The emperor's performance made Gao Lishi extremely disappointed. Seeing the emperor who had greatly admired him in the past few decades, turned around and flew back to Penglai Fairy Mountain on Taiye Lake, the last trace of fantasy in his heart was finally shattered.

Gao Lishi was stunned for a moment, then called Yu Chaoen: "Keep your guard here. No matter what happens in the palace, please send someone to report it to me immediately."

Yu Chaoen agreed and asked: "Or Xiudefang?"

Gao Lishi nodded and left.

Xiudefang is located outside the Beigong Gate and is where the three offices of the Forbidden Army are located.

The Yulin Army, under the command of Wang Chengye, had long since been decommissioned. A group of dandy men from the capital occupied important positions. Not only did they receive half of their pay, but the remaining half of the troops were also bought by traffickers and stooges.

In order not to be bullied by the patrols of Nanya Bingma Si - the Nanya armies had lost their ability to fight many years ago, and had long been reduced to patrols guarding the city gates, patrolling the streets, and arresting beggars.

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The Qianniu Guards are all strong and strong, but there are only more than 600 people, and this army is in the hands of King Qi. It is absolutely unreliable at a critical moment.

In the huge city of Chang'an, there is only one truly reliable army, Chen Xuanli's Longwu Army, and Gao Lishi came from Chen Xuanli's mansion.

After recounting the emperor's words to Chen Xuanli, Gao Lishi sighed: "We were so wise and powerful when we led us to kill Empress Wei and eliminate Taiping. Now we are all old..."

Before he could finish speaking, Chen Xuanli said decisively: "General, it's time to make up your mind."

Gao Lishi nodded and asked, "Who do you prefer?"

Chen Xuanli asked back: "Who else could it be? Could it be that the general is still thinking about King Shou?"

After the emperor killed the late prince Li Ying, the king of E Li Yao, and the king of Guang Li Ju, the imperial court planned to establish a new crown prince. Li Linfu wanted to establish a prince of longevity, but the emperor appointed the current crown prince Zhongwang. It was Gao Lishi who was fighting behind the scenes with Li Linfu. Therefore,

Gao Lishi had the merit of supporting the crown prince, so it was absolutely impossible for him to support King Shou.

Seeing that Chen Xuanli had the same opinion as himself, Gao Lishi breathed a sigh of relief. With this consensus, there was a basis for subsequent discussions. The two discussed for a long time, and both felt that the most difficult people were two people. One was of course Yang Guozhong, who was between him and the prince.

The forces of water and fire are the same, and it is difficult to reconcile them. In order to help the prince ascend the throne, Yang Guozhong must be eliminated.

The other one is King Zong Zhengqi. King Qi has high seniority and seniority in the royal family, and has great influence. The most important thing is that he is the only great monk in the imperial family, and no one can match him.

King Qi is in charge of the Suzaku Formation and Thousand Niu Guards. If the Longwu Army takes action, it is impossible to kill King Qi in Chang'an City. Only by placing him in the wild outside the city and relying on the military formation to encircle and kill him can there be a glimmer of hope.

Besides, even if King Qi is killed, who else can fight against the three major Lianxu rebels?

Therefore, the best way is to persuade King Qi, but the risk here is extremely high and it is really difficult to make a decision.

After much thought, the two of them asked at the same time: "Have you received a letter from Gu Zuo?"

Since the flag raising in Anlu Mountain last November, Gu Zuo has been keeping in correspondence with Gao Lishi and Chen Xuanli, and has expressed many times that he would organize a Qinwang army to assist Chang'an, but it has not arrived yet.

At this time, it was when external help was most needed, so the two decided to send another letter to Nanwu Prefecture, urging Gu Zuo to come to Beijing immediately. In the days when the Chongxuan Department let go, they could only count on Gu Zuo.

At this time, Gu Zuo was at Wanbu Cliff, waiting for Tang Tingfeng to come back. Tang Tingfeng had left the mountain for more than a month, but no one knew where he had gone. Gu Zuo had also been waiting at Tangmen for half a month, until today.

