Li Dazhi placed two seats on the cloud and took Xu Sheng and Yun Zhongzi to talk about their daily life.
Yun Zhongzi asked with a smile: "Fellow Taoist called us here in such a hurry, could it be to appreciate this mortal beauty... Well, this place is really dirty, and mortals are still dissecting mortals... this?"
Mr. Xu Sheng also frowned and remained silent.
Li Dazhi smiled and said: "Don't make such a fuss. There is just a problem in Nanzhou. Ping An is solving it. It is being solved. Let's wait here for a while. Ping An should go to Yuxu Palace. I don't know when he will return."
Yun Zhongzi said: "What's the problem, fellow Taoist?"
"It's not difficult," Li Dazhi thought for a moment, and then said, "I think there are some problems with Ping'an's mentality. I know this kid likes me and is prone to getting into trouble. I thought I'd let you two enlighten him."
Xu Sheng shook his silver-white lion-like head and wondered: "Educate Taoist master? How to enlighten? You think too highly of me."
"Ping An is still a young man at heart. He can listen to what his elders say."
Li Dazhi looked at Chaoge City below and said slowly:
"That's what happened. Let me start with the story of Old Man Wanri. Otherwise, you two may not be able to understand why Ping An is getting into trouble right now..."
On the cloud, Li Dazhi spoke slowly, using the method of voice transmission.
The Heavenly Dao generates its own induction and muffles their conversation, so as not to interfere with the normal operation of the Cause and Effect Avenue.
Under this cloud, an old man sat leaning against the door frame, waiting for his fate, his eyes slightly stunned.
…
Di Xin was really a little irritable at the moment.
He looked at the more than ten ministers in front of him. They were all members of his Shang Kingdom. There were ministers like Shang Rong, Bigan, and Huang Feihu who came from old aristocrats, as well as Fei Zhongyouhun, whom he single-handedly promoted.
But now, except for You Hun, their opinions are surprisingly consistent.
"Let Ji Chang go?"
Di Xin said coldly:
"Do you think I'm drunk, unconscious, and constantly arguing?"
Shang Rong sighed: "Your Majesty, Ji Chang has lost his reputation as a sage by eating his son's flesh. If he is executed now, it will be unreasonable and unexceptionable. I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince the public."
"What do you want to convince the public?"
Di Xin flicked his sleeves:
"If you don't have strong soldiers and horses, even if your virtue shines all over the sky, the barbarians will still bully you and plunder you!
"Now is the best opportunity to kill Ji Chang and destroy the Zhou Kingdom!"
"Your Majesty! Please think twice!"
Bigan bowed his hands and saluted:
"Ji Chang has been in Chaoge City for several years and has been imprisoned for some time. Not only is there no chaos in Xiqi City, the Zhou people are becoming more united and their hostility towards the Shang Kingdom is growing day by day.
"The killing of Jikao was actually due to Jikao's assassination. Why doesn't your Majesty use this incident to show the magnanimity of Chaoge City.
"Killing Jichang, Zhou Guo is afraid that he will rebel immediately, but now we should focus on solving the problem of Dongyi and Jiang family!
"Now that Ji Chang is released to Xiqi, he is old and has no drive or mental strength. He only needs to order Chonghou Hu to restrain him. After the Dongyi are pacified, the Jiang family is restrained, and the east of the Shang Dynasty is straightened out, he can then overthrow the Zhou Kingdom.
!”
Di Xin raised his hand to hold his forehead.
Huang Feihu clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty! Compared with Dongyi, the Zhou Kingdom is not a big problem! This Ji Chang has always been famous in Chaoge City, and the people are also interceding for him. Now that Ji Kao's incident has been spread in the city, he will kill Ji Chang again.
, I’m afraid the king will be greatly infamous!”
"Hmph! So what if I get a name for myself?"
Di Xin looked at Fei Zhong and said calmly: "Fei Zhong, what do you say?"
"Your Majesty, the next Xibohou should be the second son of Ji Chang. This man is brave and good at fighting. The Zhou Kingdom has many retainers who are loyal to him. Killing Ji Chang, who has been away from Xiqi for a long time, will only bear the infamy."
