I have been slaying demons in the Demon Slayer Division for thirty years

Guardian Dragon Division. read

"This little guy is interesting."

Li Long picked up a piece of Kui beef and rinsed it in a copper pot.

The Kuiniu clan lives on Liubo Island. There used to be demon immortals who were here, but now they are just the demon clan under the command of Lord Liubo Dragon.

Ever since he got the recipes written by Zhou Yi, Li Long couldn't wait to try them one by one, among which the beef hot pot tasted the best.

Gathering a drink around the fire, all kinds of flavors melting away, is more suitable for bringing closer relationships than any palace banquet.

"Pindao thought he would be King Yan."

Zhou Yi took a sip of the wine. The century-old wine brewed by Li Long himself has some benefits if it lives for a long time.

"I no longer care who becomes the emperor, as long as it is a descendant of the Li family, it's good that I have an explanation under Jiuquan."

Li Long suddenly asked: "Fellow Taoist and this little guy have a good relationship. Can you tell me whether the addition of the yellow robe is a strategy or an accident?"

"The general trend is the general trend, let everyone wait and see..."

Zhou Yi said: "For example, the officials in the Yan Palace in the capital are separated from King Yan by thousands of mountains and rivers. The only reason for persistence is to follow the dragon. Knowing that King Yan has no intention of competing for the dragon, he cannot admit defeat. Isn't this right? The scene in front of me.”

The person who put on the yellow robe for Li Xun was Wang Kan, the chief official of the palace.

Even though King Yan is far away in the southeast, as a prince who once competed with the prince of the prison country for supremacy, his invisible power is far beyond what others can match.

Now that they are all gathered under Li Xun, they actually don't care who becomes the emperor, as long as they get the power of the dragon!

Li Long nodded in agreement and said: "This is just the beginning. It will be difficult to defend Kyoto later and convince all the forces to admit it."

Zhou Yi was surprised and said: "My fellow Taoist is watching the show like this, aren't you afraid of chaos and division in Da Qian?"

"As long as I am still alive, there will be no problem in Daqian. As for after death..."

Li Long said: "I have figured out some things in recent days. There are people supporting the high ground today, so there is no need to worry about trouble."

"maybe."

Zhou Yi's eyes flashed, and it was unclear whether Li Long really let go or if he said it deliberately.

Daqian has inherited three generations of martial saints. With his terrifying strength, it is difficult to say that he has no backup plan.

"I'm inviting fellow Taoists here today. One of the reasons is to thank Daqian for eradicating the demon lotus. It's extremely troublesome for me to deal with it because of its strange body-seizing powers."

Li Long said: "The second thing is to discuss with fellow Taoists, can those nine lotus seeds be sold to me? No matter what the conditions are, I will fight to the death to achieve them."

Zhou Yi refused: "That lotus seed has become a demon, and there is a high probability that you will become a demon after taking it."

"It's a pity."

Li Long did not continue to pray. This was just a matter of probing.

…

Li Xun put on a yellow robe on the palace wall and read out the late emperor's last edict, which quickly spread throughout the capital.

Bang!

The teacup fell to the ground and shattered into pieces.

Li Ji, the sixth uncle of the late emperor, was furious after hearing the news.

"How dare a branch of the royal family appear from nowhere and claim to be emperor?"

Originally, the slogan of Li Xun's tribe was to welcome the King of Yan. Even if Li Ji was dissatisfied, he would not dare to be the first to turn against him. Who would have thought that Li Xun would wear the yellow robe.

"Your Highness, now is not the time to explore bloodlines. We must prevent Li Xun from ascending the throne."

The staff reminded: "Previously, the late emperor ascended the throne at once and did not fight for the throne. However, soon after he ascended the throne, he killed the three highnesses and their families on the grounds of treason. Now His Highness has shown his intention to fight for the dragon. Once he fails to ascend the throne, he will be liquidated."

Li Ji was startled when he heard this. Thinking of the tragic situation of the emperor's brother confiscating his house, he said quickly.

"Mr. Xu, tell me what should I do?"

"Li Xun is said to be victorious in every battle, and it is difficult for soldiers to fight against each other."

Mr. Xu said: "The only solution for now is to unite with other people in the capital and work together to destroy Li Xun first, and then fight separately."

"That's very good."

Li Ji took out the royal seal, held Mr. Xu's hand and said, "My fortune and life will be in your hands. When I ascend the throne in the future, I will serve as my chief assistant!"

"Your Highness, don't worry."

After Mr. Xu left the palace, he was going to Prince Kang's palace.

King Kang is a veteran prince of Daqian. He was in charge of the clan mansion during the Jingtai and Hongde periods and was quite dignified among the royal family.

This time King Kang also wanted to fight for the dragon. With many royal families under his command, he was a force that should not be underestimated.

Not long after he walked out of the palace, a ray of light fell in front of Mr. Xu, he raised his hand and said.

"Brother Leshan, long time no see!"

Xu Leshan recognized the person and quickly returned the greeting: "So it's Cheng Jiaoyu. He's not teaching in the academy today?"

