Liaozhai: A scholar should draw a sword

Chapter 226
Cao Kun finally realized that this time, he was really doomed.

For a long time, the reason why he could turn his hands into clouds and turn his hands into rain was because he had the emperor behind him.

What others are afraid of is not him, but the emperor behind him.

Now, the emperor is actually under house arrest by the empress.

Originally, he wanted to instigate a group of ministers to make trouble and force the queen to release the emperor, but the queen refused to give up an inch, but persuaded all the ministers instead.

The most important thing is that Cao Kun discovered to his horror that the master he enshrined had mysteriously disappeared?
Did he abandon him, or was he wiped out?
But no matter what the possibility is, this will undoubtedly make things worse for Cao Kun.

I can only fight to the death.

Therefore, Cao Kun summoned all his confidants in Dongchang to secretly discuss important matters.

"Right now, the situation is quite unfavorable for our East Factory. We must act first."

Hearing this, the boss couldn't help asking: "What do you think we should do?"

"That's right, Lord Du, it's not just the Jin Yiwei who are fighting against us with all their strength, even the imperial guards have begun to alienate us..."

Cao Kun said viciously: "Then capture the thief first and capture the king first. Let's take a surprise and kill the commander of Jinyiwei first, and the commander of the imperial army..."

As soon as these words came out, even the three leaders couldn't help but gasped.

Even when Dongchang was at its most majestic, he did not dare to directly attack the commander of Jinyiwei and the commander of the imperial army, after all, the other party had a special status.

"What? Do you have an opinion?"

Cao Kun glanced at everyone coldly.

"I don't dare!" The boss replied, and then said: "It's just that this subordinate thinks that killing these two people may not be an easy task."

"So, what do you mean to say, wait for the other party to come and take our heads?"

Cao Kun glanced coldly at the head of the stall, with murderous intent in his eyes.

He already felt that the group of subordinates had begun to waver, and they were no longer afraid of him as before, and even began to question his decision.

It seems that it is necessary to kill someone to sacrifice the knife.

On a normal day, how would Da Taitou dare to contradict Cao Kun?
But today is different.

Anyone who can sit here is not stupid.

The reason why Dongchang used to be so majestic was because it was backed by the imperial power.

But in the current situation... I am afraid that even the emperor himself will be in trouble, and maybe once he wakes up, the Ming Dynasty will change hands.

Once Tianzi steps down today, or is counter-prosecuted, no one can guess that Dongchang will usher in an unprecedented bloody storm.

The three leaders are already secretly planning to escape, so how could they accompany Cao Kun to die?

In fact, at the beginning, the three leaders had discussed that they wanted to use Cao Kun's head to accept the vote.

But eventually dropped the idea.

Even if they took the initiative to kill Cao Kun, they would not escape death, after all, they had done too much evil before.

The only chance is to sneak away from the capital and flee to the pass before Prince Jin and others fully counterattack.

"Master, this subordinate believes that it is inappropriate to fight head-on with the opponent now. After all, Jin Yiwei has turned against us and has withdrawn many people.

As a result, our manpower is even more insufficient. "

The second gear head also said something.

"Yes, Lord Governor, please think twice."

The third gear also echoed.

"You... want to oppose?"

Cao Kun was furious.

"Supervisor, it is said that those who know affairs are heroes. So far, please forgive me for offending my subordinates."

"Bold, come, and take down the first, second, and third heads!"

Cao Kun shouted orders.

As a result, no one moved.

Everyone present cast cold glances at Cao Kun.

"You... you're going to turn against each other, aren't you?" Cao Kun broke out in a cold sweat.

"It's you who are against us, not us!"

At this moment, Feng Da, the head of the third gear, stabbed Cao Kun with a knife like lightning.

The large gear and the second gear were also started almost at the same time.

Although Cao Kun's skills are good, it is difficult to resist if he is caught off guard, and he falls in a pool of blood after three or two moves.

In the end, even the head was beheaded.

The next day, just after dawn, someone found Cao Kun's head hanging at the entrance of the vegetable market.

The news spread instantly, causing a sensation in the capital.

Great changes have also taken place in Dongchang. Except for some small people, it is almost empty.

It's just that everyone in Dongchang thought they did it cleverly.

Before leaving, they had already arranged everything, including the guards of the city gate being replaced by their own people.

It was precisely because of this that he was able to leave the city quietly in the middle of the night.

However, what the big stalls and the others never imagined was that they could rebel, and their subordinates could also rebel.

Moreover, Prince Jin and Zhou Yu had also discussed this matter before, and the situation had already been laid out in advance.

In the end, in the east and south directions, all the people in Dongchang were wiped out.

