Chapter 333: Doubtful and Undecided
Shunzhou. read
military camp.
Bears roar, eagles chirp, tigers roar and wolves howl.
The four major armies under King Yan gathered together and passed by the school grounds one by one to be inspected.
Li Le was wearing armor and standing on a high platform with a solemn expression, watching tens of thousands of soldiers passing by in front of him.
"Flying Eagle and the Heavenly Wolf Army, after the battle of Qingqiu, even though nearly half of them were killed or injured, their strength is far superior to that of the Bear and Tiger Army. With such a powerful force, even the Eight Great Zhen National Army is far inferior. Perhaps only the current pro-army can compare!"
The four major officials bowed and stood behind Li Le, listening quietly to the lecture. Niu Su and Xie Ling's expressions changed, thinking about what His Highness meant.
After the review, King Yan announced a half-year salary increase, which received cheers and support from the soldiers.
Seeing this, Li Le nodded with satisfaction and suddenly asked: "I am from a humble family and have been criticized by the world. Can I stand up and say something..."
There was no further words to be said, and all the four leaders understood clearly.
Niu Su was stunned and opened his mouth: "Your Highness, today you are leading troops across the world and are victorious in every battle.. Those rotten nerds just talk about it, don't talk about making trouble, just in front of His Majesty, they don't even dare to say anything. one."
Xie Ling was deep in thought, secretly glanced at King Yan's face, and said softly.
"Your Highness, this matter involves life and death and needs to be considered in the long term!"
"Think long term..."
Li Le shook his head slightly, not knowing what he was thinking.
Return to Prince Yan’s Mansion.
Li Le immediately went to Tomorrow Garden to visit Master Xuanji.
"I came here specifically to thank the real person. Fortunately, the real person has divined the secrets. Otherwise, going to Kyoto may lead to disaster."
Extrapolating the results forward, Li Le was sure that Emperor Longqing had long wanted to fight for the dragon. Otherwise, how could he have gathered forces such as the Academy, Sect, Family, Buddhism and Taoism, and even obtained the support of the True God.
The so-called welcoming King Yan to Beijing and ascending the throne was most likely because he was afraid of Hongluan Xingjun and tricked Li Le into leaving Shunzhou.
He took the opportunity to destroy Prince Yan's palace, return the power of the two states to the imperial court, and in one fell swoop shocked the world and secured his throne.
During today's military parade, Li Le discovered that Niu and Xie had a different heart. He was even more fortunate to be reminded by Master Xuanji's divination, otherwise his life would have been in danger!
"It is a matter of eating the emperor's salary and being loyal to the emperor. There is no need for you to be polite, Your Highness!"
Xuanji breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out that he was not looking for the back tent, and continued: "It happened that Pindao was about to say goodbye to His Highness, so he said it together. There is no need to go to the door to report."
Li Le's expression changed slightly, and he actually stood up and bowed and said, "Is the master going to leave? If I have been negligent, I will apologize in advance."
There are few descendants of Tianji Sect who are walking outside. Anyone who gets one can avoid bad luck and seek good luck, and everything will be unfavorable.
"It has nothing to do with Your Highness, but the fact that the sect has forgiven Pindao for his crimes."
Xuanji smiled and said: "A few days ago, Uncle Tianyi sent a message to Pindao to return to the sect as soon as possible to attend the sect leader's enthronement ceremony."
"I see."
Li Le sighed and said immediately: "I have admired the Tianji Sect for a long time. I have prepared a gift list and asked the real person to help me present it."
"Thank you, Your Highness."
Xuanji couldn't help but feel sorry for King Yan. Apart from his courage to risk his life, his skills in all aspects were far beyond ordinary. He might have been a wise king in a peaceful era.
For example, this gift list was obviously prepared for Mystery. In order to avoid making the real person feel grudge, it was said that it was dedicated to Tianji Sect.
The two talked for a while, and then Li Le left Tomorrow Garden and went to the back house of the palace.
The lobby in the middle of the back house has been transformed into the Xingjun Hall, where the statue of Hongluan Xingjun is enshrined.
Li Le burned three sticks of incense and murmured: "Junior, please ask Mr. Xing, if there is still a chance in the future?"
After a while.
A message reached my ears.
