Chapter Three Hundred and Thirty-Three: The Praying Mantis Catching the Cicada and the Oriole Behind
Xun served as his chief assistant for more than 20 years. At least half of the officials in the imperial court were in line. A large number of close associates were also appointed in the army. The local government was even filled with officials from the "Xun Party" faction.
Now that Prime Minister Xun has not come to court, is there something unexpected?
The sound of discussion is getting louder and louder.
These people waited and waited, and another incense-burning time passed, and they suddenly discovered that General Zhao Tian, who had taken control of the military power, had not come to court, and a dozen other generals guarding Guangdu City had also not arrived.
As for the emperor, there was not even a shadow. The eunuch who delivered the message turned blue and purple, and was stumbling and unable to speak.
"The emperor doesn't go to court either?"
At this time, all the civil and military officials began to panic, and they were helpless as they thought of a terrifying possibility!
It's just that they don't even dare to think about this possibility, and they don't dare to say it!
"There are many fewer royal guards in the palace. Something must have happened?"
A military general angrily grabbed an official from the "Xun Party" faction and shouted loudly: "Where is the Emperor?! Where is Prime Minister Xun?!"
"I didn't know! General, if we had known, we wouldn't have waited here." The official trembled.
The general jumped up again, grabbed the chief eunuch, and asked loudly: "Are you the one causing trouble? Where are the emperor's people!"
With such a big hat coming down, the eunuch couldn't bear the pressure and said with trembling all over: "They are at the Xiwang Temple. They all went to the Xiwang Temple early in the morning..."
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty also ordered me to wait and arrested 9 pairs of boys and girls overnight."
"Wha...what?"
When everyone heard the news, they felt as cold as if they had fallen into an ice cave.
Because today is the vernal equinox, it is an auspicious day for worship.
In the Kunlun Mountains, worshiping gods is a major religious ceremony and requires a suitable time period. It does not mean that you can sacrifice if you want.
Generally speaking, the spring equinox, summer solstice, autumnal equinox and winter solstice are all suitable time points.
Even today's court meeting is only to discuss the sacrificial aspects. All civil and military officials go to the Jianmu site to worship together, and usually complete the entire ritual process before the end of the day.
But when I think about the current state of the King of the West, and considering that the emperor and others left early, taking eight pairs of boys and girls with them, that horrific fact will become a real possibility.
They are going to sacrifice human life and blood to the gods!
The King of the West will become a man-eating evil god!
Whoever pleases the Western King will become the next emperor!
Even though many people had considered this possibility, even though many people felt that the status quo could not last forever, when the horror came true, people could barely breathe, and several older veterans simply fell to the ground paralyzed.
Everyone's reactions vary.
A few of the older ones burst into tears, out of breath and almost stopped thinking. For them, the collapse of their faith was more uncomfortable than death, and they had lost their way forward.
Some people are thinking in their hearts, even if the King of the West starts cannibalizing and eats a hundred people a day, it will only be more than 30,000 people a year. More than three to five million refugees will starve to death in the Kunlun Mountains a year? Chaos is the ladder of progress, maybe
Able to take advantage of troubled waters.
Some people are also thinking about how to face the new emperor.
The winner is the king and the loser is the enemy, who will win?
Prime Minister Xun, General Zhao, the Emperor...how should they face the victors among them?
One question after another appears in my mind, weighing like a boulder and making me breathless.
But there were also a few reckless men who were furious and shouted: "Who dares to trick the King of the West into eating people? Not even the princes, generals and ministers... can do it!"
"Where is the Kunlun lineage?!"
No one answered, and Master Tianyuan did not go to court either.
There was a loud "boom" and the sound of artillery fire came from the distant sky.
"Go to the Jianmu Ruins quickly!"
All the civil and military officials rushed out of the Jinluan Palace in a hurry.
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On Kunlun Mountain, there are Jianmu ruins, and dark clouds as heavy as Mount Tai are about to crush the entire sky.
"Di Ting" is running fast on the hillside, holding a small Chenghuang Temple in his mouth, climbing over the mountain peaks.
It is trying to send this City God Temple to the top of Kunlun!
At the foot of the mountain, in the square in front of the Xiwang Temple, a melee broke out between soldiers and horses from various parties, and a fierce fight was taking place. Artillery, crossbows, catapults, and various siege weapons fired thousands of arrows.
