Zhutian: My skills are not serious

At this moment, Wei Yuan, who was standing in the observation hall on the rooftop of Haoqi Building, also had a bewildered look on his face. Although he was a second-rank official, he could not see the situation outside clearly in the city defense formation that was running at full power after being activated by the Supervisor. He did not know how to answer Nangong Qianrou and Yang Yan's question about whether the monk who had performed the consecration had borrowed the power of the formation.

In the front yard of Xu's house, Li Miaozhen, Su Su, Zhong Li, Xu Qian'an and others were all speechless. They didn't know what the monk was talking about. Why was he jumping back and forth? He was so cruel that he killed his own people?
Inside the Shaoyin Palace of the imperial city, Lin'an held Concubine Chen's waist and pointed at Tiannan, shouting excitedly, "Mother's plan succeeded." The people of Tianyu were fighting among themselves, and the monk who performed the consecration ceremony badly betrayed the Bodhisattva Galashu.

Yuan Jing in Jingxin Hall, Huai Qing in Yayuan, and Wang Zhenwen in the carriage, all felt relieved and let out their anger.

Only Sun Xuanji, who was standing on the terrace of the Sitianjian, knew that his teacher had not taken any action, and that the consecration was achieved by relying on brute force to break the angry Vajra image.

On the other side, Chu Pingsheng hung in the air for a moment, watching Du Nan Jin Gang carrying the unconscious Du Qing Luo Han and fleeing, then he flashed back to the city.

……

When Li Ru woke up from her coma, she, together with Xu Pingzhi, Chu Caiwei and others, surrounded Chu Pingsheng and questioned him, wanting to know what he had talked about with Bodhisattva Galashu and how they became enemies. At this time, Princess Huaiqing received the imperial edict from Liu Rong.

"Princess, this is what the Emperor wants."

Liu Rong did not read out the contents, but simply handed the roll of bright yellow brocade to Huaiqing and left.

Huaiqing walked back to Xifeng Pavilion with an expressionless face and sat down, placing the imperial edict next to the chessboard.

Chen Ying, who was standing behind the pillar holding a sword, said, "Princess, don't you want to take a look?"

Huaiqing did not answer this question. He just glanced at the imperial edict at hand and pressed the chess piece, which was still warm from his body, to a high position.

Is it necessary to read the contents of the imperial edict?
It was just a matter of marrying her and Lin'an together for consecration.

She didn't believe that someone had arranged for the Fengning Temple Master to reveal the fake identity of the consecrator, and that the emperor would not be unaware of it.

Her father seemed to have mistakenly believed that she had figured out the mind of the Supervisor, so he asked Zhao Shou to wear the outfit of the Sub-Sage and control the monk who would perform the ceremony. However, Zhao Shou hit a hard wall, as the Supervisor never showed up until the Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha projected his image and sold out the royal family with just a few words.

Faced with the attitude of the Supervisor and the pressure from Buddhism, her father went a step further from using his daughter to selling her for fame and fortune. This was normal and in line with his style.

Ministers are pawns, and so are concubines and children.
However, there was one thing she had not expected. The monk who performed the consecration would actually turn against Lin'an Tongtianyu Bodhisattva in order to get her and stand on the side of Dafeng.

"Your Highness, Your Highness..."

Huaiqing woke up with a start, turned around and saw that it was Eunuch Du standing outside the pavilion with his hands hanging down and slightly bowed.

"what's up?"

"Duke Wei invites Your Highness to come to the Night Watchman's Office for a chat."

"Duke Wei?"

……

Not long after, an explosive piece of news spread among the people, saying that the reason why the monk Kaiguang fell out with the top leaders of Tianyu was because the emperor promised to marry the two princesses Huaiqing and Lin'an to him, but there was a prerequisite, that is, he left Buddhism and joined Dafeng.

Everyone has seen the subsequent developments. With the help of the city protection formation, Monk Kaiguang used Dharma to counter Dharma and defeated the Bodhisattva of the Gala Tree head-on.

This was a victory for Dafeng, and the emperor was even more wise and powerful. He defeated the first-rank Buddhist and divided the Buddhist high-ranking officials. He also gained a son-in-law who was as powerful as a second-rank strongman. This incident was a blessing in disguise and he made a lot of money.

