front of him, flipped through them for a long time and pulled out a volume called "Baichen Gongji Lun". He found a few pages familiarly, read them back and forth, and then murmured: "This position is not quite right..."
"Where is it?" Liang Tao's voice suddenly came from outside the house.
Zhao Shu quickly glanced outside, then closed the door and added another spell: "Are you crazy? The head of the Jiangzhen Pavilion is still a guest in my house at the moment. If he discovers that you and I are interacting with each other, things will go wrong.
It’s all over!”
Seeing him like this, Liang Tao suddenly laughed loudly for some reason, and he laughed especially happily.
Zhao Shu was secretly surprised. He had the impression that even if Liang Tao spoke freely, he would not be so rude. Maybe he was testing himself again.
"Stop laughing!" Zhao Shu gritted his teeth and said, "I know you are highly skilled and Xu Zhouzi may not be able to discover you, but if I am a little negligent, all my efforts will be in vain!"
Liang Tao arched his body with laughter, barely stopped his laughter, wiped the tears from his eyes and said, "You, you don't have to be so nervous, I can trust you."
The more Zhao Miao listened, the weirder he got, and he got goosebumps all over his body. Liang Tao coughed twice and returned to normal. He looked around at a pile of books in the room, picked up one at random, and saw that it told how to collect air and light at different times and directions.
, what is the difference in function?
"Are these ritual scriptures written by the officials of the Tianxia Dynasty?" Liang Tao asked.
Zhao Shu snatched the scroll from Liang Tao's hand: "Don't flip through it! I'm rearranging it... It's less than one-tenth of it, and the content is the backbone of rituals and rituals. To revise the rituals and rituals, you must first establish a
Foundation.”
Liang Tao didn't care either: "Have you read all these books?"
"I learned to read with these books when I was a child." Zhao Shu replied: "And many of the books in the collection were hand-copied by me. The original books were almost rotten."
Liang Tao sighed: "What kind of life did you live when you were a child? How could you endure being lonely and chewing on these tomes?"
Zhao Shu smelled the fragrance of the ink in the book and sighed with emotion: "It's simple. My grandfather held a ruler and had to recite the contents of the book before going to bed every day. If he couldn't recite it, he would slap his palms. He was not allowed to sleep or eat until he could recite it."