"Oh, when you saw that dissuasion failed, you started to use threats?" Zhao Shu sneered twice: "I admire you, Mr. Left Prime Minister, for in order to eliminate the hidden rebels, you allowed them to get bigger step by step, and even allowed them to commit crimes. Can you tell?
How many innocent people must be sacrificed to eradicate these traitors?"
He Qingchen said in a calm tone: "You have also held a high position in Huaxu Kingdom for a period of time. You should understand that some people have evil intentions, but they are still of great use to the country and to what you do.
These people are not isolated. Behind them are relatives, friends, friends, and fellow disciples. They are related to whether the government's laws and regulations can be implemented and whether the enemy can be defeated on the battlefield. No matter how much you don't like them, you can only tolerate them. Forcibly eradicate them regardless of the current situation.
It's like cutting off one's limbs in the forest, only to be bitten by wild beasts the next moment."
Zhao Shu didn't say anything. He suddenly thought, for a long time in the past, Liang Tao saw himself as this kind of "rebellious party" who hid huge hidden dangers and was not trustworthy at all? That's why he had to test himself again and again.
, until the last moment.
"Also, do you really think there will be a huge rebellion sweeping across a large area of counties?" He Qingchen raised his finger and pointed to the hill of documents on the side: "Deng Feibao participated in the rebellion. I came from Qianji Pavilion.
One of the elders learned the news, do you think I would not have any arrangements in other places?
The Rising Sun Sect wants to control the livelihood of the people affected by the floods, so I will set up Anmintun to take in the refugees, reorganize their household registrations, and make them unable to do anything. I will even ask Xuantu Gong to spend a lot of mana to resolve the next wave of floods...
Do you think I really want the Rising Sun Cult to rebel?"
"To still want to rebel in such a situation is the source of trouble in the world." Zhao Shu said calmly.
"It seems that you understand the truth." He Qingchen put away his anger: "I have given them enough opportunities. As long as they don't take that step, I can turn a blind eye."
"Having said so much, it seems that you already know everything about the Rising Sun Sect?" Zhao Shu asked: "What is the origin of this sect? Why is it necessary to revive the Tianxia Dynasty?"
He Qingchen had a strange smile on his face, stared at Zhao Shu and said, "The leader of the Rising Sun Cult is the current Xiong Kingdom's Grand Commander, the Curse Master Cao Qingwei."
"It's him?" Zhao Shu was a little surprised. He had heard about Cao Qingwei. It was said that Cao Qingwei cast the poisonous curse on Liang Bao back then. Even a living immortal like Liang Tao couldn't refine it.
The panacea for eradicating evil curses shows his achievements in forbidden curses.
As for the Da Si Ming, it was actually the old system of the Tianxia Dynasty. Just like the person with the highest official position in Zanli had the title of Da Si Li, the person with the highest official position in the Curse Banning was headed by Da Si Ming.
"I have received news that Cao Qingwei may have used a secret method to successfully resurrect Emperor Rui Ding." He Qingchen casually pulled out a piece of information from the table next to him.
"Wait! Who?" Zhao Shu almost thought he heard wrongly: "Emperor Ruiding? That Emperor Tianxia? Resurrection?"
"Are you allowed to climb out of the coffin and not let others come back to life?" He Qingchen asked with a smile.
"I didn't die back then, I just entered a very deep state of concentration." Zhao Shu explained.
"It is said that a hundred years ago, Emperor Rui Ding burned himself in the imperial palace, and no one found his body." He Qingchen looked through the intelligence and said: "The predecessor of the Rising Sun Cult was the Rising Sun Division secretly established by Emperor Rui Ding.
, mainly some disciples of the clan who have become cultivators, with the aim of plotting a separatist restoration when the Tianxia Dynasty cannot continue."
"Rising Sun Division? I've never heard of it." Zhao Shu said.
