Empress Mi Benji

Chapter 65

Stepping on the carriage to the palace, Zhuang Xun stuffed two pieces of silver to the eunuch who came to deliver the decree.

"Eunuch, may I ask what is the important matter of the emperor's interrogation?" Regardless of whether the eunuch knows or not, let's open the topic first.

"Don't worry about Jiedu, it's a reward for Jiedu." The eunuch collected the money, smiled, and cupped his hands.

"How can you talk about rewards if you haven't achieved an inch of merit?" Zhuang Xun said in a daze, did he do something good by accident?Need to be rewarded.

"Didn't many officials flee when they heard the defeat of Yu Cheng's allied forces on the front line a long time ago? Unexpectedly, a few days later, the situation was reversed, and Jiedu was sticking to Yindu, so His Majesty decided to reward Jiedu for his loyalty!" the eunuch explained.

It was only then that Zhuang Xun came to his senses, but did it take a few days? The two battle reports that Li Rusi got should not take more than a day.

There may be some special delivery method.

"Which adults have escaped?" Zhuang Xun was scolded every day and didn't pay attention to this matter.

"I don't know about it. After all, it's just what I heard. I heard that most of them are from the right faction, and some are from the left faction. However, the adults of the first and second ranks did not move, and all the officials of the third rank ran away." The eunuch weighed Broken Silver and added.

"Is that so? There are so many people who haven't run away, why should I be rewarded?" Zhuang Xun felt very strange when he heard it.

"This is beyond what I can know. I only know that Jiedujian is in the emperor's heart and has a bright future." The eunuch complimented that Zhuang Xun was favored by the emperor, and he had a vague image of a power minister and jester.

"Is Jane in the emperor's heart?" It felt that the emperor treated him like an illegitimate child, although he didn't know why.

"There are many people who have received the emperor's favor, and many of them were promoted very quickly, such as Zhang Youxiang, but there is only one person who has gone from being a white body to a third-rank Jiedu right envoy." The eunuch said respectfully.

Zhuang Xun can be regarded as a respectable person now. If he hadn't lived in the Chengguo Mansion, many people would have stepped over the threshold of his house to curry favor.

"Is that so?" Zhuang Xun felt even more confused, forget it, no matter what trap he stepped into, the cake was too tempting.

In the court where Zhuang Xun was going, the emperor sat on the dragon chair and repeatedly looked at the battle reports from the front line.

How should I put it, the expression is cloudy, there are excitement, there is anger, and the lack is the same.

Today, he invited the national teacher, which was rare, and discussed Zhuang Xun's contribution.

"National Teacher, please read the request from Cheng Guo on the front line." Raising the letter, the emperor sat on the dragon chair and couldn't get up. Now it was difficult for him to act.

This is the sequelae of demon transformation, chronic death, and the gradual separation of the three souls and seven souls. The external manifestation is that people gradually lose control of their bodies, as if they are paralyzed.

Because it was a secret conversation, without eunuchs and other attendants passing it on, the national teacher stepped forward, took over the information from the emperor, and read it slowly.

"Wolf ambition, has Your Majesty agreed?" After reading it, Ge Tan's eyes became a little more angry.

"Otherwise, if the other party doesn't help to destroy Chen and Zhao's two armies, and they will be hurt in the end after staying in the country, just give them the Hebei Road, and it will be regarded as their reward for winning the battle." The emperor is very satisfied with this result. Accepted, the people of Chengguo just want one, it's okay, it's not hard to accept.

"The appetite is too big, so I just ordered one! If it's a few counties, it's fine." Ge Tan's affection for Yu State is like his own child. Seeing that Yu State has to cut flesh, he also hopes to cut less.

"Let's not talk about that, what I'm interested in is the monks who appear in it, how is it better than the national teacher?" The emperor's eyes revealed a bit of interest.

"It's hard to compare, but being able to cut monsters with a sword is at least the cultivation level of Zifu." The national teacher didn't get much information from the description, so he roughly inferred.

"I didn't expect You Country to use monsters to fight. These monsters are also crazy, and they dare to participate in the war between countries." Ge Tan looked at the information again and said in disbelief.

"I remember you, the national teacher, said that practitioners can only do good deeds and cannot do bad deeds. The monster clan in You Country can also be regarded as practitioners. Are they not afraid of causing bad karma if they directly participate in the war between countries?" the emperor called The national teacher also came to ask questions.

