That year, that cicada, that sword

Chapter 487 Talk about the ghost king and then talk about the strategy

Xu Beiyou nodded and said, "Master's wife mentioned it to me before."

The owner of the Old Ghost Palace called himself the Ghost King, and he was born as a loose cultivator. He participated in the Biluo Lake Debate Conference when he was 20 years old. At that time, the elder Xuanjiao proposed a question "What is a devil?" Even the elder masters did not dare to answer presumptuously, but the ghost king who was still unknown at the time was not afraid of tigers, so he came out to answer "follow the heavens and become a Taoist, and go against the heavens to become a demon", and at the same time he boldly asked the Xuanjiao elder "there is a heaven". What's wrong, you have to go against the sky." At that time, the great elder Xuanjiao said, "Because the sky is not benevolent", he responded with the sentence "All things are born to support people, and the world especially blames the inhumanity of the sky." Since then, he has become famous.

It was only after the Biluo Lake Conference that the ghost king returned to the unknown, until many years later, Shangguan Xianchen brought Jade Immortals from Biyou Island in the East China Sea, landed in the Central Plains, first destroyed the Dragon City, and then entered the Southern Border, beheading the ten immortals who stood in the way. Of the rest, no one was the enemy of his sword, only a green-clothed man who was born out of nowhere escaped from Shangguan Xianchen's sword without any damage, and was praised by Shangguan Xianchen for walking a narrow path , but if you can persevere, you will not be able to enjoy the scenery on the top of the mountain in the future, and become another [-]th Floor Immortal.It is precisely because of the words of praise from Great Sword Immortal that the ghost king became famous.

The ghost king is proficient in the supreme ascension method of pulling out nine insects and beheading three corpses, and later refined the seven treasures of the ghost king. Even without the support of the sect, he is enough to become a great monk on the free side. The branches and leaves flourished, but he worked hard for most of his life. After all, he failed to make achievements with his own strength. He could only die with regret. When he was dying, he left a last wish, so the ghost king vowed to establish a sect , don't want to be among the top three religions, just want to be able to leave the inheritance and fulfill his father's last wish.

The King of Ghosts knew that it would be idiotic to try to establish a sect on his own, so he turned to Xuanjiao, and with the support of the elders of Xuanjiao, he established the Palace of Ghost Kings. The pursuit was at a time when Xuanjiao and Taoism were opposing each other. The elder Xuanjiao and the ghost king made an oath. He decided to give it a go and went to Jiangnan alone. In the end, he died in the East Lake Bieyuan Incident jointly launched by Xiaohuang and Jiangnan Daomen.

Zhang Xueyao and Tang Shengyue were also involved in the change in the East Lake Bieyuan, so they had some contact with this tragic ghost king, and later informed Xu Beiyou about it.

"Oh yes, I almost forgot that your teacher's wife is Zhang Xueyao, and she was also a person who witnessed the change in the East Lake Bieyuan. Speaking of which, there were rumors that Zhang Xueyao was imprisoned in the Jiangnan Taoist sect after the incident, and it was Qiu Ye, the head teacher of the Taoist sect, who personally came forward , forcing Jiangnan Daomen to release people, is there such a thing?" Wang Sheng asked curiously.

Xu Beiyou's face darkened suddenly, and he didn't speak.

If there are rumors without wind and waves, even if Wang Sheng is a master craftsman of the Tianji Pavilion, and the realm of the ten-story building of the earth immortal, Xu Beiyou can also bluntly reprimand him, because he took up a word of reason, but this time he can only remain silent. Because the rumors are true, it was indeed Qiu Ye who came forward to put pressure on him. Although Qiu Ye was only the first disciple of the Taoist sect at the time, the Jiangnan Taoist sect did not dare to offend the future master teacher, so they had to release Zhang Xueyao. In the future, it was rumored that Qiuye and Gongsun Zhongmou had a hatred for taking his wife, apart from the fact that Qiuye and Zhang Xueyao had a marriage contract, it was also related to this matter.

Wang Sheng looked at his words and couldn't help laughing: "I didn't expect such a thing to happen. It seems that other rumors are not fabricated out of thin air."