The great scholar has a clear mind. During such a sensitive period, Cheng Jiaoyu, who has not been contacted for a long time, suddenly appears, and it is most likely related to the fight for the dragon.

Cheng Jiaoyu said: "Today there was a military disaster in the capital. Mr. Yan felt uneasy and ordered the academy disciples to come to the capital to maintain order and not let the people be harmed."

"Chief Yan Shanshan is also involved. Who do you want to support?"

Surprise flashed in Xu Leshan's eyes. He had studied in the Academy and was puzzled by Shan Changzhi many times.

"Chang Yanshan couldn't bear the spread of weapons, so he naturally supported Li Xun."

Cheng Jiaoyu said: "Brother Leshan, now that Li Xun has broken through the imperial city and taken over the general trend, why not support him together? In the future, you and I may be officials in the same palace."

Xu Leshan's expression remained unchanged. He had long expected that Cheng Jiaoyu was here to be a lobbyist.

"Your Highness is not kind to me. At this critical moment, how could you..."

"Brother Leshan doesn't know that Li Xun is supported not only by the academy, but also by aristocratic families, Buddhist and Taoist sects."

Cheng Jiaoyu said slowly: "With so many people waiting for Conglong's merit, it is a foregone conclusion that Li Xun will ascend the throne as emperor. Why should brother Leshan go against the trend?"

"Academic palace, aristocratic family, Buddhism and Taoism, sect..."

Xu Leshan murmured for a moment and said: "Brother Cheng invited me, how could Xu refuse? Your Highness has no one who looks like a king. In order to avoid the disaster in the house, Xu went to your majesty to plead for mercy."

After saying that, the two of them turned into escaping light and flew towards the palace.

Li Ji waited and waited for Mr. Xu to come back, but he quickly sent someone to invite him. Only then did he learn that his right-hand man was stationed at the palace for Li Xun.

Scenes like this happened all over Luojing.

Most of the top scholars in Daqian came from the four major palaces, and they could all call each other senior. With Yan Yuanzheng supporting Li Xun first, it would be much easier to persuade others.

The aristocratic family, headed by the Cui family, and the sect forces with Pei Yu as their ally, saw that after Li Xun broke through the imperial city, they did not need to invite him, but sent experts to support him.

Standing in line at this time is still a timely help.

Buddhism and Taoism did not actually express their support for whoever ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor. However, the Immortal Bureau occupied several squares to the west of the palace, saying that there were demons lurking in them, and no one was allowed to pass there.

Originally, various forces scolded Li Xun, thinking that he was just a warlord who had gone crazy.

No one expected that Li Xun could get the support of the Buddhist and Taoist sects of the Academy Family!

For a moment, all the forces fell silent, their eyes full of disbelief. At the same time, they secretly joined forces to try to compete with Li Xun!

How could the position of emperor be won without bloodshed?

Even though Li Xun was so powerful, some people who fought for the dragon had already put life and death aside, and dared to gamble with one blow if possible.

at the same time.

Li Xun's relatives began to spread the news, the core of which was to win over the middle and lower class people and recognize the new emperor's position.

What Li Xun did in these years is a little exaggerated. For example, the leasing of imperial land promoted by Emperor Jingtai was a good thing that benefited the country and the people. Its origin was what Li Xun did in Bodhi County.

Later, Li Xun led troops to conquer the family and inspect the fields.

After rounding up, the credit for renting out Huangtian was attributed to Li Xun, which shows that he loved the people like a son!

Another focus of propaganda is the destiny of destiny, the world of immortals, Buddhas, gods and demons. Destiny really exists and there are many believers.

As a result, auspicious signs began to appear in various places in the capital, and with a little publicity, God congratulated Li Xun on becoming emperor.

As for the story of Li Xun's victorious battles, there is no need to publicize it. Various stories have exaggerated it into a living god of war.

In just a few days, it was promoted by various big Vs.

The people in Beijing thought they had a very clear and profound impression of Li Xun. After all, they heard the inside information from Taishan, the cousin of their neighbor’s second uncle!

They unanimously agreed that Li Xun, at least it is not a bad thing, it is better than the old man taking the throne and always dozing off in the morning!

…

Prince Kang's Mansion.

study.

The royal family and relatives gathered together, as well as many officials from the imperial court.

There were a lot of discussions, with different expressions, some were entangled, some were anxious, and some even looked ferocious.

Li Xun has already begun to prepare for the enthronement ceremony. The reign name has been announced. He heard that it was Longqing, but he didn't know what it meant.

There was still an undercurrent surging outside the palace. The Protector Martial Saint didn't say anything, and the battle for the dragon was not over yet. However, after various divisions on Li Xun's side and his own surrender, there were only less than a handful of people left fighting for the dragon.

Prince Kang's Mansion is one of them.

Today, all the clan members and officials gathered together. It was King Kang who invited him to discuss the plan to fight against Xun.

"You have been discussing it for so long, but what is the result?"

King Kang signaled everyone to be quiet and said: "If the delay continues, the Martial Saint Patriarch may recognize Li Xun if he doesn't see any movement from us."

"Your Majesty, my Highness's intention is to join forces together."

