Chapter 780: Asking for the Jiangshan

In the Jinluan Palace, an old man was leaning on the couch, with a maid serving beside him. He raised his hand and was unable to place it, and there was an old man sitting opposite him. The old man's eyes were half-closed, looking drowsy, but from time to time Occasionally, an unfathomable light flashed through his eyes.

This collapse is a dragon collapse, and this old man is also wearing a dragon robe. This is the current emperor of the Yan Dynasty. He is a little dazzled, but he is still energetic. He does not look like he is about to die as rumored. He seems to talk less and live more. A few years won't be a problem.

"well……"

He sighed slightly and put the chess piece aside, "I'm a little tired."

He raised his hand and waved, and the maid beside him quickly retreated.

The old man sitting opposite him was wearing a Taoist robe and had a sword hanging on his back. This was something rarely seen in the royal forbidden area.

This old man was none other than the head of Zhongken Dao. Seeing that the emperor seemed a little tired, the head quickly stood up. Then when he was about to salute and leave, the emperor said, "Sit with me."

The leader was slightly stunned, but he sat down again.

"It's been more than forty years, right?"

The emperor's emotion came out of nowhere, and he suddenly said this. He looked outside the palace, as if there was some charming scenery outside, but in fact it was just an empty open space.

The deep palace compound is not just talk, it is really lonely.

Except for the eunuchs and maids, there is no one around who can talk. Although the world is peaceful and prosperous nowadays, the emperor cannot easily confide his feelings to anyone. Even the old eunuch who is the closest to him cannot be freely spoken by the emperor. Say something.

Otherwise, the old eunuch might leak these things again, causing the three princes to swarm and fight for the throne. The emperor did not want these princes to fight for the throne to such an extent, but he had to do it.

Thinking about how he came here back then, he naturally knew what was going on here. Therefore, the more this happened, the fewer people he could talk to about his inner thoughts.

But Zhongkendo has come, and this leader is the descendant who supported him in his rise to power. Now this descendant has become the leader of Zhongkendo. He also came this year, and brought his beloved disciple. It seems that Only this leader can say something to the emperor.

The head of the family seemed to understand the emperor's temper very well. Seeing the emperor's emotion, the head of the family said calmly: "Your Majesty, there are talented people in our country. This is a blessing. Don't worry about it."

The emperor glanced at him and he said, "Then which one do you have your eye on?"

"Don't say it, Your Majesty, you know the rules."

The leader bowed slightly. Although he rejected the emperor's request, he still communicated with the emperor as a minister. This was also the rule.

"It's like this every time, can't even I know?"

The emperor was a little unhappy. As the emperor, was there anything in the world that he couldn't know?

But he never thought that his father was the same way back then and couldn't get accurate information from Zhong Kendo. He didn't know why. Since he came down to help the royal family choose the best successor, then Just say it.

Why keep it secretive, as this will only allow several princes to fight? This made the harem uneasy, and the concubines and even the queen were involved. As the emperor, he couldn't say anything, otherwise he would arrest everyone and ask for execution?

In addition, the Empress Dowager is also not idle. Naturally, the Empress Dowager dotes on the eldest son of the emperor. However, the eldest son of the emperor is cruel and cannibalistic. Don't say that the emperor doesn't know about it. There is nothing he doesn't know about this matter. Then Li Da escapes. Yes, some incriminating evidence was left behind to clearly let him know this.

If the emperor's eldest son cannibalizes people, the whole royal family will lose face if it is revealed. Naturally, he cannot use this matter to punish the emperor's eldest son.

Yes, by now, the emperor had already vaguely wanted to depose the prince, otherwise the word "eldest son" would not have popped up in his mind, but he didn't like the second prince very much when he thought of it.

The second prince's martial arts skills were unparalleled and unmatched by anyone in the current dynasty, but he was just a martial artist.

How can a martial artist accomplish anything? Ruling the world and conquering the world are two different things. If the second prince is allowed to rule the world, the world will end sooner or later.

Then we have to consider the third prince. These three princes are good people who have wandered around the world. Unfortunately, the emperor looks down on such people. Since ancient times, they have been regarded as lowly by businessmen, with farmers and workers taking the lead. This has been the consistent view of all dynasties.

