Chapter 225: Xu Zhiqiong, you have harmed the big officials
In the secret pavilion, ten jars of blood sap were placed in the magic circle and gradually disappeared.
The magic circle transmits the blood sap to Taotie's outer body, and Taotie's outer body swallows the sap and then excretes a good medicine to Emperor Zhaoxing.
You can say it's medicine, you can say it's something else. Anyway, Emperor Zhaoxing had to eat it while it's hot.
During the whole process, Chen Shuncai and the Queen were watching from the side, not leaving an inch without blinking, which made Sui Zhi very dissatisfied.
He reminded Emperor Zhaoxing more than once not to have outsiders present when he resumed his cultivation. This was disrespectful to the true God.
Emperor Zhaoxing only replied: "I understand."
But he always let Chen Shuncai watch from the side. The explanation given by Chen Shuncai was that someone needed to be around to protect the emperor.
It makes sense. Sui Zhi has the fifth level of killing. If Sui Zhi has a disobedient heart and no one around him to protect him, how should Emperor Zhaoxing protect himself?
But Sui Zhi knew in his heart that protecting the emperor was only one aspect. On the other hand, Chen Shuncai and the empress were still secretly recording the process of restoring their cultivation.
Emperor Zhaoxing could not completely trust Sui Zhi. If he fell out with Sui Zhi one day, he had to ensure that he could still recover his cultivation without Sui Zhi.
Chen Shuncai and the Queen memorized every process and the method of drawing the magic circle. The only thing that needs to be paid attention to now is what kind of connection there is between Sui Zhi and Taotie's outer body.
Emperor Zhaoxing was a Taotie cultivator, and sooner or later this connection would be seen through by him.
Once this connection is seen through, Sui Zhi's use value will be very low.
After swallowing the good medicine, Emperor Zhaoxing broke out in sticky sweat, and a fishy smell floated out.
The queen quickly arranged a magic circle to transform the fishy smell into yin and yang.
The two energies of yin and yang drifted out from the palace, and the Taibu sitting in the Yin and Yang Division quickly sensed it.
"You want to put the blame on me again!" Taibu sneered, "It won't be that easy this time!"
He went to Qianmo Tower, felt the changes in the atmosphere, and prepared to pursue an important goal.
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Emperor Zhaoxing recovered his cultivation. Sui Zhi leaned over and saluted: "Your Majesty, eat more and rest more. Don't get angry during these two days."
Emperor Zhaoxing nodded and said: "I love you for your hard work, go back and rest."
In the past, when Emperor Zhaoxing encountered urgent government affairs, he would discuss half of them with Sui Zhi. Sui Zhi was quite intelligent, had a thorough understanding of government affairs, and was very sophisticated in his methods, which was deeply appreciated by Emperor Zhaoxing.
But during these days, Emperor Zhaoxing only discussed cultivation with Sui Zhi and rarely talked about government affairs.
Sui Zhi's current situation is very bad. Elder Shengwei forced him to ask for a hundred thousand troops, and he became the target of civil and military siege by the Manchu Dynasty.
But Emperor Zhaoxing didn't even say a word at this moment. Is this clearly asking him to take the blame?
Sui Zhi didn't say much and resigned immediately.
Emperor Zhaoxing felt extremely hungry, so Chen Shuncai quickly ordered someone to prepare a meal and ate more than a dozen square plates of mutton in one go. Emperor Zhaoxing's face turned rosy.
Chen Shuncai said from the side: "Your Majesty, we will not see any foreigners today. Please rest early."
Emperor Zhaoxing shook his head and said: "We can't rest. If we rest for just a moment, the power of Daxuan will belong to Liang Jixiong."
Chen Shuncai sighed: "Elder Shengwei was indeed a bit arrogant today. I think he was instructed by an expert behind his back."
"What do you mean by an expert? It's just a young man like Xu Zhiqiong!" As he spoke, Emperor Zhaoxing's face became more and more rosy. He didn't know whether it was because of the joy of recovering his cultivation or because of his anger towards Xu Zhiqiong.
"I have been patient with this guy for a long time. This guy doesn't know how to advance or retreat. He relies on some cleverness to act arrogantly in front of me. Now I have to take his life."
"Your Majesty, if you kill Xu Zhiqiong, I'm afraid you will offend the true god."
Emperor Zhaoxing shook his head and said: "The Wu Xu incident has been settled for many days, how can the true god keep paying attention to the mortal world? Besides, it was Tu Nu who killed him this time, and it has nothing to do with me!"
Emperor Zhaoxing waved his hand, and Chen Shuncai understood and immediately took out paper and pen.
"Draft the decree..." Emperor Zhaoxing paused, his face even more rosy than before, so red that it turned purple.
