Changsheng: I have been in Jiaofang Division for thousands of years

Chapter 43 Spiritual Breath

The seven years of Emperor Ming Yuan's ascension to the throne were seven years of frenzy and extravagance.

Under his tossing, the huge national power accumulated during the new Emperor Chu was quickly exhausted.

Just seven years later, the treasury has been emptied.

But Emperor Ming Yuan didn't feel that he had done anything wrong.

Under the single-minded flattery of those favored ministers he promoted, he still thought that he was an emperor through the ages, and his actions became more and more unrestrained.

In the later period, Emperor Ming Yuan even started to increase taxes in order to gather money for his own enjoyment, which caused complaints among the people.

However, the Ming Yuan Emperor and the new Chu Emperor still have one thing in common.

That is, in their harem, there is only one queen and no other concubines.

But this is not a good thing for Queen Yuwen Piaoxu.

Because as Emperor Ming Yuan became more and more absurd, the court and the public suddenly began to spread the scheming obscenities that the empress only favored the harem.

Some people even said that Emperor Ming and Yuan had been extravagant and extravagant all these years, but in fact it was the empress who encouraged him behind his back.

No matter where these rumors came from, in short, Yuwen Piaoxu gradually became the demon queen in people's mouth, causing troubles to the court.

However, Emperor Ming Yuan's stupidity gave another person a chance.

In the past seven years, King Su has been secretly planning to develop his own power.

Under deliberate actions, he gradually became a virtuous king praised by the world, and his influence between the ruling and opposition parties became greater and greater.

Department of Education.

Singing and laughing in the lobby of the neon clothes class.

On the stage, the chief oiran lady in neon clothes danced lightly.

She was wearing a red gauze with cloud sleeves, she moved her long sleeves lightly and danced in lotus steps, just like a fairy descending from the sky, which attracted applause from all the halls.

Zhao Mu sat alone in the corner, with a pot of tea and several plates of snacks on the table.

While admiring the graceful dance of the oiran, he drank tea and sipped snacks, enjoying himself lazily.

Suddenly a voice came from behind: "You live a leisurely life these days. I don't think anyone in the entire capital is as comfortable as you."

A handsome and fair young man came over.

He seemed to be very familiar with Zhao Mu, sat down unceremoniously, picked up the teapot and drank it clean.

Zhao Mu was speechless: "Hey, that's the top-quality water rhyme dragon source, a pot costs hundreds of taels of silver, and you actually drink it like a buffalo, it's a waste of money."

"Isn't it just a hundred taels of silver? This girl will give it to you later."

That's right, this young man is not a man, but Zhou Yue disguised as a man.

"If you believe me, there will be ghosts. How many good wines and teas have you taken away from me over the years, and when did you give me money?"

Zhao Mu snorted: "Why are you dressed up like this today? Which little lady did you go to have a private meeting with?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? This girl is a little lady, and she has a private meeting with a little lady!"

Zhou Yue rolled her eyes and said.

This girl really doesn't look like a girl, she can speak vulgarly.

"The master asked me to go to the army and catch a guy who was greedy for military pay. It is inconvenient to wear women's clothes in the army, so I changed into men's clothes."

Zhou Yue sighed: "Hey, this is the eighth official I've arrested in the past two months who was greedy for military pay. If we don't rectify military affairs, I'm afraid the army of our Great Jin Dynasty will be rotten."

"It's more than just the army."

Zhao Mu shook his head: "Since that senior brother of yours ascended the throne, the entire imperial court has started to fester rapidly. If this nonsense continues, I'm afraid his throne will be lost."

"Funjun! The first emperor was a wise ruler who loved the people like a son. How did he give birth to such a thing?"

Zhou Yue gritted her teeth with hatred: "It's a pity that the Queen Mother's health has become worse and worse these years, otherwise, with her persuasion, maybe the brother can still be more peaceful?"

You may never count on that old woman.

Zhao Mu released the sound-hearing Gu, and the real picture of the entire capital gradually appeared in his mind.

Royal Palace.

In the Empress Dowager's bedroom, a white-haired old woman was lying on the bed and sleeping.

I don't know, is it because of the loss of the Demon Blood Jade?

Since seven years ago, the evil spirit in the queen mother's body has been backlashed, and it has begun to increase sharply.

At first, the queen mother was able to deal with things consciously, but then she couldn't.

Especially in the past three or four years, although the queen mother is still alive, she often falls into a coma due to the backlash of evil spirit.

For at least 20 days a month, she was lying in bed and lethargic.

Even when she wakes up, she is still groggy, not to mention dissuading Emperor Ming Yuan, even if she can speak normally, she rarely speaks.

But don't look at the empress dowager being so weak, but her body's instincts are on guard against any approaching danger.

Two years ago, Zhao Mu sneaked into the palace secretly, wanting to check the situation of the Queen Mother.

Unexpectedly, before she got close, the sleepy queen mother suddenly woke up and turned into a demon to attack.

Fortunately, he reacted quickly at that time, turned around and left when he saw something was wrong, otherwise he would have to suffer serious injuries in the face of the demonized queen mother.

"Don't worry, we still have to wait until the queen mother dies, or my strength is strong enough to kill her, and then study her body."

Zhao Mu muttered in his heart.

Zhou Yue complained for a while, then left.

And after the lady in neon clothes finished her last dance, Zhao Mu also went to ask Liang Jian for leave, and then left the capital.