Mixed with King Xi's evil thoughts, it affected the sanity of all the participants.
"Kill!"
The soldiers were not afraid of death and almost lost their minds during the battle.
The originally sacred and majestic temple of the gods turned into a hell on earth in just a few minutes.
Above the dark clouds in the sky, there is some kind of trembling terrifying malice, and pairs of eyes look at this land.
This malice exudes a strange coldness, intending to tear apart this space and directly enter this last holy land on earth - compared to the 12 suspended mountains in the outside world, Kunlun Mountain is the most peaceful and most populated area. Daqian Dynasty
Although it is gradually declining, it still controls a population of 1 billion. That is a population of 1 billion!
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Di Ting ran quickly, with a trace of pity and ridicule in her eyes.
Its running speed is getting faster and faster, and its goal is very simple. It only needs to deliver the City God's Temple in its mouth to its destination.
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"Kill!"
The multi-party melee continues, with fierce collisions between rune puppets, and soldiers forming square formations and wielding knives at each other. This cold weapon war has reached a fever pitch.
Blood flowed into rivers, and the ground was dyed red with bright red blood.
Countless black cavalry soldiers gathered together in an orderly manner and rushed towards the large number of yellow scarf warriors who were defending the temple gate.
Young soldiers fell to the ground one by one and were crushed into minced meat. Perhaps this was another "blood sacrifice".
"General Zhao, you...you led the army to besiege the Taoist temple, what do you want!" Emperor Li Hao roared with despair on his face when he saw that the Imperial Guards were defeated like a mountain.
"Xun Xiang, I respect you as my biological father, and I just want to leave you with a good reputation as a monarch and a minister. I didn't expect you to...conspirate to rebel! Do you want to sacrifice your life and blood to the King of the West?"
If possible, he would even want to point his finger at Prime Minister Xun's face.
"Your Majesty came here early in the morning. Didn't you have the same idea?"
How can you let His Majesty do it? Let the veteran do it."
"You..." The emperor's face turned red and he almost gritted his teeth.
The emperor is too young and his power is still too weak.
Now that the situation is over, if the Taoist soldiers of the Kunlun line were not still guarding this Taoist temple and temporarily saving him, otherwise, he would have been beheaded by the rebels long ago.
The emperor suddenly turned around and shouted: "Master Fu Tian, why don't you let us in quickly! I want to sacrifice to King Xi now!"
"If you don't let us in, it will be too late!!"
Fu Tianyuan looked at the emperor with red eyes, then looked at the black clouds in the sky that almost suppressed the entire Kunlun Mountains; then looked at King Xi who was constantly emitting evil thoughts in the palace and affecting human consciousness.
"Your Majesty, blood sacrifice is a road of no return. If you commit such evil deeds, you will be ashamed of your ancestors, of heaven and humanity!" Fu Tianyuan sighed, "Unless my Kunlun lineage dies, this hall will be destroyed.
, no one can enter!"
"You deserve to die...I will kill all nine of your clans!" Emperor Li Hao roared, drew out the Emperor's Sword, and slashed at the enemies who were rushing towards him.
Fu Tianyuan sighed and kept commanding the Taoist soldiers to repel the enemy.
The sky sends murderous intentions, and the stars change places; the earth sends murderous intentions, and dragons and snakes rise from the ground; humans send murderous intentions, and heaven and earth turn upside down.
No matter which force wins, the Kunlun lineage has come to an end here; no matter who wins, those disciples will be slaughtered!
Fortunately, he has other options!
There was a conch-shaped earphone plugged into his ear!
A disciple sent a report!
The eldest disciple, Zhong Li, said excitedly through the earphone: "Teacher, Di Ting is about to climb to the top of Kunlun... From the Tianmen side, six thousand soldiers have also teleported in!"
"There may be a large number of evil things gathering power in the sky. I don't know where these evil things come from."
After hearing this information, even the experienced Fu Tianyuan himself felt a little confused. He didn't know how to end this intensifying crisis.
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As the number of puppets in the Kunlun lineage became less and less, Xun Xiang's eyes widened and his body trembled with excitement.
They will soon invade the temple!
"Boys and girls, are you ready?" he shouted in a low voice.
"Ready!"
After clearing away these Taoist soldiers, he will drive the carriage himself and enter the temple.
In the past, there was absolutely no possibility for him to conspire and rebel; but now, as long as he pleases the King of the West, he is the real emperor and the real ruler of Kunlun Mountain!
This is an opportunity given by God. If God does not give it, he will be punished. He must seize this opportunity!
This is the feeling. It’s worth it that he has worked hard for decades just for today!
Not to mention that he has endured for decades and actively weakened his own power just for today!
So what about Fu Tianshi, so what about the Kunlun lineage, they are just like chariots with mantis arms!
"Zhao Tian, who gave you such courage! I was not kind to you back then, why did you seek refuge with Prime Minister Xun?" The emperor was still furious and incompetent, trying to reverse the predicament through the art of talking.
"Kill Prime Minister Xun immediately, and I will make you a king with a different surname! Whatever he promised you, I will give you double!"
Even though he only has a few hundred guards left in his own army, and most of the people currently defending him are yellow scarf warriors from the Kunlun lineage, at this moment, he is still jumping over the wall!
Xun Xiang's expression remained calm, but he was sneering in his heart. He was a king and defeated a bandit, so what's the use of temporary measures.
Emperor, Emperor, people's hearts are fickle. In the past few years, he only gained the support of General Zhao by promising huge profits and using beauty tricks.
What's the point of struggling to death now?
In fact, he was not only wary of the emperor, but also vaguely wary of General Zhao.
Only one person is enough to enter the temple, no second person is allowed!
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However, at this moment, General Zhao, who was wearing black armor, suddenly smiled.
There was a bloodthirsty light in his eyes: "Who said I have taken refuge with Prime Minister Xun? With such a great opportunity, how can Zhao be willing to succumb to others?"
"The army obeys the order and follows me to attack!"
The black-armored cavalry, after receiving the order, actually changed their direction and attacked Prime Minister Xun's army in unison.
The crowd was shouting, murderous intent was rising, and these rebels suddenly broke out into internal strife.
"How dare you!" Xun Xiang's face changed slightly. Fortunately, he was fully prepared.
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The young emperor was immediately ecstatic that his mouth evasion technique actually worked.
He wished that these rebels would start fighting among themselves and make the situation as chaotic as possible. It was already the moment of life and death, and he couldn't make a mistake even half a step.
What he wanted to persuade the most was Tian Yuan, the great master of heaven who was guarding the temple of the Western King. The rows of yellow scarf warriors were still resisting the enemy's attack.
"Great Heavenly Master, please let me enter the temple quickly. After this is done, you will still be your national master! I promise that the Kunlun lineage will still be the state religion of the Daqian Dynasty!" The emperor held the Emperor's Sword in his hand, and his whole body exuded coldness. Breathing in his breath, he walked forward step by step.
This Emperor's Sword is a magical weapon given by the King of the West. The sword light can cut out more than ten meters, cutting iron like mud.
Fu Tianyuan sighed: "Your Majesty, it's not that Fu didn't obey the imperial edict, it's that this matter is against humanity."
"Fu Mou was taught the way of loyalty and filial piety, and he learned the way of loyalty and filial piety. Loyalty and loyalty are to the human race, and filial piety and filial piety are the way of humanity. There is the way of heaven and the way of man. The king, the minister, the father, the son, the son, this is the way of humanity. If If humanity does not exist, will a king still be a king and a minister still a minister?"
"Your Majesty, please open your eyes and look at the captured boys and girls, and look at the corpses all over the ground... Therefore, the way of heaven is in chaos and the sun, moon and stars cannot have their shapes, and the way of humanity is in chaos, and the beasts and beasts of the world cannot have their emotions."
There were more than a dozen boys and girls on the jade carriage, who were drugged and passed out on the carriage.
The corpses on the ground were piled up like mountains, trampled until they were no longer human.
"Who can go against the trend of the times?" When the emperor heard these pedantic words, he was filled with anger.
He is going to lose his life, so who is willing to listen to these truths?
He shouted loudly: "There is a murderous intention coming from heaven, and you Fu Tianyuan can't do anything to stop it. When these traitors decide the winner, your entire Kunlun lineage will be slaughtered!"
"You are pedantic, Master Fu Tian! If you don't give it to me, I will get it myself...or you can chop off my head with a knife!"
Having said this, the emperor, escorted by the Imperial Guards, rushed over with the Emperor's Sword raised high.
However, this group of people had no idea that Fu Tianyuan was concentrating on listening to the content in the headphones at this moment.
"No, a large number of evil spirits have appeared in Guangdu City! The evil gods lurking in the city have collectively rioted!"
"Cultists have appeared in large numbers, and the entire Kunlun Mountains are in chaos!"
"Look at the black clouds on top of Kunlun!"
"We heard that we have arrived at the location, but there is no response from the City God's Temple... Damn it, why is there no response? Come on and respond quickly!"
Fu Tianyuan did not fight with the emperor, but jumped directly to the top of the temple with a slight jump.
I heard that there was no response from the City God's Temple sent to the top of Kunlun. My heart couldn't help but beat fast, I was extremely nervous.
At this moment, General Zhao suddenly burst into laughter and said in a crazy tone: "Thank you for your help, this mass grave has been completed!!"
"Immortal, ranked in the immortal class, today is waiting for you!"
"Thank you all, thank you all... Ha, ha, ha, what about the throne, what about Kunlun Mountain, what about humanity."
He laughed like crazy, took out a blood-red meat ball the size of a fist from his arms, and threw it on the ground.
In just a moment, the meat ball was attracted to the corpses on the ground and began to eat them continuously, expanding rapidly.
In the blink of an eye, it turned into a strange product like an altar. A black mist floated out from the altar, constantly sucking up the corpses on the ground.
At the same time, the dark clouds on the top of Kunlun expanded rapidly, and shadows quietly emerged one after another.
Looking again, a huge spider-like thing was slowly descending from the dark clouds, and even the entire atmosphere began to distort.
At the same time, almost countless monsters fell from the sky like raindrops.
Xun Xiang's face changed drastically. In an instant, sweat broke out on his forehead and his whole body was shaking. He stretched out his finger and shouted: "You...how can you collude with the evil gods from the outside world! How can you do this?!"
He recognized this huge spider... as the powerful evil god who destroyed several suspended mountains - "Ghost Face".
Even the fall of Ksitigarbha is related to the ghost face.
Of course, the human race outside the Kunlun Mountains was not completely extinct, but was raised like livestock, raised and raised, waiting for the fate of being eaten.
"Ha, ha, ha, you all can fight for the throne! Fight quickly!" General Zhao looked crazy and looked up to the sky laughing.
This scene was so terrifying that even Fu Tianyuan, who was standing on the roof of the temple, could not help but change his expression.
The young emperor also stopped what he was doing, and his heart twitched unsatisfactorily.
This scene of a mantis stalking a cicada and an oriole behind made his scalp numb.
Unexpectedly, "General Zhao" had the last laugh.
General Zhao's goal is not the throne, but to summon the evil god "Ghost Face" through the mass graves created by this killing!
Once the "Ghost Face" enslaves the "King of the West", the entire Kunlun Mountains will become a breeding ground for it to raise humans.
Thinking of this, the emperor was paralyzed on the ground.
General Zhao laughed wildly, looking like a madman. His soldiers also changed their appearance one by one, and began to devour the corpses on the ground like monsters. This group of black armored cavalry with high combat power was a team.
Demon soldiers!
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"If you can't defeat them, go back to the valley... There are probably too many of them. The difference in strength is too huge. You can still resist if you hold the stronghold. The West King's side is too spacious and you can't defeat them!" The voices in the headphones kept coming.
Fu Tianyuan looked at the crazy scene of cows, ghosts, gods and snakes in the sky in shock, like falling like rain.
Even though he had calculated the "murderous intention from heaven", he never thought that the matter would become such a big deal.
After the disaster in the entire Kunlun Mountains, will there be anyone alive?
"The King of the West has taken action..." the dazed emperor nearby shouted.
A faint curtain of light emerged from the Xiwang Temple, as if trying to fill the huge hole in the sky.
And the broken sky was full of cracks like a spider web.
"West King" and "Ghost Face", two innate gods, have a physical battle.
The voice in the earphone shouted: "Fu Tianyuan, retreat quickly and leave King Xi alone! There is more than one powerful enemy with a ghost face, and there are more coming out... and six more!"
"The six inferior demon gods may even be real demon gods!"