Especially in this farming society, farmers are naturally the group that the dynasty cares about the most. Without farmers, there would be no country. The most important task of any dynasty is to properly arrange these farmers.

Either reduce taxes and give profits to farmers, or allow them to increase their harvests, and so on. As long as the farmers are stabilized, the dynasty will probably be peaceful. As for those who make profits in business, they are all speculators. Even the emperor does not like these speculators. molecular.

Therefore, the third prince was not the candidate that the emperor was expecting. Originally, the eldest prince was good, had some ability in governing the country, and seemed to be loyal. However, he did not expect that something like Li Da would happen, which made the emperor Suddenly I didn't know what to do.

He also didn't expect that the eldest prince would actually be involved in such a thing. This was not a good thing. This surprised the emperor. People who usually seemed loyal and docile secretly took pleasure in cannibalism. Such people have no influence on the country and the country. The harm is much greater than that of the second and third princes.

But he was not willing to ask the emperor to establish a new crown prince for the third prince. But except for these three princes, the other princes were unable to support him. The fourth prince basically ignored things and was idle all day long.

The fifth prince only knows how to hunt and have fun every day, and he also looks like he is not doing his job properly. Then there are the sixth prince and the seventh prince, these two are more interesting. They like to practice Feng Shui every day. The two of them can even talk until dawn one night. This You might as well become a Taoist priest instead of becoming a prince.

After thinking about it, the emperor felt that the eighth prince was quite acceptable. Li Ting was also a smart person. However, Li Ting's personality was too low-key. Although he was also involved in court affairs, most of the time he acted as The prince is the leader, and everyone obeys the prince's wishes.

This made the emperor a little unhappy, because he thought that Li Ting was wearing the same pants as the prince. Maybe Li Ting was also a cannibal. But in the process of arresting Li Da, the palace was ransacked and no one found it. What does this matter have to do with the Eighth Prince? The emperor is not able to punish the Eighth Prince for any crimes.

In addition, the Ninth Prince and the Tenth Prince were even more useless. He saw them only a few times throughout the year. There was no one at court meetings, and they were rarely seen in any activities on weekdays. Then there are the princes after the tenth prince. Some of those princes are too young, even toddlers, so they will not be taken into consideration.

People say that the nine sons of a dragon each have their own interests, but the emperor has given birth to a lot of sons in his life, dozens of princes, and dozens of royal grandchildren. But with so many princes and grandsons, it’s amazing No one is in line with the emperor's wishes.

He was about to ask the leader of Zhongkendo. Of course he knew the rules of Zhongkendo, but he still couldn't bear to ask.

Unexpectedly, the swordsman master still looked like a dead pig who is not afraid of boiling water, and even said this: "Your Majesty, if you insist on knowing, then I can tell you, but once I tell you, it will be... Disaster, this karma is extraordinary, and you know it.”

The old emperor was so angry that he blew his beard when he said this, but he really had no solution at all. He would rather not know about it than ruin his country and the country for such a thing.

"Okay, okay, it's useless to ask you."

He was a little annoyed, but the head of the Central Kendo didn't care very much. The emperor actually had a good heart, otherwise he wouldn't have chosen him back then. Of course, choosing him was not a subjective opinion, but the Central Kendo. His Taoism was derived, and finally the sword energy fell into his family's garden, and this was how he became the Holy Master today.

If the matter hadn't reached that stage yet, how could the leader talk nonsense? He wasn't quite sure what was going to happen next.

Another one, this time it was his beloved disciple who came down from the mountain to do this. The Dao Dao Sword in his beloved disciple's hand is the treasure that determines the universe. Only after the Dao Dao Sword is unsheathed, can we know what the ultimate fate of this country is. Who will inherit.

But before that, it's not that the leader can't do anything, on the contrary, he has to do something, and he even already knows some things. This is the most powerful thing about Zhongkendo.

In other words, Zhongkendo actually still has some ability to predict the unknown. Therefore, the old man, the leader, said again: "But your Majesty can rest assured that this time the selection of the martial arts champion will be an opportunity."

