If we get the approval of Emperor Yonghe before arresting them, the nature of the matter will be different. It will be called the disciples of the immortal sect assisting the king in arresting the rebels.
However, Dao Ke had not expected that Emperor Yonghe did not agree immediately, but was prepared to personally inquire about the matter.
His gaze lingered on the Human King Sword on Emperor Yonghe's waist for a moment, and he chuckled and said:
"Then ask."
"Don't forget, since the day he joined the Wu Ji Association, he is no longer the Shangshu of your Great Yan, but a rebel lurking in the dark."
"When the truth comes out, Hai Wuya will not only die, but also make it known to the world."
What the Da Dao Sect wants is to establish its authority. Hai Wuya, a high-ranking official with a prominent position and suspected to be a high-ranking member of the Wu Ji Hui, is naturally an excellent target.
Although Changqing Zhenren of the Changsheng Sect wanted to win over Hai Wuya, Elder Qingyi, after briefly checking Hai Wuya's resume of studying in Tianlao for thirty years, knew that this person was unlikely to join the Immortal Sect.
So Hai Wuya had no choice but to die.
As for how Hai Wuya died, whether it was the Immortal Sect who killed him or the Emperor, it would be fine as long as the Immortal Sect achieved its intended goal of establishing its authority.
The Human King Sword is a sword of destiny that has never been stained with the blood of immortal cultivators. No immortal cultivator wants to be the first to test the sharpness of the Human King Sword personally.
Elder Qingyi didn't want to, and Dao Ke didn't want to either.
After saying this, Dao Ke turned and left, leaving Emperor Yonghe alone standing in front of Taizu's portrait on the wall, looking a little desolate.
Emperor Yonghe stared at the portrait on the wall alone, his mind full of mixed thoughts.
It is true that the Wu Ji Society is a rebel party.
Ever since the Nanzhou Wuji Society attempted to assassinate Emperor Yonghe, Emperor Yonghe knew very well:
If one day, the Wu Ji Society really possesses the power to defeat the nine major immortal sects, then the next moment after the nine major immortal sects disappear will be the moment when the Great Yan Dynasty will be destroyed.
By then, the world will change hands and the royal family will lose power.
Although the nine major immortal sects are now arrogant and domineering, what they want more is the incense and worship from the mortal world. After all, this world still belongs to the Yan family, and they have not changed their ways.
Before that, let the people suffer a little.
If we wait for another few dozen or hundreds of years, the cultivation of the ancestor Yan Shenji will definitely improve, and Emperor Yonghe will also be able to figure out how to use the Human King Sword.
So, if Hai Wuya was really a member of the Wuji Society's rebel faction, how could Emperor Yonghe protect a rebel
If Hai Wuya wasn't... .
This imperial palace, where Yan Shen Ji sits, is actually the safest place in the entire Zhongzhou in the eyes of Emperor Yonghe.
Thinking of this, he immediately drafted an order to ask Chu Xing to go to Hai Mansion.
"The Immortal Sect's words are very certain. If Hai Wuya is really a member of the Wu Ji Society's rebel group, he might disobey the order... Chu Xing, you select a hundred soldiers and go again." Emperor Yonghe ordered.
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Sea Mansion.
Hai Wuya was reciting scriptures in one hand as usual, but the scripture in his hand had changed from "Sumeru Mountain King Sutra" to "Humanity Sutra".
The two martial arts techniques are of the same origin, so it is not difficult to switch between them. As the founder of the "Sumeru Mountain King Sutra", Hai Wuya is more than qualified to explain the "Humanity Sutra" to the old soldiers.
The reason I explain the Humanity Sutra is that I want to see with my own eyes the emergence of strong people who practice the Humanity Sutra, rather than just having profound martial arts theories.
Suddenly, there were frequent footsteps outside the door, and the butler led Chu Xing in hurriedly.
Outside the gate of the mansion, there were hundreds of armored soldiers armed with sharp weapons.
Although these white-haired soldiers are old, there are already twenty warriors with sharp intuition among them.
As Chu Xing stepped into the Hai Mansion, the hundreds of old soldiers suddenly became aware of something, looked up, and met Chu Xing.
"So many spiritual warriors?" Chu Xing's eyes twitched slightly, and he instinctively sensed the danger.
These old soldiers should be the first to enter the stage of spiritual cultivation, and they look old. It is estimated that they have lost a lot of energy and blood. If they really fight, they will most likely be no match for him, the emperor's personal guards.
But there are too many of them...
