Qingling Punishing Heart

Chapter 441
In the emperor's court hall, Ji Gongyan was discussing countermeasures with all the officials with a solemn expression, and suddenly heard a messenger rushing to report:

"My lord, Mr. Fox cast a demonic spell, and hundreds of miles outside the city of Haojing were turned into a piece of scorched earth!"

All civil and military officials turned pale with fright, and an old veteran was so frightened that his legs became weak and he fainted on the ground on the spot.

Ji Gongzhen lowered her head, her shoulders trembled slightly, and she made an intermittent voice:

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha……"

Ji Gongyan laughed inexplicably, and bent down with laughter.The laughter gradually turned into unscrupulous laughter, and the crazy laughter echoed in the palace for a long time.

Seeing that Emperor Zhou was still smiling so happily in the face of a difficult situation, the courtiers must have completely collapsed the mind of the emperor.

Ji Gongyan covered his belly and laughed for a long time, finally straightened up as if satisfied, raised his head and sighed:
"There is no unparalleled road in the sky, that monster will definitely die!"

All civil and military officials looked at each other in blank dismay, the powerful enemy was clearly in full swing, so how could he be sure to die?Could it be that the emperor is talking crazy?
Ji Gongyan glanced at the bewildered civil and military officials under the stage, and said with a smile, "Mr. Jialan once told me that if a demon dares to use his magic power against our army, he will be punished by heaven!"

"God damn it?"

The spirit of all the officials was lifted, and they all looked outside the palace for a long time. Some people couldn't help but doubt it, because they didn't see the heavenly soldiers descending to calm the chaos.

With the passage of time, the smile on Ji Gonglan's lips gradually faded, his face gradually became gloomy, and he began to doubt whether Jialan's words were true.

Father Guo Shi took a step forward and said: "Your Majesty, the way of heaven is respected. If you want the help of heavenly soldiers, why not sacrifice to Tongtian and pray for the gods to descend?"

"Guo Shangqing, what you say is reasonable." Facing all the officials, Ji Gongyan ordered, "Everyone who loves you, follow me to the ancestral hall to worship the heavens, and ask the heavenly soldiers to help!"

Without a moment's delay, Father Guoshi arranged for his attendants to kill pigs and sheep, and organized a grand sacrifice.The masters of ceremonies placed the utensils for worship and the sacrifices just slaughtered, lit the incense burner and candlesticks, and slowly exited the ancestral hall.

Ji Gongzhen quickly changed into a sacrificial attire, and led all the civil and military officials to drive around the royal ancestral hall.

The moon and stars were sparse, and the candles in the ancestral hall were brightly lit, and there was a dead silence.

Ji Gongzhen walked into the ancestral hall, which was a huge hall, with portraits of immortals hanging on the surrounding walls.Below the portrait, there are pieces of dark wooden spiritual tablets, which are covered with thick dust.There are two tablet tablets on the top, first is the spiritual tablet of Zhou Wenwang Jichang, second is the spiritual tablet of Zhou Wuwang Jifa, and below that are the emperors of Zhou who have passed away, and the founding fathers of the Zhou royal family, all displayed in order according to their past meritorious service.

Ji Gongzhen knelt down and kowtowed, first praying for the gods from all walks of life to come to the world, and then worshiping the spirit seats of the ancestors and ancestors several times, asking for the protection of the spirits of the ancestors and ancestors in heaven.

Civil and military officials also kowtowed in front of each spiritual tablet one by one with the emperor, but when it was a spiritual tablet's turn, everyone stopped in unison, and the flickering candlelight illuminated everyone's puzzled expressions.

Ji Gongzhen got up and approached the altar, and found that the spiritual tablet that was about to worship was empty, and the name of the person enshrined was not engraved on it. It was a blank spiritual tablet!
All civil and military officials had different expressions. In their impression, the spiritual tablet had been there since ancient times, but no one ever knew why it had no words.

