Time has changed, and batches of civil servants and generals have gradually faded out of the court. Some have resigned, some have retired to seclusion, and a very small number of people have been clinging to power and unwilling to leave. Their power and positions have also been lost silently. They may be reinstated, or they may be transferred out and assigned a casual position, or they may suddenly be convicted and die. In short, the old courtiers will most likely be gone...
“I can’t see any familiar faces at all…”
The last time Qiu Jianhan went to court was three days ago.
In the past six months, he had only come here once, but he was shocked to find that no one in the entire court knew him.
"Your Majesty is willing to let it go and be happy to see what happens. Apart from tying up our hands, we can only protect ourselves wisely. The Yutang world is no longer our Yutang world."
This is what Leng Daoyin said before leaving.
"Lao Qiu, get out of here while you can. This is no longer our world!"
This is what Lao Fang said before leaving.
"Teacher, to preserve a useful body and die as a martyr is not something a wise person would do."
This is the secret letter sent by Tie Zheng before he left.
"With Prince Yun's current cultivation strength and the manpower, material and financial resources that he can mobilize, what force in the world can resist him? The only one who can cover Prince Yun's ears and eyes is the Yutang royal family. The so-called changes in the Jiuzun Sect, It’s just a farce directed and performed by the royal family.”
These were the words Mrs. Shangguan left for herself before she left.
"What a good method!" Qiu Jianhan was full of despair: "First, he mobilized the people to destroy the nine deities. The law did not blame the public. Even if he wanted to pursue it, there was no way to pursue it. It also destroyed the possibility of the emergence of all divine powers and ensured that the jade The Tang royal family is currently the highest authority and the only authority. From now on, there will be no constraints, and even one's own origin will be wiped out."
"With such a method in front of us, there is no need to force, the veterans themselves feel cold and leave sadly. If one of them leaves, they will replace one of their own; and the emperor will be completely ignored with the emperor's own acquiescence. No room left.”
"Then from the military to the political side, they were slowly dealt with one by one. Those who did not know what was right and did not resign on their own were transferred one after another; it was like a big net falling from the sky, leaving no trace behind."
"What a decisive method, what a cruel heart!"
"But now, all the people above the imperial court, from inside to outside, from top to bottom, are the emperor's grandson. It has only been a short four years in total..."
"Under the current circumstances, even if His Majesty the Emperor regains health and wants to make a difference, I am afraid that he may not be able to reverse the situation!"
"Is this still the boy who is only sixteen or seventeen years old?"
"No wonder His Majesty the Emperor doesn't do anything. Such an heir to the throne and such an emperor's mental skills are indeed qualified. As an emperor of a generation, he is worthy of his position, but... so ruthless, so heartless, and insidious, yet from Where did it come from?”
"The first thing he destroyed was the reputation of Yun Zun and Jiu Zun, who were so kind to him. Did he have no way out?!"
"Now that the situation is like this, the emperor has nothing to do. He has only one heir, the only one, and Yun Xiaoyao has nothing to do. No matter how disgusted he is, he is still the one whom Yun Zun solemnly entrusted to when he left... I and others can't let go, and it's not because … Entrusted by Yun Zun, the throne will be inherited.”
"But... Yun Zun, Yun Yang, do you know what you left behind?"
"This is not a generation of wise kings, this is simply a generation of tyrants! And it is also unprecedentedly cruel!"
"How long can this world remain peaceful and stable?!"
…
In the palace.
Bao'er... Well, the current emperor's grandson, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Yu Qiankun, is sitting in a chair, high up.
He was only fifteen or sixteen years old, with a handsome face and a pair of eyebrows that were surprisingly thick, but there was no trace of childishness in his eyebrows.
At this moment, he was holding a memorial in his hand, chanting in a manly voice: "... He was so insane that he could kill far more than his ancestors... The great rivers and mountains were destroyed by the emperor's grandson, and countless capable ministers and generals were expelled and abandoned... I am unable to serve such a king, so I hereby write a letter and return here."
"Hahaha... This Wu Lie is such an iron-faced person... He has nothing to do with the military and political parties, and he has never had any intention of fighting with the party. I originally wanted to keep him, but I didn't expect that this guy actually believed in the letter and resigned. That's all, but you still want to insult me with such eloquent words, and the last sentence is about resignation. Rather than resigning, it is better to vent your resentment at the last moment... "
Yu Qiankun snorted and said with a smile: "The words are nonsense, and the literary talent is even worse. I don't want such an official."
With a wave of his hand, the words "Zhunzou" suddenly appeared on the memorial.
"His Royal Highness the Imperial Grandson, I have something important to report."
"Come in."
"The arrangements over Tianxuan Cliff have been completed..."
"Hmm..." Yu Qiankun slowly raised his head, looked at the eunuch with sinister eyes like a vulture, and said calmly: "Why are you so loud? Are you afraid that His Highness will not hear you, or are you afraid that others will not hear you?"
The eunuch was stunned when he heard this. My voice is not loud...
Yu Qiankun had already raised his voice and asked: "Who is at the door? Come in."
Four guards and two maids knelt on the ground tremblingly: "See Your Highness."
"Well, you guys, who is the internal agent?" Yu Qiankun's eyes were like arrows, as cold as ice.
"Huh?..." The four of them looked puzzled, as if they didn't understand the meaning of the person in front of them at all.
"Well, don't you know? Then you don't need to know!"
Yu Qiankun sneered and said: "Come here, pull all seven of them out and kill them all with sticks!"
Amidst the sounds of begging, all seven people were pulled out.
The figure suddenly flashed, and an old eunuch appeared in front of Yu Qiankun like a ghost: "Your Highness, is this...?"
"Well, just like the voice you are speaking to now, even if you are talking to me, it will definitely not reach the ears of the guard at the door. This is a normal speaking voice... Do you understand?"
"The slave's voice just now was clearly raised in volume on purpose. Can you tell in this section? Do you understand?"
The old eunuch hesitated for a moment, and after thinking about it carefully, he realized that it was indeed a bit too big.
"Since he is right next to me, I don't need to be so loud to hear it, so where does it come from? It's just that he wants to let others hear it at the same time and pass it on as soon as possible. Because he knows that he The reported information will then be immediately entered into the Secret Service and will not come out until at least half a month later."
"So if he wants to spread the news, he can only do it after he is escorted back. The road into the palace has been arranged and there is no gap. If he wants to spread the news, he can only come to His Highness..."
"So that slave must be a spy, and at least one of the palace maids and guards at the door is his accomplice, so she is also a spy."
Yu Qiankun said calmly: "Kill, what's wrong?"
The old eunuch bowed slightly and said: "Even if there is a spy lurking, we should investigate it, maybe find out the person behind the scenes... Just kill seven people with a stick like this, there will be more innocent people..."
"My Highness doesn't have that much time to waste on this unnecessary interrogation."
Yu Qiankun said calmly: "This matter must be successful; this matter is the most critical priority at the moment... At this critical moment, it is better to kill the wrong person than let it go, and other things are just trivial."
"Bring me all the information related to Tianxuan Cliff. Bring me three copies of the accompanying secret report for comparison."
For a full hour, Yu Qiankun stood in front of the window with his hands behind his hands, looking out the window, silent for a long time.
His eyes flashed with countless struggles and changes.
Finally he closed his eyes and said calmly: "Proceed as planned."
…
A piece of news came out of nowhere, very suddenly.
The content of the message is that traces of Tie Zheng were found at the Tianxuan Cliff ruins; he worshiped nine statues here.
Countless Ouchi masters were moved by this and went to capture him.
We must take advantage of the situation to raze Tianxuan Cliff to the ground and completely cut off the legend of the Nine Lords and the starting point of the Yunzun myth!
The news spread quickly.
When Lao Mei heard about this, her expression suddenly changed.
Tianxuan Cliff.
It is inappropriate to desecrate the last holy place of the Nine Deities, let alone destroy it!
"Brother!" Lao Mei didn't call him "Wang Ye" this time, but directly said what the brothers used to call each other: "This matter is unusual."
Yun Xiaoyao smiled faintly and said leisurely: "Of course it is unusual. The end point of this matter... is to eradicate me!"
He chuckled, his smile bleak and bitter.
"This poisonous hand is finally reaching out to me. Bao'er, you are really my good boy, hahaha..."
Yun Xiaoyao looked up to the sky and smiled: "Whatever you want to do, I will ignore it and ignore it, but today, you finally touched my weak point, Tianxuan Cliff!"
"You can trample, destroy, and destroy anywhere else, but not Tianxuan Cliff!"
"You can ask that boy Bao'er to withdraw his fate. Brother, why do you have to go to Tianxuan Cliff in person?"
"Bao'er has been gone for a long time. The words "I will be out" and you are not satisfied with your life have already made all the noise. I believe that I must have set out for more than a day. If you want to withdraw your life, it is definitely beyond your reach. The only means of containment is me. We rushed over at starry night to personally protect Tianxuan Cliff, and at the same time, we asked him to withdraw his life, so that he could be saved."
"In other words, I have to go, otherwise Tianxuan Cliff will be destroyed."
"And this move is the only way to lead me out!"
Yun Xiaoyao smiled faintly: "As expected of a descendant of the Nine Lords, he is indeed decisive and extreme enough to regard this place as the final destination. I have nothing to say, nothing to say..."
"Brother, you can't go. You know there's a trap ahead of you, so why throw yourself into it!"
"No, that kid has already made up his mind. Even if I know I will die, I will still go!" Yun Xiaoyao said: "This is a trap for me. He knows that this place is the only place I care about in this world! As long as there is someone If you move, I will definitely go!”
"The trap has been laid over there. If you really go there, you will be trapped in a dead end. How can you escape unscathed." Lao Mei said anxiously.
"Don't you understand? Everyone has something that they can't let go of. Tianxuanya is the thing that I can't let go of in this world. It's the last trace of my son left in this world. It's either with me or with me. Destruction together, that’s all!!”
Yun Xiaoyao said coldly: "That kid just calculated that I would go no matter what, so he set up this killing trap."
"I'll go with you!"
"No."
Yun Xiaoyao pointed at Lao Mei's chest, immobilizing Lao Mei directly, then placed it on her chest, and said calmly: "Brother, I will go by myself, the chance of escape is a little greater. If you go, you will only drag me down. You Just take good care of your home, or I will be back soon."
Lao Mei's eyes widened with anger, and she desperately wanted to speak and struggle, but she couldn't speak or move.
Too dangerous!
They knew that Yun Xiaoyao was the number one master and the strongest person in this world, but they still set a trap; so with this trap, they must have a high degree of confidence in keeping Yun Xiaoyao there.
It was too dangerous for Yun Xiaoyao to go alone!
Lao Mei knows this very well.
But he was restrained by Yun Xiaoyao. Not only could he not move, he could not even speak.
I could only watch helplessly as Yun Xiaoyao slowly put on his long robe, took off his sword, and walked out through the window. The sound of horse hooves at the door was heard, and the wind and thunder went away.
Yun Xiaoyao left the city and rode away from the city. This matter was not a secret at all. Too many people saw it.
Qiu Jianhan knew it right away, and regardless of his physical pain, he stood up without saying a word and went to the palace to find the emperor.
"Yun Xiaoyao is out of the city, does your Majesty know?"
There was a strange expression all over the emperor's face, which seemed to be relief, but also chilling, or maybe... He looked at Qiu Jianhan steadily: "Old Qiu, if you have anything to say, speak directly."
"Before, the Tianxuan Cliff side has always been well protected. Even though the nine statues are being destroyed and the traces of Yun Zun are being destroyed everywhere in the world, no one has touched the Tianxuan Cliff side."
Qiu Jianhan's eyes were cold: "At first, we thought it was the last pure land reserved by the royal family for the Nine Lords. After all, it was the starting point of the legend of the Nine Lords and the myth of Yun Zun. To this day, I was shocked to realize that, It turns out that the reason why no one touches Tianxuan Cliff and is strictly protected is because it is not yet time to move... Tianxuan Cliff is actually a huge trap that has been preset long ago. One who knows it is a trap but still has to fall into it. trap!"
The emperor's face remained calm: "Oh?"
"And the person we want to bury in this trap is... Yun Xiaoyao!" Qiu Jianhan said word for word: "In the past few years, in the face of the emperor's eldest grandson, we have done nothing, allowing division and suppression. , so many old brothers have already left. The entire court has been given away, and the whole world has been given away. Your Majesty, isn't this enough?"
The emperor remained silent for a long time.
"We all know that your body can no longer support you; but is it necessary to let Yun Xiaoyao die? Do you want to use such despicable means?!" Qiu Jianhan pressed every word.