Chapter 1444: Sword and shoes enter the palace, do not bow, do not praise
Chapter 1449: Wearing swords and shoes to enter the palace, entering the court without bowing, praising and worshipping without naming (Part 2)
News and voices continued to pour into the palace with the monks and Taoists, and spread in the palace, causing the atmosphere in the palace to suddenly become like a pot of boiling water.
Every palace servant, servant, and soldier had a variety of different expressions on their faces.
Only when Emperor Xuanzong glanced around did the expressions on those people's faces suddenly restrain and put on a respectful look, as if they were still loyal to Emperor Xuanzong.
Emperor Xuanzong's Adam's apple rolled, he sat stiffly on the throne, his eyes cast outside the palace, and saw the world outside the palace intertwined with black and yellow. Between the black and yellow world, he could not see any other figures staying in it, and his heart was filled with unspeakable panic.
If he walked out of the palace now, what would be the end that would greet him?
He originally wore the imperial robe and sat on the throne, just to welcome Su Wu here - the spiritual energy that he had placed in the ancestral temple was nailed to death by Zhang Wu's arrow. Zhang Wu's golden arrow still remains in the ancestral temple, like a steel knife hanging over Xuanzong's head. Therefore, he understood that even if it was just Zhang Wu's own strength, it was definitely beyond his reach.
What's more, the other party has many strong forces such as Lushan Zhenren and Bad People to support him?
Under such circumstances, he still fought against Zhang Wu, which was just a desperate resistance!
When Emperor Xuanzong ordered the guards and worshippers in the palace to make various preparations, he had already foreseen his final outcome - he had no chance of winning and would lose this battle!
But even so, he did not retreat.
Defeat is nothing but death!
He died on this throne, wearing the imperial robe, but he was still the Emperor of Li Tang!
But now a monk walked into the hall and brought him all these news--
"Your Majesty, the Marquis of Zhenguo is outside the hall, please go straight to see him!"
The last monk who brought back the news repeated his words again at this time. The monk slightly emphasized his tone to call back Xuanzong's mind that was floating outside the nine heavens.
Xuanzong lowered his eyes.
Time seemed to be stagnant at this moment.
He had expected that he would sit on the throne of Li Tang and die in a crown and robe, but now because of the news brought by the monk, all of this was gone.
His face was pale and he was silent for a long time.
All kinds of inexplicable eyes intertwined in the hall.
Those eyes seemed to have never fallen on Emperor Xuanzong, but they eventually overwhelmed Emperor Xuanzong's will-after a long time, Emperor Xuanzong let out a decadent sigh: "Ah..."
Then, the saint held the handrail and tried to support his body. But for some reason, his legs were extremely weak at this time. Even if he supported himself with his hands on the handrail, he could not stand up straight for a while. Seeing this, the palace servants around him lowered their heads and supported Xuanzong's arms, and propped him up from the throne.
From the throne to the palace gate, the dozens of steps seemed as long as thousands of miles for Xuanzong at this time.
When he approached the palace gate, he was sweating profusely.
When he approached the palace gate, he finally saw Zhang Wu standing outside the palace with his hands hanging down and a calm expression. At this time, he suddenly felt a surge of strength from somewhere in his body, which made his already weak legs suddenly straighten up. He pushed away the palace servants who were supporting him and slowly walked to Zhang Wu.
Emperor Xuanzong opened his mouth to speak -
Su Wu's eyes pressed down.
The invisible eyes were like a mountain, which immediately pressed him down so that he could not raise his head.
He felt extremely humiliated, and the power that was swirling in his body burst out more violently at this time - even if Zhang Wu killed him at this time, he would not be afraid at all!
However, as Zhang Wu spoke, the will to die that had just burst out in his heart disappeared completely: "Emperor.
How about ending today's matter here?
The ministers and servants inside and outside the palace will never have any memory of today's matter - after a night, tomorrow will be a bright day again.
You go to court as usual and govern the country.
And I will also promote the rule of "no tricks in the world" as before. How about we not interfere with each other?"
Su Wu thought clearly in his heart.
Although he could kill Emperor Xuanzong now, it would be disadvantageous to the overall situation.
Xuanzong did not need to intervene in the matter of "curing tricks in the world", but he also needed to borrow the name of Emperor Li Tang to allocate various resources and cooperate with him.
What's more, the affairs of the world and the livelihood of the people are not only on the matter of "curing tricks".
Emperor Xuanzong is still alive. If he can cooperate with Su Wu, it will be beneficial to the people of the world. Taking his life at this time will lead to turmoil in the court, and the prosperous Kaiyuan era will also be cut off.
