Blade of Wind

By this time almost five years had passed since my ascension to the throne.

The land of Fangguo is full of vigorous vitality and flourishing day by day.The common people live and work in peace and contentment, have ample food and clothing, the court works hard, and the politics is clear.

Several rivers have been managed very well, and the newly planted trees have regained the rudimentary form of the forest.

Schools and hospitals spread to every village and town.Everyone has the opportunity to participate in the selection of talents in the country.Every state has set up a large library open to all free of charge.The research and development of the Technology Development Bureau has greatly improved the standards of all walks of life.The treasury is also gradually filling up.

But just when everyone was rejoicing at such achievements and thought the future was bright, Ah Ao fell ill.

Fever, weakness, brown blotches appeared on the skin.

Both the imperial doctor and Xiu Huang confirmed that it was indeed a disease of injustice.

The disease of losing morality is that the monarch deviates from the kingly way, is unkind and unrighteous, and implements rebellious government, causing the people to suffer. In order to warn the faint king, Qilin will suffer from such a strange disease.There is no cure.

There are only two ways to recover.One is to immediately find the root cause of the chaos, set things right, repent and rehabilitate, and go back to the broad road of diligent government and loving the people.The other is that the king who lost his way went up to Pengshan Mountain, pleaded guilty to the Emperor of Heaven, and exchanged his own life for the chance of Qilin to live.

Everyone was very surprised, never thought that Ao would suffer from the disease of loss of morality at this time.

Even Yuexi couldn't help asking in amazement: "Why?"

The matter was kept under wraps.

But most of Fangguo's political affairs are handled by big names, if he keeps not showing his face, I'm afraid he won't be able to hide it for a long time.And as long as you show your face, people will see that you have lost your way.

At first, Yuexi guessed whether it was because she was too tired, so she let Ao take a good rest.

But doing nothing and not getting better.

This is really unreasonable.

I privately guessed, "Is it because we have committed a taboo by secretly becoming a husband and wife?"

Xiu Huang shook his head, "If it was because of that, he would have lost his way three years ago."

"Because we helped Dai Guo?"

"That level shouldn't be a problem. The Yan Kingdom has helped the Qing Kingdom and us far more, and we haven't seen King Yan lose his way."

"Is that because we have raised a group of demons in captivity?"

"That was also three years ago."

But recently... there really isn't anything going against the grain.Although I am not a very capable monarch, I can still tell the difference between the serious and the serious. I haven't been particularly messy recently, and I even have a good private life. The handsome guy didn't even look at it.

The point is... Ordinarily, Kirin is a reflection of the people's hearts. Obviously, the people of Fangguo are happily striving for a well-off life. It is too late to be grateful, so how can he get sick?

In the end, Ah Ao found the reason himself: "...Because Fangguo is developing too fast."

"What?" I opened my eyes wide, "Can this be wrong? It's a crime to develop fast? What's the point?"

Ao said: "Do you remember, we have said before that the social form of the Twelve Kingdoms seems to have been cut off at a certain stage. It will always stay in the category of small-scale peasant economy. We develop New tools, improved new seeds, Shenghe has even started to study steam engines since last month. If we go on, we will almost reach the stage of the industrial revolution in history. Perhaps, the Emperor of Heaven cannot allow this.”

"But what's wrong?" I frowned. "Isn't it a good thing to increase productivity? Do people have to face the loess for the rest of their lives and work hard 360 days a year to get enough food and clothing?"

"He is probably afraid that advanced technology will liberate people from the land and shake the foundation of the country."

Well, they told me very early on that land is the foundation of a country here.The policy has always been to emphasize agriculture and suppress business.When I brought the books back from there, Yuexi also came to persuade me, saying that if some books were made public, it would cause panic among the people.At that time, I hid the relevant parts of history and philosophy, but I didn't expect that such a purely technical attempt would lead to this kind of result.

I suddenly wanted to laugh.

Before that, Li Guang told me that there are many Haike kings who want to reform from the beginning, but the result is not long-term.

It's only now that I finally understand why I can't get up for a long time.

It turns out that Ah Ao got this disorder, not because we did anything wrong.

