When Li Xiuyuan walked out of the Zichen Palace, he saw Du Ze, the Minister of Punishment, waiting at the door.
"Mr. Li, can we talk a little bit? The ancestor has something to say to Mr. Li." Du Ze, the Minister of Punishment, said.
"National Master?" Li Xiuyuan smiled softly: "I really appreciate your kindness. You didn't say a word during the meeting, which is really generous. It seems that the cooperation between me and the National Master can be stopped.
Since the Imperial Master can't bring me any benefit, why should I kill evil spirits for him?
, put down the chaos in the capital and let his family dominate?"
Du Ze's face froze slightly, and he didn't know what he was thinking with his dark eyes. He just lowered his head and bent over slightly: "I believe that the ancestor will give Mr. Li an explanation for what happened today."
"Lead the way." Li Xiuyuan said.
Du Ze then led Li Xiuyuan through a palace and arrived at a temple.
A temple built in the palace.
At this moment, the Imperial Master was standing in front of the temple and looking at him with a smile.
"I am afraid that Mr. Li is blaming me for not saying anything to help me before the court meeting." The first words the Imperial Master said when they met were: "Actually, I am doing this for your own good, Mr. Li."
Li Xiuyuan's eyes narrowed, and a cold light flickered: "National Master, I will definitely solve the case within a month, and then leave the capital and return to Yangzhou. If I cannot solve the case within a month, I will resign and return to my hometown as mentioned before to take care of myself in advance.
But before that, I will seek advice from the Tathagata, the great master of the country.
Fa, I hope the National Master will not disappoint me at that time."
"That's all, let's take our leave."
After saying that, he defeated and left.
The Imperial Preceptor's face suddenly turned ugly, and he immediately advised: "Master Li, you are not a person who covets worldly power. You are just a governor. How can you compare with your ideas and pursuits."
He felt that Li Xiuyuan could be considered a cultivator and should not be greedy for fame and fortune, so he deliberately condoned what happened today so that he could use his hand to deal with the Wutong Sect.
"You are a monster. Of course you don't understand. It's useless to say more. If you are too free, go and repair your Tathagata's golden body. Our cooperation ends here. You centipede is too greedy. I will help you."
You killed the ghost foreman, but you couldn’t see you helping me. From today on, the ghosts and gods in the capital
, it’s under my control, Mr. Li, you’d better tell your disciples to restrain themselves, if the thunder god under my command senses the evil spirit and kills them, don’t blame me for not warning you.”
Li Xiuyuan didn't know how to do it, so he strode away quickly.
After seeing Li Xiuyuan leave, the Imperial Master, who had always been kind and cheerful, looked particularly ugly at this moment.
He had misjudged the situation, and what happened today might have touched Li Xiuyuan's bottom line.
He thought that the position of governor was not important to him, but now it seems that Li Xiuyuan has murderous intentions.
"A sage should not infer that today's events have great cause and effect, and that disaster will come." The Imperial Master clasped his hands together and closed his eyes slightly.
"Ancestor, Li Xiuyuan has turned against him, what should we do now?" Du Ze, the Minister of Punishment, asked with some surprise and uncertainty.
The Imperial Master said: "Li Xiuyuan is so sharp that he has obtained the divine power of Lord Yama. His Taoism is extraordinary. If you want to cure him, you can't rely on the power of ghosts and gods, you have to borrow human power. He knows that I practice the wonderful Dharma of the Tathagata, and he is sure to win.
To fight against them is to seek death, even if I have practiced Taoism for two thousand years,
The management of the capital during this period is entrusted to him, and all temples must cut off all incense offerings."
"But if he makes a move, I'm afraid Dao Lord will not sit idly by. With the power of the imperial court, the outcome of the two sides will still be unpredictable."
"What the ancestor said is true," Du Ze said.
The Imperial Master sighed: "Time has not waited for me. It is really a bad idea to fight with this Li Shengren now. If I had known this, I should have helped him push it away in the court. The consequences of forcing him to stay in the capital will be
When a friend turns into an enemy, the gain outweighs the loss, and the gain outweighs the loss."
Even if Li Xiuyuan destroyed the Wutong Sect, the threat of a Wutong Sect could not be compared to this human saint.
His moral deeds are already immeasurable. There are not many ghosts and spirits in the world who have the courage to fight with him.
