Wonderland

Chapter 997
Cloud Dragon City

Xiao Lin was walking on the bustling street, feeling the secular atmosphere here, and a feeling of nostalgia actually arose in his heart.

Back then, after Xiao Lin and his family bid farewell to embarking on the immortal journey, Xiao Shi brought everyone from the Xiao family to Yunlong City.

It's just that the old Yuxi Kingdom no longer existed, and it was replaced by Wu Kingdom. I heard that the original ruler of the Yuxi Kingdom died suddenly in one night more than ten years ago.

Not long after, Li Cheng, the general on the frontier, rebelled and led his army to attack the capital. He directly entered the imperial city and killed all the members of the royal family.

This immediately enraged many generals of the Yuxi Kingdom, and they raised their troops to attack the capital of the Yuxi Kingdom under the slogan of eliminating thieves for the country.

Li Cheng was besieged on all sides for a while. Wu Wenshu was originally the commander of the Yuxi Kingdom's Imperial Forest Army. When Li Cheng invaded the capital, he went somewhere, and after Li Cheng killed the royal family, he suddenly appeared again.

Leading the Imperial Forest Army, Li Cheng's [-] elite soldiers were defeated like a mountain, and Li Cheng was also beheaded in the chaos.

In this way, Wu Wenshu was quickly elected by everyone and became the new head of the country, and changed the name of the country to Wu.

After succeeding to the throne, Wu Wenshu led the army and began to fight against the rebellion everywhere, invincible, and the folks have been rumored that Wu Wenshu was able to defeat the soldiers of several generals with the help of immortals, and after that, Seeing that the situation was not good, some local forces turned their backs and surrendered to the imperial court.

In less than a year, this matter came to a dramatic end, and Yuxi Kingdom was successfully replaced by Wu Kingdom.

After Xiao Lin heard these street chats, he immediately understood that this Wu Wenshu was most likely a member of the Dancaoshan Wu family, and the ordinary army faced the immortal cultivator, and naturally the outcome was one-sided.

Even Xiao Lin suspects that the original Yuxi King was also killed by members of the Wu family. As for General Li Cheng, he was just used as a scapegoat.

Xiao Lin doesn't care about these worldly struggles, what he cares most about is the current Xiao family.

Soon Xiao Lin found the Xiao Mansion.

But it was desolate.
It turns out that the Xiao family has produced a large number of talents over the years, and the officials have become bigger and bigger. Before the Yuxi King was killed, the Xiao Family Patriarch had already achieved the position of Yushi Zhongcheng, and won the trust of the Yuxi King.

After Li Cheng's rebellion, although the head of the Xiao family was not killed, after Wu Wenshu succeeded to the throne, the strong character of the censor Zhongcheng still brought disaster to him.

Because he refused to support the new master, he was dismissed from office and imprisoned in the sky prison, while most of the Xiao family's children were dispatched to the frontier for defense. Several years have passed by now.

After Xiao Lin learned about this, he couldn't help being slightly taken aback. Back then, Xiao Shi had accumulated a lot of family property, which was enough for Xiao Jiafeng to have enough food and clothing.

But Xiao Lin didn't think at that time that there was still a big war in the world of cultivating immortals, and the mundane would inevitably change dynasties. Every change of dynasties would cause huge changes in the world. The Xiao family was in the middle of the game, so it would naturally be affected.

Xiao Yushi, his descendant, was upright, which was not a bad thing in the first place, but in the face of this kind of dynasty change, his so-called persistence caused a catastrophe for himself.

Fortunately, that Wu Wenshu was not a bloodthirsty person, and he did not drive the Xiao family to extinction, but chose to distribute most of them, and several main family members were imprisoned in the prison.

After Xiao Lin learned about this, after a little thought, he immediately sent out a flying sword to send a message, and left through the air.

Capital of Wu Kingdom
Dongjiang City.

After the establishment of Wu Kingdom, the capital was moved to Dongjiang City. After more than ten years of development, it has become the largest city in Wu Kingdom, and Dongjiang City faces a big river that runs across the territory of Wu Kingdom.

This has made this place a transit point for many cities, and it is extremely prosperous. On the riverside, there are hundreds of huge flower boats floating, and bursts of music and music come from it.

The dignitaries, wealthy gentry and merchants from the capital and some surrounding cities all like to come here to hunt for orioles and beauties, dreaming of life and death.

And in the middle of the river, tens of miles away from the flower boat by the river, stands a small island with a radius of about ten miles, and this small island is where the prison of Wu Kingdom is located.

On the cliffs on all sides of the island, countless strong bows and crossbows were built, and countless guards stood there.