But because the Emperor of Heaven is afraid!

They are afraid that we will break through his limitations, that we will shake his authority, that we will arouse the people's autonomy, and that we will usher in a new era.

Originally, I thought that if I understood what went wrong, I would quickly correct it. One or two new policies and so on would not be as important as Ah Ao's life, but now I have no choice.

Even if I am willing to burn down the library, destroy the Technology Development Bureau and let Fangguo go back to five years ago, I can't stand the fact that all kinds of knowledge have already been instilled in the minds of tens of millions of people. Is it possible to kill them all? Light?Even if we killed all these people from Fangguo, we sold a lot of our products abroad, and there will always be people who remember that there was a king of Haike who brought countless new knowledge and new technologies that almost caused an industrial revolution.

Therefore, the Heavenly Emperor could only use thunder to tell the world that Ouyang Jie was wrong.She lost her way.People in the future should not learn from her.

So no matter how we try to save it now, we have to die.

I laughed and said to Aao: "I'm going to Pengshan, can you go with me?"

Xiu Huang stood up abruptly, "My lord..." He just yelled, but didn't say anything, just looked at me, worried and reluctant.

"Don't worry, I didn't commit suicide." I patted his hand with a smile, "I'm going to Xingshi to question the crime."

Xiu Huang was taken aback.

Ah Tian jumped onto my shoulder, "Fighting is my favorite. I'll go with you."

"Okay." I nodded, "Ah Tian and Qinglong will follow me, Xiuhuang you stay."

"My lord." Xiu Huang called out a little dissatisfied.

"I have something else to ask of you, only you can do it." I took his hand, "If, I mean, if, in case we don't come back, you must protect the library for me, and want to There is a way to spread the contents of those books. This time there is no need to restrict, military history, philosophy and religion don’t matter, let them spread to every corner of the Twelve Kingdoms.”

Before Xiuhuang could speak, Ao burst out laughing, "You really are..."

Didn't the Emperor of Heaven say to govern the country with benevolence and righteousness?Kill all the people who have read these books benevolently?Benevolently recast this world again?

Even if you can't beat him, it's okay to disgust him.

Xiu Huang also laughed and nodded, "I will definitely keep those books safe. However, I still hope that the Lord and Taifu can come back safely."

"Yeah." I responded, greeted Qinglong to put Aao on his back, and was ready to go.

Xiu Huang escorted us to the door, and I turned around and gave him a hug.

We have known each other for almost five years, and we have been husband and wife for more than three years. Now that we leave... Ah Ao and the others will really live and die with me. Although I asked him to stay with Xiu Huang, I thought maybe it would be just this day People are separated forever, and I still feel a little bit sad.

I sighed softly and raised my head to kiss him.

Xiu Huang avoided me.

I frowned slightly, "Xiu Huang..."

This time...it is said to go to Xingshi to inquire about the crime, but in the end it is still to die.How stingy you don't even give me a parting kiss.

Xiu Huang took my hand and kissed my fingertips lightly. "This is the deposit. The rest... I'll ask for it when you come back."

At that time, it was like going back to four years ago, when Xiu Huang and Xiu Huang went to their respective battlefields outside Pusu City.

I laughed and nodded heavily.

"it is good."

Although Ah Ao was ill, but before I abdicated, I was still the king of Fang, and I was qualified to fly directly from the sea of ​​clouds to Pengshan.

Going out this time is not a good thing, I only confessed to Yuexi.

Even though I've had my doubts about him for several years, I have to say that having him around is really reassuring.Regardless of whether we come back this time, Fangguo has him, at least there should be no problem until the new king ascends the throne.

To my surprise, Ah Deng rushed over before flying too far.

I stopped riding the beast, looked at the young man opposite, and said with a smile: "Running out from Qingyin Mountain without authorization, you can kill without mercy."

Ah Deng smiled, "If something happens to you, Qingyin Mountain will become a joke."

...isn't it?

I signed the contract, and I am the only one who can restrain those monsters.They would not recognize someone else as King Fang, and the new King Fang might not be able to tolerate Qingyin Mountain.

So I asked, "So what? What do you want?"

