The copy of the universe from the journey to the west

Chapter 217: Meeting on a narrow road - the one with noble fate makes way! (asking for monthly ticket)

"It could also be a trap set by the Northern Pseudo Dynasty? Did the evil Taoist Kou Qianzhi send people here to stir up conflicts between the Southern Taoist Sect and our dynasty? If we don't investigate these things carefully, it will damage the reputation of our Great Song Dynasty. So, my lords, we need to think about this matter carefully..."

"..."

"Stop arguing!"

"Snapped!"

The emperor slapped the dragon throne hard, and the five ministers immediately bowed their heads and said, "We are guilty! Your Majesty, calm down!"

The emperor glanced at the five people and said calmly: "Mr. Tan, do you have a good relationship with the Shangqing Sect?"

Tan Daoji was shocked. He had just been speaking for the Shangqing Sect, which made the emperor suspect that he had some connection with the Shangqing Sect.

He knew clearly how suspicious Emperor Yuanjia was. If he failed to give a good explanation, he might be killed.

Therefore, he immediately bowed again and said, "Your Majesty, please understand! This old minister is only thinking about the country of our Song Dynasty. The northern Hu people are constantly at war. The little Tuoba went west to swallow Xia and went north to attack Liang. He has the potential to unify the north of the Central Plains. This is a crisis for our Song Dynasty. If our Song Dynasty takes advantage of the situation and goes north, the pseudo-Wei will be attacked from three sides. In this way, we may be able to recover the land lost by our Han people. In terms of recovering lost territory, the life of a eunuch is not worth mentioning. What's more, the demon Dao named Kou in the north established the Northern Heavenly Master Dao, which can cure all ghosts. Our Song Dynasty has its own Taoist veins, and we may be able to confront this beast. In this way, I think that our Song Dynasty should not have any suspicion with the Taoist sect at the moment."

"Since you are a citizen of the Great Song Dynasty, why don't you come when the emperor summons you?" a minister said in a cold voice.

Tan Daoji turned around and retorted, "Sir Wang, I said that the Shangqing Sect is a group of monks, so their rules are naturally different from those of ordinary people like us. Moreover, this matter is not something that a mere warrior like me can comment on. You are the prime ministers of the Prime Minister's Office, so you must have more authority than me."

These words made everyone present frown.

The four people, namely, Shizhong Zuowei General Wang Hong, Shizhong Youwei General Yin Jingren, Shizhong Xiaoqi General Wang Tanshou, and Shizhong Liu Zhan, were all prime ministers of the Prime Minister's Office.

The person who spoke was the Palace Attendant and General of Cavalry Wang Tanshou, who was also the younger brother of the Prime Minister, the Palace Attendant and General of the Left Guard Wang Hong.

When these words were spoken, it seemed as if he was implying that the Wang family had absolute power over the government and the country.

Wang Hong, the Shizhong and General of the Left Guard, looked as usual. The Wang family was a descendant of the Wang family of Langya. Before his great-uncle Wang Hua died last year, his family had three prime ministers and lived a life of great glory.

Of course there isn't much gossip.

Therefore, after hearing what Tan Daoji said, he simply bowed to the Yuanjia Emperor on the throne and said: "Your Majesty, I am old and suffering from illness. I can't manage the affairs. Please beg for my bones!"

Emperor Yuanjia raised his eyebrows, waved his hand, and directly refused: "No!"

Wang Hong seemed to have known this for a long time. He stood up slowly. This was almost a daily activity. Whenever someone attacked his Wang family, he would do this. Then he said, "I think the King of Pengcheng has talent and can return to the court to assist in the administration."

Emperor Yuanjia nodded: "We will discuss this matter later."

Prince Pengcheng is the younger brother of Emperor Yuanjia. They are only one year apart in age and have a very good relationship. If Prince Pengcheng returns to the court and enters the Prime Minister's Mansion, it will greatly increase the emperor's authority.

Of course, the emperor could not say this matter himself, as it would arouse suspicion on the Prime Minister's Office.

After all, Emperor Yuanjia had killed three ministers of state including Xie Hui, and expanded the Prime Minister's Office and divided the power of the prime minister. If he took the initiative to insert his own brother into the office, it would be looked down upon both morally and logically.

Outsiders would certainly say that Liu Yilong employed people even though he was suspicious, and that he would always be suspicious of people he employed.

Tan Daoji felt helpless when he saw this scene.

Wang Hong completely defeated his little thoughts with just two short sentences, and also satisfied Emperor Yuanjia's wishes, which left him helpless.

At this moment, a eunuch outside the gate suddenly came to report: "Your Majesty! There are demons outside who have broken into the palace! They have reached the Ziwei Gate now!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in the room fell silent!

"Snapped!"

Emperor Yuanjia slammed the table and stood up, furious: "Where are the imperial guards? Where is the commander-in-chief?"

As soon as these words came out, Wang Hong knelt down on the ground, sweat dripping down his forehead: "I will go over and take a look!"

He still holds the title of Zhong Lingjun, who is nominally the commander of the imperial guards, but nowadays it is a sinecure and the real power lies in the hands of the General of the Guards. But after all, the title of Zhong Lingjun is still there, and now that something happened in the palace, he cannot escape the blame!
"No need to go far to meet me! I'm already here."

A voice came from far away and reached everyone's ears.

Then, in front of the hall, one by one, the imperial guards flew backwards into the hall and fell to the ground without a sound.

The elite imperial guards in the hall walked out from the darkness one after another, ready to protect the emperor.

There were also a dozen skinny eunuchs with weak breaths who kept Emperor Yuanjia firmly in the central position.

"Who are you? Why are you trespassing into Ziwei Palace?"

Tan Daoji took the lead and came in front of the imperial guards, while the others retreated behind them.

"Who am I? Aren't you looking for me?"

Lu Chen looked at Emperor Yuanjia: "Are you Liu Yilong?"

"How dare you! Do you think you can call the emperor by his name?" Wang Tanshou shouted angrily.

"Ok?"

Lu Chen glanced at him, and Wang Tanshou trembled all over as if struck by lightning. He rolled his eyes and fell to the ground.

"Lord Wang!?"

Liu Zhan exclaimed, and immediately shouted: "This person knows magic!"

Yin Jingren beside him looked at him with disdain. Magic?

Anyone who knows magic cannot enter Jiankang City!
"Your Majesty, this man has extraordinary merits. He knocked Minister Wang unconscious with the method of eyewitness." The general in front of the palace who led the troops checked Wang Tanshou's condition and reported truthfully.

And Wang Tanshou quickly woke up with everyone's treatment.

He was not injured, but Lu Chen's gaze actually had no attack power at all. It was just too sharp, which made him lose his mind for a moment.

"Get out of the way!"

Seeing this, Emperor Yuanjia felt relieved. He was also afraid that someone might cast magic in front of him.

Now it seems that it was simply because Wang Tanshou's mind was not strong enough.

Emperor Yuanjia had suffered many disasters since childhood. Although he was young, his mind was as hard as a rock.

Seeing that there was no magic as he had imagined, he was no longer afraid. He pushed the old eunuch in front of him away and looked at Lu Chen who was staring at him with a gloomy face: "Are you Wuxing Lu Xiuchen?"

Lu Chen shook his head slightly: "There is no Lu Xiuchen here, only Shangqing Dao, Taoist Ruchen."

Emperor Yuanjia sneered, "You broke into the palace without permission and killed the imperial guards in front of the palace. Aren't you afraid that I will exterminate your entire clan afterwards?"

Lu Chen smiled when he heard this: "I have heard that when Jing Ke stabbed the King of Qin, everyone within ten steps of him was killed by the enemy!"

"Be bold!"

Tan Daoji suddenly shouted angrily, then turned around and saluted: "Your Majesty! I beg you to kill this beast!"

"allow!"

Emperor Yuanjia waved his hand.

Lu Chen has compared himself to Jing Ke, the assassin who assassinated Qin Shi Huang, which has already shown that he came here with ill intentions. In this case, Emperor Yuanjia naturally has nothing to say.

"Here comes the sword!"

Tan Daoji stretched out his arm, caught the long sword thrown by an imperial guard, and swung out a sword flower.

With a "clang" sound, the momentum instantly became fierce.

Tan Daoji was born into a conquest general family and was a true descendant of a military strategist. He was skilled in military formations and his own martial arts skills were also top-notch in the world, with a level of cultivation above the innate level.

He was straightforward in what he said and did, which was why Emperor Yuanjia kept him instead of killing him.

First, he is capable, and second, he does not have the cunning mind of other ministers.

Tan Daoji held a sword in his hand and stabbed Lu Chen directly.

But the next second, he was stunned on the spot.

Lu Chen just stretched out a finger, gently touched the tip of the sword, and chuckled: "Although there is the dynasty's luck to suppress it, I just said that within ten steps, I can also defeat the enemy country with all my strength. This lord doesn't seem to believe it."

As he spoke, he flicked his fingers, and a soft "crackling" sound echoed in the hall.

The blade of the long sword in Tan Daoji's hand broke into pieces, and the next moment Tan Daoji vomited blood. His body flew backwards as if he was hit by a missile.

"Protect the emperor! Kill!"

Wang Hong felt a chill in his heart and shouted quickly.

The surrounding black masses of imperial guards rushed towards Lu Chen.

"It seems that unless we fight, you will not listen to me obediently."

Lu Chen narrowed his eyes and no longer held back.

Accompanied by the sound of "bang bang bang", Lu Chen's figure shuttled through the crowd like a ghost. One by one, the imperial guards flew backwards, smashing things in the palace with loud bangs.

Some of them even flew into the sky and smashed holes in the roof of the palace.

He performed an aerial acrobatics show for the crowd for free.

However, no one was interested in watching this kind of "entertainment" at this time.

"Your Majesty, this demon has probably practiced the horizontal refining method, and his body is not afraid of being hurt by swords and knives. Even if he doesn't use any magic, I'm afraid he is not something that ordinary imperial guards can defeat!"

An old eunuch looked at the scene and quickly said in a hoarse voice: "We will escort you away."

Emperor Yuanjia stopped talking and allowed the dozen or so old eunuchs to surround him and quickly evacuate to the back of the hall.

Wang Hong grabbed Wang Tanshou and followed behind without saying a word.

Liu Zhan wanted to follow, but was stopped by Yin Jingren who was standing beside him: "Don't go."

Then he winked at him.

Liu Zhan immediately understood that this Taoist priest came to settle accounts with Emperor Yuanjia. What did it have to do with them, the ministers?

He quickly followed Yin Jingren and retreated to a corner beside the hall, hiding his figure with a curtain.

As for Tan Daoji who had fallen to the ground, it was unknown when his figure had moved to another place to lie down, but his eyes, narrowed from time to time, revealed his current state of mind.

Seeing that Emperor Yuanjia was about to escape, Lu Chen secretly said that it was troublesome.

Then he stopped attacking and defending, and just charged forward at full speed!

The imperial guards who were blocking his way were knocked away one after another.

He ignored the prime ministers from the prime minister's mansion who were hiding nearby, and took a step forward and broke through the wall in front of him.

"Liu Yilong, didn't you come to see me? I came here in person, why are you leaving?"

At this time, Emperor Yuanjia and his entourage, who had just escaped from the palace, had not yet gone far when the wall next to them was knocked open with a "boom". Along with the whispering sound like the god of death from hell, a big hand grabbed towards Emperor Yuanjia.

"Tang!"

The three old eunuchs standing in front each drew out a soft sword, which turned into snakes and entangled the arms. But the next moment, the arms shook, and the three soft swords broke at the same time, turning into dozens of fragments that flew in all directions.

An old eunuch quickly stood in front of Emperor Yuanjia to block the flying fragments, but he was only able to block most of them. A few fragments still passed through the gaps and hit the old eunuch's vital points, killing him instantly.

"call!"

Two more eunuchs took a deep breath, and the air around them changed the direction of its flow between their breaths.

Then their skinny bodies instantly swelled up like balloons, turning into strong giants over two meters tall, standing side by side to block Lu Chen's body.

"roll!"

There was a low cry and a "boom" sound, and the two eunuchs' bodies swayed twice before they fell on their backs on the ground.

Blood was oozing from all his orifices, and it was as if there was no breath left.

Lu Chen looked at Emperor Yuanjia and his entourage who were still fleeing in front of him. He bent his knees slightly, then suddenly jumped up, rising into the sky with a "boom" like a cannonball, and landed in front of Emperor Yuanjia and his entourage with a "bang".

"Your Majesty, there is no escape." The leading old eunuch also understood.