It was the first time Ji Gongyan noticed this spiritual bit.He inspected closely, trying to find clues, only to see that the fading of the color of the spiritual seat was worse than that of King Wu's, and far older than most spiritual seats.

The most puzzling thing is that this coffin is located in front of King Wu's younger brother Zhou Gongdan. Ji Gongxuan secretly wondered if it was a founding father who was inconvenient to reveal his identity, so he erased his name?
Ji Gongzhen turned around and asked, "My dear friends, who knows which ancestor is enshrined in this wordless spiritual tablet?"

Civil and military officials looked at each other, only to hear father Guo Shi suddenly say: "I heard that this spiritual tablet seems to be related to King Wu's dream."

"Dream?"

Father Guo Shi reminded: "Your Majesty, do you still remember the legend about King Wu of Zhou dreaming in Qingqiu City?"

Ji Gongyan pondered and said: "Qingqiu is a fairyland in a dream. A day in Qingqiu is a year in the world. It is like spring at noon, summer at dusk, autumn at night, and winter at dawn. The most beautiful moments in the four seasons will be at the same time. The sky changes alternately. According to legend, when King Wu was dying, he often talked with Zhou Gong about a childhood dream. King Wu dreamed that he would grow old with a woman in Qingqiu, spend the whole life together, and finally greeted death with a peaceful heart. At the end of that period of life, back to the beginning of the dream, King Wu was only seven years old at the time. Then one day, he ran into Daji, the daughter of Hou Suhu in Jizhou, and saw that her appearance was exactly like his wife in the dream..."

When the story came to this point, all the civil and military officials couldn't help being stunned. How could the ancestral hall of the Zhou royal family enshrine the demon concubine Su Daji from more than 200 years ago?

When all the officials were wondering, a hoarse voice came from outside the ancestral hall:

"My lord, our army has been wiped out, the masters of the Western Sect have been defeated, and the demons are about to break through the city!"

A cry came into the silent ancestral hall, like a thunderbolt.

Immediately afterwards, with an earth-shattering bang, the thick city gate of Haojing shattered!The five masters of the Western Church were shaken away by a powerful force, and they fell at Su Ji's feet one after another.

Su Ji broke into the inner city alone, and walked slowly past the five fallen people...

The five Western teachers vomited blood, got up from the ground in embarrassment, and circled around Su Ji, but no one dared to stop him.The road was unimpeded, and Su Ji pressed on to the inner city step by step. In front of him was the last city gate. As long as he broke through this gate, he could go directly to the Haojing Palace.

Facing the gate of the inner city, Su Ji slowly raised one hand, and was about to cast a spell to break through the gate when he heard a voice:
"Boom!"

There was a sound of the piano, and the silence was restored immediately.

Su Ji's ears trembled slightly. Although there was only one sound of the piano, it shocked him physically and mentally!
Someone was playing "Guan Ju Qu" on the tower of the inner city, and the melody lingering in his ears was extremely familiar. Su Ji lowered his head to listen, and his footsteps gradually stagnated with the soothing sound of the piano, without disturbing the sound of the piano.

As far as he can remember, Su Ji has only heard Bao Si play such a beautiful melody.But Bao Si had already taken her three children to Yunmeng Mountain.Then who made this heavenly piano sound?

"Boom!"

The violin stopped abruptly.

Su Ji raised his head slowly, and there was a scene in front of him that shocked him.Upstairs above the city gate, the person playing the qin was an elderly scribe with a clear face, wearing a brocade official robe with a green cloth pattern, it was Xibo Jifu!

"father……"

Su Ji blurted out, and immediately found that his father's eyes were dull, and he had become a puppet with lost hearts just like those Zhou Bing.Su Ji was heartbroken. Although he had heard from his brother that Kong Xuan had killed his father, he had never found his father's body. He never thought it would appear here!
After a while, a woman in green shirt slowly walked out from the shadow behind Xibo Jifu.

(End of this chapter)