That's right, what happened today was fabricated by the official authorities as the brilliant strategy and great achievement of Emperor Yuan Jing and the Supervisor. As for those who questioned the monk's identity and demanded that the court severely punish the wild monk who desecrated the two princesses and turned into a pile of corpse water, they have been forgotten. In the end, the soldiers of the Five Cities Bingmasi brought several large buckets of water and poured them on the ground. All the filth was flushed into the sewer, and then the floor was wiped clean with a rag. As for the family of the deceased, they had already been controlled by the people of the Ministry of Justice. Not to mention causing trouble at Xu's house, it was a luxury for them to go home for the Spring Festival this year.

Two days later.

In the Golden Palace, the regular court meeting was held.

Civil and military officials were arranged on the left and right. In the front row, on the right stood Wei Yuan, the head of the Censorate and the night watchmen. On the left stood the Prime Minister Wang Zhenwen. Further back were the six ministers, generals of each camp, and officials from the five temples and two academies.

Xu Qian'an stood in the hall, glanced at Emperor Yuan Jing sitting on the dragon throne, unzipped the ribbon of the red sachet, and a cloud of green smoke floated out, turning into a blurry figure, which turned out to be a remnant soul.

The military generals on the left were relatively calm, but some civil officials looked pale, retreated repeatedly, and some kept wiping their sweat.

"Kui Clan, Jingguo, bloodbath for three thousand miles, bloodbath for three thousand miles, I beg the court to send troops to support..."

"A bloodbath stretching over three thousand miles, a bloodbath stretching over three thousand miles, I beg the court to send troops to support us..."

The remnant soul kept repeating this sentence, which showed how much he valued this matter when he was alive and how urgent the situation was.

Xu Qian'an said, "Your Majesty, this person was encountered by a good friend of mine on his way to the capital. He died as soon as he said this. Fortunately, Master Kaiguang helped him to condense his remaining soul and give it a chance to be heard by the heavens. His body is now outside the palace, guarded by the Jinwu Guards."

Emperor Yuan Jing's face was as gloomy as water and he remained silent.

The civil and military officials in the hall were discussing the matter. Some suspected that the Northern Kui tribe was causing trouble, some suspected that the messenger was exaggerating, and some suspected that Xu Qian'an was plotting something. After all, the bloodbath of three thousand miles was too horrifying. How come the court didn't get the news at all? Why did this happen to a little silver gong?

With slightly sunken cheeks and protruding cheekbones, he looked at Chu Xianglong, a very capable general under the command of the Zhenbei King, and said, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid Xu Yinluo is mistaken about this matter. Recently, the Kui tribe has indeed invaded the northern border. That is why the Zhenbei King ordered his subordinates to go to the capital to ask Your Majesty to requisition food and war horses. However, the story of a bloodbath for three thousand miles is really exaggerated. The Zhenbei King is in charge of Chuzhou. How could he sit by and watch the Kui tribe wantonly slaughter the people of Dafeng?"

"General Chu is right. We have the King of Zhenbei in Chuzhou. We have fought numerous battles with the Kui Clan in the past twenty years. How could we ever be afraid of them?"

This statement won the approval of the Duke of Zhenguo, Minister of Works Liu Heng and others. In the Battle of Shanhaiguan that year, the person who made the greatest contribution was Wei Yuan, who was known as the military god of Dafeng, followed by King Huai, who was named King Zhenbei and ruled Chuzhou after the battle.

Wei Yuan glanced at Xu Qian'an and wanted to help but had reservations. After all, he knew nothing about this matter and the ghosts of the people from the Northern Territory were gathered by monks who had performed consecration rituals. It would be a bad idea to get too involved without knowing more about it.

Wang Zhenwen, Sun Min and others also remained silent, mainly because they couldn't figure out what Xu Qian'an and the monk Kaiguang were up to. Now that Chu Xianglong, the confidant of King Zhenbei, had come out to confront them, it was a good opportunity to test their strength. After the situation became clear, they could express their opinions and take sides.

Wei Yuan didn't say anything, and the civil service group didn't say anything either. The King of Zhenbei had a very high prestige in the army, so it was naturally impossible for the military generals to protect Xu Qian'an and question Chu Xianglong's words.

"Master of Opening, Master of Opening, you can't go in, you can't go in..."

