Taoist Myth: I am the last true immortal in the world

Chapter 805 It’s too late to regret
Accompanied by the Jade Emperor defeating the Ziwei Emperor.

The three-year-long Khitan southern expedition against the Later Jin Dynasty finally came to an end.

At this time, Shi Chonggui, the Emperor of Jin in the capital of Later Jin, had just received news that Du Chongwei, Li Shouzhen and others had surrendered to the Khitan.

Before he had time to deploy his troops, he learned that night that Zhang Yanze had arrived in Huazhou with 2,000 cavalry.

The Jin Emperor was greatly shocked and hastily summoned Li Song, Feng Yu and Li Yantao to the palace to discuss the matter. He was just about to order Liu Zhiyuan of Hedong to lead his troops to defend the king.

At five o'clock in the morning that night, Zhang Yanze led the Khitan cavalry into the capital.

The next morning, Zhang Yanze stationed his troops outside Mingde Gate.

There was chaos in the capital, and fires broke out in the palace one after another.

Shi Chonggui, holding a sword, drove away more than a dozen people including the empress and prepared to follow Li Congke's example and commit suicide by jumping into fire, but he was hugged by the personal guard captain Xue Chao and his suicide attempt failed.

Soon, the letter from the Khitan leader to the empress dowager was delivered into the palace through the Kuanren Gate.

In the letter, the Khitan leader expressed comfort to the Later Jin royal family and requested to summon the two ministers Sang Weihan and Jing Yanguang.

Shi Chonggui then gave up, ordered the fire to be put out, opened the palace gates and surrendered, and summoned Hanlin scholar Fan Zhi to draft a surrender letter for himself and the empress dowager.

On the 18th of that month, Zhang Yanze moved Shi Chonggui, Empress Dowager Li, and the family members of the palace to Kaifeng Prefecture in a very urgent manner and did not allow them to take away the financial resources of the inner treasury.

He also sent Li Rong, the commander of the Control Crane Army, to lead troops to guard the place and cut off Shi Chonggui's communications with the ministers outside.

The memorials that Shi Chonggui and Empress Dowager Li presented to the Khitan king had to be shown to Zhang Yanze before they could be sent out.

On the evening of the 18th, Kaifeng Prefecture Governor Sang Weihan and Xuanhui Envoy Meng Chenghui were both brutally murdered.

When Shi Chonggui learned that Yelu Deguang was about to arrive in Tokyo, he submitted a petition requesting to go out of the city with the empress dowager to welcome him.

Yelu Deguang refused on the grounds that "how could two emperors meet on the road?"

On the 19th, the princes Shi Yanxu and Shi Yanbao returned after surrendering and brought back a letter from Yelu Deguang.

Yelu Deguang sent his cousin Mada to tell Shi Chonggui: "Don't worry, grandson. I will definitely leave you a place to eat."

Shi Chonggui felt relieved and expressed his gratitude again.

At this point, the Later Jin Dynasty was destroyed. Although the Later Jin Emperor Shi Chonggui's country was destroyed, he managed to save his life.

……

Bianjing City, in the Imperial Palace.

“Haha, hahaha.” Yelu Deguang stood in front of the dragon throne, dancing and laughing wildly. He had no imperial manners at all, just like a madman. He couldn’t help but shouted, “I can finally rule the Central Plains and let the Khitan unify the world. Haha, hahaha, hahaha!”

He was so overly excited that his level of madness was jaw-dropping.

At this moment, a ripple passed by, and a young Taoist appeared before his eyes.

Yelu Deguang, who was originally crazy, quickly calmed down when he saw the person coming.

He walked down the steps quickly and said warmly, "Master, you are here."

Chen Yun put his hands behind his back and looked at the Khitan leader with a slightly cold gaze, "Your Majesty, I have helped you conquer this world, but why do you repeatedly break your promises to me during the war? Do you really think that the Two Heart Tea I gave you before was fake?"

Yelu Deguang hurriedly explained: "Imperial Master, I really did not order the massacre of the people, but my generals acted on their own initiative, so it's not my fault."

Chen Yun sneered and said, "You can't even control your own subordinates. In my opinion, you won't stay in the Central Plains for long!"

Yelu Deguang's face changed slightly, but he hid it very well. He immediately put away his displeasure and said with a smile: "Sir, what are you talking about? I am really not that kind of person. If I were really like that, why didn't Liangxincha want my life?"

