Chapter 633: The Secret Room Under the Taimiao
In the Golden Palace.
As the empress issued her decrees one after another, the ministers woke up from their state of shock and excitement.
Yuan Li and Dong Xuan looked at each other and bowed simultaneously: "We obey your order!"
Today's court meeting ended quickly, and all the ministers were eager to pass on the good news.
It is conceivable that when this news was sent to various places, especially the Xiping Road front, it had a huge impact on morale.
In the blink of an eye, the ministers dispersed.
The empress walked down from the dragon throne with a smile on her face, and ordered people to take away Prince Jing's head and hang it at Caishikou for public display, obviously wanting to squeeze out every last bit of value from Xuwen.
"Come walk with me."
After the empress finished announcing these, she seemed a little agitated and said to Zhao Duan.
Zhao Duan nodded immediately and followed the empress.
Soon, the king and his minister began walking along the spacious square.
The sun was shining brightly on the earth at this moment, and the entire palace was bright. Because it was spring, the wind in the palace was also warm.
The other female officials and eunuchs followed behind at a distance. Zhao Duan walked silently and said with a smile:
"Your Majesty is very happy?"
Xu Zhenguan dragged his dragon robe and smiled: "Is it obvious?"
It's not obvious, the corners of your mouth are grinning... Zhao Duan was silent for a moment, then said:
"I was originally worried that Your Majesty would be concerned about his family and would see Xu Wen die..."
Xu Zhenguan shook his head: "Ever since Xu Wen decided to assassinate you and me, my emperor and my minister, I no longer have those fantasies."
Zhao Duan was silent.
Therefore, in the past two years, the empress has also grown a lot. From a new monarch who was a little soft-hearted at the beginning, she has gradually become more resourceful.
"However," Xu Zhenguan restrained his smile, exhaled lightly, and said:
"Happiness is short-lived. Even after defeating this great enemy, there are still external enemies. This world will not allow me to catch my breath."
Zhao Duan's heart moved:
"Your Majesty, are you still worried about the Mysterious Seal? Now we just have to wait for all the forces of the imperial court to converge on Xiping Road. After all, there are only a few people in the Western Regions. It is only a matter of time before we defeat them."
After all, the countries in the Western Regions are small countries, and they have little advantage against the Yu army that has recovered.
As for high-end combat power, even if Xuan Yin joins forces with the King of Dharma in the Western Regions, he will not be afraid at all even if the Empress joins forces with Zhang Yanyi.
The best "time window" for Buddhism was also missed due to the death of Prince Jing.
This was also the biggest reason why the court officials were so excited just now.
Xu Zhenguan's handsome face showed worry:
"Do you remember the 'disaster star' that streaked across the Imperial Capital last year, as reported by the Imperial Astronomical Observatory? I've always felt that Xuan Yin's plans weren't limited to this. Furthermore, it's not just the Western Regions that we need to be wary of."
Zhao Duan asked in surprise, "Your Majesty, are you worried that the Southwestern Liao people will take advantage of the situation and invade?"
These were the only two foreign enemies of the State of Yu.
As for the north... the Mubei Forest has always been stable, so King Yanshan is no longer a concern.
Xu Zhenguan said, "I can't explain it clearly, but I just have a vague feeling of unease."
After a pause, she smiled and said:
"But let's not talk about that today. I called you here because of another important matter."
"What's the matter?" Zhao Duan was suspicious, his eyes wandering dishonestly over the empress's body.
But he is not a celestial being yet, so the two of them cannot restart their dual cultivation... Can they use their mouths?
Or use your legs...
Xu Zhenguan glared at him in feigned anger and said unhappily:
"That's not the case."
Zhao Duan was extremely disappointed and bored:
"Then what's the big deal..."
"..." Xu Zhenguan sighed softly and said calmly:
"Do you remember that in the house left by Taizu in 'The Human World', there was a map of the entire imperial palace?"
After a pause, she said:
"I've visited several times over the past few days. By comparing the topographical map of the palace, I've discovered a secret room. It's similar to the one under the Yuanzu Temple."
Zhao Duan looked at her in surprise: "Where?"
"The Imperial Ancestral Temple." The empress gave a surprising answer.
The Imperial Ancestral Temple... that's where the emperors of all dynasties were ranked and worshipped. In other words... Old Xu dug a secret room underneath his own mourning hall...
"Your Majesty, have you ever explored it?" Zhao Duan asked tentatively.
The Empress shook her head and said, "When I discovered it, the person had already left the capital. It was inconvenient to act with a puppet body, so I waited until now to tell you."
At this time, Zhao Duan was surprised to find that the two were not walking towards the Yangxin Palace. He was slightly surprised:
"Your Majesty wants to..."
Xu Zhenguan said "yes" and said with a mysterious look in his eyes:
"Let's go and take a look. Maybe Taizu left some clues."
