Chapter 109 – The Man in the Temple

Fan Xian’s heart was stunned, and he bowed his head slightly, saying after a long time, “Believe.”

“Do you believe there really are gods in the world?” The emperor looked at him calmly.

Fan Xian answered directly, “Believe.”

He did not know why the emperor asked this question, but he, Fan Xian, was able to be reincarnated and re-incarnated in the land of Qing, and was undoubtedly convinced of such things as miracles, and the Fan Xian of this world was not the Fan Shen of his previous life, who was the most authentic materialist.

“You follow me.”

Fan Xian, with his head full of fog, followed the mysterious emperor and traveled towards the temple hidden among the trees on the peak. The name of Dadong Mountain was prevalent in the world, initially the name of jade, followed by the name of divine wonders, and I don’t know how many people who had no money for medical treatment had once had their conditions greatly improved after sacrificing to the gods here, and it was even worshipped as a holy place by ascetic monks all over the world…….

The problem is that before Fan Xian always thought that this matter is just the Qing temple in the mystery, stupid women people will be psychological comfort as the real healing effect, but at this time the emperor’s face looks so cautious, does it mean that this mountain above the Qing temple can really go up to hear the will of the heavens, and can get in touch with the legend of the imaginary temple of the gods?

With countless doubts and slight excitement, Fan Xian followed the emperor around a quiet stone path, and came to a small, old temple after the temple. The wind was quite strong, and the bells under the eaves of the temple moved slightly, emitting a clear and quiet sound.

It seems that at the foot of the mountain those sacrifices did not lie, the top of the mountain of these temples obviously many years have not been repaired, just this thousand years of mountain wind blowing, but did not blow this ancient small temple into ruins.

Looking at the style of this small temple building, looking at those dark and solemn colors, Fan Xian’s heart moved. A feeling of awe arose, just like when he was in Kyoto and had to enter the Qing Temple for the first time.

Only back then, the emperor was inside the Qing temple, and he himself was outside of it, but today it was he who followed the emperor to a place that seemed to be beyond the earthly realm, and Fan Xian developed a strange feeling that His Majesty seemed to be familiar with this kind of road, or with everything in the Great Eastern Mountains.

Standing outside the small temple, the emperor calmly said, ”Don’t be curious, and don’t be bored of hearing …… about it The reason is actually quite simple. Back then, after meeting with your mother in Tanyuu, we certainly didn’t miss the scenery of the Great Eastern Mountain, and we once stayed here for a while.”

Although he didn’t know how the emperor guessed his own mind, when he suddenly heard these words, Fan Xian’s mood suddenly became different, and when he looked at the ancient buildings around him again, his gaze took on an air of affection and longing.

However, the emperor’s next words immediately shattered Fan Xian’s relaxed and happy mood.

“The Emperor of Ten Thousand Vehicles does not enter the land of unpredictability.” The emperor sneered, repeating the words that Fan Xian had used yesterday when advising him in Tanyu, saying, “I know what you’ve been worrying about these past two days, so I’ll ask you, if you were in Kyoto at this time, and you were that woman, what would you do?”

Fan Xian did not make a pretense of even saying he was terrified, but fell directly into deep thought. He had thought about this question countless times, but finally realized that if civil unrest occurred in Qing and problems arose in Kyoto, the Rapunzel, who was secluded in the courtyard at this time, would only have one way to go.

Perhaps she would do many things, but the center of all things, the basis of all seizure of the throne, as His Majesty said yesterday day, there is only one – to kill the Emperor.

“First I need to break away from the watchful eye of the Supervisory Court and get in touch with my own power.” Fan Xian said somewhat unconfidently, “But this matter must have begun months ago. I don’t think the Eldest Princess has the ability to do this.”

The emperor said indifferently, “Can you believe that two people can set a palace ablaze? Or in the wee hours of a thunderstorm.”

Fan Xian shook his head, not daring to show too much emotion. He had learned the inside story of the palace mutiny several months ago through his own channels, and knew that when the Eastern Palace caught fire at that time, it was the very action that the Crown Prince had taken in order to save himself and to alarm the Empress Dowager. At that time, he was only concerned about admiring the power of action of the Crown Prince’s brothers, and it was only when he heard the Emperor’s words that he remembered that there was something fishy about this matter.

“I killed so many people, and she didn’t resist at all.” The emperor said, “And yet there is still extra heart placed in the Eastern Palace to help the Crown Prince. This sister of mine always acts in such a way that people cannot understand. If I were to say that she was able to avoid the surveillance of the Supervisory Court and contact those people of hers, I would not find it strange at all.”

By this conversation can be heard, the emperor after experiencing the betrayal of his sister and son …… wrong! It should be said that after he had self-righteously forced his sister and son to betray, or was it a future-to-be betrayal, there was an extremely subtle change in the disposition of the whole person, and had already taken Fan Xian, the bastard who had been absent since childhood and had shown extraordinarily pure loyalty and hidden filial piety after entering the capital, as the most trustworthy character.

However, this trust made Fan Xian feel the pressure multiply as he rubbed his somewhat irritated throat, glanced at his majesty, and continued, ”If it is true that the eldest princess had already contacted her people months ago, then she only needed to wait for an opportune moment. And I thought that …… Your Majesty’s staying away from Kyoto at this time is the best time.”

“You only need to say what she will do, you don’t need to remind me of this every moment.”

“Yes …… I thought that Her Highness the Princess would pour out all the power that she has not managed for twenty years, and make sure that she strikes a thunderous blow at the Great Eastern Mountain or on her way back to the capital, regardless of success or failure, blocking the news of His Majesty, and saying to the world that His …… Majesty has suffered a misfortune. misfortune, and that the crown prince or the second prince will succeed the throne.”

“There’s no need to say such nonsense as regardless of success or failure, since she’s going to do it, she naturally wants me to die.”

Fan Xian’s analysis was crude and direct, but if Princess Li Yunrui could really go light, she would definitely choose this way. The so-called conspiracy, in the end, is still a matter of life and death, victory and defeat, as long as life and death have been decided, victory and defeat have been divided, she has the support of the imperial princes in Kyoto, and the support of the Ye Qin two families, and then throw the matter of the emperor’s assassination toward Fan Xian’s body …… who can’t sit in that dragon chair? Unless Chen Pingping led the pitiful district of five hundred black riders to revolt again to go.

He bowed his head and said, “Since His Majesty is here, he naturally has a plan.”

The emperor glanced at him and said quietly, “What power can Yun Rui have? The Junshan Society? Now that I think about it I should have listened to President Chen and you last year and swept that laborious broken association clean.”

“The Junshan Society is just a loose organization.” Fan Xian repeated his father-in-law’s inference, “The key is what kind of power the Eldest Princess can mobilize.”

“With Dadong Mountain hanging alone by the sea and deep within the country’s borders, it is simply impossible to attack it with a large army.” The Emperor said with a cold smile, “Ten thousand miles to ascend the ladder to heaven, if someone dares to come and assassinate me, they must first have the ability to ascend to heaven before they can do so.”

Fan Xian bowed his head slightly, understanding what the emperor meant by that, the Da Dong Mountain was in a wonderful location, making it difficult to mobilize a large army to attack, and the chain of high mountain cliffs of Tanyuzhou to the north blocked the last hint of danger for the army.

Since there is no need to consider this point, to assassinate the king of a country, moreover the monarch of the world’s most powerful country, one can only use an assassin, and ordinary mediocre hands are of no significance at all, even the defense circle of the outermost forbidden army can’t be broken through, not to mention the more than a hundred terrifying tiger guards masters on the top of the mountain peaks.

Those who come are not good, those who are good do not come, if the eldest princess really has the intention to assassinate the driver, the caliber of the assassin can be imagined.

“Ye Liuyun is an offering from the Junshan Society.” Fan Xian said in silence, “The Eldest Princess does not have many experts of her own. However, after I experienced the valley sniping, I always thought that there are some people in the court who are now more and more unbridled. People who are unbridled are not surprising no matter what they do.”

This was naturally speaking of those military elders within the country of Qing, if these people collectively stood against the emperor, what kind of situation would it be?

The emperor did not pick up Fan Xian’s words, just quietly said, “I personally drove to Dongshan this time, not only do you doubt, that is, those two university professors are also strongly opposed, but I still want to come to …… one, naturally, because I stayed in the palace for a long time, I want to come out to walk around, see the place that year passed through. Secondly, Chengqian hurt my heart, I want to abolish him, then I want to abolish it openly and honestly, and I can’t give people half a word of truth.”

Fan Xian thought about it, this His Majesty beside him was probably the most diligent and eccentric emperor ever, since his ascension to the throne, especially after the end of the great war, His Majesty had never left Kyoto, and did not engage in the routine national travel activities of those kings in their heydays.

His Majesty rarely even left the palace, and Fan Xian only knew of the one time he saw him outside the Taiping Farewell House.

The emperor suddenly paused and said with a smile, “The third reason is very simple, I am deliberately trying to give Yun Rui a chance to see if that Junshan Society …… can really remove me as a king.”

