In the Heavens

Looking at the dying young man lying on the bed in front of him, Li Mu asked directly: When did the top master become a Chinese cabbage?

Zhu Houzhao is a great master, and the King of Xiangyang in front of him is also a great master. The two brothers are both martial arts geniuses, and they can reach the peak of martial arts at the same time, such a thing is rare in the whole world.

Immediately afterwards, Li Mu had a second question: who could hurt him so badly?

Seeing the accompanying eunuchs, Zhang Tianshi and Daoist Chongxu guarding in front of the bed, Li Mu understood in an instant.

"My lord, the prince is poisoned with Chuanxin San, we don't know the formula of the enemy's poison, so we can't detoxify it.

It is thanks to Zhang Daoyou's Dragon and Tiger Pill that he was able to survive until now, which suppressed the spread of the toxin. "

While speaking, Chongxu's eyes kept drifting towards King Xiangyang, as if implying that the identity of the person on the bed was not simple.

Li Mu nodded slightly. Seeing that the old man was still up to the mark, he decided to let Chong Xu go for a while, so as not to be a sap.

After understanding the hint, Li Mu still pretended not to know anything. He said "Wuliang Tianzun", and greeted the two of them: "I didn't expect to see two fellow Taoists here, it's really gratifying!"

Withdrew his internal energy, Zhang Tianshi wiped the sweat from his forehead and said: "Brother Dao, let's act as soon as possible, I really can't hold on."

Detoxification is not Li Mu's specialty, but the biggest link in the world of martial arts is internal strength. If the poison cannot be cured, the poison can be forcefully forced out of the body.

The unlucky guy in front of him has been able to survive until now. In addition to the life-saving medicine, the internal strength of Zhang Tianshi and Chongxudujin also played an important role.

Li Mu said calmly: "Two fellow Taoists, please back off!"

People must be saved, but how to save them is up to Li Dazhen.

In an instant, Li Mu made a move, and the "Xiangyang King" on the bed was like a toy, flying out of the sky and turning around, everyone was stunned.

Especially the few eunuchs in the room, all of them were ashamed of fright. If it wasn't for Chongxu and Zhang Tianshi to stop them, they couldn't help but step forward to stop them.

I don't know if he was forced out of the poison, or he was dizzy, and soon the "King of Xiangyang" vomited out a pile of soup.

The scene was really disgusting, Li Mu sent King Xiangyang back to the bed with a wave of his hand, and casually said to everyone: "The poison has been forced out, the prince is fine.

It's just a little dizzy for a while, and I will wake up after a short rest. No one should disturb me. Let's go out and wait! "

After Li Mu finished speaking, he went straight out the door, and everyone hurriedly stepped forward to check it out. Seeing that Chongxu and Zhang Tianshi were both happy, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and followed them out of the room.

"Innateness is really extraordinary!"

After sighing, Zhang Tianshi bowed to Li Mu, and asked, "Please forgive me for taking the liberty: how does Brother Dao complete the infusion of spiritual energy when the spiritual energy in the world is insufficient?"

This question is also a question for warriors all over the world.

If hundreds of years ago, the aura in the famous mountains and great rivers could barely support a breakthrough, at worst it would be converted into a few years of life, and there is always hope for a breakthrough.

It's different now. In order to find a place to break through, everyone searched the three mountains and five mountains, but they couldn't find a place that could satisfy their spiritual energy.

Don't say that the filling is completely completed, even if it is half done. If you break through forcefully, you will be seriously injured if you don't die. There is no hope at all.

"by chance!"

"The heaven and the earth have entered into a new beginning, but there will always be ebbs and flows. In the past thousands of years, the spiritual energy has not only revived once or twice.

It’s just that what’s been recorded is a large-scale, long-term repetition. In addition, there are some areas between the sky and the earth that temporarily rebound the tide of vitality.

This time may be a few days, or it may be an instant. Encounter is our martial artist's chance, but also our doom. "

Looking at the stunned crowd, Li Mu knew that his trick had succeeded.

A short-term partial spiritual recovery is indeed possible, but the probability of that thing is lower than winning the lottery, and it is also very unstable.

In the situation where the aura of heaven and earth is unstable, ordinary internal strength cultivation is dangerous, let alone breaking through the realm.

If you really try it, you don't know if there is a chance, anyway, the "doom" will definitely not escape.

After hearing this answer, Zhang Tianshi said with admiration: "Brother Dao's heart towards Tao is really admirable!"

This is the truth. These days, those who dare to take the risk of breaking through the innate are those who have a strong heart of Taoism and adhere to the principle of "If you hear the Tao in the morning, you can die in the evening".

Most people will wait until their later years, when they are near the end of their lives, to desperately glimpse the path of innateness. People like Li Mu who dared to break through the gate at a young age have disappeared in the Jianghu.

Before Li Mu could continue to say anything, he heard a trembling voice from the room.

"Water, water..."

King Xiangyang woke up, and everyone showed joy. Just wake up, otherwise everyone's initial investment will be in vain.

After drinking a bowl of ginseng soup, he regained a bit of energy, but then he smelled a pungent smell, and looked at the...

"Prince Xiangyang" couldn't help but yelled: "Which bastard vomits, it's just..."

Seemingly aware of the strange expressions on everyone's face, "Xiangyang King" decisively stopped what he said. Nonsense is nonsense, he still has no interest in scolding himself.

"Hurry up and give me... no, change the room for Gu!"

If it wasn't for the look on "Xiangyang King"'s face, everyone couldn't help but laugh out loud. It is undoubtedly a good thing to have the strength to swear.

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After figuring out the situation, the "King of Xiangyang" cupped his hands at Li Mu: "Thank you, Daoist, for saving your life. From now on, everyone will be on their own. If you need anything, just ask, Xiao Guzi will do it!"

Regardless of whether it is sincere or false, this kind of hello style full of quackery is always easy to get a good impression.

Of course, it is limited to people in the world like Li Mu. If the civil and military officials see it, they will be mad.

But right now, the civil and military officials may not be able to take care of these things, the capital has already been slaughtered to the point of blood. The civil service group, charged with regicide, has fallen into a complete passive politically.

After this wave, no matter whether they are willing to accept it or not, they will not be able to prevent the Xungui Group from returning to the center of power, and the political structure of a dominant family will be rewritten accordingly.

Li Mu smiled slightly and said: "Since the prince has almost recovered, let's go back to Beijing to preside over the overall situation as soon as possible! If you delay it any longer, I'm afraid something will happen."

Since it is acting, everyone will continue to act. Even if he sees through Zhengde's identity, Li Mu is not prepared to expose it.

Daming needs a reform, and before carrying out the reform, it must first weaken the power of the aristocratic family.

Just like Zhang Juzheng's reform in history, he ordered the demolition of Tianxia Academy to break the control of the aristocratic family over the imperial examination.

If the world of martial arts wants to reform, it must not only mobilize the academy, but also eliminate the force of the aristocratic family.

The strength of the aristocratic family is not weak. Once the emperor wants to shake the foundation of their survival, it will inevitably cause a violent backlash, and it may change the dynasty.

Under normal circumstances, even if the emperor wants to take risks to build a big family, the clan, nobles, civil and military officials, and even the eunuch group will not support it.

Perhaps Zhengde made the current wave after trying many times without success.

Ordinary charges are meaningless in the face of politics. Only the emperor was killed, which touched everyone's bottom line.

The royal family, nobles, eunuch groups, and royalists loyal to Ming Dynasty among the civil servants will abandon all concerns and fight against the aristocratic family with swords.

Probably because of the betrayal of the cabinet, Zhu Houzhao got in with those guys by the way.

If it wasn't for deliberately releasing water, how could a group of civil servants control the palace?

No matter how high and powerful the cabinet is, the inner courtyard of the palace is still the emperor's basic board. In the imperial palace, the power of the eunuch group is stronger than that of civil officials.

If Li Mu's guess is correct, at this moment, there is blood in the capital, and most of the cabinet members are dead.

Although Li Mu didn't expose it, Zhu Houzhao still sensed that his identity was exposed, and immediately asked, "Really, is my acting skill bad?"

Li Mu rolled his eyes and pointed at the people present: "Your Majesty, Mount Longhu is in Jiangxi, Mount Wudang is in Huguang, and with the eunuchs in Beijing, we can't all encounter King Xiangyang's poisoning together, right?

If Pindao guessed correctly, the two fellow Taoists should have been recruited to the capital in advance by His Majesty, and the assassination case was under His Majesty's control from the very beginning. "

If you want to calculate all parties at the same time, the power of the clan and nobles cannot be used. The power of eunuchs alone is definitely not enough. Zhu Houzhao must find foreign aid.

Longhushan and Wudang, which are closely related to the royal family, are the best choices. If there were no masters to covertly protect him, Zhu Houzhao would not dare to play his life like that.

"The real person guessed right, and I have no choice. The aristocratic family and the civil official group are powerful, and I, the emperor, is about to be emptied.

The clan and nobles are a bunch of cowards. I tried to overturn the table several times, but they didn't support it. As a last resort, he had no choice but to make this decision.

