Beichen Sword Sect's Headmaster's Secret Records

Chapter 332: Useless Work
"My Lord, something happened in Liang State."

Awakened by the whisper in his ear, Lu Yi, who was on duty at the Qing Palace, opened his eyes and looked at the letter he had just written. He immediately frowned and lit the paper in the candlelight. He pushed the door open and said to the eunuch serving outside,
"Seeking an audience with the prince."

The eunuch looked at the sky and hesitated for a moment.

Lu Yi said coldly, "Go!"

The eunuch shuddered, picked up the lantern, and ran into the dark palace.

After a while, a lamp was lit on the palace wall in the distance.

So Lu Yi went all the way into the palace, passed through the palace walls, and under the surveillance of countless shadows in the dark night, he went straight into the prince's bedroom, knelt outside a thin curtain, and bowed to the drowsy person behind the curtain who had been pulled out of the quilt, forcing himself to wake up, and said,
"Something happened in the Liang State of the Eastern Capital. The state was assassinated. The whole family was disemboweled and their hearts were taken out by the evildoers. The Liang State Guards were unable to withstand the attack. From the garrison commander down, everyone died. The thief escaped. At the morning court today, Shanglinyuan will definitely investigate."

Upon hearing the name Shanglinyuan, the person behind the scenes immediately came to his senses.

"What can I do?"

Lu Yi answered fluently.

"Zhang Xun can go."

"Zhang Xun..."

There was silence in the tent again. After all, the prince was only known for his generosity and was not yet worthy of being called talented. Naturally, he did not have someone like Lu Yi who was full of wisdom, strategies and plans. With so many people around him, he could not remember who was who.

Lu Yi also patiently explained,
"Xun was a clerk in the Qing Palace and is now serving as the magistrate of Qingyang County. He has made outstanding achievements, is honest and incorruptible, loyal, and has both civil and military skills. He can be reused."

When the prince heard that it was his own people, he nodded naturally, but then he hesitated.
"He is just a county magistrate. I am afraid Shanglinyuan will not allow him to be appointed as the prime minister all of a sudden."

Lu Yi said confidently,
"Among the forty cities in the Eastern Kingdom, Suiyang County is the hub of the grain transport. It is strategically located in the capital of Siji and is the barrier of the Yangtze and Huaihe Rivers. In the southeast, taxes and grain from the two vassals of Zhen and Xun are transported to Luoyang from here. We must choose a trusted person to make the move.

We can promote Suiyang Shou to Liang Xiang on the spot, and send Ren Xun as the prefect of the county, and also guard the grain transport commander, to take charge of the military and political affairs for a while to clean up the mess. In this way, if there is a change in the world, we can close the river, close the pass, take control of Taicang, and take over the southeast."

We are not fighting for a country, but only for a city. I think Shanglinyuan will not care. The prince nodded.
"Okay, go ahead and do it."

"Yes."

Lu Yi came out of the palace with a frown on his face.

In fact, he also had something to say, mainly to prevent the prince from worrying and doubting and hesitating.

After all, Suiyang is a dangerous place, and Qingyang is also a vital point.

Right now, the vassal troops of Gen State are besieging at the foot of Wangwu Mountain. If they march day and night, they can enter the capital overnight. All they need is a county magistrate to close the gates and let the vassal troops in. We cannot feel at ease without a reliable person guarding the gate.

But Suiyang is indeed an important place, related to the taxes and grain of the entire southeast, so it is even more necessary to have trusted people. However, there are still too few capable people in the Qing Palace now, and there are only one or two people who can stand on their own.

Shanglinyuan gave up such a lucrative position, so it was natural that they would not fight for it. But the question was, why did they suddenly give up the position at this time? Logically speaking, the situation would not change until Lady Gouyi gave birth to a child.

Could it be that the other party noticed that the Divine Cult had sent reinforcements and was trying to trick them into launching an attack early? No, that demon's origins were unpredictable and it was hard to figure out where he was coming from. I'm afraid he wasn't on the same side, so we had to be cautious...

"Mr. Lu, order Wu Hou to come and visit."

When I returned to the secretary's office, the doorman came to report immediately.

"welcome."

Soon, a young warrior came to the palace with great speed and saluted.

"Mr. Lu, I'm sorry to bother you so late at night."

Lu Yi naturally knew that the Lingwu Marquis clan was a royal noble family that had followed the Immortal Lord to conquer the world since the generation before. The family had produced the first generation of Immortal Queen, and after that, they had intermarried with immortal families for generations. The title of Lingwu Marquis was hereditary, and every generation had to serve as a general and be in charge of the guards for the Immortal Emperor.