Xu Beiyou had to forcefully change the subject and said, "Master Made, this is just the old ghost palace back then, do you know the new ghost palace today? There are many immortals in it, especially Xiao Lin, who is not inferior to Kunshan Zhang Zhaonu."

Unexpectedly by Xu Beiyou, Wang Sheng nodded and said: "I know, this newly established ghost palace first appeared in the 20th year of Taiping, and it has been almost 20 years."

Xu Beiyou was quite shocked and said, "How did the great craftsman know about it?"

Wang Sheng smiled, "It also happened by accident. I have a friend who works in Tiance Mansion. When he was ordered to go to the grassland, he accidentally broke through a conspiracy in the Ghost Palace. After escaping back, he reported the matter afterwards and also revealed it to me along the way..."

Xu Beiyou had to interrupt: "Dare to ask the master craftsman, what is the Tiance Mansion?"

Wang Sheng's eyes widened, "You don't even know the dignified Tiance Mansion?"

Xu Beiyou twitched the corners of his mouth, "Looking at the whole court, it seems that there is no such thing as Tiance Mansion."

"That's natural. You can't put all your wealth on the bright side. It's like Taoist sects claiming that they have five palaces and twelve pavilions, but do you know which five palaces are there and which twelve pavilions are they?" Wang Shengsheng took it for granted. asked rhetorically.

Xu Beiyou was speechless.

Wang Sheng then asked: "Since you don't know Tiance Mansion, do you know Tiger Camp?"

Xu Beiyou nodded after thinking for a while and said, "I have heard that before the first emperor ascended the throne, he mobilized elite soldiers from the army and turned the army into a battalion. With the white tiger as the banner, it was named Tiger Camp and was responsible for guarding the late emperor. At the same time, King Xiao of Wei Jin also has a similar guard called the Eagle Guard, both of which are the best of the best."

Wang Sheng nodded and said: "That's almost the case. After the founding of Daqi, the first emperor separated the Tiger Camp from the Dudu's Mansion, further expanded its scale and power, and changed it to Tiance Mansion. There was a long-time official and a palm-printed governor. , one on the left and one on the left, one on the left and one on the left, and the palm-printed governor is also known as the mansion master, and most of them are held by important officials of the clan or several honorable princes in turn. Not being supervised by the Secret Guards, but directly obeying His Majesty the Emperor, the Tiance Mansion contributed a great deal to the Empress Dowager who was able to easily quell the conflict between the Blue and Han parties."

Xu Beiyou came to understand a little bit. Back then, Emperor Xiao should have set up three major military attache institutions, namely the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, the Dark Guard Mansion and the Tiance Mansion. The three are like three interlocking circles.

Since ancient times, there has been a saying that the family will be destroyed and the country will be destroyed. Among them, the Dadu Dufu is the largest of the three circles. It is responsible for commanding the army, conquering or resisting foreign enemies, and it is "defending the world".The Dark Guard Mansion is next, to detect misconduct in the government and the public, to spy on the enemy, and to eradicate treacherous craftsmen, which is to "defend the country".The Tiance Mansion is the smallest, and it only guards the Xiao family's royal family, which is called "Wei Family".

Because of this, everyone in the world knows about the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion and the Secret Guard's Mansion, but few people know about Tiance Mansion.

Wang Sheng went on to say: "Speaking of the Tiance Mansion, the pavilion master also served as the head of the Tiance Mansion for a period of time, but that was all when the former emperor was alive. After the new emperor ascended the throne, His Majesty obviously cannot trust the pavilion master. Someone changed to him from the beginning. It seems to be Zhao Qing. I heard that he is very powerful. Even if he meets Murong Xuanyin, he will be able to fight. I don’t know if it is true or not. In my opinion, it is mostly nonsense. Niu Pi, where in this world are there so many masters from the [-]th Floor of the Earth Immortal, and how many Gongsun Zhongmou are holding the Jade Immortal, do you really think that the Chinese cabbage on the roadside is worthless..."

While Wang Sheng was chattering, Xu Beiyou was in a daze.

It turns out that this is the foundation of the imperial court's rule of the world.

(End of this chapter)