The process of inviting Ying Zheng and his party to the mountain was very smooth.
Although the horseman Lao Huang is a little uneasy, after more than half a year of getting along with him, it is a bit exaggerated to say that he has been impressed by Ying Zheng's personality charm, but there is no doubt that he is willing to trust Ying Zheng's judgment on many important matters.
As for Wen Hua, a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, and he still wants to ask the legendary demon lord to give him some enlightenment to become a swordsman.
The three of them climbed Zhulu Mountain together under the secret guidance of the Demon Cult members.
Then, Lao Huang and Wen Hua were taken elsewhere, and only Ying Zheng climbed to the top of the white jade steps, where two book readers were waiting for him.
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Since the last serious exchange with Chi Yao, Huang Longshi has gone to observe Ying Zheng. Although he did not show up in person, he collected a lot of information through his subordinates and even actively arranged some arrangements to examine Ying Zheng's talents. and mind.
As he said, the results were pretty good. However, due to the limitations of the secret investigation, coupled with Ying Zheng's own city government, it did not reach the point where his eyes lit up or he was extremely excited.
Hence the final interview.
Unlike Ying Zheng, Chi Yao's face and body did not change at all, but when Ying Zheng climbed to the top and saw him, his expression showed no flaws, which made him nod secretly.
"Xu Fengnian, do you know why we want to see you?"
"Please enlighten me."
Facing Huang Longshi's oppressive questions, Ying Zheng acted neither humble nor overbearing.
Huang Longshi, as the top strategist known as "Killing three million people with a three-inch tongue", is naturally well versed in the classic routine of never stopping to die without shocking words. When he saw that one sentence could not suppress the opponent, he immediately threw out a second one that pointed directly at the heart. The problem.
"Do you know how your mother Wu Su died?"
Ying Zheng's brows wrinkled slightly.
Because of his experiences in his previous life, he was actually a little sensitive to his mother's existence, so after he gained control over his body and settled down a little, he explored the relevant memories.
He had memories of Xu Feng's sixteenth year before, and naturally he also knew how Wu Su, the mother of this body, died. Didn't she die in childbirth when giving birth to her younger brother Xu Longxiang?
Although it is a little unkind to say this, in ancient times, giving birth to a child was a journey into hell. No one was sure whether they would survive, not even the princess. So although he felt a little regretful, he didn't feel anything strange.
But at this time, on the top of Zhulu Mountain, the holy land of magic, this old man in Confucian robes who looked quite extraordinary asked this question, which meant that things were not as simple as he thought before.
"Appreciate further details."
Ying Zheng's face showed a little doubt and enthusiasm.
"For ordinary women, dystocia is indeed a fate that depends entirely on luck."
Huang Longshi recounted, "But your mother is different. You have been traveling around the world for so many months. You should have heard of the Wu Family Sword Tomb, right?"
"nature,"
Ying Zheng nodded, "That is the top holy land of swordsmanship in the world, and there are endless swordsmanship masters. Could it be..."
Thinking that his mother's surname was also Wu, he had some suspicions in his mind.
After all, if it had nothing to do with it, the old man opposite wouldn't ask that, right?
"Yes, your mother Wu Su is the sword crown of the previous generation in the Wu Family Sword Tomb!"
Huang Longshi's tone was also slightly mixed with a hint of emotion.
Although the world is mostly a battlefield for men, there are also some extremely outstanding women who shine in it.
Twenty years ago, the most representative female master in the world was Wu Su, the sword fairy in white.
This answer was a little beyond Ying Zheng's expectations. He thought his mother was just from the Wu family of Sword Tombs, but he didn't expect that she was actually a contemporary swordsman: "So... they are actually married?"
The emperor's thinking is so sharp.
One is the King of Beiliang with an army of 300,000 men under his command, and the other is a holy place in the world of swordsmanship.
In theory, two people who are incompatible with each other get married. In Ying Zheng's view, the most reasonable guess is a political marriage.
Of course, from the perspective of his former emperor, this approach was not smart.
After all, the king with a different surname himself has attracted much attention and suspicion, and as a result, he has to collude with one of the top forces in the world. What emperor can bear this?
So, without waiting for Huang Longshi to speak, he asked the second question: "So, my mother's death was at the hands of the Liyang royal family?"
Huang Sanjia was slightly startled, then continued to praise: "It seems that your mind is much smarter than that of your father who only knows how to kill people."
His body leaned forward slightly: "So, do you want to avenge her?"
"...Did Xu Xiao not do anything?"
