Extraordinary people have their own extraordinary qualities. Xiang Chong, the thirteenth prince, will shine brightly in Beiyan's battle for the throne in the future. Compared with the Xiang Chong of the past, Xiang Chong at this time already appears to be more mature and sophisticated. many.
Chu Xiu smiled and said: "I accept His Highness King Yan's kindness, but since my identity has been exposed, His Highness King Yan should know that it is impossible for me to seek refuge with others, and even if I am true I have taken refuge with His Highness King Yan, Your Highness, do you really dare to use me?"
Xiang Chong laughed a few times, Chu Xiu was right, even if Chu Xiu really surrendered to him, Xiang Chong would not dare to use Chu Xiu with confidence.
The devil is always the devil. Who dares to rely on a person in the devil as a confidant?
Xiang Chong coughed and said, "I wonder why Brother Chu came to see me this time?"
Chu Xiu said in a deep voice: "I want His Highness, King Yan, to help introduce you. I want to see His Majesty."
"Meet Father?"
Xiang Chong couldn't help but frown when he heard this.
Among the many descendants of Northern Yan Emperor Xiang Long, although Xiang Chong was not the strongest, he was the most favored one.
He wanted Xiang Long to meet Chu Xiu, which was actually a very simple matter.
However, at this critical moment, Chu Xiu came first to secretly ask for an audience with the Beiyan Emperor. The implication was too sensitive, and Xiang Chong did not dare to do anything wrong.
Chu Xiu said calmly: "Your Majesty, King Yan, don't worry. This is the capital city of Beiyan. I just came here alone. There are countless experts in the imperial palace. Are you still worried that I will be harmful to your majesty?"
Besides, you don’t have to worry about me talking nonsense. In front of His Majesty, even if I am a member of the hidden demon lineage, I will not talk nonsense.
This time His Highness helped me, I will remember this favor and will definitely return it in the future."
Chu Xiu's last words moved Xiang Chong.
In fact, Xiang Chong really doesn't care whether Chu Xiu is on the righteous path or the demonic path. As members of the imperial court, although there are some differences in their attitudes towards the righteous path and the demonic path, the core is the same, vigilance and exploitation.
Chu Xiu is now famous. As the most outstanding warrior of the younger generation of the Yinmo lineage, he himself represents some of the power of the Yinmo lineage. If he gets a favor from him, as long as he can use it in the future, it will not be a bad thing. .
So Xiang Chong thought for a while and said, "Okay, but Brother Chu, my father's temper is not that good. You'd better be more careful what you say."
Chu Xiu nodded, of course he knew that Xiang Long's temper would not be good.
It is strange that a king who can lead Northern Yan to counterattack a powerful country like Eastern Qi would have a good temper.
After Xiang Chong left, it took two hours before an old eunuch led Chu Xiu into the imperial city through the small door.
After all, Chu Xiu's identity was somewhat special, so it was a bit inappropriate for a demonic man to openly enter the imperial city through the gate.
Chu Xiu had seen the palace of Dong Qi. Of course, it was only on the periphery, and it was very magnificent.
Compared with that of Dong Qi, Bei Yan's palace lacks some luxurious decorations, but it is more majestic and solemn.
The entire palace of Beiyan was built in dark colors, with gray-black floors and pitch-black palaces, which made people feel a little depressed.
However, Beiyan was still dark, so it was normal for the palace to be built like this.
Even among the Northern Yan royal family, even the dragon robes were black in the past, and the black dragon was revered.
Later, I heard some alchemists say that the Dragon Lord respected the nine-clawed golden dragon, so in the later period, Beiyan changed the dragon robe to golden yellow.
Chu Xiu followed the old eunuch to a side hall, where Xiang Chong was already waiting.
The lights in the side hall were dim, making the atmosphere even more depressing.
Sitting at the top is an old man wearing a dragon robe but covered with a black dragon-patterned blanket. This man is the Emperor of Northern Yan, Xiang Long, who once united vertically and horizontally to counterattack Eastern Qi with the power of a weak country!
If you just look at his appearance, Xiang Long is actually very ordinary, even so ordinary that if he didn't wear the dragon robe, he would be an ordinary old man.
But as his squinted eyes opened, what emerged was a sharp edge like a blade.
To be fair, among the emperors of the three powerful countries in the world, Xiang Long was the most outstanding one.
The royal family of Western Chu is relatively quiet, and some of the royal family members are not doing their jobs properly, some like martial arts, and some like witchcraft and other messy things.
Therefore, in terms of national strength, Western Chu has never been considered strong. Of course, this is also due to the terrain of Western Chu.
The Emperor of the Eastern Qi Dynasty, Lu Haochang, was notoriously incompetent. Apart from living a relatively long life, he had almost no redeeming features.
Of course, he can be an emperor and has not been pushed down from the throne. Ma Yingjie cannot say that he is fatuous. He can only say that his ability is really lacking.
The Emperor of Northern Yan, Xiang Long, is recognized by the world today as the current hero.
The Eastern Qi was located in the Central Plains, with vast land and abundant resources. At that time, the Western Chu was a small southern barbarian country, and the Northern Yan was a small northern country. Anyway, in the eyes of the Eastern Qi, they were both small countries. At the most serious time, the Northern Yan was almost destroyed by the Eastern Qi.
Until Xiang Long ascended the throne, he spent all his time in the early stage developing national strength and cultivating strength in a low-key and forbearing manner.
