Chapter 589: King Zhao wins first hand and uses losses as an advantage
The regular court meeting has not yet begun. The wind and rain are already pouring down. The atmosphere is extremely depressing. There is no smile on everyone's face. In the past, acquaintances who would chat for a few words when meeting each other are now just...
They nodded lightly, but no one said a word.
The battle between King Zhao and King Zhou has reached a fever pitch, and the situation has reversed so quickly and unexpectedly that the people in the court are dazzled and can hardly keep up with the rhythm.
King Zhao had been suppressing King Zhou before, but King Zhou counterattacked and took advantage in one fell swoop, which also put King Zhao into a thankless situation.
Who would have thought that just a few days later, King Zhao quietly performed a backstab, hitting King Zhou in the waist with one blow.
And this time, King Zhao was smart. He didn't take the lead, but quietly stabbed Emperor Ying. Moreover, King Zhao only reported other people, and tried his best to excuse King Zhou in his words, guaranteeing that this matter must have nothing to do with King Zhou.
This is truly vicious. If he didn't mention it, even if Emperor Ying knew it, he might not really do anything. But when King Zhao mentioned this, with Emperor Ying's current temperament, if he didn't feel suspicious, he wouldn't have a thorn in his heart.
Damn it.
However, King Zhao was saying nice things behind people's backs. Everyone who was smart knew what King Zhao was doing, but in front of him, no one dared to say that he was wrong.
How else can you say otherwise? You mean that King Zhao should not protect the royal family. You should say that all these people were ordered by King Zhou. In fact, King Zhou had already defected to the previous dynasty?
Now, those people who donated spiritual veins to the King of Zhou were captured and killed 80% of them in a very short period of time. Not to mention the King of Zhou's reaction, the people in the previous dynasty have not reacted yet.
Even in this process of arresting people, Dingtiansi couldn't keep up with the rhythm of the wedding ceremony.
Mobilizing troops, setting off temporarily, rushing thousands of miles with thunderous momentum, and ending the battle with lightning, this series of operations is simple and neat.
Only then did we begin to eliminate various shortcomings in the garrison and rectify the backward strategies in all aspects. After a few months, the wedding dress has already shown its effectiveness in actual combat, and Emperor Ying couldn't help but praise it.
Frankly speaking, in the current Great Ying Dynasty, the only one who can do this kind of thing so quickly and so well is the Great Emperor Ji.
If the gentlemen from the Ministry of War are left to handle it, the Ministry of War and the garrison below are naturally incapable of dealing with it, and conflicts have been accumulating for countless years. If they can achieve initial results in thirty years, they are considered to be highly efficient...
At the beginning of the imperial meeting, a group of people watched with eyes, noses and hearts. Some people who were supposed to perform the memorial at the imperial meeting all kicked the memorial into their sleeves, lowered their heads and pretended to be dead.
In the censor's team, a troll who was ranked in the middle among the large trolls lowered his head and glanced sideways at the top troll among the large trolls beside him. Seeing this top troll
He was also a pretender who kept an eye on his nose and his heart. He immediately understood that this person did not want to get involved in the fight between the princes. He had ready-made material and was unwilling to stand up and criticize others.
The big troll in the middle row was attentive, raised his head, held his chest high, shouted loudly, and stepped out.
"I have this memorial."
After the big troll in the middle column came out, he held up the memorial and started spraying wildly. His words were ridiculous. The target was clearly directed at King Zhou, but King Zhou never mentioned it once during the whole process.
Luo Liang lowered his head and raised his eyelids. In his heart, he praised his literary talent and his level of trolling. It's a pity that he is a stick. As a royal censor, he participated in the prince's fight and came to the forefront.
, nine times out of ten, there will be no good results.
Rely on trolling people to improve your cultivation and improve your realm. As long as you live, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future. There is no need to seize this opportunity. The risk is too high.
Luo Liang continued to pretend to be dead, and even lost the mood to comment on this article.
After the big trolls here finished their trolling, the people who followed behind and expressed their opinions came out one by one to start trolling. However, these can only be regarded as the censors of the medium or small trolls, and there are no big trolls.
So level.
Someone came up and directly broke his face and pointed the finger at the King of Zhou.