"That's why I think these monster races are crazy, and they still use people to feed monster beasts, don't you think they die fast enough?" Ge Tan stroked his beard, took two steps left and right, not wanting to understand.

"Anything to say?" The emperor is about to become a monster, and needs knowledge.

"Following the principle that all things have animism and all things can become immortals, animals, plants and trees can give birth to spiritual wisdom. This is a demon, but there is an underworld. Most of these animals, plants and trees are to pay for their sins. It means escaping punishment, so the way of heaven is not tolerant to demons, and cannot gluttonous creatures. You can only swallow the light of the sun and the moon every day, otherwise you will be entangled in bad karma." Ge Tan introduced the emergence of demons, don't look at the magician The prestige is actually the prisoner going out to let the wind go.

"For monsters, human monks, and demon immortals who have attained the Tao have only one attitude, keep those who have merit, and kill those who have no merit!" Ge Tan looked solemn, but the emperor felt cold in his body.

"If you don't have merit, you will be killed?" The emperor thought of himself, no matter how he looked at it, he couldn't see that he had merit.

"That's right, it gave life, but the road is rough, and the road to immortality for the monster clan is a thorny road. Killing a monster without meritorious deeds is considered an act of maintaining order in the world, and will be rewarded with meritorious deeds by the heavens, so there are no demons in the wild. There is no chance of earning merit, and the monster race hides from the human monks." Seeing the emperor's expression, Ge Tan realized the emperor's current state, and his tone became gentle.

"Monster races who have cultivated into human beings don't dare to be presumptuous. They will be more cautious than human races, and carefully accumulate merit. They, like human monks, cannot easily interfere with the relationship between people, let alone the relationship between countries. In You Country, people feed beasts like this, people are the primates of all things, and it is a great evil for people to kill people, not to mention monsters cannibalizing people, how dare they." Having said this, Ge Tan glanced at the emperor and reminded the emperor. he.

"Your Majesty's transformation into a demon will definitely feel that practice is difficult after gaining spiritual wisdom, but no matter how difficult it is, you must not have the idea of ​​cannibalism. Cannibalism can increase your cultivation, but the demon life must be over, and it is almost a matter of earning merits. Impossible things, without merit, want to break through the realm, it is as difficult as reaching the sky."

"I understand, Zhou Qing also said, don't take shortcuts through painstaking practice to prove freedom." The emperor hurriedly said after hearing Ge Tan's warning, expressing that he understood the warning.

"Your Majesty, it's good that you understand. How can the demon clan in You Country be so bold, openly feeding people to beasts! How dare they intervene in the battle between countries? What's the reason? It's a pity that I can't do without Yin Du now. Otherwise, I would go to You Country to see what kind of monster it is, and I will kill it with a sword." Because of stabilizing the fate of Yu Country, Ge Tan couldn't leave Yin Du.

The national destiny includes many things, one of the key is to ensure good weather, abundant crops, no disease, locust infestation and the like, so Ge ​​Tan has almost no chance to leave Yindu, originally there was, but the national fortune of Yu State is really a building now Jiang Qing, Ge Tan was sure that as long as he left Yindu, the fate of the country would explode.

"It should be noted that most of the monster races are inferior to humans. Monster races of the same level are basically no match for human monks. How dare they show their heads? There are no human monks in the world anymore?" Ge Tan said angrily, wishing to do it himself to kill these monster races who meddled in the war. Chopped.

"Don't get angry, the national teacher, haven't they all been beheaded by the passing monks?" Seeing Ge Tan's anger, the emperor who had already turned into a demon felt sympathetic.

"Fortunately, someone made a move. Otherwise, monsters would have devoured many people, and even affected the outcome of the war. I would like to thank this master who made the move." Ge Tan's anger subsided a little.

"National teacher, can't the Yaozu become the national teacher of a country like you? Some Yaozu still have some skills." The emperor said a little cautiously.

"Your Majesty, do you know how the country of Kyushu came to be?" Ge Tan asked back.

The emperor shook his head honestly, he really didn't know this.

