Chapter 124: The situation is chaotic and I feel like quitting

The next morning, in the guest room of the inn.

Looking at Yan Chixia who bowed and invited him to go to Lanruo Temple, Ding Hai was speechless.

Whether the heaven in this world falls or not is none of Ding’s business. His most important task at the moment is to find the whereabouts of Mazu with the help of the Dinghai Shenzhen Pearl in his hand.

“Chixia, according to what you just said, this tree demon can only exist for a thousand years at most, and its true spiritual awakening period is probably only two to three hundred years.

The fall of heaven happened thousands of years ago. Unless it was born with knowledge of it, how could it know so many secrets?

But if it really knew it by nature, you wouldn't have threatened it with a sword yesterday, but it would have threatened me with your lives."

Ding Hai's words awakened the enthusiastic Yan Chixia.

Yes, even they, the Xuanxin Sect, were confused about the fall of Heaven and didn't know where to start. How could a locust tree demon know so many things?
Yan Chixia, who had figured it out, stood up and prepared to return to Lanruo Temple to uproot the old locust tree that had deceived him to prevent future troubles.

After watching Yan Chixia leave, Ding Hai took out the Dinghai Shenzhen Pearl again and started to deduce.

Although the Dinghai Shenzhen Pearl is the natal magic weapon of Mazu, for some reason, the connection between it and Mazu is very weak.

If Ding Hai had not already mastered most of the Zhoutian Quan Gua, someone else might not be able to calculate anything useful.

After the daily deductions were fruitless, a sudden piece of news interrupted Ding Hai's plan.

The contemporary Zhou emperor has passed away.

When he first heard the news, Ding Hai thought his subordinates were playing a joke on him.

He had met Emperor Zhou. Although his body was a little weaker than that of ordinary people, he did not seem to be short-lived.

Ding Hai was speechless until he saw the yellow notice that was urgently copied throughout the country over a distance of 600 miles.

Not long after the death of the previous Emperor Zhou, Great Zhou had lost its nominal master again!
No matter how fast the dynasty collapses, it can't be that fast, right?
After a series of turmoil, the prestige of the Zhou royal family may have fallen to the bottom.

Apart from You and Bing states, the next step is that the war will probably start from the territory of the Great Zhou!
While Ding Hai was expressing his feelings, people in the capital were also discussing the death of Emperor Zhou.

In the front hall of the Imperial Master's Mansion, Guangliang, the abbot of the White Horse Temple, once again came to this magnificent mansion.

Guang Liang, with a smile on his face, looked at Pu Du Ci Hang who was sitting at the top with fear in his eyes and asked slowly: "Junior brother, I wonder what you think about who will be the next emperor of the human world. If you have a suitable person in mind, you may as well tell me.

I will convey this to the elders in the sect to see if it is appropriate. If it is appropriate, our Buddhist sect will do its best to support you in launching a Zhou emperor."

Pu Du Ci Hang, who was questioned by the fat monk Guang Liang, replied: "Brother, you are joking. Who will be the next Emperor of Zhou is of great significance to our Buddhist sect.

Such an important matter should be decided by the elders of the sect. How can I, a junior brother, speak casually to disrupt the elders' thoughts? "

The fat monk Guangliang was very satisfied with Pudu Cihang's words, and some thoughts that had already arisen in his mind were suppressed by him.

"In that case, I will not embarrass you. I will return to the temple and pass the message to the elders so that they can make a decision as soon as possible.

Otherwise, it would not be a problem for the throne of the Great Zhou Dynasty to remain high. The world cannot be without an emperor to govern.

In the future, when you make deals with the dignitaries and royal relatives, please don’t be stingy with your efforts and contribute to the great cause of our Buddhist tradition.”

"It is my duty and I have no choice but to do it." Pu Du Ci Hang answered Guang Liang in a decisive tone.

After nodding to Pu Du Ci Hang with satisfaction, Master Guang Liang left contentedly.

After watching Master Guangliang go away, the little monk serving beside Pudu Cihang raised his head and looked at his master beside him.

"Master, it seems that Guangliang has become suspicious of us. Do we need to restrain our plans?"

Pu Du Ci Hang swallowed the teacup on the table with an expressionless face, then turned his head to respond to the young monk beside him: "You have been wearing human skin for too short a time, and your understanding of human nature is too one-sided.

The situation has deteriorated to this extent. Not only can our plans not be slowed down, but they must be accelerated.

I originally thought that Wang Nanrong was a loyal and capable general who emerged as a result of the Great Zhou's dying counterattack by the dragon energy.

But no one expected that he was actually an evil dragon who wanted to compete for the dragon and the cauldron.

Now that his momentum is set, he only needs to be careful before he can lead his army south to seize the throne.

If I fail to absorb the dragon energy of the Great Zhou before he becomes the emperor, my plan to transform into a dragon will be ruined.

