king of black mist.

"Master, Master Tao is outside, please summon him."

"Let him in."

Tao Zhongwen walked into Qianqing Palace, and then into the Nuan Pavilion, bowing his head and saluting: "Pin Dao pays homage to Your Majesty, may Your Majesty live long, long live, long live."

"Get up." Emperor Jiajing put down the book in his hand.

When Tao Zhongwen raised his head, he caught a glimpse of "All God's Light Is Shining Universally, The Supreme Void Emperor to the True Sutra", and he looked halfway through the book.

"Is this the entrance method chosen by His Majesty for himself?" he asked.

Emperor Jiajing took a look at the Daoist scriptures: "I have roughly read all the Daoism in the treasury of the Ministry of Households, the Daoist Palace in the palace, and the inner treasury. After much deliberation, this Daoism is the most suitable for me."

He raised his eyes to Tao Zhongwen and asked him, "How does Master Tao feel?"

"Eight wilds and four seas are not as broad as His Majesty's mind. Nine Heavens and Ten Earths are all in His Majesty's eyes. His Majesty's choice is naturally the best."

Emperor Jiajing nodded.

In fact, what he wants to practice most in his heart is not this "All Divine Light Illuminates, Supreme Void Emperor to the True Sutra". As for which one it is, even he himself is not sure now, let alone other people.

Looking at Taoism for so many years, I don't know how to practice, and I also know the principle of mutual generation and mutual restraint, so how can I tell others the method of my own cultivation.

After exchanging pleasantries, Tao Zhongwen began to talk about business.

"Your Majesty, Pindao has something to report."

"Go ahead."

Tao Zhongwen glanced at Huang Jin hesitantly.

Emperor Jiajing gave Huang Jin a color, and Huang Jin was about to walk out of the Nuan Pavilion with the eunuchs and maids.
"Eunuch Huang, wait a moment," Tao Zhongwen said suddenly, "please take out all the things with water in the hall."

Huang Jin looked at Emperor Jiajing, who waved his sleeves.

Huang Jin whispered to the eunuch and maid: "Hurry up."

The eunuch and maid on duty walked swiftly and silently, and took away all the watery things in the Qianqing palace.

Wait until everything is packed.

"Your Majesty," Tao Zhongwen said, "Poverty Dao has repeatedly comprehended the secrets of heaven in the past few days, and the secrets show that His Majesty has indeed successfully entered the Tao."

"Really." Emperor Jiajing couldn't help smiling.

"only--"

"Speak up if you have something to say, don't hesitate, it's so evil to know people's inappropriateness!"

"Yes. It's just that Li Changzhou has also become a fairy."

"Oh?" Emperor Jiajing nodded, with a flickering expression on his face, not only the excitement of "people can really become immortals", but also some other thoughts of some superiors.

"Your Majesty, the heavenly secret shows that Li Changzhou wants to take not only half of the dragon's veins, but four-fifths, and once this person becomes a fairy, no one in the world can control him, even His Majesty."

Emperor Jiajing's expression narrowed slightly.

Tao Zhongwen also said: "There is a talisman in the poor way, which can be cast after His Majesty's dragon veins are freed and the golden crown is worn, which will weaken Li Changzhou's magic power by [-]%, making him immortal."

Emperor Jiajing stood up, put his hands behind his back, and walked slowly in the Nuan Pavilion, meditating.

He stopped suddenly, half turned around and looked back, staring at Tao Zhongwen: "Take four-fifths, how about Da Ming Qi?"

"Death in a hundred years."

"What about me?"

"Entering Taoism and cultivating mysteries, success or failure is uncertain."

Emperor Jiajing remained silent.

"Your Majesty, Li Changzhou was originally the Heavenly Emperor of the Divine Sect, so it is inevitable that he also has the idea of ​​becoming the Ninth Five-Year Supreme in his heart."

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Li Changzhou sent Yang Qinglan back, supervised the scene, and melted the 160 golden Buddhas in the Dashan Hall into more than [-] jin of gold.

