Jiankang is still the same Jiankang, but it is no longer the capital of the Liang Kingdom. Now it is the capital of the Chen Kingdom. In the past ten years, earth-shaking changes have taken place outside. The Western Wei Dynasty became the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the Eastern Wei Dynasty became the Northern Qi Dynasty, and the Southern Liang Dynasty became the capital of the Chen Kingdom. Chen Guo.
Just by looking at the country name, you can tell who the country's leader is. After Chen Baxian came to power, he took his own surname as the country name and changed the year name to Yongding. He only learned about this news yesterday. Previously, Fatty and Yuan Anning were far away in the East China Sea, and they were not aware of the current affairs in China. Understand lag.
The place where Nanfeng appears is outside the city. There used to be a Jinding Temple here, but this small temple is no longer there. Not even the ruins are left. The former site of the small temple is covered with knee-high weeds.
It was early in the morning, the city gates had just opened, and Nanfeng did not use magic, but followed the people outside the city on foot into the city.
Jiankang has experienced more wars in recent years than Chang'an and Yecheng, and traces of wars can be seen everywhere in the city.
Back then, he went to the Jiankang Palace to tease Tianmingzi. Knowing where the palace was, he went straight there. When he got outside the palace, he saw that there were many chariots and horses parked outside the palace gate. It was time for the morning court, and these horses and chariots should be there. They were civil and military officials who entered the palace early in the dynasty.
The palace gate was closed and heavily guarded. Nanfeng hid his figure and passed through the wall. He took one step at a time and shrunk the ground into an inch. It only took three steps to reach the palace where the emperor was visiting. This palace was originally the palace of Emperor Liang. Renhe Hall where he lived, but now it has been renamed Zhengming Hall.
The door of the palace was closed, and there was a team of guards guarding the door. The leader of the team was leaning on the door to listen to what was going on in the palace.
Seeing this man's sneaky appearance, Nan Feng was secretly amused. This guy was not eavesdropping on government affairs, but performing his official duties. When going to court, the emperor might order to deal with his ministers at any time. When the emperor gave the order, they must go in and arrest him immediately. If If they did not hear the emperor's call and did not enter the palace to wait for orders, the result would be that the emperor would be embarrassed and they would be beheaded.
Outside the gate of the palace, the south wind blows, passes through the gate and enters the main hall.
There are hundreds of civil and military officials standing on the left and right of the main hall. It is said that it is a hundred officials, but in fact it is not a real number. Those who can participate in the morning court are all officials of third rank or above. Excluding the governors and other feudal officials stationed outside, there are less than 100 senior officials of third rank or above in the imperial court. people.
He first met Chen Baxian twelve years ago. At that time, Chen Baxian was in his prime and served as deputy commander of the anti-rebellion army. After so many years of fighting, he finally changed from a general to an emperor, but at the same time, he also changed from a prime man to an old man.
Today, Chen Baxian is wearing a dragon robe, facing south and facing north, sitting on a dragon chair, looking down at the ministers of His Highness.
There was a discussion going on in the palace, and the discussion was about the evil spirits besieging the temple. It could be seen that Chen Baxian was relatively tolerant of his ministers, and the ministers were not silent in front of him, but were talking about it and expressing their opinions.
The ministers were divided into two groups. One group believed that this incident was due to the rampant spread of Buddhism. A large number of people joined Buddhism and did not work or produce, which made God angry. Therefore, it released evil spirits to punish the monks and nuns, and the court should stand aside and watch.
The other group held an opposing view, saying that Buddhism is the foundation of the country because it is compassionate and enlightens all living beings. This time there must be a demon king who is trying to overturn the world and bring trouble to the world. He is afraid of being blocked by Buddhism, so he sent a special vanguard to clear out the obstacles. Buddhism is doing it for them. If the imperial court prevents disaster, it should send troops to help.
In addition to the ministers, there is also an old monk in the hall wearing a bright red cassock. He must be eighty or ninety years old. Judging from his clothes and position, this person should be the protector of the Chen Kingdom.
While everyone was arguing, this person did not participate. He just lowered his eyebrows and closed his eyes without saying a word.
Seeing everyone arguing, Chen Ba first looked at the old monk and said, "Master Yinguang, what do you have to say?"
As soon as Chen Baxian said this, Nan Feng suddenly frowned. He was very familiar with this man. It was this old guy who lured Emperor Liang to become a monk. He was also the one who encouraged the construction of 480 temples to protect the country. After Hou Jing became emperor, He was the one who became the imperial advisor to the foreign invaders. After running away Hou Jing, Emperor Liang Yuan Xiao Yi also made him the imperial advisor. This old guy had harmed several emperors, so why would Chen Baxian still use him
The question in Nanfeng's heart was soon answered. After Chen Ba spoke first, Monk Yinguang clasped his hands together and chanted the Buddha's name, "Amitabha."
The voice of Amitabha was loud and long, full of compassion, and coupled with his good-natured appearance, he looked and sounded like a great monk.
