The Emperor is Above

Chapter 242 What? Not an assassin?

"Power has always moved people's hearts!"

Qing Yi held the sword in his hand, looking at the frozen bloodstains on the snow, frowned slightly and said, "Only the senior officials or even the nobles have the ability to send out such a strong team of assassins to assassinate the city defenders.

In order to fight for the power of a mere Shaoqing, they are so unscrupulous in assassinating vassal ministers. Maybe these assassins are connected with the Wutong Divine Sect. If this continues, it will not be a blessing for the country!"

"The position of Shaoqing is not just a mere authority, the responsibilities and powers are quite significant!"

Bao Bu Tong held the finely crafted ironwood armor plate tightly in his hand, looking into the distance with a cold look in his eyes and a faint sneer on his lips.
"I still say what I said before. In the eyes of some people who are fighting for power, authority is just a sword used for personal gain. They would rather destroy it with their own hands than pass it on to others.

The State of Xing was destroyed twice, three hundred years ago and two hundred years ago. Although the reasons for the destruction were different, the essence of both was the struggle for power and profit. The country was not destroyed just because of the betrayal of the barbarians.

These people are so unscrupulous, trying to intimidate me with tough means, and even sending assassins to assassinate me, I will not let them get their wish, I will definitely be the Shaoqing."

"We will reach the capital today, and the assassins will not have the opportunity to attack again. However, the senior official should be careful about whether any of his retainers, servants, and private soldiers are bribed or coerced again."

Qing Yi nodded to Bao Bu Tong, but couldn't help but wonder,

“I remember that the most important ritual system of the Great Shen Dynasty was to worship ancestors, and the emperor and the princes strictly prohibited any obscene temples or evil sacrifices. Why is it that there are so many evil gods rampant in the countries of Zhongzhou now?

Previously, the Cat Ghost God Cult helped the Black Wind Tribe to cause chaos, which was equivalent to the Cat Ghost God and the Black Wind God forming an alliance. Now a Five-Power God has appeared. Each of them regards themselves as the God of Wealth, and they are not afraid of starting a fight first!"

"Not only power can move people's hearts, but money can also move people's hearts!"

Bao Bu Tong did not laugh. He hesitated for a moment before solemnly replying, "Brother Yi, you may not know that before the establishment of the Great Shen Dynasty, the evil gods in the Central Earth Shenzhou were extremely prosperous, and many princes even called themselves the Kingdom of God on Earth.

Large-scale blood sacrifices were held every month, and the princes of various parties attacked each other, sacrificing the other side's believers to the evil gods in order to pray for protection and blessings. Once a country was destroyed, the princes and their royal families would not be spared from the disaster.

It was the Emperor of Zhongzhou who upheld justice, saved the people from suffering, led countless good ministers and brave generals to conquer countries and destroy temples, unified the eight wildernesses and six directions, issued orders throughout the four seas, and reiterated the righteousness of ancestor worship, suppressing the evil gods' rebellion with his great humanity.

The Xianyu tribe was founded more than 800 years ago by believers of the evil god who were defeated and fled in battle. They also worship and offer sacrifices to a powerful evil god, and hold large-scale blood sacrifices every year.

Each time, thousands of blood-feeding slaves were sacrificed to the evil god. Before the sacrifice, they were beheaded, chopped, skinned, and subjected to many cruel methods. The scene was truly horrific.

If the Son of Heaven had not appeared out of nowhere eight hundred years ago and gathered countless heroes to sweep the universe, I am afraid that you and I would now be slaves living a life worse than death under the rule of various gods, and might be killed as sacrifices at any time.

Unfortunately, ever since the Emperor Qiu seized the palace 150 years ago, the emperor's authority has been declining, and the military power of the princes of various countries has been growing. Of course, the evil gods who have been suppressed by humanity for hundreds of years will take the opportunity to spread their followers. "

Qing Yi did not expect that the battle between the emperor and the princes of the Dashen Dynasty and the evil gods had lasted for so long. Now that the emperor's authority is declining and the ambitions of the princes are rising, the chaotic humanity can no longer suppress the evil gods.

Many rulers and ministers of vassal states not only no longer abided by their obligation to suppress the worship of evil gods, but instead coveted the wealth and property bestowed by the evil gods, turned to their arms and became protectors of the evil gods' forces.

"Alas, Heaven moves forward, and a gentleman should constantly strive to improve himself!"

Qing Yi sighed helplessly, "If a country's rulers and ministers do not seek to be strong and independent, but instead love to be lazy and covet the evil gods' wealth, they will only become slaves of the evil gods in the long run.

However, we should not interfere in other people's affairs, so we can only start from ourselves and strictly prohibit our subordinates and people from worshipping and sacrificing evil gods. One day, we will completely eliminate these scourges in the world."

"Brother Yi is right!" Bao Bu Tong said with a firm look in his eyes, "So many powerful divine kingdoms in the world were destroyed by the army of the first emperor. Since we were able to destroy them the first time, we can also destroy them the second time."

The same ideas can often bring people closer together quickly. Qing Yi and Bao Bu Tong have similar ideas and have experienced a friendship of fighting side by side. After a conversation, they have a better impression of each other.

After a simple breakfast, the two families headed for the capital together. Even the Bao family retainers and the wounded in the private army had a very good impression of the people in Guqiu, and they were talking and laughing all the way.

During the chat, Bao Bu Tong learned that there were four dragon-claw locust tree spirits in the solitary hill burial mound, and that dozens of great wild dragon vultures had once lived there, and he was amazed from time to time.

His eyes were full of envy as he said, "I have been fortunate enough to encounter the Great Wilderness Dragon Vulture, Tree Spirit and Stone Monster several times over the years, but I have never heard of a retainer taking them as retainers. Brother Yi is indeed extraordinary."

"Hehe, actually what I admire most is Brother Qingyi's ability as a talisman master!"

Tu Shigu's eyes sparkled, and he almost narrowed them into a slit when he smiled.

"He obtained a set of rune interpretations from the Minister of the Imperial Household, Yuan Mushang, and used them to study on his own. He actually developed a small spirit gathering formation.

After a year, the entire Guqiu Fengtu was filled with spiritual energy. Not only did many of the Guqiu Fengtu people successfully advance to the ninth rank, but even the ten private soldiers under my command are now at the ninth rank of warriors. "

At that time, the Tuan clan, including Tuan Shigu's family, had as many as 200 people in its fiefdom, and only the lord Tuan Shigu was at the ninth-grade strongman level.

Now, after half a year of living in Guqiu, not only have all ten of the Tuan family's private soldiers been promoted, but many craftsmen under Tuan Shigu have also been promoted. However, this fat brother is still at the ninth-grade strongman level.

When talking about this matter, Tun Shigu not only did not feel embarrassed, but instead looked very smug, as if he had gained a great advantage from Guqiu.

Unable to bear the sight of this old man's smug look, Qing Yi rolled his eyes and shouted at Tu Shigu: "Be careful, there are assassins!"

"Ah! There's an assassin? Where is he?"

Tu Shigu had not taken off the fourth-grade crocodile dragon armor since last night. He was still trembling with fear, and his whole round body was lying on the carriage, and the car board made a painful noise.

Just when Qing Yi was about to say that he was just trying to scare the old man, hundreds of people actually rushed out from a forest on the right side of Tongdu Avenue. Even Bao Bu Tong jumped up and reached for the longbow beside him.

The Bao family's private army and Guqiu's private army, which had been on high alert since the attack last night, instantly formed a tight defensive formation. The private armies were about to draw their bows and shoot arrows, preparing to counterattack with rune explosive arrows.

Qing Yi realized something was wrong and jumped out to stop them, saying, "Don't move. That's not an assassin. Brother Gongsun, Uncle Chai, relax!"

"Huh? These people are really not assassins!" Bao Bu Tong rushed out with a longbow and rune arrows, and found that these hundreds of people had no bad intentions.

"What? Not an assassin?" Tu Shigu asked with disbelief in his eyes, "If he's not an assassin, why is he rushing towards us?"

"They're rabbit hunters!"

Bao Bu Tong shook his head and gave such an explanation with a wry smile.

As hundreds of people were shouting and running wildly, Qing Yi saw that at the front of the team there was indeed a snow rabbit running for its life, and these people's target was it.

Thanks to the tip from the eunuch Wei, the chief eunuch of the palace. I am returning to Kunming from Xishuangbanna today. I only have one chapter this morning. I will be able to write the second chapter when I get home in the evening (_)
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