Chapter 683: Mortals cannot look directly at immortals and Buddhas
call!
In an instant, a cold wind blew, and the chilling murderous intent made Di Renjie so excited that his drunkenness disappeared immediately.
He glanced at the man in black who had been eavesdropping outside the window for who knows how long, and his heart was shocked, thinking that something was wrong.
The Empress not only used cruel officials, but also encouraged informing. Anyone who dared to speak ill of the court, once exposed, would be punished by having his property confiscated and exiled at the very least, or by beheading at the worst.
The informer can gain gold, silver, treasures, fame, fortune and power.
Once, there was a gathering of the Yulin Guards. After drinking too much, they started to complain, saying that the Wu family was not fit to be generals. As a result, one of the soldiers left on the pretext of having a stomachache, and immediately went to the palace to report the incident.
On the second day, he went from being an unknown soldier to a fifth-rank General of the Central Army wearing scarlet robes, and it was the blood of his former colleagues that dyed his official robes red.
More than twenty Yulin Guards were all confiscated and executed.
From then on, informers became a common practice. The Empress Dowager also stipulated that anyone who wanted to inform would have all expenses paid by the court, no matter how far away they were from Chang'an, and would be allowed to stay in official inns.
As a result, everyone from high-ranking officials in the imperial court to peddlers and hawkers were extremely enthusiastic about informing on others.
The Queen also took the opportunity to eliminate political enemies and greatly strengthened her control over power.
Di Renjie knew that he was doomed to die this time. The imperial teacher's talisman could save him once, but not a second time.
However, in the face of life and death, he remained calm and asked, "Who in the hall dares to trespass into the county government?"
The man in black smiled coldly and said, "Di Renjie, do you think you are still the prime minister? You are just a seventh-rank county magistrate, how ridiculous."
As he spoke, he pulled up the sleeve of his left hand, revealing a plum blossom tattoo.
In an instant, Di Renjie's expression changed and a trace of disgust flashed in his eyes.
Plum blossom inner guard!
This is a group of people who are notorious among the civil and military officials. The Plum Blossom Guards were originally founded privately by Emperor Li Zhi. They select and train various strange people, hide in the dark, and check and balance the bad people.
As the Emperor's health deteriorated, the Plum Blossom Guards were taken over by the Empress, and became a butcher's knife to eliminate dissidents for her.
For a period of time, many ministers who were loyal to Li Tang often died unexpectedly, so that everyone was in danger and no longer dared to disobey the words of the Queen Mother.
On the Queen's way to the pinnacle of power, this butcher knife named Plum Blossom Guard was stained with countless blood and emitted a strong stench.
All officials were both disgusted and afraid of him.
"Humph, they are just a bunch of shady things. It's funny to think about it."
Di Pangpang simply let go. Since death was imminent, he might as well face it bravely and preserve his integrity.
A cold light flashed in the eyes of the Plum Blossom Guard, and a sinister smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"Lord Wu was originally going to find a way to kill you, but I didn't expect you to find a way on your own. Don't worry, I won't kill you. Instead, I will cut your tendons first, then take you back to Chang'an and hand you over to Lord Lai Junchen!"
His voice was very gloomy.
"Come and follow the 28 tortures, which one can you endure?"
Di Renjie's face changed. If he fell into Lai Junchen's hands, it would be a life worse than death.
Heichi Changzhi, a famous general of Baekje who once defected to the Tang Dynasty, fought for the Tang Dynasty for more than 20 years and made countless military achievements, but was later imprisoned by the cruel official Zhou Xing.
Zhou Xing used a hammer to smash the general's teeth one by one, and then asked with a smile, "Your teeth are not black, so why are you called Heichi Changzhi?"
Even such a cruel and ruthless official Zhou Xing was so frightened when he fell into the hands of Lai Junchen that he knelt down and confessed his guilt, kowtowing frequently.
"As long as you don't torture me, you can make me confess to any crime. You tell me, and I'll write it down!"
