Chapter 187 The Old Fox and the Little Fox (First update, please give me a guaranteed monthly ticket
Evil Lord held his left hand behind his back and brushed his clothes with his right hand: "Of course, otherwise, where would the old ghost find the relics of the Holy Lord?"
He said slowly: "In the past, when the Holy Lord became a monk, he was served by a young novice monk. After he condensed the strange crystal stone and passed away, the young novice monk accidentally made a friend from the grassland and regarded this matter as The anecdote was told to the other party.”
No wonder the young master of the Jiang tribe knew the whereabouts of the Demon Lord... Meng Qi suddenly looked at the Evil Lord without saying a word.
The evil king still spoke in a slow and leisurely manner, not like he was in a palace in a dragon's den, but in a comfortable home: "The old ghost's coma was just because he couldn't bear the huge amount of essence entering his body for a while, and he woke up not long after. But he felt that being in a coma was better than being awake. On the one hand, he could take a look at the performance of his four sons, see their true colors clearly, and use the struggle for the throne to attract several great masters to Beijing, and on the other hand, he could spread the news about the relics of the Holy Lord. , let the great masters enter the game automatically."
"So, the fact that Batu was hunted down that night was actually the secret leaked by the young master of the Jiang clan?" Meng Qi asked thoughtfully after hearing that the Grand Master was brought into the situation.
If there is anything else in this world that can make several grand masters fight for life and death, the demon king's relics are obviously the first to bear the brunt. Compared with it, the throne is not important in the hearts of the grand masters. After all, they have been stuck in the current realm for a long time. There is only one layer of window paper between us and a breakthrough, but we can't break through it. We are in urgent need of external reference and help.
The evil king looked at Meng Qi with a half-smile: "Yes, if you hadn't disrupted the situation, repelled the fierce sword, scared away Ruyi Monk and the Ghost King, and taken away Batu and Changsun Jing, I'm afraid that except for Wang Derang and Bamul The great masters have already gathered in Yuanjue Temple to compete for the relics of the Holy Lord. "
"According to some investigation, an unknown number of kilograms of gunpowder were buried in Yuanjue Temple. As soon as the great masters entered, a dead man would immediately light the fuse, and with a loud bang, they would all be blown to pieces."
Meng Qi was not in a hurry and nodded: "No wonder the young master of the Jiang clan left the hiding place on his own shortly before the right minister arrived."
Phew, the sound of the wind blowing through the branches becomes very clear, and people can intuitively feel the power, fierceness and fierceness of the wind.
"Wang Derang did not expect that Batu would be 'robbed' by you, nor did he expect that Lu Guan would choose to be a lone minister and bring Batu to him instead of seeking refuge with a certain prince, so he deliberately delayed it for a while and sent someone to notify Young Master of the Jiang Clan, otherwise with his great master's strength, why would he not hurry over and go to the door to subdue such an important matter, but instead take Lu Guan and Batu to wander slowly there?" Evil Lord said with a slight sneer.
Yes, if the right minister "finds" the young master of the Jiang clan by himself, he will be in trouble. If he does not go to Yuanjue Temple, how experienced are the other great masters. They will know that there is a ghost at the first smell, and they must have sent someone. Go down and investigate. If he goes to Yuanjue Temple by himself, will the dead soldiers outside light the fuse, or will they light the fuse?
Meng Qi did not relax his guard on the sword, and said with emotion: "I didn't expect the emperor to be so afraid of the great masters, and he wanted to kill them quickly."
"As the lord of the world, who would want to have a great master who is almost as powerful as a god or demon outside? If they risk their lives, they are likely to kill the emperor who is under heavy protection."
Evil Lord still held his left hand behind his back and his right hand across his chest, "So once he finds an opportunity, the old ghost will not let it go. Even if he has not finished sucking the holy relics, he will take them out as bait. Anyway, his body is already aging. Even if the strength increases, the amount of essence that can be absorbed is limited. Hey, if Wang Derang hadn't suppressed this matter, there might have been trouble, and the old ghost would have wanted to hide it from him and let him go to Yuanjue Temple to die. "
"He is a qualified emperor." Meng Qi sighed.
"Yes, he is ruthless and has a heart of stone. He loves the throne and the power in his hands more than his concubines and his children." Evil Lord showed a rare expression of approval.
The wind became louder and louder, and the air became very humid and quite depressing.
