Chapter 159: Three Flowers Gather at the Top
No one knows what Chu Yun and Qingchengzi talked about, but a Sanqing Temple appeared not far from the White Horse Temple outside Chang'an City, and an old Taoist with immortal wind bones became the master. And Da Ming also established a new department, called the Killing God Division, but only a few people know about it, and the members of the Killing God Temple are only three people, one of whom is Hu Tiezhu, the commander of the Iron and Blood Forbidden Army. However, the war between Dajin and Dacheng, far away in the southwest, stopped.
For a time, the whole world fell into a rare calm, and no country started a war, all of them silently developed people's livelihood and strengthened their national strength, even the Great Jin, who has always been keen on infighting. Yu Liang, who can wrestle with the powerful minister Wang Dao, is accumulating strength, and the slogan is loud, that is, the Northern Expedition restores the old land, of course, anyone with a discerning eye can see that he is just using the Northern Expedition as an excuse to increase his strength and replace Wang Dao's position, but no matter what, the strength of the Great Jin is also increasing.
The six years of Shengwu passed smoothly, and before he knew it, he came to the seventh year of Shengwu, and it was also the seventh year of Chu Yun's rule of the Ming Kingdom. After several years of enduring by Da Zhao, he finally showed his fangs, and the first unlucky one was the Dai Guohe of Youzhou and Yuwen Xianbei of Liao, who had completely surrendered to the Ming Dynasty and was named the Duke of Liaoxi.
Da Zhao and Murong Xianbei's Great Yan Kingdom secretly formed an alliance and suddenly sent troops to attack the Liao State, Yuwen Xianbei was caught off guard and collapsed for thousands of miles, Shanggu County lost most of its territory, Yuwen Xianbei was shocked, and asked for help from Daming on the one hand, and asked for help from Daiguo on the other. The lord of the country, the king of the dynasty, was called Emperor Yang by later generations, Tuoba Suna, who fell into the ground, sent troops to attack Yuwen Xianbei, trying to take advantage, Yuwen Xianbei had a wolf in front of him and a tiger in front of him, and directly abandoned Shanggu County and fled back to the land of Liaoxi.
From the title, you can know how unreliable this Yang Emperor Tuoba Su is, and you must know that the nickname "Yang" is the lowest, such as Emperor Yang of Sui. His short-sightedness is simply outrageous, after defeating Yuwen Xianbei, Da Zhao and Da Yan immediately led the army to attack Daiguo, Daiguo was already in civil strife, and it has long lost the prestige of the year, Emperor Yang Tuoba Su, an idiot, also abandoned his allies, Daiguo fought with the two countries for several months, and was finally defeated, Daijun was lost again, Daiwang Tuoba Su was captured alive, tens of thousands of troops of Daiguo were captured by Da Zhao and Dayan, and Daiguo fell into chaos again.
And Da Ming rarely did not make a move, they have been building defensive positions in Bingzhou, as if they did not see the big battle in Youzhou, and Da Zhao and Da Yan saw that after Da Ming did not send troops, they did not attack Bingzhou, but slowly retreated.
This time, the Great Yan Kingdom finally got the territory south of the Great Wall that they longed for, and the Great Yan and the Great Zhao occupied the Eastern Youzhou and the Western Youzhou respectively, and the neighbors of the Ming Dynasty and the State became the Great Zhao State again, but the Great Zhao State did not make a move against the Great Ming.
"Master You's prediction is accurate, they really want to see if they can lure us out, if I really rush out and get entangled by the two of them, the consequences will be unimaginable. Xie Ai, who was in charge of the defense of the entire state, said to himself.
"General, the envoys of Daiguo and Liao ask for a meeting. "Xie Ai's deep trust in Chu Yun, Chu Yun not only handed over the military and political power of the annexation state to Xie Ai, but also handed over the diplomatic decision power with the Dai State and the Liao State to Xie Ai, and Xie Ai's merger state can be said to be a self-contained system. Of course, this is because Chu Yun trusts him, and the other is that the territory actually controlled by the Ming Dynasty is too far away, and he must go through Shangjun to contact the state, if he has to make an idea about everything, it is estimated that the state will not be able to keep it.
"Hmph, the people of Daiguo and Liao still have the face to come to see me? Daiguo is a traitor, he is completely self-inflicted, and Liao is also choking enough, I have already sent someone to rule them Zhao State and Dayan to form an alliance to do something to him, but they themselves don't care, and they think that we are provoking their relationship with Murong Yanguo, and we are completely looking for our own death. Now that I'm being beaten like a dog, I'm coming to see me again?" Although Xie Ai said so, he still wanted to meet them, after all, they were the younger brothers of Da Ming, and they were bullied, so why should they show it.
