Chapter 50: The Emperor forced the old immortal to death
After Zuo Chun came out of Ziwei Palace, he met Li Hong, who had just completed discussions with the officials of the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of Personnel on the establishment of the sixth prince's command.
Li Hong glanced at Zuo Chun from afar. Zuo Chun hesitated for a moment and finally stepped forward to greet him.
Li Hong's face looked ugly, and he looked a little stern.
Zuo Chun bowed and said: "Zhong Kui is not dead."
Only then did Li Hong's tense face smile. He pointed at Zuo Chun and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Commander-in-Chief."
Zuo Chun said indifferently: "I don't dare to talk about hard work."
Li Hong nodded and said: "Very good, King Gu will not make things difficult for you. A great benefit will befall you soon."
Zuo Chun shook his head and said: "Your Highness, please let me go."
Li Hongdao: "The lonely king is very strange. I heard that you entered the palace when you were young, why do you still have three sons?"
Zuo Chun smiled bitterly and said: "It's just a adopted son of a mandarin duck, to make up for the regret of having no children."
Li Hong smiled and said: "In this case, we might as well put this matter in the open. Although the power of recommending ministers has been taken back by my father, there are still some loopholes here. If they are willing to become officials, they can
When you come to the East Palace, start by walking left and right, which will be a good way in the future."
Zuo Chun shook his head resolutely and said, "Your Majesty, I don't need to worry too much. It would be good for my three adopted sons to stay in Chang'an and farm."
After that, he saluted the prince again and left.
Chunxi, the personal eunuch beside Li Hong, came over and whispered: "Zuo Chun's three sons are from his brothers. They are all nephews with the closest bloodline to him. They are not the adopted sons of Bodhisattva as he said."
Li Hong laughed and said: "Since they are in Chang'an, they have no way to escape. Looking at this old dog, they want to use such a small thing as letting Zhong Kui go, just like releasing the lonely king to him."
He thought too well of erasing them all."
Chunxi whispered again: "Forty-nine Qianniu Guards and one Qianniu Guards died in Qixia Temple, and only one of the two hundred and thirty-three Hwarang disciples survived, Your Highness, this old dog Zuo Chun
Not only is it convenient for His Highness, but it seems that it is also convenient for the Queen.
Such a person with a human head and a mouse with two ends cannot be trusted."
Regarding Chunxi's words, Li Hong seemed not to have heard them and said directly: "Prepare the troops. Once the matter of expanding the crown prince's six rates is settled, we must go to Chang'an."
Chunxi said in surprise: "Your Majesty may not agree."
Li Hong said with a smile: "The medical skills of the old immortal are unparalleled in the world, and now they have made a major discovery, which can be said to have benefited the whole world. Compared with the old immortal, Ye Fashan, Li Chunfeng and others are just a group of magicians."
Li Hong didn't explain clearly how he benefited the people, so Chunxi naturally didn't dare to ask, so she could only follow the prince closely back to Ziwei Palace.
Luoyang is still hot in July, but there is a cool breeze blowing on the high platform in front of Ziwei Palace. These cool breezes come from Luoshui not far away. It seems that it is not disturbed by the hot weather in Luoyang. It has always been there, so it is here.
On the high platform of Ziwei Palace, there is a giant bear spreading big cakes there after it is full.
Li Chunfeng was standing next to the giant bear. Although there was a cool breeze blowing on his face, Li Chunfeng could not feel the slightest chill at this time. He was sweating all over his body. The originally loose robe was soaked with sweat and stuck to his body.
Li Chunfeng, who is quite tall, looks as skinny as a bamboo.
"How good is the Taoist priest?" Li Hong came to the high platform and deliberately opened his arms to let the cool breeze blow all over his body.
Li Chunfeng turned back to look at Li Hong and saluted: "Weak ministers are polite."
Li Hong was bathing in the cool breeze and said: "When the Ziwei Palace was built, the Taoist Master observed that the cool wind blew from spring to autumn, and in winter it was supplemented by the warm wind, causing the Ziwei Palace to be warm in winter.
Xia Liang, this is all the merit of Taoist Master."
What kind of person is Li Chunfeng? After listening to Li Hong's words, he immediately said: "Taoism is inherently divided into pragmatism and pragmatism. Pindao has been appointed as the Chief Supervisor of Heaven and will be pragmatic from now on."
Li Hong shook his head and said: "How you go about your Taoism is your own business. The Lone King will not interfere. However, as a human being, you should always do something that is beneficial to all people and the world.
Taoist Master, do you really believe in ascending to heaven in the daytime? Do you really believe in resurrecting the dead? There are Taoists who are living dead with human flesh and white bones, but there is only one in this world.
That is a golden avenue and the right path of the Taoist sect. The Taoist leader is the leader of the Taoist sect. Never, never lead the Taoist sect astray."
Li Chunfeng couldn't help but bowed his head, and said with shame: "It wasn't until the wars and the swords knocked on the door that I finally realized that the heresy is evil after all and cannot be respected."
Li Hong sighed and said: "You are so lucky. If the old god hadn't done something that made the lonely king and even everyone in the world look up to you, you would all have died this time.
Taoist priest, you should go back to Chang'an and listen to the teachings of the old gods. It will be much more useful than your messing around in Luoyang.
You must remember that a god cannot become a god just by saying he is a god. If a person wants to become a god, the people need to work together to lift him to the altar and be willing to kneel down to him without feeling.
There is every trace of humiliation.”
Li Chunfeng stood in the cool breeze and continued to sweat profusely, while Li Hong had already entered the Ziwei Palace under the leadership of the eunuch.
