Volume 1 Chapter 246 Return to Beijing in Triumph
As the saying goes, look three steps ahead before you take one step. Thinking of this, Wang Shu became more and more uneasy.
The current emperor is a capable ruler and will surely do something earth-shaking in the future.
As a scholar, he is not afraid of death, but he is afraid of not meeting a mentor. Now that he has met a mentor, he begins to worry that his abilities cannot keep up with the needs of his master.
In such a great era, and I have met a wise leader, if I am forced to return to my hometown to retire, I will have no chance to enjoy the great era, and have no chance to leave my name in history. It would be better to kill him!
Wang Shu's brows couldn't help but frown even tighter. He stopped thinking about other things in his mind and focused all his attention on the Guiyuan Sutra. He wanted to succeed in his practice as quickly as possible!
He was so focused that he didn't even notice three black figures appearing behind him.
As soon as the two Anbu members approached him, they restrained Wang Shu's hands.
Wang Shu was so frightened that his heart shuddered. Just as he was about to scream in horror, he felt an invisible force blocking his mouth, making it difficult for him to make any sound. He had no choice but to struggle frantically.
Another Anbu member appeared in front of Wang Shu, holding a palm-wide, half-meter-long red-painted wooden board in his hand.
The man said in a deep voice: "The Emperor's order: Since Wang Shu likes to gossip, let him gossip thoroughly and thoroughly, all at once!"
Then the man from the Anbu raised the red painted wooden board in his hand high, and under Wang Shu's shocked and terrified gaze, he slapped him hard on the mouth.
With just one blow, Wang Shu's lips turned red. With the second blow, his skin was torn and blood flowed out of his lips. With the third blow, saliva flew everywhere and blood flowed from the corners of his mouth. With the fourth blow, his lips were covered with blood.
After being beaten with twenty boards in such a ruthless manner, these dark forces disappeared from Wang's residence.
Wang Shu's mouth was numb and he could no longer feel anything. He felt excruciating pain when he touched it with his hand.
If you look at him in a mirror, you will find that his lips are now severely red and swollen, and a bloody mess. You can't tell where the lips are and where the flesh is. There are even a lot of debris and barbs from the wooden board stuck on them.
He fell down slowly, looking at the two big front teeth that were spit out during the beating he had just received on the ground in front of him. Hot tears flowed from Wang Shu's eyes, and he felt extremely wronged.
Grievance? This is not a grievance!
Xiang Yun thought that he had been lenient towards Wang Shuwang by doing so. Yang Xiu, who was under Cao Cao's command at the time, was extremely smart. He saw through Cao Cao's thoughts and told them out loud, but was beheaded by Cao Cao!
I only gave him twenty slaps in the face, which was really a lenient punishment.
It is also because Xiang Yun is in urgent need of people and values talents. This time he also wants to teach Wang Shu a lesson and make him restrain himself.
If he is still so ignorant and continues to talk nonsense outside, and speculate on others' thoughts and speak them out loud, then no matter how smart Wang Shu is, I will chop off his head.
The next morning at the court, Wang Shu did not take sick leave, but rushed to the court with a cloth covering the lower half of his face.
He is so smart. If something like that had happened last night, he would have dared to ask for leave today. Doesn't this mean that he blames and secretly hates Your Majesty's decision and punishment in his heart!
He didn't dare to feel this kind of discomfort. It was fine if he lost face, but he didn't dare to lose his life. Even if he wanted to ask for leave, he had to ask for it tomorrow.
Along the way, many civil and military officials were pointing fingers at Wang Shu and talking about him, but Wang Shu was always looking for Xuanyuan Pancake.
I was punished last night, and I don't know if Xuanyuan Dabing is okay with him. Will he be slapped in the face like me? If so, he will feel better, at least he is not the only one who is unlucky.
At this moment, Zhu Qiyu patted his shoulder and asked in confusion: "Prime Minister Wang, what are you doing?"
Wang Shuke didn't dare to say that it was the emperor's punishment, so he turned around and said quickly, "Yesterday I accidentally fell and disfigured myself, so today I have to use a long piece of cloth to cover my shame, and let Prime Minister Zhu laugh at me."
"How can you be so careless? Let me see!" Zhu Qiyu said with concern, then raised his hand to take off the fig leaf covering Wang Shu's face.
Wang Shu quickly stepped back and shouted, "No, no, absolutely not!"
He immediately changed the subject and said, "This is just a small matter. I wonder how you are doing with the Guiyuan Sutra that His Majesty asked us to practice. I think the sutra is obscure and difficult to understand. If you want to practice it, it will not be easy!"
Zhu Qiyu frowned and nodded upon hearing this, and said in a deep voice: "That's true. I don't have any free time at home at all. All my time is spent on this Guiyuan Sutra. Now I have only cultivated a trace of source energy. If I want to achieve great success, I don't know when I will reach it."
"Fuck you!" Wang Shu almost fell to the ground in shock after hearing this. He then looked at Zhu Qiyu as if he were a monster and yelled, "I don't believe you can cultivate so fast. Everyone can brag. If you have the ability, prove it to me!"
Zhu Qiyu didn't say anything, he raised his hand and pointed out, and suddenly a barely perceptible source of energy flew out and hit a thin branch on a big tree in front of him.
"Crack!" A crisp sound was heard, and the thin branch broke and fell from the sky.
Wang Shu stood there in a daze, with the word "stunned" clearly written on his face.