This is the horror of Lai Junchen, the king of cruel officials, a feminine, handsome, yet perverted and devilish man.
Di Renjie turned and looked at Li Daoxuan.
Just when Li Daoxuan thought that he wanted to ask him for help, he heard Di Renjie's voice, sonorous and powerful.
"Brother Kong, leave quickly!"
Li Daoxuan was stunned for a moment, then he understood.
Di Renjie was worried that he was a demon, and if he killed someone, he would be sensed by the Zhoutian Xingdou Array and would be hunted endlessly.
"Brother Kong, we finally have a breakthrough in the Shixin case. Please investigate for me, catch the murderer, give an explanation to the dead, and rid the people of the Tang Dynasty of a great evil. Please!"
Di Renjie saluted to Li Daoxuan, then looked at the Plum Blossom Guard and said calmly, "You don't have to cut my tendons. I can walk to Chang'an by myself."
Li Daoxuan was moved.
Although Di Renjie had no cultivation at all, at this moment he remained calm in the face of danger and displayed impressive integrity and character.
They had only known each other for a short time, but they were able to think of their friends first between life and death, and had a sense of justice and bravely faced the danger.
You deserve to be recorded in history!
"Haha, this is not up to you!"
A cold light flashed in the Plum Blossom Guard's eyes, and a dagger appeared in his hand. He came to Di Renjie in an instant like a ghost and cut his tendons.
There was a hint of excitement in his eyes, as if he had already seen the former prime minister, the famous Di Renjie, lying on the ground wriggling and wailing .
The next moment, blood splattered.
The Meihua guard screamed, and the tendons in his left hand were broken, hanging limply. In contrast, Di Renjie's left hand was intact, and there was no scar even though it was cut by the dagger.
He didn't believe it, so he stabbed out with the dagger again, trying to dig out Di Renjie's patella.
This is his specialty, he has done it countless times, and it is quick and easy.
However, it turned out that no matter how fast the technique was, it could not offset the severe pain of having the patella removed.
Bang!
The Meihua guard fell to the ground, screaming loudly, covering his bloody right leg, with his bones exposed, which was horrifying to see.
The bloody dagger was thrown on the ground, just at Li Daoxuan's feet.
He didn't even glance at it, but just drank and ate quietly, and said to the shocked Di Renjie with a smile: "Eat quickly, or it will get cold if you don't eat it now."
At this moment, Di Renjie had no idea that it was Brother Kong who had made the move in secret.
But he didn't expect that Brother Kong's method was so magical. The dagger clearly hit him, but the one who was injured was the Plum Blossom Guard.
"It's you, you know magic!"
The Plum Blossom Guard lying on the ground looked at the young man in white clothes with fear in his eyes.
"Well, Di Renjie, you actually made friends with a demon!"
Li Daoxuan sighed softly, put down his chopsticks, wiped his mouth, and said calmly: "You said it was a monster, then it must be a monster. Since I am a monster, then killing someone... is not too much."
He walked slowly towards the other person.
The Meihua inner guard's expression changed, and he threatened: "Demon, don't be so arrogant, look at the law!"
His pupils instantly glowed red, as if burning with flames, and he looked towards Li Daoxuan with murderous intent revealed.
Those who can become the Plum Blossom Inner Guards have their own unique skills. The unique skill he practiced is the magic called "Red Flame Ghost Eyes".
When he was a child, his eyes were blinded by fire. He then swallowed the eyes of a ghost who died in the fire. After his eyes recovered, he continued to blind them. He repeated this cycle seventy-two times before he achieved success.
Although this kind of strange and unique skill has a great cost to practice, once it is mastered, its power is comparable to supernatural powers and its combat capability is extremely strong, which is an unconventional approach.
For example, his red flame ghost eyes can cause anyone he stares at to spontaneously combust and turn into ashes.
boom!
Flames appeared on Li Daoxuan's body and burned fiercely.