To give an analogy, the big trolls are saying that they curse without using a single curse word, which is reasonable and well-founded, while the small and medium-sized trolls below can be regarded as starting to spit out sweet things right away.
A group of people had finished spraying, and Emperor Ying turned to look at King Zhou.
King Zhou walked out directly, his face was as sinking as water, and he knelt on the ground.
"I have never taken the initiative to recruit these people before, but they took the initiative to come and donate their spiritual veins. I feel that this move will be of great benefit to the divine dynasty, and I am so enthusiastic that I cannot refuse. I have never thought of it, and I have never heard of it.
However, these people actually defected to the previous dynasty. When the ministers suddenly heard about this, they were shocked.
From the time I came into contact with these people until now, I may not even be able to recognize all their names. At this moment, I have mixed feelings in my heart, but I can't find a way to defend myself."
After King Zhou finished speaking, he touched his head to the ground and never got up again, nor did he say another word. He looked like he was about to stand upright after being beaten.
King Zhao felt his heart pounding and was broken.
This matter is very big, but it directly involves King Zhou, which may or may not be counted. After all, there is no evidence directly pointing to King Zhou as the mastermind behind it.
Emperor Ying was already quite sensitive, but looking at King Zhou's attitude now, it was clear that he wanted to attribute this matter, which was the secret work of the traitors in the past, to an internal heir apparent to Ying.
As long as Emperor Ying thinks so, the nature will completely change.
"Until the matter is clarified, King Zhou will shut himself up and think about his mistakes." Emperor Ying pondered for a moment, picked it up and put it down gently, and told King Zhou to go back and think about his mistakes behind closed doors.
What kind of crime would be dealt with in this way? It must be a crime that has nothing to do with the previous administration.
After all, there was only one left. He didn't know the person well, was bewitched by the traitor who defected to the previous dynasty, and was blinded by the spiritual veins.
Unless it is found out later, the King of Zhou is really directly related to these things.
But King Zhao understood, and everyone else also understood, that it was impossible to find out this matter, and that King Zhou would not be the mastermind behind it.
Based on the current situation, those people had no contact with King Zhou before, and they indeed took the initiative to seek refuge with King Zhou.
King Zhao looked at King Zhou who was kneeling on the ground. His heart sank. He knelt on the ground with a plop and hit his head on the ground. Blood spurted out from his forehead. He choked and suppressed emotional sounds from his throat.
yelled out.
"Your Majesty! The fact that I dare to risk my life to rebel against the great enemy and join the previous dynasty has absolutely nothing to do with the King of Zhou. I, a member of the royal family, has a blood feud with the previous dynasty. How can I join the enemy? Please tell me for sure!"
King Zhao raised his head and kowtowed again. There was a muffled sound on the ground and blood splattered everywhere.
There were loud banging sounds of kowtows, accompanied by splashes of blood, and the scene was deathly quiet.
King Zhou, who was touching his head to the ground, couldn't help but turn his head slightly, and looked sideways at King Zhao, who was full of grief and anger, and his face was full of blood while speaking righteously.
A chill filled his heart, and King Zhou silently closed his eyes and continued to maintain his position.
He guessed right, no matter which one of them takes the position of crown prince, the day when he finally takes over as Dabao will be the day when the other person dies.
Even before that day comes, one of them must die first.
"Get away! Get away!" Emperor Ying was furious and kicked King Zhao away.
A great court meeting ended in a farce.
After everyone had left, Wei Xingchao came to report the results of the interrogation.
All those who came to donate their spiritual veins had secretly defected to the previous dynasty. Even if there were 20% left that had not been captured, they would not be able to withstand having pig teammates with less hard bones.
How to take refuge and how to do it were all explained clearly.
This time, they received an order to donate their spiritual veins to King Zhou and seek refuge with him.
Indeed, it was not the King of Zhou who wanted to win over them.
Wei Xingchao finished his report in a serious manner and did not say what conclusion he made, leaving Emperor Ying to make his own judgment.
Because he couldn't make a judgment on this matter.
As for having nothing to do with the King of Zhou, if these people had not been found out, the power of the King of Zhou would have greatly increased, and it would have been a sure thing to go to worship Kuishan.