After Amitabha, Yin Guang began to speak, neither hastily nor slowly, and his tone was neither humble nor arrogant. He did not elaborate on his own views on the matter, but told some allusions about the Buddha cutting his flesh to feed eagles, implying that they were willing to sacrifice themselves for others and have compassion for the world.
All the civil and military officials present were in high positions. It doesn’t matter whether the moral character of those who are in high positions is good or bad, but they must be extremely intelligent. Because Yin Guang’s words were clever and broad, everyone bowed their heads and thought deeply, but no one found out that he was empty and false. .
Nanfeng is not only a man of discernment, but also a man of discernment. Monk Yinguang’s tricks were of course deceiving him. In fact, everyone was misled for three reasons. One is that this man looks very compassionate and seems to be loyal; He is very knowledgeable and can quote scriptures. Thirdly, and most importantly, this person practices Nine Heavens Sanskrit Sound, one of the four great magical skills of Buddhism in the Middle Earth. This Nine Heavens Sanskrit Sound can invisibly affect the minds of others, similar to Taoist soul control. technique.
At the end of the sentence, Monk Yinguang changed the topic and only said that the Buddha was compassionate and had used his supreme magical power to cleanse the evil spirits last night. The evil spirits in dozens of temples in the territory had been sealed by the Buddha.
Hearing this, Nanfeng couldn't hold himself back any longer. The result of his inability to hold back was that Yin Guang started talking nonsense.
"You may seem smart, but in fact you are all idiots," Yin Guang pointed at Chen Baxian, "Including you."
As soon as Yin Guang said this, there was an uproar in the hall.
Yin Guang pointed at himself, "Just because I look good, you think I'm a good person? Judging people by their appearance, Ziyu, don't you understand?"
Everyone looked at each other in confusion after hearing this. They didn't know why he said this, and they thought he had a deeper meaning and was trying to enlighten them.
Yin Guang said again, "The face is born from the heart. As far as ordinary people are concerned, the real evil will never be a sharp-mouthed monkey, and the real compassion may not necessarily be kind-hearted. Don't trust your own feelings too much. Feelings can be deceiving." As a human being, you can only trust your own judgment.”
After hearing the words, everyone suddenly realized, "What the master said is absolutely true." "The master is indeed an expert." "The master's words awakened the dreamer."
"Master," Yin Guang shook his head helplessly, "Can't you see that I am being manipulated by others and can't help myself? Otherwise, I would be a fool to tell you the truth."
"Master, be careful what you say." Chen Baxian frowned and stood up.
"Shut up and sit down." Yin Guang pointed at Chen Baxian.
Chen Baxian didn't even see anyone coming in, so he sat down.
At this moment, someone shouted "Guard", and the officials were divided into two. The civil servants rushed towards Chen Baxian, and the generals rushed towards Yin Guang.
The group of people who rushed towards Chen Baxian blocked him, but the group of people who rushed towards Yin Guang were resisted by Yin Guang. Yin Guang said angrily to Chen Baxian, "I harmed the Emperor Xiao Yan and the Puppet." Emperor Hou Jing, who harmed Emperor Xiao Yi of the Yuan Dynasty, expanded temples in the territory and recruited many believers. Do you think you are using me to paralyze the people and make them docile and accept their fate and not make trouble? Have you ever thought that now you are taking orders from me? There are millions of believers. As long as I give an order and use the name of Buddha to raise troops to rebel, who will be in charge of this world, you or me?"
At this point, Monk Yinguang began to take off his clothes and said, "Thank you for still scheming all day long and thinking that you are far-sighted. I really don't know what you are thinking or worrying about. How can things in the world be so complicated? How can you judge whether a person is good or not?" Good or bad, don't look at what he said, only look at what he did. Such a simple truth can be understood by a three-year-old child. Why don't you understand? You can cross it in one step, and you have to go around thousands of miles. If you go back again, without taking some detours and going around in a few circles, won't you be able to show your foresight?"
After Yin Guang finished speaking, he began to urinate in public. Everyone was shocked and no one dared to step forward to stop him.
Not counting that Yin Guang had peed, he tossed his cassock and began to take off the lining, "A lot of times the truth lies on the surface. If you only look at the surface, you can at least be 80% correct."
"Who are you?" Chen Baxian said in a deep voice.
"The person who saved your life." Yin Guang said in a deep voice. After saying this, he took off his shorts, rushed open the palace door, and ran out naked.
The guards outside the hall were originally blocked from the hall, but suddenly a bare-butt old monk rushed out from inside. He looked left and right in shock, not knowing whether to advance or retreat.
"Take it." Chen Baxian ordered loudly.
When the imperial guards heard this, they hurriedly chased him.
Chen Baxian was a smart man. After Nanfeng reminded him a little, he guessed who was coming. He pushed aside the officials surrounding him and left the dragon chair high platform, "You guys step back."
What the emperor said was an imperial edict, and no one dared to disobey it. However, when everyone retreated to the door, they were blocked by an invisible barrier.
Seeing this situation, Chen Baxian knew that Nanfeng didn't want everyone to leave, so he came down from the stage and bowed deeply to each other, saying that he was the real person.