After dealing with it, he came to Qianqing Palace, because of Xia Yan's words, he had something to ask Emperor Jiajing to help.

Before he reached the gate of Qianqing Palace, he saw Huang Jin leading a group of eunuchs standing outside the gate to wait, and a court lady was hanging a parrot cage on a dead branch in the distance.

Parrot again?

Li Changzhou recalled the incident when Yang Qinglan and the others encountered a zombie fungus when they entered the palace. Li Qianxia said that she teased a parrot that would shout "Auspicious New Year's Day! Auspicious Queen!".

It is normal to keep parrots in the palace.

The Ming Dynasty was the most prosperous period in history for feudal emperors to raise animals. There were many animal breeding places in the capital, such as Tiger City, Elephant House, Leopard House, Pigeon House, Deer Farm, and Eagle House.

Emperor Jiajing's cousin Wu Zong built the famous Leopard House in Xiyuan.

But now is a critical period, Li Changzhou is not careless at this time, when will he be careless in this life?
Seeing him from a distance, Huang Jin walked quickly, with a flattering but not humble smile on his face.

Before walking in front of him, Huang Jin bowed his hands and smiled, "Really Li!"

"Eunuch Huang!" Li Changzhou also cupped his hands and smiled, with a casual attitude.

"A real person really has attained the Tao and practiced cultivation, and has an air of being out of the world, unlike civil and military officials who respect our family on the surface, but are still contemptuous in their bones." Huang Jin said this with a little more sincerity.

But he thought deeply in the blink of an eye, and felt that it was probably not Li Changzhou who looked down on him, but all the civil and military officials who looked down on him.

Eunuchs, ministers, princes and nobles, in the eyes of such people, there is probably no difference.

Just like in his Huang Jin's eyes, there is no difference between the ninth-rank Imperial Academy Shizhao and the fifth-rank prefects.

Li Changzhou smiled and didn't say much.

He has a fart air, his head is full of Yang Qinglan's face, lips, hands, chest, waist, legs, etc., and occasionally he will think about Yaochi uncontrollably.

The big deal is nine years of compulsory education, knowing that everyone is equal.

"Where's Your Majesty?" He glanced at the Qianqing palace gate.

"I'm seeing Master Tao." Huang Jin replied in a low voice.

Strictly speaking, no one can divulge anything about the emperor, but it depends on the occasion.

Li Changzhou nodded thoughtfully, and was about to talk about the parrot, when he suddenly remembered that in TV dramas, those ministers always gifted eunuchs, thinking whether he should give some.

In normal times, how could he, the majestic king and master of the black mist, do such a thing that violates his status as a successor of socialism?

But this moment, that moment.

Tang Monk went to Xitian and saw the Tathagata, but because he did not bribe the two venerables Anuo and Jiaye, he took the scripture without words. Now that he, Li Changzhou, has received the help of the emperor, he is about to become a fairy, and he cannot offend the emperor. Former eunuch.

He took out a blood bead from his pocket - he really had nothing left, and even gold and silver couldn't bribe Huang Jin, but luckily he had all these things.

Seeing Li Changzhou put his hand into his pocket, Huang Jin quickly pushed his hand and said, "No, no, our family—"

"Eunuch Huang, don't worry. This elixir can cure all kinds of diseases. Although it can't make your bones dry, it's not far behind. It can also increase your lifespan by one year."

Huang Jin pushed out his hand, closed it, grabbed the blood bead, and stuffed it into his sleeve.

After accepting it with a smile, he said in a lower voice: "Before our family came out, Tao Zhenren ordered to take away all the things with water in the Qianqing Palace. I don't know why."

"It's not surprising that these real people who do divination and divination believe in Feng Shui." Li Changzhou laughed.

"Our family thinks so too." Huang Jin said with a smile.

"By the way, my wife loves birds, father-in-law, can you give me that parrot?" Li Changzhou pointed to the parrot cage on the dead branch.