Moreover, Emperor Li Tang practiced the "Five Virtues of the State" which was also very strange. He cultivated his body with the five virtues and five directions of energy accumulated by emperors from generation to generation. At the same time, this kind of five virtues of energy is closely related to the national destiny. Killing Emperor Li Tang at this time is equivalent to destroying the national destiny!
The prosperous national destiny is also a great help to Su Wu's "ruling the world".
Therefore, Su Wu's fundamental purpose from the beginning was not to kill Emperor Xuanzong and replace him himself. Everything he did was to force Xuanzong to "turn back" and stop the war with war.
Li Longji had no idea what Su Wu was thinking. He was forced by Su Wu to leave the palace and come to "pay a visit" to Su Wu. The humiliation in his heart was beyond words, and he had already decided to die. He felt that his death was near, and now he had mustered up all his courage to face his own death.
But he didn't expect to hear Su Wu suddenly speak at this time, saying that they can still "live in peace".
What happened now, just pretend it never happened.
After this night, what happened now will not leave any trace.
Every word is to show that he can give himself a way out. The throne of the emperor is still in his hands. Such a sudden turn of events drained all of Li Longji's courage.
Since everything can be as usual, why should he seek death?
With this thought, Xuanzong's strength suddenly disappeared, and he suddenly sat down on the ground. He looked up at Su Wu, his eyes full of fear: "My life and death are now in your mind.
You can kill me quickly, and there is no one else in the world who can make you pay any price.
Why... why are you..."
"I'm not doing this for the sake of this moment." Su Wu grinned, he squatted down beside Xuanzong, and suddenly a golden arrow appeared in his hand.
This arrow connected the Li Tang ancestral temple, and it was as light as a feather in Su Wu's hand.
Under Xuanzong's trembling eyes, he handed the golden arrow to the other party, saying: "Your life and safety, the rise and fall of the Li Tang imperial lineage, are now in your own hands.
Where will the emperor go?
Will he become a great sage, or a traitor?
It all depends on your thoughts.
Emperor, take care of yourself."
After saying this, Su Wu stood up, and a gust of wind swept his figure. When the wind turned back, his figure also disappeared.
Xuanzong lowered his head and looked at the golden arrow in his hand.
The golden arrow melted into a ray of light in his palm, and then slowly disappeared in front of his eyes.
But in his heart, he can now sense the existence of the golden arrow at all times-the feather arrow is still firmly nailed in the Li Tang ancestral temple. As long as it does not fall off, Xuanzong's spirit will not be able to move back to the ancestral temple and obtain the protection of the imperial lineage.
This steel knife has been hanging over Emperor Xuanzong's head for a long time!
"The story of Huo Guang has come again..."
He murmured, looking at his empty palm in despair. The black wind between heaven and earth gradually disappeared. A palace servant saw the emperor sitting in front of the palace, dressed in a robe and crown, and was immediately terrified. He hurried to greet him and said "Your Majesty".
Emperor Xuanzong turned his head to look at the palace servant's expression, and was sure that the other party had no memory of the previous things.
Except for Su Wu and Xuanzong himself, no one inside or outside the forbidden palace knew what happened tonight.
"Your Majesty, it's windy tonight..." The eunuch helped Emperor Xuanzong up, and at the same time racked his brains to consider the words, trying to cover up the scene of Xuanzong sitting on the ground in despair.
And Xuanzong glanced at him, stood up, and turned back to the palace.
Not long after, an edict was transmitted from Daming Palace to the Bad People's Office.
…
The imperial edict says: Only Xuanyuan will descend upon us and start our Tang Dynasty… Zhang Wu, the leader of the bad people, is both virtuous and talented, and is granted the title of Zhenguogong. He is praised and worshipped without a name, and does not bow when entering the court. He wears a sword and shoes when entering the palace.
On the ‘Xuanmen list’, Zhang Wu ranks among the top three, and is the ‘leader of Xuanmen’. He is in charge of yin and yang, decides the world’s laws, and governs the world’s tricks.
…
The original ‘Bad People’s Office’ was expanded again to the ‘Xuanmen Office’ after the saint issued the edict.
The Xuanmen has three major institutions: Zhengui Bureau, Shengong Bureau, and Guiyu. All the bad people have been incorporated into the three major institutions and have completely become Xuanmen people.
Since the ‘Shengong Bureau’ mastered the forging skills of ‘Shengrenjia’, it has gradually spread throughout the world, and many disciples of folk sects have come to join.
There are crowds of people in front of the office.
