Honghuang: Senior Brother of the Chan Sect, I am Guangchengzi

Chapter 281: The Beautiful Woman Enters the Capital

Chong Houhu hurriedly welcomed Chong Heihu into the tent, looked him left and right, and up and down. Seeing that Chong Heihu had no injuries, he felt relieved.

Chong Heihu also let his elder brother manipulate him, after all, this was also a matter of friendship between brothers.

Chonghouhu waited for Chongheihu to drink a few bowls of hot soup before he said bitterly, "That Ji Chang is really hateful. He used to keep his troops inactive and wait for the outcome. But yesterday he sent San Yisheng here just to persuade Su Hu to give up his daughter as soon as possible.

Ever since you were captured, I have been feeling uneasy and have been sending people to get information every day. If you don't come out, I will have to lead the army to completely capture Jizhou City. If anything happens to you, I will let the people of this city be buried with you!"

Chong Heihu pressed his hands to show Chong Houhu that he was fine. As a captured person, he was not that angry and even advised Chong Houhu to calm down.

"Brother, you and I have been brothers since our ancestor, and it has been more than six generations now. We are of the same blood, but there is an old saying: 'The fruits of a tree may be sour or sweet, and the children of a mother may be foolish or wise.'

Now that Su Hu has rebelled against Shang, you were the first to lead the troops, and have already lost most of the soldiers. Moreover, you are also a local prince in the court, but you do no good in the court, and specifically make friends with the emperor's flatterers.

Now the whole world resents you, everyone hates you. In Su Hu's opinion, 50,000 Beibo troops are not as good as a piece of paper from Xiqi. Don't you wake up now?"

Chonghouhu, however, had a different view on this, and snorted coldly, "It's just that Su Hu flatters the powerful and looks down on me, the Beibohou. He is so arrogant, how can I tolerate him!

Since the document has not yet arrived in Chaoge, I could have just sat back and watched. But with your help, my second brother, I will immediately lead the army to capture Jizhou and kill their entire family!
You said that after Daji fell into the palace, she might secretly spread rumors and oppose me. If that's the case, I will kill her too!
Without this stunning beauty, I can just offer a few more, and I don't think the king will be too angry with me!"

Seeing that his elder brother was still obsessed with such trivial matters, Chong Heihu could not help but shout in anger, "Brother! Are you still not awake?
Su Hu has already promised his daughter to apologize to the king, but you have lost many soldiers and generals now. Do you feel guilty? If you continue like this, I am afraid you will bring disgrace to the Chong family!

"Brother, if you continue to be so stubborn, I will never talk to you again after we part. If you still want me as your brother, then release Su Quanzhong and withdraw your troops back to the court!"

Seeing that Chong Heihu was getting angry and was obviously serious, although Chong Houhu was unwilling in his heart, he finally gritted his teeth, held his anger, and ordered the soldiers to release Su Quanzhong.

Su Quanzhong, who was welcomed out of the prison by the soldiers, felt as if he was in another world. After all, no matter how tough he was, he would not be able to survive until next spring in the face of these flowing torture instruments.

Looking at the bright sunshine shining on him, Su Quanzhong took a deep breath and felt like he was reborn, while the people around him were a little uneasy.

Now that Su Hu was willing to offer his daughter, and with the guarantee from King Ji Chang of Xiqi, Su Quanzhong was no longer the son of a criminal, but the legitimate heir apparent of the Jizhou vassal state.

Therefore, not only did these troops not dare to stop him, they also followed him respectfully, for fear that this prince would be narrow-minded and hold a grudge against them.

Su Quanzhong ignored the ideas of these fence-sitters. After all, small people like them also had their own ways to survive, so he just went to the tent to thank Chong Heihu for saving his life, and then rode a fierce horse back to Jizhou.

Chong Heihu was furious, and he also led three thousand Flying Tiger soldiers, mounted the golden-eyed beasts, and returned to Caozhou.

Chong Houhu understood his own mistakes, so he did not dare to say too much. He could only gather his troops and return to his own territory, submit a letter of apology, and think about reconciling with his brothers in the future.

When Su Quanzhong returned home, he cried with his parents and sister.

After learning that he was able to return to Jizhou because Su Hu was willing to offer his sister to Chaoge, he felt very heartbroken and even felt extremely humiliated.

He has always felt sorry for his sister Daji since he was a child. If Daji had any minor illness or pain, he would feel a hundred times more pain.

But now Daji is going to be offered to Chaoge to serve the king in exchange for his safety. How can he not feel pain in his heart?

But the matter was done, and there was nothing he could do. He could only think about going to the battlefield more often in the future to make contributions to the whole family, so that Daji could live more comfortably in the palace.

