Under the sky

Chapter 233

The Nu King's surname is Xie and he has descendants. Even Li Jingfeng, the most honest person among them all, can confirm Xie Gubai's identity at this moment. What's more, from the moment he stepped into the cave, he remembered Hu Jing's love for him when he was in Lenglong Ridge. He told the story of the treasure of the angry king.Although there are no rare treasures, the countless collection of books and four martial arts secret books can be considered real treasures.

"Where is the tomb of King Nu?" Li Jingfeng asked, "But I didn't see the tomb."

Xie Gubai shook his head: "That is not the tomb of King Nu, but the place where King Nu rose."

Zhu Menshang held the tea cup to warm his hands and asked, "Can I continue to listen to this matter?"

Xie Gubai smiled: "Doctor Zhu is afraid and reluctant to leave."

Although they knew it was a secret that could lead to death, who could bear it?Zhu Menshang looked at Shen Yuqing.

Shen Yuqing nodded: "Brother, continue."

"There are many rumors about the angry king, but they may not all be true. The nine families respect the angry king because the world originally belongs to him. Only a few people know the real story about the angry king, maybe not even the current nine families know about it."

It's a long story.

"More than 300 years ago, in addition to Kongtong, there were two sects in Longdi, one was the Kunlun sect, and the other was the Ming sect. The "Xuanhua Baodian" was the Ming sect's magical power to suppress the religion. The Ming sect often fought with the other two sects in order to preserve their retreat. , digging tunnels around the Guangming Palace, which is now the Kunlun Palace, and discovered this cave. It took decades and countless manpower and material resources to dig out the passage as a treasure cave. The books that the third brother saw in the cave were extremely large. Most of them are collected by Mingjiao.”

"This battle had no result. The Mingjiao gradually gained momentum and gradually became a powerful force with the other two sects. It was a time when the government was still very powerful, and there was no fighting among the sects below. Although the three sects in Longdi competed with each other for territory, they were generally still in power. Even if we live in peace, this treasure cave has become a secret place that only the leader of the Ming Cult and a few close followers know."

"There are rumors out there about the treasure of King Nu. One of them is that the workers who excavated the tomb were buried with it. This is a misinformation."

Li Jingfeng said: "I heard Hu Jing say that Huashan Chief Li buried King Nu's body and the treasure in a secret place, killed all the workers responsible for the burial, and buried himself, so that no one would know about the treasure and King Nu's body." 's whereabouts."

Xie Gubai shook his head: "There are indeed burials. The Ming Cult asked the excavators to bury them all to hide the secret passages and secrets. Our ancestors once participated in the excavation of the secret passages. Although they could not escape, due to some chance, they passed the secrets to their sons, but The Ming Cult was still there at that time, so even if we heard about the secret passages and treasure caves, we couldn't explore them, leaving only legends."

Xie Gubai's ancestor is naturally the ancestor of King Nu.

"It wasn't until more than 100 years ago that the Sacred Sect emerged outside the customs. The Ming Sect's general altar was threatened and called for a jihad. The Ming Sect sent its sect out of the seclusion to help in the war. Before leaving, they left the "Xuanhua Book of Magic" and the treasures in the cave. After that, the Ming Sect was destroyed. Outside the Pass, only Kongtong and Kunlun sects from the Longdi sect were left. They came to the Guangming Palace and found nothing of value. It became a secret as to whether the Ming Cult had any treasures left in the Pass. This secret It was passed around that it was related to King Nu, so the theory that workers died for burial in King Nu’s mausoleum is confusing the two rumors.”

"King Nu originally studied martial arts in the Kunlun sect. It is said that he was ambitious and wanted to learn martial arts well and serve the court. Later, he left the Kunlun sect for some reason and went to become a monk in Shaolin. King Nu was born with Su Hui and was good at both civil and military arts. He stayed in Shaolin for seven years. , practiced the Marrow Cleansing Sutra that no one had practiced in the past 300 years, and shattered the rumors that the Marrow Washing Sutra could not be completed."

