The Buddha is actually me

Chapter 573: Traveling Across the Nine Provinces to Kill the Master
Yue Ling found it a little hard to believe. Zhuge Jianzheng had a very good relationship with the late emperor. They grew up together and were a perfect match between monarch and subject, and they trusted each other.

It is said that when the previous emperor passed away, Zhuge Jianzheng was so heartbroken that he vomited three liters of blood. His old illness flared up and he was in a coma for seven days and seven nights and almost died.

But now, she began to doubt this loyalty.

"Long Hu, Xiao Jiu, I know what you are thinking, but Yao Ji and I are just friends of gentlemen, and we have never done anything inappropriate. When she became the queen, even this friendship of gentlemen no longer existed."

Zhuge Yunhu smiled bitterly and said, "Please don't spread what I said today. I don't care about fame, but if I ruin Yao Ji's reputation, I will die a hundred times."

Zhang Jiuyang and Yue Ling looked at each other, then nodded and said, "We will never reveal a single word of what we talked about today. Senior Zhuge, please tell us everything about Empress Zhaoyuan."

"Well, whatever. Since you have already investigated this far, there is nothing to hide."

Zhuge Yunhu gently put down the scroll in his hand.

Zhang Jiuyang noticed that he, who always liked to read erotic books and was always frivolous, did not even dare to touch the face in the portrait of Empress Zhaoyuan with his fingers, as if he was afraid of desecrating her.

"Let me tell you a story."

Zhuge Yunhu's eyes showed a look of reminiscence, and he said, "There was a pair of brothers who grew up together, studied together, and practiced together. They had the same aspirations. Although they were not blood brothers, they were better than family members."

"The older one is determined to inherit the family business and carry it forward, while the younger one wants to assist him, start a business, and restore the glory of his ancestors."

After hearing this, Zhang Jiuyang already knew that the pair of brothers that Senior Zhuge mentioned, the older one was the late emperor, and the younger one was himself.

"But they soon discovered that this home was not as warm and prosperous as they had imagined. Instead, it was filled with terrible dangers and was a dangerous building that could collapse at any time."

Zhang Jiuyang's eyes moved, and he asked, "What do you mean by that?"

The "home" undoubtedly refers to Daqian, but Daqian at that time was not in a critical situation, right?

Zhuge Yunhu looked deep in his eyes and said in a deep voice, "Because the two brothers were surprised to find that the old master of this family had long been reduced to a puppet, a puppet, and the real master was a man called Sizhu."

Zhang Jiuyang was shocked. Could it be that the Chief Secretary back then had already secretly controlled the Daqian court?
"The Sizhu is extremely mysterious and terrifying. He has been in control of the Daqian court for who knows how long. Even the old master has to obey him."

"The two brothers knew then that the only way to save this family was to kill the Sizhu first!"

Zhuge Yunhu slowly revealed the secret that had been buried for a long time, which shocked Zhang Jiuyang and Yue Ling.

The Daqian back then was actually controlled by that Sizhu?
The first thing the late emperor had to do if he wanted to save the country was to find a way to kill Si Zhu.

It's a bit like Kangxi and Oboi...

"For this purpose, the younger brother began a long journey, traveling all over the world, looking for extraordinary people, while the older brother deliberately concealed his incompetence, endured humiliation and pretended to be obedient."

Hearing this, Zhang Jiuyang suddenly realized that Senior Zhuge had met General Yue during his travels. It turned out that they traveled around the world not only to broaden their horizons, but also to recruit capable people for the late emperor so as to get rid of the Lord Si who controlled the Daqian country.

Now it seems that it should have been eliminated, otherwise there would not have been the subsequent revival, and there would have been no Immortal Wine.

This solved one of Zhang Jiuyang's doubts. Zhuge Yu once said that Si Zhu voluntarily died because of his loyalty to the late emperor and was cruelly brewed into immortal wine.

But if it was really voluntary, how could the human skin left behind be so full of violence and give rise to an evil spirit like the Painted Skin Master who kills people like crazy?

Now it seems that the late emperor must have killed Sizhu together with many masters. There must have been a shocking war in the capital, but all traces have been wiped out. The only problem is that the late emperor was already old when he brewed the immortal wine, but he seemed to be young when he killed Sizhu.

This means that the late emperor probably did not kill Si Zhu directly at that time, but imprisoned him, and only used him to make immortal wine when his life was about to end.

But in this thrilling game, what role did Yao Ji, the Empress Zhaoyuan, play?
"That young brother traveled all over the country, even to the Yellow Sands of the Western Regions and the Snow Mountains of Northern Liao. He took great pains and finally invited countless experts to ambush and kill the Master."

"Before he took action, he wasted twenty years of his life to calculate a divination, and the divination showed that he would die with no chance of survival."

There was a trace of emotion in Zhuge Yunhu's eyes. Even today, when he recalls the scene when he saw the hexagram, he still can't help but feel a wave of emotion.

Ten years of hard work and twenty years of life, in the end, what you get is a sign of inevitable failure.

Zhang Jiuyang looked at Zhuge Yunhu's head full of white hair and wrinkled skin. With his cultivation at the peak of the sixth realm, he should not be so old and haggard.

One can imagine how much effort was spent back then.

"Fortunately, there is always a way out. Just when the brothers were on the verge of despair and were ready to fight to the death, a strange phenomenon occurred in the sky, and a star descended on Mount Taixuan."

"The younger brother is good at astrology. He saw that this was a sign of good fortune after bad times, so he went to Taixuan Mountain with his brother to look for that elusive ray of hope."

Zhang Jiuyang's eyes flashed, and he asked, "Did they meet a woman?"

Zhuge Yunhu nodded and said, "That woman's name is Yao Ji. She is very beautiful, and her speech and opinions are not like those of ordinary people. Most importantly, she is very powerful, powerful enough to compete with the Lord."

"No one knows where Yao Ji came from, and no one knows her life experience or background. She is like a ray of light sent by God, illuminating the endless darkness."

Zhang Jiuyang showed a strange look in his eyes and said, "Aren't you afraid that Yao Ji will become the second Sizhu?"

Zhuge Yunhu shook his head and smiled, saying: "If you had seen Yao Ji in person, you would never say such a thing."

"Anyone with good intentions, as long as they spend half a day with her, will definitely believe in her without hesitation. She seems to have some kind of magic..."

A look of nostalgia appeared in Zhuge Yunhu's eyes again, and his old face seemed to be glowing.

"With the help of Yao Ji, the brothers successfully defeated Si Zhu, imprisoned him, and obtained shocking news from him."

"what news?"

Zhuge Yunhu's voice paused, and then slowly sounded.

"The seemingly unfathomable Sizhu who managed the Daqian state for hundreds of years turned out to be just another person's shadow and puppet."

Zhang Jiuyang seemed to have some guesses, and subconsciously sat up straight, concentrating and holding his breath.

"That person is called Tianzun."

Zhuge Yunhu's eyes were deep, and he sighed: "That was also the first time I heard... the name of Tianzun."

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(End of this chapter)