Chapter 282: Strange Road
Heaven, Tianhui Palace.
Yunjin Palace.
Waves of aroma of wine and meat wafted out.
Tianhui Xingjun, who is also the sixth most upright brother among the Meishan brothers, had drunk so much that his face was red and his tongue was erect.
However, this did not affect him at all, or rather made him complain to Li Laosi and Guo Laowu more unscrupulously and vent his dissatisfaction.
"Fourth brother, fifth brother, I'm not being pretentious, second... Yang Jian said that Nezha told me about Li Jing because he trusted me, and I failed Nezha? Oh, wasn't I thinking about Nezha?"
"Yang Jian is the supreme god of justice, he doesn't need to care about anyone, what about Nezha? He doesn't even see how the gods of the three realms have scolded Nezha during this period!"
Li Laosi also drank a lot of wine, but he was still sober. Hearing this, he frowned and said, "Lao Liu, you've drunk too much! Stop talking, I'll help you go back and rest!"
"I'm not drunk!"
Zhi Laoliu pushed Li Laosi's hand away, his expression becoming more aggrieved and indignant: "Fourth brother, I, Zhi Jian, am at least one of the thirty-six heavenly generals, and a well-known figure in the entire Three Realms! In front of so many colleagues, Yang Jian didn't give me any face at all, and scolded me so hard that I was spitting blood! He really treats us as his slaves!"
"Sixth Brother!" Li Laosi was shocked, and the drunkenness instantly dissipated a little. He lowered his voice and shouted, trying to stop Zhijian.
Guo Laowu on the side was a little confused.
Different from Li Laosi and Zhi Laoliu who value power, Guo Laowu is a martial arts fanatic and comes to the heaven to serve as an official.
One reason is that there are many celestial generals in the Heavenly Palace, and he can always find people with similar strength to him to practice martial arts. The second reason is that he has the best relationship with Li Laosi among the Meishan brothers, so he follows Li Laosi as a deputy general guarding the Heavenly Palace.
At this moment, when he heard Zhi Laoliu complaining and blaming Yang Jian, he was completely stunned and a little confused about what was going on.
"What's wrong? Is it that only he is allowed to do this and I am not allowed to say anything?"
Zhi Jian not only did not stop, but his tone became more and more resentful, and he continued: "Li Jing just killed some mortals. Who among us doesn't have a thousand or eight hundred lives on our hands? Didn't Yang Jian kill fewer people? To put it bluntly, he just wanted to use Li Jing to establish his authority and win him over..."
“That’s enough!”
Li Laosi interrupted Zhijian's words in a harsh voice, stood up and walked to the window, looked around, and after making sure that no one was there, he breathed a sigh of relief, closed the window tightly, and said in a low voice: "Sixth Brother, do you know what you are talking about!"
"Fourth brother, you don't have to be like this! I'm saying this for Yang Jian to hear!"
Zhi Jian shouted at the top of his voice, "Yang Jian was able to hold on to his position as the God of Justice because we brothers worked hard day and night. When he found that we were no longer needed, he tried every means to kick us out and even pretended to ask us what we wanted to do."
Lao Wu couldn't help but say, "Lao Liu, you're wrong! The Second Master asked us what we wanted to do in the future when he angered the Jade Emperor and was dismissed from his position as the God of Justice! He didn't want to drag us down !"
"Are you afraid of dragging us down?"
Zhi Jian sneered and said, "Only you, Fifth Brother, would believe this! Ask Fourth Brother what he thinks."
Guo Laowu turned and looked at Li Laosi.
Li Laosi frowned slightly and remained silent.
Zhi Jian laughed, "I knew you figured it out, Fourth Brother! How many days has Yang Jian been banished to the mortal world? Less than three months! And most of that time he was just being arrogant, threatening the Jade Emperor, and deliberately not going to Heaven!"
"With Yang Jian's intelligence, he wouldn't be able to guess that the Heavenly Court cannot do without him, and he will return to the Heavenly Court sooner or later? He just took this opportunity to kick us away and sever ties with us!"
Guo Laowu couldn't accept it: "Fourth brother, it's not like that, right? Second Master is not that kind of person!"
Li Laosi was silent for a moment, then said, "No matter what. If it weren't for Yang Jian, we wouldn't be able to be included in the immortal class."
Li Laosi did not give a direct answer, but even Guo Laowu, who was always honest and straightforward, understood the sinister meaning in his words.
"Why not? Didn't we start practicing before we met Yang Jian? If we hadn't been immortals in Guanjiangkou for so many years, the six of us brothers might have ascended to immortality long ago!"
Seeing that Li Laosi wanted to say something, Zhi Jian sneered, "Fourth brother, there is something you may not know yet! After Li Jing was thrown into the Heavenly Prison, the Queen Mother intended to recommend you to take over the position of the Great Marshal of the Demon Subduing Army, but Yang Jian stopped you!"
Li Laosi's pupils suddenly shrank and his facial expression changed several times.
