Chapter 97 Secrets Among the Royal Family (8000)
Da Viet, destroy it!
It was just four short words, but it was very different in everyone's ears. There was an incomparable domineering and unquestionable confidence in this voice.
In the eyes of this man, it seems that the Dai Viet Kingdom should be destroyed.
The people being questioned were Xu Bai and the others.
To be precise, it was Xu Bai.
Xu Bai frowned, shook his head and said, "No."
He answered, because he didn't feel the slightest killing intent on this person, or even hostility. The innate domineering aura was just the temperament of this man.
When he answered the word "no", the man who looked like the Eighth Prince stopped suddenly, and his eyes shone with excitement, like a seven or eight-year-old child seeing his favorite toy.
"Okay! It would be great if you didn't get killed, I will go get killed." The man laughed boldly.
My king?
At this time, it would be really strange if they heard such weird names again.
In the Great Chu Kingdom, apart from King Shengyou, there is no third person who can be called "the King".
"You are, my lord?" Qingxue covered her mouth with her hands, unable to restrain her inner astonishment any longer.
King Shengyou nodded, and said: "Although this king's appearance has changed a lot, you should recognize this one."
As he spoke, he slowly raised his right hand, and a jade-like object was suspended above it.
—Tiger Talisman!
The moment the Tiger Talisman appeared, Yun Zihai, Zhou Qing and Qingxue fell to their knees at the same time, shouting in unison.
"Meet the prince!"
The tiger talisman only recognizes King Shengyou, and seeing the tiger talisman is like seeing King Shengyou.
This is a secret that everyone in the Great Chu Kingdom knows.
The one who has not changed is Xu Bai.
"snort!"
Who knew that the actions of Yun Zihai and others did not make King Shengyou happy, but instead gave a dull cold snort.
"This king hates people who kneel at every turn. If you are not in this king's army, you don't have to kneel, otherwise this king looks down on you." King Shengyou said in a deep tone.
He didn't seem to have said enough. After finishing this sentence, he added another sentence.
"Below the knee, a thousand gold is hard to find."
Yun Zihai froze.
He seemed to recall the legend about this prince, including his character.
This prince has a very weird personality. Because he walks in the army all year round, he has created a heroic aura, especially he can't understand the so-called red tape.
It's like kneeling. In the prince's view, everyone's knees are very heavy, and they cannot be easily kneeled.
At least not from his army, kneeling down to him would make him feel disgusted.
"Get up." King Shengyou waved his sleeves in disgust, and then turned his gaze to Xu Bai, as if very interested: "You are very good."
Xu Bai touched his chin and said, "You are King Shengyou? What's going on?"
He is very puzzled now, what is the situation? Why did King Shengyou turn into the appearance of the eighth prince, and everything here, he was very curious.
After being busy for a long time, a prince appeared here, so everything is a bit outrageous.
What's even more outrageous is that this prince has changed into someone else's appearance, and according to legend, this prince has already died.
Of course, I heard from Zhou Qing before that this has the effect of reversing life and death. The Eighth Prince died and King Shengyou came back to life. Xu Bai couldn’t help guessing.
"Bold!"
Just as he asked this sentence, more than 10,000 soldiers all shouted in unison.
The sound shook the sky and shook the sky, and the whole space trembled slightly, and the murderous aura that soared into the sky rushed over like overwhelming mountains and seas.
Xu Bai narrowed his eyes slightly.
"Hahaha!"
At this time, King Shengyou let out a series of laughing sounds, as if he was becoming more and more interested in Xu Bai, he waved his sleeves to stop the soldiers from killing.
"You are very good, really, what I didn't expect was that there were so many variables in our plan back then." King Shengyou said slowly: "Want to know everything that happened here?"
His eyes moved back and forth on Xu Bai and the others, and the smile in his eyes became stronger and stronger.
Xu Bai nodded decisively.
I want to, of course I want to!
It's not just women who like to listen to gossip these days, men's gossip souls are not bad at all.
Xu Bai is very interested in this secret past.
Yun Zihai and the others looked at each other, then nodded in unison, expressing that they also wanted to know.