Fei Zhong muttered for a few times:
"The general will know that the king wants to cut through the knot quickly and avoid the trouble of raising tigers.
"It's just that now the Zhou Kingdom's true reliance is no longer on Ji Chang. Ji Chang is more like their parents. If their parents die, their hatred towards us will be even greater.
"The general feels that if we want to buy time to concentrate our efforts to defeat Dongyi and the Jiang family, it is better to just let Ji Chang go back."
You Hun murmured in a low voice: "What the king thinks is for the foundation of Dashang. Although the ministers are right, their vision is too short-sighted. The king is still wise."
"Shut up!"
Bigan glared at Youhun:
"Who are we waiting for who is not thinking about the foundation of great business? The great king has great talent and great strategy, and everyone from top to bottom of the business knows about it!
"You sycophant! You're full of flattery, but it's useless!"
You Hun quickly lowered his head and saluted with a smile to apologize: "Uncle Wang, calm down, Uncle Wang, calm down."
Di Xin looked at Bigan with some dissatisfaction.
He said calmly: "In this case, there is no need to discuss this matter further. I have to think about it for a while, so let's let Jichang return to Xiqi City and concentrate on dealing with Dongyi's affairs."
You Hun said hurriedly: "Your Majesty is so wise! Your sincere words are really touching and I am so grateful!"
A group of old ministers glared at You Hun angrily, saluted Di Xin and then left.
Fei Zhong was the last to leave because Di Xin made a gesture to him.
Fei Zhongben wanted to speak, but Di Xin saw Bigan waiting for Fei Zhong outside the palace gate.
So Di Xin waved his hand:
"My dear, please go down.
"You Hun, send Ji Kao's remaining meat to the altar and post notices everywhere. Because Ji Kao admires my beloved concubine and intends to assassinate her, I am magnanimous and order everyone in the Ji family to shut up and reflect on their mistakes."
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
You Hun rolled his eyes, understood something immediately, and left with a smile.
Di Xin was sitting in the main hall, seeming to be concentrating with his eyes closed. When the door of the hall slowly closed, he suddenly grabbed the incense burner beside him and smashed it to the ground, and his breathing became somewhat rapid.
Turning around, Di Xin returned to his own place of pleasure.
He now needs to vent his emotions.
At midnight.
You Hun, with a light carriage and a simple follower, knocked on the back door of Fei Zhong's house.
This was not the first time he visited Fei Zhong's house at night. After entering, he was led by an old servant to meet him in the study.
Fei Zhong was dressed in battle armor and holding a long sword. He was drinking tea with his head down. He looked up at You Hun and said with a smile: "Why did you come now?"
"This is not to avoid the spies of some old ministers."
You Hun sat at the table with his sleeves stretched out, took two sips of tea, and smiled sarcastically:
"These veterans have really angered the king this time.
"Especially Bigan, who claims to be loyal, but is actually very pedantic. He just wants to protect his own reputation and is just trying to gain reputation.
"How could he really think about Da Shang and let Ji Chang go? Ji Chang had a great influence on the two hundred princes in the west and hundreds of princes in the south. Now Nan Bohou has been killed, and all the princes in the south have been killed."
All the princes of the family were watching Jichang.
"How many small countries and how many Qiang tribes has the Zhou Kingdom secretly supported? The problem is not with Dongyi."
Fei Zhong sighed: "Your Majesty has given up his false reputation, and only wants to open up a thousand-year foundation for the great merchants, but now...it is full of difficulties."
"Ji Chang, an old thief, can't be kept here."
You Hun knocked on the table:
"The king's hint is very obvious.
"Sending Ji Kao's meat to the altar, what is this? In fact, it is a disguised recognition of the Ji family's continued guarding the west gate for Dashang. How can the king consolidate the reputation of the Zhou Kingdom at such a moment?"
"I was just waiting for you to come here," Fei Zhong muttered, "I'm going to lead the troops right now? Chop them up?"
“When it’s time to chop, it’s time to chop.”
You Hun smiled and said: "The worst case is that he was robbed in the middle of the night. If we can't take action tonight, then we will wait until he returns to Xiqi before sending him on his way. There are many of us in the military camp outside the city."
