Kyoto, Hongluji Temple.
Just as Furukawa guessed, as soon as the genius was revealed, a group of people came to the palace, following the emperor's order to invite Gu Zhan to the palace to meet the saint.
The palace is very large and majestic.
However, Gu Zhan did not have the opportunity to see the whole picture. However, after coming all the way, Gu Zhan felt a little emotional. It was indeed the center of Daxia. It was very heavily guarded and had countless masters. The land gods could not sense it. However, just coming this way, In just one corner of the imperial city, Gu Zhan sensed no less than ten top masters.
The carriage moved forward quickly. Gu Zhan had been sitting in the carriage and was pulled directly to the outside of a palace.
Now that the emperor is seriously ill, he is the prince overseeing the country, and it will take some time for Gu Zhan's official title ceremony to be made a prince. However, Gu Zhan's current status is different. In order to show his concern, the emperor will first see him alone even if he is seriously ill. .
Arriving in front of the palace gate, a eunuch asked Gu Zhan to wait a moment, and then went into the palace. After a while, the eunuch came out and invited Gu Zhan to enter the palace.
This is a splendid palace, very grand, but there are very few embellishments inside and it looks a bit empty. At a glance, you can see a luxurious bed in the deepest part.
At this time, an old man with gray hair was lying on the bed. Several maids and eunuchs were waiting nearby. In front of the bed sat a woman with excellent appearance. Just sitting there made Gu Zhan feel a little surprised.
Gu Zhan has seen many beautiful women,
However, this woman was different. It wasn't that she was any more refined than women like Gu Qingcheng and Kou Baimen in terms of appearance, but that her temperament, just sitting there, made Gu Zhan feel that she was the most beautiful woman in the world.
The eunuch who led Gu Zhan in quickly whispered beside Gu Zhan: "Master Marquis, this is the Queen."
Gu Zhan suddenly understood.
Queen Lu Wantang was once a famous beauty in the world. She was born into a noble family and was the legitimate daughter of the Lu family. When she was a teenager, she married Ji Yi, who was still a prince at the time, as her concubine. Later, when Ji Yi ascended the throne, Lu Wantang naturally became the queen. The queen of the world.
As a queen, she also possesses the martial arts cultivation of a master. Although she is old, she is well-maintained, looks very young and has this temperament that makes Gu Zhan even amazed.
As for the white-haired old man lying on the bed, his identity was self-evident. He was naturally the current Emperor of Xia Kingdom, Ji Yi.
Gu Zhan looked at Ji Yi's appearance and was slightly surprised. It was very different from the image of a wise and powerful warrior he had heard about. He was obviously only a dozen years older than Queen Lu Wantang, but now they looked very different. It makes sense to be in your thirties or forties.
The most important thing is that Ji Yi is completely different from the rumored image. He has white hair, wrinkles all over his face, dry skin, and a thin figure. There is no trace of martial arts in him. He looks like an old man who is about to die. .
Gu Zhan took two steps forward, bowed slightly and said, "My lord, Gu Zhan, please see your majesty and the queen."
On the dragon bed, Ji Yi struggled to lean on the head of the bed and sat up a little, with a smile on her face. She stretched out her withered hand and waved gently, saying: "Gu Aiqing, come here... come closer, let me take care of you." Look!"
Gu Zhan was stunned for a moment.
Queen Lu Wantang looked dull and said: "Marquis Yun, Your Majesty is ill and unwell. Please come closer and have a nice chat with Your Majesty."
Gu Zhan cupped his hands and said, "I obey the order."
After saying that, Gu Zhan took two steps forward.
Ji Yi whispered again: "Come closer and come to the bedside. I want to take a good look at my best one in the world!"
The queen shrank slightly, looked at Ji Yi deeply, then stood up slowly and ordered the eunuch beside her: "Watch the seat for Marquis Yun."
The eunuch immediately brought a stool from the side and placed it in front of the bed.
The Queen stepped aside.
Gu Zhan was a little doubtful and a little surprised. He really couldn't figure out what the emperor meant, and his behavior was a little too weird, completely different from what he expected.
Gu Zhan sat beside the bed, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty."
Ji Yiduan looked at Gu Zhan carefully, looking up and down for a while, then slowly stretched out his hand, took Gu Zhan's hand, and said weakly: "Okay, okay, he is indeed the youngest prince in our country in the past two hundred years. Master, okay, okay, no wonder Yang Qing hasn’t contacted me for decades, and the only time he wrote to me was to recommend you to me."
