Although Zhao Rui is the Emperor of the Song Dynasty and is aloof in the eyes of ordinary people, in the eyes of the Immortal Sect, he is just an obedient dog outside the Jade Qing Palace. He may be given three points less on weekdays, but when it comes to matters related to the Immortal Realm, he is absolutely
There will be no favoritism.
In the eyes of many immortal sects, anyone can be the mortal emperor. The reason why he has been sitting firmly for decades is because he is an outer disciple of Yuqing Palace.
But that's all. This identity halo may be worth some points in the eyes of monks at the Kaiyuan Realm, but in front of monks at the True Yuan Realm and above, it's nothing.
If you're in a good mood, you can salute and call "Fellow Taoist"; if you're in a bad mood, you can call him "The Dog Emperor" without any politeness.
Seeing Zhao Rui's confusion, the old man couldn't bear to go too far, so he said: "Junior brother, you are the emperor of the Song Dynasty, and Zhao Wuji is just a vassal king. Even if he has hundreds of thousands of troops, I think you can eradicate him if you want to, junior brother."
It’s not difficult. This kind of thing needs to be decided immediately and you can just call in the army to suppress it. Why should you be so cautious and behaving like a woman?”
Zhao Rui let out a long sigh and said, "I have also thought about it, but together with the army, the lives of all living beings will be destroyed. I can't bear it!"
"Haha!" The old man sneered and shook his head, then stood up and said: "Yuqing Palace will not interfere in mundane matters. Junior brother knows it well. You should find a way on this matter yourself. For the sake of being in the same sect, I can only say
So much, farewell!"
Zhao Rui stood up with a depressed face and walked to the door of the palace, sighing: "There are differences between immortals and mortals, just like the sky and the sea. I had no hope of practicing at the beginning, so I came down the mountain and determined to level the world and protect the people. But I didn't want to cause trouble to Xiao Qiang, and I couldn't protect it in the evening. Alas, that's all
, I’ll go talk to my brother the king, and at worst, I’ll give up the throne to him.”
The old man stopped and turned around and said, "Have you ever thought about it, if this happens, you may not be able to live in your family for the rest of your life. Are you really willing to let it go?"
Zhao Rui nodded with a desolate look on his face and said: "What else can we do? The world has finally been peaceful for decades. It is better for my family to die than to die for tens of thousands of families."
The old man was finally moved at this time, sighed and shook his head: "Junior brother, I am not telling you, your character is really not suitable for being an emperor, it doesn't matter, since the Eight Kings colluded with the Ziyang Sect, and the Ziyang Sect has also intervened, if we are the Immortal Sect of the Song Dynasty,
It doesn't make sense to not help at all, but it's impossible for Yuqing Palace to intervene directly. Today I have the decision and can help you with some low-level spiritual elixirs. You can find someone to deal with Ziyang Sect yourself, unless they have elixirs.
Those who are strong enough to enter the Song Dynasty or above will enter the Song Dynasty, otherwise the elders will not come forward."
When Zhao Rui heard this, he was overjoyed and quickly raised his hands and said: "Thank you, senior brother, the elixir and magic weapon are enough!"
The old man suddenly felt as if he had been cheated, and said at a loss of whether to laugh or cry: "In that case, you can prepare a list of the required elixirs and magic weapons and send them to the Zhenbao Pavilion. I'm leaving, and you can take care of it yourself!"
Watching the old man leave the palace in a car, Zhao Rui entered the palace and began to secretly recruit hundreds of officials and princes to discuss matters. Soon, postmen rushed out of the capital in all directions and went straight to several heavily garrisoned counties and cities in the Song Dynasty.
For a time, people in the upper echelons of the capital were as panicked as the ocean tide.
But for the ordinary people in the capital, they were completely unaware. The entire capital was still decorated with lights and colorful traffic, and was busy preparing to celebrate the emperor's 100th birthday.
The Song Dynasty has been peaceful for decades since Zhao Rui ascended the throne to stabilize the country and stabilize the world. Now the people in the world live and work in peace and contentment, industry, agriculture and commerce are prosperous. What is good is that peace and prosperity never sleeps, and the world is peaceful year after year.
But any dynasty will inevitably experience turmoil once it remains at peace for too long.
Because wealth fascinates the eyes and power confuses the people's hearts.
Everyone wants to sit on the emperor's throne, let alone the emperor's younger brother who holds military power.
The Song Dynasty was able to prosper today not only because of Zhao Ruiyu's status as a disciple of the Qing Palace, but also because of the unparalleled military achievements of the Eight Kings. They charged and defended the western border for decades, so that the Ming Dynasty, which was eyeing the northwest, did not dare to cross the border.
But now, just as he was about to retire and pass on the throne, this prince, who had worked hard and had a lot of troops, finally couldn't restrain the tiger in his heart and wanted to aspire to the throne.
In fact, the Eight Kings had no chance.
But the Immortal Tomb excavated by the Marquis of Xilu gave him the resources and courage to collude with the Ziyang Sect of the Immortal Sect of the Ming Dynasty to help him fight against the Yuqing Palace.
Because as long as Yuqing Palace does not support Zhao Rui, he has at least a 50% chance of success.
Although 50% is not high, but with their status and status, even if they only have a 10% chance, they can barely give it a try.
And 50% is already a huge opportunity.
After all, I have never heard of anyone being 100% certain of rebelling.
Because the person sitting on the throne will never give you a chance to accumulate strength to 100%.
In fact, if there are any signs, they will be killed before there is a 10% chance.
Naturally, the movements in the capital soon reached the ears of Pingxi King Zhao Wuji, who was now in Western Xinjiang, and hundreds of thousands of troops immediately began to gather.