Xie Ai strongly reprimanded the envoys of the two countries, the envoys of the two countries are their respective royal families, but they were reprimanded by Xie Ai as a son, although the two of them were annoyed, but thinking about the strength of the Ming Dynasty, they didn't even have the courage to refute.
"Isn't that guy Tuoba Huai in Taiyuan, only he can suppress all the forces of the Daiguo, let him give me a good rectification of the next Daiguo, don't ask for help when you encounter an enemy, it's just thrown into the face of your ancestors. Back then, Tuoba Yilu was a generation of heroes that His Majesty admired very much, and he defeated the Huns several times, and it was only a few years, and he was defeated by your group of unfilial descendants. The envoy of the Daiguo was happy, he was the person of Tuoba Huai, Tuoba Huai was originally the lord of the Daiguo, but unfortunately Tuoba Huaina launched a rebellion and ousted him from power.
This time, the acting king Tuoba was captured, and Tuoba Huai, the old king who was seized the throne, had a chance. He ran to Daming's territory and wanted to reset with the help of Daming's power, but Daming didn't care about him, but he was raised as an idler. After all, Tuoba seems to be easier to control than Tuoba Huai, and sometimes it's an advantage for a person to be too stupid. But I didn't expect Tuoba to be hopelessly stupid and put himself in. Xie Ai remembered Tuoba Huai, this guy's ability is much better than that idiot, and now send him back to better stabilize the country, so that he can continue to be the lackey of the Ming Dynasty, so Tuoba Huaihuai is bitter.
Sent away the envoy of Daiguo, for the people sent by Yuwen Xianbei of Liao State, Xie Ai is much more kind, don't say that Yuwen Xianbei's people are the most obedient, even if it is because of the women of the Yuwen family, Xie Ai will not be too angry with their envoys, Xie Ai has a concubine of the Yuwen family in his family, and she looks like a little girl.
"As long as the attitude just now is against the group of fools of the Tuoba clan, your Yuwen clan is still good, although you are a little careless, but you also know how accurate my Daming's news is. To tell you the truth, we even know which concubine Zhao Guoshihong pampers every day. This time you are not completely unprepared, and the losses are not very large. You can rest assured to go back and tell the Duke of Liaoxi, as my ally of the Ming Dynasty, we will give you anger, but not now, you tell him to be patient and wait for the opportunity, our Ming will not treat you badly, I will support you with some weapons and grass first. After the envoy of the Yuwen clan left, Xie Ai drove all his men out and picked up a cup of tea by himself and drank it silently. Tea has been available for a long time, but at this time, people drink it as vegetable soup and add everything to it, and the clear tea is still the drinking method brought by Chu Yun.
"Your Majesty, it's been more than half a year, when are you going to get out of the customs?" Xie Ai thought a little melancholy, after all, Chu Yun didn't appear for so long, it was a personal concern, and Chu Yun didn't make decisions, many things, they couldn't do it at all, for example, this time the battle of the four forces, without Chu Yun opening his mouth, Xie Ai could only watch dryly, and didn't dare to send troops at all, although he was appointed by Chu Yun to assassinate the state, General Zhenbei added General Zhengbei, and both the Zhenbei Army and the Zhengbei Army were in his hands, which was unique in the Ming Dynasty, even Lu Zhong did not have such power. But the more this is the case, the more he doesn't dare to assert himself, after all, those arrogant and arrogant generals in history have nothing to do, and Xie Ai will only be more cautious.
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Chang'an Daming Palace.
Chu Yun has many concubines, of course, this has something to do with Chu Yun's cultivation of demon source murderous qi and the need to vent from time to time, but there are only a few who have names, surnames and status, imperial concubines Liu Mei and Wang, and two of the four concubines, Huyan, Murong and Sima. Chu Yun's harem is simply a big alliance of countries, in addition to them, the Qianliang Zhang clan, the Chenghan Li clan, the Tuoba clan, the Yuwen clan and the Qiu Chi Yang clan also sent people to send women, but they are just concubines, sitting at the bottom.
By the way, Da Jin also relented, and they sent the two princesses, Sima Xingnan and Sima Nandi, but it was a pity that Chu Yun did not go out, so although Da Ming welcomed them into the palace and became imperial concubines according to Chu Yun's previous orders, he did not perform the courtesy of Duke Zhou.