Several large carts of gold, silver, jewelry, antique calligraphy and paintings were confiscated, which can be said to be quite fruitful.

In the inner palace, great turmoil also occurred.

After Yue'er and Zhou Yu's one-handed technique, the emperor finally regained his sanity, and couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat.

After all, the dignified son of heaven was actually manipulated by a eunuch, almost turning him into a puppet emperor.

If it continues like this, Daming's country may really be destroyed in his hands.

Naturally, the emperor couldn't pursue the empress's house arrest, but he was grateful.

After that, the inner palace was cleaned up.

Needless to say, Concubine Lan was beheaded directly.

The other concubines, including the queen mother, were forced to stand in line. Those who should be punished were punished, those who should be demoted, and those who should be sent to the cold palace.

All the eunuchs, including the imperial eunuch, were beheaded.

This time, the emperor showed no mercy to the eunuchs, but almost all of them were beheaded.

More than half of the eunuchs in the entire palace were beheaded.

After this, the forces that a group of eunuchs had painstakingly managed for many years collapsed.

At the same time, the emperor issued another imperial decree. From now on, all eunuchs are not allowed to interfere in the government affairs, and are not allowed to leave the capital for half a step.

Violators, beheaded!
Next, they began to investigate a group of ministers.Anyone who had a close relationship with Cao Kun before will be imprisoned first, and will be beheaded, exiled, or taken into custody depending on the severity of the case.

In the short term, such a large-scale cleansing will cause turmoil in the government and the opposition, and disturb the hearts of the people.

But this is the same as treating a disease: serious illness requires strong medicine.

But at this time, Zhou Yu quietly left the capital.

After all, his goal has been achieved.

This time, the emperor made up his mind, and the intensity of the attack on the eunuchs can be said to be unprecedented.

At least in the next long period of time, it is unlikely that a group of eunuchs will be in power, and they dare not move their minds rashly.

Afraid of being killed.

After returning to Shushan, Zhou Yu immediately found Taoist Baimei to discuss the next action.

As soon as we met, the Taoist priest with white eyebrows looked relieved: "This time, it is really a laborious fellow Taoist. The turbidity between the heaven and the earth has obviously begun to sink, and the demons everywhere are not as active as before..."

In fact, it sounds very simple.

It's like a potholed land, full of weeds and silt.

In such an environment, activities such as rats, flies, mosquitoes, etc. must be rampant, and it is difficult to eliminate them.

Because the speed of elimination cannot match the speed of their reproduction.

However, if we start from the root, eradicate weeds, remove silt and sewage, then these mosquitoes will lose their living space.

Today, the general situation of the world has undergone subtle changes, just like cleaning up sewage.

The rise of clear air restrains the rise of turbid air. Under such an environment, the natural living environment of demons and ghosts is naturally squeezed.

"Well, that's fine!"

Zhou Yu nodded with satisfaction, and then asked, "Recently, has there been any news about Old Monster Youquan?"

Daoist Baimei shook his head and sighed: "It's very strange, this old monster has not moved at all recently."

"This is not normal." Zhou Yu frowned: "It stands to reason that Youquan old monster, including the group of foreign monsters, should be able to guess our intentions.

However, there was no counterattack, which is a bit abnormal. "

"Perhaps, they are waiting for an opportunity..."

"What time?"

"Looking at the sky at night, I faintly found a magic star..."

"Magic star?" Zhou Yu was taken aback.

Once the magic star appears, it means that a big devil will come to the world.

"Yes, so this seat is thinking that those demons may be waiting for the day when the magic star arrives before launching a general attack on us."

"That being the case, then we might as well do it in advance."

"Well, this seat is calling all the major factions to come to Shushan to discuss this matter..."

"Master, it's not good, something happened!"

Outside, a disciple suddenly shouted in panic.

Bai Mei flew out of the hall with a movement: "What's going on?"

"Junior Brother Wuji, and Junior Sister Yingqi, something happened during sword practice just now..."

"not good!"

Immortal Baimei flew to the direction of the back mountain in an instant.

Shushan sect has a mountain treasure called Tianlei Twin Swords.

This sword is a pair, one female and one male, the Lei Yan sword is the male, and the Tian Fencing sword is the female.

The two swords complement each other and restrain each other. Once the two swords are combined, their power will be infinite.

It's just that very few disciples can control the two swords of Tianlei to choose the master, and the combination of the two swords cares about consonance, so there should be no distracting thoughts, let alone any emotions.

Once the sword is held, no matter which side it is, as long as there are distracting thoughts, fears, emotions, etc. in the heart, it will set itself on fire and destroy both body and spirit.

The two swords of Tianlei have not recognized their masters for hundreds of years.

But this time, Taoist Baimei finally found two disciples to wield the two swords of Tianlei.