How could this be as simple as practicing the horizontal training method?
This person is simply the reincarnation of the ancient demon god!
Even if Xiang Yu was reborn and Lu Bu was still alive, a top warrior who could fight against the Taoist masters of the mysterious spirit alone would probably be no match for the enchanting Taoist in front of him!
His physical body might have reached its peak at that time!
For him, taking the general's head from among thousands of soldiers would probably be as easy as taking something from a bag.

In front of such an existence, let alone fighting, even escaping becomes a pathetic wish.

Emperor Yuanjia naturally understood the meaning of the old eunuch's words. He took a deep breath, and although his legs and feet were a little weak, he still walked out of the encirclement of the old eunuchs.

At this time, Lu Chen slowly turned around and looked at Emperor Yuanjia with a faint smile on his face: "Why don't you run away? I haven't had enough fun yet."

"..."

Emperor Yuanjia's breathing stagnated for a moment, but he soon recovered and bowed deeply, saying, "I am Liu Yilong, the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty. I am honored to meet True Lord Ruchen."

"It's quite flexible."

Lu Chen looked at the young emperor in front of him.

The Liu Song Dynasty was full of eccentricities. To be honest, although Liu Yilong had many shortcomings, he also had many advantages. He was one of the few wise rulers in the Liu Song Dynasty.

At least during his reign, the Liu Song Dynasty experienced a small period of prosperity, known as the Yuanjia Reign.

However, the ending was not good.

He was a very suspicious person. He was suspicious of his ministers, his brothers, and his own children. It can be said that from the day he ascended the throne, he never stopped suspecting others.

In the end, he got what he wanted - but he also died from his own suspicion - he suspected that his own prince would rebel and was ready to get rid of him, but he was killed by the prince he appointed first.

Among the Hu kings, it was common for sons to kill their fathers, but among the Han emperors, Liu Yilong was the only one whose father was killed - he was the only one!

Emperor Yuanjia looked relatively calm at this time. After he stood up, he said, "I will withdraw all actions against the Shangqing Sect."

"Does the emperor surrender?"

Lu Chen said slowly, while walking towards Emperor Yuanjia.

Emperor Yuanjia looked at Lu Chen walking towards him, his body trembled slightly, but he still held on and nodded immediately: "I... surrender."

"Well, to surrender, you have to have a surrendering attitude. Does just saying it count as surrendering?"

Lu Chen said leisurely.

Emperor Yuanjia hastily added: "I will issue an order that the Shangqing Sect will be the state religion of the Great Song Dynasty, and Lu Zhenjun will be the state teacher of the Great Song Dynasty."

"continue!"

"Master Lu should have the title of Heavenly Master, the teacher of the Son of Heaven, and his position should be equal to that of a prince... No, it should be equal to me!"

"Keep going."

"Master Lu's words are my words! Master Lu...Master Lu should be worshipped by the people of the Song Dynasty!"

At this time, Lu Chen had already come to a distance of more than half a meter in front of Emperor Yuanjia.

Looking at Lu Chen, Emperor Yuanjia could already see his eyelashes clearly.

Cold sweat streamed down Emperor Yuanjia's forehead. At this moment, any conspiracy or trickery, no matter how great the power, was of no use at all.

His life has been completely controlled by Lu Chen!

Lu Chen stretched out his right hand, touched Emperor Yuanjia's head, rubbed it, and exclaimed: "What a fine head!"

As soon as these words came out, Emperor Yuanjia's whole body trembled violently, his pupils contracted, and his breathing became three times faster.

"stop!"

At this moment, a man suddenly jumped out from the side. He was the commander of the imperial guards who had been chasing after them.

Lu Chen clapped his left hand, and the commander of the imperial guards flew backwards instantly, falling to the ground without a sound.

"Everyone, step back! Master Lu is my teacher! This is Master Lu giving me another initiation and blessing!"

Emperor Yuanjia immediately shouted to the people around him.

The group of imperial guards who had chased after them were all stunned. They looked at each other, somewhat confused.

"Don't back down yet!"

Emperor Yuanjia's eyes turned red as he shouted, "If you don't retreat, I will kill all his clans!"

A smart person reacted immediately, shouted "Yes", and walked away quickly.

When someone left, others followed suit.

"Master...Master, I...No, I, I sincerely hope to be your disciple. Please grant my wish, Master!"

