Lin Xitang's always indifferent face finally showed obvious surprise, "Queen Li? How can she have the qualifications?"
The king of heaven is a figure standing at the pinnacle of the empire. Even the emperor himself can hardly restrain them too much, let alone the people in the harem who only honor and have no power.
However, Lin Xitang's thinking is so quick. After thinking back and forth, he also thought of a few things that happened recently, and immediately figured out the cause and effect.
Zhang Boqian's first wife died young, leaving no children, and he spent another life as a soldier. So far, he has only one bastard son, and his talents are not outstanding. He himself is quite indifferent to his heirs, and the Zhang Clan was also mentally prepared. It is very likely that he will choose someone to inherit from the descendants and nephews of Lord Dan's lineage. This is also the family practice. However, the original ordinary family heir, with Zhang Boqian becoming the king, became very popular and controversial.
And the Li family also saw this point. At the critical moment of wrestling between the imperial family and the powerful family, they actually set up the idea of splitting up the first family to win over the newly promoted king. . If the descendants had to form an alliance with the newly promoted Heavenly King, coupled with their management over the years, it is really possible to grab the maximum benefit in this imperial storm.
At this point, things couldn't be clearer. If he wanted to form an alliance with the king of heaven, a disintegrated Song clan might not have enough weight, so another nomination certificate would be his political opponent. That's why there was the impeachment at the court meeting.
Maybe it's more than that. Lin Xitang lowered his eyes and played with the memorials in his hand. Of course, he could tell that what Zhang Boqian was talking about earlier was not just a family of Empress Li, but the Supreme Supreme. The same is the imperial party, the current situation is just Li Hou's selfish desire to seize power from him, or the emperor wants to change a powerful minister after changing the court structure
Thinking of this, Lin Xitang looked at Zhang Boqian's face, and chuckled, "The Li family...is a good move."
Zhang Boqian's eyes flashed sharply.
Lin Xitang only said: "I thought that the Song Clan was just cleaning up inside themselves, but it turned out that the Li family gave you the vote."
"Lin Xitang, in this iron curtain bloody battle, I don't want to care what kind of chess you are playing. But even if you count all the secrets, you can't count the hearts of the people. Be careful that you become a praying mantis catching cicadas, or the rabbit is not dead yet. When it’s done, it’s cooked.”
"There are always winners and losers in chess, and the deduced secret is only the closest to the real one among the many changes. Who can decide the result at the beginning? If I really have something to do..." Lin Xitang smiled casually at this point, He raised his head and looked at Zhang Boqian, "You and I have been in the robes for many years, but can you trust your wife and children?"
thump! It was as if the whole world jumped. There seemed to be something invisible in the air that suddenly froze and precipitated, and the room was full of cold and cramped.
Zhang Boqian's voice became extremely cold, with a murderous look, "If you die, I will personally slaughter the entire Lin family."
"That's fine, they enjoy the glory because of me, so they will naturally bear the fruit of my defeat." Lin Xitang looked calm and steady.
This is the gap between ordinary families and high-ranking families. The prosperity of the Lin family is only tied to Lin Xitang, and there are not enough outstanding talents among his nephews and relatives to inherit his power. However, the Lin family was promoted from Bo to Marquis for only one generation, and the weight of in-laws and family friends was not heavy enough. Once Lin Xitang was gone, the whole family would immediately decline.
However, the high-ranking family has been passed down for thousands of years, with a profound foundation and a luxuriant main branch. Even if the entire branch is uprooted, it will not hurt the main branch. Even if the trunk is cut off, the side branches that are deeply rooted in the soil will still grow back into a towering tree at the right time.
Zhang Boqian's eyes were deep, and he strode away suddenly without looking back. When he turned around with a flick of his sleeves, there was thunder in the clear sky outside, and the sound shook hundreds of miles!
This is when the king of heaven is angry, and the heaven and the earth echo.
Lin Xitang stood quietly for a while, then walked to the desk, and found that there was an extra stone on it, about the size of two fists, oval in shape, flat on top and bottom, and there were some potholes on the surface besides the stone pattern, as if it had been washed by irregular water for many years.
He fixed his eyes, sat down slowly by the table, looked at the stone for a while, and then put his hand on it.
Those stone patterns suddenly flickered, transforming into countless beautiful lines, with a light click, the stone opened from the side, and it turned out to be an extremely ingeniously designed box. There is a soft white glow inside, sparkling like water mist, exuding a very faint but unmistakable aura of void force.
A green lotus in the center seems to have just woken up from a deep sleep, stretched its petals, and is slowly blooming.
Sea lotus.
This is a plant unique to the maelstrom. According to the records of the dark race, it has the miraculous effect of calming the mind and soul. It is said that when the flowers bloom, they can repair the damaged souls of the surrounding creatures. For the human race, although the theory of the soul is too ethereal, it is an extremely rare main material. It is used to make high-grade potions that assist the attacking generals, and it is also an indispensable ingredient for repairing medicines above the generals.
Such a beautiful and precious plant grows in the depths of natural dangers that even the strong dare not enter lightly. It takes only a moment for the flowers to bloom and fall, and it completes its entire life and death.
Therefore, the sea lotuses collected by people at present are petals and lotus seeds that have withered and solidified into jade. Even if someone is lucky enough to witness the moment of blooming with his own eyes, there is no means to bring it out.
