Piaomiao Pavilion is just a pavilion located in the imperial city, simple and ordinary.
However, the vast scope of its jurisdiction, the depth of its hidden power, and the viciousness of its methods are all moving.
In the past ten years, nearly half of the civil and military personnel of the Manchu Dynasty fell into the hands of Piao Miao Pavilion. The lightest ones were dismissed from their posts, and the most serious ones were executed.
The crimes laid down by Piaomiao Pavilion are all kinds of strange.
There was once a military general who made a drunken blunder and cursed the late emperor a few times. As a result, his head was chopped off by Cai Shikou'er, the nine tribesmen implicated, and he was dragged away by three carts!
As for what the curse was, we don’t know who heard it or who can testify.
Just by relying on a word from the Piaomiao Pavilion, hundreds of people in the general's family died!
What's more, a beggar camped out at the entrance of Piaomiao Pavilion for one night, and as a result, more than half of the beggars in the city were killed the next day.
So much so that even beggars and wild dogs dare not go to the entrance of Piaomiao Pavilion now.
It can be said that the flying birds never fall, and the children stop crowing.
Piaomiao Pavilion has special rights. It can be executed first and then reported. Even if the execution is wrong, it will only create a scapegoat.
It can be said that the existence of Piaomiao Pavilion is a sharp knife hanging over the heads of the Gongun princes.
The one holding the sword is the national master Wei Mocheng!
He only needs to think of an excuse for whomever he wants to kill, and it doesn't matter whether it's reasonable or not.
In recent years, the emperor has become more and more neglectful of government affairs and obsessed with forging the emperor's sword, and the Miao Miao Pavilion that controls the emperor is extremely powerful.
As the son of the chief minister of the dynasty, Zhou Yuanliang could clearly feel the gloom shrouding the imperial city.
This haze is called Piaomiao Pavilion.
"I once thought that as long as I didn't want to make progress, be more ridiculous, be a bit more bastard, be the most disgusting yamen in the imperial city, and keep pouring dirty water on my father, the Piaomiao Pavilion would be able to relax its focus on my father. In this way, a fulcrum can be achieved to balance the relationship between the chief minister of the current dynasty and the Piaomiao Pavilion."
Zhou Yuanliang shook his head and smiled bitterly, with a look of self-deprecation on his face.
"What a pity. I still underestimated the ruthlessness of Piao Miao Pavilion. They had already taken action against my father. If Junior Sister Luo hadn't discovered the poison, my father would have died in a year and a half."
"When the chief minister of the dynasty died suddenly, the Piaomiao Pavilion must intervene in the investigation. They must have thought about the cause of death. He died of a sudden illness and mourned as soon as possible, and then elected a new chief minister who was completely in the hands of the Piaomiao Pavilion."
"In this way, all the civil servants are in the hands of the imperial master. If the leader of the generals is eliminated, the Duke of Yu, the world will be unified, and the Yan Kingdom will be completely controlled by Piao Miao Pavilion."
After drinking a glass of wine, Zhou Yuanliang burped and said desolately:
"Ever since my last trip to Wushan Mountain, when I saw my junior sister die in front of my eyes, I realized that blindly hiding one's strength and biding time will only lose the most important people around me one after another. Only by continuously improving one's strength can one fight against those who are hiding in the dark. Crisis versus enemy.”
"I was wrong, so wrong..."
Zhou Yuanliang's voice became deeper and deeper, and his mood also became lower.
He fell into the trap he had drawn and was unable to extricate himself.
Yun Que was speechless for a moment.
He could understand Zhou Yuanliang's bastard behavior in disguise in order to protect his family.
So why not Yun Que himself.
In order to find out the cause of his father's death, the young Hanshui Hou struck out with his long sword again and again in the depths of the Hou Mansion, never stopping no matter the wind, heavy rain, or snow.
Even if I know that I have no spiritual roots, I will still move forward and never back down.
They are actually the same people.
For your family, you can give everything no matter the cost.
However, Zhou Yuanliang underestimated Piaomiao Pavilion's methods and the ruthlessness of the Imperial Master.
Yun Que didn't know before that Piaomiao Pavilion was always targeting the chief minister of the dynasty. After listening to Zhou Yuanliang's story, Yun Que attributed the crisis in the Government of Yu to Piaomiao Pavilion.
The guy pretending to be Lan Yusheng is most likely related to Piaomiao Pavilion!
