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King Qi walked out of the forest first, looked around, and frowned: "Where did the Taoist priest go?"

Lu Haosheng also showed curiosity, looking around, Qiu Ruxue asked suspiciously: "What kind of Taoist is the prince talking about?"

"Hero Qiu, Ma Zhongheng is the Crown Prince's man and a traitor." Lu Haosheng explained: "He stayed outside on purpose, and when Hero Qiu came out to look for him, he turned back to the Earth Temple and wanted to harm the prince. Fortunately, there was a Taoist priest Rescue each other, the lord is now in danger."

"Oh?" Qiu Ruxue hurriedly asked, "What kind of Taoist is he? Where is he now?"

"Just now he brought us here. When we entered the forest, we thought he was following, but he was nowhere to be seen." King Qi frowned and said, "He has disappeared now."

Qiu Ruxue said with a smile: "Your Highness and His Excellency have their own celestial features. It must be because they met an expert on the road and saw the Highness in danger, so they rescued him. This kind of expert dragon can't see the end. Since he left, he wanted to find him. It's not easy."

King Qi said: "But Ma Zhongheng seems to know him!"

Qiu Ruxue was taken aback, "My lord, you mean that Ma Zhongheng knows the identity of that Taoist priest?"

"It's strange here." Lu Haosheng sighed: "Ma Zhongheng obviously met the Taoist priest, but...Ma Zhongheng doesn't seem to know the real identity of the Taoist priest. This matter is really weird."

"Taoist?" Qiu Ruxue frowned, "A Taoist that Ma Zhongheng knows? Your lord, this... Could this be someone sent by the Holy One?"

King Qi was stunned, "You mean, that Taoist priest was sent by my father to secretly protect this king?" The corners of his eyes twitched slightly, then he shook his head and said, "Probably not, oh, by the way, he seemed to be on the way... ...It seems to be talking about Chu Huan."

"Oh?"

"He seems to have said that Chu Huan did not plan well and underestimated the prince." King Qi said thoughtfully: "He also said that when he sees Chu Huan in court, he should make fun of Chu Huan...!"

"So, that Taoist actually knew Chu Du?" Qiu Ruxue frowned and said, "Judging from his tone, it seems that he has some friendship with Chu Du, but... when I left Shuoquan, Chu Du didn't tell me Is there a Taoist priest who will meet us? Could it be... Could it be that this is the person Chu Du sent to meet us later just in case? It’s just that we are walking in a remote place, and it is Chu Du, who doesn’t know where we are now, and the Taoist priest How can we know our whereabouts? If he is really sent by Chu Du, then he is one of our own, why should we hide his head and show his tail?" After thinking for a while, he shook his head slightly and said, "I'm afraid that person is not sent by Chu Du."

"Hero Qiu, don't worry about these things for now, let's find a place quickly and see Ling Shuang first." King Qi said urgently: "Don't delay Ling Shuang's condition."

Qiu Ruxue nodded and said: "My lord, I have medicine here, take two pills first, and then we will look for a doctor."

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On the Guisi day of the twelfth lunar month, it is an auspicious day for all things not to be violated.

Everyone knows that this is a very special day for Hexi Dao. The emperor of the empire will go to the Heavenly Palace in person to preside over the opening ceremony of the main hall, the Tiandao Hall.

According to Onmyoji, the Temple of Heaven is built on the auspicious soil filled with spiritual energy and excellent geomantic omen. The Temple of Heaven itself is the dojo of His Majesty the Emperor. The profound energy of the Temple of Heaven.

The common people don't know about aura and feng shui, but His Majesty the Emperor is now in Hexi, and he is going to hold a grand hall. For Hexi Road in the north, such a grand event is rare, so many people began to wait in Wuping Prefecture at dawn On the road to Tiangong, this road is extremely spacious. While the Tiangong is being built, this road is also being built. The total length is less than [-] miles, and it leads directly from the gate of Wuping Mansion to Tiangong Square.

The emperor rode on a huge and gorgeous dragon chariot, and along this flat road, accepted the worship of the people on both sides of the road. Stand tall and proud of the world.

There are guards clearing the way in front of the dragon chariot, followed closely by the guard of honor, followed by officials behind the dragon chariot, and on both sides of the dragon chariot, there are also two long teams, almost all of whom are dressed as Taoist priests, all in blue Taoist robes, with floating dust, like a fairy The air is dense.

The people have never seen such a magnificent scene.

Looking at the people prostrating on the ground on both sides, the emperor felt a strange feeling in his heart.

"call out!"

Among the crowd, a sharp arrow pierced through the air, extremely fast, and aimed directly at His Majesty the Emperor standing in front of the dragon chariot. Although the Emperor was wearing a dragon robe and ruled the world, he looked very old, and the arrow was too old. Quickly, I saw that I shot straight at the emperor's old body.

"call out!"

There was another sound, a sharp arrow came after the first, and shot right in the middle of the emperor's sharp arrow, and shot away the sharp arrow that was sneaking up on the emperor, with a "pop", the sharp arrow that came first was fired later The sharp arrow of the sneak attack was fixed on a wooden pillar of the dragon chariot, and almost at the same time, more than a dozen guards rushed towards the assassin of the emperor like wolves and tigers.

Xuanyuan Shao picked up his longbow and quickly walked towards the emperor. At this moment, Feng Yuanpo, the governor of Hexi Road who was not far from the dragon chariot, was even pale and rushed over. The two arrived at the edge of the dragon chariot almost at the same time, but Feng Yuanpo Po knelt faster and knelt down on the ground: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you should die...!" He kowtowed like garlic, panicking.

Many people on both sides of the road didn't even know what happened. Seeing the guards quickly approaching the dragon chariot and surrounding them, they immediately whispered. Not long after, they saw several tall and burly armored warriors pushing and shoving A young man came to the side of the dragon chariot, and the people whispered even more. Many of them prostrated themselves on the ground just now, with their heads bowed. Many of them had never seen the arrow that was aimed at the emperor.

Seeing the assassin being pushed over, Feng Yuanpo suddenly stood up. Today, he is accompanying the emperor to enter the palace for the ceremony. All officials are not allowed to wear weapons. He then took out a knife from the waist of a guard, pointed the blade forward, Pointing to the young assassin: "How dare you assassinate the Holy One? Who sent you?"

The young assassin was only about 23 or [-] years old, raised his head, and shouted in a cold voice: "The king has no way, harms the country and the people, everyone gets it and kills him, why do you need someone to send him?"

"You... what did you say?" Feng Yuanpo's eyes spewed fire.

"Fun Lord, dog officials, you are building a heavenly palace for your own self-interest, but you don't care about the lives of the people. What kind of heavenly palace is that? It's a bloody palace. Every brick and tile in it is made of flesh and blood." The young man shouted loudly: " Feng Yuanpo, you lackey, and your master will die...!"

Feng Yuanpo was so furious that he stepped forward and cut the man in half with one blow.

"Where is Hu Lun?" Feng Yuanpo shouted.

A military general in armor rushed forward, knelt down on the ground, his face was pale, "My lord, the last general is...!"

"The governor ordered you to be responsible for the safety along the way, why are there assassins among them?" Feng Yuanpo's face was livid, "Tell me, what should you do?"

The armored general reached out to his waist, pulled out the knife with a "choke", put it on his neck without saying a word, wiped it hard, and the blood spattered on the ground.

The corners of Feng Yuanpo's eyes twitched, he raised his hand and said: "Come on, drag it down." Immediately, a soldier stepped forward and dragged down the dead warrior's body.

Feng Yuanpo looked up at the emperor on the dragon chariot, and said guiltily, "Your Majesty, this subject's negligence and frightened His Majesty deserve death." Immediately, he also put the big knife on his neck, and wanted to kill himself.

"Jingzhong, you come up!" The emperor beckoned.

Feng Yuanpo was taken aback, but finally put down his knife and stepped on the dragon chariot cautiously. Not everyone can get on the dragon chariot, let alone equipped with weapons.

Walking in front of the emperor, Feng Yuanpo knelt down on the ground. The emperor stared at Feng Yuanpo who was kneeling at his feet, pondered for a while, and finally asked, "Have you been wronged these past few years?"

Feng Yuanpo was startled, raised his head, not knowing what to say.

"Jing Zhonghou, I'm not confused yet." The emperor said slowly: "You built the Heavenly Palace for me with your own efforts, and you didn't ask the court for any money. I knew very early on that you would definitely struggle. You are loyal and loyal!" I'm not a god, and I don't have the ability to turn stones into gold. Building a heavenly palace will cost a lot of manpower and financial resources. These things can only be obtained from the local Hexi Road. Of course, the common people will feel resentful. It is really hard for you to bear the bad name."

Tears fell from Feng Yuan's eyes, and he said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, forgive me for speaking bluntly, without His Majesty's favor, the Feng family is still just a generation of butchers of pigs and dogs, how can they get their glory today? Before my father died, he repeatedly told me In the whole world, the Feng family is only loyal to the Holy One, and they can only keep the Holy One in their hearts. The Holy One is a god who came to the world and cultivated the Tao to return to the truth. People in the world don't understand, but I know that only the Holy One can live forever, and our Great Qin Empire can live forever... ...I only want to offer a small gift to the Holy One when I built the Heavenly Palace, not to mention being scolded by others, even if I was hacked into pieces, I will not regret it at all."

The emperor patted Feng Yuanpo's shoulder lightly, and said with a smile: "You don't have to blame yourself, what I saw along the way when I came to Hexi, the people are happy, it's all thanks to you...!" Leaning close to Feng Yuanpo's ear, He said softly: "The people in the world are all unreasonable people, they will never be able to understand my thoughts, let them eat and drink enough, they still can't think of my kindness, eat and drink enough, their hearts will grow big... ...!"

Feng Yuan broke his forehead and touched the ground, "I will remember the teachings of the Holy Majesty."

"Let's stop here for now. Today's ceremony is the most important, so don't delay it." The emperor stood up straight, waved his hand, and the ceremony and music sounded in front of him, and the team continued to move forward to the Heavenly Palace.

According to the rules of the entrance ceremony, after the emperor arrived at the Heavenly Palace, he first read the prayer book, then burned the book to sacrifice to heaven, and led the officials to perform the three major rituals. Finally, the emperor personally opened the gate of the Temple of Heaven and entered the palace.

Today, there are not only many officials from the Great Qin Dynasty, but also more than a dozen barbarian chiefs. These barbarian chiefs are dressed in different styles, mainly made of fur. It seems that they have never seen such a grand Among the crowd, I looked left and right, dizzying. When I arrived at Tiangong Square, I saw that the empty square was paved with marble, smooth as a mirror. Yun Xiang Beast, every other distance, there is a well-built flower garden, which is different from the flower garden in the mansion. There is a pool dug in it, and there are koi swimming in the pool. The water in the pool is clear and the water is rippling. The dense air emerges from the ground, enters the square, and looks around, just like being in a fairyland.