I'm looking for longevity in Liaozhai

Chapter 196
In fact, the requirements of the people are very simple.
Eat enough, wear warm clothes, and have a place to live, which can satisfy most people,

But if there is nothing to eat and no place to live, many people will take risks,
In order to live, to live for his wife, children and old mother.

Water can carry a boat and it can overturn it.

In the capital city, it was snowing heavily,

Some people died of starvation, freezing to death, homeless, and sold their children for a bite to eat.

Some people have wine pools and meat forests, singing and dancing every night,

The world is such a world, how can there be any fairness and benevolence.

It is impossible to expect people to abide by the law and listen to the teachings like this.

For the sake of law and order, the capital immediately implemented strict laws.

In the capital, anyone who steals is bounded by ten taels, if he is less than ten taels, he will be caught and cut off his hands, if it is more than ten taels, he will be killed!

Those who provoke and make trouble in the street will be punished with two hundred sticks.

With these [-] sticks, even a tiger can be beaten to the point of being unable to get up, and the result for ordinary people is death.

Those who dare to slander the court and discuss the government indiscriminately will cut off their tongues.

Armed robbers, cut!
……

The activities of Baiqisi's internal guards were unprecedentedly frequent.

All of a sudden, the capital was in turmoil!
It is not only the common people who are afraid, but also the ministers in the court.

In less than a month, the emperor had executed 42 officials of all sizes in the capital.On average, at least one minister is beheaded every day.

So much so that some officials voluntarily resigned and returned home.

They serve as officials in the capital for the sake of their future, glory and wealth, not for fear of trembling and risking their lives.

It's a pity that some officials who have become official have not been able to return to their hometowns as they wished to see their folks and elders.

Not long after they left the capital, they were robbed and killed by a group of men in black.

The criminal department of the imperial court and the inner guard of the Baiqi Division investigated for several days, but there was no clue.

The Qin Tianjian in the capital, the observatory.

The cold wind was bitter, and the snowflakes swirled over, and when they got close, they were blocked by an invisible barrier.

A middle-aged Taoist in Taoist robes is drinking tea on it.

"Ouch."

After a few sighs, an old man with white beard and hair in a purple official gown went up to the observatory.

"This place is too high."

The old man panted heavily when he sat down.The Taoist poured him a cup of tea.

"You watch the sky here every day, but have you ever seen when the snow will stop? It has been snowing for ten days in a row, and the capital is covered with nearly three feet of snow, and more than a thousand people freeze to death every day."

"Ten days to go."

"Ten more days? At least half of the people in the capital will die. How many people should die in the nearby Guanzhong?"

"This is God's will." The Taoist said calmly.

"God's will? Oh, it's these two words again. God doesn't let the people live, and the people will rebel!" The old man sighed.

"Today, a note came up below. Guess what it is?"

"I have never participated in the political affairs of the court."

"I know, let me tell you, listen, there are rumors in southern Yunnan that purple qi flourished in Rongcheng, and the qi became dragons and tigers. Only two of the inner guards of the Baiqi Division who went to investigate came back alive."

The Taoist on the side looked calm and drank tea as usual.

"That is the younger brother of the current Holy One!" The old man took a sip of tea and calmed down.

"Aren't you afraid of being on the list of gods?" He stared at the Taoist sitting in front of him.

"Your Majesty let me go, and I will go." The Taoist said calmly.

"Yo, you can see it." The old man in purple robe said with a smile after hearing this.

"Seeing that the end of the year is approaching, His Majesty has decreed that those princes who have lived in various places return to Beijing to reunite."

"That is His Majesty's business."

"But I don't think those princes will come back, if they don't come, hey"

Lala, a gold-winged eagle landed on the stone shelf beside the observatory, looking a little tired.

"This snow covered at least two thousand miles." The Taoist stared at the golden-winged sculpture.

"Two thousand miles? How many people will die!" The old man beside him sighed.

The Taoist held a teacup and looked at the snowflakes that were still falling.

"Can't you cast a spell to stop the snow?"

"It's snowing for two thousand miles, how great is the supernatural power to stop the snow, even the legendary Buddha and Tianzun probably don't have such magic power?"

The Taoist's tone was very calm from beginning to end.It seems that the political affairs of the imperial court and the life and death of the people in the world really have nothing to do with him.

"Oh, I'm so old, I don't know how long I can live." The old man sighed again.

"Come here again to trick me?" The Taoist poured a cup of tea for the old man.

"The sky is chaotic, so is the number of qi. The only constant is that everything between the heaven and the earth is changing all the time." The Taoist looked at the heavy snow outside.