"Since you all want to know, this king will let you see what happened back then. Anyway, this king has already come out. It's okay to know all this." King Shengyou raised his right index finger, and a little light flickered on it.
"The method of the military formation, the murderous aura causes hallucinations, the illusion formation!"
Accompanied by King Shengyou's low shout, Xu Bai discovered that there were strange air currents emanating from the soldiers in the army, circling and moving in the sky, and finally gathered together.
Everything around is becoming blurred, the huge space is gone, replaced by a clear grassland.
A domineering man was lying on the grass, resting his head on his hands, with a piece of grass in his mouth.
There was a hint of boredom and helplessness in his eyes.
The clouds in the sky are slowly floating, which can bring people a wonderful mood, but they can't change the helpless look in this man's eyes.
After a while, there was a sound of footsteps nearby.
The man got up from the ground, looked at the person next to him, curled his lips and said, "Brother, we came out to play secretly this time, why are you still wearing the emperor's aura, pretending to be an ordinary person like me."
Beside the man, stood a man in ordinary clothes.
He was wearing a linen dress with some holes in it, but it looked like a gorgeous dress on this man.
A sense of nobility emanated from this man. Even if he looked at him from a distance, he would feel the fear of the inferior facing the superior, as well as the panic of life and death being held in the hands of the superior.
Xu Bai was slightly taken aback: "Emperor?"
If he can't hear such an obvious conversation, he is really a fool. The identity of this man is already obvious, that is, the emperor.
If this person is the emperor, and he can have such a casual conversation with the emperor, the identity of the man with the grass in his mouth is undoubtedly confirmed.
—Ascend to King You.
In the picture, the emperor of the Great Chu Kingdom walked up to the man with grass in his mouth, sat down slowly, and sighed: "You, I have searched all over Great Chu, searched through countless mountains, and passed through endless forests , there is still no cure for you."
The words were full of helplessness and a trace of reluctance.
"It's okay, brother." King Shengyou spat out the grass in his mouth, and said with a smile: "If I die, you can help me kill the national teacher of Dayue Kingdom. After all, he is playing tricks on me. That's the kind of person I like."
The emperor lowered his head, and continued to sigh: "If it wasn't for me, you wouldn't have been poisoned by them, and you would not have survived such an incurable wound."
"What's the matter? Tianji Poison is talking about one exchange for one. Their Peerless Marshal and I exchange, then everyone is equal." King Shengyou continued, as if he didn't take these things seriously at all.
For them, sometimes life and death have long been ignored, and everything is taken lightly.
The grassland fell into silence, and neither of them spoke anymore. Except for the white clouds slowly floating in the sky, everything seemed peaceful and quiet. This is the best place for life and leisure.
King Shengyou turned into a posture of lying on his back again, looking at the white clouds in the sky: "Brother, I have spent half my life as a soldier in order to build a peaceful and prosperous world. Don't let me down."
In the words, there was a sense of exhortation.
Only he dared to tell the emperor that if he was replaced by another person, even a general in the army, the emperor would behead him without hesitation.
After hearing King Shengyou's words, the emperor didn't speak, but kept his head down, as if he was thinking about something.
Although King Shengyou was born in the army, roamed in the army all day long and spent half his life in the army, but he himself is a careful person.
In just such a split second, he could see that the emperor had something on his mind, and it was not small.
"What are you thinking?" King Shengyou frowned.
"Can you die first?" The emperor suddenly said, "Take your most proud army and feign death together."
King Shengyou was slightly taken aback, then scratched his head with his hands, obviously not understanding what this sentence meant.
"Use the ghost sculptor to seal all your vitality, so that you can always maintain this state, but you can't recover." The emperor said slowly: "And during the period of your suspended animation, I will spread the news of your death, Find someone to use the method of exchanging blood to transfer the secret poison from your body, and ten thousand soldiers will be terracotta warriors, pretending to be buried with you."
After King Shengyou heard what the emperor said, he didn't come back to his senses for a long time. Obviously, the shock to him was too great for him to digest.
