Xiu Xian: I can reincarnate in the heavens

Chapter 133 My Surname is Su, I Stop Writing Poems (Chapter 6K)
Fengxi Country is not far from Feiyu Immortal Palace.

But... this is for monks.

The two places are separated by seven countries including Baoxiang Country, Lanyue Country, and Liuguang Country. After arriving at Baoxiang Country in the north, they have to cross a vast water area of ​​thousands of miles before they can reach Lingnan Road in Fengxi Country.

For ordinary people, these journeys, even riding a thousand-mile horse, will take a lifetime of energy.

Xu Xing stopped and stopped along the way, experiencing the customs of various countries.

Cultivation also requires relaxation.

Being tense like a bowstring all the time is not a good thing for practice.

About five days have passed.

Xu Xing crossed Lingnan Road, Jiangxi South Road, and Luonan Road, and came to Shenjing City in Fengxi Kingdom.He stood on the watchtower standing beside the green and black city wall, stepped on one corner of the cornice, and looked at the inner and outer cities.

The one hundred and eight square city is in order.

The east and west cities are full of traffic and pedestrians, and it is a prosperous scene of flowers and brocades.

"Gongyangyi has a way of governing the country."

Xu Xing praised secretly.

Don't look at Gong Yangyi, when he was his enemy, he was beaten repeatedly.But before he went to Siming Mountain, Gong Yangyi was the mastermind of the monk, basically everything was in his favor.

Heyang Mountain is the leader of the eighteen princes!
It can be said that Gongyangyi's internal affairs methods are absolutely top-notch.

"Go to Prince Kun's Mansion first."

"Third brother Kun Tianwang has the most honest heart, and he is also my sworn brother, and he values ​​brotherhood the most."

After going down the watchtower, he casually cast a breath restraining technique on himself, and Xu Xing went straight to the Kun Palace in Shengkangfang.

He didn't intend to go directly to the palace rashly.

Twelve years away.

Although it won't be the same as the sea, things are different.But 12 years is enough to change many things.In particular, he claimed that he was ill and had not been able to meet all officials in court.

Even though confidants such as Gong Yangyi and Chang Ji knew that Emperor Tiande was not seriously ill, but went to Feiyu Immortal Palace to seek immortality.But he didn't show up for too long, who knows if any officials or vassal kings from all over the world will have a different heart after such a long time...

"He is a dignified prince..."

"Why is it so deserted in front of the door?"

After a while, Xu Xing arrived at a tall mansion.

The mansion he bestowed on Kuntian King Chang Kun was once the palace of Yongwang, the son of Emperor Chongming.

The palace covers an area of ​​about one hundred acres, with a lacquered vermilion gate, a bright copper animal head and a copper ring nailed on the gate, and two majestic white jade lions sitting on the door pillow.Through the blue bricks and black tiles that are as tall as two people, you can see the various attics with high eaves in the palace, which shows the style of the palace.

It's just that the front of this mansion is much deserted.

Either the main entrance or the side entrance.

The main door was closed tightly, but at the side door stood two burly servants in blue clothes, guarding the door.Beside the side door, near the Shuanma Stone, there is little fresh soil, and there is a thin layer of dust on the ground.

You can know the whole leopard from a glance.

If Heavenly King Kun has many guests, it should be true that there is not a single horse tied to the stone, not even a single horse.

"Go in and have a look."

Xu Xing dodges, crosses two nursing homes, and enters the palace.

It is not suitable for etiquette to advance without warning.

But he is the founding emperor, and this small gift can't limit him.

In an instant.

Xu Xing found Kuntian King Chang Kun from an ice room in the back house.

Chang Kun half-lyed on an arhat bed, squinting and snoring.He opened his chest, and beside him were two concubines fanning him vigorously with cattail fans.In the ice room, there are two large buckets of ice.

A trace of cold air spread to Chang Kun under the fan of the cattail fan.

See here.

Xu Xing was not surprised either.

At this time, Fengxi Country is experiencing the scorching heat, and it is common for dignitaries to take ice from the ice cellar to build an ice room to cool off.Chang Kun's behavior is not considered extravagant and lustful.

"Third brother..."

"I haven't seen you for many years. The third brother's hair is raw, and his life is much more comfortable than that of the fourth brother. I am really envious of the fourth brother."

Not long after, Xu Xing showed his body and looked at Chang Kun with white hair on his temples with a smile on his face.

