'I thought these palaces were just like this when I looked at them from the sky, but when I got closer I realized how big these palaces are.'
Li Ping'an looked up.
Putting on a brand new robe, he looked a bit like a young adult.
After entering the Shang Palace, the eldest brother Jikao was taken directly to the king's palace, and he was brought here by the palace officials.
The fourth son of Xibohou is not qualified to visit the king.
Li Ping'an was also happy to do this, so as not to have to kneel down when he saw the King of Shang.
He is also a heavenly emperor.
Of course, for the sake of your own stability and to better assume the role, there is no harm in paying homage.
The palace messenger who had brought the message quickly ran over and smiled at Li Ping'an and said: "Master Dan, His Highness has called you in. Please don't talk nonsense later. If you offend His Highness, His Highness will give you a slap in the face.
"
"Hey, yes."
Li Ping'an handed over his hands in a decent manner, and said in a milky voice:
"Can you please lead the way?"
"This posture is quite decent," the palace man said with a smile, turned around and invited Li Ping'an to come in.
Li Ping'an stepped over the large threshold that reached his knees with some difficulty, and curiously looked at the layout of the hall.
This hall is square in shape, with a length and width of more than ten feet. There are thick wooden pillars inside, and the outside of the pillars are painted dark red. A complex and beautiful wooden structure can be seen on the top of the hall.
The artistry is quite high.
Expensive goldware can be seen everywhere in the palace. Although it is daytime, the central area of the palace, which is not well lit, has been lit with lamps.
These lamps are all in the shape of soaring blackbirds, and each one is different. Each lamp has six or seven candlesticks, and the fat burned in them should be extracted from animals. It looks like it is expensive to make.
Everywhere in the palace is extremely luxurious.
Li Ping'an looked at it and saw one of the protagonists of the Taoist Immortal Conferred God Tribulation, who was sitting behind the low table at the main table, leaning on the pillow and reading a book.
Prince Shang, Zi Shou.
That is the reincarnation of Donghuang Taiyi.
It can be seen that the face of this boy is somewhat similar to Donghuang Taiyi. This is the gradual influence of the soul on the body, but in the end it will definitely be different from the previous Donghuang Taiyi.
It stands to reason that Donghuang Taiyi cannot practice cultivation after his reincarnation, nor should he practice it.
But Li Ping'an still felt the slightest fluctuation of spiritual energy in Donghuang Taiyi. Donghuang Taiyi probably couldn't help but try to absorb spiritual power to temper his body.
However, the degree of tempering was very slight, and other people would just take a glance and think that this prince had learned a little bit about the ancient method of nourishing qi.
Li Pingan was looking at Donghuang Taiyi;
Donghuang Taiyi was naturally also looking at Li Ping'an.
Donghuang Taiyi, who had already prepared to use the fourth son of Xibohou to show off his cruel side, suddenly didn't know how to speak.
This little guy is unique and looks quite cool.
Donghuang Taiyi felt that the child in front of him was full of spiritual light and his body was full of spiritual energy. If he was sent to practice, he might become a master of the human race. His big eyes were spinning around, and he looked like a human being at first glance.
Smart guy.
It's quite likable.
Ahem, brutal.
Taiyi Donghuang threw the bamboo slips in his hand onto the low table, picked up the wine bottle filled with freshly brewed juice, and said calmly: "Ji Dan, the fourth son of Xibohou?"
"Um!"
Li Ping'an couldn't bear to look at himself who was deliberately acting cute.
Cute protection is also the self-preservation ability of many animals in nature.
Donghuang Taiyi sneered: "How dare you, why don't you kneel down when you see this prince!"
Li Ping'an cursed in his heart but still couldn't escape, so he knelt down and sat down, his two small hands retracted in his wide sleeves.
This look doesn't actually look like a salute, but it looks like he is about to shout, "I can't survive this day."
He said: "Ji Dan pays homage to the prince."
"Is the etiquette in Xibohou Mansion so bad?"
Donghuang Taiyi went crazy: "Someone is coming!"
Two soldiers rushed in from the palace gate immediately!
Li Ping'an thought this guy had seen through him, and was about to send a message to warn Donghuang Taiyi not to cause trouble, but Donghuang Taiyi hesitated to speak.
'Five years old...'
'Is it cruelty to torture a five-year-old child?'
'Can't the confusion and fear in this child's eyes awaken a little bit of your conscience?'
Donghuang Taiyi frowned and thought, then simply waved his hand and said: "Bring him a table and chair. Since he is the companion chosen by the king for me, I must try to see if he can write."
Li Pingan breathed a sigh of relief.
He always felt that Donghuang Taiyi was weird. His expression when he called out "Come here" just now was obviously a bit fierce.
After the fierceness, there was thinking and hesitation, and then it turned into a little helplessness.
what's going on?
With a bit of anxiety, Li Ping'an sat down behind the low table next to him, picked up a piece of bamboo strips, picked up a carving knife called a 'pen', and carefully wrote eight gold inscriptions.
——The so-called bronze inscriptions mostly refer to systematic writing engraved on bronze vessels.
