Chapter 1404 Zhang Guo
Chapter 1409 Zhang Guo
"At that time, you used the method of 'asking for the breath of the sky' to find the trace of the bad commander and waited for him on the road he passed.
What did you say after meeting him? "
Shang Ren was sitting on his knees in the empty hall. Hearing the gentle male voice coming from behind the screen, he felt as if there was cold air flowing around him. The coldness was like a slippery python, wrapping around and around, layer by layer. On myself.
He bowed his head deeply and responded to the male voice behind the screen without hesitation: "After the bad commander found out his identity, he asked me why he was waiting for him there.
The minister said that he found his traces by asking for the breath of heaven. I want to ask him about the root cause of the frequent strange phenomena in Huashan. After all, he personally went to Huashan to deal with strange things. There is no one in the world who is more familiar with the situation in Huashan than him. "
"How did he answer you?"
Behind the screen, Emperor Xuanzong's voice remained gentle.
Shang Ren paused and replied: "Bad handsome name - bad handsome saying..."
He did not continue speaking, as if the bad handsome man's words involved something that made him not know how to continue.
His reaction made Emperor Xuanzong pay more attention to it.
Li Longji's voice became calmer and he said slowly: "Don't worry, tell the truth about what the bad handsome man said. I will pardon your innocence."
After hearing what Emperor Xuanzong said, Shang Ren looked even more nervous, but felt a little relieved in his heart.
Now that the saint can focus on the bad commander's words, he will naturally pay less attention to many other details, which will help his two brothers get through.
His deliberate hesitation and hesitation were also paving the way for the "bad handsome words" and drawing the saint's attention to the maximum extent.
Looking at it now, the effect is pretty good.
"Yes." Shang Ren responded respectfully, then lowered his voice slightly and replied: "The bad handsome name, the giant tree on the top of Huashan Mountain grows into a strange shape that covers the sky and the sun, comes from the 'Queen of Heaven'. "
"The Queen of Heaven..." Behind the screen, Emperor Xuanzong's voice was low.
Shang Ren lowered his head and continued: "Bad commander-in-chief, the Wei River pouring into Huashan is nourishing the 'Longhua tree species' buried in the roots of Huashan by the Queen of Heaven.
The Queen of Heaven grew up from the Longhua tree and was reborn in the human world.
The bad commander realized that the situation of "the Queen of Heaven was reborn" was particularly strange, so he gathered the forces of all parties to cut down the Longhua Sacred Tree.
The Longhua sacred tree fell, causing Mount Hua to tremble.
But the Queen of Heaven fled away at this time. "
"Didn't the Queen of Heaven... follow the felled Longhua tree?" Emperor Xuanzong's words were cryptic, but the meaning behind his words was still very obvious.
Shang Ren immediately understood what Xuanzong said and replied: "The bad commander only said that the Queen of Heaven fled far away. Since it was 'far away', his life should not have been damaged."
After he spoke, he lowered his head and waited for the saint to ask again.
However, there was a long silence behind the screen.
In this uncomfortable silence, Shang Ren felt that the python wrapped around his body was tightening his body more and more. The chill lingering in the hall penetrated his skin, freezing his flesh and bone marrow.
I don't know how long it took, maybe it was just a dozen breaths, or maybe half a day, but the cold air flowing around Shangren suddenly dissipated a lot.
The saint's voice came again from behind the screen.
The sage asked: "Besides this matter, did you ever say anything else to the bad commander at that time?"
As soon as Xuanzong finished speaking, Shang Ren's heart beat faster for a moment, and the candles lighting up the hall suddenly became much brighter at this moment.
Those candlelights were like eyes. Under the gaze of these 'eyes', Shangren intuitively felt that his thoughts could not be hidden at all!
He lowered his head and tried to say something, but when he opened his mouth, the candlelight around him suddenly returned to its original state, as if the brightness just now was just his own illusion.
The saint’s voice came again: “That’s all.
When the bad commander returns to Chang'an, let him come and explain to me in person.
Just step back. "
Shang Ren didn't know why the saint suddenly changed his mind, but he felt as if he had received an amnesty. After saluting the saint, he pulled his senior brother Shang Bai, who had never spoken a word, out of the brightly lit palace in a hurry.
In the palace.
Emperor Xuanzong turned out of the screen and watched Brother Shang Ren leaving in a hurry.
A figure appeared behind him very suddenly, and then condensed into an old Taoist with chicken skin and white hair.
The man was leaning on a dragon-headed crutch, his body hunched, and he stood tremblingly behind Emperor Xuanzong, as if a gust of wind could blow apart all the bones in his body.
Xuanzong did not look at the old Taoist priest who suddenly appeared behind him. He looked downcast and sighed, saying: "I set up the Xuanmen List to cause the two gates of Buddhism and Taoism to fight with each other, causing both sides to lose. But I just watched from the sidelines. He was reaping the benefits, but he never thought that this 'King of Stove King' would suddenly rise to prominence...
This so-called "Leader of the Xuanmen City" position is just a showpiece that I put forward, but he has the appearance of solidifying this position... The queen of heaven is born, and she can unite the forces of all parties to defeat her. Longhua Sacred Tree, this has already shown that Huinumao, who secretly set foot in Huashan at that time, has also cooperated with him.
He defeated twenty-four sects in a row in the Taoist sect, and spread rumors to the outside world that he was defeated by the "Han Guangzi" move - I originally thought that this was actually the case.