As a result, countless years of suspicion and wariness between the two sides finally officially broke out, and a mortal war officially kicked off because of the excavation of an ancient tomb of an immortal.
However, this incident did not affect Xu Chen and others at all.
Even if they knew, they wouldn't care.
Because for them, being beaten to death in the mortal world will never affect their cultivation of immortality, and no matter how courageous the mortal army is, they will never dare to touch a single hair of any immortal.
Of course, unless someone is impatient.
They still don't know that Princess Xiyun has met Emperor Zhao Rui, and Zhao Rui has long been dissatisfied with the Eight Kings, and both sides have begun to dispatch troops.
Right now, their main concern is the Ziyang Sect monk who has not shown up yet.
Xu Chen lay alone in the inn to recuperate for more than an hour. It was already afternoon.
Ninth Senior Brother and Thirteenth Senior Sister Zhao Xuan have not returned yet.
The little fox was searching for milk on his chest. Xu Chen had no choice but to stop practicing and carry the little fox downstairs. He wanted to ask the store owner if he could help him get some goat milk and horse milk, but the store owner had gone out.
There was left an old servant who was somewhat deaf and blind to clean the courtyard.
Xu Chen asked several times, but the old servant couldn't tell clearly, so he had to go out and look for it himself.
The capital is very large, more than ten times larger than Nanyang City, with a population of hundreds of thousands, so the level of excitement is naturally different. Xu Chen asked around on the streets, walked a few streets, and finally found a shop selling dairy products.
So he asked for some goat's milk to feed the little fox, but after he took a cup of milk and fed it to the little fox, he drank it all, and after touching it all over, he realized that he didn't have any money.
On this trip, Nanyang City Lord gave him a lot of money, but it was the Ninth Senior Brother and Thirteenth Senior Sister who were responsible for arranging accommodation, food and drink. Xu Chen had always been a follower responsible for sleeping, eating and drinking, and usually didn't care about money at all.
The shop owner knew what was going to happen when he saw Xu Chen groping all over his body.
Sure enough, Xu Chen hugged the little fox and laughed dryly: "Store, I'm sorry, I didn't bring any money when I went out today. I will bring the little fox back to drink milk tomorrow. How about paying you together?"
The store owner almost hit him with a milk spoon, and said angrily: "You look good-looking and your clothes are decent. Why are you so stingy? You only have two pennies, so you have the nerve to pay me tomorrow."
Xu Chen:……
If he were to shake his body at this moment, release some of the pressure of his spiritual consciousness, and show his identity as an immortal master, he would not have any problem if he just asked the store to give him a cup of goat's milk.
But Xu Chen did not want to reveal his identity. After all, there have been many monks coming and going in the capital recently. It is not clear whether they are enemies or friends. In addition, when the ninth senior brother and the thirteenth senior sister left the inn, they also told him not to go out, let alone reveal the identity of the monks at will.
, to avoid being secretly attacked by the monks of Ziyang Sect.
In fact, Xu Chen has always been very careful. If the little fox hadn't been hungry and wanted to nurse, he wouldn't have come out at all. After all, he was also afraid that he would lose his life due to carelessness.
Although it is said that immortals are different from mortals, and immortals cannot fight in mortal cities, but who can say for sure.
"Don't worry, store, don't worry, I'll exchange things for you, I'll make sure you don't suffer a loss, I make sure you don't get cheated..."
In order to escape as soon as possible, Xu Chen took out a bunch of gadgets from his cowhide bag, but they were all random things such as animal bones, teeth, paper charms, etc., and they were all gadgets that ordinary people had never seen before. They looked like nothing.
There were no decent things. The shopkeeper's face turned green when he saw it. He pointed the milk spoon at Xu Chen's nose and shouted: "What the hell are you talking about? Don't use it to tease me!"
Xu Chen had no choice but to put the little fox on the counter and said, "How about I put the little fox here and pick up the money later?"
The shopkeeper shook his head like a rattle and said angrily: "You have a beautiful idea. I am so busy that I have no time to look at this little thing. When you turn around, it will run away with you in the blink of an eye. Wouldn't it be your fault?"
A glass of milk for free."
Xu Chen could only sigh: "Then what do you think we should do?"
"Give me money!" the store owner said firmly.
Xu Chen:……
I thought that I was a god who could fly into the sky and escape from the earth, but I was stricken to death by two cents.
Xu Chen wished he could grit his teeth and take out a pill to pay the bill, but thinking about it made his body hurt.
At this time, he only had the Little Yuan Dan and the Great Yuan Dan, and the Qing Shui Dan, which was worthless as a reward, was all on the Ninth Senior Brother and the Thirteenth Senior Sister.
"Please don't do this, believe it or not, I ran away without giving you the money!"
When Xu Chen was a child, he was a cowherd boy who picked up dung, and he was not a child of a wealthy family. He had a wild nature. Seeing that the shop owner was not able to get in, he became a little angry.
"Come here, someone is drinking milk without paying for it. All the neighbors are here to comment!"
Before Xu Chen finished speaking, the shop owner started shouting at the top of his voice.
Xu Chen's face turned so black that ink dripped from his face.
This is a big embarrassment today.
Sure enough, a large group of people soon gathered around, pointing at Xu Chen and ridiculing him for looking like a dog in his new clothes, but he even drank milk without paying for it.
Just when Xu Chen was being pointed out by the shopkeeper with a proud look on his face, a clear and loud female voice suddenly sounded:
"I heard that the people of the Song Dynasty were polite and polite, but I didn't expect that there were such unruly people in the capital, who framed others for a mere two pennies."
When everyone turned around, they saw a young woman wearing a colorful skirt with tall temples, like a fairy, walking into the circle of people.