"The way of heaven is not independent of human will. It can only be complied with, not violated."

Well, the old man looked up at the sky.

"But, isn't practice itself going against the sky?"

"The Dao of Heaven does not allow practice, but depends on how to practice, not to mention the Heavenly Tribulation, which itself is a test for practice."

"Foreign troops from northern Xinjiang entered the customs and plundered, smashed three cities in a row, and reported disaster reports one after another."

"It's useless to tell me this." The Taoist said calmly.

"To complain to you, some things can only be said to you, but I dare not say that to others, for fear of being invited to drink tea by the inner guards, and I will lose my tongue when I come out."

"When the prime minister, who dares to invite you to drink tea?" The Taoist said with a smile.

"That's hard to say!" The old man smiled and waved his hands.

"Next game?"

"Another day, you should go." Taoist said.

As soon as this was said, a bell rang outside.

The old man's expression changed drastically when he heard it. The bell came from the palace. If the bell rings at this time, something must have happened!

The old man left in a hurry.

pull lala,
As soon as the old man left, the golden-winged eagle standing on the stone shelf fluttered its wings a few times and landed on the ground. After that, the aura on its body shone, and it instantly became bigger.
After a while, he turned into a person, a distracted and handsome young man.

"Master."

"how?"

"The disciple searched along the way according to the instructions of the master, but did not find the trace of that person. There was indeed a vision from the sky in West Kunlun.

It is rumored that someone once saw a golden door on the clouds in midair. "

"Tianmen?" The Taoist was startled slightly after hearing this.

"You've worked hard all the way, go down and rest."

"The disciple retire."

The disciple left, and there was only Taoist left on the observatory, standing here alone, watching the heavy snow falling outside.

In the imperial palace of the capital,

On the dragon chair, today's son is wearing a crown and a dragon robe, standing high above, looking down on the important officials below.

A group of courtiers lined up on both sides didn't even dare to vent their anger.

"Yan Qing." The emperor on the dragon chair said.

"My lords, I just received the news that the King of Zhennan sealed off the border and split the soil, and proclaimed himself king, named the Kingdom of Dian."

As soon as these words came out, the breath in the entire hall stopped instantly.

No one spoke, no one moved, and everyone seemed to be deaf and dumb.

Although I knew that this would happen sooner or later, I was still shocked when I heard it now.

"Dian Kingdom, that's a good name. He wants to overthrow the imperial power and Dayong!"

No one took the initiative to speak out, and Xiao Guang, who was high above him, stared at the courtiers below.

"Xu Aiqing?"

"Returning to the emperor, what the king of Zhennan has done is really outrageous and outrageous. It is unacceptable for heaven to send troops to conquer, but he holds the military power of a state.

If you want to send troops to suppress, you need to send troops from Jingzhou or Liangzhou, and you need the cooperation of Liang Wang and Chu Wang.

It is also necessary to mobilize grain and grass, and the Ministry of Households needs to allocate money and grain. "The Minister of the Ministry of War came out and said.

At this time, among the ministers on both sides, an official in a purple robe frowned, with sweat on his forehead.

While speaking, the minister of the Ministry of War carefully observed the reaction of the emperor sitting on the dragon chair.

I saw Xiao Guang sitting on it, motionless, like a statue.

The Ministry of War Minister quickly stopped reporting.

He is very clear that the Ministry of War is simply unable to send troops to encircle and suppress the current situation.

No money, no food, how to fight?

What's more, it's winter now, with a world of ice and snow, it's not appropriate to send troops from Guanzhong, but if you send troops from Liangzhou and Jingzhou, will the two princes listen?

In the final analysis, this is just a matter within their royal family.

Sitting on the dragon chair, Xiao Guang waved his hand, and the minister of the Ministry of War hurriedly retreated, secretly heaving a sigh of relief.

This pass is over.

For a moment, there was no sound in the hall.No one knows what the emperor sitting on the dragon chair is thinking.

The world is in chaos, and it is not a day since it was in chaos, and the general trend of the world is not something that people like them can control.

Xiao Guang sat on the dragon chair and looked down at the courtiers below.

These are chess pieces, chess pieces in his hands, at his mercy.Life and death are just a thought in his mind.

He is the emperor of Dayong and also a chess player. He uses heaven and earth as the chessboard and all things as chess pieces.

His opponent is God!

"Order the king of Chu to counteract the rebellion, the Ministry of Households transfers silver, and Zhan Wushuang stays."

After speaking, he waved his hand.

