Xiao Guang was furious. He was smart all his life and regarded everyone as pawns, but he didn't expect that he would be plotted by these two people.
At the critical moment, not to mention the fatal blow, it also had a significant impact on him.
The imperial mausoleum was destroyed, the dragon veins were broken, the black and yellow energy poured out, and the energy was greatly defeated.
He could clearly feel the changes in himself, and the injuries that had been basically healed broke out again.
Xiao Guang's face turned livid, and he quickly returned to the capital. He summoned Baiqisi immediately, arrested all the personnel at the observatory, and killed many of them on the spot.
The rest were taken to prison.
For a time, another bloody storm broke out in the capital.
Thousands of miles away on Qinchuan, Wang Zhe stood on the top of the mountain, looking in the direction of the capital.
"The sky has changed drastically, and something big has happened again!"
"I'm afraid many people will not be able to settle down this year."
What happened in the capital soon became known to many people.
Liangzhou, Jincheng, in a manor. King Liang looked at the sky in a daze.
The winter in Liangzhou in the northwest is a bit gloomy, the wind and sand are stronger, and the weather is colder than that in the capital.
He has not returned to the capital for many years, and has even forgotten what the winter snow in the capital looks like.
A gentle knock on the door brought him back to his senses.
"Enter."
A man dressed as a scholar walked into the room.
"Did something serious happen that Your Majesty came to look for me in such a hurry?"
"Something big happened, but it wasn't in Liangzhou, it was in the capital."
"Jingcheng, could it be your Majesty?"
"My father left the country, and the imperial mausoleum on the outskirts of the city was destroyed, completely destroyed." When he said this, Liangzhou felt a little sad.
That was the imperial mausoleum. His grandfather was buried there, then dug out and hung on the gate tower of the capital.
Grandpa's body was also buried there, although it was later moved there.
In fact, he doesn't care much about these people because they are not good to him.
There was only one person among them that he cared about, and that was his mother, the mother who treated him best in the world.
"Imperial Mausoleum, or Wu Tiangang?" the gentleman said in surprise after hearing this.
"No, they are two other people. Sir, you can't even guess who they are?"
"Two of them, shouldn't they be the commander-in-chief of Baiqisi?"
"No." King Liang shook his head.
"Prime Minister, no, he doesn't have that level of cultivation." The gentleman said a name and then shook his head in denial.
"Daoxuan, Xue Fengqiu,"
"What?" The staff member was shocked after hearing this.
"Daoxuan, I did think that he might indeed have this possibility, but I never expected that Xue Fengqiu would also...
Wait, Your Majesty, could it be that the two of them are in the same group?"
"Yes, they are a group. They have been acting for the past few decades. It's amazing!"
"I can't believe it, I really can't believe it, why would they do this?"
King Liang shook his head. His eyes and ears in the capital only knew that something big had happened in the capital. As for why Daoxuan and Xue Fengqiu did what they did, they didn't know.
"Hidden for decades, the plot is definitely not small. Could it be possible that they are quite the emperor?" King Liang suddenly thought of a possibility.
"This possibility is very small. According to the information provided by the prince over the years, these two people have almost no contact with anyone on weekdays.
Although the Prime Minister occasionally goes to the Star Observatory to drink tea on weekdays, he has little contact with Daoxuan."
"Based on this alone, he is probably in serious trouble." Liang Wang said.
"My guess is the same. With such a big thing happening, His Majesty must be very angry."
"Everyone in Qintian Prison has been sent to prison, whether they are related or not." Liang Wang said.
Just as the two were discussing important matters, urgent news suddenly came.
King Liang took the secret report and read it carefully, then handed it to the middle-aged man beside him.
"Is this the case that Southern Yunnan is sending troops to the Northern Expedition?" the aide asked in surprise as he looked at the secret report in his hand.
“I didn’t expect that it was southern Yunnan that took this step.”
"Yes, it is now basically certain that my imperial uncle just faked his death before and has been secretly planning and preparing for these years."
"The King of Zhennan is indeed a heroic figure. But if he wants to launch an army for the Northern Expedition, where will he choose to attack first? Jingzhou? It has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times."
The staff member looked at the map hanging on the wall.
"There is a King of Chu in Jingzhou. Since he can avoid the list of gods, he must have a way to avoid it."
"That's natural. My imperial brother has been young and mature since he was a child. He makes decisions before he acts." Liang Wang said.
"Jingzhou has strong soldiers and horses, and the King of Chu is in charge? Or maybe he will attack Yangzhou first, after all, it is the richest place in the world? What are your plans?"