Now that Zhu Houzhao is dead, there is only Zhu Houwei who avenged his brother. Also ask the real person to help me! "

After hearing Zhu Houzhao's explanation, Li Mu rolled his eyes again.

Why are the clan and nobles cowards?

It was clearly tossed about by the wonderful emperor of the Zhu family!

If the previous emperors hadn't been fooled by the civil officials and blindly suppressed the clan and generals, the civil official group would not have dominated.

After realizing the evil consequences of becoming a civil servant, I think of the clan and nobles again at this time, and they are not fools.

What if the civil servants are overthrown on the front foot and suppressed by the emperor on the back foot? For the sake of wealth and life, everyone is naturally unwilling to take risks.

Especially following an emperor like Zhu Houzhao who is unreliable at first sight, everyone has even less confidence.

"Your Majesty, asking for help is not a success based on calculations. Pindao now wants to know the northwest of Shizhen, which bastard gave the idea?"

Different from the past, the fiefdoms of the Ming Dynasty were named as princes of one party, but in fact they were large-scale local military and political officials, and their power was subject to checks and balances from all parties.

The right to appoint and remove the main officials below, the main financial power is still in the hands of the imperial court, and only the local treasury can share the profits.

Just like Mu Guogong in Yunnan, he basically has no way to intervene in politics, and in military affairs, he is limited to the command of the guard, and he is subject to the supervision of all parties.

Worse than Yunnan is that there are still a bunch of vassals in the northwest, all of whom have their own fiefs, and are not subject to the restraint of Zhenbei Gong at all.

For example: there is King Qin in Xi'an, King Yongxing in Longxi, King Su in Lanzhou, King Qingzhuang and King Qinghuai in Ningxia...

Towns like the Nine Frontier Army are directly under the Central Field Army. It has nothing to do with him, the freshly baked Lord Zhenbei.

The only value is probably that with this extra honor, he can justifiably preside over the construction of water conservancy and roads in the Northwest.

Considering the financial situation of Shaanxi, it is afraid that it will not be able to raise funds for a thousand years, so they can only find ways to raise money by themselves.

Considering the natural and man-made disasters in the next few decades, sitting in the northwest is to seal the powder keg for Daming. If it weren't for the Huashan faction's foundation in the northwest, Li Mu would never have taken over this mess.

Zhu Houzhao laughed and said, "Really, isn't the northwest of Shizhen not good? This is the largest fiefdom that my dynasty has confiscated. Although I am a little poor, I think the real person doesn't like those yellow and white things."

Li Mu sneered and said: "It was very good at first! It's just that the poor Taoist stared at the stars at night and found that the aura of disaster and calamity is rising from the northwest and gradually spreading to Daming.

In the next few decades, natural disasters and man-made disasters will continue in the Northwest, and there will be no one in the population, and military disasters will sweep across the land of China.

Did Qin Tianjian fail to report these matters to His Majesty? "

No kidding, this is really observed on the astrology. Although not necessarily accurate, the deviation will not be too great.

Gululu drank a bowl of porridge, and Zhu Houzhao said slowly: "It is precisely because of the continuous natural disasters that an expert like Daoist is needed.

Helping the world and saving the people is a matter of great merit. The real person is a man of great virtue, so please ask the real person to save the people of the northwest from the fire and water! "

People who cultivate the Tao value merit and karma, which are mentioned in many ancient books. Although no one can say clearly about the specific impact, Li Mu still has a deep awe of these things.

There is extraordinary power in this world, and Li Mu believes in the wisdom of his ancestors. There must be a reason for the Taoist ancestors to set the behavior style of "in prosperous times, out in troubled times".

After a little thought, Li Mu made a condition: "Yes, but the money for the construction of water conservancy must be paid by the imperial court."

Seeing that Zhu Houzhao was hesitating, Li Mu continued to add: "Your Majesty, there is no need to worry, although the cost of building water conservancy projects is high, the wealth of the family is even richer.

Pindao has roughly estimated that it only needs the generosity of one or two aristocratic families to complete the restoration of the Northwest Water Conservancy Project. "

After hearing Li Mu's words, everyone's expression changed slightly. Obviously, none of them thought that Li Mu would actually encourage the emperor to ransack the house.

However, none of the people objected. It was really worthwhile to be able to win Dazhen Li onto the boat by sacrificing one or two hostile families.

Determined that he didn't need to pay for it himself, the loyal Zhu Houzhao said decisively: "Don't worry, real people, the cost of building water conservancy projects will benefit the country and the people, and the cost is not a problem!"

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