The old man in the armory seemed to be the only one among the old men in the lonely city who turned to practicing Taoism. He treasured all the movements left by the immortal practitioners, even the corpses of Taoist soldiers.
"Don't you believe in defeating the immortals with martial arts?" Qiao Mu shouted:
"Then I will take out the alien soldiers that have been defeated by the old soldiers in Lonely City over the years and show them to you."
Every time he spoke, he kept taking out new things from his storage bag.
There are torn paper soldiers, bean soldiers with holes on their bodies, bean generals as tall as three meters...
In the end, a corpse was thrown out from the storage bag.
This turned out to be the body of Daoshun, a former disciple of the Da Dao Sect, wearing the Taoist robes of the Da Dao Sect.
“This... ..” The ministers were about to scold the old man from the Qiao family for his misbehavior, how could he bring a corpse into the Golden Throne Hall, which was really a disrespect to the palace. But when they took a closer look, they were shocked, this was actually the corpse of a disciple of the Da Dao Sect
Qiao Mu ignored the astonishment of the ministers. He just pointed at Daoshun's body and said bluntly:
"The Qiao family went to the battlefield to die, calling themselves the Great Yan Immortal-killing Army, but they just took over the torch that had been burning in the hands of the remnant army for forty years."
"When Qiao Shuangsen entered the city, half of the old people in the city cried and asked when the reinforcements would arrive... But this question should be answered by the real reinforcements from Dayan, not by the sons of the Qiao family. Today, I will ask on behalf of the old people in the city..."
Qiao Mu looked up at Emperor Yonghe sitting on the dragon throne and said loudly:
"The remnants of the army in the isolated city have held out for forty years without kneeling or surrendering. How many people in the government of Da Yan still have the will to resist?"
"In today's Great Yan, is there anyone who dares to take over the torch from the white-haired soldiers of Lonely City?"
"The soldiers have fought to the death for the past forty years... Where is Dayan now? Are the officials in the court ashamed?"
Qiao Mu is a martial artist with profound skills. Although he looks old, his voice is powerful.
His voice was like a wave, one question after another, echoing in the court, drowning out all the discussions and scoldings.
Chapter 223: The old soldier did not fail Da Yan, it was Da Yan who failed the old soldier! (4k
Are all the dignitaries in the court feeling ashamed
These words echoed in the Golden Palace like the sound of a huge bell, and faint ripples were echoed in the air.
At this moment, his voice alone drowned out the accusations and glares of all the civil and military officials in the court.
Although the old man from the Qiao family is old, his posture is as straight as a pine tree. There is no sign of oldness at all. Instead, he has a sharp spirit that soars into the sky like a rainbow.
The civil and military officials in the court changed color slightly.
Because Qiao Shui is not alone.
From the stories previously told by Captain Hai, they already knew that several generations of the Qiao family had died on the battlefield of the isolated city.
The Captain Hai beside him was the leader of the remaining white-haired soldiers and the representative of the old soldiers defending the isolated city.
Just now, Captain Hai was willing to compromise, and they could take the opportunity to suppress him verbally in the name of considering the overall situation. But if someone like Qiao Mu was so unruly and confronted him in the Golden Palace, and even threw out the body of the alien... few court officials would stand up to confront him at this time.
All the civil and military officials in the court were horrified. Even some weak officials were unconsciously frightened by his aura and took half a step back.
In the dead silence, Qiao Mu finally came to his senses.
"Why am I so reckless again?"
He was worried.
The ability of immortality allows him to act without restraint, completely following his inner thoughts without considering the pros and cons, or high or low emotional intelligence.
This was his habit of speaking and doing things along the way, so when he saw the hunched old figure of Captain Hai standing in front of the Golden Throne Hall, he didn't think too much and just stood up.
As long as you don't die by reckless behavior, just recklessly try to die.
Now seeing the strange looks from the court officials around him, he finally realized what the consequences might be for doing such an unseemly thing in the Golden Palace.
The courtiers in the Golden Palace are the most powerful people in the country's officialdom. This is still the case even though there are now nine major immortal gates above Dayan's head.
But he is no longer the same as before.
He still won't die, he can still be resurrected.
But death became a long and endless nightmare for him.
The last nightmare of death lasted five years.
