Zhutian: My skills are not serious

Chapter 842 I'm here to tell you whether you're panicking or not (two in one)

Chu Pingsheng walked up to Chen Tai, shook his head and sighed, "What a pity! The meat of the third-grade demon king will never be available again if we miss this opportunity."

Huaiqing met his playful gaze and felt uneasy.

"What? A third-grade demon king? An extraordinary and powerful person?"

Everyone present was shocked and looked at the local dog in Chen Tai's hand in disbelief, unable to associate it with the third-grade demon king.

Chu Pingsheng looked at Huaiqing and said, "To be precise, it is a local dog with a demon king's soul hidden in its body."

Woof...Woo...

The dog bared its teeth and whimpered.

"So, whoever kills it will kill a demon king of the demon race."

As luck would have it, a crow flew across the sky and cawed twice, making everyone feel uneasy.

The Demon King, an extraordinary being, the princes and nobles among the demon clan, just became a mongrel dog?
What a shame...

Chu Pingsheng met the surprised looks of the Third and Fourth Princesses and said, "Yes, I did it."

No wonder the lazy local dog, which the princess couldn't even tame, suddenly attacked. It turned out that the enemies met on a narrow road.

Huaiqing now understood what the supervisor meant. The monk who performed the consecration ceremony could not only allow people to exchange souls, but he could also do the same to non-human creatures such as demons and animals. He could turn the high and mighty demon king into an old and ugly stray dog. He really knew how to play.

“A lot of people…are here indeed.”

The princes and princesses were shocked at the identity of the local dog and ignored the arrival of the newcomer until a voice as clear as a drop of water in a cold pond was heard.

"Royal aunt? Why are you here?"

The third princess was puzzled.

Mu Nanzhi was sent to the palace at the age of thirteen. At first, she was treated as a royal concubine, but the emperor never touched her. After the Battle of Shanhaiguan, he awarded her to his younger brother, the King of Zhenbei. Therefore, the royal family members were very familiar with her, and in terms of seniority, she was the elder.

"I'm here for him."

Mu Nanzhi pointed at the monk and said, "Open the eyes. Do you remember what you said at Lingbao Temple two days ago?"

"What did I say?"

"You said you would be responsible for what you did to Luo Yuheng."

Chu Pingsheng was stunned: "Are you here to be a matchmaker for Luo Yuheng?"

Mu Nanzhi said: "Why? Do you want to break your promise?"

When Chu Pingsheng sent Luo Yuheng back to Lingbao Temple, Huaiqing was in the Imperial Observatory and Lin'an went to the lakeside cottage. Only the fourth princess, who was near the Jingxin Palace, heard those amusing words, but she didn't take them seriously. After all, she was still young and not sensitive to politics.

At this time, the Emperor's aunt is "forcing the emperor to abdicate" and the character of "matchmaker" is thrown out. How can everyone not be confused?
Lin'an, Huaiqing, Luo Yuheng, two princesses and a national teacher fighting for a man? No... they were fighting for a monk?
If their scalps were tingling just now, now their brains are about to explode.

Lin An angrily asked, "What did you do to the Imperial Master?"

Chu Pingsheng said innocently, "The demon clan and the Wushen Cult ambushed me. The national teacher tried to help but was seriously injured by the enemy and burned by karmic fire. Tell me, can I just watch her die without helping? Think about it, something as powerful as the human clan's karmic fire can only be suppressed by the imperial luck. This is why Lingbao Temple was built in the imperial city, close to the dragon energy. If I want to help her suppress the karmic fire, I can only use unconventional means, such as sharing some of the karmic fire for her. But how to share it for her... uh... you know, I have a mission from the heavenly realm. I have to find a consort in Dafeng, and then achieve the first rank with the Buddhist Joy Zen and open up the road to saints. So in order to save people, I can only be cruel and stomp my feet..."

Lin'an was puzzled: "What is joyful Zen?"

The third princess tugged at Lin'an's sleeve, and pointed in the middle with her left and right index fingers: "Second sister, from what the master said, it should be... it should be that..."

"Which one is that? Third sister, please explain clearly."

"Oh, second sister...between a man and a woman, who else can it be?"

Lin'an's eyes gradually widened and he was about to collapse.

She had been arguing with Huaiqing, but Luo Yuheng got there first?

Mu Nanzhi clenched her fists in hatred.

Who is Luo Yuheng? How could the head of the Renzong sect, the imperial master of the dynasty, act like Lin'an? The reason why he asked her to play matchmaker and come to Yayuan to get involved was to make things worse and let everyone know that the relationship between the imperial master and Kaiguang was ambiguous. In this way, can Yuan Jing still force himself on her? As an emperor, he has to have some dignity.