"Are you going to Mount Peng?" Ah Deng jumped to my side, "I haven't been to the Yellow Sea yet, and I've never seen a fairy. I'll go with you."

"I went to fight."

"That's just right, I've long since disliked those lofty immortals."

Anyway, if you are going to fight, who would think that there are too many helpers?

I took him with me and flew all the way from Yunhai to Pengshan.I wanted to go straight to the Tiandi Temple on the top of Pengshan Mountain, but I was stopped halfway.Guided by a fairy, he entered a palace.

The head of the Pengshan female fairy, Bixia Xuanjun is waiting for us here.

As if he knew that I was coming, there was a kind of compassion in his gentle smile.

I sneered: "I want to see the Emperor of Heaven."

"Prince Feng, Fengtaifu." Bixiaxuanjun ignored my question, first slightly bowed his head in greeting, "I didn't expect Fengtaifu to come here too."

Ao smiled weakly, "We live and die together, of course we have to come together."

Xuanjun Bixia was a little surprised, and turned his gaze to me again, "...Since this is the case, King Feng is here..."

"Please explain!" I interrupted her, "I dare not say that I did not make a mistake, but it is said that Pengshan can see the situation in the lower realm. If the Emperor of Heaven wants to make Ah Ao sick, he must at least give me a reason Why? Are the people of Fangguo poorly clothed? Or hungry? Have I oppressed my own people or invaded the territory of other countries? Where is the inhumanity? Where is the injustice? Let me understand clearly first, what kind of way is this?"

Probably because he had never been approached by someone to question him like this before, Xuanjun Bixia was stunned before answering: "It's God's will, there are reasons for it..."

I laughed again, "It's just unreasonable, right? That's easy. You know, what I'm best at is being unreasonable. Since you can't explain why, just get out of the way, and I will go to the Emperor of Heaven explain."

Bixiaxuanjun's face darkened, "Heavenly Emperors can see them wherever they want. If King Feng feels ashamed, he will reflect and pray in this meditation hall, and then it will be natural..."

"I'm not wrong, what's wrong with me. I don't care about you with the microphones, just stand aside obediently. If you must stop me, I don't mind killing you all the way up." After I finished speaking, I stretched out my hand, and An Xiao's light was on. out.

As soon as I made a move, the people who followed me naturally moved too.

Qinglong flashed his long knife to protect Ao, Atian transformed into a huge nine-tailed white fox, standing beside me, A Deng raised his head to the sky and let out a clear whistle, which seemed to be echoed by the roar of beasts and birds in the distance.

It is said that all the monsters who can transform into human form here are top-notch powerhouses, so Ah Deng was able to command the monsters in Fangguo. Unexpectedly, when he arrived at Pengshan, he could also summon the monsters from the Yellow Sea.

"demon!"

A little fairy next to her was frightened, screaming and took two steps back.

"Peak King!" Xuanjun Bixia yelled sharply, "Put the sword away! Where do you think this is? How could you be so reckless?"

"Are you messing around?" I asked back, "Didn't you say that Qilin is the supreme beast in this world? In the end, there is no reason to sentence him to death. I didn't want to be this damn King Fang back then. You said it was God's will." , I'm stunned. For Ao's sake, I'm sorry. I'll do my best. Have you seen the comparison between Fangguo five years ago and now? I managed to feed everyone , hey, you tm want to kill us without even giving a reason. Are you so messed up?"

"You... are just messing around."

"Then give me a nonsensical explanation. If it makes sense, I'll accept death obediently. If it doesn't make sense, I'm sorry, but if it's death anyway, I'll drag a few backs."

"You are crazy! This is Pengshan! We are fairies! How dare you act wild here, and dare to say that you have not broken the law?"

"What's wrong with Pengshan? What's wrong with the fairies? Are you higher than others? Your fate is fate, isn't it the fate of others?" I sneered, "What kind of way is this! Lost it."

As I said that, I turned around and walked out.

"Stop her!" Xuanjun Bixia yelled behind me.

The two female fairies who were guarding the door hurried in, so I slashed at them with a sword and shouted, "Get lost!"

The sword wind clinging to the fairy's dress slashed to the ground, a two-meter-long crack suddenly appeared on the smooth and recognizable marble floor.

