The Word of Heaven

Chapter 275: Graves Above and Below
The same night.

As streams of light streaked across the sky, the divine capital, which no longer had the splendor of thousands of lights, welcomed a ray of light, which was then extinguished in an instant by the howling winter wind - it was a sword letter from Yinping.

The commander of the Yulin Army guarding the city wall took down the sword book, glanced at the wax seal, his expression suddenly changed, and he immediately ignored the remaining injuries on his body and turned around and ran towards the imperial study as fast as he could.

About half a minute later, the sword book fell into the hands of the Queen and was opened by her personally.

There was only one line of blood on the letter.

straightforward.

——General Yuan Yonghuai and half a hundred heavy cavalrymen in black armor were killed alone in the battle after the Demon Lord broke through the realm, and then headed north.

The bloody words should have been written temporarily with the index finger. The messy and hasty handwriting is visible to the naked eye, and the blood and ink are occasionally broken and separated. I don’t know whether the person who wrote the letter had an accident or was unable to suppress the fear in his heart and was trembling continuously, leaving traces.

The Queen Mother looked at the blood letter quietly, with no change in her eyes.

After a moment of silence, she whispered to the eunuch beside her: "Provide good care to General Yuan and the families of these soldiers."

Eunuch Cao accepted the order in a low voice, turned around and went out to take care of the relevant matters.

There was silence in the imperial study room.

The light was bright, falling on Lin Wanyi's profile, but not illuminating the light in her eyes.

The slightly drooped eyelids blocked the view of the outside world, and thus rejected the light, leaving only darkness.

Even in the eyes of outsiders, the Queen Mother almost dotes on her.

He hid his whereabouts for Gu Zhuo, refused to cooperate with the Qin Dynasty in killing the Demon Lord, and publicly provoked the Sky Patrol Department and many court officials... No matter which of these things happened to an ordinary person, it would be enough to result in the death penalty or even the punishment of the entire nine generations of his family.

After learning about the incident on the river, the anger of the officials in the court poured towards the Queen Mother like snowflakes outside the window, demanding that Lin Wanyi pay the price for her arrogance and ignorance.

However, all these appeals ultimately fell on deaf ears.

The Queen Mother turned a deaf ear to this.

Lin Wanyi is safe and sound.

Such a clear attitude made the world believe more that the girl had an extraordinary status in the heart of the Queen. As for why she was ignored in Wangjing in the past few years, most people believed that it should be a kind of experience.

Although dissatisfaction still exists, at the moment when Emperor Bai is in seclusion recuperating from his injuries, no one in the court can change the decision of the Empress who holds the imperial seal.

"Why half a hundred cavalrymen?"

The Queen suddenly asked, "Tell me what you think."

There was not only Lin Wanyi in the imperial study, but also several officials who had been participating in the meeting.

"According to the information from the Patrol Department, the Demon Lord was still in the Yangshen Realm before he broke through. After breaking through, he... maybe he was in the Guiyi Realm. However, after nearly a hundred black armor heavy cavalry formed a military formation, they were able to charge into the Guiyi Realm head-on. With General Yuan in charge, even practitioners in the Wushen Realm would have to retreat. The fact that the Demon Lord killed half a hundred cavalry and General Yuan in the formation is not ridiculous because of him. But no matter how not ridiculous it is, I believe he should be injured for this, and it is not light."

These words came from the mouth of the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. When he said these words, he subconsciously slowed down his speech because of his solemnity and caution, and it sounded very convincing.

Another official took over the conversation and said, "The Demon Lord cannot be judged by common sense, so I agree with this view, because what he said has nothing to do with common sense."

After the words fell, the rest of the people thought for a moment, nodded in agreement, and made some additions.

"He killed half a hundred cavalrymen and an Immaculate Realm warrior in battle. It is reasonable to infer that he was injured. This is most likely the current limit of the Demon Lord under normal circumstances."

"The Demon Lord is not an idiot. He must be aware that he is now in a situation where the whole world is hostile to him. Avoiding being dragged down by injuries must be an important consideration for him in the fight. The number of half a hundred cavalrymen is worth deep consideration."

“Perhaps the next plan can be developed in detail based on this to develop a feasible plan.”

The imperial study was no longer quiet. The voices of officials were intertwined, their tones became more serious, and their content became more in-depth.

Until one moment, Lin Wanyi's voice rang out.

"Everything you say right now is just meaningless idiotic bullshit."

This sentence came so suddenly that it took a moment for everyone to react and then everyone fell silent.

The Queen looked at Lin Wanyi.

