"Since King Nanzhao is willing to admit this crime..."
"I will tell the saint truthfully, and the saint should treat King Nanzhao leniently. Although he will no longer hold real power, he will enjoy endless glory and wealth!"
Bai Gui nodded, satisfied.
When foreign kings such as King Nanzhao were captured in Chang'an, they would be used as an embellishment of the prosperous Tang Dynasty and publicized to the public.
"Xiao Wang thanked the angel."
King Nanzhao felt relieved when he received the assurance.
Seeing that Bai Gui was no longer interested in talking, Qian Niuwei, who had detained King Nanzhao, wisely took King Nanzhao away again.
Not long after King Nanzhao left, the Witch Queen Lin Qing'er, dressed in gorgeous clothes, walked in.
"I would like to thank the angel for protecting the people of Nanzhao today."
"The people of Nanzhao are deeply moved by the angel..."
she said.
Today, when the Tang Army invaded Nanzhao City, she thought it would be a killing feast, and her dissuasion would not be very effective. But what she never expected was that the discipline of the Tang Army was beyond her expectation.
Qiu did not commit any crime, but not many people in Nanzhao were damaged, less than a hundred households. Even if these hundreds of households were damaged, Bai Gui, as the commander, also lost an equivalent amount of property.
Although the generals and soldiers of the Tang army were not severely punished for the crime, it would be good to be able to do this.
"The Witch Queen is welcome."
"Nanzhao is also a common people under my rule in the Tang Dynasty. Naturally, I must treat them equally."
Bai Gui said casually.
Although he is now said to be the inspector of Jiannan Road and the governor of Yizhou, his official position and power come from Li Longji, which is not safe. Therefore, after capturing Nanzhao, regaining the people's support will not only help maintain the Tang Dynasty's rule in Nanzhao, but also
It will help spread his prestige in Nanzhao.
At the same time, the reason why he asked the King of Nanzhao to admit the crime but took Lin Qing'er out was because he wanted to use Lin Qing'er's identity as the high priest of the Miao tribe to cooperate with the Tang army in ruling Nanzhao.
As for... not severely punishing the Tang army soldiers for committing crimes, that certainly makes sense.
His real foundation is these Tang troops, not the people of Nanzhao!
Bias is natural.
Treating everyone equally, this kind of thing is just said to sound nice.
"I wonder what the Witch Queen is doing late at night?"
Bai Gui frowned and asked.
"Don't angels know?"
Lin Qing'er was surprised.
"I have an old relationship with the previous generation of Shushan leader."
"That day... I was practicing Qi and practicing Taoism..."
Bai Gui sighed, roughly understanding why Lin Qing'er came to see him late at night, and had no choice but to reveal part of the truth.
Since we are old friends, there is no need to be too rigid in etiquette.
"It turns out there is a reason for this."
"I almost misunderstood the angel..."
Lin Qing'er blushed and apologized.
"It's getting late now, so please return to the palace to rest as soon as possible..."
"Lest other people gossip and insult the Witch Queen's pure name. Besides, I am an angel. I must pay attention to the etiquette of the Tang Dynasty in everything."
Bai Gui said.
He didn't want to get involved in the messy affairs of Mo Yixi, Yin Ruozhuo, and Lin Qing'er.
Lin Qing'er knew there was nothing wrong with her and immediately retreated.
…
Early the next morning.
Bai Gui, the elite disciples of each sect, and the Witch Queen Lin Qing'er came to suppress the water monster by the lake and re-seal the water monster.
Because the leader of the Moon Worshiping Cult had not yet completely controlled the water monster at this time, and was caught off guard by Bai Gui and others, he was killed outside the city when he only had time to open a corner of the seal. Therefore, it is not difficult to seal the water monster again.
.
Finished in half a day.
"Angel, Empress Nuwa is looking for you."
After Witch Queen Lin Qing'er used Nuwa's magical power to seal the water monster, she was resting when she suddenly stood up and said.
"Empress Nuwa?"
Bai Gui raised his eyebrows and said doubtfully.
In fact, it was within his expectation that Empress Nuwa would come to him.
If the leader of the Moon Worshiping Cult is compared to a disaster, killing the leader of the Moon Worshiping Cult in advance is equivalent to breaking a disaster that has been destined, but the disaster may not end immediately.
For example, if a calamity involves ten steamed buns, the first nine steamed buns have been eaten, and the last steamed bun is the leader of the Moon Worshiping Cult. Now if you start eating the last steamed bun directly, some calamities will be equivalent to not being fulfilled.
As for why Bai Gui didn't sit back and watch the calamity rise and fall.
Just wait and see.
Of course he has his own reasons.
Because of his intervention, he has already been fooled. If he does nothing, he has no idea how the situation will change. He will be extremely passive when he falls. He may be trapped to death in a game of chess...
Therefore, his master Hou Shaowei persuaded him to choose to join the world and become a chess player.
In addition, why Lei Lingzhu chose Yun Ting, Liu Jinyuan and other people who were deeply involved with the imperial court, there must be an unspeakable secret.
Nuwa Temple is also in Taihe City, not far away.
Enter Nuwa Temple.
The temple door automatically closed the moment he stepped in.
The temple was quiet, with only two ever-burning lamps burning, reflecting the statue of a god with a human head and a snake body.
"Bai Gui, the 34th generation disciple of Taishang Daotong Louguan Dao, pays homage to Empress Nuwa."
Bai Gui entered and gave the Taoist ceremony.
After he finished speaking, he knelt on the futon again, knelt down and said, "The noble nobleman of the human race pays his respects to the Empress Nuwa."
