Everyone in the courtyard was startled. When did this person come? Why didn't they sense him earlier?
Everyone looked towards the direction of the voice and saw that the person was wearing a plain white robe. His hair was as white as snow, but it was completely different from the white hair of a normal old man. His hair gave off a faint glow. He stood there casually, and his entire body seemed to give off a celestial air.
Unfortunately, his face was covered by a mask. The imperial guards had no time to guess his identity.
But this did not include the Drunkard Monk. At their level of martial arts, they could recognize people not just by their eyes, but by remembering a person's aura.
Seeing the white-haired old man slowly walk over, the Drunkard Monk had a surprised expression. "Brother Chongyang, I didn't think you were involved in this."
Hearing his words, everyone present was shocked. There was only one person in the world who could face a Grandmaster so casually, also called Chongyang. The Central Theurgy Wang Chongyang.
The man smiled and said, "Big monk, I was careless and lost to you in a drinking contest in the pavilion. I've been looking for an opportunity to regain my face. Unfortunately, you've always been traveling the world. I couldn't find you even if I wanted to. I really didn't waste any effort today."
Hearing him admit his identity, Zhao Gou couldn't help but be furious. "Wang Chongyang, your Wang Family is deeply trusted by me. Many of the Wang Family's descendants are officials in the imperial court, and all of them are loyal to the emperor. Why did you commit such a treacherous act? Aren't you afraid of dragging down the thousands of people in the Wang Family? "
Wang Chongyang turned around to look at him. He didn't care about his scolding. "The winner takes all. Once this is done, who will hold the Wang Family accountable?"
Zhao Gou laughed coldly. "You seem very confident."
Wang Chongyang said lightly, "If I didn't have confidence, how could I have been the first in the world for so many years?"
The Drunkard Monk chuckled. "Brother Chongyang, aren't your words a bit too arrogant? It's not like you don't know the truth behind the Sword Duel on Mount Hua. Do you really think you are the first in the world?"
Wang Chongyang turned around and looked at him playfully. "Big monk, I originally thought you were a monk and had already seen through the three words: greed, anger, and obsession. Now, it seems that you are just a normal person."
The Drunkard Monk didn't take it seriously. "I've been a monk and a Taoist all my life. I've been playing around in the human world all day long. I thought I could transcend, but I'm still in the secular world after all. It's only natural that I have some secular thoughts."
Wang Chongyang laughed. "Big monk, you're quite honest. I'm beginning to admire you more and more."
The Drunkard Monk looked at him for a long time before he said, "I used to admire Brother Chongyang very much, but seeing you here today, I really don't understand. How did the great hero who was loyal to his country and ran around to fight against the Jin become like this?"
Wang Chongyang sighed. "Big monk, didn't you already tell me the reason?"
"Did I tell you the reason?" The Drunkard Monk was confused.
Wang Chongyang said, "In my early years, I vowed to fight against the Jin. After the rebellion of Jingkang, I organized many volunteer armies in the Central Plains to fight against the Jin. But who would have thought that the imperial court would surrender to the Jin and ask for peace? All the volunteer armies in the Central Plains lost hope and foreign aid. In the end, they were annihilated by the Jin. Now, only the Red Coat Army is still struggling at death's door. Do you know how many Red Coat Armies there were in the Central Plains?"
He originally had an aloof demeanor, but now that he was talking about this, he was extremely pained. Obviously, he was really angry.
The Drunkard Monk was stunned. "So you and Island Master Huang are both radical warmongers. Just for this, you actually dared to risk the world?
To commit such a heinous crime and change the world? "
Wang Chongyang glanced at him and sighed. "Big monk, you are an outsider and may not have cared about these things. But all these years, I have been watching coldly from the sidelines. Everyone knows about Yue Fei's grievance, so I won't talk about it. I won't talk about how the Emperor used his favorite officials, Wang Boyan and Huang Qianshan, to force Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan to rebel. I won't talk about how the Emperor used his favorite official, Zhang Jun, to make trouble, forcing tens of thousands of soldiers in Huaixi to surrender to the Jin."
"Back then, Zong Ze's husband racked his brains and contacted all the volunteer armies in the Central Plains. After much difficulty, he finally managed to reclaim the ruins of the Central Plains, but in the end, he was mentally and physically exhausted and died in office. Our official immediately sent his trusted aide, Du Chong, to take over his position. This man feared the Jin like a tiger, but he was extremely cruel to his own people. When the Jin invaded the south, many people fled from the north. Du Chong was afraid that they were spies of the Jin, so he killed them all, regardless of whether they were men or women, old or young, to chill the hearts of the people. At the same time, he gave up on the volunteer armies that Zong Ze had worked so hard to win over, and watched as they were defeated by the Jin one by one. Not only that, he also rejected the armed forces that Zong Ze had recruited as potential enemies. As the saying goes, like-minded people. If the Emperor's favorite officials are all like this, you can imagine what kind of situation he is in. "
Li Yanshi could not help but interrupt: "Du Chong is a man who loves fame but has no talent. The Emperor also made a mistake. After all, the Emperor may know a person's face but not his heart. General Wang is going too far by blaming the Emperor for this."
In his early years, Wang Chongyang had led the revolutionary army in the Central Plains to fight against the Jins. Coupled with the illustrious family background of the Linchuan Wang Family, he had been bestowed with several titles of general. If Song QingShu was here, he would immediately realize that Wang Chongyang was most likely the mysterious general of the Mansion of Spirits.
