Taiping Inn

The ascension vision gradually dissipated, Qin Su stood up and looked at Tan Taiyun.

Tan Taiyun had a complicated expression. She had thought that Li Xuandu would lose, and that Li Xuandu and Li Daoxu would both lose, but she had never thought of this result. Li Daoxu actually used himself to help Li Xuandu. Is this the relationship between master and apprentice and father and son?

Or is it the general trend?

Qin Su asked softly, "Senior Tan Tai, are you not leaving yet?"

Tan Taiyun came back to his senses and frowned as he thought about the situation.

After Li Daoxu was gone, there were still four immortals left in the Imperial Capital, but the Taoists accounted for the majority. If they continued to fight, the consequences would be unpredictable.

But if she left rashly, Li Xuandu and Qin Qing, the father-in-law and son-in-law, would take advantage of the situation to start a war against the Confucian School, and the Confucian School might not be a match. In this way, it would become a situation of being defeated one by one, so she couldn't leave.

Tan Taiyun stood with his hands behind his back and said, "Let's wait and see."

In front of the Imperial Observatory, the shadow of the mountain slowly dissipated. Ziyan Shanren was not dead, but was in a very embarrassed state. Wu Xian returned to his normal size and stood beside Qin Qing.

Qin Qing and Elder Long, who had just witnessed Li Daoxu ascending in broad daylight, fell into silence.

Now a difficult problem is placed in front of the Confucian School. If the Taoist School intends to take down the Confucian School in one go, how should the Confucian School respond? Although the Confucian School has made corresponding preparations, in addition to the great priests, many Confucian masters such as Lu Beiqu and Qi Foyan have entered the capital, and now the Imperial Capital is also full of Confucian masters, but if Li Xuandu and Qin Qing really want to make trouble, the outcome is unpredictable.

At this time, Qin Qing spoke up: "Let's talk about the conditions."

Old Man Long asked: "What conditions?"

Qin Qing said: "Zi Fu is a man who keeps his word. Just as he agreed with the Confucian School, the Queen Mother must be handed over to us for disposal, and the Emperor can rule the country."

Both sides knew that the Taoists and the Confucian Schools were now afraid of both sides. Both sides had their own concerns. If they really fought to the death, it would inevitably be a situation where both sides would suffer losses. The winner would only win miserably, which was a situation that neither side wanted to see.

Even if the Taoists had a greater chance of winning, in the eyes of the Taoists, the general situation was on their side, so why fight to the death at this time? Wouldn't it be better to take it slowly and have fewer people die?

Then a temporary peace talk would be the best result.

Old Man Long said: "It is our duty to overturn the case for the four ministers, but it is not appropriate to implicate too many people. It is best to limit it to the Queen Mother."

This statement has been very straightforward. Old Man Long's implication is to treat Xie Zhi as a discarded child, but to protect the Imperial Household Department and the pseudo-immortals.

Qin Qing said: "The Queen's party has been doing evil for many years. I am afraid that only punishing the Queen Mother will not be able to calm the public anger. How can Mr. Long explain to the world? I am afraid that the court and the public will not accept it."

Old Man Long did not refute, knowing that Qin Qing was telling the truth, so he looked at King Jin.

King Jin was shocked.

Qin Qing shook his head and said, "Not enough."

Old Man Long pondered for a moment and said, "In addition to overturning the verdict for the four ministers, I will add three more points. First, Liu Yi, the chief scribe of the Silijian, has committed many evil deeds and should be punished and imprisoned. Because he was involved in the theft of official silver from the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau and the Shibosi, and had close contacts with the Zaoge Sect, he was handed over to the Taoist sect for disposal. Second, the eldest princess Xuanzhen will take over the position of the clan leader of the clan house. Third, a group of people from the rear party, such as the King of Jin, the King of Tang, the King of Shu, etc., have ulterior motives, and all of them will be stripped of their royal titles and confined by the clan house."

The King of Jin's body softened and he almost couldn't stand, but he was held up by Chiyang Weng.

The King of Jin never thought that everything would change in an instant.

He had just negotiated the terms with the Confucian sect and asked the Confucian sect to take action. Afterwards, he was willing to give up his power and become a powerless prince, which was not bad for a rich man. In a blink of an eye, the Confucian sect betrayed him and regarded him as an abandoned child. Not only could he not become a rich man, but he would also become a prisoner, and his life and property would be controlled by others.

Qin Qing did not refuse this time.

Elder Long changed the subject and said, "We in the Confucian sect also have several conditions. Please agree, Mr. Qin."

Qin Qing nodded slightly: "Mr. Long, please speak."

Elder Long said: "First, the six seals of the emperor must belong to our Confucian sect."

The six seals of the emperor are related to the great formation of the imperial city, and are also the key to whether the Confucian sect can defend the imperial capital. Therefore, it is reasonable for the Confucian sect to take away these six jade seals and protect Yang Lu, who has been in charge of the six seals of the emperor.

Qin Qing had expected this, and without much hesitation, he nodded and said, "Okay."

Old Man Long smiled a little, and continued, "When Zulong ascended the throne at a young age, the Queen Mother and the Prime Minister were in power. The Queen Mother had an affair with someone and gave birth to two sons, intending to rebel. Later, Zulong killed the Prime Minister, the Queen Mother's two sons and the concubine. Because of the advice of the ministers, he spared the Queen Mother and only imprisoned her. Zulong was a man who still cared about human relations. If we convict the Queen Mother, it would not only cause rebellion, but also shake the foundation of the country and bring shame to the royal family, so..."