Chen Shuncai was waiting with a pen and paper. Emperor Zhaoxing coughed and said: "Draft, draft the decree..."
His voice was stuck, and his cheeks turned completely dark purple, as if someone was strangling his throat.
"Your Majesty!" Chen Shun realized that something was wrong and quickly supported Emperor Zhaoxing.
When the queen touched Emperor Zhaoxing's forehead, it was frighteningly hot.
Emperor Zhaoxing held the desk and cried out in pain several times. He vomited a large mouthful of blood and passed out immediately, unconscious.
Chen Shuncai was shocked. Looking at the color of the blood, he saw that Emperor Zhaoxing's cultivation had changed again. Even if it was not all lost, there must be some damage.
Cultivation was a trivial matter, but Emperor Zhaoxing's life was in danger, so Chen Shuncai hurriedly went to see the imperial physician.
The queen was still calm and stopped Chen Shuncai and said: "The imperial doctor is useless, hurry up and get Sui Zhi back!"
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Taibu smelled the change and smiled coldly: "Official official, you have fallen back to the seventh level of cultivation again!
Mr. Sui, it's your turn!"
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Before Sui Zhi walked out of the palace, he suddenly heard a muffled roar in his ears.
"How dare you harm me!"
This sound comes from Taotie's outer body.
Who harmed Taotie's outer body?
Before Sui Zhi could figure out the situation, he felt dizzy and in severe pain all over his body!
Who harmed Taotie's body?
emperor?
Why is he crazy?
Sui Zhi suffered the backlash from Taotie's body, and was so painful that he could not stand upright. Suddenly, Chen Shuncai appeared in front of him, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Sui Lang, you are so brave!"
Chen Shuncai wanted to subdue Sui Zhi by pointing his finger through the heart, but as soon as his finger touched his chest, Sui Zhi also passed out.
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In Yuzhou in the south, a mound trembled, large pieces of mud and rocks fell, and billows of smoke and dust were thrown up.
This mound is located deep in the mountains. There are no homes around it, and no one knows about such a big movement.
Taibu appeared in the deep mountains through the yin and yang magic circle, quietly watching the changes in the mounds.
Finally I found you - the Taotie outer body!
Taibu is very excited!
Xu Zhiqiong said that what he wanted to deal with was not the blood tree. Others would just think that he was being mysterious, and only I could guess what he was thinking.
What he wanted to deal with was indeed not the Blood Tree, but the Liang Daguan family and the people who helped Liang Daguan family restore their cultivation.
The blood tree that was parasitized by the poisonous poison was not harmed in any way and still grew luxuriantly.
However, the nature of the blood tree sap has changed, and Tong Qingqiu's special venom has been produced due to the parasitism of the poisonous insects.
Tong Qingqiu's venom is very delicate, and the amount of poison on each tree is so small that it is impossible to detect it.
But when the venom from ten jars of tree sap is gathered together, the amount is staggering.
Taotie heretics were directly poisoned and their vitality was severely damaged.
The emperor was indirectly poisoned, and his cultivation level dropped from the sixth level to the seventh level.
Sui Zhi was attacked by Taotie's body and fell unconscious.
Taibu calculated that Taotie's outer body would take revenge. Taking advantage of Taotie's outer body to bite Sui Zhi, Taibu tracked down the traces of Taotie's outer body!
Will Taotie still trust the emperor in the future?
Does the emperor still have a chance to restore his cultivation?
Xu Zhiqiong, you have caused great harm to the official family!
The joy, the joy of revenge!
Xu Zhiqiong, you are such a crazy student! You are really cruel!
At such a young age, his mind is far superior to that of all my disciples, almost as good as mine!
I'm afraid you are the only one who can plot against the emperor to this extent!
You must come to our Onmyoji Division, I don’t care who is behind you, I must snatch you away!
Taibu clenched his fists and watched Taotie's body rolling and struggling. He didn't rush to take action. It was not the right time yet.
He set up a magic circle in the mountains and forests. The magic circle moved on the ground and quietly clung to the mounds.
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Chen Shuncai helped Sui Zhi into the secret pavilion. Seeing that Emperor Zhaoxing and Sui Zhi were both unconscious, the queen could not think of a solution for the moment:
"This matter cannot be made public. I think your majesty's pulse condition is okay. I will let you rest for a few days."
Resting is easy, but a few days is difficult.
The next day, all the ministers reported to Sui Zhi one after another, asking Sui Zhi to immediately count his troops and rush to Yongzhou.
In front of the Canglong Hall, Elder Shengwei's words were still in his ears. When the country was in crisis, no one wanted to be a sinner. As long as he was given a memorial, he would have a basis to clear himself of responsibility in the future.