When Xie Gubai said this, Li Jingfeng said "Ah" in surprise. Everyone was listening intently and couldn't help but look at him.Zhu Menshang asked: "You burned your tongue? What is it called?"

Li Jingfeng said calmly: "Is it so difficult to practice the Marrow Cleansing Sutra?"

Xie Gubai said: "Did you choose this one?"

Li Jingfeng said: "I have never heard of the other three books. I heard Mr. Xiao mention it, so I chose it. I thought that this Kung Fu is difficult to learn. If I can't learn it, I will read other books. After practicing for several months, It seems... there is still some progress."

He wanted to say, "It doesn't seem that difficult," but his eldest brother just said that no one except King Nu has mastered this book in the past 300 years. He might mistakenly think he has achieved it just by scratching the surface, which would be too much.

"I thought you would choose Zhengqi Jue." Xie Gubai said, "Among the four martial arts books, this is the only one whose origin is unknown. It is the easiest to get started and the fastest to progress."

Shen Weichen knew that Li Jingfeng's martial arts had greatly improved. In addition to the Hunyuan Zhenqi taught by the third master, he must have learned a set of internal skills and mental methods. He smiled and said: "Jingfeng has learned the same martial arts as King Nu."

Li Jingfeng blushed: "I also chose blindly."

Xie Gubai continued: "Later, the Shaolin Temple experienced war, and the copies of the Marrow Cleansing Sutra were destroyed. There were gaps in the original copy. What was left in the cave was the manuscript of King Nu, and there was no time to return it to Shaolin. But now even Shaolin has not left his name. .”

Shen Yuqing had also heard of the Marrow Cleansing Sutra, which is as famous as the Yi Jin Jing and is famous for being difficult to practice. If Nu Wang could master it, he would not be unable to leave his name in Shaolin. It can be seen that although the murder of Nu Wang was carried out by the six major sects, it was not It was the consensus of the nine families to remove the name of King Nu, because even Shaolin, which was not in the blood oath, also erased the name of King Nu.

Zhu Menshang had a direct idea and teased Xie Gubai: "It turns out that King Nu is still a flower monk. Otherwise, where did you come from?"

Li Jingfeng said: "Aren't there many masters who get married and have children?"

Zhu Menshang rolled his eyes: "Where did the lay monk come from at that time?"

Shen Weichen complained: "Doctor Zhu, don't interrupt, listen to Mr. Xie."

Zhu Menshang muttered in a low voice: "I'm not the only one interrupting..."

"After that, disasters occurred all over the place. The previous dynasty used troops against the barbarians for many years, imposed heavy taxes and heavy servitude, and the people were in dire straits. King Nu was finally disappointed with the previous dynasty, so he returned to his hometown and wanted to do something to save the people." Xie Gubai continued, "But it was necessary to do something. Military pay, King Nu had no money, so he remembered the legends of his ancestors and came to the Guangming Palace with the idea of ​​trying his luck. It took him three years to finally find the cave, and he was able to do something with the help of the treasures left by the Ming Cult."

"King Nu has some connections with the Kunlun sect. After his uprising, the Kunlun sect took the lead in responding, and there were also many small sects in Longnan and Sichuan who joined in. However, this rebel army was still a mob, and was defeated by You Changbo, who was stationed in Tianshui at the time and was a partial general. After being defeated, You Changbo rose to prominence due to his military exploits and became a general stationed at Hongxia Pass."

"Everyone should have heard the story that followed. Even if the details and rumors are different, it is generally the same. King Nu led the defeated army from Ganzi to Sichuan and revolted in Shu. He started out in the wilderness of martial arts, so he also gathered many people. Shaojianghu sect.”

Li Jingfeng thought to himself that the North and South Star Gates he had passed by were probably the ones following King Nu at that time.