"If there is no chance, Long Qing's background is extraordinary, and I cannot easily provoke him. Besides, even if the opportunity comes, it will be difficult to grasp it with your suspicious and indecisive temperament!"
Doubtful and undecided!
The true god commented like this, which made Li Le feel a little disheartened.
"Thank you Xingjun for your advice!"
After Li Le thanked him, he slowly exited the temple and suddenly caught a glimpse of the setting sun in the west.
The afterglow is gorgeous, but time is running out!
"I recall that when my father was on the throne, there were countless powerful people in the capital! Who would have thought that a concubine on one side was in charge of the big affairs, and a dandy soldier was proclaimed the emperor, and the rest were just a foil!"
Li Le had a lot of resentment and dissatisfaction in his heart, but when he was asked to launch an expedition to the north, he couldn't make up his mind.
"Xing Jun has a sharp eye, he is really suspicious and indecisive!"
At this time.
A chamberlain came to report that Mr. Qin invited His Highness to drink.
Li Lezheng was feeling depressed and immediately went to Qin Garden.
"Your Highness, this is the thousand-year-old monkey wine brewed by an old white-haired ape from outside the territory."
Qin Qiong said: "Drinking it can strengthen your body and prolong your life."
"Thank you, sir!"
Li Le raised his glass and drank it all, feeling the majestic yet gentle spiritual energy refining his internal organs, limbs and bones.
"I have been taking spiritual substances since I was a child, and my body has already rebelled against my innate nature. It has been decades, and I haven't felt this clear and comfortable!"
“As long as it works.”
Qin Qiong refined a pure yang elixir into the Millennium Monkey Wine, and its effectiveness is unparalleled by ordinary spiritual objects.
"I have been in retreat a few days ago, and I have gained a little bit, and I have a glimpse of the door to the magic power of ten thousand years. This time I invite your highness to come down, it is to say goodbye, and I will go back to the mountain to retreat and practice hard."
When Li Le heard this, he suddenly felt that the wine in the cup was tasteless.
"Mr. Fan went on a study tour, Master Xuanji returned to the sect, and now even Mr. Qin has to leave. Mr. Qin, I would like to ask, is it because I am timid and prefer to settle down that I end up in this situation?"
"The King of Yan is worrying too much! In my opinion, it is not a bad thing to live in a corner without weapons."
Qin Qiong said solemnly: "Most people only see the winner as the king, but in fact only a few. Not to mention those miserable losers whose families were confiscated and exterminated, there are countless people who died in the battle under the command of the winner."
"Everyone has parents and relatives, and they can't feel the joy of victory!"
"Hahaha! So, this king has become a bodhisattva for countless living people?"
The King of Yan smiled with tears in his eyes, raised his glass and said: "I wish you to become an immortal in advance, maybe I can't see it with my own eyes. If you pass by Shunzhou in the future and see my tomb, burn some paper money."
A first-class master often retreats for dozens or hundreds of years. When Qin Qiong becomes an immortal and comes out of retreat, the King of Yan doesn't know how many years he has been dead.
"Thank you for your good words, Your Highness."
Qin Qiong's reason was to go back to the mountain for retreat, but in fact he changed his identity and went to the netherworld to take up a position.
The Demon Slaying Division can no longer steal the power of Taoism, and the Netherworld has become a new treasure land, collecting demons from the two countries of Dagan and Dashun, all of which are killed by Zhou Yi's clones, and the speed of mana growth has increased several times.
Such an important place must arrange spies openly and secretly, and must not make wedding clothes for others.
Zhou Yi will not underestimate any opponent, not to mention the White Lotus Evil Buddha, who has lived for countless tens of thousands of years, and it is hard to say that he has no tricks.
"Sir, promise me one thing."
"What?"
"Wait until I get drunk before leaving, so as to save the pain of separation."
"Your Highness, please!"
Qin Qiong waved his hand and took out dozens of jars of thousand-year-old wine, enough for the King of Yan to get drunk more than a dozen times.
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Demon Slaying Hall.
Zhou Yi devoted himself to practice, and dozens of clones reviewed official documents.
Metaphysics review, efficient and error-free.
In just over a month, the Demon Slaying Division and its branches all agreed with Commander Zhou.
