Chapter 14 Section Eleven

Apocalypse City, Taiqing Palace, Zhenghe Hall. The inner eunuch was sweating profusely, and rushed up the steps like crazy, turned his head over the Jinwu guard who was trying to stop him, and rushed to the jade steps in front of the imperial throne regardless of the presence of important royal officials.He threw himself to the ground: "Your Majesty, the flying pigeons at Shangyang Pass are urgently reporting!" "What's the matter with Bai Yi? It's about going to Beijing again? The imperial envoy has just arrived, but he still flies? I am the emperor, and I owe him a debt. Is he chasing me to pay back the money?" The emperor was furious.His morning court with his ministers was disturbed, and he didn't like hearing the name Bai Yi very much these days.

"No! It's a mess of corpses! General Bai Yi heard that there was a strange phenomenon in Shangyang Pass a few days ago, and the corpses came back to life, killing and injuring countless soldiers! After leaving the army and returning, Shangyang Pass is urgent!" the inner prisoner shouted. "Corpse chaos? What corpse chaos? Ying Wuyi... how did that traitor go and come back?" The emperor stood up from the bed in shock. He suddenly realized that the imperial capital he was in was too dangerous. Horrible zombies and traitors more terrifying than zombies had returned outside his house again.He thought that after so many years of humiliation, he could finally sit in the hall and be the Taiping Emperor for a few years.

"Your Majesty, don't be impatient. The mess of corpses is a matter of strange power and chaos, so don't trust it." Grand Tutor Xie Qiwei came out, "It's better to call Tai Bu to inquire." The emperor seemed to have seen a glimmer of light, and immediately ordered: "Call Tai Bu!" The eunuch is only a small institution in the Dayin royal family, it specializes in managing the affairs of strange powers and chaos, and also manages the mystics who are loyal to the royal family.The royal family wants to use these people with strange magic, but they are also worried that their power is unfathomable, so there are institutions like eunuchs to manage and suppress them.In the past, when Gu Lun'er was the national teacher, the eunuch was once so powerful that it surpassed other institutions, with countless masters of secret arts under its jurisdiction, claiming to be able to destroy an army of 100,000 with a single wave.However, after Gu Lun'er, the eunuchs were weakened again and again, and in the end there were only thirty or fifty people left, who only studied secret arts, like a school.

Tai Bu is a very old man with dizzy eyesight and deaf ears. He has not been summoned by the emperor for more than ten years. When the Jinwu Guard arrived, he was drunk and sleeping on the well fence of the government office. in the palace.It wasn't until he was standing among the officials in the Zhenghe Hall that he realized what had happened. He flinched and looked around, unable to straighten his neck and lift his head. The emperor looked at him, and felt disgusted in his heart: "You only tell the truth, is it credible to say that the corpse is messed up?" Taibu looked a bit embarrassed: "Your Majesty, the chaos of corpses is the saying of strange powers and gods. It is said that the people are horrified. The purpose of setting up the Taibu Supervisor is to prevent such things. Of course, it is unbelievable. It is true , We, the people in charge, also want to suppress this news."

The emperor was annoyed when he heard this: "I didn't ask you Wanmin, and I didn't ask you whether you should suppress it and not report it. I mean whether this thing will really happen!" "If it is possible, it has not been recorded in the classics for decades. If it is impossible, it is too absolute." Taibo replied with a bow. "Nonsense!" The emperor was furious, "Possible, impossible, just two sentences, just pick one and say it, if you don't say it, pull it down and beat it!" Tai Bu shuddered, and hastily knelt down: "It's possible, it's possible!"

"how is this possible?" "According to the classics, it is impossible to bring the dead back to life, but there are some ways to make them stand up and walk again. Most of these are soul arts, but soul arts are not limited to corpse manipulation." Tai Bu couldn't help but feel a little bit familiar Complacent, he spit, "Corpse manipulators are a school of soul art. Those who know how to manipulate corpses are mostly liars. They cheat money by boasting that they can bring the dead back to life. The rich family died, and their hearts were sad. Lie to the door, saying that you can resurrect your loved ones for a while, and say goodbye to your relatives and friends. Actually, resurrecting the dead has never been heard of since ancient times. It is just a technique of manipulating corpses. The warlock restricts relatives to watch from a distance, finds a partner liar to pretend to be the voice of the dead, and then manipulates the corpse with secret techniques Get up and walk a few steps, from a distance, it looks like you have come alive to say goodbye to your relatives. In fact, you just borrowed an empty body, and those farewell words were all said by the liar himself."

The emperor didn't understand the point at all, he was angry from his heart, and pointed down the steps with trembling hands: "Who will kick him for me!" The ministers were astonished.It was Tai Fu Xie Qiwei who reacted faster, went up and kicked Tai Bu on the shoulder lightly and lightly, causing him to roll, but he was not injured. Xie Qi slightly reprimanded: "Choose what matters!" Tai Bu didn't dare to be presumptuous anymore, and nodded hastily: "In short, it is not impossible, but the corpses of thousands of people are messed up, and I have never recorded them in the ancient books. The corpses manipulated by general corpses are just puppets. , It’s unbelievable to say that it’s used to kill people.”

"Then what happened in Shangyang Pass is impossible?" the emperor asked again.He hated such news from the bottom of his heart. This kind of strange thing happened in the gate of the imperial capital, and he felt like the end was coming. "Not necessarily, I heard that Yunzhou's corpse gu technique can manipulate corpses on a large scale." "Corpse Gu?" The emperor felt a chill in his heart when he heard the name. "It is a kind of Gu poison refined from corpses and insects. When released into corpses, it can make it act like a living person. Corpse Gu is rare, but it can always be accumulated. Therefore, if there is enough Gu poison, it can control a large number of people. Corpsemen are not out of the question."