What he wrote was, "Xuanniao gives birth to Shang, God bless the king."
Donghuang Taiyi smiled and said: "The handwriting is quite square. Is this what your father taught you?"
Li Ping'an whispered: "Father writes every day, and I can learn to read it."
"oh?"
Donghuang Taiyi curled his lips slightly: "Xi Bohou really writes every day?"
"Yeah," Li Ping'an nodded, "I'm only five years old. If you lie at the age of five, you will be caught."
"You're right...no."
Donghuang Taiyi looked at the little Ji Dan in front of him, dumbfounded.
His father only told him that the destined person of the Zhou Kingdom was Ji Fa, the second son of Ji Chang; but how could he see the little Ji Dan in front of him, who was also so smart and smart.
'Probably due to the movement of heaven, in order to support the Zhou Kingdom, many talented people were sent down.'
Donghuang Taiyi thought so:
"Since the Zhou Dynasty and Shang Dynasty are the directions set by my father, I should help Zhou Guo."
He nodded and said slowly: "Come here, give these eight words written by Mr. Dan to my father to make him happy. Remember, you must say that Mr. Ji Dan is only five years old. Five years old is
You can’t fool anyone.”
"yes."
The palace man brought the carving knife and bamboo strips to the front.
Li Pingan almost laughed out loud when he saw Donghuang Taiyi acting like this.
Is this guy still the ancient emperor who defeated all the ancestral witches? Why does it feel like he, a mortal prince, is a bit reserved?
Well, this seems to be a fool's errand.
"Young Master Dan..."
"Prince, just call me Ji Dan."
"Okay, Ji Dan," Donghuang Taiyi said slowly, "I'll have someone arrange a place for you later... You can sleep alone, right?"
"Yes prince!"
"Okay then, let's get on with it."
Donghuang Taiyi waved his hand, and Li Pingan stood up in a decent manner, made a big circle with his hands and arched them in front of him, saluted Donghuang Taiyi, turned around and walked away.
Ah, cruelty...
Donghuang Taiyi raised his hand to his forehead and sat there, lost in thought.
After not doing bad things for many years, I am really getting used to it.
He didn't know who the five-year-old child who just came to him was; he didn't even know that this five-year-old child actually knew his roots.
Xiao Ji Dan, who was placed in a luxurious attic, was also deep in thought at this moment.
…
If you want to control the Taoist Immortal's Conferring God Tribulation, it's best to use both immortal and mortal hands to control it.
He became Ji Dan through the reincarnation of a ray of soul, and easily controlled the Ji family of the Zhou Kingdom. If he could find a way to control the military and political power of the Shang Kingdom later, both the pros and cons on the grand stage of conferring gods would be defeated by him.
Got it.
It is a pity that Donghuang Taiyi is now reincarnated as Prince Zhou.
Ah, King Zhou was a contemptuous name for Zi Shou. It would be more appropriate to call him Emperor Xin.
It's not that Li Ping'an has never thought about the fact that Donghuang Taiyi was sent as a chess piece by the transcendent teacher, directly disclosed to the outside world.
However, doing so will harm the Chaos Clock.
Li Ping'an wants to win over Donghuang Taiyi and Chaos Bell to his side, and now is the best opportunity.
If you find a way to establish friendship with Donghuang Taiyi, you can increase your chances of winning when facing the transcendent teacher.
Even a slight improvement in the chance of winning is very valuable to this world.
Secondly, even if he exposes this matter, it is unlikely that anyone will deal with Donghuang Taiyi. When a sage plays chess, he usually allows two kinds of stones, black and white, on the chessboard. They usually plan the layout and take it all with one move.
Thirdly, Li Ping'an personally admires Donghuang Taiyi.
In order to live up to his adoptive father's trust, this man fought hard to kill the twelve ancestral witches; he felt guilty because of this, and felt that he was a guilty person, so he would rather die and give up his escape.
When Emperor Jun fell step by step, he also tried to persuade him repeatedly, and when he failed to persuade him, he tried to restore Emperor Jun's tragedy.
When faced with a beauty of the Nine-tailed Fox's caliber throwing herself into his arms, he could still slap her away...
This is not recommended.
After all, the nine-tailed fox didn't do anything wrong, he just fell in love with a man he shouldn't have loved.
He was unable to directly control Donghuang Taiyi, which added a lot of uncertainty to the Shang Kingdom.
Of course, the other chess pieces he planted, such as Li Jing and the four Mo brothers, will naturally be used one by one in the future.
'What is Li Jing doing?'
With such thoughts in his heart, Li Ping'an controlled his little body to close his eyes and fall asleep. His mind returned to the original body, took out the sky survey mirror, and looked towards Chentangguan.
The picture is suddenly filled with mosaics.
Li Ping'an held the survey mirror with his backhand, and the corners of his mouth twitched a few times.
That's right, it was late at night, and there were no ordinary entertainment facilities. The couple lived a normal life... quite normal.
Don’t look at anything that’s inappropriate, don’t look at anything that’s inappropriate.
Li Ping'an deliberately waited for an hour before continuing to investigate with the survey mirror.