The chief official of Prince Duan's Mansion said: "Li Xun is powerful, but he is not invincible. As long as we work together, success or failure is unknown."

"Since we are joining forces, we must come up with regulations. At least we cannot fight independently."

King Kang said slowly: "Now there are three interested princes and two sons of the late emperor. Who can be the person in charge?"

"You are my prince!"

The person who spoke was the chief official of the Han Dynasty Palace: "Your Majesty joined the army when he was young, and later became the commander-in-chief of the Zhenbei Army. He is the best at leading troops in war."

"Hmph! Although His Highness the King of Han knows military skills, he is far behind Li Xun."

Another voice sounded, and it was a chamberlain who was neither yin nor yang: "We remember that when the King of Han was in the Zhenbei Army, the Jizhou Demon Road attacked, and he was defeated one after another, and was dismissed by Emperor Li. Li Xun, that guy, was leading the army. Demon Kingdom, the God of War who is victorious in every battle!"

The chief official of the Han Dynasty Palace said angrily: "What do you mean, Eunuch Liu?"

"We just want to remind you that leading troops in battle head-on, don't think about it anymore, it is equivalent to using your own shortcomings to attack the enemy's strong points."

Eunuch Liu said: "The only way to defeat Li Xun is to gather all the experts and join forces to break through the imperial city. In this way, the gap with Li Xun's troops will be evened, and the chance of victory will be greater."

"That makes sense."

"Why fight with Li Xun?"

"The monks are the key to victory or defeat!"

"The soldiers are just ordinary people."

"So good..."

After hearing this, everyone started talking and agreed with Eunuch Liu's method.

Calling together the third-level experts to carry out the beheading operation, Li Xun only needs to be captured and killed, and his soldiers do not need to pay attention.

The forces that originally surrounded Li Xun would naturally collapse without their backbone and consistent interests.

"Then let's do it."

King Kang said: "I learned from the palace that there are ten to fifteen high-ranking masters under Li Xun's command, but not one. If we want to win, we must gather at least twenty of them."

"so much……"

Eunuch Liu frowned slightly and said: "This is a bit troublesome. Li Xun seems to have no first-grade, but he has the support of Master Sanwu and Sword Master Pei. To avoid accidents, we need to invite two first-grades to have a chance of winning."

"It used to be a lot, but now it's different. Li Xun gathered all the forces together, spread rumors to deceive the people in the capital, but turned a blind eye to the three chief ministers. I don't know what that means?"

King Kang coughed lightly, and four streams of light fell in the study.

The leader was none other than Prime Minister Pang Ji, with a gloomy face and a cold voice.

"They have strong soldiers and horses, maybe they don't like us!"

The second assistant, Fei Yuanpi, said with a smile: "The late emperor was appointed by the Protector of the Kingdom, Wusheng, and has never moved from his position as an assistant minister in the cabinet. Now that he has not ascended the throne, he will leave me and other veteran ministers behind!"

The second assistant, Yang Zhong, said: "Perhaps we old guys can make room for themselves if we are interested, so as not to reward those who follow the dragon without any position!"

The last one was Wang Bo'an, who stepped forward to salute King Kang and said: "Your Majesty, I not only invited three ministers, but also contacted more than ten high-ranking ministers in the court."

"Master Wang is worthy of being a humerus of two dynasties!"

King Kang said loudly: "Three pavilion elders and ministers, plus me and other senior officials, Li Xun's defeat is certain!"

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Eunuch Liu said: "The only way to defeat Li Xun is to gather all the experts and join forces to break through the imperial city. In this way, the gap with Li Xun's troops will be evened, and the chance of victory will be greater."

"That makes sense."

"Why fight with Li Xun?"

"The monks are the key to victory or defeat!"

"The soldiers are just ordinary people."

"So good..."

After hearing this, everyone started talking and agreed with Eunuch Liu's method.

Calling together the third-level experts to carry out the beheading operation, Li Xun only needs to be captured and killed, and his soldiers do not need to pay attention.

The forces that originally surrounded Li Xun would naturally collapse without their backbone and consistent interests.

"Then let's do it."

King Kang said: "I learned from the palace that there are ten to fifteen high-ranking masters under Li Xun's command, but none of them are of the first rank. If we want to win, we must gather at least twenty of them."

"so much……"

Eunuch Liu frowned slightly and said: "This is a bit troublesome. Li Xun seems to have no first-grade, but he has the support of Master Sanwu and Sword Master Pei. To avoid accidents, we need to invite two first-grades to have a chance of winning."

"It used to be a lot, but now it's different. Li Xun gathered all the forces together, spread rumors to deceive the people in the capital, but turned a blind eye to the three chief ministers. I don't know what that means?"

King Kang coughed lightly, and four streams of light fell in the study.

The leader was none other than Prime Minister Pang Ji, with a gloomy face and a cold voice.

"They have strong soldiers and horses, maybe they don't like us!"

The second assistant, Fei Yuanpi, said with a smile: "The late emperor was appointed by the Protector of the Kingdom, Wusheng, and has never moved from his position as an assistant minister in the cabinet. Now that he has not ascended the throne, he will leave me and other veteran ministers behind!"