"Plan? I plan to wait and see what happens." King Liang said after pondering for a long time.
"That's right." The staff member on the side said with a smile. He was now afraid that the prince would make a wrong judgment impulsively.
Thousands of miles away in southern Yunnan.
In the Taoist temple outside Chengcheng,
A small room, a table of food, a bottle of wine, a father and his son.
"I have been thinking about it for the past two days, will you come back to celebrate the New Year?" King Zhennan was very happy the moment he saw Zhan Wushuang.
Today, he is not a powerful prince, nor a tycoon eager to take over the world. He is just a father, a father looking forward to being reunited with his son.
In fact, he has more than one son, and his sons are also very good. For example, the son who is now in charge of the affairs of the entire southern Yunnan in the palace of Rongcheng.
That was also very outstanding.
But if the person he owes the most is undoubtedly the one in front of him.
Not to mention what will happen in the future, he is not as ruthless as Xiao Guang now. In fact, people who have more contact with King Zhennan know that he is a person who attaches great importance to friendship.
"Come and try, this is a specialty of Rongcheng." King Zhennan gave Zhan Wushuang a piece of vegetables.
"I'm thinner than the last time I went down the mountain."
Zhan Wushuang ate in silence.
"Are you ready to raise an army?"
He noticed something on the way here.
He was once a divine general from all directions. Not only was he highly skilled in cultivation, but he was also a first-rate figure in the world in commanding troops to defend against enemies.
"Well, spring will come next year." King Zhennan nodded.
"Where to attack first?"
"Yangzhou."
"Yangzhou?" Zhan Wushuang frowned slightly after hearing this.
"Why, where is the granary of the world, the land of wealth?"
"Why not Jingzhou? Where is the battleground for military strategists since ancient times?" Zhan Wushuang asked.
"The soldiers and horses in Jingzhou are elite, and there is a King of Chu in Jingzhou. I know my nephew very well. He is probably just like me this time, cheating to death. Where is he hiding?
He’s quite capable.”
Zhan Wushuang looked down at the food on the table and put down the bowl quickly.
He knew that Wang Zhe's hometown was in Kuaiji Prefecture in Yangzhou. He also knew that Yangzhou now was considered one of the rare peaceful places in the world.
If war breaks out in the spring of next year, there will be wars and wars everywhere, and the people will once again be plunged into turmoil and dire straits.
"Yangzhou is still a peaceful place now."
"Hmm?!" After hearing Zhan Wushuang's words, Xiao Ren was slightly startled.
"Come, let's eat, we can talk about these things later."
He didn't want to cause a stalemate in his budding relationship with his son because of this incident.
While we were eating here, someone came up the mountain with a secret report, also coming to report what happened in the capital.
"The imperial tombs in the capital were completely destroyed."
"What kind of emperor do you think you are? You can't even protect your own ancestral grave!"
"I thought I was treating everyone in the world as pawns, but I didn't expect to be deceived by the two most trusted people around me."
Xiao Ren felt angry for no reason.
Because of Xiao Guang, but also because of Daoxuan and Xue Fengqiu.
Above Qinchuan, in the cave,
There was a table full of dishes, and one of the hot pots was boiling and steaming.
One person, one dog, and one eagle ate happily.
"Come, drink."
Laifu bit the wine bowl and raised his head to drink it. He has always been generous when drinking.
After having enough wine and food, Wang Zhe took out the picture.
"What are you going to do?" Laifu was frightened as soon as he saw the painting.
"It scares you. Don't be afraid. Let's watch an animation."
"What is animation?" Laifu asked puzzledly.
"Animation, animation, is naturally a painting that can move."
Wang Zhe's thoughts moved, and the three-foot scroll suddenly became much larger.
"It is said that chaos is undivided, the sky and the earth are chaotic, and no one can see the vastness. Since Pangu broke through the Hongmeng, it opened up the distinction between the clear and the turbid. It has supported all living beings to look up to the benevolence, and found that all things are good. If you want to know the original power of creation...
"
Following Wang Zhe's words, the picture changed.
The sky and the earth were in chaos. There was no sky and earth, no sun and moon, let alone mountains, rivers, vegetation.
Suddenly there was a ray of light, and a person appeared in the chaos, holding a giant axe, and slashed the chaos open at once.
"Who is this? It's so awesome!" Laifu couldn't help but sigh.
"Pangu, the sage who created the world." Wang Zhe said.
"Really? Where is he now? How about we go find him for a drink?"
