"No, I can hold on for a while longer," Luochuan waved his hand to signal Princess Zhaoning not to worry about him, "This information is very important to us. Even if I risk my life, I still have to-"
However, before he finished speaking, he suddenly groaned in pain, covered his head and collapsed on the ground, completely losing the graceful demeanor of a strong saint in the past.
Blood seeped out from the corners of his mouth, soaking the spotless crane cloak.
The light on the bronze mirror flickered for a few times, then quickly extinguished, returning to its original old, dim, and unremarkable appearance.
Seeing this scene, Princess Zhaoning was startled and immediately bent down and reached out to help him.
The Imperial Master of Da Qi next to him was also shocked.
He knew that Zhao Changying, who had been promoted to the True Lord realm, was so powerful that he could defeat Luo Chuan in front of the palace with one move, causing his true energy to backfire and make him unconscious.
But he didn't expect that Zhao Changying could still hinder Luo Chuan's prying eyes on the level of destiny - you know, in everyone's perception, Luo Chuan is the ceiling of the Da Qi Dynasty's secret deduction skills, and Zhao Changying He is a vulgar martial artist who dances with guns and sticks.
"It seems Luo Chuan is right," he thought silently, "the only way to completely eliminate these rebels is to wait until the emperor comes out of seclusion.
"What we can do now is to hold them back and let their internal conflicts gradually ferment, but we must not use excessive force to cause them to violently counterattack.
"A true monarch who is completely willing to fight will probably be stopped by no one except the emperor."
At the same time, he took out a pill from the space magic weapon that could heal injuries and replenish true energy, and stuffed it into Luo Chuan's mouth.
Luo Chuan's expression finally recovered slightly.
In the shadow that no one else noticed, an imperceptible smile appeared on his face.
He knew that his "performance" today had successfully bought the emperor a lot of time to accumulate strength.
He had witnessed the emperor being all-powerful and invincible in the upper world.
Therefore, he believed that time would always be on the emperor's side.
He is extremely looking forward to how the world will react on the day when the emperor truly regains his former strength.
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The rebel army headed by Gu Xu, with the help of a saint and a true king, successively captured six cities on the northwest border in one day, which soon caused a strong stir in the entire Daqi Dynasty. sensation.
In peaceful times, for the vast majority of ordinary people in Daqi, the stories of practitioners are often wonderful, distant, and yearning, and serve as topics for their after-dinner chats, just like people in Gu Xu's previous life liked to discuss the entertainment industry. The message is the same.
A young monk like Gu Xu, who has both good looks and talent, and has made a lot of big news in less than a year of practice, is undoubtedly the target of their hot discussion.
Ever since Gu Xu solved the case of the Lu family's murderous house, prevented the promotion ceremony of Kongxuan Sanren, and became a blockbuster in the Lantern Festival competition, he has gained many more "fans" across the country——
Most of these people are middle school teenagers who yearn for the extraordinary and dream of being heroes. They substituted fantasy into Gu Xu's life experience, and even imitated him in dressing up to escape the boring reality.
After Gu Xu became a wanted criminal for treason, the group quickly split into two factions.
One group was furious because of the collapse of their idol, and resentful that they were deceived by Gu Xu's disguised perfect appearance; they gathered together to criticize and curse him in the name of country and justice.
The other group firmly believed that how could a hero who once saved thousands of people from danger suddenly collude with ghosts and commit treason for his own selfish interests?
There must be some grievance in this.
As a result, the two groups argued day and night, but no one could convince the other.
But no matter which faction you belong to, in the final analysis, they all want to have fun in boring reality.
Just like the news on the entertainment page is thrilling, it will not make the slightest waves in the lives of ordinary people.
Until recently.
Gu Xu has really become a real and unquestionable rebel.
Under the banner of the black-bottom Silver Dragon, tens of thousands of paper figures broke through the impregnable border defenses of the Qi Dynasty for hundreds of years, and also tore apart the peaceful life of the Qi people.
Gu Xu's supporters and critics were all silent at this moment.
Because when a rising star in the entertainment industry suddenly appears in the current political news with a sensational attitude and becomes a big figure affecting the world situation, then he is no longer an object for people to evaluate and criticize at will.
Every decision and every move he makes may cause uproar in the daily lives of ordinary people.
But the more shocking thing is yet to come——
A few days after Gu Xu captured the six border cities, a delegation from the Holy Mountain of the Grassland, led by the former Khan Altan, came to Liangzhou City, presented Gu Xu with a crown and robe, and declared his surrender. .
They called Gu Xu "the one destined by destiny" and "the god on earth", believing that he would unify the world and bring glory and glory to the grassland people.
This news shocked the entire Qi government and the public.
For hundreds of years, the barbarians in the northwest grasslands have been a hard nut to crack for the Da Qi Dynasty.
Daqi has a strong foundation and always has the upper hand in confrontations, but these barbarians are like weeds in the wilderness, which can never be burned by wildfire and regenerated by the spring breeze.
The holy mountain, the shaman, the wolf god, the bone scepter... are the fire that keeps the grassland people alive.
In this era when the Daqi emperors were influenced by the "Tai'a Sword" and tended to be conservative and seek stability, and only wanted to be "jailers" rather than pioneering and enterprising, the grassland barbarians continued to multiply and grow, becoming a problem that has long plagued the northwest border of Daqi. Big trouble for the military and civilians.
The Da Qi court also thought of using peaceful means to recruit and surrender this group of barbarians.
But the belief in the "Wolf God" gave the grassland people an unimaginable bloody spirit - no matter how good the conditions or the threats presented by the Daqi Dynasty, they were unwilling to surrender.
However, recently, this problem that Da Qi Dynasty could not deal with was solved by Gu Xu effortlessly.
The grassland people never recognized the orthodox status of the Daqi Emperor in the wilderness, but they were willing to accept Gu Xu, a rebellious minister and traitor, as their monarch.
Such differential treatment made Da Qi courtiers deeply angry.
They have always looked down upon the prairie people, calling them "vulgar barbarians."
But when they discovered that these grassland people also looked down on them, they couldn't hold back their anger...
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At this moment, in the magistrate's yamen in Liangzhou City, Gu Xu stood in front of a huge map and thought deeply.
His eyes were calm and focused, like the vast night sky encompassing the vast wilderness.
A bulky monk walked up to him and said in a formal and respectful manner: "Master Gu... No, Emperor, you told us that these grassland people have actually surrendered to you a long time ago.
"You clearly have such a powerful force under your command, but why do you still spend so much effort drawing so many paper figures to capture the city?"
(End of chapter)