Emperor Yuanjia turned his head at this time and looked at Lu Chen, speaking with some trepidation.

"is it?"

Lu Chen smiled and patted Emperor Yuan Jia's face: "But I don't want to accept you as my disciple, I just want to take your life... What do you think we should do?"

Emperor Yuanjia's knees softened and he knelt on the ground: "Master! If you kill me, you will suffer the backlash of your luck. Why bother?"

"Haha, are you still testing me at this time?"

Lu Chen stepped on the back of Emperor Yuan Jia's hand with one foot: "Does it hurt? Has your luck backfired on me?"

Emperor Yuanjia didn't even dare to look up, enduring the piercing pain in his palms and said, "My disciple is stupid, please forgive me, Master..."

"Haha, he is also a character."

Lu Chen withdrew his foot.

At this time, where Emperor Yuanjia could not see, a four-clawed golden dragon of destiny was roaring madly at Lu Chen.

The Golden Dragon of Fortune is closely connected with Emperor Yuanjia.

He wanted to kill Emperor Yuanjia several times, but every time he was about to do so, the golden dragon of luck seemed to pounce on him madly.

This also made Lu Chen realize that as long as he killed Emperor Yuanjia, the backlash of the Golden Dragon of Luck would definitely come.

At that time, it will not be just a matter of sealing off one's own soul. I'm afraid that one will perish together with one's own soul and inner elixir!
"Thank you for the compliment, Master!" Emperor Yuanjia immediately complimented.

"Oh! I'm not praising you again."

Lu Chen said: "I will not accept you as my disciple, so you can take advantage of me for nothing."

"..."

Emperor Ren Yuanjia, who was so gloomy and good at political struggle, didn't know what to say after hearing Lu Chen's words.

I am the great Emperor of the Song Dynasty. I have the most powerful nation among all the countries and I am the legitimate successor of the Han Dynasty!
Am I taking you as my teacher, or am I taking advantage of you?

Why don't you ask them, even if Zhang Ling is reborn and Ge Xuan is still alive, would they agree if I want to become their disciples?

However, the current Emperor Yuanjia had no say at all, so he could only follow Lu Chen's words and said, "Yes, yes... Imperial Master?"

Emperor Yuanjia said cautiously.

"The Shangqing Sect will never become the state religion of any country."

Lu Chen was not fooled either.

To become a national teacher means that destiny is connected to you.

It is still a layer of shackles.

Lu Chen said: "I have two disciples who will arrive in Jiankang soon. I have nothing else to do in my life but to strengthen the Shangqing Sect. Do you understand?"

"Yes, yes, I understand, I understand. I will definitely help the two immortals to spread the Shangqing Dao!" Emperor Yuanjia replied immediately.

Lu Chen smiled when he heard this: "Don't think of using evil ways. Hui Guan of Donglin Temple is my good friend. Zhang Jiao of Longhu Mountain is under my command. Xu Lingqi of Lingbao Sect also came to visit me... If you want to sow discord, you should think carefully. Don't leak the news and let me... have this happen again!"

The cold sweat on Emperor Yuanjia's forehead immediately flowed down again.

I have to say, that's what he thought!

Let other Taoist and Buddhist sects fight against the Shangqing Sect.

But now... all these thoughts are gone!

This guy looks young, who knows if he is some old monster reincarnated?
It's not impossible!

If this happens again...will he still be alive?
When two men meet on a narrow road...the one with a nobler fate shall give way!
He asked himself that there was almost no life in the world more valuable than his!

Seeing this, Emperor Yuanjia said repeatedly: "I dare not, I dare not, I will follow what the Heavenly Master says!"

But at this time, he didn't hear any sound, and then he looked up.

But where is Lu Chen in front of him?
"True Lord?"

"Master Lu?"

"Master Lu?"

After shouting a few times without any response, Emperor Yuanjia immediately stood up with his hands folded, grinning.

Then he shouted, "Someone come!"

The old eunuch who had left 'whoosh whoosh' quickly appeared and knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty!"

Emperor Yuanjia looked at the old eunuch in front of him with cold eyes. Once the next batch of eunuchs are trained, these people will die!
"Tidy up my clothes!"

"Yes!"

The old eunuchs quickly stood up and adjusted the dragon robe for him. Soon, Emperor Yuanjia seemed to be in high spirits again.

(End of this chapter)