Who would have thought that this guy was so wicked. He only had some physical intimacy with him, but he insisted on telling him that they had successfully achieved Zen meditation and reached paradise together. He was so shameless.

However, in order to force Yuan Jing to withdraw the imperial edict without breaking up, he could not expose the monk's lies.

Chu Pingsheng sighed, looking sad and regretful: "This is not what I want, but I am forced by the situation. If I do it, I will feel guilty. If I don't do it, I will feel even more guilty. Feelings, morality, mission... It really is impossible to have both in this world, without disappointing the Tathagata and you, Amitabha..."

He sighed deeply and floated away, leaving the group of people looking at each other, each trying to figure out the meaning of this last sentence.

Chu Caiwei whispered in her senior sister's ear: "What do you mean? He caused this kind of trouble and then he just walked away?"

Zhong Li said: "Mission refers to the eldest princess, morality refers to the state teacher, and feelings... refers to Princess Lin'an? If it were me, I wouldn't know how to choose."

Huaiqing: “…”

She really wanted to yell, Master, please be kind and stop playing.

Mu Nanzhi: “…”

Lin'an has always been uneducated. When she got the first poem, she couldn't understand what was good about it. But at this moment, she understood.

The monk is responsible for Luo Yuheng, which makes the emperor unhappy.

She was unhappy that the monk married Huaiqing.

The high-ranking officials of the Heaven Realm were unhappy that a monk was her lover.

"Hmph, I'm going to go find my father."

She ran out of the yard.

The prince opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

"Princess, princess..."

Gangzi quickly chased after him, secretly blaming himself, thinking that he should have not asked for the blessing. Now, the fire was not put out, but the situation became more complicated.

Mu Nanzhi also left. She had to quickly tell her best friend about the monk who was ruining the reputation of the national teacher so that she could take precautions.

Others continued to eat melons.

Only Huaiqing could keep calm.

She knew very well that the monk was a fake.

……

"Princess, princess."

Gangzi caught up with his master, panting.

"Are you really going to go find the emperor? Isn't this... a bit too much? You are the Princess of Dafeng."

"My father will definitely agree. If he doesn't agree, the Imperial Master will have to go to the Heavenly Realm to become a Buddha Mother. Now that my father is devoted to cultivating Taoism and immortality, he will definitely not watch him and the Imperial Master together."

"Isn't there Princess Huaiqing?"

"Is Huaiqing as adorable as me? As beloved as me? If my father doesn't agree, I will cry until he agrees."

"..."

Gangzi was silent for a moment, then suddenly came to his senses.

"Princess, that's not right."

"What's wrong?"

"Then we want to recruit him as our lover, isn't it to win him over, to prevent the eldest princess from marrying into the Heavenly Realm, which would cause unrest in the court of Dafeng and threaten the position of the crown prince? But now... how did it turn into... a play to snatch the husband?"

After she said this, Lin An stopped, blinked his bright eyes, and became more and more confused.

"Yeah, how did it turn out like this?"

The master and servant looked at each other with wide eyes.

After counting the interest.

"I don't care. Anyway, I will definitely fight with Huaiqing for what she wants."

"Besides, I was clearly here first, how could she just snatch me away like that? Doesn't Princess Lin'an have any dignity?"

"Just now, don't you think her calm and confident look is irritating?"

Gangzi recalled Princess Huaiqing's expression, and it was indeed as if she was watching a farce, which was quite infuriating.

Lin An patted her shoulder and said, "So we must win this battle and we must not lose. No one can stop the monk from becoming my concubine."

Gangzi: "Come on, Princess!"

……

Lingbao Temple.

Mu Nanzhi described in detail what happened in Yayuan.

Luo Yuheng sat cross-legged on the couch, neither sad nor happy, and it was difficult to tell what he was thinking.

"Despicable! Two despicable people."

Master Ban Yue was so angry that his nose was crooked. On this side, Yuan Jing threatened Luo Yuheng to accept the order and practice dual cultivation by threatening not to provide dragon energy to help suppress the karma fire. On the other side, the monk directly upgraded their relationship in front of the princes and princesses, and said that the junior sister's pure body was already used for sexual pleasure.

Shameless.

Each one is more shameless than the other.

"Junior sister, please say something. Are you going to let this bald donkey ruin your reputation?"

If she had not been self-aware and realized that she could not defeat the monk, she would have already brought her apprentice to Xu's house to demand accountability.