If he really has some ability and can make great contributions, there are also special cases of being crowned as a king. He can be said to be a top-tier powerful vassal among the relatives of the emperor. Such a person is naturally the object of the prince's efforts to win over. Normally, he can't even meet him if he wants to, so he naturally won't blame him for looking for trouble at this time. He immediately greeted him with a smile and invited him into the house.

"The young marquis is here to visit the Qing Palace, or he has something to tell you, but you can tell me whatever you want."

The young marquis laughed and said,

"It's not a big deal, actually. I invited a group of brothers to have a feast at my house in the evening. We ate until midnight, and suddenly I saw a beggar coming in from the door, asking for a drink. Since guests are welcome, I invited him to drink a few glasses with me. Hey, that beggar is quite a eater, he ate 17 or 18 tables without stopping, he's really an extraordinary person..."

Lu Yi smiled but said nothing.

The young marquis kept nagging,
"...Then I saw that he had some skills, probably some wild Taoist priest who came from somewhere, showing off in front of me, hoping to become a retainer and earn a living. But since we were all having a good time drinking, I asked him what special skills he had and asked him to show them off. Guess what, he actually gave me a poem.

I am just a rough guy, and I am surrounded by warriors, but I think you are a very talented writer, Mr. Lu, so I must take a look and comment on it."

"Oh, a poem?"

Lu Yi saw the poem handed over by the young marquis, which was written in a long and eloquent way.
Sweep the world, conquer the eight directions, repel the four barbarians, punish the nations,
He was extremely extravagant and lustful, and he never stopped warring. He whipped the whole world and flogged lambs.

Emperor Shengwu, lived in Shanglin, with a beautiful wife, hidden in a golden house,
The floor is paved with jade, the walls are painted with milk, the tiles are glazed, and the cups are made of silver.

Locusts in Guandong, flying to Dunhuang, the general, Luntai died,
In Hejian, the wife eats the husband, and in Guannei, the husband eats the wife.
Human flesh is cheaper than pig meat, weak men and women are used as military pay.
The trouble is caused by witchcraft, the emperor is in the capital, the father and the son are at war with each other.

The spear pierces the infant, the plate dances, the beautiful palace women, the cauldrons cook,
Bones piled up, filth filled the road, blood flowed through the canals, flesh filled the house,

There was no place to bury the remains of dukes and ministers, and half of the households in the world were wiped out.

The young marquis smiled.

"What do you think of this poem, Mr. Lu?"

Lu Yi smiled, rubbed his fingers and tapped the paper.
"There is nothing to worry about in the world, only mediocre people worry about it. It's just doggerel. People like this who have no talent or strategy, who only know how to complain about themselves and blame others, cannot help the emperor to worry."

The young marquis smiled.

"Really? Then I understand... By the way, Mr. Lu, I heard that there was a locust plague in Hejian, and the thieves gathered together to revolt, captured the government office, and beat and killed the tax collectors. Is it okay?"

Lu Yi smiled and said,

"It doesn't matter. We have killed 100,000 bandits and suppressed them."

The young marquis smiled.

"I see. That's how it is. I'm relieved then... By the way, Mr. Lu, I heard that the war in the west is intense, the military supplies and wages have been cut off, and the front army has been defeated and destroyed one after another. Is that okay?"

Lu Yi smiled and said,

"It's no problem. We have already moved 500,000 people from Duizhou to Luntai to cultivate land and become slaves with the armored men to supply the army."

The young marquis smiled.

"Yes, yes. I was saying that with all of you working hard for the court and helping the emperor, what else do we have to worry about?

By the way, Mr. Lu, I have been idle in Beijing recently, drinking and having fun every day. I am really bored and would like to find a job. "

Lu Yi smiled and said,

"That's not difficult. Young Lord is a pillar of the country. Shanglinyuan will be relieved to know that you are loyal to the country.

By the way, I heard that Gen Guofanwei is having trouble opening up a road in Qianzhou, and they have been digging the mountain for ten years but still cannot move away from Wangwu Mountain.

How about asking the Marquis to take command and condescend to be the General of Pingbei and go to Yedu to command the army?"

The young marquis was overjoyed and shook Lu Yi's hand and said,

"Great! I knew I could rely on your wisdom and strategy, sir."

