Chapter 97: Secrets of the Royal Family (8000)

Dai Viet, will it be destroyed?

It was just four short words, but they sounded very different to everyone. The voice carried an incomparable domineering and unquestionable confidence.

In the eyes of this man, Dai Viet should be destroyed.

And the person being questioned was Xu Bai and others.

To be precise, it was Xu Bai.

Xu Bai frowned and shook his head, saying, "No."

He answered because he could not sense any murderous intent or even hostility from this person. The innate domineering aura was just the temperament of this man.

When he answered the word "no", the man who looked like the eighth prince suddenly stopped, and his eyes shone with excitement, just like a seven or eight-year-old child who saw his favorite toy.

"Good! It's great that it's not destroyed. This king will destroy it." The man laughed loudly.

This king?

At this time, hearing this bizarre and strange title again, it would be really strange if they still couldn't see any problem.

In the Great Chu Kingdom, there is no third person who can be called "My Lord" except King Shengyou.

"You are, Your Majesty?" Qingxue covered her mouth with her hand, unable to restrain her inner astonishment.

King Shengyou nodded and said, "Although my appearance has changed a lot, you should recognize this."

As he spoke, he slowly raised his right hand, and a jade-like object floated on it.

——Tiger Talisman!

When the Tiger Talisman appeared, Yun Zihai, Zhou Qing and Qingxue knelt on the ground at the same time, shouting in unison.

"Meet Your Majesty!"

The Tiger Talisman only recognizes King Shengyou, and seeing the Tiger Talisman is like seeing King Shengyou.

This is a secret known to the entire Great Chu Kingdom.

The only one who has not changed is Xu Bai.

"Hmph!"

Who knew that the actions of Yun Zihai and others did not make King Shengyou happy, but instead exchanged for a dull cold snort.

"I hate people who kneel at every turn. If you are not in my army, you don't have to kneel, otherwise I will look down on you." Shengyou Wang said in a deep tone.

He seemed not to have said enough, and after saying this, he added another sentence.

"Below the knee is worth a thousand gold."

Yun Zihai was stunned.

He seemed to remember the legend about this prince, including his personality.

This prince has a very strange personality. Because he has been walking in the army for many years, he has created a heroic momentum, especially he can't stand the so-called red tape.

Just like kneeling, in the eyes of this prince, everyone's knees are very heavy, and you can't kneel to others easily.

At least if you are not in his army, kneeling to him will make him feel disgusted.

"Everyone, get up." King Shengyou waved his sleeves with disdain, and then cast his eyes on Xu Bai, as if he was very interested: "You are very good."

Xu Bai touched his chin and said, "You are King Shengyou? What's going on?"

He was very confused now. What was going on? Why did King Shengyou become the appearance of the Eighth Prince, and everything here, he was very curious.

After being busy for most of the day, a prince appeared here, which was a bit outrageous.

What's even more outrageous is that this prince also turned into someone else's appearance, and according to legend, this prince had already died.

Of course, I heard Zhou Qing say before that this place has the effect of reversing life and death. The Eighth Prince died, and King Shengyou lived. Xu Bai couldn't help but guess, is this a method of borrowing a corpse to revive the soul?

"Bold!"

As soon as this question came out, more than 10,000 soldiers all shouted in unison.

The sound shook the earth, and the space trembled slightly. The murderous aura that rose to the sky was like a tidal wave.

Xu Bai narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Hahaha!"

At this time, King Shengyou laughed a series of times, as if he was more and more interested in Xu Bai. He waved his sleeves to stop the soldiers' murderous aura.

"You are very good, really. I didn't expect that our plan back then would have so many variables." King Shengyou said slowly: "Do you want to know what happened here?"

His eyes moved back and forth between Xu Bai and others, and the smile in his eyes became stronger and stronger.

Xu Bai nodded decisively.

I want to, of course I want to!

These days, it's not just women who like to listen to gossip, men's gossip spirits are no less.