Sometimes, some of them were ignorant and tried to hit a rock with an egg. As a result, they had not even seen the commander, and all kinds of things went wrong. They lost their jobs at best and their lives at worst.
The backlash of the true immortal's luck was something that ordinary people could not bear.
Zhong Jiuzhong, the deputy director of the Demon Slaying Division, wandered outside the door for a long time, and finally made up his mind and bowed to the inside.
"Your subordinate wants to see the commander!"
Zhong Jiuzhong has been under great pressure in recent days. He always encounters various difficult problems and often receives difficult monster hunting tasks.
Especially, he got the news yesterday that the commander transferred Yan Chixiao back to the Demon Slaying Division from the Six Gates. He will take office as the commander of the Luozhou Demon Slaying Division soon, and he is ranked third grade, the same level as Zhong Jiuzhong.
It is rumored that Yan Chixiao has a very good relationship with Zhou Yi and Du Xiang.
Not to mention Du Xiang, your majesty's favorite, just his immediate superior, Commander Zhou, can easily control Zhong Jiuzhong.
Zhong Jiuzhong suspected that he was being targeted. When there were difficulties, he was asked to take action. When there were no difficulties, difficulties were created and he was asked to take action!
If this goes on, he will die in the hands of demons sooner or later!
Zhong Jiuzhong thought about it and racked his brains to analyze the situation in the court, and finally found a way to break the situation.
Wang Bo'an, the current Minister of Agriculture and Minister of State Affairs, who holds great power, has a very bad relationship with Prime Minister Du. According to the information from the investigation, it is already a situation of life and death.
His Majesty has only been on the throne for a short time, and the court is mainly focused on maintaining stability, so there is no dispute between the two.
Zhong Jiuzhong believes that Wang Bo'an will definitely lose in the end. In this case, it is a good opportunity to make merit, express loyalty to Prime Minister Du, and ease the current situation.
Zhong Jiuzhong, whose mind was racing, heard a voice coming from the hall.
"Come in."
Zhong Jiuzhong hurriedly bowed and went in, glimpsing dozens of identical magic clones in the hall, and bowed even lower.
It is rumored that the commander took advantage of the opportunity to be promoted to the spirit refining, and the fighting and killing can be called the weakest at the same level. Zhong Jiuzhong wanted to slap them in the face. He controlled dozens of clones, and each of them had an aura no weaker than the second rank. Is this called not good at fighting?
Zhou Yi asked: "What's the matter, Zhong Tongzhi?"
"Your Excellency, I received news a few days ago that someone in the court colluded with demons."
Zhong Jiuzhong said what he had thought of long ago: "After a careful investigation by me, I finally locked on to Minister Wang of the Ministry of Agriculture. I finally found evidence a few days ago."
As he said that, he took out a piece of fish scale and handed it over.
Zhou Yi took the fish scale, operated his magic power to perform divination, and frowned slightly.
"It turned out to be a demon from outside the domain?"
"Your Excellency has a keen eye, and I am far inferior to you!"
Zhong Jiuzhong flattered his horse and said, "I have been investigating secretly for several days and asked the governor of Zhenhai Army to identify it. I learned that this demon came from the East China Sea."
Zhou Yi said playfully, "Zhong Tongzhi discovered this matter and eliminated the treacherous officials for the court. He really made a great contribution!"
"What I did was all due to your leadership."
Zhong Jiuzhong bowed and said, "If there is a little bit of merit, please forgive me in the future, my Excellency, Prime Minister Du, and Brother Yan."
Zhou Yi nodded and said, "I have always treated everyone equally."
Zhou Yi did not deliberately target Zhong Jiuzhong before. He had some rifts with this guy back then, but it was not worth the revenge of a real immortal.
Tianji divination, law enforcement and review of official documents can always arrange the right people to do things. Zhong Jiuzhong found out that Wang Bo'an colluded with demons, and there was a magical power and magic to promote the will of heaven.
"Thank you, sir."
Zhong Jiuzhong thought that bygone days were forgiven and showed joy immediately.
"Since this matter was discovered by Zhong Tongzhi, you will lead the troops to arrest Shangshu Wang."
Zhou Yi warned: "The Wang family has great power in the capital. Don't underestimate the enemy and cause riots."
