fifth form

Chapter 2506: Driving the tiger away from the mountain
The mourning period for the Empress Dowager lasted only fifteen days.

As long as he could get through these fifteen days, Zhuang Qingzhai thought he could find an excuse to urinate because of the unbearable abdominal pain, and then start the impeachment process according to previous examples.

Zhuang Qingzhai took the initiative to give up the position of Imperial Censor to avoid being involved in the fight, and then entered the Eunuchs' Office. He was very well prepared mentally for everything.

These fifteen days were very difficult.

Less than two days after the news of the Empress Dowager's death spread, Jiuling Yuansheng suddenly attacked Anle Palace. Zhuang Qingzhai and Xu Chang almost raised the armed forces of Anle Palace to the maximum.

Not only were experts from the Southern and Northern armies dispatched here, 500 sharpshooters were also deployed, the hard armor formation had also been activated, and some of the spring crossbow arrows were even tempered with a fatal poison that killed anyone who came into contact with blood.

These defensive measures may not kill the attacker instantly, but if they are poisonous, the attacker will have no control over the situation.

The activation of the Strong Armor Formation can bring extremely strong defensive effects. It not only allows officials to have a safe place to cast spells, but also can resist the invasion of spells and external forces.

Formations and poisonous items are not something you can just make whenever you want. Activating the Hard Armor Formation requires spiritual jade, and the stronger the poison, the rarer it is. Top-level poisons are more precious than elixirs.

In order to invite Li Shaojun to take charge of Anle Palace, Zhuang Qingzhai even spent all the assets of the Zhuang family.

"There are water monsters fighting in the Jing and Wei rivers, flooding Chang'an?"

When Zhuang Qingzhai received the news from the historians who were checking the weather in Anle Palace, his face was slightly distorted.

After enduring for almost ten days, he never expected that trouble would come from within his own family.

Flood news and disasters should not have been reported by the historians. It was obvious that the officials under his management had made serious dereliction of duty. What was more troublesome was that the flood needed to be stopped to avoid greater involvement.

"Is this a trick to lure the tiger away from the mountain?"

Zhuang Qingzhai looked unhappy, and Xu Chang's tired old face was also clouded with gloom.

"Who will kill the water monster?"

Zhuang Qingzhai asked, looking at everyone.

"Who guards the Anle Palace?"

The current imperial court has not yet completed its rotation, and what needs to be done still needs to be led by Xuchang and Zhuang Qingzhai. All power and consequences will be borne by everyone.

There were only five or six days left before the handover, and Zhuang Qingzhai had not expected it to be so difficult.

"Can you ask Taoist Priest Li for help?"

After a while, Chen He, the Marquis of Quni, made a suggestion.

Chen He, the Marquis of Quni, has reached the realm of supernatural powers. He is high and mighty in the eyes of ordinary people, but he is undoubtedly not up to the task when it comes to high-level disputes.

When he was in the strong armor formation, he could still use treasures to kill the enemy, but when he was in the raging river and filled with rain, it was impossible for him to stand firm.

"If the Anle Palace is taken over by the Nine-Spirited Saint again, can Lord Chen sacrifice himself to kill the enemy?" Zhuang Qingzhai said with a grim face.

"This……"

Quni Hou Chen He opened his mouth and could only bury his head.

"The only solution now is to ask General Li Guang, the chief of the Weiyang Palace Imperial Guards, to come to our aid," Xu Chang said in a deep voice. "He is good at archery and can shoot at long distances. He will be least affected by the flood and should be able to deal with the water monster!"

"General Li's duty is to protect His Majesty. We cannot mobilize General Li." Zhuang Qingzhai shook his head and said, "He has been in a very low mood these days. It is hard to say how much strength he can exert!"

"I'll go and ask for your help in person. If you need any cooperation, I'll personally go with General Li. I'll leave this to you!"

Xu Chang sighed.

He glanced at the crowd, and many people did not dare to look up at him.

It is good to be in a high position, but everyone’s high official position is forcibly promoted by relying on the glory of their ancestors.

Everyone has taken up a position and is enjoying the benefits that come with that position.

This not only involves salaries, but also the places that officials can enter and exit, the medicines, elixirs, magic weapons, inheritance, etc. that they can obtain.

They enjoy resources, but their qualifications are not outstanding, and it is difficult for them to move forward even if they have accumulated resources.

In their aristocratic circle, they are already considered the best people, and it is impossible for them to transfer their earnings to others.

The years when many people are in power are also the years that prevent others from climbing higher.

Many people sensed the coming of trouble, but no one could solve the problem and could only go with the flow in the turmoil of the court.

Xu Chang touched the Tongtian crown on his head, then touched the golden rope around his waist, and walked out of the main hall of Anle Palace holding the dragon-headed cane in his hand.