The two concubines who were waving cattail fans to Chang Kun suddenly saw Xu Xing showing his body, and mistook him for an assassin, so they almost called out the guards outside to escort him inside.But after they heard Xu Xing's self-proclaimed words, they immediately suppressed the blurted words, so as not to rush to the emperor.

The fourth younger brother of King Kun, there is no one else except Emperor Tiande.

"The servants have seen the emperor..."

The two concubines knelt down, their delicate bodies trembling slightly.

The person in front of them is Emperor Tiande who can kill them, how dare they disrespect them.

Such a noise instantly woke up Chang Kun, who was sleeping soundly, and he quickly got up from the Arhat bed.Immediately afterwards, Xu Xing, who was standing in the room with a calm face, broke into his eyes.

"Chen Changkun has seen His Majesty."

Chang Kun was stunned for a few breaths, then rubbed his eye sockets, and after confirming that he hadn't been blind, he immediately lifted the front of his robe, ready to kneel down to meet Xu Xing.

The righteousness of the monarch and ministers is above all, and the brotherhood is below.

Having been a minister for a long time, Chang Kun knows how to measure.

"Third brother, why be so polite."

Xu Xing came to Chang Kun in an instant, bent slightly, and stopped Chang Kun from bowing down with his arms.

Then, he shook his head and said, "Third brother, you and I are brothers who worship the master, and the etiquette of the monarch and his ministers is nothing. Besides, I have entered the fairyland now, and some ordinary etiquette can be avoided."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Chang Kun did not insist on bowing down, but he did not change his address, and still called Xu Xing "Your Majesty" instead of "Fourth Brother".

Some customs are exempt.

But if he really didn't know how to measure, Xu Xing was okay at the beginning, but after a long time, he must be dissatisfied.

Chang Kun knows everything about this.

……

……

The ice room was restored as a living room.

The maid pours spiritual tea.

The aroma fills the whole room and makes people salivate.

Xu Xing took his seat and took the main seat.Chang Kun is next.The two of them each took a sip of the tea soaked in the Huanwuling tea.Only then did Xu Xing point out his purpose for coming to King Kun's Mansion this time.

Inquire about the current situation of the court.

"North Korea..."

Chang Kun touched his head.

Although he was moved, the fourth brother didn't treat him as an outsider.

But some things have to be said truthfully, he said with a sneer: "Your Majesty, you know me, and it's okay to fight, but I don't care much about these matters in the court, and I can't manage them well. So As early as the second year after you left, Your Majesty, I simply closed the gate of the palace to avoid visitors..."

He didn't tell lies, but there were still some things he didn't say.

In fact, the reason why he closed the palace was that no outsiders were seen.Apart from the fact that he is not greedy for power, the more reason is that the vassal king with a foreign surname attracts attention....

In the fourth year of Tiande, he was impeached by King Kun for taking bribes and filling his pockets.Chang Kun was furious at first, he hated corrupt officials the most in his life, how could he be corrupt by himself, plus Xu Xing rewarded their sworn brothers endlessly, and he was not short of money, how could he be corrupt and accept bribes.

back--

After being impeached by hundreds of officials in the court, he only realized later that it was the fault of his foreign surname.

So Chang Kun rushed to Gongyangyi's mansion overnight and asked Gongyangyi what he should do next.Gong Yangyi gave him this suggestion, asking him to delegate power and become a wealthy prince.

"Then now... who is in power in the court..."

"Third brother should know about this."

Xu Xing's words became slightly colder.

He finally understood that Chang Kun was playing tricks because he was afraid of offending others.

But after thinking about it for a while, he was relieved.

He can just leave, but Chang Kun still has to find a life for himself and a future for his younger generations.Now, it is not terrible to offend him, the great ancestor, because he is not in power, and he will not kill him painfully because of this matter, and cut off the previous kindness.

But if Chang Kun offends the forces in the court, then the future of himself and his descendants will be unpredictable.

"Yes... the empress and the chief assistant, Gong Yangyi, are in power together."

Chang Kun hesitated for a moment and said.

Xu Xing couldn't hide this matter.As long as Xu Xing inquires a little in Shenjing, he can know who is in power in Shenjing now.All officials know it, and so do the common people in the market.

If he really thinks he doesn't know anything, then he really offended Xu Xing to death.