"Master Kaiguang, the emperor is discussing state affairs with his ministers. Could you please let me pass on the message?"

"Master of Consecration..."

"Go away!"

A muffled groan was heard outside the door, followed by the sound of heavy objects falling and weapons landing on the ground. The officials looked in the direction of the sound and saw a man walking quickly into the hall. The sunlight illuminated his bald head, which was very smooth.

"Monk Kaiguang, why is he here?"

"Although the emperor has agreed to his marriage with the two princesses, he has not yet officially issued an edict. Isn't this against the rules?"

"He dared to hit the imperial guards, so is there no one to control him?"

"Who cares? Do you care? Just try it."

"you……"

Emperor Yuan Jing was sitting, but he stood up suddenly after seeing the person's face clearly.

He was embarrassed when he stood there. The civil and military officials stopped talking and looked at him again, as if waiting for his judgment. But the problem was, what could he say? With the protection of the Supervisor, he had an affair with the Imperial Master and injured Zhao Shou. Who else in the entire capital could deal with the monk now?
Unless... he hides his true form in the dragon vein, Emperor Joan of Arc will be able to fight him, but the problem is that once his true form appears, all the plans of these years will be in vain.

"Pfft."

There was a noise from below the hall. The monk threw the person he was holding, almost hitting Xu Qian'an.

Upon closer inspection, the brother-in-law, who was used to taking advantage of the power of others, was not a Jinwu Guard in armor, but a man in his fifties with a goatee, slightly drooping eyes, and dressed in fancy clothes.

"Anyuan Hou?"

There was an exclamation from the Minister of Rites nearby.

"It's really An Yuanhou, how could he..."

Officials of all ranks were stunned, not understanding why Marquis Anyuan, who had not attended court meetings for a long time, was captured by the monks.
Sun Min and Wang Zhenwen's faces changed, thinking that he was really a vengeful person. They thought that with the Bodhisattva in the Heavenly Realm projecting the image of a furious Vajra, the major event of two princesses marrying one husband could divert attention, and the monk who performed the ceremony would ignore such a small matter as the illegitimate son of Marquis Anyuan gathering a crowd to cause trouble at Xu's residence. Who would have thought that Marquis Anyuan had left the capital to "return home to visit relatives", but was still caught and brought back.

When Yuan Jing saw him throw An Yuanhou down the hall, he felt relieved, because a predictable development of things was much better than being frightened every day.

"I wonder how Lord An Yuan offended the master to make him so angry?"

Chu Pingsheng said, "That day, a group of people surrounded the Xu residence where the monk stayed. There were rumors outside that His Majesty knew that the monk was not a Buddhist, so he secretly instructed An Yuanhou to organize blind people to make noise outside the gate, forcing me to kill a chicken to scare the monkeys and intensify the situation, hoping that the Supervisor would take action to suppress it."

Emperor Yuan Jing said, "How dare you! Who dares to speak nonsense and deceive the emperor? How could I do such a thing? Sun Min, I leave this matter to you. You must find out the villain who spread this speech and alienated the relationship between me and the master, and punish him severely."

Sun Min hurriedly bowed and accepted the order: "I will obey your command."

Chu Pingsheng added, "I also think the rumors are unbelievable. The emperor treats me so kindly and is thinking of marrying off the two great princesses. He loves and cherishes talents, so how could he secretly send someone to trap me? So I went to find the core person in the rumor to verify it. Unexpectedly, Anyuan Hou returned to his hometown to visit his relatives yesterday. Fortunately, my fox servant has a keen sense of smell. Otherwise, if I went to Anyuan Hou's hometown and Anyuan Hou went to Jingzhou, wouldn't we be going in opposite directions and never meet each other?"

Anyuan asked for leave to go to the southwest, but went north to Jingzhou?
The ministers looked at each other in bewilderment. Anyone with a discerning eye would know that there was something wrong with Marquis Anyuan after seeing this behavior.

"Amitabha, I went through so much trouble to finally meet the illegitimate son of Marquis Anyuan. When I asked him about what happened that day, guess what he said? He said that he was deceived by the great master and thought that I deceived His Majesty and blasphemed the princess. He was filled with righteous indignation and acted out of passion. He is truly a loyal, brave and upright man..."