Xu Bai was very interested in this secret past.

Yun Zihai and others looked at each other, and then nodded in unison, indicating that they also wanted to know.

"Since you all want to know, I will show you what happened back then. Anyway, I have come out, so it doesn't matter if others know about this." King Shengyou raised his right index finger, and a little light flashed on it.

"The method of military formation, murderous aura causes illusion, illusion formation!"

As King Shengyou shouted, Xu Bai found that there were streams of strange airflow coming from the soldiers in the army, circling and moving in the sky, and finally gathered together.

Everything around was becoming blurry. The huge space disappeared, replaced by a bright grassland.

A man with domineering aura was lying on the grass, resting his head with his hands and holding a piece of grass in his mouth.

There was a hint of boredom and helplessness in his eyes.

The clouds in the sky were floating slowly, which could bring people a wonderful mood, but it could not change the helplessness in the man's eyes.

After a while, footsteps came from the side.

The man got up from the ground, looked at the person next to him, and pouted: "Brother, we ran out to play secretly this time. Why are you still carrying the emperor's momentum? You have to pretend to be an ordinary person like me."

Next to the man, stood a man in ordinary clothes.

He was wearing a linen dress, which even had some holes on it, but on this man, it looked like a gorgeous dress.

A sense of nobility rose from this man. Even if you looked at him from a distance, you would feel the fear of the lower-ranking person facing the upper-ranking person, and the panic of having your life and death held in the hands of the other party.

Xu Bai was slightly startled: "Emperor?"

If he couldn't hear such an obvious conversation, he would be a fool. The identity of this man is obvious, that is the emperor.

If this man is the emperor, he can talk to the emperor so casually, and the identity of the man with grass in his mouth is confirmed.

——Sheng You Wang.

In the picture, the emperor of the Great Chu Kingdom walked to the man with grass in his mouth, sat down slowly, and sighed: "You, I have searched the whole Great Chu, turned over countless mountains, and passed through endless forests, but I still can't find a way to treat you."

The words were full of helplessness and a hint of reluctance.

"It's okay, brother." King Shengyou spat out the grass in his mouth and said with a smile: "If I die, you can help me kill the national teacher of Dai Viet. After all, he played tricks on me, and I don't like this kind of people the most."

The emperor lowered his head and continued to sigh: "If it weren't for me, you wouldn't be poisoned by them, and you wouldn't have been injured by this incurable injury, and you wouldn't even be able to save your life."

"So what? Tianji Poison is a one-for-one exchange. Their Wushuang Marshal exchanged with me, then everyone is equal." King Shengyou continued, as if he didn't take these things seriously at all.

For them, sometimes they have already put life and death aside, and everything is very light.

The grassland fell into silence, and the two stopped talking. Except for the white clouds slowly floating in the sky, everything seemed peaceful and quiet. This is the best place for life and leisure.

King Shengyou turned back to lying on his back, looking at the white clouds in the sky: "Brother, I have been a soldier for half my life, just to build a peaceful and prosperous world, please don't let me down."

There was a sense of exhortation in his words.

Only he dared to tell the emperor that if it was someone else, even a general in the army, the emperor would behead him without hesitation.

After hearing King Shengyou's words, the emperor did not speak, but kept his head down, as if thinking about something.

Although King Shengyou was born in the army, wandered in the army all day long, and spent half his life in the army, he himself was a meticulous person.

In just a moment, he saw that the emperor had something on his mind, and it was not small.

"What are you thinking about?" King Shengyou frowned.

"Can you die first?" The emperor suddenly said: "Take your most proud army and fake death together."

King Shengyou was slightly stunned, then scratched his head with his hand, obviously not understanding what this sentence meant.

"I will use the ghost sculptor to seal off all your vitality, so that you will always remain in this state, but you cannot recover." The emperor said slowly: "During the time when you are pretending to be dead, I will spread the news of your death, and then find someone to use the blood exchange method to transfer the Tianji poison in your body, and 10,000 soldiers will be made into terracotta warriors to pretend to be buried with you."

After hearing what the emperor said, King Shengyou did not come back to his senses for a long time. It was obvious that the shock he brought to him was too great for him to digest.

After a while, King Shengyou came back to his senses from the shock, and then shook his head.

"Clay sculptures can only delay at most, and cannot last forever."

What he said was the truth. If it could last forever, then the ability of this business would be too amazing.

"I will find the person you need in the shortest time, and even make his strength stop at the sixth rank, which can both play a role and prevent him from destroying it." The emperor said word by word, very seriously.

Who knew that King Shengyou shook his head, indicating that he was unwilling.

"If I let others' lives save mine, I would not be the so-called King Shengyou. I only protect others. I have protected the people of the world for my whole life, so how could I hurt the people?"

The emperor stood up.

"What about the extremely evil people?"

"No, I don't want to be stained with the blood of such people."

"What about my children?"

"No, wait, what did you say, brother!"

King Shengyou also stood up and looked directly at the emperor, with a puzzled look in his eyes.

He even suspected that he had heard it wrong.

The emperor's children?

This is too much.

"Brother, since you took office, I have found many things you have done, but I always believe that you are doing it for the people of this world, so no matter what you do, I will support you unconditionally." Shengyou Wang said slowly: "But I cannot agree with what you said just now."

In his mind, those children are the emperor's own flesh and blood. Now he needs to use his children for treatment. This makes him feel extremely unwilling.

He has lived a bright and upright life, so why does he need a younger generation to save him now?

If it really gets out, how can he still hold his head up in this life?

"You think the method of changing poison is so easy. If you don't have the blood of the royal family, after the change, your strength will be greatly reduced, and you may even be rejected and eventually die completely." The emperor explained.

King Shengyou shook his head repeatedly: "Brother, I don't have many days left to live, just let me die in peace, I have to leave you some descendants anyway."

"Would you listen to me first?" The emperor said seriously.

King Shengyou thought about it carefully and decided to listen.

But he had made up his mind. Anyway, he would never agree to this matter.

The emperor stretched out three fingers and said: "This is a matter of killing three birds with one stone, and it is also of great benefit to the people of the world."

"First, although the Great Chu State has been established, there are barbarians outside, and the Great Yue State is eyeing it covetously. There is instability in the rivers and lakes inside, and evil spirits are running around everywhere, and evil demons are rampant."

"If you are alive, the Great Yue State and the barbarians will not dare to step into the Great Chu. Is this a benefit, and can it make the people of the world safe?"

After speaking, the emperor stopped talking, as if waiting for King Shengyou's reply.

After thinking for a long time, King Shengyou nodded with difficulty.

Putting aside other factors, what the emperor said was indeed right.

If he were here, the might of the army would be enough to deter others.

If he died, although Dai Viet would not dare to attack rashly, it would still be eyeing him covetously.

"Second." Seeing that his brother agreed, the emperor raised his second finger and said, "I will not put the tiger talisman into the royal treasury. During the time when you pretend to be dead, I will let those generals know and give them an expectation that I can give out the tiger talisman at any time, and they can work harder."

"If they work hard, I can stabilize the border more. Isn't this the second benefit?"

King Shengyou: "..."

Although he did not agree, it was obvious that he acquiesced.

It was absolutely correct. If he really died and did not come back to life, he could do his best to stabilize the border with the tiger talisman during this period, and at the same time find a loyal person.

The emperor smiled and raised his third finger: "Third, I want to test the loyalty of the entire royal family."

At this point, his eyes turned cold.

"I have nine children, all of whom are outstanding, but I don't know what they think. I will use this as an opportunity to test whether they are loyal. If they are not loyal, they will be your tools for resurrection."

"But this has nothing to do with the people of the world." King Shengyou seemed to have finally found a point to refute and said quickly.

With a point to refute, he can argue with reason, even if in his memory, he has never won in a verbal argument.