When the memorial was placed in the Supervisor of Ceremonies, Chen Shuncai was dumbfounded and had to go to the Queen to discuss it again.
The queen also didn't understand government affairs: "Chen Bingbi, you have been following His Majesty for many years, and the Supervisor of Ceremonies has approved countless memorials. You can handle this little matter yourself."
"Your Majesty, this is no small matter. Sending troops to fight is an earth-shattering matter. Your Majesty must personally make the decision!"
"The officials haven't woken up yet, so how can we take charge?" the queen pondered for a moment and said, "Since Tu Nu has invaded, we will attack early and late at night. If there are soldiers, send them there!"
"Mother, the army is in the hands of the Sui Shilang. The Sui Shilang is unconscious. Where can I find troops?"
"What are you talking about? Daxuan's troops and horses are everywhere. Without Sui Zhi, why can't we move? Isn't the right minister of the Ministry of War still here? Go find him and bring the troops and horses!"
"It's useless to call in. The army cannot be moved at will. All food, grass and weapons must be prepared properly. These things must be handled by the Holy One," Chen Shuncai said in a low voice, "Besides, whether to send troops or not depends on the Holy One's thoughts."
The queen said: "You mean the officials don't want to send troops?"
Chen Shuncai sighed: "How can I dare to speculate on the Holy Spirit's thoughts?"
"Then let's hold it off until the official wakes up."
"I can't hold it on any longer, all the officials are making a fuss at the gate of the palace!"
"Then leave it to the cabinet and let them delay it first."
Chen Shuncai said anxiously: "The cabinet will not delay, they will definitely fight. When they draft the edict, how do you ask the old slave to refuse?"
"This won't work, that won't work either. What can I do?" the queen said angrily, "I don't believe there is no one available in the official family. Isn't there a Gongsun Wen who is quite astute? Call him here and try!"
Gongsun Wen?
That’s a way!
Chen Shuncai called Gongsun Wen over and told him only what happened but not why.
He did not say that Emperor Zhaoxing fell into a coma, only that the ministers forced the court to send troops and how to solve the problem.
Anyone else would not dare to interfere in this matter easily. This battle should have been fought in the first place. If you want to follow the emperor's wishes and find an excuse not to fight, you will have to help the emperor take the blame. Otherwise, you will become a sinner through the ages.
But Gongsun Wen was really smart. He didn't start from the question of whether the war should be fought or not. He started from the etiquette and duties between the monarch and his ministers.
"As a human minister, you should know that the kindness of the king is great. The kindness of the king is far better than the kindness of raising people. Even animals know how to feed back. If people don't know the kindness of the king, wouldn't they be worse than animals?
These sycophants used the war in Yongzhou as an excuse to force His Majesty to send troops. In their eyes, which land in Yongzhou is more important, or His Majesty's authority?
They have no king, and I am no longer polite to them. Chen Bingbi, just watch from the palace, I will teach them a lesson today!"
In the afternoon, the Cabinet, Six Ministries, Five Temples, Six Sections, Yushitai, General Affairs Department, Hanlin Academy...officials of all sizes blocked the entrance to the palace, waiting for the emperor to issue an order to send troops.
A censor was tired of waiting and walked around the imperial city. From Xuandemen (front gate) to Gongchenmen (back gate), he suddenly saw the emperor's flag and dragon chariot.
The emperor is leaving the palace!
The censor was shocked and ran to Xuandemen. When he ran in front of the officials, the censor's face turned green and he was speechless for a long time.
"Everyone, colleagues, the Holy One is leaving the palace!"
Wang Yanyang frowned and said: "Your Majesty may be hiding from us, but he can still escape from the palace?"
The censor wiped his sweat and said: "How can I lie to you? I saw the Holy Emperor's chariot battle at Gongchenmen!"
All the officials exclaimed that the emperor was really leaving the palace!
How can we let him go at this time!
Wang Yanyang rushed to the back door, and many officials followed him.
Yan Anqing, the chief minister of the cabinet, felt that something was wrong.
The emperor leaving the palace now will not solve any problems, but will have a considerable impact on his reputation.
Seeing many officials running towards Gongchenmen, Yan Anqing was unable to stop them.
Wang Yanyang and others ran to Gongchenmen and saw the emperor's chariot.
As soon as the six-horse dragon chariot started to take off, Wang Yanyang immediately chased after it, stopped in front of the chariot and shouted: "Your Majesty, the war in Yongzhou cannot be delayed. The survival of the country depends on day and night. I implore your Majesty to send troops to Yongzhou immediately!"
The chariot did not stop, and the guards pushed Wang Yanyang away and continued to move forward.
