Zhutian: My skills are not serious

Chapter 517 From today on, you are my woman

Chu Pingsheng said: "Then according to what the queen meant, you are persuading me... not to take revenge?"

"too difficult."

"Is it?"

Chu Pingsheng hugged her tightly and urged his horse to go faster.

Feeling the hot and moist breath brushing past her ears, Xiao Meiniang's body trembled, her eyes showed hesitation, and her face showed struggle.

"Ugh."

After a few breaths, she sighed again, thinking that as a queen of a fallen country, the only thing she could do now was to take things one step at a time.

"Empress, you really don't want revenge?"

Chu Pingsheng's voice sounded right beside her ears, very close and very moist, like a devil's sound drilling into her ears.

Xiao Meiniang said: "After the country was destroyed, my body was like duckweed, how can I talk about courage?"

She was very self-aware. As a woman, she was not good at leading troops in battles and her martial arts skills were mediocre. She was lucky to survive in the chaotic times. Revenge? She wanted to, but she didn't have the ability.

Chu Pingsheng said: "If I say that I can help you master the peerless martial arts and give you the opportunity to kill Yu Wenzhi, will you believe me?"

Xiao Meiniang didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"Chai Shao, from what I understand, your martial arts skills are pretty average, right?"

"It was normal before I met the empress, but after I met the empress, things are different."

"What do you mean?"

Chu Pingsheng took out a piece of cloth embroidered with gold thread from his arms: "Do you recognize this?"

Xiao Meiniang looked at it carefully and saw that it was colorful and had many unfamiliar symbols, and she shook her head.

"This is the golden armor that records the secret of longevity."

"Golden Silk Armor? Didn't Yu Wenzhi say that it was taken away by the Demon Sect?"

Xiao Meiniang had heard the three words "Secret of Immortality" from Yang Guang more than once. It was said that if one mastered the technique, one could live as long as a turtle and remain young forever.

"That's fake."

"fake?"

Xiao Meiniang was stunned. This young man from the Chai family actually created confusion and plotted against a tyrant like Yu Wenzhi.

"So, the third young lady of the Li family..."

"That's right, she is just a cover. If I don't do this, how can the emperor and Yu Wenzhi believe that I will willingly give up the golden armor?"

"Then...what if the people from the Demon Sect find out it's fake?"

"They only think that they are limited in their talent and cannot comprehend it thoroughly. Even Master Yijian Shi Cailin couldn't master this Taoist book, let alone them. Over the years, weren't Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling the only ones who mastered it?"

Xiao Meiniang was speechless: "I really don't know whether to say you are smart or cunning?"

"It's all the same." Chu Pingsheng said, "To them, I am just a businessman. Of course, a businessman must pursue maximum profit, but to the queen, it's different."

Xiao Meiniang: “…”

Chu Pingsheng leaned forward again, his chin lightly touching her jade neck, her black hair brushing her face, the pleasant floral fragrance making her even more seductive.

"After these days of contemplation, I have found the trick to practice the Art of Immortality."

"What's the trick?"

"Why was Taoist Shilong able to practice the Art of Immortality? Because Taoist Shilong was a hermaphrodite, but the problem was that he only had one set of meridians, and he was too eager to achieve success, so he eventually became possessed and died. Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling were different. Their physiques were one yin and one yang, and they grew up together, trusted each other, and were close to each other. They accidentally learned the Art of Immortality. So I thought, if we combine the conditions of Taoist Shilong and Shuanglong, can we practice the Art of Immortality?"

"I... don't quite understand."

"Okay, let me keep it simple." Chu Pingsheng whispered, "Dual cultivation."

Hearing this, she knew it made sense. This guy, who was a dozen years younger than her, was actually trying to take advantage of her. She said with a hint of anger, "How dare you! I'm the queen."