"I will die, you will die, but these mountains, rivers, heaven and earth will not die." The emperor said slowly: "If I am about to die, will I pass on the throne?"

King Shengyou thought about it and nodded.

"If I pass it on to a person with unfaithful character, can the Great Chu State continue to exist?" The emperor continued.

King Shengyou pondered, shook his head and nodded: "I don't know whether it can continue, but the people will definitely not have a good life."

Why nod?

A person with bad morals does not mean that he has no rights and wisdom. On the contrary, his potential and wisdom can be more fully exerted than those with a mellow mind. This is why King Shengyou nodded.

As for why he shook his head, the reason is also very simple.

Perhaps the Great Chu State can be governed in an orderly manner, but whether the people can be stable is still another matter.

Ability does not represent everything.

"Then I can use this method to verify whether the unfaithful people can reduce the probability in the future?" The emperor said: "This can also be regarded as the righteousness of us elders to kill our relatives."

King Shengyou said helplessly: "If it is really like what you said, I will agree."

Using the unfaithful and unrighteous descendants as sacrifices, this is regarded as clearing the door for the righteousness of killing relatives, but it is not considered to be a barrier.

The emperor smiled, knowing his brother's character well, as long as he said a few words, he could make it through.

Next, they told the detailed plans one by one and began to communicate on the grassland.

When Xu Bai and the others saw their so-called plan, they all looked at Yun Zihai with a look of understanding.

By this time, they had figured out everything.

The book of the Eighth Prince was given by the Emperor.

Poor Eighth Prince, until his death, he still believed that he had discovered all this by himself.

As for Yun Zihai, he just made all the plans look smoother.

First, the Eighth Prince must find the contents of the book, and secondly, the Eighth Prince will no longer be so relaxed.

The only living craftsman was arranged by the Emperor.

Through the craftsman, Qianmianhu found him, and then brought him to the Eighth Prince, and everything came naturally.

And most importantly, the Eighth Prince must be oppressed, so there was Yun Zihai.

It was the Emperor who made the Eighth Prince think that Yun Zihai had news, and even let Yun Zihai track down the Eighth Prince.

In the Emperor's opinion, there are at most two situations.

The first is that Yun Zihai can't find the clue, which can put pressure on the Eighth Prince and make everything go smoothly.

The second is that Yun Zihai finds the clue, but he will definitely be obstructed in the middle.

As for what the obstacle is, it is the ghost sculptor.

Even the ghost sculptor is the Emperor's man.

The purpose was to stop Yun Zihai at the most critical moment. After all, in the emperor's mind, Ghost Sculptor was stronger than Yun Zihai.

Of course, Ghost Sculptor had already received orders not to kill Yun Zihai.

After all, the emperor cherishes talents and he will not let Yun Zihai die.

However, there was another major mistake.

That is, Xu Bai and others also joined in, and put a little pressure on Ghost Sculptor.

At that time, Ghost Sculptor could not communicate with the emperor, after all, he was afraid of being discovered.

And it was also at that time that Ghost Sculptor had an idea in his mind. In order to complete the emperor's plan, he simply decided to kill everyone in private.

It was at that time that the following series of events occurred. If Xu Bai had not been so powerful, they would have really fallen there.

And the emperor's layout was already very deep, so deep that Ghost Sculptor's family was controlled by the eighth prince, and even died.

Like this kind of layout like Ghost Sculptor, he also inserted it into other royal family members in various forms.

As long as any one of them showed emotions similar to the Eighth Prince, they would take this path.

Unfortunately, only the world where the Eighth Prince was injured was achieved.

The plan ended here.

But the scene continued.

After the emperor and King Shengyou finished talking about the plan, they looked at each other and fell into a tacit silence.

"Do you think I'm terrible? I've lost the heroic spirit I had when we first met. Instead, I've become a scheming villain." The emperor suddenly sighed.

"If you want to be a king for a lifetime, you have to go through all this. This is why I don't want to be one. I don't think you're terrible. On the contrary, I'm still your strongest backing." King Shengyou shook his head and said.