Li Zhi stood in front of a corpse and observed it with interest. This corpse used to be named Zhang Guo.
This time he was really dead. He was cut open from head to crotch with a Thousand Ox Knife. His internal organs were not leaked out. He was tied tightly with linen. A thin red line stretched from his forehead to his chest.
The crotch is straight, as if it was cut with a ruler.
Li Hong took a look at Ye Fashan who was kneeling in the middle of the hall, then he came to the emperor's side and said, "It's impossible for him to live again."
Li Zhi raised his hand and rubbed his eyebrows and said: "Tell me, why doesn't he come back to life in front of me? Do you know how much I hope he can come back to life? If he really can come back to life, I will definitely canonize him.
He is the national master."
Li Hong did not answer, and knew that he could not answer. The emperor was telling the truth at this time. If Zhang Guo could really live forever and come back to life, then in theory, the emperor also had a chance to live forever and come back to life.
This is also the reason why the emperor, who is obviously very wise, has been deceived by Ye Fashan, Zhang Guo and others for so long without being exposed. The main reason is that the emperor himself is unwilling to wake up from the dream of self-deception.
Now, Zhang Guo was cut open by the Thousand Ox Sword, and it was time for the emperor to wake up from his dream of immortality.
Li Hong saw a stretcher not far away. The stretcher was covered with a piece of linen, and it looked like it was also a dead person.
He walked over and lifted the linen cloth, and immediately saw an adult man who was not much taller than a dwarf.
Li Zhi glanced lazily and said: "This is Gao Dao Luo Gongyuan who was found by the queen. It is said that he can bring the dead back to life, come and go without a trace, is also good at earth escape, and can even see things from the air. Just now,
I killed him and put him on the ground, just to see with my own eyes whether he could come back to life, whether he could come back to life after touching the ground and escape thousands of miles away.
As a result, after half an hour, he is still looking dead and motionless. It seems that he is also a liar."
Li Hong leaned down and took a closer look at the dead Luo Gongyuan, and found that this guy, like Zhang Guo, had been slashed from the forehead to the crotch with a sharp blade, and was also neatly wrapped in linen.
The only difference from Zhang Guo was that there was a layer of soil underneath Luo Gongyuan's body.
Li Hong pointed at Luo Gongyuan's body with his finger and found that the guy was motionless. He grabbed a handful of soil and sprinkled it on Luo Gongyuan's body. The guy was still motionless and looked like he was dead.
When Li Zhi saw his son looking at him, he pointed at Luo Gongyuan and said, "Your mother sent it to you. She also said that she thought Luo Gongyuan was also a liar."
Li Hong immediately turned his attention to Ye Fashan, and Li Zhi nodded and said: "If Luo Gongyuan and Zhang Guo can't come back to life before dark, I plan to kill Ye Fashan again to see if he can come back to life.
If Ye Fashan can't do it, replace him with Li Chunfeng. If Li Chunfeng doesn't succeed, I will continue to search for Taoists who are successful in Taoism until someone can prove that he can bring the dead back to life!"
Li Hong then looked at Ye Fashan who was kneeling in the main hall and said, "Taoist Priest, can you bring the dead back to life?"
Even though he knew that death was imminent, Ye Fashan still maintained his image as a master and said to Li Hong: "Please the prince personally hold the sword and save the old Taoist soldier from death."
Li Hong shook his head and said: "If you don't do it, the lonely king will be covered in blood."
Li Zhi smiled slightly and said to Li Hong: "I have always been the only one who drives people crazy. No one can ever force me."
After that, he followed Ye Fashan's example and knelt down in the main hall, closed his eyes and let the cool breeze from Luoshui blow his hair.
Li Hong found that the hem of Ye Fashan's Taoist robe began to be stained with water. He subconsciously thought that Ye Fashan must have been frightened to pee.
Unexpectedly, Ye Fashan suddenly stood up, pointed at Emperor Li Zhi and said: "I have countless grievances in my heart but I have nowhere to express them. I will go to Taiqing Daode Tianzun to explain it to me."
Before he finished speaking, Ye Fashan's body fell softly to the ground. The eunuch stepped forward to feel Ye Fashan's breath and reported back: "Dead."
Li Zhi just glanced at the corpse and said: "It would be best if Taiqing Daode Tianzun, the ancestor of the Li family, issued a decree saying that you should go see him. If not, you would just commit suicide.
When someone comes, tell Li Chunfeng to come to the palace."
After a short time, Li Chunfeng, who had regained his composure, walked in from outside the palace, glanced at the corpses of Ye Fashan, Zhang Guo, and Luo Gongyuan, a trace of sadness flashed in his eyes, and then he calmly saluted the emperor and said: "Wei minister."
Sitian Supervisor Li Chunfeng has met Your Majesty."
Li Zhi was slightly surprised because this was the first time Li Chunfeng claimed that he was a minister and not a poor Taoist.
This is obviously Li Chunfeng surrendering to him, and there is even some hint of pleading in it.
However, he didn't seem to let Li Chunfeng go. He pointed at the three corpses on the ground and asked, "Can they survive?"
Li Chunfeng said calmly: "They are in the Immortal Class and will never come back."
Li Zhi frowned and said with a smile: "Do you want to go to the fairy world?"
Li Chunfeng cupped his hands and said, "Wei Chen has been practicing day and night just to be in the Immortal Class, but he can't go today."
Li Zhidao: "Why not? Can Aiqing give me a convincing reason?"
Li Chunfeng raised his hand again and said: "Wei Chen is worried that if Wei Chen goes away with the three immortal masters, he will leave a reputation for being cruel and unkind to His Majesty."