sword sentient beings

Chapter 866 Farewell

Tang Zhao stood among the worshippers, silently looking at the tablet above. At this time, a huge coffin was placed in the center, and the poles had been put on, waiting for the time to come to lift the coffin. In this way, Gao Yuanhou would be buried in peace, and the tablet above could be removed, and the funeral would be over.

In other words, goodbye forever.

As he stood there, he could vaguely see Gao Yuanhou's voice, appearance and smile, as if Gao Yuanhou had walked down from the wooden bed and greeted him. His manners were still as graceful and elegant, and his eyes were still as wise and profound, able to see through him from head to toe.

In a trance, he seemed to have greeted the Marquis as well, and the two seemed to be chatting in a state that was half dream and half dream, talking and laughing. As for what they talked about... Tang Zhao didn't know.

It was a state that was neither a dream nor awake, Tang Zhao could not know, nor did he really want to know. Perhaps he did not know if he could stay longer, and if he woke up, all this would disappear.

After an unknown amount of time, he and Gao Yuanhou stopped and looked at each other silently. Gao Yuanhou smiled at him and flew away like a flying goose. Tang Zhao was startled and suddenly woke up. In front of him, there was a vast expanse of white, with only the spirit tablet and the coffin in black. He couldn't help but burst into tears.

He cried silently for a while, and gradually calmed down. This was also the reason why he didn't want to make a big fuss. Although that would show his position and support Yunzhou, it would be too noisy. He wanted to wait quietly for a while, cry when he wanted to, and be silent when he wanted to, and wait quietly for a while, until the coffin was taken out of the shed, so that he would naturally have more time to deal with the trivial matters of the world.

At this moment, he suddenly had an idea, raised his eyes, and saw someone he was familiar with. He nodded slightly, indicating to Mr. Xing that he was here and everything was fine.

In addition to Xing Ji, Tang Zhao noticed that there were other people looking at him, such as the tall young man next to Xing Ji. However, he was not in the mood to greet other strangers. Only Xing Ji needed to be greeted.

Xing Ji nodded slightly, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, probably wanting to smile, and then quietly retreated behind the scenes.

Tang Zhao turned his eyes away silently, and then looked at the coffin, and heard Xing Ji and the young man say: "Aren't there only two people? Why did you say three?"

  Tang Zhao was slightly surprised, and then he took another look at the young man:

He is just a swordsman, how could he see Changle?

It seems that this is a promising talent.

He just stood there, and after a while, Wang Fei... Yuan Shengfei came out and read the emperor's edict. Tang Zhao was too lazy to salute and slid out first. It was nothing more than a sacrificial text first, commending Gao Yuanhou, giving her the posthumous title of "Zhongjing", and then formally conferring Fu Xianchan the title of Yunzhou Governor and Tinghou.

Tinghou was one rank lower than Gaoyuanhou and Fuguanghou, but he was also a proper marquis, so Fu Xianchan could be called Junhou in the future. It seemed that the emperor still gave Gaoyuanhou a lot of face. Tang Zhao listened carefully to the momentum and heard the clichés such as "Break my humerus, take away my pillars, alas", and he actually heard some truth, as if the emperor really couldn't bear to part with Gaoyuanhou.

However, the latter part actually added 5,000 households to Tang Zhao's fiefdom, which was rounded up to 10,000 households. Although fiefdoms were all nominal titles nowadays, it also represented that Tang Zhao's rank was very high, and he had achieved a status similar to that of Gao Yuanhou.

Tang Zhao was surprised at first, but then he guessed: the emperor had contact with the front line, and probably knew that Tang Zhao was no longer the same as before, and had become a swordsman who transcended the human world. So he needed the emperor to take the initiative to show his goodwill. Of course, the official title was meaningless to Tang Zhao, but it made him seem like a subordinate of the emperor. Tang Zhao did not go out to receive the emperor's order or thank him.

After the last set of procedures were completed, Gao Yuanhou's coffin was finally carried out of the mourning shed and went out of the city to the cemetery.

Everything went smoothly without any accidents.

It was obvious that Tang Zhao saw many unfamiliar faces and that there were hidden talents among the crowd, but these talents just stayed quietly and did not come out to cause any trouble, which made Tang Zhao a little disappointed.

"Why, are you disappointed?"

Tang Zhao knew who it was without turning around, and said, "Isn't President Xing disappointed?"

Xing Ji led the horse out and said, "Why should I be disappointed? It would be great if I could send you off peacefully. If anyone messes up your grand ceremony, I will scatter their entire family's ashes."

Tang Zhao nodded and said, "I think so too."

This is also what the turtle pirates did.

Xing Ji said: "Will you follow me?"

Tang Zhao nodded. Since he was there, of course he wanted to bury the prince.

Xing Ji nodded and signaled the young man behind him to bring up the horse so that Tang Zhao could ride it and follow the team out of the city.

Seeing the young man coming over, Tang Zhao asked, "What's your name, young master?"

The young man was startled, then excited and a little nervous, and said hurriedly: "Your Highness, I am Yi Su. I have heard of your great name for a long time. After meeting you today, you are even more charming than you are famous for."

Tang Zhao smiled and said, "Young Master, you are too kind. Young Master Yi has extraordinary talent and will have great potential in the future. Do you want to send the spirit away?" Yi Su said, "I am not qualified."

Tang Zhao said: "If so, there is a young swordsman inside. You can find him and communicate with him."

