If I add money to become a layman, I can cultivate immortality

Chapter 166 Meeting the Queen
Shangguan Jing'er also leaned over to look at the drawings. After reading it, she couldn't help but look shocked. She turned around and ran outside without even thinking about talking.

"Jinger, what are you doing?"

Ding Xiu moved like lightning, stepped forward and grabbed her hand.

"Let me go, I will go to the palace immediately to report to the Queen..."

"Can you please stop being anxious first? Let's sit down and discuss it carefully."

Di Renjie looked at the drawings and sighed: "I finally understand their conspiracy. The Babel Tower is 66 feet high. If the tower falls down, the Buddha's head will be in the right position to destroy the Mingtang."

And the Queen of Heaven also ascended the throne in Mingtang. When the time comes, as long as that group of people destroy the Tongtian Pillar as planned, the Tongtian Tower will fall.

And if the tower falls, it will not only destroy the queen's enthronement, but also the number of civil and military ministers participating in the ceremony will die.

Even if the Queen of Heaven escapes by luck, the situation in the court will definitely be in chaos, and the other party will take advantage of the chaos to enter and take control of the capital... What a good plan! "

Shangguan Jing'er was so angry that she shouted: "Di Renjie, how long has it been and you are still making sarcastic remarks? Do you really want their conspiracy to succeed?"

"Jing'er, do you want to be impulsive?" Ding Xiu took Shangguan Jing'er's hand and sat down.

"But……"

"Jing'er, listen to me. If you go and report the incident to the Queen of Heaven now, the Queen of Heaven will definitely be furious and send people to arrest you.

However, the opponent will also jump over the wall and act in advance. When the tower falls, even if the palace is prepared, it will inevitably suffer heavy losses.

Moreover, the people in Beijing will also suffer unreasonable disasters.

And Li Xiao’s place may also mutiny in advance, and then the city of God will fall into war..."

After hearing Ding Xiu's words, Shangguan Jing'er calmed down a little and asked, "What should we do?"

"Catch the thief first to capture the king!"

Hearing this, Di Renjie couldn't help but ask: "You mean, deal with Li Xiao first?"

Ding Xiu shook his head: "Li Xiao is actually not the most critical. Although he is the mastermind behind the scenes, the one who actually destroyed the Babel Tower... was Shatuo!"

"what?"

Di Renjie and Shangguan Jing'er couldn't help but exclaimed in unison.

Especially Di Renjie, he is an old acquaintance with Shatuo and he knows Shatuo relatively well. How could Shatuo do such a crazy thing?
"I know that Lord Di and Shatuo knew each other and were friends back then. However, times have changed.

The ancients said that if you are not of my race, you must be an alien.Shatuo is a Hu after all. Back then, he was involved in a rebellion and lost a hand, so he held a grudge..."

Shangguan Jing'er wondered: "How do you know these things?"

Ding Xiu smiled: "How I know is not important. What is important is that now we must find a way to prevent them from destroying the Tongxin Pillar..."

The next day, the Ministry of Industry sent an official to lead hundreds of workers into the Tower of Babel, saying that the Queen of Heaven had decreed that the Tower of Babel should be built as soon as possible. It was best to complete it a few days in advance to avoid missing the coronation ceremony.

Although Shatuo was confused by such remarks, it was normal for him to think about it again.

What's more, he was just a supervisor, and he couldn't control the people sent by the court. However, this guy had an extra eye and secretly told a few of his confidants to have more eyes and keep a close eye on the workers who had just arrived.

Little did he know that he was spying secretly, so why was no one spying on him secretly?
After noon, another official came from the court and said he wanted to check the progress of the Babel Tower. At the same time, he ordered all the workers to gather under the tower and said he wanted to give a lecture.

At this time, Shatuo felt a little uneasy, so he secretly ordered one of his workers to leave quickly.

But he didn't expect that the worker would be arrested as soon as he left the Tower of Babel.

The closing operation began.

This action plan was Ding Xiu's idea. The one hundred workers were not real workers, but were carefully selected from the Forbidden Army to prevent riots.

Then, use the opportunity of the lecture to gather all the workers together to prevent someone from jumping over the wall and destroying the Tongtian Pillar in advance.

Everything is ready, it’s time to take action.

Among the crowd, a person walked out and walked up to Shatuo. Then he raised his hand and his appearance changed instantly.

"Brother Di?" Shatuo couldn't help being surprised.

Di Renjie sighed: "I didn't expect that it was really you."

Shatuo pretended to be confused: "What on earth is Brother Di talking about?"

Di Renjie took out a scroll from his body and slowly unfolded it: "I think you can understand this drawing paper, right?"

"This..." Shatuo looked startled and subconsciously asked, "Where does this come from?"

"Haha..." Di Renjie smiled: "Come to think of it, you all thought that by burning Master Jia's study, the evidence would also be destroyed.