These soldiers exuded a cold aura, which formed a sharp contrast with the singing, singing, swallowing and dancing on the other side.

In the center of the island is a sunken tiankeng, which is tens of feet deep. Around the pit, there are densely packed holes, and the sound of chains dragging can be heard from time to time inside the hole.

There are also some people curled up at the entrance of the cave, staring at the sky above with envy.

For them, being able to see the sun again is their greatest luxury.

At the bottom of these tiankengs, there are several relatively large openings, and you can vaguely see the steps leading to the depths inside.

In the dark and damp mountainside, there are several figures curled up against the wall. These figures have not moved for a long time, as if they have died.

Suddenly there was a flash of spiritual light in the dim mountainside, and a person with dark green spiritual light appeared all over his body. After feeling the environment here, this person couldn't help frowning slightly.

With a wave of the sleeve robe, several clusters of flames burst into flames on the surrounding walls.

Immediately, the temperature in the mountainside rose and became brighter.

Several lying figures were startled at once, and after seeing Xiao Lin who was shining with aura all over his body, they immediately fell to their knees in horror, murmuring without knowing what to say.

Xiao Lin was looking at the scruffy figure who was still motionless in the corner, and a smile flashed on the corner of his mouth.

"Xiao Yongchang?"

The figure in the corner of the wall suddenly moved slightly when Xiao Lin's voice fell, and then turned around with difficulty, revealing the stubble hair all over his face.

Seeing this, Xiao Lin waved his sleeve robe, and a stream of pure magic power shot out.

After this mana was injected into the scruffy man, the excess hair on his face fell off one after another, revealing a straight facial features. He looked like he was in his 40s, but most of his hair was gray and white.

His spirit was shaken, he looked at Xiao Lin, and then showed a surprised expression on his face.

It turned out that he was surprised to find that the appearance of the person in front of him was somewhat similar to him.

"You are a fairy?"

Xiao Yongchang said cautiously.

"In your understanding, I should be considered." Xiao Lin said with a faint smile.

"Is the fairy here to save us?"

"God save us, we have been in this dark place for several years."

"Yeah, staying in this kind of place is worse than death."

After seeing Xiao Lin's supernatural powers, the rest of the people knelt down in front of him and cried out loudly. Xiao Lin frowned slightly.

And Xiao Yongchang looked at the kneeling crowd with cold eyes, with a hint of disdain and stubbornness in his eyes.

Xiao Lin actually saw a bit of him in this person. When he stepped into the world of cultivating immortals, he was also a bit stubborn. give up.

"Why are you crying? At worst, it's just death. As a man, a man should serve you loyally and serve you after death. How decent is the posture of a little girl like you?" Xiao Yongchang said angrily.

"We are not in the same line of your Xiao family, but we changed our surnames later. Your children have all been dispatched to the frontier, and we still don't know whether they are alive or dead."

"That's right, that's the right way to live now. In this dark place, even if I don't get killed, I won't be able to survive for a few years."

"A bunch of cowards." Xiao Yongchang waved his sleeve robe angrily, and scolded angrily.

"You are? Impossible. Although the ancestor of our Xiao family is said to have embarked on the immortal journey, it has been hundreds of years. I am afraid that even the immortals will not live for so long." Xiao Yongchang looked at Xiao. Lin suddenly exclaimed, as if thinking of something, he murmured.

"Tell me, who am I?" Xiao Lin smiled slightly when he heard this, and asked.

"Your appearance is very similar to Xiao Lin, the ancestor of our Xiao family. The portrait of his old man has always been enshrined in the ancestral hall, but after our Xiao family fell, the ancestral hall was also destroyed. If you want to come to the portrait of that ancestor It's gone."

"What if I am Xiao Lin?" Xiao Lin said with a smile.

Xiao Yongchang's body shook when he heard the words, and he showed an expression of disbelief at first, but then shook his head quickly: "Impossible, there are many similar people in the world, you can't be the ancestor of our Xiao family, are you the leader of Wu Kingdom? Sent to coax Xiao."

Seeing this guy's stubbornness, Xiao Lin felt helpless, and with a wave of his sleeve, a blue light suddenly shone from Xiao Yongchang's chest.

A blue light emerged, and then floated in front of Xiao Lin.

"This jade pendant is still something I gave my little sister back then, but things are different. I didn't expect this jade pendant to be passed down after hundreds of years."

Xiao Yongchang, who watched this scene directly, was stunned. The jade pendant on his chest was the symbol of the Patriarch of the Xiao family. Originally, he was going to be searched when he was pushed into the prison. Before the search, he secretly hid it.

Only in this way did he escape the fate of being searched away, and he always wore it next to his body and never took it out.