Instructing him to find Wei Changle, Tang Zhao mounted his horse and followed the team out of the city with Xing Ji. The two of them fell at the end of the team. According to his position, Xing Ji should not be in this position and should go to the front. However, he was not there to send off the funeral in his position, but just to send off the funeral in his personal capacity, so he just fell behind casually.

In fact, he and Tang Zhao walking side by side were very eye-catching, but when the two of them walked like this, no one even took a second look. Xing Ji guessed that it was Tang Zhao's trick, and he was still hiding it and didn't want to attract anyone's attention.

He said, "I thought you would come out with great fanfare and say something to your friends and family, and to your enemies."

Tang Zhao said: "If there is something wrong, I should come out to calm the situation. If there is nothing wrong, why would I come out? The center of Yunzhou is of course the governor of Yunzhou, Governor Fu."

Xing Ji sighed. He wanted to say, "When the Lord was here, I wanted you to inherit Yunzhou." But after thinking about it, he didn't say it. This kind of words that could cause misunderstandings should not be said even in front of Tang Zhao. He only said, "It might have been a problem, but you settled it yesterday, so naturally it's fine."

Tang Zhao said: "It was just a coincidence. Perhaps it was the blessing of your spirit in heaven that allowed me to discover the thieves' conspiracy and prevent her from recruiting people to harass her again."

He told about the encounter with the turtle bandits last night. Hearing about the immortals and the turtle bandit emperor, and such a big scene, Xing Ji was stunned, and then he was afraid - if they had not been discovered in advance and made a fuss today, even if Tang Zhao stopped them in time, Zhongtian Prefecture would have suffered heavy losses.

  Your Excellency has spent his entire life saving people from dire straits. Is it true that during his final funeral he will plunge the people back into dire straits?

The fact that this matter was able to pass smoothly under the surface may really be due to the Lord's spirit in heaven.

"Is there anyone left in the imperial court from that turtle bandit? If there is, hand them over to the imperial court. Yunzhou will not be involved in this trouble." In fact, with Xing Ji's temper, he would chop up anyone alive to vent his anger. But the prince is gone, so he must weigh the pros and cons when doing things, and it would be better to throw more troubles to the imperial court.

Tang Zhao said: "There are two. I have a man called Wang, and the one with His Majesty Jinwu should be the crown prince. This is the remaining big fish. I will deal with it to Wang Fei later. By the way, President Xing——"

He looked serious: "The District Attorney should clean it up."

So he told Xing Ji everything about the traitor in the Procuratorate, saying, "That errand boy is now an inspector. The mastermind behind this must be even more powerful. The Procuratorate is already rotten."

He thought that with Xing Ji's temper, he would be furious, but Xing Ji was just stunned for a moment and said, "The Lord has just passed away, and they can't bear it anymore."

Tang Zhao asked hurriedly: "Who?"

Xing Ji said, "Not just one or two. Ah Zhao, don't think that the Land Inspection Office is so good. It used to be very rotten, rotten to the core. It's just that the Lord has been repairing it little by little over the years, making it gradually better, just like a person who was originally terminally ill and is now cured little by little with medicine. However, it can only be said that the serious illness looks good, and there are still many hidden injuries inside. Only by removing the hidden injuries one by one can one become a healthy person. The Lord was supposed to do these things little by little, but unfortunately God did not give him long, and now the task is left to us, and this is what we must do."

Tang Zhao nodded. When the Marquis was here, everything was thriving, but who knows if it wasn't because she used her personal prestige to suppress many things? Once she left, many problems would resurface, and this was something that future generations would have to face.

Tang Zhao pondered and said, "If you need me..."

Xing Ji shook his head and said, "Just watching from a distance is more useful than anything else. As long as you let everyone know that you are still here, it will be a great support."

Tang Zhao nodded. Although he didn't say it explicitly, he and Xing Ji both knew that his current status was different and it was no longer appropriate for him to interfere in Yunzhou's affairs. It wasn't that if Yunzhou encountered a catastrophe, he would have to sit idly by due to the rules, but it was indeed not appropriate for him to directly interfere in daily management, including struggles on the human level.

If Tang Zhao had returned in time, taken over the banner from Gao Yuanhou, and become the legitimate lord of Yunzhou, then although it was a loss of status for the Sword Immortal to be a vassal, no one could say anything, and everything he did would be legitimate. But since he didn't come back, and Yunzhou had a formal heir, he should have retreated and not caused another disturbance.

Tang Zhao said, "After the burial of the prince, I will show up in a grand manner, have a talk with Governor Fu, and then leave a beam of light in the sky above Jichun City to represent my will. After that, I should leave."

Xing Ji looked melancholy, and said, "I thought you would grow up to be able to fight side by side with me, but in the end I just saw you pass by and run ahead. It's my fault that I'm too weak."

Tang Zhao said seriously: "How can you blame yourself, Mr. Xing?"

"Ok?"

"If you want to blame someone, blame me for being too strong."

"Fuck off!"

Seeing Wang Qingshan in sight, Xing Ji asked, "What are your plans next?"

Tang Zhao thought for a moment and said, "There is a three-year truce between the human world and the demon world. I will use this time to practice hard, and then... create and cultivate a powerful tool to take my strength to the next level. Three years later, when the war reignites, if I can find a permanent solution, I will solve the problem of the demon world. If I can't, at least I will solve the problem of the demon world first."