Luo Yuheng opened his eyes. "He is taking revenge on us for using him to build momentum and to fool the emperor. Even if I am dissatisfied, what can I do? Go to his house to ask for an explanation? And then announce to the world that we are both innocent? Wouldn't that make Yuan Jing have nothing to worry about? Don't look at his bald head, it is not smooth, it has thorns. If you use him as a shield, you will have to bear the backlash that follows."

Mu Nanzhi agreed with this deeply. Thinking back to the situation when the two first met, the young man who threw the arrow had no idea about the efficacy of the Bodhi beads. Now looking back, the monk must have known that it was a treasure, so he raised the price temporarily and tricked her.

Master Ban Yue said, "What should we do then?"

Luo Yuheng waved his hand: "It's okay, the fire in my body has been suppressed. As long as I don't fight with others, there will be no problem. Now the first priority is to use his name to reject Yuan Jing's concubine. Let's get through the current difficulties first, and we can talk about it later."

Master Ban Yue thought for a moment and said, "That's right. Being innocent doesn't mean much to someone who is devoted to cultivating the Dao. He is a monk and he has to go back to the Heavenly Realm after finishing his work. We may not see each other again in the future. Why worry too much and add to his troubles?"

……

Lin'an not only met her father in the Jingxin Palace, but was also scolded by her mother. The emperor scolded Concubine Chen, saying that if you, as a mother, don't want your child to marry to the Heavenly Realm, would the queen be willing? Huaiqing and Lin'an are both his daughters, and they are all flesh and blood. Of course, he must treat them equally.

She also said that since the monk and she were in love and were willing to be Lin'an's concubine, she might as well give him some time to return to the Heaven Realm to communicate with several Bodhisattvas. If he could get a promise, the Heaven Realm would change the candidate, which would be a good thing. After that, the mother and daughter had a few words, and she let it slip, and Mu Nanzhi got involved. The monk publicly revealed that he had participated in the Happy Zen with the Imperial Master. The emperor was furious and ordered Liu Rong to drive the mother and daughter out of the palace.

Lin'an finally understood that her father didn't care who of her and Huaiqing married the monk, as long as the one who went with the monk was not the imperial master. But now the imperial master had slept with the monk.

The big question is whether to marry this fairy concubine or not.

Na, there is a green grassland above your head.

If he refuses, the Imperial Master will go west and there will be no hope of immortality.

When they left the Jingxin Palace, Concubine Chen started scolding her: "Lin'an, from now on you are not allowed to see the consecration ceremony again."

"I do not want."

"You...you dare to talk back?"

"Mother, if you don't let me see him, aren't you afraid that Huaiqing will marry him and become the Heavenly Realm Buddha Mother in the future, threatening my brother's position as the Crown Prince?"

These words made Concubine Chen stunned.

Why did she pass on all kinds of information to Xu Pingfeng? One reason was the past kindness between the two of them, and another important reason was that she hoped that Xu Pingfeng would kill Jian Zheng and become a new first-class strongman to protect the crown prince, who was not very capable among the princes, and suppress Wei Yuan, the eldest princess, and the fourth prince.

Lin'an's words made sense. Imagine Huaiqing became the Heavenly Realm Buddha Mother. When he was consecrated and promoted to the first rank with the help of Buddha and several Bodhisattvas, would he not want to change the situation in Dafeng? I'm afraid that the Bodhisattvas chose Huaiqing to play a big game.

The fourth prince was born to the queen, the emperor's legitimate son, his sister was the goddess of heaven, his brother-in-law was a first-rank Buddhist, and he had a powerful minister like Wei Yuan as his matchmaker...

Can the prince’s position be secured?
"Then you can't marry a monk either. You just said that he and the national teacher have participated in the Joy Zen. Since Mu Nanzhi came to Yayuan to force the emperor to abdicate, how can Huaiqing compete for the leadership of the Taoist sect?"

"Mother, actually...actually Lin'an also..."

"You what?"

"He is Lin'an's mistress."

She turned her body away, only daring to glance at her mother out of the corner of her eye, looking shy.

"You actually... actually..."

Concubine Chen raised her hand, as if to hit her, but when she saw her daughter's pitiful appearance, she slowly put it down, turned around, and staggered away.

Gangzi had been following behind, and when he saw Concubine Chen leave, he went up to ask his master what happened.

Lin'an briefly recounted the conversation between the mother and daughter, and the personal female official felt as if thunder was rolling in the sky.

"Princess, do you know what you are saying? You and the master are clearly innocent, why are you destroying your reputation?"

"Then...wasn't it your idea that I should take him as my mistress?"

"Princess, I told you to use this method to stabilize him and destroy the relationship between him and Huaiqing. I didn't ask you to do it for real."