So they finally sent the young marquis away, and Lu Yi's face darkened. After hesitating for a while, he decided to sacrifice a blood god son. His soul flew out of his body and traveled thousands of miles in an instant to Tianshan to report the news.

The situation has changed and they are going to take action.

At the same time, a blood shadow came from the sky and landed at the entrance of the bear cave.

Then the blood plasma rolled, the clouds gathered, and the blood shadow flew out of the human body, like a red robe floating in the air. Feiyan slowly opened her eyes, looked at her hands, looked at the blood robe in the sky, trembled all over, and fell to the ground.

"Thank you for sparing my life, Senior!"

The blood robe waved, and a blood god son shot out, imprinting on her forehead. Feiyan still kowtowing, not daring to move at all.

"I will teach you this secret method. It uses the eight extraordinary meridians and the blood network around your body to circulate Qi. It will not interfere with your original normal Qi flow, and it can also greatly enhance your skills. If you combine your strength to practice together, and control the blood with your mind, you can increase the healing and life-saving effects, and restore blood to life."

Chen Xuantian pointed to the cave and said,

"When he wakes up later, he will say that you saved him and that his injuries were healed by your dual cultivation."

Feiyan couldn't help turning her head to look, biting her lips for a moment, looking pitiful.
"Senior, you actually want to see me and a bear..."

Chen Xuantian was speechless.
"That's a fucking person! And who wants to watch?
You can lie to him however you want, just make him believe it, and do as you wish!"

Anyway, Feiyan knew a lot and knew what to say and what not to say. I gave her a way out, taught her the dual cultivation skills, and secretly placed a Blood God Son in her body to use for possession. I had given her all the good things, so naturally she didn't dare to talk nonsense.

Then there was a flash of blood, and Chen Xuantian moved away in a blood shadow, heading straight to the capital.

Yes, Chen Xuantian also knew that Emperor Wu and the Crown Prince were going to have a falling out, and he really didn't want to get involved in the muddy water of the Three Palaces, so he flew out of the capital. However, now that he had just left the capital and took a brief trip to the Eastern Kingdom, he felt that he had to return to the capital.

Well, now Chen Xuantian has discovered the drawbacks of the Blood God’s Great Method.

If you eat too many souls and devour too many memories, then too many things will be transformed into personal experience as if you saw them with your own eyes.

So Chen Xuantian also saw that the emperor in Shanglin Garden had endless desires since he ascended the throne.

A hundred years of war had exhausted the people's strength. In recent years, Guandong had also suffered from locust plagues and droughts, resulting in starving people everywhere. Millions of disaster victims were blocked outside the Suiyang Pass.

Those who still had the strength to work as trackers, did hard labor, worked like oxen and horses, and helped transport military rations. In return, after the loading and unloading of the goods, they could go into the cabin to sweep up the remaining grain and stuff it into their mouths along with the dust to fill their stomachs.

Most people could only stand on both sides of the canal, looking helplessly at the white sails and countless grain ships passing by, and then starved to death on the embankment.

The cruel officials, along with their lackeys and minions, raided homes everywhere, plundered the people's wealth and surplus food, and plundered the people's wealth. They collected fifty coins in taxes for every string of money. As long as someone was reported for tax evasion, their property would be raided. If they only kept half of the money for themselves and handed the other half over to the state treasury, they could be called honest officials.

The armies that went to war in all directions killed countless people. In the past, beheading people could be used to gain military honors, but now the Immortal Emperor has long begun selling official positions and titles. For each of the twelve levels of military honors, one has to pay a million dollars to be promoted.

Even though they could not pay the bounty for chopped heads, if they did not chop off enough heads, they would have to pay a fine or even be demoted. So they could only kill innocent people to gain credit, and killed everyone, regardless of gender, age or ethnicity. After all, the heads would be boiled and turned into bones and could not be recognized.

Naturally, there were endless civil unrest and rebellions in all directions, and the garrisons in various places were exhausted from suppressing the rebellions. But even if they won the war and suppressed the rebellions, it was not the end.

Because the palace would send tax collectors to confiscate the spoils of war, all the first prizes must be brought to the capital. However, these places were originally poor and remote, and the poor rebelled, so where would they get so much gold and silver to meet the target?

So the wealthy guards of the vassal states pooled their money, while those without money went to the fields to dig for gold and silver mines and slaughter cattle, horses and sheep to offer to the emperor.

In this way, all the good things in the world were plundered and gathered in Shanglin Garden.