Unable to wait any longer, he went directly to Tang Shisan's house and mobilized the Nascent Soul high cultivator and himself to go to the capital.

"It's such a troublesome situation. How can I dare to go to Beijing with you without my eldest brother's approval?" Tang Shisan smiled bitterly.

"I believe that if senior Tingfeng were here, not only would he not stop you from entering Beijing, but he would even come with us," Gu Zuo advised.

Tang Shisan said: "It has been two months since An Lushan raised troops. There has been no movement from the Wangwu sect, no movement from the Huashan Xixuan sect, and no movement from the Taiyuan Zongzhen sect. So many sects in the south of the Yangtze River are also waiting to see what happens, not to mention us.

The land in the southwest is so far apart, why bother setting yourself on fire? Which one of the Qingcheng sect, Chenshan sect, and Luofu sect do you think has the intention to send troops? Master Gu, Xiao Gu, what are you doing?"

Gu Zuodao: "I heard that the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility. When I was in Kuaiji County, I was just trying to make a living, so naturally I couldn't take care of that many things. But now I sit in the land of two imperial edicts and eight states, and I have millions of people under my jurisdiction.

People, of course, have to care about the world. This so-called poverty means benefiting oneself, and prosperity means benefiting the world. Furthermore, Anlu Mountain went all the way south and massacred Chenliu and Xingyang successively. Its cruelty is shocking. If it is allowed to continue,

The world is in ruins and people are dying of hunger thousands of miles away, senior, can you bear it?"

What Gu Zuo talks about is a kind of emotion. His expectations and nostalgia for the prosperous age of the Tang Dynasty, and his deep regret that the prosperous age of the Tang Dynasty came to an abrupt end are difficult for Tang Shisan to understand.

Tang Thirteen looked at Gu Zuo and said nothing. After thinking about it, Gu Zuo could only start over again and reveal his feelings: "I have exchanged letters with the Crown Prince, General Gao Da and others in the capital. I asked them to inquire about some things. Senior Thirteen

Do you know what the emperor wants so much money for?"

"What to do?" Tang Shisan was obviously more interested in this topic than his feelings.

"The emperor is using a strange way to give money to the gods. I heard that it is for Zhao Gongming, the God of Wealth. Why does the emperor worship the God of Wealth? What does he want to get? Why do he do this? According to the prince, he even has the country.

I can’t care less, do you think it’s strange?”

Seeing Tang Shisan frowning and thinking, Gu Zuo added fuel to the fire: "When the Chongxuan Office was entrusting the eighteen princes, Li Bi told me that there were not enough spiritual stones and they couldn't afford them anymore. There were two million monks in the world.

Most of them are waste. Assuming that 1.5 million monks can only obtain one or two spiritual stones every year, for them, it is actually of no use to improve their cultivation, but it causes 1.5 million

Three million spiritual stones were wasted, so they gave up. Recently, I have been thinking, is there any connection between what the Chongxuan Department does and what the Emperor does? "

Tang Shisan nodded: "So you want to go to Beijing."

Gu Zuodao: "Senior Thirteen, don't you think so? As long as we enter the palace and occupy the Penglai Immortal Mountain, we may be able to find the answer and know what the Chongxuan Department and the Emperor are hiding from us."

Tang Shisan asked: "What can I do if I know?"

Gu Zuo was speechless for a moment, and said angrily: "Senior Thirteen, this is very likely to have something to do with you and me becoming immortals. If I remember correctly, the last time the Chongxuan Department recommended a monk to become an immortal was almost 20 years ago.

Years ago, right? Why haven’t they recommended anyone in the past twenty years? As long as you practice to the perfection of the Void Refining Realm, you will have a chance to be recommended by them, right?"

Tang Shisan finally nodded slowly: "Is there anything else?"

Gu Zuo thought for a while and then said: "Moreover, why don't you think it's strange that the monks ascended after they reached the point of cultivating the void? Instead, they were recommended by Lao Shizi. Senior Thirteen?"

Tang Shisan thought for a long time and asked: "Ascension? What is that?"
Chapter completed!