"The last one who unified Kyushu was the Zhou family of the Ji Dynasty. Yes, it was the ancestor of Master Zhou. It was a beautiful era. Whether it was a monk of the human race or a monk of the monster race, he could attach himself to the dynasty and earn merits by serving the dynasty. The emperor's edict can reach Kyushu through the monks, and the emperor's army has the demon clan to transport food and supplies. The dynasty is so prosperous, but at the end of the dynasty, a demon master came out, saying that he wanted to give the emperor of the world the law of longevity." Ge Tan said sarcastically.

"Did the Ji Dynasty be destroyed because of this?" The emperor was thoughtful.

"That's right, the Son of Heaven is the most honorable person in the world, because he is the son of the supreme heaven, so all laws cannot be invaded, and he can only proclaim the gods. Do not invade.

Obviously they ruled Kyushu by the status of the emperor, but the last emperor Ji wanted to use power to control the world, and as a result, the Zhou family lost their destiny. "

Ge Tan laughed and said that it was a classic joke for practitioners who entered the world.

"The national teacher of the Yaozu has bad intentions. He feels that the Yaozu has worked so hard and won little credit, so he wants to graft the destiny of Ji Chao onto the Yaozu and create a demon emperor. As a result, the intercepted destiny is scattered. Practitioners can't get merit from the court of the Ji Dynasty, why should they help you? Not to mention the Yaozu, what they did was all tiring work, but after the last battle, the borders of various countries have become what they are now. The upper limit that mortals can control."

"The emperor turned into a demon clan, and the scattered destiny scattered, some to the farmers, some to the magistrates. These people began to rebel against the rule of Ji Tianzi. Lost support in natural disasters, defeated and died."

"So everyone doesn't need the national teacher of the Yaozu?" The emperor understood, after all, no one wants to repeat the same mistakes.

"It's not all like this. After the collapse of the Ji Dynasty, the monks discovered that it was too chaotic. One day you kill me and tomorrow he kills you. Being involved in these disputes, not only the merit is lost, but also the loss, and even the merit of being involved in it is exhausted. dead.

On the contrary, there are merits and virtues for killing the demon clan, because the behavior of the demon master's stealing the destiny has implicated the entire demon clan, and the merits of the entire demon clan have been reduced uniformly. The monster clans were slaughtered by the monks of the human race and even the monster clan.

In the end, the demon master killed himself and thanked heaven, and voluntarily entered the endless hell. After that, the demon clan fell into a slump. "

The emperor was fascinated by Ge Tan's narration of the past, and he was a little puzzled and said: "Can the demon clan be protected by the luck of the dynasty? I have been sheltered by the luck of the dynasty, so even practitioners can't kill them."

"..." Ge Tan thought for a while.

"The old man understands, these people want to fight for the dragon, and they do these things for the sake of fighting for the dragon." Ge Tan suddenly realized, thinking about the recent situation, guessed.

"Zhenglong, do you want to be the Son of Heaven?" The emperor said with some longing, he thought of what Ge Tan said just now, the way the Son of Heaven drives monks and demon clans to rule Kyushu.

"Well, they want to help You Country to fight for the dragon. With You Country's luck protection, ordinary monks can't kill them. They are betting on the country's luck!" Ge Tan's thoughts became clearer.

"National teacher, I don't quite understand, why bet on the fortune of the country?" The emperor was a little confused.

"The Emperor Star will appear, and the Son of Heaven will be born. These monster clans want to help the dragon. Next to You Country is the mighty Zhao Country. They want to turn Jiao into a dragon. Only when the whales swallow Cheng Yu and occupy Jizhou, can they use their numbers and The population advantage is fighting with Zhao, so the battle to destroy Yu is very important, and You should use the power of the whole country in this battle, trying to win Yu in one fell swoop." Ge Tan began to express his inferences.

"What does this have to do with monsters and cannibals?" The emperor still didn't respond.

"Your Majesty, do you think it's cheaper and more efficient for people to transport food, or cheaper and more efficient for demons?" Ge Tan asked back.

"But they directly turned into monsters...I understand, and I understand. Directly turning into monsters will attract the attention of those practitioners. Monsters transport food and detect information. As long as they are a little concealed, there will be no problem." The emperor also responded. Come over, there are still many things that the Yaozu can do, such as intimidating the soldiers, as if the immortals did not make a move in the end, the situation of the original victory may be overturned by this method of killing the net.

"The battle for the dragon is successful, and the merits of the dragon battle are enough to wipe out all of this. As long as you win this battle, You Country will have the capital to compete with Zhao Country. Unexpectedly, unexpectedly, a passing cultivator ended You Country fantasies." Ge Tan added that this matter was cleared up.

