"You seem to...feel guilty.∽↗" Looking at Feng Bujue who slowly stood up, Cao Qin said calmly.
"No, I'm just not worth it for her." After Feng Bujue stood still, he cast a cold look at Cao Qin, "As a chess piece, her life has been too heavy and sad."
"The chess piece...is it..." Cao Qin said these words slowly, and then smiled, "Master Feng Lao...it seems that nothing in this world can be hidden from your eyes."
"Now that Lin Yan is dead, you can tell me the whole story, right?" Feng Bujue continued.
"It's possible, it's possible..." Cao Qin said, "But...is it really necessary?"
"Eunuch Cao has a wonderful plan and a far-reaching plan. If you don't find someone who can understand you to tell this..." Feng Bujue responded, "Isn't it a secret conspiracy?"
"Ha... okay." Cao Qin smiled.
He paused for a few seconds, sorted out his thoughts, and then continued: "This matter... we have to start from the year when Cangling discussed swords."
"Feng, I am all ears." Feng Bujue answered.
Cao Qin nodded and continued: "In those days, when there was a debate about swords, the world was shocked. The collusion between Lin Chang and Qian Ping, the former commander of the Jinyi Guards, undoubtedly reached the ears of the late emperor. The late emperor thought that this matter should be brought to the attention of the late emperor.
As a warning, it should not be taken lightly... If the Jianghu forces and certain forces in the DPRK secretly form a clique, they will soon become a force that no one can control, and even pose a threat to the imperial power." He paused for half a second.
He continued, "So... not long after, a long-term and heavy mission fell on my shoulders."
"So that's it..." Feng Bujue asked, "It started from then on..."
Cao Qin did not respond to his words, but continued to narrate: "In order to realize this mission, I need two chess pieces. One... is a person who is the best in the world in martial arts and obeys my words; the second... is a person who has the ability to
Someone who is ambitious, perseverant, and knows how to seize opportunities.”
"That's Lin Yan, and Yuan Qi." Feng Bujue answered.
"Ha..." Cao Qin smiled and did not answer. He continued talking to himself, "It takes time to train the first person. Fortunately, what I am most in need of is time. Since there is no shortage of time, then the next step
What needs to be determined is the candidate." He paused, "Lin Yan... is a perfect candidate."
"It's easier to control a little girl like that, isn't it?" Feng Bujue said coldly.
"It's not as easy as you think, but...I did succeed." Cao Qin replied proudly.
Then, Eunuch Cao took off the wine bottle hanging from his waist, took a sip and then said: "After Lin Chang died, his widow who was pregnant with his child was driven out of the Ye Mansion. I sent spies from Dongchang to
I have been watching her in the dark for several years, trying to see if I can find out Lin Chang's martial arts secrets from her. As a result... I did not find the 'Tai Nixiang**', but... my spies unexpectedly discovered that Lin Chang
Chang’s daughter is actually a genius with extraordinary abilities.”
When he said this, Cao Qin also glanced at Lin Yan's body subconsciously: "I have been waiting for five years and felt that the time was almost...so I sent someone to release a message saying that Lin Chang's widow was bringing the remains left by her husband.
The ultimate secret was hidden in a small town.
Sure enough, within half a month, some gangsters smelling fishy smell were lured here.
That night, I lay dormant in the darkness until they forced Lin Yan's mother to death, and then I rescued the girl.
From then on, I became her adoptive father."
"Then you just sold me out?" Feng Bujue interjected.
"Haha... Master Feng, you have to understand." Cao Qin said. "If a person wants to grow, he must have motivation. The death of her mother really stimulated her a lot, but I have already solved those murderers on the spot; I also
It's not that I haven't thought about it... I deliberately let a few people go so that they could become Lin Yan's future revenge targets. But to be honest... those guys are not qualified at all. With Lin Yan's qualifications, he could kill them before he was ten years old.
Just revenge."
"So... I, the 'father-killing enemy', became the best choice." Feng Bujue continued.
"You have seen her current martial arts skills." Cao Qin stretched out his hand and gestured to the corpse over there, "Feng Lao Master, you should feel honored... Without you, there would be no Lin Yan today."
"You should continue talking about your mission." Feng Bujue never turned to look at Lin Yan. He just looked at Cao Qin and communicated with him in an unfriendly tone.