"As long as it's not His Majesty's snow eyebrows and lion cats, whatever the real person wants, just take it!"

The two were chatting, Tao Zhongwen came out from the hall, saw Li Changzhou, the two greeted calmly.

Watching Li Changzhou walk into the Qianqing Palace, Tao Zhongwen turned his head and glanced at the white jade railings, bronze cranes and gilt bronze tripods outside the Qianqing Palace, and then flew away with a whisk.

After entering the cabinet, without waiting for Li Changzhou to salute, Jiajing laughed and said:

"Excuse me. Master Li, please take a look for me. Is it appropriate for me to choose this book "All Divine Light Is Shining Universally, Unsurpassed Empty Emperor's Supreme Sutra" as a practice method?"

Li Changzhou has read a small number of Daoist scriptures in the inner library, and this one is included.

"Your Majesty has the position of emperor, and it is appropriate to practice this method. If you only want to live forever, this method is enough. If you want more, I recommend another one, "The Great Way of the Heavens and the Earth". The harder the journey, the higher the achievement."

Emperor Jiajing nodded after listening. In his heart, the Taoist method recommended by Li Changzhou ranked first.

This does not mean that Tao Zhongwen is unfaithful, he has never read the Taoist scriptures of Neiku.

Li Changzhou has read it and knows the good and bad of the scriptures in the inner library, but being able to speak out the pros and cons like this is not just perfunctory flattery, at least it proves that there is no deception.

"Your Majesty, there is a little monster in the Dashan Temple. I have already dealt with it. The materials for forging the golden crown have been collected."

Li Changzhou did not say that it was Yao Guangxiao.

Yao Guangxiao was born in 1335 and has lived for 205 years now. After hearing this, Emperor Jiajing inevitably thought of a way to prolong his life first—although he couldn’t do it, he would like to live longer later.

"Okay! Thank you for your hard work!" Emperor Jiajing said excitedly.

Not to mention the scriptures in the golden crown, the most important thing is related to the throne of the emperor, which is more important than longevity.

It's still the same sentence, longevity for slaves, don't worry about it.

"There is one more thing," Li Changzhou continued, "I would like to ask His Majesty to give me twenty orders to intercept ascetics who enter the capital. Potentially dangerous, these people should be eradicated sooner rather than later."

This is what Xia Yan said, "I ask His Majesty for a decree", which gave Li Changzhou an idea.

What he was thinking before was, rob people, kill them all, and forget about Emperor Jiajing, who "strikes all superstitions".

But there are risks.

Among the people who came to the capital, they might be ascetics or players. Fifteen of them divided their forces to intercept them, and they might encounter groups of players and be in danger.

But it's better than the other party swarming to the capital!

Yesterday he used Cao Cao to persuade Emperor Jiajing, how could he have forgotten what Cao Cao said about Yuan Shao: Do ​​great things but cherish your life, see small gains but forget your life, you are not a hero!

Emperor Jiajing naturally supported this matter unconditionally.

"In addition to the decree, I will also let Jinyiwei and the imperial army hold the imperial decree. Within three days, all personnel are prohibited from entering the capital. The books sent by local officials will also be handed over to Jinyiwei to send to the palace."

"Your Majesty is wise." This reaction was also expected by Li Changzhou.

"In addition, I would like to ask His Majesty to order all ascetics in the city to leave the capital before tonight, and those who disobey the order will be executed."

"The ones in the capital are fine, but the ones in the palace are fine." Emperor Jiajing's eyes were deep.

"Alright." Li Changzhou didn't force it.

After chatting for a while about the experience of cultivating Taoism and the details of the Lantern Festival, seeing that Emperor Jiajing had no intention of talking about Tao Zhongwen, Li Changzhou took his leave and returned to the courtyard outside Zijin City with the imperial decree and the parrot.

