In the small room, Shan Chao knelt on the ground, clutching the ground tightly with one hand, and let out a hoarse, beast-like panting sound.
The white light in Yin Kaiyang's eyes was constantly flowing, like a yin and yang wheel that was constantly turning, staring closely at Shan Chao's body as tight as a rock, and took a step forward to extend his palm to his Tianling Gai.
— This is the real killer.
Probably because of Yin Tianqing's bloodline, he has a strange and inexplicable sympathy towards Xie Yun, but this sympathy will not continue to Xie Yun's disciples—especially this imposing young man, who still faintly treats Xie Yun When he poses some kind of threat.
"Farewell," Yin Kaiyang said casually.
However, at this moment, Shan Chao suddenly raised his head, his distracted gaze suddenly focused, and blocked Yin Kaiyang's condescending palm with a snap!
"Why did you kill me..."
Words burst out from Shanchao's teeth, the interweaving of fantasy and reality made his rigid face slightly distorted, cruel and fierce in the dark, like a handsome and extremely dangerous hysterical patient.
Yin Kaiyang frowned thickly, and a dagger popped out of his cuff.
But before he could make a move, Shan Chao sternly said, "Why did you kill me!"
boom!
The seven-star Longyuan flew out of its sheath, and Shan Chaoyi held it in his hand, and slashed out with an earth-shattering sword!
Yin Kaiyang's complexion changed drastically, and he stepped back, but in an instant he only felt his chest go cold and then hot, and blood immediately spilled into the air. Immediately afterwards, he was pushed away by the unimaginable vigor when the ancient sword came out of its sheath in anger, and flew out in the air!
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Qingliang Hall, Small Buddha Hall.
The queen knelt quietly on the futon, clasped her palms together, crossed her finger guards, and the jewel-encrusted gold reflected a faint light in the candlelight.
Gold-woven brocade robes were spread out layer by layer behind her, resplendent like countless peonies in full bloom.
The door of the palace opened gently with a creak. Xie Yun crossed the threshold, squinted his eyes and looked at the condescending Buddha statues all around the hall, only to hear the queen chanting softly: "The world is always fascinated, greedy everywhere, in the name of seeking..."
"Everything you ask for is suffering," Xie Yun said quietly.
The queen sighed for a long time, finally opened her eyes, knelt on the futon and turned around: "Have you thought about it yet?"
——She was talking about competing with Yin Kaiyang for the position of leader at the Taishan Martial Arts Conference.
Xie Yun didn't answer right away. In the Buddhist hall, Bodhisattvas lower their brows, King Kong is glaring, and twelve arhats are arranged around them, looking down at the small and humble beings under their feet; the white smoke rising from the sandalwood gently curls up, slowly spreading with the air, soaking every inch of the gold brick floor gap, and golden nanmu texture.
After a long while, he finally opened his mouth, but he continued leisurely following the Buddhist verse just now: "Everything you want is suffering, and everything is nothingness. Peace of mind and inaction, the shape follows the movement, everything is empty, nothing is happy... "
"Relax and do nothing." The queen repeated with a sneer: "If it is really as peaceful as the Buddhist scriptures say, you and I would have died in the Ganye Temple at this moment!"
She stood up abruptly, stepped forward and stood in front of Xie Yun, her majestic beautiful eyes looked straight into Xie Yun's eyes: "It's only seventeen years, you forgot that you were taken to the secret door by Yin Kaiyang back then, and in the midst of many trials Life is worse than death, how many times have you almost lost your life?"
"..."
"Even if you have forgotten, I have not forgotten the days when I was dispatched from the palace to the Ganye Temple, called a monk, but in reality I was imprisoned, and the old Buddha's leftovers were dimmed every day!"
Every word echoed in the Buddhist hall for a long time, Xie Yun finally turned his eyes away as if he couldn't face it, but Empress Wu insisted on staring at his deep eye sockets, as if she wanted to look straight into his brain through the eyeballs.
"You know how we got here in those years, Xie Yun. No one cares about the cold and hunger, and no one knows about the disease. Apart from chanting scriptures and chores every day, I just look at the well water and watch the years grow old. At that time, I asked myself every day, That's why I put myself in this situation?"
"Because we have no right!" The queen's voice was shocking: "In front of those who really control life and death, you and I are insignificant, ants that can be crushed to death at any time!"
Xie Yun closed his eyes suddenly, but his chin was lifted up by Empress Wu's fingers wearing a golden armor.
"...But," Xie Yun said in a hoarse voice, "but the martial arts grand meeting is not what you imagined, and the victory rate against Yin Kaiyang is very small..."
Empress Wu interrupted him:
"Xie Yun, it's been seventeen years, you and I have already come here, don't you want to go further?"
Xie Yun's eyebrows twitched suddenly: "... what do you mean?"
"Do you think that I let you do it just because I want to compete with Yin Kaiyang for the power of folk martial arts? No." Empress Wu sneered, "We are fighting against the emperor who supports Yin Kaiyang and is the most respected emperor in the world."
Xie Yun seemed to see something from her expression, and narrowed his eyes suspiciously.
"When Yu Wenhu was assassinated, I was called by the Holy Majesty to interrogate me in front of several big families. If you hadn't stepped forward to save me at a critical moment, I would have been eaten alive by those nobles from the previous dynasty that day. Yes. Later, Yu Wenhu asked you to be exiled for three thousand miles. I begged for two hours in front of the Holy Master, but it was of no avail. I had no choice but to send you out of Beijing... "
Empress Wu stopped.
She was already tall, but when she raised her head like this, her eyes were full of contempt, and she was almost looking at Xie Yun face to face.
