Chapter 274: Le's Declaration of Emperorship (1)
Guard the palace, secret prison.
I don’t know how deep underground it is, there is a circular space, and a dozen corridors lead to nowhere. The huge space is brightly lit by lanterns and torches. There is a breeze blowing from nowhere, and the huge underground space does not feel stuffy at all.
More than two thousand mummies were neatly lined up on the ground. The guards who were standing densely around them all had complex expressions of grief over the death of the rabbit.
Yin Xi stood beside a row of mummies with a gloomy face, overlooking the distorted and extremely terrifying faces.
After panting a few times, Yinzhen turned around and bowed respectfully to the old monk Shenzui: "Master, such a monster cannot be solved by the power of ordinary mortals... Everything can only rely on the power of the state master."
The old monk Shenzui nodded, without saying anything, but looked at an old monk standing next to him, who was wearing a water-blue robe.
This old monk's appearance is much better than that of the drunk old monk.
The old monk was not tall. Compared with the group of tall and strong old monks and big monks in the Vajra Temple, he was only eight feet tall, with a well-proportioned body and elegant looks, a smooth scalp, a smooth chin, and a pair of emerald green eyes that sparkled like two small moons.
Lu Yi had never seen this old monk before.
Even during the days when there was a huge fight in Haojing City a while ago and people were killed everywhere, Lu Yi had never seen this old monk.
But today, Le Wu escaped from prison, and when Lu Yi came to inquire, he discovered that there was suddenly this old monk beside the old monk Shenzui.
Tsk, the methods of the Jishengtian Buddhist sect!
The old monk walked slowly to the rows of mummies, smiled slightly, then put his hands together and bowed gently to the mummies.
In the air, large areas of clear and transparent water light were rippling, and the water light condensed into a water mirror. In an instant, everything that had happened in the secret prison before was presented in the water mirror without any obstruction.
Including the whole process of the Blood God old man invading the secret prison, his meeting with Le Wu, and after a conversation, the Blood God old man took Le Wu out of the cell, and then took away a group of imprisoned Le clan members and important civil and military officials, all of which were thoroughly displayed in the water mirror.
As the light and shadow changed, we could see that the old man Blood God brought Le Wu and others and rushed to a remote market in Gaojing.
In a small village in this market town, in a courtyard with three entrances and exits, which could be considered as a top-notch mansion in this small village, the former Queen Mother Le was sitting in the room in a daze, while her two sons Le Huan and Le Xi, born to her ex-husband, were jumping and cursing in the courtyard.
In the yard, there were only a few old maids with limited mobility who were busying around slowly, and no one else.
And around the yard, teams of burly men were roaming back and forth, setting up visible and hidden sentries at key locations to guard the yard tightly.
In this small village with less than a thousand people, four camps were set up in the east, south, west and north, and tens of thousands of elite Yulin soldiers were stationed there.
A flash of blood rolled over and rushed into the yard in an instant, sweeping up Le Shi, Le Huan, and Le Xi and charging straight into the sky. In the four camps below, tens of thousands of elite Yu Lin soldiers were just like the guards guarding the secret prison. Their bodies were rapidly dehydrated and they instantly turned into mummies and fell to the ground.
The water mirror flickered, following the blood light all the way.
It can be seen that after the blood light rushed into the sky, it circled and then flew towards the southeast.
Southeast, southeast of Haojing City, after Le Wu became the general, the Queen Mother Le conferred him a title and gave Le a fiefdom in the southeast.
The Queen Mother was very generous. She granted her younger brother a territory equivalent to two states.
However, over the years, as Le Wu's power in the court grew, the Le clan members gradually became arrogant and domineering in their fiefdoms. They constantly encroached on land, rejected officials sent by the court, and recommended their own relatives and cronies to serve as local officials.
Today, the Le family's fiefdom has tripled in size, and the area it controls is equivalent to the territory of six ordinary states of Dayin.
These six states are densely populated, economically developed, and produce a lot of output every year.
Because of Le Wu, all the annual tax revenues from the six states, as well as all the shameful skills that were used overtly and covertly, were all pocketed by the Le family, and not a single copper penny was paid to the court.
The Le family accumulated a wealth of gold and silver in their fiefdom, and also raised countless private soldiers.
When Yinzhen returned, he simply deposed Empress Dowager Le and imprisoned her in a remote village.
As for Le Wu and a group of Le family relatives who mingled in the court, they were only thrown into a secret prison because they were involved in too many cases. However, the followers they had gathered over the years were ruthlessly killed by Yinzhen.
The officials sent by Yinzhen to confiscate and liquidate the six states actually controlled had just arrived.
Officials at all levels in the six states, including prefectures, counties, towns and villages, as well as countless private armies, slaves, etc.... It would be impossible to completely cleanse the six states, free them from the influence of the Le family, and bring them back under the control of the Dayin court without more than half a year!
The old man Blood God brought Le Wu, the former Queen Mother Le, and all the Le family’s relatives and headed straight for the Le family’s territory!
"What... do they want to do?"