The fairy screamed and fell to the ground, but I couldn't take the next step.

An invisible pressure pressed down on me like a mountain.

"stop!"

The voice was not loud, it seemed to be far away, but at the same time it seemed to be close at hand.It seems very soft, but also seems to have endless majesty.

Xuanjun Bixia and the fairies knelt down one after another.

I gritted my teeth, put the sword pillar on the ground, resisted the pressure with all my strength, and stood there forcefully.

I didn't kneel, and Ah Tian and the others didn't kneel either, only Ah Deng's figure swayed a little, but they still held on.

Even Ao straightened his back.

"Tell me." I raised my head and asked, "Why?"

"You have shaken the foundation of the country."

Sure enough, Ao guessed it right.

I sneered, "Is it shaking your absolute control right? Don't you have to look at the ignorance and ignorance of the people and drink their blood to obey God's will?"

The Emperor of Heaven didn't answer me, but only asked: "You are from Penglai, do you really think the world over there is better than this one? You only see the abundance of material things, don't you see the derived problems? The environment, war, corruption, The divide between the rich and the poor, moral corruption, greed for profit... Do you want to make your country like that?"

Ao replied before me: "No one is perfect, so is the country. Every political system has its strengths and weaknesses. We are not so self-righteous that we think that we will not make mistakes, and there will be no problems in future development. .However, if you find a problem and solve it, you will grow and prosper. If you dare not take a step today because you are worried about the problems that will arise tomorrow, you are just giving up food because of choking. If this is also the way of heaven, it would be too ridiculous.”

"Furthermore, don't the problems you mentioned don't exist in the Twelve Kingdoms?" I sneered, and added, "Do you think the Twelve Kingdoms are some kind of utopia? King Liu is not a Haike. It’s not the same gangster, but also colluding with bandits. Other countries have not updated their production tools, and the poor get poorer and the richer get richer. What kind of property is nationalized after death, and who doesn’t have ten thousand ways to avoid it in advance? What kind of king You can’t get married and have children. It’s not the same that there are second-generation ancestors who don’t understand the world, and concubines who are involved in politics? Unscrupulous businessmen are still hoarding materials and exploiting civilians? What’s the point of saying this? Do you think our New Deal will cause these social problems? Don’t those old countries that stand on their own feet don’t exist? Are there any species that are completely wiped out?”

As soon as I finished speaking, I felt another heavy pressure on my body. The tip of An Xiao's sword hit the floor, even the marble under my feet was shattered.The blood in my chest surged, and I spurted out a mouthful of blood.

"Jie."

"Little Jie."

A few people yelled in worry, but the pressure on them was probably no less than mine, and they all stood still and couldn't move.

The voice said again: "Are you dissatisfied?"

"Of course I don't accept it!" I wiped the blood from the corner of my mouth and snorted, "You treat this world as your toy, and the people in this world as your marionettes. But I have my own thoughts and judgments. Is it wrong to increase productivity? Is it wrong to develop new technology? Like a flower, you want me to admit that I am wrong? Ah bah!"

Ao also said: "Every policy needs time and results to verify whether it is right or wrong. It is only five years now. Why do you think we will go to destruction? In the history of the earth, the accumulation of capital is indeed stained with blood and tears. But we may not really copy the original. With the lessons of history and the experience of our predecessors, we are exploring the most suitable way for Fangguo step by step. Why should we be obliterated just because of a possibility in the future? Because a baby grows up He may become a bad person when he grows up, so he will be strangled in his infancy, do you think this kind of reasoning is convincing?"

"There are so many sophistry, you are nothing more than afraid of death."

I laughed out loud, "Yes, we are afraid of death. But what about you? What are you afraid of?"

Ah Ao also smiled and said: "I want to live with Ah Jie for a long time, but it is not a terrible thing to die with her. We are not afraid of you. It is you who are afraid of us. I am so afraid that even this Don’t dare to give it a chance to develop.”

As soon as Ah Ao's words fell, the pressure on my body was almost materialized. There was a loud "click", the leg bone was probably broken, and the pain was so cold that he broke out in a cold sweat.