At this moment, Wang Shu felt as if a thousand horses were galloping in his heart. We are both scholars and both prime ministers, so why are you so outstanding? Compared to you, I am nothing!
When Wang Shu reacted, Zhu Qiyu had already stepped into the Golden Palace. The time for court session was approaching, so Wang Shu hurriedly chased after him.
But the next moment, Jiang Fei, dressed in a white robe, appeared with a graceful figure, and easily surpassed him with one step at a time, leaving him with only a dashing back. Wang Shu jumped up and down on the spot and cursed, but he didn't dare to make a sound.
In the blink of an eye, half a month had passed, and all affairs of the Great Sun Dynasty were proceeding in an orderly manner. All government affairs, big and small, had been handled one by one by Xiang Yun in these days.
At the same time, Xiang Yun urged the development of the situation three times, so that all departments entered a state of full preparation for war and had to work with full concentration.
This day is an important day. Three days ago, Xiang Yun received a military report that General Qin Su, the Zhenbei General, won a great victory and returned triumphantly today!
More than two months ago, General Qin Su was ordered to lead an army of 200,000 to the southern and eastern parts of the Da Ri Dynasty to quell the rebellion.
After assisting Wu Guotao and Guo Xuan, Qin Su demonstrated his extraordinary command ability. After understanding the equipment and combat effectiveness of the Huoyun Army, he annihilated all the rebel kings who were still resisting with a crushing force.
With powerful combat capability and the effect of the almanac that Xiang Yun had forcibly issued, large numbers of rebels surrendered. Several leading rebel kings either died or fled, and their army was completely defeated and could no longer pose a threat.
Since the news of the emperor's disappearance had not reached Qin Su's ears, in order to share the emperor's worries, Qin Su took the initiative to lead his troops into the western part of the Da Ri Dynasty and then into the Mahayana Kingdom to assist Liu Yiyi who was still struggling.
With the support of the Fire Cloud Army's huge combat power and the think tanks of Liu Yiyi and Qin Su, the wealthy families in the Mahayana Kingdom who were still resisting stubbornly all died tragically under the justice of the Great Sun Cannon.
The Mahayana Kingdom no longer had the strength to resist the merger with the Dainichi Dynasty, and its King Jimdi was even "invited" back to the Dainichi Dynasty by Qin Su.
The most confused person was Jia Jinyu. A game of power came to an end, and he found out in the end that he was just an empty shell. Now that the truth is out, he, who used to be so majestic, now looks really funny and embarrassing.
Jia Jinyu felt so exhausted that she was vomiting blood and her last bit of ambition was completely lost.
Nowadays, Jia Jinyu just wants to return to his ancestral home to retire and farm, and live out his life in peace. As for being an official and holding power, he no longer wants to do that.
He has already seen clearly that it is all a game and a dream. In this game of power, even if there are ten of him put together, they cannot beat the emperor in the capital.
The news that made Xiang Yun even happier was that the five rebel kings whom he had asked people to persuade to surrender also gave up resistance one by one and decided to submit to the emperor after the other rebel kings had lost everything.
Deng Yan, Fang Xinghai, He Guang, Zhou Xin, and Gan Ce, the five people whom Xiang Yun valued the most, also came to the capital together on this day, ready to go to the court to plead guilty.
After all, they had committed such a heinous act as rebellion. Even if the emperor took the initiative to extend an olive branch, the five men all knew in their hearts that the superficial work of reprimanding and punishing them still had to be done.
Going to court today means being scolded and punished in the past. If we don’t do enough work like this, I’m afraid there will be more and more people rebelling in the world!
Among these five people, Zhou Xin is the most shameless and also the most shameful.
For some unknown reason, the fact that Duan Longshan was captured alive by the emperor became known to everyone in the world. From then on, anyone who heard his name could not help but laugh out loud, which almost made him angry to death.
It's a pity that he has no place to vent his anger. In the past, others laughed at him for being shameful, but now that he has agreed to the emperor's surrender, he has thrown his face to the ground and let others step on it. He will never be able to hold his head up for the rest of his life.
However, after a long period of humiliation, Zhou Xin finally came to terms with it. Even if it was humiliating, it was still better than those rebel kings who lost their heads. At least he could still live a life of wealth and glory in the future, without worries about food and clothing, and become an official of high status.
In the morning court, Xiang Yun, wearing a dragon robe, sat on the dragon throne with a calm expression. Little Guazi beside him called out loudly, "General Qin Su, the General of the North, Liu Yiyi, the General of the East, Wu Guotao, and the General of the South, Guo Xuan, enter the palace to see the emperor!"
All the civil and military officials turned around immediately and saw Qin Su leading the way, Liu Yiyi beside him, Wu Guotao and Guo Xuan following closely behind. They all walked into the Golden Throne Hall and came to the center. The four of them knelt down and bowed, "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you. Long live the emperor!"
"Stand up!" Xiang Yun's eyes lit up, and although his expression was calm, his big eyes were always looking at Qin Su and Liu Yiyi, wanting to see if there were any changes in them, any differences, whether they were injured, etc.
After a long time, Xiang Yun felt relieved. The two of them had all their limbs intact and were not injured. It was inevitable that their skin became rough due to being exposed to the wind and sun all day long during the expedition. The skin color of Qin Su and Liu Yiyi changed from tofu white to a healthy wheat color, which looked quite different.
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