Yin Xi gritted his teeth, clenched his fists, and said in a hoarse voice: "I have shown them extra leniency and shown them extra mercy... Otherwise, they would have been killed long ago... What are they going to do?"
Shenzui smiled and said nothing.
The old monk who had used his magical powers to trace the whereabouts of the old man Blood God smiled calmly, "Don't worry, Your Majesty. This is a good thing."
Yin's anger came to an abrupt end.
He curiously asked the old monk: "Master, what do you mean?"
The old monk smiled gently, "They are going there just to raise the flag of rebellion, using the Le family's identity to tear off some of Dayin's luck. But this is a good thing."
The old monk lightly pointed his finger, and the water mirror shattered. He looked at Yin Xi and smiled, "This is just like using a plaster to remove poison. You have to let the abscess come out before you can start... Whether it's for your majesty or for us... it's just right to let them do what they want."
Yinzhen looked at the old monk thoughtfully.
The old monk said calmly, "Your Majesty, just rest assured and take the throne. After this , Dayin's fortune will flourish, and Your Majesty will have the opportunity to achieve immortality... At the very least, living for thirty to fifty thousand years is not a difficult task."
Yin's face suddenly flushed red, and he looked at the old monk in surprise and joy: "Master, are you serious?"
Shenzui and the old monk both folded their hands in front of Yinzhen and said, "Monks...do not tell lies!"
Lu Yi blinked his eyes, looked at Shenzui, then looked at the old monk. He always felt that Yinzhen would be fooled by them.
However, combined with the information exchanged by the magic calculator, letting the Yuanlingtian cultivators represented by Old Man Blood God make trouble with the help of the Le family, exposing all the people who invaded Jishengtian and making all their methods clear to the public, is indeed a good thing for the cultivation sect of Jishengtian.
The most terrifying thing is the unknown.
I don’t know who the enemy is, where the enemy is, or what the enemy wants to do.
Before in Wuzhou, there was a group of Yuan Lingtian juniors jumping around, which really made people feel uneasy.
The old man Blood God showed up and headed straight for the Le clan.
Since he has done this, then his future thoughts, ideas and planned actions will be traceable.
Therefore, this is indeed a good thing for the cultivation world of Jishengtian.
It is also a good thing for Yinzhen.
Officials of Dayin, if they can kill the invading cultivators from Yuanlingtian, then the Dayin Dynasty will naturally be blessed by the luck of heaven and earth, Yinhui himself will also be favored by heaven and earth, and Yinhui's cultivation will improve by leaps and bounds!
Before several ancient dynasties before Dayin, weren’t those extremely powerful divine dynasties and immortal dynasties established in this way?
Shenzui and the old monk made a promise to Yinzhen, and then Shenzui pointed to Lu Yi who was standing beside him and said, "Brother, this is Fahai."
The corners of Lu Yi's mouth twitched violently, and suddenly an inexplicable melody began to circulate in his head.
After a slight pause, Shenzui smiled at Lu Yi and said, "Fahai, this is the current abbot of Shuiyue Zen Temple, Master Langyue. Shuiyue Zen Temple is proficient in all kinds of magical powers of Buddhism. Its profoundness and subtlety are unmatched in Buddhism... It is far from comparable to the violent fighting and killing methods of my Great Vajra Temple."
As soon as Lu Yi heard it, he understood.
Shuiyue Zen Forest is the most "elegant" one among the three sects, three temples and three Zen forests of Buddhism.
To use a not-so-appropriate analogy, among the nine major Buddhist gangs, the Great Vajra Temple is responsible for killing and arson, and is the double-flowered red stick that charges at the forefront, while the Water Moon Zen Temple is the dog-headed military strategist that lurks behind the scenes, planning and strategizing, and specializes in coming up with bad ideas.
Shuiyue Chanlin is proficient in all kinds of Buddhist magical powers, especially the one that "acts on a whim and calculates with the fingers".
Someone once said that the successful Zen master of Shuiyue Zen Forest is the most difficult monk to kill in Buddhism.
Even those fierce monks in the Great Vajra Temple who have practiced their skills to the extreme can drown him with endless manpower as long as they are willing to spend a lot of money.
And what about the Zen master of Shuiyue Zen Temple?
If you are an enemy of Shuiyue Zen Monastery, then when you have evil intentions towards them, you may not be able to find any trace of any monk in Shuiyue Zen Monastery. And the revenge of Shuiyue Zen Monastery will fall on you continuously through the hands of other Buddhist sects.
All in all, Shuiyue Zen Temple's combat power is not strong - or rather, they rarely fight and kill personally.
Therefore, the relationship between Shuiyue Zen Temple and Dajingang Temple is very good!
The subtle relationship between them is worth careful appreciation.
Zen Master Langyue glanced at Lu Yi with a smile, and then his emerald green eyes suddenly lit up. Lu Yi felt his whole body tense up, as if all his flesh and bones had been seen through by him at a glance.
Zen Master Lang Yue raised his eyebrows and said in astonishment, "What a strong luck... That's it, it's settled. The important task of monitoring the evil demons from outer space can only be handed over to Master Fahai."
Lu Yi blinked desperately.
What?
What?
What did you say?
