Chapter 35
When they arrived at the outskirts, the four of them walked out of the carriage one after another, and Daoist Li noticed that the eyes of the county lord of Yunyang were a little red, but it was Brother Yu, who still had a dead face expression. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Could it be that this guy is a man of action?" the Taoist priest muttered in his heart.
Chang'an is different from Luodu, the terrain of Guanzhong is dangerous, so even if it is an ordinary outing, the scenery you see, is also a high mountain range, the strange peaks are abrupt, especially to the half of the mountain, the rolling floating clouds flow around all around, turning into thousands of white belts, only the nearby peaks are like the rock at the bottom of the river, standing still, the smoke and evening fog, the sunset sprinkles, and the clouds of the cover sprinkle layers of golden scales.
It's just that the people present have their own agendas, and they have failed this beautiful scenery in vain, and the county lord of Yunyang took the lead in leading the way, and Daoist Li followed silently.
After bypassing a mountain clip, he finally walked up to a desperate cliff, and on this cliff, a faint figure can be seen, all of which are the Fengwei seen outside the city that day.
"The Queen Mother wants to see you. β
Daoist Li nodded, and was not polite, and walked up directly, only to see a white-haired old woman standing half a foot in front of the cliff, although she was already goosebumps and gray-haired, but it could be seen from the corners of her eyes and eyebrows that when the other party was young, she must have been a great beauty, just like Yunyang.
"Why, Li Daochang doesn't see the old body, is it that the mourning family will be like the emperor, cheekily begging you for a miracle elixir, the method of immortality?" said the queen mother unceremoniously.
"Poor Dao doesn't dare," Daoist Li was stunned, he didn't think this old lady was so direct.
"Hmph, don't think that the mourning family doesn't know, what do you cultivators think, the emperor is probably a mud bodhisattva in your hearts, and he will make an offering when he needs it, and in ordinary times, no one will take him seriously, am I right?"
"What did the Queen Mother say," although the Taoist priest also thought so, but how embarrassing it was to say it.
"The first emperor once said that the Son of Heaven is in charge of the world, and you are heavenly people, and you can't discipline it. β
The Queen Mother shook her head slowly, "Don't worry, the mourning family has already reached the age of knowing the destiny of heaven, and there is no delusion about immortality, but because of the negligence of an unfilial son, an old friend has been suddenly long, and he feels extremely guilty." β
"The old friend that the predecessor said, is it - the catcher?"
"Why, didn't you enter Beijing to avenge him?"
Daoist Li was a little shocked in his heart, he didn't think about his true purpose, and he was actually recognized by the other party in one fell swoop, but listening to the other party's tone, how could he still seem to have some support?
"The faint son of the mourning family is now stunned, he didn't think about it at all, if it wasn't for the help of Xuankong, how could he ascend the throne and become the emperor, now it's good, his heart is so cold, except for the official words, he doesn't think about revenge for his elders at all, but he doesn't want to think about it, how can there be disloyal and unfilial immortals in the world!"
For the first time, Daoist Li knew that the name of the original catcher was Xuankong, and in the other party's words, the relationship between the empress dowager and the catcher seemed to be excellent.
"The Queen Mother, you and the Mo family-"
"Don't try it again, he told me about you, if there is no emperor, it is estimated that the mourning family will not be the queen mother, but the wife of the Hou Ye. β
β......β
The Taoist priest didn't expect that the first emperor, the queen mother, and the marquis actually had a love triangle relationship, and the life of the old man is really tough!
"These days, you have lived in seclusion, what has come out of the investigation?" asked the Queen Mother with burning eyes.
Daoist Li hesitated, but still told most of the information, only the list obtained from the Hu Taishi Library, and did not tell the other party, he did not fully trust the queen mother, even if the other party said all the truth.
"The Hou has the strength of several families, although he can't live forever, but the Tao is actually not inferior to the top monks in the world, Xuandu Division, I have already figured out the clue, but the poor Dao suspects, this matter is not like a person did it, there must be another force behind it, so, can the Queen Mother tell me, what happened back then?"
The old queen mother's eyes drooped slightly, fell into the memory, was silent for a while, and slowly said what she knew about the past-
When the first emperor had just succeeded to the throne, the chaos inside and outside the court was actually to the extreme, on the border, the remnants of the Hu people gathered soldiers and horses, and wanted to kill into Middle-earth again.