Officials: “…”

"But unfortunately, in addition to the fox servant, I also brought a good friend from the Imperial Observatory. She told me that the bastard son of Marquis Anyuan was lying, so I had no choice but to resort to some tricks to avoid being deceived by him. He then told the truth and confessed that it was all his father's order. After all, Marquis Anyuan is a descendant of the great Feng Dynasty, and it is inappropriate to carry out a private execution in the wilderness, so I brought him here and wanted the emperor to be a witness. Did I delay everyone's business?"

Several civil officials looked at the terrified expression on Marquis An Yuan's face and dared not breathe. They wondered what fate had befallen his illegitimate son to scare a fifth-rank warrior into such a state.

"An Yuanhou, tell me what's going on." "I said, you...you really will spare my family's lives?"

"Of course, I always keep my word, except to your bastard son."

"It's right. Let him be a pig. It's right..."

The conversation between the two left all the officials confused. Only a few people who remembered what happened to the night watchman Zhu Jinluo's family understood that the monk who performed consecration could really turn people into beasts.

At this time, An Yuanhou pointed at the Minister of Works Liu Heng, who had been sweating and shaking since just now: "It was him, he told me to do this."

Minister of Works, Liu Heng?
Wang Zhenwen was well-informed and knew that Marquis Anyuan had defected to the Qi Party, but that didn't mean other officials knew it as well.

"What? Did Minister Liu instruct An Yuanhou to do this?"

"Does Minister Liu have any grudge against Kaiguang? I haven't heard of it."

"Then why did he do such a thing?"

There was a lot of discussion in the hall, and some people even looked up, as if they suspected that Yuan Jing had hinted at Liu Heng to do it.

Yuan Jing patted the armrest of the dragon throne and said, "Liu Heng, is this true?"

The Minister of Industry quickly stepped out of the line, and lowered his head on the ground, saying, "Your Majesty, Marquis Anyuan is slandering me. I have no grudges against the Master of Opening Lights in the past or in the present, so how could I possibly do such a thing?"

"He's lying."

Just at this moment, a beautiful woman with an excellent figure walked into the Golden Palace from outside. Although it was spring, the weather was still cold. Most women wore jackets or thick skirts. She wore a very thin pink long skirt, with gold hairpins in her hair, pearls and jade slanted on the buttons, and a red cinnabar in her mouth. She looked like she cared more about elegance than warmth.

Yuan Jing was stunned for a moment: "You are..."

It was obvious that she came with the monk who was performing the consecration ceremony. Yuan Jing didn't dare to pursue the matter of entering without announcement.

"The fourth-rank formation master of the Sitianjian, Zhong Li."

A fourth-grade formation master?

Zhong Li?

Isn't she a prophet? I haven't seen her for a few days. Has she been promoted to a fourth-grade array master?
The officials were all shocked. In their impression, Zhong Li was an unkempt sorceress with a gloomy aura. But now...she was dressed like this, with bright eyes and a gentle look, looking fresh and refined, in no way inferior to the two princesses.

It turns out that Zhong Li, nicknamed "the lost girl", looks better after dressing up than Chu Caiwei, who never gains weight no matter how much she eats and makes all the concubines jealous.

Zhong Li walked to the side of the Minister of Industry Liu Heng, his eyes covered with a layer of dim light: "Minister Liu, please answer His Majesty's question again."

"I...I...I..."

Liu Heng looked at Zhong Li, then at Chu Pingsheng who was glaring at him coldly. Beads of sweat dripped onto the ground. Just as he was about to stand up and speak, he ran out of breath, his eyes rolled back, and he fell to the ground with a thud.

There was an uproar in the room. No one had expected that the Minister of Works and leader of the Qi Party would be frightened to death by the scene before him.

"Don't you know? It's hard to die in front of me." Chu Pingsheng said.

These words were spoken to the Minister of Works, and to some extent, were also spoken to all the officials present.

He shot out a chain made of gray gas and pulled it outwards. Liu Heng's soul was trapped in the air. As a ball of black flame ignited below, the wind howled in the Golden Throne Hall and there were miserable howls.

"what……"

"Ho..."

"Oh……"

Liu Heng's soul continued to struggle, and his already blurry face was distorted beyond recognition.