Only Zhang Boqian's special ability to cross the continent with a single reed can bring back the living sea lotus.
Wisps of white smoke rose from the lotus petals, entangled Lin Xitang's fingers, and spread away along the blood vessels of the skin. The faint fragrance wafted into the nostrils, and the surrounding force seemed to be active at the same time, blurring the boundary between darkness and dawn, and the world became blurred. Mellow.
At this time, the green lotus bloomed to the limit, and then began to fade and become transparent, freezing inch by inch at its most beautiful moment.
Lin Xitang leaned back on the back of the chair, reached out and pressed his eyes, covering all his expressions.
In fact, Zhang Boqian made a mistake in saying that Heavenly Dao has its own rules, and the only choice is to follow the trend and go against the trend. Therefore, the only thing that can be calculated in this world is the human heart.
In another inconspicuous corner of the Eternal Night Continent, there is an airship that is bouncing at high altitude, all the way to the west.
Long-distance flying is very boring, so Hei Yue quickly searched every corner of the airship, and finally had no choice but to stand beside Qianye, staring blankly with him.
After an unknown amount of time, Qianye finally said: "Before going to Heiliu, I may have to fight a battle first. You wait for me outside."
"War? Who are you fighting with?" When it comes to war, Hei Yue is like a cat whose eyes light up when it sees a little fish.
Qianye smiled and said: "That battle is not easy to fight, the opponent is the private army of the Nangong family."
"The Nangong family? Those who intercepted you?"
"To be precise, it's the person behind those guys, a high-ranking family of the Qin Empire."
"It sounds very powerful." Hei Yue's eyes flickered.
"It was already very powerful."
"Five hundred pensions in advance, and another five hundred if you really die in battle. In addition, two hundred and one ninth-level fighters, one hundred and one eighth-level fighters, and so on, will be halved in turn. If possible, the deal will be made." Hei Hei Yue opened his mouth and came, obviously this set of rhetoric is very familiar, I don't know how many times I have said it. "It's an imperial gold coin!"
"Can."
Qianye agreed so straightforwardly, but Hei Yue was very surprised, she was stunned for a while before saying: "You, so you agree?"
"why not?"
"You don't... haggle or something? Or don't you think I'm bragging?"
It seemed that Hei Yue was very ready to bargain, but it all fell into the empty space, so her little face was almost all wrinkled, which was indescribably awkward.
"The price is very reasonable. Wait, you control the airship, I'll go out for a while, there are guests coming."
After finishing speaking, Qianye picked up Hei Yue, put it in front of the console, and left the control room. Through the porthole, one can see a floating airship flying fast in the distance, the lights on it are flickering, and communication signals are constantly being sent out.
Hei Yue groaned, quickly grabbed the communication manual next to the console, and quickly flipped to the location in his memory, only then did he understand the meaning of the light signal on the opposite side: land, accept inspection.
The airship in the distance is not big, but its speed is much faster than their old antique, and the family emblem on the boat is very eye-catching. Heiyue took out a piece of oily paper from her bosom, on which dozens of clan emblems were painted, and the bottom was marked with peculiar Gaohu characters.
"Nangong Family?" Hei Yue whispered, her dark eyes were not nervous at all, but full of excitement.
At this moment, Qianye's figure suddenly flashed across the porthole. Behind him was a huge sniper rifle, climbing from the outer wall all the way to the top of the airship.
Seeing this scene, Hei Yue's thoughts froze for a moment. Although she herself had climbed to the top of the airship, she just went up to see it. The airship was flying at an altitude of nearly a thousand meters at this moment, it was icy cold and the wind was fierce. Even if she had mechanical assistance, she was almost blown down by the wind. What does Qianye want to do, is he going to shoot at the top of the airship
Even as a Gaohu person, Hei Yue felt that Qianye's thoughts were really crazy at the moment.
The airship on the opposite side was obviously a military standard. Seeing that the signal light had never responded, it couldn't hold back anymore. The muzzle fire on both sides flickered, and a series of bullets swept over. However, they were far apart, and both sides were shaking violently in the high-altitude gale, and the bullets were deflected by hundreds of thousands of miles.
Hei Yue cursed, pulled out a heavy machine gun from the rear cabin, put it out of the porthole, and fired at the opposite side. Her feet seemed to be nailed to the floor of the cabin, motionless, the powerful recoil of the heavy machine gun was also counteracted by the mechanical force, and the muzzle of the gun was firmly locked on the opposite airship.
The little girl's shooting skills were obviously much better than the opponent's. At a distance of more than a thousand meters, a box of bullets hit at least a dozen rounds, and the other bullets also missed her. But the surface of the airship kept splashing sparks, and the bullets were all bounced off by the armor plate, almost none of them could penetrate.
Although the opposite side is only a small military patrol boat, it is also protected by armor, and heavy machine guns can't do anything about it.
At this moment, a roar sounded from above Hei Yue's head, shaking the entire airship. A line of fire ran across the night sky and shot at the opposite airship, a small group of dazzling flames lit up, and then a large piece of propeller was blown away. The patrol boat suddenly began to spin.
Hei Yue suddenly opened her mouth wide, too shocked to speak.