But after finishing speaking, Chang Kun added another sentence, "Your Majesty, you also know that you said that you were sick and did not see all the officials, even though we ministers knew that you were going to seek immortality. But the middle and bottom officials , and the common people in the world don't know, the queen is also helpless..."

"The prince is young, if the queen does not take part in politics."

"The power of the Tian family is hard to survive!"

He said something from the bottom of his heart.

"This matter... I understand."

After a moment of silence, Xu Xing nodded with a calm demeanor.

In fact, Zhao Yunniang's harem intervened in the government and took power. In fact, it was his deliberate arrangement when he left.If he really intends to limit the power of the harem, as the founder of the country, he can decide it with one word.

Just leave a decree.

No matter how tricky Zhao Yuniang is, she won't be able to turn the sky around.

"The speaker who impeached Third Brother..."

"Is it the queen's trick?"

Xu Xing glanced at Chang Kun and smiled.

Among the two people who have gained power in the court are the Queen Zhao Yunniang and the Chief Assistant of the Cabinet Gong Yangyi.The former is the queen, the mother of the world, and nominally has the power to intervene in politics when the emperor is not in power, while the latter is the head of the cabinet and has the natural political power to lead all officials...

But Kun Tian Wang Chang Kun and other vassal kings with foreign surnames fell.

Obviously, it was a political trick by Gongyangyi and Zhao Yunniang to transfer power to the center.After all, the external vassal turmoil affected the government.

Such things belong to the trend of the times.

Anyone who sat in the seats of Gong Yangyi and Zhao Yunniang would do the same.

At the beginning of the founding of the country, the meritorious officials were divided, so the power of the center had to be released.However, the later rulers obviously did not have the prestige of the founder of the country, so the center will inevitably continue to seize power and fight against the "vassal kings" and "heroes" who cut flesh, so as to achieve the effect of stabilizing the power of the center.

"Son of a bitch..."

"So it was Gong Yangyi's idea."

"Fortunately, I still blame the queen all the time, so I went to him for help..."

Hearing this, Kuntian King Chang Kun's face instantly showed anger, and he cursed, "I knew that Gong Yangyi was a bad boy from the time he joined the army, and I thought I had a fellowship with him. It counted on me."

He thought of the first floor.

He thought that the Queen Zhao Yunniang was willing to become a rich and virtuous king in order to seize power and consolidate the power of the Tian family, so as to prevent the power of the Tian family from falling apart.

But he never imagined that Gong Yangyi was involved in the scheme.

"Where's Big Brother?"

"how is he……"

"Are you willing to be a wealthy and virtuous king?"

Xu Xing asked again.

When he was in Kansai Road, in order to build his own reputation, he left a thousand silent horses for the king of mourning, Yao Dang.

Later, when he ruled the world, Yao Dang was his seat, so Yao Dang was given the most seals. It can be said that Yao Dang is the most powerful vassal king among foreign vassal kings, with at least ten thousand troops under his command.

Of course, he also has precautions against Yao Dang.

When the people of the Xu clan were granted their wings, they deliberately put the fiefs of the Xu clan and Yao Dang's together to restrain each other.

"Brother's words..."

Chang Kun heaved a long sigh, "Eldest brother passed away suddenly two years ago. A personal guard of the mourning palace said that before the eldest brother passed away, he met the second brother..."

Among the three heavenly kings in Siming Mountain, Mourning Heavenly King and Weitian King have the best relationship.

Neither is he.

"Wei Tianwang?"

Xu Xing frowned.

He intuitively felt that the death of Yao Dang, the king of mourning, was a bit strange.

In the second deduction of fate, he was decapitated by Ye Jiming with a sword, and then turned into an underground lord with an immortal soul.It was Wei Tianwang who used means to destroy his remnant soul.

Obviously, Wei Tianwang, who split up and left at Daoliang Mountain, must have a chance afterwards.

Maybe King Wei Tian is also a monk now.

This is also impossible to say.

"Although I usurped Yao Dang's power, I didn't feel sorry for Yao Dang afterwards. King Wei Tian won't hate me. Besides, no matter how powerful King Wei Tian is, is it better than my fate?"

Xu Xing calmed down and put aside the matter of King Wei Tian for the time being.

Fairyland is cruel.

Few people can go to the back.

If King Wei really hated him, he would have taken revenge on Zhao Yunniang and Xu Zhang long ago.In addition, he looked at the mighty king, and he didn't feel that this person was a narrow-minded person.

then.