Although he didn't know where Zhi Jian got the information from, he knew that such a thing could not be fake.
After a while, Li Laosi managed to calm down, but his face was still very ugly. He said, "Yang Jian did nothing wrong. I have only been in heaven for a short time. I am indeed not suitable for the position of the Demon-Subduing Marshal."
Zhi Jian said, "Not suitable? Fourth brother, if Li Jing can be the Great Marshal of Demon Subjugation, why can't you? In terms of cultivation , strength, wisdom, and deployment of troops, how are you inferior to him?"
The Meishan brothers were both monks who had attained enlightenment after the Conferred Gods Catastrophe. They had only heard some things and stories about the Conferred Gods Catastrophe from Yang Jian and Nezha, and were not aware of the specific details, let alone the undercurrents behind it.
The Three Realms in their eyes are similar to those of most shallow immortal monks. They only believe that there is harmony and friendship between gods and Buddhas, and are unaware of the secret swordplay between Buddhism and Taoism. They do not know that Li Jing's ability to become the Great Marshal of Demon Subduing is due to his special identity and has nothing to do with Li Jing himself.
Li Laosi didn't say anything, his eyes fixed on Zhijian.
Zhi Jian felt a little uncomfortable being stared at, and forced a smile, "Fourth brother, why are you looking at me like that?"
Li Laosi asked, "When did you seek refuge with the Queen Mother?"
Zhi Jian said anxiously, "Fourth brother, I didn't surrender to the Queen Mother!" Seeing that Li Lao Si didn't say a word and obviously didn't believe him, he added, "At least not yet!"
Li Laosi's expression eased a little and he said, "I have no intention of comparing myself with anyone. I won't tell anyone about this."
After saying that, Li Laosi stood up and walked towards the entrance of the hall.
Seeing this, Guo Laowu hurriedly stood up and followed: "Fourth brother, wait for me!"
Zhi Jian couldn't hold it in any longer and shouted, "Fourth brother, I know you are always cautious in doing things. I also know that you are afraid that the Queen Mother is no match for Yang Jian. You are worried that if you surrender to the Queen Mother, Yang Jian will bear a grudge and take revenge on you. I am afraid too!"
"But, are you willing to live like this for the rest of your life? When others mention you, they say, oh, that's Yang Jian's sworn brother, but they can't even say your name? Are you willing?"
Li Laosi paused and stopped at the door.
"Great! My position as the Lord of Martial Virtue has been decided!"
Zhijian was overjoyed, he knew he had succeeded!
Under the shade of a tree outside the door, Li Anran listened to the movements in the hall, feeling the mixed emotions of jealousy, resentment, greed and ambition, and knew that he had succeeded.
Yang Jian is cold on the outside but warm on the inside, and he values friendship and loyalty.
Even though he knew that Li Laosi and the other two had changed their original intentions, he would not take action against them as long as they did not do anything that violated his bottom line.
Just like Huang Tianhua in the underworld of Mount Tai, he was obsessed with the idea that Yang Jian had killed Lei Zhenzi, and he went around destroying Yang Jian's reputation, making things difficult for the Temple of the God of Justice.
Yang Jian still chose to remain silent and tolerant, and never took the initiative to attack Huang Tianhua.
In the Jiazi examination, the evaluation given to Huang Tianhua was always fair and reasonable.
If they want to make Yang Jian completely disappointed in them, they must not only let them do it, but also let them do it to death!
After some thought, Li Anran decided that a short pain is worse than a long one.
In the original time and space, the Meishan brothers would betray Yang Jian. On the surface, it seemed that the Meishan brothers were just and could not stand Yang Jian's despicable and shameless behavior.
Actually, it is not!
The Meishan brothers knew that San Sheng Mu was suppressed under Mount Hua by Yang Jian because of her worldly desires, and that Chenxiang was the son of San Sheng Mu and the nephew of Yang Jian.
However, at the very beginning, they never considered things like there is true love in the world, that the heavenly rules should not forbid gods from having mortal desires, and that Yang Jian was so ruthless that he could even do something to his own sister and nephew.
Until Chenxiang became the monkey's apprentice and had the support and help of a group of gods and Buddhas behind him, Yang Jian's reputation was declining, which aroused the dissatisfaction of the gods and Buddhas of the three realms, and -
This is the most important and crucial one -
When action was taken against them and their interests were affected, they began to turn to the light, joined Chenxiang's camp, and began to work together with Chenxiang to deal with Yang Jian.
The Meishan brothers and Yang Jian have known each other for thousands of years and have lived together day and night in Guanjiangkou, but no one has ever thought about why Yang Jian suddenly did this? Is there any misunderstanding? What is the reason?
He didn't even ask Yang Jian in person!
Instead, they assumed that after Yang Jian gained power, he changed, became cold-blooded and heartless, with only power in his eyes. If they exposed their knowledge in person, Yang Jian would kill them to silence them.