"I'll go to the back hall to look for Taoist Li!"

Zhuang Qingzhai paced back and forth several times with the Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains Painting in his hand. He felt somewhat uneasy. He felt more at ease only after inviting Li Shaojun into the main hall to take charge.

He gestured to everyone, and then quickly stepped out of the hall. The rain in the sky was not heavy, but it had lasted for a whole day and a whole night.

Zhuang Qingzhai reached out to catch some rain water falling from the eaves, sniffed it, and then licked it.

The peculiar smell in the rain water is very weak, so weak that it is difficult to detect that it is the water from the Jing River and Wei River without taking a sip.

If he hadn't been reminded, Zhuang Qingzhai wouldn't have noticed this.

This made him feel a little worried, and he felt that the dragon demon's evil behavior was more like a conspiracy to lure the tiger away from the mountain.

They are currently in a state of defending the city. If a few heavyweight masters are withdrawn, the originally tight defense circle will be broken, making it difficult to take care of everything.

He walked faster, walked along the eaves of the Anle Palace several times, and then entered the back hall.

This rear hall was mostly destroyed by Jiuling Yuansheng, but it was repaired very quickly. Now the only problem left is the color matching of the beams, doors and windows.

If Li Shaojun had not stopped the craftsmen from painting, the restoration of the rear hall area would have been completed long ago.

"I'm dying, I'm dying, it exploded again!"

"Your original is an explosive and cracking pill, so it's normal for it to explode, right?"

“I don’t want it to explode!”

Li Shaojun's frantic and weak voice came, and Zhuang Qingzhai felt that the other party was in a very bad state at the moment.

"You have a few finished products, not bad!"

"Just when Jiuling Yuansheng vomited a bunch of that fused stuff, who can eat it?"

"Is this pill for human consumption?"

"How can you kill others if you don't eat it!"

Zhuang Qingzhai knocked on the door of the back hall, then pushed it open and stepped in. He saw Li Shaojun lying on his side next to the Nine Dragon Cauldron, with an eunuch with half his face covered persuading him from behind.

There was still a smell of tea and powder in the hall, and it was obvious that a woman had just left.

The only women who can enter here are either the Empress Dowager or Empress Dou.

Zhuang Qingzhai did not take it seriously. He bowed politely to Li Shaojun and then told him about his troubles.

"A water monster fight?"

Li Shaojun was suspicious.

Having luckily survived the attack from the Nine-Spirited Saint Lion, Li Shaojun didn't want to get involved in the fight at all. He didn't have the ability to do such a thing.

Not to mention that Li Shaojun had no ability, Zhenyuan Shenjun also had one hand paralyzed at the moment, so the strength he could exert was limited.

It seemed that Jiuling Yuansheng was about to be defeated, but Zhenyuan Shenjun's right hand had been bitten dozens of times, and his Qiankun sleeve was almost broken.

If they had not been involved and no heavyweight masters had come, the two would have already thought about running away.

"Tune the tiger away from the mountain?"

Zhenyuan Shenjun was also surprised.

He felt that the funeral ceremonies of the Han Dynasty were too complicated. If they had been done simply by burying the body under a longevity fruit tree as in the Kunlun Holy Land, there would have been no need to go back and forth for more than ten days and constantly face enemy attacks.

"Fighting on the home front is the most effective way to defeat the enemy, but our generation is too useless. If the late emperor were still alive, everything would not be like this!"

Zhuang Qingzhai explained the reason bitterly.

If Emperor Jing were still alive, this would be an opportunity for harvest. Jiuling Yuansheng would most likely fall in the territory of the Han Dynasty, and the greatest benefit could be obtained at the lowest cost.

The effect may not be obvious once or twice, but after three or five times, the opponent will be slowly eaten away.

Many large schools of thought were defeated by the imperial court in this way. It seemed that the Han Dynasty was in turmoil, but many opponents had either disappeared or were no longer effective.

If it weren't for the fact that this group of people were too weak, Zhuang Qingzhai felt that it would be no problem to arrange a three-month funeral period for the Empress Dowager.

"Do you mean that the opponent will most likely take advantage of the court's transfer to come again?"

Li Shaojun glanced at the Nine Dragon Cauldron, then at the dull-colored pills in his pocket. For a moment, he wanted to go back to the North.

"If someone attacks Prime Minister Xu and we have to send reinforcements to solve the problem of rain, the affairs of Anle Palace will have to rely on your help!"

Zhuang Qingzhai nodded heavily with a solemn expression.

Li Shaojun's eyes began to wander, and he glanced at Zhenyuan Shenjun behind him.

Looking at the God of Zhenyuan who was folding his arms and looking up at the sky, Li Shaojun felt very depressed and felt that he could not rely on the God of Zhenyuan.