"Keep reading..."
In the scroll, the heaven and earth were first divided, the pure air rose, the turbid air descended, and then Pangu fell and became the incarnation of all things in the heaven and earth.
Eyes turn into the sun and moon, body turn into the earth...
Wang Zhe actually demonstrated the initial separation of heaven and earth in this scroll. Laifu and Tuanzi saw that they were attentive.
"It turns out that this is how the world was formed."
"This is just a fairy tale. This is not necessarily how the world was formed." Wang Zhe said with a smile.
"Is there anything else?"
"Yes, let me show you something else."
Wang Zhe raised his hand and saw a strange tall building appearing on the screen, with clouds and mist surrounding it.
"This building is so tall, it's like a mountain."
"This is called a skyscraper." Wang Zhe continued to wave his fingers.
In the night, a dog and an eagle listened to Wang Zhe telling stories they had never heard before, and looked at the new things on the scroll that they had never seen before.
Before I knew it, the Spring Festival had passed.
The new year is coming.
After the New Year, the first person to visit him was Zhan Wushuang, which surprised him.
Zhan Wushuang also brought news that his father was preparing to raise troops to attack Yangzhou.
"Are you raising troops?" Wang Zhe was silent for a while after hearing this.
"What are you going to do?"
"I have made my position clear to him. I don't agree with him sending troops to Yangzhou, but I haven't convinced him." Zhan Wushuang said truthfully.
"This is not something that was prepared for a day. They should have planned it long ago. It is difficult for you to change it alone." Wang Zhe said.
"You wait here first, someone else should come."
Sure enough, one day later Ye Zhiqiu went up the mountain and was slightly startled when he saw Zhan Wushuang.
After Wang Zhe's introduction, the two of them knew each other.
"Attack Yangzhou?" After hearing the news, Ye Zhiqiu frowned slightly.
He has been eliminating banditry in Yangzhou for the past few months, so he naturally understands some of the situations in Yangzhou very well.
"As far as I know, there are not many skilled soldiers in the Yangzhou area. There are a few battalions of elite soldiers in the Hongrao area next to Yangzhou."
While they were discussing this matter, Zhuo Siwei also went up the mountain and was stunned when he saw Ye Zhiqiu and Zhan Wushuang.
"Why are you here too?"
"You are indeed not dead!"
"Have you known each other for a long time?"
At this time, Zhuo Siwei was full of greetings.
"You talk the most, sit down and talk."
He told Zhuo Siwei the news that Zhan Wushuang had been brought back.
"If it were me, I would also attack Yangzhou. This is a land of wealth and a land of plenty.
There are not many soldiers who are good at fighting here. If he wants to carry it, he will have to face the King of Chu, who has many elite soldiers and generals."
After saying this, Zhuo Siwei took out a map and spread it on the table.
"Yangzhou has just become more peaceful. With these swords and soldiers, the people will suffer again." Ye Zhiqiu couldn't help but said.
"You guys should find a way to solve this matter."
"Solve it, how to solve it, unless you kill Xiao Ren." Zhuo Siwei said.
"No." Zhan Wushuang directly rejected the idea.
"Why?"
"Xiao Ren is his biological father."
"Huh? What!" Zhuo Siwei looked at Zhan Wushuang in surprise after hearing this.
"So, wouldn't you..."
"Wait a minute, sir, have you decided to intervene in the world?" Zhuo Siwei raised his head and stared at Wang Zhe.
"That's right." Wang Zhe nodded.
"That's great!" Zhuo Siwei couldn't help but said after hearing this.
After hearing this, he felt inexplicably relieved.
What he did was to punish the nine tribes, so he was careful, for fear of making any mistakes.
Especially during the recent period, Xiao Guang in the capital seems to have gone crazy. He has secretly sent his family members out of the capital.
Now that I heard that Wang Zhe has made his position clear, it is equivalent to having a huge and reliable backer behind him.
"I called you here to take this opportunity for you to get to know each other, so that you don't get into too much trouble in the future."
"clear."
The three people stayed on the mountain for a day, discussed some things, got to know each other a little better, and then went down the mountain separately.
Halfway along the way, Zhuo Siwei turned back again.
"Do you want to be the emperor?" As soon as he said these words, Wang Zhe was stunned for a while.
"I thought about it before, but now I don't." He shook his head.
"It's a pity. If you were the emperor, this matter would be much easier to handle."
"No, it will be very difficult!" Wang Zhe said decisively.
"Why?"
"Because of the sky." Wang Zhe raised his head and pointed at the sky.