Zhao Yizhi saw Wang Zhenliang waiting cautiously outside the door and asked with a smile: "Manager Wang, come in and talk about something. Is there anything you can't say?"
"Your Majesty, it has been three days since the edict was issued... and there has been no movement at all in the world..." Wang Zhenliang frowned and said, "If this continues, I'm afraid the court's prestige..."
Zhao Yizhi raised his eyebrows: "Why are you anxious? Ha, really the emperor is not anxious and the eunuchs are anxious. Come on, Mr. Wang, I will teach you. Now go to the east gate of the palace city and wait there. The movement will come naturally. ”
Wang Zhenliang was a little confused: "East Gate of the Palace City? Your Majesty, what is the movement?"
"You'll know when you get there." Zhao Yizhi pretended to be mysterious and refused to say anything.
Seeing that Zhao Yizhi refused to say anything, Wang Zhenliang hurried to the east gate of the palace city. The east gate was usually closed and rarely opened. Wang Zhenliang climbed onto the city wall, ignored the saluting imperial guards, looked down and around, and sure enough, found movement.
There was a person under the city wall, walking close to the wall, looking around furtively and seeing that there were few people around, so he stepped on the cracks in the bricks of the city wall to climb up.
"Hey! Who dares to attack the city? Stop!" Wang Zhenliang shouted loudly. When the guards heard the movement, they quickly opened the city gate and a large group of guards rushed out and surrounded the man. The man kicked the city wall fiercely, used Qinggong and was about to escape, but a loud eagle cry gave up his thoughts.
Chen Congwei arrived. Qingtian and Jiahai stood on both sides of the roof of the city tower. The cold light of the iron guns in their hands flashed, which made people feel frightened.
"Be good and surrender, otherwise the third and fourth ones will come." Qingtian shouted with a smile, obviously recognizing the guy trying to climb the city wall.
"Gang leader Fang can't go through the gate, so what are you doing climbing the wall?" Jia Hai pointed out the man's name, Fang Qianlong.
Fang Qianlong also heard about what happened at the East City Gate a few days ago, so it was expected that the precautions would be strengthened. Although the imperial court quickly suppressed the matter, it was only limited to people outside the capital and did not know about it. Everyone in the capital already knew it, but they were all different. The most outrageous theory was that it was caused by a monster. Even the seven or eight heads and the body of more than ten feet were said to have noses and eyes.
"I was discovered even though I was so careful..." Fang Qianlong secretly regretted that he must have been discovered because he was not paying attention. In fact, if Zhao Yizhi hadn't reminded Wang Zhenliang that Fang Qianlong really had the opportunity to sneak into the palace secretly, Fang Qianlong would have died without a doubt. No one can protect him, otherwise more people will follow suit.
Fang Qianlong was escorted by Qingtian Jiahai and brought to Zhao Yizhi. Without Wang Zhenliang's urging, Fang Qianlong had already knelt down on his own.
"Gang Leader Fang, if I remember correctly, the one-year period has not yet expired, what are you doing here?" Zhao Yizhi asked knowingly.
"Your Majesty, the sinner Fang Qianlong heard that the imperial court was going to hold a martial arts conference, and came here to implore Your Majesty to allow the Beggar Clan to participate..." Fang Qianlong lowered his head, feeling very ashamed and not daring to look at Zhao Yizhi.
Qingtian Jiahai and the other two stood to the left and right of Zhao Yizhi, while Wang Zhenliang stood behind Fang Qianlong. There were some things that Zhao Yizhi couldn't say, so he had to say them: "The Beggar Gang is the accomplice of the tiger. It is a blessing that Your Majesty has shown mercy and has not pursued any further investigation." , you still want to participate in the martial arts competition? Why are you so dissatisfied!"
Fang Qianlong lowered his head and remained silent. Zhao Yizhi stretched out his hand to stop Wang Zhenliang from scolding him, and said, "Gang Leader Fang, why do you want to participate in this martial arts conference? Are you here for the supreme martial arts master?"