Fan Xian shook his head and said, “It’s still the same words that I said, why do I need to take risks? Why need to come here? Your Majesty is the Lord of the world, a decree will go down, those remnants of the Junshan Society will immediately crumble into pieces, not worth mentioning at all.”

“Is that so? But what about Ye Liuyun?” The Emperor smiled faintly, his brows gradually stretching.

Fan Xian was speechless, and only then did he finally understand just how confident His Majesty was, and it turned out that he had used himself as bait, and what he was plotting against was not someone else, but that very same Junshan Society’s Provider, Ye Liuyun!

The great master of Qing, Ye Liuyun! This dashing and powerful man who floated overseas was in the wild, and His Majesty the Emperor was in the court, and the two of them were checking and balancing each other, compromising, which created the relationship between the Ye family and the imperial family that was both loyal and distant. If the Emperor was able to cut Ye Liuyun to the sword, then there would no longer be the slightest force within the Qing Kingdom that could shake the foundation of his rule.

In other words, Ye Liuyun had always been a tumor in the emperor’s heart, and today’s visit to Dadong Mountain was a way to cut the tumor by taking advantage of the wonders of Dadong Mountain!

However, Fan Xian still felt incomparably ridiculous, even if you have over a hundred tiger guards and Eunuch Hong, the mysterious old monster, but if the Princess moves, there must be countless forces to cooperate with Ye Liuyun, and even if Ye Liuyun fails to assassinate the Emperor, with the transcendent realm of the Grand Master, how will you leave him behind?

He once in Hangzhou city personally experienced Ye Liuyun half sword pouring people building, so know Ye Liuyun’s strength horror to what degree – unless with the Qing iron horsemen battalion, plus crossbows and arrows constantly shooting, perhaps it is possible to Ye Liuyun sniped in the wilderness, but at this time the emperor in the lonely peak, Ye Liuyun drifting, drifting and go again, simply will not give the tiger guards to close the circle. Simply will not give the tiger guards the opportunity to encircle.

As for the forbidden army at the foot of the mountain, due to the terrain, also unable to form a cavalry charge formation.

“How can I kill a great master?”

This is what Fan Xian has been thinking about for a whole year, and he has come to many conclusions, of which the safest one is of course to take the heavy sniper that he has hidden like his precious son and snipe the hell out of him at a distance of 500 meters – but this kind of situation is not good to create, the great masters are too powerful to be seen and not seen by the dragon, and their qi senses are too powerful, and it is unlikely that they will give themselves too much time for aiming. Aiming time.

How to kill a great master? Fan Xian finally thought of the most reliable method, and that was – to use two Great Masters to kill a Great Master.

This was a very boring thought, very wasteful thinking, two children could certainly beat a child, two stones were certainly heavier than one, the problem was that creatures like Archons were not mass-produced products, but rather unearthly geniuses.

Who could find two Archons?

“That’s why I have to come to Great Eastern Mountain, because I need someone who can never leave Great Eastern Mountain to cater to my ideas.”

The emperor smiled as he looked at Fan Xian, then pushed open the wooden door of the small, ancient temple. The wooden door creaked, and Fan Xian’s gaze drifted over as his heart snapped, his eyes flashing with countless surprises and the overwhelming joy of a long goodbye.

Yan Bingyun was sitting in the room of the Supervisory Court in a daze. Today, he did not sit in the middle of that secret room, because …… the dean of the Lord returned to Kyoto in a wheelchair and returned to his own room, saying that the power that Bingyun had temporarily gained was also naturally handed back.

He was all around is hosted, the room also leaned against the side of the street. The window was not covered with a black cloth, and the sunlight from outside penetrated directly, illuminating the room brightly, and standing at the window one could see the golden-colored gables of the palace very clearly.

There is no master in the palace, His Majesty’s imperial chariot has already arrived at Dongshan Road at this time, right? Yan Bingyun thought, since His Majesty left the capital, the people in Kyoto have all been honest and have not given the Supervisory Court too many problems, about this moment, anyone is afraid of being suspected of something by His Majesty who is far away from Kyoto.

However, the outside is loose and the inside is tight, everyone knows what is the main purpose of his majesty’s trip to sacrifice to heaven, naturally it is impossible to let the crown prince stay in the palace to supervise the country, so the empress dowager once again hangs down the curtain, while the forbidden army under the control of the grand prince is careful, the Kyoto guard division also strengthens its inspections.

His Majesty left the most crucial hand, of course, is to summon the President of the Supervisory Academy Chen Pingping to the capital. This old cripple who had grown up in the Chen Garden had finally returned to the gloomy courtyard at this time, indifferently watching all the details of Kyoto and warning those who had ill intentions.