At this moment, we are racing against time. If we win, I, your ancestor, will transform into a real dragon with boundless magical powers.

By then, I believe Wang Nanrong will not dare to force us too much. Even if you will not live as comfortably as you do now in the new dynasty, you will certainly not be suppressed.

If we lose, we will have to live in fear and hiding after the establishment of the new dynasty. Have you ever thought about that kind of life?"

Recalling his past life as an ant, the young monk shook his head subconsciously.

"Master, we have basically dug up most of the imperial tombs in Beimang Mountain. It is difficult to find corpses containing dragon energy for you to eat and practice."

After hearing what the little Shani said, Pudu Cihang didn't care: "If Beimang Mountain is gone, does that mean there are no other places in the world?

Can you please use your brain more? Don't be like a monkey in human skin.

If all else fails, don’t we still have the previous emperors of the Great Zhou?

Do you really think we are the loyal subjects and righteous men of the Great Zhou? The day after tomorrow when the emperor is buried, I will have the opportunity to change my tune.

The emperors of the past have been dead for at least hundreds of years, and their meat has long been bad and hard, but the emperor is different, his meat is at most a little sour."

Pu Du Ci Hang, who has long been at odds with Buddhism, also has his own plans. If it wants to transform into a real dragon, it currently has only one way to go.

That is to work hard and absorb all the dragon energy of the Great Zhou for your own use.

Just as the central government in Jingjing City and various Buddhist sects were making their own plans, a spark that could start a prairie fire began to rise across the Great Zhou.

A wise man in white named Wang Boyang emerged at the foot of Taihang Mountain. He has now risen up and proclaimed himself the King of Yan.

Like the Dingxie clan, the Jiaozhi clan relied on the complexity of the Pearl River waters to cut off their communications with the hinterland of the Great Zhou.

Western Shu was even more blessed. Once Jianmen Pass was closed, the various forces in Western Shu could easily expel Western Shu from the territory of Great Zhou. It was like hiding in a small building and being unified, regardless of spring, summer, autumn and winter.

This was just the beginning of the uprising. There were only three well-known princes, and there were many more who could not be named.

Logically speaking, apart from these three powerful vassal forces with special circumstances.

The imperial guards stationed outside the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty are enough to wipe out most of the rebels in the world, but for some reason, the central government of the Great Zhou Dynasty has remained indifferent to this.

After negotiation and compromise between the high-ranking Buddhist leaders and the central government of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the second son of the current Emperor Zhou became the new emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

After three cheers of "Long live the Zhou Dynasty", the new era belonging to the Great Zhou Dynasty did not arrive.

The current emperor is too young, and it is inevitable that the country will be in chaos.

As a result, the Great Zhou Kingdom, which had been able to maintain a superficial peace in the past two years, suddenly turned into a pot of stinking porridge with not only rat shit but also all kinds of garbage. After learning that the current Zhou emperor had passed away, he stopped his plan to go south to find the gods and returned to Youzhou and Bingzhou to take charge of the overall situation.

Ding Hai had long anticipated today's scene of war and unrest, but he still sat back and watched.

Ding Hai, who owns You and Bing states and controls part of the grasslands and deserts, has the capital to watch the ups and downs of the world with a calm smile.

But those princes who ruled their own territories did not have this confidence.

Before the young emperor changed the reign title, eighteen rebel kings had already appeared in the world and raised their flags.

The remaining forces that have not raised the banner of rebellion but are not under the control of the Great Zhou are even more numerous.

The territory actually controlled by the Zhou royal family kept shrinking. On the day of the change of the reign title, only Guanzhong near the imperial capital was still under the control of the Zhou royal family.

In Yanmen County, at the County Magistrate's Mansion, a convoy coming from Kyoto stopped in front of the gate.

This group of people came from Kyoto to convey the imperial edict to Ding Hai.

"The emperor is destined to be transported by heaven, and the edict says..."

As he was reading, the eunuch holding the imperial edict gradually became silent.

The eunuch who came to announce the decree felt very uncomfortable looking at the Grand Commander of You and Bing who was sitting quietly in the hall without serving the incense table, bathing or changing clothes, or kneeling to perform rituals.

Facing the strange look from the eunuch in front of him, Ding Hai had no intention of listening to the eunuch continue reading. There was no point in pretending to be kind when things had come to such a bad rap.

"Ayu, go get the imperial edict. After you get it, you can read it first and then tell grandpa what you think."

After entrusting the task to his young grandson who was gradually beginning to learn how to handle things from him, Ding Hai continued to calmly polish the Dinghai Shenzhen Pearl in his hand.

After receiving instructions from Ding Hai, Wang Yu, the adopted grandson, stepped forward and took the imperial edict from the eunuch holding it and began to read it.

The eunuch who lost his job was not left in the hall to feel awkward, but a steward from the mansion took him away to have some rest.