After a while, King Shengyou recovered from the shock, and then shook his head.
"Clay sculpture can only delay at best, and cannot last forever."
What he said is the truth, if it can last forever, then the ability of this profession is really too heaven-defying.
"I will find the person you need in the shortest possible time, and even let his strength stop at the sixth rank, which can play a role and prevent him from destroying it." The emperor said word by word, speaking very serious.
Unexpectedly, King Shengyou shook his head, expressing his unwillingness.
"If I let other people's lives save my life, I would not be the so-called King Shengyou. I would only protect others and protect the people of the world for a lifetime, so how could I hurt them."
The emperor stood up.
"What about the heinous people?"
"I don't want to, I don't want to be stained with the blood of this kind of person."
"What about my children?"
"I don't want to, wait, brother, what are you talking about!"
King Shengyou also stood up and looked directly at the emperor with a puzzled look in his eyes.
He even wondered if he heard it wrong just now.
Emperor's children?
This is too much.
"Brother, since you took office, I have discovered that you have done a lot of things, but I always believe that you are for the people of this world, so no matter what you do, I will support you unconditionally." King Shengyou said slowly : "But I can't agree with what you just said."
In his mind, those children are the emperor's own flesh and blood, and now he needs to use his children for treatment. Calculated in this way, it makes him feel extremely unwilling.
I have lived a bright and honest life, why do I still need a junior to save me now?
If it really gets out, how can he still hold his head up in this life?
"You think the method of changing poison is so easy. If you don't have the blood of the royal family, after changing it, your strength will be greatly reduced, and you will even be repelled, and eventually die completely." The emperor explained.
King Shengyou shook his head again and again: "Brother, I don't have a few days left to live, so just let me die in peace, I have to leave some offspring for you no matter what."
"Listen to me first, okay?" the emperor said seriously.
King Shengyou thought about it carefully, and decided to listen.
But he has made up his mind, anyway, he will never agree to this matter.
The emperor stretched out three fingers and said: "This is a matter of killing three birds with one stone, and it is also of great benefit to the people of the world."
"First, although the Great Chu Kingdom has been established, there are barbarians on the outside, and the Da Yue Kingdom is stalking. Inside, there are unstable rivers and lakes. Monsters and evil spirits are running around, and evil spirits and heretics are rampant."
"If you are alive, the Da Yue Kingdom and the barbarians will not dare to take a step into Da Chu. Is this a good thing, and will it make the people of the world safe?"
After speaking, the emperor stopped talking, as if he was waiting for King Shengyou's reply.
After contemplating for a long time, King Shengyou nodded his head with difficulty.
Apart from other factors, what the emperor said is indeed correct.
If he is there, the might of the army will be enough to deter.
If he dies, although the Great Viet Kingdom dare not attack rashly, they will still be eyeing him.
"Second." Seeing that his younger brother agreed, the emperor raised his second finger and said, "I will not put the tiger talisman into the royal treasury. I will let those generals know while you are in suspended animation. One of their expectations is that I can reward this tiger talisman at any time, and they can work harder."
"They worked hard, and I was able to stabilize the frontier. Is this the second benefit?"
King Shengyou: "..."
Although he didn't agree, it was obvious that he had acquiesced.
It’s not wrong at all. If he really died and didn’t come back to life, during this period of time, he can rely on the Tiger Talisman to do his best to stabilize the frontier and find a loyal person at the same time.
The emperor smiled and stretched out his third finger: "Third, I want to test the loyalty of the entire royal family."
Speaking of this, his eyes turned cold.
"I have nine children, all of whom are dragons and phoenixes, but I don't know what their intentions are. I will use this as an opportunity to test whether they are loyal. If they are not, they will be your tools for resurrection."
"But this has nothing to do with the people of the world." King Shengyou seemed to have finally found a point to refute, and hurriedly said.
With a rebuttal point, he was able to argue even though, in his memory, he never won.
"I will die, and you will die too, but this mountain, this water, this sky, this earth, will not die." The emperor said slowly: "If I am about to die, will I pass on the throne?"
King Shengyou thought about it and nodded.