This Sima Xingnan is very interesting, she was sent by the Great Jin, and she was very unhappy, but his younger brother Emperor Jin Cheng begged her and told her that Chu Yun asked them by name, and if they didn't send it, the Ming Dynasty would ask the Great Cheng Kingdom to continue attacking the Great Jin. Sima Xingnan is a woman with a bold and strong personality and a rather manly temperament, and for the sake of the country and family, she agreed. She was going to use it as a spy to get more information for Dajin, but unfortunately although she got the news of Chu Yun's retreat, she couldn't pass it on, and the Daming Supervision Department was not joking.
But she was not discouraged, she felt that as long as she was by Chu Yun's side, she would always have a chance to help her country. Sima Xingnan has been befriending the concubines during this time, and many people soon gathered around him, and he vaguely became a force to fight against the two imperial concubines.
This Sima Xingnan is really not an ordinary person, in the original history, she married Huan Wen, a powerful minister of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, who killed Cheng Han and his son Huan Xuan as the emperor. After her husband Huan Wen destroyed Cheng Han, he married the sister of Li Shi, the last lord of Cheng Han, as a concubine. When I got there, I met Li combing his hair, his hair hanging down and spreading on the ground, and his complexion was as radiant as white jade. After Sima Xingnan saw Li, he said: I still feel sorry for me, let alone my husband's old thing. So she left, and she left an idiom for Chinese history that I see pity. You can see the character of this princess.
This day was the Double Ninth Festival, and Chu Yun did not go out of the customs, so the two imperial concubines organized a dinner party for the beauties of the harem.
Although it was a festival, the atmosphere was very solemn, whether it was the two imperial concubines or the four concubines and other concubines, they were not very interested, after all, no matter how high their status was, they were also attached to Emperor Chu Yun, and now that Chu Yun had been missing for so long, how could they be happy.
"Two sisters, I don't know what Your Majesty can do to get out? I have been here with my sister for several months, and I haven't even seen Your Majesty yet, and our sisters are even terrified. Sima Xingnan's mind turned around and asked, although she was married to Chu Yun, she had no feelings at all, she wished that Chu Yun was hanging, and she would go back. After Sima Xingnan asked, several other concubines also looked at Liu Mei, Liu Mei presided over the harem, although she was not the queen, but she was indeed the master of the harem in terms of actual rights.
"Your Majesty's affairs are also what you can ask? Your Majesty has made a rule that the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, and you, as Your Majesty's woman, only need to do your duty. Liu Mei's pretty face condensed and reprimanded, Liu Mei is not a good stubble, she not only manages the harem herself, but also has the same relationship with the concubine Huyan, so she has a high status. How could she not understand Sima Xingnan's careful thoughts, you must know that in history she was Shi Hu's perverted queen who killed his wife, which shows her methods.
However, Sima Xing's male sisters were the only women named by Chu Yun for the first time, unlike the princesses of other countries who were sent by Chu Yun, so Liu Mei did not attack the two of them, because she didn't know Chu Yun's attitude towards them. But Liu Mei still has to maintain her status, this time she is also knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger in public, telling everyone in public who is the master of the harem.
But it's a pity that Sima Xingnan doesn't eat this, she is worthy of being a princess, and her acting has reached the point of being superb, she stood up and slowly walked in front of the other imperial concubine Wang, slowly knelt down, and the tears in her eyes were dripping, which made the imperial concubine Wang a little at a loss.
"Sister Wang, we are all women, I have been married thousands of miles from Jiangnan for so long, and I have never seen Your Majesty, how can I not be afraid. I care about what's wrong with Your Majesty? Am I just meddling in politics? I just care about my husband. Unlike some people, who are obviously hated by their families and the country, but they are in high positions, I am afraid that some people will plot against His Majesty and be in danger. Sister Wang, you have to call the shots for me. After Sima Xingnan finished speaking, Liu Mei's face turned pale, but seeing that the Wang family was comforting Sima Xingnan, she didn't dare to say it, after all, the Wang family was the woman Chu Yun trusted the most, how could Liu Mei not feel it if she was so smart. Therefore, although the Wang family is low-key, Liu Mei never dares to underestimate it, seeing Sima Xingnan pulling the Wang family as a shield, Liu Mei Xingxing looked at the front tightly, and endured the anger, Sima Xingnan lowered his head and showed a smug look in his eyes.
Wang is the descendant of Wang Lian, the old minister of the Iron Army, Wang Lian was born in the side branch of Langya Wang, you must know that Wang Dao, a powerful minister of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, is the head of the Langya Wang family, so Wang Dao sent someone to send a letter to Wang, asking her to take care of the princess, and Wang can only obey, after all, this era is an era of "filial piety" governing the world.