Then he discovered that... Li Jing had been meditating in the courtyard for a long time, and had even entered a state of trance!
'Next time Li Jing makes meritorious deeds, please reward him with more elixirs that can strengthen his foundation and cultivate his strength.'
Li Ping'an thought this, and then he clicked on the mirror, and a weak power of heaven penetrated into Li Jing's heart.
Li Jing, who was practicing, was startled for a moment. The soul looked up and saw a golden light falling, and Li Ping'an's shadow slowly formed from the spiritual platform.
"Li Jing pays homage to His Majesty!"
Li Jingyuan Shen shouted excitedly.
Li Ping'an smiled and nodded, and said slowly: "How are things going?"
"Your Majesty!"
Li Jing said quickly:
"The last general has established a firm foothold in Nanzhou and has become the commander-in-chief of the region!
"Everything is going well here. The place where I am located is located at Chentangguan, close to the East China Sea. It is the easternmost pass of the Shang Kingdom and is an indentation in the eastern part of Nanzhou.
"The north of Chentangguan is the land of Dongyi. There are hundreds of large tribes, which have been quite active recently. Chentangguan is also directly subordinate to the Shang Kingdom rather than the vassal states. Its main function is to curb the development of Dongyi to the south!
"For the sake of convenience, I married the daughter of the old general soldier at Chentangguan. She also made many military exploits and was approved by the King of Shang to become the new general soldier!"
"okay."
Li Pingan nodded slowly: "Do you have children?"
"General Mo now has a son, named Jin Zha, who is just six years old now!"
"Yes," Li Ping'an nodded with a smile and said directly, "In a few years, the Chan Church will enter Nanzhou to recruit disciples in large numbers. Your son should be selected by the Chan Church Immortal. This will be a source of blessing."
Li Jing was stunned when he heard this. He immediately understood Li Ping'an's meaning and bowed his head: "I have been very good at teaching dogs in the past few years. I am born as a heavenly general and I need to be proud of heaven!"
"It's up to you."
Li Pingan said:
"I see that your wife has also gained some cultivation. Remember to tell her not to let her expose your traces.
"What happened to the four demon brothers?"
"They have entered Jiameng Pass and will soon get the position of commander-in-chief!"
Li Jing explained:
"In this common custom, because there were too many princes, the Shang Kingdom established military garrison sites with many great passes. The great gates guarded the main roads in order to prevent these princes from causing rebellion.
"The four of them have always kept a low profile and have never shown any magic.
"After the changes in the Jue Tian Grand Formation, we can no longer display our strength."
"It's not slow to advance in cultivation," Li Ping'an nodded with satisfaction and said slowly, "I'm here this time, firstly to see how you are doing, and secondly to give you a task."
"The general will obey your orders!"
"Don't get excited," Li Ping'an smiled and waved his hand, "If you have a chance to come to Chaoge later, bring more gold and silver treasures. This allows you to use fairy magic to get some mundane treasures. Remember, you must get more.
."
ah?
Li Jing was a little puzzled, but he didn't say anything. He just felt that His Majesty's instructions must have deep meaning.
Li Jing cupped his hands and said: "In the end, I will go all out to acquire more worldly treasures!"
"Okay, if you don't have the chance to come to Chaoge City, there's no need to force it."
Li Pingan said slowly:
"One more thing, Elder Yan Sheng has been thinking about you a lot lately. I'll leave a spell here for you. If you activate this spell, you can entrust your dream to Elder Yan Sheng.
"Just make sure you're safe. Don't tell anyone anything I asked you to do."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Li Jing's eyes were full of warmth.
He also missed his master a little.
Li Ping'an retreated from Li Jing and went to look at the four generals of the Demon family. He found that the four generals of the Demon family were doing well and were only one step away from the position of commander-in-chief.
That step is to wait for the boss to die of illness.
However, compared to Li Jing marrying the daughter of the old soldier, the fourth general of the Demon family used some suggestive techniques on the old soldier in order to ensure his superiority.
That's okay.
In terms of military exploits alone, the four generals of the Demon Family have four or five times more than the other generals of Jiameng Pass put together.
Li Ping'an asked Li Jing to bring more treasures when he came to Chaoge, naturally in order to build a power network through Li Jing.
However, although the foreign commander has real power, he is not really a big shot in Chaoge City.
what is it now?
He also followed Li Jing's example and found a nobleman from the Shang Kingdom to marry into his wife? He was only five years old, and this method was too ridiculous.
Li Ping'an took the survey mirror and began to study the aristocratic forces in Chaoge City. After checking for a long time, he roughly clarified the power structure in Chaoge City.
Just when he was about to put away the survey mirror, he felt something strange in his heart, so he took the survey mirror and looked at his little clone.
Um?
In the attic of the palace where little Ji Dan stayed, a figure sneaked up and slowly approached little Ji Dan's bed.
The maids and servants brought from Xiqi City are currently in the outer room, sleeping soundly downstairs.
The figure took out a sharp bronze dagger from his sleeve and looked at Xiao Ji Dan's neck with vicious eyes.