Regarding the clues about why he came here and the many mysteries about him... Zhao Duan's heart began to pound.
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Just as the emperor and his ministers went to the Taimiao to explore the secret room, the news of Prince Jing's death also spread rapidly throughout the capital along with the court officials who had left the court.
Zhao Mansion.
"What? You said Dalang and His Majesty killed that Prince Jing in Binhai yesterday?!"
When Eugene heard her daughter's hurried "report", she stood up suddenly in surprise, and the heavy weight on her plump figure swayed.
Zhao Pan'er was wearing a bright dress, with a Pekingese dog wagging its tail at her feet. She said proudly:
"It was one of our servants who said that he ran into Ma Dugong and his party on their way out to buy things. Ma Dugong summoned him over to bring a message to our family."
"Is Dalang injured?" Eugene Hua's focus was rather strange.
Zhao Pan complained:
"Mom, you didn't even listen to me. My eldest brother came back with His Majesty. What could have happened? If there was something wrong, would he have been able to attend court in the Golden Throne Hall?"
Yes, His Majesty is a celestial cultivator. With her protection, he will not be hurt... Eugene Hua was relieved, and then she became overjoyed, her eyes lively:
"Doesn't that mean the rebellion in the south has also been quelled? And Dalang's military order is also invalid?"
She suddenly became happy and immediately dragged her daughter out to order someone to prepare a car, so that she could show off the good news to the circle of wealthy ladies in Beijing.
The Zhao family was naturally overjoyed. As the carriage drove through the streets and alleys, when it passed near Caishikou, it saw a group of eunuchs from the palace playing music and parading through the streets.
"What happened?" Eugene Huaming ordered someone to stop the carriage and asked curiously after lifting the curtain.
A servant went to ask quickly and returned quickly, reporting:
"Madam, it was the palace's celestial official who brought the head of the traitor Prince Jing and paraded him through the streets for public display."
At this time, more and more people gathered around, and from time to time people exclaimed in surprise, and some palace servants even preached loudly.
Soon, more and more people around learned the news that Zhao Duan had killed Prince Jing, and they were shocked and amazed.
"Didn't Governor Zhao issue a military order for the first three months of spring? How come everyone has already been killed in the first three months of spring?"
"I'm afraid this bastard Prince Jing is too weak."
"No, if they were weak, why couldn't they even take down the 'God of War'? In my opinion, this man should never, ever have provoked Zhao Yan... Commander Zhao, haha, Lord Zhao wants him dead at three o'clock in the morning, who dares to keep him alive until five?"
For a time, there was a lot of discussion, and Zhao Duan's reputation as the "King of Hell" became more and more confirmed.
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Yunfu.
On the edge of a vast mountain forest thousands of miles away from the capital.
The mountain breeze blows, and the endless forest rolls green "waves".
Xu Jianwen was standing on a mound. He was dressed like a nobleman, but his face was extremely pale and he looked weak.
Behind him, Qi Yuchun, carrying a rifle on his back, followed silently.
After the battle at Huting that day, Qi Yuchun abandoned Ren Kun and fled. After three days of searching nearby, he finally found Xu Jianwen in a cave, who was seriously injured and almost starved to death.
Afterwards, the master and servant quickly left Huting and headed south to Jiancheng Road. However, they did not go to find Xu Jinglong, but turned southwest and finally arrived at the "Southwest Xinjiang", which is also the living area of the Liao people.
"See? Once you cross this line, you're outside the Yu Kingdom."
Xu Jianwen pointed to a boundary marker below that was covered by plants.
Qi Yuchun asked, "Your Highness, why are you here? Why don't you go and meet up with Xu Jinglong and wait for Xu Wen's return?"
Xu Jianwen said calmly:
"How could I really want to conquer the world for Xu Wen? I brought you here just to deal with Zhao Du'an. Unfortunately, I missed a move and failed to kill him. Instead, I had to flee in panic..."
But, haha, he only temporarily took a piece of the chessboard. The whole game is still big. As long as I still have a breath left, there is hope for a comeback."
Qi Yuchun was puzzled. Could the hope of a comeback lie with the Liao people? But how could an alien race be a help?
Xu Jianwen did not explain, but took out a purple flute and blew it gently.
The flute sounds melodious.
It took a while.
Qi Yuchun's pupils shrank as he saw several huge strange birds flapping their wings and flying towards him in the forest.
On the bird's back were several Liao people sentinels.
"Bah!"
The strange bird flew closer, and the flowers and plants on the ground were swaying in the wind caused by its flapping wings.
A female sentry jumped from the back of a strange bird and landed.
She had a slender figure and wore a dress made of animal skin. Her exposed skin was as dark and shiny as ink. She was about twenty years old. Her face was full of exotic charm, and her green eyes were filled with curiosity and awe.
There was a string of bone decorations hanging on the leather skirt around the waist of the female sentry, including a white flute.
"Jiligulu..." As soon as the white flute fell, it first looked at Qi Yuchun with extreme vigilance, and then looked at Xu Jianwen, and said something in the language of the Liao people.
Afterwards, Xu Jianwen actually used the same language to communicate with the other party.
Qi Yuchun was shocked. This scene was beyond his expectations.
Xu Jianwen suddenly turned his head, looked at him and smiled:
"Why do you think my wife and daughter were sent to Yunfu? Why do you think I still organized the Kuangfu Society to fight against the imperial court after the coup failed? Where did my confidence come from?"
A flash of inspiration suddenly flashed through Qi Yuchun's mind, and he blurted out:
"Your Highness, you have long been with the Liao people..."
The word "collusion" was stuck in my throat and I couldn't say it no matter what.
As the former commander-in-chief of the imperial guards, Qi Yuchun found it difficult to accept that a member of the royal family was colluding with an alien race.
Xu Jianwen did not explain anything, but said: "You will understand later."
At this time, the female sentry had already commanded two of her fellow tribesmen behind her to control the strange bird and squat down, inviting the two to go up.
Xu Jianwen climbed onto a strange bird with a smile. Qi Yuchun hesitated for a moment, but had no choice but to follow him.
Soon, the group flew up and broke through the wind into the "border" of the Liao people, and the Yu Kingdom behind them quickly disappeared.
The female sentry Bai Di took the lead and passed through one line of defense after another. Finally, the group arrived at a huge building in the forest that looked like a "village".
And stopped outside the "temple" in the center of the village.
When Xu Jianwen and Qi Yuchun got off the bird's back, many people in the village stopped what they were doing and looked over with curiosity and vigilance.
But... there wasn't much hostility.
This greatly surprised Qi Yuchun. You know, in history, there were constant frictions between the Liao people and the Yu State.
Soon, when he followed Xu Jianwen and, under the guidance of Bai Di, pried open the door of the "temple", he saw the strong Yu State style of the house, the bookshelves, rocking chairs, pens, inkstones, potted flowers, calligraphy and paintings on the walls... and the middle-aged man with disheveled hair, wearing a loose purple gown and barefoot who came out to greet him.
Qi Yuchun's brain buzzed as if it had been hit hard by a hammer. For a brief moment, he stared intently at the middle-aged man who had come out and said in a lost voice:
"Song Zhi?! It's you? Why are you here?!"
Song Shik!
He was once the prince's groom, but later became close friends with the second prince Jianwen due to their growing personal relationship.
In order to avoid danger, Song Zhi resigned from his position as the Prince's Groom, left the capital, traveled around the world, and disappeared!
Song Zhi, the famous scholar who was once very talented and was considered to have the potential to become a great scholar ten years ago and had interactions with Zhang Tianshi!
"Song Zhi pays respect to His Highness."
Song Zhi first bowed respectfully to Xu Jianwen, then looked at Qi Yuchun with a smile and said:
"Commander Qi, please come in and talk first."
Qi Yuchun walked into the room in a daze. When the door closed, there were only three people left in the room.
Song Zhi took the lead and said to Xu Jianwen:
"Your Highness has come just in time. I have something important to tell Your Highness."
Xu Jianwen sat down naturally and asked curiously, "What happened?"
Song Zhi said solemnly:
"Just earlier, the clan's priests, through the altar, learned from the gods that a fierce battle of heavenly and human-level proportions had occurred on Binhaidao Road. The results showed that Qingshan Wuxiankui was suspected to be seriously injured and had gone into seclusion. As for Prince Jing Xuwen... I'm afraid he's already... dead."
Xu Wen is dead!
At this moment, even though Xu Jianwen was usually calm and composed, he was stunned. He stared at Song Zhi intently, breathing slightly faster:
"Are you serious?"
Song Zhi said seriously: "The divine revelation cannot be false."
Xu Jianwen's face was as gloomy as water, and he suddenly cursed angrily: "Waste!"
The term "waste" naturally refers to Prince Jing.
As for the details of the battle on Binhai Road, although he didn't know, he could vaguely guess that the Empress and Wu Xiankui had both perished. Combined with what he learned before he left, Zhao Duan led a mighty force into Binhai...
I'm afraid that Prince Jing's death is also related to that guy Zhao Duan.
Xu Jianwen's face looked extremely ugly. Prince Jing died so soon, which was undoubtedly bad news for him.
"Mr. Song." After a long time, Xu Jianwen suddenly spoke.
Song Zhi looked at the Second Prince, as if he had guessed something:
"Your Highness?"
Xu Jianwen looked at him expressionlessly and said:
"Now only Buddhism remains in the northwest. If we wait until the imperial court stabilizes Xiping, I will have no chance."
"so……"
"Get ready, it's time for the Liao people to send out their troops."
(End of this chapter)
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