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Chapter 1287: The old problem of saying one thing and doing another

Yun Chu said: "You should be able to cut off these things that you don't like."

Xue Rengui shook his head and said, "Your Majesty has not issued any decree, but only asked me to guard the gates. You know, if others want to deal with you, and you don't show your attitude, the people around you will leave you because of fear and other reasons. As long as Your Majesty does not issue any decree, the people around me will be reduced. As of today, there are only a thousand guards left who listen to me. I don't even know if these thousand guards were left for me."

Yun Chu looked at the Jiucheng Palace a mile away and said, "In other words, this palace is under your control, right?"

Xue Rengui laughed loudly and said, "Your Majesty, the Queen, and the Crown Prince are inside. What do you think a mere outsider like me can do? Yun Chu, do you still want to go in now?"

After hearing what Xue Rengui said, Yun Chu understood that this guy was determined to be buried alive with the emperor.

Yun Chu looked at Xue Rengui suspiciously and decided to stay away from this guy. The next action of a guy who was determined to die was unpredictable. Yun Chu was a little worried that he would be dragged into being a loyal minister and a filial son by this guy.

"Jiucheng Palace is just ahead. If you go in, it will be difficult to get out." Xue Rengui was still chattering there.

Yun Chu said: "I am going to take these celebrating people in to welcome His Majesty."

Xue Rengui said: "If you go in, you will be a minister of the Tang Dynasty. If you bring so many people in with you, you will be a traitor to the Tang Dynasty."

Yun Chu was surprised and asked, "Who said that?"

Xue Rengui stepped forward and said, "You led more than 100,000 people into His Majesty's bedroom for no reason. If you are not a traitor, what else can you be? Yun Chu, you have no intention of rebelling. I know this very well. However, if you lead your troops in, I will have to stop you."

Yun Chu patted his forehead and said, "You knew I had no intention of rebelling, so you stood at the door to stop me. You turned a blind eye to the evil thieves who were plotting rebellion walking around in Jiucheng Palace. Tell me, is it my head that is wrong, or is it yours?"

Xue Rengui said: "Your Majesty ordered me to guard Jiucheng Palace."

Yun Chu took one look at Xue Rengui and didn't want to talk to him anymore. Although this man seemed to be alive now, he was actually dead after he let the queen enter Jiucheng Palace.

The Jiucheng Palace, which Yun Chu could not enter, posed no obstacle to Master Xuanzang and the Immortal Sun. When Master Xuanzang's carriage arrived, Xue Rengui did not stop them and watched the mighty group of monks in bronze armor enter the Jiucheng Palace.

Master Xuanzang's carriage stopped in front of Yun Chu, and he wrote a swastika on Yun Chu's forehead with an ink pen. Then the carriage set off again and went straight into Jiucheng Palace.

Yun Chu said to Xue Rengui, "Those monks are wearing heavy armor, holding copper clubs, and have powerful crossbows on their backs. Are you going to let these thugs into your majesty's residence?"

Xue Rengui clasped his hands together and said, "Amitabha..."

Yun Chu smiled and stood aside. A moment later, Sun Simiao's carriage also arrived in front of Jiucheng Palace. He also paused in front of Yun Chu, looked at the swastika on Yun Chu's forehead and said, "Do you understand?"

Yun Chu cupped his hands and said, "Disciple, I don't know."

Sun Simiao raised his hand and tapped the swastika on Yun Chu's forehead and said, "Do you know the meaning of this swastika?"

Yun Chu said: “It means ‘a place where auspiciousness gathers’.

Sun Simiao sighed and said, "That's wrong. The way of heaven rotates to the left, and the way of earth rotates to the right."

Yun Chu laughed dryly and said, "Master Xuanzang might not agree with this explanation."

Sun Simiao asked again: "What should humanity do?"

Yun Chu frowned and said, "The swastika symbol does not involve the theory of humanity. The theory of humanity is the essence of Taoism."

Sun Simiao waved his sleeves and said, "Humanity is natural..."