The Plum Blossom Inner Guard showed a hint of satisfaction at having had his revenge.
“Brother Kong!”
Di Renjie shouted anxiously, turned around quickly and lifted the water jar in the house with great effort, preparing to pour water.
However, when he turned around again, he was dumbfounded to see that the flames that had just been gushing out had disappeared.
There wasn't even a trace of a burnt mark on Li Daoxuan's white clothes, as if it was not a fire, but just fallen leaves blown by the wind.
"That's it?"
Li Daoxuan was a little disappointed. He hadn't fought with anyone for many years, so he was really itching to do it. In order not to end it too quickly, he tried his best to restrain himself.
Otherwise, with his status as an earthly immortal, could a mere pair of eyes set him on fire?
The fire is really weak and it's a hassle to even warm the wine. It's really disappointing.
“You, who are you?!!”
Plum Blossom Guard's eyes began to bleed, and he felt an unprecedented stinging sensation.
He made curse seals with his hands, sacrificed his blood, and let his pupils glow red, trying to see through the true identity of the man in white.
The next moment, he finally saw a hint of the secret from the other party.
The invisible immortal light covered the entire sky, illuminating the blue dragon of the earth veins, and was faintly connected with the mysterious and yellow energy, like a sacred mountain or a giant peak, competing with the sky for height.
The five-colored divine light shot straight into the sky, splitting the chaotic void, stepping on the five elements, and holding the sun and the moon in hands.
Billions of Buddha lights enveloped it, faintly connected to somewhere in the void, and it was protected by heavenly dragons and blessed by gods and Buddhas.
He couldn't see any more than that because he was completely blind.
His eyes exploded, he let out a scream, and then fell straight down, without any breath, and turned into a cold corpse.
As a mortal, you cannot look directly at immortals and Buddhas.
Di Renjie was stunned. He didn't expect that the so powerful Plum Blossom Guards could be so vulnerable.
Is the plum blossom inner guard too weak?
Absolutely not!
Although Di Renjie didn't know much about spiritual practice, he knew that those who could enter the Plum Blossom Inner Guard all had their own magical powers, and even the bad guys in the court might not be able to surpass them.
There is only one answer, Brother Kong is too strong!
Thinking back to the time before, Di Renjie couldn't help but wonder secretly, what level of cultivation Brother Kong had?
"not good!"
Seeing the body of the Plum Blossom Guard, Di Renjie seemed to have thought of something, and said in a concentrated voice: "Brother Kong, a Plum Blossom Guard died here, the court will definitely investigate to the end. No matter how high your cultivation is, once you are exposed to the Zhoutian Xingdou formation, you will definitely not escape the pursuit of the bad people."
Once a monster kills someone, blood will be released on its body, and the bad guys will notice it through formations. They will chase it for thousands of miles and won't stop until it dies.
Di Renjie paced back and forth with a frown on his face.
After a long while, he finally stopped and said, "This is the only way. Brother Kong, hurry up and escape from the Tang Dynasty. Leave the body to me. I will try my best to mislead them and buy you some time!"
Di Renjie never dreamed that one day he would destroy the body and falsify the scene.
Li Daoxuan shook his head and smiled, "Don't worry, the national teacher once taught me the art of concealing my breath, so the Zhoutian Xingdou formation can't detect me."
Hearing this, Di Renjie finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Brother Di, you should be the one who really needs to be careful. This man in black robe has come all the way to find you. I'm afraid it's not that simple."
Li Daoxuan waved his hand, and something flew out from the black-robed man's arms.
Di Renjie's pupils shocked, it turned out to be an imperial edict!
In other words , the other party's original intention was to announce the emperor's decree.
Li Daoxuan had little respect for the imperial edict and opened it casually. However, when he saw the contents inside, his cynical expression gradually became solemn.
Di Renjie also came closer, and when he saw the words on the imperial edict clearly, he, who was usually calm, took a deep breath and showed an expression of disbelief.
How could this kind of thing be possible?
