Long Live The Emperor! Chapter 239: Assassination
Spring and Autumn, alternately.
It has been three years since the emperor came out of the mountain.
Three years,
Mirror Lake has not changed,
Instead, it became a pure land,
Many people who seek peace of mind come to settle here.
A stone tablet stands in front of Mirror Lake.
A poem is written on the inscription.
At this time, the old man was stroking the stone tablet and reciting softly:
"There are immortals in the south of the Yangtze River, who are left behind and independent. The wind blows the tsunami, and the monsters wave their hands. Ten steps to kill a Jiao, red blood and white crane clothes. After the dust is gone, it is hidden in the west of Jinghu Lake."
After chanting, he was silent for a long time, wiping away his tears, obviously feeling.
Then, the old man turned and walked towards the Longevity Temple by the lake.
A jade statue is placed in the temple.
The jade statue looks like a young man, and the carving is very mighty, with calm eyes like a hidden deep sea,
Long hair with blue silk and white dangles behind him, hoops with a hair bundle, and stands with a black and a white sword in both hands.
In the Changsheng Temple, there are many people who worship and offer incense.
One is a person who has been favored like an old man, the other is a person who has read the "Wan Dharma Scroll" and happened to pass by this place, and the third is a person who prays for peace.
The old man trembled and lit three pillars of fragrance, inserted it into the bronze tripod in front of the jade statue, and worshiped three times.
As he moved, the fragrance wafted upwards, bathing the body of the jade statue, and it set off the immortal as if it was in the clouds, out of the world and powerful.
After the old man worshipped the jade statue, he left the Temple of Longevity with a worried look on his face.
What worries him is that now the chaos has broken out and the war between the North and the South is in full swing.
And the northern army is powerful, far beyond imagination, ordinary northern soldiers can use a knife to cut out flames, cut out wind blades, and walk on water...
These extraordinary things in the past seem to have become ordinary things now.
This is simply unimaginable.
And half a year ago, the first large-scale battle "Battle of Hengjiang" broke out between the north and the south,
In this battle, the Southern Dynasty as the "Great Zhou" was actually defeated by the "Northern Merchant".
The old man listened to others,
In the battle of Hengjiang,
Suddenly it doesn't look like the battles of the past.
A hundred miles of water in the big river rose into the air, drifted thousands of miles, and then fell from the sky, directly drowning the army on Da Zhou's side.
And in this water flowing from the sky, three giant shadows covering the sky came from the north, wielding a devastating attack, directly killing the 200,000 army on the front line of Dazhou.
Of course there are fierce generals on Da Zhou's side, but in the end it was a fiasco.
The old man sighed.
Hengjiang City is the largest city near the river in the Southern Dynasties.
The loss of this city means that the northern army can no longer be restricted by the natural dangers of the Yangtze River, but can cross the river to gather troops and then march south.
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Zongdong City.
It is the second large city in the Southern Dynasty more than a thousand miles away from Hengjiang City, and it is also an important hub for military merchants.
At this point,
The city is somewhat chaotic and solemn.
The sound of patrolling, the noise of the collision of scales and armor, rang from time to time, making people unable to sleep peacefully.
Just lay down for a while and you can hear the drumbeat of hooves coming from afar.
And if you go to the streets for a while, you will hear the sighs of many people, and even your mood will become depressed.
Perhaps the situation wasn't that bad, but Hengjiang City's defeat obviously really hit people's hearts.
However, the presence of the Great Zhou Emperor in person has lifted the hearts of the people.
Otherwise, it might have been a complete failure.
At this point...
The palace, the side hall study.
Lv Miaomiao wore a bear-eared cloak to add some oil to the green lantern.
The flame jumped, casting a figure and a bear shadow on the wall, flickering.
"Uncle..."
Lu Miaomiao ran behind Xia Ji and grabbed more and more white hair in his blue silk with her hands, but she couldn't count them.
Xia Jidao: "There are more white hairs, right?"
Lu Miaomiao said: "No, no, it's a lot less."
Xia Ji said: "Miaoyu, why don't you go to the south or go back to the aristocratic family by yourself, the enemy in the north is much stronger than you imagined, and it's really turbulent, I'm afraid I won't be able to protect you. Although uncle has some skills, but Not invincible."
Lu Miaomiao said: "Are you driving me away? Still think I'm useless?"
Xia Jiqi said: "Don't you like to play outside? There's nothing fun here."
Lu Miaomiao said: "I'm not a child anymore, I'm nineteen years old."
She really misses this uncle.
Over the years, I really have feelings.
If there were other people around the uncle, she might have left, but now the uncle is alone, how could she abandon him?
Xia Ji no longer persuaded him. He continued to look at the book in front of him. Only by constantly reading and absorbing skill beads, and then integrating these skill beads with great comprehension, would he become stronger and stronger. .
Hundreds of rivers return to the sea, and finally come here because there is living water in this river.
If you are complacent, you will stop moving.
No matter how the world changes, as long as you keep getting stronger at the fastest speed, it is enough.