Yun Chu looked at Xue Rengui, who looked like a zombie, and then looked at the huge crowd behind him, frowned and said, "I don't understand."

Sun Simiao smiled and said, “Both Buddhism and Taoism are explaining and verifying gods and Buddhas, but it is up to people to believe in gods and Buddhas. If people believe in gods and Buddhas, then gods and Buddhas exist and are meaningful. If people do not believe in them, then gods and Buddhas do not exist and there is no need for them to exist.

Therefore, humanity is natural. "

After Sun Simiao casually explained a few words to Yun Chu, he hurriedly brought a group of Taoists into Jiucheng Palace.

Yun Chu watched the old immortal enter Jiucheng Palace, and then said to Xue Rengui: "Master Xuanzang and Immortal Sun both support me to handle the affairs of Jiucheng Palace according to my family's wishes. What do you think? Do you want to follow me?"

Xue Rengui shook his head and said, "As long as I am still here, you can't be ranked first."

Yun Chu said angrily: "You want to fight with me?"

Xue Rengui took the lance off his warhorse, pointed at Yun Chu and said, "I only want to die. It is better to die in your hands than in the hands of a traitor."

Yun Chu slowly backed away, came to the black horse, took off his lance, pointed at Xue Rengui and said: "You can die or not, as long as you don't block my way. Even if you drown in a pee, it has nothing to do with me."

The horse lances in the hands of Xue Rengui and Yun Chu were both high-end weapons that took master craftsmen ten years to make. Each horse lance was eighteen feet long. When the two horse lances were pointed at each other, people within a ten-foot range quickly retreated to make a spacious enough fighting area for the two of them.

Xue Rengui's wooden face finally showed some changes, and he said to Yun Chu: "I will do my best, you must not hold back, otherwise, you will be the one to die."

Yun Chu looked at Xue Rengui, who was leaning forward with his spear and body combined, and said, "You mean to say that all the arrogant soldiers and brave generals of Jiucheng Palace are just for me, right?"

Xue Rengui shook the lance, and the red tassel on the back of the long lance blade slowly rotated until the red tassel turned into a red shadow. Xue Rengui then said: "The lives of the 96 members of the Xue family have caused the shame of our family today. Yunchu, accept your death..."

Seeing Xue Rengui rushing towards him with a lance in hand, Yun Chu turned around to look at Wen Rou who was not far away, and saw Wen Rou holding a musket and pulling the trigger at Xue Rengui.

"With a loud bang, Xue Rengui's leg suddenly softened as he rushed forward, and he fell to the ground with a bang. Even so, his body only touched the ground for a moment before he jumped up again. While he was in mid-air, his horse lance struck Yun Chu's face like a long dragon.

Yun Chu raised his left hand wearing an iron glove and grabbed the spear blade that was rushing towards him. This shocked the people watching the battle around him. Xue Rengui's horse spear could penetrate gold and stone. Even if Yun Chu's iron glove was made of fine steel, he would most likely suffer a great loss if he encountered Xue Rengui's horse spear.

Seeing Yun Chu grabbing the lance with one hand with disdain on his face, everyone couldn't bear to see the tragedy that was about to happen, and turned their heads, but heard another crisp sound. Xue Rengui, who was as fast as a flying bird, fell from mid-air like a bird with a broken wing. This time, after landing, Xue Rengui lost the strength to continue fighting.

Yun Chu's left hand, which was wearing an iron glove, firmly grasped the lance blade. Facing Xue Rengui who looked up at him in surprise, he freed his other hand, grabbed the lance blade with both hands, exerted force suddenly, broke the lance blade, and casually threw the broken horse lance at Xue Rengui and said, "Keep it as a souvenir."

Xue Rengui looked at his right arm and left leg which were bleeding, then raised his head to look at Yun Chu and said, "I didn't expect that I can't even defeat you in one round."

Yun Chu sneered and said, "It's actually a good idea that you chose to be buried alive with the dead. It would be a pity not to use old, obsolete, and outdated things as burial objects."