One is Zhang Kong Wuji, a disciple of Shu Mountain.

The other one is Li Yingqi.

Li Yingqi's life experience is very special. In her previous life, she was Gu Yue, the master of Xuantianzong, who was also the head of Kunlun.

Back then when the monster from Youquan attacked, Gu Yue predicted it in advance, and handed over her natal weapon to Xuantianzong, ordering him to leave Kunlun, so that both master and apprentice would not die under Youquan's hands.

Gu Yue died in battle.

Fortunately, Baimei arrived in time and took away Guyue's soul that had not yet dissipated.

In the end, using Guyue's primordial spirit, he spent a lot of mana to reshape his body and named him Li Yingqi.

After Zhang Kong Wuji and Li Yingqi took charge of the two swords of Tianlei respectively, the real Baimei placed high hopes on them and ordered them to practice swords in the back mountain, hoping to combine the two swords as soon as possible to deal with the old monster Youquan.

As a result, something went wrong.

Not long ago, Li Yingqi and Changkong Wuji practiced separately for a while as usual.

The swordsmanship practiced by the two is actually the same set, but it is divided into two parts. After they are skilled, they will combine the two swords. At that time, they will display astonishing power.

For a long time, Li Yingqi's heart was as calm as water, and he concentrated on practicing swords.

But Changkong Wuji secretly likes Li Yingqi, so every time the two swords combine, they can't succeed.

A few days ago, Taoist priest Baimei scolded Changkong Wuji, telling him to have a snack, put aside all distracting thoughts, and focus on the overall situation.

Under such pressure, Changkong Wuji was a little eager to combine his two swords, but the more anxious he was, the more mistakes he made.

The hidden danger finally broke out today, not to mention the failure of the combination, but also attracted the backlash of the two swords, both of them caught fire and fell rapidly from the sky.

At this time, Xuantianzong was meditating in the mountains.

After sensing the movement, he couldn't help secretly exclaiming that something was wrong, and immediately flew into the air.

When Li Yingqi fell, he fell into a deep pool at the foot of the mountain. Xuantianzong just arrived and entrusted Li Yingqi into his hands.

But at this time, the flame seemed to be extinguished, but Li Yingqi's body was still very hot.

The heart fire is still burning, it is estimated that it will be reduced to ashes in a short time, and the body and spirit will be destroyed.

The moment Xuantianzong saw Li Yingqi clearly, he was stunned.

He thought of the moment when he said goodbye to Master many years ago.

"Tianzong, although your master has been gone for so long, I still miss him very much.

I can't pass the emotional level, so the realm is stagnant.

Tianzong, I don't want you to follow in my footsteps, you must leave me..."

Having said that, Gu Yue raised her hand, and a shadow of the moon flew towards Xuantianzong.

"This is the moon golden wheel, it is my weapon, what I can't do, you must do..."

The Kunlun School also has the treasure of the sect, which is the Sun Moon Golden Wheel.

The sun golden wheel is yang, the moon golden wheel is yin, they are a pair, the one used by Xuantianzong is the sun golden wheel.

"You can only come back if you cultivate it successfully. If you don't see me when you come back, Yuejinlun will know where I am..."

It wasn't until after Xuantianzong came down the mountain that she realized that Guyue had driven him away on purpose. She had known that Youquan would come to attack Kunlun.

"Buzzing..."

At this time, the Moon Golden Wheel that Xuantianzong had been carrying all this time flew out automatically, buzzing, and circled around Li Yingqi.

Xuantianzong knew that the woman in his arms was Gu Yue.

Miraculously, after the moon golden wheel appeared, Li Yingqi's body temperature slowly dropped.

This means that the heart fire is also beginning to go out.

"That's right, her previous life was your master Gu Yue..."

At this time, Baimei Daoist suddenly appeared.

"Why? You never told me?" Xuantianzong couldn't help asking.

"I didn't tell you, I didn't want to distract you..."

Master Baimei briefly explained the reason.

"Then now, what should we do without the Thunder Swords?"

Baimei Zhenren replied: "Fortunately, there are still some primordial spirits left in the Leiyan Sword, and I can use them to shape another person.

But, after all, he is not the sky Wuji, how much cultivation he can retain, whether he can control the Thunder Flame Sword again, this... can only depend on good fortune.

Alright, you take Li Yingqi to heal first. "

After finishing speaking, Baimei Daoist left in the air.

A few days later, with the help of a group of masters, Baimei Daoist made another miracle, using the soul in Lei Yanjian, to reshape a person, and named it: Lian Xing.

However, what makes people speechless is that after Lian Xing came to the world, he was so stupid that he didn't seem to be enlightened, let alone retain his cultivation.

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(End of this chapter)