Meng Qi asked deliberately: "Even though he was in a coma, he had the right prime minister, the general Zhengxi, and the general manager, and he still had strong control over the court and the palace. How could he suddenly die suddenly? He privately Are you determined to have peace talks by sending General Zhengxi to contact Lu Huasheng?"
If you want to pretend to be unconscious, the chief internal officer cannot hide it. After all, the emperor is not a god, he still has to eat, drink and relieve himself, so he must have confidants to take care of him.
"If the price does not exceed the bottom line, the old ghost will definitely be willing to negotiate for peace. After killing the great master and getting rid of the restless son, he will reorganize the army and restore the northwest. If the negotiation cannot be reached, he will also recruit Lu Guan to the capital for backup. , can stabilize the hearts of the soldiers and horses in the northwest." The evil king talked eloquently, as if he could read the old emperor's thoughts like his own palm prints.
Meng Qi nodded slightly. If the old emperor did not die, he would have to find a way to sabotage the peace talks in order to complete his main mission. The old emperor had the young master of the Jiang tribe in his hands and knew the inside story of the Xilu. There would definitely be no shortage of ways to make the Xilu Fake peace talks turned into real peace talks.
The Evil Lord chuckled lightly: "He thought he had everything under control, but he misjudged people's hearts. As an emperor, most people thought he was in a coma, which is equivalent to death, and he was really 'dead'."
"If you want to pretend to be comatose, there will always be various traces exposed, such as the amount of food, such as the state of excretion. The eunuchs and guards thought that the emperor had suffered a stroke and was in a coma. The new emperor was about to ascend the throne. Naturally, they were eager to surrender, eager to show their loyalty, and spread all the news They all passed it on to the Crown Prince and the Seventh Prince, so that they could judge that the old ghost was pretending to be dead and making plans. "
If the emperor's sudden coma had not given the third and fourth princes hope, normally the new emperor in other people's minds would be one of the prince and the seventh prince.
"No wonder when I went to visit the prince, the prince stayed behind closed doors and strictly abided by his duties." Meng Qi suddenly said, and then frowned, "But since the seventh prince also knows, why do you want to see me? What else are you talking about fighting for the throne? If you can’t retreat?”
The evil king was tall, with an elegant and evil temperament. He stood there with an indescribable sense of ease: "At that time, the old ghost was already dead."
"So the Seventh Prince is acting unscrupulously, and the Crown Prince thanks guests behind closed doors because he doesn't know?" Meng Qi felt that something was wrong, that was not the case.
Evil Lord smiled: "The prince is pretending that he doesn't know that the old ghost is dead, and the seventh prince is pretending that he doesn't know that the old ghost is in a coma."
They are all actors... Meng Qi slandered, and suddenly understood the meaning of the evil king's words: "The one who killed the emperor was the prince?"
"It can be regarded as his order. Hey, only a few people knew about this matter. Even Wang Derang felt that the old ghost was too greedy and died suddenly because he absorbed too much essence. Therefore, he kept it secret and helped the prince to win over General Zhengxi. , to win over others, let him be fully prepared, and if he doesn't make a move, he will be thunderous, leaving the other three princes without the ability to resist, so as to prevent the capital from being turbulent and the world from being turbulent. "Xie Jun said this. He has personal experience.
Meng Qi had no doubt about this. The Right Prime Minister Wang Derang was a great Confucian of the time, and there was Chen Peihe, a soldier from the Western Regions. He definitely hoped that the transition to the throne would be smooth and unturbulent. Under normal circumstances, there was no need to explain the choice of orthodoxy by a great Confucian. In terms of suppression, the civil servants and military officers at hand could not suppress the other princes. The fourth prince had the Sword King, and the third prince had the Demon Queen, so they were not far behind.
If the crown prince's succession is announced rashly, the other princes are likely to be dissatisfied, start a rebellion, trigger a split, destabilize the capital and the world, and give the Westerners an opportunity to take advantage.
Therefore, the right minister suppressed the news of the old emperor's death and kept the funeral secret. He only informed the prince and asked him to prepare to win over the neutral forces, subdue the other three princes with thunderous force, and quickly resolve the dispute for the throne.
"Instructions? Then who killed the emperor?" Meng Qi asked this question again.
The weather outside seemed to be getting more and more depressing, and the sound of fighting in Qinzheng Hall was mixed with the strong wind.
Evil Lord said leisurely and contentedly: "Left Prime Minister Lu Ling."