Chu Pingsheng exerted a little force and almost hugged her in his arms: "Empress, don't you want revenge? You should know that at your age, if you don't practice the Taoist skill of Changsheng Jue, you will never be able to take revenge. Yang Ling and Yang Zhengdao are dead, and you still have two young grandchildren, Yang You and Yang Tong. You don't want them to become playthings of Li Shimin, Wang Shichong and others, right?"

Xiao Meiniang struggled hard: "Aren't you afraid that I will tell your father about this?"

"No, because he can't beat me."

"..."

"Why are you such a scoundrel?"

"Empress, have you forgotten what you just said?"

"What?" "I was asked to hand you over to Yu Wenzhi in exchange for my own safety. Do you prefer to serve an old man than me?"

There are several breaths after that.

"Ugh……"

A long sigh.

……

At the same time, in the northwest of Jiangdu City.

The smoke is thin, the willows are slanting, a long river, the sky is on the water, and there are ten miles of Yangzhou.

Kou Zhong turned his horse and looked south, with an unwilling look on his face, and whispered: "Yu Wenzhi, he escaped again."

Step, step, step.

The horse's hooves moved gently.

Xu Ziling came to his side and said, "There is still a chance, but it's a pity that Yang Guang is dead."

"Why? Master Ling, you are pitiful even for a tyrant?"

"I don't pity him, I pity those who died in this chaos."

Kou Zhong patted his shoulder and said, "Alright, stop being sad here and think about something happy."

"For example, since Yang Guang is dead, Miss Xiuning doesn't have to follow the emperor's will and marry that bastard Chai Shao."

Kou Zhong pointed at him and said with a smile: "Young Master Ling, you really understand me. I can't wait to go back to Jinyang."

At this time, Wang Xuanying came over and said, "You two are laughing so happily, is there something good going on?"

Kou Zhong said, "Aren't you happy that the tyrant Yang Guang is dead?"

"Ha, ha, ha...you two are joking."

Ordinary people said that it was fine to be happy that Yang Guang died, but he didn't dare to say that: "Brother Kou, Brother Xu, you two are very skilled in martial arts. If you don't have any plans for the future, why don't you come back to Luoyang with me and my father, recruit an army to fight against Yu Wenzhi together, and you can also achieve something in the future."

"Thank you for your kindness, Brother Xuanying. We already have a plan."

"In that case, let's say goodbye."

Wang Xuanying saw that he could not recruit them, so he turned his horse around and left in disappointment.

"Tsk." Kou Zhong curled his lips.

"what happened?"

"How can he compare with Brother Shimin?"

"Alright, Master Zhong, let's go, we still have to go to Yanshi to meet up with Yuzhi."

"Let's go, Master Ling."

Kou Zhong slapped the warhorse under his crotch, rushed out first, headed westward, and galloped away.

……

The news that Yu Wenzhi launched a coup in Jiangdu and murdered Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty spread quickly, causing an uproar throughout the country and panic among the people.

No one expected that Yu Wenzhi would do such a thing. Although everyone knew that he had rebellious intentions, the bottom line that the world could accept was to force the Sui emperor to abdicate. As a result, Yu Wenzhi, as a close minister, actually launched a palace coup and killed people with one knife. Judging from the process, he was a little stronger than Sima Yi back then, but now there are many heroes rising up, and he does not have the power of the Sima family.

The morale of the peasant uprising army was greatly boosted. Li Mi's Wagangzhai had recently conquered several places and was approaching Luoyang. After all, the emperor had been killed, so it was conceivable how much the morale of the Sui army would drop. Du Fuwei also took the opportunity to advance eastward and approach Danyang. Li Zitong, who was located in Hailing, extended his tentacles to the north, and attacked Du Fuwei from the east and west. Wuxing County Governor Shen Faxing reacted the fastest and raised an army in the name of killing Yu Wenzhi and avenging the emperor. He soon occupied Yuhang, and officers and soldiers along the way defected to him, which was the first wave of dividends from Yang Guang's death.