He Qingchen smiled contemptuously and said: "Of course you haven't heard of it, because this bullshit Rising Sun Division was the first to fall into civil strife after the fall of the Tianxia Dynasty. Relying on the property and armor collected in the past, he raised troops and horses, and soon became
For a few grass-headed kings in troubled times, there is no way to revive the Tianxia Dynasty. It has gone through several generations of ups and downs to come up with such a religion of the Rising Sun, which is extremely ridiculous."
"Then what happened to Emperor Ruiding's resurrection?" Zhao Shu couldn't figure it out anyway.
"Because Emperor Ruiding did not burn himself to death at all back then. He caused a thunder disaster when he forcibly broke through the cultivation key. The thunder and fire struck the palace, causing a fire in the palace." He Qingchen said:
"At that time, there were already people in the capital of the emperor who were conspiring to depose the old emperor and establish a new king. When they saw the fire in the palace, they took advantage of the chaos and raised their troops, rushed into the palace and killed them, completely shattering the already troubled Tianxia Dynasty. As for Rui
Emperor Ding himself disappeared, and it was claimed that he burned himself to death."
Zhao Shu was speechless. The collapse of the Tianxia Dynasty was so confusing that it was almost child's play.
"The words of Mr. Zuo Xiang are as if he witnessed the chaos in the emperor's capital with his own eyes." Zhao Shu said with a subtle smile on his face.
"My Third Senior Brother was the one who experienced this firsthand. If you are lucky enough to see him on Tiancheng Mountain, you can go and ask for details." He Qingchen replied: "And Master saved Third Senior Brother even under the Emperor.
I gave him a life, enlightened him among the ruins of corpses, and then put him in the door."
Zhao Shu was not interested in the origins of the Shangjing sect members, so he asked: "What is the purpose of Mr. Zuo Xiang in saying this? Just say it bluntly."
"I suspect that you are related to the resurrection of Emperor Ruiding." He Qingchen said.
"Does this matter have anything to do with me?" This was the first time Zhao Shu experienced the feeling of being wronged.
"The drastic changes in Dongsheng Capital caused chaos in the earth's energy. Thousands of miles of mountains and rivers in Kunlun Continent were affected. As far away as the depths of the Western Wilderness Snowy Territory, mountains were shaking, rivers were turbulent, and the floods of the Bear Country were endless. You saw it with your own eyes."
He Qingchen said: "However, changes in Qi and frequent disasters have turned out to be a turning point for some people. As far as I know, back then, Emperor Rui Ding received great help from the praise officers in an attempt to enforce the laws and regulations in his body. This matter
Do you know?"
Zhao Shu shook his head silently. The Xuanwu Zhao family was once prosperous in the ranks of tribute officials in the Tianxia Dynasty, but it gradually declined after three or five generations. Although there are a large number of books passed down from ancestors, Zhao Shu's ancestors have long been away from the court.
Tang, did not participate in the battles in the late Tianxia years, and had little contact with other praise officers.
In the past, Zhao Shu didn't understand the reason, but now he can roughly guess that the Xuanwu Zhao family should be the descendant of the line of praise officials left among the people.
The predecessors may have considered that if the Xia Dynasty overthrew and declined one day, the Zanli Officer, as a magician enshrined by the court, would probably be destroyed together. In order to preserve the continuity of the inheritance, someone must take the initiative to stay away from the court and continue the science of Zanli Officer among the people.
Rituals and rituals.
The ancestors of the Zhao family of Xuanwu also had the chief minister of the Tianxia Dynasty, but by the generation of Zhao Shu's grandfather, they had declined to serve as guardians of shrines and temples with mediocre status. This was very different from the rich collection of books in his family.
If Zhao Shu guessed correctly, the Xuanwu Zhao family may have been responsible for continuing the legacy of the Praise Officer from the beginning.
It's a pity that after the drastic changes in Dongsheng City, the rituals and rituals performed by the officers of praise failed to really benefit the public, and even became a hidden danger that attracted much suspicion.