But it has something to do with it. How could King Zhao seize such a big deal so easily?
Moreover, the voices of those people were too consistent, and they seemed to be deliberately whitewashing and harming King Zhou.
Wei Xingchao himself had the idea that these were all King Zhao's conspiracy, but he also thought that King Zhao was definitely not so charming that he could make so many people die generously.
Regardless of whether it was the King of Zhou or the King of Zhao, the fact of being found out was definitely not done intentionally by either of them.
Therefore, he could not judge what was going on when it came to the prince who might inherit the throne, at least based on the current information.
The only thing that is certain is that those who donate their spiritual veins are indeed traitors.
The king of Zhou was ordered to sit behind closed doors and think about his mistakes, but he didn't say anything about his mistakes.
Seeing that the time for offering sacrifices to Kuishan was getting closer, Emperor Ying finally decided on the candidate.
King Zhao.
But King Zhao was not very happy when he got this opportunity.
Because there are flaws.
Emperor Ying just did not choose King Zhou because of uncertainty. It did not necessarily mean that he would choose King Zhao.
In other words, he went to worship Kuishan in place of the emperor, but he was not the same as before, he was basically a prince.
…
On the other side, Qin Yang also followed the team, walked through the western border and entered the northern border.
The wedding dress has the highest prestige in the Northern Territory, and it was just a few decades ago that it led an army to fight in the Northern Territory. There is basically nothing to correct, and this is also the smoothest journey.
The layout has been generally laid out. After Qin Yang finished explaining, he left a clone behind and pretended to be in seclusion, while he left quietly and headed straight for Kuishan.
The outcome of leaving the capital is not very important.
Anyway, no matter whether it is King Zhao or King Zhou, they will have to suffer misfortune.
If they are not unlucky, how can they let the wedding dress turn the tide and achieve a wave of great achievements?
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Lidu, the residence of King Zhou, King Zhou was sitting in an ancestral hall in the mansion, where his mother's memorial tablet was placed. He respectfully completed the memorial ceremony and walked out of the ancestral hall. His staff had been waiting outside for a long time.
Seeing King Zhou come out, the staff wanted to say something, but King Zhou raised a finger.
"Go to the study and talk. Don't bother us here."
When they arrived at the study, the staff could no longer bear it.
"Your Highness, this must be a conspiracy by King Zhao, and it is obviously to harm you!"
"Now King Zhao has the opportunity to go and offer sacrifices on behalf of the emperor, but after all, the foundation is not stable, and we still have a chance."
After talking to each other for a long time, King Zhou calmly waved his hand and suppressed it.
"I have said before that the benefits falling from the sky may not be a good thing, but if we don't accept them, they may go to King Zhao. Now that they can get rid of them early, it is also a great blessing among misfortunes.
Please help me, please don’t panic, just keep a low profile now, do your own thing well, and just stay stable."
Seeing that King Zhou was so calm and did not lose his position at all, the staff all breathed a sigh of relief.
"Your Highness is truly knowledgeable and insightful."
King Zhou ignored these people's flattery and looked calmly in the direction of Kuishan. Since King Zhao's foot on the throne of prince was not stable, and Emperor Ying had no intention of conferring a title, he had nothing to panic about.
Whoever panics really loses.
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The first group of people leaving the capital to worship Kuishan had already set off. In order to show their concern and fear of any accidents, King Zhao followed the second group before waiting for the last group of people.
This time, things are not stable. If something goes wrong, the opportunity he finally won will become a burden.
After leaving Lidu and just entering the outskirts of Kuishan, setting up camp and starting to rest, King Zhao was sitting in the tent, determining the location of the sacrifice behind him.
At this time, a rune flashed across the tent's curtain, and the curtain was opened.
A bodyguard came in from outside.
King Zhao raised his head and glanced, frowning slightly. Before he could say anything, after the curtain fell, the entire camp was sealed again.
The guard found a seat to sit down, poured himself a drink, and his face changed accordingly, turning into the appearance of Duke Cheng Zhi. His clothes also changed from armor to regular clothes.
King Zhao's pupils shrank, and he stood up suddenly. A big seal appeared in his hand, and he was about to use it.
