Ever since he was promoted to a saint, the Imperial Master of Da Qi has never been as frightened as he is today.
Although he had already prepared himself mentally, he guessed that he would definitely see some shocking things here. But when this ghost who looked exactly like Emperor Tianxing appeared in front of him, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.
"Who are you……"
"Gu Shi, long time no see, don't you even recognize me?" The ghost in the prison showed a weird smile and continued to mouth. His lip language seemed to have a mysterious power, making it easy for the Imperial Master to understand what he wanted to express.
"Gu Shi" is the word for the national teacher.
The Imperial Master of Da Qi was originally called "Wang Jian", which was an ordinary and nondescript name. In the Daqi Dynasty, if you shouted "Wang Jian" from any village, maybe six or seven people would agree.
"Gu Shi" is the interpretation of "Jian", and it is also the most common way of choosing characters in the Daqi Dynasty.
Maybe it's because the name is too ordinary and not worthy of his transcendent status. Ever since he was promoted to a saint, Qi people seemed to have gradually forgotten his real name. "National Master", "Fu Dao Master", "National Pillar"... have become distinctive and unique symbols in people's minds to refer to him.
To this day, the only people in the world who still refer to him by nicknames are Emperor Tianxing and Luo Chuan.
However, the ghosts in the prison called him close to him, but the imperial master could not call out the word "Your Majesty" to a ghost with a sinister energy wrapped around his body.
While the Imperial Master was still calming down his mind, the eunuch Cao Tong next to him still had a calm expression. It seemed that the ghost claiming to be "I" could not cause the slightest disturbance in his heart.
He took out a golden key from his waist and opened the prison door.
Accompanied by the sound of "clang", the heavy door slowly opened.
The heavy iron chain on the ghost quickly untied itself.
The talisman paper with strange patterns gradually fell off his body and turned into countless colorful butterflies, dancing all over the sky.
In an instant, the ghost turned into a wisp of black smoke, disappeared from the place, and reappeared next to the Imperial Master in the blink of an eye.
The Imperial Master felt the temperature around him drop sharply, and he couldn't help but shiver - under normal circumstances, practitioners who can protect themselves with true energy are not afraid of the cold.
At this time, the Imperial Master finally heard the ghost's long sigh: "... It seems that only at this critical moment of life and death, the bastard in Qianyang Palace has the courage to release me."
Noticing the complicated expression on the Imperial Master's face, the ghost paused and then said: "Gu Shi, you may not be able to understand everything you see right now. But please believe me, in the entire wilderness, no one cares about this more than me. The survival of the nation."
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"I often hear people say that Jiange Su Xiao has inspiration and intuition that ordinary people cannot match in the way of swordsmanship." Thousands of miles away in Shu, the clown-dressed "Jumen Xing" smiled and looked at the person in front of him. Su Xiao said, "But now it seems that your intuition is not limited to swordsmanship.
"On the night when Xiao Zeyao failed to resist and was completely controlled by Supreme Supreme Haotian, Lu Huan, the chief minister of the cabinet, did not return to his residence, but remained in the direct room next to Wenyuan Pavilion to handle official duties.
"There was a lot of commotion in the Imperial City, and many palace residents died in the aftermath of the battle between spirits. Then, the evil spirit came overwhelmingly, sweeping across the entire palace city.
"Lu Huan is naturally aware of this.
"He is a cautious person. He knows that there must be some secrets hidden in the palace that he cannot find out, so he immediately puts aside the matters at hand, leaves Luojing City, and returns to his old home in Qingzhou.
“However, as the monarch of Da Qi, Emperor Tianxing has many excuses if he wants to deal with someone who may know his secrets.
"Pavilion Master Su probably doesn't need me to elaborate on what happened next."
Su Xiao nodded.
The chief minister, Lu Huan, colluded with the northwest barbarians, committed treason, and was exterminated by the nine tribes. This is a well-known fact throughout Daqi. But today, when he knew the secret behind this that few people knew, he still couldn't help but feel chilled.
He frowned slightly: "What evidence do you have to prove that what you said is true?"
"No evidence is needed," "Jumenxing" smiled, "time will tell you the truth."
Su Xiao's expression became more solemn.
After a moment of silence, he vaguely realized the key point in what "Jumen Xing" just said, and asked again: "Then before you told me this matter, why did you mention Mangshan Ghost King? Could it be something between the two? Is there some connection?"
"Pavilion Master Su is indeed very intuitive," "Jumen Xing" said in an admiring tone, "The distance between Mang Mountain and Luo Jing is not far away. With the strength of Emperor Tianxing, it is not difficult to eliminate the Ghost King of Mang Mountain. .But over the years, Emperor Tianxing has allowed the Ghost King of Mangshan to harm the people under his nose, and has ignored him.
"Master Su, don't you guess why?"
Su Xiao clenched and unclenched his fists: "Did they reach some kind of agreement? Emperor Tianxing needs the Mangshan Ghost King to do some unknown things for him?"
"To be precise, Emperor Tianxing is using Mangshan Ghost King to do things for him," "Jumenxing" responded, "Mangshan Ghost King was transformed by the resentment of the Great Chu Emperor, making him willingly cooperate with the Qi State that destroyed Great Chu. It is absolutely impossible for the emperor to cooperate.
"But the Ghost King of Mangshan slaughtered the people, killed the monks, and created ghost attendants, which would produce a large amount of Yin Death Qi. Emperor Tianxing made some subtle changes to the Luojing Tianlong Formation, and successfully eliminated these Yin Death Qi. The energy was introduced into the underground of the imperial city and became the nourishment to sustain his life——"
"——The annihilation of the entire 'Shenji Battalion' of the previous generation was also secretly approved by Emperor Tianxing?" Su Xiao grasped the key to the problem, and his face became more gloomy.
"Jumen Xing" laughed and said: "If Emperor Tianxing doesn't acquiesce, who can kill all the proud men of the younger generation in the cultivation world in front of him?"
Hearing his words, Su Xiao clearly felt strong, substantial anger burning in his chest.
Like an imprisoned beast, roaring and hitting a solid iron cage.
It's like hot lava, surging under the thick rocks and unable to be restrained.
At this time, he finally understood why the master would suddenly abandon Jiange and join the rebel forces headed by Gu Xu.
Faced with Emperor Tianxing's various actions that treat human life as nothing, every Jiange person who is determined to "serve heaven and show injustice to others" will be furious about this.
In addition, Su Xiao's father also became the "Ghost Attendant" of the Ghost King of Mangshan for a time.
If the identity of the master of the Jiange Pavilion hadn't still maintained the last trace of calmness in his mind, he might have already rushed towards Luojing City and entered the Zichen Palace with a three-foot long sword.
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Liangzhou City, the magistrate's residence.
Gu Xu was dressed in a green shirt, sitting on the bamboo mat beside the bed, playing chess with Luo Chuan, who was wearing the mask of "Emperor Wenchang".
He gently moved his "horse" diagonally in front of Luochuan's "general" and said calmly: "General." (End of this chapter)