"I haven't heard of such a strange thing in the palace." The emperor was flustered and forced himself to sit down, still helpless. "Your Majesty is the Holy Son of Heaven. From Emperor Qiangwei down, the royal family did not mention strange powers and chaos in their education, so as not to affect His Majesty's righteousness." Tai Bu said cautiously. "Then... someone deliberately manipulated these corpses to be hostile to King Qin's division?" Tai Bu shook his head: "Manipulating corpses is extremely difficult. In fact, the principle of corpse chaos is that people die not long ago. In fact, the body has not completely died, and the spirit still remains. It is a movable body, but the spirit is broken and the soul is lost. The essence of the corpse chaos is that someone has stimulated the corpse in various ways to make it move again. The corpse is not conscious, and it is difficult to command and control it. If it is really necessary to control so many corpses, thousands of soul masters will be needed Perform spells at the same time. There are rarely one or two such people in a generation. I think these corpses are still not under control, but the dead always have hatred towards the living before they die, and these corpses have lost their sanity. But he will attack strangers with a little residual consciousness..."

"Why are you talking so much about these strange things? Aren't you eunuchs supposed to suppress such news to avoid rumors? But you are above the hall, spitting and talking freely. I think you are I'm so old and confused!" The emperor couldn't stand it anymore and shouted loudly. "This minister has already said it just now... His Majesty asked me to explain..." Tai Bu was at a loss. A light laugh broke the heavy atmosphere in the hall, and the laughter came from behind the veil beside the throne.Xie Qiwei immediately tidied up his dress, turned to the gauze screen and bowed to wait for orders, the rest of the courtiers were not as quick as he was, and they all looked at each other and turned to the gauze screen.The array of courtiers who were facing the emperor suddenly turned at an angle.

The emperor didn't notice, but he was a little happy: "The eldest princess can laugh at this time, so she must have something to teach me." "Your Majesty, Tai Bu is old, why should he be angry? Besides, although he speaks a lot, but the matter is very clear." The eldest princess smiled, "I think the most urgent thing is to protect the safety of the imperial capital. The coalition forces encountered corpses. Chaos, whether it is poison or Gu, is extremely dangerous. At this time, Ying Wuyi returned with his army, and the incident of corpse chaos is undoubtedly related to him. We can't let Bai Yi enter Beijing at this moment, and his army cannot guarantee that it will not be contaminated. If something like Gu poison turns the capital into a ghost city, who can take the responsibility?" Her voice turned serious at this moment, looking around behind the veil, Xie Qiwei also felt a slight chill in his body.The emperor nodded slightly. "It's better to reward Bai Yi heavily, promise to confer the title of duke of another country, and order him to guard Shangyang Pass. And the emperor sends another army to defend behind Shangyang Pass." She paused, "This defense, one It is to prevent Ying Wuyi from breaking through the Shangyang Pass and attacking, and the other is to prevent Bai Yi." "The eldest princess's words are very reasonable!" Xie Qiwei suddenly realized, "If Bai Yi feels that there is no hope of defending and retreats with the remnants of the army, he will bring the corpse gu to the imperial capital!" "Not only that." The eldest princess smiled, "We also need an army to go north to Dangyang Valley to defend Hua Ye. Bai Yi is in danger at Shangyang Pass at this time, and Hua Ye, who had long wanted to cross the king's domain, has the best Hua Ye was a butcher when he was young, with a fierce nature, but now he says he is practicing, who can believe it? Without His Majesty's permission, he must not be allowed to cross over!" "But..." the emperor spread his hands, with a look of embarrassment on his face, "Where do we have such a large army that can defend against Hua Ye's Fenghu and Bai Yi's mountain array? These two are the most powerful troops in the Eastern Continent!" The eldest princess got up and bowed down: "I am a woman, but Emperor Xi has been ordered to reorganize the royal army since the time of Emperor Xi. At present, we not only have 20,000 people in the Habayashi Heavenly Army, but also 20,000 Jinwu Guards guarding the imperial capital. These two An army, well-trained, loyal to His Majesty, retreating can protect itself, and advancing can shock the princes. I request Your Majesty's will, not to be abandoned by my ministers and daughters, and I am willing to lead the Yulin Tianjun and Jinwuwei to go out!" "Can the Yulin Tianjun and the Jinwu Guard achieve such an achievement?" The emperor was pleasantly surprised, "But the eldest princess is extremely honorable, and she will go out in person... I'm afraid..." "I dare not say that the Eastern Continent is invincible, and there is no problem in defending the imperial capital!" The eldest princess knelt down and bowed, "I invite you again, and conquer on behalf of your majesty!" "Good! Good!" The emperor took a few steps back, and collapsed on the throne as if he was exhausted, but with a relieved expression, "I sent the military amulet for the dispatch of troops to the princess' mansion, and the Jinwu Guard of the Habayashi Heavenly Army , all obey the princess's military order. Give me a sword armor chariot, and conquer on my behalf." He was silent for a while, then whispered to the veil: "Sister, without you, I would be exhausted as the emperor. Back then, you insisted that I was the only one who could sit in this position. I was fooled by you." If I had known it would be such a day, I would have been a prince who wrote poems and painted pictures, which is a hundred times better than this." "It will be all right...it will be all right soon..." The eldest princess comforted in a soft voice.