According to Xu Xing's instructions, Chang Kun recounted what happened to the "Xu family" and the court officials in the past 12 years.

It's just that he still has some reservations, and mentioned it briefly, but didn't go into details.

"Third brother can have this awareness..."

"Among the ministers, the one who can defeat the third brother is no more than the number of two palms."

After listening, Xu Xing was not angry with Chang Kun's handling of things, but praised him instead.

Know the pros and cons, know how to advance and retreat.

can do it.

It is enough to be called a wise man.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your compliment."

Chang Kun breathed a sigh of relief, pretending to be stupid, first scratching his head, and then bowing to Xu Xing.

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Walk out of King Kun's mansion.

There was a trace of melancholy on Xu Xing's face.

Although he praised Chang Kun's decent handling of things, Chang Kun's decent handling of things is not a manifestation of his relationship with him.During the years of the uprising, he and Chang Kun got along with each other, first they were hypocritical, and after four years of getting along, they became more sincere, but he never thought that 12 years later, everything would be the same as before.

"By the way, King Xing Tian flicked his sleeves, and two yellow snakes appeared from the sleeves."

"That day, Shenjing was majestic, and the immortal stood in the sky..."

"King Xingtian cut off the immortal's arm, laughed a few times, grabbed the immortal's arm, and bit it with his mouth..., the immortal energy dissipated, and a little bit of blood fell on the bottom of the southern city, making the dead cypress trees bloom again."

"The immortal was furious, and cursed: How dare a mere mortal dare to attack an immortal?"

"At this time, King Xing Tian bent his bow and set an arrow again, and shot the arrow in the eyes of the immortal. The immortal was afraid that the eyes would be taken away by King Xing Tian again, so he said, 'The essence and blood of parents should not be discarded', and swallowed his own eyes."

"And this battle of killing immortals..."

"Also let King Xingtian be cursed, and his age is unknown, so he can only rest in the palace."

"King Xingtian is willing to be punished by heaven for the welfare of all people..."

"I'm waiting for the common people, and I want to accept the love of King Xing."

Not long after leaving Shengkangfang, Xu Xing met a storyteller in a coat and holding a white paper folding fan at the entrance of the square, speaking under the big locust tree, surrounded by a group of people listening to books.

Speaking of books, it is nothing else.

It was his battle with Ye Jiming outside Shenjing in the first year of Tiande.

It's just that three people became tigers, and the more the story was told, the more outrageous it became.

"It doesn't have to be outrageous..."

"It's also possible that the court deliberately asked the storyteller to speak like this to establish my prestige and promote the orthodoxy of the court... After all, I have already killed an immortal. With such difficulty, no one in the world would dare to rebel after hearing this."

Xu Xing shook his head and thought to himself.

In order to promote the righteousness of Taizu's victory in the country, later generations made up legends about Taizu, and they were not polite at all.What is born with a strange fragrance all over the room, the mother dreamed that there was a dragon entering her body, the red emperor's son beheaded the white emperor's son, three breasts... etc., are all outrageous.It's just that foolish people still follow this trick.

In comparison, his Slaying Immortal is quite normal.

"and many more……"

"This Mr. Storyteller..."

"Scholar Su?"

Just when Xu Xing was about to leave, he subconsciously glanced back at Mr. Storyteller.

It didn't matter before this sweep, but after sweeping, I was suddenly surprised.

At this time, although Su Xueshi had shaved off his beard, his face looked a little older.

But Xu Xing and Su Xueshi have been in prison for a long time, and he has a supernatural sense at this time, so he only took a look and saw that this storyteller is Su University who dominated the literary circles of Fengxi country back then. Doctor - Sucher.

"Emperor Tiande..."

"Oh, no... Master Xu..."

Su Xueshi, who had just drank tea to moisten his throat, also noticed Xu Xing, he almost couldn't hold back, let the tea in his mouth spurt out of his throat.

However, he was also sipped a few times by the tea.

So he quickly put down the teacup, wiped the corners of his mouth with his sleeve, and got up to salute Xu Xing.

It’s different in the past.

Xu Xing has already become the emperor.

However, Xueshi Su, who was once an official, also knew that it was not appropriate to reveal Xu Xing's identity at this time, so he quickly changed his name to Xu Xing as "Master Xu" before he could say "Emperor Tiande".

"Roadside teahouse, let's chat."

