Chapter 209 Quiet

Crown Prince Yang You sent a large army to capture Li Shimin.

Originally, this was a sure thing.

With more than a thousand martial arts masters and tens of thousands of soldiers assisting him, how could Li Shimin escape?
This lineup can basically capture all the people participating in this election.

but,

When the army really surrounded Li Shimin and his people.

The accident happened.

Those Buddhists, Taoists, Confucianists and saintly sects that came together caused some trouble.

These masters have turned against us.

He turned around and launched a surprise attack on the military experts, killing and injuring many of them.

Then these people worked together to break out of Luoyang's sphere of influence.

If it was Wang Ming who organized the siege, he would definitely not allow these four masters to join.

Because among the people who surrounded him were the Taoist leader Ning Daoqi, the Buddhist chief Fan Qinghui, and the Holy Sect's big sister Zhu Yuyan.

As for why the Confucian masters followed him, no one knows the reason.

It’s just a mess!
It was a mess.

The process of choosing an emperor ended in chaos.

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Cihang Jingzhai,

The organization’s massive “Choosing the Emperor on Behalf of God” campaign has ended.

For this "Emperor Selection on Behalf of Heaven" event, Cihang Jingzhai took great pains to build the stage, but in the end it failed to achieve the intended purpose.

Their plan was to attract various forces and pretend to ask the leaders of each force about their ideas on governing the country.

Then the imperial seal and the Heshi Bi, symbols of the dynasty's orthodoxy, were handed over to the person with the best performance at the event.

That is what they consider to be a wise ruler.

However, this was a competition in which the champion had already been decided, and the other contestants were merely there to run as runners-up, to serve as a foil to the wise ruler chosen by Cihang Jingzhai.

The person they had chosen was naturally Li Shimin from the Li family.

This competition of choosing an emperor on behalf of God was not about the so-called way of being a king from the very beginning.

It depends on who can unify the world more easily and simply.

After comparing many options, they found Li Shimin as the best choice.

Handing the Heshi Bi to Li Shimin would give him the halo of being the destined one.

unfortunately,

This is where things go awry.

The Heshi Bi was lost.

Finally, it was learned that the Heshi Bi was given to the Sui Dynasty Emperor Yang Guang by Dugu, so Cihang Jingzhai suffered a loss.

The original intention was to build momentum for Li Shimin, but ended up being a slap in the face.

He was made a laughing stock by anti-king forces from all sides.

What gave Li Shimin the most headache was not the sarcasm and ridicule of these anti-king forces.

It comes from within.

Li Yuan was already somewhat worried about his second son, whose power was growing stronger and stronger. The result of the emperor selection at Cihang Jingzhai made Li Yuan even more worried about Li Shimin.

As for Li Shimin's elder brother Li Jiancheng.

In the past, the two of them actually cooperated quite well.

Li Shimin fought in the war and Li Jiancheng was in charge of the government. With their cooperation, the territory of Li Tang became larger and larger.

But as time went on, Li Jiancheng's position became embarrassing.

Most of the Li Tang territory was conquered by Li Shimin, and his reputation became increasingly powerful.

Li Jiancheng's position as crown prince also began to become unstable.

But Li Shimin had disguised himself well before and seemed to have no interest in the throne, so the brothers were able to maintain superficial harmony.

However, the Emperor Chosen by Cihang Jingzhai broke this harmonious scene.

This caused tension within the Li Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, at this time, Cihang Jingzhai had a somewhat unreliable impression in Li Shimin's mind.

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The process of choosing an emperor on behalf of heaven has come to an end.

But the unrest it unleashed has not yet gone away.

The story of Dugu Feng's consecutive defeats against the Buddhist saint Shi Feixuan and the demon witch Wanwan spread extremely widely.

Now Dugu Feng is the undisputed number one among the younger generation.

In the battle between Wang Ming and Ning Daoqi, although Wang Ming was at a disadvantage, it still seemed like a draw to those watching.

The emergence of a figure who was as powerful as Ning Daoqi, one of the three greatest martial arts masters in the world, naturally caused a stir in the martial arts world.

But no one knows this person's name.

At this moment, the name that Wang Ming reported to Zhu Yuyan was heard.

That is the name Dugu Qiubai.

This name is really hateful and deserves a beating.

Even Song Que heard it and carved these four words directly on the Grinding Hall, hoping to defeat him.

Since there were many people watching the battle between Wang Ming and Ning Daoqi, they all concluded that both of them were seriously injured.

Those who covet fame and fortune want to find the two to challenge.