Five years is an extremely long time for a dream or an isolation, and it is simply not a life that a human being should live.
But based on Qiumu's previous experience, it was extremely short.
In the past, several high-quality deaths could easily lead to decades of physical aging, which was a long nightmare lasting for decades.
After the second chain of the Immortal Lock was broken, the multiplier of the year of death had reached five times, which meant that the shortest dream was also five to ten years... .
"The scar healed and the pain was forgotten. After waking up from the nightmare, I acted recklessly again..."
Qiao Mu muttered to himself, but his eyes glanced at Captain Hai beside him intentionally or unintentionally.
From the moment Qiao Mu spoke, he became the focus of the entire Golden Palace, and all the civil and military officials in the court no longer paid much attention to Captain Hai.
Captain Hai's reaction was first surprise and shock, then realization, and finally worry.
It was obvious that Captain Hai was not at peace, and his hands hanging on both sides of his body were trembling slightly. Qiao Mu really acted as Captain Hai's mouthpiece and said the words from his heart that he could not say.
Although he didn't have a close relationship with Qiao Shui, he understood that the Qiao family adhered to the family motto from generation to generation.
Moreover, from Captain Hai's perspective, Qiao Shui was not just speaking for him, but also for the unknown soldiers who had died in the lonely city during the past forty years, and for the generations of the Qiao family who had died.
While his heart was beating fast, he was also worried.
Although he did not understand officialdom, he knew that these court officials were the most powerful group of people in the Great Yan Dynasty. How could this matter end well when Qiao Shui scolded them like this in front of the Golden Throne Hall
Besides, he wasn't just accusing these court officials.
If we want to talk about whether we have any guilt or not, one person we cannot avoid is the current emperor who sits high on the dragon throne.
It was only at this time that the court officials reacted.
“Bold.”
"How can the Golden Palace allow you to speak so arrogantly?"
"You are being disrespectful in front of the palace... Minister Hai, what kind of vulgar person from the market have you brought into the palace?"
"You can secretly take the corpse of an alien today, but what if you take a sword or a weapon tomorrow?"
The ministers gradually became noisy and filled with indignation.
Naturally, they would not follow Qiao Shui's questioning and answer any questions about whether they felt guilty or not. Instead, they just focused on the fact that Qiao Shui behaved inappropriately in front of the palace and scolded him severely.
Qiao Mu was not angry when he heard this, but he felt a little disappointed.
This time he spoke out not to seek fame for himself, nor to seek death.
He had just been born after five years of isolation, and he didn’t want to go back and dream another ten or twenty years of long dreams.
"I'm afraid I'm going to die again this time?" Qiao Mu frowned. After he came to his senses this time, he began to seriously think about how to survive.
You can't take Captain Hai out of the palace, right
Or... Capture the leader first
Qiao Mu glanced at the noisy ministers and looked up without hesitation, seeing Emperor Yonghe sitting high on the dragon throne.
Emperor Yonghe was very quiet, which seemed a little abnormal.
All the ministers were clamoring, but Emperor Yonghe remained silent.
He seemed a little absent-minded and did not listen to the angry condemnations of the ministers. His eyes fell intentionally or unintentionally on the sword of the Human King hanging in front of the hall.
This Human King Sword was the sword worn by Taizu of this dynasty. In the past, it manifested its aura in the Xuantian Sect Taoist temple in Nanzhou and has become a national treasure. Emperor Yonghe would always bring this sword with him when he went to court.
Ever since the Human King Sword awakened, a faint golden light has been flowing on the sword, which is the external manifestation of a country's destiny.
At this moment, the Human King Sword hanging in front of the hall moved again.
Buzz... .
Although no one was holding the sword, the sword body was trembling slightly, and the golden light flowing on it was like rippling water, like a candle flame in a strong wind, the golden light flickered and fluctuated, and there was a sign of dimming.
Emperor Yonghe's eyes widened slightly. He usually dealt with state affairs, but he didn't notice any unusual movements from the Human King Sword...
If there is any, it is that after King Qin established the border, the light of the Human King Sword in his hand seemed to dim a little
He suddenly felt a little empty in his heart. As the emperor of the world who now wields the Sword of the Human King, he knew that the situation in the Great Yan Dynasty had improved since the worship of the gods in Nanzhou. The opportunity for the nine major immortal sects to hide in the dark was the awakening of the Sword of the Human King.
