Two months ago, after seeing Chen Yaoguang, the headmaster of Xinghe Sect, the three masters of Qingyan Hall came to help, they immediately activated their secret skills to escape from the Red Rock Canyon. Chen Yaoguang and Huang Xin found Gu who had fallen. Xifeng, the unconscious Huzi and Liu Zhiyong's body.
Chen Yaoguang stood in silence in front of the old prime minister's body for a long time. Finally, he lamented and used the Qiankun Bracelet to take away all the bodies of the Liu family. Huang Xin picked up Gu Xifeng and Huzi, and the two returned to Xinghe Sect and Hongyan. The nearby Dark Star branch was contacted to take charge of the aftermath of the canyon.
When members of the Dark Star branch were cleaning up the corpses and weapons scattered in the canyon, no one noticed that a corpse and a gun were missing.
After Chen Yaoguang returned to Xinghe Sect, he immediately made everything that happened in Hongyan Canyon public. He was completely merciless and pointed the finger at Qingyantang and Emperor Taichu.
The Liu family, including Liu Zhiyong, were all buried in a beautiful open space on the mountainside of Zidou Mountain. The Xinghe Sect gave the old prime minister's family a grand burial in accordance with the highest standards. After hearing the news, there was an endless stream of people coming, and the Xinghe Sect did not stop them. , the old prime minister who worked hard and made great contributions should be paid tribute by the people.
That day, the mountain roads of Zidou Mountain were filled with people who came to pay homage to the old prime minister. They all spontaneously wore sackcloth and paid tribute to the old prime minister. Everyone felt as if they were mourning for their heirs, and they were deeply regretful that the Taichu Dynasty had lost such a good prime minister who loved the people like his son.
Some impulsive people even began to curse the current emperor, saying that the emperor trusted the barbarians, framed Zhongliang, and was a coward. The experts in charge of order in the Galaxy Sect did not pay attention to these remarks.
The Taichu Dynasty and the Xinghe Sect were inseparable after Li Boqian succeeded to the throne, and they almost fell out after Liu Zhiyong's incident.
In the royal study room of Taichu Palace, Emperor Li Boqian frowned and looked at Longyan Division, the head of Qingyan Hall, who was kneeling on the ground. Zao Ji stood beside the emperor. Long Yansi's breath was weak at this time, his body was covered with scars, and he looked very embarrassed.
"Your Majesty, in this assassination operation we encountered many masters led by Huang Xin of the Galaxy Sect's Seven Kills Battalion. Our divine masters and ghost warriors fought bloody battles and killed all Liu Zhiyong's family. The masters of the Seven Kills Battalion were also beheaded by our Qingyan Hall. Kill them all and only Huang Xin is left."
"Just when the three of us, the three divine masters, were about to capture Huang Xin, the leader of the Galaxy Sect, Chen Yaoguang, came to our aid. We had no choice but to evacuate first, and that's why we failed to successfully complete our mission."
Long Yansi said emotionally that in order to show the strength of Qinghe masters in front of Emperor Taichu, he did not mention the loss of Qingyantang.
"The task I gave you is to secretly deal with Liu Zhiyong, the old immortal. Now that you have done it to everyone, how do you want me to end it?" Li Boqian pointed at Longyan Division angrily with a cold look on his face.
"Your Majesty, we did not know that the Xinghe Sect would protect Liu Zhiyong's family in this way. Your Majesty sent us to kill them and did not mention that there would be so many masters of the Seven Kills Battalion to protect them. This is really not what I, the Qingyan Hall, could have expected." Longyan Si argued hard and explained to the emperor.
"You mean everything is my fault, you are so brave!" Li Boqian picked up the tea cup on the table and threw it at Long Yan Si. The tea cup hit Long Yan Si's head without any bias. He didn't move, blood trailing down his hair.
Long Yansi lowered his head, and Li Boqian didn't see his eyes. His eyes were full of anger at this time, and he wanted to eat the person in front of him alive immediately.