Lin Wanyi raised his head, his eyes like a quiet lake, and said: "The reason why he killed half a hundred cavalrymen in battle was because there were only half a hundred cavalrymen standing in front of him."

Hearing this, the Queen smiled and said, "Instead of Gu Zhuo being able to kill only half of them?"

"That's what it means."

There was no tremor in Lin Wanyi's voice, and there was no fear at all.

The Queen smiled and asked, "Why?"

Lin Wanyi said calmly: "Although you will definitely laugh if I tell you, I am not a person who likes to lie, so I will tell you why."

Everyone's eyes were on the girl.

"Because Gu Zhuo is a good person."

Lin Wanyi looked at the blood letter, and the scene in Yinping City seemed to appear in front of his eyes. He shook his head and said, "He never liked killing people."

There was a long silence.

No one responded to this statement. The officials looked at Lin Wanyi and felt that they had just witnessed a huge joke. They subconsciously wanted to laugh out loud, but they thought that the Imperial Study was not suitable for such a thing, so they had to hold back their laughter with great effort. However, this made it seem even more mocking.

The Queen Mother waved her hand, asking the officials to leave the imperial study, leaving them some private space, and stood up.

She walked in front of Lin Wanyi, facing the cold gaze, put her hand on her daughter's delicate cheek, and asked casually, "Did you deliberately wait until just now to say it?"

Lin Wanyi felt the strange feeling on her face, her expression became increasingly calm and then cold, and she hummed in a nasal tone.

"Don't be afraid. I don't have the hobby or habit of being sadistic. What's the point of slapping you other than making me look angry and frustrated?" The Queen's voice was very light.

At this moment, she didn't seem to be talking to her own daughter, but more like playing with cats and dogs, so calmly that it made people feel sick.

Lin Wanyi stopped talking.

The Queen seemed to lose interest. She withdrew her hand, walked past her, and took out a file from the bookshelf.

"This records everything that Gu Zhuo has done. You might be interested in it."

After a moment of silence, Lin Wanyi took the file and began to read it.

The Queen said, "There is one thing I can't understand about Gu Zhuo. After being quiet for three whole years in Changzhou Academy, he turned against the vice-president and almost ruined all the reputation he had accumulated in the past, all for a Tongsheng Pill."

"The Tongsheng Pill is indeed precious, even if there may not be many left in the inner treasury, but for him, it really is nothing, right?"

She said nonchalantly, "What's more interesting is that the Tongshengdan incident is related to you. Sometimes I can't help but wonder if he is using you as a bridge to get closer to me."

When Lin Wanyi heard the three words "Tongshengdan", his eyes changed slightly.

She stopped being silent, looked into her mother's eyes, and said seriously, "I admire your confidence."

How could the Queen not hear the mockery in the words? She smiled nonchalantly and said, "I sincerely hope that you can be as confident as I am, and not be abandoned halfway, like a runaway puppy that has to go home in disappointment after being exposed to the wind and frost outside."

Halfway through her words, Lin Wanyi's face was already expressionless.

The girl forced herself to control her emotions, not letting her hands hidden in her sleeves clench into fists or tremble even a little.

The Queen looked at Lin Wanyi with pity in her eyes, and said gently: "It is actually very common to have admiration for someone like Gu Zhuo. Besides, you were lucky enough to travel with him, so I never blame you for this..."

The words stopped abruptly.

Lin Wanyi interrupted her and said in a slightly cold voice: "What exactly do you want to say?"

The Queen smiled gently.

Silence is better than words. ——What I want to say is what you don’t want to hear. If you ask me what I want to say, then I may have nothing to say.

Lin Wanyi understood her smile, and became even angrier, but his anger made him even colder.

"Go and rest."

The Queen said, "Also, when you heard about the Tongsheng Pill earlier, your body stiffened too obviously. Try to hide it as much as possible in the future. Otherwise, if you hurt the person you love, you will regret it for the rest of your life, which is a very sad thing."

When she said this, her tone was very casual and sounded well-intentioned.

After a moment of silence, Lin Wanyi finally said nothing and turned and left.

When they were halfway there, the Queen seemed to suddenly remember something and added two sentences.

"Your senior brother surnamed Chen has been found. He will probably be taken back to the capital in a few days. He will be executed along with many other people at that time. However, the way he will die will be quite special. It will be slow slicing."

"I think this is something you should be happy about. After all, on the day of the Weiyang Palace Incident, Chen Chi looked at Taoist Zizai coming to kill you, but he turned around and left without even thinking about the friendship between fellow disciples, wasn't he?"

Lin Wanyi was stunned.

She resisted the urge to turn around and continued walking away, blood already flowing from her palms.

The imperial study was silent.

The Queen Mother spent half a quarter of an hour dealing with those urgent matters and headed to Jinghai.

Jinghai is still like spring all year round, without the severe cold of winter, it couldn't be warmer.

The only difference was that there was a coughing sound by the lake.

From the Emperor's lips.

That was proof of his injury.

The Queen came to his side, sat down, started to make tea, and briefly told him what had happened before.

The White Emperor listened quietly, thinking about Lin Wanyi's anger, and wondered why it was so necessary.

The Queen asked, "What does Your Majesty think about the Tongsheng Dan?"

The White Emperor said: "It is to prolong life."

The queen was slightly surprised. She understood the meaning of this sentence, but could not comprehend it.

Given the Taoist's extremely unfathomable state of mind, there might be some elixir in the world that could work on him, but it shouldn't be the Shengdan.

The White Emperor was very patient with this question. Perhaps this was also a question he subconsciously thought about while recuperating from his injuries.

"The bell rang again, and that was Gu Zhuo telling the world about his return. So what happened before the bell rang?"

"Perhaps there is no such thing as him in the eyes of Heaven." The Queen replied.

"Being arrogant doesn't mean that a person doesn't really exist. Maybe it's just because he is too insignificant."

The White Emperor said indifferently: "He has exchanged his insignificance for the invisibility of the Heavenly Dao, but he still needs to pay a price to live in this inn."

The Queen vaguely understood.

The White Emperor looked at her and said, "To put it in the simplest but not necessarily completely accurate terms, Gu Zhuo's Dao body simply cannot bear the heavy burden of the Heavenly Empress, and the Tongsheng Pill can delay the time when his Dao body collapses."

The Queen Mother said no more words about it and instead asked the question that concerned her most.

"Your Majesty, do you really want to kill Gu Zhuo?"

……

……

This seemingly inexplicable question is what the queen has been thinking about these days.

No matter from which angle, Gu Zhuo must die for Daqin, and this has become an irreconcilable contradiction.

It is impossible for the White Emperor to say the four words "The world belongs to me" in front of the world and then carry out the two saints' coming to the world with Gu Zhuo.

However, in the eyes of the queen, her husband never really took action.

If it was Bai Nanming at first, why did he sit in meditation for the past few days?
"I am very curious about the world after Gu Zhuo's death."

After saying this, the White Emperor closed his eyes and continued to heal his wounds.

……

……

There is an old temple outside Yinping City.

That is the ancestral temple of the Xie family. It is usually heavily guarded and little known, but now it is regarded as the last refuge.

The temple was dead silent. The Xie family members who had escaped death huddled together with fear on their faces, using each other's body temperature to bring a sense of security and resist the cold and murderous atmosphere of this severe winter.

Xie Yinglian had been driven out of his own meditation room long ago. He stood in the cold wind and snow, looking at his fellow tribesmen who shared the same blood as him. He did not feel any empathy, but only felt mocked.

Gu Zhuo didn't care where the ridicule came from.

Xie Yinglian withdrew his gaze and looked at Gu Zhuo who was standing beside him. He still felt that the world was too absurd.

Then she said sincerely: "I am fortunate to be defeated by you. This is the proudest thing in my monastic career."

As she spoke, an extremely bright and blazing light shone from her eyes, which was indistinguishable from piety.

To those latecomers who aspire to the great Dao, the Taoist Master is undoubtedly the one who has gone further on the path of cultivation than the White Emperor, and is more worthy of their strong admiration.

This kind of worship has nothing to do with good or evil, but only with strength or weakness.

"If I could kill you with my own hands, then defeating you would be my second proudest achievement."

Xie Yinglian stared into Gu Zhuo's eyes and said word by word: "So when you are ready to die, please give me a chance as much as possible. I will come from a thousand miles away to kill you."

These were the first two sentences Gu Zhuo heard when he arrived at this temple.

He once again confirmed that his evaluation back then was correct, that Xie Yinglian was mentally ill.

Fortunately, that's a perfect thing for a madman to do.

The snow fell slowly at night, like cotton wool, and it was very cold.

Gu Zhuo said: "There is something I need you to do."

Xie Yinglian raised her head, smiling like a flower, and said, "Please use me."

Gu Zhuo remained unmoved and said, "Send me a letter..."

"Do not."

He corrected his words, because the postman in the past was nowhere to be found, and whispered, "Go to Shendu and say a word to the people of the world for me, and say a word to those who tried to threaten me with my friends."

Upon hearing this, there was no fear in Xie Yinglian's eyes, but instead they became even brighter.

"What?"

"If anyone wants to have graves all over the gate, then do it."

(End of this chapter)