Although he still smiled apologetically and his tone seemed very respectful, the way he addressed Chen Yun had changed quietly. Not only did he change from "national teacher" to "sir", but even the "I" he always called himself in front of Chen Yun was changed to "I".

Chen Yun naturally noticed this change, and his originally tense face suddenly relaxed.

He laughed loudly, turned around and walked out the door, singing a song: "The Liao Emperor had great ambitions for the Han territory, and his cavalry marched south to conquer the world. Unfortunately, his ambitions became a dream, and his soul died in a foreign land. Your Majesty, take care of yourself. The two-heart tea will break out within half a year, and I will say goodbye to you forever!"

Before the voice had completely fallen, Chen Yun's figure seemed to have stepped into nothingness and disappeared.

Yelu Deguang looked in the direction where Chen Yun disappeared with a look of surprise and doubt.

Although the Khitan are still called Khitan, after he came to control the Central Plains, he had secretly decided to change the country's name to "Liao".

This was clearly what he was thinking in his heart, and he had never revealed it to anyone, but Chen Yun actually pointed it out directly in his farewell poem?
And what does this poem say?
It is said that it is a pity that Yelu Deguang's ambition to dominate the world ended up being a dream, and his soul died in a foreign land with regrets!

Yelu Deguang seemed very puzzled.

He has already taken control of the Central Plains, so what is the pity that his ambition to dominate the world has ended up being a dream?

What puzzled him even more was that he was now in good health, which did not look like a sign of a short life at all.

Besides, even if I accidentally get sick, I will still have time to rush back to Khitan from here. What does it mean to be heartbroken in a foreign land?

Yelu Deguang did not believe this, his only worry was about Liangxincha.

For this purpose, he specially summoned a group of imperial doctors to conduct a comprehensive examination.

The final conclusion is that his body is in great shape and he can have sex with five women at night without any problem.

……

After leaving Bian Jing, Chen Yun immediately found Erlang Shen, Li Jing, Nezha, the Nine-Headed Bull Demon King and others.

As for Xu Tianshi, Ge Tianshi and others, they had already left after the battle between the Jade Emperor and the Purple Star Emperor ended two days ago.

Inside the reed shed that has not been dismantled yet.

Chen Yun looked at everyone and asked, "Everyone, the war has come to an end. What are your plans next?"

Erlang Shen looked at the Six Saints of Meishan standing behind him, and a smile appeared on his face. "Brother Sanlang's blood feud has been avenged. I have no regrets. I will probably take all the brothers back to Guanjiang Erlang Temple. My dear brother, what about you?"

Chen Yun smiled and said, "Of course I will go back to my Qingcheng Mountain. I will probably stay in seclusion for a year or so."

Li Jing took over the conversation and said, "Nezha, Jinzha, Muzha and I should return to Lingshan and wait for the result of the Conferred Gods Battle."

Chen Yun looked over and said with a slightly apologetic look, "King Li... or everyone, there is one thing I must explain to you."

"What's the matter?"

"Master Chen, please tell us."

Lord Guan, Lord Ma, Lu Dongbin and others all looked over.

Chen Yun spoke truthfully: "Although the war here is over, the Conferred God War is not over yet. As for the other things, I am not in a position to say more."

Guan Erye was stunned, "The battle for the gods has not ended yet?"

Lord Ma frowned and said, "Doesn't that mean that we still can't be ordained as gods?"

Everyone came here for this purpose, and now that they haven't achieved the desired results, they will naturally feel a little disappointed.

Chen Yun comforted everyone, saying, "Although the Conferred God War has not yet ended, your contributions will still be counted towards the Conferred God War. When the world is truly pacified in the future, you will naturally be conferred gods."

"That's good."

“Just don’t let us work in vain.”

A group of people started laughing.

Only Lu Dongbin kept frowning, as if he was worried about something.

Chen Yun naturally noticed Lu Dongbin's expression and knew what he was worried about, but there were so many people here and it was hard to talk about many things, so he pretended not to notice and planned to have a good chat with him when he was free. He looked at everyone again and said, "If you have somewhere to go, you can leave now. If you have no place to go, you can follow me to Qingcheng Mountain to practice together."

The king laughed evilly and said, "I am the master's subordinate god, so I must follow."

The Nine-Headed Bull Demon King yawned and said, "I lived very well in Qingcheng Mountain in the past two years. I don't want to go anywhere else, so I'll just stay with Master Chen."