Therefore, although he was stationed in Zongdong City with the army, the books from the Jinghu Study were loaded with dozens of vehicles and shipped with the army.
Where does he go, where does the book go.
Xia Ji looked at the book, pondering from time to time, muttering words from time to time, and from time to time he raised the pen to write, as if to add some comments, and then turned to the next page.
Lu Miaomiao leaned over to look at it, and saw that the text on the book was obscure. After just one glance, she was sure that "this is a book that will make you sleepy." Maybe when she is insomniac, she can ask her uncle to borrow two books to read. .
Suddenly, the candle light flickered without warning.
Xia Ji shook his head, "Miaoyu, come with me, there are assassins."
Lu Miaomiao said "oh" and left with Xia Ji.
In the distance, in the lights.
The palace guards are patrolling carefully.
The present "Da Zhou Emperor" Ji Xuan and "Emperor Teacher" Feng Nan Bei live in the palace.
Battle of North and South,
The general, the hidden monarch, the national teacher, and the capital of Wen fought against the north from different levels.
The emperor's teacher is always at the side of the emperor, one for teaching and the other for protection.
Although there are imperial teachers, these guards are extremely careful.
As for those soldiers who were not careful, they were already dead.
Assassins in the North have strange abilities, and even ordinary soldiers may suddenly outshine the power of soldiers far beyond the 100, not to mention assassins?
At this time, a team of patrolling guards was passing through the north gate with swords in hand, and just reached the corner,
Before he could react, he saw some dark shadows appearing very quickly in the shadow of the blind spot of the light.
Those shadows are hidden very secretly and come out of nowhere.
The moment it appeared, the cold light also appeared.
With a flash of luster, the dagger poked straight at the foreheads of the guards, so as not to soil the uniforms of the guards, after all, they would have to wear this uniform later, lurking deeper to carry out work such as poisoning.
However, they were never able to make a move.
Because a gust of wind came from a distance, it blew the assassins away.
The assassins couldn't even control their bodies, and staggered a few steps away before stopping.
Assassins knew that a master was coming, so they didn't wait long, and a fierce man plunged into the shadows.
But that gust of wind came again, this time sucking the assassins straight out of the shadows and landing in the place where the lights were shining, seven people in total.
The seven people wanted to move again, but they only felt a terrifying power coming from a distance, covering the place, making them like unarmed children being stared at by fierce beasts, and they dared not move.
The guards walked around in front of the gate of hell. At this time, they finally reacted. They each grabbed torches and long swords, and hurriedly surrounded the seven assassins.
At the same time, a guard shouted: "Come on, there are assassins!!"
More and more guards came running and surrounded the seven assassins on three floors.
The assassins also clearly recognized themselves. They looked into the distance, but couldn't see anything, let alone who shot.
Suddenly, the leading assassin shouted: "But the Great Zhou Emperor?!"
No response.
The assassin roared: "Unification of the North and the South is the only way to fight against the Jie Yao. My lord is wise and has 6 million troops. If the emperor has a benevolent heart, why not promote the unification?"
Still no response.
The seven assassins have clearly awakened the bloodline that can get close to the shadow. Without the shadow, they are only stronger than the guards, but they are not much stronger. Besides, when there are many people, the speed of the shot is no longer important. .
Many guards quickly confronted the seven assassins, beheading them one by one.
Distance,
Xia Ji has long since waved his sleeves away, and this kind of assassination has already been resolved too much.
Lu Miaomiao followed behind him.
The two returned to the study in the side hall, and Lu Miaomiao yawned.
Xia Ji said: "Go to sleep."
Lu Miaomiao: "Don't stay up late, uncle. You are already forty years old."
Although he is forty, this imperial teacher has not yet broken through the eleventh realm, nor has he awakened any blood. Even though the Lu family sent fire seeds and helped him in various ways, he still could not awaken.
If you can't awaken your bloodline, you can't break through the eleventh realm, let alone enter the peak of the eleventh realm, and break free from the mortal life wheel.
In other words, Uncle's Shouyuan is still in his 100s.
Forty is really not young.
Xia Ji said: "I'll sleep in a while."
"What a bad uncle." Lu Miaomiao was helpless and ran over to sleep.
Xia Ji is sitting in the study.
Slowly,
The scrolls I have read are piled up into mountains and cast into shadows.
He thought for a while, took out a blank scroll, thought about it carefully, and wrote four big characters "Confucianism and Taoism in the World" on the scroll.
Confucianism and Taoism are the law of governing the world and the law of military use.
What he has learned from Wang Yang is unrestrained, and among them, the methods of Confucianism are also piled up.
In this world, the strongest point of Confucianism and Taoism lies in the method of military use.
Therefore, this "Confucianism and Taoism in the World" is biased towards the use of soldiers.
But when he finished writing these four words, he seemed very dissatisfied, so he added another four words at the end: The benevolent is invincible.
The movement of guards changing shifts is heard in the distance.