Although he brought a lot of soldiers, it was beyond his ability to deal with twenty spirit-refining warriors.
"Could it be that Hai Wuya is really a rebel of Wu Ji Society?" Chu Xing's eyes twitched and he raised his hand slightly, and hundreds of soldiers who were waiting outside the door suddenly rushed in.
There was a subtle standoff between these hundreds of armored soldiers and the white-haired soldiers inside, and the atmosphere was stagnant for a moment.
Old soldiers like Hai Siyuan didn't have too many thoughts, but they felt a little confused.
These gray-haired soldiers had been waiting in the desert for forty years, but they never received any soldiers from Dayan, only a few members of the Qiao family who claimed to be the Immortal-killing Army.
As a result, now, I am sitting in my own home and suddenly surrounded by Dayan’s soldiers
Good news! After waiting for forty years, the soldiers from Dayan have finally arrived.
Bad news, these soldiers from Dayan seem to be enemies
Hai Siyuan just felt it was absurd.
"What does Guard Chu mean?" Hai Wuya stuffed the "Book of Humanity" to the old man in the armory, Li Changshi, and walked over with a calm expression.
"Don't blame me, Lord Hai. I overreacted." Seeing that the veterans showed no obvious hostility, Chu Xing took out the imperial edict and began to read it.
"Let me go to the palace to see the emperor immediately?"
Hai Wuya knelt down and listened to the order. He glanced at the many soldiers behind Chu Xing out of the corner of his eye and had a rough guess in his mind.
He stood up, took the imperial edict, looked up at the sky, and saw the afterglow of the setting sun dyeing the clouds red and dusk was approaching.
He patted Hai Siyuan's shoulder gently and said:
"Don't be reckless, you are just going to the palace to see the emperor."
"If I don't come back tonight, you can go to the outskirts of the city to look for Dong Xinglin, the divine doctor Dong."
He took a last look at Hai Siyuan and the many white-haired old soldiers behind him, but he was not afraid. He just smiled slightly and turned away with Chu Xing.
If I hear the truth in the morning, I can die in the evening.
I have already seen half of the human world and seen my son who had been trapped in the desert for forty years. What regrets would there be even if I died
Chapter 267 Water has no constant shape (5k
In front of the Golden Palace.
Hai Wuya stood opposite Emperor Yonghe.
One is the king and the other is the minister.
However, the atmosphere between the emperor and his subjects was not harmonious at this time. The air seemed as cold and hard as iron, making it difficult to breathe.
Dao Ke, a monk from the Da Dao Sect, stood outside the Golden Palace and watched this scene with great interest.
He just treated this drama between the emperor and his ministers as a show, which was very interesting.
"The sea is endless." Emperor Yonghe finally spoke:
"Someone reported that you had already defected to the Wuji Society rebels. Is that true?"
Beside Emperor Yonghe were Chu Xing and other Feiyu Guards.
The Feiyu Guards were the emperor's eyes and ears. They not only gathered information, but were also proficient in torture and forced confessions.
"Master Hai, don't be optimistic. This matter was discovered by the immortal of the Dao Sect using the magic of the immortal way." Feiyu Wei Chu Xing warned:
"Master Hai, please tell the truth. After all, Master Hai is old. It would be disgraceful if blood was seen in the Golden Palace."
These words, like a gun and a stick, are actually half a threat and half a reminder.
Anyone who has read Hai Wuya's resume and knows that he studied in Tianlao for thirty years will know that he is a man who is not afraid of death and it is difficult to make him confess by using physical torture.
Chu Xing suspected that with Hai Wuya's mental determination, if he had devoted all his energy to practicing martial arts in his early years, breaking through to the upper three levels of spiritual cultivation would have been a piece of cake for him.
So Chu Xing specifically pointed out that there was an immortal cultivator behind him.
The methods used by the immortal monks are more advanced than those of the Flying Fish Guards.
No matter how tight-lipped Hai Wuya is, he can still kill people and search their souls, forcibly obtaining some of their memories.
Resistance is useless. Resistance will only make the result uglier and cause more pain. Why bother
"That's right." Dao Ke said:
"The immortals have their own soul-searching magic. Even a strong man can withstand torture from mortals, but how can he resist the magic of the immortals? Even if you die, I can still capture your soul and learn the truth from the mouth of your remaining soul."
"For example, you created the Sumeru Mountain King Sutra."
This is actually half true and half false.
Although soul-searching is useful, it places a huge burden on the soul of a mortal, so generally speaking, before there is enough time to read all of a mortal's memories, the mortal's soul has already been destroyed.
