At what age are you still being a traditional monster?

Ye Mozi kept whipping the whip in his hand, causing the fast horse to howl non-stop.

But as he ran, Ye Mozi realized something was wrong.

According to my running style, I should have run back to the old city, but why didn't I even see the wall of the old city?

When he was confused, Ye Mozi got off his horse and looked for a high place to check, only to realize that he had run to an unknown place, and it was not the way back to the old city at all.

Could it be that I was scared out of my wits and even went the wrong way?

No, you need to go back to the official road!

Ye Mozi looked around, finally found the official road, got on his horse and ran.

When he got to the official road, Ye Mozi finally heaved a sigh of relief, he stopped whipping the whip in his hand, and just let the horse walk on its own.

After running so far, the Taoist should not be able to catch up.

But at this moment, there was a person sitting in the middle of the road with his back to Ye Mozi blocking the way.

Ye Mozi yelled: "Hei Lian teaches to pass by, the people in front give way quickly, don't be an unjust ghost!"

The man didn't seem to hear it, and remained motionless.

Ye Mozi was also not polite, he raised his horse's hooves and wanted to trample the man directly.

As he gradually approached that person, Ye Mozi was attracted by the things around him...

Beside the man were the dead bodies of six rats.

Ye Mozi suddenly felt that the road in front of him was somewhat familiar, as if he had seen it from afar before.

The man turned his head, but he was wearing an old Taoist robe, he opened his mouth and whispered a word.

This time, Ye Mozi finally heard what he said clearly.

"seven."

The body of the seventh mouse lay by the side of the road.

Lin Xu set fire to the corpse, raised his head to look at the sun, and got up again to withdraw the troops around him.

"At this moment, there should be no more reporters. If you want to wait for a reply, it will take at least five or six days. Take advantage of this time and go to the capital first."

Chapter 48 For the Country and the People

"Your Majesty, the wood needed to build the altar has been transported to the capital in the past two years, and the people who moved here will arrive within a few days."

In Roulai Kingdom, in the imperial palace of the capital, it is time to go to court.

Emperor Liang Yi listened to the report from Minister of the Ministry of Industry, nodded in satisfaction, and said with a smile, "That's very good!"

At the bottom, Prime Minister Mo Baixue remonstrated: "Your Majesty, there have been some mistakes in people's livelihood recently, and many people have been displaced. Whether they are farming or doing business, they are all complaining."

Liang Yi wondered, "I, Rou, have been here since I was a national teacher. There have been no natural disasters in five years. How can the common people suffer so much?"

Mo Baixue said the statement he had prepared long ago: "It's all because the people have land but no surplus food, and the people do business but have no income."

Liang Yi said: "How could this be?"

Mo Baixue glanced at the Taoist priest wearing a black Taoist robe beside Liang Yi, and said, "It's all because of the Taoist priests of the Black Lotus Sect. They take the food that the people have worked so hard for without spending a copper coin, and they are even more reckless in terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation. If you like it, just take it away, and if things go on like this, it will encourage the evil wind, and the people will naturally suffer untold hardships!"

Liang Yi glanced at the national teacher next to him, pretending to be in thought, and said: "The Black Lotus Sect has made great contributions to me. Five years ago, the epidemic was all depended on the national teacher to get through it. Now the disciples of the national teacher take some common people's things. It can be regarded as the people repaying the kindness, and the disciples of the national teacher are all practitioners, how can they not know how to take the right amount, is there some misunderstanding in this?"

Mo Baixue made a memorial and said: "Please look, Your Majesty, this is a new Taoist priest who has been read by the Black Lotus Sect since last year. Surprisingly, there are [-] people in Roulai, all of them are members of the Black Lotus Sect. These people wear black robes, entrenched the village, take advantage of the people's livelihood, and are called Taoist priests, but they are actually bandits! If there are dozens of Taoist priests, they will be It’s all right for them to act mischievously, but there are a total of [-] people, your majesty, why are the people suffering!”

Facing Mo Baixue's impassioned statement, Liang Yi's mouth twitched, looked at the national teacher at the side, and said, "National teacher, look at this..."

This national teacher is Hei Lian Zhenxian. I saw him squeeze out a smile on his face, and gestured to the immeasurable Tianzun with his hand, saying: "Fusheng Wuliang Tianzun, Your Majesty, this is a dereliction of duty by the poor. After I go down, I will I will warn my disciples all over the country to teach them how to use it properly and not to harm the common people."

Liang Yi said: "It's so good." Turning his head to Mo Baixue, he said: "Prime Minister, look, the national teacher said that he will let the disciples under him pay attention."

Mo Baixue clenched her fists tightly, the veins on her forehead were exposed, but she said, "Since that's the case, I won't say much about the humble job!"

After all, he cast a fierce look at the national teacher, but the national teacher smiled and refused to deny it.