In addition, the wind of bloated taxation and corruption spread in the DPRK and China, and the ministers of various factions colluded and conspired, and the party fought endlessly, and there was no desire to govern the country at all.
It was in that situation that the first emperor used iron-fisted means, while supporting his cronies in the army and cleaning up traitors, he also punished and eliminated all the people who fought in the party.
At the same time, a series of young and promising officials such as Hu and Wang quickly ascended to power, reforming a series of national policies such as taxes, taxes, military systems, and repatriation.
And the friend of the first emperor's boy, the marquis also returned from the mountain school that year, and was ordered to build six gates, under the banner of unifying the rivers and lakes, in fact, to clean up the remnants of the Yanwang party in the people.
In the early years of this dynasty, when King Yan was powerful, there were also a considerable number of cultivators to follow, and his momentum was unparalleled for a while.
After he was defeated and killed, those monks were disturbed by karma and turned into ghosts and gods in the court of death, showing their anger and wanting to defile the dragon veins and destroy the great cause of the court.
Therefore, what the Catcher did back then, although the ostensibly target was the forces of the rivers and lakes, what he really had to deal with was the ghosts and gods of the dead court hidden in the rivers and lakes!
"That's itβ" Daoist Li said to himself.
If this is the truth of the year, then some things are easy to explain, with the ability to capture the marquis, how can it take decades of hard work to deal with that group of mud legs.
It's just that the Taoist priest subconsciously glanced at the queen mother, and the eyes of heaven were hidden, and he found that the other party's thoughts were like white fog and snow smoke, straight as a column, and there should be no fraud.
But how to explain that note?
There may be another possibility, what the other party knows is not all the facts.
Daoist Li's mind was racing, but on the surface, he made an expression of admiration: "I didn't think that the first emperor was so heroic, I heard that when he died, he was not yet forty, so to make such a big thing, wouldn't it be less than double ten, it is really a genius from heaven, Kuang Fu Sheji!"
"That's natural, my husband is the most first-class person in the world, less than double ten, he can fight openly and secretly with those old foxes in the court, no matter what kind of conspiracy and trickery, he can't hurt him," Speaking of this, the queen mother's eyes were shining, and she seemed to have great respect for the first emperor.
Otherwise, those young talents would not have gathered under his tent one by one and pledged allegiance to Death. β
'Such a wise and martial emperor, why are there so few deeds circulated among the people, and it seems that he can't say anything if he doesn't come to the south of the Yangtze River and a private visit to Weifu. β
'Could it be that someone is secretly hiding it?'
"It's a pity, he is too strong, too bitter, too many things, exhausted his last effort, died young......" In the end, the queen mother's face was full of sadness, as if she was caught in the memories of the year.
"The Queen Mother mourns," Daoist Li bowed down, but a doubt suddenly appeared in his heart, did the first emperor really die of natural causes?
"It's all a mourning family, where is there any mourning, I said so much to the Taoist chief this time, it's just to show the Taoist chief one thing, no matter what you want to do, there will be someone in the palace to take care of it......"
Looking at the two people not far away, who didn't know what they were talking about, Yu Zhen frowned slightly, although he knew the temperament of the Taoist priest, but the inside and outside were connected, and he always had some scruples.
Now that Chang'an City is surging, coupled with the Taoist priests who have always acted unscrupulously, no one knows what kind of turmoil will be caused.
β...... In this way, I will ask the Taoist chief. The Empress Dowager bowed slightly to the other party, this Supreme of the Inner Palace was actually saluting the Taoist priest.
"It's easy to say, it's easy to say, but I will do my best in this matter. "Daoist Li also gave a promise, this outing, I'm afraid it's the end of it.
On the way back, Yu Zhen asked the Taoist priest to promise the queen mother, but the Taoist priest only said that it was about people in cultivation and had nothing to do with the world.
During this period, Brother Yu pondered about the 'Divine Pill' again, but he sternly refused, joking, after eating, he was finished, and he couldn't let him vomit it.
What is the charm of the prince, how can Yu Zhen be so respected, and he has pulled down his face several times to ask for Dan, and this charm is comparable to the first emperor in the mouth of the Queen Mother-