At this time, in a quiet room in the front yard of Xuanmen
Su Wu sat upright in the main seat, and on his left and right sides, beautiful women sat down. Surrounded by the women, Su Wu looked at his nose, and his heart, as if he had become a wooden sculpture. His aura was almost non-existent.
But he was the main target of the eyes of Danjia, Dingling, Jiang Yingying, Qingzi, Pinglingzi, Zhuoma Zunsheng and other women. Even if he could restrain his aura, he could not hide his existence. In this way, because most of the women's eyes were focused on him, his presence was more prominent.
He then cast his eyes on the table in front of him, carefully observing every texture and every carving on the table.
"Your aura now is just like an ancient Buddha made of clay and wood.
You seem to have a deep Buddha nature, but in fact your internal organs are filled with mud and wood. Your heart is solid, so how can your nature and mind be empty?"
Dangjia, who was sitting in the first seat on the right, glanced at Su Wu in the main seat, snorted from her nose, raised her white jade-like chin, and asked Su Wu with a smile.
The meaning of her anger in her words was particularly clear. Now it seemed that she was discussing Buddhist practice with Su Wu, but in fact she was taking the opportunity to scold him for being like a piece of wood in such an occasion and not saying a word in such an occasion.
Ding Ling, who was sitting opposite Danjia, glanced at her and suddenly said, "I have practiced to the point where my body is like a crane, and there are two boxes of scriptures under a thousand pine trees. I came to ask Dao Wuyu, who said that the clouds are in the blue sky and the water is in the bottle.
It is like practicing - standing on the top of a high mountain, walking deep in the sea.
Some people's minds are not empty and cannot be pure, so they don't know that the heaven and earth are all here, and have never moved."
The implication of Lushan Zhenren's discussion of the Tao is to ridicule Danjia. The practice of high realms has always been there and has never moved, but Danjia has no wisdom and his mind cannot be pure, so he can't comprehend it, so when he looks at his senior brother Su Wu, he thinks he is just a piece of wood.
In fact, the real blockhead and mortal body is Danjia himself.
Dangjia turned around and smiled at Ding Ling, asking him, "Does the Taoist have a pure mind and 'forget emotions'?"
"The Tao can be entrusted to the heaven and earth, and can also be returned to oneself.
Everything is natural, all kinds of things, and being affectionate and forgetting emotions can all be 'Tao', and it does not necessarily require 'forgetting emotions'." At this time, Ding Ling had not spoken yet, and Jiang Yingying, who had been sitting in the corner with Inoue Haruko, suddenly spoke timidly.
She looked timid, but her words were quite fluent and organized.
Ding Ling listened to what she said and looked at Jiang Yingying. She didn't know what she thought of, and her eyes looked at Jiang Yingying with a complicated look.
Su Wu, who was 'sitting' in the main seat, saw that the women present were about to start a debate on Taoism, and finally couldn't help raising his eyes and looking at the door of the quiet room.
He not only invited the women, but also Tao Zu, Jianzhen, Hong Renkun, Ji Xingzhou and others.
However, the women had gathered here early, but Tao Zu, Jian Zhen and others were nowhere to be seen.
Without these people present, he was already overwhelmed by the current situation and could not cope with it.
"Master." Su Wu called to the door of the quiet room. As soon as he spoke, he suppressed the gradually heated "discussing atmosphere" in the room, "Since you are already outside the door, why don't you go in and meet each other?"
Outside the door.
Tao Zu held Jian Zhen with his left hand and Ji Xingzhou with his right hand, and winked at Hong Renkun.
"Listen, they are about to kill each other!" Tao Zu gloated.
Hong Renkun could not suppress the corners of his mouth that were wildly raised, and grinned and laughed: "Where have I seen Su Wu like this before?
Haha!
He deserves this disaster!
He will be severely defeated!"
Jian Zhen, who was held by Tao Zu's arm, was calm and expressionless, and seemed to be indifferent to the farce at the moment.
But he could easily break free of Tao Zu's arm and push the door open, but he remained motionless.
Only Ji Xingzhou stammered and whispered, "Su Wu should have something important to discuss with us. It's not good to leave him alone in the room..."
"You are a kind man!" Tao Zu glared at him.
Hong Renkun's face became serious and he patted Ji Xingzhou's shoulder: "The women in the room are all Zhang Wu's confidantes at different times.
Now we leave him and the women alone to let them communicate with each other. What's wrong with this?
He is too late to thank us, what's wrong with that!"
Ji Xingzhou opened his mouth when he heard the voice, but couldn't say anything else.
Just as everyone heard the verbal confrontation in the room becoming more and more intense, and everyone was beaming with joy, Su Wu's voice suddenly came from inside the door: "Master, since you are outside the door, why don't you come in to meet?"