Traveling through Tianlong: Starting from the Zhenlong chess game

Chapter 238 Murong Longcheng

Faced with Zhao Mu's ridicule of his ancestor.

Wu Xingyun also smiled and said: "Haha, I didn't expect you to be an honest gentleman, Xiao Mu."

Zhao Mu also spread his hands and said: "I'm not a gentleman, I'm just seeking truth from facts. No matter how you whitewash it, you can't cover up the result of the minister's rebellion. When your family rebelled, you said 'submit to heaven and respond to people', and win the world." Later, he taught his subjects to be 'loyal to the emperor'. This in itself is extremely hypocritical. If the Cao family and Taizu were really loyal ministers, they could follow the example of Zhuge Wuhou and die exhausted. Why should they 'accept orders on behalf of heaven'?"

Wu Xingyun covered his face and chuckled and said: "Okay, I won't mention these things anymore. However, Zhao Da and another person, Murong Longcheng, have a relationship that is constantly being quarreled and messed up. If you mention Murong Longcheng, you can't help but You’re talking about your ancestors.”

So Wu Xingyun briefly talked about some past events between Murong Longcheng and Zhao Da.

When Xiaoyaozi returned to the East, he was very relieved to see Chai Rong, Shizong of the Later Zhou Dynasty, who was brave and talented. He saw Li Yazi's high-spirited shadow in Chai Rong.

In addition to seeing the high-spirited Zhou Shizong who hoped to unify the Central Plains and end the troubled times, Xiaoyaozi also saw two dormant plotters. One is Zhao Kuangyin, who served as the commander of the Imperial Army in the Later Zhou Dynasty, and the other is Murong Longcheng, who is dormant in the world and wants to seize chestnuts from the fire.

In order to revive the Yan Kingdom, Murong Longcheng also deployed throughout the world. But Murong Longcheng was born at the wrong time. When he grew up and acquired unparalleled martial arts skills, the general trend of the world had already reached the general trend of "the long-term separation must unite".

Although the Southern Tang, Hou Shu, Southern Han, Northern Han, Wu Yue and other regimes were still there at that time, after Chai Rong ordered the "annihilation of monks", the national power of the Later Zhou Dynasty was greatly improved.

After raiding the temple, they not only filled the treasury with ill-gotten wealth, but also returned the land annexed by the temple to the people, expanding production and alleviating social conflicts.

Moreover, all the monks were deregistered, which also added a lot of people to the country who needed to pay taxes, and even manpower for corvee service.

In addition, Chai Rong appeased the exiles, reduced taxes, and governed the Qingming Dynasty. This strengthened the power of the Later Zhou regime to an epic level. It laid the foundation for the later Zhou Dynasty to unify the world.

And Chai Rong's Northern Expedition to the Khitans won consecutive battles, beating the arrogant Khitans to the point of peeing like rats. Seeing that the invincible Khitans were no match for Chai Rong, Murong Longcheng felt threatened. Before he even took action, the world was already showing signs of unification, which was naturally not the result he wanted to see.

So when Chai Rong was on his way to conquer the Liao Kingdom, Murong Longcheng and the Khitans assassinated Chai Rong. Although Chai Rong's Conglong Guards resisted desperately, they were no match for Murong Longcheng. Although Chai Rong was captured by Conglong The guards and the escort army snatched it back, but in the end they died of serious injuries.

Just when Murong Longcheng thought that his goal had been achieved, he was waiting for Shao Guoyu, the leader of the Later Zhou Dynasty, to fall apart again due to the invasion of the Liao people. An unexpected accident caused him to lose everything.

And this unexpected change was the "yellow robe plus body" mutiny launched by Zhao Kuangyin, the late Zhou Dynasty captain, in Chenqiaoyi. Later, Zhao Kuangyin, with the help of Zhao Pu, Shi Shouxin and others, captured Kaifeng City without bloodshed, and forced Emperor Chai Zongxun to abdicate at the end of the week, and the dynasty changed since then.

Originally, Murong Longcheng didn't pay much attention to this sudden change. On the contrary, he believed that this was just the beginning of the collapse of the later Zhou Dynasty. In the following weeks, more people will take advantage of the situation to "rise up" and fight for the world.