Fei Zhong nodded: "Does your Majesty have no other orders?"
"It all depends on the general."
"Then wait until he leaves the city. I will personally lead three thousand cavalry to make sure that he cannot leave Chaoge City!"
"Catch!" You Hun stood up and held his hands, "Then I'll go back and hug Mei Ji. General, take a rest early."
"I can't rest. It's important these days. I have to keep an eye on Ji Chang and all the ministers." Fei Zhong shook his head. "Sometimes I really can't tell whether these bosses value their family more or whether they value the big one."
Business is more important."
You Hun smiled and said: "Then you are tired, so take your leave."
Fei Zhong shook his head slightly, with some thoughts in his eyes, and summoned a few confidants to start keeping an eye on the residence of Xibo Hou Jichang.
…
That night.
The backyard of Wei Ziqi's mansion, the brother of Emperor Xinshu.
Wei Ziqi clasped his hands behind his back and paced back and forth from behind the desk, while several retainers sat aside drinking tea.
"I'm afraid Ji Chang won't survive this," Wei Ziqi whispered.
"My Lord," an old minister said with cupped hands, "Why don't we let Ji Chang leave the city overnight?"
"Chaoge City is so big, he must have been targeted by Fei Zhong at this moment," Wei Ziqi kept thinking. He had gray hair on his temples and was extremely calm.
Another minister worriedly said: "Fei Zhong is brave and resourceful, and is extremely difficult to deal with. But Ji Chang must return to Xiqi alive, otherwise our discussions with him will be in vain."
"Now that we are short of major generals, it is impossible for Uncle Wang and the Prime Minister to take risks for Ji Chang. They are really powerless."
Wei Ziqi frowned and said, "Didn't we say before that there was a strange person who could walk through walls, ride through fog, jump tens of feet, and diagnose people's pulses and tell fortunes?"
"Jiang Shang? This guy has come to see me before, but his skills are far inferior to those of Wen Zhong and others."
"Previously, I asked him to kill someone, but he was always coy about it. In the end, he couldn't excuse himself. I'm afraid he won't be of much use."
"Then can he walk through the wall, ride on the fog, and leap dozens of feet?"
"This seems to be possible. I have seen it before."
"Okay!" Wei Ziqi said firmly, "bring gifts immediately and look for him! We must ask him to help! If Ji Chang dies again, the contact between Zhou Guo and us will be cut off, then I will wait for him.
More than ten years of hard work have been wasted!"
"yes!"
Several ministers bowed their heads in response, and the two of them stood up in a hurry and left quickly.
In the palace, Di Xin drank too much and lay on the soft animal skin bed, enjoying the service of several beauties. His eyes were full of comfort, and Daji was just one of the favored beauties.
Among the ministers' mansions in Chaoge City, several old ministers went to bed early and gave orders to their servants. Everyone who visited said they were asleep.
In Uncle Wang's residence, Bigan was reading in his study. From time to time, agile black shadows would fall outside the window. They would leave immediately after reporting some news.
Ji Chang's residence.
Ji Chang, who suddenly looked like he was twenty years old, leaned against the door frame and finally made some movement. His silver hair was no longer black at all.
An old servant on the side came forward and asked in a low voice: "Master Marquis, there is news from the palace that they will let us leave tomorrow."
"The king is wise...the king is wise..."
Ji Chang murmured, with more tears in his eyes, but they immediately disappeared.
"Master Hou, please rest."
Ji Chang stood up holding his knees, turned around and walked back into the house.
A figure passed by in the shadow. Ji Chang walked to the light on one side, covered the lamp in front with his body, waved his hand to the old slave, and the old slave immediately bowed his head and retreated.
A woman with a slim figure and light steps bowed in the corner.
"grown ups!"
"How about it?"
"I received a reply from outside the city. It turned out that the three young masters came here together, and the eldest young master planned to use the second and fourth young masters as gifts to the king.
"But after the Fourth Young Master met with the Eldest Young Master, some golden light suddenly appeared in the sky. The Eldest Young Master, the Fourth Young Master, and several ministers were all taken away by the golden light.