"In the following ten years or so, Lin Yan's martial arts has been making great strides. She has a very high level of understanding. She has been using Mingchen Xuan Gong to build her foundation since she was six years old, and she has learned countless true lessons from me... By the age of eighteen, there were not many martial arts people in the world.
She is a person who can compare with her." Cao Qin continued, "And the most important thing is that she is also very obedient... As opposed to hatred, she is full of hatred for me, my 'savior' and 'teacher'.
Gratitude. As long as it is a task I ask her to perform, she will complete it without hesitation."
"If I guess correctly...'King of Hell' was born at that time, right?" Feng Bujue asked.
"Exactly." Cao Qin replied, "The existence of Heart Burial Valley and the legend of 'The King of Hell' about 'immortality'... are all part of the plan." He took another sip of wine and looked at him with a strange look.
Looking at Brother Jue, "You should be able to understand that those skills that keep youth forever are actually not 'wu', but 'Tao'. As for me... I only entered Tao through martial arts when I was over fifty years old, Lin
Her face has taken advantage of me... In order to keep her young and show off her 'ageless' appearance, I teach her part of my profound Tao skills every year, and instruct her to meet with all the residents of Heart Burial Valley every month.
Let them bear witness."
"But doing this...is different from true immortality, right?" Feng Bujue continued.
"Of course it's different." Cao Qin said, "Didn't you see it just now... Once her power dissipates, her body will age exponentially."
"To put it bluntly... you are extending her lifespan in advance." Feng Bujue said.
"I'm also very helpless... After all, Taoism is different from martial arts, and it can't be easily cultivated by people of her age." Cao Qin raised his hand, "In order to keep her appearance forever, this is the only way."
"Then...what happened next?" Feng Bujue didn't want to hear this anymore, so he asked another question.
Cao Qin also continued calmly: "Twenty-one years ago, things here in Burial Heart Valley have basically settled down. I felt that the time was right, so I started looking for the second chess piece." He looked up at Yingying beside him.
The tree seemed to be recalling some past events, "That year. It was the first year of Shengping. After the death of the late emperor, the prince... who was the current emperor had just ascended the throne. It was a period of murderous years, and the court was full of bloodshed.
Countless heads fell to the ground...
For ten months of that year, I racked my brains to convict a group of people who were on the wrong side and send their entire families to the execution ground.
It wasn’t until the twelfth lunar month that I had some free time, transformed into a blind fortune teller, and walked around the world..."
"That's when you chose Yuan Qi." Feng Bujue continued.
"Huh..." Cao Qin said, "It can also be said that Yuan Qi found me himself." He took another sip of wine and said, "Meeting him was indeed a coincidence. At first, I felt that he didn't quite meet my requirements.
, because he is really mediocre and not too young; but later I discovered... Because of this, he is the best candidate - the more clearly a person understands his own mediocrity, the more he understands opportunities
It’s very valuable. Furthermore... Yuan Qi himself has half a set of Mingchen Xuan Gong, which saved me a lot of trouble. I have to say... this is an opportunity."
"At this point... both chess pieces have been buried." Feng Bujue said.
"Of course." Cao Qin said with a smile, "What I have to do from now on... is to wait for the opportunity to come."
"And the emperor... has chosen the time for you." Feng Bujue continued.
"You seem to already know something?" Cao Qin said.
"I knew from the beginning that the emperor was behind this incident." Brother Jue replied, "I think... he is not critically ill at all, right?"
"Hahaha..." Cao Qin laughed, "Awesome."
"It's nothing powerful. It's just a simple reasoning." Feng Bujue said. "If the emperor really wants to find some 'spell of immortality', he can just ask you, the owner of the Dongchang Factory who is getting younger and younger as he lives, why bother to go there?"
What are you looking for 'King of Hell'..." He paused. "In addition, after listening to your explanation just now, I can basically confirm that... the affairs of King of Hell and the mission given to you by the late emperor are also known to the current emperor.
This shows that this so-called "skill-seeking" mission actually has another purpose..."
"It's so easy to chat with the hostess~" Cao Qin nodded, "You're right...this journey is actually a 'cleaning' mission." When he said this, his expression became slightly serious.