Little did he know that the Skynet was restored, and Mr. Jia's study happened to be leaking, so he temporarily moved to the east wing..."

When he said this, Di Renjie stopped and stared at Shatuo closely.

Sure enough, he caught the panic and despair that flashed through Shatuo's eyes.

Di Renjie continued: "During a routine inspection, Mr. Jia discovered that the Tongtian Pillar had been tampered with, so he drew this picture with reference to the original picture.

You saw that the matter was about to be exposed, so you had to take action in advance, first killing Mr. Jia, and then in order to create the story of heaven's sending, you killed Mr. Xue..."

Hearing these words, Shatuo couldn't help laughing: "Wonderful, really wonderful, he is worthy of the famous Di Renjie.

However, your reasoning is full of loopholes. You can't just blame the death of the two adults on me based on your reasoning, right?

I have already said that Lord Jia and Lord Xue were punished by God because they took the peace charm without permission. "

"Really?" Di Renjie said coldly: "Come here, take off all the peace charms."

"Yes!"

Following a burst of responses, more than ten subordinates immediately took off the peace charms hanging on the Babel Pillar one by one.

"You must not..." Shatuo looked shocked and desperately wanted to step forward to stop him.

"Take it!"

Di Renjie shouted loudly.

Seeing that the situation was over, Shatuo didn't bother to pretend anymore. While resisting desperately, he shouted: "Do it, do it..."

As soon as he shouted, at least 100 workers on site started to commotion.

Unexpectedly, another group of workers drew their swords one after another and shouted in unison: "The Forbidden Army is here, anyone who dares to act rashly will be killed!"

This formation did scare many workers who were ready to move, but there were still some who ran upstairs desperately.

"Stop them!"

"Don't let them destroy the Babel Pillar!"

In fact, Shatuo's plan is very simple.

The Babel Tower is 66 feet high, and its supporting point is the Babel Pillar.

Most of the components of the Tongtian Pillar are copper, so a large amount of copper is needed. There is copper slurry in the tower at any time. When the time comes, you only need to pour a large amount of copper slurry into the Tongtian Pillar to destroy the Tongtian Pillar and cause the Tongtian Tower to topple.

Of course, it sounds simple, but how to control the direction of collapse is also a technical job.

After all, the purpose of Shatuo and others is to take action on the day when the Queen of Heaven ascends the throne and make the Tower of Babel fall to the south, where the Mingtang is located.

When the tower fell, the scene was in chaos. Even if the queen was not killed, there were many civil and military officials and imperial guards present on the day of her coronation, so the casualties would have been heavy.

Moreover, this is also an ominous omen for the ruling and opposition parties, and is bound to cause panic among the people.

When [-] soldiers and horses enter the city, I believe they will be able to control the situation and change the world soon.

Seeing that the plan was about to succeed, Shatuo was naturally unwilling to fail and wanted to give it a try.

Unfortunately, it was all in vain.

Although he made careful preparations, many of these workers were bribed by him.

However, these workers were bribed only for the sake of money. Now that the Forbidden Army was dispatched and Shatuo was pushed to the ground by Di Renjie, why should they accompany him to death?

So a small rebellion was quickly brought under control.Di Renjie knelt down and said coldly to Shatuo, who had his hands tied behind his back: "Why are you doing this?"

"Di Renjie, stop being so hypocritical here!" Shatuo yelled hoarsely: "Back then, you just opposed the Demon Queen's listening to the government, but she was imprisoned for treason.

Over the years, how many ministers have been killed by the Demon Queen and the Imperial Master?Anyone who opposes her must die.

Do you think that if you have made meritorious service, she will reuse you?You are just a chess piece, and you may be liquidated again one day..."

"That's my business, you don't need to worry about it. You keep saying that the Queen Mother and the Imperial Master kill people, but what about you? Do you know how many people will die if the tower falls? Do those people have any grudges against you?"

Shatuo quibbled: "To achieve great things, don't stick to trivial matters."

"Haha, what is the difference between what you are doing now and the Queen Mother? If you want to achieve great things, you can kill innocent people at will?"

At this time, Shangguan Jing'er stepped forward with a stern face: "No need to talk nonsense to him, take him back first and then interrogate him slowly."

Besides, if these two guys continue talking, I don’t know how many crazy things they will say.

"Hahaha, I didn't lose, I didn't lose..."

Unexpectedly, Shatuo still laughed with a crazy look on his face.

At this time, Ding Xiu came out and said with a sarcastic expression: "Are you talking about the Scarlet Flame Golden Turtle?"

"Huh?" Shatuo couldn't help but look surprised.

“In the beginning, the imperial physician Wang Bo asked the late emperor for instructions in order to treat his illness, and Hu Shang finally paid tribute to ten pairs of scarlet flame beetles.