No matter which world the Nuwa Empress is in, she has great merits for the world and the human race, and is worthy of worship and worship. If you really think that you are worth a few kilograms, and despise and ignore her, this is the real problem.
And if you kneel down, you won't be short of weight.
However, Bai Gui also had scheming intentions. He first said that he was a disciple of Louguan Taoist Taishang, showed his origin and identity, and then talked about his identity as a human race.
In this way, you will have one more bargaining chip during the dialogue.
Perhaps Empress Nuwa would not care about this bargaining chip, but it does not conflict with his being fully prepared.
Just like before the exam, even if you cram for the exam, it is better than not cramming at all.
"Worshiping the moon does not respect the destiny of heaven or the gods, so I blame it for this disaster."
"When the human world was first created, it was not perfect. That's why we had to refining stones to mend the sky. A small calamity of two hundred years and a big calamity of five hundred years. Now that you have destroyed this calamity, it has not stopped..."
Empress Nuwa said.
"This matter is quite clear to me. Thank you, Empress Nuwa, for informing me."
Bai Gui nodded.
Nuwa's meaning is very clear.
The leader of the Moon Worshiping Cult just wants to pry into the so-called truth. People who become immortals and gods will pry out this truth. However, worshiping the Moon does not respect the gods and disobeys the destiny. This has become a thorn in the eyes of the gods in the heavens.
Therefore, the gods fell in love with Bai Yue and allowed him to initiate disasters, and then caused Bai Yue to be entangled in karma, so he died. During this process, the tribulation energy in the human world will also dissipate with the actions of the Moon Worship Cult.
How to dissipate, sacrifice!
The leader of the Moon Worshiping Cult sacrificed raw food to the water monsters to gain strength. Otherwise, no matter how good his qualifications were, he would not have been able to survive for more than 20 years. Even the reincarnation of an immortal god would not be able to grow to the point where he is today.
Don't look at the fact that the leader of the Moon Worshiping Sect keeps saying that he sacrifices himself for the people... the people he talks about are not referring to ordinary people in Nanzhao, but the followers of his Moon Worshiping Sect.
Now that the water monster has been sealed again, there is a lack of raw food for sacrifices. It does not have to be raw food for sacrifices, it can also be other things, but only raw food for sacrifices is the cheapest and easiest to obtain.
There is no need to blame the gods for this, because the leader of the Moon Worshiping Cult caused harm to the world, and the gods guided him to produce a good fruit that can purify the world. On the contrary, it is considered a merit.
It's just that during this process, the gods' behavior seemed extremely ruthless.
"Then...as a disciple of Taishang Daozu, what should you do?"
"This calamity in the human world must be resolved."
Empress Nuwa nodded slightly and asked.
They don't care about the process, but whether the two hundred years of calamity can be eliminated.
Even if the two hundred years of calamity are not eliminated, it will not cause much harm to the human world. But over time, every drop of water wears away the stone. If this time is allowed, then what about the next time?
However, she did not emphasize letting Bai Gui bear this disaster, but asked Bai Gui to think of another way.
If Bai Gui can't figure it out, then he has no choice but to use him as a calamity and set up a chess piece.
"I have something I don't understand. Could you ask Empress Nuwa to explain it?"
Bai Gui thought for a while and asked another matter.
"What's the matter?"
"You can speak up."
Nuwa's attitude was very gentle.
"Pindao's mysterious fetus is a dragon turtle. According to... Pindao's observation, this dragon turtle is somewhat similar to the dragon turtle in the negative river picture. It is said that when Emperor Fuxi performed the Eight Diagrams, a dragon turtle appeared out of the negative river picture...
"
"When Pindao's mysterious fetus came into being, Xu Changqing, an ascended immortal from Shu Mountain, gave Pindao a human-faced jade pendant. According to Pindao's subsequent information, this jade pendant may have a marriage relationship with a descendant of the Nuwa family..."
"I don't know how to see the immortals in Shu Mountain. Is Pindao supposed to have a marriage relationship with a descendant of the Nuwa family?"
Bai Gui asked for instructions.
He would not directly ask about the relationship between Nuwa and Fuxi, but what he said was the relationship between Nuwa and Fuxi.
Those who come out of the imperial examination are so smart.
It seemed that he didn't say anything, but he said everything. And obviously what he said would not violate taboos.
"You are very smart."
Nuwa looked at Bai Gui silently, and then said: "It is said that this world was created by three great gods: me, Fuxi, and Shennong. According to history, Fuxi and Shennong were both human emperors."
What she said was very short, concise and to the point.
But when Bai Gui heard these words, he already understood that his question had been answered by Nuwa.
"Since Pindao is a disciple of Louguan Taoism, he will assist Li Tang."
"Then the way to resolve the calamity... is very simple. The human world is all Tang soil!"
He shook off the whisk in his hand and replied.
The statue of Nuwa was silent for a long time, obviously not expecting Bai Gui's answer to be so simple and cold-blooded.
In contrast, the leader of the Moon Worshiping Cult uses raw food to offer sacrifices.
The number of people killed in war will undoubtedly be more and more widespread.
"Only with great unification, all peoples in the world will no longer have wars and killings!"
"Kill one person and save all people."
"I am willing to go there!"
Bai Gui performed a Taoist ritual of mourning.
Although it is said that the great unification cannot last forever and will fall apart, as long as there is short-term peace, it is much better than constant war. Of course, this is not what he says from the bottom of his heart.
Since he has chosen to join the world, he must do something big!
Nanzhao is just the first one.
"Can!"
The statue of Nuwa replied.
The unification war in the human world does not violate any heavenly regulations. And using this method can obviously resolve the calamity in the human world. It is logical that he chooses to agree.