"After more than ten years of hard fighting and many hardships, King Nu overthrew the previous dynasty." Xie Gubai continued, "After conquering the capital, the rebel army changed..."

Nine people said that after the angry king came to Beijing, he sent people to dismantle the dragon throne and seize corrupt officials without disturbing the people. Qiu did not commit any crimes. In fact, the rebel army that rose up for the people turned into a devil after overthrowing the previous dynasty and seized the former. The imperial ministers tortured them and forced them to hand over their silver coins. It is said that "three thousand sticks are not enough, cannons and fires are common, and the sound of wailing is endless in the streets, and the people are in panic." There are many leaders. The general "stayed at the residence of the high official at night and took any of his wives, concubines, and maidservants."

"The upper beams were not straight and the lower beams were crooked. The rebels also robbed wealthy households on the pretext of using them as military assets. Women were raped in the streets. Hundreds of people died every day."

Everyone listened to Xie Gubai saying that the atrocities of the rebel army were getting worse and worse. They couldn't help frowning. Shen Yuqing tightened his hand. It was Shen Weichen who held his hand, and his palms were covered with cold sweat.

"Qingcheng...is also in there?" Shen Yuqing asked.

Xie Gubai nodded.

"Does the angry king not care?" Li Jingfeng asked, "We didn't burn, kill or loot when we arrived in Hanzhong."

Zhu Menshang shook his head: "I'm afraid it's not easy to control. After more than ten years of hard work, I finally succeeded, so I thought about enjoying happiness in the future. Or maybe it was because of control that the angry king was killed."

He said this because he believed Xie Gubai's words. Zhu Menshang never thought bad things about people, but he also didn't think too well of people. He knew how difficult it would be for a down-and-out person to control himself once he gained power.

Li Jingfeng was silent. What he had in mind was different from Zhu Menshang's, but they also reached the same destination through different paths.In Raodao's village, he had seen Raodao divide the spoils; in Wang Meng's, he had heard that the most difficult thing for the leader of Baozhaigua was not to kill the enemy, but to receive the reward. If the enemy could be killed in unison, sharing the reward would lead to internal strife; In Dongping Town, he had seen what hungry people would do.

Xie Gubai continued his story.

The Nu King was furious and scolded the leaders of the various factions accompanying the army. He knew that if he did not clean up the chaos, it would definitely harm the people, so he only stayed for seven days and left the capital to the trusted leader of Hengshan, Dingwen Shitai, to take care of it and let her clean up the chaos. Xiang, then led his army to Hongxia Pass to have a decisive battle with his first and last opponent, General You Changbo.

Perhaps on the way to Hongxia Pass, or perhaps earlier, the six sects secretly murdered King Nu, but it was not easy. King Nu was carrying the Marrow Cleansing Sutra and was one of the few top masters at the time. There are also many loyal guards.

But they still seized the opportunity. On the battlefield, the Nu King met the Man King and You Changbo. The Man King used the Fire God Scroll to fight against the Nu King and You Changbo. In the end, the Man King and You Changbo died, and the Nu King was seriously injured and won. Huashan The leader Li Shuliang pretended to rescue and took the opportunity to assassinate King Nu in the rebel army.This was not enough. In order to completely cut off King Nu's influence, they left behind the Kunlun faction, which had the deepest connection with King Nu. They even turned a deaf ear to the Kunlun faction's several requests for help.

"Fang Chengbi, the leader of Kunlun, led dozens of remnant troops to fight to the death, and finally saw the Beggar Gang and Emei who were cooperating with him. He dragged his exhausted body forward to question him. The leader of the Beggar Gang drew his sword and chopped off his head. Emei The leader ordered the arrows to be fired, and the Kunlun sect, which was once so powerful in Longdi, was wiped out, leaving only a handful of disciples who did not participate in the war alive." Xie Gubai said.

"The relationship between King Nu and the Kunlun Sect is so deep? Why do the six major sects insist on destroying the Kunlun Sect?" Shen Yuqing asked.

"King Nu's wife was his senior sister when he was in the Kunlun sect." Xie Gubai said, "The Yanghao magic skill is the Kunlun sect's martial arts. Our ancestors acquired it and collected it."

Li Shuliang, who killed King Nu, did not end well. He used the excuse to send King Nu's body back to the capital, but in fact he wanted to kill Queen Nu's descendants.Master Dingwen had long suspected that Li Shuliang did not die in a burial ceremony, but Master Dingwen was furious after seeing the body of King Nu and slapped him to death.Li Shuliang died in the capital. The Yan family was originally a disciple of Huashan. They took the opportunity to rise up, eradicate Li Shuliang's descendants, and occupy Huashan. Li Shuliang took great pains to prepare wedding dresses for others.Mingjiao and Kunlun died one after another, and Kongtong became the largest sect in Longdi. Although it became one of the nine great sects, it was trapped in the border; Emei was even more ridiculous, and its descendants were incompetent, so it was annexed by the Tang sect; Wudang indulged in alchemy and alchemy; at the beginning, the six sects , although the Beggar Gang flourished, the gang leader who planned the assassination was killed in the subsequent war, and all his descendants were wiped out. After the Beggar Gang ended, the Beggar Gang became someone else's sect; only Dian Cang could dominate the southwest.

After Dingwen Master killed Li Shuliang, he took Nu Wang's body and informed Nu Wang's wife and young children who were hiding in Shaolin to avoid pursuit.

"Why didn't Master Dingwen expose the conspiracy of the six major sects?" Li Jingfeng asked.

"I think there is no evidence." Shen Yuqing answered for Xie Gubai, "And Hengshan will be besieged by the six major sects."

He hesitated whether to tell his guess. Perhaps he was judging a gentleman with a villain's heart, but as the head of Qingcheng, he could guess what Master Dingwen was thinking.

"Perhaps Master Dingwen was not happy to see King Nu killed, but she was not necessarily unhappy to see King Nu die. She was not cruel enough to plot to kill King Nu, but she did not intend to return the world to King Nu's descendants, otherwise she would be in danger I can support the descendants of Queen Nu." Shen Yuqing decided to say it. The third brother was too kind, and he didn't know how sinister people's hearts were, let alone the profit calculations of high-ranking people.

Didn’t those eminent monks and great virtues in Shaolin also hide the name of the Nu Wang?There were no lay monks at that time.Even Buddha did not stop people from striving for power and gain.

"King Nu has a group of loyal subordinates who protect King Nu's descendants, but they are too weak in front of the six sects."

The wife of the angry king took her children and hid in the secret cave that her husband had found, and relied on her subordinates to help her.She wanted to avenge her husband, but she did not want to compete with the six major sects for the world. She said: "My late husband rose to save the world, not to seize it. To avenge my late husband, you do not have to become an emperor."

What's more, the son of the angry king is still young and cannot bear the heavy responsibility. This bloodline cannot be broken.

The six major sects could not find the son of King Nu, fearing that he would come back, so they each spread rumors about King Nu's name, and some people used the name of King Nu to carry out activities.It was a time of war and chaos. Most places had only heard of King Nu, but did not know his name. Even if there were people who knew about it, they were gradually buried due to all the confusion.

Ten years later, General Zuo Liangbi, who represented the last force of the old dynasty, died. The bloodline of the previous dynasty was completely cut off. Jianghu factions fought their own battles. Emei was destroyed, Tangmen and Qingcheng rose, and the nine great families gradually took shape.Shaolin was to the south of Wudang, which could be aided but invincible, so they fought with Huashan to the west. Huashan was destroyed and Kongtong was in danger, so the two factions formed an alliance; Wudang was to the north of Shaolin, and the Hengshan Beggar Clan to the south were both strong enemies, so they used the power of the Yangtze River to intimidate the Qing Dynasty. City; Qingcheng asked for help from Tangmen, but Tangmen had to save it; Hengshan was sandwiched between the three sects, fighting the Beggar Clan in the east, and resisting Diancang in the west; Diancang originally wanted to conquer Qingcheng, the Tangmen, but was trapped by natural dangers. The second is to worry about Hengshan attacking behind.The nine major families restrained each other, and Shaolin, Hengshan, Wudang, and the Beggar Clan formed an alliance to fight against the Tangmen of Huashan in Cangqing City, Kongtong Point. The situation of four in the east and five in the west gradually took shape. The last ten years of this chaos were the confrontation between the east and the west.