"I really want to thank this fairy leader, otherwise the consequences will be unthinkable." The emperor said fortunately, the fairy killed the monsters and regained morale, so the soldiers did not run away out of fear, and the generals survived.

"It's hard to find this kind of non-worldly practitioner. In Jizhou, it should be a monk from Qinghu Mountain. The Yujian is equipped with Qinghu Mountain, but with a flag, it may also be a monk from Penglai, East China Sea." Ge Tan speculated. .

"Forget it if you can't find it, people may not care about this kind of gratitude, but the figure of the dragon and phoenix mentioned in the letter, what is it, can the national teacher clear up my confusion?" The emperor finally turned the topic back to Zhuang Xun. .

"It's nothing, just to describe Zhuang Jiedu's good manners. Practitioners like good people. I'm afraid they have seen Zhuang Jiedu displaying benevolence and righteousness. They have a good impression of Zhuang Xiaolian. General Li got angry and stood up to dissuade him." Ge Tan didn't dare to boast. Most of the things in the cultivation world know about his own knowledge, but he has never heard of the dragon and phoenix posture.

It's actually used in the world to describe a person with good manners.

"Zhuang Qing is really lucky to be praised so much by the immortal." The emperor said enviously, so did Ge Tan, and this unknown immortal, they all felt good about Zhuang Xun.

"Getting the right way helps a lot, but losing the right way helps little. Zhuang Jiedu is a virtuous person, so he is naturally favored by others. Don't you think highly of him, Your Majesty." Ge Tan thought about Zhuang Xun's ability to call out to let his companions go while surrounded by gangsters, You can know his character if he is slaughtered by his own neck.

"It's mainly because of you, the national teacher. Now there is another fairy who is optimistic about Zhuang Qing. I can be relieved and can entrust him with a heavy responsibility." The emperor said that he was closer to the national teacher, and it was indeed because of Ge In terms of Tan's face, after talking with him, he found that he was really like himself when he was young, with ideals, impulsiveness, and action, and his ideals really made people feel full of sincerity, so he naturally loved talents.

"Your Majesty, you have already entrusted him with a heavy responsibility, and the Inspector Yushi is already a third-rank official." Ge Tan also felt that Zhuang Xun's promotion speed was extremely fast.

"National teacher, you said that the posture of dragon and phoenix is ​​really just a description of a person's demeanor?" The emperor asked again.

"What does Your Majesty want to say?" Ge Tan looked at the emperor who was hesitant to speak, and asked.

"Do you mean that the immortal means that Zhuang Qing has the emperor's veins on his body, like a dragon and a phoenix, so General Li's daughter is considered superior to him." The emperor thought about this question when he saw this word, dragon and phoenix, who has it? The qualification to use the dragon and the phoenix, isn't it the emperor?

This is a hint from the immortal's mouth to explain whether Zhuang Xun has the emperor's veins.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible. When the emperor star does not appear, except for the kings of various countries who have the emperor's veins, no one else will show whether they have the emperor's veins, even the strongest Wang Qi master can't see it!" He directly denied the emperor's doubts, because this statement was too counterintuitive.

Practitioners of the worldly style are already very clear about the emperor's veins. Many people's teachers are immortals who have experienced fighting for dragons. The emperor's star does not appear, and the dragon's veins do not appear. This is common sense.

"Okay, I'm sensitive." The emperor admitted that he was thinking too much.

"If your Majesty doubts Zhuang Jiedu, don't give him an official position. Anyway, now Hebei Road has been claimed by Chengguo, reward him with some property and let him go to Chengguo." , once the monarch suspects you, everything you do will be suspicious.

In such a situation, it would be better for Zhuang Xun to leave Yu State, a land of right and wrong. Ge Tan himself would feel ashamed if a good person like Zhuang Xun died in Yu State.

"I doubt that it has anything to do with him having the emperor's bloodline, and I don't want to kill him. The national teacher doesn't need to provoke me. Anyway, I don't have the emperor's bloodline. Wouldn't it be better if he had the emperor's bloodline?" The emperor's words greatly exceeded the national teacher's expectations.

"Your Majesty, you..." You are what the emperor can say.

