Great Sui Storyteller

Chapter 50
"Have you ever heard of this poem?"

"...never."

"It's called "Wuxiang Liaodong Wave Death Song". It was written by Zhishilang Wang Bo. At the beginning of this year, His Majesty conquered Goryeo three times. Return to court."

"..."

Li Zhen actually wanted to complain, "This is called a big win."

It was obviously just to save face for Yang Guang.

After this victory, Goguryeo, according to the historical records of his own life, was still "refusing to obey the edict" and refused to return the captive Sui people.

This is also called victory?
But he didn't say anything, just pretended to be listening.

Then the flame pattern scattered and turned into a group of people fighting.

Master Huqiu's voice sounded again:
"Your Majesty made three expeditions to Korea, during which the people were in dire straits. During the seven years of the great cause, Yuji was flooded, and more than forty counties were lost. Wang Bo rebelled. In the nine years of the great cause, Liu Yuanjin took control of Wu County and claimed to be the emperor, and Xiang Haiming also proclaimed himself emperor in Fufeng. But They were all just local chickens and dogs, and they were soon suppressed. It wasn't until Yang Xuangan rebelled, and the officials' children all went against each other, and His Majesty realized that something was wrong, and this year's three expeditions to Korea came about."

"Ok?"

Li Zhen was taken aback, thought for a while, and asked:

"Is it... negotiated?"

Master Huqiu didn't answer, but the flames were changing in midair.

Turned into the image of a Taoist, and then said something that seemed to have nothing to do with it:

"At that time, the first emperor liked to eat elixir, and in pursuit of longevity, he ordered the Taoist disciples in the world to restore the ancient prescriptions and search for the earth to make alchemy. In the early years, the national teacher advised the late emperor, and the gold seekers used the ancient elixir to complete the feat that the first emperor did not complete. The late emperor Allow Zhi, in these years, all the alchemy masters of Taoist sects in the world have come out, looking for the earth veins, dragons and fires to make alchemy. Qiu Cunfeng is one of them."

"……grown ups."

Li Zhen couldn't help interrupting Mr. Huqiu, and asked:
"A gold seeker... what is it?"

"The twelve golden men cast by the first emperor in his later years."

"..."

For some reason, the corner of Li Zhen's mouth twitched.

At this time, the flame in the air changed again, turning into a magnificent Huoyan Jinren.

"Back then, a hundred schools of thought contended, and after the first emperor unified the Central Plains, he ordered a hundred schools of thought to go to Xianyang to write books. Although the Qin State had been fighting for many years at that time, and the hatred of various places could not be eliminated, the boldness of the first emperor still attracted a hundred schools of thought to arrive in Xianyang... Do you know what it means to burn books and bury scholars?"

"know."

"Everyone knows that the first emperor burned books and buried scholars, and burned a large number of books and works. In fact, that is wrong."

"...?"

Li Zhen was taken aback.

Master Huqiu continued to say:

"Do you still remember what I said when we first met? Books are the words of sages and the principles of heaven and earth. How can they be burned away with a single fire? That's just a blindfold. In fact, the real hundred schools of thought Theories are all short-cut and reasonable. They have been integrated into the Twelve Golden Men. After the death of the first emperor, the Twelve Golden Men were lost with Xiang Yu on fire. There are four of them. Remember what we said about alchemy just now?"

"Ah."

"There are hundreds of schools of thought with complicated theories, but at that time, there were monster races around the world. Although these theories were mixed, they built a high wall of human reason with the contention of hundreds of schools, drove away monsters and beasts, and left a legacy for the people. Living space. Therefore, each of these hundred schools of thought is a certain embodiment of this human principle. Among the four golden figures obtained by His Majesty, one of the golden figures contains the Taoist Tianzong Dansheng Qingxu Tianzun's "Cultivating Alchemy Tulu". I don't know how many pills are recorded in it, but I know that there are several kinds of pills in it, which can indeed increase life. The first emperor was in poor health and was bedridden all year round. The human body paid tribute to three elixirs, each of which can increase Emperor Wen's life by three months, and be granted the title of national teacher."

Looking at the rapidly changing image of flames in midair, Li Zhen thought for a while and asked:

"And the reason why your lord came here is... that Taoist Qiu's pill has been successfully refined?"

"I don't know if it will be successful or not, but it's true that you ruined it."

"..."

Seeing Li Zhen's speechless appearance, Lord Huqiu chuckled lightly:
"Ha, but don't worry, since I have saved you, I have my own countermeasures. Qiu Daoren ignored the covenant of the monster clan and attacked the tribe where the two foxes belonged to privately. The defense was empty, and a group of demon cubs were taken away. That's why the two foxes of yours came here. Taoist Qiu is dead, and the cause of his death was revenge for plundering the demon tribe. It has nothing to do with you, a Taoist priest. "

After speaking, he looked at Li Zhen.

As expected, there was no "accident" in Li Zhen's expression that he wanted to see.

Just silent.

Seeing this, he asked:

"Taoist, can you guess why I did this?"

"...can guess the reason, but not the intention."

"Oh? Tell me, why?"

"..."

Li Zhen was silent for a moment, then said:
"To my lord, I should be an unexpected pawn? I broke in by accident, but I achieved what my lord wanted to achieve."

"Hahaha~"

Lord Huqiu's laughter resounded instantly in the messy Sanqing Palace:
"Not bad... no wonder you can tell such an exciting story. You, a Taoist priest, seem to be indifferent to the world, but you actually have a delicate mind. Yes, you are the biggest accident I came here and the last city Biggest surprise."

As he spoke, he threw another handful of dead branches into the bonfire.

This time there are no flame images.

The flames just now seemed to have drained all the potential of the firewood. Once the flames dispersed, the bonfire quickly dimmed.

With the addition of dead branches, the light of the fire became even more dim, but bursts of green smoke billowed up.

In the midst of the blue smoke and the dim fiery red, Lord Huqiu's white clothes seemed to have become darker.

In this deepness he said:
"I originally wanted to kill Taoist Qiu. It's just that I didn't use your hands, but his junior brother Lu Cunjing. These two people were originally disciples of the Jinghuo Zhenzong. A few years ago, because Lu Cunjing found out that the young sect master had captured him alive The matter of alchemy was framed by the same sect.

In order to protect him and Qiu Cunfeng, their master cut off his own meridian to get a chance of life.However, Qiu Cunfeng and Lu Cunjing came to the capital and got the blessing of the royal family. In addition, Qiu Cunfeng himself was very talented in alchemy, so he was entrusted with this important task.But actually..."

Speaking of this, he shook his head, his tone full of sarcasm:

"Then Lu Cunjing doesn't know until now that the reason why the young sect master of Jinghuo Zhenzong wanted to arrest living people to make alchemy was because Qiu Cunfeng made a pill that can increase power by taking people into pills, and the two of them cooperated. After being smashed by Lu Cunjing, the young master of Jinghuo Zhenzong wanted to kill people, but Qiu Cunfeng had long been dissatisfied with his master and wanted to join the royal family. Many years... tsk tsk..."

"..."

Listening to these almost "secret" stories, Li Zhen's heart became cold.

What kind of world is this...?
(End of this chapter)