Chapter Sixteen: Monarch and Minister, Father and Son
Chapter 16
The royal family also has rules. If these five princes want to sue the noble son of the dynasty, they must submit a letter. They cannot slander him directly in front of the emperor.
Bai Qi was practicing at home but he didn't know that his father had been summoned to the imperial study to have a detailed discussion with the emperor face to face.
Bai Jian, Duke of Yu State, was holding the petition written by the five princes in his hand. He read it several times and said, "Your Majesty, this is a trap."
The current emperor of the Jin Dynasty was a man in his fifties with an elegant appearance. He sat behind the Long Book Table and looked at his most capable general with a smile, the most powerful person in the Jin Dynasty.
Bai Jian stood up, bowed and said, "I don't know about others, but Qi'er doesn't know any Taoist skills. Even I only believed that there are qi masters in this world when I saw the national master display his magical powers recently."
Bai Jian was very calm, and when faced with the prince's accusations, he did not behave inappropriately.
"But Aiqing's son beat my son." The emperor said slowly and calmly.
Behind the emperor, stood a Taoist priest in his thirties. The Taoist priest was gorgeously dressed in a purple and gold Taoist robe. He looked a bit like a miniature bronze figure. On the top of the Taoist priest's head was a purple gold crown with three beams, with a
A stick of jadeite, holding a crimson wooden sword in his hand, where he closed his eyes and meditated.
Both the emperor and Bai Jian pretended that he did not exist. Bai Jian did not squint his eyes and said to the emperor: "I am scared and have no way to teach my son. I would like to resign and go back to think about my mistakes behind closed doors."
The emperor nodded and said: "Well, your precious son thinks so too. What I want you to do is really embarrassing for the Bai family."
These words were heartbreaking, but Bai Jian said calmly: "As a son of man, it is understandable to do this."
"Bai Jian, aren't you afraid that I will be angry and leave you here?" The emperor was still smiling, but he was talking about murder.
"If you want your minister to die, you must die."
"Haha, it sounds like I want to kill Zhongliang. The emperor saw Bai Jian standing there calmly without any fear. He knew that he could not beat Duke Yu.
If he could kill Bai Jian here, what else would Bai Jian do? How could he be expected to fight against those Qi refiners?
"Then what do you think I should do?" The emperor asked pretending to be confused, looking at the Zhuangzi in Bai Jian's hand.
"Of course I must reprimand His Highness Nineteenth Prince." Bai Jian raised his head and looked at the emperor.
The emperor was stunned and said: "Sir, are you confused?"
"I am not confused. The first part of what His Highness Nineteenth Highness said is true and the second part is false. This is deceiving the emperor and neglecting his superiors."
The emperor looked at Duke Yu, and realized that he, as a minister, was already uncontrollable. What he asked him to do would affect the entire family. Which Qi Refiner is easy to get along with?
"Okay, I will reprimand him. Please go and come back tomorrow. We will discuss the matter of Yulin's new army."
"I obey the decree." Duke Yu bowed and exited the imperial study.
The emperor looked at Bai Jian's back, smiled, and said: "What a loving father and filial son. If it weren't for me, no one would be able to use him..."
Only then did the Taoist priest open his eyes and said, "If Your Majesty closes the Jiuding Palace, I can take his life in just a moment."
The emperor looked ugly and said: "No need to say it, I understand. This Bai Jian still has great use. Well, call Yuzhen over. I heard that she has seen Bai Jian's son."
Bai Jian left the palace and walked out of the palace gate before looking back at the red wall behind him.
If it were in the past, he would definitely not have this attitude. What he and Bai Qi said was not true. If he could leave Jinling, he would never build the Bronze Man Palace for the emperor.
The power of the Imperial Master is no match for him within Jinling. If he leaves Jinling, he will probably be killed by the Imperial Master immediately. The Jinling Jiuding limits the power of the Qi Refiners. In Jinling City, an innate first-grade warrior like himself can
It is the nemesis of the Qi Master.
The Jiuding Imperial Qi is the source of the power of his True Dragon Seven Killing Spear. As long as he assists the emperor for one day, his strength will grow rapidly.
If he could leave, he would definitely take his son to the end of the world, even though it would be in vain...
Bai Jian shook his head. His son was always filial. If the emperor removed his position because of his beating of the prince, it would be a good ending.
He had long known that the royal family was ruthless, but who made him the one to care about?
It was noon, but the sky was full of clouds. A strange strong wind rolled up and rushed towards me. Bai Jian sneered, opened his mouth and shouted: "Disperse!".
It was as if a thunder sounded, and it could be heard even deep in the palace. The strong wind suddenly stopped, and a figure fell in the wind. His body was wrapped in gray cloth, only his eyes were exposed. Bai Jian shouted loudly, with
The power to break the army's Gangqi. A first-class innate warrior, with the golden elixir, is invincible.
There was a look of horror in the assassin's eyes. He found that his meridians were cut off, a burst of power exploded in his body, and his internal organs were completely shattered.
Bai Jian entered the palace with his servants, but he was just waiting outside the palace. Hearing this loud shout, the servants abandoned their horses and went straight to the palace gate. Bai Jian walked up to the assassin, looked down, and casually
He took the long sword handed over by the servant.
The long sword was unsheathed, filled with a chilly air. Bai Jian smiled and said to the struggling assassin, "I heard that the Qi Refiner has a soldier to explain it, but you have no chance."
As he spoke, he stabbed the long sword down and went straight to the assassin's head. The consultant twisted his body, but could not avoid Bai Jian's sword. The long sword penetrated the head and made a crisp sound. The pupils of the assassin's eyes
Suddenly dispersed, the soul sealed in the body also dissipated with the piercing of the long sword.
No Qi Refiner dares to act recklessly in Jinling City. Under the suppression of Jiuding, many of the Qi Refiner's abilities are restricted, and even the soul is sealed in the body. No matter you are a Qi Refiner in the God Transformation Stage or a Void Return Stage.
Even the most powerful Jin Dan can't escape this predicament.
Bai Jian drew his sword, cut off the assassin's head with a horizontal stroke.
Yu Lin's army had already arrived over there. Bai Jian ordered his servants to take the body with them. He turned around and said to Yu Lin, who was rushing over: "Take the head. I want to know where this person came from. I'll give you three days."
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Bai Jian sheathed his sword, surrounded by his servants, and left.
The dozens of Yulin troops looked at each other in confusion, but because of Bai Jian's reputation, no one dared to step forward to stop him and ask Bai Jian to go back and explain the details to them. That would be courting death. I heard that Bai Jian's son beat up all the princes.
The soldiers would not hesitate to kill them.
Bai Jian got on the horse and rode away. He was not in a good mood. He was tough with the emperor because of this. Now the Qi Refiner openly came to the city to assassinate him. Although it was just a test, it also explained a problem.
These Qi Refiners dare to do anything.
Back in the mansion, Bai Jian came to the back house alone, but did not see Yu Linling. He turned to Bai Qi's yard and saw Bai Qi practicing spears in the yard. Bai Jian did not interrupt his son's practice and stood there.
Watching from the sidelines, Bai Qi did not stop, but finished using the True Dragon's Seven Killing Spears all the way. Then he stopped his posture, poked the spear on the ground, and came to his father.
"Qi'er, that's right, where's your mother-in-law?" Bai Jian didn't give any advice to Bai Qi. Bai Qi's spear skills were already very proficient at this stage of his life. What was missing was actual combat experience.
"Dad, grandma said she was going out for a few days and took Xiaoyu with her."
"Huh?" Bai Jian also knew now that Yu Linling was not an innate warrior, but a Qi Refiner. He brought back the assassin's corpse because he wanted Yu Linling to see the identity and origin of the corpse.
"Huh?" Bai Jian was asking when Yu Linling would come back. A servant came in from outside and whispered: "Master, there is a monk who wants to see you."
"Monk? Missing!"
"yes."
Just as the servant was about to leave, Bai Jian then thought about it. He was responsible for building the Bronze Man Palace. Among the Qi Refiners, there would certainly be countless people who wanted to die, but there would definitely be those who would support him. He was worried that he could not find him.
The Qi Refiner who defected here may be an opportunity for this monk.
"Wait a minute, where did the monk say he came from?"
"Sir, he said he is the abbot of Honglian Temple." The servant replied.
His eyelids twitched, Honglian Temple!
Could it be that he and Xiaoyu stole something and the owner of the misfortune came to the door?
"Honglian Temple?" Bai Jian thought for a while, but couldn't remember where this temple was from the Jin Dynasty.
"Let the monk wait, I will be there in a while." Bai Jian asked the servant to go back, and said to his son: "Qi'er, I met an assassin on the road today, he is a Qi practitioner. If you want to go out in the future, there will be no one around you."
You need to bring a few personal soldiers."
Bai Qi felt a little strange when his father didn't mention the fact that he beat the prince, but it was not easy to ask about this matter, so he could only nod in agreement.
"In a moment, I will send someone to bring you a gun. This long gun you use for practice is not good against Qi Refiners." Bai Jian said, turned and left.
Bai Qi wanted to follow his father to see what kind of monk came from Honglian Temple. But the wet nurse was not there, and Xiao Yu was no longer there either. He was afraid that someone would see through the stolen goods in his body. The conflict only made his father more troubled.
Just as I was thinking about going to the front living room to take a peek, another servant came to inform me.
"Master, a father-in-law wants to see you, saying that Princess Yuzhen wants to summon you to the palace."
Bai Qi smiled and said, "No, my father doesn't allow me to go out."
Bai Qi dared to say this because it was against the rules for Princess Yuzhen to do this. He didn't even have any fame. Although he was the eldest son of the Duke of the country, he couldn't enter or leave the palace at will. He entered the place of ** by himself.
But it is handled at will.
Bai Qi then said: "Well, go and tell the father-in-law that if Princess Yuzhen wants to see me, she can go to the Duke's Mansion."
Bai Qi was smart and saw that his father didn't mention the prince's beating, so he knew that he was being suppressed. The emperor refused to punish the Bai family, so Princess Yuzhen immediately summoned him, in order to take action on himself and contain his father.