Liang Yi didn't seem to notice the spark between the two at all. Instead, he said with a smile: "Dear dears, two years ago, I ordered an altar to be built, and the national teacher held a big ceremony to pray for my Roulai to pray for good weather. At that time, everyone Aiqing can't persuade you, saying that I'm a waste of money, and what's more, I will use Jie Zhou as an analogy to me, I am heartbroken, there is a deep meaning in it that I can't reveal to you Aiqing, I have been infamy for many years!"

His voice gradually became higher and higher: "But now, everything is ready, and it's time to tell the deep meaning of this to all my loves, and also pour out the pain in my heart! I did this for the country and the people!"

Hearing these words, all the officials below knelt down and said, "I would like to hear His Majesty's teaching!"

Liang Yi nodded, and said with tears in the corners of his eyes: "Everything starts with the national teacher. Five years ago, the national teacher helped me to solve the epidemic. At that time, I talked with the national teacher all night and learned that the national teacher is from heaven The immortal came to the world and wanted to give me the peace and stability of Roulai Kingdom for a thousand years, and the Luotian Dajiao that is going to be held now is on the surface to pray for blessings, but in fact it is the national teacher who wants to display the supreme magic?"

Mo Baixue was upset when he heard it, and said: "Dare to ask Your Majesty, what kind of supreme magic method is it?"

Liang Yi nodded, and the national teacher beside him stood up and said, "It's the magic method of longevity!"

Longevity?

Mo Baixue couldn't believe what he heard, and said, "What longevity?"

Liang Yi smiled and said, "Of course I'm going to live forever!"

"The national teacher is willing to cast a spell to save me from the mortal body and become a guest of longevity!"

Many civil and military officials were dumbfounded when they heard this, and watched their monarch sitting on the dragon chair talking nonsense, as if they were listening to a joke that wasn't funny.

Mo Baixue stood up, pointing at Liang Yi in a moment of anger, "Your Majesty used up the treasury and squeezed the people to build an altar just for the sake of longevity that the demon said? Absurd, absurd! This is really for the country and the people! "

Liang Yi's face collapsed in an instant, and he said coldly: "Mo Baixue! Pay attention to the manners of the monarch and his ministers! Let me ask you, which one of you didn't praise me for being a Mingjun and Liangjun when I took the throne, and let a Mingjun live forever and rule forever? Isn't it a good thing for the country and the people to be gentle?"

Mo Baixue was speechless, and suddenly felt that she was no longer in a normal world.

He let out a wry smile, and walked down the court in a drowsy state, chanting some outrageous words:

"Crazy, all crazy, Your Majesty is crazy, Your Majesty is crazy!"

All the civil and military officials looked at the prime minister who was walking down in despair, even the prime minister who was always known for his courage to speak out was like this, so what can these civil and military officials say?

So, you looked at me, I looked at him, shook their heads and sighed, got up and said goodbye.

Liang Yi sat on the dragon chair, and there was no exception to this result. He had already prepared in his heart before telling everything.

"In this way, I am really a lonely person,"

Liang Yi looked at the empty court hall and said coldly.

The national teacher said: "Your Majesty insisted on telling them the truth, and he has fulfilled his duty as a king."

Liang Yi said: "Huh! They are all helping ordinary people! How can I know the second of longevity? If I live forever, under my control, won't my Roulai Kingdom become stronger day by day?"

"It's normal for them to be puzzled by His Majesty's painstaking efforts. Your Majesty will not hold a court meeting in the near future, and go down to rest at ease. Fifteen days later, it will be the day when I will seek longevity for Your Majesty."

"Fortunately, there is a national teacher here." Liang Yi closed his eyes tiredly, and fell asleep on the dragon chair.

The Taoist priest wearing a black Taoist robe carefully touched the lotus flower embroidered with gold thread on his Taoist robe, and said softly: "Longevity..."

Mo Baixue walked out of the palace all the way in a daze, and stumbled to the Guanyin Temple. When she entered, she tripped over the threshold and fell to the ground.

When a monk sees him, he will go to help him.

But Mo Baixue pushed the monk away, walked straight to the acting abbot, threw a few copper coins into the incense box, and said with a wry smile, "I haven't come back yet."

After all, without looking at anyone, he turned around and left.

"Prime Minister, please stay."

Hearing this voice, Mo Baixue's pupils widened in an instant, and he turned around hastily, seeing the relatively short old monk walking out from inside.

"Elder Huijing!" Mo Baixue hurried up to hold Huijing's hand.

"Amitabha, Moxiang, long time no see!"

"After a long wait, the elder is finally back!" Mo Baixue said excitedly.

Hui Jing comforted her, "Don't worry, Prime Minister Mo, I've already heard from Hui Kong what happened in these years."

Huikong is the acting abbot and Huijing's younger brother.

Mo Baixue said: "Since you know, then the elder should also know that the Black Lotus Sect is a cult, and that the Black Lotus True Immortal, who is the current national teacher, is an out-and-out demon way!"

Hui Jing said: "My Junior Brother Hui Jue has indeed said that there is a demonic aura spreading in the capital today."