Xu Xing became interested.

He didn't expect that the storyteller who arranged for him by the side of the road was actually Su Xueshi, who had feelings for him as a fellow prisoner.

"Please."

Su Xueshi put the reward money in the big porcelain bowl into his pocket, put the white paper fan in his waist, and followed Xu Xing into the roadside teahouse with his hands behind his back. He ordered a seat and a pot of high-quality tea.

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Drink a few cups of tea.

Seeing the old man, Su Xueshi also opened his heart, "I'm not an official anymore. In the first year of Tiande, you took over the world and invited me to be an official in the court. I deliberately avoided the imperial envoy you sent and hid outside the house. I waited for three days and three nights until the imperial envoy had left before I returned home."

"Later, I came to Shenjing. I saw that storytelling was interesting, so I started talking about books."

"It's no fun being an official."

"The big hermit hides in the city, and the little hermit hides in the wild."

He smiled generously, with bitterness in his smile.

After several consecutive frustrations in the officialdom, he also understood that he was not expected to be an official.

After entering the court, he could only write poems and lyrics for the new emperor.

Instead of being prime minister, for the country and the people.

He understands that for the sake of the country and the people, he is harming the people of Li and helping the community, and he is really incapable of doing so.

When Emperor Chongming was in court, he could still scold the faint emperor for being in power, and it was difficult for him to stretch his ambitions.

But after Xu Xing hanged the people to punish crimes and established a new dynasty... Xu Xing, who was familiar with him, sent an imperial envoy to give him an official, and he was also given an idle job.

He immediately understood his weight.

Since then, there has been no thought of becoming an official in the court.

"storytelling……"

Seeing that the tea was exhausted, Xu Xing took out the Magic Wuling tea from the storage bag, twisted a few tea leaves and threw them in, then cast a spell to attract running water, and began to cook tea quietly.

While maintaining the heat of cooking tea with his spells, he persuaded: "Storytelling is something most literati can't do. The right way is poetry, and storytelling is hard to be elegant. Su Xueshi, why are you bothering?"

Storytelling is a dirty job.

Not to mention Su Xueshi's previous Hanlin bachelors, just ordinary scholars without fame, would not be willing to be humble, and went to the street to tell stories, at most to sell calligraphy.

Even if you give up on yourself, you can't do this.

"Master Xu..."

"What about poetry? What about storytelling?"

Su Xueshi looked eagerly at the teapot floating on the table. If he guessed correctly the tea leaves that Xu Xingyan just made, it should be fairy tea drunk by immortals.He has nothing to like in his life, except for some appetites.

He wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth, and said disdainfully: "It's all a job of showing off words, there is no difference between high and low."

"My surname is Su, I don't write poetry anymore!"

He hummed a few times.

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Stop writing poetry?

Xu Xing silently looked at Xueshi Su.

He didn't know whether what Xueshi Su said was out of temper or the truth.But he thought, the reason Su Xueshi didn't write poems might be inseparable from the poem that Princess Anren asked for.

The literati's strength of character seems invisible, but sometimes it can be touched.

Emperor Chongming lost his country because of his stupidity.

But this is also closely related to Emperor Chongming's refusal to give them dignity when he dealt with the ministers.

Treat your courtiers as your own private slaves!

"Master Xu..."

"Are you really sick and recuperating in the palace? Or... have you gone to seek immortality?"

After a while of silence, Xueshi Su took the initiative to change the topic.

Asked about the one thing he cared about the most.

In his opinion, Xu Xing is not a mediocre king.Xu Xing, who was born as an official, not only understands the way to survive in the officialdom, but also understands the truth that a country cannot live without a king.

will not be dismissed easily.

Especially not long after the founding of the country.

Now that he saw Xu Xing's casually performing this technique, he probably had some guesses about what Xu Xing had done in the past 12 years.But he wasn't sure, so he wanted to ask Xu Xing for an answer.

"Seeking immortality..."

Xu Xing was calm and composed, glanced at Xueshi Su, and replied.

Although Feiyu Immortal Palace allows immortals not to interfere with each other, but this precept is not so strict.If he hadn't had Wang Ti and Ming Wang Ti close by at that time, he would have been beheaded by Ye Jiming long ago, and he would never have had the chance to invade Shenjing and replace the Song family.

Therefore, revealing one or two things is not considered a violation of the sect's precepts.

(End of this chapter)