The war in the east was imminent, and the south was also not peaceful. The death of Yang Guang was considered by the heroes of Yueyang as a sign that the fortune of the Sui Dynasty had ended. Xiao Xin immediately called himself the Duke of Liang, wore the clothes of the Southern Liang Dynasty, followed the old system of the Southern Liang Dynasty, and recruited many people. Seeing Xiao Xin's success, the Sui generals nearby, such as Zhang Zhenzhou and Wang Renshou, surrendered one after another. Seeing this, Lin Shihong of Yuzhang sought to join forces with Song Que to counter the growing power of Xiao Xin.

In the north, under the instigation of Li Shimin, Li Jiancheng and others, Li Yuan first dealt with Gao Junya and Wang Wei in the name of killing Yu Wenzhi's minions, and then signed a contract with DTZ. Then he and Wuxing County Magistrate Shen Faxing put forward the same slogan to kill the traitor Yu Wenzhi and avenge the emperor. Then he led his troops south and approached Chang'an. Along the way, Sui army generals surrendered one after another. Dou Jiande, Liang Shidu, Liu Wuzhou and others also took actions, but because most of them were attached to the Turks, they did not play a role in restraining the Li family's early actions.

In the west, Li Gui raised an army in Hexi and his strength grew rapidly with the support of the Western Turks. He gathered a group of local warlords and launched an attack on Xue Ju on the grounds that Xue Ju had rebelled in Jincheng and proclaimed himself emperor after the emperor's death.

In Luoyang, the capital of the Sui Dynasty, the first thing Wang Shichong did when he returned home was to contact Duan Da, Yuan Wendu and others. He first accused Yu Wenzhi of murdering the emperor, which was a heinous crime that could not be tolerated by heaven and earth. He also accused Dugu Feng of betrayal and collusion with Yu Wenzhi. If Dugu Feng had not secretly tipped off the emperor, he would have already shared the burden and eliminated Yu Wenzhi. Finally, he accused Li Yuan of saying that he wanted to avenge the emperor but led his troops to attack Chang'an. He was actually a hypocritical villain who had long had the intention of rebelling.

After denouncing these people, he enthroned Yang Tong, the son of the late Crown Prince Yang Zhao, as emperor, changed the reign title to Huangtai, and called himself Huangtai Lord. He was then conferred the title of Duke of Zheng by the new emperor.

If Shen Faxing reaped the first wave of benefits from threatening to kill the rebels, then there is no doubt that Wang Shichong reaped the benefits of respecting the new master. The defenders of the surrounding cities swore allegiance, and the officials in Luoyang who had originally been at odds with him also expressed their submission one by one.

It's okay to mention Yu Wenhuaji among the Four Clan, after all, he was the one who killed the emperor. Although he was also confused by the fact that Yang Guang did not stop him from being beaten, it was expected that he would become the target of public criticism.

Dugu Feng's situation was slightly better, because the account book of the Dugu family's purchase of weapons and equipment from the Dongming Sect was taken out by Yu Wenzhi before Yang Guang's death, and the voice accusing him of treason was the smallest.

The one who suffered the most was Li Yuan. He took Chang'an for two reasons, one was to occupy the territory, and the other was to support Yang You. Now Wang Shichong took the lead in supporting Yang You. If he continued to do so, he would really establish his notoriety as a traitor. Among the heroes, who received the most favor from the Sui Dynasty, one was the Li family, and the other was Wang Hua who was in cahoots with Dugu Feng. According to Li Shimin's plan, he would take Chang'an, establish Yang You as a puppet emperor, and sit on the fertile land of Guanzhong. Why would he worry that those heroes in the Central Plains who suffered from the war would not come to join him?

What about now? With Dugu Feng and Wang Shichong's actions, the Li family is half thief and half official, and they are in a very uncomfortable situation because they can't please both sides.

(End of this chapter)