Wang Yanyang led a group of officials and chased the chariot across two streets. A group of men suddenly rushed forward, grabbed Wang Yanyang and others and started kicking them.
Wang Yanyang fought back hard, swinging his old fist and trying to fight these people. However, some of these people had some cultivation. They stepped forward and broke the old censor's arm, kicked the old censor's ribs, and knocked the old censor to the ground.
Stepping on the ground, it hurts and beats you.
Who is so bold? Who dares to beat up a court official on the street in broad daylight?
Cui Zhiming, a scholar of Tianzhang Pavilion, has an eighth-grade Confucian cultivation. He stepped forward and knocked down two thugs, helped Wang Yanyang up, looked at the crowd and said, "Who are you?"
This group of people were all Confucian scholars from the Longnu Society. When they beat up the Suzaku cultivators in the street, their hands were very black, but they didn't expect Xu Zhiqiong to be even darker and scared them to death.
Who gave them the courage to beat the imperial officials in the street today?
Cui Zhiming looked at it for a long time and recognized the leader of the other party: "You are the little tiger of the Zhou family, Zhou Haiqiu. When you brothers brought trouble to the capital, your cousin Zhou Niangu was executed on the spot by Xu Qianhu. You did not repent, and today you have done it again
Come out and commit murder!"
"A murder?" Zhou Haiqiu laughed loudly, "It is my duty as a scholar to kill your sycophant! Come here, punch this guy to death!"
Zhou Haiqiu ordered Confucian scholars to come forward and besiege Cui Zhiming.
Cui Zhiming used the technique of patrolling to control the crowd first, and then punched and kicked a dozen Confucian scholars until they cried for their fathers and mothers.
At the eighth level of cultivation, which one can you defeat if you want?
Cui Zhiming rolled up his sleeves and walked towards Zhou Haiqiu.
Zhou Haiqiu was so frightened that he backed away: "Don't, don't come here, you, you know who my father is? You, you know who my master is? You, don't come here, come here, I will let my father beat you to death!"
Cui Zhiming grabbed Zhou Haiqiu and said, "I'll teach you a lesson for your father first!"
Just as he was about to land a punch, he suddenly felt a surge of awe-inspiring righteousness coming towards his face.
Cui Zhiming looked up and saw Zhou Kairong appearing in front of him.
"Cui Zhiming, you sycophant and thief, you only have this little ability and dare to bully my child. For the sake of kindness, I will teach you a lesson today!"
Cui Zhiming was not afraid and stepped forward to fight Zhou Kairong desperately.
But fighting hard means fighting hard, Zhou Kairong is at the sixth level, and the gap between their cultivation levels is too big.
Zhou Kairong quickly brought Cui Zhiming down, stepped on Cui Zhiming's head, and ordered the Confucian scholars of Longnu Society to beat him to death!
Wang Yanyang shouted to the dragon chariot: "Your Majesty, Zhou Kairong beat the court official in the street, and your Majesty just sat back and ignored him. Where is the law? Where is the decency?"
The dragon chariot walked away, and there was no response from the beginning to the end because there was no one inside.
Chen Shuncai sent the dragon chariot to disperse some officials and teach them a lesson first.
He and Gongsun Wen were currently watching from the tower in the back garden of the palace, and they could see clearly what Zhou Kairong was doing.
"Servant Gongsun, please tell your disciples and disciples to be careful and don't really beat them to death."
Gongsun Wendao: "Chen Bingbi, this is a traitor and traitor who should be killed. If they don't cost a few lives, they won't know how to restrain themselves!"
Chen Shuncai looked solemn and said: "In any case, it's better to be cautious."
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In the Zhonglang courtyard, Yang Wu was studying the art of yin and yang, and Chang Decai came over in a hurry.
"Something happened in the capital, and Wang Yanyang was beaten."
Yang Wu nodded and said, "It's not surprising. This old censor is too stubborn and often gets beaten."
"This time is no different from the past. He and several officials were beaten until they were dying. They were tied together for public display and were not allowed to seek medical treatment. Several frail officials were already dead and were still tied together with them.
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Yang Wu frowned and said, "This is too much. You have to tell Zhi Qiong about this."
Chang Decai was about to light the twin candles. Yang Wu waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, I have learned a new set of Yin and Yang techniques that can send messages to Zhi Qiong."
"You don't have yang energy, so where can you get the yin and yang skills? You should use twin candles!"
Yang Wudao: "Don't use that candle. Last time, Zhi Qiong's clothes were burned and he was so angry that he didn't even buy sandalwood for us. Let me try it first!"
Yang Wu took out the Yangming Stone and carefully arranged a magic circle.
Xu Zhiqiong, who was in Yongzhou, suddenly felt a throbbing in his chest.