"If I pass it on to a person who is not loyal, will the Great Chu Kingdom survive?" the emperor continued.
King Shengyou pondered, shook his head and nodded again: "I don't know if it can survive, but the common people will definitely have a hard time."
A person with unfavorable moral character does not mean that he has no rights and wisdom. On the contrary, his potential and wisdom can be brought into full play compared to a person with a mellow mind. This is the reason why King Shengyou nodded.
As for why he shook his head, the reason is also very simple.
Maybe the Great Chu State can be governed with relish, but whether the people can be stable is still a question.
Ability is not everything.
"Then I can use this method to verify whether the unfaithful person can reduce the probability of the future even lower?" The emperor said along the way: "This can be regarded as the righteous extermination of our elders."
King Shengyou said helplessly: "If it is true what you said, I will agree."
Using unfaithful and unrighteous offspring as sacrifices, this is considered to be self-cleaning and killing relatives, but it is not considered to be a barrier.
The emperor smiled, knowing his brother's character well, as long as he said a few words, he could make sense.
Next, they shared their detailed plans one by one, and began to communicate on the grassland.
And when Xu Bai and others saw their so-called plan, all of them looked at Yun Zihai with expressions of understanding.
By this time, they had sorted everything out.
The book of the eighth prince was given by the emperor.
The poor Eighth Prince, until his death, still thought that he discovered all this by himself.
As for Yun Zihai, it was just to make everything look smoother.
First of all, the Eighth Prince must find the content in the book, and secondly, it is not so easy for the Eighth Prince.
The only living craftsman was arranged by the emperor.
Through the craftsman, let the thousand-faced fox find out, and then bring it to the Eighth Prince, and everything will come naturally.
The most important thing is that the eighth prince must be oppressed, so there is such a thing as Yun Zihai.
It was the emperor who made the Eighth Prince think that Yun Zihai had news, and even asked Yun Zihai to track down the Eighth Prince.
When the emperor wanted to come, there were at most two situations.
The first is that Yun Zihai can't find any clues, which can not only put pressure on the Eighth Prince, but also allow everything that follows to happen smoothly.
The second is that Yun Zihai has found a clue, but he must be blocked in the middle.
As for the obstacle, it is the ghost sculptor.
Even ghost sculptors belong to the emperor.
The purpose is to stop Yun Zihai at the most critical moment. After all, in the emperor's opinion, the ghost sculptor is stronger than Yun Zihai.
Of course, Ghost Sculptor has already been ordered not to kill Yun Zihai.
After all, the emperor cherishes talents, and he will not let Yun Zihai die.
But there was another major mistake.
That is, Xu Bai and the others also joined in, and they put a little pressure on the ghost sculptor.
At that time, the ghost sculptor had no way to communicate with the emperor, after all, he was afraid of being discovered.
And at that time, the ghost sculptor had an idea in his mind. In order to complete the emperor's plan, he simply decided to kill everyone in private.
It was at that time that a series of incidents happened later. If Xu Bai hadn't been so powerful, they would have really fallen there.
The emperor's layout is already very deep, so deep that the ghost sculptor's family is controlled by the eighth prince, and even died.
Like this kind of layout like a ghost sculptor, he also placed it on other royal family members in various forms.
As long as any one of them shows emotions similar to those of the Eighth Prince, they will embark on this path.
Unfortunately, only the world where the Eighth Prince was injured was reached.
This plan has come to an end here.
But the scene is still going on.
After the emperor and King Shengyou finished chatting about their plans, they looked at each other and fell into a tacit silence.
"Do you think I'm scary? I've lost the heroic spirit I had when we met each other. Instead, I've become a scheming villain." The emperor suddenly sighed.
"If you want to be a king for a lifetime, you have to go through these things. This is why I don't want to be. I don't think you are scary. On the contrary, I am still your most solid backing." King Shengyou shook his head and said.
This answer did not surprise the emperor. After hearing this, the emperor smiled happily.
"It would be nice to have another glass of wine." The emperor seemed to recall a lot of things.