But Murong Longcheng underestimated the power of Song Taizu who "conquered the four hundred states in the world". After Zhao Kuangyin ascended the throne, not only did the reborn Song Dynasty not collapse, but he released his military power over a glass of wine, eliminating the threat of the generals relying on their own troops. He even wiped out Wuping King Zhou Baoquan with lightning speed and conquered the land of Jingxiang. In the next few years, the Later Shu was first destroyed, then the Southern Han Dynasty was pacified, and the Southern Han Dynasty was pacified, and the Southern Tang Dynasty was annexed. In the end, only Emperor Sun of the Liao Dynasty, the Northern Han Dynasty, and Wu Yue were spared. But Murong Longcheng's final plan was to make a wedding dress for Zhao Kuangyin. This made him angry and annoyed. I feel like I have no hope of returning to my country.

Murong Longcheng was so angry that he wanted to repeat the same trick to murder Zhao Da, but this time he was stopped by Xiaoyaozi.

Although Zhao and Song won the country unfairly, Xiaoyaozi was born in the Five Dynasties and he still agreed with the law that "the one with strong soldiers and horses is the emperor." Now that the mountains and rivers are about to be unified, and the century-old chaos is about to end, Xiaoyaozi will naturally not allow people with ulterior motives to cause trouble again.

That was also the first and only time Xiaoyaozi and Murong Longcheng fought against each other. Although Murong Longcheng's martial arts was strong, he was still no match for Xiaoyaozi, a human god. Xiaoyaozi had also been moved by Murong Longcheng's feelings and understood her rationally. He warned him that the world was in chaos and the people were in ruins, and that he should not rashly go to war for one person's selfish interests.

However, Murong Longcheng didn't listen. He was defeated by Xiaoyaozi, and with the world's peace of mind, knowing that there was no hope of restoring the country, he returned to Suzhou, gave up his former obsession, and passed on what he had learned throughout his life to future generations. Ended in depression.

After hearing this, Zhao Mu said: "It turns out that the ancestor also indirectly saved my country, the Great Song Dynasty!"

Wu Xingyun said with a smile: "I can only say that it is true. Master once evaluated Zhao Da, saying that he has courage that no one can match. Although Murong Longcheng is strong, it may not really be able to murder Zhao Da. Master said that Murong Longcheng is It is a pity that his talents, whose unique skills have not yet been handed down to the world, fell into the hands of Zhao Da and the imperial army. This can be regarded as saving Murong Longcheng's life." But when he said this, Wu Xingyun also sighed, "It's a pity that the enemies outside are It’s easy to guard against it, but it’s hard to guard against one’s own brother having different intentions.”

Zhao Mu knew that Wu Xingyun was telling the story of "The Sound of the Candle Shadow and the Ax", but Zhao Mu just laughed at it. After all, the outcome of this matter has been finalized. If the verdict is reversed, it may cause instability within the Zhao family. At present, the external troubles have not been eliminated, and internal strife is reappearing. Then the Song Dynasty would really be over.

But the story that followed was rather boring. Wu Xingyun talked about how several of his fellow apprentices became disciples of Xiaoyaozi.

There is no too twists and turns in the story, but Xiaoyaozi also feels that he is getting older and wants to find a few decent successors.

And Xiaoyaozi is also an "Appearance Association". He selects disciples who are not only talented and talented, but also good-looking. Several years after choosing Wu Xingyun, he accepted the equally good-looking Wu Yazi. It took several more years before sisters Li Qiushui and Li Canghai were accepted.

After that, Xiaoyaozi took a few of them back to Piaomiao Peak in Tianshan Mountain and began to teach them all the special skills he had learned. And the Seven Treasures Ring was just bought by Xiaoyaozi from a Hu merchant as a token of inheritance from the head of Xiaoyao Sect.

The current Lingjiu Palace was built brick by brick after Wu Yazi and Li Qiushui defected, and Wu Xingyun relied on the unique skills of the Life and Death Talisman to gather the minions of Thirty-six Holes and Seventy-two Islands.

Faced with such a "classy" ancestor, Zhao Mu was somewhat disappointed. He thought that the original story of the three elders of Xiaoyao would be so unforgettable and so chivalrous. The result was so bland that Zhao Mu thought Wu Xingyun didn't want to say more, so he made up a few random reasons to deal with him.

(End of this chapter)