Ying Zheng asked. He recalled carefully and determined that even if it was a political marriage at first, the relationship between Xu Xiao and Wu Su should be sincere, otherwise they would not have continued their marriage for so many years.
And the Liyang Emperor actually dared to let Xu Xiao continue to control the 300,000-strong army in the north after killing the Princess of Beiliang?
Is there something wrong with the Zhao emperor's mind? Are you worried that your seat is too secure?
"Hey,"
Huang Longshi seemed to notice Ying Zheng's surprise and explained, "Zhao Li, the founding emperor of the Liyang Dynasty, and Xu Xiao have known each other since they were young, and they are old friends with Wu Su. By the way, Wu Su and Xu Xiao are not Political marriage, the two of them could almost be considered to have eloped. Except for a sword attendant, the Northern Liang Palace has no connection with the Wu Family Sword Tomb.
"The situation at that time was that the Qintian Supervisor calculated that the child Wu Su was carrying might have the destiny of an emperor, so he planned to kill you mother and son directly in Tai'an City, but he unexpectedly underestimated your mother. Strength.
"That night, your mother forcibly upgraded her realm and directly entered the pseudo-realm of land gods. She became a veritable female sword fairy. She killed all the traps with one sword and even destroyed the old emperor Zhao Li's ten years of vitality. The price was her. His vitality was severely damaged, and he became frail and sickly from then on, which is why he died in childbirth when giving birth to your brother a few years later."
Ying Zheng narrowed his eyes slightly. If this was the case, he would understand why Xu Xiao did not send troops to take revenge.
Because judging from the results, the Zhao family's losses turned out to be even more serious that time, and they even lost an emperor, and Wu Su was not dead at the time. So if Xu Xiao takes action, from the perspective of people who don't know the inside story, the matter may not necessarily be that the emperor killed the hero's family, but may even be reversed to serve as Wu Su's assassination and Xu Xiao's rebellion.
"If things continue like this, this matter will be over. The Liyang royal family will steal the chicken but lose the rice. It is barely appropriate to use the life of an emperor as the end result to calm Beiliang's anger. But midway... Something happened unexpectedly, and a Heavenly Master, the head of Longhu Mountain, helped Zhao Li extend his life span for another ten years at the cost of losing all his luck and lifespan, hehe."
It can be heard that Huang Longshi is particularly disdainful of Longhushan's behavior of flattering the royal family.
Not to mention Ying Zheng.
Although he felt that whether it was the Liyang royal family who actually sealed a powerful Northern Liang King of the opposite gender, or whether Xu Xiao, who had great military achievements, was content with the status quo and would rather be targeted at every turn than resist, it was ridiculously stupid.
But after all, now that I am the prince of Beiliang, I naturally stand on the side of Beiliang.
So he gritted his teeth and slowly spit out a few words: "Li, Yang, dragon, tiger, mountain."
"So back to the question just now, will you avenge Wu Su? Even if you face Emperor Liyang who holds the Central Plains in his hands, and the Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain who is the leader of the Taoist sect?"
"meeting!"
Ying Zheng replied firmly.
He was not worried that the two people in front of him were sent by the Liyang royal family to test him, not to mention Chi Yao's origins and his repeated opposition to the imperial court.
After listening to Huang Longshi's story, Ying Zheng couldn't imagine that someone like Chi Yao would sacrifice his life for such a stupid family.
Huang Longshi was slightly surprised by Ying Zheng's hesitation and asked, "Then what do you want to do?"
"Since getting along with them as a subject will make them feel uneasy, then just change your identity."
Ying Zheng said, "Back then, Liyang was able to dominate the world with the power of the small country of Zu'er in the north. Now Beiliang can naturally do the same!"
Unconsciously, he began to exude a confident and majestic aura of a king, which made Huang Longshi secretly surprised.
'Are you born to be an emperor? '
Then, he asked some questions that he had not planned to ask: "In that case, what are you going to do? Today's Beiliang military strength is naturally stronger than that of Liyang at the beginning, but Liyang who unified the Central Plains is better than the Central Plains that fought independently at the beginning. The Nine Kingdoms are much stronger. Not to mention the Beimang who is eyeing the grassland..."
To be honest, this kind of start is quite familiar to Ying Zheng. The position of Beiliang is slightly different from that of Qin. Referring to Beimang, it is somewhat similar to that of Zhao.
So he quickly expressed his strategic plan based on his past experience: "Western Regions, Western Shu, Nanzhao!"
Just like when Qin State annexed Bashu and no longer had to worry about logistics, if Beiliang wanted to conquer the world, it also needed a stable rear area of its own.