This answer did not surprise the emperor. After hearing it, the emperor showed a very happy smile.

"It would be nice if there was another glass of wine." The emperor seemed to recall a lot of things.

"Come back to the army with me later, and we'll get drunk together." King Shengyou said.

The emperor nodded and took two steps.

He regained his noble air of looking down on others, making people afraid to approach him and could only bow down to him.

The wind around him blew, causing waves on the grassland. As the wind intensified, the waves grew bigger and bigger, spreading to wherever they could see.

King Shengyou looked at the emperor's back and always felt that the emperor looked very tired in front of him.

The emperor put his hands behind his back and looked up at the white clouds in the sky.

The white clouds intersected with the grassland, and a line formed between heaven and earth.

Sentences came out of the emperor's mouth, with an extremely deep tone in his voice.

"We two brothers started from humble beginnings and depend on each other for survival. We have experienced countless life and death."

"You have blocked 228 knives for me, and I have blocked 361 knives for you. There is no deeper relationship between us brothers in this world."

"I have changed. I have become more scheming and have no trust in everything in the world. This is because I must protect the people of the Great Chu Kingdom."

"You know, at that time, we couldn't even eat. It was for this reason that we decided to rebel immediately."

King Shengyou listened to what the emperor said, stood up silently, walked to the emperor, stood side by side with the emperor, and put his hand on the emperor's shoulder and patted him gently.

"I understand."

The two of them have been together all the way, and he knows his brother better than anyone else.

The emperor turned his head and looked directly at King Shengyou, his eyes full of determination.

"In this world, I don't trust anyone, but I can trust one person, that is you."

King Shengyou and the emperor looked at each other.

After a moment, the two smiled at each other.

"If I can survive, the border of Great Chu will survive as long as I survive." King Shengyou no longer had the calm aura he had before. A domineering aura rose from him, disturbing the world.

The domineering and noble aura intertwined, and the sky and the earth, whether it was the blue sky or the green grass, were all eclipsed.

...

At this point, the picture disappeared, and everything returned to calm.

King Shengyou turned around and looked at Xu Bai, saying, "Is there anything else unclear?"

"That's not the case, but I still have a question, why does the prince still look like the eighth prince?" Xu Bai said.

According to the picture just now, it was just through the relationship of the same blood that the Tianji poison was introduced.

But why did King Shengyou's appearance change?

This is not a resurrection, how could it change?

"This king just wants to see who betrayed the royal family of Great Chu." King Shengyou said slowly.

As he finished speaking, King Shengyou's appearance began to change.

The appearance of the eighth prince disappeared, replaced by the man in the picture.

Boundless domineering aura rose from King Shengyou, filling the entire space, making people feel refreshed.

"I am in need of a brave and resourceful person. Are you willing to be my deputy general, fight with me, and protect the people of dawn?" King Shengyou suddenly stretched out his hand to Xu Bai, and the domineering aura on his body disappeared, replaced by a thirsty look.

Xu Bai's mouth twitched and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Your Highness, but I am not a person who is used to being bound, and I am just a small eighth-grade master, who is not in the eyes of Your Highness."

The sudden recruitment not only made Xu Bai unable to recover, but also shocked everyone present.

Qingxue poked Xu Bai and winked hard.

From the meaning, it seemed that she hoped Xu Bai would agree.

Being able to become a subordinate of King Shengyou is really a meteoric rise, and he was also given the position of deputy general, which is not an ordinary soldier.

If there were people from the Jianghu here, they would definitely fight for this position, after all, it is a good thing for everyone to rise to the top.

But Qingxue really didn't expect that Xu Bai would directly refuse, and refused decisively.

In the eyes of others, the opportunity to soar to the sky, but in Xu Bai's case, it became insignificant.

Outrageous!

Not only Qingxue, but others also cast their eyes on him, with similar meanings as Qingxue.

This is King Shengyou!

