Li Hongye has been in power in Dongdu for many years, and he has countless capable ministers. Even aside from the Demon Venerable Qin Shi, there are also many great demon cultivators who serve him. Not to mention his knowledge of the various regions of the Eastern Capital, but to say that he knows the situation of the imperial city like the back of the hand, but he has never heard of Hua Wenyu.
If it was really as Xie Xuanyang said, and Hua Wenyu, an outsider, was involved in the state affairs of Dongdu, then there must have been a big move. But as the monarch of a country, he didn't hear the slightest bit of rumors. It seems that not only did Qin Shi hide a lot from him, but even his own subordinates were mixed in with rebels.
Li Hongye narrowed his eyes slightly, and the knuckles of his fingers holding the tea cup were white, but other than that, there was no difference in color. His voice was as calm as usual, and he said, "Uncle Huang Ancestor is this..."
Xie Xuanyang took a sip of tea and interrupted, "My surname is Xie."
Li Hongye smiled clearly and changed his mouth to say, "Xie Daochang. You remember Tai | Queen Zu is also surnamed Xie, and the Daoist can be regarded as following the queen." He looked at Xie Xuanyang's face a few times, "Queen Xie was also famous at the beginning. Beauty, the appearance of the Taoist priest... I think it is the essence of the two ancestors."
Xie Xuanyang never felt that he was a beauty, but in the face of Li Hongye's ridicule, he did not refute as he did to Mo Lingyan, but said, "In this way, Your Majesty Taifu is clearly stating my origin to Your Majesty? "
Li Hongye gave Bu Wenye a playful look, and said, "Taifu is old-fashioned. When he said this, he showed a lot of consternation. He hesitated, but thanks to my understanding."
When Li Hongye saw Bu Wenye, he couldn't help lowering his eyes. He lowered his head slightly and pretended that he was wandering in the sky and didn't hear anything.
Xie Xuanyang also smiled and said, "Your Majesty doesn't know, but when Your Excellency Taifu first heard about it, he was frightened and fled."
Li Hongye laughed when he heard this, but Bu Wenye lowered his head again.
After laughing, Li Hongye returned to business and said, "Just now Xie Dao Priest said Hua Wenyu... I am sitting in this high hall. If Dao Priest told me today, I really didn't know there was such a person."
As soon as he said Hua Wenyu, Xie Xuanyang's face turned cold. He said, "Character? You are flattering him by calling him that. Hua Wenyu is just a sinister villain, and his subordinates have done countless bad things, and you can't even count the crimes committed by you. "
Li Hongye raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh? Why haven't these villains been thrown into prison or taken away? Although there is no national law in the world of monks, there is also morality. Are the monks chasing and killing evil?"
Xie Xuanyang sneered and said disdainfully, "Because he is a villain, or a villain who was born with a good child. This fellow was born into a family and has a good bloodline that no one else dares to offend easily. His father is a highly respected doctor of medicine and Taoism. His mother is also a good person, but it is a pity that he gave birth to such a crooked melon and cracked date."
Anyone can hear the disgust in his tone, Xie Xuanyang hates Hua Wenyu very much. If it wasn't for his good upbringing, he might have spit out disgustingly like a big five by now.
Li Hongye was interested in Hua Wenyu, who could make Xie Xuanyang hate him so much, so he wanted to ask what the hell this person did, but was rejected by Xie Xuanyang. He said, "I don't want to mention the disgusting things he did. You just need to know that if you help your opponent get the East Capital, you will not end well."
Li Hongye said, "It's just death."
Since ancient times, in the battle of the power hall, the winner is the king, and the loser is the bandit. No loser ends well. He does not want to lose, and he is confident that he will not lose, but it does not mean that he cannot see the ending of defeat.
Xie Xuanyang said, "How can it be so simple to die? Especially for someone like you who has dragon energy, it is better to die if you fall into his hands."
Li Hongye disagreed, "For example?"
Xie Xuanyang said, "For example, to strip off a soul and completely become his puppet."
Peeling the soul into a puppet is Hua Wenyu's stunt, which means that the collected soul is stripped of the second soul, the awakened soul that dominates self-consciousness, and then integrated into his innate demon vine to form a puppet. These demon vine puppets can have life and think intelligently, but they do not have their original independent self. They are dominated by demon vines, and they will always surrender and be loyal to Hua Wenyu.
The demon vine is also Hua Wenyu's companion, and it can be said to be a part of him. As long as he wants to, he can also pour his self-consciousness into the demon vine puppet and become his own clone.