The Yaoxueyu is really weird, and it often makes big noises when researching it.

Even the demonic aura spreading out may cause the empress dowager to notice.

So it was troublesome, when Zhao Mu conducted research these years, he would go to find a secluded place outside the capital.

In the woods where the master once broke through.

Zhao Mu sat cross-legged in the open space and took out the Demon Blood Jade.

I saw the crystal clear, blood-red evil jade, exuding a strong and weird monster aura, which made people confused.

Although the research progress has been slow in recent years, he is not completely without gains.

Recently, he discovered that as long as he uses his true qi to wrap a large amount of sravaka Gu, he can form a special filter.

After passing through this layer of filter, the demonic energy emitted by the Yaoxueyu will be filtered out, leaving only the pure spiritual breath.

The quality of these spiritual breaths far surpasses the true energy of martial arts.

As long as he absorbs and refines it, he can quickly improve his cultivation.

It's just that the efficiency of this method of purifying the evil energy is too low, and the spiritual energy obtained is too little, and most of the evil energy will be wasted.

"The old hag is about to die, and when the time comes to get her body for research, we should be able to find a better way to purify the evil spirit."

Zhao Mu said to himself.

He shook his head, closed his eyes and began to concentrate on absorbing spiritual energy.

Half a year passed quickly.

In the past six months, Zhao Mu spent most of his time practicing in the woods, and only occasionally went back to the teaching workshop to show his head, so as not to let others think that he quit.

The spiritual aura was indeed powerful, and Zhao Mu could clearly feel his own strength improving by leaps and bounds in just half a year.

The growth of zhenqi is second, the main reason is the growth of the physical body.

Zhao Mu felt that his physical strength now seemed to have surpassed the level of a master.

I don't know if he can beat the Martial Saint, but at least when he faces the Empress Dowager again, he feels that he can win the battle.

Now, what I lack is one, the right time to kill the Queen Mother.

Chapter 44

Beijing.

A monk in cassock came to the gate of the palace.

The monk is about six to seventy years old, with two white longevity eyebrows, long hanging down his face, looking like a benevolent and eminent monk.

He took out a token and handed it to the imperial army: "The poor monk Dajinlunguo withered leaves, was invited to the palace to heal the queen mother, and please pass it on to your lord."

"Are you Zen Master Withered Leaf?"

The imperial guard looked at the old monk in surprise.

Zen Master Kuye is a wandering monk from the Great Golden Wheel Kingdom, a congenital master.

In today's world, the nine great masters are all from the Great Jin Dynasty, and neither the Great Jinlun Kingdom nor the Southern Xinjiang Five Poison Sect has masters at the Grand Master level.

In terms of martial arts cultivation, Zen Master Kuye was far from the top in the Jin Dynasty.

But he is one of the best famous doctors in the Three Kingdoms.

In today's world, his medical skills are almost comparable to that of Mu Kongcheng, the king of medicine more than 200 years ago.

Therefore, no matter in the Great Jinlun Kingdom or the Great Jin Dynasty, Zen Master Kuye is highly respected.

In recent years, I heard that Zen Master Kuye has been traveling in the Great Jin Dynasty.

Unexpectedly, the other party actually came to the capital and was invited to treat the Queen Mother?

"Chan Master wait a moment, I will report to the Queen Mother."

"It's time for you, my lord."

……

Zhao Mu was practicing in the woods when he suddenly heard a rush of horseshoes outside the woods.

"Strange, this forest is located in a remote place, how could someone come here?"

Zhao Mu put away the demon blood jade, got up and walked outside.

Outside the woods, a group of thousands of cavalry was galloping fast, and the leader was Zhou Yue.

"Zhao Jinyan, why are you here?"

Zhou Yue saw Zhao Mu at a glance.

"I'm bored in the capital, so I went out to find a secluded place for two days. What about you, what are you doing here with soldiers?"

Zhao Mu asked back.

"You search the woods first, remember, don't let go of any clues."

"Yes, my lord."

The cavalry entered the woods and began a careful search.

But Zhou Yue dismounted, walked up to Zhao Mu, and sat down on a big rock.

"Hey, I'm here to find a group of children."

"Child? What kid?" Zhao Mu was puzzled.

"Over the years, the outside world has always known that the queen mother is suffering from a serious illness, but they don't know what the illness is?"

"A few days ago, the Empress Dowager was seriously ill again, and invited Zen Master Kuye from the Great Golden Wheel Kingdom to come to the palace for treatment. That old bald donkey has some skills. He used the supernatural power of subduing demons and combined with medicine to temporarily stabilize the Empress Dowager's condition."

"The queen mother trusted the old bald donkey very much. After knowing that the other party was only suppressing the disease, she asked the old bald donkey how to cure it."

"I didn't expect that old bald donkey to propose an extremely vicious treatment method. He actually wanted to use the hearts of 360 virgin boys and girls to refine the childlike life extension pill, which he said could completely cure the Queen Mother's condition."

"The most hateful thing is that the Empress Dowager announced on the surface that this method is too harmful and would never be used, but she secretly sent people to look for suitable virgins everywhere."

"None of the dignitaries in the court dared to intervene in this matter. After all, they didn't dare to offend the Queen Mother, but I couldn't see it, so I took people inside and outside the capital to look for places where they hid their children."

"But it's a pity. I've searched all over the capital, but I haven't found any clues. I don't know where the old bald donkey and the old witch hid the children?"

Zhao Mu was furious when he heard that.