For a moment, the atmosphere outside the Hall of True Martial Arts was a bit cold. The older Taoist priests kept their distance, only a few naive and ignorant little Taoist children gathered together to criticize the foreign Taoist priests. In the eyes of these children, whether the young Martial Granduncle was the leader or not, he was still the number one in the world. Wasn't the King of Beiliang His Royal Highness domineering enough? Wasn't he still subdued by the Martial Granduncle? Of course, this was mostly because they hadn't seen the scene of Hsu Fengnian beating up Hong Xixiang. But then again, even if they had seen it, the little Taoist children would only think that the Martial Granduncle was magnanimous and didn't lower himself to the same level as ordinary people.
Qi Xianxia took the initiative to ask, "Was the Deed of Thorough Comprehension written by you? Was it not written by your Senior Brothers? "
Hong Xixiang didn't answer the question, "There's nothing to entertain on the mountain, I'll give you one later."
Qi Xianxia frowned.
Hong Xixiang suddenly asked, "Is the scenery of Jiangnan good?"
Qi Xianxia was silent.
Hong Xixiang asked, "I heard that Longhu is quite close to Huting County, the weather there isn't cold right?"
Qi Xianxia seemed to be annoyed by this kind of boring question, his tone became colder, "Why don't you go there yourself?"
This time it was Hong Xixiang's turn to be silent. Probably thinking of Hong Xixiang's statement that he had never left the mountain, and then associating it with the occasional secret from the Taoist Master's Residence, Qi Xianxia's expression became strange. He hesitated, then sneered, "Huting County isn't cold right now, it's just that there's a big joke. Your King of Beiliang's eldest daughter Xu Weixiong's improper conduct has angered everyone there, even the capital has heard that there's a lady in the palace who wrote the Precepts for Women who is very angry, spreading the news that she's going to interrogate this Princess who's married to Jiangnan."
Hong Xixiang raised his head and asked seriously, "Interrogate what?"
Qi Xianxia said calmly, "As the leader of Wudang, you're only concerned about this?"
Hong Xixiang smiled, pointed to the statue of Zhenwu Great Emperor in the hall and said, "That person is concerned about the suffering of the people. As for me, I don't have the ambition to help the people like your Taoist Master Mansion. I only care about the warmth of the mountain. As for the situation at the foot of the mountain, I'm just asking. By the way, tell me, what is the crime? "
Qi Xianxia ignored Hong Xixiang and looked at the Devil-rinsing Primogenitor in the dim hall again. He sighed softly and said, "It has been a thousand years since it was forged."
Qi Xianxia turned around and said, "My path is different from yours. I will go to the Great Void Temple to take the ancient sword that Ancestor Lu hung on the eaves. I don't know what crime she was charged with. All I know is that when the princess went to Mount Longhu to burn incense, she was stopped outside the mountain. "
Hong Xixiang stood up.
He took a step forward.
Back then, this young Martial Granduncle had stepped into the Heavenly Phenomenon realm.
Today, he took a step closer and snatched the horsetail whisk from Qi Xianxia, the Sword Chief of Daoism.
On Mount Wudang, the long-awaited arrival of wind and thunder was welcomed.
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Xu Xiao of the Great Pillar State led the civil and military officials on the central axis. At the end of the imperial road that ran through the square, he looked up and saw the towering hall on the three-story platform. The Palace of Preservation of Peace was the center of the dynasty, the center of the worship of thousands of dragons.
To the entire world, the Palace of Preservation of Peace was just a square inch away. There were no more than a hundred people standing here.
However, the rise and fall of the empire depended on the people here and the government orders here. Even the slightest breath here would determine the health of the huge empire.
The majestic platform on the third floor had a railing carved from white jade, thick red wooden pillars, green eaves, and a golden glazed roof.
It was extremely majestic and beautiful.
A few years ago, the rear court of the imperial palace was burned down in a fire. Many palaces needed to be rebuilt. The stone and wood within a few hundred miles of the outskirts of the capital had long been cut down and excavated. Xu Xiao's Beiliang transported countless giant stones and ancient trees here. One of the cloud dragon stone used as the stone steps of the rear eaves weighed 300 tons. One could see the extent of the labor and cost. At that time, complaints were heard everywhere. The remonstrant officials were even more excited as if they had been injected with chicken blood. They accused Xu Xiao of being a treacherous official, saying that the King of Beiliang was flattering and demanding excessive taxes. There were even people who said that if Xu Xiao did not die, the country would not be in trouble. However, the remonstrant officials who boasted of being untainted were really untainted. Xu Xiao was still the Xu Xiao who could get whatever he wanted, a high and powerful official who could not be moved.
Walking on the central axis of the empire and reaching the end, one did not need to lower one's head. As long as one approached, one would see a huge wall of nine dragons embedded in the ground. The nine golden dragons were vivid and lifelike, as if they were about to soar into the sky in the next moment. On the left and right sides of the wall of nine dragons were stone steps leading to the main hall. The civil officials walked on the left and the generals on the right. In the hundreds of years of the Liyang Dynasty, there had never been a fool who had walked on the wrong path. The older generation of officials all knew that every time Lame Xu stepped onto the stone steps on the right side of the wall of nine dragons, he would pause for a moment and mumble to himself, but no one had ever heard him clearly. Xu Xiao was born a martial artist, so every time he went to court, he would walk on the right side, no different from the first time he entered the capital. The Imperial Court had given him the title of 'Pillar of the Nation', and now it seemed that there was a bit of a drama going on. It was no wonder that the Imperial Court had been a chaotic mess back then, with people crying, kneeling, and furious.
At this moment, the vast majority of the civil and military officials behind Xu Xiao had never discussed politics with this prince of a different surname, so many of them were paying attention to Xu Xiao's movements after he walked up the steps. As expected, Xu Xiao glanced back at the Southern Imperial Gate. But no one knew what the butcher Lame Xu was thinking.
Xu Xiao thought that once he walked through that gate, he would truly have no choice.
Normal people who approached the imperial gate would be questioned. Those who could walk into court would have a lot of glory and wealth, but as for how much they had to pay, that was a difficult question for each family. Even the one sitting high on the dragon chair in the main hall found it difficult to ask. Since the founding of the Liyang Dynasty, it had never stopped. In the early stages of the restoration of the Imperial Gate, the assassination of Emperor Huan Ling by eunuchs in the Jiayin Palace, and then the attack on the Eastern Palace in the sixth year of Jia 'an. Then there was the case of the scarecrow of Crown Prince Shun He and the case of Emperor Rentai's sudden death from overdosing. Then there was the case of the moving of the Imperial Palace and the fight over the Three Official Temples 50 years ago, and then the recent case of the White Dress …
The White Dress.
Xu Xiao muttered to himself and then walked toward Baohe Palace. His eyes were cold.
At the Mawei Embassy, he had already learned that not only had Fengnian provoked the Qingzhou Navy on the Spring God Lake and been questioned by some people, even his eldest daughter, Xu Weixiong, who had married off far away in Jiangnan, could not live a peaceful life. The group of bastards behind him really thought that his sword was just for decoration.
On this day, Baohe Palace was in a great uproar.
The world had only heard that after the court was dismissed, Xu Xiao of the Great Pillar of Country had not even left the palace gates when he used the scabbard to cripple a third-rank official.
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