Nanfeng snorted coldly.
Hearing Nan Feng snort coldly, Chen Ba trembled first, then knelt down on his knees after hesitating, and then called himself a real person.
The emperor knelt down, and whoever dared to stand fell to his knees with a roar.
"I once saved your life, but now you kneel down and everything is settled." Nanfeng appeared.
Everyone was originally wondering what kind of immortal he was, but when they saw his true form, he was actually a young man in his twenties, and they were quite shocked.
After all, Chen Baxian is the king of a country. He is no longer used to kneeling and worshiping others. With the support of his ministers, he stood up and raised his hands to Nanfeng to greet him again, "Master."
"Where is my eldest brother?" Nanfeng got straight to the point. There was a reason why he was so rude to Chen Baxian.
None of the officials knew who the eldest brother Nan Feng was referring to, but Chen Ba knew it first. Hearing Nan Feng's words, his whole body was shaken and he did not dare to respond.
"I'm asking you something." Nanfeng said coldly.
"General Lu suddenly left the camp a few years ago and disappeared." Chen Baxian replied.
"Missing?" Nanfeng tilted his head and looked at him. Even Hou Shulin knew that Lu Pingchuan had been captured by Ziguang Pavilion. How could Chen Baxian not know.
Chen Ba bowed his head and said nothing.
"You really don't know who captured him?" Nanfeng said in a serious tone.
Chen Baxian saw sweat on his forehead and was trembling all over.
At this moment, the imperial guards escorted Yin Guang back, or to be precise, dragged him back. His cultivation had been abolished by Nan Feng and he could not run far.
"Report to your Majesty, bring the prisoner." The imperial guard returned from outside the palace.
Chen Ba first looked at Nanfeng, and Nanfeng turned to look at Yin Guang, "I was the one who eliminated the evil spirits last night. What does it have to do with your Buddha? How despicable is it to steal someone else's merit?"
Hearing what Nanfeng said, Chen Baxian did not hesitate and immediately ordered, "Behead him."
After the guards dragged Yin Guang away, Chen Ba first looked up at Nanfeng.
"Isn't it appropriate to not save a bird when it is dead?" Nanfeng frowned at him. When Lu Pingchuan was captured, Chen Baxian was already full-fledged and had a heavy army. He was no match for Ziguang Pavilion. He should at least try his best to rescue him.
Chen Baxian was sweating like raindrops and speechless.
Even so, Nanfeng did not give up and said, "The reason why you didn't save him is because you were worried that he would compete with you for the throne with our help, right?"
With all the ministers nearby, Chen Baxian could not respond casually and could only bow his head and remain silent.
After saying what he was thinking, Nanfeng's anger subsided, "You are destined to be emperor. Even if he has a disobedient heart, he cannot compete with you for the throne."
Hearing Nanfeng's words, Mr. Chen Ba was so grateful that Liandao was frightened. What Nanfeng had done before was indeed a great shame and humiliation for him, but the words "You have the destiny of being emperor" were enough to offset all the humiliation, especially in front of all the civil and military officials. These words carry even more weight. No matter what, he is stealing the position. What he needs most is God's approval.
Everyone has their own likes and dislikes. This is human nature, and immortals cannot avoid it. However, a real immortal should be fair in dealing with things and make clear the merits. To be fair, although he complained about Chen Baxian for not rescuing him, he could understand Chen Baxian's approach. It was right for Chen Baxian to be afraid of Lu Pingchuan. He was a brother who grew up together. He understood Lu Pingchuan better than anyone else. Lu Pingchuan was very ambitious and had acquired so many mysterious martial arts skills from turtle shells. He might and had the ability to take Chen Ba's place first.
"You guys please step back, I have important matters to discuss with the real person." Chen Baxian waved to everyone.
Everyone retreated after hearing the sound. This time Nanfeng removed the spiritual energy barrier and let them leave.
"Master, please take a seat." Chen Ba pointed at the dragon chair first.
"I'd better leave that seat to you," Nanfeng said casually.
Chen Baxian knew that Nanfeng had said this on purpose for all the officials to hear, and he was grateful. However, due to the crowd, it was inconvenient to say thank you.
After everyone exited the hall, Chen Baxian stepped forward and said, "Where has the real person been in these years? Chen has always been grateful for the kindness of the real person and has searched for it in many ways, but it is difficult to find the fairy."
"It's a long story. I came here to discuss something with you." Nanfeng said.
"All matters concerning national affairs must be decided by real people." Chen Baxian expressed his position.
"Don't lie to me, I have no interest in political affairs," Nanfeng waved his hand, "I have other things to discuss with you."
"But rescue General Lu?" Chen Baxian asked.
Nanfeng shook his head, "I don't even know where they are, how can I rescue them?"
"You really don't know?" Chen Baxian was a little surprised.
Nanfeng shook his head again. Gods are not omnipotent, let alone he is not a god.
"I know where General Lu is trapped." Chen Baxian said.
Nanfeng was surprised when he heard this, "Seriously?"
"Seriously..."