"If he really looks like a dragon and a phoenix, and has the emperor's veins, I will have to consider which little granddaughter to marry him. If he has the emperor's veins and is kind, even if he fails in the battle for the dragon, he will definitely be blessed. Virtue." The emperor thought about it, not at all worried that Zhuang Xun might be a threat.

"Your Majesty, Zhuang Jiedu really doesn't have the emperor's veins, and that immortal chief just praised Zhuang Jiedu's manners!" Dispelling the emperor's thoughts, how could Zhuang Xun have the emperor's veins? Do you treat the emperor's veins as cabbage?Want to have it?
Dimai either has royal blood, or is really the best of the best.

Zhuang Xun's character is good, but it doesn't mean that he has high ability. To say that he may be regarded as a hero, a hero among heroes, is obviously not meaningful.

"Anyway, it's not a loss to be nice to him. You and other practitioners praised him as a trustworthy person. It's understandable to give some benefits. You can't tell at night at the banquet, and you can't tell if the people who exercised last time are loose. This time, we have to take a closer look at where the immortals praised the dragon and phoenix." The emperor smiled and said indifferently, it was just a guess.

So as soon as Zhuang Xun came in, he was called to stand up by the emperor after saluting, and looked at him repeatedly, which made him a little embarrassed.

What is this for? Why does he look at a rare animal in his eyes? It seems that his scandal with Li Rusi is quite rare. It is indeed a rare animal to be able to connect with a woman like Li Rusi who beats a tiger with three punches.

"Hahaha..." Just when Zhuang Xun was at a loss, the emperor laughed heartily.

"Sure enough, you look like a dragon and a phoenix, Zhuang Qing, you have a very good manner, and I can safely send you as an envoy to become a country." The emperor praised Zhuang Xun.

"..." Going to the country as an envoy?
"Why, don't you go to Chengguo to explain to Miss Li's family? And I remember Zhuang Qing, your wife is Chengguo now, why don't you go and pick her up?" Zhuang asked in the eyes of the emperor.

Precise and dignified, his body reveals a sense of demeanor, and his movements are harmonious. Although he is overwhelmed by the scrutiny, he does not show timidity. Coupled with the official uniform of Jiedushi, his young face looks calm and stable.

"Thank you, Majesty." There seemed to be nothing else to say except thank you.

They are all facts, and there is no room for explanation, but why is the emperor not angry? In modern society, his behavior is firstly a naked official, and secondly, colluding with foreign forces and messing with men and women.

Reminiscent of the emperor tolerantly asking him to collude with Cheng Guo to find a way out, it seems that these things are not serious again.

"You deserve it. An immortal shot and killed the monsters in Youguo's army for your sake, and made great contributions to the victory of the Battle of Xishui. You deserve it." Staying behind and rewarding promotion is Impossible, but the credit for the big win can be shared.

"I don't know, I don't know!" The reincarnation king, isn't he not allowed to meddle in mortal affairs when doing this kind of thing?
"The war is over, and the immortal left, leaving behind Zhuang Qing's words about your dragon and phoenix appearance. Today, I saw that you are indeed a dragon and a phoenix." The emperor smiled. It doesn't matter if Zhuang Xun knows, as long as the credit is on his head.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your praise." Why does this word sound so familiar.

"Get up, this time you are ordered to go to Chengguo to negotiate the cession of Jiannan Road or Hebei Road." The emperor gave Zhuang Xun the task.

"For such an important matter, I am afraid that I will fail the expectations of the Holy Majesty." I have to figure out how many catties I have, and don't take this job if I don't have this talent.

"This is also about yourself. It's almost as promised. You want to cede one road. You can talk about which one to cede. If you cede Jiannan Dao, you can go to Hebei Dao to be a Jiedushi. If you cede Hebei Dao, you can go to Jiannan Dao. Nan Dao is a Jiedushi, if you bring back both, you will be two Jiedushi." The emperor said lightly.

"Jiedushi?" Zhuang Xun was stunned, was he promoted again?Sitting at home by myself, I was promoted inexplicably, and the deputy became the principal.

"That's right, you helped win the Battle of Xishui. Your credit is that you should be promoted to the official rank. Considering that you are still too young, you should be the left envoy first, and take the place of Jiedu envoy. Don't worry, power is that power, yes Now, give me a boa robe, come, and bring Aiqing down to try on the boa robe and see which one fits you." The emperor wanted to see if Zhuang Xun wore a boa robe with more temperament.

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