"It will take at least ten days for the news from Xiqi City to reach us.
"It's just that according to rumors, Mei Ji said that the Fourth Young Master said it himself that the Second Young Master has been sent back to Xiqi City by him."
Ji Chang was startled for a moment, then smiled miserably: "I didn't expect it to be like this."
"Before he was killed in the palace, the eldest son did indeed assassinate the king," the woman sighed. "According to the news from the palace, the eldest son and the king did not know what they were talking about at that time. The eldest son suddenly drew his sword and stabbed the king, but the king relaxed him.
fall upon……"
Ji Chang didn't say much, just closed his eyes and sighed softly.
He changed his slumped look before, his face was calm, his expression was steady, and with a bit of thinking in his eyes, he said slowly:
"You should exit Chaoge City first and make some preparations along the way. I must meet my son alive."
"Yes! I would rather die and escort you back to Xiqi!"
Ji Chang nodded slowly.
He didn't know at this moment that these words were actually heard by another white-haired old man sitting on the roof.
Jiang Shang is here.
In order to better hide in the mortal world and complete the tasks assigned by several senior brothers, Jiang Shang has been letting himself gradually age and adapt to the appearance of a mortal.
Of course he can return to his middle-aged appearance at any time. After all, his Taoist cultivation is here, but now he is just suppressed by the Juetian Formation and cannot fly freely to escape to the earth.
It was easy for him to rescue Ji Chang among a crowd of mortals.
Jiang Shang also didn't know that the scene of him sitting on the roof at this moment also appeared in a cloud mirror.
…
In front of the cloud mirror.
Li Dazhi stopped talking, looked at Jiang Shang and Ji Chang in the mirror, shook his head and didn't pay much attention, and continued to worry about his son's mental health.
Yun Zhongzi and Xu Sheng were each thinking deeply.
Yun Zhongzi said: "This matter is indeed difficult to enlighten."
"To untie the bell, you must tie the bell," Xu Sheng said directly, "Xuntian also did a lot of stupid things in his early years. Young people just like to get into trouble. However, Ping An's current Tao realm is too high, and his position is too high. We
No matter how much I try to persuade him, I can't make the old man show up."
"Wangri was caught," Li Dazhi spread his hands and said, "He gave me a lot of memories before he left, so I knew the cause and effect, otherwise I would be completely confused."
Yun Zhongzi asked: "What is the most unforgettable thing about Ping An?"
"The world was destroyed hundreds of times, and countless lives were killed and injured as a result."
Li Dazhi said:
"This matter is difficult to evaluate. From a subjective point of view, Wangri is the creator of the world, so it is actually quite reasonable for the world he created to be destroyed. The point is that he gave countless lives the opportunity to live.
“Overall, the merits outweigh the faults.
"But the problem is that Wanri's motive is for his own selfishness, to speed up the reincarnation of heaven and earth and constantly shorten the cycle that heaven and earth should have.
"Giving life to the heaven and earth is good; destroying heaven and earth is evil. However, these good and evil cannot offset each other. From the perspective of living beings, this is the greatest evil.
"Ping An's position is very complicated. He is not only the target of Vanity's salvation, but also a vested interest in this matter. He is also a member of the living beings. He has been running around to establish the lives of the living beings before.
"In his perception, it really only lasted a few hundred years, while Wanri lived through a long time. There is a huge cognitive gap between the two.
"Now he just can't figure it out.
"He keeps trying to understand good and evil, just to find an angle so that he can accept everything Wanri has done... I understand my son, but he can't let go."
Yun Zhongzi said: "It is better to believe in peace. He should be able to find his own way."
"Isn't it too painful to see a child?" Li Dazhi scratched his head, "I wish I could bear all the blame myself and let him enjoy the happiness."
Xu Sheng smiled and said: "Although the matter is complicated, the solution is very simple."
"How to solve it? Please give me an idea as soon as possible."
"There is no other way. Help him achieve his goal and complete the last step of all reincarnations. This is the only way."
Li Dazhi raised his hand to rest his forehead, as if he didn't say anything anymore.