"Your Majesty, calm down. Your Majesty, Your Excellency, is not blaming you, but the Xinghe Sect is so hateful and always goes against your Majesty." Zao Ji walked up behind Li Boqian and buried His Majesty's head in the fullness of her chest, slender The fingers gently massaged the emperor's head.
Zaoji's fingers sent out lavender threads that wandered around Li Boqian's head. Li Boqian narrowed his eyes in comfort, and his lower abdomen became unbearable. He waved his hand and said, "Get out!"
Long Yansi stood up to say goodbye, his anger gradually subsided, and looked back at Li Boqian, who was in a gentle state, with a look of disdain.
Li Boqian and Zaoji were the only two people left in the imperial study. Zaoji's eyes were filled with spring. Li Boqian stood up and held her in his arms. It was obvious what they were going to do.
When Long Yansi returned to Qingyan Hall, all the Qinghe people who saw him saluted respectfully. He just walked past quickly and ignored the saluting people, and these people didn't think there was anything wrong.
Long Yansi came to a room and walked in without knocking.
There were four people kneeling in the room. Judging from their clothes, they could tell they were Qing and Oni Samurai. They had fanatical expressions on their faces and looked respectfully at the young man sitting on the bed.
The young man was wrapped in a thick white cloth, and there was still blood seeping out from his left chest. His face was extremely pale, and he looked like he had been seriously injured.
Next to the four kneeling people stood an old man in white robes. A green light shone in his hands. He squatted on the ground and slapped his hands on the ground. A huge pattern appeared under the four people's feet. The green light shrouded the four people, and a line extended from the pattern, connecting to the young man.
The four ghost warriors whispered something excitedly in peaceful words, with crazy expressions. Their skin shriveled up visibly, and their hair quickly turned from black to white. In the blink of an eye, the four of them turned into terrifying skinny and bone-like figures. As the sound disappeared, the four of them fell to the ground dead.
After the four people died, the face of the young man sitting on the bed gradually turned rosy, and the blood on his chest stopped oozing. At this time, a cyan light flashed in his eyes, and four black shadows emerged from the corpses of the four ghost warriors and were sucked into the young man's body.
After this operation, the young man was almost fully recovered. He stood up and moved his body and seemed very satisfied. If Gu Xifeng were present, he would be surprised, because this young man was none other than Sanjiumaru who had been "killed" by him.
"Shan Jiujun, have you recovered?" Seeing that the ceremony had been completed, Long Yansi asked, his tone revealing concern.
"My lord, with the blessing of the spiritual god, I have almost recovered." Sankumaru looked pious, showing great awe to this so-called spiritual god.
"Thanks to the divine messenger being here, otherwise even if my heart was on the right side, I wouldn't be able to survive for a few days." Sankumaru looked at the old man in white robes with gratitude.
"The Spiritual God is always there. These brave ghost warriors have gone to the Kingdom of God and gained eternal life. The Spiritual God will give his loyal believers supreme glory in the Kingdom of God!" The old man in white robe crossed his arms in front of his chest and smiled slightly. Lowering his head, his body was shining with starlight, and he looked very sacred.
"The spirit is always there!"
"The spirit is always there!"
Lingyanji and Sanjiumaru made the same movements as the old man and said piously.
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Since the death of the old Prime Minister Liu Zhiyong, Chen Yaoguang, the leader of Xinghe Sect, has never entered the palace again.
Li Boqian relied more on Qingyantang. The Qinghe Kingdom continued to send masters to Taichu, and some Qinghe people even joined the Taichu army. This aroused the dissatisfaction of Lin Chuhe, the god of the Taichu Army. However, the Qinghe people were still well-behaved in the army and had no identity. Being in an important position, Marshal Lin didn't say much.
Taichu's plan to increase the number of troops by 500,000 was also implemented. At first, Junji Temple's policy was to sign up voluntarily, but there were very few applicants, and the people did not buy it despite the hype promoted by Junji Temple.
The recruitment progress was slow, His Majesty the Emperor pressed hard, and the Junji Temple was under great pressure. In the end, all counties and counties could only be asked to forcefully recruit troops, commonly known as La Zhuang Ding.
Officials from all over the country took advantage of this opportunity to accept bribes, bully the people, and deceive Xuan during the process of forced recruitment. The entire Yingzhou was full of chaos and chaos.
Only the areas controlled by the Xinghe Sect and the counties where Xinghe Sect disciples serve as chief officials are relatively stable. Although they cannot disobey the emperor's orders, they can implement some relatively mild and humane policies.
For example, an only son in a family is exempted from military conscription, a family with more children leaves one son to serve the elderly, married people with children are given priority in military conscription...
Even so, such a large-scale increase in troops will inevitably arouse resentment among the people, and no matter how mild the policy is, young men will be required to join the army.
People in other places complained even more, and civil uprisings occurred in many places, but they were quickly suppressed by local officials and troops and were not reported to the court.
Soon a team of 520,000 people was pulled up. In some places, a lot of strong men were recruited in order to claim credit. Because they were recruiting strong men, these guys who were recruits were even more disorganized. If they were not deserters from the Taichu Dynasty, The punishment was so terrible that many people would have fled home just after the conscription.
The emperor was very pleased with the increase in troops so quickly. He rewarded many gold, silver and jewels to the ministers of Junji Temple, including the Minister of Junji Temple, and ordered Junji Temple to be responsible for sending these recruits to the Western Front for training by Marshal Lin Chuhe.
Lin Chuhe is worthy of being the God of Taichu Army. This group of rookie recruits quickly stabilized the morale of the army after they came under his command. Within three months, these forcibly recruited crooked melons and cracked jujubes became well-trained Taichu soldiers. Soldier.
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One month after Gu Xifeng regained consciousness, under Tao Zi's careful care, his body gradually recovered, and even the injuries on his soul recovered as before. Later he learned that the strange fragrance in his room came from a kind of fragrance called Dinghunxiang. The treasure was brought out by Huang Xin. This thing can actually speed up the repair of soul damage.
Without the soul-fixing incense, it would take a long time for his soul injury to recover on its own, which made him very grateful to Huang Xin, who was quite generous.
During this month, Gu Xifeng spent a happy time. Watching Taozi busy around him every day and taking care of him in every possible way made his heart feel sweet and he wanted to hold her in his arms immediately.
Of course, this is just Gu Xifeng's good wish. If he were really asked to take action, he would probably not dare.
The little guy Huzi helps Taozi take care of Gu Xifeng every day. Although this kid is still young, he is very unambiguous in his work. He does everything well and is very serious. It can be seen that the old prime minister is very concerned about the education of his children. It was also quite effective.
After a month of getting along, Gu Xifeng naturally knew Hu Zi's name, Liu Ziling, a very bookish name. Presumably the old prime minister also wants Hu Zi to serve the court and benefit the people when he grows up, but is this country still worth serving?
The name Li Boqian was deeply engraved in Gu Xifeng's heart. What this Taichu Emperor did made him disgusted to the extreme.
When Gu Xifeng fully recovered, Taozi happily hugged him tightly. Although he was very happy and wished he could hold the girl he had longed for in his arms, at this moment, Gu Xifeng stood stiffly. , raised his hands in the air, not daring to make the next move.
"Taozi, thank you for taking care of me these two months." Gu Xifeng said a little embarrassed.
"Then how can you repay me?" Taozi let go of Gu Xifeng and said mischievously.
This sentence reminded Gu Xifeng of the joke Huang Xin made a month ago, saying that he should give his life in return.
Thinking of this, his face immediately turned red.
Taozi looked at his embarrassment, smiled proudly, and said softly: "Idiot." After that, she ran out of the room happily.
After leaving Gu Xifeng's sight, the smile on Taozi's face slowly disappeared, and her eyes were a little melancholy.