"Hey, it's not easy to deal with Li Xiuyuan, old guy, maybe we can try to cooperate." Suddenly, a laugh suddenly sounded from outside the temple.
"Who is it?" The Imperial Master's face darkened, and he immediately became murderous.
There was a sound of someone turning over and landing, and then they saw a tall man walking outside the temple door with a cold smile on his face: "I will change my name if I want to, but I won't change my surname if I sit down, the great thief Shi Hu."
"Shihu? I'm afraid you're the famous Black Mountain old demon in the south. You borrowed a human skin and dared to break into the capital. Are you really afraid that I'll kill you?" the Imperial Master said with a cold face.
"Were you able to kill me in the palace?" Shi Hu said without fear at all: "I want to leave, and you can't keep me. If I hadn't killed a thunder god the day before yesterday, and my body is stained with the aura of thunder god, I'm afraid that I will be killed.
I didn't come to this palace to hide when thunder and lightning chased me, but what I didn't expect was
, there is such a big guy hiding in the palace, tsk tsk, you are cultivating the golden body, look at the golden body in your temple is actually made of pure gold, you are rich enough, this golden body is only three feet, it should not be
Your natal golden body, Centipede Spirit."
Hearing the words "centipede spirit", the imperial master's murderous intent suddenly arose, and he narrowed his eyes and said, "Du Ze, go and call the halberd bearers. They say that there are thieves breaking into the capital, and they will be punished without mercy."
"I thought that you, old man, had some brains after living such a long life. I didn't expect that you were as brainless as that stupid woman. It wouldn't be a pity to die." Shi Hu suddenly laughed mockingly; "Well, originally I
I want to be 90% sure that I can kill Li Xiuyuan with the help of your power. Now
It seems that I can only go for the 20% certainty."
After saying that, Shi Hu turned around and was about to leave.
"Wait a minute." The Imperial Master suddenly stopped him: "Old Black Mountain Demon, what's your best plan? Now that your body is gone and your path to cultivation is cut off, is there any way to kill a saint?"
"Whether you can kill Li Xiuyuan depends not on your skills, but your brain." Shi Hu pointed at his head and said: "If Li Xiuyuan was invincible, he wouldn't have been almost eaten by me that time outside Guobei County. If he was really invincible,
Kill him. Even when all ten Yamas came out in Jinling City, they wouldn’t have almost shot him into a horse.
Even if there is a fight between the honeycomb and the ghost foreman, Li Xiuyuan will not be punched by the ghost foreman until he vomits blood."
"It was really a good opportunity at that time. If I hadn't been discovered by Thunder God, I should have succeeded. It was just a little bit close. The luck of the saint was too strong. Didn't you, old man, also get stopped that day?
Did you? And did you know that when we were stopped?
This is when Li Xiuyuan is at his weakest." Shi Hu said with squinted eyes.
"God's will can protect him from nine disasters, but there is still one disaster that will fall on him. If you want to kill him, you have to rely on that disaster."
"Tell me about your plan. If it is credible, you and I will work together to kill him." The Imperial Master returned to his benevolent look.
Shi Hu said: "Is your brain abnormal? I have already said that it is God's will and luck. It is impossible for you and me to kill him with our own hands. If we want to kill him, we have to create enough disasters for him at once.
, we may be blocked, but disaster will eventually fall on him as long as
Once you succeed, you're done."
"If it weren't for my limited strength, I wouldn't come to you, because I'm afraid that your brain won't work and will hold me back."
"Shi Hu, don't be so presumptuous as to dare to talk to the ancestor like this?" Du Ze, the minister of punishment at the side, scolded.
"Your people?" Shi Hu glanced at him and asked, tilting his head.
"Exactly," said the Imperial Master.
Shi Hu grinned: "With his brain, he will definitely not survive a month."
"Really? Where do you get this confidence?" said the Imperial Master.
"Without my help, you won't survive more than a month. I know Li Xiuyuan's temper very clearly. One month is not set for him, but for you. He is even more ruthless than me.
You don’t have to think about it. The person Dongyue dares to kill will be a good person.
Do you really think that if he raises his hands and bows like a weak scholar, then he is really a weak scholar?" Shi Hu said.
"To tell you something sweet, should we cooperate to kill him, or should we each divide things? It's not easy for me to come to the palace. Don't let me down."
The Imperial Master clasped his hands together and said, "Amitabha, then let the saints cope with the calamity according to your words."
"Then you have to listen to my arrangements. You are not smart."