The real one under one, above ten thousand people.

An opportunity that can't even be dreamed of!

But they didn't say anything, after all, this was Xu Bai's own idea, and they couldn't intervene.

"Eighth rank?" King Shengyou smiled and said meaningfully: "It is you who are eighth rank that I am interested in. All your companions combined are probably not enough for you to beat with one hand. Don't be modest. What I said is absolutely no problem."

Having said this, Xu Bai certainly was not modest, but he was still unwilling.

"Whatever you want, I can give it to you. Magic weapons, elixirs, secret books, you can take whatever you want from the treasure house." King Shengyou continued.

When this condition was made, everyone present widened their eyes.

If the condition at the beginning could make the people in the martial arts world fight each other, then this condition now is likely to cause a huge shock to the entire martial arts world.

The martial arts world is always just the martial arts world. No matter whether it is the strongest Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism in Da Chu, or various famous families, they must lower their noble heads in front of the royal family.

The royal treasury is a holy place that people dream of.

The most important thing is to take whatever you want.

This condition can be said to be difficult to refuse, but Xu Bai still shook his head.

"There should be people stronger than me. Why not use this treatment to recruit stronger people?" Xu Bai said slowly: "I yearn for other lives. Your Majesty, please don't force me."

When this sentence came out, everyone present did the same thing, stroking their foreheads with their hands, with a very uncomfortable expression.

They all knew that Xu Bai had an eccentric personality, but they never thought that he would be so eccentric.

To be honest, when this condition was offered, Xu Bai was really moved. Don't forget that the martial arts secrets in the royal treasury may trigger the progress bar.

But after thinking about it, he gave up this plan and finally shook his head and refused.

The reason is very simple.

First, with his current strength, he doesn't want to get involved in things beyond his strength, otherwise, he may have money but no life to spend.

The second, and most important point, is that there are many people with special abilities in this world, and masters are as numerous as crucian carp crossing the river.

If he develops quietly by himself, he can keep the secret of the golden finger to the greatest extent. However, if he goes into a larger scope and communicates with more and more complicated people, then his secret will be at risk of being discovered.

The golden finger is everything to him and the source of his real development.

Looking at the emperor, the plans seen in the picture at that time gave people a sense of extreme shrewdness.

If you don't have strong hardware conditions to fight with such an old fox, you may become someone else's pawn, and it is more likely to expose your own situation.

King Shengyou is domineering and seems to have spent his whole life in the military. His personality looks simple on the surface.

But when he communicates with the emperor, you can see that he is very careful.

Xu Bai feels that it is too dangerous to contact these things now.

"Alas, it is difficult to find a general." King Shengyou sighed and said, "What I value is your potential, which has nothing to do with your strength. It's a pity that you don't want to."

King Shengyou didn't seem to want to talk more about it, so he took out a jade card from his waist and threw it into Xu Bai's hand.

Xu Bai took it and looked at it carefully from top to bottom.

It was smooth like jade, with various complicated patterns engraved on it.

"If you change your mind, take this jade token and go to the capital to find the emperor. The gates of my army are open to you." King Shengyou said proudly.

Xu Bai was slightly surprised.

This behavior actually improved his favorability.

He thought that King Shengyou would at least be very angry, but he didn't care at all, and even gave him such generous conditions.

"Do you think I will be angry?" King Shengyou looked at what Xu Bai was thinking and laughed: "I am very open-minded about talents. If you can't be used by me, as long as you don't do anything that harms the Great Chu State, I won't mind at all."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Xu Bai put away the jade token in his hand and bowed.

In any case, King Shengyou's mind is precious.

King Shengyou stopped talking, but looked up, his eyes gradually gathered.

"Okay, I've said almost everything. Now I should go upstairs to see that old friend. She has been waiting for a long time."

Old friend?

After saying this, everyone present was confused.

"Wait a minute, you will just watch from the sidelines. Our fight will be of great benefit to you."

King Shengyou said slowly, waving his sleeves to the people around him.