At this point, he looked to the side and said, "Brother, please follow Master Chen with me."

The Golden-Eyed Ghost hurriedly said, "As long as Master Chen is willing to take me in, that would be great."

Chen Yun smiled and said, "As long as you are devoted to the Dao and do not do evil, I will be happy to have more friends."

The golden-eyed ghost was overjoyed and said, "Thank you, Master Chen, for taking me in."

The Monkey King looked at the Monkey King, Turtle Mountain Jellyfish, Iron-Colored Macaque and others, with a somewhat conflicted look on his face.

Finally, he let out a breath, "My brothers and sisters and I should return to Huaguo Mountain. If there is a chance, we will go to Qingcheng Mountain to visit you, Master Chen."

Chen Yun nodded slightly and said, "That's fine. If you encounter any problems that you can't solve in the future, you can come to Qingcheng Mountain to find me."

They came all the way from Huaguo Mountain and worked for me, so it's impossible for them to get nothing in return, right?

Naturally, Chen Yun had to make a promise to the Monkey King, the Great Sage Who Knows All and others, as if he owed them a favor.

The Monkey King was overjoyed and said, "With Master Chen's words, I am satisfied."

After chatting for a while, Master Guan Er said, "Master Chen, I want to go back to the Luoyang Temple. As for Tan Zhi, I hope he can practice with you. Is that possible?"

This sentence is not just about following and practicing, but he wants Guan Ping to become his disciple.

Chen Yun looked at Guan Ping and nodded, "Of course you can, but I have to stay in seclusion for a year or so, and I can teach Tan Zhi the Dao after I come out of seclusion."

Guan Ping quickly said: "As long as the real person doesn't mind, it doesn't matter if I have to wait for a thousand years."

Chen Yun said a few words of comfort, and finally set his eyes on Lord Ma, "Mr. Hua Guang, what about you?"

Lord Ma blinked and said, "I like food. I wonder if the food in Qingcheng Mountain is light?"

Chen Yun was startled, then laughed and said, "I eat light food. If Mr. Hua Guang wants to come, I can prepare a good meal for you."

Lord Ma said, "Master Chen is so kind to me, I will nag you more in the future."

During this short chat time, several more sacred demons appeared under Chen Yun's tutelage.

For example, Lord Ma, although he will not become a disciple like Guan Ping, he is willing to enter Qingcheng Mountain, which clearly shows that he is willing to be a guest official. Basically, his fate will be tied to Chen Yun in the future.

Chen Yun was very satisfied with today's gains.

Then he chatted with Lu Dongbin, Tieguai Li and others for a while.

Finally, after the group finished chatting, they each led their disciples away.

Chen Yun used his magic power to cover his disciples and performed the teleportation technique, and instantly returned to Qingcheng Mountain.

……

The first day of the first lunar month of the tenth year of Huihe.

Yelu Deguang entered Tokyo Bianliang with the ceremonial guard of the Emperor of Central Plains and accepted congratulations from all officials in the Chongyuan Hall.

Afterwards, he summoned all the officials of the Later Jin Dynasty and expressed his intention to choose someone to be the ruler of the Central Plains. The officials of the Later Jin Dynasty then petitioned to support Yelu Deguang.

So, on the first day of February in the first year of Datong, Yelu Deguang wore a Tongtian crown and a crimson gauze robe, ascended the main hall of the Dongjing Imperial Palace, accepted congratulations from all the Hu and Han officials, announced a general amnesty, issued an edict to establish the country's name as "Da Liao", changed the tenth year of Huitong to the first year of Datong, promoted Zhenzhou to Zhongjing, and posthumously conferred the title of Liao Taizu on Yelu Abaoji.

After Liao Taizong Yelü Deguang led his troops into Tokyo, he appointed Deputy Privy Envoy Liu Min as acting governor of Kaifeng Prefecture, killed Qin Jimin, Li Yanshen and Zhengzhou Defense Envoy Yang Chengxun, and appointed his younger brother Chengxin as Jiedushi of Pinglu Army to inherit his father's title.

Zhang Yanze was beheaded in the market on the grounds that he had moved Shi Chonggui to the Kaifeng government office without authorization, killed Sang Weihan without authorization, and allowed his soldiers to plunder in Tokyo.

Shi Chonggui was demoted to the rank of Chonglu Dafu, Jianxu Taiwei, and was granted the title of Fuyi Hou.

