Chapter 197
Old Man Wuku seemed to be the only one among the old men in the lonely city who turned to the immortal way. He treasured all the actions left by the immortal monks one by one, even the corpses of the Taoist soldiers.
"Don't you believe in using force to defeat immortals?" Qiao Mu shouted:
"Then I will take out the alien soldiers that have been lost to the veterans of Gucheng over the years and show them to you."
Every time he spoke, he kept taking out new things from his storage bag.
There are broken paper soldiers, bean soldiers with holes in their bodies, and bean generals that are three meters high...
At the end, a corpse was thrown out of the storage bag.
This was actually the body of Dao Shun, a disciple of the Dao Dao Sect, wearing the Taoist robe of the Dao Dao Sect.
"This..." The ministers were about to scold this old man from the Qiao family for bringing a corpse into the Jinluan Palace. It was really a disgrace in front of the palace. But when they took a closer look, they were shocked. This was actually a corpse The corpses of sect disciples?
Qiao Mu ignored the astonishment of the ministers. He only pointed at Daoshun's body at his feet and said bluntly:
"The Qiao family went to the battlefield to die. They called themselves the Great Flame Fighting Immortal Army. They just took over the fire that had lasted forty years in the hands of the lonely remnant army."
"In the past when Qiao Shuangsen entered the city, half of the disabled old men in the city shed tears and asked when reinforcements would really come... But this was supposed to be answered by the real reinforcements from Dayan, not me, the son of the Qiao family. Today I will ask this question on behalf of the disabled old men in the city. ..."
Qiao Mu raised his head and looked directly at Emperor Yonghe on the dragon throne, and said loudly:
"The remnant army of the isolated city has persisted for forty years without kneeling or surrendering. How many people are still thinking of resisting in Dayan's temple now?"
"In today's Great Flame, does anyone dare to take over the fire from the hands of the old soldiers in Gucheng?"
"The soldiers have been fighting to the death for forty years... Where is the Great Yan? Are the princes in the temple guilty?"
Qiao Mu is a skilled martial artist. He looks old but his voice is full of energy.
His voice was like a wave, and one wave of questions after another echoed throughout the court, drowning out all the discussions and scoldings.
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Are all the princes in the temple guilty?
These words echoed in the Jinluan Palace like Huang Zhong Dalu, and faint ripples reverberated in the air.
His voice alone drowned out the accusing glares from all the civil and military officials in the court.
Although this old man from the Qiao family is old, he stands as straight as a pine tree. There is nothing old about him. What he has is just a strong aura that soars into the sky like a rainbow.
The civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty changed slightly.
Because Qiao Shui is not alone.
From the deeds described by Captain Hai previously, they already knew that several generations of the Qiao family had died on the battlefield in Gucheng.
And Captain Hai beside him was the commander of the remaining white-headed soldiers and the representative of the old soldiers who defended the isolated city.
Captain Cai Hai was willing to compromise just now, and they could still take the opportunity to verbally suppress him in the name of taking the overall situation into consideration. However, if someone like Qiao Mu was so unruly and tit-for-tat in the Jinluan Palace, and even threw out the body of the stranger... the court officials but Not many people would stand up and show off their strength at this time.
The civil and military officials of the entire dynasty were completely eclipsed, and even some weak civil servants were intimidated by his momentum unconsciously and took half a step back.
In the silence, Qiao Mu finally came to his senses.
"Why am I being reckless again?"
He was murmuring in his heart.
The power of immortality allows him to act unscrupulously and completely follow his inner thoughts, without considering the pros and cons, high emotional intelligence and low emotional intelligence.
This was his habit of words and deeds along the way, so when he saw Captain Hai standing in front of the Jinluan Palace with a hunched and old figure, he actually didn't think too much and stood up directly.
As long as you can't die, go to death.
Now that he saw the strange looks from the courtiers around him, he belatedly realized what the consequences of doing such an unseemly thing in the Jinluan Palace might be.
The courtiers in the Jinluan Palace are the most powerful people in the country's officialdom, and this is still the case even if there are nine immortal sects above Dayan's head.
It's just that he is different from before.
He still cannot die, he can still rise from the dead.
But death has become a long and endless nightmare for him.
The last nightmare of death was five years.