Later, they even joined forces with the Northern Yan Wulin to counterattack the Eastern Qi Dynasty. Yang Gongdu was in charge of these things in the past.
As a result, in the first battle, the behemoth Dong Qi was actually defeated by Bei Yan, and even the Wei state that was attached to Dong Qi was swallowed by Bei Yan and became Wei County.
If Beiyan's foundation was not too weak to support its distant attack on Eastern Qi, Beiyan might have become the overlord of the Central Plains by now.
At this time, Xiang Long was also looking at Chu Xiu, more like sizing it up than looking at it.
Chu Xiu bowed his hands to Xiang Long and said, "I have met your Majesty."
With a slight snort, Xiang Long said in a deep voice: "Why don't you kneel down when you see me?"
Chu Xiu said calmly: "I am not a subject of Yan State, why should I kneel to the king of Yan State?"
Xiang Long snorted coldly: "I heard that you, Chu Xiu, are from the Yan Kingdom. Why, with some strength and background, you don't even care about your own country?"
Chu Xiu smiled and said: "I'm afraid your Majesty may have misunderstood. I am only famous in the Yan Kingdom, not from the Yan Kingdom. To be more precise, I should be from Wei Jun, the same Wei Jun that was destroyed by your majesty.
Of course, with my status, I have been homeless for a long time. People say that the devil is arrogant and surly, and that is indeed the case for us. Apart from our mentor, we don’t even worship heaven and earth."
Xiang Long sneered and said: "You don't even worship heaven and earth! You encouraged Xiang Chong to bring you to see me. You just wanted to use the power of the Beiyan court to help you withstand this disaster. But in the end, you You can't even kneel down and worship me.
You are an arrogant and rude person, why should I help you?"
Chu Xiu said calmly: "Your Majesty has misunderstood. I am actually very unaccustomed to asking for help from others. Any debt in this world is easy to repay, but debts from relationships are the most difficult to repay. Moreover, the things you ask for may not be stable. .
What I like is cooperation, mutual benefit, and when the interests are in hand, everyone will contribute and no one will suffer."
Xiang Long laughed angrily and said: "It's a joke! You, Chu Xiu, a junior, dare to come to talk to me about cooperation, do you deserve to talk about cooperation with me!? If it were Wei Shuya from your Yinmo lineage, it would be almost the same!
Do you know how much official business I have to deal with every day and how many important family and national affairs I have to think about? You, a junior, come here to waste my time. Do you know what is the sin of deceiving the emperor? Or do you think that you are a person of the hidden demon lineage?
I don’t dare to kill you anymore!?”
When the last word was spoken, the aura and killing intent that emerged from Xiang Long's body made even Chu Xiu feel cold.
Xiang Long actually didn't have much cultivation in martial arts.
A person like him who comes from a royal family may be able to practice when he is a prince, but how will he have time to practice after he ascends the throne? He can only use martial arts as something to strengthen his body, and supplement it with some elixirs.
Take medicine and other things to extend your life.
But because they deal with official duties every day and work too hard, their longevity cannot be extended much. On the contrary, mediocre people like Lu Haochang of Dong Qi have less to worry about and live longer.
In terms of strength, Chu Xiu could kill Xiang Long with just a flick of his finger.
However, Xiang Long conquered the world in his life, and countless people died indirectly at his hands. These emperors were the ones with the most blood and lives on their hands.
Moreover, there are countless martial arts masters loyal to the Beiyan royal family lurking around this empty hall. If Chu Xiu dares to act rashly, he will be the first to die.
Chu Xiu said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, please do not be angry. Although I am a junior in the Hidden Demon lineage, my words still carry some weight.
Besides, I also know what Your Majesty needs. The person who wants to get rid of me this time is the same kind of person as the person you want to get rid of, Your Majesty."
Xiang Long suddenly put away his furious look just now, as if the murderous person just now was not him, and just asked calmly: "What do you mean?"
Chu Xiu cupped his hands and said: "In the past, your Majesty joined forces with the Northern Yan Wulin to fight against the Eastern Qi. This was a wonderful move.
Martial arts has no national boundaries, but warrior sects do have national boundaries.
Once the Eastern Qi annihilates the Northern Yan, the martial arts forces of the Northern Yan will inevitably be suppressed by the Eastern Qi martial arts.
The temple and the martial arts teamed up to finally counterattack the Eastern Qi Dynasty. This is the most outstanding achievement of His Majesty since he ascended the throne."
Xiang Long's complexion became slightly better. After all, what Chu Xiu said was the thing he was most proud of.
For so many years, from the founding of Beiyan to the generation before Xiang Long, Beiyan has been suppressed by Eastern Qi.
It was not until his generation that Beiyan finally turned around and counterattacked Dong Qi, even causing Dong Qi to suffer a big loss.
Although Bei Yan cannot yet compare with Dong Qi in terms of foundation, it has been recognized by the world that Bei Yan is already a big country that can rival Dong Qi.
But Chu Xiu then said: "But Your Majesty should have discovered the sequelae of that battle long ago.
The imperial court teamed up with Jianghu sects to defeat Dong Qi, but afterwards they shared a lot of benefits with these martial arts sects in Beiyan.
This has also resulted in Beiyan's martial arts sect becoming so strong and arrogant that they already seem not to take the Beiyan court seriously.
Your Majesty should have discovered a long time ago that Beiyan Wulin is too powerful to get rid of!"