Judging from the map, Western Shu and the Western Regions both fit this point. After taking these places, Beiliang will completely replicate the power of the Western Qin. Then we can fast forward to the areas that Ying Zheng has already passed. The most familiar part.
Huang Longshi was really amazed at this moment.
Because putting aside the specific implementation details, Ying Zheng's strategic vision is actually not much different from his!
If Xishu and the Western Regions were controlled by Liyang, they would be two sharp knives that could kill Beiliang, because their position just cut off Beiliang's retreat, locking them into a situation where they could only fight Beimang head-on. In position, unable to move. But if these two places can be used by Beiliang, it will be like breaking open a golden lock and driving away the dragon, completely liberating their shackles.
"Very good, this time I really believe that you can unify the Central Plains and even the entire world in the future."
Huang Longshi continued to praise.
Then he was a little surprised to see that after receiving such a high evaluation from him, Ying Zheng did not show much surprise or excitement on his face. If he looked carefully, he even looked a little bored.
But before he could study it in detail, Chi Yao took over the topic and added: "But it's only limited to [the world]."
His deliberately heightened tone made Ying Zheng realize that the [World] here might not be the same as what he understood. So he wondered: "Heaven... under?"
"Yes, if there is a world, there will be a heaven. [Heaven] is the residence of mortals, and [Heaven] is the bed of immortals."
As expected, this topic really ignited Ying Zheng's enthusiasm.
Ying Zheng's sense of immortality is also very complex. On the one hand, he wants to seek immortality. On the other hand, the only so-called immortal he has come into contact with has a very bad attitude. If Chi Yao hadn't saved him, he would have almost died at the hands of the other party. This is a big deal. hatred!
"Immortal? Can you tell me in detail?"
This was the first time he took the initiative to ask.
This was naturally answered by Huang Longshi: "The so-called immortals are those who have crossed the gate of heaven in the mortal world. Immortals can enjoy immortality after crossing the gate of heaven, but if they want to continue practicing, they need to obtain luck from the mortal world. This This method is also jokingly called fishing."
"Fishing for luck from the mortal world..."
Ying Zheng also knew something about luck, "So, the relationship between immortals and mortals is actually hostile?"
"hehe,"
Hearing his question, Huang Longshi smiled and shook his head, "Will you be hostile to ants? In the eyes of most immortals, there is never a shadow of mortals. They manipulate wars, divide the mortal world, and constantly seize luck. Suck blood from the mortal world... They are just a bunch of moths, but they are moths that are above the world."
His description coincided with Ying Zheng's bad impression of immortals, which made him a little excited: "So, unifying the mortal world is just the beginning. Is our ultimate goal to conquer the heavens?"
Huang Longshi was startled by these words. He looked Ying Zheng up and down carefully with an unprecedented seriousness, and then hesitantly asked: "Why...why do you think so?"
According to normal people's thinking, shouldn't we choose to cut off the connection between heaven and earth and restore freedom to the world?
What the hell is the conquest of heaven?
Didn’t you hear the analogy between humans and ants that I just mentioned?
After a while, he suddenly turned to look at Chi Yao, his eyes clearly questioning: "Did you miss the question for this kid?"
Chi Yao smiled and shook his head. He knew that with Ying Zheng's character and the previous conflict with the immortal, such a scene would definitely happen.
Some people in later generations once said that if Ying Zheng was given a world map, he could expand the territory of Great Qin to the entire earth.
This is of course a conjecture that does not take into account the various technical limitations of ancient times.
But there is no doubt that if Ying Zheng is really given a world map, he will definitely have the idea of conquering the whole world and be willing to take action for it.
It's the same today.
Knowing that there is still the existence of [heaven], how could Ying Zheng choose to be a mortal emperor honestly?
As for any method of severing the connection between heaven and man... wouldn't that also sever his dream of immortality?
Therefore, although it may sound unrealistic, he still had the idea of completely conquering the immortals in the sky.
And this coincides with the plan previously mentioned by Chi Yao and Huang Longshi.
Chi Yao said at that time, "Jedi Tiantong", this sounds like a very grand plan, but no matter how you break it, heaven and earth are in the same world and cannot be completely separated.
Sooner or later, the severed connection will be restored, and the gap between the world and heaven will widen even further. What should we do?
Rather than that, it is better to choose to completely break the separation between immortals and mortals, knock down those lofty immortals, and let everything fall under the rule of humanity.
After all, luck in the mortal world is the basis of everything.
Although it is much more difficult, if it succeeds, the future of this world will be brighter.