Some, "The Holy Emperor is now very old and has only one young son, and he has not officially established a crown prince. And the King of Jin, Zhu Zhihuang... is just in his prime, and has a high reputation among the people. Although he himself has no thoughts of arrogance,
There are quite a few people in the government who want to push him... and take advantage of this to get into power.
Those civil servants are easy to deal with, and I have a hundred ways to kill them; but the Imperial Guards, the Governor's Office, the Forbidden Army, and even those in my East Factory... are not so easy to deal with."
"At this moment, these people should be dead, right?" Feng Bujue also saw the corpses in the villa, so he guessed a thing or two.
"Haha... That's of course." Cao Qin said, "This trip to Heart Burial Valley, I gathered together the ones who deserve to be killed... It's very worry-free to solve them all at once."
"What about the mission that the late emperor gave you?" Feng Bujue asked again.
"Well..." Cao Qin's expression changed slightly, "I used the 'Art of Immortality' as bait to lure Yuan Qi and many martial arts people to gather here. Originally, I wanted them to have a fight with the people in the valley trained by Lin Yan.
It will hurt both sides... and take advantage of the situation to wipe out all the top martial arts masters in the Central Plains at once." He paused for two seconds and then said, "Then, I only need to let Lin Yan go to the martial arts to establish a sect... In three years at most, she can
Unify the world."
"In this way... Jianghu will become something in your palm." Feng Bujue continued.
"No...it's something in the emperor's hands." Cao Qin said, "...I'm just a person who does things."
"Whatever you say..." Feng Bujue said, "But... Lin Yan is dead now."
"Yes, she is dead." Cao Qin said.
"Then who will be the supreme martial arts master?" Feng Bujue said.
"Haha... Anyone can do it, but you can't do it anyway." Cao Qin said with a smile.
"Why?" Feng Bujue asked knowingly.
"Because you are an uncontrollable person." Cao Qin said, "Even I... am afraid of people like you."
"So..." Feng Bujue motioned for the other party to continue.
"So..." Cao Qin finished the last sip of wine in the pot, "You'd better die here."
"I thought we were friends." Feng Bujue said.
"We do have friendship. If possible... I don't want to kill you." Cao Qin said, "But for my ideal, I must kill you."
"Ideal?" Feng Bujue put on his eyes, "You are a Taoist, but you are still working hard for the court, so I won't complain about it..." He laughed dryly, "But... you actually said
Do you have ideals?"
Yes, of course Cao Qin had ideals.
As mentioned before, he is a transcendent person.
Fame, fortune, glory and wealth no longer matter to him.
He already has invincible martial arts skills.
Stunning beauty...let’s not mention this.
In short, the things that most people pursue in the secular world are no longer pursuits for him.
However, Cao Qin still had ideals.
What he considers is more of a "concept" than a personal "ideal".
"Confucianism disrupts the law with literature, and chivalry breaks the law with martial arts." Cao Qin's voice suddenly became high-pitched, and his eyes became very sharp, "Only by speaking one word can we put an end to party strife. Only by unifying the world can there be no more so-called things in the world.
'Jianghu'.
It is easy to kill people, but it is difficult to kill people's hearts. In the Valley of Heart Burial, it is not only people who are buried, but also their hearts.
I said... I have plenty of time. Even if it takes another fifty or a hundred years, I will complete all of this.
When I succeed, my Ming Dynasty will be prosperous for thousands of years, and the country will be peaceful and the people will be safe."
"Okay~ah~ That's very well said." Feng Bujue put his hands in his pockets and tilted his head and said, "But when that time comes, won't you yourself...become a heretic that must be eliminated under this system?
"
"You don't need to worry about this..." Cao Qin said, throwing away the wine bottle in his hand and letting out his inner breath.
At that moment, the surrounding cherry blossoms collapsed like snow, and the light and mist in the sky swirled like a whirlpool.
The dawn of dawn also fell from the sky at this moment...
In many years, this was the first time that Cao Qin took a serious attitude towards practicing martial arts. Because he knew that... the opponent in front of him was worthy of him.
"You don't have to be polite when you grant me the title of Lord of the Lao." Amidst the chaos of falling flowers, Cao Qin flipped and raised his palm, "You and I will fight today, life and death will be decided by God, no regrets!" (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, novels.