Use this to become famous all over the world.

Ning Daoqi had no fixed place to live and was not easy to find, so naturally he set his sights on the so-called Dugu Qiubai.

The last name is Dugu! And he is still with Dugu Feng, so he must be from the Dugu clan.

then,

Every day someone goes to Dugu Valve to challenge.

How could Dugu Feng and You Chuhong not know that it was the emperor in disguise?

But I dare not say that this person does not exist.

So Dugu Feng said that he had to defeat her first.

Dugu Feng was very polite at the beginning, and basically stopped at the right time and would never hurt anyone.

but,

This caused even greater trouble, and those who pursued fame and fortune saw that he did not kill people, so more and more people challenged him.

Dugu Feng would start fighting as soon as he opened his eyes in the morning, and would be on guard against assassinations when he went to bed at night.

Slowly, slowly, Dugu Feng changed.

Dugu Feng will no longer tolerate them, and anyone who challenges him will be killed.

His temperament began to become colder and colder, his eyes began to become sharper and sharper, and his sword became more and more ruthless.

The sword will be stained with blood.

When blood is seen, someone will fall forever.

Her understanding of the [Nine Swords of Dugu] became deeper and deeper, and her sword skills improved by leaps and bounds.

As the number of challengers carried out increased, gradually fewer people dared to challenge her.

But a true master would not bully the weak.

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Luoyang Palace,

In the imperial study room.

Wang Ming held the He Shi Bi in his hand and studied it over and over again.

In the battle at the cliff of Jingnian Zen Temple, Wang Ming and Ning Daoqi both suffered heavy losses.

Dugu Feng supported him back to the palace.

After two months of recuperation, Wang Ming's injuries gradually healed.

So he began to have some free time to study the He Shi Bi carefully.

Wang Ming did not care about the Heshi Bi's role as the imperial seal, as it was useless to him. He was the emperor at that time, and he rebelled against him even though he knew he was the emperor.

The status of the He Shi Bi in public opinion is even more unreliable.

The world was conquered with swords and guns.

What really caught Wang Ming's attention about the He Shi Bi was its power.

This energy is very strange.

Sometimes it makes people feel extremely peaceful, and sometimes it makes people so upset that they almost want to die.

If you practice Qi around it, the force will become extremely strange and aggressive, and you will be possessed by it if you are not careful.

In Wang Ming's impression, there are two versions of the He Shi Bi.

One is that it can improve one's martial arts aptitude, and the other is that it can predict the holder's death scene.

Wang Ming really hopes to be able to predict the scene of a person's death, see how he dies, and then solve the problem to avoid death.

pity.

After two months of research, Wang Ming can confirm that this function does not exist.

As for the effect of improving qualifications, Wang Ming doesn't care.

in fact,

Wang Ming also tried it, but he was unable to absorb the energy inside.

Even if it was left to Dugu Feng, You Chuhong and the others, they would not be able to absorb this mysterious energy.

Therefore, Wang Ming basically deduced that the "Secret of Immortality" was necessary to absorb the energy inside.

What's worse, he can't even practice the "Secret of Immortality", only Xu Ziling can do it.

Kou Zhong, Xu Ziling and others claimed to be practicing the "Secret of Immortality".

In fact, each of them only practiced one picture in the "Eternal Life Secret", and the rest were just random practices, so it's not certain whether it can be considered as the "Eternal Life Secret" or not.

Afterwards, he integrated a lot of martial arts into his own martial arts. It can be said that he had no idea how to practice it at all.

There are many coincidences that have contributed to their martial arts, such as the spiral qi.

Fortunately, Wang Ming did not expect this thing to improve his martial arts aptitude. Even if he needed to improve his martial arts aptitude, he still had "Nine Yin Scriptures - Yi Jin Duan Gu Chapter".

Wang Ming has not been completely fruitless in these two months.

This He Shi Bi cannot directly absorb the supernatural energy into the body, but it can radiate it to other jade stones.

By placing his jade around the He Shi Bi, one can be contaminated with this strange energy.

The special energy on the He Shi Bi is actually sustainable energy. You have to know that this jade has existed since the Qin Dynasty, and you can see that the energy has not evaporated completely.

The reason why it turned into powder was probably due to Xu Ziling's method of killing the goose that lays the eggs.

What Wang Ming wants now is to use the He Shi Bi as a weapon.

At this moment, someone came in from outside.

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Yang You walked in respectfully and said carefully, "Grandson greets Grandpa Huang."