"Treacherous Prime Minister?" This is the person who made Lu Guan be demoted for many years.
"As the head of the political hall and one of the de facto prime ministers, he has the right to stay in prison at night and visit the old ghost." Evil Lord said as if he was hiding nothing, "Lü Ling is good at figuring out people's thoughts. After gaining the trust of the old ghost, as Lu Guan entered the capital, he was keenly aware that he might have fallen out of favor. "
"When the prince secretly told him that the old ghost was in a false coma, he confirmed this guess. As a close confidant, even such a thing was concealed. There was no other explanation except that the old ghost wanted to treat him as an abandoned son. Hehe, if the peace talks succeed and cede territory and humiliate the country, the prince and he will be the scapegoats. If the peace talks fail and Lu Guan becomes a general, someone will have to take responsibility for the previous corruption in the northwest and Lu Guan's demotion. Obviously, it cannot be The fault of the wise and mighty emperor can only be that of a traitor who deceived the emperor. "
The evil king had a fair face and must have been a handsome man when he was young. He said as if he had pearls of wisdom: "After understanding this, Lu Ling quickly fell in love with the prince, and he had been the prime minister for many years. He was in and out of the ban, and he had to win over some ministers and guards. . These eunuchs and guards thought that the new emperor was about to succeed, so they naturally turned to him without reservation and helped him spy on the affairs of Ziji Pavilion and help him pay attention to the intelligence of the Imperial City Division. "
"After they figured out that the old emperor was just faking a coma, they were already in a difficult position and could only follow Lu Ling all the way to the dark side. After Lu Ling combined various clues to determine the old emperor's condition, he found a pill to accelerate the absorption of true energy. , harmless to the body and non-toxic, so the eunuch added it to the old ghost's diet, so the old ghost absorbed the essence too quickly and died suddenly. "
Meng Qi asked thoughtfully: "Why do you experience such confidential matters personally?"
"Because Lu Ling told someone that he helped someone sneak in here." Evil Lord smiled and sighed, "If there are no external enemies, the prince will kill him to silence him in the future. Even if he spreads the word, Wang Derang will think that he is at the end of his life and is acting recklessly. Panjie, there should be no other princes at that time. Wang Derang doesn’t believe the prince, so Lu Ling told someone about it to protect himself. "
Meng Qi said regretfully: "What's the use of telling you?"
"At this moment, the Seventh Prince should have left the capital and headed to the southeast, mobilizing the power accumulated in the court and the army over the years to tear apart the soil and fight against rebellion." Evil Lord seemed to be talking about something not very important.
Meng Qi immediately understood the true meaning of the seventh prince's words. In the capital, with the right prime minister turning against the prince, he had no chance. His hope of survival lay outside the capital: "It turns out that the person behind the seventh prince is you."
Evil Lord smiled and nodded: "It was me, and I didn't tell him that the prince instigated Lu Ling to kill the old ghost. I just asked him to find an excuse to rebel."
"Do you want the world to be in chaos?" Meng Qi immediately grasped the evil king's true thoughts.
The evil king said proudly: "If you rely on rebellion to gain power and have an unstable foundation, the Holy Sect will always be suppressed by Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism. Only by revolting and sweeping the world can the Holy Sect become orthodox. Someone has prepared a 'fire' in the southeast. For the seventh prince’s use.”
Political power comes from the barrel of a gun... Meng Qi didn't know why he thought of this sentence, and the evil king really had pride in his heart.
He sighed: "But all the creatures in the world are in trouble because of this."
"Death is a well-deserved death, with a lingering fragrance." Evil Lord said ruthlessly.
He suddenly smiled: "Do you know why He talks so much and tells you so many things?"
Without waiting for Meng Qi to answer, he took out his left hand from behind his back, holding a dark yellow crystal. There seemed to be something gelatinous and invisible inside, but only half of it was left.
He chuckled and his expression turned cold again:
"Because someone wants to delay."
He put away the spar, and his momentum increased steadily, and he actually felt a bit like a demon queen.
"Although it hasn't been completely absorbed yet, it's enough to kill you!"
Boom!
Lightning flashed outside and thunder sounded.
Although he didn’t know why he was able to get the Demon Lord’s relics, nor why he had to rush to absorb the essence, Meng Qi didn’t panic at all: “Do you know why I listened to your nonsense for so long?”
Without waiting for Evil Lord to answer, Meng Qi smiled so much that he showed two rows of white teeth:
"Because I also want to delay!"
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