The moment Ji Yi held Gu Zhan's hand, Gu Zhan narrowed his eyes slightly and was shocked. He actually felt a faint trace of toxicity from the emperor's body.
He was surprised in his heart, but Gu Zhan remained calm on the surface and said, "Your Majesty, are you talking about Mr. Yang Yunzhi?"
Ji Yi said softly: "Yes, it's Yunzhi. Before he passed away, he sent me the last letter. It was also the only time he gave me advice in the past twenty years, telling me that I must regard you as my best friend." The pillar of the country.
I have wanted to see you for a long time. It is just as Yunzhi said, you are majestic and majestic, the unicorn of the country! "
"Your Majesty is overly complimentary," Gu Zhan said.
Ji Yi held Gu Zhan's hand, smiled slightly, and said: "Nothing but praise, nothing but praise. I fell in love with you as soon as I saw you. It is my blessing and great blessing to have such a good son like you in Daxia." Summer’s blessing!”
After saying that, Ji Yi suddenly asked: "Ai Qing, are you married?"
"Ah?" Gu Zhan was stunned.
Ji Yi said with a smile: "My Princess Anle is not married yet, but now she is about the same age as Aiqing..."
"His Majesty!"
At this moment, the queen suddenly said: "What are you talking about? Anle has been promised to me a long time ago. In addition, this is the first time that Marquis Yun has met you. If you tell him these things, you won't be afraid of scaring Marquis Yun." !”
Ji Yi chuckled helplessly and said: "I'm a little confused. Alas, it's not my fault. When I saw Marquis Yun, I really fell in love with him!"
The queen said: "Your Majesty, the days are long, and Marquis Yun will not leave the capital in just a day and a half. There is plenty of time. When your dragon body recovers, it will be enough to see more of Marquis Yun."
Ji Yi chuckled and said, "That's great!"
The Queen looked at Gu Zhan and said, "Marquis Yun, your Majesty's dragon body is not well. The imperial doctor has ordered you to get more rest. Just stay here today. When your Majesty's dragon body recovers, I will call you back later."
Gu Zhan stood up, cupped his hands and said, "In that case, I will leave first!"
Ji Yi nodded slightly.
The queen ordered the eunuch next to her: "Send Marquis Yun out of the palace."
Immediately, the eunuch respectfully asked Gu Zhan to go out.
Wait until Gu Zhan goes out and goes far away,
The queen waved all the maids and eunuchs in the palace to go out and closed the door.
At that moment, the smiling queen's face suddenly turned gloomy. She looked coldly at Ji Yi on the bed and said, "Does your majesty want Marquis Yun to come and break into the palace to bring order to things? Why didn't you just talk to him directly? Speaking of which, Marquis Yun is known as the best in the world, and he might be able to fight against the entire Imperial City Imperial Army and the Enshrinement Pavilion on his own!"
Ji Yi lay motionless on the bed, looking at Queen Lu Wantang with cold eyes and saying nothing.
Lu Wantang slowly walked to the bedside and said: "Your Majesty, why are you doing this? For the sake of Gu Zhan, you actually want to make enemies of the Ji family and the Lu family. Don't you know who gave you the throne? For Gu Zhan doesn’t even want the throne!”
Ji Yi's face was gloomy and he said: "I am not doing it for Gu Zhan, but for the Xia Kingdom. I am doing it for the country and the country that I have acquired with great difficulty. Lu Wantang, do you know what you are doing now? Are you letting the country get away from you?" The Xia Kingdom is going to perish, and the Xia Kingdom will be destroyed in your hands!"
"Humph," Lu Wantang said: "Xia Kingdom will not be destroyed in our hands, but will rule the world for generations to come. Ji Yi, you are really confused. Don't you understand the meaning of the method of seeing the gods? Don't you Do you understand the significance of the Immortal Sect inheritance after Gu Zhan’s death?
Do you know that the method of seeing gods can create unlimited land gods? Don’t you know what this means? This means that we can directly annex the Southern Jin Dynasty and Northern Wei Dynasty, we can get out of the Northern Wasteland and unify the world! "
Ji Yi sneered and said nothing.
Lu Wantang continued: "Do you know how terrifying Gu Zhan's inheritance is? He, an ordinary person who is not familiar with martial arts, has achieved such achievements in just four years. If this inheritance is in the hands of Lu and Ji, Is it still difficult to unify the world?"
Ji Yi shook his head slightly and said, "You are blinded by greed."
"It's not that we were deceived, it's that you were wrong and forgot the nature of this world!"
At this moment, an old man with white beard walked out of the hall.
As soon as the queen saw the old man, she hurriedly bowed and said: "Old Ancestor."
The old man nodded slightly, walked to Ji Yi's side, and said, "Yi'er, ancestor, let me ask you one last time, are you really uncooperative?"
Ji Yi looked at the old man in front of him, with a trace of sadness in his eyes.
This was his ancestor of the Ji family, the strongest of the land gods among the Ji family. He had single-handedly supported him to ascend to the throne, but now he personally came to destroy him.
Ji Yi looked at the ancestor of the Ji family and said: "Ancestor, you are really wrong. The method of seeing the gods is a new system of martial arts inheritance. I know its value very well. I know that it can change the times, but, There is no need for us to do this. Gu Zhan is a citizen of Daxia and my Marquis of Daxia. If he can create the method of seeing gods, doesn't it mean that he is more valuable than the method of seeing gods?
Now Daxia has just stabilized, and internal and external troubles are still there. However, because he is the best in the world, and because he has created the method of seeing the gods, as long as he sits on the border for a day, I Daxia will not have to worry about foreign enemies for a day, and everyone in the world will Coveting his method of seeing gods doesn't just prove that everyone is afraid of his method of seeing gods.
He is a martial arts fanatic, a person addicted to martial arts. As long as our royal family treats him sincerely, he will also be sincere in return. I, Daxia, have a Dinghai Shenzhen. Why should we destroy him? If he spreads the method of seeing gods, wouldn't my royal family be the first to benefit from it in our country? "
The ancestor of the Ji family shook his head and said: "You are wrong, you have not understood it at all. Our real goal is not the method of seeing the gods, but the supreme inheritance after Gu Zhan's death!"
Ji Yi smiled helplessly: "If it's for the method of seeing the gods, I can still accept it. The meaning of the method of seeing the gods is too great, but you are just here for an unfounded inheritance?
The so-called supreme inheritance is just your imagination. There is no evidence that Gu Zhan possesses any supreme inheritance. Just for a trumped-up thing, you have to risk your entire country. The Xia Kingdom can no longer bear the trouble. , if you really take action against Gu Zhan and you win, the world will be in turmoil and people's hearts will collapse. The Southern Jin and Northern Wei will be afraid and will definitely join forces to attack.
If you lose, Gu Zhan will definitely raise an army, and even directly open the country's gates. Foreign enemies will invade, and the Xia Kingdom will be destroyed! "
"You are wrong," the ancestor of the Ji family said: "First, Gu Zhan definitely has a supreme inheritance, otherwise, it would be impossible to achieve such an achievement?"
Ji Yi shook his head and said: "Can't he be gifted? Can't he be unparalleled? In addition, even if there is a inheritance, there are so many magical secrets in the world, why are only a few people successful? Why? With the same martial arts, some people are strong and others are weak?
Have you ever thought that what you call inheritance may be just a very common thing. What is powerful is not the inheritance, but Gu Zhan? "
The ancestor of the Ji family shook his head and said: "Gu Zhan, a person with no spiritual roots, a person with a humble origin in the mud, can he be stronger than us? The achievements he can achieve through that inheritance, we Anyone Ji can pull out will be stronger than him!"
Ji Yi closed his eyes slightly and said nothing.
The ancestor of the Ji family added: "In addition, Gu Zhan is very strong, it is undeniable, but he cannot win. This is Kyoto, and the Ji family and the Lu family join forces, how can he win? In addition, Guangming Temple and Cihang Sword Studio are coming. As a great monk of the fifth realm, how can Gu Zhan resist?"
Ji Yi sighed softly and said slowly: "Ancestor, the Xia Kingdom will perish in your hands!"
The ancestor of the Ji family chuckled and said: "You are wrong. The Xia Kingdom will achieve eternal glory in our hands. We will make the Xia Kingdom unify the world. Ji Yi, you still haven't understood it yet. People's hearts are meaningless and useful. , there is always only true power.
As long as you have enough power, any resistance will be suppressed, any enemy will be defeated, the Northern Wei Dynasty and the Southern Jin Dynasty will all surrender. The people's support you care about is just a joke. Your so-called sincere treatment , people like Gu Zhan are not worthy, their kind are despicable, and those inheritances will never be of maximum value in his hands! "
Ji Yi sighed and stopped talking.
…
After coming out of the palace, Gu Zhan returned to Honglu Temple. Not long after, Furuchuan, who was going to court, ran over again carrying wine.
Gu Zhan led Furukawa to a room.
Gu Zhan did not drink, but asked directly: "Is there a Princess Anle in Kyoto?"
Furukawa said in surprise: "You know everything?"
Gu Zhan asked doubtfully: "What do you know?"
Furukawa said: "Li Anle is obsessed with Rong Yichu. He insists on recruiting Rong Yichu as his consort. He even went to His Majesty several times to cancel her original marriage. He also begged my sister to give her a divorce. She comes up with ideas!”
Gu Zhan asked curiously: "What then?"
"You really don't know?" Furukawa asked doubtfully.
Gu Zhan shook his head.
Furukawa said: "Then, there was no more. Rong Yichu was afraid of Li Anle like a tiger. In order to avoid Li Anle, he hid in Jixia Academy for three months without going out. Later, he didn't even say hello. Fleeing to Yunxi."
Gu Zhan chuckled and said, "Is there anything wrong with Li Anle?"
Furukawa said: "This Li Anle has a bad reputation, but it doesn't actually matter. It's because she is dissatisfied with her reputation, so she has been tarnishing her reputation. However, it obviously doesn't work. Where is her royal status? The Du family is a prominent family, and they consider their interests more. It is impossible for them to stop marrying just because they have tarnished their reputation.
At the beginning, the reason why I always kept Rong Yichu away from Li Anle was because Rong Yichu had no basic background at that time, and it would be easy for him to get into big trouble if he provoked Li Anle. In fact, if it were now, it wouldn't matter. Rong Yichu is He is Mr. Seventeen from Jixia Academy, and he is backed by you, Marquis Yun Gu Zhan, so there is no need to worry about the Du family. "
After saying that, Furukawa asked doubtfully: "Since you don't know about her and Rong Yichu's affairs, why did you suddenly ask about her?"
Gu Zhan slowly put down the wine glass in his hand, narrowed his eyes slightly, and said, "I met the emperor today and found out that he is not sick, but poisoned!"
"What?" Furukawa was shocked.
Gu Zhan muttered: "In addition, I found some problems while communicating with the emperor. I suspect that he may have been controlled and asked me for help. He mentioned Li Anle. I guess he asked me to find Li Anle. , you can understand the real situation.”
Furukawa's face turned solemn and he said, "You mean there might be a coup in the royal family?"
"I don't know." Gu Zhan shook his head and said, "But I need to see Li Anle. The emperor cannot ask me for help for no reason. It is very likely that this matter has something to do with me. If he knew the truth about me, he would not Stand by and watch, otherwise he won't ask for help from someone I don't know well."
Furukawa whispered: "I'll make arrangements. Your goal is too big. If this matter is related to you, your every move will be watched by many people. If there is any abnormal movement, it is very likely to be noticed, leading to a surprise!"
Gu Zhan nodded and said, "Then, drink!"
"drink wine!"
…
In Kyoto, the news of Gu Zhan's arrival in the capital was still noisy, and the envoys from the Northern Wei and Southern Jin Dynasties were also receiving much attention. Kyoto was very lively for a while.
Gu Zhan stayed at Honglu Temple for another three days.
In the past three days, I was able to tour Kyoto accompanied by officials from Honglu Temple.
Furukawa, on the other hand, was as always, coming to Honglu Temple with wine to look for Gu Zhan every noon or evening.
This evening,
Furukawa carried wine as usual and came to Honglu Temple to find Gu Zhan.
As soon as I walked in,
The smile on Furukawa's face disappeared instantly and became very solemn, saying: "You guessed it right, something really happened to His Majesty."
Gu Zhan said in a deep voice: "Have you found Li Anle?"
Furukawa nodded and said: "When we found Li Anle, she was also trying to contact us, and she was already under surveillance. However, she didn't know much. She only received a verbal instruction from His Majesty."
"What oral order?" Gu Zhan asked.
"Let's go," Furukawa whispered: "Li Anle said that His Majesty's oral instructions are just one sentence, asking you to find a way to leave Kyoto as soon as possible and return to Yunxi immediately!"
Gu Zhan frowned and said, "Does this mean that the imperial edict announcing my coming to the capital this time may not have been issued by the emperor?"
Furukawa nodded and said: "My sister's guess is that someone in the capital may want to take action against you, probably to see the law of God, and it is impossible for His Majesty to agree to take action against you. Your meaning to Xia Kingdom is different now, and you are not After the battle of Shimonoseki, with the hearts of the Xia people on my back, if I take action against you, the Xia country will definitely fall into chaos."
Gu Zhan said in a deep voice: "So, someone took action to control the emperor? However, as the Ji family is one of the strongest forces in Xia Kingdom now, in Kyoto, even the second Buddhist sect may not have the chance to take action against the emperor. Bar?"
"But what if it was the Ji family who took action?" Furukawa said: "The royal family represented by your Majesty will attach great importance to the country, the country and the country, but the Ji family is different. Although the Ji family is a royal family, it has several lines within it, because The royal family is the strongest, so it was His Majesty who became the emperor.
However, now that your method of seeing gods has appeared, you should know what your method of seeing gods means. This is an opportunity that can change the rules of the world. No one can resist the temptation. Now that His Majesty is controlled, Ji There must have been internal strife among the clan, and the royal family was defeated.
Even the Ji family would rather leave the country alone than take action against you, let alone the relatives of the Lu family. Now it is equivalent to the Ji family and the Lu family joining forces to rob you of the way to see the gods, so you must leave now , returned to Yunxi.
My sister has already discussed with the clan elders that if you return to Yunxi now, the Gu family’s ancestral land will be relocated immediately and fully enter Yunxi. With your power and influence in Yunxi and the assistance of my Gu family, we will definitely be able to Support for a while.
And here in the capital, it is impossible for the royal family to just surrender. My sister will find a way to contact the royal family outside and rescue His Majesty when the time comes. As long as the royal family can hold on, this matter can be settled! "
Gu Zhan waved his hand and said, "No, I can't leave now."
Furukawa said anxiously: "Don't say you want to rescue me, I don't believe you, Gu Zhan, are such a person!"
"That's not true," Gu Zhan said with a chuckle: "Besides meeting you, the most important thing I want to do when I come to Beijing this time is to find the inheritance left by Echigo."
"What time is it now," Furukawa said anxiously: "What kind of inheritance do you need!"
"It doesn't matter," Gu Zhan waved his hand and said, "No one in this world can kill me!"
Furukawa said anxiously: "Brother, listen to me, I know you are number one in the world, but you must not underestimate the strength of the Ji family and the Lu family. They can jointly control the Xia Kingdom for seven to eight hundred years, and their background is so strong It's hard to estimate, it's easy to hide from an open gun, but hard to guard against a hidden arrow. I'm afraid they will do something secretly!
You are still young and have unlimited potential. We are not in a hurry. Echigo's inheritance may be really powerful, but the world is so big that there are always other inheritances. Moreover, as long as His Majesty survives this disaster, we will You can easily go to Linghu Cave to obtain the inheritance! "
"Forget it," Gu Zhan waved his hand and said, "I really have no interest in getting involved in the muddy waters of the capital. However, I don't like to be plotted by others, and I don't have the habit of running away from the enemy. Since they want to take action against me, , then I will go and weigh how many pounds they weigh!"
Furukawa opened his mouth and said: "Brother, you... Oh, forget it, as expected, my sister is right, you can't just leave like this."
As he spoke, Furukawa took out a pair of purple and gold tiger-shaped seals from his arms and said, "This is the military talisman of the Huben Camp."
Gu Zhan said in surprise: "Did you really do it?"
Furukawa said: "This is the backup plan His Majesty left for Li Anle. The military talisman in the prince's hand is a replica. This military talisman is real. His Majesty gave it to Li Anle. He should have asked her to wait for an opportunity to bring the Huben camp into It’s used by Jing to rescue the driver, but this might be a trap!”
"It doesn't matter!"
Gu Zhan smiled and said: "What kind of trap, conspiracy, can it be stronger than my fist?"