After Yun Chu finished speaking, he ignored Xue Rengui who was extremely sad, jumped on his black horse, pointed his spear at the nearby Jiucheng Palace, and shouted loudly: "Now, I will enter Jiucheng Palace, and anyone who stands in my way will die!"

The black horse neighed like thunder and rushed straight to Jiucheng Palace like a meteor.

Xue Rengui, who had fallen to the dust, watched Yun Chu and his ninety-nine personal guards running wildly towards Jiucheng Palace, which was a mile away. He could not help but sigh and said to Wen Rou who came over, "There are not enough people."

Wenrou used a knife to dig the bullet out of Xue Rengui's leg while saying to Xue Rengui who was almost fainted from the pain: "These 100 people are enough to kill the generals and seize the flags in an army of 1 million. They are enough to fight back and forth in an army of 100,000."

Xue Rengui's mouth trembled for a long time before he said, "It's a pity that Yun Chu has no chance to be a loyal minister or a filial son in this life."

Wenrou sneered and applied a little force to the hand that was bandaging the wound. At the moment when Xue Rengui was about to faint from the pain, Wenrou whispered, "He has never been a loyal minister or a filial son... It's just that the current Li family treats the people well... Otherwise... hehehe."

The gentle words made Xue Rengui, who was already unconscious, sweat break out on his forehead.

Wu Mei stood on the top of the city wall and watched Yun Chu lead his guards to charge towards Jiucheng Palace amid the shouts of the crowd. The gatekeeper asked for orders to quickly close the palace gate, but Wu Mei did not say anything and asked Yun Jin, who was in charge of guarding the city gate, "Do you think the palace gate should be closed?"

Yun Jin, who was wearing armor, stood ten steps away and bowed to Wu Mei, saying, "Otherwise, something unspeakable will happen."

Wu Mei waved her hand and said, "Then go and close the palace gates."

Yun Jin bowed and agreed, then stood aside. As for the palace gate, not only did it continue to be wide open, the two heavy doors were even blocked by sandbags by the soldiers.

Wu Mei said to Yun Jin: "Close the palace gates."

Yun Jin still bowed respectfully and said, "I obey your command." But his body remained motionless.

Wu Mei watched Yun Chu's troops enter the palace gate like a ferocious beast and head straight for Jiucheng Palace. She sighed and said to Yun Jin, "You Yun family members are really not consistent in what you say."

Yun Jin raised her head and smiled, "Isn't the Queen worried?"

Wu Mei sneered and said, "Since Yunchu sent you to my side, you have no intention of harming me. Tell me, what does your Yun family want?"

Yun Jin shook his head and said, "I have already reported this to the Queen. My father's purpose in entering Jiucheng Palace this time is only to repay the friendship of Your Majesty. He does not want anything else."

Wu Mei sneered and said, "That's right. The most dazzling pearl in the crown of the Tang Dynasty is already in the hands of you and your son. There is really nothing in the Tang Dynasty that can arouse your interest."

Yun Jin shook her head and said, "The Queen is wrong. Chang'an belongs to the Tang Dynasty and even more so to the people of the Tang Dynasty. It definitely does not belong to any one person. My father sincerely hopes that Your Majesty can return the capital to Chang'an, and welcomes His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to make Chang'an the capital in the future. Apart from that, there is nothing else."

Wu Mei slowly descended the palace wall. Seeing that Yun Jin did not follow, she turned around and said, "Don't you want to see how your father will humiliate me?"

Yun Jin said somewhat embarrassedly: "You are my child's elder, it is my duty to hide for you."

Wu Mei said with an incomprehensible expression: "Your father is really an idiot. He actually treats all the warriors in the world as nothing and dares to break into the palace with just 100 people."

Yun Jin said worriedly: "Bringing personal guards into the palace is at most disrespectful, but bringing 100,000 people into the palace is a rebellion."

After Wu Mei got the information she wanted, she ignored Yun Jin and took her boss and a group of people to the depths of Jiucheng Palace.