"This is the consequence of leaving the power to others, understand? In this deep palace, no matter how high the honor attached to others is, it is unreliable. If you and I want to stand up and live like individuals, we must hold the supreme power tightly. in your own hands!"
Xie Yun finally understood the Queen's meaning from the meaningful eyes, his pupils constricted slightly, and he opened his mouth slowly after a long while: "...but you are already two sages coming to court, and you are called together..."
It has never happened since ancient times that the two sages are facing the court and sitting on an equal footing. It is almost equivalent to the emperor and empress sharing the country. If the East Palace is also restrained, in the future, she will definitely be the real queen mother who listens to the government behind the curtain. The queen who has achieved this step will continue to compete with the emperor for power. What more do you want
"No, enough." Empress Wu paused every word, and said coldly: "How can you allow others to sleep peacefully on the side of the couch?"
Most people would kneel down at this time, but Xie Yun stood upright, and it took a long time to spit out a few words from between his teeth: "...do you still want to..."
Empress Wu stared deeply at him, and stretched out her hand to slowly caress the young and handsome cheek in front of her.
"Do you remember when you first met me?"
Xie Yun's face was stiff and cold, and he didn't say a word.
"How old were you that year? Yin Kaiyang ordered you to go out with the secret door killers for a trial, but those people abandoned you halfway. You were injured and had a high fever. You happened to land near the Ganye Temple. I was separated by the temple wall Saw you leaning against the tree..."
"I broke the bread into pieces, soaked it in water, passed it out through the hole in the wall, and fed it to you bit by bit. At first, you couldn't swallow it because you were so burned that you kept vomiting bile mixed with blood. I've never seen a child I can endure so much torture, it seems that the water I feed in has turned into blood and spits out continuously, without stopping... "
"I asked the nuns in the monastery to find you a doctor, but no one answered me, and I couldn't even find you hot porridge. In the end, I could only sit there across the wall, watching you motionless There, several times I thought you were dead."
Empress Wu's bright red Koudan nails slid across Xie Yun's temples, making her cheeks as cold as ice. In the light of rows of candles, her fingertips and skin color intersected to create a shocking color.
"At that time, I thought, if I am not the concubine of the first emperor who was sent to become a monk in the temple, but the owner of Ganye Temple; if I have any little freedom, any little right to make people seek medical treatment, it is Wouldn't it be possible to save the life of the child in front of me?"
"Just like I think today, if I am not a queen who is always constrained in the court strife, if I have the supreme status, the right to say nothing, and even leave my name in the history books like the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, would everything be fine? different?"
Xie Yun took a deep breath, as if trying to suppress some strong emotion, he suddenly raised his neck.
The hideous and terrifying time and bloody memories of the old days rushed from the high void of the Buddhist hall, like lightning piercing through the black clouds, tearing the weakest souls of people to pieces.
After a long time, he took half a step back.
Following this movement, Empress Wu's fingers slipped from his side cheeks, and there was a faint glint of water in his beautiful eyes painted with heavy makeup.
Xie Yun knelt down on both knees very slowly and thoroughly.
·
On both sides of the stone walkway outside the Buddhist hall, the torch made a slight cracking sound when burning on the wall, and the wooden door connected to Xie Yunpiandian's residence was pushed open.
The figure of Shan Chao panting violently appeared behind the door, holding Qixing Longyuan in his hand, his eyes were bloodshot, he looked around suspiciously and vigilantly, he took a long time to move forward, and staggered forward.
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"Qinglong has a limited number of seals in his life. I have already opened several times, and there will be great danger if I come again..."
Xie Yun's dignified voice rose slowly amidst the smoke, and then gradually disappeared, disappearing in the scattered white mist: "But Yin Kaiyang is determined to win the position of the overlord of the rivers and lakes, and he will definitely kill and recklessly. Unless you open the Azure Dragon Seal, otherwise With my current strength, I will never have any chance to confront him head-on."
Empress Wu clenched her trembling fingers one by one, and the gold guard was tightly stuck outside her fist, as if this movement could barely suppress the helpless pain in her heart.
She had had a very similar feeling before. The first time she watched the infant Princess Andingsi's breathing slow down until she became cold, and the second time was now.
"I will try my best for you." Xie Yun looked up at her and said, "If you win by chance, this will become the first cornerstone of your journey; if you lose unfortunately, you are willing to gamble and admit defeat. Since ancient times, there has never been a throne that lacks numerous piles of white bones."
Gods and Buddhas all over the sky looked down at them in the void, countless eyes filled with peace and compassion. Empress Wu finally gritted her teeth to stop the trembling breath, raised two fingers that were close together, pointed to the sky above the Buddhist hall, and said seriously: "I swear, if one day I win the crown of Zichen, I will let Xie Yun be prosperous for generations, Under one person, above ten thousand people..."
Xie Yun shook his head:
"There are many roads in this world, but even if you choose the mountain of swords and the sea of fire, I will continue to follow, because my honor and disgrace of life and death have been tied to you since a long time ago, and until now, it has not changed."
Empress Wu closed her eyes, feeling the hot and sour liquid flowing from her nasal cavity into her throat. After a long time, she bent down and pressed a brief kiss between Xie Yun's eyebrows, looked at his pupils closely, and whispered, "I know."
Outside the door of the Buddhist hall, the hem of his clothes swayed, Shan Chao stared through the crack of the door, and froze on the spot.
Shocked, desperate, roaring jealousy and anger erupted at the same time, and the blazing flames swallowed up all reason. Before he could react, he raised his hand and pressed it on the door!
"..."
The thin door was so heavy at this moment, Shan Chao's chest heaved, and he forced himself to withdraw his palm inch by inch after a long time, and finally took a look at Xie Yun, turned around and left without looking back.