Mo Baixue gritted her teeth and said, "Please also ask the abbot to lead the Guanyin Temple to subdue demons for me!"

Huijing ignored Mo Baixue's impatience, just sat down and said, "Before that, there was a person who wanted to see Prime Minister Mo."

"Who?"

"I,"

Amidst Mo Baixue's surprised expression, a gentleman in white came out and was flipping through a book in his hand.

Mo Baixue was startled at first, then in a surprisingly angry tone, she called out the man's name.

"Bai Qingyi!"

Chapter 49 Secrets

"Bai Qingyi!" Mo Baixue said excitedly, then went up and grabbed Lord White Snake by the collar, and said, "Monster! How dare you come back?"

Lord White Snake patted Mo Baixue's hand away, and said, "Didn't it be that you urged His Majesty to capture me, a monster?"

"You must be brought back to serve as an example to others. Your reforms have failed, and the late emperor who supported you is dead. Who else can take this responsibility except you!" Mo Baixue said every word with a loud voice.

Lord White Snake said with a smile: "I did fail back then, but how could the liquidation come so quickly? You have already prepared in secret, just waiting for the late emperor to die. Why, you and I were considered friends back then. Although you have objections to the way of reform, you also agree with part of it, why are you secretly trying to get rid of me and hurry up?"

"Because you're a monster!"

"You already knew!"

One sentence blocked Mo Baixue.

Lord White Snake pressed on step by step, and said in a deep voice, "You know I'm a monster, but you're just a mortal, how did you know that?"

Mo Baixue remained silent.

Lord White Snake's eyes were sharp, and he said, "Someone told you, who?"

Mo Baixue finally lost his composure, and only said: "The prince back then is now Your Majesty."

Hui Jing said: "Amitabha, how did Your Majesty learn about it?"

Mo Baixue sighed, and said: "Let's start from more than ten years ago, when I was still the prince's young master, I didn't pay attention to His Majesty's state of mind. He has been the prince for more than 20 years, and he will naturally feel grudges. When I saw it, I started to believe in ghosts, and at that time, His Majesty's residence invited an aide."

"Is that the Black Lotus Immortal?" Lord White Snake asked.

Mo Baixue nodded and said: "That's right, the Black Lotus True Immortal really has some abilities, after showing some supernatural powers, the crown prince has no doubts in him."

Huijing recited the Buddha's name and said: "The people in Roulai only know that the Black Lotus Immortal came during the great epidemic five years ago, but they don't know that he came to Roulai ten years ago. I'm afraid it was also from him."

Lord White Snake said: "Sell yourself and boast, show your holiness in front of others, what a monster."

Mo Baixue continued: "I also have doubts about the great epidemic, but I, a mortal, can't see through his methods."

Lord White Snake sneered, and said, "Let me ask you again, Your Majesty, how did the late Emperor die?"

Mo Baixue paused, and said: "It is true that he died of illness, Elder Huijue can be sure of this."

"I don't believe it." Lord White Snake said categorically, "I don't believe it's such a coincidence that my reform has just reached an important moment, and the late emperor died of illness!"

Mo Baixue took a deep breath, and finally said: "Master Huijue can distinguish spells, but he is not good at medicine. At that time, the imperial physician's diagnosis was correct. The first emperor died of an illness, but the illness was an epidemic!"

Lord White Snake's pupils dilated upon hearing this, and said, "Epidemic, what kind of epidemic kills one person?"

"So, five years ago, I understood that it was the method of the Black Lotus True Immortal. He colluded with His Majesty and killed the late Emperor."

"Mo Baixue!" Lord White Snake grabbed Mo Baixue, stuck out his three-foot-long forked tongue, and said fiercely: "As a subject, you actually sit back and watch the murderer sit on the dragon chair and let the murderer wreak havoc on the country?"

Mo Baixue was not afraid of Lord White Snake's demon appearance at all, but instead said angrily: "Bai Qingyi, you are so naive, do you think that you can govern the country after reading the scriptures? Your reform is too ideal, too naive, like that Going on will only cause my Roulai to fall apart!"

"The country is weak because of you! You are not saints, you are just thieves! "

"Wrong, wrong, wrong! The way of a sage is read to people, and it is useless to govern the country. How can you govern the country according to the principles taught in the book? You insist on going your own way, relying on the protection of the late emperor to reform, but there are no consequences. You You're not a monster, this old man wants to stop you!"

Lord White Snake said angrily: "Okay, let it be my fault, what about the late emperor? Why is the late emperor?"

Speaking of this, Mo Baixue's tone calmed down, and he said: "The first emperor is a good emperor, but he misused you, other than that, he is a very good emperor."

Lord White Snake looked indifferently, and said: "So you acquiesced, acquiescing to the thief who murdered his father and king to become the emperor, and the demon Taoist who accompanies him to become the national teacher."

Mo Baixue exhaled slowly, and said: "I just have confidence in His Majesty, and I feel that as long as he ascends to the throne, with his ability, he can be a Mingjun not inferior to the late emperor."

"The virtue is not right, how to do it?"