"My cultivation level is shallow, and I don't understand some things well. I only understood them after my master and the Four Immortals gave me some advice." He Qingchen did not conceal his abilities: "They all said that after the drastic changes in Dongsheng City, the Emperor's capital
As in the Kunlun continent, the laws and regulations left by the previous dynasty did not disintegrate and dissipate, but were drawn and instigated by some kind of force.
This is somewhat similar to what Liang Tao did in Difei Mountain, trying to dominate the world. But this process was very slow, and it took nearly ten years to complete. Therefore, at the beginning, disasters occurred frequently in various places, and no one noticed anything strange. So when I
After receiving a secret report and learning that the Rising Sun Religion had resurrected Emperor Rui Ding, we determined that the Praise Officer was responsible."
The idea that the Praise Officer was causing trouble was ridiculous to the extreme. Zhao Shui was a little helpless because he had single-handedly made the Praise Officer inheritance completely disgusting.
Nowadays, in people's minds, the praise officer is no longer a wise man who prays for blessings and eliminates disasters for the country and the people, and eliminates evil. Even though Zhao Shui has achieved extremely high achievements in rituals and rituals, the inheritance of the praise officer is almost cut off. At least.
Zhao Shu did not dare to let the disciples at Yunyan Peak study the rituals and rituals of the Praise Officer, so as not to delay future generations.
"The resurrection of Emperor Ruiding from the dead is too bizarre, and I really can't see any inevitable connection between this and the rituals and rituals." Zhao Shuyan said: "Didn't Mr. Zuo Xiang just say it? The leader of the Rising Sun Sect is Curse.
Bansheng Da Siming, you have found the wrong person."
He Qingchen took out a book, opened one page and handed it to Zhao Shu: "How many problems can you see with the things on this list?"
Zhao Shu was too lazy to care about how the other party used him at will. He picked up the book and glanced at it, his brows gradually furrowed: "Yangshenzhi, ancient spring jade ointment, water essence Kunwu stone, Dipsacus mud, and... soul-returning incense?"
Looking at the extremely valuable natural materials and earthly treasures, Zhao Shu quickly pieced together their approximate uses in his mind.
"How? Can Emperor Ruiding be resurrected from the dead?" He Qingchen asked.
Zhao Miao's expression was slightly solemn: "I dare not judge lightly, but judging from the current consumption of these spiritual materials, the situation before Ruiding Emperor may be similar to that after the corpse was dismembered, the soul left the body, leaving only a corpse.
Slaughter. The Rising Sun Divine Cult may have performed some kind of ritual to restore the soul of Emperor Ruiding and bring the body back to life. To ordinary people, doing so is indeed not much different from resurrecting from the dead."
He Qingchen chuckled and said: "It is consistent with what Master said."
Compared to Emperor Ruiding's resurrection from the dead, Zhao Shu was even more surprised that he could cultivate to the point where his corpse was disintegrated and transformed.
In the Xia Dynasty, although there were many emperors who advocated the immortal way, none of them could achieve great success in cultivation. Zhao Shu could not fully understand the reason for this.
However, if you think about it carefully, there are only dozens of emperors in the Tianxia Dynasty, and their temperaments and qualifications are uneven. Even if you randomly find dozens of people on the road and teach them the magical methods of the immortal family, not one of them may be able to achieve great success.
As the last emperor of the Tianxia Dynasty, Emperor Ruiding was able to cultivate to the point where he could undergo corpse dismemberment and transformation, which was very rare.
Dismemberment and metamorphosis can be regarded as touching the threshold of immortality. If a person who cultivates immortality is approaching the end of his life and has no hope of ascension, he can try to condense his soul, give up his body, turn Yang into Yin, become an underground master, and control a side of the netherworld.
This is the next step to immortality.
Although this kind of fairy family has the name of ghost fairy, it is a last resort. In addition to condensing the soul, it also relies on spiritual materials and spiritual land to maintain it to ensure that the ghost spirit does not disperse and the life is long. There are many ghosts.