The golden python in the river was probably raised by Piaomiao Pavilion!
"The charges against the Mu family must have been the result of Piao Miao Pavilion's tactics. The lineage of national masters is so terrifying."
Yun Que looked out the window at the night and whispered: "The men in Piao Miao Pavilion outside the Mujia mine are not guarding the mine, but they are helping the barbarians to watch out, helping Muwan to keep watch, and helping the Mujia to fully prove the crime of colluding with the barbarians.
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The one who really colludes with the barbarians is not the Mu family, but the Piaomiao Pavilion!
"Piao Miao Pavilion acts secretly and is extremely cautious. It is not easy to catch them. Even if they know that they are colluding with the barbarians in private, as long as there is no evidence, they cannot be moved. Even if evidence is produced, they can change their ways.
Zhang, you are confusing right and wrong." Zhou Yuanliang said helplessly.
Yun Que was silent.
It is useless to speculate. When it comes to figures like the Imperial Master, it cannot be shaken by some baseless rhetoric.
Taking action rashly will only arouse the murderous intention of the other party.
There are countless officials in the imperial court who give advice every day, but few people have been convicted for this, let alone the national preceptor who is in charge of Piaomiao Pavilion.
Yun Que had met Wei Mocheng once before at a wedding banquet in the Duke's Mansion. He thought he was calm, sophisticated and scheming, but he didn't expect him to be such a troublesome person.
What Yun Que didn't even expect was that,
The seemingly prosperous Yan Kingdom was actually so corrupted that it was on the verge of collapse.
"Have you ever thought about using the Sword Palace to compete with the Piaomiao Pavilion?" Yun Que said.
"It's not very useful. Elders can't interfere in the government affairs. This is the rule of the Shangzong. No one dares to violate it. The change of dynasties has nothing to do with the Sword Palace. Even if the barbarians come to the city and even occupy the entire Yan Kingdom, the Sword Palace will still be the Sword Palace. At worst, it will change.
It’s just a name.”
Zhou Yuanliang sighed:
"Most of the swordsmen disciples are from the Yan Kingdom, and their families are all in the Yan Kingdom. Who is willing to take the risk to fight against the Piaomiao Pavilion? Aren't they afraid of the Piaomiao Pavilion's revenge?"
"If Piaomiao Pavilion is not removed, Dayan will be doomed sooner or later." Yun Que said helplessly.
His own strength was too small to be able to contend with the behemoth Piaomiao Pavilion. Even if he knew that the Imperial Master had evil intentions, there was nothing he could do.
Now we can only place our hope on the civil and military agreement between the chief minister of the dynasty and the Duke of Yu, hoping that those two old men can save the last chance of life for the Yan Kingdom.
"In the final analysis, our cultivation is still insufficient. If we could form elixirs, I would have rushed into the Piaomiao Pavilion, pulled out Wei Mocheng and tortured him severely. I am not afraid that he will not attack!"
Zhou Yuanliang said bitterly: "So I will not hold back in this sword fight, I will rush into the foundation building realm!"
The battles between swordsmen in the Sword Palace over the years are not only about reputation, but also about amazing benefits.
The most critical elixir for advancing to the foundation-building realm, the foundation-building pill, is one of the rewards.
"I'm optimistic about you."
Yun Que smiled and looked out the window at the long street.
Since I was sitting on the third floor of the restaurant, I had a great view. The city was brightly lit and the streets were full of people.
Farther away is the splendid and vast imperial palace.
Behind the palace, in the center of the imperial city, stands a tall building.
That's a sword.
A golden giant sword made entirely of copper and iron, nearly ten feet high.
"The Emperor's Sword..."
Yun Que looked at the giant sword in the distance and murmured softly.
The Emperor's Sword has not yet been completed, it is roughly 90% complete, and the final tip of the sword is still missing.
You can see countless iron locks hanging on the sword body, and the craftsmen are working day and night, working day and night to build this sword of national destiny for the emperor.
The Emperor's Sword in the distance made Yun Fuxing deep in thought.
The initiator of all conspiracies, the mastermind behind the undercurrents, is most likely the National Preceptor!
What is the purpose of Wei Mocheng?
What is the use of the Emperor's Sword?
What is the connection between Piaomiao Pavilion and the barbarians?
All kinds of questions arise in my mind, but there are no answers.