"I'll go back to the army with me later, we two will get drunk before we get to sleep." King Shengyou said.
The emperor nodded and took two steps.
In him, the condescending nobility has returned to him, making people afraid to approach him, and can only bow their heads and bow their heads.
The surrounding wind blows, causing the grassland to set off waves. As the wind intensifies, the waves become bigger and bigger, spreading to wherever the eye can see.
Looking at the emperor's back, King Shengyou always felt that the emperor was very tired in front of him.
The emperor put his hands behind his back and looked up at the white clouds in the sky.
White clouds intersect with the grassland, forming a line between heaven and earth.
A paragraph of words came from the emperor's mouth, with an extremely deep tone in his voice.
"Our two brothers started from the humble beginnings, depended on each other for life, and experienced countless lives and deaths."
"You have blocked two hundred and twenty-eight knives for me, and I have blocked three hundred and sixty-one knives for you. In this world, there is no deeper relationship than our brothers."
"I have changed, I have become more scheming, and I have no trust in everything in the world. This is because I must protect the people of Liming in the Great Chu Kingdom."
"You know, at that time, we couldn't even eat, and it was for this reason that we decided to resist immediately."
King Shengyou listened to what the emperor said, stood up silently, walked to the emperor, stood side by side with the emperor, and at the same time put his hand on the emperor's shoulder, and patted it lightly.
"I understand."
Between the two of them, they have come all the way. He knows his old brother better than anyone else.
The emperor turned his head and looked straight at King Shengyou, his eyes full of firmness.
"In this world, I don't trust anyone, but I can trust one person, and that is you."
King Shengyou and the emperor looked at each other.
After a while, the two looked at each other and smiled.
"If I can survive, I will save the frontier of Great Chu, and I will save it." King Shengyou no longer had the bland breath like water before, and the domineering aura rose from him, disrupting the world.
Those who are domineering and noble are intertwined, the sky and the earth, whether it is the blue sky or the green grass, are all eclipsed.
…
At this point, the screen disappears, and everything returns to calm.
King Shengyou turned his head, looked at Xu Bai, and said, "Is there anything unclear?"
"That's not true, but I still have a doubt, why does the prince still look like the eighth prince?" Xu Bai said.
According to what was said in the screen just now, the heavenly secret poison was introduced only through the blood relationship of the same family.
But why did the appearance of King Shengyou change?
This is not resurrection, how could it change?
"This king just wants to see who betrayed the royal family of the Great Chu Kingdom." King Shengyou said slowly.
After this sentence was finished, King Shengyou's appearance began to change.
The appearance of the Eighth Prince disappeared, replaced by the man in the picture.
Boundless arrogance rose from King Shengyou, filling the entire space, which made people feel inspired.
"Under the king's command, there is a lack of a brave and resourceful person. Would you like to be under the king's command, be the deputy general of the king, fight with the king, and protect the common people at dawn?" King Shengyou suddenly stretched out his hand to Xu Bai, and the arrogance on his body disappeared. Exhausted, replaced by a look of thirst for talents.
The corner of Xu Bai's mouth twitched and said: "Thank you for your love, but I am not a person who is used to restraint, and I am just a small eight-level master, so I can't get into the eyes of the prince."
The sudden solicitation not only made Xu Bai not slow down, but also shocked everyone present.
Qingxue poked Xu Bai, and winked vigorously.
Looking at the meaning, it seems that Xu Bai really wants to agree.
Being able to become a subordinate of King Shengyou, that is really a soaring sky, and he was even given the position of lieutenant general, not an ordinary soldier.
If there are people from the rivers and lakes here, they will definitely be able to fight for this position. After all, this is a good thing for chickens and dogs to ascend to heaven.
But Qingxue really didn't expect that Xu Bai refused directly, and refused very decisively.
In the eyes of others, it is an opportunity to soar into the sky, but to Xu Bai, it has become nothing worth mentioning.
Outrageous!
Not only Qingxue, but other people also cast their eyes on it, with the same meaning as Qingxue.
This is King Shengyou!
The real one is under one person and above ten thousand people.
Opportunities that cannot be dreamed of!
