The Taimiao of the Daxia Imperial Palace is a rather special place.
Xia Longyuan came from the grassroots, very similar to Zhao Changhe, as if he suddenly appeared.
Zhao Changhe at least had a "verifiable" origin in Zhaocuo. At that time, all the villagers were massacred, and his parents and relatives should have died in this incident. This incident was not only witnessed by the famous Jianghu hero Yue Hongling, but also heard by Tang Shouzuo when Zhao Changhe angrily scolded Luo Zhenwu. It can basically be regarded as a reliable history.
As for Xia Longyuan, no one knew where he came from or who his parents were. After he unified the country, he did not follow the custom to posthumously confer titles on his parents, and he did not even build a royal temple, nor did he have a spirit tablet in it.
They did not worship their ancestors, and the Ministry of Rites of the imperial court was always at a loss when talking about “ancestors”.
Only Zhao Changhe knew that Xia Longyuan's family members were alive and well in the world and not dead. Who would set up a spirit tablet to curse their family members to death for no reason
He should be from the same generation as me, but was placed here 20 or 30 years ago by the blind man. With Xia Longyuan's knowledge of time and space, he should know that he still has a chance to return to the starting point. His parents are still there, but he is older than them... I don't know if he still wants to go back. Seeing how much fun he is having now, I'm afraid he doesn't...
Logically speaking, it would be better not to set up a Taimiao in this situation. Setting up an empty one would only cause criticism. However, Xia Longyuan still set one up, meaning that the Taimiao where I will die will be kept for future use.
Therefore, the Taimiao, which was very solemn in any dynasty, became deserted during the Xia Dynasty with only a few palace servants doing daily cleaning.
When Huangfu Qing entered the palace, he also first suspected this Taimiao, but after secretly visiting it, he found nothing.
Now I naturally know that it is not that I did not discover it, but that I was not trained enough at that time and could not detect the trick. Now that I have broken through the third level of secret storage, I can detect it and "guess where Zhenxia Longyuan is."
The reason why Xia Longyuan built the Taimiao at this location was obviously because there was an isolated secret realm here, and the architecture of the Taimiao was an extremely special formation that took into account both concealment and a special function that could not be determined for the time being.
There is a certain possibility that the choice of building the capital here and the location of the construction of the imperial palace are related to this.
Huangfu Qing brought the young couple to the Imperial Temple. Looking at the teleportation formation that inexplicably appeared in the center of the Imperial Temple, Huangfu Qing stared for a long time and whispered, "It's best not to go in. Let him come out to talk."
Zhao Changhe shook his head: "It's meaningless."
Huangfu Qing glared at him angrily.
Zhao Changhe smiled and said, "If you are worried, you can support us from outside."
Huangfu Qing thought about it, nodded slightly, and suddenly disappeared: "If you can't get out, the capital will be reduced to ashes in a breath."
This was a warning and threat to Xia Longyuan... Xia Longyuan did not respond.
It's not that Xia Longyuan doesn't have any concerns. Huangfu Qing has observed for so long and can at least confirm one thing, that Xia Longyuan currently still needs to maintain the existence of the Great Xia Empire. Even if it is precarious, it doesn't matter as long as it exists.
This may involve some kind of destiny, which Huangfu Qing cannot analyze for the time being, but he knows that there must be something related. Otherwise, many of Xia Longyuan's actions cannot be explained at all.
Zhao Changhe might have blindly overestimated Xia Longyuan's strength in his heart, but in the hearts of the best people in this world, as long as people have something to ask for, he is not invincible, no matter what that asks for.
Therefore, almost everyone was staring at Xia Longyuan, and everyone was waiting for him to show signs of fatigue.
He is indeed not invincible.
Zhao Changhe held Xia Chichi's hand, and the two of them slowly stepped onto the teleportation array. A soft white light flashed, and the two of them instantly disappeared from the spot, and the light of the teleportation array on the ground also disappeared, as if it had never existed there.
When the white light faded, there was an extremely strange scene ahead.
Xia Longyuan sat cross-legged on a high stone platform. The platform was square in shape and had nine levels. Each level was smaller than the one below. The ninth level was still dozens of feet wide, making the nine-level stone platform, which was obviously very high, look rather low.
But all around was a dark dome, covering all directions like a dome. Above the dome, a star map flickered, outlining the shapes of the stars in the sky.
Zhao Changhe’s first reaction was “Night Emperor”, but he soon realized that it was not the case.
This is actually the practice of the worldview of the round earth and square sky, which is a necessary step on the path of "looking down on the world" and "controlling the universe".
Night Emperor is just the one who has walked the furthest on this road, so he is called Night Emperor, but this is not exclusive to him. Xia Longyuan is obviously also on this road, and it is unknown how much of the ideas of the White Tiger Saint and the Azure Dragon were combined and referenced.
Anyway, Xia Chichi looked at the dome like this, and his eyes became more angry: "You treated my mother like a worn-out shoe, but you used her to practice, the best in the world, haha."
Xia Longyuan was not angry, even when Xia Chichi said "you are not worthy" before, he did not get angry. Instead, he smiled slightly, looking at Xia Chichi with a kind look in his eyes: "You are shallow and lack opportunities. You see Zhao Changhe would not ask such questions... Come up and talk."