Daji repeated the same thing every day, hugging her mother and crying, and then returning to her embroidery tower.

As soon as she returned to the embroidery building, she wiped the tears from her face and looked cold. There was no trace of the tears she had shed before.

At this time, Daji had already been possessed by the nine-tailed fox spirit, so naturally she didn't want to get too entangled with these mortals.

If she had not been concerned about the orders of Nuwa and Guangchengzi and had not dared to commit more killing, she would have killed these people and gone to Chaoge to enter the palace.

"Ah, this is so boring. Never mind. Just consider it as paying back the karma of this body."

Daji thought to herself unhappily, and just when she wanted to continue cleansing her body with the Nine-tailed Heavenly Fox technique, a slightly dull voice suddenly came to her ears.

"Come out and see me."

Although the voice was plain, to Daji it was no less than thunder from heaven, and she was immediately frightened and shuddered all over.

Without any hesitation, she casually left a trick in the embroidery building, then hurriedly turned into a gust of evil wind, carrying the body out of the city.

When she arrived at the wilderness of the deserted city, Daji felt that it was dark and gloomy everywhere. She couldn't help but shudder all over, but she still stepped into one of the places.

As soon as she stepped in, Daji felt her whole body go limp, and her soul was involuntarily stuffed into her body. Although her magical powers were still there, they were locked tightly in her body by external forces and could not come out at all.

At this moment, she has really turned into a delicate mortal lady. Where is the slightest bit of her former majesty?

Daji was panicked and subconsciously wanted to scream, but her head was fixed by a yellow talisman. She immediately stood still stiffly, not daring to move for fear of offending the majesty of heaven.

But then she realized that the yellow talisman did not freeze her body. Instead, it helped her to get rid of the suppression of this inexplicable force so that she could use her magic power again.

Although she can only use less than 30% of her original power, it is better than becoming a mortal woman like before.

Daji did not dare to uncover the yellow talisman, but just bowed and said softly to the dozens of figures in front of her: "Daji greets all the immortals!"

These figures are naturally the twelve supreme immortals of the orthodox teaching and many third-generation disciples. They are leaving the Yin-Yang Xuansheng Cave Heaven at this time, and naturally they are also going to officially start the calamity of conferring the gods.

Guang Chengzi, who cast the yellow talisman, nodded slightly and said, "You get up first." After waiting for Daji to get up, Guang Chengzi said, "You will enter Chaoge soon. Chaoge is now the orthodox human race, and there is naturally boundless human luck in the city to suppress it.

If you enter like this, you will be crushed into dust as soon as you step in, so I will give you this yellow talisman, which can temporarily protect your life from harm."

After hearing this, Daji was delighted. With the help of this yellow talisman, she would be able to better confuse the emperor.

But Guangchengzi changed the subject and said, "But you must remember not to do evil in the future. This yellow talisman of mine is made with the energy of blessings and virtues. If you persecute loyal people and practice with the energy of blood and evil, you will definitely pollute this yellow talisman.

But if you keep in mind the teachings of Nuwa and me, and just interfere in the turmoil of the Shang Dynasty, you will naturally gain merit. After you pass this calamity, this yellow talisman may become a magic weapon of merit."

At this point, Guangchengzi glanced at Daji and said meaningfully: "All the right and wrong, merits and demerits are up to you. I will also send the Nine-headed Pheasant Spirit and the Jade Pipa Spirit into the city in due course, and you must remember to respond."

At this time, Daji nodded as if she understood, and it was unknown whether she had remembered Guangchengzi's words.

Seeing Daji like this, Guangchengzi didn't want to say anything more. Anyway, he had done his best and tried his best to remind her and did everything that Nuwa asked him to do.

But if Daji persists in her delusion and thinks she can do evil because she has Nuwa backing her up, then she will have to bear the consequences herself.

So after giving a few more suggestions, Guangchengzi led the immortals away to meet Yunzhongzi.

After sending Jiang Ziya back to Chaoge, Yun Zhongzi hurriedly sent a message to the Twelve Immortals, saying that Yuanshi Tianzun was willing to let him go down the mountain to practice, so he came to help them overcome the disaster.

Guangchengzi was happy that another junior fellow disciple came, so that he could leave the cave temporarily and improve his own strategy.

Just as the immortals of the Chan sect were flying towards Chaoge, Su Hu and his family began to busy themselves with sending their daughter to the capital.

They recruited three thousand soldiers and five hundred family generals, and selected eight women with both sons and daughters to serve Daji, in the hope that their daughters would give birth to children as soon as possible.

Although they had never thought of sending their daughter away, even if they did not understand this method, they had seen it many times and knew that only offspring were the guarantee for concubines in the harem.

Even though the queen and concubines in the palace at that time were known for their virtues, they could not guarantee that they were not people who were seeking fame and reputation. For the sake of their own daughters, they were willing to do anything.

Su Quanzhong even found a red-feathered goose from somewhere, tied it up, and put it into the dowry to show Daji's loyalty.

And Daji, with light makeup on, was so charming and beautiful, just like a peony shrouded in mist or a pear blossom in rain. Even thousands of flower stamens could not compare to her.

She bid farewell to her parents and elder brother in tears, and then got on the carriage. Su Quanzhong accompanied her for five miles before returning, while Su Hu followed her all the way to ensure Daji's safety when she entered Chaoge.

They were hungry and thirsty along the way, traveling under the stars and the moon. They passed the Luyang Ancient Road and the Red Apricot Garden, where they saw crows crying to herald the coming of spring and cuckoos calling to the moon. It took them more than several months to finally arrive outside Chaoge.

After all, Daji is a girl in the boudoir. It is impossible for them to act on their own and rush forward, as that would only offend the noble person.

Although Daji was the daughter of Su Hu, she was chosen to enter the palace as a concubine, so she was a royal woman and had no contact with her parents. In the future, she could only cry and laugh for the royal family.

Even if Su Hu and his wife died one day, Daji would not be able to cry in public, because she had no connection with the Su family and was an orthodox royal woman.

Since she is a royal woman, she naturally cannot cry for his family, otherwise, she would be cursing the royal family. So from this point of view, the royal family, which pays the most attention to filial piety, is the one that destroys family ethics and humanity the most.

Because of this, I don’t know how many families would rather marry their daughters to a common man in the wilderness than to marry them into the royal family.

Everyone only understands the wealth and splendor of the royal family, but they don’t know that nobles also have their own sorrows. If they encounter misfortune one day, they will probably suffer even more serious humiliation.

When Su Hu thought of this, he couldn't help feeling pain in his heart, but no matter how much pain he felt, he had to send Daji to Chaoge, otherwise all the previous suffering would have been in vain.

After entering Chaoge, Su Hu was not in a hurry to send Daji into the palace, but instead sent someone to pay a visit to King Wucheng Huang Feihu.

Huang Feihu also knew at this time that Su Hu wanted to offer his daughter to the palace to atone his sins, so he ordered his men to camp outside the city and only allowed Su Hu and his daughter to enter the city and be settled in the Jintingguan Post Station.

For the sake of his daughter, Su Hu did not care about much else at this time. He asked some servants to bring a large amount of gold and silver into the city, and then distributed gifts lavishly.

In particular, the gifts he gave to Huang Feihu and Queen Jiang's family were particularly valuable, in the hope that they would ask their sisters and daughters to take better care of Daji.

But perhaps due to his own temperament or because he was too hasty, Su Hu actually forgot to give gifts to Fei and You.

However, these two men had their own ways in Chaoge. When they saw that Su Hu did not give them any gifts again, they immediately became resentful and immediately went to flatter Emperor Xin.

As the Son of Heaven, Emperor Xin naturally could not do everything himself. Most of the memorials had to be read by civil and military officials first, and then they would make the decision.

Only those extremely important memorials would be sent to Emperor Xin, but Fei and You had their own means to obtain Su Hu's memorial of apology and then present it to Emperor Xin.

Emperor Xin was handling state affairs at the time and he never expected these two people to suddenly come to see him and hand him a memorial with a serious look on their faces.

Although Emperor Xin was puzzled, he still took it and read it. It would have been better if he hadn't read it. As soon as he read it, he became angry and said angrily: "This old man put on a righteous appearance that day, but he didn't think of thanking the emperor for his kindness, but instead wanted to use this as an excuse to disrupt the government.

I was kind and righteous, so I let him go back to my territory. Who would have thought that he would actually write a rebellious poem on the Meridian Gate, humiliating me. It is really hateful! When he comes to see me tomorrow, I will definitely punish him for deceiving the emperor!"

Fei Zhong saw an opportunity and immediately said, "The laws of the emperor are not established for the emperor, but for the people. If this traitor is not removed, there will be no law to follow. This court with no law to follow will surely be despised by the world! I ask Your Majesty to punish Su Hu severely!"

Emperor Xin agreed with this and nodded, saying, "My dear minister, you are absolutely right. I will have something to say tomorrow. You may leave first."

Fei You and the other two smiled complacently to themselves, then slowly retreated.

(End of this chapter)