Weisheng and the others who once fought with their group are this kind of demon vine puppet.
Xie Xuanyang is also a person from the underworld. Most of the elders in his family deal with the soul, and they despise the deviant things like stripping the soul the most. Xie Xuanyang wanted to report Hua Wenyu's evil deeds to the underworld messenger who was in charge of Samsara several times, but he often dismissed it because he was too good at disguising and sweeping the tail too cleanly to get the evidence.
Li Hongye's complexion suddenly changed slightly, no one wants to be someone else's puppet, especially someone like him who has always been in a high position, it is the deepest humiliation to be someone else's puppet.
He was silent for a while, then suddenly raised his eyes and said, "It seems that Chief Xie knows this person quite well."
Xie Xuanyang said, "After all, it is a bamboo horse."
Li Hongye snorted meaningfully and said, "Since it is a bamboo horse, can Dao Master Xie still do it?"
"It's just a bamboo horse, why is it difficult to kill? But it's too easy, if you don't break the game, break the respect..." Xie Xuanyang's lips curled slightly, but there was no smile in his heavy eyes. He said word by word, "Broken, its bones."
Li Hongye rubbed his palms and laughed, "Xie Daochang is also a ruthless person. If he was born in a troubled world, he must be a great talent to bring peace to the world."
There is not a monarch who does not want such a great talent, and it is not an exaggeration to have him to rule Jiuhua. He entered the Tao, became a monk, and no longer easily involved in the affairs of the world. This is a pity and a great blessing. It's a pity that Dong has no chance to set off the flames and completely become the overlord of Jiuhua; fortunately, even if Dong does not get him, the other three countries cannot.
Xie Xuanyang smiled and said, "Your Majesty praises me."
It was getting late when Li Hongye took Bu Wenye out of the courtyard. The spring sun has faded, and the wind has lost its warmth and has become cold and fresh. The passers-by on the street have been scattered, and the shops along the road have also begun to hang lanterns.
Li Hongye stood on the side of the road and looked at the empty market for a while compared to the daytime, and took a deep breath, "Wen Ye, how long do you think this place can be quiet?"
Bu Wenye said, "It's either a night, a few decades, or a hundred years. You shouldn't ask me this question."
Li Hongye pondered, and suddenly smiled bitterly, "If you don't ask, who else can you ask?"
The closest friend betrayed him, and he also found a helper with extraordinary skills. Now he doesn't know how many people he can trust besides Bu Wenye.
Bu Wenye said, "Even so, you shouldn't ask me. This question is up to you, and the answer to it...it was decided when you stepped into the courtyard and responded to Xie Xuanyang."
Li Hongye was silent for a long time, and then a long sigh sounded low, which seemed helpless and sad, and quickly dissipated in the passing breeze.
The cool wind blew past, and the disturbed faint crow flapped its wings and flew to an unknown distance.
The corridor was dark and silent, and suddenly a humming sound broke the peace, a small black shadow suddenly passed by, and finally turned into a man in black clothes and fell, half-kneeling in front of a man on the ground.
"Your Highness," he said.
The man reclined on a large Taishi chair, which was upholstered with golden velvet threads. Sitting in the dark, he couldn't see his face clearly, whether he was asleep or thinking about something.
Xuanyi said humanely, "As Your Majesty expected, His Majesty really went to see those outsiders."
The man moved suddenly, "What did you talk about?"
The man in Xuanyi lowered his head and said, "My subordinates are incompetent. They failed to break the protective formation of those people's residences. I don't know what they were talking about. Please respect your punishment."
He paused and then said, "That guard line looks like a method of immortal cultivators."
The man said, "Immortal cultivator?"
Xuanyi said, "But those people are very strange. Among them are two wind demons, one from the Mo family in Xiliang, one with the surname of Xie, and..."
He faltered and hesitated, a little too afraid to say.
The man said, "What else?"
The man in Xuanyi gritted his teeth and said, "Also, there is a man surnamed Li."
As soon as the words were finished, the atmosphere suddenly became suppressed. Although the man on the top didn't speak, the man in Xuanyi could feel the anger tumbling in the man's silence.
After a while, the clothes on the back of the man in Xuanyi were soaked with sweat.
The man waved his hand and let him roll down, sinking into silence.
After an unknown amount of time, he closed his eyes and muttered, "Li Hongye...why do you always force me?"
He sighed faintly, not knowing where he was talking to, "Go and tell Hua Wenyu, I agree. As long as it's like what he said, the person will be mine after it's done."
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This chapter will be short, and the next chapter will be thick and long