Qin Qing emphasized, "Mr. Long should understand that the few things we have reached before The consensus of the above conditions is based on the punishment of the Queen Mother. If the Confucian School does not agree to punish the Queen Mother, then these conditions are out of the question, and we have to fight to decide the outcome. "

"Mr. Qin misunderstood." Elder Long waved his hand and said, "It's not that we don't want to punish the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother's party has been in chaos for many years. The Confucian School regards the Queen Mother as the root of the chaos and the source of the chaos. How can we protect her? What I mean is that we can punish the Queen Mother, but don't do it publicly, let alone publicly discuss the crime, just let her die of a sudden illness. Of course, if Mr. Qingping is willing to give in and imprison her, we have no objection. "

Qin Qing pondered and said nothing.

Throughout history, there has never been a precedent of a queen mother being executed for a crime. At most, she was executed in secret and announced to the public that she died of a sudden illness. As Elder Long said, even though Zulong was the greatest emperor in history, the queen mother was widowed, pregnant and intended to rebel. Zulong could not do anything to the queen mother. If a precedent is set today, it may become a joke similar to "Why did your majesty rebel?" and be passed down to future generations. This is the fundamental reason why the Confucian school will not agree.

It's just that Qin Qing is a little unsure whether Li Xuandu will agree to give in.

Elder Long saw Qin Qing's dilemma and said, "Mr. Qingping has always been a man of great righteousness. For the sake of the country and the people of the world, he should give in. As for who is right and who is wrong between the Queen Mother and the four ministers, who is loyal and who is treacherous, the world will have its own public opinion, and the glorious history will have its own public opinion. Why do we need to judge the crime?"

It must be said that as a Confucian, the first half of Elder Long's words are clichés, empty words, and big accusations, but the second half is difficult to refute.

Qin Qing said, "You and I will not talk about the Queen Mother's crime, but the glorious history will have its own words. Is this what Mr. Long means?"

Old Long did not speak, and tacitly agreed with Qin Qing's statement.

Qin Qing pondered for a moment and said, "The way of heaven is eternal, but human ethics has been changing from ancient times to the present. In the reign of Emperor Zulong, it was not a sin for the empress dowager to keep a lover, and it was not a sin for a woman to remarry. But since the sage of Neo-Confucianism, these have become sins. If we use the morality of today's people to criticize the morality of the ancients, in the future, someone will use their morality to criticize the morality of us who are dead. Today's Confucianism emphasizes hiding the crimes of relatives, but perhaps thousands of years later, Confucianism will advocate the destruction of relatives for the sake of justice. Today, I concealed the crimes of my family, which is moral and praised by people, but in the eyes of people in the future thousands of years later, this is immoral and will be criticized. If we let the empress dowager go today, then how will future generations view us after thousands of years?"

Old Man Long fell into silence.

Chiyang Weng said, "How can the predecessors manage the affairs of the later generations? Mr. Qin is just worrying about nothing."

Qin Qing smiled and said, "In this case, let's put aside the question of whether to convict him for the time being. What do you think?"

Old Man Long was silent for a long time, and nodded, "That's the only way."

Qin Qing asked, "Then what about the third point?"

Old Man Long said, "As for the third point, the court intends to confer Mr. Qingping as the national master, Mr. Qin as the King of Liao, and Miss Qin as the princess. What do Mr. Qin and Mr. Qingping think?"

Qin Qing refused without thinking, "Eat the emperor's salary and be loyal to the emperor. I, Qin, am used to being free. I don't want to serve the emperor, so I naturally don't want to eat the emperor's salary. I appreciate the court's kindness. As for Zifu, he probably won't agree either."

The smile on Old Man Long's face froze.

Qin Qing was unwilling to accept the title of King of Liao, which meant that he was unwilling to establish the status of monarch and minister. Without the status of monarch and minister, what was the purpose?

His intentions are unquestionable.

It's just that the situation is like this, and the Confucian school is helpless.

Old Man Long quickly recovered his normal state and smiled, "If that's the case, then forget it."

In the few words between the two, the direction of the court was determined, and there was no room for others to intervene.

The King of Jin was dazed and lost his soul. He felt weak all over, as if his soul would fly away at any time.

Old Man Long glanced at the King of Jin and ordered, "Send the King of Jin to the clan house. In addition, inform the high priests and mountain masters in Beijing of the decision as soon as possible, and ask them to pass it on to the officials in Beijing, and then implement it as soon as possible, so as not to let others pick a quarrel."

Chiyang Weng and Jinchan Sou took the order and left.

Qin Qing and Wu Xian left the Imperial Observatory.

Seeing this scene, Tan Taiyun on the top of the city said softly, "The dust has settled."

After that, she turned and left the top of the city, heading northwest.

Qin Su exhaled heavily, as if she had put down a heavy burden.

However, no one spoke rashly, but waited for Qin Su to speak. Soon, Qin Su would no longer be Miss Qin, but the important Mrs. Qin.

On the other side, the confrontation in front of the Sheji Altar continued, but the Taoists were at ease, while the other side was ashen and full of despair.

No one expected that the invincible Great Sword Immortal would lose just like that, and that evil star demon won.

As the Great Sword Immortal himself said, winning is winning, losing is losing, and it is useless to say anything else.

Now both sides are waiting for the movement in the Sheji Altar.

After a long time, Li Xuandu's voice came from the Sheji Altar: "All Taoists, withdraw from the Imperial Capital."