The betrayal of the Meishan brothers was planned by Yang Jian, but when he saw that the Meishan brothers chose to betray so easily, he probably didn't feel good!
After figuring this out, it would be easy to get the Meishan brothers to break away from Yang Jian on their own initiative.
Just meet two conditions.
First, Yang Jian violated their interests.
Second, the person they rely on has a way to deal with Yang Jian, or at least can protect them from Yang Jian.
So, Li Anran set his sights on the Queen Mother.
The Queen Mother is now eager to seize power from Yang Jian. Not only does she often confront Yang Jian in court meetings, she also privately shows favors to win over the gods in heaven.
The Queen Mother must be very happy to win over Li Laosi and others to undermine Yang Jian's prestige.
As long as he could let the Queen Mother see Li Laosi and the others' dissatisfaction with Yang Jian, the Queen Mother would find a way to fulfill the first condition without him having to do anything.
The Queen Mother's status and position were enough to dispel the fear that Li Laosi and Zhi Laoliu had towards Yang Jian.
The second condition is met perfectly.
So, Li Anran secretly inquired about the whereabouts of Fairy Qingluan, the Queen Mother's personal maid and the most trusted female official, and either transformed himself into the appearance of Li Laosi and Li Laoliu or spoke through the heavenly soldiers and generals to tell Fairy Qingluan that Li Laosi and others were dissatisfied with Yang Jian and wanted to change their allegiance.
At the same time, he cast a spell to magnify Li Laosi and Li Laoliu's seven emotions and six desires, so that their greed, desires, jealousy and dissatisfaction towards Yang Jian would overwhelm their fear and dread of Yang Jian.
In just three days, the Queen Mother contacted Zhi Jian and won him over by promising him the power and position of an immortal.
In order to gain merit, Zhijian patted his chest and said that Li Laosi also had many dissatisfactions with Yang Jian, and he could persuade Li Laosi to join Yaochi.
In order to make himself more meritorious, Zhijian kept boasting about Li Laosi's resourcefulness, saying that many of the things Yang Jian did were based on Li Laosi's suggestions.
No one knows whether the Queen Mother believed it or not, but she promised Zhijian a series of rewards and even offered him the position of "Martial God of Stars".
And then today’s events happened.
Li Laosi and Zhi Laoliu want to gain merit from the Queen Mother, so they will inevitably go against Yang Jian.
However, Yang Jian always did things in accordance with the laws of nature, and did not forget the human feelings outside the law.
If they wanted to pick on Yang Jian, they could only use despicable means, and the friendship between the two sides would soon be wiped out.
Once Yang Jian's bottom line is touched, he will naturally no longer care about feelings.
In the process, Li Anran would quietly magnify the emotions and desires in Li Laosi and Li Laoliu's hearts, allowing them to expose their true nature as soon as possible and make the short pain come faster.
At the latest, it must be before Wujitia and Tathagata's fight, to avoid any unexpected changes.
And the development of things was much easier and faster than Li Anran had imagined!
After Zhi Jian persuaded Li Laosi to join the Queen Mother with him, he was transferred to the Yao Chi by the Queen Mother and was responsible for guarding the Yao Chi. His immortal position also jumped from Tianhui Star Lord, who was ranked relatively low among the Thirty-Six Heavenly Generals, to Tianying Star Lord, who was ranked ninth.
Li Laosi failed to become the Grand Demon-Subduing Marshal, but was appointed by the Jade Emperor as a lower-ranked Demon-Subduing General as the first candidate for the future Grand Demon-Subduing Marshal, and his responsibilities were the same as those of the original Li Jing.
Only Guo Laowu was not interested in fighting for power.
After Li Anran magnified his emotions, he became more and more obsessed with martial arts.
One day, while sparring with a celestial general, he accidentally destroyed a palace, which directly alarmed the Jade Emperor.
At Yang Jian's plea, Guo Laowu was exiled to Beijuluzhou, to suppress the remnants of the ancient demon clan and became a subordinate of the Zhenwu Emperor.
Zhi Jian and Li Laosi suddenly defected to the Queen Mother, which greatly shocked all the civil and military officials in Heaven. There was a hint of amusement and anticipation in their eyes when they looked at Yang Jian.
Yang Jian himself was also surprised. He never expected that Zhi Jian and Li Laosi would do such a thing.
Yang Jian knew very well how deep the water in Heaven was, and it was simply not something that Zhi Jian and Li Laosi could afford to get involved in!
For the safety of the two, Yang Jian went to meet them in person that night and advised them not to get involved in this mess.
However, Zhijian and Li Laosi felt that Yang Jian was jealous of them and was afraid that they would surpass him, so they flatly refused.
When Boss Kang, the Third Holy Mother and others learned about this, they all came to the Heavenly Palace to persuade Zhi Jian and Li Lao Si, but they failed in the end.
Since then, Zhijian and Li Laosi broke off their relationship with Yang Jian and parted ways with Yang Jian.
And just half a year later, Li Laosi did something that touched Yang Jian's bottom line!