"You don't blame him?" Wang Chongyang laughed coldly. "When the Jin invaded the south for the second time, Du Chong commanded a large army. He did not dare to face Wanyan Zongwang's Eastern Army head-on. His only countermeasure was to open up the Yellow River's dikes and let the water of the Yellow River flow into the Huai River from the Sishui River in an attempt to stop the pursuing troops. Unfortunately, not only did the river not stop the Jin Eastern Army, it caused more than two hundred thousand people to drown. The death toll from the plague was several times that of this. The most prosperous and prosperous area of the Lianghuai River was destroyed. Nearly ten million people became homeless and became refugees. Du Chong did such an outrageous thing and lost all the land north of the Yangtze River. When he returned to the capital, not only did the Emperor not blame him, he even made him the Right Chief Minister and appointed him as the Jianghuai Proclamation Envoy to guard Jiankang! This kind of Emperor, haha … "
Li Yanshi noticed that Zhao Gou's face was as black as charcoal. He knew that as the Emperor, it was not convenient for him to refute the Emperor's words. He spoke on his behalf: "When the Jin were strong, all the defending troops were defeated and the land north of the river was lost. This cannot be blamed on Du Chong. Moreover, after the Lianghuai River fell into the hands of the Jin, if it was still as prosperous as before, wouldn't it be able to provide an endless supply of food to the Jin?"
Wang Chongyang couldn't help but be stunned. In the end, he shook his head and sighed: "Li Yanshi, you are the Emperor's most trusted bodyguard. If you say that, he must be thinking the same way. For an Emperor like this, I can only say that it is the misfortune of the people of the world, and the misfortune of the Song Dynasty."
Zhao Gou finally couldn't help but explode: "Wang Haofeng, you talk about national righteousness, but this time you participated in the case of rebellion. In the end, isn't it because your Wang family and the Jia family are in-laws? Your second brother's eldest daughter is Jia Shidao's wife. Your second brother's eldest daughter, Wang Xifeng, is the daughter-in-law of the Jia family. Your Wang family and the Jia family are clearly in cahoots, but you speak nonsense here, pretending to be a saint? I originally thought that you were generous and kind.
I would never participate in such a dirty thing. I didn't expect that I had overestimated your character. "
Originally, after being listed by Huang Yaoshi and Wang Chongyang, many of the bodyguards present were a little shaken. They felt that their Emperor was indeed a bit unbearable. However, when Zhao Gou changed the topic, everyone came to their senses. In the end, these people were only doing it for their own selfish desires.
Wang Chongyang looked at Zhao Gou with a complicated expression: "Emperor, could it be that you have lived in peace in the south for too long that you have forgotten some things in Bianjing? Not only do I have a second brother, but I also have a second sister. "
Zhao Gou's expression changed several times, as if he had remembered something important.
Wang Chongyang's voice became low: "In the sixth month of the second year of Yuanfu, she returned to the Duan residence and was given the title of Lady Shun. Emperor Huizong ascended the throne and named her Empress, which was Empress Xian Gong. She gave birth to Emperor Qinzong and Princess Chongguo. Unfortunately, she passed away when she was only twenty-five years old. However, in hindsight, it might have been a kind of luck, in case she was caught by the Jins and humiliated in the Huan Yi Brothel during the Jingkang Rebellion. "
Zhao Gou's expression was ugly. Empress Xiangong was Emperor Huizong's first wife. His birth mother, Lady Wei, hadn't even met his father at that time. In addition, Empress Xiangong died early, and there were still the second, third, and fourth empresses. His birth mother, Lady Wei, could be counted as the fifth empress, and she was only posthumously named empress after he ascended the throne. Empress Xiangong's existence was so distant that he had almost forgotten about this relationship.
However, he reacted quickly, and quickly sneered: "I thought that you were fighting against the Jins in the Central Plains for the sake of the public. It turns out that you were only trying to save your sister's son to take the throne. Then, the reason for your rebellion today is clear."
Wang Chongyang had been cultivating himself for many years, but when he heard this, he was so angry that he trembled. "Bastard, one of them is your father, and the other is your brother. Shouldn't you be saving them? I know what you are thinking. Don't worry, so many years have passed, and they have long been tortured to death in the Jins. You don't have to worry about your throne being unstable when they return! "
"Father, brother!" Zhao Gou's body trembled, and tears instantly filled his eyes. He wailed towards the north, but there was an inexplicable sense of relief in his heart. These years, Emperor Huizong and Emperor Qin had become a thorn in his heart. Those Jianghu ruffians and some ignorant officials would always use the excuse of pandering to Emperor Huizong and Emperor Qin, and it annoyed him greatly. Now that he had confirmed their current situation, he could finally sleep in peace.
"Who are you putting on this act for!" Wang Chongyang looked at him with disdain. "You can say that I am doing this for the sake of the public, or for selfish reasons. I am here today for no other reason than to change the world, to return a new Emperor to the Song Dynasty, and to reclaim the shattered lands in the north!"
Zhao Gou wiped his tears and laughed coldly. "Wang Chongfeng, I wonder who is the new Emperor that you have in mind?" In the past dynasties, people who had rebelled would use the name of the Princes of the Imperial Family. If they succeeded, then so be it, but if they failed, even if those idle Princes and Princes were coerced, the Emperor would never let them go. No Emperor would be merciful to anyone who could threaten his imperial power.
Wang Chongyang naturally saw through his intentions, and scoffed coldly. "You don't have to waste your time trying to figure it out. Anyone who becomes the Emperor is better than someone like you who is cruel and tolerant!"
Doujiu Monk took a step forward and stood between him and Zhao Gou. "Brother Chongyang, even if there are many bad things about being an Emperor, it has allowed the country to settle down again. Why do you have to stir up trouble again?"
"Those who walk different paths cannot make plans together." Wang Chongyang shook his head. "Brother Xiu Yuan, you and I have known each other for a while. I'm afraid that we will have to meet on the battlefield today."
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