"Yes, sir!"
Zhong Jiuzhong looked solemn, thinking that this was a token of surrender.
If it is done well, you will get on the boat of Prime Minister Du in the future and you will be able to rise to prominence!
He immediately took the arrest document signed by the commander, ordered all the captains, notified the Immortal Bureau and the Internal Affairs Bureau, and waited outside the imperial city for the morning court to end.
The laws set by Zhongzong are related to demons, and the Demon Slayer Department has the authority to arrest them first and then report them.
The first is to capture demons to fill the Demon Slayer Division, which is related to the inheritance of Daqian.
Second, demons are proficient in magic, so it will be difficult to catch them if you miss the opportunity.
After Wang Bo'an went to court, he fell into the hands of the demon-slaying captain as soon as he left the imperial city, without any resistance.
Wang Ye, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, was a second-grade scholar. However, he was rounded up by several demon-slayer captains and was close to the imperial city, so he was quickly put under the yoke of prohibition.
Zhong Jiuzhong immediately reported to His Majesty and the Ministry of Punishment, and at the same time issued an order for the captains surrounding the Wang family's residence to carry out arrest operations.
In an instant, hundreds of members of the powerful Wang family fell into the hands of the Demon Slayer Division.
After receiving the report, Emperor Hongde immediately ordered the Ministry of Punishment to interrogate immediately to find out whether it was true and not to unjustly accuse any loyal minister!
The word "loyal minister" changed its taste when it fell into the ears of the Ministry of Justice.
Wang Bo'an is definitely not a loyal minister, so he can be wronged, but the result must be in line with His Majesty's wishes!
Besides, there was no need to accuse him unjustly. Under the mirror, Wang Boan confessed that he had colluded with the East China Sea Monster Clan.
"A high-ranking official of the first rank actually colludes with demons. He should be punished!"
Emperor Longqing was furious and issued three orders in a row, demanding severe punishment.
Officials related to the Wang family couldn't help but feel frightened, and wrote letters one after another to expose Wang Boan's crimes, ranging from selling titles and conferring official titles to seizing land.
Write down the twenty-four major crimes in detail. If they are not enough, there will be no need for them. If the crime is unforgivable, the nine tribes must be punished.
Wang Bo'an didn't know how many people from the nine tribes had been killed, but one day it was his turn, and all the cultivators from the nine tribes were sent to the Demon Slayer Prison.
Zhou Yi signed the detention documents one by one. When he saw Wang Boan's roster, he ordered people to take him to the Demon Slaying Hall.
Just a few days.
The high-spirited Wang Shangshu was reduced to a prisoner with messy long hair and a stooped figure.
Seeing Zhou Yi's face, Wang Bo'an felt a little familiar. Then he remembered that he had met once in Chunfeng Tower, and then he seemed to have compiled some idle book.
"It's really ridiculous for a butcher to hold the power of the imperial court! No wonder the demon clan is so popular, and the human clan has no superiority and inferiority, and it has long ago disrupted Tsuna!"
"Pindao and Mr. Wang have a lot of cause and effect."
Zhou Yi said: "I don't know how the East China Sea Monster Clan made a promise to Mr. Wang and even risked the lives of the entire clan."
"Without him, I can only live!"
Wang Bo'an said: "If I don't collude with the devil, will I have a way to survive? It will only happen sooner or later."
Zhou Yi nodded slightly. After Li Xun ascended the throne, the defeat of the Wang family was already a foregone conclusion, either through corruption and bribery, selling out officials, or forming cliques for personal gain.
Crimes are like reasons for delaying work. As long as you are willing to look for them, they are always there.
Wang Bo'an is already proficient in this skill. Faced with a difficult situation, how can he just sit back and wait for death.
"Originally only one person died, but now it affects hundreds or even thousands."
Zhou Yi said coldly: "And you informed the East China Sea Monster Clan of the naval defense plan. I don't know how many people will suffer!"
"No need to say anything more, it's just the winner and the loser!"
There was no trace of guilt or remorse on Wang Boan's face. He stretched his neck to support the shackles and looked level with Zhou Yi.
"Of course I know the harm caused by demons, but what does it matter? They won't harm the Wang family anyway. No matter the demons or the common people, they are just tools for me to gain profits!"
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