"Jie!"

Ah Ao rushed over and reached out to help me up. "How are you?"

"Huh?" I blinked in surprise, "How can you move?"

Ah Ao was also taken aback for a moment, and it was only then that I realized that after the heavy pressure just now, the pressure on my body disappeared.A-Tian also rushed over and reached out to touch my leg. I gasped in pain and wanted to curse, when I heard A-Deng exclaim, "Hey, are you alright?"

What's the matter, didn't you see that my legs are broken?

I was about to refute, but found that he was not talking about me, but Ah Ao.

The brown spots on Ah Ao's skin had disappeared completely.

"That's great?" I reached out to touch him, his skin was smooth and his forehead was no longer hot.I couldn't help but swear, "kao, what is the Emperor of Heaven doing? Is he playing with us?"

No one responded, and as the pressure disappeared, the Emperor of Heaven seemed to disappear as well.

We stood there in a daze, staring at each other for a long time but couldn't figure out what was singing.

In the end, it was Bixiaxuanjun who said: "Since the Heavenly Emperor has forgiven you, please go back as soon as possible."

forgive?

Who the hell asked him to forgive?

I'm here to find a place, okay?

But... Looking at the blood he spit out and his injured leg, he still didn't make a sound.

It's easier to crush me to death than to crush an ant in the territory of others here.Situation is stronger than people, if you can not die, it is better not to die.

Bixiaxuanjun had a bad impression of me, but after this incident, it was even worse. He didn't give me any face at all, and directly kicked us out.

On the way back, I was still a bit puzzled, so I asked Ah Ao: "You said that the Emperor of Heaven...is really playing with us?"

"Who knows? Maybe they really wanted to kill us, but were persuaded by us later?"

"The Emperor of Heaven...is it that easy to persuade?"

"Maybe you got hit by the aggressive method, so you decided to give us a chance to try?"

This is even more likely.

Forget it, who cares, it would be nice to have this result.

But in the final analysis, the Emperor of Heaven is still partial to Qilin.Ah Ao didn't choke him too much just now, and in the end not only was he not injured, but his disorder of morality also healed.I was tossed until I vomited blood and broke my leg. The treatment is too far apart.

Because of my injury, I didn't go to Xiu Huang immediately after I returned to Falcon Palace, he was the one who came to find me.

Feed the medicine for my bones, then slightly frowned and asked: "This matter is over?"

Look... everyone can't understand, right?

The thinking of old monsters like the Emperor of Heaven is different from that of ordinary people.

Sitting beside me, Ah Ao held my hand and nodded, "Forget it, in the future... as long as you don't try to die, you probably won't die."

Xiu Huang breathed a sigh of relief, lowered his head and kissed me, "Welcome back."

"Ah, sneaking away again, if it doesn't work, I want it too." Ah Tian squeezed over and kissed me on the lips, "I was scared to death just now, and I will be charged a shock fee."

... How does he look frightened?

Ah Ao laughed, "Then I want to too. I have to celebrate the rest of my life after the catastrophe."

Qinglong didn't speak, but just hugged me gently beside me.

I was speechless, "Hey, I'm a wounded person now, okay?"

"So you have to take care of me 24 hours a day."

"It's okay, I just hurt my leg, and it can still be used elsewhere."

"Shut up, dead fox!"

"Hey, what did I say wrong?"

I hit him with a pillow, but as soon as he dodged, he hit my own leg and screamed in pain.

Xiuhuang quickly went to look at my legs, Aao held my hand and coaxed me softly, Qinglong stretched out his hand and carried Atian over, the fox looked at me pitifully as if he was letting me handle it.

It's good to be back alive.

It's great that everyone is still together.

In the future... continue to be like this, and live happily.

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The author has something to say: To be honest, this article...is a relatively unsuccessful work.I foolishly tried subjects that I couldn't handle when I was not capable enough, so that I wrote very hard, and I did some stupid things in the middle, well, don't mention it.

Anyway, it's over here.

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The next focus of filling in the hole should be "The Enchanted World". Ouyang Jie's story also has a philandering president, who will fill it in from time to time. If you are interested, you can watch it.

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