Wang Ming glanced at Yang You and nodded, then continued to play with the He Shi Bi in his hand.

Yang You is now a little afraid of Wang Ming.

Because Wang Ming had taken away his right to establish a country, he has been living in constant fear of being deposed as crown prince.

The reason why his right to establish a country was revoked was because they knew about the ridiculous things he had done before when he tried to gain support from the four major religious sects, so they took the power back.

Wang Ming asked calmly, "Have you finished reviewing the memorial?"

Yang You immediately replied, "Today's memorials have all been approved. Please check them, Grandpa Emperor."

Wang Ming nodded and said, "Yes!"

Then, Zi and Yang You randomly picked out a few memorials from the tray in the hands of the eunuch who came in with them, and checked them. Basically, there were no problems with them.

Yang You was a ruler who was good at maintaining the status quo, not a ruler who was good at pioneering.

If Yang Guang had not squandered all his family fortune, Yang You would still be able to secure his rule over the world.

But now, with war everywhere and rebel kings everywhere, it is impossible for him to sit firmly on the throne of the world.

Wang Ming put down the letter in his hand and asked in a deep voice: "How is your martial arts training going?"

Yang You's eyes dodged, and he stammered, "It's... it's okay."

Wang Ming glanced at Yang You, how could he not guess that Yang You was not practicing hard at all.

Yang You started practicing martial arts two months ago. Before that, Yang Guang was lazy and Yang You felt that there was no need to practice.

Wang Ming said nonchalantly, "Do you know why I want you to practice martial arts?"

Yang You hesitated for a moment and replied, "To keep fit."

Wang Ming shook his head and said in a deep voice: "No! It's to make you live longer."

Yang You was stunned, and for a moment he didn't understand what Wang Ming meant.

After Wang Ming returned from Siming Mountain, he handed over all power to Yang You.

Grandpa Yang You ruined the world. If Emperor Yang You himself had the ability, he could take it back.

But it was obvious that Yang You did not have the ability to recover the lost territory.

Wang Mingzhan occupied Yang Guang's body. To the best of his ability, Wang Ming still wanted to do something for him.

For example, to protect the legitimate grandson Yang You.

Wang Ming said nonchalantly: "Who knows, Li Er might invade Luoyang someday. By then, martial arts will be your only means of survival."

Yang You said nonchalantly, "How could Li Shimin attack us? Li Mi is already a big headache for him. Besides, I have so many people protecting me, so I won't be in danger."

Wang Ming shook his head and said, "Among the people around you, you can tell 100% who is loyal and who is disloyal?"

Yang You hesitated: "This..."

Wang Ming said solemnly: "All great power belongs to oneself, this is the right way. Apart from oneself, others are unreliable, loyalty is too luxurious."

Yang You still couldn't agree with Wang Ming's words. After all, he was taught since childhood that one has to deal with people in order to reflect their value and rights.

Wang Ming was too lazy to say more and said directly: "If you are asked to practice, practice well!"

Upon hearing this, Yang You nodded, stepped out, and went back to continue practicing.

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The Buddha chose the emperor on behalf of heaven, which was just trampling on Wang Ming's face, so Wang Ming naturally had to express his opinion in some way.

then.

The first thing Wang Ming did after taking back power was to search and search the Jingnian Zen Temple.

All the monks who had not escaped from the temple were captured and forced to build the road.

The monks' land of Jingnian Zen Temple was also taken over by the state, and the entire Jingnian Zen Temple was demolished.

A lot of copper was produced.

All of these can be made into copper coins.

The half-empty treasury was half filled.

These resources combined are enough to start a war.

Wang Ming did not put the things he confiscated into the national treasury.

Instead, these things were displayed without any concealment on the busiest street in Luoyang.

The title deeds, bronze statues, gold and silver were all in public at Byte's house.

The account books are also placed outside and anyone can check them.

Gradually,
Gradually the wind changed direction.

These people were sympathetic to Buddhism at first, especially the ordinary people.

As the transcripts of the searches on these monasteries were made public, more and more people began to sympathize with Kong.

People are jealous. Such a wealthy Cihang Jingzhai does not need their sympathy.

A saying began to spread in the martial arts world: "When Liao Kong fell, Yang Guang was full."

As the situation escalated, the whole world began to think that Buddhism was rich.

This is really a big problem for Buddhism.

Apart from the forces of Li Shimin, Jing Jie also extended his hand to Buddhism.

He is the only one without money, and has become a human power bank for other rebel kings.

There are also many thieves who go to Buddhist temples to rob from time to time.

(End of this chapter)