The number five years is extremely long for a dream and an isolation. It is simply not a life that people should live.
But for Qiao Mu's past experience, it is extremely short.
Several high-quality deaths in the past can easily bring about decades of physical aging, which is a long nightmare that lasts for decades.
After the lock of immortality broke the second chain, the multiplier of the year of death has reached five times, which means that the shortest dream begins in five or ten years...
"The scar healed and the pain was forgotten, but after waking up from the nightmare, I became reckless again..."
Qiao Mu murmured in his heart, but from the corner of his eye, he glanced at Captain Hai next to him intentionally or unintentionally.
Ever since Qiao Mu made a noise, he had become the focus of the entire Jinluan Palace, and the civil and military officials of the court no longer paid much attention to Captain Hai.
Captain Hai's reaction was first astonishment, then confusion, and finally worry.
But it was obvious that Captain Hai was not at peace in his heart, and the palms hanging on both sides of his body were trembling slightly - Qiao Mu had indeed acted as Captain Hai's mouthpiece for a time, saying what he couldn't say from the bottom of his heart.
Although he did not have a close relationship with Qiao Shui, he also understood that the Qiao family abided by their family motto and remained the same from generation to generation.
What's more, from the perspective of Captain Hai, Qiao Shui is not only speaking for him, but also for the unknown soldiers who died in the lonely city for forty years, and for the generations of Qiao family members who died.
While his heart was ups and downs, he was also worried.
Although he didn't understand the affairs of the officialdom and temples, he also knew that these courtiers were the most powerful group of people in the Dayan Dynasty. How could this matter be resolved when Qiao Shui scolded them like this in front of the Jinluan Palace?
Besides, it wasn't just these courtiers he blamed.
If you want to say that you feel guilty, one person you cannot avoid is the current emperor who is sitting on the dragon throne.
Only then did the courtiers react.
"Bold."
"How can Jinluan Palace allow you to speak arrogantly?"
"It's inappropriate in front of the palace...Hai Shangshu, what kind of vulgar city people have you brought into the palace?"
"Today I can secretly bring the body of a stranger, but what if I bring some swords and weapons tomorrow?"
The officials gradually became noisy and filled with indignation.
Naturally, they would not follow Qiao Shui's questioning and answer any question with any guilt. They would just focus on Qiao Shui's lack of etiquette in front of the palace and reprimand him.
Qiao Mu didn't sound angry, but felt a little chilled.
His voice this time was not seeking fame for himself, nor was he seeking death.
He was just born after five years of isolation, and he didn't want to go back and dream about a long dream that would last ten or twenty years.
"Are you going to die again?" Qiao Mu frowned. After he came to his senses this time, he began to seriously think about the way to survive.
You can't take Captain Hai out of the palace, right?
Or...catch the thief first and capture the king first?
Qiao Mu glanced over the noisy ministers, raised his head without scruple, and saw Emperor Yonghe sitting on the dragon throne.
Emperor Yonghe was very quiet and seemed a little abnormal.
The ministers were noisy, but Emperor Yonghe remained silent.
He seemed a little absent-minded and did not listen to the angry condemnation of the ministers. His eyes fell on the human king sword hanging in front of the hall intentionally or unintentionally.
This human king sword is the sword of Taizu of this dynasty. In the past, it manifested luck in the Xuantian Sect Taoist Temple in Nanzhou. It has become an important weapon of the country. Emperor Yonghe will always bring this sword of Taizu to the court. .
Ever since the Human King Sword awakened, a faint golden light has circulated on the sword, which is an external manifestation of a country's destiny.
But at this moment, the Human King Sword hanging in front of the palace started to move again.
Buzzing....
Obviously no one is holding the sword, and the body of the sword is trembling slightly. The golden light flowing on it is rippling like water, like a candle in the strong wind. The golden light rises and falls, and there are faint signs of dimming.
Emperor Yonghe's eyes widened slightly. He usually dealt with national affairs, but he didn't notice anything strange about this man Wang Jian...
If there is, it is that after the King of Qin sealed the territory, the light of the Human King Sword in his hand seemed to be dimmed a little?
Suddenly there was something empty in his heart. As the emperor of the world who is now in charge of the Human King Sword, he knew that since the worship of gods in Nanzhou, the situation of the Great Yan Dynasty had improved, and the opportunity for the Nine Immortal Sects to hide in the dark was this human sword. Wang Jian’s awakening.