Holding the Human King Sword, he is the Emperor of Jiuzhou who even the nine major immortal gates have to take a second look at.
The Sword of the King of Men is a national treasure and must not be lost.
He suddenly recalled the time when he and Hai Wuya talked about the war between aliens forty years ago in the court and the "grand plan" of Emperor Yonghe...
"If people's hearts are gone, when the time comes to really want to enter, I'm afraid there will be nothing I can do."
The Human King Sword is a national treasure. It is not only a bargaining chip that can intimidate the immortals, but also a symbol of the dynasty's fortune.
In today's Great Yan Dynasty, people's will can be said to be closely linked to the country's fortunes and destiny, and is also closely related to the Human King Sword at the waist.
If we lose the support of the people and our country's fortunes decline, then this Man Wang Jian will probably no longer be glorious, right
And what caused the unusual movement of the Human King Sword today...
Emperor Yonghe lowered his head and looked down at Qiao Mu, Captain Hai, and the corpse of the strange man wearing the Taoist robe of the Da Dao Sect in front of the hall.
Captain Hai is the representative of the old soldiers in the isolated city.
Qiao Shui represents several members of the Qiao family, and is one of the keys for the old soldiers to get out of the hundred-mile desert.
Who was it that caused the Human King Sword to move strangely
Emperor Yonghe narrowed his eyes, and suddenly recalled that when he was in Nanzhou, there was also a member of the Qiao family named Qiao Zhong... That was the day when the Human King Sword awakened and manifested its destiny.
Let’s put that aside for now.
Isolated in the desert for forty years, he defended a city until three hundred old soldiers died... Such deeds would have been recorded in history in the past, and historians would have made a big note of them.
But the threat from the Da Dao Sect is real.
In the eyes of Emperor Yonghe, this was another dilemma.
"If the Great Yan Dynasty loses the support of the people and becomes disunited, its national fortune will naturally decline..."
Emperor Yonghe suddenly stood up, and with the sound of sword clanging, he drew the Human King Sword from its sheath and held it in his hand.
The shouting and scolding of the ministers stopped abruptly, and they looked in astonishment at Emperor Yonghe who drew his sword.
"I feel guilty!" Emperor Yonghe said deeply.
The ministers were slightly stunned.
Qiao Mu was also quite surprised, but he hid his emotions in his eyes and did not show it.
"Several generations of Qiao family members have died in the desert to save an isolated city. They are truly brave men." Emperor Yonghe praised:
“No matter what their purpose is, no matter what era they live in, those who sacrifice themselves for others are noble people. There is no doubt about this... I only hate that the Immortal Sect is so cunning that they actually built such a huge formation and kept it a secret from me for forty years, and also kept it a secret from the entire Great Yan for forty years!”
Speaking of this, Emperor Yonghe's eyes dimmed and he fell into deep self-blame:
"Qiao Shuangsen and other righteous men were kind-hearted. Although they lied and claimed to be soldiers of the Great Yan, they also made our Great Yan famous. They died on the battlefield as soldiers of the Great Yan... I naturally feel ashamed."
All the ministers were stunned and speechless for a moment.
Emperor Yonghe's acting skills were not particularly good, and his words were a little exaggerated, but the court officials were all shrewd people, and they realized that Emperor Yonghe's attitude had changed, which was different from the past.
Although they didn't know the specific reasons, as subjects they naturally would not disobey.
"Your Majesty is wise and wise. He did not care about the rural warrior Qiao Shui's misbehavior in front of the palace. He spoke frankly and honestly about his own guilt..."
"Your Majesty is so modest that I am ashamed..."
“... .”
Qiao Mu's eyes twitched slightly, and this generation of court officials made him understand what it meant to follow the example of superiors... Emperor Yonghe's words directly influenced the direction of the court officials' conversation, which really opened his eyes.
He coughed lightly and said seriously:
"Your Majesty has nothing to owe to my Qiao family, so there is no need to feel guilty."
The court officials were slightly surprised.
This old man named Qiao Shui just behaved like a stubborn and rough warrior, but who knew he was also a submissive donkey. Could it be that he was moved by Emperor Yonghe's behavior
I only heard Qiao Mu continue: