"Master, you are being humble. In fact, your Tiger Yin Gang Qi is very powerful. Even if you meet a master of the same level, you can still control the flow of internal energy with your essence, and get the maximum benefit with the minimum power consumption. However, the junior's technique is just right. I can take advantage of the master. If it were anyone else, I'm afraid that even the Tianshan Dragon Breaking Power practiced by the master of Shenjiazhuang may not be as strong as the master's Tiger Roar Gang Qi."
Zhou Xingyun entered a state of business flattery and first flattered Zen Master Tianhu. However, while patting Zen Master Tianhu's horse, he also secretly praised himself. Your Tiger Yin Gang Qi is very powerful, better than that of Master Shenjiazhuang. The Tianshan Dragon-Breaking Strength is more sharp, but...the mental techniques you both cultivate are not as good as my Zhou family's Star-Shattering Technique.
It is true that Zhou Xingyun was secretly happy in his heart and would not say what he said above.
"What kind of martial arts did you use when you fought against the master of Shenjiazhuang?" Zen Master Tianhu asked curiously. Since Zhou Xingyun mentioned Shen Quan's Tianshan Dragon Breaking Power, he naturally thought of Zhou Xingyun's fight with Shen Quan. An indestructible body.
"About this... we'll talk about it later. As a martial arts practitioner, Master, you should understand that martial arts, body and mind are the most taboo among the taboos. Not only are we not relatives, but we are also in opposing camps... You should I understand." That was all Zhou Xingyun said.
Zen Master Tianhu nodded slightly, and what Zhou Xingyun said was true. Or perhaps, Zhou Xingyun told him a lot of information about his martial arts, which was considered to be a great honor to him.
Zen Master Tianhu couldn't help but feel a little strange. Shen Quan asked him to monitor Zhou Xingyun just now. He also said that Zhou Xingyun was a yellow-haired boy who talked unscrupulously, and asked him not to be caught by Zhou Xingyun's crazy words. Now after some small talk, Zen Master Tianhu However, I felt that Zhou Xingyun was not as devoid of moral integrity as Shen Quan said.
However, just when Zen Master Tianhu felt that Zhou Xingyun seemed quite sensible, Zhou Xingyun suddenly asked on a whim...
"Master, I heard someone say that you were originally a high priest, a great elder, and a respected lama of a country outside the Great Wall. How could you come to the Central Plains now to help a small official from the north plot a rebellion?"
Zhou Xingyun looked puzzled and puzzled, as if he couldn't understand why Zen Master Tianhu, the great lama who protected the country, was willing to sacrifice his life for officials of other countries.
You must know that Zen Master Tianhu was ranked lower than ten thousand people in the large Tubo tribe. Sometimes even the tribal chiefs had to respect him.
"Who did you hear this from?" Zen Master Tianhu heard Zhou Xingyun mention the Tibetan tribe, and immediately became alert and looked at him with great vigilance.
"Master, don't be so nervous. I heard what Her Royal Highness said yesterday. Her Royal Highness said very angrily that she didn't expect that the tribes outside the Great Wall who assisted the late emperor in founding the country would actually destroy the peace treaty without authorization and declare war on the Tang Dynasty."
"Declaration of war! When did we declare war on you!" Zen Master Tianhu was greatly surprised, obviously not expecting Zhou Xingyun to say that their tribe declared war on the Tang Dynasty.
"Master? What do you say? You are the great lama who protects the country of your tribe, but now you are interfering in our government affairs and even assisting the thieves in arresting the eldest princess. Now you have captured the princess as a prisoner. This is not blatant. Are you declaring war? Now the Holy One wants to know that your tribe is assisting the rebellious ministers in imprisoning the imperial sister. This knot is difficult to untie."
Zhou Xingyun said calmly: "Perhaps Her Royal Highness is in the enemy camp now, so the Holy One will not act rashly for the time being, but... Princess Yongming is the Holy One's relative."
Sister, given time, the Holy One will definitely seek justice for Her Royal Highness the Princess and send troops to attack your tribe. By then, do you think your tribe can still be like now, relying on the name of a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, safely outside the Great Wall?
Development?”
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With Zhou Xingyun's reminder, Zen Master Tianhu seemed to realize a problem. What they are doing now is undoubtedly interfering in the affairs of the Central Plains and a naked provocation to the imperial power.
Although Zen Master Tianhu had thought before that if he served the northern princes and the northern governor, he might offend the royal regime and make the royal family of the capital unhappy. However, Zen Master Tianhu felt that he had always been indirect in the past.
Assisting the northern princes and helping them handle some trivial matters is not directly opposing the royal family.
However, at this moment, Zen Master Tianhu unknowingly, under the arrangement of Qingtian Xiong, went from indirectly assisting the Xuanyang Sect to confronting the royal family head-on.
Nowadays, the large Tubo tribe dares to take root and develop its power outside the Great Wall, because it has the Tang Dynasty behind it, so it does not have to worry about being attacked by enemies in the front and back.
If the situation is really as Zhou Xingyun said, and the Central Plains sends troops to attack their tribe, then they will undoubtedly encounter enemies front and back and fall into a desperate situation.
"Master, I heard that you have assisted the northern princes in the past, but you did not directly intervene in the rebellion. You should have seen the result of the northern princes uniting with the emperor's sixteenth son to seize the throne, and hundreds of thousands of troops pointing at the capital. Even a hundred thousand troops can't do it.
Well, do you think the powerful soldiers in the capital will be afraid of the 30,000 city guards in the pastoral areas of Beijing Prefecture?"
Zhou Xingyun saw that Zen Master Tianhu was thinking, and couldn't help but take the initiative to speak and guide: "Perhaps Han Qiumiao fell into the hands of Qingtian Xiong, and the capital did not dare to send troops to attack the north, but... the Holy Emperor will definitely write down this account, who assisted the rebellious officials and murdered them
The eldest princess of the royal family. Let’s take a step back and say that even if Qingtian Xiong’s conspiracy succeeds in the end, he will join forces with the royal family.
Marry and become the King of the North. But don’t you think that the Holy Lord and His Highness the Princess will let go of the tribe outside the fortress that once plotted against them? I guess that if Mr. Zhou Mu marries His Highness the Princess, the Holy Lord only needs to give an order, Qingtian Xiong
I will definitely lead the charge, cleanse your tribe with blood, please the Holy Lord and the princess, and consolidate the alliance between the two parties."
"To be honest, on the day of the marriage between Qingtian Bear and the royal family, there is no better way to win the trust of the Holy Lord and the Princess than to bloodbath your tribe."
Zhou Xingyun was so eloquent that when he had breakfast this morning, Han Qiumiao grabbed his ears and taught him word by word, asking Zhou Xingyun to remember how to use both kindness and power to rebel against Zen Master Tianhu.
"Do you think Qingtian Xiong would really do that?" Zen Master Tianhu asked noncommittally.
"Think about the fate of the northern princes, think about who took advantage of the northern princes... Yes, it's Qingtian Xiong. Qingtian Xiong is such a person who does whatever it takes to achieve his goals. In his eyes, you and your tribe are nothing more than
A stepping stone to achieve hegemony. Master, you are for him
You know better than me whether he will do this when doing things. I can only tell you truthfully, if Qingtian Xiong succeeds in his conspiracy and marries Princess Yongming, there is only one condition for Her Royal Highness to agree to marry Qingtian Xiong...
Anyone who violates the dignity of my royal family will be killed!"
"When the master and the evil masters attacked the Wulin Alliance camp, you should have seen with your own eyes that Princess Yongming is a kind-hearted and good princess. She is considerate of the people and is willing to live and die with the people. She does not want to cause a war or see the casualties of the people.
However, if there are foreigners who attempt to murder the royal family and divide our country, we will have to fight them."