The ‘bad commander’ I worshipped at the altar was able to defeat 24 sects and only lag behind Han Guangzi, which was beyond my expectation.
I am also quite satisfied with this.
I never thought that he might not have really lost to Han Guangzi at that time.
His practice may not be inferior to Han Guangzi - this makes me feel uneasy!
Now he has joined hands with Huizhao, who has obtained the Buddha fruit, to cut down the Longhua sacred tree and force the Queen of Heaven to retreat - Zhang Wu has really become a force to be reckoned with..."
The more he mentioned the deeds of the bad commander Zhang Wu, the more serious Xuanzong's face became. He suddenly turned around and looked at the old Taoist behind him, bowing his head slightly to show his respect for the old Taoist. Then, he said to the old Taoist: "The Queen of Heaven was born under the Longhua tree. Although the Longhua tree has been cut down, the Queen of Heaven has finally 'resurrected from the dead'.
This great trouble has not been eliminated, and a new trouble has come - Zhang Wu has emerged suddenly, and I feel that I can no longer control him.
I have many troubles now.
The old immortal was born from the stele of Emperor Taizong, and rose and fell with the imperial bloodline of the Li family. Now, people like the Queen of Heaven and Zhang Wu, once they become powerful, will inevitably impact the dragon vein of the imperial court. Why can the immortal teach me? "
The old Taoist priest, who was honored as the 'old immortal' by Emperor Xuanzong, raised his cloudy old eyes and slowly replied to Xuanzong: "There are orders for work and urgency for things.
Now, for Your Majesty, although Zhang Wu is powerful, he has only been involved in 'suppressing evil things' so far. Apart from this, he has nothing to do with the major policies of the country.
If he only focuses on suppressing the evil in the world and fulfilling Your Majesty's long-cherished wish of 'no evil in the world', Your Majesty's mind can accommodate a 'leader of the Xuanmen'?
If this matter can be accomplished and passed down to future generations, Zhang Wu is the leader of the Xuanmen, but Your Majesty's wise emperor who personally selected the 'leader of the Xuanmen' will surely receive more praise. "
Tang Minghuang frowned slightly when he heard this.
Isn't 'suppressing the evil spirits in the world' also a major policy of the country?
And if this matter has no possibility of completion, it's fine. If it really has the possibility of completion, this matter will be the most important policy of the country!
Now Zhang Wu wants to take charge of the most important policy of the country, how can this not provoke Emperor Xuanzong's nerves?
Although he also knew that the words of the old immortal 'Zhang Guo' were indeed mature and prudent, he couldn't stand the feeling of 'someone else sleeping soundly beside the bed' in his heart.
However, since Zhang Guo said this, Xuanzong also knew that it would be meaningless to discuss with him how to deal with 'Zhang Wu's troubles'.
He suppressed his thoughts and said: "The Queen Mother is the first disaster for the Li Tang imperial lineage. If she is born, she will definitely come with great momentum. How do you think the old immortal should deal with it? ”
Zhang Guo was a god born from the ‘bat pattern’ in the stele of Emperor Taizong. Later, he was summoned by the Queen Mother and faked his death to avoid the envoy.
It was not until Emperor Xuanzong ascended the throne and was summoned again and again that Zhang Guo set foot in the capital and became the highest worshiper in Emperor Xuanzong’s inner court.
As for why the stele images of the previous emperors of the Li Tang Dynasty had so many strange things, such as being able to predict everything, guide everything, and transform into gods, etc., it was also related to a method that the Li Tang emperors secretly practiced, but it was never passed on.
And Zhang Guo was indeed as Li Longji said, closely involved with the Li Tang imperial bloodline, and they rose and fell together.
——When Empress Wu summoned him, he was able to fake his death to escape, also because His fake death was so realistic that it could almost be considered a real death.
However, the Li Tang imperial lineage was not yet exhausted. After the Queen Mother abdicated, the Li family took over the throne again, and Zhang Guo also "died and reborn".
The Queen Mother was indeed the common enemy of Emperor Xuanzong and Zhang Guo!
Zhang Guo replied to Emperor Xuanzong: "The Queen Mother is scheming and calculating. Once she is reborn, she will definitely have more plans. When she was in power, she promoted the status of Buddhism between the court and the people. Among Buddhists, the Queen Mother has many followers. Now the first priority is to monitor the Buddhist world and make sure to erase all clues of "Maitreya Buddha" and "Maitreya's descent" to make the incense of "Maitreya Buddha" decline in the world.
Monitoring the monks of the world and banning the incense of Maitreya can be done by the Buliangshuai."
Emperor Xuanzong nodded and smiled: "I also have this idea. "
Ordering Zhang Wu to monitor Buddhism and destroy the Maitreya incense can make the relationship with Buddhism hostile and then weaken its power.
Zhang Guo is also flexible. He knows that Xuanzong is afraid of Zhang Wu, so he made this suggestion.
"Now in Chang'an, Luoyang and other places, the Queen Mother has left many secret arrangements. I will personally destroy and block the various secret arrangements left by the Queen Mother, so that they cannot live in Chang'an and Luoyang, two important places, and threaten the imperial bloodline." Zhang Guo continued, "Your Majesty is in the Forbidden City. Although you are heavily protected, there is always a loophole. What's more, the Queen Mother is also familiar with the arrangements in the Forbidden City?
Therefore, Your Majesty also needs to gather great men and powerful people around him to protect Your Majesty and share Your Majesty's worries——"