Officials from top to bottom who dared to advise the emperor had already been severely punished by cruel officials and imprisoned. Those who were selected only had words of flattery and praise, and they found ways to write prose and poetry to praise the emperor.

But even so, there was no escape from violating traffic rules while walking on the road, and then being punished by the Shanglin Commandery in court, beaten to death, and having one's property confiscated and the whole family exterminated.

He was so greedy, tyrannical, and extravagant to such an appalling and unprecedented degree that he truly deserved to be called the greatest emperor of all time.

So Chen Xuantian really couldn't bear it anymore. After all, he couldn't really treat all the people in the world as monkeys of different families.

So Chen Xuantian didn't want to endure it anymore, and decided to take down the culprit of the world without saying anything.

Pull out the true soul of that emperor and take a look. See if it is a human or a monkey.

Unfortunately it failed.

I thought he had been eating up his ancestors all the way, and had been very sincere and open-hearted in Liangdu, and had caused such a big event.

If they suddenly launch a surprise counterattack, they might have a chance to rush into the capital and behead the enemy.

As a result, he couldn't even enter Shanglin Garden. As soon as he stepped into the capital, Blood Shadow's divine escape light was stopped by someone.

Chen Xuantian thought he was quite proficient in the way of the soul. His soul could fly thousands of miles in an instant, and his Blood Shadow Divine Movement was also the best in the world. However, at this moment, he couldn't even tell how he was suppressed.

He flew, hid, and stopped, and the person was already standing in front of him.

As for the person who showed up to block the way, it was naturally the Shanglin Commander.

“I invited you to come, but you didn’t come, and now you come uninvited again. Friends are really interesting.

Anyway, the time is almost up, so why rush? "

Well, he is the leader of the Shanglinyuan guards after all, so he must have been keeping an eye on him from the beginning to the end.

Now Chen Xuantian looked left and right, but could neither see his cultivation level nor his methods.

Alas, if the law doesn’t work, it doesn’t work. If I can’t understand it, I don’t understand it.

Knowing that he had already been defeated, Chen Xuantian also gave it his all.
"I also want to ask, with your ability, why did you become an accomplice to the evildoer and protect the tyrant?"

Shanglin Commander smiled and said,

"Emperor Wu was a rare wise ruler, a man of great talent and strategy, a sage both inside and outside, how can you say he was a tyrant?

Haven’t you heard that everyone in the world is praising his wisdom and expressing gratitude for his kindness?

At this point, people are still grateful for the kindness of the Immortal Venerable lineage. It is really touching."

Chen Xuantian took a quick glance at the divine lights that were coming one after another and surrounding him. He counted them and there were nine of them. He understood what was going on.

In fact, it is obvious. Who else in this world can set up such a situation?

If they hadn't been plotting, helping secretly, tacitly allowing, and adding fuel to the fire.

Emperor Wu was unable to accomplish anything he wanted to do.

"Xuanmen. You are from Xuanmen, and the so-called Madam is from Xuanmen, so are all the people around Emperor Wu from Xuanmen?
Is Yuntaifeng behind all this?
You guys have planned to this extent just to sever the Immortal Venerable's bloodline and destroy the fate of the Shovel Jue Immortal Palace?"

Shanglin Commander smiled and said,

"You are exaggerating, my friend. What does this have to do with us? Today's situation is clearly what the Emperor wanted.

All matters were ordered by the Emperor himself. We are only following his orders, abiding by the law and being loyal to the Emperor.

We are all great loyal subjects."

Chen Xuantian calculated,

“You guys are fanning the flames this time, not only will you severely damage both the Immortal Palace and the Divine Cult, but you can also take advantage of the opportunity to conquer the world and gather all the natural resources and treasures in Shanglin Garden. The strength of Xuanmen will be strengthened by an entire generation, and we can have peace for at least 500 years.

And all the bitter fruits will be borne by the Immortal Palace. Even if they survive this time, the future disasters will still be blamed on them... Good, it is indeed ingenious."

Upon hearing this, Shanglin Commander also counted on his fingers.
"Oh, there's only been peace for 500 years? So, the demons will take advantage of the situation and rise up?
Thank you for your guidance, I now know what to do."

Then nine rays of brilliant light flashed and transformed into nine huge hands that rushed forward and tore the bloody clothes apart in an instant.

Chen Xuantian opened his eyes and sat up from the virtual cabin.

Xin Su asked curiously,

"How's it going? Does it work?"

Chen Xuantian sighed.
"It's too weak. It can't change anything. It's useless..."

(End of this chapter)