It turns out that the selection of Wu Zhuangyuan was proposed by Zhongkendao and was also part of the Unknown Prophet. Only by participating in this matter would there be a chance for Zhongkendao to finally select which prince is the successor. Otherwise, there would be no basis for doing this. matter.

That's what it means to meet by chance.

"Well, but what will happen if the top martial artist is selected?"

The emperor probably knew such a process. He was also experienced and knew the situation well. This was how he was selected back then. He never thought that he would be selected by Zhongkendo.

If Zhongkendao hadn't chosen him, and his father also believed in Zhongkendao's predictions, then he wouldn't have been able to become the emperor. Therefore, deep down in his heart, he was grateful to Zhongkendao, but some people were happy and others were sad, and the prince who was not selected was naturally If you are unhappy, then Li Da is one of them.

This Li Da was originally a favorable candidate for the crown prince, but unfortunately, he was finally rejected by Zhong Ken Dao Yi Jian Wen. No one would be convinced by this, but the emperor trusted Zhong Ken Dao's choice in the first place, so Li Da Lost.

After being defeated, he was naturally depressed and began to eat people for fun. This seemed to be some kind of revenge. Anyway, he looked like he was giving up on himself. He even roped in the current prince to play this cruel and cruel game. This shows how much he holds a grudge against the current Saint.

Generally speaking, the whole story is like this. It is very simple to say, but once people get carried away with the matter, it is not so easy to distinguish. The internal relationships are intricate and complicated, and ordinary people have no idea about these things.

Just like the old storyteller said, who cares so much about whether it is true or false? Who really knows if it is true? Who really knows that it is fake? Even if he is the current Holy Emperor, he probably doesn't know the truth or falsehood of many things.

Just like the eighth prince, whether he is a human or a ghost, does the emperor really know? That is not necessarily the case.

However, looking at these princes, the first three princes are useless, and generally the emperor does not like them. Only the eighth prince is okay.

Therefore, the old emperor simply changed his way of thinking to get information. As for the selection of martial arts champions, he did not care at all. His mind was all on the matter of establishing a crown prince.

Originally, the crown prince was to be established later, but the empress dowager insisted that he establish a crown prince, fearing that the position of the eldest prince would be taken away by someone else, and the old emperor was considered a more filial person, so he established a crown prince, but problems arose after the establishment of the crown prince. Originally, establishing a crown prince was a good thing, so that the prince could get familiar with the affairs of the court earlier, but Li Da suddenly appeared halfway.

So, even if it is a royal family, it is difficult for an honest official to judge family affairs. The old emperor was very troubled by this. He hated Li Da, but didn't Li Da hate him? Back then, Li Da was much better than him in all aspects. Why did he lose his qualification as the crown prince after Zhong Jian Dao asked him a question?

Then again, the old emperor couldn't get anything directly, so he asked in a roundabout way.

"What do you think of the Eighth Son?"

This Eighth Son naturally refers to the Eighth Prince. The old emperor is too lazy to say anything about the prince or the grandson of the emperor.

He felt it was not auspicious. He was even a little tired of living in this palace for his whole life. Therefore, he wanted to talk to the head of Zhong Jian Dao about this matter from the perspective of an ordinary person.

"What do you mean?"

The head of Zhong Jian Dao was a little surprised. He didn't expect that the second emperor actually mentioned the Eighth Prince.

The Eighth Prince is very low-key. Even the head of Zhong Jian Dao doesn't have a deep impression of him.

"Of course, it's his character."

The old emperor didn't beat around the bush.

But the head of Zhongjiandao looked at him and said, "This has nothing to do with character. Asking for the answer will decide the result. Of course, if you insist on choosing him, that's fine. We are just offering a suggestion."

"Look at what you said. Can I not trust you? It's just that I'm not very reassured."

The old emperor still said these sincere words in front of this head.

When Asking for the answer chose him, it didn't mean that he could take the position. He also needed to go through a series of tests. The two sides got along for a while and traveled together in the world. Finally, they could get Zhongjiandao's fair evaluation and then hand it over to the emperor for the final decision.

Therefore, asking for the answer is the first level, and training is the second level. Of course, if you can't pass the first level of Asking for the answer, there is definitely nothing to say about the rest.