However, none of them spoke. After all, this was Xu Bai's own idea, and it was not easy for them to intervene.
"Eight rank?" King Shengyou smiled, and said meaningfully: "This king is interested in you, the eighth rank. Your companions together may not be enough for you to fight with one hand. Don't be humble. , what this king said is absolutely no problem."
Having said all of this, Xu Bai is certainly not humble, but he is still unwilling.
"I can give you whatever you want, magic weapons, pills, cheat books, you can take them from the treasure house." King Shengyou continued.
When this condition was stated, all the people present widened their eyes.
If the conditions at the beginning could make people in the Jianghu beat their heads to the ground, then the current conditions may cause huge shocks in the entire Jianghu.
The rivers and lakes are always just the rivers and lakes. Whether it is the strongest Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism in the Great Chu, or various famous families, they must lower their noble heads in front of the royal family.
Royal treasure house, that is the holy land of dreams.
The most important thing is to take it at will.
This condition can be said to be difficult to refuse, but Xu Bai still shook his head.
"There should be someone who is stronger than me, why not use this kind of treatment to recruit stronger people?" Xu Bai said slowly: "I am more yearning for other lives, the prince must not force it."
When these words were spoken, all the people present did the same thing, stroking their foreheads with their hands, with a very uncomfortable expression.
They all knew that Xu Bai had a detached personality, but they never expected that he would be so detached.
Actually, to be honest, when this condition was opened, Xu Bai was really moved, but don't forget that those secret exercises in the royal treasure house may all trigger the progress bar.
But after thinking about it later, he gave up this plan again, and finally shook his head and refused.
the reason is simple.
First, with his current strength, he doesn't want to mix in things beyond his range, otherwise, it is very likely that money will be wasted.
Second, and the most important point, there are so many people with special abilities in this world, and masters are like crucian carp crossing the river.
If he develops alone, he can keep the secret of Golden Finger to the greatest extent, but if he goes into a larger scope and communicates with more and more complicated people, then his secret is at risk of being discovered.
Goldfinger is everything to him, the source of his true development.
Looking at the emperor, the plans seen in the screen at that time gave people a sense of extreme scheming.
Fighting with this kind of old fox, if you don't have strong hardware conditions, you are likely to become someone else's pawn, and you are more likely to expose your own situation.
King Shengyou is domineering and unparalleled. He seems to have been in the army all his life, and his personality looks simple on the surface.
But when he communicated with the emperor, it can be seen that he is as careful as a hair.
Xu Bai felt that it was too dangerous to come into contact with these things now.
"Oh, it's hard to find a general." King Shengyou sighed, "What this king values is your potential, and has nothing to do with your strength. It's a pity, you don't want to."
As he said that, King Shengyou didn't seem to want to talk too much about it, so he took out a jade tablet from his waist and threw it into Xu Bai's hand.
Xu Bai took it and looked it up and down carefully.
Smooth as jade, engraved with various complicated patterns.
"If you change your mind, take this jade card and go to the capital to find the emperor. The gate of our army will be opened for you." King Shengyou said boldly.
Xu Bai was slightly surprised.
This behavior has improved his goodwill a lot.
He thought that King Shengyou would at least be very angry, but he didn't expect that he didn't care, and even gave him such a favorable condition.
"Do you think this king will get angry?" King Shengyou looked at what Xu Bai was thinking, and laughed loudly: "This king is very open to talents. If you can't be used by this king, as long as you don't do anything that endangers the Great Chu Kingdom." This king will not mind at all."
"Thank you, my lord." Xu Bai put away the jade token in his hand and cupped his hands.
No matter what, King Shengyou's kindness is invaluable.
King Shengyou stopped talking, but looked up at the top, his eyes gradually gathering.
"Okay, it's almost time to talk, now it's time to go up to meet that old friend, she has been waiting for a long time."
Old friend?
After saying this sentence, everyone present was very confused.
"After a while, you will watch from the sidelines. The battle between us will be of great benefit to you."
King Shengyou spoke slowly, waving his sleeves around.
(end of this chapter)