And the person in front of him waved his hand, and the jade pendant emitted aura and floated out.

"Are you really Xiao Lin, the patriarch of our Xiao family?" Xiao Yongchang asked with wide-eyed eyes.

"Could it be that you are still doubting?" Xiao Lin showed an impatient expression on his face.

"Xiao Yongchang, the unfilial grandson of the ten generations of the Xiao family, pays homage to the ancestor." Xiao Yongchang suddenly knelt in front of Xiao Lin and said loudly.

"Meet the ancestors."

"Meet the ancestors."

When the rest of the people heard the words, they immediately knelt down and bowed again.

But Xiao Lin didn't even look at those people. With a wave of his sleeve robe, a dark green light flashed, accompanied by two "clicks". Xiao Yongchang actually disappeared.

Only a piece of chain was left as if cut off by a sharp knife.

On a cliff on the small island, with a flash of inspiration, the figures of Xiao Lin and Xiao Yongchang emerged. Xiao Yongchang was in a daze, and he came back to his senses after a while.

The dozen or so black iron soldiers on the cliff are like clay sculptures at this moment, they have been immobilized by Xiao Lin's magic, and their five sense organs are deaf, even if Xiao Yong is yelling at this moment, they cannot hear or see.

After witnessing all the supernatural powers displayed by Xiao Lin, he no longer had any doubts.

"Old Ancestor, save our Xiao Family."

"Get up." Xiao Lin stretched out his hand and released a wave of magic power. Xiao Yongchang immediately felt himself being supported by a huge force, and his body stood up involuntarily.

"I know everything about the Xiao family."

"Wu Wenshu usurped the power to seize the throne and killed Yuxi's lord. These perverse actions are despised by the ministers. I hope that the ancestors can kill him and return Yuxi to the world."

"Return Yuxi Kingdom to the world?" Xiao Lin looked at his descendant in front of him, and couldn't help but be a little bit dumbfounded.

"That's right, Wu Wenshu usurped the power and the throne. His name is not right and his words are not right. He is a traitor and traitor. Everyone will punish him if he gets it." Xiao Yongchang's face was solemn and impassioned, and he denounced the various crimes of the ruler of Wu Kingdom.

"Even if Wu Wenshu is killed, the king of Yuxi Kingdom and his descendants have been slaughtered, so who will inherit the position of king?" Xiao Lin asked.

Xiao Lin's words made Xiao Yongchang stunned.

Yes, the lord of Yuxi Kingdom and his descendants have already been slaughtered. Even if Wu Wenshu is overthrown, who will sit in this world?You can't sit by yourself, can you?

"People have reincarnations of life and death, and countries have prosperity and changes. Although you are a subject of Yuxi Kingdom, you have been imprisoned for several years. At this point, you are already loyal. Why are you obsessed with overthrowing Wu Wenshu? The establishment of Wu Kingdom is natural. It makes sense, the cycle of heaven also follows the sky, if it is really against the law, then naturally the law of heaven will send down the criminal law, and you don't need to judge, and even bring disaster to the Xiao family because of your stubbornness, wife Ions scattered."

"As a courtier, shouldn't he be loyal to his duties and die?" Xiao Yongchang did not dare to speak harshly before Xiao Lin, but he still responded stubbornly.

"How can you be loyal to your duty? Take the Xiao family's wealth and life, and be buried with you. Let me ask you, after the establishment of the Wu Kingdom, will the people live and work in peace and contentment?"

"This"

"After the establishment of the Wu Kingdom, did they ever extort money and impose harsh criminal laws?"

"This" really requires strict criminal laws, and Xiao Yongchang is afraid that he will not live until now.

"When you read the books of sages, you should know that your loyalty is not to a certain ruler, but to the people of the world. As long as you treat the people well, what does it matter if the ruler's surname is Li or Wu?"

"If the Lord of the Wu Kingdom makes the people miserable and unable to survive, then I support you to overthrow the tyranny, restore the peace of the world, and the peace of the people. But now the world is peaceful and the world is rich. What is your loyalty for?"

After Xiao Lin gave some enlightening words, Xiao Yong was very cold when he said it, and a look of shame appeared on his face.

And after Xiao Lin finished speaking, he didn't speak anymore, but turned around and looked at the river quietly.

He knew that Xiao Yongchang needed to digest what he had said. If he really understood what he should be loyal to?
Just as Xiao Yongchang was thinking, a cloud of fire suddenly appeared in the distant sky, and then two red lights with a length of tens of feet flashed, heading towards the island with lightning speed.

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　　A tip from fellow Daoist Qin Nie.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)