"My mother wants to confine me, what can I do? If I am really locked up and can't see him anymore, won't I have any chance of winning? Based on my understanding of my father, he will definitely not let the Imperial Master go. Think about it, as long as he doesn't give me a name and secretly practices dual cultivation, who would know? Even if they knew, who would dare to make up stories?"

"Princess...you are so smart."

"Smart? If I were smart, wouldn't I be able to think of a way to defeat Huai Qing? I originally thought I could use him as my concubine to stabilize the consecration, but I didn't expect that my father would actually want to send Huai Qing to the west. Now another leader of a human sect has appeared. It's too difficult for me."

Gangzi thought about it again and again, and his eyes lit up: "Princess, I have a solution."

"explain."

The female official glanced around, walked stealthily to her side, and whispered in her ear.

After a few breaths, Lin An looked at her in astonishment: "Gangzi, you...how could you have such an idea? It's really terrible."

"Princess! What are you thinking about?" Gangzi stamped his feet anxiously.

……

a few days later.

The night watchman in front of the yamen.

Zhu Yang, the Yinluo who was possessed by Zhu Chengzhu, Yinluo who originally belonged to Zhu Yang and his family, a total of more than 200 people, knelt in the square in front of the door.

Night watchmen, from those who blew golden gongs to silver gongs to bronze gongs, and then to ordinary clerks, all stood outside the door to watch the execution. Residents nearby also gathered around, pointing at Zhu Yang and the others and making various comments.

"Wei Yuan, I, Zhu Yang, do not accept this."

"Back then, I followed you and killed thousands of enemies at Shanhaiguan, was awarded the title of Qian Hu, and made great contributions to Dafeng."

"After you returned to the court, you established the Night Watchmen. I followed you to the Night Watchmen's Office and worked hard for many years. Now, for a shitty copper gong, you sit back and watch the Ministry of Justice frame you and cooperate with the dog emperor to kill all nine clans of my Zhu family, and harm my subordinate Yinluo and his family. Where is your conscience?"

"Wei Yuan, do you dare to come out?"

"Wei Yuan, I don't accept it!"

"Master Kaiguang, there are dozens of people in my Zhu family, even if I become a ghost, I will not let you go!"

Wei Yuan did not come out, but stood on the roof of Haoqi Building with a gloomy face.

Sun Min, who was in charge of supervising the execution in the Ministry of Justice, smiled coldly, and then sneered at Wei Yuan on the top of the Haoqi Building. He stood up and walked to the front of the stage, and said to the night watchmen and spectators who were watching the excitement: "The Minister of Rites Li Yulang has committed suicide in prison out of fear of punishment. However, before that, he confessed that he and the night watchman Jinluo Zhuyang helped the demon tribe to blow up the Yongzhen Mountain and River Temple, disrupted the Sangpo Festival, and tried to provoke a war between Tianyu and Dafeng. The emperor took into consideration that he was bewitched by the demon tribe's secret magic and was able to confess his crimes after being brought to justice, so he gave him a light sentence. The men in the mansion were sent to exile, and the women were sent to the Jiaofang Division."

He paused and continued, "And the father and son of the night watchman Jinluo Zhu have been fearless and refused to cooperate. They have also colluded with their subordinate Yinluo to resist the investigation. Such traitors cannot be appeased without the death penalty, which is not enough to appease the public anger and uphold the law. Now the crimes of Zhu's party have been found out, and the Dali Temple's approval document was delivered to the Ministry of Justice yesterday. In accordance with the emperor's order, we will proceed with the matter as quickly as possible. We will now identify Zhu Yang and other criminals and take them to the night watchman's office... Executioner, what's the time?"

The shirtless man wearing a red shirt and holding a steel knife said, "The time has come."

"Okay, let's execute you."

Sun Min threw down the token with the word "behead" written on it.

The executioners mobilized from nearby counties and prefectures each held a butcher knife, spit out sake, and then chopped down the prisoner who was tied up in front of him.

puff.

puff.

puff……

Human heads rolled all over the ground, and blood spurted everywhere in front of the night watchman's office.

The nine clans of the Zhu family.

Zhu Yang has seven subordinates from the three Silver Luo clans.

Not one fell swoop, and all of them were beheaded.

Ordinary people in the capital may not know the real cause of death of these people, but the people in the night watchman's office know.

The reason why Zhu Yang, his subordinate Yin Luo and the family members behind him ended up like this was very simple: it made the monk Kaiguang unhappy.

Sun Min also knew one thing. Originally, Zhu Yang and the others could have lived a few more days, but the emperor was in a bad mood recently. It would be better to chop off their heads as soon as possible to relieve stress and anger.

Xu Qian'an also came to watch the fun.

He had only seen such grand scenes of punishing nine generations of a clan in TV dramas, such as Fang Xiaoru's execution of ten generations of a clan.

I have to say it, it's so damn shocking.

So cool!
Like Sun Min, he also had special ideas and knew that Emperor Yuan Jing was doing this to pave the way for him to establish an independent Tai'an Hall.

"I heard that you guys wouldn't let me go even if you became ghosts? What a pity, I was too soft-hearted back then."

Just at this moment, a voice resounded through the sky.

The spectators only saw a figure flash before their eyes, and a monk holding a Zen staff appeared in the air. He waved his sleeves lightly, and a ball of black mist sank, turning into wisps of snakes, and drilled into the more than 200 heads that had just been separated from the bodies. Although it was daytime, as a gust of cold wind passed by, the faint gray shadows were pulled out of the corpses by chains of black air.

The most solid and clear ones naturally belong to Zhu Yang, Zhu Chengzhu and the six silver gongs under their command.

"ghost……"

"Damn..."

The spectators stepped back in fear, and the silver and bronze gongs turned pale.

Chu Pingsheng pulled out the two hundred or so souls and grasped them with his hand.

Puff puff……

Those freshly-extracted souls were like burst balloons, accompanied by extremely shrill screams and wails, turning into spreading gray mist and dissipating between heaven and earth.

Zhao Jin, Zhang Kaitai and others were sweating profusely.

This monk forced the emperor to exterminate all nine clans of the Zhu family and the three Yinluo clans under Zhu Yang, and he also destroyed their souls, completely wiping them out.

Chu Pingsheng glanced at these people and then looked at the Haoqi Tower behind him.

A gust of wind blew by, and when the spectators looked again, the person had gone.

Soon, the bodies of Zhu Yang and his sons and others were thrown onto a carriage and taken away, and the spectators also dispersed. The night watchman went about his business, but everyone knew that the death of Zhu Yang and others marked the escalation of the conflict between Wei Yuan and the monk. After all, Wei Yuan chose to behead Xu Qian'an for the sake of his own face, while the monk was willing to go to war with Dafeng to protect his brother-in-law who was relying on the power of others to bully others.

After one stick of incense, in front of the Haoqi Tower.

Xu Qian'an looked at the ten Jinluo masters present with a bitter face as if to say, "I have no choice but to do this, so don't blame me."

His eyes swept over Zhao Jin and fell on Jiang Luzhong's face. The Jinluo, who had amazing boxing skills, felt a little embarrassed. He thought about how he had asked Li Yuchun for Xu Qian'an. Now, a dignified Jinluo was standing here, being watched by Wei Yuan while picking for a Yinluo. This was really fucked up.

Jiang Luzhong passed by Zhang Kaitai, who had a blank expression on his face and it was hard to tell whether he was happy or angry. Then passed by Yang Yan and Yang Jinluo, who glared at him fiercely in response.

Xu Liu, Zhao Nan...

Finally, it was Nangong Qianrou, the only female Jinluo who was so powerful that she could not yield. She spat on the ground: "Bah, traitor."

Xu Qian'an pointed and said, "It's you."

"Xu Qian'an..."

It is such a shame for the dignified Golden Luo to serve as the deputy of the Silver Luo, and this Silver Luo has been targeted by her many times in the past.

Xu Qian'an waved the gold medal in his hand and said, "Nangong Jinluo, you don't want to disobey the emperor's order and make things difficult for Duke Wei, do you? As an adopted daughter, you must be filial."

Nangong Qianrou suppressed her inner anger, raised her head and glanced at the top of Haoqi Building, and said hatefully, "You are so cruel."

"Then the matter of renaming Chunfengtang to Tai'antang will be handed over to Nangong Jinluo. Brothers, let's go to Yongmeifang for a drink." Xu Qian'an took Li Yuchun, Zhu Guangxiao and Song Tingfeng outside.

Li Yuchun's impression of Wei Yuan had plummeted to the freezing point when he resigned and begged for mercy. Although the monk's methods of dealing with Zhu Yang and his subordinate Yinluo were too cruel, it was obvious that this matter had nothing to do with Xu Qian'an. Now that the emperor wants him to set up Tai'an Hall, he will of course help this younger brother who dares to fight for justice and defy the evil laws established by Wei Yuan.

Because Zhu Guangxiao and Song Tingfeng are too deeply bound to Xu Qian'an, they have no choice but to continue following Xu Yinluo, who is "confirmed" to be the monk's brother-in-law.

……

(End of this chapter)