If the person has a firm mind and a strong will to resist, the effectiveness of the soul-searching technique will be somewhat reduced.
As for capturing the soul after death, it is not always successful.
Therefore, if Dao Ke directly used the soul-searching technique, Hai Wuya would surely be scared to death, but it was unknown how much information he could obtain.
The most effective way is to break through the person's psychological defenses while he is still alive, causing his mind to lose control and his will to resist to completely collapse, and then use soul-searching techniques, so that you can explore the mortal's memory to the greatest extent.
So Dao Ke's words were actually a threat, somewhat exaggerated, and were meant to bully mortals who did not understand the magic of Taoism.
However, after Hai Wuya heard this, his expression did not fluctuate. He just looked between Emperor Yonghe and Dao Ke for a moment, and said loudly:
"His Majesty."
"Why do you need to force me to confess? I will tell you the truth."
From the moment he followed Feiyuwei into the palace, he had no expectation of leaving the palace alive.
"I became a member of the Wu Ji Society decades ago, after the Martial Saint left the court." Hai Wuya said frankly:
"It's just that I was imprisoned for advising the late emperor not long after. I stayed in the prison for a total of thirty years, so I know very little about the Wu Ji Society outside."
"In the past thirty years, I actually didn't have much contact with the Wu Ji Society. It was only after I was released from prison that I learned about the crimes that the Wu Ji Society had committed outside."
"I originally thought that we should not work together because we have different ideologies, so I planned to draw a clear line with the Wuji Society... But I don't have much time."
“Cooperating with the Wuji Association is the fastest way to spread the Sumeru Mountain King Sutra.”
Back then, in a clinic on the outskirts of the imperial capital, Hai Wuya obtained a new version of the "Sumeru Mountain King Sutra" from Qiao Mu. Knowing that the first few levels of his skills were flawless and that time was running out, he decided to spread the skills.
"Really? I don't believe it." Dao Ke chuckled:
"Every word you say is an excuse. You joined the Wu Ji Society in your early years and were one of the earliest members of the Wu Ji Society. You and the Wu Shengren were colleagues in the officialdom, so naturally you have a close relationship with them."
"You are clearly a veteran of the Wu Ji Association, but now you claim that you hardly participate in the affairs of the Wu Ji Association. Are you trying to clear yourself of all responsibility?"
The Da Dao Sect obtained some information about Hai Wuya, but did not see the whole picture.
Judging from Hai Wuya's resume, he might be a high-ranking member of the Wu Ji Association, but the truth is still unclear.
“Are there any high-ranking rebels living in the Heavenly Prison in this world?” Hai Wuya just shook his head.
If he really is a high-ranking official, how can he issue orders in the prison
Even a martial saint with an outstanding vision could not have known thirty years ago that he could write the "Sumeru Mountain King Sutra", so recruiting Hai Wuya into the group was just a casual move.
Emperor Yonghe had never thought that Hai Wuya would admit it so easily. He was stunned for a long while before he finally became furious, his voice trembling:
"I thought you were a rare sincere civil official in the court... Why are you willing to be a rebel and stand on the side of the Martial Saint? Don't you know that the Martial Saint's hands are already stained with blood, and the Wuji Society is also a rebel that is causing chaos in Kyushu?"
"Your Majesty." Hai Wuya said in a deep voice:
"What I just said was not an attempt to exonerate myself. Besides, it is impossible to exonerate myself. I just wanted to say..."
"I have never stood on the side of the Martial Saint or the Martial Arts Association, but I have never stood on the side of the Great Yan Imperial Family either."
He also made generous suggestions in the early days of the Alien War, and died along with other civil officials such as Wang Shanhe at that time, but he ended up sitting in prison for thirty years.
During these thirty years, he had been disheartened, but later on he gradually figured out his own aspirations for martial arts.
Yes, the heart of martial arts.
Although he practiced martial arts in his early years, he was actually a Confucian scholar who only wanted to "cultivate himself, manage his family, govern the country and bring peace to the world" in his heart.
After entering the Heavenly Prison, his martial arts skills gradually declined as he grew older, but he gradually came to understand his own true heart.
Hai Wuya raised his head.
When he was about to die, he no longer observed the distinction between the monarch and his subjects. For the first time, he looked directly into the eyes of Emperor Yonghe and spoke in a sonorous and firm voice:
"The immortals regard the people as straw dogs, and the kings regard the people as cattle and sheep."