The cultivation test is over. The prince has cultivated to the seventh level and meets the conditions for succession.
The ministers breathed a sigh of relief and left the Canglong Hall one after another with Liang Jixiong seeing them off.
Yan Anqing clasped his fists and said goodbye, and Liang Jixiong said: "For all matters in the cabinet, I have to thank Duke Yan. If you are still undecided on important matters, you can directly ask the prince."
Qin Zhuxuan, the Minister of Rites, took his leave, and Liang Jixiong said: "I will take care of the ceremony of the new king's enthronement."
Yan Boyuan, the Minister of Civil Affairs, left, and Liang Jixiong said: "The appointment and dismissal of officials are suspended until the new king succeeds to the throne."
The commander of the Imperial City Department Zhong Shen took his leave, and Liang Jixiong said: "The new king is about to ascend the throne, and the capital must remain stable in the past two days."
King Jin Liang Huaiyu said goodbye, but Liang Jixiong grabbed him and said, "You stay."
Liang Huaiyu trembled and shouted: "Come, here, my old illness has relapsed. Send me back home to recuperate quickly."
He brought many guards over. The guards stood there, not knowing what to do.
Liang Jixiong taught them what to do: "Those who want to die, stay here."
As soon as the words fell, everyone ran away.
Liang Jixiong looked at King Jin and said with a smile: "Calculate how many days you have left to live?"
King Jin trembled and said: "There is not much left in the clan. Elder Shengwei, please spare me for once."
"Yes, there is not much left in the clan, and there is not much left in our Canglong Guards." Liang Jixiong looked at King Jin with a smile, "You have wasted your life and never done anything serious. From today on, come to Canglong Palace to be a Canglong."
Guard."
King Jin Liang Huaiyu entered the Canglong Palace at the age of eighty-six and became a Canglong Guard.
This is not to put him under house arrest. Liang Jixiong really wants to train him: "Let Liang Huaiyu change clothes, and I will help him loosen his muscles and bones in a while!"
Liang Huaiyu knelt down and wailed: "Elder, I know I was wrong, please spare me."
Liang Jixiong looked coldly and said, "Who is the guard next to you just now?"
Liang Huaiyu said: "I am a widower..."
Liang Jixiong smiled and said: "Slash someone, how do you know I want to kill someone?"
Liang Huaiyu hurriedly changed his words: "I, I brought more than sixty guards today. I don't know which one the elder was talking about."
"You don't know which one I'm talking about?" Liang Jixiong pinched King Jin's wrist, making the old bones creak.
"Elder, elder, I, I am really..."
King Jin was not a kind person. He endured the severe pain and did not say anything. It seemed that he did not dare to speak out at the moment.
It was right not to dare to say it out loud, because Liang Jixiong felt that the guard had a vague sense of domineering.
This matter may involve the clan.
Are there any high-quality cultivators in the clan that I don’t recognize?
Why does the guard look so familiar?
In the main hall, Xu Zhiqiong, the prince and He Fang were still left.
Liang Jixiong left King Jin aside, turned around and said to the prince: "Yuyang, take Zhiqiong and Afang with you to discuss the matter of enthroning."
The three of them agreed and were about to leave the hall. Xu Zhiqiong took two steps and trembled three times.
one two three……
There are golden beans in his body that are being peeled off. Xu Zhiqiong trembles every time they are peeled off.
Liang Jixiong asked with concern: "Zhiqiong, what's wrong with you?"
How can this be explained?
Xu Zhiqiong looked at King Jin who fell on the ground, feeling pity and decided to let him take the blame.
"Just now, there was a guard next to King Jin who was so powerful that I was shocked by his energy."
Liang Jixiong became nervous and said to the prince and He Fang: "Take Zhiqiong to the back garden to rest quickly!"
The three of them went to the back garden. Liang Jixiong stepped forward and picked up King Jin: "Tell me immediately, who is that guard?"
King Jin shook his head repeatedly and said: "I don't know who he is, he is just an ordinary guard in my house."
Liang Jixiong laughed and said: "Looking at your old bones, I will tidy you up."
…
When they arrived at the back garden, Xu Zhiqiong rested on the bed for a while, and the golden beans were basically peeled off.
Three hundred pills, three times the number last time.
Why did you refine your merit this time?
I didn't kill anyone, it must have been because I made the right choice.
I chose to trust Li Shabai. When Taibu collapsed, Li Shabai defeated King Jin's guards and foiled King Jin's conspiracy.
What would have been the consequences if King Jin had not been defeated?
Will King Jin successfully ascend the throne, become a faint king, and then cause great disaster?
Hard to say.
Even if the prince's cultivation is exposed, the second elder will try every means to prevent King Jin from ascending the throne, but this will inevitably lead to a bloody storm, especially when there are experts behind King Jin to help him.
Who is his bodyguard?
As the stripped merits began to be refined, Xu Zhiqiong's body became weaker and weaker, and he had a bad premonition.
"Your Highness, please take a look for me. Is that evil spirit coming?" Xu Zhiqiong was worried that Qiongqi's remnant soul would follow him again.
The prince's pupils were bloodshot, he looked at it for a long time, shook his head and said, "I'm not sure, sister, you will take Zhiqiong to see Painter Li later to have a look."
He Fang felt a little uncomfortable when she heard the prince call her sister.
"Brother, do you know my life experience?"
The prince nodded and said, "I know a little bit, your biological mother is the current queen."
Xu Zhiqiong said: "So, you two have the same father and mother."
The prince shook his head and said: "Same father, not the same mother. My mother is the queen, but not the current queen. The current queen's surname is He, who was Concubine An Shu ten years ago. My mother's surname is Chai, who is now Concubine An Shuyuan.
That bloody tree."
He Fang lowered her head when she heard this.
Xu Zhiqiong was not surprised by such a result. He had already made similar speculations, but he still wanted to hear the prince's original details.
"Ten years ago, Concubine An Shu suddenly went crazy. Her mother went to visit her and did not come back for a whole day. The next day, when the queen returned to the palace, I knew that she was not my mother. Although she looked exactly the same, I could recognize her at a glance.
Not my mother,
My father issued an edict on that day that Concubine An Shu was seriously ill and should not live in the palace, so she was sent to An Shuyuan. The person who actually sent her away was my mother.
Two months later, I sneaked out of the palace and went to Anshuyuan, where I saw the bloody tree.
My mother turned into a blood tree. I still remember that she wrapped her branches and leaves around me and wanted to eat my flesh and blood, but she finally let me go.
I returned to the palace as if I had lost my soul. My father and Queen He found out about this. They wanted to kill me and silence me, but they were worried about causing rumors. I pretended to be scared crazy by the blood tree in An Shuyuan, and that was it.
I have been pretending to be crazy and acting stupid, and I still survive today."
He Fang bit her lip and said, "Brother, I'm sorry for you."
The prince smiled and said: "What does this have to do with you? It's not your fault. Back then, I thought that Concubine An Shu had no children. I didn't expect that she had a daughter like you. How did you end up living among the people?"
He Fang shook her head and said: "I don't know about this. I was sent outside the palace before I could remember and was raised by my uncle as an adopted daughter. When I was twelve years old, my uncle died of illness and I was sent to the Yin and Yang Division.
, became a disciple of Taibu,
When I was fifteen years old, Taibu told me my life story. He only said that I was the daughter of the current emperor, but did not say why he sent me out of the palace.
I don’t care, I just want to be an Onmyoji in the Onmyoji Division, follow Taibu to gain more skills, and live a few more years in this prosperous Daxuan, but I...
My mother harmed the Queen, and yet I am here to fight for the throne with you. Your Highness, I really can't bear to do it to you. I will go to Painter Li and ask him to take back the deed, and I will return it to the Yin Yang Division."
"What are you talking about!" The prince laughed loudly, "Ten years are enough. Let's see how I can maintain the prosperity of Daxuan in these ten years. Let's see what you will do in ten years.
"
"Your Highness, I..."
"This is a good thing. I also want to earn more cultivation and live longer in Daxuan! Let's discuss government affairs later. The military affairs are important, and there are a lot of things to do."
The two looked at each other, and He Fang's eyes were full of admiration.
Xu Zhiqiong felt that he was a little redundant. When his merits were almost refined, he left Canglong Palace and went to Li Qi Tea House alone.
Li Shabai was covered in bandages, and it seemed that he was seriously injured. Seeing this, Xu Zhiqiong speculated the reason: "Did you fight with the masters of King Jin's subordinates?"
Li Shabai nodded and said: "I have never encountered such a powerful enemy in my life."
"In your life?" Xu Zhiqiong was stunned, "You have fought against a blood-born evil star."
Li Shabai thought for a moment and said: "At that time, Nie Xing had not yet fully resurrected. His combat power at that time should not be as good as this master, and I suspect that this person has not yet exerted his full strength."
Li Shabai was injured like this, and you didn't use your full strength?
How could a person of this level work for King Jin?
No need to ask, he used the help of King Jin to prevent the prince from ascending the throne.
But what is his purpose in doing this?
Although the injury was serious, Li Shabai did not miss the etiquette and made Xu Zhiqiong a cup of good tea: "Xu Qianhu, thanks to your kind words and advice, Li almost made a big mistake.
I have lived for so many years, but I have still misjudged the wrong person. King Jin is really a disaster. If he is allowed to become emperor, the consequences will be disastrous."
Xu Zhiqiong shook his head repeatedly and said: "Thanks to Painter Li for helping me today, it is Xu who should thank me. Xu has one more thing to ask for. Please take a look at Painter Li to see if there is any evil trace behind Xu."
Li Shabai shook his head and said: "The evil spirit is not here. Does Xu Qianhu know the origin of the evil spirit?"
Xu Zhiqiong said: "I dare not say that I know, I can only speculate. Painter Li, you have seen Qiongqi's appearance and left a portrait. Can you lend this portrait to Xu?"
Li Shabai thought for a moment, shook his head and said: "Today is not a good opportunity. I am injured, so I may not be able to resist the evil thoughts of the scroll. This matter must wait until Li recovers from his injury."
Xu Zhiqiong nodded.
He poured another cup of tea for Xu Zhiqiong: "Could the evil behind Xu Qianhu be related to Qiongqi?"
Xu Zhiqiong picked up the teacup and said, "I suspect he is Qiongqi's remnant soul."
"The remaining soul..." Li Shabai was thoughtful.
Xu Zhiqiong quickly asked: "Painter Li, have you ever seen the remnant soul of Qiongqi?"
Li Shabai shook his head and said: "I have never seen it, I have only heard about it. Back then, Emperor Taizu and the Nu Zu fought a decisive battle in Nanye, and the four evil souls were sealed by the True God Canglong."
"True God Canglong sealed the Four Evils on his own?"
"It is said that the three true gods White Tiger, Suzaku, and Xuanwu also helped, but the one who contributed the most was probably Confucian Xingxu."
Stars?
Xu Zhiqiong asked: "Did Confucianism have stars at that time?"
Li Shabai nodded and said: "As early as the Qian Dynasty, Confucianism claimed to have stars."
This is different from the record in "The Record of Nu Zu". According to the record in "The Record of Nu Zu", Emperor Taizu and Confucian Star shared the food of Nu Zu before they both became stars.
Xu Zhiqiong asked again: "Do you know where the four murderers were sealed?"
Li Shabai shook his head and said: "I don't know this. More than ten years ago, it was said that Qiongqi's remnant soul appeared on the bank of Wang'an River. I was in the north at that time and was not able to witness this incident. I only heard that Qiongqi's remnant soul was killed by Lin. Tianzheng and Wu Xu broke up."
He only mentioned Wu Xu and Lin Tianzheng. It seemed that he did not know the existence of the master.
Li Shabai gently stroked the tea cup with an unusually solemn expression: "First I saw the remnant soul of Taotie in Emperor Zhaoxing, and now the remnant soul of Qiongqi has reappeared in the world. Could it be that the seals of the four evil spirits have been broken?"