Immortals simply turn to the Shinto way and use the power of incense and faith to nourish their souls, which makes them further and further away from the immortal way.
However, according to Lingxiao, with the method of superior corpse dissolution, the monk's soul enters the underworld without being stained by the turbidity, tempers the true spirit, and accumulates enough merits. When the soul returns to the body, the flesh and blood can be reborn, and the original mortal body can be reborn.
The fetus can also change its quality in one fell swoop and soar to the next level.
If Zhao Shu is willing, with his current level of cultivation, he can still disintegrate his body. Even many monks’ ascension deeds in the past, where the spirit soul was freed from the shackles of the physical body and ascended to the cave with the help of the Taoist Immortal Family, were also regarded as corpse dismemberment.
.
"But if Emperor Ruiding is really disintegrated, then where did his soul stay in the past hundred years?" Zhao Shu whispered: "The emperor's capital is a place where the energy is unpredictable, and the underground masters there are
He is better than a human emperor.
In fact, according to the pattern of the official, ritual, and religious affairs, the underground master of the imperial capital can only be the prince of Houtu, but... it is impossible. The emperor, emperor, queen of earth, and the princes of the five directions are all selfless and have no desires.
Innate gods.”
Zhao Shu couldn't help but wonder, could it be that what Emperor Ruiding wanted to do back then was similar to what Liang Tao wanted? Was he also hoping to be integrated with the laws and regulations, so that he could dominate the world?
"Do you think Emperor Rui Ding can't do it?" He Qingchen said with a smile: "It is said that at that time, the emperor's palace city suffered a thunderstorm, and half of the palaces were on fire. Although I don't want to talk about the number of days, but Emperor Rui Ding suffered such a disaster.
The calamity just shows that this person has caused disaster to the country and the people, and has incurred the wrath of God. Even if he can achieve enlightenment, he is still on the wrong path!"
Zhao Shu had experienced what happened on Difei Mountain and was deeply aware of the absurdity of Emperor Ruiding's actions. In fact, since the Tianxia Dynasty's Zanli Guan established the legal pattern of the Emperor, Heaven, Queen, and the Five Directions and Five Virtues, the demons and evil spirits from all walks of life have been killed if necessary.
I will not come to the Imperial Capital.
Here, the energy from the five directions of heaven and earth gathers together, and the weather is the most mysterious and unpredictable. The magic power of the immortals and demons has also weakened by three to five points. As for ascending to enlightenment, corpses deforming and transforming here, it is simply like jumping into a frying pan.
However, it can also be seen from this that the Tianxia Dynasty was in such chaos at that time that even the emperor himself had to take such a big risk in an attempt to grasp the boundless power to reverse the situation.
But there is no doubt about the result. The thunder calamity coming from the sky is the clearest indication. If the energy is not disordered and the yin and yang are not confused, how could such a disaster be caused?
Zhao Shu guessed that the reason why Emperor Ruiding failed that year was that, firstly, his cultivation level was not as good as that of Liang Tao, and he could not withstand all the phenomena of creation. Secondly, because the emperor was the foundation for the rule of law, if the Tianxia Dynasty was full of chaos and killings,
, it will also be reflected in everyone under the emperor.
Looking at the list of spiritual materials in the book in his hand, Zhao Shu was worried and asked: "Master Zuo Xiang told me such secrets, what are your plans?"
"Although the remaining disciplines and laws of the Tianxia Dynasty have been completely disintegrated, even if Emperor Ruiding comes back from the dead, it cannot be said to be much of a threat." He Qingchen said: "However, considering the relationship between him and the rituals and rituals of the Zanli Officer.
Closely related, I hope you can assist us in killing those people who already deserve to die."
Zhao Shu was silent for a long time and asked: "Lord Zuo Xiang, are you worried that I will turn to the Rising Sun Sect and help revive the Tianxia Dynasty in order to revive the Zanliguan inheritance?"