Zhao Changhe squeezed Xia Chichi's hand, signaling her to calm down, and then took her hand and leaped up to the platform. Xia Longyuan was a little surprised, and looked at Zhao Changhe seriously: "Your cultivation is faster than mine back then, much faster."
Zhao Changhe said calmly: "It's an honor."
Xia Longyuan smiled and said, "I told you before, if you don't like me and want to kill me, then do it yourself... Although you are already very fast, you still have a long way to go."
Xia Chichi looked at Zhao Changhe in surprise. Previously in Kunlun, Zhao Changhe had told her about his meeting with Xia Longyuan, including the whole story with her mother, but he didn't mention this sentence.
Did Zhao Changhe express his dissatisfaction with Xia Longyuan at that time? And Xia Longyuan was not angry at all. The relationship between these two men seemed very special... In the conversation between Xia Longyuan and Zhao Changhe, he actually used "I" all the time, and never used "Zhen" once.
But Zhao Changhe said, "Although I disagreed with your point of view at that time, I could not call for war and killing. You gave me things and treated me well. Especially the sentence 'Father-in-law is not a father?' I have a good impression of you. This sentence made me feel human. You are not as indifferent to Chi Chi as I originally imagined. Later, when others said that you are my father, I did not deny it as much as before. Indeed, father-in-law is also a father."
Xia Chichi's confusion about what to say was dispelled by the conversation between the two people. He became interested and actually found a protruding stone on the ground and sat down, watching them talk silently.
Xia Longyuan laughed dumbly: "You didn't deny it so much, don't you want to borrow the identity of the prince? For example, use Longque to bubble Tang Wanzhuang."
Zhao Changhe: "… Partly, I admit it."
Xia Longyuan nodded and suddenly smiled, "Okay, I hate those who think they are saints... You admit that you have selfishness, at least you are not hypocritical. Sit down, why do you keep standing in front of me, to show that you are higher than me?"
Zhao Changhe did not sit down, but stood up straight and said, "The Sea Clan cannot have only one God and Demon Soul. You acted rashly, even disregarding the lives of Cui Wenjing and me, just to defeat an ordinary Yujing Yin God. I want to know why."
"Why do you want to know this?"
"Look at your gods and demons, and I'll take care of my human world. I said at the time, if you don't take care of it, I'll take care of it."
"When I became a part of the corruption of your world, you pointed to the heavens and cursed me?"
"That's right." Zhao Changhe said, "Cui Wenjing protected your country, while Zhai Muzhi harmed the southwest. You ignored Cui Wenjing and protected Zhai Muzhi. You did some shitty things and were no different from the worst incompetent ruler. Do you want to do it or not? You have no interest in it anyway. If you don't want to do it, can you let someone else do it? No matter if it's Chi Chi or someone else, I think Tang Buqi is better than you."
Xia Longyuan smiled: "Do you know that I can kill you ten thousand times for what you said to me and the way you scolded me? Is this how you are when you are in the martial arts world?"
Zhao Changhe stiffened his neck and said, "Throughout the dynasties, there have been more than one or two loyal ministers who were killed for scolding tyrants. If people were afraid of death, no one would dare to scold them. Then the human race would just be destroyed."
Xia Longyuan burst into laughter: "You actually consider yourself a loyal minister..."
Zhao Changhe said: "I can't beat you, so of course I can only be your loyal minister."
The implication is that if I could beat you, I would have beaten you a long time ago.
Xia Longyuan was still not angry, he just shook his head and laughed.
Zhao Changhe said: "But Lao Xia... I didn't know what I was going to say to you when I went to Beijing, but now after a round of conversation, I have figured it out."
Xia Longyuan nodded: "Go ahead."
"If I say that the water that overturned the boat is the tears of the people, you won't know until you see it flowing across the river... Would you think it's very childish, very awkward, and sneer at me?"
Xia Longyuan was still laughing: "I just like those second-year words. Those who are not awkward are just cold-blooded, I am not."
Zhao Changhe was stunned, and he felt a little bit amused. That's right, the most immature person in the world might be Xia Longyuan himself.
Xia Longyuan said: "You seem to be scolding me, but in fact you are really advising me to take charge of things... You are really acting like a loyal minister, which is really strange."
"What's so strange about that? Otherwise, why did I come to Beijing? You are my father-in-law after all... Even if it's useless, I will still persuade you to the end. Whether you listen or not is your business."
"He is my father-in-law after all." These words made Xia Longyuan's expression change slightly. He looked at Xia Chichi again, but Xia Chichi did not look at him. Instead, he stared at Zhao Changhe.
Xia Longyuan sighed and said slowly: "Then you continue, I'm listening."
Zhao Changhe had a thousand things to say, but they were stuck in his throat and he didn't know how to say them.
After thinking for a long time, I finally felt that it was meaningless to say anything more, so I finally said this: "Don't be too confident. Don't think you are invincible and that everything is just a monkey show. As long as you want to control it, you can wipe it out. I'm saying this. If you are going to die, the person who kills you may not be a god or a demon, but a hero in this world."
(End of this chapter)