Retreat,
The eunuch shouted, and all the ministers lined up and left the hall.

Hubu Shangshu and the two servants looked like they were about to die.

"The Ministry of Households transfers silver taels, how can there be silver taels to adjust? Isn't this killing them?"

After leaving the main hall and returning to the household department, the three of them got together.

"My lord, the household department is just an empty shell now, and there is no money or food to call at all!" The right servant said anxiously.

"Isn't it? In the years of floods and droughts, the household department has to provide money and food for disaster relief, and the frontiers are unstable, and there are years of wars.

In the past few years, the crops have not been harvested, and this one has no access. This year, there was a snowstorm, and the household department has no access. There is really no money and food. "

"Of course I know, but His Majesty has spoken, we have to find a way. The last time he violated the holy will in the court was Hong Yushi.

His current grave should be covered with weeds, do you want to learn from him? "

"But, where does the money come from, my lord?"

"Are there any vacancies below?"

"It's sold out long ago, and the official positions in ten years' time are all sold out!"

……

In the palace, in the hall,
There were only three people left, the emperor Xiao Guang, an old eunuch, and a general in armor.

"Chengbo, go to southern Yunnan and bring back Xiao Ren's head."

"Go to Wanbao Pavilion, pick any magic weapon."

"As ordered."

The man in armor turned and left.

Xiao Guang tapped lightly on the dragon chair with his fingers.

"Tell me, what will Xiao Ren's reaction be when he sees him?"

"Well, you should be surprised, right?"

"Know what to do?"

"The old slave will make arrangements now, and will definitely let them know the news at the right time and give them a surprise."

Xiao Guang waved his hand, and the old eunuch turned and left.In the vast hall, Xiao Guang sat alone on the dragon chair.

true loners,
Thousands of miles away, in Qinchuan, there were also snowflakes in the sky, not very big, and they were disturbing.

In the cave, the five-color divine light circulates,
Wang Zhe silently comprehended the mysteries contained in the innate five elements, mutual generation and mutual restraint,

Everything in the world is almost in the five elements,

He opened a door and saw a brand new world. He swam in it and enjoyed the excitement during the exploration.

Gold, sharp and strong, can become a diamond that is not bad.

Wood, full of vitality, blooms instantly,

water that nourishes all things,

Fire, burns, destroys, illuminates everywhere,

Earth, the earth bears all,
In the past, Zhenjun Erlang practiced eighty-nine profound skills, and realized all kinds of wonderful methods from it, including 72 kinds of transformations, indestructible diamonds, primordial spirits coming out of the body, and incarnations outside the body.
At this time, Wang Zhe also realized all kinds of magical effects from the innate five-element supernatural power.

He even has a feeling that he can use this innate five elements to display a considerable part of the 36 supernatural powers of Tiangang.

Shaking the mountains,

Plane the river to form the land,

Five elements escape,

Plane the river to form the land,

pointing to steel
Over time, as long as he wants to, it seems that these can be done.

Transform the future with innate nature, transform all things with the five elements,
Sitting in the cave, Wang Zhe forgot the time outside the mountain.

Contemplating the magic day and night,

Regardless of whether it is spring, autumn or winter outside,
On this day, with a bang, a man fell from the sky, wearing armor and covered in blood.

Hearing the sound, Lai Fu stepped forward to look, raised his paw and scratched his face twice, the man didn't respond at all, and passed out.

At this time, it was raining in the sky, but when it fell on this man's body, it turned into ice, and soon he became an ice sculpture.

Laifu looked at this person, then turned his head to look at the cave exuding colorful divine light, thought for a while, and decided not to care about this person's life or death.

He returned to the entrance of the cave and lay down on his stomach.

It rained for a day, and that person was frozen into an ice lump.

Suddenly a ray of light drifted out from the cave, like a stream of fire, and landed on the frozen man's body. After a while, the ice on the man's body melted away.

Another blue light flew out of the cave and sank into his body.

After a while, the man moved his fingers and woke up,

Get up, look up and look around, look at the earth dog in front of you, look at Wang Zhe who came out of the cave,

Without speaking, he just sat there blankly, as if he was insane.

Alas, Laifu seems to be unhappy.

Seeing him like this, Wang Zhe knew that he must have been strongly stimulated.

Neither persuaded him nor cared about him, just let him stay outside,

This stay lasted three days, sitting there like a stone sculpture,
"It's not a solution for you to sit in a daze all the time, it can't solve the problem."

The man looked up at Wang Zhe, then lowered his head again.

"I killed my father!"

(End of this chapter)