"King Zhao, if I were you, I would definitely not do this." Dai Guogong took a sip of wine, smiled faintly, and sat there with no intention of taking action.
"Your place is heavily guarded, and there are Dingtiansi accompanying you, and there should be the fantasy beasts of the Huanhai clan guarding you. I can come in so easily, naturally because there are my people here, but if you say this, others will
'Do you believe it?
‘Others’ only know that you met with me alone, so do you want to talk to me and then make a decision.”
Duke Dai was calm and composed. Seeing that King Zhao had no intention of sitting down and talking, he added another sentence.
"If I want to leave, no one here can stop me."
King Zhao put away his powerful seal and sat down with a vigilant face.
"What exactly do you want to do?"
"Help you ascend to the throne of God." Dai Guogong got straight to the point.
"Hahaha..." King Zhao couldn't help laughing out loud: "Help me? Give up, I don't need your help. Even if I am defeated and die, I will not join forces with you to do anything."
"You can sit in the camp outside Kuishan today. Who do you think helped you?" Dai Guogong picked up the wine glass and sneered: "Why do you think you can find out that information so easily? Why do you think you can?"
King Zhou has just taken off, but you can cut off his wings immediately."
"Those people..." King Zhao's expression changed.
"Those people are indeed my people, but they are just chess pieces." Dai Guogong said this calmly.
"Are you trying to say that even without these things, you still have an advantage? What advantage do you have? From the time when you only got a hundred spiritual veins, but the name was two hundred, you no longer have any advantage.
"
"Is it you?" King Zhao immediately thought of the hundred spiritual veins that were missing for no reason.
Dai Guogong did not answer this sentence and kept to himself.
"Who has the advantage and who has the opportunity is not up to you. In the end, you got the advantage, but King Zhou is not completely at a disadvantage. We just need to talk to the future emperor. Now, His Highness King Zhao
, are you willing to talk?"
Dai Guogong's face was as dark as water, so calm that no one could tell what he was thinking.
Although he himself didn't understand many things, he didn't even know what he was telling King Zhao at this moment. He didn't know whether it was an accident or whether someone else was messing with the situation.
Therefore, he did not give any affirmative answer to King Zhao. He just told the question, but did not have an answer. What King Zhao would think is his business.
In fact, King Zhao did think too much.
The situation between him and the King of Zhou changed several times in a very short period of time. Looking back at it now, he couldn't help but feel chilled. Could it be that the Duke of Dai was really behind the scenes?
He could turn his hand into clouds and turn it into rain, and he was so ruthless and ruthless. There were so many people involved, and the influence and power involved were not small. He actually gave up on it.
If he really goes to talk to King Zhou.
"What do you want to talk about?" King Zhao still couldn't end the conversation completely. He couldn't imagine what if King Zhou agreed. Why don't you listen first?
"His Royal Highness King Zhao, I think you have misunderstood many things. I can swear today in the name of the Great Emperor of the Dayin Dynasty that we do want to restore the country, but we have never had the idea of dividing the territory of the Dayin Dynasty."
Duke Dai solemnly swore to the sky.
After finishing speaking, he put down his hand and sighed with a sigh.
"We just want to restore the country, even if it is anywhere else, as long as the flag of Dayin is raised again, such as the East China Sea Islands or the Southern Barbarians.
Therefore, I just want to talk to the future Great Emperor first. We don’t have to fight to the death. We do need an Emperor who can resolve these matters through peaceful means.
Today's Emperor Ying is definitely impossible, and you should all know that Emperor Ying himself has most likely died, so we found an opportunity because a new emperor is about to appear.
Compared to King Zhou, I am more willing to trust you. You are not as gloomy as King Zhou. If you are willing to cooperate with us, we will definitely help you.
And the price to be paid is not big. How many years have passed since Dayin and Dayin, there is no need for you to fight to the death and fight each other."
The words of Duke Dai were very sincere.
The resistance in King Zhao's heart has been weakened by most. It is not for the purpose of splitting the great enemy and breaking the earth to become the king. With this prerequisite, coupled with the threat of King Zhou, let's look at what Dai Guogong said later.
King Zhao couldn't help but have an idea in his mind, it would be okay to talk about it.