"One of you carries an imperial decree, and in groups of two, go outside the capital to snipe all the masters. If you meet players, leave if you lose. Time is limited. Don't waste on these people, kill those ascetics first."

"understand!"

"After so many years, it is hard to guarantee that those ascetics will find a way to deal with the imperial decree. If the imperial decree is damaged, they will leave immediately and come back to get a new one. I asked for twenty this time. If it is not enough, I will go to the palace and ask Jiajing for it."

"Yes!"

The five subordinates from Yaochi and Bi's subordinates were divided into two groups, a total of five groups. Each group took two copies of the imperial decree and rushed out of the city to intercept the ascetics and players who came to the capital.

"What about those in the city?" Li Qianxia asked.

"Let's clean up." Li Changzhou replied.

"If you dare to stay in the capital at this time, you would rather kill someone than let them go." Yaochi's expression was cold.

"Don't worry," Li Changzhou smiled and comforted Li Qianxia, ​​knowing that she was afraid of killing the wrong person, "Jiajing has ordered to notify all ascetics in the capital to leave the capital before tonight. If you don't leave, then don't blame us."

Li Qianxia nodded, she was not as kind as Li Changzhou thought - kind.

After going through all these things, she also knows that blindly being kind will only harm others and herself.

"Human catastrophe is not just the catastrophe of the four of us. Those who want to become immortals and have desires in their hearts will also be catastrophized." Yang Qinglan's temperament is ethereal, like a fairy. , it’s all caused by people’s hearts.”

"That's a good summary!" Yao Chi laughed, agreeing with her opinion rarely.

"Is this the comprehension?" Li Qianxia also sighed, "It's no wonder that Qinglan's "abilities" in terms of experience and experience are higher than mine every time."

Li Changzhou smiled faintly with pride on his face, as if he was the one who said this.

"However," Li Qianxia rolled her eyes, "If you say this, I have a share!"

"Your, your, and your brother's and mine's things from now on will be yours." Yang Qinglan perfunctorily turned her gaze to the parrot, "Why bring a bird back?"

"I want you to see if this is a player's skill." Li Changzhou explained.

"Water like a water girl?"

"Ah."

Yang Qinglan Ruyi knocked on the parrot, and a book flew out.

Yaochi secretly said to Li Qianxia: "From now on, mine will be yours too."

"That's not good." Li Qianxia declined hypocritically, with the words on her face: A little more!
The parrot is indeed one of the player's means, but after Li Changzhou asked for the parrot, the opponent has already withdrawn the skill from the parrot.

"These players are too insidious!" If it weren't for Yang Qinglan being here, who could browse the information of the land under her feet at any time, Li Qianxia would not dare to take a bath, and the "Honeypot World" is still safe.

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outside the capital.

"Tie Guanzi, you have met Zhu Yuanzhang's senior. After living for so many years, can't you even wait for this time? Tao Zhenren said that there is only one dead end to enter the capital now, and come back after the Lantern Festival!"

"After the Lantern Festival, the only thing left for the poor is the Lantern Festival!"

On Haituo Mountain, two Taoist priests from the Qing Palace on Longhu Mountain watched a white-haired old Taoist drive away on a cloud.

"Brother, what should we do? These people don't listen to us at all!"

"Let them go, good words are hard to persuade, damn it!"

Tie Guanzi, a Taoist priest in the late Yuan and early Ming Dynasties, was fond of wearing an iron crown in his life. He once entered the Nanjing Imperial Palace and met Zhu Yuanzhang, trying to become an immortal but failed.

After walking not far, Tie Guanzi fell to the head of the cloud and fell to his death.

With a whistle, Misha came out and said in awkward Xia language: "This decree is really useful, I can feel that this person is very powerful!"

"Let's go, don't waste time." Zisui has already taken the storage bag from Tieguanzi's body.

The same thing continued for three days. Blood flowed like rivers inside and outside the capital.

In the entire Ming Dynasty, more than half of the masters were directly reduced, and many inheritances were cut off because of this.