After quickly reading the imperial edict, Wang Yu, who had already shown his talent, pondered for a moment before stating his thoughts to Ding Hai: "Grandpa, this imperial edict sent from the capital mainly talks about two things.

One was to enthrone my grandfather as Duke of Anguo, add the title of Prince Grand Tutor, and put him in charge of all affairs outside the Great Wall.

Second, I hope that you can lead the troops to attack Liangzhou on the left and Jizhou on the right, and wipe out the rebel princes in these two states."

"Yu'er, what do you think about these two things?" Ding Hai did not make a decision immediately.

"Grandpa, I think our Anbei Army should not accept these two things." Facing Ding Hai's test, Wang Yu, who already had his own considerations, expressed his thoughts.

"Explain your idea and I'll see if there's anything to it."

"Grandpa, Youzhou and Bingzhou are bitterly cold, and this year's expedition to the grasslands and deserts has drained away the food, fodder, and weapons you have accumulated over the years.

If we rashly send out troops on two fronts just because of an imperial edict from that young boy in the capital, it would probably cause turmoil in the territory.

As for nominal titles such as Duke of Anguo and Prince Grand Tutor?
Grandpa's situation is already set, and the reason he doesn't raise the banner of rebellion is simply that he doesn't want to be a pioneer for the king. There's no need for that young boy to give him approval.

Moreover, if we do not accept this kind of approval from the Zhou Dynasty, we can avoid a lot of slanders like "rebellion" when Grandpa becomes the ruler of the country in the future. "

Ding Kai was quite satisfied with the answer given by his cheap grandson Wang Yu.

He is just a teenager. Even if he is mature, there is a limit. Not everyone can be a member of the Time Travelers Association.

“Your considerations have some truth to them, but they are still too one-sided. Those false reputations are indeed as you said. There is no need to care about them. They will actually be beneficial in the future.

However, the matter of the Zhou Dynasty inviting me to send troops to attack Liangzhou and Jizhou cannot be handled as you just thought.

First of all, as long as the Zhou Dynasty did not fall, they would have the title of orthodoxy.

The Zhou Dynasty invited us to attack Liang and Ji, which is equivalent to taking control of Liangzhou and Jizhou in a legitimate way, which will save us a lot of trouble.

Secondly, we have only had too little time to conquer the grasslands and deserts. Without a year or two of recuperation, there is no way to unleash the war potential of our men.

Therefore, before we are fully prepared, it is in our best interest for the Zhou royal family, as the orthodox family, to remain alive.

Therefore, we should send two detachments to station at the border between Liangzhou and Jizhou to intimidate the local lords in these two states.

Put pressure on them, force them not to attack the capital at will, and then seize the time to develop their own territory."

After listening to Ding Hai's teachings, Wang Yu, the adopted grandson, realized how big the gap was between himself and Ding Hai, a shrewd old fox.

After receiving the order to mobilize troops and generals, Wang Yu, the adopted grandson, withdrew and went about his business.

As the only heir to the Anbei Army, his daily life is not easy.

The various knowledge that needs to be learned and the matters that need to be handled can occupy most of his day.

After deducting the time he spent on practicing, he slept for less than three hours a day.

However, Ding Hai, who knew that if he wanted to inherit the crown, he had to bear its weight, did not have the slightest sympathy for him.

Putting down the teacup in his hand, Ding Hai stood up and went back to the backyard of the mansion to busy himself with his own affairs.

Although the plan to go south to search for Mazu was stranded due to external forces, after combining the wisdom of Zhang Zhiwei and the other two, the four of them still came up with an unprecedented formation that could search the sky and the earth to track down the person.

Now, the formation has been almost built in the backyard of the County Magistrate's Mansion, with only some minor details left to be completed.

According to the estimation of the four of them, as long as this formation has sufficient energy, most of the events that have ever happened in the world cannot escape the deduction of the formation.

Of course, there are no absolutes.

But even if we can't find the whereabouts of Mazu, it shouldn't be a problem to find Qingsong Zhenren and his group with the help of this formation.

The water in Guixu is too deep!

It was so deep that Ding Hai was a little horrified!

You may not believe it, but this poisonous clone of his is on the verge of losing control.

According to Ding Hai's initial thinking, whether the Great Zhou Dynasty was in chaos or not was none of his business. He took the opportunity to go to Guixu to investigate the situation and save people.

The reason why he wanted to send troops to seize the tripod was just to stimulate the cultivators in the Guixu small world.

Get their cultivation methods and analyze the principles and theories of this small world.

Adjust your methods according to the underlying logic of this world so that the full strength of the poisonous clone can be fully exerted.

With this kind of thinking, since he had already decided to go south to look for Mazu, how could he possibly return to Yanmen for the so-called overall situation?

But he came back just in time. If Zuo Rutong hadn't pointed a finger at him when he regained consciousness and communicated with Zhang Zhiwei and the other two, Ding Hai would not have realized that his thinking logic had been distorted again.

(End of this chapter)