Zhou Xingyun sighed sincerely: "Oh... to be honest, I really don't want to
I hope to be the enemy of the master."
"Why are you telling me these things? Why don't you want to make me your enemy?" Zen Master Tianhu looked at Zhou Xingyun with confusion. Now he had gradually realized that Zhou Xingyun was deliberately creating an opportunity to talk to him alone.
"Because Master is kind to me." Zhou Xingyun replied with a smile.
"Favor?" Zen Master Tianhu was confused. He had met and talked to Zhou Xingyun less than twice. Once was when he and evil masters besieged the Wulin Alliance camp, and the second time was now. Where did the bullshit kindness between the two come from?
"Zen Master Tianhu, do you still remember the fight with Elder Shao of Shuixian Pavilion when you besieged the Wulin Alliance camp? To be honest, I fell in love with Elder Shao's female disciple, but the righteous disciples misunderstood my character.
So much so that Elder Shao firmly opposed me being with her female disciple." Zhou Xingyun began to tell a story, telling Zen Master Tianhu just right about his encounter with the martial arts alliance and the twists and turns of his love story with Wei Suyao.
"So that's what happened that day..." Zen Master Tianhu suddenly realized. Unexpectedly, that night, he fought with Elder Shao of Shuixian Pavilion, and the beauty of adulthood came to Zhou Xingyun's aid through a combination of circumstances.
"So when I heard Her Royal Highness the Princess say that if she was forced to marry Qingtian Xiong, she would drag your tribe into disfavor, so I thought I should talk to you and hope that the master can understand her situation. After all, the master's
The tribe should have a population of tens of thousands. If Qingtian Xiong kills you, he might massacre all of the master’s tribe to express the anger of Her Royal Highness the Princess.”
"Including the old, weak, women and children, there are millions of people..." Zen Master Tianhu pondered and replied truthfully. Zhou Xingyun was a little surprised when he heard this. He did not expect that there were so many people in the large Tubo tribe in the northwest border.
Zhou Xingyun secretly thought that he didn’t understand the tribe deeply enough. This was really a Tubo dynasty! Is the national power of Zen Master Tianhu’s tribe equivalent to the Jurchen tribe, Xixia, or Dali?
Although there are no Jurchens, Xixia, Dali, Nanzhao, etc. in this world, there are many tribal forces with a population of one million outside the Great Wall, and many tribes are eyeing the fertile land of the Central Plains.
"Master, for the sake of your kindness to me, this is all I have to say. To be honest, I don't want to see the lives of Master's tribe in ruins. I have finished what I need to say now. I hope things will not happen.
Let’s develop towards the worst-case scenario we imagined.”
Zhou Xingyun had already noticed that Shen Quan was approaching the two of them. Perhaps he felt that Zen Master Tianhu had been spying on Zhou Xingyun for half an hour and it was time for him to take over.
"Are you coming out tomorrow?" Zen Master Tianhu asked suddenly, as if he had something to discuss with Zhou Xingyun.
Although Zen Master Tianhu is a little confused, he is not a fool. After thinking about it carefully, he understands that Zhou Xingyun talked to him today to inspect the situation, to test his tone, and to remind him of some things that he must pay attention to. I hope he will recognize it.
Understand the situation clearly, combine the interests of your own tribe, and make decisions that are beneficial to the tribe.
"It depends on the situation." Zhou Xingyun curled his lips and smiled, then used Qinggong to fly over the high wall of the backyard and returned directly to the east chamber courtyard.
Upon seeing this, Chen Quan immediately caught up with him, but... within seconds of him falling into the east chamber courtyard, he was scolded by Han Qiumiao, who was watching the scenery in the east chamber courtyard, and forcibly kicked him out of the yard.
Looking at Zhou Xingyun's playful smile as his conspiracy succeeded, Shen Quan realized that he had been fooled. Zhou Xingyun had obviously led him into the east chamber so that Her Highness the Princess could scold him... How irritating!