It was more than thirty years of war and chaos. It was not until Gu Langya, the ancestor of Qingcheng, proposed the Kunlun consensus that the war finally subsided.The extra thirty years of fighting and the deaths of millions or even tens of millions of civilians and sect disciples were all because the six major sects conspired to anger the king for their own selfish desires.

"It's not that our ancestors never thought about rising again." Xie Gubai said, "When the son of King Nu came of age, he secretly summoned a rebel army to fight against the six sects, but it was in vain. There have been too many counterfeiters in the past ten years. Anyone who wants to hold the banner of King Nu can only He will be falsely accused of being a counterfeit by the six major sects, and they will work together to destroy him. Even if the ancestors obtain a blood oath as evidence, it will not be possible."

"In order to preserve the bloodline, each generation of Nu Queen's descendants must give birth to an heir before they can start an uprising. The ancestors would place the children in secret caves and not release them until they reached adulthood."

"So..." Shen Yuqing asked, "Brother is here to rule the world of King Nu?"

"After more than 100 years, King Nu's descendants no longer have such hope." Xie Gubai shook his head, "It's just..."

"This world belongs to King Nu. Even if King Nu doesn't want to be the emperor, it is his descendants who should decide who to hand over the world to."

Could this be the reason why Xie Gubai assisted Shen Yuqing?Shen Weichen and Zhu Menshang were each surprised.They originally thought that Shen Yuqing was seizing power, helping Hengshan and resisting Diancang, just to save Qingcheng. However, Xie Gubai's words seemed to mean that Qingcheng would compete in the world?With Qingcheng's strength, it is not easy to deal with the weakened Wudang, not to mention the five sects of Shaolin Kongtong Dian Canghengshan Beggar Clan.

Shen Yuqing knew that Xie Gubai wanted to take this opportunity to be honest with Shen Weichen, Li Jingfeng, and Zhu Menshang. He closed his eyes, and after a while, he said slowly: "I just want to save the world, and I don't want to be the emperor."

"If King Nu had wanted to be the emperor, he might have been able to avoid more than 30 years of war, and there wouldn't be such chaos today." Xie Gubai said.

"If the six major sects hadn't all wanted to be emperor, King Nu would not have died in the first place." Shen Yuqing said, "After Kunlun came together to discuss it, there has been peace for 90 years."

"90 years later, Dian Cang still provoked a dispute." Xie Gubai said, "Maybe the next one who provokes a dispute doesn't have to wait another 90 years."

"How can there be a dynasty in the world that lasts for thousands of years?" Shen Yuqing said, "Even if there is still war in the end, 90 years of peace is still peace for the people."

Seeing the two people getting into an argument, Shen Weichen quickly turned around and said, "Mr. Xie, since you have collected four books on profound martial arts, why don't you practice it yourself?"

Xie Gubai said calmly: "When I was young, I was weak and weak. Learning martial arts requires talent and adaptability. I can't practice the four classics passed down by my ancestors."

Xie Gubai is lying. Shen Weichen has been practicing lying with Shen Yuqing since he was a child and learning how to see through people's lies. But when it comes to old people like Xie Gubai and Zhu Menshang, it's just a trick. After all, Zhu Menshang deceives people and even him. I believe it myself.This was the first time she saw Xie Gubai lying. Why did Xie Gubai lie about the reason why he couldn't learn martial arts?What was the reason that prevented him from covering up his flaws?
“Mr. Sickly."