He wrote for a while, opened the door to see, the moon has passed the midday, and it is now early morning,
The night sky is as cool as water, and the white hair falls three thousand feet.
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Spring goes to autumn.
The forces on the Southern Dynasty's side are actually not weak, but they were just stunned at first.
The generals of the Shen family, the national division of the Zhou family, the king of Wu Jiayin, and the head of the Lu family quickly brought the situation to a balance.
Both sides, **** to pawn, generals.
On both sides of Zongdong City and Hengjiang City, I don't know how many roads and cities have been divided, and the attacks are endless.
The aristocratic family also reacted. In addition to being shocked, they sent people to the north to take down Lu Xian directly.
But they soon discovered something was wrong...
Because their people couldn't even get close to Lu Xian.
It has been more than 20 years since the fire disaster.
It has been nearly ten years since the publication of "Wan Dharma Scroll".
And those two things make a difference, it's earth-shaking.
This is a mighty general trend, rolling in from the north. Although the family has magical tools, they can no longer intervene too much.
Therefore, the Lu family wanted to question the Confucian teacher, why he did his best to help Lu Xian.
But they failed again. The old man was hiding in a military camp of a million soldiers. With eight disciples helping him, it was impossible for any dead spy to infiltrate the central army.
The family doesn't even see anyone.
At this time, the family finally thought of going to the ancestors for help.
The old man...
No response.
The family was a little flustered.
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Xia Ji didn't panic at all.
At this point, he sits steadily in the carriage.
The carriages formed a convoy, surrounded by soldiers, and headed for Xiaowan City, three hundred miles north of Zongdong City.
The carriage headed by Ji Xuan is naturally seated.
Ji Xuan decided to go to the frontline city to reward the three armies before the late winter.
The sound of the wheels, the bumps, make people drowsy on this autumn afternoon.
Lu Miaomiao had already tipped over, lying on the leather chair with a rather casual attitude.
Xia Ji covered her with a thin blanket. After all, the wind that came in through the window gap was very cold.
The cold wind blows, and the dead grass is like a yellow ocean.
Suddenly, the wind changed a bit.
It seems to freeze.
The cold, close-fitting general next to Ji Xuan suddenly changed his expression, his eyes narrowed slightly, showing a look of vigilance.
"What's the matter, Ding Cheng?" Ji Xuan's voice came from the carriage.
"My lord, something is wrong."
Ji Xuan said solemnly: "I trust you alone."
"Thank you sir."
Ding Cheng let go of his consciousness and swept around. This summer, he has used his rich resources, his own blood power, and the book "Images of the World" to break through to the eleventh realm, condensing his own dharma body .
Although he doesn't say anything now, he has a faint sense of pride in replacing the emperor's teacher and becoming the first strong shield on the side of the Great Zhou Emperor.
After all, the emperor has not yet broken through the eleventh realm, but he already has a dharma body.
Once he has the dharma body, he feels the power of the dharma body bound in this skin,
He hasn't had a chance to show, maybe today is the time.
Whoosh! !
Suddenly, the weather changed suddenly.
This change has driven the west wind to turn into an east wind.
The wind blew the withered yellow grass, completely upside down and wildly frantic.
This bizarre sight immediately caused the soldiers accompanying them to exclaim in surprise.
The sound of shields and swords being drawn can be heard incessantly.
The atmosphere suddenly became tense.
Ding Cheng was as still as a stone sculpture. Two seconds later, his slightly narrowed eyes suddenly opened.
"East!!"
He let out a loud shout and dismounted suddenly,
A little bit of the ground on the toes, a tumbling air wave stirred up on the ground, and the body was already flying more than 20 feet away from the electric light flint,
Between raising your hand, the surging blood hits the dam like a flood. The sound of the blood hitting the skin affects the surrounding people and drives their heartbeats.
The slightly weaker ordinary soldiers couldn't help speeding up their qi and blood, their faces were red and their ears were red, and they felt a little dizzy and irritable in their hearts.
The eleventh realm has already stepped into the door of becoming a higher level of life.
In mid-air, Ding Cheng's figure has begun to change, breaking free from the shackles of the original skin, and becoming a giant with a height of more than ten meters.
The giant is disheveled and throws a punch.
A punch is thrown to the east.
The air suddenly exploded ~IndoMTL.com~ and apparently, there was a force of the dharmakaya level rolling in from the east.
Two forces converged in mid-air, sending out a powerful wave of energy, causing thunder in the clear sky.
Ding Cheng only felt that the blood in his abdomen was rolling, and the other party was not weak.
This thought only flashed by, and I saw a dazzling gleam of dazzling light, and then it came from the east.
The brilliance came in an instant, but it didn't shoot at him, but at the carriage at the front of the convoy, which was where the Great Zhou Emperor was.
"Humph!" Ding Cheng shouted loudly, punched again, and a wave of air burst out suddenly,
But...but couldn't touch the dazzling splendor.
"No!!"
Ding Cheng roared, but there was nothing he could do.