This beetle is extremely poisonous. Once its poison is mixed into water, people will be poisoned if they drink it or even if it drips on their body.

The most frightening thing is that the poisoned person has no idea, but when the poisoned person is exposed to direct sunlight, the poison will be triggered in the body.

This is why Mr. Jia and Mr. Xue died in strange ways, as if fire was burning from within their bodies.

I don't know where you got the red flame beetles, but I do know that you secretly raised some in the Tower of Babel. Once these red flame beetles get out of control, I don't know how many people will die.

Even, maybe it will ignite the Babel Pillar and cause the Babel Tower to collapse..."

"Damn things!"

When she heard this, Shangguan Jing'er couldn't bear it any longer. She rushed forward and kicked Shatuo several times until his face was covered with blood.

The crisis in the Babel Tower was finally temporarily relieved. The Queen of Heaven sent thousands of guards to take turns to strictly guard it. The places where the Babel Tower had been modified were repaired according to the original drawings of the Ministry of Works.

As for the red flame beetles that were secretly fed in the tower, they were also found one by one under the guidance of Ding Xiu, and then sent to the Fenzi Library for processing.

This can also save some charcoal.

Of course, Shangguan Jing'er has been monitoring the entire process to ensure that no one is left behind to avoid future trouble.

As for Ding Xiu, he did another big thing alone.

When Langya King Li Xiao learned that Shatuo had been arrested and the elaborate layout of the Tongtian Tower was destroyed, one can imagine the anger and disappointment in his heart.

That night, a group of confidants were convened in the palace to discuss countermeasures.

"Your Majesty, I think the Demon Queen is already making preparations, so why don't we start in advance..."

"Yes, Your Majesty, before they have completed their deployment, why don't we catch him off guard?"

"Seconded……"

Almost all of his subordinates supported raising troops in advance.

Suddenly, a gust of wind blew, and all the lights in the room went out.

"what happened?"

"Come on, hold the lamp!"

There was chaos in the house.

When the servants outside lit the lights again, the room became even more chaotic...

Because, Li Xiao actually died.

"My lord, my lord..."

"Catch the assassin, catch the assassin..."

The crowd started shouting in panic.

The news spread quickly the next day, causing a sensation in both the government and the public.

After all, under the emperor's feet, a dignified prince was assassinated, and there were so many people in the room, but no one saw the murderer, or even thought that it would be an assassination.

It wasn't until the lights were lit that the prince was discovered to have been assassinated.

Is it possible for humans to do this?

As a result, many people spread rumors in the streets and alleys that King Langya intended to rebel, but was punished by God.

Of course, there are also other theories, saying that the Queen of Heaven appointed the Imperial Master to do it secretly...

For a time, there were different opinions, and it was difficult to distinguish between true and false.

On the other side, Shangguan Jing'er followed the Queen's order and took Ding Xiu to meet the Queen.

"See the Queen of Heaven, Ding Xiu will bring you."

"Well, you all stand down, Jing'er, you stand down too."

"But..." Shangguan Jing'er glanced at Ding Xiu subconsciously.

"It's okay, please step back." The Queen brushed her sleeves.

"promise!"

Shangguan Jing'er had no choice but to withdraw from the palace.

After everyone left, the Queen couldn't help but glance at Ding Xiu and said, "Who are you?"

Ding Xiu smiled: "Hasn't the Queen of Heaven been sending people to secretly investigate me?"

"Presumptuous!" The Queen's face sank: "Aren't you afraid that I will kill you?"

"If the Queen wants to kill me, she will not come to see you, let alone send away the guards. What's more, if I want to leave, I'm afraid no one in the world can stop me."

Upon hearing this, the Queen seemed stunned, then narrowed her eyes and said, "Are you so confident? Do you know how many guards there are in this palace?"

"May I ask the queen, can a group of rabbits trap a tiger?"

"You... are you threatening me?"

"No, no, no, I have actually been helping the Queen of Heaven. Otherwise, the Queen of Heaven would not have summoned me today, right?"

The Queen sighed: "Yes, everything you do seems to be helping me on the surface, but... you keep hiding in the dark. What is your purpose?"

"What purpose can I have? It's just that I don't want the situation in the DPRK to become more chaotic."

"So, King Langya was also killed by you?"

"Not bad!" Ding Xiu did not deny it, and took out the military talisman and a jade belt from his arms: "This is Li Xiao's military talisman, and his jade belt..."

"Oh?" The queen's eyes lit up: "You want to hand it back to me?"

Ding Xiu smiled: "Is it possible that I'm still here to rebel?"

"You... what do you want?"

"I just hope that the Queen will stop killing indiscriminately in the future. Now that you have taken control of the overall situation in the DPRK, there must be people who oppose you, but they are no longer something to be afraid of.

Now that Li Xiao is dead, it’s time for the Queen to stop and manage the government..."

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(End of this chapter)