He then conferred titles on his ministers, appointing Zhang Li as Prime Minister, Li Song as Privy Councilor, Feng Dao as Grand Tutor, He Ning as Hanlin Academician, Zhao Ying as Grand Tutor of the Crown Prince, Liu Shu as Grand Tutor of the Crown Prince, and Feng Yu as Junior Tutor of the Crown Prince.

Secondly, he sent people to send Shi Chonggui's family to the Liao Dynasty for resettlement.

Zhao Ying, Feng Yu and Li Yantao were sent with 300 people to escort Shi Chonggui and his mother Li, Concubine Dowager An, wife Feng, brother Shi Chongrui, and sons Shi Yanxu and Shi Yanbao to Huanglong Mansion for resettlement, but the palace maids and cooks around Shi Chonggui still followed him.

Zhao Yanshou was appointed as the prime minister, chief of state affairs, privy councilor, and governor of Zhongjing.

Soon, Liu Zhiyuan, the former governor of Hedong in the Later Jin Dynasty, proclaimed himself emperor and named the country Han.

Emperor Taizong of Liao issued an edict appointing Geng Chongmei as the military governor of Zhaoyi Army, Gao Tangying as the military governor of Zhaode Army, and Cui Tingxun as the military governor of Heyang Army, and they were assigned to important locations.

After Liu Zhiyuan proclaimed himself emperor in Jinyang, many towns and former generals of the Later Jin Dynasty rose up in response.

The common people also rose up in rebellion, with most groups numbering tens of thousands and small groups numbering no less than a thousand. They attacked county towns and killed officials appointed by the Khitan.

Wang Qiong, the leader of the Chanzhou uprising army, attacked the city and besieged the Khitan general Yelu Langwu;

The Eastern uprising army captured the three states of Song, Bo and Mi.

Emperor Taizong of Liao was very scared and prepared to escape, so he appointed Xiao Han as the governor of Xuanwu Army and asked him to stay in Tokyo.

Emperor Taizong of Liao left Bian Jing and headed north with thousands of Later Jin officials, including entertainers, palace maids, and military officers and soldiers.

When passing through Xiangzhou, Yelu Deguang led his troops to capture the city of Xiangzhou because the defending general Liang Hui was fickle.

The men in the city were killed, the women were taken abducted, and babies were thrown into the air and caught on the tips of knives for fun. Afterwards, a check showed that more than 100,000 people had died.

Emperor Taizong of Liao was forced to withdraw and killed people to vent his anger. Seeing the desolate scene along the way, he shamelessly said to the Han and Tibetan officials: "It is the fault of Zhao Yanshou, the Prince of Yan, that the Central Plains has been devastated to this extent."

Things were not a big deal up to this point, after all, Yelu Deguang was still alive.

However, when crossing the Liyang Ferry, Emperor Taizong of Liao suddenly felt unwell.

Despite summoning famous doctors for treatment, the cause of the disease could not be found.

At this point, Emperor Taizong of Liao suddenly thought of what Chen Yun said when he left that day, and he couldn't help but feel afraid.

So he hurriedly gathered his men, set up Chen Yun's tablet, knelt down and kowtowed, begging for mercy: "Master Chen, I know I was wrong. I made three mistakes. The first mistake was to extort money from the people in various places. The second mistake was to let the soldiers thresh the grass and disturb the people. The third mistake was not to send back the Jiedushi to govern the towns earlier."

Emperor Taizong of Liao wanted to impress Chen Yun in this way and save his life.

Unfortunately, Chen Yun ignored Emperor Taizong of Liao at all.

This made Emperor Taizong of Liao feel anxious every day, and his health deteriorated day by day.

Finally, when they arrived at Luancheng, the site of the turning point in the Liao Dynasty's conquest of the Central Plains, Emperor Taizong of Liao was already terminally ill.

He lay on the hospital bed, crying bitterly, and shouted loudly: "Master Chen, I regret not listening to you. It's too late to regret! It's too late to regret! It's too late to regret!"

He shouted "It's too late to regret" three times, and then vomited three liters of blood and died. He was 46 years old.

Later, Yelu Deguang was buried on his back in Fengshan. His mausoleum was named Huailing and his temple name was Taizong.

At this point, a generation of heroes died.

The Liao Kingdom could only stay in a corner and could no longer interfere in the Central Plains.

However, when many heroes emerged in the Central Plains, the real chaotic times began.

(End of this chapter)