Fang Qianlong shook his head quickly: "Don't dare! The common people think... The disciples of the Beggar Clan are all miserable people. They had no choice but to join the Beggar Clan and were bullied. Therefore, they were seduced by Chu Xiang's interests and made a big mistake. I hope that Your Majesty will see the Beggar Clan. To help the disciples, it is also for the sake of enlightening the common people, giving the Beggar Clan a chance to reform, and allowing the Beggar Clan to participate in order to boost the Beggar Clan's prestige and avoid being bullied..."
Fang Qianlong's words became quieter and quieter. The Beggar Gang's most common activities in the world were deception, abduction, harvesting and harvesting. It can be said that they did all kinds of evil. Now he wants to participate in the martial arts competition and hopes to show his face in front of the martial arts world. It is really unreasonable.
Just thinking of Du Ling'er and Xian'er waiting in the city gate thatched cottage, and thinking of the beggar gang leader Jiang Rong who died in front of him entrusting him with the beggar gang, Fang Qianlong had to bite the bullet and ask for this favor. .
Zhao Yizhi's face was as calm as water, and he sighed faintly: "Oh, you are right, the disciples of the Beggar Clan are also my subjects of Daqi. It's hard for you to think so, I also hope that the Beggar Clan can go under your leadership Return to the right path and stop doing evil things. Just go back."
"Your Majesty, about the martial arts conference..." Fang Qianlong was anxious.
"I agree. You can bring some capable disciples of the Beggar Clan to attend the meeting."
"Thank you for your kindness! Thank you for your kindness!" Fang Qianlong kowtowed repeatedly, Zhao Yizhi winked, Qingtian and Jiahai stepped forward, lifted Fang Qianlong one on the left and the other on the right, and dragged him out of the door.
Wang Zhenliang looked at Fang Qianlong who was being dragged away, and whispered: "Your Majesty, this old slave feels that the Beggar Gang is really overreaching. It is enough to be pardoned for the crime of treason. It also wants to show its face in the world. From now on, everyone will follow suit..."
Zhao Yizhi interrupted Wang Zhenliang: "Manager Wang, don't forget the purpose of holding this martial arts conference. Other sects may be destroyed, but this beggar gang... I don't know what to do."
"Whenever natural disasters come to the world, there will always be people who have no choice but to become beggars. When there are many beggars, they will stick together for warmth, and beggar gangs are born. Even if there are no natural disasters, there will be indescribable man-made disasters. Daqi has a vast territory, and every day One day, there may be people who have their families broken up and left their homes. If I eliminate the Beggar Clan, wouldn’t it be the same as eliminating the poor people in the world?"
Wang Zhenliang reminded: "But the Beggar Gang still participated in the rebellion after all..."
"But it was finally time to turn around, right? If they hadn't stopped Ge Cifeng with Yi Xiaodao, the war in Chu Xiang would still not be extinguished." Zhao Yizhi said.
Wang Zhenliang nodded repeatedly. He knew that His Majesty had his own ideas, and he was just reminding him in case there was anything that His Majesty had not considered.
"Your majesty is saintly and kind, and I admire you so much," the young monk said in a sweet voice as he stood outside the door.
Zhao Yizhi saw Chen and was very happy: "The little master is here! I'm about to go find you! Are you feeling better?"
Liao Chen clasped his hands together and said, "The young monk is fine. Your Majesty... I would like to thank you for your concern."
Zhao Yizhi stretched out his hand and knocked on Chen Chen's bald head: "What kind of Kung Fu are you doing? The Shaolin disciples are also lying, right? And they say they don't know martial arts?"
Liao Chen took a few steps back, covered his head, and said in aggrieved tone: "The young monk does not know martial arts and has never deceived Your Majesty."
Zhao Yizhi was a little surprised: "How much do you remember about that night?"