"I said... I said... it was the Wushen Cult... the Wushen Cult's people who asked me to do it."

Wushen Cult?
It's actually related to the Wushen Cult?

The fake identity of the monk who performed the consecration ceremony not only implicated Buddhism, but also the Wushen Cult was behind it?

Considering the story of the bloody massacre of three thousand miles, the Kui tribe in the north is also ready to make a move.

The Minister of Punishments Sun Min, Wang Zhenwen, the new Minister of Rites, the new Minister of War...all the ministers looked under great pressure.

Emperor Yuan Jing was furious: "Liu Heng, are you talking about Wushen Cult?"

Liu Heng said, "Yes, I have been helping Kangguo, Jingguo, and Yanguo, which are controlled by the Wushen Cult, to smuggle Dafeng weapons. This time they threatened to sell me out and asked me to find a way to kill Kaiguang."

"The Minister of Rites, Li Yulang, is colluding with the southern demon tribe, and the Minister of Works, Liu Heng, is in cahoots with the Wushen Cult."

Emperor Yuan Jing suddenly stood up and pointed at the officials in the hall: "You are my nine ministers, yet you actually committed such a treacherous act."

"..."

The whole audience was silent and no one dared to speak.

After a while, seeing that the emperor's anger had subsided a little, Wang Zhenwen stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, the Kui tribe in the north is ready to make a move, and the Wushen Cult is causing trouble in the capital. The rumor of the bloody massacre of 3,000 miles is probably not groundless. In my opinion, Xu Yinluo is brave, resourceful, and talented. It would be better to let Xu Yinluo take charge of the investigation of the bloody massacre of 3,000 miles, and all departments and the military should cooperate."

Members of the royal party echoed this.

Others secretly complained that Wang Zhenwen was the one who knew how to handle things. At the beginning, no one believed Xu Qiyan's words and their stance was on Chu Xianglong's side. The monk Kaiguang did this to avenge the illegitimate son of Anyuan Hou who led people to besiege Xu's house, and also to help Xu Qiyan establish his authority. Wang Zhenwen lifted his butt and sat over very smoothly.

Chu Xianglong stared blankly at this group of fence-sitters, feeling furious.

Emperor Yuan Jing glanced at the ministers in the hall and said, "Okay, let's do as Wang Aiqing suggested, Xu Yinluo."

Xu Qian'an: "I am here."

"I'll leave the investigation of the Three Thousand Miles Blood Massacre in the Northern Territory to you."

"Yes."

"As for the case of Liu Heng colluding with the Wushen Cult, Wei Yuan, you will handle it."

Wei Yuan stepped out and bowed.

Emperor Yuan Jing waved his hand and said, "Disperse."

After saying this, he stood up and left accompanied by Liu Rong, his steps were so fast, as if staying a little longer might cost him his life.

……

Three days later, in the evening, in the front yard of Xu's house.

Xu Pingzhi, a captain of the Imperial Sword Guard, sat on a cold stone bench, touching his freshly trimmed beard. He held a bronze mirror in his hand, looking left and right, then raised his head and glanced at his chin. There was a wisp of long hair under his jaw. He gritted his teeth, pinched it with his fingers and pulled hard. A shiver shuddered all over.

Fortunately it fell off in an instant, otherwise I would have felt the pain a few more times.

He was just about to blow away the long hair in his hand when he heard the conversation behind him and quickly turned around.

"What? Leaving tomorrow?"

"Yes, I'll leave tomorrow."

Xu Qian'an said: "The Minister of Justice Sun Min, the Censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate Gou, the Dali Temple Yuan Shaoqing and others will go north with me."

"Too anxious?"

Li Ru also came over and said worriedly, "Yeah, why did you leave so suddenly?"

"Uncle, Aunt, don't worry. I have the red-armored puppets arranged by the master to help me. It's okay. Besides, Chu Xianglong's men and Nangong Qianrou are also in the queue heading north. With so many people accompanying us, is there any blind guy who would block the road and rob us?"

"That's right."

Li Ru and Xu Pingzhi nodded.

"Brother, you must be careful."

"understood."

Xu Lingyue wanted to give a few more instructions when Chu Pingsheng came up from behind with his small jade mirror in his hand.

"Don't go to the case of the bloody massacre of three thousand miles." (End of this chapter)