"I think of my late father." Xie Gubai shook his head, "My late father didn't let me practice martial arts."

There is no flaw in this sentence, but is this reason worth concealing?Maybe he caught a cold or was really tired, but Xie Gubai couldn't stop coughing.

The sound of "dong, dong, dong, dong" came again from the distance. "Yin Shi, all things are renewed, go to bed early and get up early!" A whole night passed unexpectedly, and I had just finished explaining the deeds of King Nu, and Xie Gubai had not yet talked about his contact with the outside world.

Shen Yuqing was worried about Xie Gubai's health, so she said, "Everyone is tired. Let's go back to our rooms to rest. We will continue to listen to the rest of the story tonight."

Xie Gubai stood up and held his hands in his hands: "Xie excuses himself."

Shen Yuqing summoned a sedan chair, and their brother and sister and Xie Gubai all lived in the Changsheng Palace.Zhu Menshang had to open a free clinic when he woke up, so he took a warrant and told him to open the city gate and go back to Cixin Medical Center to sleep.Shen Yuqing said: "Xiaoxiao, help me take Jingfeng back to the room."

Li Jingfeng lived in Taiping Pavilion, so he only talked about a few rooms and courtyards, and hurriedly waved his hand: "No need."

Shen Yuqing smiled and said: "It's just a few steps, are you afraid of tiring my little sister?"

Li Jingfeng was speechless for a moment, and Shen Weichen raised the lantern and said, "Let's go."

The two of them walked to Li Jingfeng's room. Shen Weichen saw his frown and asked, "Who do you think is right, brother or Mr. Xie?"

Li Jingfeng was stunned, shook his head and said: "I can't tell, what they said is quite reasonable. Deputy Commander Zhuge also said that this war will eventually start, and it's either him or another sect, but the second brother is right, 90 Is the year of peace not peace? Even if the angry king becomes the emperor, who knows when trouble will break out again. Is it better to slow down or hurry up? But in short, everyone just wants to have a good meal, listen to opera, and live in peace. It’s not good to have a happy life, but to fight.”

"It's too difficult. I really can't tell. But there is one thing I can understand. People like King Nu shouldn't deserve to die so aggrieved." Li Jingfeng's face was dejected. "If the six sects want to be emperor, they shouldn't murder someone." Good people."

Shen Weichen joked: "If Hero Li were here, he would definitely assassinate them?"

Li Jingfeng thought for a while and nodded: "Although I don't have the ability to kill them, I can't bring King Nu back to life, but if they do such a thing, someone must tell them that they have to pay the price."

The two of them walked to the door of Li Jingfeng's room. Li Jingfeng said, "I'm here. Little sister, please go back."

Shen Weichen suddenly shouted: "Jingfeng..."

Li Jingfeng turned around and asked, "What's wrong with little sister?"

Shen Weichen stopped talking, hesitated for a long time, sighed, and asked, "When did you make an appointment with Third Master to leave seclusion?"

Li Jingfeng said: "Third Master asked me to learn kung fu well first, and made an appointment with me on the night of life and death in two years. It will be next year."

Shen Weichen smiled and said: "Then you have to practice harder." Then he said: "Rest early."

Li Jingfeng smiled and said, "Little sister, please rest early."

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Xie Gubai was exhausted after telling stories all night, but when he returned to his room, he did not go to bed immediately. Instead, he leaned against the window and looked toward the east.

Why did the little sister catch the flaw?
Tonight he will talk about his experience in the barbarian tribe. Even though he has already thought about what to hide, he still wants to make sure again. He doesn't want Shen Weichen to catch the flaw again.

The sky in the distance gradually turned white, and the sky suddenly appeared.Xie Gubai's thoughts gradually drifted to the cave thousands of miles away, back to 17 years ago.

(End of this chapter)