It's not that the Wang family can't see the princess's careful thinking, after all, she has not been in vain in the harem for so many years, but for the sake of Director Wang's face, she helped the princess once. After the banquet ended, the Wang family returned to his palace, and after thinking about it again, he still asked someone to bring a message to Sima Xingnan - not to take it as an example.
Concubine Murong in the Purple Smoke Palace looked at her son's face full of love, she can be said to be the second low-key person besides the imperial concubine Wang, but she is low-key and confident. Not only because of her beauty in the harem, she is even more beautiful than Liu Mei, otherwise she would not be able to be named Concubine Yan, of course, but also because she gave birth to Chu Yun's only son. The little guy was just playing, he liked to run around, and he accidentally fell to the ground, Murong Shi's face immediately became gloomy, looking at a few slaves and maids who asked for sin, Murong Shi coldly spit out two words: cane death.
In addition to them, the other concubines were also worried because of Chu Yun's long-term retreat, after all, Chu Yun was their husband and it was their everything, if something really happened to Chu Yun, then they would definitely not end well.
Of course, Chu Yun didn't know that the inside and outside of the palace were fluctuating because of his retreat, and he might also be the first emperor in history to disappear for more than half a year at every turn, of course, the Wanli Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, who had not been in court for decades, was not born yet.
Hu Tiezhu sat cross-legged in a courtyard at the back of Daming Palace, which was surrounded by 1,500 secret guards and thousands of iron-blooded forbidden troops, and Hu Tiezhu had not returned home for more than half a year.
And dozens of zhang underground in the courtyard is the place where Chu Yun retreats.
There was only one stone bed in the secret room, and there was nothing else, Chu Yun sat cross-legged on it, his face flickered brightly and darkly, his body turned weirdly up and down, as if he was about to float up at any time, Chu Yun's breath was calm and natural, like a hermit, without a little evil qi, this iron-blooded temperament before the retreat was the same as the two of them. You must know that Chu Yun has personally killed tens of thousands of people in order to cultivate the Demon Source Murderous Qi, but I don't know why, Chu Yun's temperament has changed so much.
Suddenly, the secret room was full of light, Chu Yun's body floated into the air, red light kept coming out of Chu Yun's body, and an ethereal silver gas rose above Chu Yun's head, I don't know how long it took, a delicate silver flower appeared on the top of Chu Yun's head, slowly rotating above Chu Yun's head.
After the silver flower took shape, a cyan gas emerged from the top of Chu Yun's head again, and a rotating cyan flower took shape again. Soon, a golden gas appeared again, and three delicate small flowers of different colors swirled around the top of Chu Yun's head, like three children, Chu Yun's face was more peaceful, and a faint smile appeared at the corner of Chu Yun's mouth, if Sun Ling'er saw it, she would definitely feel more cordial, because this smile only appeared when Chu Yun was the youngest, and Chu Yun's smile at that time was not mixed with any impurities.
Boom, boom, it was obviously the noon sun in the sky, but a dark cloud suddenly appeared in the sky above the Daming Palace, and the apocalyptic scene of thunder and lightning made Hu Tiezhu's face change wildly, and the same mood as him was Liu Mei and other old people who had experienced the vision of the Prime Minister's Mansion back then, and the Prime Minister's Mansion became flat overnight, as if it was right in front of him.
"Your Majesty, what kind of magic skills are you practicing?" Liu Mei deserved to be the master of the first palace, he immediately ordered everyone in the Daming Palace to leave the palace, and Murong Clan, Sima Clan and other people who had never seen such a terrible scene were also dragged away by the palace maid.
The entire Daming Palace only left Hu Tiezhu and more than 1,500 secret guards, the rest of the people all left, Chang'an City was under martial law again, Ran Liang led the forbidden army to blockade Chang'an, just when Hu Tiezhu hesitated to leave, the thunder and lightning in the sky finally couldn't help but split, the direction was where Hu Tiezhu was standing, Hu Tiezhu was shocked, the big knife in his hand was raised high, and then he was honored to become a lightning rod, Hu Tiezhu was split out on the spot, life and death are unknown.
And the thunder and lightning continued to slash down to the ground, and the earth-shaking sound spread throughout Chang'an, a deep pit of dozens of zhang appeared in Daming Palace, Chu Yun's figure slowly floated out as if out of the control of gravity, and all the dark guards rushed up, wanting to grab Chu Yun's body, but a few lightning strikes, and all the dark guards lay on the ground and don't know whether they are alive or dead.
Chu Yun rose to a hundred and ten meters before slowly stopping, his whole body exuded a faint light, and more than three flowers of different colors appeared in front of everyone like a god on his head.