Liao Chen thought about it carefully and said: "The young monk didn't remember anything. He only knew that Your Majesty was leaving the palace. The young monk followed His Majesty according to the abbot's instructions. He sat in the car and kept chanting sutras... Later, His Majesty got out of the carriage and the young monk also came out. We got into a carriage. Your Majesty rode a horse, and the young monk also rode a horse..."
Only then did Zhao Yizhi realize that he didn't remember a single thing about cooperating with him. Is there such a strange skill in the world?
"Little master, what sutra are you reciting? Come and listen to me." Zhao Yizhi was quite interested in this.
Liao Chen clasped the Buddha beads with both hands and opened his mouth to recite: "The young monk is reciting the Infinite Life Sutra. I heard this, and for a while the Buddha was living in the Jigjue Mountain in Wanggaha City, with the great monk..." As he said this, he opened his mouth and recited it.
After reciting it for a long time, the little monk Luochen's whole body showed no change. However, Zhao Yizhi's head felt a little painful when he heard it: "Okay, okay, master, please stop reciting it. I won't understand even if you recite it."
Liao Chen stood aside, lowered his head and whispered, "I haven't finished reading yet..."
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Taiyi Peak.
It's August and the golden autumn has just entered. There was already a bone-chilling chill on Taiyi Peak, which is covered with snow all year round. Pedestrians bundled up in their coats and hurried up or down the mountain.
Only one person, wearing only light clothes, seemed to be indifferent to the biting cold. He leisurely held a sword and walked towards the gate of Taiyi Mountain. He was neither arrogant nor impetuous, neither hasty nor slow. This person was Yi. Knife.
The fire energy in Yi Xiaodao's body lasted for a long time, rushing through his meridians and blood vessels, helping him resist the severe cold. In fact, it was Yi Xiaodao's first time to come to Taiyifeng. Otherwise, he would have brought more clothes to avoid looking extra special compared to others.
"We have finally arrived, Taiyi, who is famous all over the world." Yi Xiaodao looked at a huge plaque on a mountain gate with the two characters "Taiyi" written on it, and knew that he had arrived. The cold here was even worse than halfway up the mountain, and even Yi Xiaodao had to curl up.
"Master, we are back." Yi Xiaodao looked at the Siqing Sword in his hand, somewhat lost in thought.
Before Yi Xiaodao could get closer, two people stepped out from the left and right: "Stop, who are they?"
Yi Xiaodao was stunned for a moment, hesitated for a long time, and then said: "Si Wangnan's disciple, Yi Xiaodao!"
"Uncle Si's apprentice?" The two young Taiyi disciples were quite surprised and winked at each other. One of them immediately turned around and ran back to the mountain gate to report.
"Is Master Hua at the mountain gate?" Yi Xiaodao asked politely.
The remaining Taiyi disciples looked at Yi Xiaodao and replied: "The master is not in the mountain. He went to Zhenyang Mountain to look for Taoist Zhang."
"Then Taiyi...who is in charge now?" Yi Xiaodao asked with a frown.
"Of course Senior Brother Bai is in charge!"
"Senior Brother Bai? But that famous hero Bai Fanhong who shocked the world?" Yi Xiaodao was looking forward to it. When Hu Lishan told Yi Xiaodao about the world, he highlighted Bai Fanhong. It is difficult to win a victory in vain but to turn it over again."
Before the disciple of Taiyi could answer, a gust of wind and snow blew past, which only made his cheek hurt, as if he had been cut by a sharp sword, and it was difficult to open his eyes.
"Senior Brother Bai!" The Taiyi disciple next to him quickly greeted him.
The person who came was an extremely handsome man, with sword-shaped eyebrows and starry eyes, and a very majestic appearance. He was wearing a long coat with a white fur collar around the collar. He looked very noble. He looked at Yi Xiaodao, raised his hand and said, "I didn't know that Duke Wu Din had come from afar and was not welcomed."