There was a sound of thunder and heavy rain suddenly came.
Looking at the capital city under the dark clouds, Li Shabai looked worried.
"The master who appeared in Canglong Palace today, does he have anything to do with the Four Evils?"
Xu Zhiqiong shook his head slightly, he couldn't think of anything right.
Li Shabai groped for a moment in the air, took out a piece of brocade, and handed it to Xu Zhiqiong: "Baihua Village has been destroyed, and Baihua Brocade has become a peerless treasure. Fortunately, Li bought a lot of it, so I gave it to him." Xu Qianhu is gone."
Xu Zhiqiong gently stroked the flowing brocade and thanked Li Shabai.
Li Shabai smiled and said: "You must never break your promise of ten years. Within ten years, Li is willing to maintain the prosperity of Daxuan with you."
…
In the Canglong Palace, King Jin grabbed an iron bar and hung his body in the air.
His arms were trembling, and he could hardly hold on. Under his feet was a piece of red-hot coals.
Liang Jixiong sat next to the charcoal fire, looked at King Jin and said, "Huaiyu, come down and have a rest when you are tired."
Old thief, can I go down there?
"Elder, I told you the whole truth. I hired that guard from the street. I thought he had some skills, so I gave him a hundred taels of silver and asked him to come to Canglong Palace with me."
Liang Jixiong smiled, could he hire such a role with one hundred taels of silver?
"Huaiyu, you usually indulge in drinking and sex, but your body needs to be tempered."
"Elder, I can't hold it anymore, I really can't hold it anymore..."
A thunderous explosion sounded, and echoes continued in the Canglong Palace.
Liang Jixiong temporarily imprisoned King Jin and immediately went to the main hall.
This is a sign of the arrival of the Star King.
Liang Jixiong waited in the front hall for a while and heard the voice of Lord Dun Wanxing: "Ji Xiong, why didn't you tell me about such a big thing about the change of throne?"
Tell you?
The last time I prayed to you for a day, you said, "What do you want me to do?" What's the use of telling you?
Since Mr. Xing asked, Liang Jixiong told what happened before and after.
Hearing about today's test of cultivation, Lord Dun Wanxing was very angry: "Liang Huaiyu is a thief. The country is in danger of collapse, but he dares to come out and jump up and down. Immediately kill this thief and bring his head to see me."
Liang Jixiong was stunned: "Xingjun, Liang Huaiyu may know some secrets, please wait for my strict interrogation..."
"There is no need to interrogate him, kill him immediately!" Dun Wan roared, and the Canglong Palace trembled, "Daxuan was ruined by Liang Xianhong, and Liang Huaiyu is going to come out to cause trouble again. Such a scum of the clan must not be allowed to stay, kill him immediately !”
What happened to him?
Doesn’t the star official ignore the affairs of the world?
Why are you so concerned this time?
Liang Jixiong had no choice but to go to the prison. After a while, Liang Huaiyu's head was brought back.
Dun Wanxingjun's voice sounded again: "You go ahead, I'll ask him a few words alone."
He wants to interrogate the soul?
Liang Jixiong did not dare to ask any more questions and immediately exited the hall.
A burst of coercion came over, and King Jin's soul slowly appeared from above his head.
The fear before his death had not dissipated, and King Jin's soul trembled.
"Huaiyu, don't be afraid." The deep voice came to his ears, and King Jin felt that his soul was about to disperse.
"Tell me, when and where did you meet that person?"
"Three days ago, just three days ago, the man I met on the street in Xiji three days ago said that he was..." Under extreme fear and pressure, King Jin wanted to tell the truth, but he couldn't.
Dun stubbornly didn't let him continue.
"Huaiyu, don't say any more. I know it. Huaiyu, don't be afraid. You should be content after enjoying a lifetime of wealth!"
A low groan echoed in the Canglong Palace, and the soul of King Jin Liang Huaiyu turned into dust in the violent trembling.