Holding the Human King Sword in his hand, he is the emperor of the Nine Provinces who even the Nine Great Immortals should take a second look at.
The Human King Sword is an important weapon of the country and cannot be lost.
He suddenly recalled the time when he and Hai Wuya were talking about the events of the Alien War forty years ago in the court hall, and when they were talking about Emperor Yonghe's "big plan"...
"If people's hearts are gone, when it comes to trying to get in, I'm afraid there's nothing you can do."
The Human King Sword is an important weapon of the country. It is not only a bargaining chip that is expected to deter the Immortal Sect, but also a symbol of the dynasty's destiny.
In today's Great Yan Dynasty, people's aspirations can be said to be closely linked to the fate of the country, and also closely related to the King of Human Sword at the waist.
If the people's hearts are lost and the country's fortunes decline, then this man Wang Jian will probably lose his glory, right?
And what caused the Human King Sword to move strangely today...
Emperor Yonghe lowered his head and looked down at the trees in front of the palace, Captain Hai, and the corpse of a stranger wearing the Taoist robe of the Dao Dao Sect.
Captain Hai is the representative of the veterans of Gucheng.
Qiao Shui represents several Qiao family members before and after him, and is one of the keys to the soldiers being able to get out of the hundred-mile desert.
Which one caused the strange movement of the Human King Sword?
Emperor Yonghe narrowed his eyes and suddenly recalled that when he was in Nanzhou, there was also a Qiao family member named Qiao Zhong... That was the day when the Human King Sword awakened and manifested his destiny.
Leave this aside.
Hanging alone in the desert for forty years, holding on to a city and fighting for 300 soldiers... Such deeds would have been recorded in the history of the past, and it would be a big write-up for historians.
But the threat from Daodao Sect is also real.
In Emperor Yonghe's view, this was another dilemma.
"If the Great Yan Dynasty loses its people's hearts and turns away from morality, the country's destiny will naturally decline..."
Emperor Yonghe suddenly stood up and heard a clang of sword sounds. He unsheathed the Human King Sword and held it in his hand.
The noisy and angry shouts of the ministers stopped abruptly, and they looked at Emperor Yonghe who stood up with his sword drawn in shock.
"I have a guilty conscience!" Emperor Yonghe said deeply.
The ministers were slightly stunned.
Qiao Mu was also quite surprised, but he hid his emotional ups and downs in his eyes and did not show them.
"Several generations of Qiao family members died in the desert to save an isolated city. They are brave men." Emperor Yonghe praised:
"No matter what the purpose is, no matter in which era, 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 and cunning that they actually built such a huge formation and hid it from me for forty years. He also hid it from the whole Great Yan for forty years!"
Speaking of this, Emperor Yonghe's eyes darkened and he fell into deep self-blame:
"Qiao Shuangsen and other martyrs lied about being a sergeant of Dayan, but they also made my Dayan famous and died on the battlefield as an officer and soldier of Dayan... I naturally feel guilty."
The ministers were stunned for a moment and were speechless.
Emperor Yonghe's acting skills are not particularly good, and these words may sound a bit exaggerated, but the courtiers are also good people. Since they have grasped the change in Emperor Yonghe's attitude, they are different from the past.
Although they don't know the specific reason, as courtiers, they will naturally not be disobedient.
"Your majesty is a wise man. He doesn't care about the indecency of the country warrior Qiao Shui in front of the palace. He frankly admits that he is ashamed and candid..."
"The Holy Spirit is so humble, it really puts the humble ministers to shame..."
"...."
The corners of Qiao Mu's eyes twitched slightly. Today's generation of courtiers made him understand what it means to follow the example of superiors and subordinates... Emperor Yonghe's words directly influenced the direction of the courtiers' discourse, which really opened his eyes.
He coughed lightly and said seriously:
"Your Majesty owes nothing to my Qiao family and there is no need to feel guilty."
The courtiers were slightly surprised.
This old man named Qiao Shui, who just acted like a tough and rough warrior, is also a docile donkey. Could it be that he was moved by Emperor Yonghe's performance?
Just listen to Qiao Mu continue: